Gravity Falls

An animated series like no other.

By: Emily Culp

What is Gravity Falls?

Disney Channel Animated
Series
Premiered on June 29, 2012
Created by Alex Hirsch
Originated in the United States
Takes place in the made up
town of Gravity Falls, Oregon

Alex Hirsch

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Characters
Dipper Pines
Loves solving mysteries
Has a birthmark of the big
dipper on his forehead
The younger twin
12 years old
Owner of Journal 3
In love with Wendy (One-sided)

Mabel Pines

Hand knits her own sweaters

Never serious
Has a pet pig named
Waddles
Older twin
Great at miniature golf

More Characters
Wendy

Works at the Mystery Shack

Has three younger brothers
15 years old
Her dad is a lumberjack
Loves Parties
Friends with Dipper and Mabel

Soos

Works at the mystery shack

A very childish adult
Handyman
Fun
Friends with Dipper and
Mabel

Grumpy old man

Great Uncle of Dipper and Mabel
Owner of the Mystery Shack
Breaks the law frequently
Cares about the twins, but doesnt usually show it

Stan Pines

Fake psychic
9 years old
Owner of the Tent o Telepathy (Tourist trap)
In love with Mabel (One-sided)
Owner of Journal 2
Enemy of Dipper, Stan, and Mabel
Trying to find the other Journals

Dream demon
Extremely powerful
Teamed up with Gideon once
Dislikes synthesized music
Can enter peoples minds and possess people
Mentioned in the Journals

The Mystery Shack

Owned by Stan Pines

Where Dipper and Mabel stay for the summer
Where Wendy and Soos work
Gideon wants the property because Journal 1 is supposedly buried there
A tourist trap with weird, fake exhibits
The gift shop is connected to the house where the Pines family lives
There is a secret passageway behind the vending machine in the gift
shop

Journals

There are three known journals

Dipper owns Journal 3, and Gideon owns Journal 2
The Journals have a gold hand with six fingers on the front
They contain information about the supernatural beings in Gravity
Falls
It is said that when the three Journals are put together, they are
very powerful
Nobody knows who wrote them or who owns Journal 1

Mythical Creatures
Gnomes

Clones

Little men that Live

deep in the woods
Powerful when put
together

Manatuars

Made by a photocopier
in the mystery shack
Not found in the
Journals

Cursed Wax Figures

Live in a cave in the
mountains
Like a minotaur, but
more manly

Owned by Stan
until they were
melted by the twins
Not found in the
journals

Secret Messages

There is at least one secret code in each episode

There is always a code at the end of the credits
Sometimes they unlock secrets, but sometimes they are just for fun
There are a mixture of ciphers and reverse messages
The viewer is not given the answer to these codes
The most known secret message is the backwards message at the end of the
title sequence. It tells you how to decode the cipher at the end of the episode.

Seasons and Shorts

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There are currently two seasons

There have been seventeen shorts so far
There are 5 seasons of shorts
The shorts are each about six minutes long
Most of the shorts have part of a journal page
flash at the end

Theories
Many fans have theories about what the secret
messages mean
Some of them have no evidence, but some
could very well be true
The internet is full of theories and guesses,
especially YouTube

Fan Base
Many fans have made replicas of the Journals
Some fans decode the secret messages found within
the show and share them with other fans
There is a lot of art made by fans
Fans love the show because it seems almost too dark
for Disney

Why I like Gravity Falls

Interactive
Humorous
Relatable characters
Supernatural creatures
Many references to other media

Entertaining and funny

Excellent balance of humor and drama
Great for all ages
The characters are realistic, but their adventures sometimes
arent
The mysteries and secrets are very interesting, but
understandable
One of the only few Disney shows to actually show a fight
scene
It seems a little dark for Disney, but it works and a lot of
people love it

Look! Word
Art!

All of the backgrounds used were from the show.

The music is an extended
version of the theme song.