Soos and the real girl is a very quality episode of gravity falls. It's not as good as Fight Fighters, but it's still plenty good.
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Soos Episode!
doomedmac12 December 2020
Hilarious
HoopaDaBoopa12 August 2022
I'm currently on a Gravity Falls rewatch, and this was BY FAR my favorite episode so far. I liked the spooky elements akin to Doki Doki Literature Club and FNAF, but the comedy really made this episode soar. Gravity Falls has great comedy throughout, but I was cackling and belly-laughing throughout the entire episode.
Just monika
renzgarciano6 September 2021
6
Edvis-19977 June 2019
Ehhh... this would work better as a Teenage Euthanasia episode.
spacemafia11 March 2023
To be completely honest, the raw premise of this episode, including how Soos is a loner with no girlfriend, and the interactions he's had with GIFfany (including with how GIFfany tries desperately hard to convince Soos that real girls won't love him as much as GIFfany), would absolutely be more fitting for Teenage Euthanasia than it is for Gravity Falls.
I personally feel as though relationships (and romance in general) is one of Gravity Falls' weakest subjects/topic areas. I mean, look at episodes that focus on Dipper's "relationship" with Wendy, that ended up being a trainwreck. Also with Mabel failing to find a boyfriend of herself. That alone shows that it just isn't fitting for Gravity Falls at all. Many other shows have handled these sorts of relationships a lot better.
And then you've got this episode, where Soos is in a pretty similar situation to Pete (from Teenage Euthanasia) in terms of his relationship status and how he is when interacting with women (which is far from ideal if I do say so myself). The way Soos finds a dating game, Romance Academy 7, and spends a huge amount of time on GIFfany, and with how after spending that much time with GIFfany that he doesn't even want to go out into the real world, that definitely is very out of character for Soos (and for this show as a whole). The message that GIFfany is trying to send to Soos that he should just spend time with her and not with any real women, that's the sort of message I definitely don't expect to hear at all in this show.
This is the sort of message that would work beautifully for Teenage Euthanasia, as Pete is a very strong mama's boy who has no real chance in the dating world, with Baba trying to convince Pete (and by extension Annie) that it's not a good idea for them making friends. By this, that's where Pete really shines (in my opinion) as it definitely feels relatable and makes many of his characteristics (in general) more pronounced.
But for Gravity Falls, it just simply put does not work. Especially when you consider the target demographics for this show and with what the show is like as a whole.
In this episode, you've also got Melody, who I personally see as like a 'counterpart' to Svetlana (who makes an appearance in the Teenage Euthanasia episode Suddenly Susan). Melody is someone (in the real world) who actually shows some sort of interest in Soos, but of course it's GIFfany who ruins their whole relationship and dynamic (unsurprisingly). It was inherently obvious what was going to happen with their relationship because of how much time Soos had spent with GIFfany, and with GIFfany's personality, so let's just say, not surprisingly, Soos' relationship status still remains the same after this episode.
So overall, this at first glance seems like an interesting idea for an episode. But when you actually delve in and have a deep look at what the whole premise and storyline of this episode is about, it feels as though Gravity Falls is not the right show for this sort of premise. The message GIFfany is trying to convey, as well as GIFfany's personality in general, is very fitting for Teenage Euthanasia, as the target audience and demographic Teenage Euthanasia appeals to would certainly appreciate an episode like this. That show also already has proper counterparts to the characters in this episode, such as Pete (the counterpart to Soos), Svetlana (the counterpart to Melody) and Petetini (the counterpart to GIFfany). As such, this is the sort of episode that works beautifully for Teenage Euthanasia, but not so much for Gravity Falls.
I personally feel as though relationships (and romance in general) is one of Gravity Falls' weakest subjects/topic areas. I mean, look at episodes that focus on Dipper's "relationship" with Wendy, that ended up being a trainwreck. Also with Mabel failing to find a boyfriend of herself. That alone shows that it just isn't fitting for Gravity Falls at all. Many other shows have handled these sorts of relationships a lot better.
And then you've got this episode, where Soos is in a pretty similar situation to Pete (from Teenage Euthanasia) in terms of his relationship status and how he is when interacting with women (which is far from ideal if I do say so myself). The way Soos finds a dating game, Romance Academy 7, and spends a huge amount of time on GIFfany, and with how after spending that much time with GIFfany that he doesn't even want to go out into the real world, that definitely is very out of character for Soos (and for this show as a whole). The message that GIFfany is trying to send to Soos that he should just spend time with her and not with any real women, that's the sort of message I definitely don't expect to hear at all in this show.
This is the sort of message that would work beautifully for Teenage Euthanasia, as Pete is a very strong mama's boy who has no real chance in the dating world, with Baba trying to convince Pete (and by extension Annie) that it's not a good idea for them making friends. By this, that's where Pete really shines (in my opinion) as it definitely feels relatable and makes many of his characteristics (in general) more pronounced.
But for Gravity Falls, it just simply put does not work. Especially when you consider the target demographics for this show and with what the show is like as a whole.
In this episode, you've also got Melody, who I personally see as like a 'counterpart' to Svetlana (who makes an appearance in the Teenage Euthanasia episode Suddenly Susan). Melody is someone (in the real world) who actually shows some sort of interest in Soos, but of course it's GIFfany who ruins their whole relationship and dynamic (unsurprisingly). It was inherently obvious what was going to happen with their relationship because of how much time Soos had spent with GIFfany, and with GIFfany's personality, so let's just say, not surprisingly, Soos' relationship status still remains the same after this episode.
So overall, this at first glance seems like an interesting idea for an episode. But when you actually delve in and have a deep look at what the whole premise and storyline of this episode is about, it feels as though Gravity Falls is not the right show for this sort of premise. The message GIFfany is trying to convey, as well as GIFfany's personality in general, is very fitting for Teenage Euthanasia, as the target audience and demographic Teenage Euthanasia appeals to would certainly appreciate an episode like this. That show also already has proper counterparts to the characters in this episode, such as Pete (the counterpart to Soos), Svetlana (the counterpart to Melody) and Petetini (the counterpart to GIFfany). As such, this is the sort of episode that works beautifully for Teenage Euthanasia, but not so much for Gravity Falls.
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