Every Gravity Falls Episode Ranked

[@Christ5306]

One thing i never noticed until recently is that the reason why Stanley always knew Gideon was a fraud and never was a true mind reader, was because Gideon always referred to Stan as Stanford.

[@jacksondavies3595]

OH MY GOD!

[@BenjaminKirbyTennyson0]

Wow I'm still discovering things out about this show!!

[@hexafolia6296]

HOLY CRAP YOU'RE ACTUALLY SO RIGHT

[@Frogcoven]

THE WRITING IN THIS SHOW IS SO GENIUS HNNNNGHHHHH

[@PringlesL0vr]

Yes

[@LvlGenesis]

As someone who watched Not What he Seems the night it aired I can confirm that it was absolutely crazy. At that point, there was still no absolute confirmation that Stan had a brother so everyone was left guessing all the way up until the very end. The worst part was having to wait from March to June for the next episode.

[@jay.5768]

Same. As a kid watching it I was BLOWN AWAY.

[@ellielovegood6307]

It was so terrible to wait

[@kingkirby1394]

Glad to have been there for the air date as well 😎

[@Foxy_Blitz]

You have no idea how fast I rushed to Tumblr and Instagram when it aired! I wanted to see the live theories and fanart then and there! XD

[@KrazyKyle-ij9vb]

I remember watching this show when I was about 8 or 9 years old. It wasn't every episode because... I'm not thinking about doing that and cable/on demand is difficult, but I was still sort of familiar with the direction of the show. I think that was the first time that I was ever shocked by anything on a screen. I had been invested in movies before, but that was the first time that I understood why watching a series live is so cool. I rewatched this show about two years ago and I can definitely say that it's one of my favorites. It's not perfect, but there's so much to love about it that they outweigh any issue the show has tenfold.

[@nickezibble1322]

Alex Hirsch confirmed that in Sock Opera, the laptop never actually had a timer. In reality, Dipper fell asleep without realizing it and Bill fabricated the timer in the dreamscape in order to manipulate him.

[@galactic-hamster7043]

It honestly feels like Alex Hirsch is the anti J.K. Rowling, he constantly drops bits of his lore for his story, but it's useful and we all enjoy his work with it

[@VitaNewbo]

Hell yeah! I was pretty sure that was the case, but I’m glad I know it’s cannon now.

[@keybladequeen]

Bro are u being for real????

[@drewhoskins1707]

very intersting

[@shigerumiyamoto9612]

That is actually very clever way to make that part work out, especially when McGucket later repairs the computer.

[@fadedmain631]

The reason dipper can't use the presidents key to unlock mabel's bubble, is because the presidents key only unlocks locks made in america BEFORE 1877.

[@babimin_]

THANK YOU

[@Solopetelo-ev5kw]

Not only that but the mable bubble had a lock that was made by bill. It's not some normal lock, it's a multi Dimension lock.

[@megablademe4930]

wrong, he used it in the Lost Legends comics and it worked

[@thecatking1856]

​@megablademe4930 I bet that doorway in is older then 1877

[@joshuastregger8230]

@@megablademe4930it probably wasn’t cannon to the story though

[@andrewmacias7080]

Fun fact: Alex Hirsch said they never initially had plans on making the Bill Cipher wheel a part of the show, but it became so popular among fans and theorists that he felt they had to include it in the show somehow, hence the zodiac not actually being used in the finale.

[@itsPlasma06]

I found out about this a few weeks ago and it still pisses me off so much

[@cantthinkofaname5046]

@@itsPlasma06 why be pissed? We still got a good story out of it, and even if they hadn’t initially planned bill out to be more than a one off at first, they integrated him into the story so well that it doesn’t matter

[@vickypedia1308]

@@itsPlasma06 I prefer this over the zodiac working out. Them using a prophecy to defeat Bill would have felt really cheap, instead of defeating him with their own power.

[@bravebenar5166]

@@vickypedia1308 honestly i don't think Bill is truly defeated, exhibit a, stan remembered who he was. Exhibit b, the arg where Stan switches between Bill and not Bill modes

[@itsPlasma06]

Yeah, we still got a good story and all and it wasn't as cliche as it would've been otherwise, but man that was such a giant red herring and the entire fandom fell for it, hook line and sinker. I feel like we just got trolled so hard with that one, it's kinda funny but at the same time frustrating lmao

[@haydenm1095]

Something about this show…. I think it’s due to the fact that I was around the same age as dipper and Mabel. When the show finally ended I felt so emotional because it perfectly incapsulates the underlying dread of growing up and change. Now as I am in my final year of high school, I rewatched the show and realized how emotionally attached to this show I am.

[@Henry-iz7iv]

I rewatched the show my senior year of high school’s summer, right before going off to college, and cried harder than I had in a really long time, because as you said, it emotionally captures you and highlights the dread and fear of change, and finishing a show like this the NIGHT before leaving for college was surreal

[@yorn4286]

This

[@heikee]

oh my gosh we’re literally the same person

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

I'm emotionally attached to this show because I'm a twin. I understand exactly how Mabel and Dipper feel for each other.

[@Archimedes-v2o]

@@kittycatmeowmeow963 While it isn’t exactly the same, I relate to the show as a triplet in some ways, too

[@DanGamingFan2406]

The cultural impact this show left is undeniable and insurmountable. I'm so glad this gold mine of memes and emotions exists.

[@legendaresn6983]

And the impact it had on future shows, its like the Bleach of american cartoons

[@missingnumberaxolotl-9079]

If I had a nickel for every bot I’ve seen, I’d have enough nickels to buy the sites that mass produce them.

[@lirgamingthings6035]

For me personally I get even more attached to this show because I live in a rural town in the Pacific Northwest so the amount of nostalgia I’m gonna get is going to soar

[@TheMilkyWaysWay]

"Wow, this is worthless

[@kruellzer0877]

Watch my Gravity falls vid

[@anirose25]

If anyone doesn’t catch it. In “The Time Travelers Pig” Blendin went back to retrieve the items that the kids left around of course. BUT when you go on to later or earlier episodes he is in the background! Showing Alex’s totally genius ideas and plan for the show!

[@Heartss4Julia]

When I watched that episode on Disney+ I had to double check to see if he was actually in the backgrounds and it was so cool to see he was

[@gowon_supremacy]

actually this happened because disney gave them time to make a few episodes in advance, and the time traveler's pig was one of the first ones of the show to be written. the team felt necessary to make this advantage worth so they put blendin in the episodes before! you can hear more about it on the dvd commentaries

[@tsunamiscientist568]

@@gowon_supremacy Yeah. Also on those DVD commentaries, they discuss just how little they planned out beforehand. Alex outright says at one point that he's sorry for spoiling the illusion. Aside from knowing about Ford's existence, they really were flying by the seat of their pants when writing this show.

[@Leader7353]

In the Season 1 finale too

[@crm1301]

Fun fact about The Last Mabelcorn (as told from the DVD commentary) the episode was originally supposed to be about Wendy Corduroy getting weather-controlling powers, but when the script came back, Alex wasn't satisfied and decided to come up with a brand-new episode in two days, which is how we got Last Mablecorn. The writers REALLY did want to give Wendy her own full episode, and made several attempts to do so, all of which ultimately failed. According to Hirsch, it was his only "real failure" in making the show, and he says if he ever did it all again, he'd make sure Wendy got her full episode this time.

[@shagarumedic]

That’s such a cool direction to take the character to. F

[@saladspoonami4563]

Wendy is like a really cool character, still even without that episode she’s still very solid

[@Little_Eris]

She was also gonna have a B-plot with Stan, but that was removed due to them trying to find a good A-plot.

[@mackielunkey2205]

“We made the Last Mablecorn amazing!” “What did it cost?” “A Wendy plotline.”

[@mackielunkey2205]

While I’m sad that Wendy plotline got scrapped, that plot line you mentioned honestly sounds like something best suited for a Dipper, Stan, or Mabel plotline, because they would be the type to misuse/abuse powers like that. I can see why Alex would scrap that. Wendy is not one to misuse powers to prop herself up, but to use it just to have fun, she’s totally fine with the skills that she has (mostly because she was raised in an environment where her dad helped her value the skills she has) and I think with her character, the challenge that her plotline provides should mesh well with her grounded nature, and giving her powers isn’t the answer. I remember that Alex wanted to make Wendy bisexual, and I feel that there could have been an episode focusing on her crushing on a girl and trying to express herself. I believe that grounded conflicts like that (like how Smiling Friends had stories where the main characters helped others with real-life problems) would’ve greatly benefitted her character because it could expose a different side of her that finds it hard to express herself because of how socially conscious she is, as at the time, and even today, LGBTQIA+ people were and continue to be stigmatized. And GF was made in 2012, so it would still be hard even if Alex found a way like this.

[@cleo5090]

it’s nice that even the lowest rated episodes are still quite good. the show is reliably good and it’s nice that between the worse ones there is still top tier ones. The show is so bingeable and i think the lower rates episodes in between help.

[@emoji3266]

I love this show I hope that Schaffrillas does a ranking of Kirby final bosses or talking about Sid the Sloth in Encanto.

[@russianbot7853]

4 bots in a row tf

[@squidsurge71]

@@russianbot7853 I’m pretty sure the fifth is. I’m sorry to whoever wrote it if it isn’t

[@emoji3266]

@@squidsurge71 I’m not a bot. Besides what makes you say that?!

[@allendepacheco3419]

Holy bot infestation Batman!

[@ellielovegood6307]

What’s most terrifying about sock opera isn’t even in the episode In the journal Mabel finds a note from Bill revealing what his plans were after he destroyed the journal. That plan being throwing dipper’s body off the water tower. Even more chilling was Bill asking Mabel if she wanted to join dipper

[@helenaperez4343]

He was going to frame Dipper’s death as a literal fucking suicide, that’s utterly horrifying

[@ellielovegood6307]

@@helenaperez4343 not to mention his ass taunting Mabel saying she should join him, vile

[@ellielovegood6307]

@We will Wut just another goofy episode filled with silly jokes for kids 🤪

[@ThenewTchannel]

@We will Wut in the words of the Nostalgia Critic, “a faamily picture.”

[@Butterfly32238]

where is that from?

[@resijade4342]

1:55 there were definitely signs of candy liking dipper earlier in the show if you were looking. in summerween when confronted by the trickster candy hugs dipper in fear, and in carpet diem when mabel says the carpet swaps people's bodies, candy purposefully touches dipper to swap bodies with him. sure, it is way more noticeable in roadside attraction by a mile, but her crush on him isn't out of nowhere.

[@Yourbloodissweet]

He didn't have crush on that little b1tch

[@starshinbrightful]

I agree, i still feel it comes out of nowhere

[@Numik0]

Tbh it seemed more like a friendship, possibly if it wasn't too fast in that episode may seem more realistic (but let's not forget that Candy is around 12 that could be a little reason of sudden interest)

[@kayceeisonfire]

As someone who was once a 12 year old girl, it doesn't take much to develop a crush on someone out of nowhere, so I really didn't see anything wrong with that plot point

[@professorthread]

Whenever asking "how did Gravity Falls get away with this?", the answer is always Alex Hirsch's ungodly will to fight Disney S&P

[@Jaguar470]

TRUTH!!!!

[@Jaguar470]

He pushed the bounds of what storytelling on Disney could be. It didn’t even feel like a Disney show it was THAT GOOD. I’m so glad I grew up with this series and that Alex pushed, because he really gave me such a great show to love and get excited about growing up! Amazing!!

[@garydosgdg7969]

"Not S&P approved"

[@emperorkiron3470]

“Not S&P approved”

[@one-onessadhalf3393]

“S&P still feels that ‘fucky’ can come from ‘ducky’.”

[@fynnthefox9078]

Y'know what would've been better than Roadside Attraction? An episode dedicated to Mabel and Ford. Give the two some time together before Dipper and Mabel vs. The Future.

[@angelinebena9675]

Agree

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

Yeah, we never really got much between Mabel and Ford.

[@WeatherReportsHat]

I feel like you could split apart the A plots and B plots of The Last Mabelcorn and have Ford join along with Mabel for that episode (maybe drop Candy or Grenda for the sake of not having too many characters). Repurpose the B plot into another episode's A plot, preferably before The Last Mabelcorn so we can explore Ford's guilt in this episode as part of the whole 'pure of heart' thing. Mabel could ask him why he's so convinced he'll never be pure of heart, even if it was a scam, and Ford could open up to her a bit. IDK maybe this is a bad idea I just really want Mabel and Ford to bond, and also just Ford to be in the show more in general.

[@iisgreen6930]

We really don't get much Mabel and Ford, but I think part of that is because Mabel has more parallels with Stan.

[@donanilao7724]

True.

[@MaskedBeeX]

I remember seeing McGucket chilling with his son in the credits of the last episode. It was nice to see they reconciled in the end.

[@tyleralmquist7606]

I would like this comment, but at the time of this reply it is sitting at 618 likes, which is too perfect for me to destroy.

[@yeet1103]

@@tyleralmquist7606 currently at 666..

[@LucyWest370]

@@tyleralmquist7606 whats so special about 618

[@l3g3ndairy36]

Maybe 1+8=9 idk

[@tyleralmquist7606]

@@LucyWest370 It shows up in the background all over the show, since it is Hirsch's birthday

[@nikoloznasaridze6328]

The last monologue of Dipper in the finale always makes me cry no matter how old I am, or how many times I've seen it. I cried like a baby when I first saw it, I was around 14 or 15. Now I'm 20 and I still can't help but shed some tears. Just like for Mabel, growing up was like my worst nightmare so some of the episodes and actually the entire show pointing out how afraid one might be of growing up and things changing really hit me hard. This is the best animated show ever

[@colesmith3135]

It’s out there, somewhere in the woods, waiting:).

[@MrBitz-om9vo]

Finished my rewatch of the series today as a 21 yr old and that part made me bawl

[@SkisnwOnTop]

For me this is number 2. I know alot of people hate it but rick and morty is just so good man. Once it reaches a conclusion we can actually start talking and comparing tho

[@themaskedfacade9939]

To be honest I don't think Stan being able to regain his memories was completely unprecedented in the show itself. All McGucket had to do to start regaining his memories and sanity was watch his memories play out on a TV (and it naturally would've been harder to regain than Stan given how long his memories were lost), so I don't think there's any reason the photo album shouldn't have worked the same way.

[@roydekock656]

Yeah that’s pretty fair

[@shadyinthesun9386]

solid point. i agree

[@claudcopter9784]

That's a decent point, but to me, it always felt like McGucket didn't fully remember who he was, more of a vague picture from the recordings. Stan regained his full memory, no consequence, so it felt cheap to me.

[@a_naotenhonome780]

@@claudcopter9784 to be fair his memory loss was much more recent

[@claudcopter9784]

@@a_naotenhonome780 Also a good point, but I'm talking from a pure writing standpoint.

[@kylieskousen9416]

As a twin, A Tale of Two Stans is extremely personal to me. My twin and I fit into the roles of Stan and Ford and we both end up sobbing and hoping not to drift so far apart each time. My top episode.

[@jessicahurlburt8487]

Same

[@noahperkins4716]

When I watched that show, I was glad my twin sister and I were so similar and such a thing would be very unlikely to happen between us. I nearly cried multiple times throughout that episode, and I totally lost it in the finale

[@dream_walker9726]

Me and my sibling, while not twins, are very similar and get confused for twins a lot. It hit us hard too, and since watching the show we’ve been much closer than ever.

[@YeCurry0]

gay

[@gamertypeawesome]

​@@YeCurry0do you realise what you are implying

[@dachking6657]

I watch this show every Summer, it just feels so comfortable to come back to. That ending is still incredible to this day.

[@legendaresn6983]

Its like the Soul Society Arc for me

[@ririflutter]

thats so cute especially bc it takes place during summer

[@ArturoGonzalez-di6rd]

I watch this and Phineas and Ferb every summer.

[@spooderman6312]

this and phineas and ferb. THE summer shows

[@nerdgeekman]

I honestly watch it every Halloween. It’s a tradition for me.

[@KellyJoule]

I remember thinking Little Dipper was just a meh episode, until the moment Grunkle Stan kicked Gideon out of the house and Gideon yelled "my light!" for his flashlight, but Stan responded "Your the light of my life too pal" and slammed the door. Easily one of my FAVORITE jokes in the whole show

[@0lives_q]

The ball hitting Wendy was dippers cannon event, it all makes sense now.

[@GaelMiraflor]

Eyup.

[@AngusFoley]

O yea like (stammers) good movie

[@satorugojo6229]

What I love about the finale and how Bill was finally defeated is the fact that it took place in the place where his first confrontation ended, in Stan's mind. While in the first confrontation Bill, as well the team were wondering in the labyrinth that is Stan's mind, in the final confrontation Stan cleared his mind in order to trick Bill and defeat him. I find it so poetic where and how Bill was defeated that up to this day remains one of my favourite villain defeats of all time.

[@DepravedCoTApologist]

A part in what makes a great villain defeat, is that there's a tinge of irony in it. Thanos being snapped from existence in Endgame, Zaheer being dragged from the sky by people gifted with airbending like he was in Legend of Korra, and Jafar being trapped by the very power he craves are all great examples of this

[@RibbitRibbit191]

But if Stan's memories were returned, then did Bill Cipher return too?

[@TheGamingDoggo]

I’ve just realised that. Such an amazing ending

[@Plumpus3545]

Anybody get chills when it showed Dipper and Mabel’s room empty?

[@Im2lazy4thisCrit]

@@RibbitRibbit191 Many people theorize so.

[@BJ_Freeplay]

As someone who was in the fandom when Gideon Rises came out- Yes. That ending set us on FIRE. I will never forget the energy of this fandom when it was being released, was one of the most unique fandoms I've ever been in that's very near and dear to my heart.

[@Arcsin27]

I wasn’t in the online fandom at the time but I do remember running downstairs, quickly watching it with my brother. We cried, I screamed into a pillow, I immediately began theory crafting, it was great

[@BottleCap9532]

I felt the exact same way when I first saw it. I couldn’t contribute to the fandom yet because I was a little kid. But I remember little me being shocked by this episode

[@MaruchanPrime]

Yup, around the time too that Alex decided to throw out that Mcguckit "author leak" and everyone lost their crap lmao

[@braydenpage1808]

Aw, I remember that episode's release. It was crazy!

[@AreesDaOG]

Ive only recently joined the fandom (about 2 years ago) But tbh ive seen videos and content from the time and damn people were genuinely flipping OUT

[@TheNewMichiganRepublic]

No one's going to see this but I was at a Comic-Con somebody was dressed up as the shacktron with extreme levels of detail and even carved figures of some characters. Just wanted to share that

[@VeiledArctic]

Thank you for sharing, I would love to see pictures if you can!

[@return4887]

please show

[@juanolivarez3092]

I've heard Roadside Attraction was actually meant to be during the first half of S2 but moved so that Not What He Seems could be the mid-season finale, which explains a lot about the episode. I know journal 3 says that it was Ford who asked them to go on the road trip, but that's never mentioned in the show proper and could honestly be a retcon written after the fact.

[@Unfriended_Doggo]

@Emotional D This is a bot don't click

[@AkiraADV]

Yeah, I hope this is true. I think I would like the episode a little bit more if it came after Love God and before Northwest Mansion Mystery, and it would make more sense.

[@Springdude11]

Makes sense

[@Beenman2210]

It is true, the episode wasn’t even suppose to be released. It only got released to break up a long hiatus

[@BrendanJSmith]

@The Host Lucario there's also a small detail in The Love God where Mabel is coming up with potential couples and she puts Dipper and Candy next to each other which is foreshadowing Roadside Attraction. I also think Dipper learning confidence with girls in Roadside Attraction was already showed in his interactions with Pacifica in Northwest Mansion Mystery. So in my mind, Roadside Attraction 100% happens between The Love God and Northwest Mansion Mystery.

[@shinyagumon7015]

I know many fans (myself included) were sad when the series ended after just 2 Seasons but I came to appreciate Gravity Falls willingness to end on it's own accord without getting either dragged out too long or being cancelled too soon. Even the worst GF episode is still miles ahead of the most mediocre Modern spongebob or Modern Simpsons episode. Any creator should hope to be able to do the same with their series.

[@mrpizzacat8273]

I still want a third season/ sequel, I know for a fact I’m wrong and I’m glad I’m not the one to make that choice but goddamn do I want more

[@allendepacheco3419]

I think there is a rise of creators making short series with 2-3 seasons, and it could be because of Gravity Falls. Matt Braly wanted Amphibia to have a 3 act structure and it ended with a great show with the best ending to date. Dana Terrace also wants a 3 act structure, and while Disney screwed her over with three specials instead of a full season 3, I'm sure she plan ahead enough to not rush her ending for the show. Other creators would probably freak out if they hadn't plan ahead. Centaurworld wanted 2 seasons with possible expansion if fans wanted more. Considering how Netflix shut down their studio, it was nice that we didn't get a cliff hanger like other shows. Same with Kipo and Kid Cosmic having a trilogy of seasons. While a lot of fans want more seasons, it's better to end the show as is rather than becoming a husk or be unceremoniously cancelled with a cliffhanger.

[@Pedro999Paulo]

I always say I wish that Gravity Falls was longer, but I dont wish more episode. I wish that while was still running there was more filler episodes, but the end is too perfect, now that is over anything more would just ruin the ending.

[@legendaresn6983]

Honestly same thing with Bleach, i mean the anime returns in 31 days and the manga got another chapter after the epiloge. But many forget what TIte Kubo's health problems were due to overwork

[@cptKamina]

@@legendaresn6983 Bleach was simply not good after the soul society arc.

[@samt3412]

As someone who watched Gravity Falls as it came out, it's insane how for each of my favorite episodes, I can remember the exact community reaction to them. Don't even get me STARTED on the insane theories from that time. Y'all remember Bill is Soos and Bill is the goat theories back then? And then there was how from EPISODE THREE, people already were figuring out Ford's existence being a thing. It wasn't just the episodes that make this show one of my favorites, it's also the community at the time, man. You guys needed to have been there.

[@twistedsocietytv]

Don’t forget tad strange being bills brother or soos dad is the author

[@samt3412]

@@twistedsocietytv you know what I just realized? I think Valskibum's Soos Cipher video is the first KZbin video I ever watched. Man, ain't that crazy.

[@ПавлеАнтонијевић]

I agree, you just had to be there. And also the insane IRL clues stuff (shoutout to the Vailskibum94 channel) damn...

[@samt3412]

@@ПавлеАнтонијевић oh yeah the irl Bill statue

[@Rainygirl3100]

And don't forget the Cipher hunt that happened after the series ended! That was a wild ride and it was awesome seeing the fans band together to solve a real-world mystery

[@ukkimeepeatswaffles2493]

Its a crime not to mention that the Soos and Melody episode gave us one of the best end credit scenes imaginable, cash money.

[@scertzky]

THIS WAS A MISTAKE🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯‼️‼️❗️

[@vibethecat4194]

TWO KINGS!! 🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@loganh2735]

@@scertzky WHAT⁉⁉

[@aforkingfork]

WE'RE OLD BUT WE'RE AWESOME 🗣🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@manu_stampfer]

Totally agree

[@otherverge]

I cannot believe Gravity Falls only had two seasons. When I was younger, the series felt so HUGE but it went by so insanely fast that it’s depressing to think about how literally everything has gotten older.

[@emoji3266]

I love this show I hope that Schaffrillas does a ranking of Kirby final bosses or talking about Sid the Sloth in Encanto.

[@brunolinares604]

That's also because the hiatuses between episodes were HUGE sometimes lol

[@jmurray1110]

The long hiatus probably didn’t help

[@The_Sunflowr]

Guess what… there have been leaks of a season 3 episode one titled “Some Sunny Day” and with the book of Bill out, I’d say we have a good chance of a new series or season

[@gabezwisler]

The Society of the Blind Eye will always be one of my favorites. The underlying about how you can’t try and forget the bad things and the mistakes you’ve made because that’s a part of who you are and how you can lose yourself by erasing your past will always hit different for me

[@supersucks]

Damn. This kinda hits

[@avi4831]

why did this kinda just change my life

[@anonymousdratini]

The thing I love about A Tale of Two Stans, is that it sets up what Mabel and Dipper’s relationship *could* have become if they hadn’t reconciled in Weirdmageddon part 2. More of that ‘breaking out of toxic family cycles’ thing that is shown in NWMM

[@mattygee6852]

Nwmm?

[@anonymousdratini]

@@mattygee6852 north west mansion mystery

[@mattygee6852]

@@anonymousdratini ohh

[@mattygee6852]

@@anonymousdratini why not say that?

[@anonymousdratini]

@@mattygee6852 i was probably on my phone and wanted to abbreviate so I didn’t have to type so much with my thumbs.

[@god_tails2]

In the episode about the loch Ness monster I decided to count how many cameras were broken and I can confirm there was only one left. I love the attention to detail.

[@JayLiszte]

In the “boys crazy” commentary track, Alex hirsch confirmed that Robbie didn’t actually mind control Wendy, it’s just dipper wanting to believe that. The “your are now under my control your mind is mine” bit was actually from a fictional metal band in universe and Robbie just ripped it from them.

[@Bear_Song]

Wow, thanks I had absolutely no idea!

[@bobtheball5384]

Ohh wasn't that the reason Wendy was upset? She realized that he lied to her about it being personally made for her.

[@iloveallred-headedcharacte7809]

Finally someone who's listened to them!

[@ysabella4352]

Alex Hirsch was the beginning of my complete obsession and deep appreciation for cartoons and just show writing in general. i was 9 years old learning caesar cipher and cracking codes, starting a whole fan club and so on. watching this show from ages 9-13 had such an influence on me and i’m so glad i grew up in an era of shows this great. i’m in my sophomore year of college now working to become a screenwriter for animated shows and movies and my passion really all started here.

[@akongie]

Wow that’s really cool !!! I hope it goes well for you !

[@loopdelta]

I totally feel the same way! I’m going into media arts as well (music, but still connected), and this show definitely had some say in that decision later on in my life.

[@pinespuzzler3252]

Maaaan if that’s not the mood of the century

[@cherryayaa]

same! i honestly wouldnt be the person i am today without this show

[@HiddenStorm]

This show made me care about cartoons alot and if it didn't, I wouldn't have my favorite obsessions today. It's not a stretch to say I wouldn't be the same person due to the chain reaction it caused in my life.

[@dipdop9734]

I got into this show in my last year of high school, a couple months away from turning 18. And I gotta say this show was a GODSEND for helping me accept the end of my childhood. I was trying to grow up too fast like Dipper but also scared of being an adult like Mabel, and the shows conclusion of moving forward but staying true to who you are has always stuck with me. I'm grateful this show exists

[@bestintheworld4346]

Totally feel this. Show did a ton for me growing into the end of my childhood

[@samt3412]

I'm just now entering my senior year, and I don't think I ever understood what Mabel was on about at the end until now. Obviously, going to college is a much bigger change than going back to middle school, but I get the feeling.

[@thrawnbricks4112]

Just watched the show for the first time with my siblings to end my senior year/begin the summer. What a fantastic show it was and a perfect way to kick off this new stage of my life.

[@ms.baepsae6794]

Omg im 18 now and i just finished watching it as well!

[@dinopines9191]

Ayy same pfp :D but yeah I had a very similar experience. I’m still teen and this show is honestly so Important to me and helps me come to terms with growing up and things changing.

[@LiquidSoapDrinker]

Recent fact I learned is that the reason Stan knew Giddeon wasnt a telepath was because he kept calling him Stanford

[@FirethornYT]

I love that detail!

[@Good_Eve]

I think the reason they didn’t have Dipper use the universal key to open Mabel’s bubble in the finale was because that bubble and the lock were made by Bill, so it might not have worked because Bill made it, and it’s not just some random lock in America. However I do agree that it could have been a good throwback to a previous episode.

[@anonymousdratini]

I mean. Bill made it in America, so technically it falls under “every lock in America”

[@stuff1878]

Yeah it would've been cool if he pulled it out triumphantly after a season and a half of not using it, and then it just doesn't work since it's not an American lock.

[@countyfactswailuigi]

it opens keys in America, not magic bill prisons

[@gayjayy]

@@stuff1878 "I'll open it with the President's Key! Well, that didn't work."

[@artemispage6405]

​@@gayjayy Not to mention that, if I remember correctly, Quinton specifically mentioned it only works on locks made before a certain date. Aaaand that means it was useless from the get-go apart from getting Stanley out of the stocks.

[@zlatomirlefterov4807]

To me, Head Hunters will always be a top tier considering how Stan loved his wax statue because it reminded him of his brother and it kinda breaks your heart on a rewatch.

[@k.w.6626]

While I wouldn't call it top tier, it should have been in the top 10. I loved that one, especially since I love how the plot is mostly the same as one from the twilight zone season 4

[@DepravedCoTApologist]

It's a 10/10 for Wax Coolio & Wax Larry King

[@ThenewTchannel]

@@DepravedCoTApologist thank you for summoning r/gangstasparadisememes

[@hydrocritical2268]

@@k.w.6626 I need a twilight show episode ranking. My favorite episode is when the 3 guys all disappear after seeing an alien ship or when a guy is in a ghost town and it was all in his mind.

[@k.w.6626]

@@hydrocritical2268 Both of those are great, I knew a teacher who loved twilight zone and I think its obvious what their favorite season 3 episode was. My favorite is the newspaper one where he hires the devil.

[@alyenqueen3728]

As someone who watched Not What It Seems while it was airing, it was one of the most bat-shit craziest moments to ever witness in a fandom. I knew many people who got that Stan has a twin theory correct but still they were in shocked. I had to watch the ep live on a illegal livestream with other fans ( I didn’t have cable at the time) and the chat was livid when Ford revealed his face. Now that’s an experience I’ll like to go thru again.

[@pierreanjili3324]

same! please get me back to this time the fandom went NUTS

[@sarahveien8541]

Watching gravity falls as it was airing is the most mind blowing experience I have ever had, and I don’t think I’ll ever experience a show any where near the same way as Gravity falls.

[@1Woofer1]

i wasn't lucky enough to know there was this huge community of fans theorizing about the show when i was watching it, but damn am i glad i was there to see it on TV when it first aired. I remember waiting eons impatiently for the next episode and was NOT disappointed.

[@heliodorable4612]

@@sarahveien8541 imo "a single pale rose" from steven universe rivals this in terms of series-shattering reveals, but both were amazing

[@BecciTK]

It's been years and I'm still not over the show runners giving us this huge revelation and then going on hiatus for months. The fan theories coming out at that time were wild.

[@SupaOne1]

40: 0:54 Roadside Attraction 39: 3:11 The Love God 38: 4:36 Land Before Swine 37: 5:42 Little Gift Shop of Horrors 36: 7:41 Dipper vs. Manliness 35: 8:29 Boss Mabel 34: 8:53 Little Dipper 33: 9:35 The Inconveniencing 32: 10:27 The Legend of the Gobblewonker 31: 11:11 Bottomless Pit! 30: 11:48 Headhunters 29: 12:10 Carpet Diem 28: 12:46 Scary-oke 27: 13:28 The Stanchurian Candidate 26: 14:07 The Hand That Rocks the Mabel 25: 14:58 Dungeons, Dungeons and More Dungeons 24: 15:49 Boyz Crazy 23: 16:41 Tourist Trapped 22: 17:45 Gideon Rises 21: 18:29 Blendin’s Game 20: 21:18 Irrational Treasure 19: 22:13 Double Dipper 18: 23:07 The Golf War 17: 24:12 Society of the Blind Eye 16: 25:08 Summerween 15: 25:52 The Last Mabelcorn 14: 27:12 Fight Fighters 13: 28:12 Xpcveaoqfoxso (Weirdmageddon Part 1) 12: 29:26 The Time Traveler’s Pig 11: 30:52 The Deep End 10: 32:03 Escape From Reality (Weirdmageddon Part 2) 9: 33:31 Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future 8: 34:27 Dreamscaperers 7: 35:45 Into the Bunker 6: 36:47 Sock Opera 5: 38:02 Soos and the Real Girl 4: 39:16 Northwest Mansion Mystery 3: 40:54 Not What He Seems 2: 42:32 The Tale of Two Stans 1: 44:22 Take Back the Falls (Weirdmageddon 3)

[@AlexDayz]

I don’t see people mention this a lot but I love how the Shaktron has so many elements from previous episodes like the T-Rex, parts of the portal and the gobblewonker. And that’s not even mention the residents it houses like the return of Sev’ral Timez, the Multi-Bear, and Celestabellebethabelle to name a few. It’s basically a love letter to the whole series

[@TailsFan]

Fun Fact: Roadside Attraction was supposed to be before Ford came back, but they moved it to later because they were still working on the finale and needed filler. Which is why there's no mention of Ford or the barrier that they just spent an episode putting up so Bill couldn't possess any of them. Edit: Also, about not using the President's Key to open Mabel's bubble, I'm pretty sure that it doesn't really count as "In America", which was one of the things about the President's Key, that it can only open every lock in America. Bill's power is beyond any President, it wouldn't have worked.

[@Deadpool-ri3rq]

In America and made before 1877 are the requirements for the President’s Key to work.

[@TailsFan]

@@Deadpool-ri3rq Oh! So that's why it works on the locks in the Supernatural Black Market? That's cool!

[@utmelidzedaniel418]

​@@TailsFan what? It's true - the journal literally says: "It can open any lock in America made before 1877". I don't know what supernatural market are you talking about, probably some non-canon comic nobody cares about.

[@TailsFan]

@@utmelidzedaniel418 The Supernatural Black Market features in one of the stories in the EXTREMELY CANON graphic novel called "Lost Legends", which is a collection of stories told to us about the Pines Family and their friends. One of the stories is about them helping Pacifica learn to stop stressing over appearances after she got a mark on her face just before a family picture day. Her solution was to summon something talked about in Journal 2 that would "fix" her face, but it was actually a face-stealer that ends up stealing Mabel's face when she tries to stop him. Pacifica and Dipper follow him into a place called the Supernatural Black Market, where being human is very, very risky and they have to pretend to be supernatural creatures while trying to find the man that stole Mabel's face. They get inside by using the President's Key. It's a very fun collection of stories, with all kinds of Easter Eggs and implied lore for people to enjoy! If you haven't read "Lost Legends" yet, you really should pick up a copy. The stuff in there is as canon as the stuff in Journal 3.

[@tyreviews6774]

I figured Roadside Attraction was supposed to be at the beginning of season 2. That’s the vibe I got when revisiting the episode

[@eaglelord145]

If anyones wondering, Bill's cut villain song is called "It's gonna get weird", and was written by Neil Cicierega, AKA Lemon Demon. You can find it easily on youtube. I actually really love it, it's such a shame it didn't make it into the show It's also hilarious that I started listening to lemon demon years after watching the show with zero knowledge of the hidden connections

[@squishypigs3010]

His sister was a storyboarder

[@eaglelord145]

@@squishypigs3010 Yeah! Neil also wrote a potential title theme for the show, titled “Gravitron”, which is a bonus track on Spirit Phone. I think the actual theme of the show is absolutely perfect, but it’s neat to hear a potential alternative.

[@alexschott2092]

I adore Neil's song for Bill, but I highly recommend finding a version that isn't just Neil doing the vocals. There are a few fan versions that have very convincing Bill Cipher sound alikes, complete with audio distortion. It really adds to the gleeful anarchy.

[@dingerfish5780]

god I love that song I wish neil cicierega was real

[@Zekiraeth]

The song "Goat and A Pig" from the episode "The Love God" was also written by Neil Cicierega/Lemon Demon. It's kind of a shame that that's the only thing he made that actually ended up in the show itself, but I'm still glad he got to contribute something to the series. Although the thought that there's a universe where much of Gravity Falls' music was written by Lemon Demon and it's not the one we live in saddens me.

[@UnsightlyMuse]

34:41 Thank you for pointing out the detail of Bill’s voice sounding ever so slightly different in season 1! I think you’re one of the only people to bring it up. I noticed it on my second or third rewatch. In ‘Dreamscaperers’, it sounds more akin to what one might associate with a sleazy trickster (which is very much in line with the direction they were originally intending to take Bill’s character), and as the show progressed, it evolved into the shrill, shrieking mania (with a side of frat boy energy during the party scenes in Weirdmageddon) that we are oh so familiar with. Bill became the main antagonist of the show, and his voice became all the more theatrical and villainous. I’m going to assume it wasn’t intentional, and that it was most likely only a subconscious choice on Hirsch’s part, but it is still a pretty cool detail nonetheless.

[@humbletreestump8134]

As someone who went into gravity falls blind. This show was/is a treasure. My favorite part is how close Dipper and Mabel are. They really do care for each other so much

[@badgerscorner9347]

In the DVD commentary for Stanchurian Canidate, Alex mentions that the original idea for the episode was that Stan feels inferior because both Bud *and* Ford run for mayor, and that the episode would’ve emphasized that Stan has the people-person skills that Ford lacks, which would’ve been epic

[@100lovenana]

With new information about the behind the scenes coming up, I realize there was surpsisingly missed potential in some episodes. In Weirdmaggedon 2 the thing about fake Wendy originally wasn't going to happen, and instead a different illusion would've shown Dipper that living with Ford the rest of his life would have actually made him an outcast distant from people and especially from his sister. That would've been way better, because Dipper coming to that conclusion out of nowhere during the trial (which happens in the released episode) felt really forced to me

[@Karas540]

@@100lovenana The thing is, as was pointed out by Alex in the commentary, it doesn't make sense for the illusions to show their downsides considering it's supposed to be a prison.

[@foursidekm]

While I kinda like this idea, Ford doesn't really seem like the type of person who would want to run for mayor.

[@apenasmaisumdiogo.7115]

@@foursidekm Yes, and I think it wouldn't be wise for him to be too public in the city after just coming back, it made more sense to have him studying the portal back in the shack.

[@matti.8465]

Maybe instead of mind controlling Soos, have Ford joining the election in order to help Dipper and Mabel, which only makes Stan's insecurities about being inferior to his brother even worse. The only problem is that it wouldn't really be in-character for Ford, by this point he's a recluse with little interest in the family.

[@dannymendez4283]

also never forget that someone "leaked" a still depicting old man mcgucket as the author of the journals (as it was also a popular theory at the time), but it was later revealed that it was alex hirsch himself who posted that image on purpose to try to throw off the fanbase

[@noinfo1018]

“We do a bit of trolling and tomfoolery” -Alex Hirsch, probably

[@Not_Vakama_303]

The president’s key can “open any lock in America” and the lock on Mable’s bubble is definitely not from Americanz

[@HyLion]

Yeah, but think of it this way: Even if it doesn't make any sense, it would still have been a cool payoff if they had used it then

[@rebelprincess1164]

16:22 In the commentary for Boyz Crazy, Hirsch explained that the implication of the Dipper storyline wasn’t supposed to be that Robbie was mind controlling Wendy. He said that the idea was that he ripped off some band from the 80’s who did put subliminal messages into their songs, but they didn’t actually do anything because backwards messages don’t work. The point was supposed to be that Dipper was so unable to understand how someone could like Robbie that he convinces himself that there’s some grand conspiracy behind it, completely blinding himself to Wendy’s feelings and what she actually wants.

[@helenaperez4343]

Yeah, it’s a bit disappointing the final episode doesn’t really communicate this well, but I always assumed that this was the case anyway.

[@thearbiterofnoodles]

@@rebelprincess1164 i am so use to bots spamming links I am surprised this was not

[@puflem]

@@helenaperez4343 Yeah, especially because (as I remember it) Wendy was upset about exactly that.

[@gayjayy]

@@helenaperez4343 To be fair to the writers, Wendy does say that she's not mad at the mind control, but rather the lying about writing her a song.

[@cuteypetz]

@@rebelprincess1164 I do love how Alex acknowledges in the clip that if people can't tell what the story was, that's the writers' screw up, not the audience for missing it

[@Eldrich09]

I feel like Alex Hirsh added the Wendy Love Triangle because Disney forced him to, it would make sense, knowing Disney. Plus, it would explain why it was immediately scrapped in season two now that the creative team had more freedom due to how well the show was received. Edit: what in the actual fuck is going on in these comments?

[@justjoannak]

Omg, that makes so much sense

[@alllittlethingzz]

Plus Wendy would have probably had a girlfriend or moved on instead of being mad and bitter.

[@godofthecripples1237]

I highly doubt that it's true, based on everything Alex has said about the show

[@shinyregicecool]

@@alllittlethingzzwhy tf you trying to make her gay

[@LPSLuna716]

@@shinyregicecooldude. iirc, Alex said that if he could he would have made Wendy bi but he was told no by Disney.

[@starlight4649]

Between Flapjack and Gideon, it's incredibly hard to believe that a large bearded man voices two high pitched, iconic child characters

[@WL-bs4nc]

Holy shit, you remember that Cartoon Network show as well?!

[@invadertech141]

WAIT! gideon was voiced by flapjack's voice actor??? BRO! I CAN HEAR IT NOW WTH!

[@General_C]

And then he directed Angry Birds 2.

[@dubleCC]

Fun/Sad Fact: Big Henry was based off a miner who sacrificed himself underground, and he had close relationships with a little girl named "Polly" (like in Gravity Falls).

[@yeethittter1285]

Source

[@dubleCC]

@@yeethittter1285 Google "Legend of John Henry".

[@Thatrandomtboiplayer]

@@yeethittter1285 search up John Henry

[@jcplays5831]

The thing that unquestionably makes the tale of two stans one of my favorite episodes is that Stan practically had to learn and use a doctorate’s worth of information that he had no clue about, all in the pursuit to get Stanford back. That’s dedication

[@matti.8465]

That's impressive, especially considering that Ford didn't even build the portal on his own, he had Bill helping him.

[@---ro1fc]

@@matti.8465 AND Fiddleford. He needed a demon and a mechanical engineer to get it done

[@wretchedgames5194]

I watched this show pretty much all at once as they reran a marathon in prep for weirdmagedon. It just blew me away and when they stopped with the reveal of Stanford the imagery of the two stans sitting on the swings was just heart stopping. Then watching weirdmagedon itself as it premiered was amazing. This show was amazing and I make sure to rewatch it at least twice every year.

[@bread6052]

I’m so lucky 10 year old ish me watched the show as it was airing. I will never forget that reveal bc it literally blew my mind. Idk but seeing pivotal moments on the first airing was an experience. I remember me and my friends would discuss each episode too.

[@Jaguar470]

YES!!!! The calm swing scene after my mind exploded made my heart just….stop. Time just seemed to stop in that moment! Just how quiet and sentimental the credit scene was after all the INSANITY that was the past twenty minutes was…..heart stopping like you said. I sat there frozen with my mind trying to process as the gentle sway of the swings played in the background and I saw the two brothers looking off into the distance swinging together. Absolutely insane decision by the show team. It was an utterly brilliant end scene to an episode as mind blowing as it was, ESPECIALLY right after the utterly insane ending scene of Northwest manner right before it, alluding Bill, the Apocolypse, the machine, and the countdown all in ten seconds!!! The buildup to the episode was insane!!!! And the contrast from the insanity of the end scene for Northwest Manor vs the quiet and calm of Not What He Seems….it brings tears to my eyes it’s so emotional!

[@thesonic_arrow0191]

"I ate a man alive tonight". The BEST line we had from the Summerween episode

[@Gabriel-doodle]

8:05 I love how perfectly the music is timed to that punch.

[@JiannaSandoval]

For a LOT of the series, Alex Hirsch was working on it practically by himself. He had many months full of all-nighters-sometimes 2-3 nights straight. If Disney actually gave him the proper crew, time, and freedom, the show could've had episodes that were more fleshed out and less of a rushed ending. That being said, it's still my top fave.

[@Vortex_013]

mabel was the most annoying character to fucking exist

[@Artificer_]

​@@Vortex_013 not on topic, and horrid opinion. the door is that way, please leave.

[@Vortex_013]

@@Artificer_ explain how i’m wrong

[@Artificer_]

@@Vortex_013 never said you were wrong. we all have our own opinions, yours just happens to be a bad one.

[@Vortex_013]

@@Artificer_ there are no good or bad opinions there are logical and illogical reasoning to back up a statement. Let me just spit some facts Mabel first makes Dipper fumble wendy in the pig episode, she gave bill the interdementional rift that allowed bill to come in the first place and she locked dipper in the closet with the shapeshifter which almost got all of them killed that is just my opinion i’d love to hear the other side :)

[@Zyphon]

Ford: “Bill Cipher is extremely dangerous. Things are escalating now. You’ll be safe inside the Mystery Shack thanks to this barrier we’ve installed” Others: “Road-trip!!!”

[@a_09.7]

Roadside attraction happened before Not What He Seems

[@MrSamwise25]

I actually liked the ending of this episode, where Grunkle Stan and Dipper have a moment of connection

[@SorowFame]

@@a_09.7 going by Disney+ Not What He Seems is episode 11 while Roadside Attraction is episode 16. Why would they be out of order?

[@daaaaaaanny]

@@SorowFame it comes after in release order but because of the absence of Ford and the random out of place decision to go on a roadtrip it would make sense to come first in the timeline

[@MaidenOfAir]

Actually, that's... remarkably in character, now that I think about it

[@cek822]

Gravity falls makes me absolutely devastated my family didn’t have cable growing up. My brother and i would’ve loved to follow along with it if we were able to watch it when it aired lmao, unfortunately i never got to see it until late 2020/early 2021 and by that point i was 17 years old. The impact this show must’ve had on the other 2000’s kids must’ve been insane and while i’m glad i eventually got to see it, i’m sad i missed out on it in its peak :(

[@Sara-rl3xi]

I mean to be fair, I watched it while airing and it was a pain. Disney had the stupid idea to take one of thier most culturally relevant shows and move it to Disney XD, which most cable providers didn't even provide. Almost everyone had to bootleg the entirety of S2 or just wait until Disney aired it, which was always like once a month at like 9-10 pm. I would have to fight my parents to get control of the TV because I knew if I missed it, I would get spoiled by the fans immediately.

[@Sir-Darmstadt]

From all I know it barely aired in India so its Just disappointing

[@Sir-Darmstadt]

@@tophathunterisgood? It’s animated by the same studio and Dana worked on gravity falls

[@fosminclorin]

@@tophathunterisgood and nobody cares about that show

[@arandom18yearold77]

Same

[@jessnowhasayoutube]

Hearing the gravity falls theme in the background as you summed up the last ranking brought tears to my eyes. This show will forever have a place in my heart as one of the best parts of my childhood. I remember waking up week after week excited for the next episode to come out and I still remember how sad but content I felt when Weirdmaggedon part 3 came out. I will forever refer to this show as the best animated series, ever.

[@Vailskibum]

I'm glad to see Roadside Attraction at the bottom, I really thought that episode played out like a random fanfic

[@thecrownfighter7189]

Hey Vailskibum

[@RoseGarden17]

Yoo it's the GF scholar himself

[@jstarwars360]

In the commentary Alex concedes that it should’ve been placed earlier as audiences were way too pumped for the endgame.

[@deshaun15]

It's just Vailskibum now but yeah it is the one and only king of gravity falls conspiracies

[@kassandrax2322]

hey vail

[@xaiifu]

Not so fun fact: Dipper was originally supposed to snap Dippy Fresh’s neck…

[@maggiedebeagle2071]

Oh no oh god no

[@greenpigeongaming4867]

good

[@helenaperez4343]

I wish they kept the scene in, it would have been one of the best scenes in the show 😔

[@Tainted_Human]

Not a fun fact. An amazing fact

[@brunolofer3796]

what neck?

[@thatoneswordguy]

I feel like Dipper's impatience with Soos in Land Before Swine makes sense, as it stems from how much he cares for Mabel. He's gone through time and seen what losing Waddles does to her, so it would make sense that he has far less patience for Soos' clumsiness in this circumstance, in my opinion anyway.

[@ArturoGonzalez-di6rd]

I really like “Land Before Swine” because it’s a good character development episode for Stan and Soos.

[@mackielunkey2205]

To think Dipper’s anger with Soos comes from a place of love of his sister is really sweet.

[@aforkingfork]

Comedy peaked when Grunkle Stan said "What the H?!" only to get crushed by a giant H.

[@philly_sports1558]

Gravity Falls is definitely one of those landmark cartoons that is going to stand the test of time as one the all time greats. A show that gets remembered forever and will continue to have influence long into the future. I love pretty much everything about it.

[@legendaresn6983]

Its like the Bleach of American Cartoons

[@Moon-nk3co]

Until it gets rebooted and ruined a decade or two down

[@cptKamina]

@@legendaresn6983 Only Bleach was objectively bad for like 3/4 of it's runtime?

[@datwitchyswordfan]

There is a reason why the original plot behind the Mabel Bubble episode had Dipper straight up snap Dippy-Fresh’s a total of 180 degrees. It means even the creator himself hated Dippy-Fresh.

[@Plumpus3545]

My sister hates him too.

[@renthemen.]

"Your hat's on backwards!" "Y O U R H E A D I S O N B A C K W A R D S"

[@Artificer_]

i'm kinda upset they didn't let him. my feelings on this aren't much more than "let Dipper kill!" but i'm sure you could point out some metaphorical meanings there.

[@MegaInferGoku19617]

going back to Headhunters after the introduction of Ford really made the episode better in my opinion. At first I thought it was just a solid silly episode, but I now realize how tragic it actually is. Stan's reaction to his wax sculpture was not so much driven by his ego, but that it reminded him of Ford. And when he got sad when it got its head cut off, it was because it was losing his brother all over again.

[@Emma-mj3pz]

40. Roadside Attraction (0:52) 39. The Love God (3:12) 38. Land Before Swine (4:37) 37. Little Gift Shop of Horrors (5:42) 36. Dipper vs Manliness (7:42) 35. Boss Mabel (8:29) 34. Little Dipper (8:55) 33. The Inconveniencing (9:35) 32. The Legend of the Gobblewonker (10:28) 31. Bottomless Pit (11:19) 30. Headhunters (11:52) 29. Carpet Diem (12:11) 28. Scary-oke (12:47) 27. The Stanchurian Candidate (13:28) 26. The Hand that Rocks the Mabel (14:08) 25. Dungeons Dungeons and more Dungeons (14:58) 24. Boys Crazy (15:51) 23. Tourist Trapped (16:42) 22. Gideon Rises (17:46) 21. Blendin’s Game (18:30) 20. Irrational Treasure (21:18) 19. Double Dipper (22:12) 18. The Golf War (23:08) 17. Society of the Blind Eye 24:12) 16. Summerween (25:09) 15. The Last Mabelcorn (25:57) 14. Fight Fighters (27:13) 13. Weirdmageddon Part One (28:13) 12. The Time Traveller’s Pig (29:29) 11. The Deep End (30:53) 10. Weirdmageddon Part Two (32:05) 9. Dipper and Mabel vs The Future (33:31) 8. Dreamscaperers (34:29) 7. Into The Bunker (35:45) 6. Sock Opera (36:47) 5. Soos and the Real Girl (38:03) 4. Northwest Mansion Mystery (39:18) 3. Not What He Seems (40:54) 2. A Tale of Two Stans (42:32) 1. Weirdmageddon Part Three (44:22)

[@cameronfrankIin]

Thank you so much

[@alexflores423]

THANK YOU

[@lemon854]

land before swine*

[@Amielle-in-Ami-hell]

Soos and the Real Girl gave me nightmares as a 9-year-old.

[@Amielle-in-Ami-hell]

@Mickey Mouse M-I-C-K-E-Y, M-O-U-S-E

[@locosword3985]

The fact that every bottom ranked episode still have great parts in them really shows how amazing this show is.

[@belacickekl7579]

Ok, I was mostly with you up to "The Inconveniencing". That episode is absolutely fantastic! It's horror perfectly blended with immaturity and the lamby lamby dance, and Dipper grows a lot in it. Plus, Mable's Smile Dip trips are fantastic

[@sophie51083]

i totally agree and was shocked it was so low. for me it’s one of the most memorable and “gravity falls esque” episodes. i remember seeing the ads for it as a kid and was so excited when it lived up to its hype. definitely a personal favorite

[@flamingmonkeyheads]

came down to the comments immediately to see if anyone had said something about this, im so glad we can agree that this is one of the best episodes. it was my favorite as a kid and it portrays the feel of the show perfectly!!

[@carwynt]

agree! i feel like it should be swapped with scary-oke.

[@jacksonpizzolato-yl2py]

Not only this show changed other shows, but it actually did. When alex hirch pitched gravity falls, he put a "next time on gravity falls" to make it feel like a the show was real. Well, disney liked it so much that they made it where every disney tv show had to have that. So yeah it did change the game for disney tv

[@ajavisk]

You forgot one the smallest and most touching details of Weirdmaggedon Part 3: The actor who voices the Bus Driver is none other than Kyle MacLachlan, who played detective Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks. That show was clearly a major source for inspiration to Gravity Falls and other shows like it that came before, and it is not difficult to assume that Gravity Falls would simply not exist if it were not for Twin Peaks. So seeing Kyle being the one to bring the kids home is incredibly fitting, as in many ways he was the one that brought them there. Sidenote: Alex Hirsch wanted David Lynch, Twin Peaks creator to be Bill's voice actor, but he was not avaliable.

[@tyk2be]

omfg David Lynch as bill would have been STELLAR

[@harrisontownsend910]

​@@tyk2beI still like that Alex voices almost everyone just for comedic value.

[@GlitchyHalo]

@@tyk2bethe fact that bills voice is actually Alex trying to do a David Lynch impression 😭

[@nickrustyson8124]

David was too busy with the Cleveland Show

[@ultimateeick2910]

41:09 Yeah so I watched this episode blind when it aired, and I had been following the fandom for a while. Not only that but people had already predicted Ford’s existence prior to this episode, so when he was revealed I nearly had a heart attack. I still think that for the people who watched this and were involved in the fandom live, this was one of greatest reveals in television history.

[@WeiRd0_M3L0N]

Omg I wish I was in the fandom whèn that happened but I was like 4 and once I saw Bill on the TV and I was terrified. But thank goodness I was in the amphibia and owl house fandom when they were still making new episodes

[@luvvsushi6581]

Since I was 9 when “Not What He Seems” aired, I was SUPER surprised when it was revealed that not only was Stan trying to bring the author back, but it was also revealed to be his BROTHER?! Man 9 year old me freaked out

[@taypiper4534]

GF was one of the first shows as a kid I kept up with consistently- I wasn’t in the fandom but I remember watching the premiere of not what he seems and absolutely losing my shit the whole time and running around the house infodumping to my parents that had absolutely no idea what I was talking about lol

[@carbonara9]

#40: 0:52 S2Ep16 Roadside Attraction #39: 3:11 S2Ep9 The Love God #38: 4:36 S1Ep18 Land Before Swine #37: 5:42 S2Ep6 Little Gift Shop of Horrors #36: 7:41 S1Ep6 Dipper vs. Manliness #35: 8:29 S1Ep13 Boss Mabel #34: 8:53 S1Ep11 Little Dipper #33: 9:35 S1Ep5 The Inconveniencing #32: 10:27 S1Ep2 The Legend of the Gobblewonker #31: 11:15 S1Ep14 Bottomless Pit! #30: 11:48 S1Ep3 Headhunters #29: 12:10 S1Ep16 Carpet Diem #28: 12:46 S2Ep1 Scary-oke #27: 13:28 S2Ep14 The Stanchurian Candidate #26: 14:07 S1Ep4 The Hand That Rocks the Mabel #25: 14:58 S2Ep13 Dungeons, Dungeons and More Dungeons #24: 15:49 S1Ep17 Boyz Crazy #23: 16:41 S1Ep1 Tourist Trapped #22: 17:45 S1Ep20 Gideon Rises #21: 18:29 S2Ep8 Blendin’s Game #20: 21:18 S1Ep8 Irrational Treasure #19: 22:13 S1Ep7 Double Dipper #18: 23:07 S2Ep3 The Golf War #17: 24:12 S2Ep7 Society of the Blind Eye #16: 25:08 S1Ep12 Summerween #15: 25:52 S2Ep15 The Last Mabelcorn #14: 27:12 S1Ep10 Fight Fighters #13: 28:12 S2Ep18 Xpcveaoqfoxso (Weirdmageddon Part 1) #12: 29:26 S1Ep9 The Time Traveler’s Pig #11: 30:52 S1Ep15 The Deep End #10: 32:03 S2Ep19 Escape From Reality (Weirdmageddon Part 2) #9: 33:31 S2Ep17 Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future #8: 34:27 S1Ep19 Dreamscaperers #7: 35:45 S2Ep2 Into the Bunker #6: 36:47 S2Ep4 Sock Opera #5: 38:02 S2Ep5 Soon and the Real Girl #4: 39:16 S2Ep10 Northwest Mansion Mystery #3: 40:54 S2Ep11 Not What He Seems #2: 42:32 S2Ep12 The Tale of Two Stans #1: 44:22 S2Ep20 Take Back the Falls (Weirdmageddon 3)

[@President_jack]

Thanks

[@yaywippee]

why is it Xpcveaoqfoxso

[@apprentiz2186]

You are just a legend!

[@eglol]

If this video were made in 2023, I swear it would've been a tier list and not just a number counting thing.

[@President_jack]

@@eglol ok

[@曰_曰]

The part that really stuck to me was Dipper's last line. It concluded the entire story, it was touching, the scenes were amazing, and the music, everything about that section is gold.

[@estebanramirez1178]

Here’s the thing about Stan getting his memory back. The reversed final words of Bill involved wishing to be reborn and spelling out axolotl. In a “relatively” non-canon book, there was one confirmed canon secret. At the very end, the Pines twins find a wish granting Axolotl and they wish for information about Bill, in which it confirms among other things that it has met Bill before. Not to mention the big event Disney had for Gravity Falls fans traveling the world ending up in a hidden place that had a real life Bill statue, it is safe to assume he didn’t disappear. Even if you disregard these events, consider Bill’s nature as a sort of memory demon. He was wiped away along with Stanley’s memories. What the memory gun normally does is extract a person’s memory and put it into a tube, effectively putting the memories in one place if not wiping/destroying them. It would be reasonable to assume that if Stan was able to get his memories back, it is still very likely that Bill is alive, or at the very least, dormant. Will this mean a future reboot or season? Most likely not. It is perfect where it ended by itself, but Alex definitely left a few little plot holes open for the rest of us.

[@ashyunderscorealt95]

the comments fine but why mention the axolotl thing lol? it has nothing to do with stan's resolution, but moreso bill's past and how he may have been a liar about being so deranged and apathetic.

[@Justin-ym4pm]

@@ashyunderscorealt95 Youre asking why he brought up Bill invoking a wish granting being so that me may return, when talking about Bill possibly returning?

[@FabioKun]

There's a guy on ig who makes short comics with the pines family in the future

[@SpaceSoups]

@@FabioKun Link?

[@ashyunderscorealt95]

@@Justin-ym4pm Touché.

[@craytherlaygaming2852]

The thing I love about the Summerween ep was how the main antag is *literally* a japanese Tsukomogami, it's a fudging yokai. The kind that are created when you treat a object with disrespect for 100 years.

[@chickennugget6684]

it's also uncannily similar to No Face from Spirited Away

[@standardhuman8675]

yeah they reference spirited away in the journal entry for the episode

[@20somethingcimena]

Weeb

[@anamelessyoutuber1462]

I was there when it first began, and I was there when it ended. Still one of my favorite shows of all time.

[@codysmith8639]

Same. The nostalgia hits hard 😭

[@anamelessyoutuber1462]

I don't care about your clips! Leave me alone!

[@i.d.9754]

It would be my absolute favorite if Phineas and Ferb didn't exist

[@SciRuler]

Same my brother

[@emoji3266]

It’s a great show Can’t wait for him to rank all Kirby final bosses or Sid the sloth in Encanto

[@joeboah6040]

The president's key opens every lock in Gravity Falls. The lock you mentioned at 29:20 is made by Bill

[@FinnDanger-e3v]

No, every lock in America 🦅🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇸🦅🦅

[@BlueSkooty]

@@FinnDanger-e3vmade before like 1970

[@FinnDanger-e3v]

@@BlueSkooty it's actually like before 1863 or something like that

[@kkima1265]

​@@FinnDanger-e3v1877 if i recall correctly!

[@FinnDanger-e3v]

@@kkima1265 I wish I was at my house right now and could check the journal to confirm the exact date

[@McBehrer]

24:20 that actually makes sense; their purpose was actually to HELP people, and the way they did that was erasing traumatic memories from people. Dipper and Mabel never acted traumatized by their experiences. Or maybe it's because they were from out of town, and therefore out of the Order's jurisdiction

[@theskullicorn4588]

My theory was when mcgucket was forming the order, he made sure residents of the mystery shack would be safe, as ford worked their and even after the event, they where still friends.

[@P1r4n]

*Into The Bunker has entered the chat*

[@Im2lazy4thisCrit]

There’s also the fact that just because their job is to erase everyone’s traumatic experiences away, doesn’t mean they know everytime someone encounters something weird. They actually have to _see_ the people who interact with the weirdness so they can make them forget, y’know.

[@BlueBlazeKing]

@@theskullicorn4588my theory is that the order doesn’t see reason to interfere as any supernatural creatures or objects the twins come across, the order could just claim it’s a new attraction or merch for the shack

[@PancakeCamilo]

My theory is probably because they seemed fine and never bothered contacting or telling anyone else, like how Lazy Susan was calling the police maybe they tracked her down that way. Or since Robbie got his memories erased, it’s cause he was traumatized after the fight and told someone which led him to losing his memories

[@dac314]

Bill not having a mouth is significant. He's not* a being that needs air or food or water or anything. He's like a nigh omnipotent inversion of the "I have no mouth, and I must scream" trope, so much so that when he sprouts a mouth, it's as he's flailing around and dying at the very end.

[@chickennugget6684]

👁 👈

[@20somethingcimena]

I have no mouth and I must scream isn't a trope you dunce its a book. And bill literally grows a mouth the character in the book has no mouth so even as a metaphor this doesn't work. Are you dumb

[@dac314]

@@20somethingcimena LOL having a bad holiday, kiddo?

[@20somethingcimena]

@@dac314 yes I was actually just born in a dumpster yesterday and im being raised by sewer rats it's a pretty bad holiday

[@dac314]

@@20somethingcimena wow, from trash you came and unto trash you shall return, I guess.

[@thefranticdefect1026]

two minor misunderstandings that were explained in the commentary that i can’t help but mention 1: in the robbie mind control episode it wasn’t actually mind control, the excuse that another band wrote it was literally true. she just thought it was sweet that he cared enough to write her a song, then was upset when he revealed he didn’t write it. it wasn’t explained super well and kind of came off as actual mind control, it was just based on that satanic panic stuff about rock music 2. in sock opera the timer may have not actually been real! bill can only appear in dreams, and we don’t see dipper fall asleep. it’s likely that he fell asleep at the computer and bill manipulated his dream to give him a ticking clock. it may have just been to manipulate him into making a decision on the spot rather than thinking about it

[@goosifyed9717]

something cool, is that the fandom actually came up with a replacement epsiode for the road trip one, that actually has ford in it, and its way better than what we actually got. its called "return to the bunker" and its honestly one of the greatest things ive seen, considering it's just a storyboard and only partially animated.

[@adzdrawss]

if im being honest at the ending of dipper and mabel vs the future, i don’t blame mabel too much. sure she started literally the end of the world but she had no idea. she just wanted the summer to stay forever. it was just another one of bills plans to use people’s weaknesses against them. she was in a really rough spot and was scared for the future. and like i said she thought it would be harmless to give him the rift. i don’t think she knew just how important it was. her face when he smashed it was pure shock. she didn’t want that to happen

[@ellielovegood6307]

Honestly I feel like Ford’s a bit at fault for telling dipper not to share the rift info with Mabel

[@louiepikmin3184]

@ellielovegood6307 Definitely, one of the big messages of the show is how the "Trust no one" thing isn't true, and the fact Ford's paranoia and still not trusting anyone but Dipper was a contributing factor to Bill winning is just so fitting

[@tatehildyard5332]

Only semi related to the topic at hand but I really feel like so much of what makes Mabel likable is from Kristen Schaal’s performance. On paper, Mabel is a character that can come off as pretty irritating, bur Schall brings this extreme sincerity and naive dorkiness that really makes her easy to empathize with as a character.

[@ahnaflfc369]

Mabel is easily the best character in GF, don't know how people can possibly dislike her, no question hating her.

[@JiannaSandoval]

And people forget she's literally 12!!!

[@emilychick]

I was in the fandom when Gideon Rises came out. IT WAS AWESOME! Everyone was speculating, making edits, and just vibing. Whenever I watch this show I am hit with waves of nostalgia. We waited so long for season 2, and when it aired it was insane. This was my first fandom and I cherish the times I had in there.

[@lemonmeat]

surprisingly for being one of the most popular fandoms i dont recall a single bad experience, meanwhile every single other fandom ive been in has given me deep genuine traumas. i miss the gf fandom

[@emilychick]

@@lemonmeat it was so wholesome in that fandom. i think the only drama that i remember was when this account called grabbityfalls or something like that came onto the scene and started hating on the show. then a bunch of accounts posted about how this person is so mean. the disney fandom in general was always very nice when i was in it too. like 2016-19 when i was an active editor on there

[@tobysheridan2607]

The see you next summer just broke me. Ending a show in such a melancholy way is something I will always love and I adore how the audience is let know that its ok to let go of the characters because they'll be fine.

[@hamoiq908]

Brilliantly said and it’s the realistic way that happens. Liek aometimes ypu just don’t see that person next summer. Even just remembering it in the the video made me blurry eyed

[@godofthecripples1237]

Roadside Attraction is so underrated. It takes the time to tackle how a crush does an instantly stop at rejection and it has a valuable lesson on treating romance with respect instead of like a game.

[@ballisticboi2411]

I’d consider putting “Land before swine” higher on the list for James Baxter’s amazing work on the pterodactyl, it’s so satisfying and well done I think it drags the episode up a little.

[@Drekromancer]

James Baxter strikes again.

[@apenasmaisumdiogo.7115]

I agree, but I admit that everyone consistenly calling the giant Pteranodon-looking pterossaur a dinosaur and a pterodactyl bummered the dinosaur-loving little me at the time (Pterodactylus didn't have a bony crest and was only around the size of a cat, while Pteranodon was much closer to the one from the episode, but still was slightly shorter than a human. The only Pterosaurs near the size of the show's are azhdarchids like Quetzalcoatlus, Hatzegopteryx etc., but none of them had grasping feet or leathery skin, nor did they make bird-like nests with giant eggs). The only accurate thing about the Pterossaur is that it was correctly shown as quadrupedal.

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

@@apenasmaisumdiogo.7115 It always does for me, haha. At least they're broadly Archosaurs, so that would work instead.

[@m0n0moo]

when you said james baxter, i thought you were talking about the horse

[@apenasmaisumdiogo.7115]

@@m0n0moo Now that you've mentioned it, I'd really like to see Schaff doing something about Adventure Time. It was the show that practically paved the way for the style of comedic light-hearted cartoons progressively getting darker and more serialized and revolutioned 2010's TV animation after all, it most definetely deserves a review of its own. A review of all episodes would be a nightmare due to the sheer quantity, but I'd like to see one for all the songs, like he did with Phineas and Ferb.

[@herecomemacOnTT]

Man. Lemme tell you, watching this all live a decade ago and seeing Tumblr EXPLODE with theories was INCREDIBLE. I still haven't experienced that since, and the attention to detail for all the ARG elements in the show and background notes were buckwild ❤

[@chrismezza1940]

Those were the times haha

[@ellielovegood6307]

The best was when Alex faked the Mcgucket leak in order to throw fans off the trail of Ford Now that’s commitment

[@ashcyr3711]

the cipher hunt i feel is the one and only arg that isn't scary

[@extentnearby6139]

I'll never forget coming home from school and watching fan theories on youtube

[@Iffondrel]

@@ashcyr3711 The cipher hunt!! Oh man, even when the show was over, I kept up with that DAILY on reddit threads and tumblr posts. What an amazing cherry on top once the show was over.

[@Moonlightingale]

Every single time you went up a number on the list and Northwest Mansion Mystery wasn't mentioned, my smile increased and increased. And when I saw it make it to number 4, just behind the greatest episodes of the show, I knew you had amazing taste. Northwest Mansion Mystery is one of my favorite episodes of any show EVER. The pacing, the horror elements, Pacifica's redemption, and of course, the show managing to make me ship Dipcifica in the span of a SINGLE EPISODE just makes the episode extremely rewatchable and just *chef's kiss*

[@ThenewTchannel]

That episode was my first Gravity Falls experience, even though I only saw the ending. And after watching it all the way through, it absolutely is one of the best and one of my personal favorites. The story is tense and emotional, the humor is top tier as always, and as much as I love hating on rich brats who always seem to get by without problems even when they’re bested, I also love when that character archetype grows into a real person. It’s also why my favorite story in the Lost Legends book is the Pacifica story. It does everything that the episode does, even a little better in some areas, particularly with the villain. I love the Lumberjack Ghost and his backstory, but Mister Whats-His-Face is just such a uniquely designed villain with such a weird role in the supernatural universe that I kinda want the episode to get animated

[@schris3]

You are sharing exactly my thoughts. Is a shame Alex Hirsch opposed to the Dipcifica ship, even when his writers did an excellent case for it during the episode.

[@Reorganiser]

@@schris3 Agreed, I just binged the show (after seing this ranking) and when I came to episode 10 of S2 and kinda knew what was going to happen so I was absolutely looking forward to the finale episodes just to get disappointed that they're doing absolutely nothing with Pacifica's redemption. That's one of the few cases where I feel like the show could've done better, but all in all amazing experience and definetely one of the best shows I've seen originally published on regular TV

[@spencerwess5899]

I thought Alex approved of that ship

[@PTS-Maid]

@@schris3 That's one of Alex's biggest L's in this show.

[@carlitolol1435]

I cannot believe how flawless the Surfshark VPN ad was connected to the video

[@teddykurniawan4670]

"Ready to head to the unknown?" "Nope" "But let's do it" I cried every time...

[@BIGSHOT973]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@rebxzyy]

@@BIGSHOT973 WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@rebxzyy]

its enough to make a grown man cry....

[@NaddleSchidaddle]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[@MrTiesk]

Schraffilas's impressions never cease to amaze! Absolutely love the maniacal laughter transitioning into coughing. It was hilarious in the original show, and even funnier done by a musical coconut crab As well as, of course, the masterful comedic editing!

[@emoji3266]

I love this show I hope that Schaffrillas does a ranking of Kirby final bosses or talking about Sid the Sloth in Encanto.

[@elithatguy452]

I think its so fun how everyone's list of best to "worst" is so different because of how amazing the show is

[@shagarumedic]

The mansion party episode is the best one I will die on this hill Why yes I am a Dipcifica enjoyer, how could you tell?

[@incognitoman3656]

I know, the show is just built different

[@graftongazaway]

Friendly reminder that Bill's: "Buy Crypto, suckers!" is canon.

[@TheVanishedPeople]

I swear "The deep end" post-credit scene is one of the best scene in the whole show, it's so chilling it's unfair

[@MrEdit-ic7th]

Such a phenomenal show. Not afraid to admit I cried my eyes out during the ending since I didn't want to say goodbye to these characters that I grew so attached to.

[@dogzrule72]

You know it was an amazing show when the creator himself threw off theorists by creating a fake spoiler of McGucket writing the journal looking like it was taken by some random viewer. This show was amazing, deserving an astounding 11/10 grappling hooks.

[@Alemations_OSC]

29:11 If you want justice then go to the gravity falls lost legends comic where Dipper uses the key in the story "Face Off"

[@supershaun2932]

At 21:57, the writers don't forget about it. In Boss Mabel, the Gremloblin gets the key from Mabel allowing him to escape.