Gravity Falls Season 1 Trailer: watch/yfUDIPUETUg
Appearing in "Tourist Trapped"
Featured characters:
Dipper Pines (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Mabel Pines (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Supporting characters:
Soos Ramirez (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Wendy Corduroy (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Stan Pines (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Gompers (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
"Norman" (First and only known appearance)
Jeff (First appearance)
Shmebulock Jr. (First appearance)
Carson (First and only known appearance)
Steve (First and only known appearance)
Jason (First and only known appearance)
Other characters:
Mr. Pines (First and only known appearance) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
Mrs. Pines (First and only known appearance) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
Races and species:
Humans (First appearance)
Gnomes (First appearance)
Zombies (Drawing)
Locations:
Earth (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
North America (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
United States of America (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
California (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Piedmont (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Pines Residence (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
Oregon (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Gravity Falls (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Mystery Shack (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Forest (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Items:
Dipper's Hat (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Mabel's Sweater (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Stan's Cap (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Soos' Hat (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Journal 3 (First appearance)
Vehicles:
Greyhound (First appearance)
Mystery Shack Golf Cart (First appearance)
Events:
Discovery of Journal 3 (First appearance)
Escape from the Gnomes (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Plot
Twins Dipper and Mabel Pines arrive in Gravity Falls, Oregon at their great-uncle, Stan's tourist attraction, the Mystery Shack, to spend some time in the sun. While going outside to put up signs for Stan, Dipper discovers a hidden tree bunker and discovers a lost journal, with an anonymous journal which contains secrets of the town.
Dipper shows Mabel the journal and she is intrigued by it. She shows Dipper her new boyfriend, Norman, whose bizarre behavior leads Dipper to believe that Norm is a zombie. He is unable to discover any evidence after recording some but discovers that Norm's arm fell off, an characteristic of a zombie. While on a date with Norm, the latter reveals his secret to Mabel: that he is actually a bunch of gnomes that want to marry Mabel to make her become their new gnome queen, led by the gnome king Jeff. Dipper comes to her rescue.
The two attack the gnomes and escape via a golf cart that Dipper brought. Mabel asks for a weakness, but Dipper is unable to find any as the journal doesn't list any. After discovering a leafblower, Dipper uses it to defeat Jeff and his gnomes. In the aftermath, Dipper gets a new hat and Mabel gets a grappling hook.
Cast
Jason Ritter as Dipper Pines: Mabel's twin brother, who is very insecure and discovers the journal and is very overprotective of Mabel.
Kristen Schaal as Mabel Pines: Dipper's twin sister, who is very enthusiastic and optimistic but is too trusting.
Alex Hirsch as:
Soos Ramirez: The handyman of the Mystery Shack.
Stan Pines: The owner of the Mystery Shack and Dipper and Mabel's money-obsessed great-uncle (grunkle).
Jeff: The leader of the Gnomes.
Shmebulock: An member of the Gnomes who only speaks "shmebulock".
Linda Cardellini as Wendy Corduroy: An part-time tomboy employee at the Mystery Shack, who Dipper has a crush on.
Dee Bradley Baker as Gompers: An goat who chews on things.
Dipper and Mabel's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pines also appear, unvoiced and only their torsos are shown.
"So, who are we doing now?" somebody asked.
"A little story called Gravity Falls. The series take place in Gravity Falls, Oregon where two fraternal twins, Dipper and Mabel, solve mysteries while discovering the town's hidden secrets." Alex explained.
Everybody nodded.
"But, let's watch the trailer first." Alex said.
The trailer starts in the woods of Gravity Falls, where we see a rat climbing a tree. Focus up on Dipper Pines, Mabel Pines, and Soos Ramirez.
Dipper: Guys, guys, you hear something?
Soos: Dude, I don't know man.
"Ah, our Gobblewonker hunt." Dipper reminisced.
In the fog, we see something move as Dipper takes out his camera.
Dipper: This is it! This is it!
As the music cues dramatically, we see that the thing Dipper is taking pictures of are beavers at a dam.
Dipper (as Soos is still taking pictures of the beavers and their dam): What was that noise, then? I heard a monster noise.
We see a beaver use a chainsaw.
Everybody laughed.
"That is just so ridiculous." everybody said.
Soos: Sweet, a beaver with a chainsaw.
Dipper gasps as a graphic reads "This Summer".
Narrator: This summer…
We see Dipper find the tree bunker.
Dipper: Whoa.
Ford looked worried.
Narrator (as the trailer transitions to several scenes): Disney Channel's taking you…
"I love Disney Channel and Disney movies!" Ned exclaimed. [1]
Peter-1 nodded.
Stan Pines shows up in one of the scenes, as Dipper and Mabel freak out due to him suddenly arriving.
Stan: Hello.
"That's creepy." Teen Titans Go! Starfire said.
Everybody shivered.
Narrator (as the title screen is presented (Disney's Gravity Falls)): Gravity Falls. A mysterious town.
It shows McGucket gesturing to a boat.
McGucket: Behold.
Everybody who was there rolled their eyes, especially Dipper, Mabel, and Soos, knowing the truth about the Gobblewonker.
Dipper: Zombie!
"So you did say 'zombie', I thought I heard 'crombie'." Stan said.
Text appears reading "Just North of Normal".
Narrator: …Just North of Normal…
The next scene takes place in the woods where we see a sign reading "Scuttlebutt Island".
Soos (covering the sign): Dude, check it out, Butt Island.
Everybody laughed.
Narrator: The Unexplained…
We see a bunch of scenes, where we see Mabel's "boyfriend", "Norman" get out of a grave as it cuts to Dipper.
Mabel rolled her eyes, knowing the truth about "Norman".
Dipper: What the heck is going on here?
We see a bunch of scenes, including a door being broken a scene at the docks.
Dipper and Mabel: Monster hunt! Monster hunt!
Narrator: Or will it…
We see Dipper and Mabel in the living room with a decapitated wax figure of Stan.
Dipper: In this town, anything is possible.
Dipper remembered this.
Dipper: Ghosts (cue a ghost haunting a convenience store), zombies ("Norman" runs into a wall), it could be months before we find our first clue.
Narrator: Take a Trip…
The scene cuts to breakfast at the Mystery Shack.
Stan: Now who wants to put some blindfolds on and get into my car?
"That just sounded wrong." Raven said.
"Agreed." All the Teen Titans said.
Dipper and Mabel: Yay!
Dipper: Wait, what?
Narrator: …To Gravity Falls…
We see Dipper and Mabel crash the golf cart, before it transitions to a title screen reading "A Brand New Series".
Narrator: A Brand New Series…
"A brand new series. Yeah, everybody knows that new series always end up only have 1 season or at the most 2 before getting canceled due to bad reviews or lack of interest." Ned pointed out.
Soos flashes his eyes with a camera.
Soos: Ah, dude!
Dipper: Don't lose your cameras.
Soos: Wait, lose your cameras?
Dipper: Don't!
Soos: Dude, I just threw too away.
Everybody laughed. Soos may not be bright, but he certainly had a sense of humor.
We see Stan laughing and Dipper standing on the roof of the Mystery Shack. We see Dipper, Mabel, and Soos screaming and a gnome throwing up a rainbow. We see Dipper fall out of his armchair and a conversation between Soos and Dipper.
Soos: I am always noticing weird things in this town.
Narrator: …Coming this summer to Disney Channel.
The trailer ends.
"That was awesome." everybody said.
Alex used the remote control and went to the Disney+ app and searched "Gravity Falls" before clicking the first result he pressed play. The first episode was called "Tourist Trapped".
The episode opens with a shot of the sun as Dipper Pines starts to narrate.
Dipper (narrating): Ah, summer break.
"104 days of summer vacation–" Every Phineas and Ferb-raised kid began to sing.
Phineas and Ferb raised their eyebrows.
The camera pans to a man named Hank grilling burgers while his children, Shmipper and Smabble are running around and laughing beside him. Others sit at a picnic table.
Hank: So you want cheese on that, hon?
Hank's wife: Sure, Hank.
Dipper (narrating): A time for leisure, recreation, and taking 'er easy…
The camera stops at the "Welcome to Gravity Falls" sign.
Dipper (narrating): Unless you're me.
Dipper's parents raised an eyebrow as Stan nervously whistled. He was worried Mabel's parents would discover what they had gotten into this summer.
Dipper and his fraternal twin sister, Mabel Pines and Dipper crash through the "Welcome to Gravity Falls" sign with the Mystery Shack, screaming "Aaaah!". They are being chased by an unknown monster, which is kicking down trees.
Mabel (looking behind them): It's getting closer!
"What is that?" Mabel and Dipper's mother asked. [2]
The monster growls and tries to catch the cart but just falls short. The cart flies off a rock and lands roughly.
Dipper (narrating): My name is Dipper. The girl about to puke is my sister Mabel. You may be wondering what we're doing in a golf cart, fleeing from a creature of unimaginable horror.
The monster throws a tree in their path.
"Yes, I think we would all like to know that." Dipper and Mabel's father crossed his arms.
Mabel: Look out!
When screaming, the image freezes with Mabel and Dipper screaming as they run into the screen.
Dipper (narrating): Rest assured, there's a logical explanation.
"There better be." Dipper and Mabel's parents said.
The theme song begins. It cuts back to Dipper and Mabel in the golf cart.
Dipper (narrating): Let's rewind. A flashback to Dipper and Mabel in their living room at their house in Piedmont, California. It all began when our parents decided we could use some fresh air.
"It was a good idea. You don't need to be cooped up inside all day." Dipper and Mabel's parents said.
Their parents take their stuff (handheld video game console [3] and cat, respectively) away, give them bags and put some sunscreen on their noses. Cut to a map in Oregon. Zoom in to Gravity Falls.
Dipper (narrating): They shipped us north to a sleepy town called Gravity Falls, Oregon, to stay at our great-uncle's place in the woods.
Cut to Mabel in the attic hanging up posters.
Mabel: This attic is amazing! Check out all my splinters! She holds up her hands, which have gigantic splinters sticking out of them.
"You gave our children splinters!" Dipper and Mabel's parents exclaimed.
"I didn't have another room. I had no choice but to use the attic. I didn't want them sleeping on the couch because I have been homeless, it's just shameful." Stan said.
They looked down at the floor for judging Stan so quickly.
Dipper backs up into into his bed, which Gompers is on.
Dipper: And there's a goat on my bed.
Everybody chuckled.
Mabel: Hey, friend. She holds out her arm, and Gompers chews on her sleeve. Oh! Yes, you can keep chewing on my sweater. She laughs.
Dipper (narrating): My sister tended to look on the bright side of things.
"Being optimistic is not as bad as being pessimistic." Mabel said.
Dipper nodded.
Cut to Mabel rolling down a hill of grass.
Mabel: Yay! Grass!
A woodpecker pecks on Dipper's hat.
Dipper (narrating): But I was having a hard time getting used to our new surroundings.
Stan Pines shows up, jumping out at Dipper wearing a mask.
Stan: Boo!
Dipper: Ah! He falls over.
Everybody laughed.
Stan (taking his mask off): Ahahahaha! Hahaha!
Dipper (narrating): And then there was our Great Uncle Stan.That guy. The camera showed Stan slapping his knee.
Stan (coughing several times and hitting his chest): It was totally worth it.
Cut to Stan leading tourists through the Mystery Shack.
People realized why the episode was called "Tourist Trapped". It was because the Mystery Shack was a tourist trap.
Dipper (narrating): Our uncle had transformed his house into a tourist trap he called "The Mystery Shack". The real mystery was why anyone came.
The Jackalope's antler breaks off.
Stan: Ladies and gentlemen, behold! The Sascrotch.
Everybody laughed.
Cut to a Sasquatch wearing underwear. Tourists start speaking excitedly, and snap pictures. Cut to Dipper sweeping the wooden floor with a broom. Mabel is looking at stuff.
Dipper (narrating): And guess who had to work there.
"You don't sound enthusiastic." Dipper and Mabel's parents said.
"Because it's a tourist trap! Nothing in the Shack is real!" Dipper exclaimed.
Dipper sighs.
Mabel: Ooh! She reaches for a large eyeball.
Stan (slapping her head with his 8-ball cane): No touching the merchandise!
Cut to Soos driving the Mystery Cart to the Mystery Shack.
Dipper (narrating): It looked like it was going to be the same, boring routine all summer. Until one fateful day…
"What happened?" everybody was asking.
Dipper didn't say anything.
Cut to Mabel peeking through Stan-bobbleheads.
Mabel: He's looking at it! He's looking at it!
Cut to a boy looking at Mabel's note.
Boy: Uh… (reading note) Do you like me? Yes? Definitely? Absolutely! He looks around.
Mabel: I rigged it!
"Really, Mabel, another scheme to get a boyfriend?" Mabel and Dipper's parents asked disapprovingly.
"She's been doing this the whole summer." Dipper informed them.
Dipper (spraying a jar with water and wiping it): Mabel, I know you're going through your whole "Boy Crazy" phase, but I think you're overdoing it with the "crazy" part.
Mabel: What? She blows a raspberry.
"Oh, real mature, Mabel." Mabel and Dipper's mother said sarcastically.
Mabel: Come on, Dipper. This is our first summer away from home! It's my big chance to have an epic summer romance!
Dipper: Yeah, but do you need to flirt with every guy you meet?
A flashback begins with Mabel approaching a boy near a greeting card display.
Mabel: My name is Mabel, but you can call me "The girl of your dreams." I'M JOKING! She shoves him into the display. Ha ha ha ha ha!
"That was just cruel."
A flashback begins with a boy holding a turtle on a bench.
Mabel (jumping up behind him): Oh my god, you like turtles? I like turtles too! What is happening here?
A flashback begins to the inside of a mattress store.
Mattress King: Come one, come all, to the Mattress Prince's kingdom of savings!
"Mattress Prince? That's just a marketing scheme." Robin said.
Mabel (hiding behind a set of colorful balloons before popping out and whispering): Take me with you…
"Well, that was creepy." everybody said.
Mattress King: Ah! He cowers away from Mabel and drops his scepter.
Cut back to the present.
Mabel: Mock all you want, brother, but I got a good feeling about this summer. I wouldn't be surprised if the man of my dreams walked through that door right now.
Stan appears, walking through the door and burping, but the burp gets caught in his throat.
"Ouch. This must have hurt!" Robin exclaimed.
Stan: Oh! Oh, not good. Ow.
Mabel: Aww! Why!
Dipper: Ha ha ha!
Stan: All right, all right, look alive, people. I need someone to go hammer up these signs in the spooky parts of the forest.
Dipper and Mabel (speaking quickly): Not it!
Soos: Uh, also not it.
Stan: Nobody asked you, Soos.
Soos: I know and I'm comfortable with that. He eats a chocolate bar.
Everybody smiled at Soos' unreasonable cheer, even when being insulted.
Stan: Wendy, I need you to put up this sign!
Wendy Corduroy (pretending to reach for the signs): I would, but I, ugh, can't, ugh, reach it, ugh…
Stan: I'd fire all of you if I could. All right, let's make it… eenie, meenie, miney… (he points at Dipper) you.
Dipper: Aw, what? Grunkle Stan, whenever I'm in those woods, I feel like I'm being watched again.
Stan: Ugh, this again.
Dipper: I'm telling you, something weird is going on in this town. Just today, my mosquito bites spelled out "BEWARE".
Stan (looking at Dipper's arm): That says "BEWARB." Dipper scratches his arm. Look, kid. The whole "monsters in the forest" thing is just local legend, drummed up by guys like me to sell merch to guys like that. A fat, sweaty man laughs while looking at a Stan-bobblehead's head bobbling.
Everybody shivered.
Stan: So quit being paranoid! He gives Dipper the signs as he sighs.
Cut to a foggy forest with trees getting blown out by the wind.
Dipper: Ugh, Grunkle Stan. Nobody ever believes anything I say. He puts a sign up on a tree that says "To The Mystery Shack." He starts to hammer a nail on another tree trunk, but it makes a metallic sound. He taps the tree with the hammer, which makes more metallic sounds. He wipes away some dust and opens a secret window revealing a mechanical box with two control switches on top. He tests one control but nothing happens. Then he tries the other. Behind him, a hole opens up in the ground. Gompers bleats and runs away. What the? He looks inside a hole, and there is a book. He picks the book up and places it on the ground, and checks for people watching. He flips one page and an eye-glass is in it. He looks at the eye-glass and puts it down. He flips another page, and begins reading aloud. "It's hard to believe it's been six years since I began studying the strange and wondrous secrets of Gravity Falls, Oregon." He flips through the pages of the book. What is this? He stops at a page that says "TRUST NO ONE" and starts reading again. "Unfortunately, my suspicions have been confirmed. I'm being watched. I must hide this book before he finds it. Remember: in Gravity Falls there is no one you can trust." He closes the journal. No one you can trust…
Ford looked down, pretending to look at the ground to avoid suspicion that he is the author.
Mabel (jumping up behind a log): HALLO!
Dipper: AH!
Mabel: What'cha readin', some nerd thing?
All the Star Wars and Marvel fans looked mock offended.
Dipper (he hides the journal behind his back): Uh, uh, it's nothing!
Mabel (imitating Dipper): "Uh, uh, it's nothing!" She laughs. What? Are you actually not gonna show me?
Dipper: Uhh… (he glances at Gompers) Let's go somewhere private.
Cut to a view of the Mystery Shack. Mabel and Dipper are in the living room.
"How is the living room 'private'?" Dipper and Mabel's mother asked.
"It's more private than the woods." Dipper pointed out.
Dipper: It's amazing! Grunkle Stan said I was being paranoid, but according to the book, Gravity Falls has this secret dark side. He shows Mabel a page.
Mabel: Whoa! Shut. Up! She pushes Dipper.
Dipper: And get this! After a certain point, the pages just… stop, like the guy who was writing it… mysteriously disappeared. The doorbell rings. Who's that?
Mabel looked down knowing she was easily manipulated here.
Mabel: Well, it's time to spill the beans. He knocks over a can of beans on the table. Boop. Beans. This girl's got a date! Woot woot! She falls backwards into her chair, giggling.
"Really, you got a date?" Mabel and Dipper's mother asked.
Dipper: Let me get this straight: in the half hour I was gone, you already found a boyfriend?
Mabel: What can I say? I guess I'm just IRRESISTIBLLLLE! The doorbell rings twice. Oh. Coming! She runs out to get the door.
Dipper sits down in a chair and begins to read the Journal.
Stan (walking in and seeing Dipper): What'cha reading there, slick?
Dipper: Oh! He throws the book under the seat cushion and grabs a magazine. I was just catching up on, uh… (sees the cover to the magazine) Gold Chains for Old Men Magazine?
Everybody laughed.
"It was the closest reading item near me!" Dipper pointed out.
Stan: That's a good issue.
Mabel (standing next to Norman): Hey, family! Say hello to my new boyfriend!
Norman: 'Sup?
Dipper: Hey…
Stan: How's it hanging?
Mabel: We met at the cemetery. He's really deep.
Everybody wanted to throw up, even Mabel, realizing how wrong that sounded.
Mabel feels his arm.
Mabel: Oh. Little muscle there. That's… what a surprise…
Dipper: So, what's your name?
Norman: Uh. Normal… MAN!
"Doesn't he mean Norman?" Peter-1 asked.
Everybody else shivered, because of Norman Osborn's terrifying actions, both in the viewing and the comic reading.
Mabel: He means Norman.
Dipper: Are you bleeding, Norman?
Norman (with a red liquid dripping down his face): It's jam.
Mabel (gasping): I love jam! Look. At. This!
Norman: So, you wanna go hold or… whatever?
Mabel: Oh, oh, my goodness. She giggles. Don't wait up! She runs out of the house with Norman in tow.
Norman points at Stan and Dipper and runs into the wall several times on his way out.
Dipper (narrating): There was something about Norman that wasn't right. I decided to consult the journal!
"I'll say. This feels like a Walking Dead or Hannibal episode." Ned said.
Everybody nodded.
Cut to Dipper in the attic.
Dipper (reading aloud from Journal): "Known for their pale skin and bad attitudes these creatures are often mistaken for… teenagers?! Beware Gravity Falls' nefarious…" He gasps.
We see the journal page on The Undead. The picture of the zombie becomes Norman.
Everybody looked like they were going to faint.
Norman (as the zombie on the journal page): 'Sup?
Dipper: ZOMBIE!
Cut to Stan in the bathroom.
Stan: Somebody say "crombie"? What is that, crombie? That's not even a word. You're losing your mind.
"Why would I say 'crombie'?" Dipper asked.
Dipper looks out the window to see Norman walking towards Mabel with outstretched arms while moaning.
Mabel: I like you.
Dipper: Oh, no! Mabel! No, no, Mabel, watch out!
Norman: Huh, huh! He puts his hands around Mabel's neck.
Dipper: AHHHHH!
Norman (removing his arms, revealing a flower necklace): Huhhh!
"Maybe you're being paranoid." Dipper and Mabel's mother said.
Mabel (gasping): Daisies? You scallywag…
Dipper: Is my sister really dating a zombie, or am I just going nuts?
Soos (screwing in a lightbulb): It's a dilemma, to be sure.
"Where did Soos come from? It's like he's Batman. I have an idea." Beast Boy said.
He dressed Soos in a Batman-styled costume, except the cowl was a wrench and the symbol was a wrench. He gave him cards which read "I am vengeance, I am the night. I am the Dark Wrench, the Caped Wrench, Wrenchman."
"I am vengeance, I am the night. I am the Dark Wrench, the Caped Wrench, Wrenchman." Soos repeated.
Dipper gasped.
Soos: I couldn't help but overhear you talkin' aloud to yourself in this empty room.
Dipper: Soos, you've seen Mabel's boyfriend. He's gotta be a zombie, right?
Soos: Hmm. How many brains didja see the guy eat?
Dipper (looking down): Zero.
Soos: Look, dude, I believe you. I'm always noticing weird things in this town. Like the mailman? Pretty sure that dude's a werewolf.
A flashback begins of a hairy mailman walking by Soos, who is eating his lunch outside. Soos scoots away from him, suspicious.
Lupin laughed, knowing that this probably most likely wasn't true.
Soos: But ya gotta have evidence. Otherwise, people are gonna think you're a major league cuckoo clock.
Dipper: As always, Soos, you're right.
Soos: My wisdom is both a blessing and a curse.
Stan (shouting offscreen): Soos! The portable toilets are clogged again!
Soos: I am needed elsewhere.
Soos backs out and leaves.
Dipper (narrating): My sister could be in trouble. It was time to get some evidence.
Cut to Dipper filming Mabel and Norman in the park.
"You were filming us?!" Mabel exclaimed.
"Bro, that's creepy." Soos said disapprovingly.
Mabel throws a Frisbee at Norman, who fails to catch it and falls over.
Cut to Norman breaking through a door window to open it from the inside and letting Mabel inside the diner.
Norman stumbles around and crashes, trying to follow Mabel.
Dipper looks out from behind a menu.
Cut to Mabel and Norman frolicking in a field.
Norman falls into an open grave then crawls out, hand first, screaming.
Mabel and Norman pause and then start laughing.
"I see a bunch of suspicious behavior. Like he is always running into the wall." Soos said.
Dipper nodded.
Dipper (narrating): I'd seen enough.
Cut to Mabel and Dipper's room. Mabel is brushing her hair and Dipper enters.
Dipper: Mabel. We've gotta talk about Norman.
Mabel: Isn't he the best? Check out this giant smooch mark he gave me! She shows him her cheek, which has a red spot on it.
Dipper: Ah!
Mabel: Ha, ha! Gullible. It was just an accident with the leaf blower!
A flashback begins showing Mabel with a leaf blower.
Mabel (putting a picture of Norman on the leaf blower's tube): Kissing practice! She learns in to the tube, but then it sucks in the picture and sticks to her face as well as she runs around. AHHH! Turn it off! Turn it off!
"Maybe you shouldn't do that." Dipper and Mabel's mother lectured.
Cut back to present.
Mabel: That was fun.
Dipper: No, Mabel, listen! I'm trying to tell you that Norman is not what he seems! He shows her the Journal.
Mabel (gasping): You think he might be a vampire? That would be so awesome!
Dipper: Guess again, sister. SHA-BAM! He holds book open to the Gnome page.
"It was in front of our faces the whole time!" Dipper and Mabel exclaimed.
Mabel: Agh!
Dipper: Oh, wait. I'm–I'm sorry… (he flips to the Undead page) Sha-bam!
Mabel: A zombie? That is not funny, Dipper.
Dipper: I'm not joking! It all adds up: the bleeding, the limp. He never blinks! Have you noticed that?
Mabel: Maybe he's blinking when you're blinking.
Dipper: Mabel, remember what the book said about Gravity Falls? Trust no one!
"Yeah, trust no one! Listen to the book which provides very specific details about the town's strangeness!" Dipper and Mabel's mother pointed out.
Mabel: Well, what about me, huh? Why can't you trust me? She puts on star earrings. Beep bop!
Dipper: Mabel, (shaking her) he's gonna eat your brain!
Mabel (pushing him away): Dipper, listen to me. Norman and I are going on a date at five o'clock, and I'm gonna be ADORABLE, and he's gonna be DREAMY, (she pushes Dipper out of the room)
Dipper: Bu-bu-but–
Mabel: And I am not gonna let you ruin it with one your crazy CONSPIRACIES! She slams the door.
Dipper (sighs and sits down): What am I gonna do?
"Wow, she is mad." Dipper and Mabel's mother said.
Cut to the clock, which tells the time at 5:00. The doorbell rings.
Mabel (pulls on her sweater as she races downstairs): Coming! She sees Norman. Hey, Norman. How do I look?
Norman: Shiny…
"In Norman terms, that means gorgeous." Mabel translated.
Mabel: You always knows what to say! She walks off with him.
Dipper (watching the video he collected): Soos was right. I don't have any real evidence. The video shows Mabel teaching Norman hopscotch, but he only falls over before showing Dipper fast forwarding to Mabel and Norman with Norman's arm around Mabel. I guess I can be kind of paranoid sometimes and – (on the tape, Norman's hand falls off before he glances around and then reattaches it) Wait, WHAT?! He rewinds the tape and watches it again before screaming and tipping the chair backwards. I was right! Oh my god! Oh my god! He races outside. Grunkle Stan! Grunkle Stan! Grunkle Stan!
"Well, I guess reattaching an arm is considered something odd." Dipper and Mabel's mother said.
Stan (on a stage in front of a bunch of tourists): And here we have Rock that looks like a face rock: the rock that looks like a face.
"Wait, what? Is that seriously what it's called?" Dipper and Mabel's parents asked.
Dipper and Mabel nodded.
Hillbilly: Does it look like a rock?
Stan: No, it looks like a face.
Fat Tourist: Is it a face?
Stan: It's a rock that looks like a face!
Dipper: Over here! Grunkle Stan!
"Too bad Stan doesn't believe in the supernatural." Soos said.
Stan: For the fifth time! It's-it's not an actual face!
Dipper: Errrgh!
Cut to Mabel and Norman in the woods.
Mabel: Finally, we're alone.
Norman: Yes. Alone…
"I don't like this." Mabel and Dipper's parents said.
Cut back to the Mystery Shack.
Dipper: Stan! Stan! He sees Wendy drive up in a golf cart and runs over to her. Wendy! Wendy! Wendy! I need to borrow the golf cart so I can save my sister from a zombie!
Wendy (giving Dipper the key and walks off): Try not to hit any pedestrians!
"Except Norman of course." Wendy added.
Dipper gets in and starts to drive, but Soos stops him.
Soos: Dude, it's me: Soos. This is for the zombies. He gives Dipper a shovel.
Dipper: Thanks.
Soos (holding up a baseball bat): And this is in case you see a piñata.
Dipper (taking the bat): Uh… Thanks? He drives off.
Soos: Better safe than sorry.
"It is. Better be cautious than be unprepared." Soos pointed out.
Cut back to the woods.
Norman: Uh, Mabel, now that we've gotten to know each other, there's… (exhales) …there's something I should tell you.
Mabel: Oh, Norman, you can tell me anything! (thinking) Please be a vampire, please be a vampire!
Norman: All right, just… just don't freak out, okay? Just… just keep an old mind, be cool! He unzips his coat and throws it off. Underneath are five gnomes standing on top of each other. The top gnome, Jeff, speaks.
Jeff: Is this weird? Is this too weird? Do you need to sit down?
Everybody mocked fainting.
Mabel stares at the gnomes in total shock.
Jeff: R-r-right, I'll explain. So! We're gnomes. First off. Get that outta of the way.
Mabel: Uh…
Jeff: I'm Jeff and here we have Carson, Steve, Jason, and… I'm sorry, I always forget your name.
Shmebulock: Shmebulock.
Jeff (snapping his fingers): Shmebulock! Yes! Anyways, long story short, us gnomes have been lookin' for a new queen! Right, guys?
Gnomes except Jeff: Queen! Queen! Queen!
"Wouldn't she be a princess?" Dipper and Mabel's parents asked.
Jeff: Heh. So what do you say? He taps Steve with his foot, and the gnomes work together to make "Norman" kneel in a proposing fashion. Will you join us in holy matrignomey? Matri… matri-mo-ny! Blah! Can't talk today!
Mabel: Look… I'm sorry, guys. You're really sweet, but, I'm a girl, and you're gnomes, and it's like, "what"? Yikes…
"What's that supposed to mean? You're trying to be xenophobic?" Harley Quinn Dr. Psycho asked.
Everybody looked confused.
"Xenophobia is the fear, paranoia, relating to something considered abnormal or odd." he explained.
"No. It's just that I am also 12, almost 13 and I am a minor and they're grown-up gnomes so technically they would be pedophiles." Mabel pointed out.
Everybody nodded.
Jeff: We understand. We'll never forget you, Mabel. The gnomes look sad and Mabel smiles. Because we're gonna kidnap you.
"What?!" Dipper and Mabel's parents exclaimed.
Mabel: Huh?
Jeff yells and jumps at her.
Mabel screams.
Cut to Dipper driving through the woods.
Dipper: Don't worry, Mabel! I'll save you from that zombie!
"Gnome." Dipper corrected himself.
Mabel (off-screen): Help!
Dipper: Hold on!
Cut to the gnomes trying to pin down Mabel.
Jeff: The more you struggle, the more awkward this is gonna be for everybody! Just, ha ha, okay. Get her arm there, Steve!
Mabel (with Steve biting her sweater arm): Let go of me! She punches Steve off of her.
Steve bounces around, then stands upright and pukes a rainbow.
Dipper: What the heck is going on here?
"The puking rainbow thing is kinda awesome!" Dipper admitted.
"I wish I could puke rainbows." Mabel said.
The gnome hisses at Dipper.
Mabel: Dipper! Norman turned out to be a bunch of gnomes! And they're total jerks! A gnome pulls her hair. Hair! Hair! Hair!
Dipper: Gnomes? Huh, I was way off. He takes the journal out of her vest and reads the relevant page aloud. "Gnomes: little men of the Gravity Falls Forest. Weaknesses: unknown." When he lowers the book, he sees that the gnomes have managed to tie Mabel to the ground.
Mabel: Aw, come on!
Dipper (walking up to Jeff): Hey, HEY! Let go of my sister.
"Yes go, Dipper." Stan said.
Jeff: Oh! Ha ha, hey, there! Um, you know, this is all really just a big misunderstanding. You see, your sister's not in danger. She's just marrying all one thousand of us and becoming our gnome queen for all eternity! Isn't that right, honey?
"No." Mabel said bluntly.
Mabel: You guys are butt-faces!
Everybody laughed.
A gnome covers her mouth.
Mabel: Mmmm-MMMMM!
Dipper(holding up the shovel he brought, pointing at Jeff): Give her back right now, or else!
Jeff: You think you can stop us, boy? You have no idea what we're capable of. The gnomes are a powerful race. Do not trifle with the–
Dipper casually tosses him away with the shovel.
Jeff: AH!
Dipper cuts Mabel free with the shovel.
Mabel: Yah! She kicks gnomes away as Dipper and Mabel get in the cart.
"And that explains why you were in the cart at the start of the episode." Dipper and Mabel's parents said.
Dipper: Seatbelt. Mabel buckles her seatbelt as Dipper backs up and he drives away.
Jeff: You've messed with the wrong creatures, boy! Gnomes of the forest: ASSEMBLE! Various gnomes come out and stack up.
Mabel: Hurry, before they come after us!
Dipper: I wouldn't worry about it. See their little legs? Those suckers are tiny! He stops the cart as he hears a stomping sound as a giant stacked with gnomes stop at the cart.
Mabel: Dang.
Jeff (on top, using gnomes' hats like levers): All right, teamwork, guys. Like we practiced. The gnomes growl.
Dipper drives the cart away just as the gnomes smash their arm down and it breaks.
"How is that possible?" Mabel and Dipper's parents asked.
Everybody shrugged.
Gnomes run frantically back into position and they chase Dipper and Mabel again.
Jeff: Come back with our queen!
Mabel: It's getting closer!
The Gnome Giant throws several gnomes at the cart.
Gnomes chew on the cart and cause havoc.
Gnome (hanging from the side of the cart): Ha ha!
Mabel elbow punches a gnome off. Shmebulock jumps up behind Dipper, who grabs him and slams him into the steering wheel out of annoyance.
Shmebulock: Shmebulock… (he falls out of the cart)
A gnome jumps onto the cart and claws Dipper's face.
Mabel: I'll save you, Dipper! She repeatedly punches the gnome off of Dipper's face and the gnome falls off with Dipper's hat.
Dipper (dazed from the punches): Thanks, Mabel…
Mabel: Don't mention it.
"They have the closest bond." Dipper and Mabel's parents said emotionally.
Stan and Ford smiled at each other as Dipper and Mabel reminded them of themselves as children.
The Gnome Giant pick up a tree and throws it.
Mabel: Look out!
Dipper and Mabel: AAAAAAHHHHHH!
The cart overturns, landing next to the Mystery Shack.
Dipper and Mabel crawl out of the cart.
The gnomes approach Mabel.
Dipper (to the gnomes): Stay back, man! He throws the shovel at the gnome cart.
The gnomes punch Dipper's shovel in mid-air.
Dipper and Mabel (grabbing each other): Aaahhh!
Dipper: Uh, where's Grunkle Stan?!
"'Entertaining' the tourists." Dipper answered himself.
Cut to Stan in the shack with some tourists.
Stan (holding up a swirly pattern on a stick): Behold! The world's most distracting object.
Tourists: Oooh…
Stan: Just try to look away, you can't! I can't even remember what I was talking about.
Jeff: It's the end of the line, kids! Mabel, marry us before we do something crazy!
Dipper: There's gotta be a way out of this!
Mabel: I gotta do it.
"No, you're too young!" Dipper and Mabel's parents exclaimed.
Dipper: What? Mabel, don't do this! Are you crazy?
Mabel: Trust me.
Dipper: What?
Mabel: Dipper, just this once. Dipper glances at the gnomes, then Mabel before backing away. All right, Jeff. I'll marry you.
Jeff: Hot dog! Help me down there, Jason! He climbs down to her. Thanks, Andy! All right, left foot, there we go, watch those fingers, Mike. He approaches Mabel and holds out a diamond ring. Eh? Eh?
Mabel holds out her hand.
Jeff (puts the ring on her hand): Bada-bing, bada-bam! Now let's get you back to the forest, honey!
Mabel: You may now kiss the bride!
Jeff: Well, don't mind if I do. He leans up to kiss Mabel.
Mabel leans out to kiss Jeff, before taking out the leaf blower.
Jeff: Ah! Hey, hey, wait a minute! Whoa, whoa! Wh-what's goin' on?! He gets sucked halfway into the leaf blower.
"Of course, they're small creatures so if they get blown into a leaf blower it would defeat them. Nice job. You managed to find out their weakness when I spent 10 years researching them and you discovered it in a day." Ford said.
Dipper blushed from praise from the author.
Mabel: That's for lying to me! She increases the sucking power. THAT'S for breaking my power!
Jeff (slowly getting sucked in further): Ow! My face!
Mabel: And THIS is for messing with my brother! (Aiming at Jeff; to Dipper) Wanna do the honors?
Dipper: On three!
Dipper and Mabel: One, two, and three. They blast Jeff toward the gnome monster.
The Gnome Giant explodes into several gnomes.
Jeff (flying off into the distance): I'll get you back for this!... Other gnomes scream when they fall.
"He didn't come back, did he?" Dipper and Mabel's parents asked.
"No. We didn't encounter him again until we stopped Gideon." Mabel said.
Gnome: Who's giving orders? I need orders!
Gnome 2: My arms are tired.
Dipper (while Mabel is moving the leaf blower back and forth, before blowing the gnomes away): Anyone else want some?
Gnomes run away on all four limbs as one gets caught in a six-pack holder.
Gompers (picking up the six-pack holder and running away): Blah-ah-ah.
Gnome in the six-pack holder (in the background): Aaaaahhhhh!
Mabel: Hey, Dipper? I, um… I'm sorry for ignoring your advice. You really were just looking for you.
"Yes, I was." Dipper said.
Dipper: Oh, don't be like that. You saved our butts out there.
Mabel: I guess I'm just sad that my first boyfriend turned out to be a bunch of gnomes.
Dipper: Look on the bright side. Maybe the next one will be a vampire!
Mabel: Oh, you're just saying that!
Dipper: Awkward sibling hug?
Mabel: Awkward sibling hug.
Dipper and Mabel (hugging and patting each other on the back): Pat, pat.
"That was definitely awkward." TTG-Robin said.
The two walk into the Mystery Shack.
Stan: Yeesh. You two get hit by a bus or something? Ahah!
"No, just a bunch of gnomes." Dipper said.
Dipper and Mabel begin to walk away.
Stan: Uh, hey! W-wouldn't you know it? Um, I accidentally overstocked some inventory, so, uh… how's about each of you take one item from the gift shop? On the house, y'know?
Mabel: Really?
Dipper (folding his arms): What's the catch?
Stan: The catch is do it before I change my mind, now take something.
"That's unnaturally kind of him." Soos and Wendy remarked.
Dipper and Mabel look around at the items.
Dipper (picking up a blue pine tree hat from one of the shelves and looks in the mirror): Hmm. That oughta do the trick!
Ford gasped.
"What is it, bro?" Stan asked.
"I'll tell you guys later." Ford said.
Mabel: And I will have a… (she grabs a item from a box, hides it, and twirls it around) GRAPPLING HOOK! Yes!
Stan (to Dipper): Wouldn't she rather have, like, a doll, or something?
Mabel (firing the grappling hook up at the ceiling before it catches and pulls her up): GRAPPLING HOOK!
Stan: Fair enough!
Cut to Mabel and Dipper's bedroom. Dipper is writing while Mabel jumps on her bed, laughing.
Dipper (writing in Journal while narrating): This journal told me there was no one in Gravity Falls I could trust. He looks at Mabel. But when you battle a hundred gnomes side-by-side with someone, you realize that they've probably always got your back.
Mabel shoots her grappling hook, then reels it back with a stuffed animal reattached.
"What happened to standing up and grabbing a stuffed animal?" Mabel and Dipper's parents asked.
Mabel shrugged.
Dipper: Hey, Mabel, could you get the light?
Mabel: I'm on it! She knocks the light out the window with the grappling hook. It works!
Dipper and Mabel laugh.
Mabel: Grappling hook…
Dipper (narrating): Our uncle told us there was nothing strange about this town. But who knows what other secrets are waiting to be unlocked.
Cut to the Mystery Shack exterior. Stan walks in holding a lantern. He goes into the gift shop and puts a code into the vending machine. The machine opens, and Stan walks inside, looking side-to-side before closing it behind him.
"What are you doing behind the vending machine?" Dipper asked.
"Yeah, Grunkle Stan. What are you doing?" Mabel asked.
Everybody except Bill and Ford looked at him suspiciously.
As the credits roll, Steve pukes a rainbow for several moments.End of episode.
And that's one episode in the books. Comment below what you think about the chapter. In the next chapter, we will be going over the second episode of the first season "The Legend of the Gobblewonker".
[1] I find this to be a coincidence as they're owned by Disney and they (referring to him and Peter) already like Star Wars, another Disney property. So what's to say they don't like Disney movies?
[2] I find it strange that Dipper and Mabel's parents' names aren't named once in the series. The only hint we got was that their real names are Dipper and Mabel's middle names. Comment below what you think their names are.
[3] Dipper's handheld video game console could either be a PSP, PS Vita, 3DS, DS, or Wii U since those consoles were released then. It appears to be a modern handheld video game console so it can't be retro like a Game Boy or Game Gear.