The Electron Carpet (aka Experiment 78) is a shag carpet that allows one to switch bodies, using static electricity.
Appearance
The carpet is a large light blue square, and very fuzzy, excellent for conducting electricity. There is a yellow circle on the carpet and inside that circle are two yellow arrows that go counterclockwise. It has a tag attached to it, with the words "Experiment 78" on it.
History
The carpet (also known as "Experiment 78") was left in a hidden room in the Mystery Shack.
Eventually it's rediscovered when Soos finds the room many years later. Dipper and Mabel accidentally discover it's body switching powers when they switched with one another during one of their many fights, this time for the room in "Carpet Diem". Several people bodies get switched around, such as Candy, Grenda, Old Man McGucket, Soos, Waddles, Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland, but they everyone eventually retyrns to their appropriate bodies. Dipper finally wins the room by swaying Stan. Dipper however decides to get rid of it, to which Stan obliges and takes it out of the room.
In " Scary-oke," the carpet's labelled tag reappears in "Dipper's Board of Mysteries".
In "Sock Opera," it's revealed that Stan didn't get rid of the carpet, as he merely stuffed it in the attic. It's seen among the clutter of sock puppets Mabel and everyone made, while Dipper converses with Bill Cipher.
Operation
It works by shuffling on the carpet, such as walking on it or rolling in it, and charging up static electricity. Once the subject has sufficiently charged up, anyone they immediately contact with will be the one they switch bodies with.
Sightings
Season 1
- 116. "Carpet Diem"
Season 2
- 201. "Scary-oke"
- 204. "Sock Opera"
Triva
- The tag, "Experiment 78," is seen on Dipper's board in Scary-oke.