Stan's story!! | Gravity Falls Season 2 Episode 12 "The Tale of Two Stans" Reaction!

[@jacksonsd6]

One of my favorite details about this episode is that we now know that Stan can tell Gideon is a fake psychic because he always called him Stanford when he was actually Stanley. Also because his mom was a fake psychic too

[@kinokind293]

When Stanley is explaining to Stanford who Dipper and Mable are he refers to them as "Shermie's Grandkids", so the two Stans have at least one other brother, presumably the baby we see their mother holding in the 60s. But we still know nothing about Dipper and Mable's parents, who may not even have been born yet when Ford disappeared. So it's unclear what, if anything, they knew about the existence of a second "Gruncle Stan".

[@Silvy_XD]

They also could have heard about Stanley's death (fake death) it's possible they thought that Stanley was Stanford like basically everyone else in the show.

[@ryansandoval2382]

Nah they don’t have a other brother, the baby you are referring to is shermie, that’s why dipper and Mabel call them great uncle ford or gruncle stan, because it’s their grandmas brother which makes them their grandpa/uncle

[@Sigmundlove]

You can see Stan and Ford's mom holding a crying baby in the scene when Stan is kicked out. That is Mable and Dipper's grandmother.

[@TheAngelofFate17]

The baby is most likely Shermie’s son or Shermie himself. Either way Stan and Ford’s brother Shermie grew up, had a son and then that son grew up to and then had Dipper and Mabel.

[@Josh_Lee_Henderson]

If you go back to I think the first time-travel episode in season 1 (the one with Blendin and the tape measure, and where Mabel gets Waddles) there's a short scene where a young Stan opens the door of the Mystery Shack. It was assumed to be Stan but it's actually Ford. If you look closely you can tell!

[@tenmark7055]

Somewhere in the series a "Shermie" Pines is mentioned as the 3rd sibling who would be Dipper & Mable's grandparent(?).

[@TabbyeLynne]

Presumably their paternal grandfather since they all have the same last name

[@rocketdave719]

He’s literally mentioned in this episode.

[@tenmark7055]

@@rocketdave719 that's w hat I said, somewhere. I leave the rest to little fussy minds concerned with details

[@rocketdave719]

@@tenmark7055 Ah, okay, I didn't consider that your vagueness might have been facetiousness.

[@reoij]

Stanley and Stanford had a little sibling (the baby their mother is holding in that one frame, Shermie), that same sibling had a kid and that kid had Dipper and Mabel.

[@jeanmariek2851]

12:56 dipper and mable grandpa is Stanley and Stanford’s little brother (the baby we saw in their mother hand)

[@tanisparker1282]

Their dad was so lazy her couldn't come up with another name for his sons so he named them both stan

[@DieStarman]

For McGucket's Backwards Message It's "YROO XRKSVI! GIRZMTOV". He also says it in his Memorys (Society of the Blind Eye). It's Atbasch Cipher . Translated: "Bill Cipher! Triangle"

[@Otokichi786]

"The Tale of Two Stans": Another page in the early days of Stanley and Stanford. 3:48 Glass Shard Beach, New Jersey, a few miles from Seymour's Bay, where Bob's Burgers and the Wonder Wharf are located.;)

[@christophtoifl6848]

Glass shard beach is on several levels funny. Sand is basically tiny roundish glass shards!

[@wardenchungus1656]

When Stanley is getting kicked out the mom was holding a baby, that baby was Dipper and Mabel’s grandparent.

[@dariogaelreyes7534]

We don't actually have confirmation so it's best to keep that speculative

[@andreasgrylin9580]

I thought it would be their dad😮

[@andreasgrylin9580]

@@dariogaelreyes7534 which means?

[@XYZ-ll1kw]

​@@andreasgrylin9580then who would be their granddad? The stans are definitely D and M's great uncles. So a sibling of theirs (the stans) must bei D and M's grandparent.

[@andreasgrylin9580]

@@XYZ-ll1kw you think? Those two looks 20 years older i think!

[@christophtoifl6848]

As a fellow ADHDer, yeah, school was horrible, especially doing homework and learning for tests. And I'm now wondering how many reactors have AD(H)D. Would make sense that s high percentage of reactors have it, at least of the interesting ones. We tend to be more obsessed/engrossed by interesting stuff and have stronger reactions and emotions to it, which makes the reaction videos more enjoyable. And tend to talk a lot 😅. I mean, who wants to watch reactors who seem kind of bored by the stuff they watch and talk very little?

[@AdaminTranzit]

okay that's not really and ADHD thing because not everyone is like that, I have ADHD and i had no problems for most things

[@AdaminTranzit]

its also kinda stupid to think any optimistic or hyperactive dude has ADHD because hyperactivity isnt all we are :/

[@redviper6805]

J. freaKing Simmons as the author! When I first heard his voice, I was like “is that Tenzin?” He’s one of the lead characters in the animated superhero show Invincible. Recommend watching that after you’ve finished Gravity Falls

[@JollyMcCrowner]

The timing of this editing is perfect😂 12:17

[@staffan-]

I would like to point out some similarities between Stanford and the 19th Century amateur scientist Robert Chambers. I have never seen anyone point this out before, but when I happened to read about him, I immediately thought of Stanford. While largely forgotten today, Chambers wrote an early proposition about evolution, before Darwin. It was flawed but new-thinking, similar to how Stanford's genious is to think in new ways. As Chambers had no formal scientific training, he was not taken seriously by other scientists (just like how Stanford was hindered by not getting a good education). And most notably, Chambers was born with 6 fingers on each hand. Perhaps this mutation led him on to the tracks of evolution, similar to how Stanford was inspired to seek out abnormalities. Oh, and by the way, Chamber's profession was to be a journalist and a publisher, i.e. an author. Perhaps a coincindence, but I wanted to share this. And no, I cannot find anyhting about Chambers getting lost in a portal.

[@TheMengoMango]

I knew two brothers whose names were Steven (older one) and Steve (younger one). Their parents just thought those two were completely different names

[@Dat_Ruski]

As a Steven myself; how

[@TheMengoMango]

@@Dat_Ruski Their parents were refugees and just honestly didn't know

[@jaxcraft2848]

What a tragic backstory. Loved this episode!

[@haveaniceday3952]

Omg where did you buy the totoro hoddie ?

[@jonathanross149]

Here come some answers

[@tionnewalzier1832]

You didn't see Mabel and Dipper's mom as a baby crying in the arms of their mom while Stanley was getting kicked out?

[@emme]

It seems like that may be their grandma? Because otherwise stan would be their uncle not grand-uncle, that’s why i was confused!

[@Otokichi786]

Since Mason/Dipper and Mabel Pines exist, a female "Shermy" gave birth to illegitimate Mystery Twins.

[@tionnewalzier1832]

@@emme ohhhh I always thought that that was their mom! Okay so she gave birth to their mom then!

[@roverthoblanco9675]

just another tragic character backstory

[@deandrehenry9135]

Stan and Stanford has a sister.

[@Otokichi786]

There's a slight problem with that. If "Shermy" is/was female, Dipper/Mason and Mabel Pines are illegitimate twins.

[@LiamRichardson-o7q]

Stan and Ford are related to dipper and mabel because their sister shermy is their grandmother

[@Otokichi786]

"Shermy" is also short for "Sherman." If "Shermy" is female, it makes things very interesting, since the Mystery Twins are named Dipper/Mason and Mabel PINES, just like Stanley and Stanford.

[@jaybennet4491]

​@@Otokichi786not impossible for the baby to have been a girl, kept her name if the dude dipped on her, gave her name to her kids and voila, Pines

[@julemsuarez4766]

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[@edroia4123]

So they had a sister The sisters kid is dipper and mables mom

[@TabbyeLynne]

No, Mabel and Dipper call Stan "gruncle" as a short for great uncle, meaning they are the children of Stan and Ford's nice or nephew, seeing as they all share the same last name the obvious assumption is that Stan and Ford have (or had) a brother and that brother is Mabel and Dipper's grandfather on their dad's side

[@edroia4123]

@@TabbyeLynne ya, thats what i said. The kid of their sisters is their niece shurmy. And shurmy is dipper and mables mom

[@TabbyeLynne]

@@edroia4123 No, the baby is Shermy, short for Sherman and he is Dipper and Mabel's grandfather, his kid is their dad, they all have the surname Pines, they wouldn't share that name if the baby or their kid were women