Weirdmageddon 2: Escape From Reality

"" is the 19th episode of the second season of Gravity Falls and the thirty-ninth episode overall. It premiered on November 23, 2015. This is the second episode in the Weirdmageddon story arc.

Official overview
Dipper, Soos and Wendy must save Mabel from a strange new world, while Bill's forces plan their next move.

Synopsis
The episode begins on the fourth day of Weirdmageddon. Manly Dan is turned to stone, and Sprott is seen holding a triangular sign, convinced that if he accepts Bill Cipher's ways of life, he and others will be spared. He too, however, is turned to stone and brought to Bill's pyramid fortress, the Fearamid.

Bill plays with Ford, in stone, and announces the latest successes, which are turning citizens of Gravity Falls into stone, which are later placed in a chair, while Lazy Susan is the one exception seen, coming to, and then later going back into unconsciousness. He announces his plan to take Weirdmageddon world wide, and the demons make their way toward the edge of Gravity Falls. But, instead of escaping to the rest of the world, they hit a shield and ricochet back toward Bill's Fortress. Intrigued, Bill realizes that only Ford could be able to understand the shield, and begins to plan his next move.

Dipper, Wendy, and Soos enter Mabel's Prison Bubble. After taking a few steps, the bubble begins to fracture and Soos grab Dipper and Wendy, expecting a hard fall. Instead they land on bounce house, surprised that this is Mabel's prison. Composed of animated plush animals and many of Mabel's idols and imaginary beings, such as Duck-tective, Aoshima, a gigantic Waddles (who serves as the world's transportation) and Xyler and Craz whom appear to offer to take the mesmerised group on a grand tour, an offer which cannot be rejected, literally.

On the tour, Xyler and Craz introduces the group to MabelLand, "better than perfection", and with no rules, except one, which the two withhold, since they believed no one would ever want to break it. They arrive at a beach, crowded with more of Mabel's fantasy creatures. Penguins arrive with bowls of punch, which Soos nearly consumes before Dipper slaps it out of his hand, reminding them that this world was created by Mabel's delusions and brought to life with Bill's dark powers, advising them not to get comfortable in MabelLand. Asking where Mabel is, Xyler and Craz reveals she was in the tallest tower in MabelLand, guarded by 2 muscular waffles with knives for spears.

The group storms the tower, with Soos taking a bite out of the guards and Wendy defeating the other before breaking down the door. The group urges the creatures to flee, then rush up the tower into a dark room. Mabel, lying asleep on a bed, is picked up by Soos, while Wendy and Dipper barricades the doors, preventing more guards from entering. Mabel, unable to get the group's attention, uses her powers to suspend everything in the room, arranging them so that the group is seated and the guards peaceful.

Mabel happily reveals that she awoke in this world, and is the overlord of it all. Still harboring grief over being forced to grow up and leave Gravity Falls, possibly without her brother, she is overjoyed to remain in her world of fantasy, now complete with the group by her side. Dipper naturally highlights the irrationality of her actions, only to be introduced to Dippy Fresh: a replacement for Dipper in this world. Mabel is naturally more attracted to Dippy Fresh, due to his unwavering support for her, and Soos readily accepts Dippy's love of "punctuating all my sentences with a high five." Dipper tries to convince Mabel to leave, but Mabel assures them that they will enjoy themselves here, with everything provided to them even when they didn't know they wanted it. She restores the group and conjures a hamburger with pudding filling, one which Soos takes a bite out of and likes.

Wendy begins to side with Dipper, taking into mind the dire state of Gravity Falls, but is interrupted by her friends, who plan to ride a truck filled with explosives to a high school, destroy it, and stick a plunger on the principal's head, a event that Wendy has always wanted to participate in, causing her to leave with her friends. Soos assures Dipper that he remains committed to the mission, but his resolve is broken when he is heartwarmingly reunited with his father: conjured from his own imagination as he is unable to remember how his father looked like. Dipper begs him not to give in, but fails. Dipper asks Mabel to stop them and return back to reality, asking her if fufiling their desires is really such a great idea. However, she argues that this way everyone is happy, and urges Dipper to just embrace the pleasures of this new world, and is about to show him his desire when he rejects it and quickly leaves, to her disappointment.

In the Fearamid, Bill is angered and unable to understand why they aren't able to extend their reach and leave Gravity Falls to dominate the world. He realises that Ford is the only one able to understand the shield and contemplates his next move. He is interrupted by Keyhole, who informs him Gideon failed to stop Dipper, allowing him and his group to enter Mabel's bubble. Bill is not worried by this, calling Mabel's bubble one of his best prisons yet, one that would require "titanium will" to resist it's temptations and escape. He asks for Gideon and prepares his next moves.

Dipper is found at Giggle Creek, who is beginning to accept that MabelLand truly is perfect compared to the real world, one example being how his thrown stones skip perfectly in the creek. His thoughts are voiced aloud and thus heard by Wendy, who comments on his weird behaviour. She voices out her growing dislike for MabelLand, and subsequently praises Dipper for being so smart, saying that if he was older, she would be his girlfriend. While Dipper is shocked by this, she realises that they could ask Mabel to make Dipper older so they could become an item and live together in MabelLand forever, and asks Dipper to agree and come with her by taking her hand. Dipper nearly accepts, but realises that Wendy would never say such things: she is only saying what he wants her to say. He is thus able to realise this Wendy is a temptation and only a fantasy, and backs away from her.

"Wendy", having been rejected by Dipper, reveals to be nothing but worms, before breaking apart and with the worms crawling away. The world suddenly darkens, and a "stuffed animal tree", now revealed to be corrupted with glowing eyes, chides Dipped on his decision, with the animals warning Dipper he was always being watched. Dipper is terrifed by them, but is distracted by the boy band Several Timez on a bicycle. When he turns back to the tree, it has returned to its original adorable state. Realising how horrifying this world truly is, he announces that he had to return to reality.

This causes him to break Mabelland's one rule: To never mention reality. He is suppressed by 2 waffle guards, who prepare to exile him back to reality forever. Dipper begs to Mabel who arrives at the scene not to allow them to do so, and she commands them to stop. The guards decide that Dipper must plead his case of "Fantasy Vs Reality" in court.

All of MabelLand's creatures arrives to see the trial.The judge, Judge Kitty Kitty Meow Meow Face-Shwartstein, is temporarily distracted by a piece of rope, but quickly starts the case by listing the conditions: If Dipper win the trial, Mabel would come with him back to reality. However, if Mabel (represented by Xyler and Craz) is to win, she will stay in Mabelland, and Dipper would be banished. Xyler and Craz showed a few of Mabel's memories to show and prove that reality is, indeed, worse. However, Dipper showed Mabel that she didn't really want all this, that she's just afraid of growing up, that he won't be Ford's apprentice, and that she shouldn't live in denial from bad things, but go through them with the help of people who love her. After they she and Dipper hug the award sibling hug, the whole Mabelland becomes evil (except for Waddles, Xyler and Craz), colors being red and black. They ride Waddles, and Mabel pulls a knitting needle out of the ground. Waddles jumps and Mabel pops the bubble.

Credits

 * Written by:
 * Jeff Rowe
 * Alex Hirsch


 * Directed by:
 * Matt Braly


 * Storyboarded by:
 * Emmy Cicierega
 * Sabrina Cotugno
 * Alonso Ramirez Ramos
 * Ben Holm
 * Vaughn Tada (uncredited)


 * With the Voice Talents of
 * Jason Ritter as Dipper
 * Kristen Schaal as Mabel
 * Alex Hirsch as Grunkle Stan and Soos
 * Alfred Molina as the Multi-Bear
 * Jon Stewart as Judge Kitty Kitty Meow Meow Face-Shwartstein
 * Danielle Fishel as Pyronica
 * Eric Bauza as Ernesto
 * Linda Cardellini as Wendy
 * Gregory Michael Cipes as Craz
 * Jennifer Coolidge as Lazy Susan
 * Jessica DiCicco as Tambry
 * John Roberts as Xyler
 * Patrick McHale as Hectorgon


 * Additional Voices
 * Corey Burton
 * Matt Chapman as Dippy Fresh
 * Jessica DiCicco
 * Alex Hirsch as Bill and Sev'ral Timez
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Stuffed Animal Tree


 * Casting by:
 * Sara Jane Sherman

Character revelations

 * Soos has been eating part of his hat for the past three days.
 * Wendy has always wanted to glue a plunger to the principal's head.
 * Dipper and Mabel attended Eggbert Elementary.
 * Soos doesn't remember what his father looks like.

Series continuity

 * This episode continues one day after the events of the previous episode.
 * Sprott still acts insane due to being affected by a bubble of pure madness in the previous episode.
 * Aoshima and one of the Flavor Pups from "The Inconveniencing" and Shimmery Twinkleheart from Little Gift Shop of Horrors make an appearance.
 * The boy that Mabel attempted to ask out in "Tourist Trapped" makes an appearance.
 * Dipper's old hat from the pilot appears in a flashback.
 * Waffles with big arms that Mabel drew in "Headhunters" are the guards.
 * Flashbacks from "Gideon Rises," "Summerween," and "Sock Opera" are seen when Dipper pleads his case for reality.
 * Judge Kitty Kitty Meow Meow Face-Shwartstein is from the one of the sweaters Mabel wore in "Tourist Trapped."
 * The jurors wear Mabel's heart sweater from The Legend of the Gobblewonker, the strawberry sweater from Headhunters, the hamburger sweater from Boss Mabel and the rainbow sweater from The Love God.
 * Flashbacks from "Into the Bunker," "Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future," and "Weirdmageddon Part 1" are seen when Xyler and Craz are showing what reality is like in Mabel's Scrapbook.
 * The cardboard cutout Zach and the purple rhino from "Mabel's Guide to Dating", stickers from Mabel's sticktionary from "Mabel's Guide to Stickers" are in the Prison Bubble.
 * Dipper and Mabel do the "awkward sibling hug" mentioned in "Tourist Trapped."
 * Celestabellebethabelle from The Last Mabelcorn, Multi-Bear and Chutzpar from Dipper vs. Manliness, the Gnomes from Tourist Trapped, and Woodpecker guy and his wife from Irrational Treasure are seen among the refugees at the Mystery Shack.
 * Soos' father who was mentioned in Blendin's Game makes an appearence.
 * The members of Sev'ral Timez from the episode Boyz Crazy makes an appearence
 * The puppy playing basketball which was on Mabel's sweater in the episode Irrational Treasure makes an appearence.
 * The Sir Syrup bottle from "The Legend of the Gobblewonker" appears during the trial.

Trivia

 * This is the last episode storyboard artist Emmy Cicierega, worked on.
 * This episode uses a shortened version of the Weirdmageddon theme song.
 * Soos imagined his father to be Hispanic, even though his father is White while his mother is Hispanic.
 * When the theme song is played backwards, the whisper says "I'm Watching You" instead of the usual "I'm watching you nerds."

Cryptograms

 * Once again, during the opening theme, while the title is showing, a code flashes saying "JUDYLWB IDOOV" which decodes like the code in "Tourist Trapped" to "GRAVITY FALLS".
 * The code "FZPO YSU BQSHZ LTLY FR LV UCC IFJ CIYHO LTEYWKQWUW II P KFASJ JKQASPJE'W LLOMKXQNFR FLWEDGI." decodes with the Vigenere cipher using the keyword "DIPPYFRESH" to "CRAZ AND XYLER WENT ON TO RUN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AT A MAJOR CHILDREN'S TELEVISION NETWORK."
 * In the end credits, 1-16-19-10 9-10-19 17-19-4-5 4-6-23-8-8-19-20 15-10-5-15-20-19 4-16-19 8-23-5-4 20-6-19-23-11-5 21-23-10 10-15-17-16-4-11-23-6-19-5 18-23-5-4, 20-6-19-23-11-5 21-23-10 4-3-6-10 4-9 10-15-17-16-4-11-23-6-19-5 18-23-5-4. decodes to WHEN ONE GETS TRAPPED INSIDE THE PAST, DREAMS CAN TURN TO NIGHTMARES FAST.

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