Return to 50 Webs
Disclaimer#1: All images, characters and material is (C) 1990/1991 Walt Disney Company and is being used without permission. The webmaster has made sure that no money was made in the creation of this web page and that all material used here is used with the up most affection and respect to the Walt Disney Company and the Tale Spin Team.
Disclaimer#2: The views expressed here are solely the views of the webmaster and no one else. The webmaster has no intentions to change anyone's minds about a particular subject and respects the views of the viewers. Comments about this and other editorial can be E-Mail at gweagle@eastlink.ca or signing the Cloudkicker guest book.
Gravity Falls: The Time Traveler's Pig
Reviewed: 10/21/2017
Mabel Nuzzle Power Engage~!
More Gravity Falls action ensues when Dipper wishes he could go back in time and undo a mistake he made with Wendy in which he accidentally hit her and she starts going out with Robbie, he discovers that there is a time machine that can help him go back in time. Meanwhile, it's love at first sight for Mabel when she wins a pet pig at the fair. Sigh. So, how does this episode fare? Let's rant on shall we...?!
The Time Traveler's Pig is written by Aury Wallington and Old Man McGucket. Storyboards were done by Erik Fountain and Mark Gracia; while direction is done by Aaron Springer and Joe Pitt. Aury Wallington's resume: Dead On Page Six as a boom operator, producer of DialStar, and then wrote for the following productions: Sex In The City, Veronica Mars, Courting Alex, Heroes, Christmas Cupid, Tower Prep, Nearlyweds and Jinxed. Gravity Falls is her DTVA debut; and also worked on The Pest and Simply Irresistible. That's it. Animation is done by Digital Emation Inc.
Episode opened with a shot outside the Mystery (S)Hack as a fair is being built. Lots of building occurs as Stan is standing there doing absolutely nothing of note. Mabel is also standing there in a purple/pink/cyan blue sweater as Stan calls this the cheapest fair money can rent; as he spared every expense. Geez; he's even scummier than Mr. Krabs and Scrooge McDuck now. A cable snaps and in comes Dipper riding in a crumbled trolly which crashes into the ground. Dipper claims that his bones are mostly broken as Stan gives them fake security papers; and he wants Dipper and Mabel to slap them on anything that looks like a lawsuit. Mabel questions this and Stan claims that as long as no police are around, everything is legal. Stan makes a hell of a politican at this point; and for us, it's hell on earth. So Soos is welding the dunk tank...nay...gimmicking the dunk tank because Stan is going to be the dunkee for this one; so he is cheating in order to make sure the dunk tank never makes him go into the drink. I called that ten seconds before Soos was done welding by the way. Stan cannot find a red screwdriver and looks for it inside Soos' toolbox as Soos thinks some magical creature took it away. Considering this show; this is believable and of course Stan blows Soos off for spending way too time with the kids. Pan over to behind the crates; Blendin Blandin (which you saw various times before this picking up stuff. Voiced by the same guy who voiced Oscar in Fish Hooks) looks at this watch and proclaims that the mission is proceeding as planned. He uses screwdriver to change the suit into something that blends into the environment. Sadly; the black lines give him away, so BS&P RULEZ~! I mean; we cannot have his head only showing now, can't we? And his hands...and WE HIT THE OPENING~! We return at the UNSAFE FAIR OF FAIRS is open, it's 12 noon and it's time for Stan to not get dunked into a tank of water. Surprisely; nothing bad has happened yet...Oh wait; the piercing scream of the PA kills everyones ear drums. Someone wearing cut off shorts is eating a pretzel as Stan is on the megaphone daring anyone to dunk him.
Stan is wearing the most fitting prison swimsuit in history as he taunts the denizens and they get pissed off. So the denizens bring out of nowhere baseballs and throw them at the dunk tank. Only three hit the target, none of them of course cause Stan to fall; because it's rigged. I swear that Stan was once a casino owner. Jump cut to a corndog stand selling corn dogs shaped like a question mark as Dipper and Wendy are exchanging notes. Sadly; Wendy splatters mustard on a green sleeve and bails to clean up. Dipper is whispering that he loves her; as Mabel comes in with two cones of pink cotton candy and tells Dipper how romantic he sounds...at the fair. Dipper blows it off and calls it no big deal; like Sony Music Entertainment publishing games for Nintendo Switch. When Sony Computer Entertainment starts doing it, you'll all by complaining about it. Dipper then admits that it's a big deal and even hits the flashback of her at the counter of the store reading a magazine called Indie Fuzz agreeing to go, doing it in the most blandest manner possible. Mabel proclaims that she is always right about everything, because in the last episode Mabel simply told Dipper to stop acting like an idiot and just ask Wendy. Although; I would be very weary about saying that she's always right, because we know what happened to Rebecca Cunningham when she believed in that BS. Mabel smells body spray -- a gallon of it -- and here comes Robbie calling the kids, dorks. He asks if they have seen Wendy and Dipper blows him off; so Robbie steals a wad of cotton candy from Mabel; and Mabel hates that. Robbie comments on his new super-tight jeans, which I betcha is a figure of speech and they are not literally super-tight; although with this show, you just never know. Dipper basically tells him to jump into the bottomless pit stage left; and Robbie claims that he might and I think punches Dipper in the arm; or it was a knee strike before leaving stage left. I couldn't tell which actually. Mabel and Dipper sum Robbie up nicely; as Dipper wants to keep him away from Wendy at all costs. This is an awful idea, Dipper.
So, Mabel wants to support him; but the subplot for this episode kicks in as she drops her cotton candy and notices a sign on a pole that reads "Win A Pig!". Mabel then runs off and remembers to knock down at least four people with her body. Oh; I see why people have been dissing her now; especially in the context of this episode. So we see Mabel head to a pig sty (a two ticket event) with four pigs inside with a man in brown overalls, white shirt and has a grey mustache; with a creepy puppet mouth like appearance. He is Sprott (voiced by the same guy who voices Perry in Phineas & Ferb) as he introduces the pigs and to win the pig; you must guest the pig's weight. Mabel notices the cleanest pig in the sty and interact with it, thinking it either said Mabel or doorbell. Sadly; it's not even close. Mabel cradles her cheeks like crazy as in the background, Pacifica and her gang of bullies enters to mock Mabel once again. Mabel is not amused and she wants that pig; in which Sprott calls it "15-Poundy"; as Mabel guesses that it's fifteen pounds, basically winning it right there. Oh, come on now! Sprott calls her a witch and gives her the pig. At least three denizens come out of nowhere to clap as Mabel holds the pig. Sprott shows off a knife and fork to Mabel; and Mabel completely gives eye contact violence on him. Sprott backs off as Mabel nuzzles the pig. Awwww! My heart melted. I am tres disappointed though; I was hoping Mabel would go on a rant about how cruel Sprott was, because that would be hilarious to watch. Mabel whispers that everything is different now. No, it isn't Mabel. You are still awesome. So Dipper and Wendy come back and head to the old carnival staple: knock down all the milk bottles with the baseball. The stuffed animals look like purple penguins with claws. Anyhow; Dipper talks about Stan's secret to winning this game and you can pretty much figure out how scummy Stan is with it. So Dipper gives one ticket to the carnival barker and he has only one chance. So Dipper throws the ball after a lengthy promo and the ball is thrown; hits the bottom of the stand, bounces back hitting Wendy in the right eye causing her to scream violently.
Dipper panics like mad and asks if she's okay; Wendy asks if her eye is swollen. Dipper panics some more and bails to the lodge's outdoor freezer. He opens it and grabs a bag of ice. He returns and has a meeting of the minds with Blendin as the bag of ice goes flying into the air and where it lands, does Robbie care? Dipper blows off Blendin as Dipper is not happy with this. Blendin grabs a tape measure, which fell out of his pocket and bails towards the bushes next to the area where Wendy is. Dipper puts the ice into the bag; but the bag itself is broken on the bottom as he tries to run as the ice falls out. Dipper then stops and notices Robbie has come in for the save with a purple freezie cone into the eye; and Robbie has officially won Wendy's heart with the gesture and the flavored syrup. Dipper is whimpering and then horrified as he is in the perfect position to a balloon dartboard as one of the darts pops a heart shaped balloon right on cue. Keep this in mind: Dipper threw a ball that took an unlucky bounce and now he's lost Wendy probably for good; while Mabel knocks down three people without any regrets, and she wins a pig where she had to intentionally say the wrong answer in order to win it. The sad part is: Mabel is still a saint compared to Stan! Speaking of Mabel; Dipper pops the ice bag just as she arrives with her pig named Waddles. She calls it because it waddles, you see. Har har! Dipper has a wide-eyed stare as he proclaims that everything is different now and he cannot handle it. What an insecure little brat Dipper is?! Dipper points at Robbie and Wendy as Mabel is confused at them holding hands and running away stage left. There is a ride called "The Tunnel Of Love & Corndogs" that they enter, it's a roller coaster. Sun sets and it's HAPPY HOUR for everyone, but Dipper, who is lying on the Slopey Toss event; as the Pizza Guy of Doom (from Headhunters) asks Dipper is he's moving. Dipper no sells, the guy walks off. In comes Mabel with Waddles dressed like a doctor. HAHA! The condition is someone has a broken heart. You don't say? Dipper asks if there was ever a time she wished she could undo one mistake. Mabel: Nope! HAHA!
Mabel plays with Waddles' arms as Dipper sums up the timing of this perfectly and then notices Blendin at the Ferris Wheel doing something as Dipper invokes the pointy finger of death at him and calls him out for ruining his life. Mabel's question is so stupid that I cannot call her out on it; I just cannot. Just shake your head and move on, nothing to see here. Blendin is making zero effect in making me realize that it's Oscar from Fish Hooks. So he uses the watch to create a test pattern as his watch is screwed up; and needs the screwdriver again to fix it. Not that it matters; it's not like Dipper and Mabel couldn't tell it's him even in clear status. Mabel asks if he's from the future and Blendin then proceeds to throw a piece of baby wipe right in Mabel's kisser, screaming "Memory Wipe". Again; where is this "no male on female contact" rule I keep hearing from these idiots? Mabel sums this up nicely; as Blendin sits down and finally gives up. Blendin finally admits that he's a time traveler as Dipper notices Robbie and Wendy on the Ferris Wheel together. Dipper asks if he has a time machine and Blendin says "Ummm, yeah; that is sort of how this thing works." Dipper asks if he can borrow it and that ends the segment seven and a half minutes in. This was just silly and Dipper's plan is kind of stupid when Dipper is much younger than Wendy anyway; so it's not like Dipper is going to have it be more than just friends anyway. Plus; Robbie isn't much more toxic than Dipper; so this plot just sounds like a waste of time at this point. Once again; Mabel is still the reason to watch the show so far; although I can see why some don't like her now.
After the commercial break; Dipper is pleading for Blendin's time machine and Blendin no sells the deal. Blendin claims that it's a complex piece of machinery; which Dipper points out that it's a tape measure. Blendin orders him to shut his time mouth; which I'm certain isn't much. Mabel thinks he's crazy and doesn't make a lick of sense. Well to fair; time travel never makes sense at all since it's basically a get out of jail free card in not taking responsibility for your actions. Heck; thanks to science, it's even harder to not be forced to take responsbility for your actions. Never mind that Wendy has NOT even blown off Dipper at all during this. She never once mentioned him after she got hit in the eye; so it comes off as Dipper being pathetic and way too insecure. Which to be fair, is the storyline they are shooting for here; but they can only play with it so much before it turns Dipper into an unlikable toad. Having a time machine angle is not going to make him more likable, that's all I'm saying. I should note that there is a Sigma symbol on the tape measure as Blendin uses the tape measure to teleport fifteen years into the past and returns in a costume (which appears to have snake tubing on the shoulder pads, natch); then folds up the tape measure and returns as his body is on fire; forcing him to pat himself down. So; without even him telling it; I noticed that the longer the tape measure is; the further you go into the past. Mabel asks who he is and Blendin introduces himself with his card as a member of the Time Anomaly Removal Crew, year: 207012, as the animators clearly watched Fish Hooks because Blendin is in fact sweating in the photo, just like Oscar always does. Blendin's mission -- which he accepted -- is to stop some time anomalies that are going to happen right now. Oh; something like Dipper trying to go into the past to prevent Wendy getting hit with the baseball in the eye due to an unlucky bounce by Dipper? Blendin sits down because he's tired and his brain cannot tell if this is a paradox since no time anomalies have occured. Ummm; Dipper is trying to create one right now, does that count? Dipper and Mabel both agree that Blendin needs a break from this.
Dipper offers two tickets for the Mystery (S)Hack Fair; and Blendin accepts the two tickets and then walks backwards; because he has his eye on you. Listen writers; this is no longer funny unless it's someone who is truly hilariously stupid. Doofen doing this would be funny; because we all know he's going to crash into something off-screen. Here; Blendin simply whimpers and does nothing. So we head to Rusty Barrel Rodeo ride (It's the worst Tilt'A'Whirl ride ever...which is Stan's gimmick right now) with Soos as Blendin puts two tickets into the barrel; but Soos refuses to let him ride on it unless he takes off his belt. Wait; since when were there actual rules in this fair; considering that Stan tried to cheat the safety inspectors at the beginning of the episode! Why bother with this rule now? Soos claims that one of the tools might come out and unintentionally fix something. HAHA! Stan: criminal scumbag beyond the pale. Blendin gives him the belt and tells him to guard it with his life. Soos agrees to watch it like a hawk as Blendin gets into one of the barrel and Soos puts the belt on top of the barrel. Dipper of course, steals it and Soos doesn't see it, like a blind hawk. So we head inside the Mystery (S)Hack at the dinner table with Dipper, Mabel and Waddles looking at the tape measure on the table. Dipper calls it their ticket to being a part of history as Mabel wants to make two dodo birds have sex with each other. I just love how the new Disney just brings this out and have it designed to piss off the moral guardians. See twerking, an act that has been on DTVA since 1992 at least. Dipper blows it off because he wants to be smart about this. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's a good one, Dipper. Dipper just wants to correct a mistake; and Mabel wants to relive hugging Waddles; which is kind of redundant since she won Waddles anyway. So Dipper pulls out the measuring tape to six hours ago; as Dipper tells Mabel to see him later; while Mabel wants to see him earlier and does the funniest bad Goofy redneck chuckle ever. They slap skin as they disappear, and Waddles runs out of the room; but time freezes. Soos is eating a subway sandwich. Okay.
Someone throws a baseball and is frozen as we go backwards repeating the same scenes in reverse over and over again. It's six hours ago as we jump cut back to Mabel and Dipper returning and Dipper's cap is on fire. So yes; this time travel has side effects. So Dipper pats down his hat before they walk to the door and open it. Light flash ensues and we repeat the beginning of the episode. We see Dipper and Mabel declare their do-over. Mabel runs to the pig sty; grabs Waddles and yells fifteen pounds before Sprott can even finish his promo. HAHA! She also declares that she is a witch. Uh-oh! That was a bad move, Mabel; because Sprott takes out a lighter and lights a torch; because it's ANGRY MOB TIME~! So we repeat the sequence with Dipper and Wendy; although Wendy wonders what happened to his hat. So, more repeated scenes as Dipper adds that this is what the carny thinks. So we wind up for the second try and Dipper jinx'ed it up so much; that it happens...AGAIN! Only this time; he wins! Dipper is shocked and appalled, and Robbie comes in for the save literally seconds later. It's almost like Robbie saw this coming and was just waiting to screw Dipper over there. Jump cut to the Hammer Pound as Dipper sees Wendy and Robbie going into the roller coaster ride...AGAIN! Mabel is feeding Waddles with a chicken leg as Dipper calls this spooky. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. Ironically; he won the thing this time. Mabel thinks it's a time curse and is trying to make Waddles say it, too. Mabel rubs Waddles' cheeks and calls them so fat as Dipper paces around and proclaims that the third time is the charm and it's not a conspiracy against him. So Mabel asks how hard this can be as they go back five minutes into the past; disappearing as we see in the background, Sprott and his gaggles of rednecks with torches and pitchforks wanting to kill Mabel. Feminism; it's always right. So we jump cut back to Wendy and Dipper repeating the same event over and over again; with Dipper screwing it up AGAIN! Second time he won, too! Meanwhile; Mabel and Waddles are in the photo booth taking pictures.
The picture sequence at the end was cute; thus once again, Mabel is the only compelling and entertaining thing in this episode. Repeat scene and this time the carnival barker gets it right in the eye; as well as Wendy. Plus; Dipper wins for the third time. Dipper hits the counter with his head as we jump cut to Mabel and Waddles recreating the Lady & The Tramp pasta scene, and it's even more hilarious considering the two involved in this. So we TRY AGAIN....and now Dipper is questioning Wendy about this stuff animal thing and Wendy wants it badly; just to make sure Dipper cannot get out of hitting Wendy in the eye again. So Dipper misses again, and hits multiple balls in the eye of Wendy once again; and this time, Robbie actually notices and shakes his head as Dipper sulks. Meanwhile; Mabel and Waddles are enjoying themselves on the Ferris Wheel. We try again and this time Dipper is at a popcorn wagon writing marker on glass as he tries to use MATHMATICS to make sure Wendy does not get hit in the eye. Maybe you should ask BS&P...Oh wait; they told me it's infinite now because it's all unintentional. Dammit; I knew BS&P would figure out how this context thingy works! Mabel is sewing a sweater for Waddles as she proclaims that this is all destiny. Baloo: Stop saying that! The sweater is also fated to be sown to have a pig image on it. Oh; so it's for her. That's kind of sad. Dipper claims that it's like one variable is missing and Mabel is confused; but Dipper has figured it out. Mabel don't care; because it's time to win that pig...AGAIN! However; Dipper cuts off Mabel and drags her away because he needs her for this Krackpotkin Plan and it will only take a few minutes. So we head back to Wendy and Dipper as he blows dust off the ball and checks the wind. Wendy tells him to go already and Dipper throws the ball into the air and it tailspins (BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!) as Wendy declares that he missed. Dipper acts like a smugass as the ball bounces around and goes into the roof gutter which is ramped up by Mabel on the roof of the shack. It bounces off the dunk tank target and Stan doesn't go into the tank. Everyone groans, Stan cheers! Oh screw you, show! It has to show Stan dunked; that's the payoff to all of that. Baseball bounces into the bottles, knocks them all down (fourth time Dipper has won!) and bounces into the tent roof; ripping it and that is that. I should note that Robbie's snowcone got destroyed in the process. Wendy wins the Duck-Panda plush toy and all is right in the world for Dipper. The ball lands in Dipper's hat as Robbie comes in as Wendy shows off Duck-Panda, Robbie calls it stupid and storms off stage right covering his face in shame.
Wendy scoffs at him and is insecurity as in the background a lumberjack wins at the hammer pound event complete with bell ringing sound. Mabel comes in as Dipper gives her two thumbs up; and now it's time for Mabel to win Waddles...AGAIN! Mabel turns around and she's horrified...because guess who cuts her off and wins the pig? Pacifica Northwest. Uh-oh! Pacifica puts the pig on the ground and pulls on Waddles; Waddles instantly hates her and tries to stand it's ground as Mabel screams and invokes the pointy finger of death on this. She runs away as we jump cut to the tunnel of love and corndogs with Dipper and Wendy laughing it up as they went THREE times already! This took like thirty seconds! This ride is shorter than the shortest Mario Kart track in history! Wendy gets off; and wants some funnel cake. Dipper is about to follow her; but here comes SCREAMING MABEL~! Dipper doesn't even notice and cleans out his ears. Asshole! She screams for at least thirty seconds as Dipper decides to wait until she's done..and she's done. HAHA! Dipper asks what is wrong and Mabel claims that the timeline is messed up. I agree with her; Waddles is awesome BABEE! Dipper; you suck! Wait; how does Mabel know Pacifica saw Waddles in a flier? Was there a scene cut with this before this was aired? Dipper does apologize for it at least and Mabel takes it well; and then steals the measuring tape from Dipper; because DESTINY BABEE~! Dipper steals it back because this timeline is perfect for him; so yes, sexism prevails~! Mabel grabs the tape measure; they have a crappy tug of war; and the end of the tape measure attaches to the out of nowhere car; pulling out the measure to 150 years plus. It snaps back and both kids disappear just like that. We see them reappear face down onto a dirt road in the middle of nowhere. They get up and make jokes about when are they. Who cares; you both look like idiots now. Then we hear rumbling and see dust in the background; then we jump cut to a shot of the ground with rocks bouncing. Should that be the other way around since that would build up suspense for the spot? In comes a running pack of buffalos heading straight for Dipper and Mabel. They scream loudly and that ends the segment nearly fifteen and a half minutes in. Again; Mabel is carrying this episode, but it might not be enough to save it.
After the commercial break; we get the most ill-fitting music of all time as Mabel and Dipper scream some more and bail stage left. SCOOBY-DOO RUNNING SEQUENCE THE BUFFALO EDITION~ ensues; and they do the fastest WARNERED spot off a cliff and freefall. More screaming ensues and they rip through a wagon capony and land inside on sacks of flour. Jump cut to outside as they are on the cliffs with horses and wagons pulled by the oxen. Two settlers are talking about mountain lions and dysentery (Dysentery is a type of gastroenteritis that results in diarrhea with blood by the way. GROSS!) as a black coat dood with a hat, pants and boots wants to forge ahead his mighty oxen because a new life awaits them on this Oregon Trail. So this is Grady MECC; which this is all a reference to the really popular Apple computer (and released on other game systems) game The Oregon Trail. This is totally cool and is in the wrong episode sadly. Mabel think this is the 1970's. HAHA! Dipper blows her off because it's really the 1860's. Grady notices them right away and calls on Fertilla MECC for giving birth to two more children, bringing the total to eight. And apparently; two more are on the way still. I'm guessing that she's voiced by Gary DeLise or Tara Strong. Apparently; she gave birth to forty-two children and somehow didn't die from this; since there are women who died after giving ONE birth! Mabel is confused about this tallow-thing. It's animal fat, Mabel. One of the kids point out Mabel's braces; and claims that it's silver. Mabel calls them braces and Dipper is offended by this; because she's messing up the timeline. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Projection much there, Dipper?! Yeah; this is stupid. Mabel then gives out calculators and stomps her foot as her shoes can now blink out of nowhere. Plus; she also proclaims that in the future, women can vote! Fertilla and Mabel slap skin and this is so funny in how contrived this is. Dipper steals the tape measure back and is about to set it back to 2012; but Mabel screws that up and they both disappear. Damn; I wanted to see Fertilla turn on Grady, that would have been funny at least.
So we head back into the prehistoric past with Mabel and Dipper appearing right in front of a dinosaur. Sadly; no chase scene as Mabel pushes a button and they disappear before the dinosaur can even bite them. Then we get a Z-Grade movie moment: Dipper and Mabel blast into the future as man in spacesuits are shooting at stuff and screaming for their lives as a giant baby with the same symbol as the tape measure is shooting red beams at them and the entire city is completely destroyed. Mabel's response: This future seems neat. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's a good one, Mabel. Man; outside of Mabel; this episode is not good. Dipper steals the tape measure (speaking of sucking the life out of this...), and pushes buttons on it. Next segment; they now appear in previous episodes: Tourist Trapped, The Legend Of The Gobblewonker and Headhunters. Dipper and Mabel drop a shoe and a flower in those timelines; as we go to the next segment of the lodge in winter as the tape measure is getting hot and glowing Wii color schemes. Dipper demands answers to this outrage as the tape measure's light consumes Mabel and Dipper; and they finally disappear. Then out from the open door; is Ford Pines himself. I refuse to spoil this at the moment because he only shows up and then closes the door. And yes; you're about to see him soon enough. Jump cut to total darkness with two pairs of eyes. Mabel asks what this is and Dipper panics because they are at the end of time...Ummm; so why does it stink of high heaven. So they knock on metal and the door opens as they come out of the porta-potty; and they are back in the present where Mabel lost Waddles to Pacifica Northwest and Dipper didn't destroy Wendy's eye. Dipper loves it, Mabel hates it as Mabel tries to grab the tape measure and there is a chase around the porta-potty for a while; as Dipper outsmarts her by climbing to the top of the porta-potty. Of course! Dipper tells her that it's over and he's not losing this chance ever again. Mabel claims that Waddles is her soulmate. Yeah; she and Waddles were the best part of this episode; so screw you Dipper, you insecure little brat!
Dipper then accuses Mabel of loving a ball of yarn once and asks Mabel if she wants Wendy to date Robbie. You know what; I say yes she should. Robbie isn't any more toxic than you are; and he is not totally insecure like you are, so sod off and accept it! Mabel is almost ready to cry and looks at the photos with her and Waddles having the time of their lives in the photo booth. Mabel goes to a totem pole and bonks her head on it as Dipper blows her off for guilt-tripping him. Oh sod off; Dipper! So this leads to a really pathetic sequence of Mabel bonking her head on the totem pole all while Dipper tries to prove that she'll forget about this in a day, then a week and then a month. It fails; Mabel always wins, BABEE! Mabel is in a really inconsolable state with snails and ivy wrapped around her as a snail is in her hair. Then Soos shows up with a pack of cameraman showing off as an demonstration as Miserable Mabel. I want to strangle Soos for this; but knowing Stan, I'm not surprised by this. This was probably his idea for making money, as usual. Soos greets Dipper, implying that he's the jerk; when to be fair, it was Pacifica's fault anyway. So; there is lots of jerk blaming to go around in this case as Dipper sighs; and resets the tape measure back to the moment with Wendy and Dipper. Dipper finally confesses that people make mistakes and you should forgive them. Okay; that's not quite true. The thing missing from this is: If they work hard to not repeat the mistakes they make; then you should forgive them. And tight-pants are overrated. I agree with that last one at least. Wendy is totally lost on this as Dipper sighs. So yeah; we repeat the scene like in the first one; Robbie makes the save and that is that. Dipper proclaims that it's done as Mabel and Waddles tackle him down and are so damn happy. See; feminism is always right, BABEE! Mabel's hugs are awesome here and really I don't blame her. She's so happy to have Waddles back. Pacifica comes in and gets pecked on by a rooster. Oh no; I'm not making that De-Generation X joke!
Dipper figures that Wendy cannot date Robbie all summer; and...All I have to say is this: If this doesn't kill the Wendy/Dipper angle dead; and they continue with Wendy/Robbie and not kill that one first; I'm going to be even more pissed off by this because I spent twenty minutes of time traveling plots; just to have the exact same result that happened in the first seven minutes; just to save Mabel/Waddles; which is the best couple going in this show right now. Now; at this point, this was an average episode with Mabel absolutely carrying this to that score...So Blendin finally steals his tape measure back and he's PISSED. Okay; fine, because it was Dipper who stole his tape measure and Soos' for forcing Blendin to take off his belt and Mabel for offering him the tickets. Blendin has committed no crime here...and after some blowing off about breaking the rules of time: Two Cyborgs (It's Mr. White and Mr. Black from Johnny Test all over again; only they are named Lolph and Dundgren) from the Time Paradox Avoidment Enforcement Squad (TPAES, sideways for Tapes) come out of nowhere and arrest Blendin for violating the laws of time and space. This sounds like the Anti-Culture Apporos Enforcement Squad to me as they drag Blendin away stage left as the Squadron blow off his suggest that Waddles is a leader. He swears revenge in making sure their parents are killed and they never exist. Mabel and Dipper blow him off gleefully and...Okay; spoiler alert: Blendin is going to prison after the ending punishment is rendered. So, not only did Mabel and Dipper get away with this with no punishment, although to Dipper, losing Wendy to Robbie is at least some sort of punishment whatever; Blendin is arrested for all their crimes and he's black. Yes, black. Okay; I get that he's voiced by Justin Roiland; who is not black. I have through that several times and we know it's never a good idea. If they had just fired him from his job; and Blendin swears revenge and turns heel; that would be fine.
Here; he gets arrested and is going to prison once this episode ends and he will try to get revenge on Mabel and Dipper, despite the only mistake he made was removing his belt; and that was due to Soos assbackwards rules from Stan. That's F'N racist and really gross since Mabel and Dipper are white! We went nearly nine episodes and for the first time; they screwed up a finish and made everyone look horrible. I get that you shouldn't punch down on children. However; you don't screw with time; regardless of age. At least yell at Mabel for knocking down four adults. You don't have to punish them; just call them out, and if you want to fire Blendin afterwards for his mistake, then do so. So we see Stan on the megaphone in the dunk tank still taunting everybody for failing to dunk him. What a scumbag?! They boo him; he laughs and I cannot believe that Stan is the only one who is not the most horrible poophead in the episode right now. So he then taunts Lolph's crew cut and he brings out his gun, shoots the target off and Stan gets dunked. That is the worst payoff of that spot in history. BOO HISS at the writers for that one! Crowd still pops for it anyway; because Stan is a scumbag which is projection now. So the squad and Blendin disappear via arm cannon teleport as we see Mabel and Dipper eating snow cones. Mabel is still confused about those time paradoxes and Dipper deduces that they cause them. Yeah; now you admit your guilt well after another black man gets royalfully screwed by the white guys. Screw you, Dipper and even Mabel's brain hurts on that one. Oh wait; it's the ice cream headache as Dipper blows it off. Oh wait; Robbie and Wendy are sharing a carmel apple together. So here's how this episode ends: Mabel slaps the pig on the ass and it runs. Waddles bonks into Robbie; Robbie panics and runs stage right. Waddles eats caramel apple as Robbie bonks into a table containing hot water. Hot water splashes Robbie and his pants shrink and he's paralyzed. Everyone laughs at him; and of course no one calls out Mabel for it because Robbie is a jerk. Wendy loves it and Dipper thanks the pig to mercifully end the episode at 22:34. The last segment is Blendin getting punished by the giant time baby who has Blendin under mind control (just to make this even worse). He's found guilty and sentence to cleaning up the time paradoxes and we see him picking up stuff from all the episodes and areas and that is that. Somehow; I feel sorry for Old Man McGucket after watching this episode. While I commend them for trying to patch up the continuity to explain Blendin's previous appearances, this time plot episode was not good, and the finish was just horrible. Sorry; even Mabel cannot save this episode. * 1/2 (30%).
THE REVIEW LINE
I won't explain why the finish sucked here because I could go on all day; but there were a lot of problems with this episode. Dipper's entire plot is just stupid, pointless and they have killed the Wendy/Dipper love angle dead with this. Dipper's insecurity angle is dangerously close to making him look pathetic and unlikable, and the end of this episode did him no favors whatsoever. Blendin was fine and I now feel sorry for him because he made one little mistake and he got punished for all of Dipper's misdeed. Mabel was as always entertaining and outside of the finish; she was able to make this episode go average at best. There were a few logic breaks in this and this episode felt really slow in the first seven minutes and then picked up afterwards. Stan was actually on his best behavior in this one for the most part. Overall; this episode was a total mess of Mabel and Waddles being great, destroyed by a stupid plot, bad pacing, Dipper ruining said Mabel/Waddles angle and then the racist finish and ending. So; yes, even Gravity Falls can have clunkers and TaleSpin cannot be beaten...AGAIN! So....
Thumbs down for this episode and I'll see you all next time.