The BEST episodes directed by John Aoshima

Gideon Rises (2)
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8.83
1287 votes

#1 - Gideon Rises (2)

Gravity Falls - Season 1 - Episode 20

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.

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The Last Crash of the Sunchaser!
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8.61
216 votes

#2 - The Last Crash of the Sunchaser!

DuckTales (2017) - Season 1 - Episode 22

Stuck on a precarious peak, the kids secretly search the plane for clues about Della's disappearance.

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Dreamscaperers (1)
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8.49
1363 votes

#3 - Dreamscaperers (1)

Gravity Falls - Season 1 - Episode 19

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

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Fight Fighters
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8.38
1408 votes

#4 - Fight Fighters

Gravity Falls - Season 1 - Episode 10

After being challenged to a fight by Wendy's boyfriend Robbie, Dipper is shocked when his favorite Fight Fighters fighter, Rumble McSkirmish, comes to life to defend him, but Dipper soon loses control of Rumble and has to find a way to stop him from seriously injuring Robbie

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Summerween
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8.33
1417 votes

#5 - Summerween

Gravity Falls - Season 1 - Episode 12

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.

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Land Before Swine
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8.24
1197 votes

#6 - Land Before Swine

Gravity Falls - Season 1 - Episode 18

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.

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Woo-oo!
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8.10
758 votes

#7 - Woo-oo!

DuckTales (2017) - Season 1 - Episode 1

Donald Duck takes Huey, Dewey and Louie to reclusive Scrooge McDuck's mansion where they uncover family secrets and stir up more adventure than they bargained for.

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Headhunters
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8.02
1868 votes

#8 - Headhunters

Gravity Falls - Season 1 - Episode 3

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.

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Tourist Trapped
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7.98
2569 votes

#9 - Tourist Trapped

Gravity Falls - Season 1 - Episode 1

When Dipper and Mabel Pines arrive to spend their summer break in the remote town of Gravity Falls, Mabel’s suspiciously weird new boyfriend causes the twins to come face to face with the town’s strange and uncanny secrets.

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Irrational Treasure
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7.94
1525 votes

#10 - Irrational Treasure

Gravity Falls - Season 1 - Episode 8

When Dipper and Mabel discover evidence that the reported town founder is a hoax, they set out to expose the historical cover-up and prove that Mabel's silliness is not a bad thing.

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Boss Mabel
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7.90
1321 votes

#11 - Boss Mabel

Gravity Falls - Season 1 - Episode 13

Mabel bets Grunkle Stan that she will make more money at the Mystery Shack by treating people nicely than he does by being rude and cranky.

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The Legend of the Gobblewonker
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7.89
1967 votes

#12 - The Legend of the Gobblewonker

Gravity Falls - Season 1 - Episode 2

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.

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The Hand That Rocks the Mabel
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7.87
1634 votes

#13 - The Hand That Rocks the Mabel

Gravity Falls - Season 1 - Episode 4

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.

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The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains!
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7.85
237 votes

#14 - The Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains!

DuckTales (2017) - Season 1 - Episode 15

Scrooge re-teams with his conniving ex-partner and old flame, Goldie O' Gilt, to find a long-lost golden lagoon, but Glomgold has other plans.

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Boyz Crazy
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7.84
1263 votes

#15 - Boyz Crazy

Gravity Falls - Season 1 - Episode 17

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.

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The Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck!
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7.74
215 votes

#16 - The Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck!

DuckTales (2017) - Season 1 - Episode 19

Lena's loyalties are tested when Magica forces her to lead Webby on a raid to a facility full of Scrooge's most dangerous artifacts to find his No. 1 Dime.

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The Great Dime Chase!
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7.71
530 votes

#17 - The Great Dime Chase!

DuckTales (2017) - Season 1 - Episode 3

Louie accidentally spends Scrooge’s Number One Dime on a soda and turns to mad inventor Gyro Gearloose for help to get it back, while Dewey and Webby find information about Della Duck.

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Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!
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7.67
292 votes

#18 - Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!

DuckTales (2017) - Season 1 - Episode 11

Launchpad recruits Gizmoduck after he’s menaced by tech genius Mark Beaks’ newest invention.

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McMystery at McDuck McManor!
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7.66
279 votes

#19 - McMystery at McDuck McManor!

DuckTales (2017) - Season 1 - Episode 13

Huey decides to throw a birthday party for Scrooge, despite everyone warning him that Scrooge hates celebrating his birthday. When Scrooge goes missing and the guests turn out to be his worst enemies, Huey decides to solve the mystery, unaware that the ghost of Scrooge's faithful butler, the long deceased Duckworth, is involved.

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Big Trouble in Little Langley
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7.61
1088 votes

#20 - Big Trouble in Little Langley

American Dad! - Season 4 - Episode 4

When Francine's adopted parents stop by for an unannounced stay, Stan is furious that they refuse to assimilate to his "man of the house" ways. After he unsuccessfully tries to give them the boot, he is convinced that finding Francine's birth parents will change things. Meanwhile, Steve tries to live to the extreme in order to get to second base with the class hottie.

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Wife Insurance
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7.61
1282 votes

#21 - Wife Insurance

American Dad! - Season 5 - Episode 15

When Stan gets kidnapped in Colombia, Francine fears he's gone for good. Stan finally reappears unharmed, but the real trouble erupts in the Smith household when he admits that he has a plan to marry his dentist if Francine dies before him. Meanwhile, Steve and Roger play detective duo "Wheels and the Legman."

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Stan's Best Friend
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7.59
1323 votes

#22 - Stan's Best Friend

American Dad! - Season 8 - Episode 14

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.

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With Friends Like Steve's
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7.57
1268 votes

#23 - With Friends Like Steve's

American Dad! - Season 2 - Episode 15

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.

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Dr. Klaustus
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7.56
1264 votes

#24 - Dr. Klaustus

American Dad! - Season 8 - Episode 13

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.

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The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!
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7.55
365 votes

#25 - The Infernal Internship of Mark Beaks!

DuckTales (2017) - Season 1 - Episode 7

Huey competes with Dewey for a coveted internship with Duckburg’s newest tech billionaire, Mark Beaks, while Scrooge and Glomgold team up to take this new competitor down.

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An Apocalypse to Remember
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7.55
1112 votes

#26 - An Apocalypse to Remember

American Dad! - Season 3 - Episode 14

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.

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License to Till
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7.54
1290 votes

#27 - License to Till

American Dad! - Season 7 - Episode 15

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.

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The Most Adequate Christmas Ever
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7.51
1055 votes

#28 - The Most Adequate Christmas Ever

American Dad! - Season 4 - Episode 8

After Stan comes home from another dangerous mission, he finds that his family has decked the halls with boughs of holly and donned themselves with gay apparel, but just not to his satisfaction. He demands a grander Christmas starting with the search of a bigger and better tree in the forest. When his family has had enough, Stan powers on by himself, finds the perfect tree and meets an untimely end. While in Limbo, he has to fight for a second chance at life and battle the forces of good and evil to save his family.

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Stannie Get Your Gun
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7.50
1435 votes

#29 - Stannie Get Your Gun

American Dad! - Season 2 - Episode 7

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.

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Shallow Vows
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7.42
1351 votes

#30 - Shallow Vows

American Dad! - Season 6 - Episode 6

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

An Incident at Owl Creek
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7.42
2204 votes

#31 - An Incident at Owl Creek

American Dad! - Season 6 - Episode 17

In preparation for a neighborhood pool party, Stan tells his family to get in tip-top shape. But when an accident ruins the Smith family name, a humiliated Stan fakes his family’s deaths and moves everyone out of Langley Falls to escape his shame.

Pulling Double Booty
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7.36
1452 votes

#32 - Pulling Double Booty

American Dad! - Season 5 - Episode 6

Hayley breaks up with her boyfriend and falls for Stan's body double from the CIA. Things take a bizarre twist when the double begins hitting on Francine.

Best Little Horror House in Langley Falls
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7.35
2438 votes

#33 - Best Little Horror House in Langley Falls

American Dad! - Season 7 - Episode 3

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.

A Jones for a Smith
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7.34
1780 votes

#34 - A Jones for a Smith

American Dad! - Season 6 - Episode 11

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.

Deacon Stan, Jesus Man
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7.30
1780 votes

#35 - Deacon Stan, Jesus Man

American Dad! - Season 1 - Episode 7

Stan goes to great lengths to compete against his rival, Chuck White, and become the new deacon of their church. Meanwhile, Roger's "temporary problem," which Stan tries to use to his advantage, causes all sorts of problems for Steve, Betsy, the rest of the family, and eventually, Stan.

Of Ice and Men
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7.15
1249 votes

#36 - Of Ice and Men

American Dad! - Season 3 - Episode 7

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.