History VideoGame / SwooningOverStansAGrunkleDatingSimulator

''Swooning Over Stans: A Grunkle Dating Sim'' is a ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' fan videogame created in 2018 (it came out at the same time as ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends''). As it's name says, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin it's a dating sim where you can choose to date Stan or Ford.]]

The game is free to download here: https://sovonight.itch.io/swooning-over-stans

More information about the game can be found here: https://gfdatingsim.tumblr.com/

Swooning Over Stans: A Grunkle Dating Sim is a ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' fan videogame created in 2018 (it came out at the same time as ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends''). As it's name says, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin it's a dating sim where you can choose to date Stan or Ford.]]

-->-- '''Alex Hirsch''', creator of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', after viewing approximately one-tenth of the game

-->-- '''Alex Hirsch'', creator of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', after viewing approximately one-tenth of the game

-->--'''Alex Hirsch, creator of Gravity Falls, after viewing approximately one-tenth of the game'''

** Mabel also pulls this in the fishing date during Stan’s route, by getting her and Dipper to leave with the excuse that Grenda’s pet lizard is having a baby. [[spoiler:A later date reveals that it was real.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The page image from the videogame.]]

* FanService: Many of the unlockable pictures serve as this.

* HeCleansUpNicely: Stan on his dates with the player.

* ShipperOnDeck: Mabel in both routes.
* SilverFox: Stan and Ford. More than canon.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The first date with Stan is stealing car parts with the player. However, they get caught by Blubbs and Durland (who happened to be on a date night). Stan tries his usual smooth talking, but they get arrested and put in jail. [[spoiler:he and the player soon bust out when the cops’ backs are turned]].

* DemotedToExtra: In Ford's route, Dipper and Mabel appear semi-frequently; Dipper appears playing Dungeons, Dungeons And More Dungeons with Ford in Day 2; Mabel is baking cupcakes with Ford's help in Day 3; and In Day 4, the two help Ford in their date. However, they only have a minor role in Stan's Route, at the beginning of the third day, where you can help both Dipper and Mabel to celebrate Waddles' and Gompers' wedding anniversary. And in either case, of course, they're no longer acting as main protagonists as they did in the source material.

* TheAtoner: In Ford's route, Ford still feels guilty for his fallings with McGucket and Stan respectively.

* TheCameo: Sheriff Durland and Deputy Blubbs appear in Stan’s route as an explicit couple as opposed to hints in the canon.
** Lazy Susan, Manly Dan, Wendy (in a photo), Robbie, Tambry and a girl implied to be Pacifica also appear.

** [[spoiler: One scene in Stan’s route has him and the player in a ''steamy'' make out session.]]

* DatingSim

* DemotedToExtra: Dipper and Mabel have a minor role in this game. Most notoriously in Stan's Route, where they rarely interviene at all.
** Their only "major role" is at the beginning of the third day, where you can help both Dipper and Mabel to celebrate Waddles' and Gompers' wedding anniversary.
** While in Stan's route, Dipper and Mabel rarely appear. They appear commonly appear in Ford's Route:
** Dipper appears playing Dungeons, Dungeons And More Dungeons with Ford in Day 2.
** Mabel is baking cupcakes with Ford's help in Day 3.
** In Day 4, the two help Ford in their date.

* TheGhost: Soos and his Abuelita are also at the Mystery Shack, but they don’t interact with the player.

* LimitedWardrobe: Ford mostly wears his canon outfit, save for the tuxedo he wears in Day Four.

* MakeoutPoint: Stan takes the player to a place near the official one after the dance. [[spoiler:it soon becomes this for him and the player.]]

* MomentKiller: In Stan’s route, after TheBigDamnKiss, [[spoiler:the two of you are having a rather steamy make out session...Robbie and Tambry accidentally kill the mood by honking their horn.]]

** The Best Ending: [[spoiler:the player and Stan/Ford share a BigDamnKiss and plan to start a long distance relationship. You also get a picture to remember them by.]]

* RuleOfSymbolism: Mabel’s sweater is two pink arrows with heart details. Being the tools used by Eros/Cupid to help people fall in love, this represents her role in the game as a matchmaker.

*** Stan’s makes up the image of a sailboat with details referencing the Portal and his scar with his fez’s symbol in the center. On top is blue flames, as a reference to [[spoiler:his fight with Bill. At the door, there’s more blue flames along with Stan’s symbol and an image of Bill.]]

* SavedByTheAwesome: In Stan's Route, Stan attemps to exploit this trope when you and Stan get caught by Sheriff Blubbs and Deputy Durland in hijacking car parts in Bud's Auto Sale. [[spoiler: It doesn't work.]]

* {{Squee}}: Mabel’s reaction to [[spoiler: the player and Stan/Ford getting together in the Best Endings.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The first date with Stan is stealing car parts with the player. However, they get caught by Blubbs and Durland (who happened to be on a date night). Stan tries his usual smooth talking, but they get arrested and put in jail. [[spoiler:he and the player soon bust out when the cops’s backs are turned.]]

* ZanyScheme: One of the dates in Ford’s route is orchestrated by Mabel. [[spoiler:She has to bake cupcakes for a party with her friends, so in order to get Ford and the player together as assistants, she fakes a baking accident by burning some store bought cookies. In addition, she times it so that they would be the only ones available to help, as Stan is busy in his office and Dipper is in the woods looking for mysterious creatures to film.]] It works perfectly.
** She also pulls this in the fishing date during Stan’s route, by getting her and Dipper to leave with the excuse that Grenda’s pet lizard is having a baby. [[spoiler:A later date reveals that it was real.]]

Swooning Over Stans: A Grunkle Dating Sim is a fan videogame created in 2018 (it came at the same time as ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends''). As it's name says, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin it's a dating sim where you can choose to date Stan or Ford.]]

* MayDecemberRomance: While everything about the player―including their age remains ambiguous, it is implied that they're much younger than Stan/Ford. The former's route will make references to this and has him calling the player 'kid' in some dialogues.

* May-DecemberRomance: While everything about the player―including their age remains ambiguous, it is implied that they're much younger than Stan/Ford. The former's route will make references to this and has him calling the player 'kid' in some dialogues.

* May–December Romance: While everything about the player–including their age remains largely ambiguous, it is implied they're much younger than Stan/Ford. The former's route will make references to this and has him calling the player 'kid' in some dialogues.

->''"A very well-crafted meticulously thought out planned scenario that builds and builds and builds" - Alex Hirsch, creator of Gravity Falls, after viewing approximately one-tenth of the game''

** She also pulls this in the fishing date during Stan’s route, by getting her and Dipper to leave with the excuse that Grenada’s pet lizard is having a baby. [[spoiler:A later date reveals that it was real.]]

* ZanyScheme: One of the dates in Ford’s route is orchestrated by Mabel. [[spoiler:She has to bake cupcakes for a party with her friends, so in order to get Ford and the player together as assistants, she fakes a baking accident by burning some store bought cookies. In addition, she times it so that they would be the only ones available to help, as Stan is busy in his office and Dipper is in the woods looking for mysterious creatures to film.]] It works perfectly.

* MomentKiller: In Stan’s route, after TheBigDamnKiss, the two of you are having a rather steamy make out session...[[spoiler: Robbie and Tambry accidentally kill the mood by honking their horn.]]