History Fanfic / AnywayIveBeenThere

%%* BanishingRitual: A rather unique version performed with condiments.

%%* BetterAsFriends: Dipper has this realization about Wendy during their heart-to-heart on the roof after the return party.

* ButtMonkey: After escaping his first summer in Gravity Falls relatively unscathed, Dipper learns the hard way that his continued career of monster hunting comes with some very dangerous risks and often his recklessness comes with pretty harsh consequences. These range from a wound from the Boss-Lobster that requires stitches, nearly dying in the infinite maze, falling from a great height into a lake and having to hike back home through the woods, and even an extended stay at the hospital. Needless to say, most of his family and friends begin to grow concerned.

%%* ComingOfAgeStory: Dipper, Mabel, and Pacifica all have moments of growing up.

%%* CreepyBasement: The Northwest Malibu home, thanks to the Boss-Lobster.

-->'''Mrs. Pines:'''... for thirty years?\\

%%* DomesticAbuse: Mr. and Mrs. Northwest often get into fights with each other.

* FalseFriend: Pacifica to Tiffany and Elizabeth, her former summer companions, When she encounters them again after returning to Gravity Falls, they shoot down her attempts to make up.
* FirstKiss: Dipper and Pacifica share their first kiss (Dipper explicitly implies Mermando doesn't count!).
%%* FirstLove: Pacifica for Dipper

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Mr. and Mrs. Pines worry about Mabel in Chapter 1 because she isn't behaving like her usual self before summer.

* CloningBlues: Tracy and Quattro hate being clones and are driven by the single purpose of getting Dipper and Wendy together, Tyrone 2 doesn't have much trouble since he considers himself and Dipper the same anyways.

-->'''Mrs: Pines:'''... for thirty years?\\

%%* DeadpanSnarker: Dipper and Pacifica often engage in a sort of cnark flirting. Pacifica, on a more serious note, uses it as a defense mechanism to cover up her insecurities.

* FutileHandReach: During a monster hunt, Dipper fails to grab Mabel midair during a maneuver, causing him to hit the ground and later hospitalized.

* IncredibleShrinkingMan: In chapter 80, Mabel and Pacifica shrink themselves to retrieve Pacifica's phon from fairy thieves.

''Anyway I've been there'' is broken up into two parts. Part 1 (titled Anyway, I've Been There) takes place during the school year following the end of the show. Part 2 (Titled New Summer Season) takes place during the following summer.

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* EverythingsBetterWithLlamas: Pacifica is the Llama on the Zodiac and the chapters that focus on her are fan favorites.

* AbusiveParents: Pacifica's parents now act worse after Weirdmaggeddon, to the point of actively trying to convince Pacifica that it never happened or blaming her specifically.

* AdultFear: The twins' parents panic when they don't return their calls after taking an unsupervised flight to Malibu and don't come home until late night. Dipper and Mabel realize also realize their adventuring and surviving an apocalypse is not something to tell their parents.

* FalseFriend: Pacifica to Tiffany and Elizabeth, when she encounters them again after her character development they shoot down her attempts to make up.

* HatesTheirParent: Pacifica towards her dad.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/6329836/chapters/14503138 Anyway, I've Been There]]'' is a WesternAnimation/GravityFalls fanfic by Caleb Nova

Anyway I've been there is broken up into two parts. Part 1 (titled Anyway, I've Been There) takes place during the school year following the end of the show. Part 2 (Titled New Summer Season) takes place during the following summer.

* TenMinuteRetirement: Stan resumes running The Mystery Shack after finishing his trip with Ford despite having retired.
* AbsentAnimalCompanion: Waddles has mostly disappeared ever since the Twins returned to Gravity Falls.
* AbsurdlySharpClaws: The Wearbear has these, Ford takes some shavings of them after the trio knocks him out with his own beer cans.
* AbusiveParents: It was hinted at in the show, but ''Anyway, I've Been There'' makes it explicit that Pacifica's parents used Pavlovian conditioning to make her fear a bell and that said bell is the source of shame and anxiety for Pacifica
* AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: ''Anyway, I've Been There'''s version of Pacifica isn't 100% accurate to canon. Specifically her experience playing video games and her adventures in Lost Legends, however these aspects of her character were revealed after Anyway, I've been there was published.
%%* AcheyScars: Bill Cipher and Weirdmageddion left these on Dipper, Mabel, and Pacifica.
* ActingYourIntellectualAge: Upon returning to Piedmont, Dipper totally loses any kind of interest in maintaining friendships with other kids in his school and he is smart enough to pass his classes without needing to try very hard.
%%* ActionGirlfriend: Pacifica is this to Dipper, gradually getting more and more into going on adventures.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Chapter 43 is the only chapter not narrated by Dipper, Mabel, or Pacifica. The chapter is narrated by Ford and deals the things he has missed during his disappearance.
* AdmiringTheAbomination: Dipper and Ford both take risks due to an admiration for various anomalies.
* AdultFear: Dipper and Mabel fly to Malibu without telling their parents.

* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: In Chapter 3, Mabel worries that her parents will send Dipper to a therapist who Dipper could never be honest with because of the need to keep the secrets of Gravity Falls.
* AscendedExtra: Pacifica only has a significant role in 2 episodes of Season 1 and 2 episodes of season 2 other than the finale in the original show; in Anyway, I've Been There; she is one of the three narrators, the other two being Dipper and Mabel.

* BeachEpisode: Chapter 60 is spent at Lake Gravity Falls where the characters spend the day in their swimsuits and engage in a chicken fight.
%%* BetterAsFriends: Dipper has this realization about Wendy during their heart-to-heart on the roof after the party.

* BloodyHandprint: After his encounter with the Boss-Lobster, Dipper leaves some of these on the walls of the Northwest's Malibu home.
* BodyHorror: Pacifica has a dream where she sees Dipper's dead body with it's head sewn back on after having been implied to be chopped off. Also, Dipper receiving stitches without anesthetic.

%%* CallBack: Many call backs to the original show, particularly "Globnar"
* CannotSpitItOut: Dipper and Pacifica both have great difficulty admitting their feeling for each other even though it is obvious to everyone around them.

* CityOfAdventure: Gravity Falls, where mystery lurks around every corner.
* CloningBlues: Tracy and Quattro hate being clones and are driven by the single purpose of getting Dipper and Wendy together, Tyrone 2 is significantly more positive about being a clone but immediately offs himself with style alfter he is no longer needed to help Dipper.

* CrappyCarnival: Dipper and Mabel get trapped on the top of a Ferris Wheel that shuts down when it starts raining.

%%* CreepyBasement: The Northwest Malibu home has a creepy basement thanks to the Boss-Lobster.
%%* CrushBlush: Happens with Dipper and Pacifica constantly.
* DamselInDistress: When Pacifica runs away from home and becomes stranded, Dipper-with help from Ford, Wendy, Soos, and Mabel-gets Pacifica a motel room for the night and mounts an "Epic Rescue Mission" the next day to give her a place to live.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Stan and Ford's complicated past has to be explained to Dipper and Mabel's parents without revealing anything about the supernatural. Ford uses some ExactWords to explain his disappearance to the Pines, saying that Stan was allowed to pose as him (a lie) while he was "on assignment" (the truth, just without mentioning that he was traveling the Multiverse hunting Bill Cypher).

%%* DeadpanSnarker: Dipper occasionally gets a good one, but Pacifica is made of snark whenever she isn't breaking down or being awkward, she uses it as a defense mechanism to cover up her insecurities.

%%* DramaQueen: Pacifica often has to remind herself to stop being a drama queen.

* FanNickname: Lampshaded, Mabel once calls Pacifica "PAZ", Pacifica rejects this nickname and it is never mentioned again.
* FanPreferredCouple: ''Anyway, I've Been There'' revolves around the development of a relationship between Dipper and Pacifica, who are teased heavily in the show but are both single by it's conclusion.
* FirstKiss: Dipper and Pacifica share their first kiss (No, Mermando doesn't count!).
%%* FirstLove: For Pacifica
* {{Foreshadowing}}: There has been a lot of foreshadowing the possibility that Pacifica's parents will return and take her away.
* FutileHandReach: One of these happens between Dipper and Mabel during Chapter 65 which results in a visit to the hospital after Dipper takes a long fall.
* GamerChick: Mabel and Pacifica regularly play video games with Dipper.

* GirlyBruiser: Both Mabel and Pacifica are very girly in their different ways but each can hold their own in a fight.

* HalloweenEpisode: Chapter 5 is a standalone chapter detailing Dipper and Mabel enjoying Halloween together. Chapter 78 is set up to be this but is derailed by the portal potty.

* HiddenInPlainSight: Dipper doesn't think to look at Greg's Journal until ten chapters after he acquired it.

* IncredibleShrinkingMan: In chapter 80, Mabel and Pacifica shrink themselves to retrieve phones from fairies who have stolen them.
* InvisibleWriting: Lampshaded, the photocopied pages from Journal 3 is missing a lot of information because the invisible ink wasn't copied.

* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Pacifica has been working her way through a strong case of this. She acts like she is above everyone but privately admits she thinks that everyone who doesn't hate her should hate her.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Mr. and Mrs. Pines worry about Mabel in Chapter 1 because she isn't behaving like her usual self. Also when Mabel starts avoiding Dipper.

* RealityEnsues: When Dipper asks what Pacifica is doing in Piedmont, she tells him she 'lives' in California. Despite the manor being their ancestral home her family only lives there during summer. Dipper realizes that yeah, it didn't make sense for a family as rich as the Northwests to live in a backwoods town in the middle of Oregon year-round. Rich people tend to go where the money is.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/6329836/chapters/14503138 Anyway, I've Been There]]'' Is a WesternAnimation/GravityFalls fanfic by Caleb Nova

* AbusiveParents: It was hinted at in the show, but Anyway, I've Been There makes it explicit that Pacifica's parents used Pavlovian conditioning to make her fear a bell and that said bell is the source of shame and anxiety for Pacifica
* AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: Anyway, I've Been There's version of Pacifica isn't 100% accurate to canon. Specifically her experience playing video games and her adventures in Lost Legends, however these aspects of her character were revealed after Anyway, I've been there was published.
* AcheyScars: Bill Cipher and Weirdmageddion left these on Dipper, Mabel, and Pacifica.

* ActionGirl: Pretty much every single female that isn't a parent. Mabel, Pacifica, Wendy, Candy, Grenda...
* ActionGirlfriend: Pacifica is this to Dipper, gradually getting more and more into going on adventures.

* AdultFear: When Dipper and Mabel fly to Malibu without telling their parents.

* BanishingRitual: A rather unique version performed with condiments.

* BetterAsFriends: Dipper has this realization about Wendy during their heart-to-heart on the roof after the party.

* BigEater: Mabel on Halloween, frankly it's concerning.
* BigFun: Soos during his visit in chapter 9 and 10.
* BiggerOnTheInside: The Portal Potty that transports Mabel to another dimension.

* BrotherSisterTeam: Dipper and Mabel are constantly going on dangerous adventures together.
* CallBack: Many call backs to the original show, particularly "Globnar"

* CatharticChores: Dipper and Mabel take on more chores in an effort to get un-grounded quicker.

* ComingOfAgeStory: Dipper, Mabel, and Pacifica all have moments of growing up.
* {{Continuation}}: Anyway, I've Been There picks up seconds after Gravity Falls ends.

* CrazyPrepared: Whenever Ford hits the road this comes into play.
* CreepyBasement: The Northwest Malibu home has one of these thanks to the Boss-Lobster.
* CrushBlush: Happens with Dipper and Pacifica constantly.

* DeadpanSnarker: Dipper occasionally gets a good one, but Pacifica is made of snark whenever she isn't breaking down or being awkward, she uses it as a defense mechanism to cover up her insecurities.
* DomesticAbuse: Mr. and Mrs. Northwest often get into fights with each other.
* DramaQueen: Pacifica often has to remind herself to stop being a drama queen.

* FirstLove: For Pacifica

* LargeHam: Greg hams up every word he says.

* SliceOfLife: In Part 1, Pretty much every chapter that Pacifica doesn't appear in qualifies as this.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/6329836/chapters/14503138 Anyway, I've Been There]] Is a WesternAnimation/GravityFalls fanfic by Caleb Nova

* CruelAndUnusualPunishment: Dipper thinks being prevented from returning to Gravity Falls is the worst thing that could happen to him and does everything in his power to avoid this fate, Greg is banned from Gravity Falls Dipper can't think of anything worse they could have done to him.

* * CruelAndUnusualPunishment: Dipper thinks being prevented from returning to Gravity Falls is the worst thing that could happen to him and does everything in his power to avoid this fate, Greg is banned from Gravity Falls Dipper can't think of anything worse they could have done to him.

* ActionGirlfriend: Pacifica is this to dipper, gradually getting more and more into going on adventures.