Gravity Falls
Genre	Comedy
Format	Animated series
Created by	Alex Hirsch
Voices of	Jason Ritter Kristen Schaal Alex Hirsch
Opening theme	"Made Me Realize" by Brad Breeck
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer(s)	Alex Hirsch
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Disney Television Animation Disney Channel Original Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	Disney Channel
Original airing	June 15, 2012 - Present
Status	Currently airing

Gravity Falls is an animated series created by Alex Hirsch. It was set to premiere on Disney Channel in spring 2012, but previewed on June 15 and officially premiered on June 29.^[1]

Contents 1 Plot 2 Characters 3 Voice cast 3.1 Main cast 4 References 5 Comments

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 sister 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 brother 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 Stanley (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 janitor at The Mystery Shack and also does crazy things like making a disco dome just by bedazzling his whole bod and using a flaslight. 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. Wendy is played by Linda Cardellini.

Recurring Characters

Old Man McGucket - Old Man McGucket is the local Gravity Falls kook, after doing cocky things to embarass 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 portays 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.

Voice cast

Main cast

• Jason Ritter as Dipper
• Kristen Schaal as Mabel
• Alex Hirsch as Grunkle Stan

References