STAN FOR MAYOR?! | Gravity Falls Season 2 Reaction | Ep 2x14 "The Stanchurian Candidate”
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- The old mayor of town passes away, opening the door for everyone's favorite Gruncle running for office! This also leads to an old foe making another power grab, and with it being CLEAR Gideon is ready to make a deal with you-know-who, we can't WAIT to see what happens next!
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Gravity Falls, Season 2, Episode 2x14, “The Stanchurian Candidate"
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Fun fact: Stan always knew that Gideon isn't a psychic because he always called him Stanford
Stan Pines: Surprisingly not as crazy a political option as we've had in real life.
I agree😂😂😂
True!
I misread that at first.
Yeah, I'd vote for him over at least a third of our current crop of politicians.
@@Wouldyoukindly4545 of course he did
@@thelegendaryhusquin9906 perfect
"One does not simply teach kids swears." NGL, that's still a hilarious meme to this day.
Musty and crusty but it holds up
Bro I’ve seen you everywhere
Indeed
Well they learn them pretty young on the internet anyway :(
@@whitehatstudios3616same ahahha 😂
3:50 - "That's you," he says, while seemingly ignoring the fact that Tad Strange looks exactly like him. XD
HURT Monty loves bread
Stan's relationship with the Mabel and Dipper is probably my favorite one in the show. Despite the fact that Stan acts like a grumpy old man, Dipper and Mabel always find a way to soften him, in ways that rarely anyone else can.
The "Stan is a Menace" counter is off the charts! 😆
So tad strange is voiced by the voice of Cecil Palmer in nightvale, which is kind of a wild cameo when you know it.
There was actually a whole thing about his involvement being leaked before the episode aired and everyone thought he would be a really important character
ALL HAIL
Do not enter the dog park
@@falsnamae3511 I always describe nightvale as Gravity falls if the finale happened and the whole town just went "uhh... sure!"
And it's worth noting that Gravity Falls and Welcome to Nightvale premiered on the same day: June 15, 2012.
I knew his voice sounded familair!!!
One does not simply invent a new crime.
But then how could he burglebezzle?! 😂
That's the mindset of a third-degree arsonfraudcide victim in the making!
the shock at Stanley bieng disqualified then the immediate "yeeeaahh" after finding out it was because of his crimes just shows how much they got attached to Stan at this point and just every other character
I knew they were going to have a big reaction to the Reagan joke XD
I can't tell if it's supposed to be making fun of Reagan ("this is why he SUCKED") or explaining how good of a President he was ("no one is that good alone")
@@theAstarrrit’s cause he was TERRIBLE haha
I love Kenny explaining things in taylor terms 😂
Apparently when this episode came out, Alex Hirsch created a real Twitter account for Stan's platform, and even a real website. The Twitter account asked fans to write #YesWeStan on their faces, and on other weird places for a possible prize. The account is inactive now, but the only person it followed was a certain guy who ran for president in 2016. Because that was a joke, right? Yeah. A joke. Haha.
Yeah, the complete and total making fun of the guy was the joke. Then he turned out to be an actually competent President.
I love the Kenough shirt, btw.
A classic episode, though the Stan is a Menace counter should really be up to 50 due to the rest of the crimes listed (Snacks evasion, pickpocketing, woodpecker baiting, impersonating a dentist, general indecency, golf cart theft, bingo fraud, telling jokes that just go on and on, I mean, I have things to do today, really.) Also, the spell Gideon's saying is "Spooky evil spells! Spooky evil spells! Spooky evil spells! Spooky spells! Spooky spells!" backwards.
Kenny and Montana are too fucking cute together.
Him explaining the screams in terms of Taylor Swift was amazing
thinking about it now , the fact that we never had a proper continuation to that post credit scene is STILL so thrilling
I feel like it is implied that he made a deal with Bill to help him in the finaly when he says "bill came through" after he is busted out by the giant goat.
spoiler
Im pretty sure his deal was just being an underling of Bill when he eventually comes through.
?? It was eventually paid off in Weirdmageddon 1
Explaining the Wilhelm scream by comparing it to Taylor Swift is 🤌🏼
15:20 ive mentioned this famous scream to so many people and they never know what I'm talking about! im glad kenny knew
Something that I wonder is if Gideon's dad had more to do with the Gideon plot. He was a member of the society of the blind eye after all. Mayeb he was pulling the string so Gideon could become a powerfull god. He obviusly take advantages of the blind's eyes perks scamming the people of gravity falls. But i wonder if he had a plan for Gideon before his memory was wiped
One of the codes in the Blind Eye episode revealed that Bud joined the society to help himself forget Gideon's tantrums
It's interesting to observe how morally ambiguous the whole Pines family is this episode. It's nothing new (except in maybe Ford's case, and we've still had a couple of small hints of that previously. Remember, he wrote everything in those journals. Things like Gideon's possession spell came from him!) but it's still intriguing to watch. It's easy to say Stan is crooked or Mabel is crooked or Dipper is crooked on any given episode, watching all of them be so crooked together is kind of surprising. Fun, but surprising. Especially in a Disney show.
That llama knew too much!
I think the main reason Gideon was hesitative to summon Bill is just because Bill failed to get the code in Dreamscaperers. He probably considers Bill to be bad at his job, and is only willing to use him as a last resort.
the comedic timing of 12:05 is AMAZING!😭😭😭 CRYING
I bought the complete series a couple years ago and somehow missed watching this episode.
I remember before this episode came out, everyone was on the train that Tad Strange was a square version demon like bill Cipher and was another giant big bad and there were fanfics and art already coming up with theories about him. And then the episode came out and he was just a gag character- I remember laughing so hard. It's similar to how Alex Hirsch (creator) "leaked" a fake frame of the show and it shows McGucket as being the author of the journals. I love the internet sometimes.
The reason everyone thought that "Tad Strange" would be a square-shaped demon is that when Alex Hirsch did the Reddit AMA *in character as Bill*, there was a question about Tad Strange, and Bill's answer was, "TAD'S A REAL SQUARE AND THAT IS OBJECTIVELY A STUPID SHAPE!" It was a great bit of misdirection (of course, given that answer, people would think he was a square demon who Bill knew) -- but it just meant that he's a "square" as in "a boring person".
The reactions this episode were phenomenonal, to the tie, to spiel, to being giggly butts at the end xD
The laughing at the end was so cute 😆
The moment Kenny and Montana realized that Stanford was responsible for the Reagan administration. 😂
Knowing Gravity Falls as we do I really want to know the reason why they stipulate that the candidate must be able to cast a shadow. What supernatural shenanigans happened to cause them to make that rule.
STAN FOR MAYOR!
Amphibia for the next show! Complete the trilogy!
6:45 - Beautiful reaction right here
I think the word Kenny was looking for was "Shtick".
Agreed. And I think Montana meant to say catchphrase instead of tagline. We all mix up words, what’s important is if those listening get the gist of whet we are trying to say and I definitely think viewers were understanding what was meant to said even if that’s not the words they spoke. It was a fun moment in an already great video!
@@ganapatikamesh Yeah, agreed. For anyone reading, Montana also wasn't quite clear on what "spiel" means (spelled that way, but yes, it's pronounced "shpiel"; it's Yiddish, but is related to German; as a lot of Yiddish is). A spiel is like... a sales pitch that the audience can pretty much tell is shady. So yes, it's a speech, but it more specifically means a persuasive speech -- or one that is attempting to be persuasive, but that people can see through.
"The Stanchurian Candidate": The mayor of Gravity Falls is dead, time for candidates to "throw their hat into the ring." Two externally controlled candidates face off, the Mystery Twins are in danger and an eagle kisses a long-time criminal. The last candidate standing says: "Got it."
"It's like the Manchurian Canditate! Except that it's BLEACH BASED!!" 😂 ❤
12:56 first absolutely unbased Montana take, my argentine boxer is big as hell and he can nibble my hand and it's still cute
What isn't cute anymore is when he jumps into you full speed like he used to do when he was a puppy
That’s what she said 🤦🏼
When you said Argentine boxer, I thought you meant a full grown man from Argentina.😂
@@Scouting1212 yes, I mean no, I shall not admit to crimes on the internet
@@LettsReact oh, must not have been 100% focused then nevermind
Lol you guy's are really funny! Had me laughing along with you at the end of the video there.
I think you were going for "schtick" at the end there!
If you use the actor's scream then you have to pay the actor speaking rates lol
IIRC, it's also because things like screams in action scenes are always sound effects that are dubbed in later; you can't always depend on getting really good audio during the filming of an action scene, so filmmakers go back in and add sound effects so that the audio comes out more clearly. I think you're right, that to do that with the voice of the actor who was in the scene, they would have to bring the actor into the recording studio to do that scream to be used... and you'd have to pay them for that extra time. Easier to use a sound effect from an established library of sounds. But, yeah -- at this point it's definitely also an inside joke amongst filmmakers. Kind of an homage to older movies.
you two were so sweet in this one
I don't remember noticing that line about a bigger tombstone before
I think Kenny was going for the word 'schtick' not 'schpeil'
I’m surprise that she provided you a better call Saul and not Stan and Ford having a similar dynamic
At some point, I really, REALLY hope you guys are able to take some time to listen to the audio commentaries for the Gravity Falls episodes. They're very well done and very interesting! On a different note, I did want to make one comment about the discussion on whether Ford would sacrifice in favor of saving his family, if he were in the same position, and your thoughts in reply. You brought up the example that he hid his journals, rather than destroyed them, because he didn't want to destroy the rest of his research; even though the stakes WERE really high and it probably would have been safer to destroy them, for sure.
The thing I wanted to point out was: remember that when we saw Ford in those scenes with Stan, Ford was pretty obviously not his normal self. You know, he had those dark circles under his eyes and unshaven, he was acting kind of crazy (answering the door with a crossbow while shouting "Have you come to STEAL MY EYES?"). The implication was meant to be that Ford was going crazy and kind of paranoid, and was in a desperate situation. At the time, in "A Tale of Two Stans", the audience doesn't know for sure WHY. Later, though -- and I know this isn't a spoiler, because having posted this ep reaction to UA-cam, you guys have already watched and posted the next episode to Patreon -- we find out it's because he realized Bill's true plans, and was trying to destroy the portal so that Bill couldn't use it. However, the problem was that he had already given Bill free access to possess his body whenever Bill wanted. He was clearly also afraid that Bill would possess or manipulate someone else, and try to steal the plans for the portal (that's what the "steal my eyes" line is about, and it's why he immediately used a flashlight to look at Stan's eyes -- he was trying to see if Bill was possessing Stan). I hope you'll read Journal 3 when you get finished with the series, because it has great extra info, and that includes (mild spoiler but more of a confirmation of the above implications) more details about trying to thwart Bill and destroy the portal -- including trying to stay awake for long periods of time.
Sleep deprivation does really bad things to the brain. Staying awake for too long results in a loss of cognitive and motor function very similar to being drunk. When you're sleep deprived, you aren't thinking clearly or always making rational decisions. There have always been hints throughout the series of Ford's mindset before he disappeared being really paranoid and erratic -- scrawling TRUST NO ONE on the first pages of Journal 3, deciding to use invisible ink so that "he" (i.e. Bill) couldn't see what he was writing, and writing a new page of warnings about Bill, a page that had blood spatters all over it. Of course, when the audience sees most of that evidence, we don't know the person behind it yet. Knowing that "The Author" seemed crazy and paranoid is one thing, when it's some faceless, mysterious person. But, once Ford returns, I feel like we don't see enough explicit connection made between some of the stuff written in the Journal, and the fact that now we have the guy right here in front of us.
Anyway, long story short: Ford's desperation to "hide" the journals, rather than destroy them (which would be simpler and easier) shouldn't be read as decisions made by someone who is thinking rationally. If he was thinking rationally, for example, he could have just *ripped out the specific pages* about building the Portal, and destroyed those, but leaving the rest of his research intact. But he's NOT making good decisions, and that's part of the show's point. His mental condition had really deteriorated -- not as dramatically as Fiddleford McGucket's later would, but yes, in a similar way, and for the same reason (Bill).
Therefore, I feel like you can't use that as evidence of what Ford would do in a hypothetical situation in which he's in his right mind.
Now, one aspect that I think really IS worth asking about is: we've seen Stan become more and more attached to the kids throughout the summer. Not that I think Stan wasn't attached to them before the summer, but everyone notices how much softer and more protective he gets of them as the summer goes on. In contrast -- Ford has been gone from his home dimension for 30 years, completely alone and running for his life the whole time; and he has only been back in Gravity Falls, at most, a few weeks. While he had a very positive reaction to the kids when he first arrived (he was clearly delighted to find out that he had a niece and nephew), he hasn't actually KNOWN them for very long. And his memories of his brother are also largely 30 years out of date. So I think it would be fair to ask: how attached can Ford be to his family, by this point in the series? Since he hasn't known any of them for very long. And how much that affect what he'd be willing to do to save them?
That hoodie kenny!
Making a movie reference make sense by using Taylor Swift was peak white woman
You know what i just realized Dipper has become more badass and manly from stans influence like Stan said in the episode dreamscapers
6:40 i love that XD
Ahh, I think if Bud was mayor he probably could've pardoned Gideon and got him out of jail.
I'm not American, can someone explain the Ronald Reagan joke?
Very biased perspective here, but Ronald Reagan was one of the worst presidents in American history, and for pretty much every president people make jokes and conspiracies that there are “handlers” controlling their decisions. Reagan would’ve been president around the time Ford was active, so that’s probably the main reason they named Reagan specifically
@@PencilKing21 appreciate it
@@Mutazili Also, there’s been a huge debate over the years over whether Reagan was developing dementia while still being president. If that is the case, it’s not a huge stretch to say that others in the White House started taking over decision-making.
Also, keep in mind Reagan was actually an actor before he went into politics. There are various theories and opinions related to that, from reasonable to bats*** insane.
@@theonegoldengryphon Like Joe Biden? I'm not American, but he seems a bit too old.
Not a favorite episode of mine, but might be the funniest of all them
Uh. Didn't we see this already?
No haha
8:16 Why people always think Stan did it, if Mabel in fact was controlling him, and didn't he said " In elementary school, in few years back" How he would do that only few years back?
No, what he says is, "In that elementary school, a few years back". Meaning that, as an adult, he released bees inside an elementary school. Of course, the question is, how did Mabel know about that? That's the first we've heard of it. But, it wouldn't make any sense for her to have him say it, if it wasn't something the townsfolk did know that he did. (On the other hand... isn't that the kind of incident that, up until recently, a lot of those involved would have probably had wiped from their memories by the Society for the Blind Eye? So the town really may NOT remember him doing it. If he did it.)
@@gryphonvert Believe what you believe, but I consider this moment unreliable, because it is much more likely to believe that Mabel did something like this in elementary school, since Dipper and Mabel just graduated from elementary school a "few years" back.
And she was "troublemaker" in school, it was confirmed in Gravity Falls book, "Dipper and Mabel and the Curse of the Time Pirates'', even tho it's confirmed to be non-canon, still glad we got something from their childhood.
And because it's not likely that every town folk got their mind whipped out, they would sure remember Stan done that.
@@wicked_person Okay! Not going to argue with you about it. However, the actual words of the line aren't a matter of belief or conjecture. What he actually says is, "In that elementary school", not "in elementary school".
@@gryphonvert Makes sense, but I still don't understand, why the hell she exposed him like that?
Using Taylor swift to explain Wilhem screams is so on brand for this channel
React to the beyblade series please😔
You guys look cute today
No, Montana, I agree… the scream is dumb. It pulls me out of films every time it’s used. I don’t care that it’s a “in-joke” to some people, it’s sooooo bad and less fun than if they just had the actor scream. 15:45