DIPPER AND MABEL'S PARENTS DIVORCE!? Gravity Falls: The Book of Bill Cipher Twist Explained!

[@RoundtableVids]

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[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

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[@SilverScribe85]

According to Urban Dictionary, Plansexual IS a thing. It means that you're attracted to those who are good planners and strategists

[@quintenguajardo7665]

Oh shit do you think that's what Dippers dream was in escape from reality. His parents being together, because we never saw what it was glowing in the doorway.

[@Pyromania65]

Glad I found your channel,you sound like @Vailskibum 😁

[@ImagineStudios60]

Our thumbnail worker amazing I thought thumbnail was real from creators good job!!

[@dubbman44]

If they only knew that sending their kids away to avoid trauma sent them into worse trauma. Oh the irony LOL

[@Nolimitsbestfriend]

Knowledge at the sacrifice of happiness is that so bad 😭

[@daelen.cclark]

Let’s hope the parents find that out.

[@Galacticstarsofthegalaxy]

@@daelen.cclarkthey probably wouldn’t believe them

[@VixxyCodePop]

@@Galacticstarsofthegalaxyyou can’t blame them…I wouldn’t really believe my kids if they said they were followed around by demons all summer and saved the multieverse…

[@LitaliCat]

but they saved their uncle👍😀

[@TMK411]

“Pacifica has nightmares about washing blood off her hands, but it never comes out” Jesus Christ, mate…

[@brylegopela5601]

I know usually it's soldiers or anyone who undergo a certain amount of trauma that can cause that they see it even when not as sleep

[@liminalvoid824]

​@@GuyWhoLikesThings112 Oh my god. I hadn't thought of that. That's terrifying

[@liminalvoid824]

@@GuyWhoLikesThings112 Would also be a good topic for a fanfiction

[@tartlynerdy]

Pacifica can't separate herself from the sins of her family. She's still afraid she'll be just as terrible as the past northwests.

[@JuanchoGamex]

instant Lady Macbeth vibes from that

[@midnights2631]

The fact Dipper and Mabel's parents thought about divorce makes so much sense. Why the Pine Twins were sent to Grunkle Stan and why they don't even talk about their parents in Gravity Falls. Mabel getting angry at Dipper when she overhears about Ford's offer makes so much more sense...

[@elilucasm-hx1ty]

The way it seems is that only dipper knows

[@Pinkywinkykinky]

yeahh people can't blame her as much now for sure

[@midnights2631]

@@elilucasm-hx1ty She might have some idea something is wrong if their parents never send them off before.

[@LPSLuna716]

@@elilucasm-hx1ty It’s pretty safe to assume that if Dipper has *reoccurring* nightmares about the fight between his and Mabel’s parents, the nightmare probably happened over the course of the summer where Mabel would probably find out about the fight through what Dipper tells her about the nightmare. Also Mabel is more perceptive than we give her credit for, she probably saw the signs that something was going on with their parents.

[@jbcatz5]

And why she has to leave Waddles behind as per a deleted scene from Dipper and Mabel vs the Future, co-parenting as a newly separated couple is hard enough (on the parents and the twins) without factoring a pig who Mabel didn’t go to great lengths to housetrain. Mabel having picked up on it would also explain further her regret at the jab she makes at Dipper at the end of Dungeons, Dungeons and More Dungeons, realising she’s not just echoing her Grunkles as we had been made privy to but also her parents, and not liking what it could mean for her relationship with her brother.

[@tridek1949]

Ah, I get it. So Mable is obsessed with boys because she wants to prove to herself that love is real while Dipper is obsessed with mysteries because after finding out about his parents big secret he has a need to know about all the other secrets out there. This really does deepen the twins chaeacterization.

[@jbcatz5]

She’s more in love with the idea than actually committing to it, which is why her relationships never get serious (or at least 12 year old level serious). She was extremely uncomfortable about how fast Gideon was progressing their relationship, and the others all had things that caused them to end before she got the stage where she had to make a commitment.

[@JabamiLain]

​@@jbcatz5Mermando was almost serious. But she didn't want to own him.

[@standup9298]

@@jbcatz5i think thats cuz she just doesn’t like gideon

[@jbcatz5]

@@standup9298 He’s putting pressure on her, not letting her take the relationship at a pace she’s willing. She isn’t happy with Gideon calling the shots or leveraging town interest to suit his ends.

[@therandomgamer2]

I believe that love is real but this stuff you have to wary about when dating cause most women are crazy for child support if they are not healthy to be around then just leave them.

[@nickbritt1145]

Dipper: Ready to head into the unknown? Mabel: Nope. Now those words hit much, much worse.

[@youssefnr1310]

Damn.

[@Smiththeinspiringanimator]

Agreed.

[@Smiththeinspiringanimator]

And it’s probably going to be much more difficult for them to face reality and why Mabel wanted to stay in Mabel land it wasn’t because she was being selfish,but she doesn’t want to face reality of her parents splitting up and not wanting to deal with growing up.

[@LovelyLara123]

“Let’s do it.”

[@nickbritt1145]

@@LovelyLara123 For all the Mabel haters, they better hope Bill was telling the truth about the divorce. She wouldn’t come out of it unscathed and that’s because of custody battles.

[@WingTheGoat]

The fact Mabel is always trying to set people up to cope with being unable to save her parents' relationship.

[@JustStupid-cn7ue]

way to make me cry...

[@rowanmiller6035]

When you think about it, it recontextualizes the love god too. The whole point of the episode is that it's not Mabel's job to fix the relationships of those around her. I wish they had a follow up episode to address both that part of the message and the whole Robbie/Tambry mess.

[@JimmyMcGiIl]

it only says dipper hears, not mabel mabel writes her mom and dad a message during the show

[@Smiththeinspiringanimator]

Oof.😓

[@onlyholyhates]

Make sense

[@Takejiro24]

Pacifica's nightmares are metal AF. Imagine THOSE being animated like oh my- 😱

[@padpo5937]

The design of Pacifica includ red glove to symbolize the blood on her family ' s hands

[@theonlyMoancore]

Bros trying to see Pacifica's feet 💀

[@YourLocalNerd1]

@@theonlyMoancore what???

[@endgamer7896]

@@theonlyMoancore Bros projecting

[@MortallyBane]

How is that metal

[@smashley4661]

As a child of divorce were both parents were divorced longer than being married this hits a strong with me. Cartoons were my way of escaping my crappy home life and Gravity Falls was part of that.

[@jesuszamacona1113]

I hope You doing well right now Brother. Peace and God bless.

[@smashley4661]

@@jesuszamacona1113 I'm actually a woman but thanks

[@TheInfintyithGoofball]

same. Gravity Falls ended shortly before or shortly after my parents seperated... I genuinely felt like Mabel; like my childhood was dieing and the world was getting harsher

[@Cobra-yo7fx]

Do not talk to your worthless parents forever.

[@Cobra-yo7fx]

@@TheInfintyithGoofball do not talk to your worthless parents forever.

[@mizukihimura9669]

The reading of Dipper's nightmare in bills voice is absolutely not expected. It set my heart beating a bit 😂

[@sebastianarias121]

Me neither and it change everything! 😮😮😲😲😱😱

[@MudStudd]

Does your Heart (Mind Soul(Holy sheissa on a stick Chonny Jash reference)) not beat?

[@Hazel_TheOne]

Bru my parents just got done arguing i did not need the notification for this video right now😭

[@Thestuffdoer]

Alright buddy, get ready to go to the state north of you to a town you’ve never heard of to your great uncle’s (Jokes aside, hope you’re doing well! I always get stressed when it happens)

[@user-nn6yd2oj2e]

Universe is warning you bud…

[@softandwet7195]

It’s all gonna work out bud, just be there for each of them, arguments happen, just be there for them

[@Greg2ThEMAX]

You’ll be okay man. You’re not alone

[@LandonViteri]

💀

[@badcreations9527]

Soos wanting to change his last name to Pines is actually so cute and wholesome

[@joeldean2706]

That twist with Dipper and Mabel's parents. Makes me think of the show differently now and makes me interested in a new season of the show. I would be down, plus it gives the chance to explore characters in the show we didn't get more of. Like Pacifia, Wendy and more.

[@sallomon2357]

Poor Wendy, she was supposed to get her own episode, but Alex and other people working on the show just couldn't get the scripts right 😭

[@ivanalcalde3849]

Fun fact: the "blood that cannot be washed away" references Macbeth. In the play lady Macbeth tells her husband that "a bit of water washes away one's crimes" after he had just murdered the king. Later in the play she begins to hallucinate with blood in her hands that won't go away no matter how much water she uses to clean it. Bassically, the bloody hands represent sins that will never disappear.

[@KarenRodriguez-qy9qr]

Cool!

[@Neumonics429]

Specifically lady MacBeth doesn't want to wait for the prophesy to come true, she encouraged MacBeth to make it happen faster and feels responsible for the deaths because she was encouraging them.

[@melbanolan2161]

You know what I just realized Pacifica and diamond tiara from My Little Pony are basically the same characters you can’t tell me otherwise they basically have the same back story at this point just look there the same! Diamond tiara was basically forced to follow her mom’s path Pacifica was forced followed her parents path there the SAME!

[@justinbuergi9867]

That’d definitely explain why they were shipped out to their Gruncle Stan, who they’d never met before and who was a famous wacko

[@zeppeligyro9914]

Well remember that Stanley was impersonating Stanford who’s a genius, so the parents probably considered sending the kids there was a good alternative.

[@justinbuergi9867]

@@zeppeligyro9914 but a genius who they probably weren’t in frequent communication with or they’d have figured out the rouse. He can only fake it for so long with people who know him

[@colin3ds1]

They probably had some contact with him He probably said that science didnt work for him and that the business he started to make some extra money was really succesful And since they never met ford before and probably didnt even know that stanley existed or only heard about him in passing and was presumed dead stanley was able to slip into stanford's shoes pretty well ​@@zeppeligyro9914

[@GODZILLA2915]

Well this was added in a 3DS game, but Stan was there at the hospital when the twins were born.

[@reyjones6472]

@@GODZILLA2915 He's been passing himself off as his brother for 30 years, Dipper and Mabel's parents probably only remember Stanley, as 'Stanford.'

[@CesarACastillo]

Mr. and Mrs. Pines sending their kids away has to be the most wholesome thing ever. Instead of exposing them to the trauma of a messy divorce, they sent them somewhere where they could still have a normal summer vacation (not lol).

[@orianefaton1885]

The simple fact it sas Dipper wasn't supposed to hear show they tried not to expose the kids to their divorce as hard as possible.

[@Kelexr]

This doesn’t exactly recontextualize the entire series-rather it adds context to a lot of the motives and actions the twins took throughout the show! Honestly, it kinda makes it better-love this video!!

[@joshuacollins9316]

I think that’s the definition of recontextualize lol

[@attabooii]

That's the definition of recontextualization lol, changing the context of something, good or bad. Adding context is still changing the context

[@StareachValcin]

The idea of Dipper and Mabel potentially having to deal with the possibility of their parents divorcing definitely is something I wasn't expecting, but would explain their mindset throughout Gravity Falls, especially just before weirdmageddon.

[@ΕυάγγελοςΦώσκολος]

The divorce thing was one of my biggest fan theories about this show (right next to the Society of the Blind Eye still being active and Bill having survived from being erased from Stan's mind). That book answered so many theories. With that revelation everything I knew about Dipper and Mabel changes. Now all we need is a new series to confirm all that we have learned from this book, mostly because I can't read the book because I don't think it exists in my country. I only learn of what's inside it by listening to people like you reacting to it.

[@JabamiLain]

I had theorized it once, but never actually thought it'd become canon.

[@wordsmith6154]

Honestly, this doesn't surprise me. When I first watched the show, I asked myself why these two were shipped off to live with an uncle they hardly knew in a town they had never been to before without their parents. I know every family is different, but a summer camp and an entire town that the parents likely never went to themselves are two VERY different things. They only thing I was able to figure was that their parents were trying to work out their marriage, or start the divorce proceedings like you mentioned, and didn't want the kids around to see the shit show. This is one of those times where I hate to be right. Like when I guessed from episode 1 of "Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure" that Cass was the biological daughter of Mother Gothel. I hope they figured it out! But, alas, we won't know unless Hirsch comes out with another book, comic or season of Gravity Falls. If we don't get another season, I want a copy of Dipper's pine tree journal with all the notes, hearing about how his last year of middle school was as well as the summer that followed. I also feel this would be a great companion novel to a season three like how Journal 3 was to the first two seasons.

[@midnights2631]

I guessed Cass was the daughter of Gothel from the start too! The moment I saw her, I thought she was Gothel and was confused why she was casually talking to Finn before I realized she was a different character entirely. It was some race episode. I wasn't surprised to hear Gothel was Cass's mother but it was heartbreaking to realize Gothel left her own children behind.

[@pilot_aki]

“Shipped off to live with an uncle they hardly knew in a town they never been to before without their parents” also applies to the protagonist of the video game, Persona 4.

[@artsman412]

Technically, we don't know for certain that they ended up getting divorced. Maybe they just needed a summer to work on their marriage? Honestly, until confirmed otherwise, that's what I'm sticking to.

[@bluewolf5521]

It's a bit depressing knowing some of the darker nightmares of everyone. Wendy, Dipper, Pacifica and Mable specifically. Knowing what they suffer from makes a lot in the show stand out with moments between them.

[@BrandonJames2016]

It feels so good to get gravity falls content like that craving for content is being satisfied. Would love if a new season went into the dark reveals about some of our fav characters dreams bc we would love more development for them. Like I would love for more Pacifica development .

[@AMoniqueOcampo]

Dipper and Mabel's coping mechanisms definitely make sense considering the possibility of their parents divorcing. Dipper trying to solve the mystery of the journal gives him a sense of control and Mabel wanted a romantic relationship because she wanted someone she could depend on. She wanted someone who could never leave her.

[@svxd7369]

Wow, I never thought that Dipper and Mabel's parents were going through a divorce, that totally changes everything about how we see them and why their parents sent them to their Grunkle Stan in Gravity Falls in the first place. My parents are divorced too, so I know what they're going through, as well as doing things that they are very passionate about to bottle up their feelings.

[@idkbalvan6303]

This really recontextualizes that scene from season 2 not long after Ford was rescued and when Ford and Stan are argueing. Mabel overhears it all through the door, but when Dipper asks what they're saying she tells him they're planning to buy them puppies and icecream (or something like that). That probably wasn't the first family arguement that she overheard.

[@revaslatts4301]

Oooookay, now that hurt me in the heart.

[@bumbabees]

thats the definition of bittersweet. trying to protect her brother :(

[@AceHufflepuff]

Honestly that's pretty good of their parents to put their kids first like that. Rather than use them in anyway, their parents decided they should stay out of it. More mature than most parents.

[@neilkeyway]

That makes sense because in the episode "Dipper and Mable VS the future", when Mabel learns about the apprenticship before she runs out of the room, she yells "Your leaving me too!!"

[@archerman247]

This would actually explain a lot about why Stan took the kids for the summer in the first place. I mean Ford had probably alienated a lot of the rest of the Pines family when he cut contact to avoid Bill. So, when Stan took over his life, he still lacked any of the family connection he desperately wanted. Then, one day, his niece or nephew calls him up desperate for some place to send the twins while they go through the divorce drama. I mean think about it. When you watch the show, Ford is really the last person you'd want to send your kids to, cause from an outside view, he was up to some weird stuff. And Stan's actual circumstances weren't really any better. As for Stan, a family member comes to him begging for help like that. I really don't see Stan being able to say no, even if he really knows he should.

[@lowki1005]

My parents were divorcing back when gravity falls was airing, and it really helped me through. Crazy how that works

[@gamingrevelation1625]

HOLY SHIT!! MABLES SELFISHNESS JUST SUDDNELY MADE SO MUCH SENSE

[@elilucasm-hx1ty]

She didn’t know, so she was still just being selfish

[@The_Existential_Bread]

Still, though. It doesn't justify it, but it explains it.

[@applejuice8507]

shut it

[@Theeverythingbundle]

@@The_Existential_Breadshe’s a child chill

[@eridmango9436]

​@@The_Existential_Bread and she's still just a 12 yo child... What do you want from her???????? 💀

[@NAT_RAT18]

This is actually... very sad. It shines a new light on the show.

[@Anonuser1823]

People say she’s selfish, and blame/portray Mabel as an antagonist because of how she reacted to dipper being offered his apprenticeship by Ford, and say she guilt tripped him into turning it down. I already felt her reaction was justified, as she is only a 13 year old girl, how mature can you expect her to be? But knowing what we know now about their parents situation, in my eyes at least, it’s even more understandable/reasonable she reacted the way that she did.

[@xxcanthinkofanamexx1688]

Exactly

[@manilovefnaf_ch3rr1]

It actually made so much sense like OF COURSE she doesn't wanna be alone in that situation 😭

[@tomassmith1519]

The problem was that she didn't learned

[@ОльгаСергеева-з6х]

It's funny, I actually _had_ a theory that their parents were getting divorced from the very first episodes. Not only are the twins sent to Gravity Falls kinda out of nowhere (as we know, they've never been there before), but also Stan isn't the type of person you would want around your kids, so it really looked like the parents really, really needed to get rid of them. But then it turned out that Stan took Ford's place, so the twins were actually supposed to spend the summer with a scientist, not a criminal, and I discarded that theory. And now, here we are.

[@delphoxhoopa7289]

My parents are currently separated. I was an adult when it happened, but it didn't make having to adjust to a new routine in the same house but without my dad any less difficult. It doesn't matter if you're 8 or 18: you still feel like a helpless little kid when you're watching your entire world crash down and you can't do anything about it.

[@francoalmiron5107]

Man with this reveal, it makes more sense why Mabel acted this way, knowing what was waiting for her back home, is no wonder she lashed out like that.

[@spookypooky1362]

I've read that in The Book Of Bill, that in every other reality, Bill won.That it was basically a million in one chance that they survived their encounter with Bill. In the book, it shows Dipper,Mable, and Waddles comfortably going home having won the battle But with lots of other doomed versions of themselves around them. All of which only include Mable and Dipper with Waddles being absent. In addition to that, "The Shaman" (one of the first people Bill made a deal with and is still apart of Bill) predicted that a pig is involved in Bills down fall.I belive that if Mable didnt have Waddles they wouldn't have gotten the ending they did, which could explain Mables reoccurring dream of not being able to save Waddles, aka a "dying pig." He subconscious knew Waddles needed to be there.

[@pikaforce64]

The divorce thing also sort of re contextualizes Mabel's reaction to Stan and ford arguing while she and dipper are in their room(saying she thinks she heard Ford say he was getting them puppies made of ice cream, and then she says thats wishful thinking), and also her request to dipper to not be stupid like their grunkles were which ruined their relationship, she doesnt want her relationship with dipper to fall apart like her parents or her uncles

[@heather6154]

Someone timed 0:06 and said “dont make me simp again”😭

[@Cheese-Slime-Sheriff]

We love broken men here

[@ghostspider2056]

I still think the twins could’ve talked something out at the end, where Dipper goes home with Mable and still becomes Ford’s apprentice. Like talk with Ford online and take it as a summer job. Mable could join as an assistant.

[@Violety42]

Maybe they can go together.

[@joyfulvision]

The entirety of gravity falls having been a divorce trip (a trip that Dipper and Mabel’s parents sent them on to figure out divorce stuff) really changes everything. Makes it even a little sad even.

[@skadoosh-wooooo]

i love the concept of the show growing up and maturing with it's audience. gravity falls really is one of the best shows ever it's so thought out and just perfect in every way. i was devastated when it ended and i have waited SO LONG for it to return and i love the direction it's going.

[@jackmccool9911]

Thats probably why dipper avoided mabel’s gift in the bubble. He probably assumed it would be about their parents making up.

[@PerseusToons]

Dipper and Mabel could always join Tulip on the Infinity Train

[@SeBa-xb3jn]

Tulip is already off the train

[@kaysrandomchannel4618]

That show deserved better.

[@katethevampire]

​@@SeBa-xb3jn it's a joke /lh

[@nickbritt1145]

Or visit Sasha.

[@manilovefnaf_ch3rr1]

No way 😭✋

[@RandoSando.]

I always assumed their parents were going through a divorce, which is why i was never a mabel hater. My parents have sent me and my siblings away to stay with relatives whenever there was a rough patch.

[@christythehedgehog169]

this definitely explains why people felt a connection between mabel and bill, cause bill isn't afraid to give her what she wants so he can proceed to get what he wanted that is definitely why it was soo easy for him to finaLLY FIND a way into mabels mind.

[@futgamer811]

I think dipper was the one who really knew that all. Mabel may have a suspicion, but I think dipper wouldnt tell her because he is such a protective brother. Maybe he didnt even actually wanted to go home with mabel, and maybe he gave up this future oportunity with Ford just to be there for Mabel

[@JustDoingReviews]

5:55 In the Book of Bill we see that Stan and Ford celebrated Hanukkah which implies that they are Jewish and maybe Dipper and Mable are too so they would not celebrate Christmas.

[@ChaoticCreations8002]

I think we knew this even before the book of bill because in journal 3 dipper says he saw stans bar mitzvah in a memory in stans mind

[@SnowingNorth]

So that's why their noses are big and stan is obsessed with money.

[@i.like.mac._.n.cheese]

although Stan and ford celebrated it, it says that dipper and mabel were raised non religious

[@KnightsofGaming2016]

They could celebrate it secularly tho. That's what my Muslim friends do

[@tomassmith1519]

​@@SnowingNorthlol

[@kferg5129]

What hurts these two don't understand Mom might have custody of Mabel and Dad gets dipper thus separating them or vice versa

[@CJ-hx5vk]

I liked when Stan decided to give waddles up to Mable and Dipper and told them if their parents have a problem with it then call him bro that legit made me smile a very wholesome moment blc I doubt they said anything after they heard gruncle Stan say something about it

[@johnchism3705]

Glad somebody finally talked about it. Everything from the Book you mentioned in the Dreams chapter is what stick out the most to me. Poor kids, Wendy and Pacifica. This really changes everything. And heck, this could be another part of their next character arc in what comes next.

[@xx_tommy_xx1214]

My parents have had “divorce scares” as i call them and i understand the escapism that happens especially with my family being upset that my little sister was taken away to a home until she learns how to be a regular person and that people will do anything to just not think about it, i know i haven’t had it as bad as others but it does hurt when this happens especially with the loneliness without having the siblings you grew up with in the house

[@jbcatz5]

With the new information about Wendy it’s a huge missed opportunity she never got a focus episode to show her beyond the scope of the Mystery Shack and the Pines family. Deconstructing her cool, calm and collected facade to delve into her past and lack of maternal figure in the present would make her so much more than just Dipper’s unrequited crush and a sometimes surrogate daughter figure to Stan depending on the episode (like Soos and the Real Girl). Sacred Distance, nice.

[@orianefaton1885]

Plus, she is the only girl in her houselhold since her motherpassing. I am not sure this make the experience an more pleasant, since there may be times she feel like the odd one out, because the dad has plannned for some manly ativities or something.

[@flashlightning6742]

As someone who has still maintained that Mabel was being a bit unreasonable with her reaction to Dipper being Ford’s apprentice, this completely changes my view of it. God it would probably feel terrible to have to return home alone to whatever mess awaits.

[@Rikkiroo1008]

Dipper having repeated nightmares of hearing that fight, makes me wonder just how bad it was. Like parents can fight and maybe yell at one another, but can find a way to make up and compromise. But for it to be so scarring a kid had dreams of it repeatedly means it was a terrible conversation. And that they sent them away for what we assume was the whole summer to the point they had their birthday while away. Like most parents would want to find time to spend summer vacation with their kids and spend time with them on their birthday. Like honeslty sounds like the parents were too busy arguing to care about their kids possibly

[@revaslatts4301]

Oof, that really hurts!

[@dubbman44]

Want to know something messed up, if Mr and Mrs Pines are getting divorced, that means Mr and Mrs Northwest, despite being horrible parents, have a much more stable marriage. Dipper and Mabel Parents: good parents, dysfunctional marriage Pacifica's Parents: terrible parents, stable marriage. Sick irony at work

[@alluke24]

Also, if their folks were getting divorced, there was a chance that Dipper and Mabel would get separated that maybe their dad might take Mabel and then Dipper would have to stay with their mom or vice versa. Because it has happened before in the past where the kids end up being torn apart from each other just because their parents can’t get along. Which would result in the siblings, not having each other to rely on to handle a situation like that.

[@orianefaton1885]

Judging b the fact the parents were considerate enough not to fight in front f the kids (Dipper has nightmares because he overheard them. He wasn't supposed to hear it) and that they sent the twins away to Stan so the could be sparred the arguments the divorce may cause between the parents, I have a feeling they did not want or ever plan to separate the twins.

[@Nobody-tm9vr]

Don't know how to feel with the divorce thing. No one thought about this when Mabel did what she did in the finale, it feels hard to try to see that trait in the kids with the show.

[@Mr.Cannnn]

Well it’s not confirmed, it’s just a dream dipper has. For all we know it just means dipper FEARS it happening rather then it actually happening, so yea

[@nobodys_here07]

​@@Mr.CannnnThough for him to start worrying about stuff like that does imply their parents might be going through a rough patch.

[@donovan802]

It’s funny, because virtually all of Bill’s ploys throughout the show were stopped by Mabel, and I would’ve assumed he hated her more than Dipper. The fact he landed on the shooting star when deciding between her and Dipper would die at his hand, it seemed deliberate, but this new context makes sense.

[@Okolzgono]

That's just so sad. Wendy's mother is gone. Soos' father is also gone. Stanley left his parents who saw him as a failure and got seperated with his best friend brother Stanford for 30 years after a fight. Pacifica's parents are overly strict rich asses. Gideon literally controls his parents like a puppet. McGucket's memory got erased and he can't spend time with his son. Robbie's overly optimistic parents see him as an angel but he is completely distant from them. Sheesh, is there even a single happy family in Gravity Falls?

[@revaslatts4301]

I certainly hope so. 😢

[@comics.9462]

the kids fishing with their grandpa in the legend of the gobblewonker 🙏🏽

[@Chickaen_Cannibal]

“Not sure what to call that! *Plansexual?”* I DIED

[@noobgamer7_738]

The book of bill is the best piece of Gravity Falls media we’ve gotten in years

[@sweetpea644]

Oh no, the thought of Dipper and Mabel being split up because of a divorce breaks my heart.

[@jaketaller8567]

4:24 Aw, Milkshakes is such an adorable kitty.

[@revaslatts4301]

Ikr 🤩

[@Justmyselfyt]

As someone Who's parents Split almost 3 years ago this affects still today and even affected me even before so having this info on top the Pine twins feel more relatable for some fans at least I know I do

[@pollystarlight2362]

It seems like a majority of the modern Disney channel parents aren't together in present day, like Sasha's parents from "Amphibia" or Bill and Nancy from "Big City Greens" we've even had death separate a married couple which would be Manny and Camila from "The Owl House" and now there's this. I'm getting a lot of representation, lucky me!

[@DaystarCosplay247]

Won’t say it’s representation, it’s more Depth in character. I agree however felt manny & Camilla are underwhelming.

[@jbcatz5]

@@DaystarCosplay247The way the show was formatted meant it didn’t get a whole lot of exploration until late season two and the first season three special since glimpses into what was happening on Earth weren’t regular.

[@DaystarCosplay247]

@@jbcatz5 and at the end of the day, it all falls on the staff hands because they should’ve been organize the episodes and plots accordingly, I heard it that the S2 episode of the parade was supposed to be the first episode of season two, not to mention the fact that the boiling isles had a classism problem, too, that could’ve been discussed more with only prominent characters being of witches, which I like normal, looking humans, compared to the monsters and species that we see in the boiling isles that could explore luzs outlook that her whole fantasy world she could’ve had all that glitters is an actually gold moment.

[@RandomAzul]

Dipper and Mabel going to Gravity Falls because their parents are getting divorce has been a theory/head-cannon of mine for so long.

[@T.Rex97234]

Theory: Bill is just the embodiment of your inner demons. This is why he can get into your mind, this is also why he has existed for all of eternity.

[@intrusiveplots]

Let’s not forget that Mabel put to much importance on celebrating their favorite holiday Halloween together like her life depended on it even tho the actual holiday was still months away. So I don’t know if it was planned or not but it really fits that she is afraid of what happens when she goes home and wants to have one last good memory with Dipper because the holidays would be extremely different once summer is over.

[@LaurenSherwood-n8i]

Deborah and Mabel‘s parents getting it divorce? I never knew. I love this show so much. I was even watching it today. Wow I don’t have any words for this.

[@daelen.cclark]

If there was ever a sequel series, I’d love to see the parents so the kids can rant at them for sending them away. They’ve got a couple scars no matter what.

[@EmeraldMaster123]

wait I have a theory *game theory music* in Mabel land, Mabel gives Soos and Wendy what they really wanted and Dipper didn't see what Mabel gave him, so we didn't see what it was, but maybe through the door was their parents together and happy, but Dipper knew Mabel would give it to him, so he didn't want to see it cause he knew it wasn't true

[@creeperplayz5742]

It's was already confirmed that behind the door was supposedly to be Dipper accepting Ford's apprenticeship

[@midnights2631]

That makes a lot of sense

[@revaslatts4301]

Sounds possible. 🤔

[@raystheotterfox324]

I feel for Dipper, heck I even remember the night I saw my parents fight, I just woke up and walked into the living room just to ask what was going. Then my Mom guided me back to bed and told evething was fine, only for my Dad to be gone in the morning.

[@mrcp9345]

Canda remind me the ending of omori at the end sunny confess what happened and Nightmare and Eldritch. In gravity falls I didn't see that

[@Kelexr]

Gravity Falls is so back!!!

[@Memec1ty]

Yup

[@zingkoinko1231]

@@Memec1ty hopefully it getsamovie

[@malloreddusrabies]

YAY

[@aidelle5648]

OMG Its August rn n August 31 is da twins bday so its gotta be back😭🥹🤧🤧

[@tjjordan4207]

The possible divorce reveal was a mind-blowing plot twist that makes so much sense and I'm a little upset at myself for never considering it during the show's run and also long after. I love stuff like this that manages to continue the show's legacy, without downgrading the show itself by trying to do more seasons. There was once a time when I wanted to see more Gravity Falls, but after seeing a lot of revivals and reboots of other things that have only damaged their legacy, I'm happy that Gravity Falls ended on a high note and stayed that way to be tested by time.

[@Present_mic_official]

It’s crazy how bill cipher and Ramona flowers are some of the only people who can access the mind scape.

[@Very_Unique_Handle_2]

1:02 “LIEK AND SUBSCRAYBE 😜😜😜” got me😭

[@highshipper9222]

I became a child of divorce a while ago in March, so this puts a lot of things into perspective of how Mabel and Dipper act

[@trevor972m4]

Pretty likely. I get feelings that Dipper & Mabel didn't have much connections with Grunkle Stan before the summer. A lot of troubled couples send their kid to

[@e-nl9ym]

Bloodstained hands that seemingly never wash off was a sign of guilt originally presented by Shakespeare in Macbeth with the character Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth was a duplicitous, cunning character who's main goal was power which eventually lead to to manipulating her husband - who later talks about how 'all the seas of great neptune cannot clean my hands of this deed' which in turn is meant to contrast Lady Macbeth's statements of how 'a little water clears us of this deed'. Hands were a metaphor for the soul and being pure which is later emphasised by Lady Macbeth trying to reclaim her femininity with her confession of 'not even the perfumes of Arabia could sweeten this little hand' - a contrast between 'little', innocent, and 'big' in Pacifica's dream. It is also worth noting that Lady Macbeth also dreams of unwashable blood on her hands hinted at as she sleepwalks in Act 5, Scene 1 and talks about blood being on her hands as well as the murder of king Duncan she orchestrated through her husband (which could be a metaphor for Dipper in this case as he helped 'kill' the ghost). She unwavering guilt is metaphorically proven when she exclaims 'put damned spot!' (Refering to the blood on her hands never washing off which perfectly contrasts her statements previously of a little water being able to clear her and her husband of sin) To me, this seems as though Pacifica represents the sympathetic side of Lady Macbeth, the one we see at the very end of the play. She still wants power and recognition from those above her, but she is riddle with guilt and it haunts her every waking minute and even in her dreams - we see this with Lady Macbeth as she sleep walks. She also fears accidentally hurting somebody or the entire town once more because of her past and also the knowledge she carries about her heritage. TLDR: I have had a can of dr pepper and it is 7am so I am going insane :D

[@Draconic_Lorecraft]

It certainly makes bills taunts and Stand call with their mom make more sense. I certainly can sympathize as my parents got divorced when I was like, 15, 16, so I certainly can see the points.

[@adammartinez8061]

Stand call with their mom? Meaning?

[@orianefaton1885]

@@adammartinez8061 In the season 1 finale, when Gideon took the shak, Stan end up calling the parents to tell them he has to send bak the kids.

[@Somnisonus]

I think a lot of good story telling could come if they do remain divorced, but the twins still become separated in a weird custody situation where they aren't ever in the same place together for very long. Then suddenly they have all summer together again.

[@johnchism3705]

Speaking of this book, is anyone gonna talk about his Abigail Blackwell from the Snti Cipher Society is totally Pacific’s grandmother? That’s one of the things that stuck out the most to me.

[@jakubwiktor5874]

7:57 bill here looks like he regrets some of his life choices

[@ABlueThing]

Maybe cause I'm a Mabel apologist, but yeah it makes her odd behaviors understandable

[@johnchism3705]

You know, this actually makes a lot of sense when you take into account that the baby in A Tale of Two Stan’s might be Shermie. Which would imply that he’s in his early 40’s, which means that he and Dipper and Mabel’s parent had kids when they were really young. Which makes even more sense since they’re having marital problems. You know, Shermie Pines’ true age could be a video on its own.

[@PierreZhong]

Bill chipper: *waiting for his freedom for 8 years*

[@Shocked_Joe]

1:47 nah, it might be nightmares instead. 😂 the lil crap is traumatized

[@theraptorcommissar1015]

Pacifica's nightmare could easily be a reference to Shakespeare's Macbeth: Where Lady Macbeth has constant nightmares and sleepwalking tangents about aggressively washing her hands of blood that never comes out, showing that even though she instigated and played a major part in it, she still feels guilty about killing the king to get her and her husband the throne.

[@SilverScribe85]

If their parents WERE to get a divorce, could this mean they might move back to Gravity Falls (permanently)?

[@Glaizer318]

Damn the book of bill basically just turned this series, SO MUCH DARKER

[@pokefan213]

honestly, Dipper and Mabel being stuck in the middle of their parents divorce probably would have been FAR LESS STRESSFUL for them than everything they went through in Gravity Falls.

[@orianefaton1885]

To be fair, how were the parents supposed to know this.

[@Chill-Ice]

Two episodes come to my mind when this is a fact: In the time traveler's pig, Blendin wished that Dipper and Mabel's parents never meet, pretty ironic considering they are in the process of seperating at the same time. Speaking of Blendin, in Blendin's Game, Dipper and Mabel could have used the time wish to wish their parents never divorced instead of giving it to Soos, which either shows how much they care about Soos, or this was not an option planned in the show until recently (which is not surprising)

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

You guys are cooking with these pats videos ! Amazing work 👏👏👏

[@josephmeluso2377]

Good, but this theory also relies on everyone in the Pines family knowing about the divorce. Dipper overheard it seemingly by accident, so he's the only one we know for sure who knows it was occurring. Stanley might have an idea as well considering he was fostering the kids all summer. But that leaves me with Mabel - I could believe her knowing if Dipper told her, perhaps on the bus to Gravity Falls, which would explain how gung-ho she is within town. But that would happen off-screen.

[@aynsleyyost5168]

No wonder they got shipped out to gravity falls who sends their 12 year olds for 2months

[@cowissilly]

I know everyone thinks if there is going to be a new season or spin off show it would be the next summer. However what if they go back to gravity falls for the holidays for an extended one or two months because their parents are divorced and they can’t take care of them at the moment.

[@snbsixteen6stars201]

I already called this a long time ago That they were send off so the parents could deal with the divorce

[@food9657]

Episode summerween Mabel says this may be our last trick-or-treat because she may not want to go trick-or-treating when her parents get divorced

[@jorgemino3084]

With the new nightmares, there is a code in the website that shows that the nightmares were done by bill while he was trying to manipulate pacifica into destroying the rift.