108 Fun Facts About Gravity Falls

Which real person in creator Alex Hirsch's life inspired Mabel Pines in Gravity Falls?

His twin, Ariel Hirsch, inspired Mabel; Hirsch also poured in memories of his own childhood summers and of trick-or-treating with his sister.

How many fingers does Stanford 'Ford' Pines have on each hand?

Six, which is why the hand on the journals' covers has six fingers, a clue viewers puzzled over for two seasons.

Bill Cipher's flat home dimension, which was annihilated in a catastrophe he caused, is called what?

Euclydia is Bill Cipher's flat two-dimensional home world, which he destroyed; The Book of Bill hints at deep guilt beneath his sneer about 'flat minds in a flat world with flat dreams'.

Which 15-year-old part-time cashier at the Mystery Shack is Dipper's unrequited crush in Gravity Falls?

Wendy Corduroy, Manly Dan's laid-back 15-year-old daughter, works the Mystery Shack register; Dipper's crush on her runs through the first season.

The 2016 'Cipher Hunt' ended when fans found the Bill Cipher statue in a forest near which Oregon town?

Reedsport's statue was removed days later over a property dispute, and Alex Hirsch insisted the hunt itself had been the real treasure.

What number is on the cover of the journal Dipper Pines finds in the woods in Gravity Falls?

Journal 3 was published for real in 2016, and it finally revealed Dipper's real first name.

What job does Soos Ramirez do for Grunkle Stan?

Handyman: Soos has fixed things around the Shack since Stan hired him as a twelve-year-old in 2002, and by the finale he takes over as the new Mr. Mystery.

Which character is ultimately revealed to be the author of the journals?

Stanford Pines, Ford, is the twins' other great-uncle, the journals' author, lost beyond an interdimensional portal for decades until Stan reactivated it and brought him back.

In which year did Gravity Falls premiere on Disney Channel?

2012: Gravity Falls premiered on Disney Channel on June 15, 2012, and Alex Hirsch chose to end it after two seasons so the story could have a proper finish.

What is the real first name of Dipper Pines?

Mason is the name; his formal name was never spoken in the series itself.

What is the name of Mabel Pines' pet pig?

Waddles is Mabel's pet pig, won at Stan's Mystery Fair; Dipper rewinds time with a stolen time machine so that Mabel can keep him.

What is the name of the diner where Lazy Susan works?

Greasy's Diner is the town's log-cabin eatery where Lazy Susan serves pie; 'Dipper vs. Manliness' opens there with Dipper failing the counter's manliness tester.

In 'Little Gift Shop of Horrors', Mabel's pig briefly speaks with the voice of which scientist?

Neil deGrasse Tyson voices the pig after a brain-boosting device makes him a genius in the 'Abaconings' segment; the pig's usual grunts come from Dee Bradley Baker.

Which actor voices Dipper Pines?

He did not learn the show was ending until he read the finale script, which he said felt like a series finale rather than a season finale.

Which comedian and actress voices Mabel Pines?

Kristen Schaal voices Mabel Pines; the comedian, known as obsessive fan Mel on HBO's Flight of the Conchords, gives Mabel her boundless sweater-clad energy.

Which Oscar-winning actor joined the cast in season 2 as Stanford Pines?

J. K. Simmons, the Best Supporting Actor winner for Whiplash, joined in season 2 as Stanford 'Ford' Pines, Stanley's long-lost twin who emerges from the portal.

Which Freaks and Geeks star voices Wendy?

Linda Cardellini, Lindsay Weir on Freaks and Geeks, voices Wendy Corduroy; she also played Velma in the live-action Scooby-Doo films.

Dipper and Mabel are dropped off in Gravity Falls from their home in which California city?

Piedmont, California, is the twins' hometown; creator Alex Hirsch really grew up there and folded many of his own childhood experiences into the series.

In the series premiere 'Tourist Trapped', Mabel's boyfriend 'Norman' turns out to be what?

Dipper had suspected a zombie; Mabel finally drives the gnomes off with a leaf blower.

Which gnome leader tries to make Mabel queen of the gnomes?

Jeff leads the forest gnomes, who stack into a giant gnome to kidnap Mabel; Alex Hirsch, who also voices Stan and Soos, provides his nasal voice.

Which Disney Channel Original Movie premiered right before the first Gravity Falls episode?

Let It Shine, the Disney Channel Original Movie starring Tyler James Williams, premiered that June night, and 'Tourist Trapped' aired straight after it as a sneak preview.

In 'Not What He Seems', Stan is arrested by government agents for stealing what?

Chemical waste: Stan stole barrels of toxic waste from a government facility to fuel the portal hidden under the Shack; the town's gravity anomalies were a side effect.

The secret code Mabel finds in Stan's box of fake IDs turns out to be a button combination for what?

Behind the vending machine is the hidden door to the underground lab, first glimpsed at the very end of the pilot.

Grunkle Stan's cane is topped with what object?

A billiard 8-ball tops the cane, matching a black suit, red string bow tie, fez and an eyepatch worn on whichever side the animators felt like.

The Pines twins Stanley and Stanford grew up in Glass Shard Beach, a fictional town in which US state?

New Jersey: Glass Shard Beach is the Pines twins' Jersey Shore hometown, where their father ran a pawn shop and disowned Stan after he accidentally ruined Ford's shot at a prestigious university.

For roughly how many years did Stan secretly work to bring his brother back through the portal?

30 years: Stan spent three decades running the Shack under Ford's name, having faked his own death, to fund reactivating the portal that swallowed his brother.

In Gravity Falls, which Southern-accented showman with a white pompadour runs the Tent of Telepathy, rival to the Mystery Shack?

Gideon Gleeful, 'Li'l Gideon', once wielded a telekinetic amulet that Mabel destroyed.

What is Old Man McGucket's full first and middle name?

Fiddleford Hadron McGucket: despite the hillbilly act he is a technical mastermind who built the Memory Gun and later sold his patents to the government for millions.

Which young aristocrat does Grenda win over at the Northwest Mansion party?

Marius von Fundshauser, a wealthy young noble at the Northwests' party in 'Northwest Mansion Mystery', falls for Grenda after she bluntly tells him off; Mabel and Candy had pursued him too.

Gravity Falls sits in which fictional Oregon county, policed by Sheriff Blubs?

Roadkill County: Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland patrol it in a Roadkill County Sheriff's cruiser; Kevin Michael Richardson voices Blubs.

Bill Cipher escapes the Nightmare Realm to start Weirdmageddon by possessing which time traveller?

In Blendin's body he tricks Mabel into handing over the rift, then smashes it.

What is the name of the stray goat that hangs around the forest near the Shack?

Gompers the goat wanders in and out of scenes from the pilot onward, usually chewing on whatever is nearest; Dee Bradley Baker supplies his bleats.

Soos's long-distance girlfriend Melody, who later becomes the Shack's cashier, is from which city?

Portland: Melody is only in Gravity Falls for the summer when Soos meets her at the mall, and the two keep a long-distance romance going before she moves to work at the Shack.

The Bill Cipher statue found in 2016 was permanently relocated to which California roadside attraction?

Confusion Hill, a roadside attraction in Piercy, California, became the statue's home after a property dispute forced its removal from the Oregon forest where fans had found it.

How many US viewers did the finale 'Weirdmageddon 3' draw, then a Disney XD record?

2.47 million viewers watched the finale's first airing on Disney XD, which made it the network's most-watched telecast up to that point.

Which comedian's minor Weirdmageddon role did Disney redub in 2017?

Louis C.K. had a one-line cameo as a monster in the Weirdmageddon episodes; after his November 2017 admission of sexual misconduct, Disney redubbed the line with another performer.

The 2018 graphic novel continuing the story was titled Gravity Falls: what?

Lost Legends, released in July 2018, collects four new stories written by Alex Hirsch and made the New York Times bestseller list; its existence was first teased through a cipher.

The show's creator drew on childhood summers spent at whose cabin in the woods?

His great-aunt Lois, whom he and his twin sister called 'Graunty Lois', hosted the two of them at her cabin in the woods over several childhood summers.

Before Gravity Falls, its creator wrote and storyboarded on which Cartoon Network series alongside Pendleton Ward?

Flapjack: Hirsch wrote and storyboarded on Cartoon Network's The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, where Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward was a colleague, before moving to Disney.

In 2021 Bill Cipher made a cameo on which long-running animated series, as one of Loki's incarnations?

The Simpsons: in an October 2021 episode the trickster god Loki briefly takes Bill's triangular form, with Alex Hirsch returning to voice him.

The Gravity Falls video game released for Nintendo 3DS was subtitled Legend of the what?

Gnome Gemulets: Gravity Falls – Legend of the Gnome Gemulets, a 2015 side-scrolling adventure for Nintendo 3DS, sends Dipper and Mabel to recover the gnomes' stolen gemulets.

On what date did the Gravity Falls series finale air?

February 15, 2016: the hour-long 'Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls' aired on Disney XD that night, three months after Hirsch announced the show 'isn't being cancelled – it's being finished'.

How many Emmy Awards did Gravity Falls win?

Two: the series' Emmys were Creative Arts awards for individual achievement in animation, alongside three Annie Awards and a BAFTA Children's Award.

A road sign for a town with what name helped inspire the show?

Boring: a road sign for Boring, Oregon, struck Hirsch as the perfect seed for a sleepy town hiding weirdness; the Mystery Spot and Oregon Vortex attractions were also inspirations.

Which creature's hair does Ford need to build a barrier keeping Bill out of the Shack?

A unicorn: Ford needs unicorn hair for a barrier that keeps Bill out of the Shack, so Mabel, Wendy, Candy and Grenda head into the forest to get it from the vain Celestabellebethabelle.

Who was the show's creative director who stayed up 24 hours with Hirsch rewriting scripts?

Mike Rianda served as creative director, and he and Hirsch rewrote scripts through marathon all-night sessions; Rianda later co-directed The Mitchells vs. the Machines.

Which Gravity Falls storyboard artist went on to create The Owl House?

Dana Terrace storyboarded on Gravity Falls and later created Disney's The Owl House, which premiered in January 2020.

Which of these studios animated Gravity Falls?

Rough Draft Korea, the Seoul studio that also animated Futurama, handled Gravity Falls' first season before overseas work shifted to other Korean studios.

What carved fruit replaces pumpkins as jack-o'-lanterns during Summerween?

Watermelons: for Summerween, the town's June version of Halloween, residents carve 'jack-o'-melons' instead of pumpkins, and the Summerween Trickster punishes anyone lacking holiday spirit.

Which company released the complete series box set on DVD and Blu-ray in 2018?

Shout! Factory released Gravity Falls: The Complete Series on DVD and Blu-ray in July 2018, with a Collector's Edition that added a bonus disc of extras.

In 'Double Dipper', what does Dipper use to make copies of himself?

A photocopier: the Shack's old copier produces living paper clones of Dipper, who dissolve when wet, so he can juggle Stan's party and a dance with Wendy.

Which letter has fallen loose from the Mystery Shack's roof sign?

S: the S in 'Shack' hangs fallen from the Mystery Shack's roof sign, so the building appears to advertise the 'Mystery Hack' in the opening credits.

Between which dates did the 2016 Cipher Hunt run?

One clue was a 2,000-piece jigsaw puzzle that took several days to complete.

Which gadget does Mabel pick from the Mystery Shack gift shop in the pilot?

A grappling hook: Mabel chooses it from the gift shop at the end of 'Tourist Trapped', and it becomes her signature gadget, fired to escape many later scrapes.

Which internet game inspired a 2020 Gravity Falls short?

Line Rider: in 2020 Disney posted a short that syncs the Gravity Falls theme to a Line Rider sled run drawn by artists from the browser game's community.

In 'Boss Mabel', Stan leaves Mabel running the Shack to compete on which game show?

Cash Wheel: Stan bets Mabel he can earn more in three days, goes on the Cash Wheel game show, and loses everything on a greedy final spin while she runs the Shack.

In 'The Legend of the Gobblewonker', who built the robotic lake monster?

Old Man McGucket built the robotic Gobblewonker to get his estranged son's attention, one of several giant robots he admits to; every photo Dipper took of it turns out useless.

Which Gravity Falls storyboard artist went on to create Big City Greens?

Chris Houghton storyboarded on Gravity Falls and went on to create Big City Greens with his brother Shane; the Disney Channel series premiered in 2018.

Former Gravity Falls writer Shion Takeuchi went on to create which Netflix series?

Inside Job, Takeuchi's conspiracy-office comedy, premiered on Netflix in October 2021 with Alex Hirsch as an executive producer; Netflix cancelled it in January 2023 after reversing a season-two renewal.

Which Gravity Falls writer wrote and directed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem?

Jeff Rowe, a Gravity Falls writer, co-wrote and co-directed The Mitchells vs. the Machines with Mike Rianda, then directed 2023's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.

Dipper was born how long after his twin sister Mabel?

5 minutes: Mabel never lets Dipper forget she is five minutes older, calling herself the 'alpha twin'; the two share an August 31 birthday.

Which fictional president makes Mabel a US congresswoman in "Irrational Treasure"?

Quentin Trembley, the 'eighth-and-a-half president' found encased in peanut brittle, names Mabel a US congresswoman; her platform is 'legalize everything'.

In which episode does Mabel win her pet pig?

The Time Traveler's Pig: at Stan's Mystery Fair, Mabel wins the pig by guessing his weight, and Dipper's tinkering with a stolen time machine nearly undoes the win.

What does Stan sacrifice to defeat Bill in the finale?

His memory: Stan lets Ford wipe his mind with the memory gun while Bill is trapped inside it, erasing Bill; Mabel's scrapbook later helps the memories return.

Which CalArts animator friend did Hirsch base Soos on?

Jesus Chambrot, a classmate and friend from Hirsch's CalArts days, was the model for Soos; Hirsch has said the character's name and easygoing manner come from him.

Which dating-sim character was Soos's girlfriend before Melody?

GIFfany, the game girlfriend, gives way to a long-distance relationship with Melody; Soos ends the series as the new Mr. Mystery.

Which episode reveals Soos's birthday to be July 13?

Blendin's Game: Dipper and Mabel use Blendin's time tape to travel back to Soos's twelfth birthday, July 13, 2002, and learn why he dreads the day.

Wendy's father, Manly Dan, works as what?

Wendy is the oldest and tallest of his children and shares his lumberjack skills.

In what year was Ford transported through the portal into another dimension?

1982: Ford was pulled into the portal during a struggle with Stan that year, leaving Stan to take over his brother's house and identity.

What is Ford's middle name?

Filbrick: Stanford Filbrick Pines shares the middle name with his father, Filbrick Pines, the stern pawnbroker who raised the twins.

In 'Northwest Mansion Mystery', Dipper is hired to rid the Northwests' party of what?

A ghost: Pacifica hires Dipper to banish a vengeful woodsman's ghost from Northwest Manor before the family's annual party, and he learns how the Northwests' ancestors wronged the town's workers.

In which episode does Bill first appear physically, summoned by Gideon?

Dreamscaperers: Gideon summons Bill to enter Stan's mind and retrieve the combination to the safe holding the Shack's deed; the twins and Soos follow him in.

Bill's reversed last words invoke which creature?

Axolotl: played backwards, Bill's dying gibberish becomes 'A-X-O-L-O-T-L, my time has come to burn, I invoke the ancient power that I may return', a plea to a godlike amphibian being.

What are the names of Bill Cipher's parents?

Scalene and Euclid: The Book of Bill names them as Bill's parents in his flat home dimension, and he draws pictures of them while confined in the Theraprism.

Bill Cipher's design is drawn from what emblem on the US one-dollar bill?

The Eye of Providence: Bill is a one-eyed yellow triangle modelled on the all-seeing eye atop the unfinished pyramid on the back of the one-dollar bill.

Which Twin Peaks character does Hirsch imitate for Bill's voice?

Gordon Cole: Hirsch has described Bill's voice as a bad impression of the hard-of-hearing FBI chief Gordon Cole, whom David Lynch played himself on Twin Peaks.

Which gnome can only communicate by saying his own name?

Shmebulock: the gnome's only word is his own name, a running gag whenever he pops up among the forest gnomes.

Which Henchmaniac is a rhombus-shaped grey demon resembling Bill?

Kryptos is the grey rhombus among the Henchmaniacs, the gang of interdimensional freaks Bill brings through the rift when Weirdmageddon begins.

In Gravity Falls, which boy band do Mabel, Candy and Grenda adore?

Sev'ral Timez is the show's parody boy band; in 'Boyz Crazy' the girls discover its members are clones kept caged by their manager.

Where was McGucket a garage computer inventor in the 1970s?

Ford called him to Gravity Falls to work on the trans-dimensional portal.

Which comedian voices Robbie Valentino?

T.J. Miller, the comedian from Silicon Valley and Deadpool, voices Robbie Valentino, Wendy's moody boyfriend whose song for her hides a backmasked mind-control message.

Which actor voices Gideon's father Bud Gleeful?

Stephen Root, the Office Space and King of the Hill actor, voices Bud Gleeful, Gideon's father, who sells used cars and later runs for mayor.

Which Firefly star voices Preston Northwest?

Nathan Fillion, Captain Mal Reynolds on Firefly, voices Preston Northwest, Pacifica's snobbish father, whose face Bill scrambles when he tries to bargain during Weirdmageddon.

Which Parks and Recreation actor voices Agent Powers?

Nick Offerman, Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation, voices the humourless Agent Powers, the government investigator who tails the Pines family through season two.

Which actress voices Lazy Susan, the diner waitress?

Jennifer Coolidge, the American Pie and White Lotus actress, voices Lazy Susan, the pie-serving diner waitress whom Mabel helps Stan woo in 'Dipper vs. Manliness'.

The eighth-and-a-half president appears on a fictional bill of what denomination?

Negative twelve dollars: the eighth-and-a-half president hands the twins a bill of that denomination, literally less than worthless; he had founded the town after riding his horse backwards off a cliff.

Which Star Wars actor voices the Shape Shifter, Experiment #210?

Mark Hamill, Luke Skywalker himself, voices the Shape Shifter, a creature Ford raised from an egg in his bunker that can copy any form it sees.

Which SNL alum voices Tyler Cutebiker, later mayor of Gravity Falls?

Will Forte voices Tyler Cutebiker, the town's excitable 'Get 'em!' guy, who becomes mayor in 'The Stanchurian Candidate' as the only candidate who completed the paperwork.

Which Futurama voice actor plays Manly Dan?

John DiMaggio, Bender on Futurama, voices Manly Dan Corduroy, Wendy's enormous father, who hangs out at Skull Fracture, the local biker joint.

Which 1990s cult film's heroes, Xyler and Craz, come to life for Mabel?

Dream Boy High: Mabel summons the 1990s film's heroes Xyler and Craz inside Stan's mind in season one, and they return inside her bubble in 'Weirdmageddon 2'.

Which actress voices Melody, Soos's girlfriend?

Jillian Bell, the Workaholics and 22 Jump Street comedian, voices Melody, the cheerful mall worker Soos meets in 'Soos and the Real Girl'.

Which high-school contest did Hirsch win as a junior, landing him on Letterman?

Bird calling: Hirsch won his high school's annual bird-calling contest as a junior, which earned the winners a spot performing their calls on Late Show with David Letterman.

Which future Rick and Morty creator helped Hirsch develop the Fish Hooks pilot?

Justin Roiland, who also voiced Oscar on Fish Hooks, helped Hirsch develop that show's pilot years before co-creating Rick and Morty with Dan Harmon.

What is the name of the abandoned convenience store Wendy's friends break into?

Dusk 2 Dawn: in 'The Inconveniencing', Dipper tags along as Wendy's teenage friends break into the shuttered store, whose ghostly elderly owners punish any teenagers inside.

Which hooded secret society erases townspeople's memories of Gravity Falls' weirdness?

The Society of the Blind Eye: founded by McGucket, the hooded group uses a memory gun to wipe residents' recollections of the paranormal, as the twins discover in its eponymous episode.

Which town holiday, celebrated in 'Irrational Treasure', honours the founding of Gravity Falls?

Pioneer Day: the town dresses in 19th-century garb for the holiday, and Dipper and Mabel's digging into its history leads them to the town's forgotten real founder.

Who co-wrote Gravity Falls: Journal 3 with Alex Hirsch?

Rob Renzetti, the show's supervising producer and creator of My Life as a Teenage Robot, co-wrote Journal 3 with Hirsch; the book came out in July 2016.

Which imprint published The Book of Bill?

Hyperion Avenue Books, Disney's imprint for adult readers, published The Book of Bill on July 23, 2024, pitching Bill's in-character memoir at the show's grown-up fans.

Who directed the series premiere "Tourist Trapped"?

John Aoshima directed 'Tourist Trapped', which Hirsch wrote; Aoshima went on to co-direct the 2024 animated feature Ultraman: Rising.

In 'Dipper vs. Manliness', the Manotaurs order Dipper to slay which creature?

The Multi-Bear: the Manotaurs demand Dipper kill the many-headed bear to prove his manliness, but he refuses once the beast admits to loving the song 'Disco Girl' as much as he does.

Season two of Gravity Falls was ordered on which date?

July 29, 2013: Disney Channel announced the renewal that day, and season two premiered on August 1, 2014, before the show moved to Disney XD.

In 'The Land Before Swine', what prehistoric creature snatches Mabel's pig?

A pterodactyl: the flying reptile, thawed from sap-preserved dinosaurs beneath the town's abandoned mines, carries off Mabel's pig, and Stan fights it to win back her trust.

Mermando, the merman Mabel meets in the public pool, comes from which body of water?

The Gulf of Mexico: Mermando explains in 'The Deep End' that he was swept away from his family there, and Mabel helps him escape the pool to the lake; he later writes that he is betrothed to manatee royalty.

Pacifica is the great-great-granddaughter of a supposed town founder with which first name?

Nathaniel Northwest is the founder the Northwests claim; 'Irrational Treasure' reveals he was a waste-shovelling village idiot installed by a government cover-up, undermining the family's prestige.

Melody, Soos's girlfriend, works at a food stand with what punning name when in town?

Meat Cute: Melody is working the Meat Cute counter at the Gravity Falls mall when Soos meets her in 'Soos and the Real Girl'; she later runs the Shack's register alongside him.

Darlene, the villain of 'Roadside Attraction', is secretly what kind of creature?

A spider: Darlene, voiced by Chelsea Peretti, is a giant spider-woman who lures men to her Mystery Mountain attraction and cocoons them for later.

Rumble McSkirmish, summoned from the arcade cabinet Fight Fighters in Gravity Falls, parodies which fighting game series?

Street Fighter is the main target; Dipper summons Rumble to scare Robbie, but the fighter turns on Dipper and wins before returning to his cabinet.

Which two voice actors play Mabel's best friends Candy Chiu and Grenda?

Niki Yang voices Candy Chiu and Carl Faruolo voices Grenda, whose deep voice, which she blames on puberty, comes from that male storyboard artist.