Adorable

Mabelphaba flew her broomstick in through a window of Li'l Gideon's palace at Gideonland. She looked around the throne room for the lever to open the cage of the Winged Grunkles.

Gideon spoke from the giant head. "Ah knew you'd be back."

Mabelphaba turned on him. "Yeah, and what are you going to do about it?"

Gideon came out and faced her. "Hear me out. Ah never meant to harm you."

"Well, you have."

"Ah realize that, and Ah regret it. Mabelphaba..."

"I'm setting my Grunkles free!" said Mabelphaba. "And don't try to interfere, or call the guards..."

"Ah'm not calling anyone. The truth is Ah'm glad to see you again. It gets pretty lonely around here. And ah know you must get lonely too."

"Not lonely enough to date you," said Mabelphaba. "You don't know the first thing about me."

"Oh, but Ah do. Ah do know you," said Gideon. "Ah can't explain it exactly. You know what Ah mean? Mabelphaba, you've been so strong through all of this, aren't you tired of being the strong one? Wouldn't you like someone to take care of you? Please, help me start again."

Mabelphaba said, "Don't you think I wish I could? That I could go back to the time when I believed you really were something? The Adorable L'il Psychic of Gravity Falls? Nobody believed in you more than I did."

Gideon sang: "Oh, my dear...
Ah never asked for this or planned a career this wild.
Mah parents put me on TV when Ah was just a child.
Ah never saw myself as a Solomon or Socrates.
Ah knew who Ah was, one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities.
Then suddenly Ah'm here, respected, worshiped even
Just because the folks in this town needed someone to believe in.
Does it surprise you Ah got hooked and all too soon
What can Ah say? Ah got carried away
Just like in a cartoon...
Adorable
They called me adorable
So Ah said, 'Ahm Adorable, if you insist.
Ah will be adorable.'
And they said, 'Adorable!'
Believe me, it's hard to resist
'Cuz it feels adorable.
They think Ah'm adorable.
Hey, look who's adorable
This corn-fed hick!
Who said it might be keen
To build a park with my theme
With an adorable road of yellow brick!

"See, my daddy gives me everything Ah want, and Ah guess Ah just wanted to give the citizens of Gravity Falls everything, too," said Gideon.

Mabelphaba said, "So you lied to them?"

"Only verbally," said Gideon. "Besides, they were the lies they wanted to hear. Mabelphaba, people believe all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history!"

Gideon sang:
"A man's called a traitor
Or liberator.
A rich man's a thief
Or philanthropist.
Is one a crusader
Or ruthless invader?
It's all in the label which is able to persist,
There are precious few at ease
With moral ambiguities
So we act as though they don't exist...
They call me adorable
So Ah am
In fact, cute's so much who Ah am that "L'il" is in mah brand.
And with mah help you can be the same...
At long, long last receive your due
Long overdue
Mabelphaba, the most celebrated
You'll be so rehabilitated
There'll such a whoop-dee-doo!
A celebration throughout the Falls,
That's all to do with you!
Adorable, they'll call you adorable!"

Mabelphaba sang: "I'd love to be adorable!"

Gideon sang: "Trust me, it's fun."

Both sang:
'When you are adorable,
It would be adorable!
Adorable, adorable..."

Gideon sang, "One, two and..."

They danced together for a moment.

Mabelphaba sang, "I'll accept your proposition."

Gideon sang, "You're adorable."

Mabelphaba sang, "On one condition."

Gideon said, "Yes?"

Mabelphaba said, "You set my Grunkles free."

Gideon said, "Done."

He pulled a lever and the Grunkles were let loose. They flew around the room and out the window.

"Go! Fly! You're Free! Fly!" said Mabelphaba. "Grunkle Stans, you're free, isn't it great?! Go, fly!"

She went over to another figure covered with a sheet, thinking it was possibly another Grunkle, asleep.

"No! No! Please!" said Gideon.

She pulled off the sheet, revealing Dr. Gompersmond.

"No! It can't be! Doctor Gompersmond..." said Mabelphaba.

"Mabelphaba, we just couldn't keep letting him speak out..." said Gideon. "So I had the Society of the Blind Eye complete their work on his memories."

"Doctor Gompersmond, are you alright? Don't be afraid. It's me, Mabelphaba."

"Bahhhhh."

"Doctor, don't you remember me?"

"Bahhhhh."

"Can't you speak?"

"Bahhhhh."

Gideon was still standing close by. Mabelphaba pulled the amulet on his bolo tie from around his neck and threw it to the ground, where it shattered.

"We have nothing in common," said Mabelphaba. "I will never, ever date you, and I will fight you until the day I die!"

Gideon climbed back into the head and called, "Guards! Guards!"

Gabero ran in with his men.

"Halt!" commanded a guard.

"Are you alright, your Adorableness?" asked Gabero.

Mabelphaba said, "Gabero!"

Gabero said, "I don't believe it..."

"Oh, Gabero, thank God," said Mabelphaba. "I thought you were..."

"Silence witch!" said Gebero.

"There's a Goat on the lam, Sir," said one of the guards.

"Never mind all that," said Gabero. "Fetch me some... some water."

"Water, sir?"

"You heard me, as much as you can carry," said Gabero.

"Yes, sir!" said the guards, marching off to find water.

"Gabero..." said Mabelphaba.

"I said silence!" said Gabero.

Gideon came quickly out of the head. "No! I don't want you to try to kill her!"

Gabero pointed his weapon at Gideon. "Don't make a sound, your Psychicness, unless you want all your guests to know the truth about the adorable L'il Gideon... Mabelphaba, I'll find Doctor Gompersmond later, now get out of here."

"Gabero, you frightened me. I thought, I though you might have changed," said Mabelphaba.

"I have... changed," said Gabero.

Pacifica came in, wearing her new pink "Pacifica the Perfect" outfit.

"What's going on... Mabelphie? Oh, thank God you're alive!" said Pacifica. "Only you shouldn't have come. If anyone discovers you…"

"Pacifica, you'd better go," said Gabero.

"Gabero, what are you..." said Pacifica.

"Please, just go back to the ball," said Gabero.

Pacifica took in that he was threatening Gideon. "Your Adorableness, he means no disrespect. Please understand! You see, we all went to school together..."

"Mabelphaba!" said Gabero.

"Gabero, have you misplaced your mind? What are you doing?" asked Pacifica.

"He's coming with me," said Mabelphaba. "I can't leave him here in trouble."

"What about me?" asked Pacifica.

"That broom has flown," said Mabelphaba. "You made your choice."

"Mabelphaba, let's go... let's go!" said Gabero.

"Fine, go! You deserve each other..." said Pacifica.

Gideon offered Pacifica a bottle with a green liquid in it. "Abandoned by your fiancée? Here, have a swig of this stuff I took from Stanford Pines. It dulls the pain."

Pacifica said, "No, thank you."

Ms. Morrible entered. She was laughing. "Is is true? Your betrothed has taken her into custody?

"Our new captain of the guard had other plans," said Gideon.

"You mean she hasn't been captured?" asked Morrible.

"Quite the contrary," said Gideon. "And considering how well she eluded us last time..."

Morrible said, "Well, we'll just flush her out and force her to show herself."

"But how?" asked Gideon.

"Her brother," said Pacifica, in a broken-hearted tone of voice.

"What? What did you say?" asked Morrible.

Pacifica said, "Use her brother. Spread a rumor. Make her think her brother is in trouble and she will fly to his side... and you'll have her."

"Exactly so," said Gideon.

"Yes, well...a rumor won't do it. Mabelphaba's too smart for that," said Morrible.

"Far too smart," said Gideon.

"Perhaps, a change in the weather..." said Morrible.

"If you'll excuse me, I have a slight headache and I need to lie down," said Pacifica.

After she left the throne room, Pacifica sang:
"Don't wish, don't start.
Wishing only wounds the heart...
There's a girl I know, used to love me so...
I'm no longer that girl..."

She pondered for a few moments, then got out her cell phone and sent a text.