A/N: Hello everyone, I am back with chapter three of this story. Here, the kids look for a lake monster while Stan proves he's an iconic character.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gravity Falls
It began on a morning in Oregon.
"Are you ready for the ultimate challenge?" asked Mabel.
The girl was holding a bottle of Sir Syrup brand maple syrup.
"I'm always ready." answered Dipper.
The boy was holding a bottle of Mountie Man brand maple syrup.
"Then you know what this means." said Mabel.
"Syrup race!" cried the twins.
The twins popped the syrup bottles open and began pouring it into their mouths.
"You kids always crack me up when you do that." chuckled Mr. Pines.
"Be glad, back in the 1920s there was a prohibition on maple syrup in Gravity Falls." revealed Ford.
"And why was that?" asked Shermie.
"That's Gravity Falls for ya." answered Wendy.
"But, what did you have two different brands of syrup?" asked Mrs. Pines.
"I didn't know what they liked so I bought both. Ya know, so they'd be happy and junk." answered Stan.
"Go, Sir Syrup!" cried Mabel.
"Go, Mountie Man!" cried Dipper.
Both twins chanted "go" before Mabel smacked the bottom of her bottle causing her to win.
"That's definitely cheating." stated Pacifica.
"You'd know about that." huffed Robbie.
"Yes! I won!" declared Mabel, in-between coughs.
Dipper picked up a paper and an ad was seen on the back.
"Hey Gideon dude, that's you." noted Soos.
"Yeah, it wasn't hard to get ad space since everyone in Gravity Falls loved me at the time." replied Gideon.
"Until they found out you were a big fraud." stated Stan.
"Uncle Stan, that is a child." noted Mr. Pines concerned.
"He's my arch enemy. Or was." said Stan.
"You were enemies with a child?" asked Shermie confused.
"It's complicated!" declared Stan.
"No way, Mabel check this out." said Dipper.
Dipper showed Mabel the paper.
"Human-sized hamster balls? I'm human-sized!" gasped Mabel.
"No, no. Mabel, this." said Dipper.
Dipper showed an ad for a photo contest.
"We see weirder stuff than that everyday. We didn't get any photos of those gnomes, did we?" asked Dipper.
"Unfortunately, the creatures in Gravity Falls are photo shy. I tried to photograph the Multi-bear and he chased me back home." said Ford.
"Oh, Multi-bear is actually a cool guy when you get to know him." replied Dipper.
"Nope, just memories. And this beard hair." answered Mabel.
"Why did you have that?" asked Pacifica grossed out.
"It came out from one of the gnomes when were driving away." answered Mabel.
"Why did you save that?" asked Dipper, also grossed out.
Mabel shrugged and indicated she didn't know as Stan arrived.
"Good morning knuckleheads, you two know what day it is?" asked Stan.
"Happy anniversary?" asked Dipper.
"Mazel tov!" exclaimed Mabel.
Stan smacked Dipper with his rolled-up newspaper.
Stan got dirty looks from the twins' parents for this.
"It's Family Fun Day, genius. We're cutting off work and having one of those, you know, bonding type deals." said Stan.
"Aw, now that's more like it." said Mrs. Pines.
"Grunkle Stan, is this going to be anything like our last family bonding day?" asked Dipper.
It flashbacked to Stan having Dipper and Mabel make counterfeit money.
"You call that Ben Franklin? He looks like a woman." said
Police sirens went off.
"Uh-oh." said Stan, as the flashback ended.
"The county jail was so cold." shuttered Mabel.
"Stan Pines! How dare you!" screamed Mrs. Pines furiously.
"I can explain!" declared Stan.
Stan took a moment to think of a lie.
"Okay, I can't." admitted Stan.
"Our children have a police record!" cried Mrs. Pines, also furious.
"Blubs and Durland didn't do anything. They're not exactly the brightest blubs around." noted Stan.
"Stan also made sure their record was cleaned after..." began Ford.
Ford trailed off, unable to continue.
"All right, maybe I haven't been the best summer caretaker." confessed Stan.
"That's for sure." stated Mrs. Pines bitterly.
"But I swear today we're going to have some real family fun. Now who wants to put on blindfolds and get into my car?" asked Stan.
"Yeah!" cheered the twins together.
"What, wait?" asked Dipper, realizing what was said.
"I swear it was innocent." said Dipper.
"Yeah, I just wanted them to be surprised and junk." added Stan.
The scene cut to Stan driving the blindfolded kids in his car. Stan was swerving as he drove.
"Blindfolds never led to anything good." said Dipper worried.
"Wow. I feel like all my other senses are heightened. I can feel with my fingers." said Mabel.
Mabel felt Dipper's face causing him to laugh. Suddenly, the car bounced and the kids bounced with it.
"Grunkle Stan, are you wearing a blindfold?" asked Dipper, worried.
"Nah, but with these cataracts I might as well be." answered Stan.
"If your cataracts are that bad, then maybe you shouldn't be driving around your niece and nephew." said Mrs. Pines unhappy.
"Hey, my driving was one thing that didn't put their lives in danger." shrugged Stan.
Stan squinted and put his hand over his eyes.
"What is that, a woodpecker?" asked Stan.
Stan crashed through a wooden guardrail causing the twins to cry out in fear.
"Guess it wasn't." muttered Stan.
"It's amazing you still have a license." said Ford.
"First, like I said, the only cops we've got aren't exactly the best. Second, I was still pretending to be you so it's amazing you still have a driver's license." replied Stan.
It cut to the twins outside the car with a sign noting it was Gravit Falls Lake.
"Hey Stan, nice tag." said Wendy.
"Custom for the Stanley Mobile." said Stan proudly.
Stan looked smugly at Gideon.
"And not the Stanford Mobile like someone should have known." said Stan.
Gideon grumbled under his breath.
"Okay, okay. Open 'em up." said Stan excitedly.
The twins removed their blindfolds and saw Stan decked out in fishing gear.
"It's fishing season!" declared Stan.
"Now that is something I can endorse." said Mrs. Pines happily.
"Fishing?" asked Mabel, confused.
"What are you playing at old man?" asked Dipper accusingly.
"You're going to love it! The whole town's out here!" declared Stan.
Lazy Susan was sitting in a boat with a fishing pole in one hand and a frying pan in the other.
"Here, fishy fishes. Get into the pan." said Lazy Susan.
"Does she really think that'll work?" asked Dipper.
"Ask Pacifica, she works at Greasy's now." revealed Wendy.
"We lost our fortune so I had to find a job." shrugged Pacifica.
"I'm surprised your parents are okay with that." noted Dipper.
"What they don't know won't hurt them." replied Pacifica.
A man was posing with a fish as Toby Determined prepared to take a photo.
"Say cheese." said Toby.
Toby took the photo and the man fell into the lake.
"He's wet now!" laughed Soos.
It then showed the Corduroy men in a boat.
"Uh, is this good?" asked Kevin.
"No!" answered Manly Dan.
Dan took the fishing pole and snapped over his knee.
"I'll show you how a real man fishes!" declared Manly Dan.
Manly Dan pulled a fish out of the water and began attacking it.
"Dad! Dad! Dad! Dad!" chanted the Corduroy boys.
Wendy groaned in frustration and embarrassment.
"Get 'em! Get 'em!" cried Tyler.
"Gravity Falls has a...colorful assortment of people." said Mr. Pines.
"That's some quality family bonding." stated Stan.
"Grunkle Stan, why do you want to bond with us all of a sudden?" asked Dipper skeptically.
"Wow, that was kind of jerkish." said Dipper guilty.
"Frankly, I don't blame you for being suspicious." said Stan.
Stan nudged his twin.
"Especially with sixer's journal telling you not to trust anyone." added Stan.
"I admit, I might have let my worried take over." confessed Ford.
"It's understandable considering your run-in with that one-eyed jerk." said Stan.
"Come on, this is going to be great! I've never had fishing buddies before. The guys from the lodge won't go with me: they don't "like" or "trust" me." said Stan.
"I wonder why." muttered Gideon.
"What lodge where you talking about anyway?" asked Dipper curiously.
"The Royal Order of the Holy Mackerel. Some weird brotherhood I got into because my old man was a member." answered Stan.
"I thought that was dad's fez." noted Ford.
"I got in when he died since I was his kid. His membership was passed to me." explained Stan.
"I think he actually wants to fish with us." noted Mabel.
"I know what'll cheer you sad sacks up." said Stan.
Stan put two fishing hats on the kid's heads.
"Pow! Pines family fishing hats! That's hand stitching you know." said Stan.
"Okay, so maybe you aren't so bad." admitted Mrs. Pines.
"It's just going to be me, you, and those goofy hats on a boat for ten hours." said Stan.
"Ten hours?" asked Dipper, as neither twin was thrilled to hear this.
"I brought the joke book." said Stan.
Stan held up a cop of 1001 Yuk 'Em Ups.
"That's a classic." said Shermie.
"No. No!' said Dipper, horrified.
"There has to be a way out of this." said Mabel.
Both twins felt more guilty.
"I seen it! I seen it again!" cried a voice.
Old Man McGucket ran by crashing through a rack of fishing poles and overturning a table.
"That old coot seems family." said McGucket.
"Fiddleford, that's you." said Ford, his own guilt showing.
McGucket slapped a sandwich out of a man's hand, but the younger twins noticed something else.
"Hey, it's Blendin again." noted Mabel.
"Weird. This is the second time he's shown up." noted Dipper.
"The Gravity falls Gobblewonker! Come quick before it scrabdoodles away!" exclaimed McGucket.
McGucket began doing a jig.
"Aww...he's doing a happy jig." said Mabel.
"No! It's a jig of grave danger!" declared McGucket urgently.
"Now I see the difference." said Mabel.
"Hey! Hey!" cried a lake ranger.
The lake ranger sprayed McGucket with a squirt bottle of water.
"Now what did I tell you about scaring my customers? This is your last warning dad." said the ranger.
"That's his son." said Ford hurt.
"Yeah, we didn't get along for a long time.' confirmed McGucket.
"Fiddleford mentioned his son in Palo Alto." muttered Ford guilty.
'But I got proof this time by gummity!' declared McGucket.
McGucket led everyone to the dock.
"Behold!" cried McGucket.
McGucket pointed to a smashed boat.
"I don't like where this is going." muttered Mrs. Pines worried.
"It's the Gobble-dy-wonker that done did it! It had a long neck like a gee-raffe! And wrinkly skin like...like this gentleman here." said McGucket, pointing to Stan.
"I had a song about it too!" cried McGucket.
"Can we hear it?" asked Mabel excitedly.
"Maybe later." said Stan.
"It chawed my boat up to smitheroons, and shim-shammed over to Scuttlebutt Island. You got to believe me!" cried McGucket urgently.
"Attention all units, we got us a crazy old man." said Blubs.
Everyone laughed at McGucket while Tate sadly shook his head.
"That's all I am, the crazy old man." thought McGucket sadly.
Nearby, Mr. Pines was having a hard time.
"Are you okay?" asked Mrs. Pines concerned.
"Yeah." answered Mr. Pines.
"Aww, donkey spittle! Aw, banjo polish!" exclaimed McGucket.
McGucket departed and so did the crowd.
"Well, that happened." noted Stan.
Stan hoped into his boat and began untying it.
"You never forgot our promise." noted Ford stunned.
"Of course, not. I guess I always kind of hoped we could still sail around the world together." admitted Stan embarrassed.
"And we did." said Ford comfortingly.
"Now let's untie this boat and get out onto that lake!" declared Stan.
"Mabel, did you hear what that old dude said?" asked Dipper excitedly.
'Aw, donkey spittle!" cried Mabel, imitating McGucket.
"The other thing; about the monster. If we can snag a photo of it, we can split the prize fifty-fifty." explained Dipper.
"That's two fifties." noted Mabel excitedly.
"One grand really isn't that much." shrugged Pacifica.
"She's actually right. Especially when you're shooting dice behind a dive bar at two in the morning." agreed Stan.
"Think about what you could with five hundred dollars." said Dipper.
Mabel imagined herself inside a human-sized hamster ball looking at a regular hamster in its regular hamster ball.
"Not so high and might anymore." said Mabel.
The hamster hung its head as Mabel smashed through a wall. It then cut to Xyler and Craz in a sports car.
"Hey boys." said Mabel.
The two looked at Mabel posing in her hamster ball.
"You can look, but you can't touch." said Mabel.
Mabel took off squeaking.
"Awesome!" declared Xyler and Craz.
"That's...quite the imagination you got there." said Stan dumbfounded.
"Mabel. Mabel." said Dipper snapping his fingers.
Mabel snapped back to reality.
"Dipper, I am one million percent on board with this!" declared Mabel.
"Grunkle Stan, change of plans. We're going to take to Scuttlebutt Island, and we're going to find that Gobblewonker!" declared Dipper.
"Monster hunt! Monster hunt! Monster hunt!" chanted Dipper and Mabel.
McGucket joined in until the twins stopped and stared at him.
"Eh...I'll go." said McGucket.
"We're just hanging around like same sad loser?" asked Robbie.
"Cut it out!" snapped Wendy.
A honking noise was heard and Soos pulled up in the SS Cool Dude.
"It took over a year to put that boat together with spare parts I found around Gravity Falls." said Soos.
"You dudes say something about a monster hunt?" asked Soos.
Mabel greeted Soos and they shared a fist bump with Soos making an explosion noise.
"Dude, you could totally use my boat for your monster hunt. It's got a steering wheel, chairs; normal boat stuff." offered Soos.
"All right, all right. Let's think this through. You kids could go waste your time on some epic monster finding adventure. Or, you could spend the day learning how to tie knots and skewer worms with your Great Uncle Stan!" said Stan.
"That's what fishing is?" asked Pacifica disgusted.
"Yeah. You sit around and try to catch a bass or a tuna or something." answered Stan.
"I grew up on lobster and caviar." noted Pacifica.
"Lucky rich little..." muttered Stan.
The twins looked at Soos, Stan, and Scuttlebutt island.
"So, what do you say?" asked Stan.
Dipper and Mabel left with Soos. Mabel could be heard saying "We made the right choice" as the boat left.
"Mable and Mason Pines! I know we raised you better than that!" declared Mrs. Pines unhappily.
Dipper and Mabel hung their heads in shame.
"It's fine. Water under the bridge." said Stan.
"Ingrates! Aw, who needs them? I've got a whole box of creepy fish and lures to keep me company." said Stan.
Stan cringed upon looking at his fish and lures. The scene then cut back to the S.S. Cool Dude with Dipper on the stern.
"Hoist the anchor!" ordered Dipper.
Soos pulled up the cinder block being used as an anchor.
"Raise the flag!" ordered Dipper.
Mabel raised a beach towel.
"Someone's having fun being Captain." teased Wendy.
"I might never get to captain a boat again unless it's like for a secret smuggling operation or something." replied Dipper.
"Call me when it's a two-hundred-foot luxury yacht." yawned Pacifica.
"We're going to find that Gobblewonker!" declared Mabel.
"We're going to win that contest!" declared Dipper.
"Do any of you dudes have sunscreen?" asked Soos.
"We're gonna...go get sunscreen!" declared Dipper.
"Glad to see you kids protecting your skin." admitted Mr. Pines.
"You're one to talk Mr. Never Leaves the House." teased Mrs. Pines.
"Hey, Mason got it from somewhere." shrugged Mr. Pines.
As they turned around, a strange shape was seen under the water.
"Oh no." said Mrs. Pines worried.
After fading to black, it returned with Soos and Mabel standing on the boat while Dipper paced in front of them.
"Alright. If we want to win this contest, we need to do it right." began Dipper.
Dipper stopped pacing.
"Think, what's the number one problem with most monster hunts?" asked Dipper.
"You're a side character and you die within the first five minutes of the movie." answered Soos.
Soos suddenly became worried.
"Dude, am I a side character? Do you ever think about stuff like that?" asked Soos nervously.
"I can assure you that you are a main character this this story." said Axolotl.
"That's a relief dudes." sighed Soos.
"No, no, no. camera trouble. Say Bigfoot shows up. Soos, be Bigfoot." replied Dipper.
Soos struck a Bigfoot pose.
"There he is! Bigfoot! Uh-oh, no camera!" exclaimed Dipper acting.
Dipper pulled a disposable camera out of his jacket.
"Aw, no film!" declared Dipper.
Dipper put the camera away.
"You see? You see what I'm doing here?" asked Dipper.
"I'm surprised you found a camera with film in this day." admitted Mr. Pines.
"Gravity Falls isn't exactly on the cutting edge of technology." shrugged Stan.
"Speak for yourself." replied Pacifica.
"Oh yeah. Dude's got a point." noted Soos.
"That's why I bought seventeen disposable cameras! Two on my ankle, three in my jacket, four for each of you, three extras in this bag, and one...under my hat. There's no way we're going to miss this." explained Dipper confidently.
"Geez kid, Kodak doesn't have that many cameras." said Stan.
"He just wanted to be thoroughly prepared." noted Ford.
"Yup, you two nerds are definitely related." said Stan.
"Okay everybody, let's test our camera out." said Dipper.
Soos took a picture of himself, but the flash caused him to toss his camera into the lake.
"You, see? This is exactly why you need backup cameras. We still have sixteen." said Dipper.
Suddenly, a seagull flew by Mabel's head.
"Ah, bird!" cried Mabel.
Mabel tossed her camera at the bird. It missed and fell into the lake.
"Fifteen. Okay guys, I repeat; don't lose your camera." said Dipper.
"Wait, lose the cameras?" asked Soos.
"Don't!" exclaimed Dipper.
"Dude, I just threw two away." noted Soos.
"Yup. That's Soos." said Stan.
"Thirteen! We still have thirteen..." began Dipper.
Dipper slammed his fist breaking another camera.
"Twelve. We have twelve cameras." stated Dipper.
"Did you dorks buy the cheapest cameras possible?" asked Robbie, amused.
Dipper and Mabel stayed silent.
"That's what you get..." began Robbie smugly.
"Knock it off!" snapped Wendy angrily.
"So, what's the plan? Throw more camera overboard or not?" asked Mabel, preparing to toss cameras.
"No! No. Okay; you'll be lookout, Soos can work the steering wheel, and I'll be captain." answered Dipper.
"What? Why do you get to be captain? What about Mabel?" asked the titular girl.
Mabel chanted her name several times.
"You can be captain of my heart." muttered Gideon.
"I'm not sure that's a good idea." said Dipper.
"What about co-captain?" asked Mabel.
"There's no such thing as co-captain." answered Dipper.
In response, Mabel "accidentally" tossed a camera overboard.
"Okay fine. You can be co-captain." said Dipper.
"Good one pumpkin!" laughed Stan.
"Can I be associate co-captain?" asked Soos.
"As co-captain, I authorize that request." answered Mabel.
"Well, as first co-captain, our number one order of business is to lure out the monster with this." said Dipper.
Dipper gestured to a barrel of fish food.
"I'm impressed with the forethought you kids put in on such short notice." said Ford.
"Wow. Um...thanks." said Dipper, clearly appreciating the praise.
"Permission to taste some?" asked Soos.
"Granted." answered Dipper.
"Permission co-granted." added Mabel.
"Permission associate co-granted." said Soos.
Soos tasted the food and was disgusted by it much to the amusement of the twins.
"Not as bad as when Soos ate that six-month-old Easter candy." said Stan.
Speaking of, Stan was shown watching nearby.
"Traitors. Ah, I'll find my own fishing buddies." said Stan.
Stan looked around spotted a boat.
"Ah! There's my new pals!" declared Stan.
Dipper and Mabel felt terrible seeing how desperate Stan was.
Reginald and Rosanna were in the boat with Reginald looking at an engagement ring.
"Now that we're alone Rosanna, there's a burning question which my heart has been dying to ask you." began Reginald.
"Oh Reginald!" exclaimed Rosanna.
Dipper and Mabel's parents were getting emotional watching the moment.
"Hey, wanna hear a joke?" asked Stan.
Stan pulled up to the confused couple.
"Here it goes: my ex-wife still misses me...but her aim is getting better! Here aim is getting better!" declared Stan.
"Okay, that was a good one." said Wendy.
"I didn't think it was funny at all." huffed Gideon.
Mrs. Pines noticed her husband stifle a laugh.
"Laugh and you're sleeping on the couch." warned Mrs. Pines.
"You see it's-it's funny because marriage is terrible." said Stan.
Offended, Reginald and Rosanna left.
"What?!" asked Stan, confused.
"Some people aren't as cynical when it comes to romance." answered Shermie.
"You never married someone and then have them steal your car thirty minutes later so they can get back to the Boiling Isles...whatever that is." huffed Stan.
The S.S. Cool Dude was shown sailing through the fog as it approached Scuttlebutt Island. Mabel had a pelican next to her.
"Hey! How's it going?" asked Mabel.
"Ah, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos aka the American white pelican." noted Ford.
"Where did that pelican come from?" asked Wendy curious.
"It landed on the boat." answered Mabel.
"Because you kept luring it in with fish food." added Dipper.
"It's going awesome!" answered Mabel, as the pelican.
"Mabel, leave that thing alone." said Dipper.
"Aw, I don't mind none!" declared Mabel, as the pelican.
"Mabel, dear, we've talked about playing with wildlife." said Mrs. Pines.
"But he was so friendly." replied Mabel.
"You said that about that raccoon and you needed rabies shots for two weeks." said Dipper.
"Hely look, I'm drinking water!" declared Mabel.
Mabel began drinking water while using the pelican as a ventriloquist dummy.
"Twinkle, twinkle, little..." began Mabel.
Mabel choked on the water and the pelican flew off.
"That didn't even sound like you. It sounded like someone imitating you." said Dipper.
"Aren't you supposed to be doing lookout?" asked Dipper.
"Look out!" cried Mabel.
Mabel hit Dipper in the arm with a volleyball and laughed.
"But seriously, I'm on it." said Mabel.
The boat came aground on the island.
"See, we're here. I'm a lookout genius! Hamster ball, here I come!" declared Mabel.
Dipper noticed his mom getting anxious.
"It's okay. We're totally fine." said Dipper.
"I know, but it's my job to worry about you." noted Mrs. Pines.
The trio began exploring the foggy, spooky island. They came across a sign with the name of the island on it.
"Dude, check it out." said Soos.
Soos covered the "Scuttle" in the island's name.
"Soos, you rapscallion!" declared Mabel.
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"Hey, why aren't you laughing? Are you scared?" asked Mabel.
"Yeah, right. I'm not..." began Dipper.
Mabel poked her brother on the nose and blew a raspberry.
"Yeah, you are!" declared Mabel.
Mabel kept poking her brother (who dropped the lantern) and blowing raspberries until they heard a distant growing noise.
"Dude, did you guys hear that?" asked Soos.
"What was that? Was it your stomach?" asked Mabel.
"Nah, my stomach normally sounds like whale noises." answered Soos.
Mabel listened to and heard whale noises.
"Wow. So majestic." said Mabel, impressed.
"How in the world?" asked Ford dumbfounded.
"It's better not to ask." said Stan.
A possum suddenly appeared and ran off with the lantern.
"I can't see anything." said Dipper annoyed.
"Dude, I don't know, man. Maybe this...maybe this isn't worth it." proposed Soos concerned.
"Thank you." said Mrs. Pines.
"Guys, imagine what would happen if we got that picture." replied Dipper.
Dipper now had a fantasy sequence where he was on a talk show.
"We're here with adventure seeker Dipper Pines who bravely photographed the elusive Gobblewonker." said Charlie, the host.
Dipper was shown dressed as a stereotypical adventurer.
"Nice look." scoffed Robbie.
"Hey, he does look cool." said Wendy.
Dipper smiled a bit at this while Pacifica knew what she would dream about tonight.
"Tell me Dipper, what's the secret to your success?" asked Charlie.
"Well, I run away from nothing." began Dipper.
Dipper slammed down his cup of coffee while an embarrassing photo of Stan was shown.
"Nothing except for when I ran away from my annoying Grunkle Stan, who I ditched in order to pursue the lake monster." answered Dipper.
"How right you were to do so. He looks like a real piece of work." said Charlie.
Dipper found himself unable to face Stan.
"I don't often do this, but I feel the need to give you an award." said Charlie.
Charlei hung a medal around Dipper's neck and they had their picture taken together. Suddenly, a disheveled Mabel burst in still inside the human-sized hamster ball.
"Charlie! Why won't you interview me?!" asked Mabel.
Dipper and Charlie ran off while Mabel followed them.
"That was...different." said Wendy, confused as everyone else.
"I'm in!" declared Dipper.
"Me too!" declared Mabel.
The twins ran off leaving a worried looking Soos behind.
"All rights dudes, I'm coming!" exclaimed Soos.
The scene the cut to the trio wandering the island. As they did, Soos was beatboxing.
My name is Mabel!
It rhymes with table!
It also rhymes with...glabel!
It also rhymes with...shambel!
"Dude, we should be writing this down." said Soos.
"Top ten rappers M&Ms was afraid to battle." said Mabel proudly.
"I'd buy whatever album you put you." muttered Gideon.
"Guys, guy, guys! Do you hear something?" asked Dipper urgently.
A large growling noise was followed by a flock of birds flying away.
"This is it. This is it." said Dipper excitedly.
The twins excitedly went on while Soos followed having grabbed a stick as a weapon.
"I don't like this." said Mrs. Pines worried.
"Probably just beavers." shrugged Wendy.
The trio spot what appears to be the monter and hide behind a log.
"Everyone, get your cameras ready." said Dipper.
He, Soos, and Mabel prepared their cameras.
"Ready? Go!" cried Dipper.
The three jumped out with Soos in the lead. However, the fog lifts and silhoutte is revealed to be nothing more than a wrecked boat with beavers on it.
"Ah Castor canadensis aka the North American beaver." said Ford.
"You really are a nerd." replied Stan.
"But...but, what was that noise? I heard a monster noise." asked Dipper, confused.
The noise is revealed to be a beaver with an old chainsaw.
"Hey Wendy, how did you know it was a beaver?" asked Dipper curiously.
"My dad has taken my brothers and me to Scuttlebutt Island for survival training. Loggers cut trees down there." answered Wendy.
"Sweet, beaver with a chainsaw." said Soos.
"Maybe that old guy was crazy after all." sighed Dipper.
"He did use the word scrapdoodle." noted Mable flatly.
"Did the lake monster scare the loggers away?" asked Mable.
"My dad says it was a Splintercat. Some cat-thing that smashes into trees." answered Wendy.
"Ah yes, I encountered Splintercats in the forest around Gravity Falls. It could be possible one made its way to Scuttlebutt Island." mused Ford.
The scene cut back to Stan at the lake talking to someone.
"Look, when you're threading the line-a lot of people don't know this-but you want to use a barrel knot. That's a secret from one fishing buddy to another." said Stan.
It was revealed Stan was talking to Hank's son.
"Uh, I, uh...who are you exactly?" asked Hank's son scared.
"Just call me your Grunkle Stan!" declared Stan excitedly.
"Sir, sir, sir! Why are you talking to our son? If you don't leave right now, I'm calling the police!" said Hank's wife angrily.
"You see, the thing about that is..." began Stan.
Stan quickly took off.
"Go bother your own kids!" cried Hank's wife.
"That's weird." said Robbie disgusted.
"Stanley, were you really that lonely?" asked Ford, surprised.
"I didn't have many friends after...ya know." answered Stan embarrassed.
"I'll be your friend!" declared Soos enthusiastically.
"Thank Soos.' replied Stan gratefully.
The scene cut back to Scuttlebutt Island where Soos was taking pictures of a beaver on a stump.
"Yeah! Work it! Work it! Nice! Nice! Give me another one of those. Yeah, I liked that one." said Soos.
"I have to admit, you're not a bad photographer." said Pacifica.
"What are we going to say to Grunkle Stan? We ditched him over nothing." said Dipper flatly.
Dipper skipped a rock, but suddenly felt movement.
"Hey guys, did you feel that?" asked Dipper concerned.
Dipper fell into the way. Mabel and Soos got him right out, but a tailfin was shown.
"This is it." said Dipper excitedly.
Dipper snapped a picture then turned to face Mabel and Soos.
"Come on, this is our chance." said Dipper.
Soos and Mabel began backing away.
"What's wrong with you guys?" asked Dipper.
The monster rose up scaring Soos and Mabel more as they tried to get Dipper's attention.
"All you gotta do is point and shoot. Like this." said Dipper.
Dipper turned around coming face to face with the monster. The monster roared, which caused Dipper to drop his camera, and the trio raced back to the boat.
"What a baby." scoffed Robbie.
"If that was you there'd be a trail of pee as you ran away." replied Wendy.
The three ran away as faced as they could. Dipper saved Mabel from a tree felled by the monster. They dodged more falling trees and caught up with Soos.
"Get back to the boat! Hurry!" ordered Soos.
The monster snapped at Mabel who hoped onto Soos' back.
Dipper noticed his mom getting worried.
"It's okay mom. We're totally fine." said Dipper.
"It's just natural for me to worry about you." noted Mrs. Pines.
Dipper snapped a photo of the monster, but tripped on a root and lost the camera.
"The picture!" cried Dipper.
Dipper wanted to go back for the camera, but Soos stopped him.
"Dipper, I understand your desire, but safety must come first." noted Ford.
"I know." replied Dipper flatly.
"Dude, if it makes you feel better, I got tons of pictures of those beavers, dude!" declared Soos.
"Why would that make me feel better?!" asked Dipper frustrated.
"They're actually really good pictures." noted Wendy.
Wendy took out her phone and showed a copy of one of Soos' photos.
"He's definitely doing my next photo." said Pacifica.
The three hopped into the S.S. Cool Dude and raced off with the monster right behind them.
"This is it." said Dipper determined.
Dipper tried to take a picture, but his lens was cracked.
"Soos, take a photo!" cried Dipper.
Instead, Soos threw several cameras at the monster.
"What are you doing?!" asked Dipper incredulously.
"I still got one left! Don't worry dude!" declared Soos.
Soos the threw camera to Dipper, but missed and the camera shattered to pieces.
"Sorry dude, my aim isn't good." said Soos.
"It's fine. Besides, I never thanked you for saving us. I got a little carried away." said Dipper.
"No problem, dude." replied Soos happily.
The three raced away in the boat with the monster hot on their heels. The scene then returned to Stan trying, and failing, to tie a knot while grumbling to himself.
"Can you please tell me more funny stories, Pop Pop?" asked Schmipper.
"Anything for my fishing buddies." said Pop Pop.
Pop Pop patted Schmipper and Smabble on the head while a jealous Stan angrily watched.
"Pop Pop. i just realized that...I love you." said Schmipper.
"Aw, come on! Boo! Boo!" cried Stan.
"Hey, now! What's the big idea?!" asked Pop Pop angrily.
"Maybe he has no one who loves him Pop Pop." suggested Schmipper.
Dipper, Mabel, and Ford winced at this knowing Stan's past.
"Yeah, well, I...I" began Stan.
Stan was cut off when the S.S. Cool Dude and the Gobblewonker raced by soaking him. Stan threw his hat down than sighed and sat forlorn.
Dipper and Mabel felt their guilt crank back up.
Dipper, Mabel, and Soos were still being chased by the monster.
"Soos, beavers!" exclaimed Dipper.
The boat crashed into the beavers who began attacking the three.
"I hope ypu went to a doctor about those bites." said Mrs. Pines.
"That would have been a good idea." muttered Dipper.
The trio continued with their wake and the wake created by the monster knocking people right out of their boat. Manly Dan had a fish in a headlock as his sons cheered him on. The Corduroy men when knocked out of the boat and fish began raining down on them.
"The fishes! They seek revenge! Swim boys, swim!" cried Manly Dan in fear.
"So that's what happened. My dad and brothers came home and threw out all the fish we had." revealed Wendy.
The Gobblewonker smashed the cabin off the S.S. Cool Dude as Soos continued to struggle with a beaver.
"Look out!" cried Mabel.
Two men were carrying a plate of glass across the lake when the S.S. Cool Dude destroyed it.
"Why were they transporting glass on the lake?" asked Mr. Pines confused.
"It's Gravity Falls." answered Dipper.
The three were rapidly approaching a waterfall.
"Where do I go?!" asked Mabel, worried.
Dipper flipped through the journal.
"Go into the falls! i think there might be a cave behind there!" answered Dipper.
"Might be?!" asked Mabel, worried.
The S.S. Cool Dude raced under the falls entering a cave. They crashed, but were okay.
"Oh good." sighed Mrs. Pines relieved.
The Gobblewonker tried following them, but got stuck in the cave entrance.
"It's stuck." realized Dipper.
Dipper began searching for a camera. Luckily, Mabel pulled up his hat revealing a camera. Dipper took multiple snapshots of the monster.
'Did you get a good one?" asked Mabel. hopeful.
"They're all good ones!" declared Dipper.
The twins hugged in celebration.
"Excellent work you two." said Ford proudly.
"It's not over yet." noted Mabel teasingly.
A rock fell hitting the Gobblewonker on the face. This caused an electrical sound.
"What the...?" began Dipper.
Dipper approached and quickly realized the "monster" was metal.
"Hey guys, come check this out!" called Dipper.
Soos and Mabel joined Dipper who had found a hatch. Dipper opened the hatch to reveal Old Man McGucket was piloting the robotic lake monster.
"You!" cried Mrs. Pines angrily.
McGucket gulped nervously.
"How dare you endanger my children?!" asked Mrs. Pines outraged.
"Hey, McGucket might be crazy, but he wouldn't put the kids' lives in endanger!" declared Stan.
"That's not what I saw!" declared Mrs. Pines.
"What kind of processor did you use?" asked Mr. Pines.
Mrs. Pines shot her husband a furious flare.
"I'm sure there's an explanation." stated Mr. Pines.
"Aww, banjo polish!" declared McGucket.
"You mad this? Why?" asked Dipper, confused.
"Well, I, I,...uh...I just wanted attention." answered McGucket ashamed.
"I still don't understand." noted Dipper.
"Well, first I hootenannied up a biomechanical brain wave generator. And then I learned to operate a stick shift with my beard!" explained McGucket.
On one hand, Ford was amazed his friend was still so brilliant. On the other, Ford felt horrible he robed Fiddleford of a future.
"Okay, yeah. But, why did you do it?" asked Mabel.
"Well when you get to be an old fella like me, nobody pays any attention to you anymore." began McGucket.
A flashback showed McGucket outside his son's home with a glove and baseball. Only for Tate to close the blinds.
"My own son hasn't visited me in months!" exclaimed McGucket.
"That reminds me of the old song. The one with "little boy blue and the man on the moon" in it." noted Dipper.
Mr. Pines felt a pit in his stomach.
The flashback continued with McGucket building the Gobblewonker robot.
"So, I figured maybe I'd catch his fancy with a fifteen-ton aquatic robot!" cried McGucket.
McGucket let out a maniacal laugh as the flashback ended.
"In retrospect, it does seem a bit contrived. You just don't know the length us old timers will go to for a little quality time with our family." sighed McGucket.
Dipper and Mabel looked at the fishing hats Stan had made.
"Families are lame." said Robbie.
"Hey, you're lucky to have a mom!" declared Wendy.
Gideon winced at this.
"Or a dad!" declared Soos.
"Dude, I guess the real lake monster is you two. Hey, hey! Sorry, that just like—boom-popped into my head." said Soos.
"So, did you ever talk to your son about how you felt?" asked Mabel.
"No sir, I got straight to work on the robot!" answered McGucket.
McGucket showed slides of his other robots: the homicidal pterodactyl-tron he built after Emma Sue left him or the "Shame bot" that blew up downtown when his friend Ernie missed his retirement party.
"This is my fault." muttered Ford.
"Well, so much for the photo contest." sighed Dipper.
"You still have one roll of film left." noted Mabel.
"What do you want to do with it?" asked Dipper.
The scene cut to a defeated Stan returning to the dock. Suddenly; Dipper, Mabel, and Soos returned in the ruins of the S.S. Cool Dude pulled along-side him.
"I thought you were off playing spin the bottle with Soos." grumbled Stan.
"We spent all day trying to find a "legendary" dinosaur..." began Dipper.
"But we realized the only dinosaur we want to hang out with his right here." concluded Mabel.
"That's so sweet." cooed Mrs. Pines.
"Save your sympathy! I've been having a great time withoutcha! Makin' friends, talkin' to my reflection." replied Stan.
Stan showed off an ankle monitor.
"I had a run-in with the lake police. Guess I gotta wear this ankle bracelet now; so that'll be fun." continued Stan.
"How did you manage that?" asked Wendy.
"What's important is I got it off that night." answered Stan proudly.
"I'm sure it's not the first time you've had to cut off an ankle monitor." said Gideon.
"Nope!" exclaimed Stan.
"So...I guess there isn't room in that boat for three more." said Dipper.
Stan scowled at the three until Dipper and Mabel put on their homemade fishing hats.
"You knuckleheads ever seen me thread a fishing hook with my eyes closed?" asked Stan.
"Five bucks says you can't do it!" declared Dipper.
"You're on!" accepted Stan.
"Five more bucks says you can't do it with your eyes closed and me singing at the top of my lungs." said Mabel.
"I like those odds!" exclaimed Stan.
"And that's how I won ten bucks form those knuckleheads" stated Stan.
The three joined Stan and took a photo. A montage of the three having wholesome fun was shown.
"That's more like it." said Mrs. Pines relieved.
The montage then showed Stan and Mabel stealing a fish form Smabble and her grandpa followed the group running away from the lake police.
"Spoke too soon." grumbled Mrs. Pines.
The group hit a bump and Dipper wondered what it was. The real Gobblewonker was shown beneath the lake eating one of the disposable cameras.
"It is real!" cried Dipper excitedly.
"Indeed, one of the many wonders of Gravity Falls." said Ford.
Ford couldn't look at Fiddleford.
"We'll have to document it next time we go to Gravity Falls." said Dipper excitedly.
"If you do." said Mrs. Pines.
"But mom..." began Mabel worried.
"I'm sure your great uncle...s can visit Piedmont." proposed Mr. Pines.
Mrs. Pines again gave her husband a dirty look.
"My job takes me away a lot and sometimes I feel like I'm missing the kids growing up. I don't want them to miss it either." confessed Mr. Pines.
Mabel hugged her father.
"Oh dad, we know you love us no matter what." said Mabel.
Dipper nodded in agreement.
"Trust me, you have to be a good dad for these knuckleheads to turn out as good as they did." added Stan.
"Thanks." said Mr. Pines gratefully.
A/N: That's where we'll end things for now. Again, the story of how Stan into the Royal Order of the Holy Mackerel is made up, but everything else isn't. The story of how Soos got his boat is also made up by me. Writing this I learned Xyler is apparently an actual name. Also, Hank's wife just makes me think of King of the Hill. The stuff with the twins' dad was me trying to be different. Next time, the events of "Headhunters" are covered. Please review.