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Gravity Falls is an animated series created by Alex Hirsch. It was previewed on June 15, 2012, after the premiere of Let It Shine, and officially premiered on June 29 on Disney Channel[1]. The show was moved to Disney XD in 2014. Though the second season premiered on August 1, 2014 on Disney Channel and the rest of the episodes will air on Disney XD first before airing on Disney Channel.
Plot[]
The show will follow the adventures of twin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel Pines, whose summer plans are ruined when their parents ship them off to their Great Uncle Stan in Gravity Falls, Oregon. Grunkle Stan is an old man who lives in Gravity Falls and runs the Mystery Shack, a gift shop nestled in Gravity Falls along with employees Soos (janitor), and Wendy (cashier). The two work there for the summer, and when Dipper goes to put up advertisement signs in the woods, he finds a mysterious book called 3, which holds all the secrets to Gravity Falls. The wholes summer, Dipper and Mabel encounter lots of scary things, such as alive wax figures, gnomes who throw up rainbows, and ghosts who live in an abandoned Dusk 2 Dawn.
Characters[]
Main Characters[]
- Dipper Pines - Dipper Pines is the brother to Mabel Pines and lives with Great Uncle Stan for the summer in Gravity Falls, after their summer plans are ruined. He finds a mysterious book in the woods called 3, and keeps it to uncover the secrets of Gravity Falls. He has a long crush on Wendy, and stays awake all night thinking about her. Dipper Pines is played by Jason Ritter.
- Mabel Pines - Mabel Pines is the sister to Dipper Pines and lives with Great Uncle Stan for the summer in Gravity Falls, after their summer plans are ruined. Mabel is known for doing crazy beauty things, such as bedazzling her face, curling her hair, wearing different sweatshirts, and eating a whole bottle of toothpaste. She also works with Dipper to find out what's going on in town. Mabel Pines is played by Kirsten Schaal.
- Grunkle Stanford (Stan) Pines - Grunkle Stan is the owner of the Mystery Shack and a failing wax museum. He lives there all by himself and is weird in some ways, after the first episode when he mysteriously goes into the vending machine with a hidden code. He is arch enemies with Lil' Gideon, after he moved into town. He is somewhat kooky. Grunkle Stan is played by the show's creator Alex Hirsch.
- Soos - Soos is the handyman at The Mystery Shack and also does crazy things like making a disco dome just by bedazzling his whole body and using a flashlight. He is known for discovering the hidden wax figueres in Grunkle Stan's house, after he found a doorknob while sweeping. Soos is played by the creator Alex Hirsch.
- Wendy - Wendy is a cashier at The Mystery Shack who is Dipper's crush. Wendy has broken up with seven boys, and seems to be a rulebreaker after claiming she can't reach the ads when she was reading a magazine. She mostly hangs out with her friends and is hardly seen in the show's main adventures. Wendy is played by Linda Cardellini.
- Stanford Pines - Stan's six-fingered long-lost identical twin brother and the author of the journals. Stanford Pines is played by J. K. Simmons.
- Bill Cipher - An interdimensional demon that can be summoned and released into a person's mind. He resembles a one-eyed yellow triangle superficially similar to the Eye of Providence that wears a top hat and a bow tie. He serves as the main antagonist of the series. Bill is also played by the creator Alex Hirsch.
Recurring Characters[]
- Old Man McGucket - Old Man McGucket is the local Gravity Falls kook, after doing cocky things to embarrass the town, such as claiming there is a Gobblewonker in the lake, and claiming that the wax figures are alive, and there will be a wax man uprising.
- Toby Determined - Toby Determined is the writer of Gravity Falls Gossiper, a failing business that he thought he would recover by telling the story of the murder of Wax Stan, but he ended up being accused of murder. He is known to have a crush on news reporter Shandra Jimenez, and knows her phone number, after asking Dipper for his questions and remarks on Gravity Falls, Oregon. He once pulled out a Shandra Jimenez cardboard cut out according to security cameras from his building, and started kissing it repeatedly, and calling it Shandra. Gregg Turkinton plays Toby Determined.
- Sheriff Blubs - Sheriff Blubs is a lazy police officer who patrols along Gravity Falls deeming every case unsolvable, and going to lunch instead. He is partners with Deputy Durland, and has spat out hot coffee in his face twice in their patrol car. He leaves cases behind to do crazy things, such as watch someone put a whole cantaloupe in their mouth. Kevin Michael Richardson portrays Sheriff Blubs.
- Deputy Durland - Deputy Durland is partners with Sheriff Blubs, and patrol around Gravity Falls saying every case is unsolvable just to get lunch. He calls Dipper "city boy" and tells him he's too young to do what they do. When accusing Toby Determined for murder, he was overexcited to use his stick to break things, such as a writing lamp of Toby's table. Deputy Durland is portrayed by Keith Ferguson.
- Lil' Gideon Gleeful - Gideon is a wicked child psychic who spends his time in his own Tent of Telepathy , giving psychology shows day and night. He is a big threat to Grunkle Stan and the Pines family, after Mabel broke his precious amulet. He plans to avenge them by using his hidden book 2, similar to Dipper's book 3. He thinks Mabel is the queen of his life, and everyone respects him dearly in town. He appears again in Irrational Treasure as a tomato farmer, who "drops" his tomatoes on Grunkle Stan while he's locked up. Lil' Gideon is played by Thurop Van Orman.
- Pacifica Northwest - Pacifica Northwest is the most popular girl in Gravity Falls who competed against Mabel for the party crown. She also appeared in Irrational Treasure finding out her great great grandfather Nathaniel Northwest was a fraud and didn't found Gravity Falls. She appeared again in Time Traveler's Pig, saying Mabel found her real twin, which was a small pig.
Minor Characters[]
- Quentin Trembley - Quentin Trembley was the 8 1/2 president of the United States, known for putting babies for politics, banning pants, and being trapped in peanut brittle. He was replaced by Gravity Falls' fake founder Nathaniel Northwest.
- Blendin Blandin - A time traveler in Time Traveler's Pig that went back in time to stop important events from going completely wrong. He appears hidden in some of the episodes somewhere in the background.
Voice cast[]
Main cast[]
- Jason Ritter as Dipper Pines
- Kristen Schaal as Mabel Pines
- Alex Hirsch as Grunkle Stan, Soos Ramirez and Bill Cipher
- Linda Cardinelli as Wendy Corduroy
- J. K. Simmons as Stanford Pines (season 2)
Recurring cast[]
- Thurop Van Orman as Gideon Gleeful
Episodes[]
- Main article: List of Gravity Falls episodes
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 20 | June 15, 2012 | August 2, 2013 |
| Season 2 | 20 | August 1, 2014 | February 15, 2016 |
Broadcast[]
Initial broadcast[]
The first twelve episodes of Gravity Falls aired in a regular weekly slot on Disney Channel starting in mid-2012, but subsequent episodes were broadcast without similar regularity; it took until August 2013 to broadcast the remaining eight episodes of the first season. The second season began airing a year later in August 2014, transitioning over to Disney XD, but again without any regularity to when new episodes would be first broadcast. The first nine episodes aired from August to November 2014, the following two in February and March 2015, the next eight from July to November 2015, and the finale aired in February 2016. According to Disney XD, as each episode took about six months of work to complete, they opted against stockpiling episodes to show weekly but instead take advantage of the serial nature of the show, broadcasting each episode as it was completed and making an event out of it. On April 2, 2018, reruns of the show started airing on Disney Channel, although reruns of the show still air on Disney XD.
Disney+ edits[]
The symbol on Grunkle Stan's fez was changed from a crescent shape resembling the Islamic crescent to a fish-like symbol mid-way through the first season's broadcast. The symbol represents his membership in the Royal Order of the Holy Mackerel. When the series was put on Disney+, the crescent-shaped symbol was edited out entirely, leaving a symbol-less fez in the early episodes—later episodes featuring the fish-like symbol were unaffected. However, the crescent symbol remains in the thumbnails, and on the zodiac wheel in the title sequence. Hirsch drew attention to the change on Twitter. Disney has not commented on why it was removed.[2]
Trivia[]
- Many aspects of Gravity Falls are based off the life of the creator of the show, Alex Hirsch:
- The main characters, Dipper and Mabel Pines, are based off Alex Hirsch and his twin sister Ariel respectively. They are also from Piedmont, California, the place where Hirsch is from.
- According to Alex Hirsch, Dipper and Mabel's names are their parents' middle names.
- The entire series are reminiscent of his childhood summers he would spend with his twin sister, Ariel.
- His own grandfather was used as an inspiration for Grunkle Stan, and derived "Grunkle" from his great aunt Lois insisting on people calling her "Graunty Lois."
- Soos is based off an old college buddy of Hirsch named Jesús Chambrot.
- The Mystery Shack is based on the Oregon Vortex, a mystery attraction that Alex Hirsch visited while visiting Oregon during his college years.
- The main characters, Dipper and Mabel Pines, are based off Alex Hirsch and his twin sister Ariel respectively. They are also from Piedmont, California, the place where Hirsch is from.
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References[]
- ↑ http://www.disneydreaming.com/2010/12/14/disney-channel-orders-new-show-gravity-falls/
- ↑ Elderkin, Beth (November 15, 2019). "Gravity Falls and the Vanishing Symbol: A Disney+ Illuminati Mystery". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on November 15, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.