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"Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons"[1] is the 13th episode of the second season of Gravity Falls and the 33rd episode overall. It premiered on August 3, 2015 on Disney XD.[1]
Official overview[]
Dipper finds an unlikely friend to join him with his newest obsession, a board game called "Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons."[1]
Synopsis[]

Ford says his work is too dangerous for Dipper.
Everyone has a lazy Tuesday. Stan comments on the uneventfulness, which draws Ford's attention. He wrestles a green octopus creature called the Cycloptopus to Dipper's delight and Mabel's disgust. Ford takes care of the creature, and Dipper asks to spend time with him in the basement. Ford refuses, claiming his work is too dangerous, disappointing Dipper. Meanwhile, Mabel is excited about the airing of the season finale of Duck-tective on Friday.

Dipper's favorite game.
Mabel, preparing for Duck-tective, is introduced to Dipper's favorite board game, Dungeons, Dungeons, & More Dungeons. She's drawn to the unicorn and "hot elf" on the box, but soon becomes bored when Dipper explains the tedious pen-and-paper gameplay. Soos joins them, but dislikes paper games and instead participates in FCLORP with Toby Determined, Deputy Durland, and Sheriff Blubs, dressing up and roleplaying. Stan and Mabel mock the game's nerdiness and antiquated language, angering Dipper who leaves the room.

Ford agrees to play with his nephew.
Dipper tries to play with Gompers, but the goat chews on the 38-sided die. Dipper wrestles it out, but it lands under the porch. He goes to get it, but the ground gives way and he falls into the basement, freeing the Cycloctopus. Ford berates Dipper, but stops when he sees the die. Ford reveals he used to love playing Dungeons, Dungeons, & More Dungeons, and they start playing together.

The infinity sided die.
Dipper asks Ford about his basement project and the curtain behind them. Ford ignores Dipper's questions, but shows him an infinity-sided die that can do anything depending on its roll. That night, Dipper lies awake, brainstorming strategies to beat Ford. Mabel comments on Dipper's frequent interactions with Ford, and Dipper appreciates Ford's non-judgmental nature. Mabel ponders Dipper's words.

Probabilitor's minions kidnap Dipper and Ford.
By the next day, Dipper and Ford's Dungeons, Dungeons, & More Dungeons game has taken over the basement, spilling into the TV room and disrupting Stan, Mabel, and Grenda's Duck-tective episode. Their argument over the room escalates, ending when Stan grabs Ford's dice pouch, causing the dice to tumble and the infinity-sided die to zap the box. From the box, a wizard named Probabilitor the Annoying, an ogre, a hot elf, and a griffin appear in Dimension 46'. Probabilitor captures Dipper and Ford to feast on their brains. Stan, Mabel, and Grenda embark on a quest to rescue them, equipping weapons.

Mabel, Stan, and Grenda set out to save the nerdier twins.
Deep in the forest, Probabilitor ties Dipper and Ford to a tree and commands the hot elf to cook their brains in a brain-cooking pot. Meanwhile, Stan, Mabel, and Grenda defeat Probabilitor's guard and find Dipper and Ford as Probabilitor gives them a math problem. To challenge them, Probabilitor challenges Stan, Mabel, and Grenda to a match of "Dungeons, Dungeons, & More Dungeons: Real Life Edition" on a holographic battlefield. Stan, Mabel, and Grenda control Dipper and Ford (miniaturized and outfitted in fantasy clothes) while Probabilitor controls his minions.

Real-life DD & More D.
Probabilitor attacks Dipper and Ford with his ogre-minions, but Stan and Mabel, confused about the game, realize they excel at it. They devise cool weapons for Dipper and Ford, defeating Probabilitor's minions. However, Probabilitor reveals he's playing the controversial 1991-1992 edition and summons the Impossibeast, which can only be defeated with a 38. Stan rolls the die and gets the 38, defeating the Impossibeast and winning. After the game, the characters and battlefield vanish. It's later revealed that Stan cheated by rigging the die with bubble gum.

Duck-tective season finale.
Stan apologizes to Dipper for mocking Dungeons, Dungeons & More Dungeons, and assures him he won't stop him from playing with Ford. They watch the second airing of the Duck-tective episode, where it's revealed that Duck-tective was mortally wounded by his twin brother. No one's surprised. Ford takes Dipper to the basement, locks the infinity sided die in a glass cabinet, and shows him the wreckage of the Universe portal behind the curtain.

Ford shows Dipper the dismantled portal.
Ford has dismantled the Portal, revealing his anger at Stan for reactivating it. The unstable machine created an interdimensional rift, posing a dangerous threat. Despite acknowledging Stan's necessity to bring him back, Ford acknowledges the rift's instability and the possibility of its escape. He asks Dipper not to tell anyone, including Stan or Mabel, and seals the rift in a sliding cabinet.

The griffin takes Toby.
As the credits roll, Soos plays FCLORP when Durland realizes their stunted development and escapes through roleplaying. Blubs prevents Durland from speaking, reminding him of his role as a fortress. Toby is carried off by a griffin, and everyone is too lazy to rescue him.
Credits[]
- Written by:
- Directed by:
- Storyboarded by:
- Additional Written Material by:
- With the Voice Talents of
- Additional voices
- Jeff Bennett as Rapper
- Matt Chapman as Hot Elf
- Alex Hirsch as Mayor Befufftlefumpter, Duck-tective and Constable
- Casting by:
Production notes[]
- See also: List of allusions and List of goofs.
Character revelations[]
- Soos engages in a type of fantasy roleplay called FCLORP with Deputy Durland, Sheriff Blubs and Toby Determined.
- Stan keeps a baseball bat under the cushions of the sofa found on the back porch of the Mystery Shack.
- Grenda can play the lute.
- Duck-tective has a twin brother.
- Duck-tective was shot.
- Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons is Ford's favorite game in the whole multiverse.
- Ford has traveled through multiple dimensions during his absence, rather than just one dimension.
Series continuity[]
- Ford was seen next to a Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons box in his dorm during the flashback in the previous episode.
- In Mabel's letter to her parents she mentions the anti-gravitational occurrences from "Not What He Seems," signifying that the episode (and "A Tale of Two Stans") took place only a day before this one.
- The board game was made by Ballway Games, the same company that made Tumbleweed Terror, as seen in "Bottomless Pit!."
- Dipper briefly considers "obsessing over Wendy again," in reference to his former crush resolved in "Into the Bunker."
- Ford has disassembled the universe portal since it created an interdimensional rift when Stan reactivated it.
- Ford locks up the infinity-sided die with the flying saucer key-chain Mabel had in "The Hide-Behind."
- The Mystery Shack is temporarily closed for repairs after the events of "Not What He Seems."
Song featured[]
Trivia[]
- FCLORP is a reference to live action role-playing games, or LARP. Playing a LARP is often called 'larping'.
- Alex Hirsch posted a script excerpt of Mabel munching on cheese boodles from this episode as a sneak peek.[3]
- The Pines' disappointment at the reveal that Ducktective has a twin brother, and Soos remarking: "I predicted that like, a year ago." is a reference to the fact that Stan having a twin brother has been a theory since nearly the beginning of the entire show.
- Many of the symbols on the Zodiac appear on the infinity sided die, such as the question mark, the llama, the pine tree, the glasses, and the symbol on Stan's fez, as well as a small symbol of Bill Cipher himself.
- When Dipper crawls under the Mystery Shack's porch, there is a message written by Soos on the wall which reads; "Soos was here. Aw man I think I'm stuck."
- When Ford is chasing the Cycloptopus in the shack, the cash register displays the word "bill" instead of its usual "618."
- One of the twins' fishing hats from "The Legend of the Gobblewonker" is seen. However, no name is written on the hat.
- This is the only episode where Grenda appears without Candy.
- A draft of this episode had Dipper reveal his real name to Ford as a sign of the connection the two had made. This was cut because the writers felt they did not have enough time in the episode to properly develop this reveal. [4]
- Dipper's name would not be revealed officially until the release of the real life Journal 3 a year later.
- Error: When Stan is creating Ducktective out of spare taxidermy parts, his "tattoo" is on the wrong side of his back.
- The fairy that says "Hey, look, listen." is a reference to the fairy Navi, companion of Link, from the video game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, who famously says those words during the gameplay.
Cryptograms[]

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Key: RADMASTER
- The cryptogram in the end credits is VXFQLKB-AYRTHHEJ!, which after being decoded with the Vigenere key RADMASTER, translates to EXCELSI-WHATEVER!
- The key can be seen on the piece of paper on the floor behind Dipper after Ford rolls a 32.
- The cryptogram in the episode's end page is 18-3-10 23-10-20 17-23-11-19-5 23-6-19 17-6-19-23-4 20-15-5-4-6-23-21-4-15-9-10-5 22-3-4 5-11-23-12-12 4-16-15-10-17-5 21-23-10 16-23-2-19 21-16-23-15-10 6-19-23-21-4-15-9-10-5 which, when decoded using the Combined Cipher, it reads: FUN AND GAMES ARE GREAT DISTRACTIONS, BUT SMALL THINGS CAN HAVE CHAIN REACTIONS.
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons. Disney ABC Television Group (July 2015). Archived from the original on July 30, 2015. Retrieved on March 25, 2015.
- ↑ Mitch Metcalf (August 4, 2015). SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 100 Monday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.3.2015. Archived from the original on August 6, 2015. Retrieved on August 4, 2015.
- ↑ Hirsch, Alex (January 20, 2015). Tweet Number 557705523341316096. Archived from the original on April 21, 2015.
- ↑ Episode commentary