The Ghost of Greasy's

> *It's the next summer after the events of Weirdmageddon, and things are... surprisingly familiar in Gravity Falls. The Grunkles are back in town after months of adventuring, and Dipper Pines is beginning to realise that being a teenager doesn't provide all of the answers.*
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## The Ghost of Greasy's - Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pines

### AO3 URL

https://archiveofourown.org/works/24253900/chapters/58447660

### FF.net URL

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13607689/1/Episode-1-The-Ghost-of-Greasy-s

***The Ghost of Greasy's*** - ***Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love The Pines*** is the first episode of Return to the Falls, and sets up the lore of the series.

It is followed by ***Escape from Bloodcraft!***

### Synopsis

Summer rolls along in 2013, and Dipper and Mabel are returning to town after the events of Weirdmageddon, meeting up with their worn but far wealthier Grunkles. The entire town is happy to see them, still attributing the family as town heroes, and they are soon joined by Soos and Wendy with equal aplomb.

Pacifica Northwest, having grown increasingly estranged from her family, has been working at the Diner for a few months. She also managed to pick up Journal 3 from an Oregon Forestry Department bake sale, and has read through everything that Dipper and Mabel not only went through, but Dipper's feelings towards Pacifica.

She's eager to confront him, to prove she's changed - and voice concerns with the Diner, which is beginning to show the tell tale signs of being haunted, all connecting back to the railroad disaster of 1883 that eventually led to Greasy's being constructed.

### Chapter Titles

1. But first, a little bit of history
2. A Return to the Falls
3. Reform
4. The Journal
5. Sleepover - with a touch of insomnia
6. Breakfast at Stanffany's
7. The Ghost of Greasy's (At last!)
8. Aftermath
9. On the Lam
10. Conspiracy.
11. Less-Than Precious Family Moments
12. Return to the Shack
13. The Break In
14. The Morning After
15. Confrontation
16. Meanwhile
17. Business
18. Fin

### Character Revelations

* The Great Train Wreck of 1883 was caused by a Manotaur as well as Blendin Blandin.
* The crash involved a locomotive called Old Number 4.
* Greasy's Diner is built from seats, carriages and locomotive parts from the crash.
* The body of Greasy's Diner is a redwood tree called Marilyn, the stump of which still stands alongside the diner.
* Pacifica has been working at the diner since last summer.
* Pacifica owns Journal 3, while her father owns the first and second.
* Dipper and Mabel's parents are very *laissez-faire* about the events of last summer.
* Dipper is suffering from insomnia post Weirdmaggedon.
* Ford's bad eye has ghosted and may be partially blind. Stan has developed a limp and now seems to rely on his signature cane.
* The Grunkles have managed to stumble upon treasure, and Stan has been chatting up mermaids unsuccessfully.
* The Mystery Shack has become a very profitable business.
* Soos, Melody and Abuelita have moved into luxury Airstream trailers, to avoid the Shack's faulty wiring.
* Pacifica doesn't like to be called Paz, and despite her reformation, is still very sarcastic and sharp tongued.
* Ford is particularly sceptical of Pacifica owing to his experiences meeting Preston in Journal 3.

### References

* This fic is largely built from references in ***Gravity Falls: Journal 3***, such as the eponymous book being sold at a bake sale, the railroad crash, its ties to Blendin, and Dipper's writing about Pacifica.
* Pacifica's surprise towards Dipper having a phone is a reference to ***Gravity Falls: Lost Legends***
* The other journals having summoning spells are referenced throughout the series, Journal 3 and Lost Legends.
* The episode's subtitle is a reference to Stanley Kubrick's ***Dr. Strangelove.***
* The chapter title, Breakfast at Stanffany's is taken from the 1958 Novella, ***Breakfast at Tiffany's.***
* Soos owning an airstream trailer is a reference to ***Ash vs Evil Dead.***
* Ford's method of communicating with the spirit is a reference to ***Stranger Things.***
* Stan proclaiming 'you wanna get nuts? let's get nuts!' is a reference to ***Batman 1989.***
* Cauliflower Patch Kid Dolls are a blatant reference to ***Cabbage Patch Kids***, and their obvious demonic tendencies.

### Accompanying Comic Strips

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