Dipper Goes To Taco Bell

Editors Note: This fanfic contains a large amount of gore, read at your own discretion.

About

Dipper Goes To Taco Bell is a fanfic which takes place in the universe of the 2012 animated cartoon series Gravity Falls. The fanfic and its contents became notorious within the fanbase for its highly gore-filled narrative. It is often compared to other notorious shockfics from the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fandom such as Cupcakes and Sweet Apple Massacre.

Origin

The fanfiction was first posted on the online fanfiction database Fanfiction.net^[1] and later on Pastebin^[5] on August 25th, 2012. The version on fanfiction.net was later removed on August 30th for unknown reasons.

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Plot

The story centers around the character Dipper, who goes to Taco Bell to get food. Arriving at the Taco Bell, he orders a taco and takes a bite before suddenly suffering from diarrhea. Going to the bathroom, Dipper ends up getting turned on by his various bodily fluids. After a while, Dipper accidentally cuts himself and dies from bloodloss. Later his sister Mabel discovers his corpse and ends up getting killed by a Taco Bell employee, who afterwards cleans up the bathroom stall and disposes of the corpses by turning them into tacos.

Spread

After its release, the fanfic became known within the fanbase as one of the most gruesome fanfics ever created, although often laughed at as well for being so-bad-its-good. Images surrounding the fanfic often contain photoshops of Dipper and a Taco Bell or Dipper discovering and/or reading the fanfic. Meanwhile, various phrases directly taken from the fanfic also gained popularity, most notably ““AHA HAHA HA HAHA HA HA” said Grunkle Stan. He was laughing” and “HALP! I BIT MY DICK OFF!”

Reactions and feedback towards the fanfic often contain shocked and gruesome reactions. They can commonly be found with the tag “dipper goes to taco bell” on Tumblr^[2], DeviantArt^[3] and Youtube^[4]. A post showing an image of Uncle Stan in the style of Shit, I’m Late For School was posted by Morearmsthanyourbodyhasroomfor^[6] on August 26th posted on Tumblr (shown above), depicting the unexpected result of creating a dramatic reading of the fanfic, it reached over 2400 notes as of August 31st. A reaction post by Somethinghorrible^[7] on August 29th (shown below) in which he replied to himself to not read Dipper Goes To Taco Bell reached over 1600 notes as of August 31st.

A remix mixing the main theme of Gravity Falls and the 2009 song “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” by alternative hip hop group Das Racist was created by Drawingguitarist^[8] and posted on Tumblr on August 30th. The post received over 2700 notes and 10,000 plays within 36 hours after being posted.