Stan was driving his car, carrying Dipper, Twilight, Spike, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Scootaloo, but he couldn't go fast because the highway traffic was too slow.
"Why are they moving so slow on the highway?" Stan asked.
Stan realized how slow the traffic on the highway was, because everyone was moving with wagons.
"Why are they using wagons?" Stan wondered, suddenly realized and his face changed from confusion to horror. “Today cannot be the day! We must escape from here! "
Immediately after saying that, Stan tried to accelerate in his car, leaving the passengers full of questions.
"What's wrong with Stan?" Dipper asked.
"I have no idea," Twilight said.
Stan tries to get out of town as fast as possible, but stops when he notices that they are surrounded by wagons.
“Damn, we're surrounded!” Stan yelled.
Everyone else began to look out the window, saw many wagons, and saw a person walking carrying a cow on a tether.
"It looks like today is going to be a very interesting day," Fluttershy said happily looking at the cow.
"You're absolutely right on that Fluttershy," Pinkie said seeing how the whole town looked.
...
Everyone in Gravity Falls was dressed like they were in the 19th century.
"Why does the whole town look this way?" Twilight asked Stan.
"It's Pioneer Day, every year on this date the people of this town dress up as idiots to celebrate the day Gravity Falls was founded," Stan explained to everyone present.
“Welcome to 1863!” Toby Determine yelled with a newspaper in hand passing near Stan.
"I will break you, little man!" Stan said threatening Toby.
Toby, hearing that threat, ran out and crashed with some barrels.
"This is all amazing," says Pinkie happily.
"Look, they make candles," says Scootaloo excitedly.
"They're looking for gold there," says Rainbow Dash.
"And whatever they're doing there," Spike said, pointing to what looked like a wedding.
The wedding was a man wearing a woodpecker.
"And I declare them united in marriage," said the man who looked like a priest.
The woodpecker pecks the man's hand.
"I accept," says the man.
They all stare at what just happened.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Spike said very confused.
"Spike is right, I need an explanation for what just happened," says Twilight.
"I remember reading about it," says Dipper, and then he takes out Journal 3 and starts reading. "In Gravity Falls it used to be legal to marry woodpeckers."
Everyone who heard what Dipper had just said, only wondered who had made that law.
"You're wrong, that's still legal, very legal," says the man who had just married, looking at the woodpecker very happy.
Everyone who saw that only felt more confused. Suddenly Applejack, Apple Bloom, Rarity, and Sweetie Belle appeared.
"And if any of you come to the Mystery Shack talking or acting like them, you are dead to me," says Stan.
Everyone laughed at what Stan said.
"Remember what I just said," Stan said and then left to get ready to go to the Mystery Shack.
"While I find Stan's hatred of Pioneer Day funny, to tell the truth I hate this day too, but not for the same reason as Stan," says Rarity.
"I think the same sister," says Sweetie Belle.
Everyone was wondering why Rarity and Sweetie Belle hated Pioneer Day.
"It's because of Pacifica's parents that you don't like Pioneer Day and the only thing I hate about Pioneer Day is the Northwest so I try to avoid them while selling my apples," Applejack said.
“Pacifica spends most of the day with her parents, she feels proud and claims to be the descendant of the founder of the town Nathaniel Northwest, but even Pacifica hates how presumptuous her parents are because at the same time they boast of being descendants of the founder of the Gravity Falls, they also despise and make fun of the inhabitants of Gravity Falls, so we always try to keep Sweetie Belle and me away from them, "said Rarity.
Everyone went to see Pacifica and see this fair in passing.
...
Dipper, Mane 6, the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Spike saw Pacifica on stage with her family, she presumed to be the descendant of the founder of Gravity Falls, but Pacifica's boast was short-lived and did not make fun of anyone, but immediately after her parents did not stop bragging that they were the descendants of the founders of the town, that they were millionaires, they had many successful businesses (among the businesses that they boasted was Rarity's store) and that they had a mansion, also Pacifica's parents were they mocked and humiliated anyone who came on stage to talk about Pioneer Day who looked like a peasant.
Everyone hated Pacifica's parents, especially Applejack, Rarity, and Sweetie Belle. Applejack hated them because he didn't like them teasing and humiliating others. Rarity and Sweeitie Belle hated them because they were sure that they were trying to make Pacifica act like them and also that they used Rarity's store as an example that they were superior.
Rarity and Sweetie as soon as the show finished they went to search for Pacifica, while Pacifica did not like at all that her parents bragged like that to the whole town.
...
Meanwhile, Stan was driving his car trying to go to the Mystery Shack, but his car got stuck in the mud.
"Hey you the one with the donkey, give me a hand with the car," Stan said to a person who was walking with a donkey.
"Here in 1863 I never heard the word car," said that person, then continued talking and pointing the car with an iron lever. "Can you tell me, what is this magic box on wheels?"
"Oh come on Steven, you are a mechanic! Cut me some slack, ”Stan said after Pioneer Day.
"'Slack'? I'm not familiar with that expression, ”Steve said.
"Come on Steve help me out of here, I get stupider every minute I stay in town!" Stan said holding Steve's neck.
Suddenly the police appeared and seeing what was happening.
“Will we have to step in?” Sheriff Blubs asked.
“Look, the police arrived. What are they going to do to me? Put me in a stocks, ”Stan said mocking the police.
...
Soon after, the police placed Stan in a stocks.
"Oh come on!" Stan said very annoyed.
Then Stan saw Gideon pass by in 19th century clothing, carrying some tomatoes.
"Nice outfit Gideon you look less feminine than usual," Stan said with an obvious tone of derision.
“I'm just a humble tomato farmer who sells his produce,” says Gideon, then decided to take advantage of the situation Stan was in. "Wow, I dropped a tomato (After saying that I take one of the tomatoes and smash it in Stan's left eye). Wow, I dropped another tomato (After saying this I take another tomato and smash it in Stan's right eye). "
"Pioneer Day!" Stan yelled angrily.
...
They were all thinking about how to help Pacifica regarding her parents.
“I know what you think, even I hate the way my parents show off on Pioneer Day, but they never listen to me and only worry about showing off and humiliating whenever they can, especially on Pioneer Day since we are descendants of Nathaniel Northwest, the founder of Gravity Falls, ”Pacifica said with obvious hatred.
"And the worst thing is that they always act like this, treat Sweetie Belle and me like pets, even knowing that we can talk," Rarity said.
"Sometimes I wish we weren't descended from the founder of Gravity Falls," Pacifica said.
"Wait, I think I read about the founder of Gravity Falls and also Pacifica's great-great-grandfather in Journal 3," Dipper said pulling out Journal 3 to read.
They all approached Dipper to hear what he was going to read.
"Based on my research," Dipper said in a deep voice which made everyone look at him and then speak in his normal voice. "I use that voice or continue to speak normally."
"He just talks normally," Twilight said.
"According to my research, Nathaniel Northwest may not be the founder of Gravity Falls, if only he could crack the code on the attached document," Dipper read, pulling out a piece of paper that he was next to what he was reading.
Everyone who heard this was shocked, especially Pacifica.
"I think your Pacifica should decide if we try to find who the founder is," Twilight said.
"They must find out who the founder is, because I would not feel good knowing that someone else founded the town and my parents may not be so arrogant, although I doubt they will change their personality even a little," said Pacifica.
“I would like to help, but I want to see all the town especially the animals there are,” said Fluttershy.
"Sorry to disappoint you but Apple Bloom and I have to get back to our apple stand," Applejack said.
"Sweetie Belle and I stayed with Pacifica," Rarity said.
"I think we can't count on Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo, the two of them decided to split up before we got to see Pacifica on stage," Spike said.
They decided that Dipper, Twilight, Pinkie, and Spike would try to find out who the founder of Gravity Falls was.
...
Unbeknownst to them, Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland were eavesdropping and told someone by cell phone what they were doing and ordered them to follow them.
And Chrysalis heard everything that happened and was going to follow Dipper and Twilight, but when she saw and heard those two policemen, she decided not to follow them since it would be very difficult for her to follow them and keep hidden from the police, she was also sure that after that adventure Twilight and Dipper were going to tell the story to the others and at that moment I would listen to everything they did.
...
Everyone left except those who were going to find the founder of Gravity Falls.
"Don't worry, I know how to finish this too quickly," Twilight said confidently.
"Where do we go first," Spike said.
"Obviously we go to the library first to crack the code," Dipper said.
"Yeah, let's go to the library first, to crack the code!" Pinkie yelled.
They all went to the library.
...
In the library there was Dipper and Twilight couldn't crack the code. The only symbol that resembled code was the alchemy fire symbol.
"I'm going to make a photocopy of the code first," Twilight said.
"Pinkie give me the code," Dipper said.
"I was bored when you guys were looking for the code, so I made this paper hat," said Pinkie.
"Pinkie, you used the paper where the code was," Spike said very concerned.
“Wait everyone! Now the code is a map, ”said Dipper.
"It would never have occurred to me to use that paper to make a hat," Twilight said.
Pinkie took off her paper hat and looked at the map.
"This place I know is the Gravity Falls Museum of History," Pinkie said and then continued screaming. "Let's go to the Gravity Falls Museum of History!"
When they left they realized that Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland were following them, but they managed to avoid them and leave the library.
...
At the Gravity Falls Museum of History, the caretaker named Sue gave Dipper, Twlight, Pinkie, and Spike Pioneer Day passes and different colored balloons.
"This must be the clue the map mentioned," Twilight said, pointing to a triangular abstract piece of art.
"I don't understand what this painting means," says Pinkie, as she sat on a bench in front of the painting while she held a pink balloon.
"I don't see much point in it either," Spike said.
Pinkie sat on the bench and then tried to look at her in different ways, until she was staring at the painting.
"Look at the painting upside down," Pinkie said.
They all did the same as Pinkie and noticed that the painting was upside down. Everyone was happy to see that the code was being worked out, but Twilight had something to say.
"Hey, the way the code is solved is done in a way that I would never do, it makes me think that the one who invented this code was someone with a hyperactive personality like Pinkie's," Twilight said.
"I agree," Dipper said.
While thinking that, Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland arrived at the entrance of the Gravity Falls Museum of Hystory and Deputy Durland felt sad to learn that there were no pink balloons, Pinkie heard that, but did not pay attention.
"I've seen that angel statue, it's in the graveyard!" Pinkie yelled.
"We have to get out of here," Spike said, pointing to Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland who were coming for them.
"Twilight, can you use your teleportation to get us there?" Dipper asked.
"I think I can," Twilight said and teleported everyone to the graveyard.
...
In the town of Gravity Falls, the man who had married the woodpecker and was arguing with whom she had married.
"In the winter we are going to stay here," said the man and the woodpecker pecks at the table. "You always say that!"
Fluttershy watched the entire discussion and wondered why this man could understand the woodpecker.
...
Meanwhile in the cemetery they found the statue of an angel.
"It must be pointing at the entrance," Dipper said.
"I don't see anything that stands out," Twilight said quite tired from teleporting everyone here.
"Me neither," Spike said.
"There must be something," Pinkie said that she had climbed on the arm of the angel statue, to better see where she was pointing.
Suddenly, thanks to Pinkie who was on the statue's arm, a switch was activated that opened a secret door.
Seeing this Dipper and Twilight were more and more sure that whoever did all this had a very hyperactive personality.
"We all have to watch out for the Booby Traps," Dipper said.
Spike accidentally triggered a trap that threw a lot of darts, but Twilight used her magic to create a force field, everyone sighed in relief, but Dipper was the only one who realized that Twilight was going to get more for doing this.
"Let's hurry," Dipper said.
Shortly after they arrived and found a pile of documents and Dipper found a document that spoke of what he was looking for called "Northwest Cover-up."
“Now we'll find out who the real town founder was. ‘Let it be here recorded that Nathaniel Northwest, fabled founder of Gravity Falls, was, in fact, a fraud ... as well as a waste-shoveling village idiot?’” Dipper read.
Everyone upon learning this was very confused if they had to reveal this to Pacifica or not, then Dipper continued reading.
"‘The true founder of Gravity Falls was sir lord, Quentin Trembley, III, Esquire.’" Dipper read and everyone was very confused as to who that person was.
"Who was Quentin Tembley?" Twilight asked wearily.
"You don't need to know that," Sheriff Blubs said.
"If we catch them," Deputy Durland said and immediately fainted, when he fell he rebelled his back was full of darts.
"He got hit by some of the darts," Sheriff Blubs said.
Soon after, everyone helped him remove the darts.
"I'm sorry but Quentin Trembley is a matter of national security," Sheriff Blubs said.
"Yes!" Said Deputy Durland and immediately afterwards tired. "I think I'm color blind now."
"That voice is the person who did not get the pink balloon, here I give you mine to be happy," said Pinkie giving him the pink balloon.
“Thank you very much for the balloon!” Deputy Durland said, then asked. "Is the balloon pink?"
"Yes," says Sheriff Blubs.
"So I'm definitely color blind now," says Deputy Durland.
"Can we get back to the topic of the conversation?" Twilight asked still tired from using magic to teleport to the graveyard and the force field to protect everyone.
"Who was Quentin Trembley?" Spike asked.
"And what do they mean that it is 'a matter of national security'?" Dipper asked.
"You better see for yourself," Sheriff Blubs said, pulling a videotape out of his hat and placing it on a projector.
He started the video with a countdown.
"Great, it's black and white!" Pinkie yelled.
"Shh!" Spike said to Pinkie.
When the countdown finished, a man in a suit appeared, looking at the camera.
“If you're watching this, then you are one of eight people in these United States with clearance to view this information. In fact, I myself will be shot as soon as the filming is complete. " He looked elsewhere to confirm what he just said. "--Que? No? Ho! Well, that's a relief! " Looks back at the camera. "Of all of America's secrets, the most embarrassing was that of Quentin Trembley: The eighth-and-a-half president of the United States."
"President?" Dipper and Twilight asked at the same time.
"Eight-and-a-half?" Spike asked.
"After winning the 1837 election in a landslide." On the video, a picture of Quentin Trembley standing next to the other presidential candidates is shown. A landslide kills the other candidates. “Quentin Trembley quickly gained a reputation as America's silliest president. He waged war on pancakes, appointed six babies to the supreme court, and issued the de-pants-ipation proclamation. His state of the union speech from him was even worse. "
Then Quentin Trembley's voice is heard in the video.
"The only thing we have to fear is gigantic, man-eating spiders!" Said the voice recording of Quentin Trembley's speech.
Then the man from the government continued speaking in the video.
"He was kicked out of office and escaped to an uncharted valley he named Gravity Falls, after plummeting into it at high speed." Showing an image of Trembley falling down riding a horse backwards. “Trembley's shameful term was erased from history and officially replaced by William Henry Harrison as President and local nobody Nathaniel Northwest as founder of Gravity Falls. The whereabouts of president Trembley's body are unknown. "
"Until now," added Sheriff Blubs revealing Trembley with light enclosing an amber rectangle.
"Is he encased in amber or something?" Dipper asked.
"The fool believed that he was going to live forever if he locked himself in a peanut block and in doing so he made our job easier, our mission was to locate the remains and thanks to you we did it," said Sheriff Blubs.
"And all we had to do was follow the directions the pink pony was yelling at," Deputy Durland said.
"I didn't know they were listening to us," Pinkie said in surprise.
"Let's make sure they don't talk about it," Sheriff Blubs said.
"Does that mean ..." Dipper said with some fear.
"... are they going to kill us?" Twilight said, completing Dipper's word.
Pinkie, Spike, and Deputy Durland were scared by what Dipper and Twilight said.
“We are not going to do it, we are just going to take all these things and you to Washington. By the way you are not coming back”, Sheriff Blubs said.
...
After everyone was on the train, Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland were watching them hang out with games as they got to Washington. While Twilight, Dipper, Pinkie and Spike had left it inside a wooden box.
"We have to find a way out of here," Twilight said.
"Twilight you can't teleport us to safety," Dipper said, noting that Twilight seemed better.
"She may not be as tired as before, but I'm sure if I tried to do that, it would end up leaving one or more of us behind," Twilight said.
"Can Spike use your fire to make a hole?" Pinkie asked.
"I wouldn't do that, we're in a little place made of wood, we might end up hurt if we do that," Dipper said.
Everyone was thoughtful and Pinkie took out some of the peanut that covered Quentin Trembley, by doing this she made all the peanuts start to crack, releasing Quentin Trembley, surprising everyone.
"It is I, Quentin Trembley," the president said, then ripped his pants off.
Everyone was surprised to see that Quentin Trembley's plan to be in the future worked for him.
"Thank you for following my leads and for freeing me from my delicious grave," Quentin Trembley said referring to Pinkie and then looked around him. "By Jefferson, it appears that we are trapped in a box-shaped chest."
"It's a box," Spike said.
“But don't worry, I have the President’s Key that can open all the locks in the country,” said Quentin Trembley and immediately after saying this he tried to use the President’s Key on the wood of the box.
"I don't think this is going to work," Dipper said.
"I think the same," Twilight said.
"To escape we need the dumbest plan ever thought of," said Quentin Trembley.
"I can help," Pinkie said looking around. "We can use that hole."
"We will use that hole to escape," Quentin Trembley said and immediately tried to get out using the hole, but barely managed to get a finger into the hole in the wooden box.
"I doubt anyone could fit in that hole," Twilight said.
Outside the box a woodpecker saw Quentin Trembley's finger and thought it was a worm and started pecking at the box.
"That looks like my third wife Sandy," Quentin Trembley said.
Thanks to the pecking of the woodpecker the wooden box where they were all fell apart.
"Now that I think about it Pinkie could have just broken the box using the Party Cannon," Dipper said.
"We didn't go through the hole, let's rebuild it and try again," Quentin Trembley said.
"Let's get out of here," Twilight said.
"That's another option," Quentin Trembley said.
While escaping from the train they met by accident they met Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland, during the chase they were cornered on the roof of the train.
"Sheriffe Blubs really wants to drop us off in a secret place in Washington," says Dipper.
"I'm sorry, but the orders come from high up," Sheriff Blubs said.
"That's right, Quentin Trembley, did you sign an official resignation of being president when you left?" Dipper asked.
"No, I just ate a salamander and jumped out the window," Quentin Trembley said.
"In other words, you are still the president of the United States of America," Twilight said.
"Which means now they have to obey this guy," Spike said.
"Huh?" Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland said at the same time.
"I order you to pretend that none of this has happened and take a vacation," Quentin Trembley said.
"Holidays? Where did you always want to visit? one, two- ”Sheriff Blubs said.
“Silly Water Fun Slides in Grand Lakes, Michigan!” Shouted Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland at the same time.
...
Then Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland boarded another train to take a vacation.
“You've done a great service to your country, Pinkie and Spike. As thanks, I'd like to make you two an official U.S. congressman.” Quentin Trembley said, handing the two top hats.
"Thank you very much Quentin Trembley," Pinkie said, putting on her top hat.
"Thank you very much," Spike said, also trying on his hat.
"And you two," Quentin Trembley said referring to Dipper and Twilight. "They are going to solve a lot of mysteries, that's why I'm going to give them my President's Key."
Twilight and Dipper were happy to get the President’s Key.
...
Then everyone was walking back to town listening to the stories of Quentin Trembley.
“And then he chased me around and spanked me with a paddle for, like, three hours. Bottom line, George Washington was a jerk. ”Said Quentin Trembley.
"What an interesting story," Pinkie said happily.
They arrived where the others were.
"How did it go? If he had been with you when you decided to do this adventure, he would have accompanied you! ”Rainbow Dash said.
“We did extremely well, Rainbow Dash, by the way. Where's Stan? I'm going to go find him, ”Pinkie said and then left.
"Who is this madman?" Asked Pacifica.
"Why fighting with that bald eagle?" Asks Fluttershy.
Everyone was watching how he fought with the digging eagle.
"Put up your dukes, you bald fiend!" Quentin Trembley said as he tried to hit the bald eagle.
"I think it would be better if we recounted our adventure," said Dipper.
"I think the same," Twilight said.
Twilight, Dipper, and Spike began to tell their friends about their adventure, and Chrysalis realized that they had returned and began to eavesdrop on the adventure.
...
For more than ten minutes they were recounting all the adventure they had and also showing proof of what happened.
"Now I understand who made that law so you can marry a woodpecker," Applejack said.
"I'm going to tell you the whole truth about the founder of Gravity Falls, although I doubt that they will become more humble," said Pacifica and went to show them the evidence they had brought to her parents.
"I forgot, we have to help Stan with his car that is stuck in the mud," Rarity said.
“Children, I am needed elsewhere. Just know that I'll always be right here ... ”said Quentin Trembley then opened his hand to reveal a bill. "On the negative twelve dollar bill."
"This is worth nothing," Applejack said.
"It's worth less than nothing, Trembley is leaving!" He said jumping back and landing on a horse backwards and the horse started to run.
“Where do you think he's going to go?” Scootaloo asked.
"I'm gonna say ... off a cliff." Dipper said.
...
Then everyone gathered where Stan was trapped in a stocks and Stan told everyone what had happened to him today.
"... after that Soos appeared and spoke to me for an hour and before you arrived Pinkie appeared and started talking to me for more than ten minutes," Stan said looking at Pinkie that she was still here.
"Poor you have suffered from too much," Rainbow Dash said.
Dipper came up with using the President’s Key in the stocks and opened it instantly.
"Great that key if it works," said Apple Bloom excitedly.
"Why do Pinkie and Spike have top hats?" Stan asked after being released from the stocks.
"We were named congressmen," Spike said.
"Yes!" Pinkie yelled.
Then Pinkie started doing pirouettes that defied logic.
"Does this pony have any logic?" Stan asked seeing what Pinkie was doing.
"I don't know," Twilight said.