Funny little detail in "Tale of Two Stans" episode when we see the shack before Stan moved in and there's *actually* a booby-trap door in the living room!
Also a fun detail, when he says “which one of these is the trap door???” Because it’s not his house. He wouldn’t know where it is. I love that everything really comes full circle.
@@Redfork2000 she's a character from the newer show The Owl House - technically takes place in the same universe but are fully distinct with none of the same characters, hints have nodded to the fact that Eda and Stan were married though and it's fair considering the strong overlap between development teams. It's not a continuation of Gravity falls or anything like that. It's a bit different in some parts of its vibe, similar in others, and it is a great show made by many of the same minds!
I think that you need zero context to understand this scene. That actually means that it's a very well made scene because it tells you so much without explicitly saying it.
This can be confusing so I’ll explain it from most simple to most complex: The old man is a professional con man. (Spoilers ahead) Ducktective is a show about a duck who is a detective. However, he needs to solve the mystery surrounding all the strange happenings within the town. Also, halfway through the show it’s revealed that Ducktective has a twin who is able to get the drop on Ducktective, at which point it becomes something of a pissing contest between the two brothers for superiority. They make peace in the end tho, only for Ducktective to sacrifice himself for his ducktwin
I mean it’s really a shame, ducktective had so much potential to go down as one of the best, if not THE best, shows of all time. Too bad they ended it in such a fashion.
He says wich one of these is the trap door because Ford was the original owner of the house and filled it with traps, he doesn't know wich one is it because he did not built it.
an older gentlemen bored watching TV: he's definitely grumpy he wears an eye patch to answer the door despite not needing one: he's definitely a con artist he's running from the "tax collector": he's definitely greedy his money is hid behind a secret compartment: he definitely got in trouble with authorities more than once has a trapdoor somewhere, likely an exit or hiding place which supports the theory above... this scene speaks for itself really
he literally said there is a trap door, it's stan, you think he wouldn't be serious when the deal is tax evasion? plus there are several tunnels up and down, I think Stanford said once, the vending machine is just one of them, there was DEFINITELY an actual trap door in there
Can we just appreciate the fact that Stan took the money _out_ of the super secret hidden compartment to save it from the IRS man? My dude... That's not how "hiding the cash" works.
I love how I know reasons behind everything that happened here. Gravity Falls was one of the best parts of my childhood, and I have all the episodes on my phone, except the Time Baby thing
Ahem, I shall do my best to explain: This scene is just a wild part of a majestic fever dream of a man called Alex, who happened to encounter a dream demon. Said dream demon (let's call him Bill for simplicity) struck a deal with young Alex, allowing Alex to become the god of his own world, a place called Gravity Falls, so long as Alex allowed Bill to wreak havoc as he saw fit. This goes on well until the people in Alex's world become dissatisfied with Bill intervening, particularly an intelligent man named Stanford who at once had considered Bill a friend, but soon betrays Bill and becomes a problem for both Bill and Alex. They must work together to get Stanford out of the picture. One fight with his twin brother and an accident with a portal later, and Alex and Bill have won, leaving the less dangerous twin brother, Stanley, behind. That is until roughly 30 years later when another set of twins called Dipper an Mabel stumble into Alex's Kingdom one summer. Through several series of shenanigans and craziness, Dipper, Mabel and Stanley (who took on his twin Stanford's identity for nearly 30 years), among other friends, manage to outwit Alex and Bill. This upsets Alex and Bill, so they manage to make the summer stretch on for what feels like 4 years, as Dipper, Mabel and Stan slog through multiple different trials and mysteries. Eventually through sheer dumb luck they manage to break through Alex's god-like abilities and return Stanford back to their world. This causes Alex and Bill to escalate their plans, to keep their world under control, and eventually leads to a mini apocalypse called Weirdmageddon, in which Bill is ultimately defeated (or is he? 😉 ), and Alex is left powerless, and leaves his kingdom, giving up his god-like powers over the people of Gravity Falls. This allows time to return to it's normal flow, and the 4 year summer to officially end. As a result Dipper and Mabel must head home to their parents, but all is well as Bill has been defeated and Alex hasn't touched Gravity Falls since he lost his abilities when Bill was defeated. I hope that was a suitable explanation of this scene. The tax collector, I can't explain... 😥
It took me until just now to realize that he’s not committing tax fraud as a “haha funny conman joke” he’s doing it because he has literally no other choice but to file under Stanford Pines
I honestly think most people who do these "show this to someone with no context" don't understand how the formula works. Like most others, this video seems to show a clip which perfectly stands on its own, instead of showing something that actually seems really odd out of context (like a snippet of the third act of a random episode, where you actually lack the in-episode context needed to understand what is happening). They also seem to always show an entire action, instead of cutting mid-way through a key moment - which makes any scene much funnier (for example, cutting this video to 0:13, as he is dropping the smoke bomb, would've made it much better). It's not that the clip itself isn't funny, it's just that lacking context doesn't make it funnier (in fact, I think it makes it less funny).
Considering Stan’s motivation, he’d probably disappear into a safe house for a hot minute before returning to secure the portal, somehow give the shack to Soos and continue his work behind the scenes.
I've never seen Gravity Falls so here's my take: This is clearly just Mr. Krabs but different. Instead of being Pirate themed, he's Mystic-themed. Instead of having a whale-daughter he adores, he has a 1980's son and daughter he... Well, idk if he adores his kids/grandkids but he at least let's them hang with him so.... 🤷♂️
You're not far off actually. You're mostly right. So Stan (the old guy) is an owner of a small museum that is called the Mystery Shack and it's themed around cryptids and the supernatural. The exhibits are phony, but he manages to make money off it through overpricing and basically conning people (and occasionally committing tax evasion, tax fraud, and counterfeiting, which he got the two kids involved in once). The two kids, by the way, are actually not his son and daughter, but his niece and nephew. Their names Dipper and Mabel. He's pretty tough on them (mostly Dipper) but he does actually deeply care about them (putting aside the fact he once pit them against each other in a competition to see who got to have the secret room as their bedroom and taping them fighting-- even though Dipper was possessed at that time-- with the intent to make money off it). There was a time he took them fishing because he genuinely wanted to spend time with them and another time and admits that he's tough on Dipper because he wanted to toughen him up and make him stand up for himself and others.
I haven’t ever watched Gravity Falls and I understand this scene perfectly. Edited: Now having watched Gravity Falls, I can safely say that I was only half right about this scene.
Well it's quite simple really, he regularly commits massive Tax Fraud :)
Just your average Oregon Uncle
Don’t you mean Grunkle?
You joke but my uncle was arrested for fraud in 86
@@jubies6286 you’re one smart person-
You mean “grunkle”
LOL
Impressive how he managed to avoid paying taxes for so long.
In the eyes of a fellow gravity falls watcher (if you do watch it) it prob shouldn’t be
@@johnnyjoestar1909 Unless you want to debate if he's (not) paying taxes as Stanley or Stanford
@@shinyagumon7015 "Stanley" was dead. Remember? Can't tax a dead man
@@couchpotato2222 I didn't know that. My bad.
@@shinyagumon7015 no, cause we both know he doesn’t especially y’know with him being dead
Not even the Joker wanted to fight the IRS, gotta hand it to Stanley for his bravery.
I think you mean insanity
Grunkle Stan>Batman>The Joker
That's true
No, not even Stanley is stupid enough to fight the tax-collectors. The only option is to run for the hills if you dont meet their demands
@O-01-45 would you fight the IRS? find out when the clock strikes 12 :)
Honestly I think this stands on its own just fine.
You mean it STANs on its own?
@@Verbindungsfehle God damnit, you beat me to the punch
Yeah
He's just playing hide and seek on money with the tax collector
yup! i agreee
@@Verbindungsfehle you really just beat us all here didn’t you?
Funny little detail in "Tale of Two Stans" episode when we see the shack before Stan moved in and there's *actually* a booby-trap door in the living room!
I absolutely love how consistent Alex was as a writer and he didn't just put things in as a joke, they always had some kind of meaning
Meaning or not, this is still a hilarious scene!
Welp time to go rewatch that episode.
That's the context that's missing for people who've never watched Gravity Falls
Also a fun detail, when he says “which one of these is the trap door???” Because it’s not his house. He wouldn’t know where it is. I love that everything really comes full circle.
"You found me!"
Every robber who gets caught
Me: oh you rascal!
Robber: *chuckles* you found me!
*sitcom laugh track*
Or drug dealer or bootlegger or murderer or lost person or arsonist or rapist burglar
Well that's just Stan for you
"And I would have gotten away with too! If it weren't for you meddling kids!"
Goebbels said something like this about swindlers "I've been found out".
This scene is possibly Stan’s second greatest fear, second only to his family about to die to an immortal chaos demon
No, at least not at the beginning of the series. His biggest fear was ladders/heights before he knew about the chaos demon
You can defeat Bill but you can NEVER defeat the IRS
@@RedBroski hey >:(
Heyoo 👋
And heights
What baby cartoons teach: tell the truth, sharing is caring, pick up after yourself, etc
What mature cartoons teach: *fear the IRS*
Even the Joker fears the IRS.
@@kinggalactix that is true
@@stevennguyen8935 I know. The IRS is the greatest villain ever.
Ah yes, mature, you know, the ones you can show your 10 year old
And the use of a well timed smokebomb!
"THE TAX COLLECTOR! You've found me! Which one of these is the trapdoor?"
- Grunkle Stan
I agree
@@jasonsmith6219 lol
I too watched the video.
@@jasonsmith6219 nice
Taxation 😏😏😌 is theft 😎😎😎😎
Headcanon: Mabel spends so much time upside down, she modified all her skirts to remain up when she's doing it.
she just is great at balancing
May you tell me why you were looking at that specific area?
@@KingKablooie The legs? Because the thing's(the character) so small on the screen it fits entirely into my attention area
@@KingKablooie I like to rewatch scenes several times and look at what each character is doing.
@@KingKablooie its nothing weird dude, its just something you notice when you watch the show.
He probably should've assumed something given the guy answered from the door that goes into the actual house and not the mystery shack museum.
I dunno why he said the mystery shack line, it's the front door
Perhaps some people accidentally try to enter through the house. Stan is probably used to it so he automatically introduces himself from there.
@@skips_51 that’s…actually a really good point
@@tahraethestoryteller6079 yeah true that
Eda: "Yup, that’s definitely my ex-husband."
Who is Eda? I keep hearing this character being mentioned in almost every one of these.
Eda is a character from The Owl House
@@Redfork2000 Eda is a character from a show called ‘the owl house’ she was Stan’s husband for about a day before she ran away.
@@Redfork2000 Gruncle Stan except it’s a She and they care for who they are taking care of
@@Redfork2000 she's a character from the newer show The Owl House - technically takes place in the same universe but are fully distinct with none of the same characters, hints have nodded to the fact that Eda and Stan were married though and it's fair considering the strong overlap between development teams.
It's not a continuation of Gravity falls or anything like that. It's a bit different in some parts of its vibe, similar in others, and it is a great show made by many of the same minds!
I feel like this is one of the few Gravity Falls scenes that DO make sense out of context.
I think that you need zero context to understand this scene. That actually means that it's a very well made scene because it tells you so much without explicitly saying it.
Hello there!
KENOBI!!!
@@mcyoinet3266 general kenobi
Man you are the Real one the only and original legend!!!
Hello there!
To the people who don't watch Gravity Falls this looks like an old man tried to escape from his parole officer
or a tax collector, like he said 🤷
@@bearpoints or both
To the people who did watch Gravity Falls... this is still pretty accurate
That's pretty much what it is
This can be confusing so I’ll explain it from most simple to most complex:
The old man is a professional con man.
(Spoilers ahead)
Ducktective is a show about a duck who is a detective. However, he needs to solve the mystery surrounding all the strange happenings within the town. Also, halfway through the show it’s revealed that Ducktective has a twin who is able to get the drop on Ducktective, at which point it becomes something of a pissing contest between the two brothers for superiority. They make peace in the end tho, only for Ducktective to sacrifice himself for his ducktwin
I am not sure that ending fits ducktective. I mean litterally shooting your twin seems a lot worse than anything ford or even stan ever did
I mean it’s really a shame, ducktective had so much potential to go down as one of the best, if not THE best, shows of all time. Too bad they ended it in such a fashion.
Wow, DuckTales went way further off the rails than I thought.
Duck version of Sherlock Holmes
....was the shows the characters watching foreshadowing everything the entire time!?
Gotta appreciate the fake window that's actually just a painting, LOL. Genius spot to hide something behind.
i dont think its meant to be a fake window i thinks its an actual painting
0:08 that was very impressive lol he should be a magician!
Probably one of his scams
He kinda is already
He says wich one of these is the trap door because Ford was the original owner of the house and filled it with traps, he doesn't know wich one is it because he did not built it.
in a tale of two stans you can actually see a button on that wall, insinuating that stanley covered up an actual trap door on that wall
Oh, that makes a lot of sense, I love that
@@metroidcum yep yep!
Just a little thing thats so interesting to see on a rewatch
this doesn't need context, it functions perfectly to describe his character. this is its own explanation.
Yoshi disguises himself as an old man.
But the question is, where is SMG4?
I'm dying 🤣
Yes.
SMG4 references
As a kid I didn’t know what taxes were and now I’m like damn Stan u did the right thing 💀
“The Tax Collector?! Ya found me!!!”
- Al Capone, who was arrested by the IRS
I never liked the IRS
I'm so proud of myself for knowing the context of this clip 😂
You don't need context. It is the context
I don’t remember him talking about a trap door..
“Suck a lemon, little man” 😂
Which episode is it from?
@@tylerdapkus1023 It’s the beginning of the episode “Little Dipper”
an older gentlemen bored watching TV: he's definitely grumpy
he wears an eye patch to answer the door despite not needing one: he's definitely a con artist
he's running from the "tax collector": he's definitely greedy
his money is hid behind a secret compartment: he definitely got in trouble with authorities more than once
has a trapdoor somewhere, likely an exit or hiding place which supports the theory above...
this scene speaks for itself really
Spot on assessment.
“Oh my god they found me, I don’t know how, but they found me”- Doc Brown
An old man scared of being caught after so many years
I know this is a kids cartoon but it absolutely has jokes that adults can enjoy too. This one was perfect😂
*WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU KIDS IM GOING TO DISASSEMBLE YOUR MOLECULES.*
As someone who’s never seen this show. This clip stands well enough on its own that it seems I can follow just fine.
That’s what you think!
Explain what? This seems like a competely natural and reasonable reaction to the Tax Collector
Kind Grandpa plans surprise vacation with two grandkids
I love how nowadays scenes “without context” have perfect context
Lmao, he even tries to find the trapdoor
There’s absolute gold in some of the deleted scenes
@ℙ𝕦𝕣𝕠 Yeah, it’s from the very beginning of Little Dipper.
@ℙ𝕦𝕣𝕠 the deleted ones are usually half way done. Without colour usually
Then Imagine the look on their face when you explain that he is pretending to be his twin brother who is stuck in another dimension.
Glad to see this community is still alive and thriving ✨
As an adult you'll find out the Tax Collector is the scariest monster in your life.
Gruncle Stan: I'm crazy enough to take on dinosaurs and zombies, but the IRS no thank you!!!
I feel like they should know almost everything they need to know from just this
I think its pretty self explanatory. The wizard doesnt wanna pay his taxes
You found me!!! Made me laugh out loud
I don't think this requires any explanation, it's a pretty common and understandable cartoon trope.
I love the fact he always carries a smoke bomb just in case of anything
Spoilers
I love how there's probably a trap door somewhere there since there house is right above a secrete underground lab
he literally said there is a trap door, it's stan, you think he wouldn't be serious when the deal is tax evasion? plus there are several tunnels up and down, I think Stanford said once, the vending machine is just one of them, there was DEFINITELY an actual trap door in there
There is actually a trap door button there, I was used in one of the episodes.
@@Drip_Wooper there is one!
In the twins episode you can actually see it.
"I'm crazy enough to take on a cyclopic evil Dorito, but the IRS? NO WAY!"
As someone who’s absorbed the plot through cultural osmosis, I know exactly what’s going on, though I might be cheating.
Found footage of me avoiding the IRS.
I am now realizing Stan is freaking out because he’s not being called stan ford just Stan pines. He thought the government was on to him
So Stan joins anime characters with his “closing his eyes for no reason when greeting someone”
There's nothing to explain, what you see is what you get
He’s being the perfect role model
I've never seen this show and I thought this scene was great, I might be missing context but it made sense to me, and I liked it
Your not missing amy relevant context. Scene explains itself. This is a good show BTW. You should watch it.
I like how stanford pines just has smoke bombs up his sleeves constantly.
Stanley*
No explanation needed, this is the normal reaction people have when the IRS come’s a knocking.
As someone who has not seen gravity falls, i understand this perfectly
You know what, i'm gonna rewatch this show, the last time i saw it was back in 2018, enjoyed every episode
I think this actually explains the show to people who haven’t seen it before
What's funny is so many adults fear the IRS yet young Sheldon doesn't he even pointed out a mistake they made and beat them
You don’t even need context for this scene, that’s what I love about it
I'm so glad I went back and rewatched this series 😂
Can we just appreciate the fact that Stan took the money _out_ of the super secret hidden compartment to save it from the IRS man?
My dude... That's not how "hiding the cash" works.
Nephew just found out his great uncle hasn’t paid his taxes during summer vacation
First the Joker. Now Stan. The IRS is something else. Perfect scene.
Are you kidding me this is like the most straightforward sensical portion of gravity falls you could’ve possibly chosen
I love how I know reasons behind everything that happened here. Gravity Falls was one of the best parts of my childhood, and I have all the episodes on my phone, except the Time Baby thing
Ahem, I shall do my best to explain:
This scene is just a wild part of a majestic fever dream of a man called Alex, who happened to encounter a dream demon. Said dream demon (let's call him Bill for simplicity) struck a deal with young Alex, allowing Alex to become the god of his own world, a place called Gravity Falls, so long as Alex allowed Bill to wreak havoc as he saw fit. This goes on well until the people in Alex's world become dissatisfied with Bill intervening, particularly an intelligent man named Stanford who at once had considered Bill a friend, but soon betrays Bill and becomes a problem for both Bill and Alex. They must work together to get Stanford out of the picture. One fight with his twin brother and an accident with a portal later, and Alex and Bill have won, leaving the less dangerous twin brother, Stanley, behind. That is until roughly 30 years later when another set of twins called Dipper an Mabel stumble into Alex's Kingdom one summer. Through several series of shenanigans and craziness, Dipper, Mabel and Stanley (who took on his twin Stanford's identity for nearly 30 years), among other friends, manage to outwit Alex and Bill. This upsets Alex and Bill, so they manage to make the summer stretch on for what feels like 4 years, as Dipper, Mabel and Stan slog through multiple different trials and mysteries. Eventually through sheer dumb luck they manage to break through Alex's god-like abilities and return Stanford back to their world. This causes Alex and Bill to escalate their plans, to keep their world under control, and eventually leads to a mini apocalypse called Weirdmageddon, in which Bill is ultimately defeated (or is he? 😉 ), and Alex is left powerless, and leaves his kingdom, giving up his god-like powers over the people of Gravity Falls. This allows time to return to it's normal flow, and the 4 year summer to officially end. As a result Dipper and Mabel must head home to their parents, but all is well as Bill has been defeated and Alex hasn't touched Gravity Falls since he lost his abilities when Bill was defeated.
I hope that was a suitable explanation of this scene.
The tax collector, I can't explain... 😥
This is P E R F E C T I O N
These theories always were wildin in this fandom
YOU FOUND ME!!! Always had me dying
You see, he didn’t want the tax collector to take his money.
As someone who’s never seen the show, I can completely understand and relate
,,i don't care who the IRS sends i am not paying taxes"
Compared to many other parts of this show, this probably wouldn't look too wrong to someone who's never seen the show.
Alternate title: Stan Pines defined in 20 seconds
He really should have run some simulation drills with the kids. The man’s supposed to be a trained apocalypse prep-er
It took me until just now to realize that he’s not committing tax fraud as a “haha funny conman joke” he’s doing it because he has literally no other choice but to file under Stanford Pines
Boomer evades the tax collector and commits tax fraud
Back in my day..
This was the original Stranger Things…
Until someone made ‘Stranger Things’; without the writers consent.
I haven't seen Gravity Falls, this still makes perfect sense.
What are you doing ?!?!
Go watch the show from the begin to the end before you'll die !
@@fleurdujour2551 I'm just not interested.
@@Blu_Moon_VA just kindly , watch it if you Can , you will thank me later
"It's EXACTLY what it looks like."
This is funny and I don't want to know how Stan Pines commits Tax Fraud!🤣❤🤩⭐👍
"tax evasion is a crime, vergil."
"IT'S AN OBLIGATION."
dante and vergil fighting over random tax money in the background:
Wait, doesn't everyone have an uncle like this?
Not in either sides of my family. In fact, one of my uncles is a cop.
Stan is so relatable sometimes 😂😂😂
I honestly think most people who do these "show this to someone with no context" don't understand how the formula works. Like most others, this video seems to show a clip which perfectly stands on its own, instead of showing something that actually seems really odd out of context (like a snippet of the third act of a random episode, where you actually lack the in-episode context needed to understand what is happening). They also seem to always show an entire action, instead of cutting mid-way through a key moment - which makes any scene much funnier (for example, cutting this video to 0:13, as he is dropping the smoke bomb, would've made it much better).
It's not that the clip itself isn't funny, it's just that lacking context doesn't make it funnier (in fact, I think it makes it less funny).
The fact that there isn’t much context for this scene even if you’ve watched the show 😂
I haven't watched Gravity Falls, and I think I understood what's going on here
Considering Stan’s motivation, he’d probably disappear into a safe house for a hot minute before returning to secure the portal, somehow give the shack to Soos and continue his work behind the scenes.
As a fellow tax fraud enthusiast, I approve
Old man with 2 kids trys to evade the IRS from getting the tax monney
This scene is so perfect it gives itself context 😂
No need, the scene explains itself
I've never seen Gravity Falls so here's my take:
This is clearly just Mr. Krabs but different. Instead of being Pirate themed, he's Mystic-themed. Instead of having a whale-daughter he adores, he has a 1980's son and daughter he... Well, idk if he adores his kids/grandkids but he at least let's them hang with him so.... 🤷♂️
You're not far off actually. You're mostly right.
So Stan (the old guy) is an owner of a small museum that is called the Mystery Shack and it's themed around cryptids and the supernatural. The exhibits are phony, but he manages to make money off it through overpricing and basically conning people (and occasionally committing tax evasion, tax fraud, and counterfeiting, which he got the two kids involved in once).
The two kids, by the way, are actually not his son and daughter, but his niece and nephew. Their names Dipper and Mabel. He's pretty tough on them (mostly Dipper) but he does actually deeply care about them (putting aside the fact he once pit them against each other in a competition to see who got to have the secret room as their bedroom and taping them fighting-- even though Dipper was possessed at that time-- with the intent to make money off it). There was a time he took them fishing because he genuinely wanted to spend time with them and another time and admits that he's tough on Dipper because he wanted to toughen him up and make him stand up for himself and others.
@@HoV326 their hus great niece and nephew. He's their great-uncke, not their uncle. Though he is referred to as such.
Not 1980s. This show is set in 2012.
Funny enough that the Skill Crane made a similar joke, except it came before Gravity Falls.
Perfectly normal reaction.
I haven’t ever watched Gravity Falls and I understand this scene perfectly.
Edited: Now having watched Gravity Falls, I can safely say that I was only half right about this scene.
The Tax Collector! You found me! I laugh every time I hear that line!😂
To be honest i think that this is just your average american.
I've never seen a single Gravity Falls and I understand this completely.
First
No
Your second
Sorry
@@unkown_bored first means first comment, not view.
@@mmkhperson2 oops my bad then, ye I was the first view
THEY CALLED HIM "STAN" INSTEAD OF "FORD/STANFORD" THEY WERE ONTO HIM
As someone who has never seen Gravity Falls, I do believe that the tax collector has found him
No explanation needed, this sums up Stan quite well