Gravity Falls: 10 Years Later - A Retrospective

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  @Cartoonshi · 4 years ago · pinned

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• FR

  @FrameOneQ · 4 years ago

  People say that Adventure Time was the catalyst for lore heavy story driven shows, but I truly believe it was Gravity Falls that changed cartoons into what we have today. Lemme tell you, the break between seasons 1 and 2 were insane, we were dissecting every single individual frame for literally anything

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• PI

  @pinesteins3885 · 4 years ago

  The time between ‘not what he seems’ and ‘a tale of two Stans’ felt like literal years to me. I’m shocked to be reminded it was only 4 months

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• TO

  @totallygidget · 2 years ago

  As a girl who was considered &quot;weird,&quot; Mabel was the first character I EVER related to. We were the same age when the show first aired in 2012 and I too wore colorful sweaters, had braces, and had a random sense of humor that many kids my age didn&apos;t understand. I When the second season came out and I found out I shared the same birthday (August 31st) I cried and cried and cried. I&apos;m 24 years old now and rewatching Gravity Falls is like seeing my younger self all over again. I can still feel how it felt to be different and the growing pains that came with it. It&apos;s an integral part of my life that I will forever appreciate.

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• WU

  @Wubster649 · 4 years ago

  Can we appreciate the level of coordination the Cypher Hunt was? That was wild.

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• MI

  @MissTelevision · 4 years ago

  I understand why Hirsch decided to wrap things up early but holy shit if the storyline had released in three seasons like originally intended, and with all the unique ideas presented in Journal 3, this show could have gone even harder than it already did. <br><br>Ultimately though, I am BEYOND satisfied with what we got. Banger all-around

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• OL

  @OliveangelxX · 4 years ago

  Watching gravity falls was one of those shows that helped me realize that it can be hard to grow up and that you can&apos;t stay the same &quot;have fun&quot; forever. And at first as a kid, you don&apos;t wana grow up but when you get old you want to grow up, and change.

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• NI

  @Nixie-Nix · 4 years ago

  I believe the most impactful moment of this show was the minor but huge connection between the second episode and the flash-back episode. In the second episode, Stanley just wants to go fishing with Dipper and Mabel in a little boat called Stan-O-War. I thought it was a little self-indulging of him initially. But when I watched the flash-back episode, I noticed that the ship Stanley and Stanford were building was also called Stan-O-War. I realized that Stanley was just trying to get a glimpse of what he could have had with his own twin brother, had they not become distanced and separated. Stanley saw so much of himself and Stanford in Dipper and Mabel and perhaps, he didn&apos;t want to see them go down the same road he and Stanford did. It was a minor detail but very important to me.

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• ST

  @starling1226 · 4 years ago

  10 years? Is this what it’s like to feel old? This show really gave me comfort when things were going bad at home, it provided a form of escapism when I needed it the most. I was only 8 and this was what sparked me to look deeper into shows especially since during the wait until season 2 came out. I would binge watch videos spotting hidden messages and I would always see if any episodes of Gravity Falls would play again so I could spot all the hidden messages.

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• AL

  @alejandrokudo5463 · 4 years ago

  Perhaps one of the most compelling things I’ve heard about this show is “avoiding seasonal rot was the best thing Gravity Falls ever did.” Keep in mind, Alex Hurch wanted to show to last three seasons, but after struggling on the first, he decided to cut the shoot down for two seasons. Would it suffer some seasonal rot if it went to the original plan? I don’t know, but regardless, I’m glad it ran and ended the way it did: on the creators own terms, and with a massive amount of closure.

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• EC

  @Echostooge234 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Seeing Cartoonshi talk about a show that genuinely brings him joy is heartwarming.<br><br>Edit: This comment hit exactly 700 likes on 11/22/23!

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• GH

  @GhostlyBanes · 4 years ago

  This show will forever be a classic and one of the greatest shows ever made and it holds a special place in my heart. I think this videos gonna be great!

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