Legend Of The Gobblewonker
It was another normal morning in the Mystery Shack, the kids have just gotten out of bed and went to the kitchen for breakfast. They were still kinda reeling from the whole gnome trying to take Mabel as a bride thing the other day, thankfully nothing else weird happened after that ordeal so things were quiet. Might be good for those like Lori, but boring for the rest.
Dipper and Mabel decided to spice things up with a little competition.
"Are you ready for the ultimate challenge?" Mabel dared her twin, holding up a bottle of syrup that looked like a man from ancient Europe.
"I'm always already!" Dipper responded holding up his own bottle that looked like a Canadian Mountie.
"Syrup race!" they cheered with everyone else.
"Alright, first one to get a drop in their mouth wins." Lynn explained the rules, acting as the referee. "Don't tap on the bottle to make it go faster. And...go!" she declared.
The pair of twins opened their mouths and raised the bottles over them, with tiny drops starting to go down. Everyone else was watching, cheering the other on.
"Go! Go!"
"Come on bro, you got this!" Luna encouraged Dipper.
"Don't mess this up Mabel!" Lola barked. "I got 5 bucks riding on this!"
Lincoln turned to her. "I think Grunkle Stan is starting to rub off on you."
"Go Sir Syrup!"
"Go Mountan Man!"
"Come on, come on..." Mabel urged as one drop entered into her mouth. "Yes! I win, whoo!" she cheered and coughs a little too, prompting Lynn to pat her back.
"Ha. Pay up Lana." Lola triumphantly told her twin.
"This game is rigged." Lana grumbled handing her sister 5 bucks.
Lily reached for the Mister Mountie. "Gah buh."
Dipper smiled. "Here Lil, hope you enjoy it." he handed it to the baby. Dipper then read the newspaper and saw an article that peaked his interest. "Woah, no way. Guys take a look at this." he showed his siblings the paper.
Mabel gasped in shock. "Human-sized hamster balls?" she read. "I'm human-sized." she said with a hopeful smile.
"Don't even think about it." Lori interjected. "That thing would literally cost a fortune."
"No I mean this." he pointed to an article that advertised a monster photo contest reward. "Says here we can win $100,000,000 for a genuine pic of a real monster." he explained. "We see weirder stuff than that everyday. Did anyone get a pic of those gnomes?"
"Negative." Lisa replied. "Only heavily traumatic memories sinked into our psyches."
"I cherish memories like those." Lucy said. "They remind me how I'm so close to sweet death himself." at that Lisa, who was sitting near her promptly scooted away.
"All I got was this beard hair." Mabel said, holding up small white hair she got from one of the gnomes.
"Why did you even save that?" Lincoln asked, completely disturbed.
"Luan said she needed it." Mabel answered, handing it to her comedic sister.
"Thanks." Luan smiled and turned to them. "It's for a prank I've been waiting to try out, it's a very hair-brained shceme. Haha, get it?" she laughed.
Before anyone could respond, Stan walked in. "Ahh, morning knuckleheads." he greeted casually. "Heard something about a bet, what's that about?"
"Dipper and Mabel had a syrup race, I bet on Mabel and won." Lola smugly said.
"Ha, nice one squirt." Stan ruffled her hair much to her discomfort.
"Watch it." Lola protested in annoyance, she hated when her hair is messed with.
"Anyway, guess what day it is?" he questioned a little too eagerly for him.
"Tuesday?" Lincoln replied, uncertain.
"Happy anniversary?" Dipper tried as well, kinda confused by his uncle's sudden cheerfulness.
"Masel Tov!" Mabel cheered.
"Grunkle Stan, you should've told me, I totes would've made you a suit." Leni told him enthusiastically.
The old man face palmed and sighed. "No, it's family fun day." he told them. "We're cutting off work so we can have one of those you know bonding-type deals." he explained, getting milk from the fridge.
"Normally I'm all for that, but not until recently." Lincoln commented. "Since coming here, we've seen how Stan sees would try to spend time with us and they haven't exactly all that nice." he told the readers.
"Grunkle Stan, is this gonna be like our last family bonding day?" Dipper asked warily, having a clear memory of that fiasco...
Days ago...
One night ago in the basement of the shack, Stan had his niblings make a lot of counterfeit money. They were all painting white sheets of paper with green and black paint, their taskmaster was checking one that Leni drew but threw it away.
"You call that Benjamin Franklin?" he snarked disappointed at his niece. "He looks like a woman."
"Ben Franklin's a boy?" Leni questioned, surprised by this fact. (Or is it a fact?)
They all stopped what they were doing as soon as they heard sirens outside, looking out the window they saw red and blue lights.
"Aw jeez, it's the fuzz dudes!" Luna exclaimed, alarmed, which was the same for everyone.
"Uh-Oh." Stan grimaced.
"I'm not taking the fall for this!" Lola declared, she quickly charged out of the room. "You're on your own!"
Present Day...
Mabel shivered. "The county jail was so cold." she whispered.
"Not to mention what they made us wear." Leni added with a cringe. "I couldn't stand being there any longer.
"Leni, we were there for only a day." Lincoln pointed out.
"I know, but prison orange is so ugly, in fact all orange in general." she declared but regretted it once Leni saw Lincoln cross his arms and raised a brow at her. "Except you totally make it look good, Linc." she said sheepishly.
"The point is Grunkle Stan, we're literally never doing that ever again." Lori told him sternly.
"I don't know." Lucy said. "I actually liked that place, the soul crushing atmosphere and possibility of never getting free was quite soothing." she lightly smiled, creeping out her family.
"Alright, maybe I haven't been the best summer caretaker." Stan the admitted as he wrapped arms around Lola and Lana. "But I swear, today we're gonna have some real family fun." he assured. "Now who wants to put on some blindfolds and get into my car?"
"Yay!" everyone cheered.
"Wait, what?" Dipper questioned.
"Say that last part again." Lincoln said, wanting to making sure he heard right.
Minutes later, the kids and their uncle were in the new van he purchased, driving to an unspecified destination. All but Stan were wearing blindfolds, the siblings were sitting on the back, since there were so many of them living with him, he had by a vehicle with ample space.
The only thing to worry about now was their uncle's reckless driving.
"Woah!" Dipper breathed as the cat swirled a little. "Blindfolds never lead to anything good." he said nervously.
"Someone remind me how was he able to even talk us into it?" Lincoln asked.
"He said he'd ground us if we didn't." Lori replied, also nervous.
"Oh yeah."
"This actually feels cool." Mabel breathed. "I feel like my other senses are heightened." she moved her and started touching Lisa's face.
"If that were correct, then you would know that I am annoyed by your appendages that are making contact with my face." Lisa said with a frown.
"How can you tell?" Mabel asked, curious.
"You're sitting next to me." she answered.
"So Stan, where are ya taking us?" Luna asked.
"Ah ah, no spoilers." Stan replied. "It's a surprise, that's pretty much why I had you all put on blindfolds." they then hit a bump on the road, making them jump a little.
"Speaking of, are you wearing a blindfold?" Dipper asked, honestly hoping he was wrong.
"Ha, nah." Stan answered. "But with these cataracts I might as well be." he chuckled, this only made the kids increasingly worried. "What is that a woodpecker?" he squinted his eyes at what was actually a sign and crashed right through it making them scream in terror.
After a few moments of driving through the woods, the family finally arrived at the place where Stan wished to bond with them.
"Okay kids, here we are." he announced, getting out of the car, which had a few branches stuck in it, the siblings groggily got out of the vehicle.
"Next time. I drive!" Lori declared, regaining her footing.
"Seconded." Lisa agreed, fixing her glasses.
"Are you kidding, that was so much fun!" Lana exclaimed.
"Okay kiddos, open them up." Stan told them, which they did so.
"Ah!" Leni screamed. "Guys, I still can't see!"
"Open your eyes Leni." Stan sighed.
The blonde complied. "Oh, that's more like it." she smiled.
"Now, ta-da!" Stan showed them that they were at the Gravity Falls lake, behind him a sign that read FISHING SEASON: OPENING DAY. "Fishing Season starts today!"
Lake Gravity Falls wasn't the biggest, but it was size able enough to house a variety of sea life, making it the ideal fishing spot for the townspeople. Not only that, but it te also used for bonding attempts.
"Fishing?" Lana and Lola questioned, confused like their siblings; this was very unexpected.
"Okay, what game are you playing at old man?" Lynn asked, baffled by Stan's sudden wanting to bond, he's never tried before, so why star now?
"Trust me, you're gonna love it." Stan assure. "The whole town's out here." she gestured to the lake where several people from the town were on boats, such as...
Lazy Susan, a waitress at the diner, who also lives up to her name on account of her very droopy eye, she was holding a line and frying pan for the fish to land in.
"Here, fishy fishies." she beckoned. "Get into the pan."
Toby Determined, an amateur journalist who was on the dock, taking a photo of a man who just caught a big one.
"Say cheese." he said, clicking, unfortunately the flash was too bright making the man and his fish fall into the lake.
Then there was Manly Dan, resident lumberjack with a huge temper, he was on another boat with his three sons.
"Uh, is this good?" one of his boys asked, holding up a fishing line.
"No!" the lumberjack exclaimed, he took the line and snapped it in two. "I'll show you how a real man fishes!" he told them, Manly Dan demonstrated this by using his hand to grab one fish from the lake with ease. "Yeah, ha ha!" he laughed triumphantly, he proceeded to slam it to the ground and repeatedly punch it. His sons cheered him on with excitement.
"Dad! Dad! Dad! Dad! Dad! Dad! Dad!" they chanted.
"Get him. Get him." a random average looking man who was nearby encouraged.
"See that?" Stan gestured to Dan. "Now that is some quality family bonding, let me tell ya." he nodded with respect.
His niblings were not sure how to make of this, after a week of being an overbearing boss to them at the shack, now he wanted to get to know them better? Completely boggles the mind, some of them wondered if this is how Leni must feel.
"Grunkle Stan, why do you literally want to spend time with us all of a sudden?' Lori asked skeptically.
"Yeah." Lincoln nodded. "You only ever give us the time of day just to work or get caught in one of your highly illegal scams." he siad, getting murmurs if agreements from his family.
"Can't you just ask one of your oldie friends?" Luna asked
The old con man approached them. "Come on, this is gonna be great!" he insisted before explaining. "See, I never had any fishing buddies before, the guys from the lodge won't go with me; they don't "like" or "trust me." he said using air quotes. "Frankly, I don't see why they'd even think that."
"I think he actually wants to fish with us." said Mabel, genuinely surprised.
Stan though of something. "Hey I know what'll cheer you sad sacks up. Pow!" he said as he put on brown fishing hats on each of the kids. "Pines/Loud family fishing hats, I hand stitched the, for just this kind of thing."
The kids looked at the hats uncomfortably, the stitching was very poor, and he turned the E in Mabel's name the other way, plus the L fell off, while with Dipper's hat it read "Dippy".
"Ugh, you expect us to actually wear these?" Lori questioned in disgust.
"Brown? I'd rather take my chances with orange." Leni remarked which got her a deadpanned stare from Lincoln. "Again, you make it look good, little bro." she quickly added.
"Yep, it's just gonna be all fourteen of us in a broken down boat, wearing those goofy hats for ten hours!" Stan announced cheerfully.
"Ten hours?" Dipper repeated, dejectedly.
"Uh-huh." Stan nodded. "Even better, I bought the joke book." he sang, holding up the 1,001 yuck 'em up joke book, approved by uncles.
"No, no!" Dipper whispered in horror.
"Anything but that!" Lincoln exclaimed.
"Where are the leeches when you need them?" Lucy asked, not liking this.
"There literally has to be a way out of this." Lori said in desperation.
All of them were voicing their discomfort, however, only one of them seemed to like this. "Ten hours of jokes?" Luan asked with a smile. "Sign me up!"
"I seen it! I seen it again!" an aged hillbilly voice yelled out, getting everyone's attention.
The voice belonged an elderly man, almost as old as their uncle. He looked like he hadn't bathed in weeks, and looked like a prospector, he ran around frantically pushing past others and flipping over table and slapping away a poor guy's sandwich.
"Who's that?" Lincoln asked quizzically.
His uncle rolled his eyes. "That's just Old Man McGucket. The town's local wackjob, don't pay him any attention, he always makes up stories about some sea monster or something."
McGucket stopped to address everyone. "The Gravity Falls Gobblewonker!" he exclaimed. "Come quick before it scrabdoodles away!" the old guy started moving as if he were doing a dance.
"Aw, he's doing a happy jig." Mabel gushed.
"Supes adorbs." Leni agreed.
"No!" McGucket contradicted, grabbing Mabel by the shoulder, startling her and her sibs. "It's a jig of great danger!" he said shaking her.
"Woah! Back up pops!" Luna frowned, seperating him from her sister.
"Hey!" someone called out, it was an adult man with brown hair and a hat, in his hand was a spray cleaner. "Now what did I tell you about scaring my customers?!" he scowled. "This is your last warning dad!" he said, spraying the old man who happens to be his father.
"But sonny, I got proof this time by gummity!" McGucket claimed. This peaked the kids' interest, they witnessed actual gnomes, so it couldn't be a stretch that there might be a sea monster.
The prospector beckoned everyone to follow him. "Behold!" he showed them a torn up boat. "It's the Gobble-dy-wonker what done did it! It had a long neck like a gee-raffe! And wrinkly skin n like...like this gentleman right here!" he pointed to Stan who was digging in his ear.
"Huh?"
"It chawed my boat up to smitheroons, and shim-shammed over to Scuttlebutt Island!" he pointed to a far away island, cloaked in fog. "You gotta believe me!" he insisted.
Nearby were two policeman who were observing the scene, one was an overweight whilst he other was tall and skinny.
"Attention all units." the chubby one began. "We got ourselves a crazy old man." he chuckled.
Everyone, save for the kids and Stan shared a collective laugh, amused by the old man's rantings, his son could only shake his head in shame and embarrassment.
"It's my tenth birthday all over again." he muttered as he walked back to his cabin.
"Aww donkey spittle! Aww banjo polish!" McGucket lamented as he ran off.
"Well that happened." Lola remarked.
"Alright, the crazy hillbilly is gone." Stan declared with a smile as he climbed on his boat. "Now lets untie this puppy and head out to the lake."
"Guys." Dipper addressed his siblings. "Did you hear what that old dude said?" he asked them with an excited smile.
"Aww donkey spittle!" Mabel replied, mimicking McGucket, complete with the accent.
"Aww banjo polish!" Lana mimicked as well.
"The other thing, about the monster." Dipper clarified. "If we can snag a photo of it, we could all split the prize money with us and Grunkle Stan."
Mabel gasped. "That's like fourteen fifties."
"Now just wait Dipper." Lori interjected sternly. "We nearly got wasted by a bunch of little creeps a few days ago, I didn't enjoy it, but I dealt with it. But a sea monster? Thanks but no thanks."
"And I wanna hear all the jokes Stan has." Luana added.
"Come on guys." Dipper urged. "Just imagine what you would do with all that cash?"
Lori, Mabel, and Luan imagined it...
Mabel's fantasy...
Using the prize money, Mabel was able to buy that human-sized hamster ball, she stood smugly over the family pet hamster, Geo.
"Not so high and mighty anymore, huh Geo?" she told him.
The little rodent could only bow his head in shame.
Mabel ran around laughing gleefully, she crashed through the wall, not really caring. Downtown, a car stopped at a red light, the two passengers were very animated, radical looking young men.
"Hey, boys." Mabel called flirtatiously, the two looked at her in shock. "You can look, but you can't touch." once the light turned green, she rolled away, squeaking while doing so.
"Awesome." they both breathed.
Lori's fantasy...
In the big city, we bring our focus to a huge building, filed with employees, Lori was wearing a business suit, and walked with an aura of authority. She was busy talking on the phone.
"Move next Sunday's meeting to Monday, I'm having lunch with the fam." she ordered. "Also, get me Johnson's two week notice."
"Excuse me, Ms. Loud?" a male employee got her attention. "You're 2 o'clock's just arrived." he informed her.
Lori promptly hung up and went into her office. "I am not to be disturbed." she ordered as she closed the door. Now that she was alone, she took out a mirror and checked herself for any imperfections, then a knock on her door was heard. "Come in."
The door opened to reveal none other than her longtime love interest, Bobby Santiago, he was wearing a tuxedo and had an enamored look on his face.
"Miss me babe?" he asked sweetly as he walked over to her and pulled her close.
"You have no idea, boo-boo bear." she replied. They affectionately embraced each other and kissed.
Luan's fantasy...
One night in the town, everyone was lining up for the latest act that has swept the comedy world by storm, inside the comedy club countless people were seated, watching patiently for tonight's guest.
"And now ladies and gentlemen! Please welcome the greatest comedian of the century, Luan Loud!"
The curtains pull back to reveal Luan with her trusty wooden dummy, Mr. Coconuts.
"Hey Mr. Coconuts." Luan adreseed her wooden compatriot. "Why did the chicken cross the road?"
"I don't know Luan, why?"
"His taxi cab was on the other side, but couldn't get there in time, guess he was out of cluck. Ha ha ah." she laughed. The audience instantly roared in laughter as well, they held their stomachs, pounded their fists against the tables, and applauded Luan Loud for her comedic genius. "Than you! Thanks everyone!" Luan waved. "I'll be here all night."
Back to reality...
The three Loud sisters that were just having fantasies of their greatest desires, now had hopeful looks on their faces. Even if the slightest chance of them living those dreams was the exact motivation they needed. They were in.
"Guys? Guys." Lincoln snapped his fingers, freeing them from their dream-like state. "You kinda zoned out for a little."
"So are you in or out?" Dipper questioned.
"Dipper, I am one million percent on board with this!" Mabel told her twin with a determined look. "Right girls?" she asked her sisters who gave shout of agreement.
"Yeah!"
"Alright!" Dipper smiled and then turned to his uncle and wrapped an arm around him. "Grunkle Stan, slight change of plans, we want to take that boat to Scuttlebutt Island and find that gobblewonker!" he declared.
"Yeah, monster hunt!" Lana cheered, inciting a chant from the band of siblings.
"Monster hunt!"
"Monster hunt!"
"Monster hunt!"
During this, they noticed that McGucket returned briefly and joined in. "Monster hunt! Monster-er." he stopped as he saw the weird out looks the family was giving him. "I'll uh, I'll just go now." he said, walking away.
Just then, a nearby horn was heard, geting the kids' attention, they turned and saw an approaching boat, not only that but the driver was their good friend, Soos. His boat was named the S.S. Cool Dude.
"You dudes say something about a monster hunt?" Soos asked, casually.
"Soos!" Mabel smiled along with her siblings, happy to see him.
"What's happening my man?" Luna greeted.
"Cool boat." Lynn complimented.
"Wassup hambones?" Soos greeted back as he exchanged fist bumps with Mabel, Luna, and Lynn. He also ruffled Lana and Lily's hair affectionately. "So dudes, you can totally use my boat for your hunt." he told them. "It's got a steering wheel, some chairs, you know normal boat stuff." he explained, patting the boat.
Stan however tried to dissuade his nieces and nephews. "Okay now let's think this through. You could go waste your time on some epic monster finding adventure." he offered, attempting to make it sound boring (which didn't work.) "Or better yet, you could spend the whole day learning how to tie knots and skewer worms with your great uncle Stan!"
The Loud kids thought for a moment, this was a very hard choice, spend the day with their cool friend, Soos who was doing an awesome robot dance, or with their old uncle on a smelly broken down that looked like it could break apart any minute. They all looked at Scuttlebutt Island, it was like the island hidden in fog was begging them to search for the supposed monster it was housing. Knowing exactly what to do, they gave each other knowing smiles.
"So, what do you say?" Stan asked, smiling confidently that they'll see things his way. Unfortunately his hopes were shattered as he saw them on Soos's boat and went off.
"Yay!" Mabel cheered. "We made the right choice!"
All Stan could do now was glower at them. "Ingrates!" he yelled, shaking his fist. "Ah who needs them? I got a box full of fish corpses to keep me company." he gestured to the box filled with dead fish and cringed at the way they looked. All smelly and lifeless.
The Loud kids and the handyman were sailing fast to Scuttlebutt Island with a huge sense of adventure. This was their chance to not only go on a monster hunting adventure but they could get a huge load of cash as a result.
Dipper was standing on the front like an adventurer. He was determined to get that picture.
"Hoist the anchor!" he commanded which Soos and Lori did. "Set sail!" Mabel, Lincoln, and Lucy held up the boat's flag which read FUN and had a sun with shades.
"We're gonna find that Gobblewonker!" Lynn exclaimed filled with confidence.
"We're gonna win that photo contest!" Lincoln declared.
"Hey, did anyone pack any sunscreen?" Soos asked.
The boat instantly stopped, everyone just realized that they didn't pack any sunscreen.
"Dang it." Lana and Lola declared.
"Don't worry, I got some right here." Leni said taking a bottle out. "I always have it with me for the summer."
"Nice job Leni." Lincoln complimented.
With that out of the way, the family of monster hunters were ready to go off to their grand adventure. Little did they know, underneath them, in the dark shallow waters of the lake, the silhouette of a huge beast swam by, ready to hunt for its next prey.
Once they got the sunscreen, the crew were ready to get back into the hunt, they, minus Dipper, were lined up in front of said boy. He was pacing with a serious expression.
"Alright people, if we want to win this photo contest we have to do this right." he told them. "Think. What's the number one problem with most monster hunts?" he asked them.
"Easy, if you split up then the monster will pick you off one by one." Lincoln replied.
"Ooh I know! You forgot to bring your best monster hunter outfit." Leni said.
"The naivety of thinking you'll actually survive a monster attack." Lucy put in her two scents.
"If you're a side character you die in the first five minutes of the movie." Soos said then he looked worried. "Dude, am I a side character? Do you ever think about stuff like that?"
"Please." Lisa scoffed. "The best answer is encountering complications with your device that photographs images." Everyone was silent making her sigh. "Camera trouble." she clarified.
"Bingo." Dipper pointed to Lisa. "For example, say Bigfoot shows up. Soos be Bigfoot." he told him. Sood was able to pull off his best surprised Bigfoot pose. "There he is, it's Bigfoot." Dipper faked being surprised, then looked through his pockets. "Uh oh, no camera; oh wait there it is." he smiled as he pulled one out. "Drat, no film. You see? See what I'm doing here?" he questioned, hoping everyone was on the same page as him.
His siblings nodded I understanding.
"Oh, yeah." Mabel said.
"You're onto something little bro." Lori told him.
"Dude's got a point." Soos commented.
"So, that's why Lincoln and I took the liberty in buying a ton of disposable cameras." he declared. "Four on my ankles, three in my jacket, four for each of you, three extras in this bag, and one under my hat."
"Nice idea by the way bro." Lincoln complimented.
"Thanks." Dipper smiled. "See guys? As long as we have a plan, there is absolutely no way we're gonna miss this." he said, confident. "Okay, everybody lets test our cameras out."
Soos was holding one of his cameras, but the flash surprised him, making him drop it in the lake. "Oops, sorry dude." he apologized.
"No worries." Dipper assured him. "This is why we need backup cameras, we still got plenty."
A bird then swooped past Mabel, startling her.
"Ah bird!" she yelled, throwing two of her cameras at it, which also went into the lake.
"Guys, you shouldn't be so careless." Leni chided, until she accidentally dropped her camera. "Oopsy. Okay, that was my bad, but I still got three left." She said holding them up. Then, the same bird swooped in and took them. "Uh...can I have some more?" she asked sheepishly.
"Hey, that's my camera!" Lana shouted at her twin, playing tug of war with another one.
"No it's not!" Lola protested. "It was in my jacket!" she pulled one last time, making the camera fall on the floor and broke apart.
Dipper was now getting nervous. "Okay, guys I repeat, dont loose your cameras."
"Wait, did you say loose the cameras?" Soos and Leni asked in unison.
"No, don't loose them!" Dipper corrected, aggravated.
Soos cringed. "Sorry dude, but Leni and I just threw two away." he told him, pointing at the lake.
"Sorry Dipper." Leni apologized.
Dipper was really starting to loose his cool. "No to worry!" he said through clenched teeth. "We still have more than enou-" he was cut off by him accidentally smashing one of his. "Dang it."
"Oh are we smashing the cameras?" Lynn asked hopefully. "Sweet!" she smashed all her cameras with her fists.
"I know this might anger you more, but my camera is out of film." Lucy told him.
"See people? This is why I have a phone." Lori said smugly, until she saw the battery percentage. "Aaaaand it's at zero. Dang it."
"So what's the plan?" Mabel asked. "Do we throw all the cameras in the lake or what?" she said holding a bag full of them over the deck.
"No, that's not the plan at all!" Lincoln told her, then composed himself. "Okay, look guys, there's too much chaos here. What we need is to establish a chain of command or maybe assign everyone a task."
"Good idea Linc." Dipper complimented. "Okay, Mabel, you, Luan, Lana, and Lola are on lookout. Soos can work the steering wheel with Lori, Luna, and Leni. Lisa, Lynn, Lucy, and Lily will be navigation. Lincoln will be first mate, while I'll be captain."
"What? Why do you get to be captain?" Mabel questioned indignantly. "What about Mabel, huh?" she pointed to herself and started chanting her name. "Mabel! Mabel! Mabel! Mabel!"
"Um, excuse me?" Lori interjected. "Has anyone forgotten that I'm the oldest? It should literally be me."
"You always use that as an excuse to get your way." Lisa said. "Logically it should be me considering I'm intellectually superior."
"Can I be captain?" Leni asked.
"No!" Everyone was now arguing on who should be captain until Dipper silenced them with a whistle.
"Sorry guys, but I already called dibs. Besides, I'm not sure any of you being captain is a good idea." he said honestly.
"What about co-captain?" Mabel suggested.
"There's no such thing as co-captain." Dipper informed her.
"Besides, I'm first mate so I'm second in command." Lincoln reminded.
"Hey Leni, can I see that camera?" Mabel asked her.
"Okay!" Leni responded handing it to her.
"Woops." Mabel intentionally threw it in the lake.
"Okay fine!" Dipper finally conceded. "You, Lincoln, and I can all share a commanding role."
"Can I be associate co-captain?" Soos asked.
"As co-captain I authorize that request." Mabel replied.
"As first mate, I suggest we focus on our mission." Lincoln said.
"As first captain, I agree. Our first order of business is to lure the monster out using this." Dipper gestured to a barrel full of fish food.
"Permission to taste some?" Soos asked.
"Oh me too! Me too!" Lana chirped happily.
"Granted." Dipper responded.
"Same here." Lincoln nodded.
"Permission co-granted!"
"Permission associate co-granted." Soos said as he and Laba bites out of the fish four, the handyman regretted doing so once he started coughing and spitting it out making the kids laugh humorously. "Oh ew. Why did I even eat it?"
"More for me then!" Lana happily said as she continued to eat.
"Save some for the monster Lana." Lincoln told her.
Stan was glaring at them from afar, still bitter about his own family wanting to spend time looking for some monster that may or may not exist more than to bond with him.
"Traitors." he grumbled. "I'll find my own fishing buddies." He looked around to see who could possibly fill in the void left by his niblings, his eyes fell on a far away boat with two people. "Ah!" he smiled. Stan turned the motor on and went to them. "There's my new pals!"
At the nearby boat, there was a nice young couple happily enjoying their time together, the man turned around when his girlfriend wasn't paying attention, and looked hesitantly at a box with a diamond ring on it. He needed to make sure he was up fur this, it's been several months, their relationship was going strong, and now was the time to finally ask her.
He took a deep breath and turned to her. "Now that we're alone Rozanna, there's a burning question which heart longs to ask of you." he told her.
"Oh Reginald." she sighed dreamily.
However, before he could pop the big question, Stan interrupted as he popped in.
"Hey, wanna hear a joke?" he asked.
"Uh-"
"Here it goes. My ex-wife still misses me, by her aim is getting better!" Stan exclaimed. None of them laughed. "Her aim is getting better!" he tried again, once again silence. "See it's funny because marriage is terrible." The couple abruptly paddled away from the old man. "What?!" Stan questioned. "You know if my niece Luan was here, she'd get it!"
After 20 minutes, the Loud kids and Soos were able to make it close to the shore of Scuttlebutt Island. It was hard to perfectly see the island due to the fog, so they turned on some lanterns to light the way. Some like Leni were kinda nervous by the eerie atmosphere of the place so Mabel and Luan decided to lighten things up with a pelican.
"Hey there Mr. Pelican, how's it going?" Luan asked.
"It's going awesome!" Mabel replied, using its bill like a puppet and adopting a deep voice. "Bow bow, buh bow bow!"
"You guys, leave that thing alone." Lincoln told them.
"Aw I don't mind none!" 'Mr. Pelican' replied. "Hey look I'm drinking water!" Mabel said as she drank while trying to talk through the bird. "Twinkle twinkle little sta-" she choked on the water and the bird flew away.
Luan patted her back comfortably. "Deep breaths sis, deep breaths."
"Aren't you two supposed to be doing lookout with the twins?" Dipper reminded them wit a stern frown.
"If you insist. Lookout!" Mabel grinned and threw a volleyball at Dipper making him wince.
"Watch it!"
"Heh heh." Mabel giggled. "But seriously I'm on it."
Lynn then popped in. "Hey, there's my volleyball." she said picking it up. "Was looking all over for it. So you were the one who took it Mabel." she glared.
"Told ya it wasn't me." Lincoln told Lynn.
"Yeah, sorry little bro."
Before Lincoln could respond, the boat crashed onto the shore making everyone Loose their balance a little and Mabel fell down hard on the ground but was able to get back up with no problem.
"See? We're here!" Mabel announced. "I'm a lookout genius." she praised herself as everyone got off the boat. "Hamster ball here I come!"
The kids and Soos looked around their new surroundings, it was hard to see the island from afar, now it was even harder to see anything at all on land. The lantern Dipper on his hand was able to light the way.
"Man, I'm getting all kinds of bad vibes from this place dudes." Luna said, gazing around.
"The amount of advection that has formed in this island formation will make it difficult for our retinas to properly view anything." Lisa remarked. "It'd be a miracle if we do find this Gobblewonker." the prodigy took out a tape recorder. "Note to self: think of scientific name for creature."
"We won't find it with that attitude." Lincoln told her, even though he didn't get most of what she said, it sounded negative.
Lucy was mostly quiet and heard an owl nearby. "An island shrouded in fog that makes you uncertain if we're ever finding a way out of here and there might be a monster lurking in the waters ready to strike." after a second she smiled. "We should come here more often."
"Hey dudes check it out." Soos gestured to a sign that read Scuttlebutt Island, he covered the Scuttle part. "Butt Island." he snickered.
Everyone except Dipper shared a laugh at Soos's humor. The handyman can always find a way to make them laugh.
"Soos, you rapscallion." Mabel playfully admonished.
"Hilarious man." Lana chuckled.
Mabel noticed that her twin wasn't the only one sharing in the laughing. "Hey why aren't you laughing? Are you scared?" she teased poking his face.
"What? N-No I'm not." he defended.
His twin poked him on on the face with a raspberry. "Pfft. Yeah you are." she insisted and continued to do it.
"Mabel stop it." Dipper objected, but she kept on poking him. "Quit it."
Just then, an eerie growl was heard from afar startling them and making Mabel stop and Lola and Lana clinging to Soos, they all looked around nervously looking for the source.
"Dudes, did you hear that?" Soos asked.
"Kinda hard not to." Lori gulped.
"M-Maybe it was Soos's stomach." Leni suggested, quivering a little.
"Nah my stomach normally sounds like whale noises." Soos informed them. Mabel ,the twins, and Lily pressed their ears to Soos's but and indeed they heard the sound of a whale's moaning.
"Oooooh." Lana, Lola, and Lily marveled.
"So majestic." Mabel breathed in awe.
Dipper noticed a possum grabbing the lantern by its teeth and scurried off. "Oh no, our lantern!"
"Chill bro we still got a flashlight." Luna said, until it blinked a little and turned off. "Seriously?" she glared.
"Great now we can't see a thing." Lincoln said, squinting his eyes.
"I don't know man, maybe this isn't worth it." Soos told him.
Lisa nodded. "Soos makes a valid point, searching for a creature that's existence is at best questionable is highly trivial."
"But we're so close I can feel it." Lincoln claimed.
Dipper nodded. "Seriously, imagine what could happen if we get that picture." the two brothers proceeded to have their own fantasy.
Dipper and Lincoln's fantasy...
In their own mind, Dipper and Lincoln were able to get a picture of the Gobblewonker and as a result went onto become a world famous adventurers. Presently they were guests in a nighttime talk show.
"Tonight we're here with adventure seeker brothers Dipper Pines Loud and Lincoln Loud, who bravely photographed the elusive Gobblewonker." the host, Charlie announced. "Tell me you two, what's the secret to your success?"
"Well we run away from nothing." Dipper boldly claimed, drinking some coffee.
"Unless you count our annoying Grunkle Stan whom we ditched in order to pursue that lake monster." Lincoln added.
"How right you two were to do so. He looked like a real piece of work." Charlie commented and then sat up. "You know I don't normally do this but I feel the need to give you two awards." He proceeds to hand them medals.
The two brothers smiled at this and for the flashing cameras but their joy was cut short when they heard the wall crash down.
"Charlie!" a familiar voice to them exclaimed.
The camera turned to see that it was none other than their sister, Mabel who was still inside her human shaped hamster ball. She looked like she hadn't bathed in weeks and had a crazy look on her face.
"Why won't you interview me?!" she demanded and charged at them making everyone run away in fright.
Back to reality, Dipper, Lincoln, and Mabel were smiling brightly and were determined to find that lake monster.
"I'm in!" Lincoln declared.
"Me too!" Mabel agreed.
The three of them rushed off to find the monster and accomplish their dreams.
"Hey wait up little sibs!" Luna shouted running after them along with the others.
For hours, they scoured throughout the majority of the island trying to find any trace, any sign of the Gobblewonker, but all they could find was more fog, squirrels, and possums.
Mabel, Soos, and Lana passed the time by doing a little beat boxing with Mabel singing lead, going all freestyle.
"My name is Mabel, it rhymes with table, it also rhyme with glabel, it also rhymes with Schmabel." Mabel rapped.
"Dude we should be writing this stuff down." Soos remarked.
"Guys, guys, quiet." Dipper hushed them. "Do you hear that?
Everyone stood completely still as the same mysterious beastial growl from before once again made the call. Dipper looked ahead and saw a flock of crows fly away from one area. That must be where the Gobblewonker was.
"This is it!" Dipper eagerly exclaimed. He, Mabel, and Lincoln moved forward to the location with the others tailing behind with Soos picking up a sodden spear for protection. They went deep into the fog until they were near a lake If you squint you can see the silhouette of a sea monster. They all gasped and behind a log to avoid being discovered.
"Everyone, get your cameras ready." Dipper whispered cautiously which they did so, they waited until the timing was perfect. "Ready...now!" he declared.
Soos acted first by running head first into the fray screaming and pressing the camera multiple times while doing so. The fog began to clear up allowing them to see what the image really was...just some scrap from a broken boat that was now a home to some beavers.
'I love cavorting!' one chirped in its own language.
'That deserves a hug!' the beaver next to him replied which he gave its friend. The third one slipped and fell into the water.
They all just stared in disbelief.
"Huh. Not gonna lie, I'm a little disappointed." Lincoln remarked.
"Ditto." Luna nodded.
"Completely anticlimactic." Lucy agreed as well.
"But-but what was that noise then?" Dipper questioned wit a frown. "I heard a monster noise." he said with sincerity.
"Um Dipper." Lynn pointed to one beaver playing with a rusty old chainsaw.
"Sweet, beaver with a chainsaw!" Soos smiled taking a picture.
Leni clapped her hands eagerly. "I hear a photo shoot!" she said excited and also took photos of her own.
"Maybe that old guy was crazy after all." Dipper decided with a lot of dismayed, they went all this way for nothing, definitely not something worthy of a medal.
"He did use the word scrabdoodle." Mabel noted equally dismayed.
"Along with other old timey phrases that no one uses in real life." Lincoln added sadly.
They were all disappointed in many levels, any hope of getting what they wanted with the prize money was shattered now that it was clear that they came on this ride for a whole lot of nothing. All Dipper could do was sigh heavily.
Back with Stan, his next attempt to get a boating buddy was by giving advice to a nearby little kid.
"Look, when you're threadin' the line-lot of people don't know about this-but you wanna use a barrel knot." Stan told the uncomfortable kid. "That's a secret from one fishing buddy from another. Heh heh!" he whispered.
"Uh, I, uh, who are you exactly?" the boy timidly asked.
"Just call me your Grunkle Stan!" he cheerfully answered put his arm on his shoulder.
"Sir, SIR, SIR!" his mother exclaimed standing with her husband. "Why are you talking to our son? If you don't leave right now, I'm calling the police!" she threatened.
Stan laughed nervously. "Ha ha, see the thing about that is-" the old man started the boat's motor and speeds away as fast as he could.
"Go bother your own kids!" the mother shouted at him as he sped off.
With the kids and Soos, they were disappointed that there wasn't any monster for them to cash in, making their trip completely pointless. Leni and Soos were currently taking photos of a random beaver while everyone else sat around, completely bored.
"Ooh yeah, work it! Work it!" Soos cheered.
"The camera loves , you buck toothed beautiful creature!" Leni cheered as well. "Nice! Yes, give us another pose." she told it, but the animal got tired of the attention and went away.
Dipper sitting on a rock with a melancholy look, out of all of them he was the most saddened, he put a lot of hope and determination into finding this sea creature, also guilty that he involved his family in it. "Sorry I roped you all into this." he apologized to his siblings. "I know how much you all would have wanted that prize money."
"Don't worry about it bro." Luna dismissed with a wave. "I honestly didn't really care about the money, this just seems like a cool thing to do with my sibs." she admitted.
"I came along mainly due to my curiosity." Lisa said.
"You have to admit, this was kinda better than listening to Stan's jokes." Lana remarked.
"But I wanted that human sized hamster ball so badly!" Mabel groaned.
"Yeah, well even though I planned on using the money to buy my own company and have Bobby propose to me." she noticed all them giving her blank stares. "Hey I'm allowed to dream. Anyway, I just wanted to come along to make sure no e of you got hurt." she said truthfully. "After what happened with those gnomes I didn't want to take any chances."
"Aw thanks Lori." Dipper responded with a smile before frowning. "But it looks you were wasting your time, because no monster and all."
"I'm actually worried about what we'll tell Grunkle Stan." Lincoln said. "We ditched him over nothing." he told them with guilt on his tone and gazed sadly at his reflection in the water but then a rumbling sound was heard that shook the rock Dipper was sitting on.
"Hey, did you guys hear that-ah!" Dipper helped as another fumble caused him to fall in the water. "Hey, hey, woah woah!"' he exclaimed swimming back to shore.
"I got you Dipper!" Lola said, helping him.
"Guys look!" Lincoln pointed to the silhouette of the actual Gobblewonker swimming away. "It's real!"
"I knew it!" Dipper exclaimed happily and quickly took out his camera to take one photo. "Come on guys, this is our chance!" he told the others, however they were too scared and nervous to act and backed away a little. "What's wrong with you guys?" he asked. Unkown to him, the Gobblewonker rose slowly from the lake behind Dipper.
"Dipper..." Mabel nervously pointed behind him.
"Bro you might wanna look behind you." Lori advised with a lot of fear.
Although Dipper was undeterred. "Come on its easy all you gotta do is point and click, look." she turned around to show them and finally saw the dangerous heart himself, it let out a monster our roar that made him drop his camera.
"Raghhh!"
"Did anyone else slightly soiled themselves?" Lincoln whimpered.
"We all did Lincoln, we all did." Luan answered and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"Shall I do the honors?" Lana asked, her and Lana holding together.
"Go right ahead sis." Lola answered.
"Run!"
The Louds and handyman didn't need to be told twice as they ran away from the heart as fast as they could, the Gobblewonker quickly made pursuit of its newfound prey and chased after them into the woods, the sea behemoth topped over trees so that it could crush them. Dipper saw one about to hit Mabel and tackled get out of the way, Lori made sure to hold onto Lily as tightly as she could, Luna carried Lola and Lana, while Luan carried Lisa. They narrowly avoided all the trees knocking down at them.
"We gotta get back to the bote! Hurry!" Soos yelled urgently, hoisting Mabel onto his shoulder.
Despite the present danger Dipper still tried to get photos of the Gobblewonker until he tripped over and dropped the camera. "No the picture!" he tried to run back to get it but Leni carried him away.
"No Dippy, it's too dangerous!" Leni protested. "But don't worry, if it makes you feel any better Soos and I got really nice pictures of those beavers!" she informed him.
"Why would that make me fell better?!" Dipper demanded.
The horrible Gobblewonker increased its speed so that it could catch its prey , but they went faster as they saw the boat just up ahead.
"Let's get out of here dudes!" Soos exclaimed as everyone got on the boat. He started the motor and rode off away from Scuttlebutt Island but the beast followed them in the water.
"Go faster Soos!" Lynn shouted. "We're on its home turf now!"
"I have to get at least one photo." Dipper said taking out another camera but saw a problem. "Dang it! Cracked lens, Soos get a photo!" he ordered his friend. However Soos was throwing away all his cameras at the Gobblewonker hoping to make one dent which want successful.
"Good idea Soos!" Leni said as she too threw away a lot of cameras.
"What're you guys doing?!" Dipper asked frantically.
"Oh don't worry dude! I still got one left, catch!" Soos threw the camera but it broke apart on the wall.
The Gobblewonker smashed into the water causing small waves that rocked the boat making everyone grunt. "Ugh!" Thinking fast Soos sped the boat up and got to the steering wheel to steady the boat.
"Go go go go go!" Dipper urged.
Soos did so by accelerating the speed even more. What they don't know is that they were coming up on Stan who was unsuccessfully trying to thread a line.
"Er, ugh, gah! Mollycoddling." he grunted struggling to tie the knot.
His attention was caught by an elderly man with his two twin grandchildren who bore an uncanny resemblance to Dipper and Mabel.
"Can you pwease tell us mo'e funny stories Pop Pop?" the boy asked hopefully.
"Anything for my fishing buddies!" the old man laughed and patted his grandchildren on the heads making them laugh as well.
Stan growled bitterly at this.
"Pop Pop, I just reawized that I wuv you." the boy told him.
"Ah come on! Boo! Boo!" Stan jeered at them.
"Hey now! What's the big idea?!" the old man demanded not liking Stan's attitude.
"Maybd he has no one who wuvs him Pop Pop." the boy guessed.
"Yeah, well I... I..." before Stan could make a comeback, the S.S. Cool Dude and the Gobblewonker drove past him and soaked him with water. All Stan could do was throw his hat on the ground in frustration and sat down with a depressed sigh.
Back with the chase, the water beast was still in its pursuit of the kids and adult.
"Guys, that thing's catching up fast!" Lola exclaimed looking back.
"We need to go faster!" Lincoln told them.
"I'm afraid that Soos's water bound vehicle is at its limit of acceleration." Lisa informed. "Next thing you know, we'll run out of gas and well you get the idea."
"There's no point in prolonging the inevitable." Lucy declared. "Let's just cut our loses and accept our demise."
"No, I know we can make it out if this!" Dipper said and then saw an obstacle up ahead. "Soos, beavers!" he pointed to the monster shaped wreck with the beavers.
'We're still beavers.'
"Ahhhhh!" everyone screamed as the boat crashed into of allowing the beavers to hop aboard and landed on them and bit on them and the boat much to their discomfort.
"Ah beavers, no!" Soos panicked.
"They're on my hair!" Lola cried.
Beavers were biting on Dipper's hat, Lincoln's arms, Mabel's sweater and so on, the kids tried to get them off them. Then on jumped at Soos's face making him run away from the wheel, seeing this Lori quickly took over and steered the boat the other wY throwing the beavers overboard. She guided the S.S. Cool Dide through the other fishing boats with the heart following underwater, it tipped over nearly all of the boats.
Dan and his sons were coming up. "Haha headlock!" the lumberjack laughed doing the aforementioned move on the fish with his kids cheering him on until they too were thrown overboard. After emerging from the water fish began to rain down on them. "Ah! The fishes, they seek revenge!" he exclaimed fearfully. "Swim boys, swim!" he urged his sons.
The Gobblewonker swiped at the S.S. Cool Dude, tearing off the control cabin and Soos's shirt, luckily they all ducked out of the way.
Mabel looked ahead and gasped. "Ah! Lori, heads up!"
Up in front, two guys were trying to steadily move a large glass sheet over the water.
"Easy... Easy..." one of them warned. Unfortunately the boat crashe through it shattering it to pieces.
"Our glass!" the other guy shouted.
Lori then saw a dead end up ahead. "Oh jeez! Where do I go?!" she asked frantically, the right and left side were blocked by rock formations.
Dipper thought of an idea and took out the journal and stopped at a page. "Uh go into the falls!" he advised. "I think there might be a cave behind thete!"
"Might be?!" Lori repeated.
"It's our only option left!" Lincoln reasoned.
It was risky but Lori reminded herself that she came along to protect her younger siblings, even the slightest chance was worth taking. She drove right at the falls and everyone braced themselves by closing they're eyes in case there wasn't a cave, fortunately they passed through harmlessly and indeed found a cave behind the falls, although they still had their eyes closed making Lori accidentally crash on the shore making everyone fall off.
"Uhh." Lincoln groaned getting up. "Everyone okay?" he asked.
His answer was a collective groan. "You know right now those gnomes don't really seem like a bad thing." Luan said. They got up and dusted themselves off and were relived that they were out of danger but once again panicked as the Gobblewonker also went through the falls. They held each other and waited for the end to come but didn't feel a thing they saw that the sea creature couldn't fit through the entrance and thus couldn't make it through.
"Its stuck." Mabel observed, smiling, everyone sighed in sweet relief, they were now out of danger.
Lincoln sat down on the ground. We're safe, were finally safe." he breathe heavily. "I need to sit down."
Lori kneeled down next to him and patted his head. "Take it easy little brother, take it easy."
"Oh yeah! we took down a giant gnome and now a sea monster, nothing can touch us!" Lynn cheered.
"Haha yeah!" Dipper cheered as well high-fiving Lynn and then remembered what Mabel just said. "Wait, its stuck?" he repeated hopefully, now was his chance to get a descent photo. He reached into his jacket but there was no camera, he searched frantically for an extra one but couldn't find any, luckily Mabel came to his rescue.
She took of his hat, revealing the camera he stored under there.
"Boop." she smiled."
"Hahaha!" Dipper laughed in joy. He began to take several photos of the sea monster, making sure to get every detail. All the Gobblewonker could do was continue to struggle to get out.
"Did you get a good one?" Mabel asked.
"They're all good ones!" Dipper answered cheerfully hugging his twin who happily returned it. Everyone celebrated over the success of their mission.
"Whoo! Hamster Ball!"
"Make way for Luan, world!"
As they cheered, a pillar fell down on the beast's head, making a very deep THUNK sound, the weird thing was that it sounded like it was smashed against metal. What was even weirder was that the sound of a power down was heard and the Gobblewonker was sparkling with electricity until it seemed to faint.
"What the..?" Lincoln asked, confused like the others. He shared a glance with an equally stupefied Dipper. They both made their way down and cautiously approached the monster.
Dipper put his hand don it and pulled back once he felt how cold it was, Lincoln banged his fist against it, and saw that the scales were metal like furthering their confusion.
"What's wrong?" Lucy asked.
"Careful little bros." Luna advised.
"Don't worry, we got this." Dipper assured. "Just hold on." the two brothers crawled over to the other side and found something interesting.
"Hey guys, come check this out!" Lincoln beckoned them. They were a little hesitant but complied nonetheless, they caught up wuith the boys and gathered around their discovery; a handle. Dipper turns it, making steam come out, he opened the hatch and saw Old Man McGucket working on some controls
"Work the bellows and the-Eh?" he notices the gang. "Aw, banjo polish!"
"Wha- Y- You?!" Dipper asked in shock. "You made this? W-w-why?"
The old prospector stammered nervously. "Well I... I, uh... I just wanted attention." he admitted sadly.
"Still don't get it" Leni replied.
McGucket soon went into specifics. "Well ya see, first I just hootenannied up a biomechanical brain wave generator, and then I learned to operate a stick-shift with my beard!"
"Dude, we mean why did you do this?" Luna clarified.
"Yeah, you like literally nearly wasted us back there." Lori glared scornfully.
McGucket took of his hat and frowned sadly. "Well kids, when ya get to be an old fella like me, nobody pays attention to you anymore." he told them, the old man began to think back wen his son wouldn't spend time with him. "My own son hasn't visited me in months! So I figured maybe I'd catch his fancy with a fifteen ton aquatic robot!" he laughed maniacally before sighing. "In retrospect, it seems to be contrived. You just don't know the lengths us old-timers are willing to through for a little quality time with our family."
The Loud kids shared a collective sad and guilty look, in reality they did know something like that. Their great uncle just wanted to spend time with his niblings and they didn't want to just because it wasn't appealing or fun to them, maybe of they had given it a try they might have; no they selfishly wanted to pursue their desires instead. They all took out the the fishing hats Stan gave them and gave out depressed sighs, only Lucy actually said the word.
"Sigh." she moaned.
"Dude, I guess the real lake monsters are you all, Heh heh." Soos observed with a laugh. "Sorry, that just like-boom-just popped into my head there."
"It's okay Soos." Lincoln replied. "You're actually right."
Lily turned to McGucket." Bah guh bauh ga huh?"
"Allow me to translate." Luan said. "Lily asked that have you ever tried talking to your son about how you felt?"
"No sir, I got work straight on the robot!" the elder turned on a projector which showed schematics and newspaper artcles. "I made lots of robots in my day, like when my wife left me and I created a homicidal pterodactyl-tron, or when my pal Ernie didn't come to my retirement party a eighty ton SHAME BOT THAT EXPLODED THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN AREA!" he cackled madly. "Welp time to get back to work on my death ray!" he ducks into the hatch and construction noise could be heard from inside. "Hey, do any of you kids got a screwdriver?" he asked.
"I refuse to partake in shameful acts of using science." Lisa snorted.
"You mean besides experimenting on your family?" Lola snidely remarked.
"Point taken."
"Well, so much for the photo contest." Dipper sighed, knowing that this wasn't a real monster.
"You still have one roll of film left.' Mabel noted.
"What do ya wanna do with it?" Lincoln asked.
"I think the answer's pretty clear." Lori responded.
The sun was beginning to set, and nearly everyone had gone home, Stan was one of the few people lest and he was not having a good day. He spent much of the day alone, still sad at his niblings leaving him; deciding to cut his losses he was driving back to shore until he heard someone familiar call out.
"Hey, over here!" he looked back and saw the S.S. Coll Dude along wth the kids and Soos, Dipper was the one who called out.
Though he was curious as to why the boat was torn apart, he wasn't pleased t see them. "What the? Kids? I though you all were off to play spin the bottle with Soos." he angrily remarked.
"Eww, Grunkle Stan! Soos is older than us!" Leni cringed. "Plus, he's not really my type. No offense Soos."
"None taken dude."
"Well we spent all day trying to find a legendary dinosaur." Dipper summed up.
"But we realized, the only dinosaur we wanna hang out with is right here." Mabel gestured to Stan.
"You willing to forgive us for ditching you?" Lincoln asked hopefully.
But Stan wouldn't budge. "Save your sympathy!" he barked. "I've been having a great time without ya! Been making friends, stalking my reflection, I even had a run-in with the lake police!" he told them, and revealed an ankle bracelet on him to prove it. "Guess I gotta wear this ankle bracelet now, so that'll be fun."
"So I guess there isn't room on that boat for fourteen more?" Dipper asked.
Stan glared at hem but soon his expression softens as he saw them put on the fishing hats he made.
"You knuckleheads ever seen me thread a hook with my eyes closed." he asked.
"Bet ya five backs you can't." Lincoln challenged.
"Make it 10!" Lana declared.
"You're on!" Stan replied allowing the kids to get on his boat.
"Five more bucks you can't do it with you're eyes closed, plus me singing at the top of my lungs!" Mabel chimed.
"I like those odds!" Stan then looked at Soos without any top wear. "Woah! What happened to your shirt?"
"Long story dude." Soos answered.
Dipper took out the last camera. "Alright, everyone get together, say fishing!" he announced.
"Fishing!" they all exclaimed, but Soos's face wasn't seen.
"Dude am I on the frame?"
Dipper took the photo nonetheless.
Soon it more photos were taken showing how they spent the rest of the day. Mabel, Lola, and Lana were shielding Stan's eyes as he tried to thread a hook, Stan telling his jokes with only Soos and Luan laughing, Dipper and Limcoln caught two big fish, Stan helped Mabel and Lola steal a fish from the franpa and kids from before. That action led to a high speed chase from the lake police.
Once they made a clean getaway, they were heading back to shore, Dipper was resting comfortably until they bumped into something down below surprising them.
"Woah!"
"What was that?" Dipper asked.
Mabel could only shrug as they headed off tp home.
But...
Down below the lake, one of the cameras was sinking deep down and before it could land, the actual Gobblewonker saw by and ate it! Yet, no one woul ever know of its existence being a reality.
End Credit
Mabel was still playing puppets with the pelican.
"Hey, who wants to hear a pelican joke?" she asked in a deep masculine voice.
"Not me." Dipper replied, tired of this.
"Please stop." Lincoln begged. "No one wants this."
"Heh heh, yeah you do!" "Mr. Pelican" said.
"I know I do!" Luan chirped.
"Okay here we go, why did the pelican get kicked out of the restaurant with a chicen?"
"Like no one literally cares." Lori groaned.
"Because he had a big bill! La-la-la-la! Hyuk hyuk hyuk! Bla bla bloo! Yay hooray!"
"Ugh boo! Bad, bad pelican joke." Lisa said.
"HAHAHAHHAHA!" Luan laughed. "And I bet the chicken though that was fowl!"
Everyone groaned save for her and Mabel.