Sorry I haven't updated this story in so long. I made a story to celebrate the tenth anniversary of FNAF, and made it AO3 exclusive. If you want to read it, check out my AO3 account.
It was a great day for Stan Pines. He managed to rent a carnival for the Mystery Shack. This was bound to make him millions.
"There it is, kids," he told the kids while the carnival was being built. "The cheapest fair money can rent. I spared every expense. I got a job for you two. I printed a bunch of fake safety inspection certificates. Go slap one on anything that looks like a lawsuit."
Dipper and Mabel looked at the certificates. They were just papers with a big blue A stamped on it.
"Grunkle Stan, is this legal?" Mabel asked.
"When there's no cops around, anything's legal," Stan replied before turning to Soos, who was busy building one of the attractions. "Hey Soos, how's that dunk tank coming along?"
"Almost ready to go, Mr. Pines," Soos replied.
Stan punched the target. The trapdoor didn't budge. "Ha! You got it rigged from here to Timbuktu. There's nothing on this planet that can knock me down."
"Yeah, except for, like, a futuristic laser arm cannon."
"Have you been licking yourself again, Soos?"
Soos blushed. "Ha, caught me again, Mr. Pines."
He then proceeded to lick his own elbow.
Stan searched his pockets for something. He couldn't find it. "Hey, you haven't seen my red screwdriver, have you?" He started checking the toolbox. "Damn thing went missing."
"Maybe some magical creature or paranormal thing took it."
"Oi, you've been spending way too much time with those kids. Alright, let's see. Where did I put that thing?"
Meanwhile, an average bald man wearing a gray jumpsuit and goggles was walking past the porta-potties with a red screwdriver in hand.
"The mission is proceeding as planned," he said to someone on his watch.
He used the screwdriver to mess with his watch. His suit changed to blend in with the background.
Play Gravity Falls Intro Music
A bus stops in the small town of Gravity Falls. Dipper and Mabel get off the bus. In front of them is the town's star attraction, The Mystery Shack. Their great-uncle, Stan, invites them inside.
The twins look around the shack. They're both curious about everything.
Later, the Pines investigate a strange footprint with four toes instead of five. None of them realize they're standing in a much larger footprint.
DIPPER
Dipper looks around a cave holding a candle for light. He comes across a strange skeleton that scares him. He drops his candle, getting rid of his only source of light.
MABEL
Mabel stands in a room wearing a purple sweater with stars, her name, and a rainbow. She plugs an outlet into her sweater, causing it to glow.
STAN
Stan tells the twins, Wendy, and Soos a scary story. Soos and the twins are terrified while Wendy is completely unfazed. However, none of them notice the scary creature behind them.
WENDY
Wendy sits in front of the cash register, minding her own business. She doesn't notice the nearby jar of eyeballs turning to face her.
SOOS
Soos spins around the living room wearing multiple jewels on his clothes. Mabel shines a flashlight, and the light reflects off of the jewels creating a beautiful lightshow.
Dipper and Mabel lay in their room. Mabel reads a girl magazine while laying on the floor. Dipper reads a journal while laying on his bed. After a second, everyone and everything begins to float off the ground. Dipper is the only one who notices something off.
End Intro
One Cruel Summer
Chapter 8
The Time-Traveler's Pig
"It's 12:00!" Stan announced. "The dunk tank is now open! Step right up and dunk me, folks!" He started pointing to people in the crowd. "I'm talking to you, cut-offs, muffin top, high pants! Who wants a piece of me?" This infuriated the crowd. They threw the balls provided onto the target. None of them did a thing. Stan laughed. "Come back any time, folks!"
Elsewhere, Dipper and Wendy bought some question mark-shaped corn dogs.
"How do they get it in this shape?" Dipper wondered. "It's unnatural."
"But Dipper, it's…" Wendy replied as she held up her dog. "Delicious?" That's when some cheese fell onto her sleeve. "Ah, dammit." She left to clean up the stain. "I'll be right back."
"I'll be right here!" Dipper chuckled and blushed. When Wendy was out of site, he whispered, "I love you."
That's when Mabel showed up with two cones of cotton candy.
"Look at you two getting all romantic at the fair," she smiled.
Dipper blushed. "Come on, it's no big deal."
"Yeah it is."
Dipper couldn't deny it anymore. "Okay, you're right. It's amazing! I just dove in and said, 'Hey, you wanna hang out at the fair?' And you know what she said? 'Yeah, I guess so!' It totally worked! All your advice about just going for it is finally paying off!"
"When are you gonna learn, Dipper? I'm always right about everything." That's when she smelled something off. "Hey, what smells like a gallon of body spray?"
The twins turned to see Robbie approaching them.
"Have either of you dorks seen Wendy?" he asked.
"Who wants to know?" Dipper replied.
Robbie took a piece of Mabel's cotton candy. "I got some super tight jeans, thought she might wanna check them out."
"Yeah, I think I saw her in the bottomless pit. You should jump in there."
Robbie didn't take kindly to that. "Maybe I will, smart guy."
Robbie kicked Dipper in the shins before walking off.
"He's such a jerk," Mabel remarked.
"Yeah, but he's a jerk with tight pants and a guitar," said Dipper. "I need to keep him away from Wendy at all costs."
"Don't worry. No matter what happens, I'll be right here supporting you every step of the…" Mabel's attention was diverted to a nearby game. "Oh my gosh, a pig!"
Mabel ran over to the 'Win a Pig' game.
"If you can guess the critter's weight, you can take the critter home," said the carnie.
Mabel heard one of the pigs oink in a way that sounded like he was saying her name. She got excited.
"Oh look," came the voice of Pacifica. "Mabel found her real twin."
That's when Dipper finally caught up to Mabel and saw Pacifica teasing her as usual.
"Hey, you!" he shouted, getting Pacifica's attention. "Leave her alone!"
Pacifica blushed and struggled to speak. "What… what are you going to do?"
Dipper made a smug smile. "I can always tell the entire town the truth about your great-gramps."
"You… you wouldn't dare."
"Try me." Pacifica didn't know why she was blushing. She couldn't say anything. She ran away. Dipper was satisfied. "Yeah, you better run."
He then turned to Mabel. She was still admiring that pig.
"Sir, I must have that pig," she demanded to the carnie.
"Oh, old Fifteen-Pounder," he said. "How much do you guess that he weighs?"
"Fifteen pounds?"
The carnie was shocked, as if he didn't just give away the answer. "What are you, some kind of witch? Well, there's your pig."
Everyone in the area cheered for Mabel, including Dipper. Mabel hugged her new pet. "Everything is different now."
Dipper noticed Wendy walking by. He ran over to her.
"Hey Dipper, where have you been?" she asked.
Dipper blushed and struggled to speak. "I was… playing some other games."
That's when Wendy noticed a nearby game. The prizes were stuffed toys of strange hybrids.
"I don't know what that is, but I want it," she said.
Dipper recognized the game. "My uncle taught me the secret. You throw the ball at the carnie's head, then take the prize while he's unconscious."
Wendy chuckled. "Nice."
Dipper turned to the carnie and handed him a ticket. "One ball, please?"
The carnie took the ticket and gave Dipper a ball.
"You only get one chance," he said.
Dipper held the ball out. He took a couple breaths. He threw the ball.
He missed the bottles. The ball bounced right below the bottles and flew right towards Wendy's face. Before she could react, it got her in the eye.
"Ow!" she screamed.
"Shit!" Dipper shouted. "Wendy, are you okay?"
"Does it look swollen?" Wendy showed her eye to reveal it was swollen.
Dipper was horrified, but he tried to keep Wendy calm. "Everything's gonna be fine. I'll… get some ice."
Dipper went to the shack and found the cooler. He grabbed a bag of ice and ran to find Wendy.
Before he could reach Wendy, he bumped into someone. The bag shattered, and ice was poured everywhere. Dipper started putting ice back in the bag.
He turned to the man he bumped into. "Watch where you're going!"
The man took a tape measure and made a run for it.
Dipper turned back to Wendy. His worst nightmare came true.
Robbie got to Wendy first. He used a snow cone to heal her swollen eye.
"Robbie, thanks," she said. "That's really sweet. The gesture, and the flavor."
"Yeah," Robbie replied. "I was in the right place at the right time. You know, I've been meaning to ask you. We've spent so much time together, and I was wondering, do you wanna go out with me?"
"Yeah, I guess so."
"Sweet."
Wendy and Robbie got on the 'Tunnel of Love' ride. Dipper couldn't believe his eyes.
"Everything is different now," he said sadly.
Later that day, Dipper walked back to the shack sadly. He met up with Mabel, who was still cuddling her new pet pig.
"Hey, Dipper," she said. "Come meet my new pig. His name is Waddles. I called him that because he waddles." She shook him around to prove her point. She then noticed the sad look on Dipper's face. "What's wrong, bro?"
Dipper sighed. "Mabel, do you ever wish to go back in time to fix one mistake?"
"Nope, I do things right all the time."
"I mean, Wendy only went out with Robbie because he had the ice, and she needed it, and she only needed it because of the baseball, and I would've had the ice if it weren't for…" Dipper noticed the guy he ran into earlier. "Him!" He approached the man. "Hey asshole, you ruined my life!"
"Huh?" the guy asked.
"Don't 'huh' me! I've seen you before! What's your deal? Are you following us?"
The man seemed terrified. "My position has been compromised! Assuming stealth mode!" He started messing with his watch. His outfit changed to show the background. "Dammit!"
He started using a screwdriver on the watch.
"That's amazing," said Mabel. "Are you from the future or something?"
The man got defensive. "No! Who told you that? Memory wipe!" The man threw a wipe at Mabel's face. She grabbed it to see it was just a normal wipe. The man sighed. "Alright, you've cornered me. The name's Blendin Blandin. I'm a time-traveler."
"Wait, if you're from the future, do you have a time machine or something?" asked Dipper.
"That's how it works," Blendin replied.
Dipper got excited. "Can I borrow it?"
"No."
"Come on! Just once?"
"Out of the question! This is sensitive, extremely complicated time equipment!" Blendin revealed what looked like a tape measure.
"It looks like a tape measure."
"Shut your damn mouth!"
Dipper turned to Mabel. "Is he making sense to you?"
"I think he's crazy," Mabel replied.
"You don't believe me?" Blendin asked as he pulled the tape. When he let go, he disappeared. He reappeared a few seconds later dressed as a French soldier. "Guess where I was." The twins looked amazed. "That's right, fifteen years ago, there was a costume store right here! One second."
He disappeared, then reappeared back in his usual outfit. This time, he was on fire. He panicked. He quickly patted it off.
"So who are you again?" Mabel asked.
"Blendin Blandin," Blendin replied as he showed his card. "Time anomaly removal crew, year 207012. My mission is to stop a series of time anomalies that are meant to happen at this very location, but I don't see any anomalies. I don't know if it's some kind of paradox, or if I'm tired."
Dipper got an idea. "You sound like you can use a break."
"Definitely," Mabel agreed, offering a couple of tickets. "Might we recommend one of the various attractions at the Mystery Fair?"
"You know what?" Blendin decided as he stood up. "What the hell. I'm worth it!" He took the tickets. "But I got my eye on you!"
Blendin went to the nearby 'Rusty Barrel Rodeo' ride. He dropped one of his tickets in the barrel.
"Sorry, dude, but you're gonna have to take your belt off for the ride," said Soos, who was monitoring the ride. "One of your tools might fly off and accidentally fix something."
Blendin took off his belt and gave it to Soos. "Guard it with your life!"
Soos took the belt. "I'll watch it like a hawk, dude."
Blendin got on one of the barrels and rode around in a circle. To any outside viewer, the ride didn't look thrilling, but Blendin was having the time of his life.
Soos put down the belt the moment the ride started.
This was their chance. The twins grabbed the belt and ran away with it.
The twins set down the tape measure and admired it.
"Here it is, Mabel," said Dipper. "Our ticket to any moment in history."
"Let's get two dodos and force them to make out," Mabel suggested.
"No! We gotta be smart about this. All that paradox stuff kinda freaked me out. All I'm gonna do is go back and fix my one mistake. If I don't miss that throw, I won't hit Wendy in the eye, and Robbie won't comfort her, and they won't start going out."
"I wanna come too so I can relive the greatest moment of my life, winning Waddles."
Dipper pulled the tape measure until it was at six hours.
"See you later," he told Waddles.
"You mean, 'see you earlier,'" Mabel corrected before laughing at her own joke.
Dipper pushed the back button, before high-fiving his sister.
They watched as everything around them froze, before moving in reverse.
Once it stopped, Dipper noticed that his hat was on fire. He quickly patted it out.
The twins then went outside.
"It's 12:00!" Stan announced. "The dunk tank is now open!"
"Do over?" Dipper asked.
Mabel nodded.
Mabel ran over to the pig game. She guessed, "Fifteen pounds" before the carnie could finish the question. She then said, "Yes, I am a witch."
"Well, time to round up the mob," the carnie said as he lit a torch.
Dipper found Wendy. "Hey, Wendy."
"There you are," Wendy said before noticing the mark on Dipper's hat. "Hey, what happened to your hat?"
"Nothing. Hey, what's that?"
Wendy noticed the hybrid toy. "I don't know what that is, but I want it."
Dipper gave the carnie a ticket, and received a ball.
He took a breath. "Second chance, Dipper. Don't mess this up."
Dipper threw the ball. This time, he managed to knock down all the bottles.
"Yes!" both Dipper and Wendy cheered.
Then the ball bounced off the wall, and got Wendy in the eye.
"What?" Dipper reacted.
A second later, Robbie showed up with the snow cone. Dipper's eye twitched.
Dipper met up with Mabel, who was busy feeding Waddles a caramel apple.
"The same thing happened twice," said Dipper. "It was spooky."
"Maybe it's a time curse," Mabel suggested.
"Is it possible that the forces of time naturally conspire to undo any new outcomes? No, I just need to try again. Third time's the charm."
During the third try, Dipper tried tossing the ball with his other hand. Once again, it ricocheted towards Wendy's eye.
The fourth time, Dipper tried swapping spots with Wendy. He tossed the ball. It knocked down the bottles, bounced up, hit one of the toys, then the carnie's head, then Wendy's eye.
The fifth time, Dipper started to question everything.
"Wendy, how badly do you want that stuffed animal?" he asked.
"More than anything in the world," Wendy replied dramatically.
Dipper sighed. He was still worried that his next attempt would fail just like the rest. Wendy noticed his hesitance and sighed.
"If you can't do it, I'll do it myself," she said.
Wendy took the ball from Dipper, and threw it. Once again, the ball bounced back and hit Wendy in the eye.
Dipper tried to use geometry to plan his next attempt.
"Face it, Dipper," said Mabel. "You're obviously fated to fail, just like I'm fated to be with Waddles."
Dipper ignored her. "It's like there's one variable missing." An idea popped into his head. "That's it! I know how to win the toss without hitting Wendy!"
"Awesome. I'm gonna go win my pig again."
"Whoa, you can't go. I need you for my plan."
"What about Waddles?"
"It'll just take a few minutes."
Dipper waited for the right moment to make his throw.
"Dude, are you gonna go?" Wendy asked.
Dipper made a gesture to tell her to shut up. He then took a couple breaths, braced himself, and threw the ball high into the air.
Wendy sighed. "You missed."
"Did I?" Dipper replied.
The ball rolled down a tent, hit the question mark on the corn dog stand, then rolled down the roof of the Mystery Shack.
Mabel adjusted a water spout into a ramp to launch the ball into the air.
The ball hit the target on a dunk tank, only for Stan to not get dunked. He laughed, satisfied.
The ball then flew back towards the game. Wendy noticed it in time to jump out of the way.
The ball obliterated the bottles, and itself.
"Your stuffed creature of indeterminate species, miss," the carnie said as he handed Wendy her stuffed animal.
"Awesome," she said.
That's when Robbie showed up. "There you are, Wendy."
"Hi, Robbie."
"So I was wondering if you…"
"Look what Dipper got for me." Wendy showed the toy.
Robbie got jealous. "Whatever. Can't even tell what species it is." He used his hood to hide his face.
Wendy rolled her eyes. "What's his deal? Looks like I came to the fair with the right guy."
Dipper got excited. He turned to Mabel, who gave her a thumbs-up.
"Any time, broseph," she said.
Mabel went back to the pig game. She gasped at what she saw.
Pacifica won Waddles before Mabel had the chance.
Mabel screamed and ran to find Dipper.
Meanwhile, Dipper and Wendy got out of the Tunnel of Love.
"That was even better the third time around," Wendy said before noticing the funnel cake. "Ooh, funnel cake. Let's get some."
Dipper was about to follow Wendy when he heard faint screaming. He assumed it was something in his ear and picked it for a second.
Then the screaming got louder. Dipper turned around to see Mabel running towards him, screaming.
"What's…" he was about to ask, before Mabel kept screaming. "I'll wait until you're done."
"I'm done," said Mabel.
"What's wrong?"
"We messed up the timeline. Pacifica won Waddles before I did. She took Waddles, Dipper."
"I'm sorry, Mabel."
"It's fine. We just need to go back and do things differently."
"Wait! I did the math. In any other timeline, Wendy ends up with Robbie. I can't mess this up again."
"But then I'll lose Waddles forever."
Mabel tried to grab the time machine. Dipper fought back. They both tripped and dropped it. The tape got caught on the log, and it started moving, pulling the tape with it.
When it let go, the twins were gone.
The twins woke up in a forest in the middle of nowhere.
"When are we?" Dipper asked.
"You mean, 'when are we'?" Mabel replied before realizing her mistake. "Oh, you already said it, didn't you?"
"Do you hear that?"
The two turned to see a bunch of bison running in their direction. They quickly ran the opposite direction until they ran off a cliff.
They landed in a small wagon.
"What is this, the seventies?" Mabel wondered.
"No, you sent us back 150 years," Dipper replied.
The driver of the wagon turned around and saw Dipper and Mabel.
"By trembley," he said. "Fertilla, it seems you gave birth to two more children."
"It appears I have," said a woman in the back. "More little hands to render the tallow."
"Tallow?" Mabel asked.
One of the other kids on board noticed the silver in Mabel's teeth.
"Her teeth have silver in them, Mother," he said.
"These are called braces," Mabel corrected.
"Mabel, we can't mess with the past," Dipper warned.
"Says the guy who messed with the past all day, and cost me my pig? I'll mess with whatever I want." Mabel showed the kid a calculator, and the blinker on her shoes. She then turned to the woman, Fertilla. "Hey, guess who gets to vote in the future. Ladies!" She raised her hand. "Up-top." Fertilla did the same. Mabel high-fived her. "That's called a high-five. Teach it to your friends."
Dipper snatched the tape measure. "Give me that. I'm gonna make this right."
He sent himself and Mabel forward in time, a little too forward.
The environment seemed like they were far in the future. There was fire everywhere, soldiers with futuristic armors and weapons, and a giant baby floating around destroying everything on site.
"This future seems neat," Mabel remarked.
They went back. They found themselves near the lake.
"I'm coming, Waddles!" Mabel shouted as she took the tape and ran.
Dipper ran after her, not noticing his calculator falling out of his pocket.
They then found themselves back during their first battle with the gnomes. A flower pin fell off of Mabel's hair.
They then found themselves in front of the Mystery Shack during winter. This was clearly before the shack opened, because the sign wasn't there.
"This thing is getting hotter!" Mabel panicked.
"What did you do?" Dipper asked.
"I don't know!"
In a flash of light, the twins were gone.
A thirty-year-younger Stanford Pines heard their screaming. He opened the front door and looked around. He didn't see anyone. He simply brushed it off and went back inside.
When the twins woke up, all they could see were each other's eyes.
"Oh no, we're at the end of time!" Dipper panicked.
Mabel caught a foul stench. "Wait, if this is the end of time, why does it smell so bad here?"
They realized they were in an outhouse. They exited to see that the Mystery Fair was still going on.
"We're back in the present," Dipper said. "But which one?"
He noticed Wendy hugging her stuffed hybrid.
"This is the best present ever," she said.
"Yes!" Dipper cheered.
Mabel noticed Pacifica struggling to carry Waddles.
"No!" she screamed as she tried to grab the tape measure.
Dipper climbed on top of the outhouse.
"Mabel, it's over!" he yelled. "I've worked too hard to lose this!"
"But Waddles is my soulmate!" Mabel retorted.
"You said that about a ball of yarn once! Do you really want Wendy to be with Robbie?"
"I don't know."
Mabel started banging her head on a totem pole. Dipper wasn't falling for it, though.
"You're not guilt tripping me this time," he said. Mabel continued to bang her head. "Come on, I know you. You're gonna forget about this in a day. I'll prove it."
Dipper went forward a day.
Mabel was still banging her head. Now, there was a small cut on her forehead, and blood was dripping down her face.
"Okay, maybe a week," Dipper said.
Dipper went forward a week.
Mabel was still there. The bleeding got a lot worse.
"A month," Dipper tried to assure himself. "She'll be better in a month."
Dipper went forward a month.
Mabel wasn't banging her head anymore. She was laying on the ground, dead.
Soos was walking by with a few tourists.
"And if you look to your left, you'll see Miserable Mabel," said Soos. "The girl who banged her head to death after her dreams were shattered by a heartless jerk." He then noticed Dipper. "Oh, hey Dipper."
Dipper stood in horror knowing that his sister literally killed herself over a pig. He knew he had no one to blame but himself.
"What have I done?" he asked himself.
He then sighed. He knew what he had to do.
Once again, Dipper stood next to Wendy.
"Wendy, just know that people make mistakes, and it's best if you forgive them," he said. "Also, tight pants are overrated."
"Dude, you lost me," Wendy smiled.
He knew he couldn't win her the toy without sacrificing Mabel's chance to win Waddles, but he didn't want to hurt Wendy for the eighth time.
He came up with an idea.
"Wendy, you might wanna duck in case…" he was about to say.
"I thought you'd never ask," Wendy replied as she ducked under.
Dipper sighed. He threw the ball, intentionally missing the target.
The ball hit the wall and bounced back. It flew far away from the booth, right towards Robbie's leg. It hit him right in the shin.
"AH, SON OF A BITCH!" he screamed.
Dipper felt a mix of shock and satisfaction knowing he got Robbie instead of Wendy. He still did his best not to smile.
Wendy ran towards Robbie and grabbed the snow cone he dropped. She used the snow cone to help Robbie.
Seeing the opportunity, Robbie spoke. "You know, I've been meaning to ask you. We've spent so much time together, and I was wondering, do you wanna go out with me?"
"Yeah, I guess so," Wendy replied.
"Sweet."
Wendy and Robbie headed to the Tunnel of Love. Dipper watched with a sad look on his face.
He was then tackled to the ground. Mabel was hugging him.
"Dipper, thank you, thank you, thank you!" she said.
"I couldn't break your heart, Mabel," Dipper replied. "And besides, it's not like Wendy can date Robbie all summer, right?"
That's when Blendin showed up and snatched the time machine.
"You two!" he yelled. "Do you have any idea how many rules you just broke?! I'm asking. I wasn't there with you!" That's when two figures appeared and surrounded Blendin. "Ahh, the Time Paradox Avoidance Enforcement Squadron!"
"That's right," said one of the soldiers. "Our phones have been ringing off the hook. There's settlers high-fiving in the 1800s, and calculators littered through eight centuries."
"You are under arrest for violations of the time-traveler's code of conduct," said the other soldier.
"It was those kids!" Blendin blamed as he was carried away. "I'll get you for this! I'll go back in time and make sure your parents never meet!"
The twins looked at each other. They were still there.
"I guess he forgot to go back," said Mabel.
Stan had just scammed a bunch of tourists until their pockets were empty. He teased them all, and enjoyed hearing them boo. That's when he noticed two soldiers in the area.
"Hey, biceps and haircut!" he shouted. "Take your best shot!"
The soldier shot the target. It shattered into a million pieces.
The trapdoor opened and dunked Stan in the water.
Dipper and Mabel were enjoying some snow cones.
"So I guess we'll never learn about those time anomalies Blending was looking for," said Mabel.
"I think it was us," Dipper realized. He then noticed Wendy and Robbie sharing a caramel apple. "Great, now I'll have to deal with them all summer."
"Don't worry," said Mabel.
Mabel slapped Waddles and gestured to the apple. Waddles ran towards the apple, scaring away Robbie.
Robbie accidentally hit a pot of hot water. The water poured onto his pants, shrinking them.
Everyone laughed at Robbie, even Wendy.
Dipper turned to Waddles. "That'll do, pig. That'll do."
Meanwhile, Blendin was on trial for his crimes. The judge was none other than Time Baby.
"You have broken the eternal laws of space-time!" said Time Baby.
"I beg your mercy, Time Baby!" Blendin begged.
"You now must clean up all the time anomalies!"
With that, Blendin was sent to clean up his mess.
A.N.
After almost two weeks, it's nice to finally get back to this.
This was Waddles' debut, and our first hint at the REAL Stanford Pines. This was one of the more controversial episodes.
The main reason for that was the whole thing with Dipper having to hurt Wendy's eye, thus resulting in Robbie healing her and them both getting together, all so Mabel can win Waddles and be happy.
Alex has made a statement on this. He said something about it fitting with the episode's theme about not cheating. I kinda see his point, but the execution was still kinda stupid.
So, I changed it up a bit. While Dipper fails to get Wendy that panda-duck hybrid thing, he injures Robbie instead of Wendy. It still results in Robbie and Wendy becoming a couple, but if you've seen the show, you know it won't last.
I did add some other scenes to make things more interesting, like that scene of Dipper standing up to Pacifica, and the reference to Amphibia's Frog Soos. Those were definitely fun to write.
That's all for now. Thanks for reading.