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Gravity Falls Season 1 Episode 8

Irrational Treasure

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AIRED: 8/17/12

Dipper discovers a secret about the town and sets out to uncover it. Mabel tags along to prove she isn't silly.

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Founders Day

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By sh811a, Apr 25, 2013

It's pretty much "Gravity Falls" doing "The Da Vinci Code"; this is probably one of my favorate episodes for the show because it focuses on the mystery of the town but for the first time on Mabel which is great. Mabel really shows she can carry out an episode and Dipper supprisingly was more of a second string character. This was an episode that I felt might have been a little inspired by the conspiracy of the Free Mason secret society where supposedly ths society had a big part in the formation of America.

I did like their motive, Pacifica is such a b.... with a capital B. I know that's pretty bold but after humulating and belittling Mabel in public that was just low. Dipper is right about her just because her family supposedly founded Gravity Falls doesn't give her the right to treat everyone like garbage, she's not the center of the universe.

The mystery was intreaging, what made it all the more interesting was it was Mabel herself that figures out the clues while Dipper is the one that falls for the red heirings. I feel this really shows that Mabel is an accidental genius, sure may'be her smarts aren't on the same level as Dipper's but that's because she thinks on a different wave length and utilizes street smarts. But also Mabel is just at her hillarous best, I really thought it was funny how she figured out the statue clue, though my favorate moment was when she says my favorate quote in the episode, "I'm going to legalize I just cracked up when I heard that.

The reveal didn't disappoint in fact it was pretty darn hillarous when we discover the true founder Quentin Tremblely whom was the 8 and a half President of the United States, makes sense since most . presidents before George Washington were forgotten. But anyway we see this president is just as silly/weird as Mabel only difference is this guy is an idiot. Some of the things we here he does are just fraking daft and hillarous, like a war on pancakes, yes I'm not kidding; that wouldn't be a problem just stop making them. But he's says another favorate quote of mine in the episode, "The think we have to fear most is giant man eating that also cracked me up.

When Tremble comes out of his pennut brittle hibernation he really doesn't disappoint, the penut brittle was probably the only hit the guy ever had. But anyway I really like the guy, just like Mabel he was hillarous he had some really funny lines and moments. One moment that was my favorate was when he tells both Dipper and Mabel the story of his time with George Washington.

And of course the conclusion was satisfying, Mabel in the end accepts and appreciates who she is. I really could relate to her dilemma in this episode because like her I'm an outsider as well. Yeah I do things differently and even like certain things out of the norm but I'm not harming anyone and nor is Mabel wearing those colorful sweaters, I like wearing graphic tees. Also people that think and act outside the norm usual have a lot to offer the world and the people in it, heck most people in history even the people that founded and formed this country were. So, people like Mabel will go far, trust me no good comes to girls like Pacifica whom offer nothing. We of course see Dipper give Pacifica her comeupins when he gives Pacifica the documents that prove the founding father of her family is a fraud, just seeing the look on her face was priceless but also love the quote Dipper says, "Revenge is underrated" I highly agree.

But after the epsode it just made me wonder how many more secrets are hidden in Gravity Falls as well as what Gravity Falls was back then. Personal I think the town was a front and was really some secret government intelegence base at the time. I don't know but the Government is no doubt a part of this, who know what else their hiding, what they know about the town, and what the big secret in the town really is.moreless
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Dipper and Mabel are back to solve the mysteries of Gravity Falls

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By Ayranci, Mar 11, 2013

It's Pioneer Day in Gravity Falls and Dipper finds an article in his 3 book that says Nathaniel Northwest (who is Pacifica's great great grandfather) may not be the founder of Gravity Falls and Dipper and Mabel tries to learn that who is the founder of Gravity Falls but Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland try to stop them. After "The Hand That Rocks The Mabel" episode (I think), the writers were focused on Dipper more and not the mysteries but this episode includes lots of mysteries and this show isn't a Dipper episode. Finally! Actually It's a Mabel episode because Pacifica told Mabel that she is a silly person and Mabel tries to prove that she isn't a silly person but her silliness solves the mystery. This is the first Mabel episode that It was perfect for me. After watching this episode, I started hating Pacifica more because in this episode Pacifica is a jerk to Mabel more than she was in "Double Dipper". I was gonna give 9.5/10 but Dipper tells Pacifica that his great great grandfather didn't find Gravity Falls and her family is a fraud. Dipper's revenge saved this episode for me. This episode is defiently one of the best episodes and this episode was so hilarious and silly. It was hilarious when Dipper and Mabel talked like old days' people in Gravity Falls. It was hilarious when Mabel tried to be serious. Lil Gideon's cameo was funny. It was hilarious that marrying a woodpecker in Gravity Falls is still legal. It was hilarious when Mabel got the last pink balloon and Deputy Durland didn't have it. It was hilarious that the Gravity Falls founder is the silliest president of USA. It was hilarious that Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland were so silly like Mabel in this episode. Also I liked Mabel's "I'm legalizing everything" line. This episode is one of the best episodes of this show and this episode is definely better than "Double Dipper". 10/10moreless
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Kristen Schaal	Mabel Pines
Linda Cardellini	Wendy
Alex Hirsch	Grunkle Stan, Soos, Quentin Trembley, Old Man McGucket, additional voices
Jason Ritter	Dipper Pines, additional voices
Jackie Buscarino	Pacifica
Tara Strong	additional voices

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- Benjamin Franklin was revealed to be a woman in "The Legend of the Gobblewonker". As they make a hundred dollar bills, Stan tells the kids that Benjamin Franklin looks like a woman.
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- Dipper: Man, revenge is underrated. That felt great.
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- Dipper: So how about it? Mystery Twins?
  Mable: I thought you hated that name.
  Dipper: I learned to accept it.
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- Quentin Qumby riding a horse backwards is a classic joke from Dudley Do-Right how he always ride his horse backwards.
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  Referencing the 2004 action adventure movie National Treasure, which features Benjamin Franklin Gates, a history and descendant of treasure hunters, who needs to obtain the Declaration of Independence to decipher a hidden code and find a vast hoard of treasure. The movie spawned a sequel, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, in 2007.
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