Gravity Falls: An Old Fan's Retrospective and Ranking
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2024
- Happy 10th Birthday/Anniversary Gravity Falls! As a longtime fan who watched the show unfold, here's my thoughts on this amazing cartoon, presented in a convenient ranked and numbered list for search engine optimization.
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Gravity Falls is an American mystery comedy animated television series created by Alex Hirsch for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The series premiered on June 15, 2012, and ran until February 15, 2016.
The series follows the adventures of Dipper Pines (voiced by Jason Ritter) and his twin sister Mabel (voiced by Kristen Schaal) who are sent to spend the summer with their great-uncle (or "Grunkle") Stan (voiced by Hirsch) in Gravity Falls, Oregon, a mysterious town full of paranormal incidents and supernatural creatures. The kids help Stan run "The Mystery Shack", the tourist trap that he owns, while also investigating the local mysteries.
On November 20, 2015, Hirsch announced that the series would finish with its second season, stating that this was "100% [his] choice" and that "the show isn't being cancelled- it's being finished" and was simply reaching its natural conclusion. The series ended on February 15, 2016, with a one-hour finale, "Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back The Falls". Hirsch later stated that he remains open to continuing the series with additional episodes or specials.
Gravity Falls received critical acclaim with praise directed at its writing, characters, humor, and multi-generational appeal. Additionally, the series won two Emmy Awards, three Annie Awards, and a BAFTA Children's Award, among various other wins and nominations. Gravity Falls garnered high viewership amongst kids, teenagers, and young adults during its run and was Disney XD's highest rated show in 2015 and early 2016, while also setting several ratings records for the network. The series has attracted a broad and passionate fandom and has been considered to be an influence for many animated shows that followed it, and has also spawned a variety of official merchandise.
0:00 Intro
1:42 Tourist Trapped
3:50 Legend of the Gobblewonker
5:16 Headhunters
5:58 The Hand that Rocks the Mabel
7:03 The Inconveniencing
7:39 Dipper vs Manliness
8:35 Double Dipper
9:20 Irrational Treasure
10:37 The Time Traveler's Pig
11:37 Fight Fighters
12:16 Little Dipper
12:53 Summerween
14:52 Boss Mabel
16:33 Bottomless Pit!
16:58 The Deep End
17:39 Carpet Diem
18:27 Boyz Crazy
19:37 The Land Before Swine
21:04 Dreamscaperers
22:29 Gideon Rises
25:14 Season 1 Retrospective
25:44 Scary-oke
27:15 Into the Bunker
28:52 The Golf War
29:39 Sock Opera
31:31 Soos and the Real Girl
32:32 Little Gift Shop of Horrors
32:56 Society of the Blind Eye
34:43 Blendin's Game
36:04 The Love God
37:11 Northwest Mansion Mystery
39:50 Not What He Seems
44:06 A Tale of Two Stans
46:59 Dungeons, Dungeons and More Dungeons
48:17 The Stanchurian Candidate
49:22 The Last Mabelcorn
51:18 Roadside Attraction
53:50 Dipper and Mabel vs The Future
56:35 Weirdmageddon
58:19 Escape From Reality
1:00:14 Take Back The Falls
1:05:49 VWDB ZHLUG
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have yall ever noticed how the shape shifter's in Dipper's "last form he will ever take" resembles the one where he gets turned into wood in Northwest Manor Noir?
I heard that Roadside Attraction was actually meant to be before Ford arrived, and they saved it for later because they were still writing the ending. Possibly even right after Into the Bunker.
Gravity Falls has done more for contemporary animation than I think people truly understand. It inspired countless artists, paved the way for many great shows, and set an example of what you could do with an animated show. Great video Dan, as always, love some of the gags in this one!
Oh absolutely, it's a great series and I hope I was able to do it justice!
I guess the real Gravity Falls was the friends we made along the way.
Gravity falls is hands down one of the best Tv shows ever made! Glad it was a part of a lot of our childhoods. Great video!
Thanks so much!
Hey! you ripped the hat, now you have to buy it!
I already have twelve. This one is merely another fine addition to my collection.
I’m not kidding when I say I’m fully crying rn. The ending of Gravity Falls is just the most satisfying ending I’ve seen so far. As a person, who absolutely loved the show as a kid and, as soon as I was old enough for the internet, is in the fandom I love these types of videos. I always enjoy them and they make me want to rewatch the show for billionth time. Gravity Falls has helped me in so many ways. Mabel is the absolute goddess in my eyes, because… well I was just like her as a kid (and still am) but I didn’t really have friends who would accept me for being unhinged and well, whatever Mabel is. I remember around my 13th birthday I again reminded myself how much the show means to me, because it helped me accept myself. Mabel and Dipper were the same age when I told myself that I just don’t like smoking and drinking like my friends did (eastern European here). Plus the biggest impact this show had was on me and my twin brother. As far as I remember we were always comparing ourselves to the mystery twins, cuz we just are them. I’m as weird as Mabel and he is as nerdy as Dipper. We even adapted the “awkward sibling hug… tap tap” thing.
Love this vid, again thank you for making me cry like a baby.
Imo, the Northwest Mansion Mystery/Noir is the best non-Weirdmageddon episode.
I love how it's a fairly open yet enclosed space that focuses on a developed character and an underdeveloped character, ultimately maturing them both.
Mix that with a few callbacks and foreshadows along with some mystery, jokes and nightmare fuel and it's an episode I just adore.
Well, it’s not really weird Dipper didn’t immediately get over Wendy. Gravity Falls treated their characters as real people, so it is normal to still have feelings after being rejected because it takes time to forget that person and feelings you have - especially if we consider Wendy as his first crush. I don’t particularly like Roadside attraction, but I get why Dipper’s feelings for Wendy are still present.
I really feel like you could slot that in somewhere Pre-Ford Post-Bunker and not lose anything. Never found the perfect spot for it though….
Personally It’s not that I don’t like roadside attraction. I just think it’s placement in the fourth season, right after the big Ford Bill reveal and just before Weirdmegendon was misplaced.
I think if it was in the 2nd or 1st season it would be looked back on more fondly.
But as it stands it feels it’s taking the place of a more important episode that would further develop the relationship dynamics and better the setup the finale
this was a great video! i finished the series a couple days ago and i was upset about the lack of analysis and critiques there were on youtube. however, this video really filled that void for me! you're super underrated, this video feels like it was made by a channel with 100x your subscriber count. also, fun fact about the "i've got some children to make into corpses" line in the finale: alex originally wanted bill to say something along the lines of "i've got some kids to kill," but disney wouldn't let him, so the line is now much more unsettling. again, i really enjoyed the video! i've subbed :)
Thank you so much, that means a lot to me!
And that sounds just about right, haha. Technically fitting Disney's rules but inadvertently now a lot more creepy. Great show all around, and glad to have you on board!
My favorite thing about Gravity Falls is that the pace shift feels natural, unlike *coughStarvscough* where the show immediately takes a hard swing into romantic stuff.
I watched this whole vid without even realizing it only had 6k views, you def deserve more recognition. Incredible video.
Its so hard for videos like these to do the show justice. These retrospective videos are awesome, don't get me wrong, but man watching the show while it was airing was an entirely different experience. Seeing payoffs like McGugget in the society of the blind eye episode, Stan having a twin who was the author, etc. were theories which the community came up with. And seeing these episodes air which confirmed the theories was such a crazy feeling. The episodes, characters, theory-crafting, easter eggs, and fandom of the show makes this one of the greatest Disney shows of all time, and my all time favourite!
Arguably for Carpet Diem, the fact Status Quo returned shows how important it is. Like in Summerween, and later Weirdmaggedon, shows, Dipper and Mabel don't work well when not together. It shows that Dipper views being with Mabel to be important when thinking over everything, which Summerween and Weirdmaggedon also show.
Wow such an underrated video! Good job man.
Headhunters is one of my favorites because rewatching it knowing the twist of Ford puts this episode into a completely different context.
His eulogy speech is given so much more context with him tearing up not because he’s selfish, but because he’s saying goodbye to his brother all over again.
I think the episode Sock Opera permanently altered my brain chemistry
The Dipper and Wendy relationship hit the hardest for me because I was once in love with an older girl who only saw me as a cute little kid. I remember my heart breaking as I realized she'd never feel the same way about me.
My biggest problem with the show is in "Dipper and Mabel vs The Future", I don't agree with people who call Mabel "the worst", like she definitely causes a lot of trouble throughout the series, but there was always a good reason for all of those events to happen and subsequently a good reason behind resolving them. But it is hard to ignore that she brought THE END OF THE WORLD by willingly giving away something that DOESN'T BELONG TO HER to a guy who tried to KILL THEM like a week prior. Even if you have the worst day ever, you don't give your brother/uncle's stuff to some guy, just because he promised you a reward, that makes Mabel seem uncharacteristically selfish and gullible, she is 13, not stupid. And in the next couple episodes, it is not acknowledged and she doesn't tell anybody about it, so she doesn't need to face any personal consequences (The Weirdmageddon itself doesn't count, because everyone has to deal with, not just her), and proceeds to be content to abandon everyone and live an illusion, even when she's told that everyone who she loves is in danger. If she was tricked somehow, I would get it, but even if emotionally charged, it was a conscious decision that is treated like an oopsie and not with the world-ending weight that it should have carried.
Great video! Deserves way more. (Friendly advice I would touch down that background music in some parts as to not compete with your voice.)
Thanks! And yeah, I've definitely been working on toning down music in recent releases. Appreciate the feedback, going to make sure I keep acting on that!
I’ve watched a lot of videos recapping/ranking gravity falls; over all a lot of videos just covering the series, but none of them were as fantastic as this one. A lot of what you said regarding the show as a whole resonated with me. I loved hearing your opinions on it. Absolutely great video that really gives the show a solid critique and review.
Thank you so much. This series did mean so much to me, and I hope I was able to do it justice. I'm glad that my thoughts on it were able to resonate with you!
great video
Thank you!
fun fact, the gold war sounds like the gulf war... and its suspiciously the 3rd episode of the 2nd season...
I love ur Voice it's realy relaxing
Amazing video keep it up!
Thank you so much!
Maybe a good script doctor fix for roadside attraction would be the twins have cabin fever from being stuck inside all the time and then dipper climbs out the window because Pacifica invites him on a family road trip every parent pick marginally agree because they owe him and then Ford and Stan go after him with a C plot with Mabel and wendy Holding down the fort against increasingly gregarious supernatural attacks flipping through the journals outside of their element
27:34 I get a lot of Fake Peppino vibes from this man
yessss such good takes
I want more gravity falls 😢😢😢😢😢 i miss it sooooo much!!!!!!!
This was a great video
Thank you so much! :D
Are you excited for "The book of Bill" coming out this summer?
Oh you know I am
2:11
great video