The Warners were shocked. Seeing the throne in person made them sick. Especially Wakko, who made a gookie and was on the verge of throwing up.
"Oh, the horror!" said Yakko. "Oh, the humanity!"
Mabel shot her grappling hook as it landed on Manly Dan. She pulled herself up.
"See anything?" said Wakko.
"I found Great Uncle Ford!" said Mabel, tossing the grappling hook down. "He's golden, but not in a good way!"
"Great!" said Stan. "Grab him and let's get out of here."
"But how are we going to unfreeze them?" said Dipper.
"I know!"
They turned around to see Gideon wearing a ridiculous sailor outfit and dancing in a cage, obviously uncomfortable and exhausted as sweat came out of his head. The Warners laughed at his torture.
"This is the best thing I've seen all day!" said Yakko, wheezing from laughing so hard.
Wakko was on his back, clutching his stomach as his ribs ached from laughing. Meanwhile, Dot filmed the dancing Gideon.
"Gold. Comedy gold!"
"Gideon!" said Mabel. "What happened to you?"
"Bill captured me," he sobbed. "He's been forcing me to do cute dances in this cage for all eternity! I'm so tired of being cute!"
"Honey," said Dot, putting the camera away, "try being me for a day!"
Wakko regained himself as he walked over to the throne, "straightening" Mayor Tyler.
"How do we undo this?" said Dipper.
Before Gideon could respond, Wakko accidentally pulled Tyler out of the pile.
"Oof!" he said as he landed on his back.
"He just did," said Gideon.
Pulling Tyler out reverted him back to his regular form. This in turn caused a chain reaction as everyone on the throne fell down and turned back to normal.
"Ugh, my mouth tastes like nightmares!" said Lazy Susan.
Robbie landed on his head.
"I think I'm dark and tortured for reals now."
"Teens," Dot muttered, rolling her eyes.
"This experience will forever scar Tad Strange," said Tad Strange, who seemed to take everything surprisingly well.
Durland knocked over Gideon's cage, breaking it and setting him free. He ripped off his outfit.
"No more SAILOR SUITS!" he screamed, panting.
Manly Dan and his sons hugged Wendy.
"Wendy!" he shouted, overjoyed to see his daughter was ok.
"Guys!" said Wendy.
"Mom!" said Pacifica. "Dad!"
"Durland!" said Sheriff Blubs, pushing the Northwests out of the way as he ran towards his beloved deputy.
"My Blubs!" said Durland.
"Don't you ever scare me like that again."
Everyone cheered and clapped as they hugged.
"I'm feeling a lotta love right now," said Yakko.
"Me too," said Wakko, smiling at his siblings.
"Me three!" said Dot, hysterically sobbing in an over-exaggerated manner.
"Drama queen," Yakko muttered as he patted her back.
Ford unfroze and returned to normal.
"Kids!" said Ford. "Aah, you did it! I knew I could count on you two."
He picked them up and hugged them. When he turned around and saw McGucket for the first time in 30 years, he stopped and put them down.
"Fiddleford. I-I haven't seen you since we parted ways. You must hate me."
He bent his head down, ashamed and ready for the old man to lash out at him. But to his surprise, he was received with kindness.
"I've tried forgettin'. Maybe I should try forgiving. Come here, old friend."
They hugged as Stan looked at them with an obvious grudge. After all, why couldn't he feel welcome by his brother for once?
"Hey," said Stan, "good to see you too, bro. Now let's get outta here, huh?"
"But what about Bill's weakness?" said Wakko.
"Yeah!" said Dot. "We're not finished yet!"
"I know what to do," said Ford, putting on gloves. "Does anyone have a pen? Pencil? Anything?"
He managed to see Robbie's spray can.
"Ah, perfect."
He started drawing a circle on the ground.
"Hmmm," said Yakko, "looks familiar."
"What is it...?" said Wakko.
"Drawing a circle on the floor," said Stan. "Well, he's lost his mind."
"My mind is fine," said Ford, "and there is a way to beat him: with this."
"The world's most confusing game of hopscotch?" said Pacifica.
"Oh," said Wakko, jumping up and down excitedly, "I know what it is! It's a zodiac!"
"It's more than a zodiac, Wakko...it's a prophecy. Although it would be a pretty fun game of hopscotch."
"If we make it a hopscotch game," said Yakko, "then count me in!"
Ford chuckled, then proceeded to explain the zodiac's importance.
"Many years ago I found ten symbols in a cave. Some I recognized then, some I only recognize now. The native people of Gravity Falls prophesied that these symbols could create a force strong enough to vanquish Bill. With Bill defeated, his weirdness would be reversed and the town could be saved. However, something amazing happened when I was in the portal."
He looked at the Warners.
"When you three came to town, the zodiac was altered and three new symbols were added. At first I thought I was seeing things, but it appears that your presence altered the timeline. It's as if you weren't supposed to come, but you did anyway for whatever reason and possibly changed our future. And believe me, it's most likely for the better. After all, if you didn't come, who knows where we all would be right now?"
The Warners smiled and beamed with pride.
"Anyway, this whole time I thought that it was just superstition. But seeing you all here now, I finally understand that it's destiny. Dipper, the pine tree. Mabel, the shooting star."
They stood on their respective spots.
"The question mark," said Soos. "This one's unsolvable."
The three symbols added after the Warners' arrival in Gravity Falls were a flower, a mallet, and a microphone.
"Obviously the microphone goes to the one with the best voice," said Yakko, smugly smiling as he looked at it.
"I'm the flower 'cause I'm cute!" said Dot, skipping to her spot and standing next to Dipper and the ice bag.
"A mallet, of course!" said Wakko, standing next to Soos and the other side of the ice bag.
"That one's easy," said Wendy, shoving Robbie onto the heart. "You've been rockin' that dumb hoodie since the seventh grade."
"Whoa. Destiny hoodie."
"The Tent of Telepathy sign!" said Dipper. "That must be Gideon!"
"Whoo!" said Gideon, standing on his sign. "An excuse to stand next to Mabel."
"Don't turn this into a big deal," Mabel grumbled.
Luckily, Yakko's sign managed to separate the two from each other. Yakko stepped onto the microphone, making Mabel sigh of relief.
"Sorry, Gideon. Looks like you're outta luck."
He looked at Mabel.
"You, on the other hand, are one lucky girl."
He wiggled his eyebrows as Dipper rolled his eyes.
"What a goofball," he muttered.
"Yeah," said Dot. "Look at him, trying to make a move on her. Typical of men these days."
But being the hypocrite she was, Dot put her hand on Dipper's arm and made it look like her fingers were walking up to his shoulder.
"By the way, got any plans for tonight?"
Dipper moved her hand away, chuckling as she pouted.
"Hold hands, everyone," said Ford. "This is a mystical human energy circuit."
"Ice?" Dipper asked. "Who's ice?"
"The symbols needn't all be literal, Dipper. It just has to be someone cool in the face of danger."
"Join us, Wendy!" said Wakko.
"Wendy! Wendy!" her friends chanted.
"Shut up, you guys."
She stood on the symbol.
"Much like the spectacles need to be someone scholarly." said Ford.
McGucket stood on the glasses while Pacifica looked at the llama on her sweater.
"This is freaky," she muttered as she stood on her symbol.
"Now hold hands, everyone."
McGucket extended his hand for Pacifica's, flies surrounding it.
"Ew!" said Pacifica. "I'm not touching that."
Preston decided to convince her otherwise.
"Do it, sweetie. Do the one thing no one in our family has ever done: touch the hillbilly."
"Do it! Do it! Do it!" the Warners chanted.
She did so reluctantly. Suddenly, everyone started glowing as thunder rumbled and smoke circled around the Fearamind. The Warners cheered and laughed as they glowed brightly. This feeling that came over them, it was something incredible. Sure, finding the wishing star was one thing, but maybe this time, they were the stars who needed to be discovered by the people of Gravity Falls. It was as if their importance increased significantly.
"Yes!" said Ford. "This is it! The rest of you get out. It's too dangerous!"
Everyone else except Stanley fled the scene.
"We just need one more person...Stanley! Stanley, get over here. You're the only one left."
"You realize this is a bunch of hogwash, right? You really think some caveman graffiti is gonna stop that monster?"
"Dang it, old man!" said Gideon. "Now's not the time!"
"Stan, just do it!" said Dot.
"Come on!" said Wendy.
"What are you doing?!" said Pacifica. "You're gonna ruin this!"
"I've never held hands this long and I am very uncomfortable," said Robbie.
"Whoa. Hey. I'm not the enemy here, people. Don't forget who literally created the end of the world."
"I'm sorry, Stanley. I know. Just help me fix it. Please."
"Fine. Just do one thing...say 'thank you'."
Ford didn't expect this at all.
"What?"
"I spent thirty years trying to bring you back into this dimension and you still haven't thanked me! You want me to shake your hand? Say 'thank you'."
"Fine. Thank you."
He held Ford and Soos' hands.
"Now, see. Between me and him, I'm not always the bad twin."
"Awwwwwww!" said the Warners.
"Perfect way to get our happy ending, huh sibs?" said Yakko.
They nodded in agreement.
"Between 'him and me'...grammar, Stanley."
"I'll 'grammar Stanley' you!"
He let go of Soos' hand and shoved Ford backwards.
"You stuck up son of a gun! I mean come on!"
Ford let go of Robbie's hand and shoved back.
"Don't jeopardize this, you idiot! Everything's on the line!"
Dot did a facepalm.
"Do we have to do everything around here?!"
She and Dipper ran from their spots to stop Stan and Ford, who were getting into a fist fight.
"Dot, come back!" Yakko shouted, unable to stop her.
"Guys, stop it!" said Mabel, joining them.
Dipper and Mabel tried to pull the two brothers away from each other while Dot got in between them and pushed them back slightly.
"Break it up, you-"
She gasped as the shadow of Bill Cipher covered the circle.
"Oh no, it's Bill. Right? Isn't that what you're all thinking? Hey, Gideon, why aren't you dancing? Chop chop, huh?"
"Aaaaaaaaand there goes our happy ending," said Yakko.