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==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
Stanford tells Dipper that the Rift is cracking, and the only way they could fix it is from a [[flying saucer]] that crash-landed in Gravity Falls millions of years ago.
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The episode begins with Mabel waking Dipper in the attic of the Mystery Shack. She is portraying "Mr. Upside-downington," and has a pair of google-eyes on her chin. She informs him that their thirteenth birthday is only one week away. Soos and Gruncle Stan enter the room, Stan stating that in only one week his "senior citizen pony tail kit" is arriving, and Soos exclaming that in one week his Grandma will allow him to eat crackers on his bed. Stanford tells Dipper that the Rift is cracking, and the only way they could fix it is with an adhesive from a [[flying saucer]] that crash-landed in Gravity Falls millions of years ago. Mabel lets Dipper go along with Stanford and begins planning for their birthday party herself.
   
 
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==Credits==

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"Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future"[1] is the 17th episode of the second season of Gravity Falls, and the thirty-seventh overall. It premiered on October 12, 2015.[1]

Official overview

Mabel decides to plan for her and Dipper's 13th birthday party. Meanwhile, Dipper ventures below the town to find its most shocking secret.[1]

Synopsis

The episode begins with Mabel waking Dipper in the attic of the Mystery Shack. She is portraying "Mr. Upside-downington," and has a pair of google-eyes on her chin. She informs him that their thirteenth birthday is only one week away. Soos and Gruncle Stan enter the room, Stan stating that in only one week his "senior citizen pony tail kit" is arriving, and Soos exclaming that in one week his Grandma will allow him to eat crackers on his bed. Stanford tells Dipper that the Rift is cracking, and the only way they could fix it is with an adhesive from a flying saucer that crash-landed in Gravity Falls millions of years ago. Mabel lets Dipper go along with Stanford and begins planning for their birthday party herself.

Credits

Production notes

See also: List of allusions and List of goofs.

Character revelations

  • Dipper and Mabel were born on August 31, 1999, which places the series' setting in 2012, the year the series premiered.
  • When they were younger, Mabel used to glue the googly eyes to her chin and talk as Mr. Upside-downington, but she hasn't done that since third grade.
  • Ford has 12 Ph.Ds.
  • Candy's parents make her take piano lessons each year.

Series continuity

Trivia

Cryptograms

  • The cryptogram in the episode's credits reads, "ETX CPI ASTD GI?" Once decoded using the Vignère key BLUEBOOK, it reads "DID YOU MISS ME?"
  • The cryptogram in the episode's end page reads, "4-16-19 8-6-9-8-16-19-21-25 5-19-19-11-19-20 18-23-6 23-1-23-25 22-3-4 18-15-10-23-12-12-25 1-19'2-19 6-19-23-21-16-19-20 4-16-19 20-23-25 17-15-2-19 3-8 4-16-19 8-23-5-4. 19-11-22-6-23-21-19 4-16-19 5-4-6-23-10-17-19. 19-2-19-6-25-4-16-15-10-17 25-9-3 21-23-6-19 23-22-9-3-4 1-15-12-12 21-16-23-10-17-19." Once decoded using the combined cipher it reads, "THE PROPHECY SEEMED FAR AWAY, BUT FINALLY WE'VE REACHED THE DAY, GIVE UP THE PAST. EMBRACE THE STRANGE. EVERYTHING YOU CARE ABOUT WILL CHANGE."
  • The symbols inside the UFO (that Dipper took a selfie with) are written in Bill's symbol substitution cipher. (Semicolon indicates line break)
    • In black writing: probability drive engine; probe atorium; blerg bloth and beyond; used thatens half price
    • In brown writing: specimen has; escaped; is changing; forms

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 October 2015 Programming Highlights. Disney–ABC Television Group. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved on September 30, 2015.

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V - E - H - D Gravity Falls episodes
Season one 1. Tourist Trapped | 2. The Legend of the Gobblewonker | 3. Headhunters | 4. The Hand That Rocks the Mabel | 5. The Inconveniencing | 6. Dipper vs. Manliness | 7. Double Dipper | 8. Irrational Treasure | 9. The Time Traveler's Pig | 10. Fight Fighters | 11. Little Dipper | 12. Summerween | 13. Boss Mabel | 14. Bottomless Pit! | 15. The Deep End | 16. Carpet Diem | 17. Boyz Crazy | 18. Land Before Swine | 19. Dreamscaperers | 20. Gideon Rises
Season two 21. Scary-oke | 22. Into the Bunker | 23. The Golf War | 24. Sock Opera | 25. Soos and the Real Girl | 26. Little Gift Shop of Horrors | 27. Society of the Blind Eye | 28. Blendin's Game | 29. The Love God | 30. Northwest Mansion Mystery | 31. Not What He Seems | 32. A Tale of Two Stans | 33. Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons | 34. The Stanchurian Candidate | 35. The Last Mabelcorn | 36. Roadside Attraction | 37. Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future | 38. Weirdmageddon Part 1 | 39. Weirdmageddon 2: Escape From Reality | 40-41. Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back The Falls
Animated shorts Candy Monster | Stan's Tattoo | Mailbox | Lefty | Tooth | The Hide-Behind | Mabel's Guide to Dating | Mabel's Guide to Stickers | Mabel's Guide to Fashion | Mabel's Guide to Color | Mabel's Guide to Art | Fixin' It with Soos: Golf Cart | Fixin' It with Soos: Cuckoo Clock | TV Shorts 1 | TV Shorts 2 | Mabel's Scrapbook: Heist Movie | Mabel's Scrapbook: Petting Zoo
Lists Allusions | Cryptograms | Goofs | International versions
Related Media Unaired pilot | Next Time On Trailer | Creature in the Closet | Creepy Letters from Lil' Gideon | Gravity Falls Journal 3 Infomercial | Gravity Falls: Six Strange Tales | Gravity Falls: Even Stranger | The Mystery in Gravity Falls | "Old Man" McGucket's Conspiracy Corner Marathon | Between the Pines | Soos' Stan Fiction | Soos Cast | Gravity Falls – Tug-n’-Talk Shmebulock | One Crazy Summer: A Look Back at Gravity Falls | Call Me Mabel