Uh, do you like me? Yes. Definitely. Absolutely.

I rigged it.

Mabel, I know you're going through your whole boy crazy phase, but I think you're kind of overdoing it with the crazy part.

What?!

Come on, Dipper. This is our first summer away from home. It's my big chance to have an epic summer romance.

Yeah, but do you need to flirt with every guy you meet?

My name is Mabel, but you can call me the girl of your dreams. I'm joking!

Oh my gosh, you like turtles? I like turtles too. What is happening here?

Come one, come all, to the Mattress Prince's kingdom of savings.

Take me with you.

Mock all you want, brother, but I got a good feeling about this summer.

I wouldn't be surprised if the man of my dreams walked through that door right now.

Oh, not good. Ow.

Oh, why?

Mabel, now that we've gotten to know each other, there's something I should tell you.

Oh, Norman, you can tell me anything.

Please be a vampire. Please be a vampire.

All right, just don't freak out, okay? Just keep an open mind. Be cool.

Is this weird? Is this too weird? Do you need to sit down?

Right, I'll explain. So, we're gnomes. First off, get that one out of the way.

I'm Jeff, and here we have Carson, Steve, Jason, and...

I'm sorry, I always forget your name.

Shmebulock.

Shmebulock, yes.

Anyways, long story short, us gnomes have been looking for a new queen. Right, guys?

Queen! Queen! Queen!

So what do you say?

Will you join us in holy matronomy? Matrimony! Blah! Can't talk today.

Look, I'm sorry, guys. You're really sweet, but I'm a girl, and you're gnomes, and it's like, what? Yikes.

We understand. We'll never forget you, Mabel. Because we're gonna kidnap you.

Huh?

Don't worry, Mabel! I'll save you from that zombie!

Help!

Hold on!

The more you struggle, the more awkward this is gonna be for everybody. Just, okay, get her arm there, Steve.

Let go of me!

What the heck is going on here?

Dipper, Norma turned out to be a bunch of gnomes, and they're total jerks!

Hair! Hair! Hair!

Gnomes? Huh, I was way off.

Gnomes. Little men of the Gravity Falls Forest. Weaknesses unknown.

Oh, come on!

Come on!

Hey, hey! Let go of my sister!

Oh, hey there. Um, you know, this is all really just a big misunderstanding, you see.

Your sister's not in danger. She's just marrying all 1,000 of us and becoming our gnome queen for all eternity.

Isn't that right, honey?

You guys are buttfaces!

Give her back right now or else!

You think you can stop us, boy? You have no idea what we're capable of.

The gnomes are a powerful race. Do not trifle with the...

He's getting away with our queen! No, no, no!

Seatbelt.

Howdy.

It's Wittle Old You!

Yeah, my song's quite catchy.

I know we haven't formally met, but after yesterday's performance, I just couldn't get your laugh out of my head.

You mean this one?

Oh, what a delight. When I saw you in the audience, I said to myself, now there's a kindred spirit. Someone who appreciates, uh, sparkly things in life.

That's totally me!

Enchanting. Utterly enchanting.

Who's at the door?

No one, Grunkle Stan!

I appreciate your discretion. Stan's a new fan of mine.

I don't know how a lemon so sour could be related to a peach so sweet.

Get in!

What do you say we step away from here and chat a bit more? Perhaps in my dressing room?

Makeovers!

Do you see something you like? Cause I do.

What?

Hey, Dipper. What's going on?

Whoa, where have you been? And what's going on with those fingernails? You look like a wolverine.

I know, right?

I was hanging out with my new pal, Gideon. He's one dapper little man.

Mabel, I don't trust anyone whose hair is bigger than their head.

Oh, leave him alone. You never want to do girly stuff with me.

You and Suze get to do boy stuff all the time.

What do you mean?

Hey, dude, you ready to blow up these hot dogs in the microwave one by one?

Am I?

One at a time! One at a time!

Whoa, the fuel from your family's factory is nuts.

Good thing we both brought our...

Opera glasses!

Mabel, when I'm up here looking down on all them little old people, I feel like I'm king of all I survey.

I guess that makes you my queen.

What? You are being so nice to me right now. Quit it!

I can't quit it. I am speaking from the heart.

From the where now?

Mabel, I've never felt this close with anyone. So, so close.

Well, Gideon, I, um... I like you a lot, but let's just be friends.

At least just give me a chance. Mabel, will you do me the honor of going on a date with me?

A play date? A shopping date?

It'll just be one little old date. I swear on my lucky bolo tie.

Um...

Um...

Okay, then. I guess...

Mabel Pines, you have made me the happiest boy in the world!

Are you sniffing my hair?

How's that hair tasting, buddy?

Wendy, I need some advice. You've broken up with guys, right?

Oh, yeah. Russ Durham, Eli Hall, Stoney Davidson...

I don't know what's wrong with me. I thought everything was back to normal, but I still feel all gross.

Mike Worley, Nate Holt, the guy with the tattoos...

Maybe letting Dipper do it for me was a mistake. Gideon deserves an honest breakup.

Danny Feldman, Mark Epstein...

Oh, man. I'm not sure I ever actually broke up with him. No wonder he keeps calling me.

I know what I gotta do.

Thanks for talking to me, Wendy.

Ignore.

Oh!

Grunkle Stan was right about you! You are a monster!

Your sister will be mine!

Who's a cute little guy? You are!

No, you are!

She's never gonna date you, man!

That's a lie!

And I'm gonna make sure you never lie to me again, Fran.

Gideon! We have to talk!

M-Mabel! My marshmallow! What are you doing here?

I'm sorry, Gideon, but I can't be your marshmallow. I needed to be honest and tell you that myself.

I... I don't understand.

Uh, Mabel? This probably isn't the best time to be brutally honest with him.

Hey, but we can still be makeover buddies, right? Wouldn't you like that?

Really?

No, not really! You are like attacking my brother! What the heck?!

My tie! Give it back!

Ha! Not so powerful without this, are you?

Dipper!

Mabel!

Listen, Gideon. It's over. I will never, ever date you.

Yeah!

My powers!

Oh, this isn't over. This isn't the last you'll see of Widdle.

Oh, man.

Hey there! I brought you a sandwich. It's sort of wet, but it's still good. Blah.

I like sharing things. Sandwiches, secrets.

Share your secret, beautiful stranger.

That wet sandwich does look delicious.

Very well. But you must never tell another living soul my terrible secret.

You have to stay away from me because I am...

a were-man.

A were-man.

Oh, thank goodness. I thought you were going to say you had a girlfriend.

A mer-man. Ha! I should have known from your strange foreign fish language.

It is Spanish.

Your voice is so deep and masculine. How old are you?

I am twelve years old. Mer-men's voices change when we are like three.

So, what's your name?

There are some who call me...

Mermando. This is because Mermando is my name.

But I don't understand, Mermando. What's a guy like you doing in a public pool?

It is a tragic story, Mabel.

I was swimming with my friends, the Mighty Dolphins, in the Gulf of Mexico...

when I was ensnared!

Earl, did we just catch ourselves some kind of beautiful man-fish?

Let's feast on his flesh.

The cargo was headed for Gravity Falls.

Using all my strength, I tried to escape back home.

But it was not to be.

I would have died of dehydration were it not for the kindness of the forest animals.

But now that you know what I am, you must be seriously weirded out.

What? I don't care that you're a mer-man.

You're, like, the coolest guy I've ever met.

And you can play at least one chord on the guitar.

Oh, Mabel, I have never met another human like you.

Would you care to join me in a game of the... Marco Polo?

Oh, yes, Mermando! Yes!

You're covering my gills. I cannot breathe.

Weird.

Guys, it's not safe out there. Ergman's still looking for you.

What do we do?

Oh, damn!

I'm scared, Mabel!

Don't worry, guys. He has to give up eventually.

Hey, in the meantime, you can stay here with us.

2013!

Girls, do you realize what's happening here?

We have our very own pet boy band that we can do whatever we want with.

Remember, eventually we have to let them go.

We have to promise not to get too attached to them.

Right, Mabel?

Mabel?

All aboard the Braid Train!

Braid! Braid!

What?

Baby, would you fly away with me?

Take my hand, it's destiny

We don't need nobody if we stay together

Girl, just take my hand and it can be forever

Up into the sky, girl, we're gonna fly

Look into my big blue eyes

Girl, you know it's destiny

Take my hand and you're gonna see

Escape, running from reality

It'll be this way forever

Just a few more minutes.

But...

Thank you, thank you.

Just when I was getting over Mermondo, of course you show up at my doorstep.

Oh yeah, I forgot about Mermondo.

Did not care for Mermondo.

Okay, this cryptology book says there's 7.2 million 8-letter words.

I'll type, you read. Okay, Mabel?

Mabel?

And that's why we don't stick our hands in other people's mouths

Hey, I'm Gabe Benson, y'all. Good night.

Hey, good job today, you guys.

You were late on your cue.

What?

Hey, hey, be good to each other. We're all stars.

Hey, guess who's Mabel? I am.

Care to learn more? I bet you do. You like to learn.

And I'm up.

Oh hey, I'm Gabe, master of puppets. Nice to meet you.

You're amazing with those puppets.

Really? A lot of people think puppets are dumb or just for kids or something.

Are you kidding me? I'm puppet crazy. People call me Puppet Crazy Mabel.

Really? People used to call me Puppet Crazy Gabe. So when's your next puppet show?

My hat?

I mean, you can't truly love puppets if you're not throwing puppet shows, right?

Yeah, I mean, I'm totally working on a puppet show.

Oh, what are the details?

There are so many details.

So, how'd it go?

Dipper, how hard do you think it would be to write and compose a sock puppet rock opera with light to original music and live pyrotechnics by Friday?

What? Mabel, are you serious?

I don't know what happened. I got lost in his eyes and his ponytail, and I'm going to be so embarrassed on Friday if I don't have anything.

But what about cracking his password? You know, mystery twins.

If you help me with this for just a couple of days, I promise I'll help you with the password.

Please? Pretty please?

It's for love, Dipper.

All right, okay.

Yes! Thank you! This guy! He's number one!

Okay, okay, okay, okay, shh.