Candy Monster

 is the first animated short of Gravity Falls to air between Season 1 and Season 2. It will air on October 14th, 2013 along with "Stan's Tattoo."

Overview
Dipper and Mabel must go into full on battle mode against a mysterious creature when it leaps out of the rafters and steals their 'Summerween' candy.

Synopsis
Late at night, as Dipper concludes a section in his video recording of "Dipper’s Guide to the Unexplained" on "Gravity Falls anomaly number 13" (the "Mobius Chicken Strip"). He is startled by a mysterious creature that starts to cause havoc in his room. He quickly alerts a sleeping Mabel, who in return tries to ignore Dipper until he tells her that the creature is eating there left over Summerween candy. Hearing this frightfully wakes up Mabel then she and her brother try to investigate what could this candy eating monster be. After they are unable to come up with a clear conclusion Dipper then titles this event as a new recording, "Dipper’s Guide to the Unexplained #76 That Thing?"

Later, Dipper equips himself with golf clubs and a garbage can as weapons in addition to armor made out of stuff animals found in his room. He and Mabel are convinced to be able to capture the monster for science and candy. Dipper then advances towards the creature in a matter to trap it by luring it with candy, but the monster catches on and flees away. Without hesitation the twins run after the beast. The creature proves to be a problem for the twins to capture as it begins to make a mess of the Shack, wastes their candy and even attacks Dipper. When all seems lost the monster accidentally steps on the TV remote and opens it to a movie that Dipper likes this has a hypnotic effect on the beast and calms it down.

After all is well Dipper, Mabel and the monster watch the movie together. Soos is seen saying hello to the twin and even the monster who he mistakes for Grunkle Stan. Dipper then concludes this recording and says that the next one will probably be about finding a way to get rid of the candy eating monster, but Soos is then confused and asks the monster, who he believes to be Stan, what is Dipper talking about?

Cast

 * Jason Ritter as Dipper Pines
 * Kristen Schaal as Mabel Pines
 * Alex Hirsch as Soos

Production notes

 * See also: List of allusions and List of goofs.

Series continuity

 * The featured monster is similar to Thing 26, a creature that was first seen in the Creature in the Closet promotion.
 * The monster was eating Dipper and Mabel's left over Summerween candy, implying that they had some left after the events of "Summerween."
 * Bill Cipher is seen on the back of the playing card as first seen in "The Time Traveler's Pig."
 * The Overly Sensitive Owl cereal makes an appearance.

Trivia

 * The short is available on iTunes for free before its air date.