When Ford tutors Mabel, he realizes early on that he has to be creative if he wants to hold her attention. So whenever they do math word problems, Ford draws the entire scenario like a comic strip and Mabel adds dialog. This delights Mabel and she asks why he didn't become an artist. He says 'when I was young scientific genius was easier to recognize than artistic genius. I hope to see you prove them wrong.' Mabel says,'So does this mean we can skip the math lesson?' Ford laughs ,'No.'

Teen!Mabel being hugged by Ford bc she Thad a lot of sad feeling about her and "why she couldn't be more normal and don't do silly things?" Or "why she wasn't normal enough to be a better student?" And ford just "Normal is overrated, you're perfect the way you are" and just… the two of them. Had a lot of feeling re-watching the show.

You've seen that picture were Mabel ask Ford if she is too weird? My mind came with the idea that the grunkles se te to visit the kids and Mabel had been bullied by a teacher and Ford would loose his mind at the sad face Mabel give him.