Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25860806-20150405015324/@comment-26072045-20150408123309

Heeha wrote: I really hate it when people say that episodes that don't serve the main plotline are filler.

Obviously the characters are going to face other things that aren't directly involved with finding out who the author is.

True. And even the "fillers" are related in someways. Golf Wars --> Mabel gets along with Pacifica--> Mabel convinces Dipper to help out Pacifica in Northwest Mansion Mystery--> Dipper and Pacifica get along--> Dipper not wanting to hear about McGucket's discovery right away--> Dipper not getting a heads up about the events occuring in "Not What He Seems."