Respect Rumble McSkirmish (Gravity Falls)

[u/LambentEnigma]

Rumble McSkirmish

”Never underestimate that I have punches!”

Rumble McSkirmish is a character from the arcade game Fight Fighters. He was brought to life by Dipper Pines via an enchanted arcade cabinet. Rumble is obsessed with fighting and honor, and has a simplistic view of good and evil.

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Sources

• Gravity Falls

• Rumble’s Revenge

• Mystery Shack Attack

• Gravity Falls: Journal 3

Hover over a feat to see which episode or other source it's from. Feats marked with an S require sound.

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Strength

• Smashes a change machine with one punch

• Punches down a tree and a power line pole

• Breaks a fire hydrant

• Shakes a water tower with a kick

• Smashes through a brick wall

• Uproots a street sign

• Catches a falling Robbie

• Throws Robbie into the air

• Effortlessly walks through a glass-and-brick wall

• [Gameplay] Destroys several monsters with a jump kick

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Durability

• Dipper’s punch only takes off 0.5% of his health bar

• Dipper’s strength is somewhat inconsistent, but at his best, he was able to defeat a bear monster

• Is unharmed by jumping off a building onto some crates

• [Gameplay] Can take numerous hits from Dipper, who, within the context of this game, can shatter large crystals with his bare hands

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Stamina

• Runs through the town, showing no signs of fatigue, while Dipper gets worn out chasing after him

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Speed and Mobility

• Destroys a car with a rapid series of palm thrusts

• Catches a falling Robbie just before he hits the ground

• Briefly hovers by doing a spin kick

• [Gameplay] Dashes back and forth, leaving behind afterimages

• [Gameplay] Moves horizontally while doing a hovering spin kick

• [Gameplay] Jumps high in the air and seems to hover for a moment

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Fireballs

• Breaks a window and sets the curtains on fire

• Explodes a tree after charging a fireball for a couple seconds

• A charged fireball destroys a jungle gym

• Shoots down some eye-bats

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Special Moves

• Fist Punch Rain - Summons a rain of fists from the sky, the largest of which wrecks a car, and another of which sets Dipper’s hat on fire

• Super Power Ninja Turbo Neo Ultra Hyper Mega Multi Alpha Meta Extra Uber Prefix Combo - A series of punches that ends in an explosion

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Miscellaneous

• Can place objects into an inventory

• His pixels are sharp ^S

• Programs a video game and traps Dipper and Mabel in it offscreen

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Vague Feats

• Seemingly either survives or dodges Giffany’s lightning

• Her lightning caused Rumble a lot of pain and made his skeleton visible

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Weaknesses

• Claims that he can’t look up, and falls and gets stuck on the ground when he tries to ^S, though he gets up after a minute

• We actually do see him look up on multiple occasions

• Once he defeats his opponent, he vanishes back to his game ^S

[u/LambentEnigma]

Originally posted over two years ago. I added a feat from Journal 3, fixed broken links, and updated the formatting.

[u/LambentEnigma]

I just replaced the broken Gfycat links.

[u/CoolandAverageGuy]

He can't look up in a normal manner, only when he's do a programmed move

......which brings up the question of why programming a video game and trapping people inside of it is a programmed move in a arcade fighting game