The Best Episodes Directed By John Aoshima

Li'l Gideon swindles the Mystery Shack away, forcing Grunkle Stan and the kids to move in with Soos. While Stan weighs how he can still care for his grandniece and nephew, they decide to take on Gideon.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Alex Hirsch

After being challenged to a video game battle by Robbie, Dipper is shocked when his favorite playable fighter, Rumble McSkirmish, comes to life to defend him. But Dipper soon loses control over Rumble McSkirmish and has to find a way to stop him.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Alex Hirsch

Dipper, Mabel, and Soos must travel through Grunkle Stan's mind to defeat a tricky dream demon summoned by Lil Gideon.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Alex Hirsch

Twins Dipper and Mabel Pines visit their eccentric great-uncle for a summer in Gravity Falls, Oregon, where he operates the world's most bizarre museum. As soon as the twins arrive in Gravity Falls, they discover something amiss in the remote town.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Alex Hirsch

Dipper and Mabel go trick-or-treating in the summer and encounter a candy-loving monster who threatens to devour them if they don't bring him sweet things to eat.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Alex Hirsch

Stan is kidnapped in Colombia, but the real trouble begins after he's released and returns home. Meanwhile, Steve and Roger play detective duo "Wheels and the Legman."

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Erik Sommers

When Waddles is snatched by a prehistoric beast, Dipper, Mabel, Stan, Soos, and Old Man McGucket must journey to a mysterious land trapped in time to rescue him.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Alex Hirsch

Wanting to have the scariest haunted house on the block, Stan comes up with a ''killer'' setup; Steve competes to win the heart of his overprotective friend's younger sister.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Eric Weinberg

When Dipper and Mabel hear rumors of a sea monster that lives at the bottom of the local lake, they enlist Soos to take them on a boating expedition to prove it really does exist.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Alex Hirsch

Upset that Francine has let herself go, Stan takes drastic measures when she asks him to renew their wedding vows.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Rick Wiener

When someone tampers with Mabel's life-size wax statue of Grunkle Stan, she and Dipper set out to find the culprit. Meanwhile, Grunkle Stan mourns over the loss of his wax doppelganger.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Aury Wallington

Stan leaves Mabel in charge of the Mystery Shack while he is gone and the power goes to her head.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Alex Hirsch

Roger acts as the family therapist as his alter-ego "Dr. Penguin" until he is sent out to fight the war in Iraq. Klaus decides to take Roger's role while he is away, but not without major ruckus being caused.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Brian Boyle

Dipper and Mabel discover that their seemingly cherubic new neighbor, Lil' Gideon, happens to be the town's adored psychic. But when Lil' Gideon guilts her into dating him, she and Dipper soon learn that his cuteness can fade all too quickly.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Alex Hirsch

Despite Stan's objections, Francine buys Steve the dog he has always wanted. However, when the dog suffers a horrific accident, Stan refuses to take the pup off life support because of a traumatic childhood incident.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Jonathan Fener

Donald Duck reluctantly takes his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie to the home of their reclusive great-uncle Scrooge McDuck. Enthralled by their once legendary great-uncle and the wonder of McDuck Manor, the triplets and their newfound fierce friend Webby learn of long-kept family secrets and unleash totems from Scrooge's epic past, sending the family on an adventure of a lifetime to the Lost City of Atlantis.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Francisco Angones

After Steve shows a lack of interest in Stan's job, Stan replaces him with Barry, Steve's malicious friend. Barry frames Steve to eliminate him from the household, but when Steve discovers Barry's weakness, he relies on his CIA skills to save the family. Meanwhile, Roger takes an impressive keg-stand and uses it to become a fraternity brother.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Erik Durbin

Stan puts down liberal social programs because he thinks they are a waste of money and gives Francine a hard time for lending a helping hand at the local homeless shelter. When Stan develops a nasty addiction and needs help, he suddenly has a change of heart.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Laura McCreary

When Steve has trouble crossing over into the "cool kids" social circle, Klaus and Roger place their bets to see how quickly Roger can make him cool. Everything they try backfires until Steve becomes the in-crowds designated driver. Meanwhile, Stan and Francine take turns pranking each other.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Matt Fusfeld

When Mabel discovers that her favorite boy band is actually a bunch of imprisoned clones, she sets them free, only to decide on keeping them for herself. Meanwhile, Dipper is convinced that Robbie plans to brainwash Wendy with a secret message hidden inside one of his songs.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Alex Hirsch

Francine insists that Stan and Hayley spend an entire day together, after their arguments drive her crazy, so they can work out their differences about gun control. However, her plan backfires when he takes Hayley to the "National Gun Association Land," where their conflicting opinions about gun control drive them even further apart. Back home, Roger schemes to get revenge on Steve for eating one of his cookies by convincing him that he's adopted.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Brian Boyle

Stan dies on Christmas Eve while trying to find a perfect Christmas tree, then wreaks havoc in heaven (and limbo) trying to return to Earth to save his family--who were dragged along on his quest--from freezing to death in the woods.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Jim Bernstein

Stan arrives late to a CIA nuclear drill and thinks it's real. He decides to move the family into the mountains to survive the apocalypse. Even though he realizes his error, he begins to enjoy the attention that he gets from the family so much that he doesn't tell them the truth. However, when the family meets a mountain man and learns the truth, Stan has some explaining to do.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Erik Durbin

When Francine discovers Stan's secret, decades-old passion for competitive figure skating, she decides to be supportive and becomes his pairs partner until Stan's competitive nature gets the best of him and he ditches her for a new partner. Meanwhile, Steve's classmate Snot finds new respect among his peers when he parades his mail-order bride around the playground.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Brian Boyle

Stan seeks out Francine's birth parents because her visiting adoptive parents annoy him so much. But they don't annoy Steve, especially after they give him fireworks.

Director: John Aoshima

Writer: Rick Wiener