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[Oh good, it’s Mabel Pines. This bodes well! What doesn’t bode well is that she’s outside the mess that is Heropa 18, wearing a sweet helmet and with two piles of junk sitting on the front lawn visible in the frame. Piles of junk that might, in a galaxy long ago and far away, be a “pod racer.” Except these definitely have more rockets attached to the sides. Like, an excessive amount of rockets.]

Hey guys! Mabel Pines here-- oh and Dipper! [Who waves distractedly at the camera as he puts the finishing touches on his racer.] We just wanted to remind everybody to save the date. The date being August 31st! ‘Cause it’s our birthday and it’s gonna be a celebonanzapalooza to be remembered. We’ll be celebrating being fourteen-- totally seasoned teenagers!-- in major style. And all of you are invited!

[In the background, the pod racers gently lift off the ground. There's a faint humming noise and a weird glow. This actually looks like it might work?? Dipper gives Mabel a thumbs up and adjusts his helmet, only for one of the racers to make an alarming pinging sound and suddenly list to one side. He smacks something and everything straightens out.]

We really do mean all, even you new people! Every imPort’s a friend of the Pines family, except for that one guy and he knows who he is. Come by, say hi, get cake! Bring presents.

[Dipper nods at Mabel, and the twins snap on some sweet goggles in synch. Several pigs with fire extinguishers in their mouths stand at attention. Mabel makes to turn off the camera before she remembers--]

--and if you’re in Heropa we’re sorry about the noise!

[Mabel gives a jaunty wave and the camera turns off as they hop in their racers. The people of Heropa will get treated to some alarming drag racing noises and some minor explosions in the next few minutes. Everyone else-- hey, you’re invited to a party! If the kids are still alive to host it!]

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And... it's here?

Yep, asleep in Stan's chair! Probably? He usually sleeps through loud noises.

Why haven't I ever seen this thing?

'Cause I dressed him up as a bear for Summerween and the rest of the time he lies around like a rug that eats things. I think Dipper walks him sometimes with Ken and Koromaru? But it's tough since he's so much bigger than Dipper.

Oh, shit! That was him? I liked that guy. Dog... thing.

He's definitely a dog! And not a robot or a reverse werewolf. I checked! [She just pokes him a couple times during the full moon.] He's a good dog but not as good as Koromaru, I've tried to put him in outfits and he rolls out of them.

...so I guess he likes shirts as much as you, do actually.

Well shit! Glad you know what to look for on reverse werewolves. [He is only partially teasing her.]

Dog after my own heart then. He probably knows he looks as good as I do without one.

Not a lot of people do! They're pretty rare.

Okay but neither of you have considered the fashion options you're missing out on!

Then congrats on being my number-one werewolf expert. You'll never hear the end of me.

Hey, I wear pants! That's fashion enough.

I'll start pulling some research for you! There's this really great book about teenage werewolves that can answer any question you could ever have.

[As long as the question was "how dreamy are teen boy werewolves, on a scale of 1-10." The answer: 99.]

But there could be so much more! Your cool eyepatch makes up for some of it but there are sooo many lost opportunities for things like fun sayings and animal patterns.