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“Man, RVs are amazing. I can’t believe we’re sitting at a table in a moving vehicle.”

Old men teaching young men to hit on women is a time-honored part of masculinity, but it isn’t hard to see the predatory undertones in teaching boys to pursue and charm. Gravity Falls comes at the institution with a man-eating spider woman named Darlene who preys on gullible, flattery-susceptible men looking to sweet-talk her and pick her up. Darlene is the grisly keystone to an episode of Stan and Dipper bonding after Dipper seeks out Stan’s advice when he finds himself too nervous and hung up on Wendy to talk to other girls. “I don’t know Grunkle Stan, this sounds kind of jerky,” he hesitates when Stan advises him to be a wise-cracking wad. Stan scoffs. “Hey, ‘Jerky’ is just a term non-jerks use to badmouth innocent jerks.”

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