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 Some images blatantly stolen from Poultron's previous thread and the Gravity Falls wiki Gravity Falls is a 22-minute animated series by Alex Hirsch (Flapjack, Fish Hooks). The show, which airs on Disney XD but is not "that" kind of Disney show I promise, chronicles twin siblings Dipper and Mabel's summer vacation to Gravity Falls, a small town in Oregon. They stay with their great-uncle ("Grunkle") Stan Pines, who runs a tourist trap called The Mystery Shack. But what looks to be a boring summer with a stinky old man quickly turns into something more, as the Pines twins discover that there's more to Gravity Falls -- and their uncle -- than meets the eye... This show is another great example of well-written, accessible comedy masquerading as a kids' show (SpongeBob, Foster's Home, Adventure Time, stuff like that), but Gravity Falls has a magnificent charm all its own. Dipper and Mabel, whose interactions are often based on Alex Hirsch and his real-life sister, have been lauded as one of the most realistic and well-rounded sibling relationships in animation history. There are plenty of monster-of-the-week episodes, but each one is unique and memorable. The town of Gravity Falls has a diverse and fun cast of "extras", much like Springfield or...wherever the hell Bob's Burgers happens. And perhaps what distinguishes it the most is its Twin Peaks-esque dedication to the myriad mysteries of its setting. Every episode has at least one cipher to solve or mysterious event to ponder, and even all of the extras (like web games or animation shorts) have "meta" puzzles to find and solve. If you're into that kind of thing, you can't do much better than Gravity Falls. In November 2015, it was announced that the second (current) season will be the last, to finish the show before it loses its charm. Join us for the finale to discover the answers to the final mysteries and enjoy one of the best animated shows on the air!  Awesome theme song! Here it is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6usKhzL8uI Missed season 1? It's not on Netflix/etc. yet, but you can buy episodes on Amazon or iTunes (1, 2). Animated shorts! There are four series of these: Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained (6 episodes), Mabel's Guide to Life (5 eps), Fixin' It with Soos (2 eps), TV Shorts (2 eps), and Mabel's Scrapbook (2 eps). All of these can be watched on YouTube @ TheMysteryofGF. Season 2 airs first on Disney XD, with reruns on Disney Channel:
  From left to right: Soos, Dipper, Grunkle Stan, Mabel, and Wendy
  "It's hard to believe it's been six years since I began researching the strange and won'drous secrets of Gravity Falls, Oregon." -??? Gravity Falls is full of ciphers, puzzles, and mysteries. Many of the ciphers are just cute Easter eggs, but some of them contain cryptic hints about the outstanding mysteries of the town.
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pksage fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Jan 6, 2016 |
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Ground flooring this poo poo.  I'm ready for my favorite mysterious extended family and strange co-workers to tell me things I never knew I needed. Like owl trowels. I had to buy eight of those.
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Jul 22, 2014 19:50
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I mentioned this in the OP, but Search for the Blindeye is going strong again, and I still think that it's maintained by someone in the know. Even if not, it's too much fun to solve the puzzles to completely ignore it. Yesterday, June 21, clues on the site led to "crossword.jpg", with a legend for solving it hidden somewhere else. All of the crossword clues were just fact-checks from the show, except for 31 down, "Important". The answer is (crossword and fan theory spoilers)"Carla" -- Stan's old girlfriend from the flashbacks where she's stolen by a hippie. If taken at face value, Carla being important could be a clue to the whole Stanford/Stanley thing?
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Jul 22, 2014 20:11
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I for one cannot wait for more hilarity and creepiness from my favorite fictional set of siblings in my favorite fictional town in Oregon.
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Jul 22, 2014 20:38
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I am really hoping that them trying to use Gravity Falls to pimp Disney XD doesn't hurt the show's ratings, you'd think that after all the cartoons they made to promote the channel flopped hard they would have learned their lesson.Some Numbers posted:I for one cannot wait for more hilarity and creepiness from my favorite fictional set of siblings in my favorite fictional town in Oregon. The animated shorts they made during the break had some of the creepiest stuff to come from the show, I'm really looking forward to what they bring to season 2. I remember at the end of season 1 Alex Hirsch was talking about wanting to add a new main character to the show, have we heard anything about that since then?
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Jul 22, 2014 20:46
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Oh yeah, I saw all of that. Lefty and The Tooth are exactly what I was hoping the show would give us.
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Jul 22, 2014 20:59
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OP, have you ever kissed a pig?
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Jul 22, 2014 21:09
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edit: ^^^ HIS FACE WAS SO FAT! Added a bit about the shorts to the OP, because everyone needs to watch them if you haven't. I think the Fixin' It with Soos shorts are my favorites. ...of SCIENCE! posted:have we heard anything about that since then? Not that I remember. pksage fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Jul 22, 2014 |
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Jul 22, 2014 21:10
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FYI, you can also buy the first season (or individual episodes) on Google Play.
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Jul 22, 2014 21:19
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The fact that there were only two Fixin It With Soos shorts is a goddamn crime. Same for TV Shorts. 
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Jul 22, 2014 21:19
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Unnnh. Oh yeah. I think it's time for a season 1 re-watch. Looking at the OP, would the FAQ section be a good place to put things like unanswered questions, like the mystery surrounding Past-Stan in "Time Traveler's Pig", and the second pair of glasses? It could be a place to put compiled speculation.
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Jul 22, 2014 21:57
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Excellent OP. I followed the link The Mystery of Gravity Falls because I wanted to watch the shorts again because they are great and I haven't seen them in a long time, and there was an interview with Jason Ritter, with several clips of what I can only assume are season 2. I haven't seen any S2 clips until now; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nURGPKhdjsM
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Jul 23, 2014 01:08
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El Tortuga posted:Looking at the OP, would the FAQ section be a good place to put things like unanswered questions, like the mystery surrounding Past-Stan in "Time Traveler's Pig", and the second pair of glasses? It could be a place to put compiled speculation. I'll probably stick that in "Mysteries" tomorrow, maybe with some FAQs about common ones ("who wrote the journals?")
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Jul 23, 2014 01:14
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I gave up on this about seven episodes in (not that it was bad, just couldn't really be fussed to carry on) and then was shown the last two episodes of s1 a few days ago and freaking adored them. Excited for this to start.
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Jul 23, 2014 01:16
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My compliments on the choice of thread title. Looking forward to season two. 
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Jul 23, 2014 02:29
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I watch this with my eleven year old son. We live in Walterville, Oregon which is basically the same place as the show, he loves it. I like the pig.
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Jul 23, 2014 02:41
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A kid came through my line at work recently and Gravity Falls was brought up. Her favorite character was Waddles  The mom's favorite character was Lil Gideon
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Jul 23, 2014 02:51
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Search for the Blindeye on June 18, Hirsch's birthday:quote:HMM, I FEEL LIKE I’M FORGETTING SOMETHING… I THINK THERE’S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT TODAY… NOW WHAT WAS IT? OH WAIT! WAS IT THAT SPACE DYNASTY? THOSE PEOPLE KNEW HOW TO RULE A REGION AND MAKE A TASTY DRINK. Sir James Paul McCartney's birthday is also June 18. The Churchill quote may reflect John Winston Lennon's middle name. Several song titles are in that one big paragraph. Maybe we get a Beatley episode this season?
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Jul 23, 2014 06:42
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Yo something that's missing from the OP is the theme song which is easily one of the catchiest earworms on TV right now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6usKhzL8uI
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Jul 23, 2014 08:27
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Aka my ringtone.
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Jul 23, 2014 08:54
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My ringtone until my phone ate it. Also, the bit at the end when the title shows up was my text sound.
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Jul 23, 2014 09:35
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Pshaw, this one is better, and I don't even smoke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmf-TW5rWiY
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Jul 23, 2014 12:46
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Can't wait for more Gravity Falls! There's apparently a few GF items/weapons in the new Disney Infinity coming out. Mainly the Mystery Shack & Mabel's Kitten Fists.
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Jul 23, 2014 13:04
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It feels like an eternity, but I'm glad they're dedicated to quality control. Thank god for the shorts though!
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Jul 23, 2014 13:06
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PYF theme music remix. Adam WarRock's rap version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALstOqg0pig I want it all, the mystery calls!
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Jul 23, 2014 15:49
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Gorilla Salad posted:PYF theme music remix. And then he updated it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm7xmCkow6Q
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Jul 23, 2014 17:00
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Did someone ever make a gif of Dipper pretending to write but instead of writing  it was dickbutt? That needs to be in the OP if it exists.
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Jul 23, 2014 19:09
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Veskit posted:Dipper dickbutt  
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Jul 23, 2014 19:44
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A lot better than mine:  I couldn't find a high-res version of Dick-Butt with a transparent background, and my attempts at deleting the white background/making it transparent failed. So low-res it was.
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Jul 23, 2014 19:49
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Jul 24, 2014 00:51
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What's up with the shadow's shadow? Is that the slenderman expy, a guardian entity, or the writer's spirit form? Yet another mystery to confound us all.
Sithsaber fucked around with this message at 01:50 on Jul 24, 2014 |
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Jul 24, 2014 01:07
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Alex Hirsch took a selfie and he appears to have grown a full beard around that godawful soul patch. I hope he realized his mistake
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Jul 24, 2014 01:43
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Promo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nJD_B3dLJQ
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Jul 25, 2014 01:08
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August 4th? I thought the first episode was airing August 1st!
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Jul 25, 2014 01:13
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Some Numbers posted:August 4th? I thought the first episode was airing August 1st! It premieres on the Disney channel August 1st, August 4th is the first day it starts airing on Disney Ecks-Dee.
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Jul 25, 2014 01:19
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Say Nothing posted:My compliments on the choice of thread title. Thanks, pretty glad my suggestion got chosen, but there wasn't nearly as much thought put into it as there is in this show, which is ridiculous. The comparisons to other cartoons that might somehow appeal to adults don't really do this show justice, as it isn't just a nod towards adult humor or interests, but delves into layers of conspiracies and unknown, while still staying funny, light hearted and enjoyable on the surface level. I'm hoping that season 2 follows through, and if they don't change the formula too much, I expect it will.
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Jul 25, 2014 11:37
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Huh, I thought this was cancelled for some reason.
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Jul 25, 2014 12:10
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Illinois Smith posted:Huh, I thought this was cancelled for some reason. Possibly because Disney is absolute poo poo at scheduling new content compared to other networks, and it's been literally two years since the premiere of season 1?
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Jul 25, 2014 13:53
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pksage posted:Possibly because Disney is absolute poo poo at scheduling new content compared to other networks, and it's been literally two years since the premiere of season 1? It is? What other shows have not received the due attention?
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Jul 25, 2014 14:51
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pksage posted:Possibly because Disney is absolute poo poo at scheduling new content compared to other networks, and it's been literally two years since the premiere of season 1?
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