User blog:Izunna Nwogbo/Land Before Swine Review ★

What's it about? What happens?
Ah yes. Nothing is better than a literal blast from the past. This episode starts off with our two favorite man-child cops who awaken to find that the hood of their cruiser has been torn off by a mysterious creature. Naturally, they brush it off like the "everday coincidence" it is and go for a drive; Yesiree bob, ''this is an episode of Gravity Falls all right... ''

We then cut to the Mystery Shack where Mabel and Waddles engage in a catchy techno dance party until Old Man Stan comes in and kills the buzz. The lovable curmudgeon scolds Waddles for...doing what pigs do I guess and Mabel tells Stan he's in the wrong. Meanwhile, we discover that the creature has now made it's way into the papers. Dipper and Soos make a trap that will take pictures of the flying best and suceed with their plan...only to have Soos mess it up afterwards by accidentally frying the photos with sunlight.

After the creature (which is revealed to be a pterodactyl) pignaps Waddles outside the shack even after Stan promised Mabel he'd keep him inside, the gang decides to retrieve him. Stan even tells Mabel a lie about his heroic attempt to rescue the poor porker. The group go to an abonded chapel where Cuckoo McCrazy Claus is waiting for them as he offers to lead the way (or be a tag-a-long weirdo, whatever fits). After discovering multiple dinosaurs suspended in sap, Mabel learns Grunkle Stan was fibbing (bet she wishes she had hung onto those Truth Telling Teeth now, huh?) and gets mad at him. They find Waddles in the pterodactyl nest, Soos apologizes to Dipper for his clumsiness and forms a plan to save their heinies, and Stan saves Waddles with the most awesome old guy vs. prehistoric she-beast sequence in cartoon history. Mabel forgives Grunkle Stan, Dipper and Soos make up, and they all live happily ever after. Even Beardy McWeirdy makes it out alive in the end...just our luck.

Review
This episode deals with Trust, and that being said, it deals with it pretty well. The audience is really able to see how Grunkle Stan starts to understand the importance of Waddles and Mabel's companionship, and the importance of the relationship him and Mabel share themselves.

During times of crisis Dipper learns to trust Soos who surprisingly, ackownledged his ditziness and even calls it "not always as lovable as he thinks". If that's not raw character developement, I don't know what is.

I'm giving this episode a B+. It also scores additional funny points.

Unti next time, I'm Izunna Nwogbo.