{"id":6238,"date":"2015-10-14T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/?p=6238"},"modified":"2015-10-11T16:43:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T20:43:22","slug":"31-days-of-halloween-episodes-little-gift-shop-of-horrors-gravity-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hardwoodandhollywood.com\/pop-culture-spin\/2015\/10\/14\/31-days-of-halloween-episodes-little-gift-shop-of-horrors-gravity-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"31 Days of Halloween Episodes: Little Gift Shop of Horrors (Gravity Falls)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here at\u00a0Pop Culture Spin<\/i>\u00a0we refuse to accept that Halloween is only one day. We\u2019re going to be celebrating Halloween all month, by highlighting one of our favorite Halloween episodes every day. Today\u2019s we\u2019re looking at the Gravity Falls<\/em> episode “Little Gift Shop of Horrors.”<\/p>\n

Basic Info<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by: Stephen Sandoval<\/p>\n

Written by:\u00a0Shion Takeuchi, Matt Chapman & Alex Hirsch<\/p>\n

Episode Number: Season 2, Episode 6<\/p>\n

Where to Watch It: The Disney XD website<\/p>\n

Why It’s Great<\/strong><\/p>\n

This Halloween special is an anthology episode of weird scary stories. In the opening, Grunkle Stan greets the viewer and gives him his introduction to the episode: “Well, hello there, traveler. I see your car broke down on this lonesome country road, a place so remote that\u00a0no one can hear your screams. Pretend I didn\u2019t say that. Come in, come in, but be warned: if you enter, you may be subjected to my tales\u2026 Tales designed to sell my merchandise!” He laughs maniacally but quickly explains, “Sorry. I was thinking about something funny I heard earlier.”<\/p>\n

Why It’s Full of Halloween Spirit<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every Gravity Falls<\/em> episode has plenty of supernatural creeps, but they really go for it in this episode with witch’s curses, a super-intelligent pig and stop-motion creatures that come to life.<\/p>\n

They nail a silly-scary tone. When a witch removes Granule Stan’s hands in one of the stories, he finds her and tells her, “Now can I have my hands back? I have a certain gesture I’d like to share with you.”<\/p>\n

Another story deals with Mabel’s fear of stop-motion animation. When she finds out that all stop-motion animation characters are actually real and life-size, she happily announces, “I’m scared twice as much now. But now I know it’s rational!”<\/p>\n

The story where Mabel’s pig becomes hyper-intelligent (and is voiced by guest star Neil Degrasse Tyson) feels less Halloween-y but it is very sweet.<\/p>\n

Costume Count<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sadly, there are no costumes in this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here at\u00a0Pop Culture Spin\u00a0we refuse to accept that Halloween is only one day. We\u2019re going to be celebrating Halloween all month, by highlighting one of our favorite Halloween episodes every day. Today\u2019s we\u2019re looking at the Gravity Falls episode “Little Gift Shop of Horrors.” Basic Info Directed by: Stephen Sandoval Written by:\u00a0Shion Takeuchi, Matt Chapman<\/p>\n

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