Scary-oke

"Scary-oke" is the first episode in Season 2 of Gravity Falls, and is the 21st episode overall. It premiered on August 1, 2014.

Official overview
The Pines family resolves to get back to normal after the Li'l Gideon incident. They throw a “Mystery Shack is Back” party, but some unwelcome guests crash the celebration.

Synopsis
Scary-oke starts where Gideon Rises left off from, when Stan opens the portal. The machine is picked up by a government agency, and they immediately head to Gravity Falls to investigate. The crew announces a big party they're throwing, and Mabel talks about a big karaoke number she, Dipper, and Stan are doing, but Mabel is the only one who cares about it. Stan falls asleep at his desk and wakes up at 7:00 in the morning. A government agency dealing with the paranormal comes to the Mystery Shack, where Stan tries to get rid of the agents, but Dipper tries to tell them about the town's secrets. The agents give Dipper their card, but Stan takes it and gets rid of the agents. Stan puts the card in a box and hides it. At the party, Dipper and Wendy and putting up posters, and the others are getting the rest of the party set up. Guests arrive, and Wendy tells Dipper to find the card by going into Stan's room. Thompson, trying to start a rave, takes his shirt off, but gets humiliated, and Tambry sends pictures to everyone. Dipper goes into Stan's room, and Wendy keeps watch. After calling the agents, Stan bursts in, because Wendy was distracted by Thompson's shirtless photos. Stan kicks him out, and tells him to go back to the party.

Credits

 * Written by:
 * Jeff Rowe
 * Matt Chapman
 * Alex Hirsch
 * Directed by:
 * Rob Renzetti
 * Storyboards by:
 * Neil Graf
 * Steve Heneveld
 * Alonso Ramirez Ramos
 * Luke Weber
 * With the Voice Talents of:
 * Jason Ritter - Dipper Pines
 * Kristen Schaal - Mabel Pines
 * Alex Hirsch - Grunkle Stan, Soos
 * Linda Cardellini - Wendy
 * Key Vigenére - Agent Powers
 * Brad Abrell - Agent Trigger


 * Additional Voices:
 * Jennifer Coolidge - Lazy Susan
 * Jessica DiCicco - Tambry
 * John DiMaggio - Manly Dan
 * Carl Faruolo - Grenda
 * Keith Ferguson - Deputy Durland
 * Will Forte - Tyler
 * Alex Hirsch
 * Kevin Michael Richardson - Sheriff Blubs
 * Michael Rianda - Thompson
 * Gregg Turkington - Toby Determined
 * Kari Wahlgren - Shandra Jimenez
 * Niki Yang - Candy Chiu

Character revelations

 * The author wrote some of the parts of book 3 in invisible ink which can only be seen under black light, which unlocks even more secrets for the Pines siblings to discover.
 * Stan has been lying to the Pines twins about the mysteries of Gravity Falls to protect them.
 * Stan must have also encountered the government in the past.

Songs featured
Taking Over Midnight.

Series continuity

 * There are several items in the twins' bedroom that they acquired from previous episodes.
 * Her '#2 Boss' mug from "Boss Mabel."
 * The fishing hat Stan stitched her name onto from "The Legend of the Gobblewonker" over one of her bedposts.
 * The photo ripped up during the song number, "Mabel Girl" in "Boyz Crazy" has been taped back together and hung on her wall.
 * The grappling hook Mabel received in "Tourist Trapped" is seen in her hand.
 * The dinosaur tooth Dipper got in "Land Before Swine" now hangs beside his binoculars.
 * The blue U.F.O key chain Stan offers to Agent Powers and Agent Trigger is the one Mabel uses in the beginning of the short "The Hide Behind ".

Trivia

 * The cryptogram at the end of Scary-oke is SMOFZQA JDFV, it means Welcome back.
 * Apparently the writer writes in invisible ink because "It looks cool".
 * This is the fourth appearance of the undead thought this time they appear physically.
 * At one point, Stan puts on a glove with six fingers. This is unusual, considering Stan only has five fingers. This is most likely a refrence to the six-fingered hand on the cover of all the journals.
 * There is a new backwards message at the end of the theme song. though it is still unknown what it says.
 * Stan has known about the secrets of Gravity Falls for 30 years.
 * The Latin incantation Dipper recites roughly translates to "Diablo (or Devil), lord of the world, fits the body slighly."

Cryptograms
The skull image, after being put through all of the codes translates to THE MAN DOWNSTAIRS IS VERY CLEVER CAN HE HIDE HIS PLANS FOREVER?

Another cipher is hidden: "SMOFZQA JDFV". Using a Vigenère Cipher and the keyword WIDDLE it is revealed to say "WELCOME BACK"



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