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* SurprisinglyRealisticEvent: Dipper spends the whole episode telling Mabel that she needs to reject supposedly PhonyPsychic Gideon. The problem isn't that he's wrong, but Gideon turns out to be a NotSoPhonyPsychic and would've killed Dipper had Mabel not intervened. When Mabel tries to reject Gideon in a soft but brutally honest, it causes Gideon to clutch onto his amulet, causing Dipper to be squeezed in the psychic aura Gideon has him in. Dipper (whose life is the hands of Gideon) [[AintTooProudToBeg forgoes all his advice to Mabel this whole episode and advises Mabel to not be brutally honest with him]].

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* SurprisinglyRealisticEvent: SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Dipper spends the whole episode telling Mabel that she needs to reject supposedly PhonyPsychic Gideon. The problem isn't that he's wrong, but Gideon turns out to be a NotSoPhonyPsychic and would've killed Dipper had Mabel not intervened. When Mabel tries to reject Gideon in a soft but brutally honest, it causes Gideon to clutch onto his amulet, causing Dipper to be squeezed in the psychic aura Gideon has him in. Dipper (whose life is the hands of Gideon) [[AintTooProudToBeg forgoes all his advice to Mabel this whole episode and advises Mabel to not be brutally honest with him]].
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* SurprisinglyRealisticEvent: Dipper spends the whole episode telling Mabel that she needs to reject supposedly PhonyPsychic Gideon. The problem isn't that he's wrong, but Gideon turns out to be a NotSoPhonyPsychic and would've killed Dipper had Mabel not intervened. When Mabel tries to reject Gideon in a soft but brutally honest, it causes Gideon to clutch onto his amulet, causing Dipper to be squeezed in the psychic aura Gideon has him in. Dipper (whose life is the hands of Gideon) [[AintTooProudToBeg forgoes all his advice to Mabel this whole episode and advises Mabel to not be brutally honest with him]].

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* ProxyBreakup: Dipper offers to breakup Mabel and Gideon for her, unable to do it for herself due to social pressures. Since Gideon is AxCrazy, he assumes Dipper is trying to come between them and tries to kill them.
* PsychicPowers: Gideon pretends to have telepathy. However, it turns out the amulet of his actually gives him [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]].



* PsychicPowers: Gideon pretends to have telepathy. However, it turns out the amulet of his actually gives him [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]].
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* FullNameUltimatum: Gideon's father delivers one, ordering Gideon to tidy his room after he trashes it using his psychic powers. Gideon is not cowed by it.
-->'''Gideon''': I can buy and sell you, dad!
-->'''Gideon's Dad'': Fair enough. [''cheerfully walks away without pressing the issue'']

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* ChairReveal: How Gideon reveals himself to Dipper at the meeting place. For extra dramatic flair, he has the lights come on one at a time, with the last one illuminating the chair just in time for him to spin round.



* DartboardOfHate: A photograph of Stan riddled with darts hangs in Li'l Gideon's house.

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* DartboardOfHate: A photograph of Stan riddled with darts hangs in Li'l Gideon's house. Gideon's dad has to hastily take it down when he's negotiating with Stan and realises it's still there.



** Toby Determined is surprisingly okay towards Dipper after Dipper kinda accused Toby of murder "last week" (the episode "Headhunters").

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** Toby Determined is surprisingly okay towards Dipper after Dipper kinda accused Toby him of murder "last week" (the episode "Headhunters").



* {{Foreshadowing}}: During Gideon's song, he grabs his bolo tie and tells everyone to rise up. Everyone does just that, to Dipper's surprise. This foreshadows his bolo tie is really an amulet that grants the wearer telekinesis, which prompts everyone to be forced to their feet.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
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During Gideon's song, he grabs his bolo tie and tells everyone to rise up. Everyone does just that, to Dipper's surprise. This foreshadows his bolo tie is really an amulet that grants the wearer telekinesis, which prompts everyone to be forced to their feet.feet.
** Gideon tells Dipper that Gravity Falls has "secrets you can't even begin to comprehend" immediately before unleashing his psychic powers on him. This is significant, as it's the first time anyone other than Dipper has acknowledged those secrets, and at the end of the episode, Gideon is revealed to own a journal just like Dipper's.



-->'''Gideon:''' (Mocking Dipper) 'What are you going to do without your precious amulet?' Oh, you'll see boy... you'll see...

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-->'''Gideon:''' (Mocking Dipper) 'What [''mocking Dipper''] "What are you going to do without your precious amulet?' amulet?" Oh, you'll see see, boy... you'll see...



* PuppyLove: Li'l Gideon's crush on Mabel.

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* PuppyLove: Li'l Gideon's crush on Mabel.Mabel is a particularly twisted example.



* RunningGag: The episode's credits cryptogram reads "FDUOD, ZKB ZROW BRY FDOO PH?" When decoded, it reads, "CARLA, WHY WONT [''sic''] YOU CALL ME?", possibly referencing the elderly lady at Gideon's show who was upset that her children never phoned her.



** The inside of "The Club" looks identical to the Black Lodge on ''Series/{{Twin Peaks}}'', another show dealing with unusual and supernatural occurrences in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. The naming would also imply a nod to "One-Eyed Jacks" a club/casino/brothel on that show.

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** The inside of "The Club" looks identical to the Black Lodge on ''Series/{{Twin Peaks}}'', another show dealing with unusual and supernatural occurrences in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. The naming would also imply a nod to "One-Eyed Jacks" Jacks", a club/casino/brothel on that show.



* TroubledFetalPosition: Mabel hides herself in "Sweater Town".

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* TemptingFate: The Pines have a good laugh about how powerless Gideon is now that his amulet has been destroyed, and how hollow his threats of vengeance are. Cut to Gideon's bedroom, where it turns out he owns the second journal, giving him access to untold potential means of vengeance.
* TroubledFetalPosition: Mabel hides herself in "Sweater Town".Town" when Gideon's advances become too much for her.
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* StabThePicture: Gideon burns away the half of a photo that Dipper is in, in order to show his discontent towards Dipper for supposedly turning Mabel against him.
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* VillainSong: Gideon has one called "Widdle Ol Me".
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* GrandRomanticGesture: Gideon pressures Mabel into continuing to date him with these, like training a parrot to squawk out an invitation to a dance, or setting off fireworks that spell out her name.

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* GrandRomanticGesture: Gideon pressures Mabel into continuing to date him with these, like training a parrot to squawk out an invitation to a dance, or [[FireworksOfLove setting off fireworks that spell out her name.name]].
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* CallBack: Remember the amulet that was attached to Journal 3 in the first episode? That's where Gideon's getting his powers from.
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* UnreadableDisclaimer: A rapidly-scrolling disclaimer appears on the screen at the end of the commercial for the Tent o' Telepathy, with parts of it read by [[RattlingOffLegal a fast-talking narrator]].
-->''Void where prohibited, no C.O.D.'s accepted, the letter "p" in the word psychic is silent and used for entertainment purposes only. If unsatisfied, please return unused portion for a full refund. Side effects may include, but are not limited to: prosperity, wads of cash, fun at parties, tight pants, 6.2% APR, no money down! Psychic readings may cause a warming sensation in the abdomen. If pain persists, consult your physicist immediately. Carla, I've always loved you, but never had the guts to say it.
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* WhamShot: Gideon has the second volume of the journal that Dipper found (which is the third volume).

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* WhamShot: At first this just seems like another ordinary episode, with Gideon has the second volume as an unremarkable villain of the journal that Dipper found (which is week... until the third volume).final scene, where he consults the book from which he got his Amulet, which turns out to have [[ArcSymbol a six-fingered hand symbol]] [[ConnectedAllAlong bearing the number "2"]] on the cover.
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** Played straight by Mabel as well. She arrives at the warehouse to see Gideon preparing to cut Dipper's tongue out with shears. She plays nice with Gideon long enough to snatch away the amulet that gives him his powers, then makes it clear that she has no desire to even be friends with him at all anymore now that he attacked her brother.

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** Played straight by Mabel as well. She arrives at the warehouse factory to see Gideon preparing to kill Dipper (or at least cut Dipper's his tongue out out) with shears. She plays nice with Gideon long enough to snatch away the amulet that gives him his powers, then makes it clear that she has no desire to even be friends with him at all anymore now that he attacked her brother.



-->'''Dipper:''' [Mabel]'s, never gonna date you, man!\\

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-->'''Dipper:''' [Mabel]'s, [Mabel]'s never gonna date you, man!\\



* WeWillMeetAgain: Gideon after Mabel defeat him by destroying the amulet.

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* WeWillMeetAgain: Gideon after Mabel defeat defeats him by destroying the amulet.



* WhamShot: Gideon has the second volume of the journal that Dipper found.

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* WhamShot: Gideon has the second volume of the journal that Dipper found.found (which is the third volume).
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* ShipperOnDeck: Everybody save Dipper wants Mabel and Gideon together.

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* ShipperOnDeck: Everybody save Dipper wants Mabel and Gideon together.together, except for Dipper (especially when he sees how much Mabel herself ''doesn't'' want it).

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Well, little brother, but still. After seeing how miserable Mabel is with Gideon, he decides to help her by breaking it off for her. [[NotGoodWithRejection It]] [[MurderTheHypotenuse doesn't]] [[{{Yandere}} go]] [[VillainousBreakdown well]].

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* BigBrotherInstinct: BigBrotherInstinct:
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Well, little brother, but still. After seeing how miserable Mabel is with Gideon, he Dipper decides to help her by breaking it off for her. [[NotGoodWithRejection It]] [[MurderTheHypotenuse doesn't]] [[{{Yandere}} go]] [[VillainousBreakdown well]]. well]].
** Played straight by Mabel as well. She arrives at the warehouse to see Gideon preparing to cut Dipper's tongue out with shears. She plays nice with Gideon long enough to snatch away the amulet that gives him his powers, then makes it clear that she has no desire to even be friends with him at all anymore now that he attacked her brother.
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** Do your own dirty work. Sending someone else to take care of an unfortunate situation for you isn't fair on anyone involved, and can have unforeseen consequences.

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** Do As Mabel learns, you have to do your own dirty work. Sending someone else to take care of an unfortunate situation for you isn't fair on anyone involved, and can have unforeseen consequences.
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* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Subverted. While twins and Stan are mocking Gideon for being harmless after he losing his amulet, Gideon is revealed to possess Journal #2, which is how he learned of the amulet in the first place. He looks through it as he plans his revenge.
-->'''Gideon:''' (Mocking Dipper) 'What are you going to do without your precious amulet?' Oh we'll see boy... we'll see...

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* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Subverted. While the twins and Stan are mocking Gideon for being harmless after he losing his amulet, Gideon is revealed to possess Journal #2, which is how he learned of the amulet in the first place. He looks through it as he plans his revenge.
-->'''Gideon:''' (Mocking Dipper) 'What are you going to do without your precious amulet?' Oh we'll Oh, you'll see boy... we'll you'll see...



--> '''Gideon''': My powers! Oh this isn't over. This isn't the last you'll see of wittle...ol' me...

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--> '''Gideon''': My powers! Oh this isn't over. This isn't the last you'll see of wittle...ol' ol'..me...
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* AnAesop:
** Do your own dirty work. Sending someone else to take care of an unfortunate situation for you isn't fair on anyone involved, and can have unforeseen consequences.
** More subtly, just because someone seems nice and they're your friend, you aren't obligated to date them if you don't want to. Be kind when refusing, but know that you have a right to say "no." And if they don't respect that the ''first'' time they hear it, that's when it's time to bail.


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* DoggedNiceGuy: Gideon is the creepy kind, masquerading as the sympathetic kind. He comes off as friendly at first, and his crush on Mabel seems cute and harmless, but his refusal to take "no" for an answer, habit of repeatedly asking her out even when she's made it clear she's not interested, and big, public gestures that make it hard for her to refuse him are all ''huge'' red flags. He exposes himself as a full-blown {{Yandere}} by the episode's end.
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An alleged psychic called Li'l Gideon has come to town and Soos, Dipper, and Mabel go to see his show against Grunkle Stan's wishes. The psychic turns out to be a little kid who fails to demonstrate any actual powers in his show, leaving Dipper unimpressed. Li'l Gideon and Mabel start hanging out, and soon Gideon is asking Mabel out for a real date. Mabel is reluctant, wanting to remain friends, but agrees to one date so her new friend won't be sad. She keeps getting pressured into more dates and becomes increasingly distressed by her inability to return to just being friends until Dipper offers to break things off with Gideon for her. Dipper breaks the news to Gideon, who claims not to be upset. Later, Li'l Gideon lures Dipper into a trap and reveals that his lucky bolo tie amulet grants him supernatural powers. He tries to eliminate Dipper, whom he sees as being in the way of him and Mabel being together. Mabel arrives just in time to save her brother, smashing Gideon's power source. Li'l Gideon vows revenge and leaves. As the Pines family mock Gideon, confident he can't do anything to harm them, the child is plotting against while poring through a book--one exactly like Dipper's journal, but marked 2.

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An alleged psychic called Li'l Gideon has come to town and Soos, Dipper, and Mabel go to see his show against Grunkle Stan's wishes. The psychic turns out to be a little kid who fails to demonstrate any actual powers in his show, show (besides making the twins and Soos stand up inadvertently), leaving Dipper unimpressed. Li'l Gideon and Mabel start hanging out, and soon Gideon is asking Mabel out for a real date. Mabel is reluctant, wanting to remain friends, but agrees to one date so her new friend won't be sad. She keeps getting pressured into more dates and becomes increasingly distressed by her inability to return to just being friends until Dipper offers to break things off with Gideon for her. Dipper breaks the news to Gideon, who claims not to be upset. Later, Li'l Gideon lures Dipper into a trap and reveals that his lucky bolo tie amulet grants him supernatural powers. He tries to eliminate Dipper, whom he sees as being in the way of him and Mabel being together. Mabel arrives just in time to save her brother, smashing Gideon's power source. Li'l Gideon vows revenge and leaves. As the Pines family mock Gideon, confident he can't do anything to harm them, the child is plotting against while poring through a book--one exactly like Dipper's journal, but marked 2.
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* WimpFight: Dipper and Gideon manage to have one in mid-air after falling out the window of the cliff-side factory.

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* WimpFight: Dipper and Gideon manage to have one a slap fight in mid-air after falling out the window of the cliff-side factory.
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* LaughOfLove: Mabel and Lil' Gideon are attracted to one another and tend to laugh when they hang out together, at least until Gideon reveals himself to be [[{{Yandere}} utterly psychotic]] in his attraction to Mabel.

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* LaughOfLove: Mabel and Lil' Gideon are attracted to one another (though it's purely platonic on Mabel's side) and tend to laugh when they hang out together, at least until Gideon reveals himself to be [[{{Yandere}} utterly psychotic]] in his attraction to Mabel.

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* SecurityBlanket: When Mabel buries her face into her sweater and escapes into "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZCxdETsJHQ Sweatertown]]." Heartbreaking...isn't it?

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* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: After cracking a joke about literally finding a loophole, Mabel makes a LosingHorns sound. "WOMP WOMP!"
* SecurityBlanket: When Mabel buries her face into her sweater and escapes into "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZCxdETsJHQ Sweatertown]]." Heartbreaking...isn't it?"
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* IgnoredEpiphany: A minor one, PlayedForLaughs: Wendy, when listing off her old boyfriends, realizes that she isn't sure if she actually got around to breaking up with one of them, and "No wonder he keeps calling me!" She then gets a call, glances at her phone, rolls her eyes at whatever she sees and casually presses "Ignore".

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* IgnoredEpiphany: A minor one, PlayedForLaughs: Wendy, when listing off her old boyfriends, realizes that she isn't sure if she actually got around to breaking up with one of them, and "No wonder he keeps calling me!" She then gets a call, glances at her phone, rolls her eyes at whatever she sees and casually dismissively presses "Ignore".
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** The inside of "The Club" looks identical to the Black Lodge on ''{{Twin Peaks}}'', another show dealing with unusual and supernatural occurrences in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. The naming would also imply a nod to "One-Eyed Jacks" a club/casino/brothel on that show.

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** The inside of "The Club" looks identical to the Black Lodge on ''{{Twin ''Series/{{Twin Peaks}}'', another show dealing with unusual and supernatural occurrences in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. The naming would also imply a nod to "One-Eyed Jacks" a club/casino/brothel on that show.
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* LaughOfLove: Mabel and Lil' Gideon are attracted to one another and tend to laugh when they hang out together, at least until Gideon reveals himself to be [[{{Yandere}} utterly psychotic]] in his attraction to Mabel.

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* {{Yandere}}: Gideon.

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* {{Yandere}}: Gideon. He has an unrequited crush on Mabel and keeps getting her to go out with him. After a few dates, Dipper attempts to end the relationship for Mabel since she can't bring herself to do it. However, Gideon gets angry (although he doesn't show it at first) and tries to kill Dipper, believing that he's trying to interfere with their "relationship". Even after Mabel makes very clear that she does not and never will like him, he still believes that she has feelings for him and that her family is coming between them.
--> '''Gideon''' (playing with a doll that looks like Mabel): Gideon, I still love you! If only my family weren't in the way!
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** The title is a reference to Music/TheSmiths song ''"The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"'', or perhaps the [[Film/TheHandThatRocksTheCradle film]] of the same name.

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** The title is could be a reference to Music/TheSmiths song ''"The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"'', or perhaps the [[Film/TheHandThatRocksTheCradle film]] of film]], or the same name.saying, "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world."



* YouMonster: "Grunkle Stan was right about you, you ARE a monster!"

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* YouMonster: "Grunkle Stan was right about you, you ARE ''are'' a monster!"
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** The title is a reference to Music/TheSmiths song ''"The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"''.

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** The title is a reference to Music/TheSmiths song ''"The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"''.Cradle"'', or perhaps the [[Film/TheHandThatRocksTheCradle film]] of the same name.
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* CaptainObvious: The 'predictions' Gideon makes during his show;

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* CaptainObvious: The 'predictions' '[[ColdReading predictions]]' Gideon makes during his show;
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Well, little brother, but still. After seeing how miserable Mable is with Gideon, he decides to help her by breaking it off for her. [[NotGoodWithRejection It]] [[MurderTheHypotenuse doesn't]] [[{{Yandere}} go]] [[VillainousBreakdown well]].

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Well, little brother, but still. After seeing how miserable Mable Mabel is with Gideon, he decides to help her by breaking it off for her. [[NotGoodWithRejection It]] [[MurderTheHypotenuse doesn't]] [[{{Yandere}} go]] [[VillainousBreakdown well]].



* BlatantLies: Gideon pretends to be okay with Mable breaking off the relationship through Dipper when he assumes that Dipper is trying to come between them.

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* BlatantLies: Gideon pretends to be okay with Mable Mabel breaking off the relationship through Dipper when he assumes that Dipper is trying to come between them.



* HesNotMyBoyfriend: Mable keeps saying this even though she reluctantly agrees to go on another date every time he asks her.

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* HesNotMyBoyfriend: Mable Mabel keeps saying this even though she reluctantly agrees to go on another date every time he asks her.



* MurderTheHypotenuse: Gideon, believing that Dipper is trying to ruin his relationship with Mable, tries to kill Dipper after trying to end the relationship for Mable. Thankfully, Mable is there to save her brother.

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* MurderTheHypotenuse: Gideon, believing that Dipper is trying to ruin his relationship with Mable, Mabel, tries to kill Dipper after trying to end the relationship for Mable. Mabel. Thankfully, Mable Mabel is there to save her brother.

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