History Recap / GravityFallsS2E20WeirdmageddonPart3TakeBackTheFalls

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Preston wasted all his actual money on a bad investment, but his family still have enough paid-off assets to live off by selling the mansion. This is exactly why OldMoney suddenly going broke in real life is so rare (barring cases where property is seized or [[LandPoor they're legally unable to sell their land]]). Doesn't make the Northwests feel any better though.

* BalefulPolymorph: Bill ends the plan to use the prophecy wheel by turning the participants save the Pines into tapestries.

* EverythingIsBetterWithDinosaurs: The mecha has the amber-frozen T-Rex as a left arm.

* MeaningfulEcho: When Bill decides to kill Mabel and Dipper in front of the two Stans, he say "Eenie meenie miney... ''you''" like in "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E4TheSockOpera Sock Opera]]" when he was about to possess Dipper's body.

** 8 Ball and Zanthar are less detailed in this episode.

* CryCute:
** Pacifica and Wendy when they see their families as part of Bill's throne.
** The Pines and Soos when it seems that Stan's memories are erased.

* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: The survivors of Gravity Falls as they decide to take the fight to Bill with the twins' encouragement.

With Bill Cipher erased, Weirdmageddon is undone; the henchmaniacs and the Fearamid are sucked back into the nightmare realm and the tear in the sky closes up, restoring Gravity Falls back to it's regular state of near-normalcy and the petrified remains of Bill's physical form is the only remnant left of his reign, and peace in Gravity Falls was restored. For the Pines family however, the universe is saved at a terrible cost as Stan's mind has been deleted and he has no memory of his family or the times he had with them. Ford declares his brother their hero for saving him and the world, as he embraces again for the first time in years. Mabel desperately tries to get Stan to remember by showing him her vacation scrapbook, but nothing is registering... that is, until Waddles leaps onto his lap and Stan calls him by name involuntarily. As Mabel continues to show Stan her vacation photos, Stan's memories slowly begin to return.

As for the Pines family, the town throws a massive 13th birthday party for the younger twins and Stan's memory is fully recovered. During the party, Ford and Stan finally reconcile and plan to travel the world together in search of oddities and adventure, so Soos is promoted to become the Mystery Shack's new manager. On the day the twins are about to leave, Wendy and Dipper exchange their hats to remember each other and Wendy gives him a note to read the next time he misses Gravity Falls. As the twins were about to leave, they also first had to take Waddles with them after Ford and Stan "persuade" the bus driver with their weapons. The twins say goodbye to Stan, saying they will miss and wave goodbye to everyone until they were out of site. As the twins ride the bus back to their home in Piedmont, Dipper concludes the final moments in narration:

* AlternateRealityGame: After the series' conclusion Alex Hirsch launched "Cipher Hunt", an ARG made for the fans not affiliated with Disney or any company. In addition to clues in the episode itself, Hirsch posted hints on his Twitter feed to lead fans on a wild scavenger hunt with the trail of clues ranging from Russia to Japan. The prize at the end of the hunt was the location of the real-life statue of Bill Cipher located in Reedsport, Oregon, along with a treasure chest of exclusive ''Gravity Falls'' items. Sadly, the statue is no longer there due to land disputes, but was instead relocated to Confusion Hill, a roadside tourist trap in Piercy, California, and the very first building that served as inspiration for the design of the Mystery Shack.

* AnimationBump: Bill's death has a more fluid animation than most of the series, as [[https://gravi-teamfalls.tumblr.com/post/139576955018/i-had-a-lot-of-fun-killing-him-hehehe-well it was animated in-house]] by Creator/DanaTerrace

* BondVillainStupidity: Bill has absolutely no use for Stanley since he is thinks that Ford supposedly wouldn't give a damn about the fact that his brother is going to be killed but rather than simply turning him into a tapestry like all the other chosen candidates, he chose to leave Stan as he is. This ends up biting him in the geometry as it allows Stan and Ford to put aside their grudges and work together to destroy him.
* BookEnds:

* VillainousCrush: Bill tries to first woo Ford to his side by playing piano and offering him wine as well as a vision of Ford ruling the world. When Ford refuses, however, ColdBloodedTorture ensues.

%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. Please do not unhide until further context has been added. * Berserk Button: Bill reveals three:
%% ** Never say his deals are bad.
%% ** Don't call him "pointy jerk".

* BerserkButton: Bill reveals three:
** Don't shoot Bill in the eye.
** Never say his deals are bad.
** Don't call him "pointy jerk".

** In a metaphorical sense: the only emotion Stan shows when his mind is being erased is rage towards Bill. When Bill is destroyed and Stan realizes he accomplished something after all, he goes out with a smile from bittersweet relief as the flames engulf him.

* CoincidentalBroadcast: Shandra's last broadcast happens just as Stan hits the remote and turns the TV on.
* ContinuityCavalcade: A tremendous number of objects and talents from previous episodes return. The Mystery Shack's protective shield, Dipper's growth and shrink flashlight, Old Man [=McGucket=]'s ability to design robots, the dinosaurs, Mabel's knitting abilities, scrapbook and grappling hook, the memory gun, and Stan's mind.

* CrazyPrepared: Soos' grandmother had a moving van ready to move her into the Mystery Shack ''three seconds'' after Stan puts Soos in charge. Justified; when the Weirdmageddon turned her into an overstuffed easy chair, she simply took a nap. Abuelita rolls with the weirdness.

* CreativeClosingCredits: The credits are done in the style of Mabel's Summer Memories scrapbook, and depict animated photos of the cast in a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue.
* CueTheFallingObject: After they defeat the BigBad Stan enters the Mystery Shack having lost his memory, causing him to remark "Hey, this is a real nice place you got there!" Part of the ceiling then collapses.
* CurbStompBattle: The Mystery Shack Mecha defeats Bill's henchmaniacs with minimal effort.

* DartboardOfHate: Wendy is practicing with a punching bag that has Bill's picture taped to it. Grenda does her one better and uses a giant mechanical arm to punch out a ''tree'' with Bill's face painted on it.

* DeathByIrony: Bill, the ultimate conman who has tricked majority of the Pines family by using a false promise, meets his final fate after being tricked by a Pines member using a false promise.

* DefaceOfTheMoon: When trying to get Ford to join him and tell him how to escape the Falls, Bill has an ImagineSpot where he draws a smiley face into North America, takes a bite out of the planet, and soars past his henchmaniacs doing similar stuff to the other planets.
* DespiteThePlan: The plan against Bill was to rescue Ford, find out what he knows about defeating Bill, and do that. The first two parts succeed, but Ford's ultimate plan is delayed by Stan's belligerence enough for Bill to make it impossible. However, Stan's quick thinking manages to salvage a plan Ford had already ruled out.

** Because if you pose even a threat to Bill, he'll turn you into a tapestry. If you ''really'' annoy him, he will burn you alive with your uncles ForcedToWatch. Hell, even if you stand against him by attacking him in his eye, he'll threaten to 'disassemble your molecules'.
** When the townsfolk is surrounded by the Henchmaniacs, Grenda says that they will never get them alive. Teeth answers merely by eating Shmebullock and saying that it's fine for them.

** Played with for Gideon. Mabel is still uncomfortable with him, but he's later seen on their birthday party and thanks her and Dipper for inspiring him to turn over a new leaf.
** After everything is said and done, Ford Pines himself qualifies by Dipper and Mabel, as despite nearly unintentionally ending their sibling bond and his unintentional insensitive treatment of the latter, neither of the twins hold any grudge against him. Likewise, Stan seems to regard his offer of fulfilling their childhood dreams as all the thanks he really needs.

* TheEndOrIsIt: As he is disintegrating, Bill screams backwards "A-X-O-L-O-T-L, My time has come to burn, I invoke the ancient power that I may return!" Axolotl references the image Alex Hirsch used to field spoiler questions during [=AMAs=]. The situation leaves it open ended what exactly this means (as Bill was only able to get anything resembling stable form as soon as he finished the incantation, leaving the possibility that's what it was for). The immediate aftermath of the WorldHealingWave shows Bill's petrified physical form in the middle of the woods, while the very last shot afterwards appears to be ''live action footage'' of the same. Both of them have one arm extended, which can be interpreted as Bill both [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall waving goodbye to the audience]] and[=/=]or attempting to possess anyone who passes by.
** Doubles as a Genius Bonus: An axolotl is a type of salamander that's stuck in larvae form (called neotenic) because of a lack of iodine. They can remain in that form all their lives - but if they're put into an environment with a sufficient amount of iodine, they will quickly transform into adults. Add to this Bill's hand being outstretched, as if waiting for a handshake...
** Double Genius Bonus; as axolotls are named after Xolotl, an aztec god of death, monsters, lightning, and ''twins!''

** Mr. Northwest tells Pacifica to do something no one in her family has ever done and "touch a hillbilly" so as to stop the triangle.

* EyeScream: Bill gets his eye attacked three times: First, the Mystery Shack mecha ''rips it out''. Then Mabel maces him in it with spraypaint. The final time, Stan punches him in it to finish him off.

* TheFellowshipHasEnded: With the reign of Bill Cipher ended and summer over, the Mystery Shack team splits up; Dipper and Mabel have to go back to their parents in Piedmont, and the Stans are leaving town to investigate something in the Arctic Ocean.

* {{Foil}}: Ford in the first part of Weirdmageddon attempted to take down Bill like a hero with a hastily-crafted plan that ended up in total failure and was a SenselessSacrifice. Stan during the same period decided to "run like a coward" and hole up in the Shack, saving dozens of people and monsters.

** After ten years of estrangement,thirty long years trapped on the other side of the portal, and seven episodes (several weeks) of being mad at each other, Ford has finally forgiven Stan for the many things that tore them apart.

* GoodIsNotSoft: Bill has long shown himself to be thoroughly undeserving of mercy or restraint, and absolutely no one shows him any. The Mecha Mystery Shack pilots tear his eye out and knock him around, [[CombatPragmatist Mabel sprays paint in his eye]], and Stan ignores his pathetic begging to punch him into oblivion.
* GoToSleepEnding: The credits end with Dipper and Mabel falling asleep on the bus as they arrive home to Piedmont.
* GrammarCorrectionGag: PlayedForDrama. During the last part to use the prophecy to stop Bill for good, after Ford begrudgingly thanks Stan, Ford makes a little small comment about Stan's flawed grammar that causes Stan to lose it and start fighting him, screwing up the plan once Bill catches up to them.

* GrievousHarmWithABody: Bill gets around the weirdness protection bubble by ripping off mecha-shack's leg (which is outside the shield), then uses it to smash the shack (which as a physical object, is not blocked by the shield).
* GrudgingThankYou: Ford gives one when his twin is ranting about how ungrateful he is. Even if Stan were right about being owed this, Ford simply knows that they still have bigger things to worry about right now.

* HeelFaceTurn: Gideon feels he has had it with Bill and decides to join the heroes for good, and resolves [[IJustWantToBeNormal to live a normal life instead]] after Bill is defeated. He still resorted to having his henchmen beat up a bully, but at least he's making an effort to change for the better.

** When Dipper and Mabel are leaving Gravity Falls, Stan says '[[BlatantLies they were nothing but a nuisance and he's glad to be rid of them]]', and he meant that in a good way.
** When Mabel [[ShooTheDog has a hard time trying to tell Waddles he can't come with her back to California]], Stan makes the bus driver take him under the pretense that since he had to deal with Waddles all summer, now it's Dipper and Mabel's parents' turn.

* HopeSpot: At first it seems like Bill will be defeated once everyone in the Zodiac joins hands to activate its power... but then Ford corrects Stan on his grammer, initiating their constant arguing once again, which undos the circuit and distracts them long enough for Bill to appear and attack them.
* HumanResources: Bill proposes Stanford to sit on a couch made from living human skin.
* HumiliationConga: The entire episode is one for Bill. When the resistance arrives in a giant robot, he sends his henchmaniacs, thinking that they'll be able to take care of the problem, only for them to fail horribly. When he decides to fight himself, he finds out that the shack is protected from him, leading to his eye being yanked out and him being thrown around like a rag doll before finding the robot's weakness. When it looks like he has the upper-hand, he gets sprayed in the eye, allowing Dipper and Mabel to escape and outmaneuver him until he manages to catch them, forcing 'Ford' to make a deal with him. However, when it seems like he's finally won, it turns out that Stan conned him and traps him in the mindscape while they both get erased, reducing Bill to a screaming begging wreck.

* IdentityAmnesia: In order to defeat Bill, Stan has to have his entire mind erased. He loses all of his memories, and awakes from the deletion with no idea as to who he is.

* ItsAllMyFault: When the plan to defeat Bill with the Zodiac ritual fails because of Stan and Ford's grudge against each toerh, Stan is forced to realize that [[JerkassHasAPoint his father was right for calling him a screw-up]]. However, Ford says that he himself, not Stan, is to blame for what happened as he fell for Bill's smooth talk in the first place.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** Stan points out that his brother was stupid to take on Bill, since it led to Ford getting captured. He also doesn't have to say that holing up in the Shack and saving the survivors was more effective than Ford's SenselessSacrifice since if Stan hadn't done so, Dipper and Mabel wouldn't have had ChekhovsArmy to lead an assault on Bill. Later on, at the campfire he quite astutely points out that [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Ford caused the end of the world thanks to his deal with Bill]]; even Ford himself concedes to this by apologizing to and begrudgingly thanking Stan for bringing him back.

** Downplayed with Mabel. Despite (unknowingly) giving the rift to Bill, which started Weirdmageddon, no one, not even Dipper, finds out about it, and Bill doesn't even try to bring it up. Justified in that Mabel doesn't remember doing it, as she recounted to Dipper in the previous episode.

* LastEpisodeThemeReprise: The theme song reprises in a remixed rock and roll manner as the Shacktron fights. Then as Dipper and Mabel are heading home, a SofterAndSlowerCover of the theme song is heard over the background score.

* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Mayor Tyler invokes this about the events of Weirdmageddon, with Blubbs and Durland authorised to taser anyone who does.

* LivingLegend: The Pines Family have earned this status amongst the people of Gravity Falls for defeating Bill Cipher. In particular, Stan became recognized for the sacrifice of his memory to defeat Bill.
* LogicalWeakness: Bill gets past the shield on the mecha by attacking the arms and legs, which are not in the shield bubble, then [[GrievousHarmWithABody using them to attack the shack]] because physical objects are not protected against by the shield.

* ManlyTears: Ford, a man who has shown he can handle any intergalactic monster that comes his way, breaks down crying after losing his brother
* ManOfKryptonite: The Mystery Shack Mecha is one for Bill, as the magical protection means he can't do any damage to it but it's ''very'' capable of harming him. Though he figures out not all of it is immune to him touching it, and beats it with one of its own legs.
* MassOhCrap: TheChosenMany when Bill catches Ford and Stan fighting, and they're unable to defeat him with the prophecy. An earlier one is done when Ford corrects Stan on his grammar, meaning things are about to get worse.
* MeaningfulEcho: When Bill decides to kill Mabel and Dipper in front of the two Stans, he say "Eenie meenie miney... You" like in "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E4TheSockOpera Sock Opera]]" when he was about to possess Dipper's body.

* MeaningfulRename: More like Meaningful Re-rename for Stan, as the news referring to Stanley Pines as the town's hero implies Stan is going by that name again. For a long time, Stan was only known by the identity of his brother, Stanford Pines, and for all everyone knew, Stanley was dead. By performing a HeroicSacrifice, Stanley has become a hero in his own right, no longer needing to live in the shadows, thus no longer needing to carry his brother's moniker.

* MovingAwayEnding: The episode ends with the Pine twins departing Gravity Falls for their home in California.

** Ford after erasing Stan's mind to get rid of Bill. He knows it had to be done, but he doesn't feel any better about it.
* NearVillainVictory: Bill has countered and played wise to all of his enemies' moves; even managing to have the Henchmaniacs recapture all of the freed citizens and trapping Stan, Ford, Dipper and Mabel. With that in mind, Bill coerces Ford (or so he thought) into letting him into his mind to get the equation to break down the barrier and take Weirdmageddon global by threatening to kill both Dipper and Mabel. However, this all went moot as he never anticipated the fact that the captured Ford and Stan would switch identities with each other at the last minute so that Stan could fool Bill into entering his mind and that the real Ford can use the memory-erasing weapon to erase Stan's mind and destroy Bill for good.

* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Bill's chat with Ford in the Fearamid about breaking the barrier has all the hallmarks...except he doesn't offer any food, just drinks.

* OffModel: One of the most common complaints of the episode is the fact that the characters are drawn off-model. Between the scene of Dipper presenting the plan and Stan's memory recovery there's a lot of sloppy drawings. Alex and his crew said, they wanted to include everything, so they had to cut the quality and it's notorious.

** Bill gets a huge satisfying one when he realizes just how screwed he is, trapped in Stan's mind and about to be erased.

* OpenMouthInsertFoot: Ford capitalizes on this in the episode.
** He admits that he knows how to get Bill out of the falls.
** He says Dipper and Mabel's names with surprise and relief after the Mystery Shack mecha destroys Bill's army, which clues in Bill to Ford's weakness.

** While Bill's Henchmaniacs and the Fearamid were sucked by the rift. You can see the rift reflected in Stan's glasses. Since the rift has the shape of an "X" when seen over Stan's eyes, it looks like Stan were crossed, like that portrait that Gideon had in "Dreamscaperers".

* RelationshipSalvagingDisaster: It's safe to say had Weirdmageddon not happened, Ford would have likely took Dipper in as an apprentice, Mabel would have been depressed for god knows how long, the twins of both generations would have been estranged from each other, and Stan would have been forced to end his Mystery Shack business. Bill's apocalypse essentially allow the two twins to reconcile and become on good terms once more.

** A more subtle one that also serves as Foreshadowing. When we see Ford unpetrify, we also see Bill playing the piano singing the song "We'll Meet Again (by Vera Lynn.) This could also be a meta-example as this could be Alex telling this to the audience. There's also the section of the song actually used (which, beyond the explicit message, calls back to part of the final post-credit screenshot Cipher):
--->'''Bill Cipher:''' We'll meet again! Don't know where, don't know when! Ooooh I know we'll meet again some sunny day!"

** Dipper's final line about "Canceling the Weirdpocalypse" is a riff on Stacker Pentecost's line "We are cancelin' the Apocalypse" from ''Film/PacificRim''.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Preston wasted all his actual money on a bad investment, but his family still have enough paid-off assets to live off by selling the mansion. This is exactly why OldMoney suddenly going broke in real life is so rare (barring cases where property is seized or [[LandPoor they're legally unable to sell their land]]). Doesn't make Northwest feel any better though.

* TakenForGranite: Shandra is turned into stone during her final broadcast in Bill's castle, showing Bill's throne.
** Bill's physical form turns to stone when he leaves it to enter the minds of others.

* ThereWasADoor: Bill is pretty annoyed that the front door of his Fearamid is smashed in [[Recap/GravityFallsS2E18Weirdmageddon a second time]].

* TriumphantReprise: Of the Gravity Falls main theme.
* {{Tsundere}}: During Weirdmageddon, Pacifica is still aggressive towards Mabel and Dipper (Mabel more so than Dipper but only slightly) but at the Party she's very respectful to the pair and even signs a note for Wendy to give to Dipper as a gift so that he can remember her and many others.

* UnexplainedRecovery: After suffering a massive case of BodyHorror at Bill's hands, Preston Northwest is back to normal this time.

** We also never learn what the Zodiac prophecy does, as they get attacked by Bill last minute thanks to Stan and Ford's arguing.
* VictoryGuidedAmnesia: Stan tricked Bill into getting erased with along his memory, defeating the demon once and for all. But, for obvious reasons, Stan doesn't get to enjoy that victory as he's now forgotten his entire life. Subverted when the Pines family find a way to bring his memories bubbling back.

* VillainousBreakdown: Bill increasingly becomes enraged as he starts to lose. It finally comes to a head when he's about to be erased, the powerful dream demon gets reduced to [[VillainsWantMercy begging for his life]] as his body rapidly changes into different corrupted forms before he's destroyed by Stan.

* VisualPun: Blubbs and Durland, shortly after the show making it as clear as possible for a Disney show that they are a gay couple, fire a ''cannon'', signifying their relationship is canon.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: This is the main problem the resistance had, because Stan was reluctant to rescue his brother. This is furthered when the two argue over something petty, and it costs them what could've been victory against Bill. Apparently, Bill was counting on this trope to take effect between them.

* WeirdnessMagnet: The natural property of Gravity Falls to attract the weird is what was keeping Bill from leaving, Ford even referring to it as "weirdness magnetism".

*** 8 Ball and Zanthar don't appear after the Shacktron battle. But it's obvious they were sucked by the rift.

** Ford's response to Bill's offer to offer to rule with him. Bill retorts that he's insane either way.

* NiceHat: Wendy trades her lumberjack hat for Dipper's, so they can remember each other.

** Because if you pose even a minor threat he'll turn you into a tapestry. If you ''really'' annoy him, he will burn you alive with your uncles ForcedToWatch.

* ItsAllMyFault: When the plan to defeat Bill with the Zodiac ritual fails because of Stan's bad temper, Stan is forced to realize that maybe JerkassHasAPoint in regards to his father calling him a screw-up. Ford in turn admits that the whole mess started because he fell for Bill's smooth talk in the first place.

** Stan points out that his brother was stupid to take on Bill, since it led to Ford getting captured. He also doesn't have to say that holing up in the Shack and saving the survivors was more effective than Ford's SenselessSacrifice since if Stan hadn't done so, Dipper and Mabel wouldn't have had ChekhovsArmy to lead an assault on Bill. Later on, at the campfire he quite astutely points out that [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Ford caused the end of the world]].
** ''[[EnfanteTerrible Gideon]]'' and ''[[SpoiledBrat Pacifica]]'' shout at Stan for being stubborn when TheChosenMany has to complete a circle and Stan is refusing because of his grudge with Ford.

* OffModel: One of the most common complaints of the episode is the fact that the characters are drawn off-model. Between the scene of Dipper presenting the plan and Stan's memory recovery there's a lot of sloppy drawings. Alex and his crew said, they wanted to include everything, so they had to cut the quality and is notorious.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Ford has to shoot his own brother to get rid of Bill, erasing his memories. Once it's done, he wears the saddest look possible.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: After many events, Gravity Falls is restored to normal, Stan and Ford's relationship is fixed with the brothers finally going off to hunt treasure, Toby is hosting the news with Shandra, Soos is the new "Mr. Mystery" with Melody having moved in, but most of all, not only do Dipper and Mabel have their birthday party, they've gone from being nobodies and belittled [[ButtMonkey Butt Monkeys]] to well-admired heroes of Gravity Falls.

->''"If you’ve ever taken a road trip through the Pacific Northwest, you’ve probably seen a bumper sticker for a place called Gravity Falls. It’s not on any maps and most people have never heard of it. Some people think it’s a myth. But if you’re curious, don't wait. Take a trip. Find it. It’s out there, somewhere in the woods… waiting."''

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Blendin's fate following his escape in "Weirdmageddon Part 1" is left unresolved. However, "Journal 3" revealed that Blendin went time hopping and ended up in 1883 after his time machine broke.

--->"All right, Ford... time's up! I've got the kids. I think I'm going to ''kill'' one of them '''[[ForTheEvulz just for the heck of it!]]'''
%%* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Henchmaniacs again:
** Lava Lamp Guy, Hectorgon and Amorphous Shape don't participate in the Shacktron Battle.
** 8 Ball and Zanthar don't appear after the Shacktron battle. But it's obvious they were sucked by the rift.

* AdultFear:
** Pacifica and Wendy see their families and friends as part of Bill's throne thanks to Shandra's last broadcast. For Wendy, the gut punch triples since [[BigSisterInstinct her brothers]] [[WouldHurtAChild have also been captured]].
** Bill chases after the younger Pines twins in his pyramid after trapping Stan and Ford. The elder Pines bang against their prison walls helplessly as he does so. Then Bill captures them and comes within an ''instant'' of arbitrarily killing one of the twins as the older Pines watch in despair.
** Ford has to shoot his own brother to get rid of Bill, erasing his memories. Once it's done, he wears the saddest look possible.

Some symbols are obvious; Dipper is the Pine Tree, Mabel is the Shooting Star, Soos is the Question Mark and Ford is the Six-Fingered Hand. Some are slightly less so; Pacifica is the Llama (wearing Mabel's llama sweater), Robbie is the Bleeding Heart (the same sigil is on his hoodie) and Gideon is the One-Eyed Star (the Tent of Telepathy's symbol). Some are metaphorical; Wendy is the Ice Bag (for staying cool in the face of danger) and [=McGucket=] is the Glasses (for being scholarly). The only symbol left is the Mystery Shack's crescent symbol... but Stan is still bitterly excluding himself, unwilling to buy into his brother's mystical hoodoo.

Stan, after some pressuring from the others, is ready to join the circuit, but under the condition that Ford must thank him for rescuing him from the dimensional portal, which Ford has not done yet. Ford does so and Stan finally joins hands... only for Ford to snarkily comment over his brother's grammar. This turns out to be the last straw for Stan and a sibling fight ensues at the worst possible time; Bill has destroyed the Shacktron, with all the people who could possibly stop him gathered in one room!

* YouMakeMeSic: PlayedForDrama. During the last part to use the prophecy to stop Bill for good, after Ford begrudgingly thanks Stan, Ford makes a little small comment about Stan's flawed grammar that causes Stan to lose it and start fighting him, screwing up the plan once Bill catches up to them.