Bill Cipher: ONE Fatal Mistake

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  • čas přidán 15. 05. 2024
  • Co-written by Henry Galley.
    In his acclaimed cartoon series Gravity Falls, Alex Hirsch created and voiced one of the most effective and memorable villains in western animation: Bill Cipher. The terrifying triangle cast a spell over viewers for years to come, and his legacy is the show's legacy. This is how that incredible villain met his well-deserved ending at the hands of the Pine Family. This is Bill Cipher's One Fatal Mistake.
    #billcipher #gravityfalls #alexhirsch
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  • @WeRNotAlive
    @WeRNotAlive  Před 3 lety +8821

    Gravity Falls was a great show about a weird town, but have you heard of Long Gone Gulch? It's an amazing pilot about a similarly weird town: czcams.com/video/TVgFdq9w-0w/video.html

    • @MeltingMellons
      @MeltingMellons Před 3 lety +67

      Yes I watched it tang it’s underrated

    • @TrifectShow
      @TrifectShow Před 3 lety +41

      Watched the pilot and it was long gone good.

    • @hubertfarnsworth6824
      @hubertfarnsworth6824 Před 3 lety +17

      Long gone gulch pilot Vs Hazbin Hotel pilot

    • @yourresidentanon4169
      @yourresidentanon4169 Před 3 lety +44

      @@hubertfarnsworth6824 not really fair to compare considering that one is made for kids and the other adults, but I’m gonna have to go with Lgg- more character development.

    • @jordy9606
      @jordy9606 Před 3 lety +16

      @@hubertfarnsworth6824 Long Gone Gulch vs literally every other cartoon pilot? Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss aren't the only cartoon pilots to exist

  • @justanotherschmuck4149
    @justanotherschmuck4149 Před 3 lety +5096

    "it's been over 4 years since mabel and dipper took that one way bus trip out of gravity falls."
    " *4 years* "
    that hit me like a truck.

    • @aarav6947
      @aarav6947 Před 3 lety +188

      Wanna feel older? Cuz considering it’s 2021 now, it’s almost been 5 years..,

    • @QTheRabbit
      @QTheRabbit Před 3 lety +169

      Since the last episode came out in February of 2016, it's actually been over 5 years now.

    • @justanotherschmuck4149
      @justanotherschmuck4149 Před 3 lety +51

      @@QTheRabbit _stop_-

    • @stargirl3455
      @stargirl3455 Před 3 lety +33

      @@QTheRabbit Оh God please stop N O

    • @raccoonabuser468
      @raccoonabuser468 Před 3 lety +57

      Which means that Mabel and Dipper would be 18 now

  • @vincentsreptiles5270
    @vincentsreptiles5270 Před 3 lety +3642

    Who looked at the title and just thought: yeah, he made one fatal mistake, he messed with Stan's family.

  • @Paper_Brain
    @Paper_Brain Před rokem +4490

    I absolutely adore the idea that bill is a single personified character attribute and he’s defeated by character development, because that makes bill… a /flat/ character

    • @humanogaming5421
      @humanogaming5421 Před rokem +87

      Good one

    • @FirezNice
      @FirezNice Před rokem +82

      Ba dum Ching 🥁

    • @BluBearBee
      @BluBearBee Před rokem

      I am going to destroy you just for that joke.

    • @Null_Angel
      @Null_Angel Před rokem +37

      @@FirezNice I would say ba dum ching 🥁 but then people would think I'm copying a comment so I included it with this message just to confirm I am not copying a comment

    • @waikerwolf6606
      @waikerwolf6606 Před rokem +11

      @@Null_Angel just agreeing

  • @l.catlett-tetzlaff18
    @l.catlett-tetzlaff18 Před rokem +2821

    The thing I honestly found creepiest about Bill is the fact that he targets Mabel at her most vulnerable to get what he wants... and still technically "delivers" on his side of the bargain.

    • @Duval-In-The-Wall
      @Duval-In-The-Wall Před rokem +318

      He does that in every single deal, you really have to be desperate to consider a deal with him

    • @USSFFRU
      @USSFFRU Před rokem +289

      The thing is, Bill DOES give his end of the bargain in some form, well besides Gideon, but he does. He gives his side of the deal with Dipper when Dipper gets desperate to solving the laptop only to lead Dipper to find out who made the laptop.
      Bill seems to be insane but he does gives his own side of the deal in some cursed way.

    • @MichaelHowell
      @MichaelHowell Před rokem +132

      @@USSFFRU If you don't keep your end of the bargain in some way or another, nobody's ever going to shake your hand. It's the same reason why ransomware hackers and other street gangs won't just take your money and give you nothing; their reputation is necessary for them to function at all.

    • @kurtisgoodrich1599
      @kurtisgoodrich1599 Před rokem +18

      It's true, but he seems to only give the bare minimum

    • @jennywakeman5049
      @jennywakeman5049 Před rokem +16

      @@USSFFRU It's been a while since I watched and this might be a bit late but what exactly did Bill not keep about his bargain with Gideon? In the two I can recall them making one never got fully concluded on the details, then the second was involving escaping his jail cell iirc which he did and even said he got his end of the bargain which was Gideon in a way got Mabel, just not in the way that actually mattered.

  • @johnywuijts917
    @johnywuijts917 Před 3 lety +26322

    his biggest mistake was appearing on a kid's show, where he's not allowed to turn children into corpses

    • @JETS5
      @JETS5 Před 3 lety +968

      BRAIN SIZE OOF

    • @kurikoKazumi
      @kurikoKazumi Před 3 lety +462

      -1000000 iq

    • @warsmith1294
      @warsmith1294 Před 3 lety +680

      And even if it wasn't a kid show, they wouldn't be killed off since they are the main characters

    • @johnywuijts917
      @johnywuijts917 Před 3 lety +771

      @@warsmith1294 bill would totally turn the skin of all the main characters combined into a nice coat or sofa if he could

    • @boredudewhatever9814
      @boredudewhatever9814 Před 3 lety +162

      That is correct bill in my opinion would be best at a more mature show or even better movie with that the world is ending try to survive and beat the boss movies this is tge reason that i don't think Bill is perfect there dumb names, childish characters (it's a kids show i know) and it is not allowed to be truly evil cuz you said why i a more mature show he would really shine and the hero would have to be really creative and smart to beat him. (this is my longest comment lol)

  • @krisiscool7734
    @krisiscool7734 Před 2 lety +8245

    one fatal mistake: he was the main antagonist in a tv kids cartoon.

    • @billcipherproductions1789
      @billcipherproductions1789 Před 2 lety +469

      Yeah. With how overpowered he is, only his ignorance can make him lose.

    • @cuboembaralhado8294
      @cuboembaralhado8294 Před 2 lety +159

      @@billcipherproductions1789 and he is the antagonist, so he would lose

    • @billcipherproductions1789
      @billcipherproductions1789 Před 2 lety +133

      @@cuboembaralhado8294 Yeah. How he lost is pretty lame because he should've just looked at Stan's (dressed up as Ford) hand he would've found 5, not 6, fingers, meaning it's Stan. So pretty ignorant of him.

    • @shutyourraggedyasstfup
      @shutyourraggedyasstfup Před 2 lety +233

      @@billcipherproductions1789 yeah but he was in a rush. I mean, if all I had to do was shake someone’s hand to be all powerful, I wouldn’t hesitate either

    • @billcipherproductions1789
      @billcipherproductions1789 Před 2 lety +53

      @@shutyourraggedyasstfup Also, the first time when he met Ford back in the 1970s, he was pretty smart mathematically, (he corrected Ford's equation for the Portal) but in 2012, how did he stop being a math genius because he should've already known the equation.

  • @phanderzz
    @phanderzz Před rokem +2810

    I find it kind of spine-chilling that the creator of Gravity Falls, Alex Hirsch, is the voice actor of Bill Cipher. I don’t really know how to explain it, it kind of feels like Bill was the one who created all this and knew it was gonna happen

    • @unearthlyfromage2297
      @unearthlyfromage2297 Před rokem +400

      It's also wonderfully designed how Stanley's the one to kill him. Seeing as they're both played by Alex Hirsch, the creator of the show, the only one Bill couldn't predict was Stanley.

    • @kegwa2002
      @kegwa2002 Před rokem +86

      Alex created the world, Bill’s gonna watch it burn.

    • @olimon675
      @olimon675 Před rokem +80

      Bill, Grunkle Stan, Soos, mcgucket, gnomes, and others. Who does Alex NOT voice??

    • @P-Star7511
      @P-Star7511 Před rokem +25

      @@olimon675 King from Owl House

    • @edwinjosepacheco43
      @edwinjosepacheco43 Před rokem +13

      hes also the voice of king so in a way bill cipher is what king wanted to be

  • @empdisaster10
    @empdisaster10 Před rokem +631

    You know something that also probably affected stan a lot. Is that when he took Fords place, everyone thought he was the one who died. I think i remember at some point stan even mentioned there wasnt even a funeral held for him after he faked his death to take over stanfords life because no one cared enough about him to do so. That part just seemed to come back to me every now and then and makes stan a much sadder character

    • @MargoShuteran
      @MargoShuteran Před 10 měsíci +53

      The sad thing is, given that the show ended in 2016, we’re getting closer and closer to the point where both brothers would probably no longer be alive from age alone considering they’re in their late 60’s/early 70’s

    • @yttrash565
      @yttrash565 Před 5 měsíci +71

      When he buried the wax version of himself he gave himself the funeral noone cared to throw him.

    • @user-wt1fn5gb1v
      @user-wt1fn5gb1v Před 2 měsíci +26

      @@MargoShuteran There is confirmed to be a fountain of youth in Gravity Falls, and with all the weird stuff Ford must invent/know about, I doubt the Stan brothers will ever die. At least, that's my head canon, because I don't like the idea of them dying either!

    • @SoloTheEpic
      @SoloTheEpic Před měsícem

      @@MargoShuteran Ford probably could reverse his aging like what someone else said, with the fountain of aging.

    • @shadowbladesabre1945
      @shadowbladesabre1945 Před měsícem +2

      ​@@yttrash565 I thought that funeral was for Ford, who for all Stan knows could be dead, since he didn't know where Ford went or what happened to him after going through the portal (or even if he survived it).

  • @kelinmchull
    @kelinmchull Před 3 lety +4199

    When you realize:
    *Soos could’ve wished for bill to be gone with the time wish*

  • @LastCatalyst24
    @LastCatalyst24 Před 3 lety +2515

    When Bill and Ford met you could already tell they were both gonna make huge mistakes, bill moved his knight to an illegal square in the game of inter dimensional chess and Ford moved his queen past the row of pawns without an opening.

    • @crypto9776
      @crypto9776 Před 3 lety +132

      Oh wow

    • @natalyaduncan8423
      @natalyaduncan8423 Před 3 lety +206

      What an awesome observation

    • @keepermovin5906
      @keepermovin5906 Před 3 lety +312

      That’s actually amazing symbolism and very subtle. This show never ceases to amaze even years later.

    • @yourehereforthatarentyou
      @yourehereforthatarentyou Před 3 lety +42

      @@keepermovin5906 think youre giving it a little too much credit. its likely just some kind of error

    • @keepermovin5906
      @keepermovin5906 Před 3 lety +265

      @@yourehereforthatarentyou I prefer to think everything in the show is intentional, firstly because Alex has some insane Easter eggs and attention to detail and secondly because it’s just more interesting to think that way. Also it’s a little too fitting in this case for it to be a coincidence in my opinion.

  • @fluffpie9702
    @fluffpie9702 Před rokem +593

    If this show didn't have to remain kid-friendly for where it's shown, Bill would've been an even more badass character. I love a villain without a tragic/reasonable backstory. He just exists. I love it

    • @leonel392
      @leonel392 Před rokem +66

      He is a simple two-dimensional villain, even his damn character, but BESIDES being "plain" he is also cool, which is why it works. Like the guy from Princess and the Frog and old Disney movies. You know he is bad, but he is so cool while being bad that you love him

    • @BrianHopson
      @BrianHopson Před rokem +43

      I find it hard to imagine a lesser kid-friendly Bill, he feels so natural In what we have I'm not sure if it would've been a great idea. Sorry for the rant.

    • @arstotzka6520
      @arstotzka6520 Před 11 měsíci +11

      @@BrianHopson yeah i don't think it'd be better if it wasn't kid-friendly

    • @gingerdude
      @gingerdude Před 9 měsíci +18

      He sort of has a backstory. It was told by the Axolotl when Dipper asked about it. It's very vague ofc but he has lore

    • @Your.fav.lils-.
      @Your.fav.lils-. Před 3 měsíci +5

      My man murdered his family💀

  • @thenerdbeast7375
    @thenerdbeast7375 Před rokem +588

    A little thing about Gravity Falls' episode count and yet how good it was is that it was planned out _from the start_ to have only 40 episodes, while other shows were more open-ended starting out or were subject to corporate meddling which ruined the pace of the show. Gravity Falls is a show that was _allowed_ to reach its full potential.

    • @phantom9831
      @phantom9831 Před 11 měsíci +29

      Everything in Gravity Falls was already planned from the start, and that's one of the reasons why it is so good

    • @Infurtivation
      @Infurtivation Před 11 měsíci +3

      Unrelated but I love your pfp!

    • @monanagel6616
      @monanagel6616 Před měsícem +8

      @@phantom9831 I'm not sure about that. In one of the earliest episodes, McGucket has a son, who was never ever mentioned afterwards, for example. There were other instances, where I got the feeling, that, while the main course was set, not every detail about the plot was fully developed, when the show startet.

  • @alg1010YT
    @alg1010YT Před 3 lety +37255

    I like how the reason bill almost destroyed everything is because stanly ate chips a little to close to Stanford’s motion machine

    • @craigpeoples9883
      @craigpeoples9883 Před 3 lety +2454

      I never thought of it like that lol

    • @beckybickersteth2320
      @beckybickersteth2320 Před 3 lety +439

      @@kylesmyle4233 Boooooooo

    • @henryblaisdell9383
      @henryblaisdell9383 Před 3 lety +2960

      Me explaining how a guy eating a sandwich in 1914 caused the world wars, the cold war, the holocaust, the rise of the USSR, and 9/11 to the cashier

    • @anamayarawa514
      @anamayarawa514 Před 3 lety +1500

      @@henryblaisdell9383 Or explaining how the death of a gorilla led to the toppling of wall street

    • @BossMkII
      @BossMkII Před 3 lety +867

      The butterfly effect. It's beautiful isnt it?

  • @sammi_kabammie
    @sammi_kabammie Před 3 lety +2655

    People during the first three years: GF is dead
    People during quarantine: okay time to make content for this fandom

    • @multifandomfangirl9664
      @multifandomfangirl9664 Před 3 lety +40

      I get it lol also I'm loving the profile pic

    • @kolpkii
      @kolpkii Před 3 lety +28

      profile picture cursed

    • @gabrieleugeniomenegazzo9243
      @gabrieleugeniomenegazzo9243 Před 3 lety +3

      @@kolpkii deal with it

    • @EtamirTheDemiDeer
      @EtamirTheDemiDeer Před 3 lety +20

      It seems a lot of fandoms were revived during quarantine. Supernatural and AtLA off the top of my head

    • @atiredlux3198
      @atiredlux3198 Před 3 lety +10

      @@EtamirTheDemiDeer yeah, the atla fandim was also revived thanks to it being put on netflix as well

  • @moonwatcher164
    @moonwatcher164 Před rokem +138

    We all miss gravity falls
    *BUT OUR AIM IS GETTING BETTER*

    • @apurplekitkat
      @apurplekitkat Před 10 měsíci +3

      underrated comment imo

    • @tobas6129
      @tobas6129 Před 8 měsíci +13

      **...OUR AIM IS GETTING BETTER**

    • @user-nx5eg5ul7r
      @user-nx5eg5ul7r Před 5 měsíci +8

      @@tobas6129 see, it's funny because gravity falls isn't terrible

  • @Mel-jr5cz
    @Mel-jr5cz Před rokem +361

    Something else I really liked about Mabel and Stan's similarities is that at both their weakest moments, each felt as though not only their best friend and anchor was potentially leaving them, but they could not follow. Neither Mabel or Stan believed either held the same importance as their sibling and as such would inevitably be forced to live in their own stagnant "bubble" forever alone. I think it's actually the hatred and acceptance of their own inability to move forward based around their own insecurities that sparks the fear in them to keep those they love too close. Afterall, a screwup or a joke is only such when they admit it to others, right?

    • @nightgoddess9
      @nightgoddess9 Před rokem +45

      I never thought about that! Cause Ford did say to Stan “guess you’ll just have to come visit me on the other side of the country” before the whole accident happens. Stan truly thought the only outcome was him staying there while Ford left. It wouldn’t have been easy but he could’ve left with Ford and had adventures with him. Same with Mabel tho it’s the opposite with Dipper staying and her leaving. Maybe she could’ve convinced her parents to let them both stay-not to say they would’ve let either of them stay-but it’s more the mindset that this was over with no options. And it’s probably cause they always felt like the inferior twin. Which is so ironic because Ford and Dipper also felt like the inferior twin because they couldn’t fit in or be normal but that drove them to try to prove themselves rather than hide in one place-tho hiding from the problem and running from it are truly the same action in the end.

    • @Mel-jr5cz
      @Mel-jr5cz Před rokem +31

      @@nightgoddess9 honestly this show is so good at complex sibling relationships without resorting to excessive angst or even dislike on the part of either twin. The fact that we can still talk about their relationship and care equally about both is so cool to me

  • @GwenpoolLuver
    @GwenpoolLuver Před 3 lety +5237

    Stan literally said it: You made one mistake, you messed with my family

    • @SOMEONE-pr8qp
      @SOMEONE-pr8qp Před 3 lety +22

      @malta more like m16 since the ak47 is used by Russians and the Chinese

    • @missy2375
      @missy2375 Před 3 lety +63

      @@SOMEONE-pr8qp Does it matters who it's used by? Anyway, whenever I hear/see anyone talk about ak47s it's always something to do with the U.S.A

    • @lararebear
      @lararebear Před 3 lety +6

      I mean I see this and see who posted it

    • @agamerslifetorture6274
      @agamerslifetorture6274 Před 3 lety +6

      With the power of FRIENDSHIP!

    • @Lolzyeets
      @Lolzyeets Před 3 lety +13

      Y r we talking about guns?

  • @gorby1984
    @gorby1984 Před 3 lety +17133

    He didn’t notice how Ford suddenly lost a finger on each hand, that was his mistake

    • @gianlucacolangelo6578
      @gianlucacolangelo6578 Před 3 lety +2286

      Must have been overtaken with joy
      So much he forgot the 6th finger

    • @SOMEONE-pr8qp
      @SOMEONE-pr8qp Před 3 lety +150

      :o0()

    • @deojiii
      @deojiii Před 3 lety +357

      gloves

    • @gorby1984
      @gorby1984 Před 3 lety +252

      Wouldn’t one of the fingers be drooping then?

    • @Icemirror319
      @Icemirror319 Před 3 lety +878

      @@gorby1984
      Not if he shifted a finger or two down to the end of the glove and kept the empty one towards the middle where it could be held straight by the others.
      I think the harder part was keeping Ford's uncovered hands out of sight.

  • @Maxler5795
    @Maxler5795 Před rokem +292

    16:26
    Theres that old saying of "dont fear a warrior. Fear a man who has nothing left to lose" but theres also the one that applies here. "Dont fear a man that has nothing left to lose. But one that has nothing left to lose and everything to win."

  • @thisurldoesnotexist
    @thisurldoesnotexist Před rokem +384

    Mabel wasn't worse than Dipper, for one thing she had no idea who she was making a deal with when she gave up the orb. I think it's unfair that people hate on her when in reality all of the characters are flawed and have to learn to grow, not just her

    • @XxSoniaxX
      @XxSoniaxX Před rokem +52

      exactly shes 12-

    • @CrazyGirl-jt8so
      @CrazyGirl-jt8so Před 11 měsíci +41

      I think the reason why a lot of people don’t like her is the lack of character development. In the sock opera, bill is right. What exactly has Mabel sacrificed that helped dipper? She always presumes and pressures him to do stuff. Especially the black mail part. Her being more mindful of her pressuring others and of what they value. Is this Mabel realistic? Yes, but she’s not a satisfyingly character.

    • @IbelieveinGod483
      @IbelieveinGod483 Před 9 měsíci

      So? She nearly killed the whole world by making that deal. I don't care if she's 12, she almost got the whole world killed. She is a lot worse than Dipper.

    • @Mert_ens17
      @Mert_ens17 Před 5 měsíci

      Fr, Dipper really thought that Bill would help him by just giving him a sock puppet, like how naive can you be? Mabel was being tricked by Bill because she didn’t even knew that it was Bill and not that future guy that they actually had a good relationship with

    • @daviviana862
      @daviviana862 Před 5 měsíci +30

      ​@@XxSoniaxXYEAH BRO
      Mabel was literally holding a universal dooming orb on her hands but even so, NO ONE FUCKING TOLD HER THAT

  • @nut1629
    @nut1629 Před 3 lety +5274

    Summer has to end eventually,
    Phineas and ferb creators: ima pretend I didn’t hear that

    • @ender_expert1391
      @ender_expert1391 Před 2 lety +177

      but it did end

    • @fadedpixl1592
      @fadedpixl1592 Před 2 lety +48

      there was a comment exactly like that from 3 months ago directly above this one

    • @Cup_o_Caffeine
      @Cup_o_Caffeine Před 2 lety +19

      Yea sorry but this was copied even if you didn't mean to

    • @cookies8175
      @cookies8175 Před 2 lety +8

      They ignored when green day said it too

    • @imvictorhugs
      @imvictorhugs Před 2 lety +19

      @@Cup_o_Caffeine pretty sure you copied someone too

  • @fastpeanut
    @fastpeanut Před 3 lety +3810

    Beginning: “it’s been almost 4 years”
    Me progressively ages

    • @dzidkapl
      @dzidkapl Před 3 lety +45

      I honestly thought it was a lot more time.

    • @helenaperez4343
      @helenaperez4343 Před 3 lety +38

      it’s been five years now...

    • @MegaSuperjavier
      @MegaSuperjavier Před 3 lety +18

      consider this: regressively aging

    • @tobikat8865
      @tobikat8865 Před 3 lety +18

      I thought it was only 1 year ago, but wow, 4 years it have been.

    • @TheBluePhoenix008
      @TheBluePhoenix008 Před 3 lety +13

      When you're older than Wendy:
      :/

  • @RandomPerson-sh9tu
    @RandomPerson-sh9tu Před rokem +116

    I'd say the entire video is true, but you could also argue Bill made a more specific fatal error by saying this-
    "Who would sacrifice everything they’ve worked for just for their dumb sibling?”"
    Before Bill said this to Mabel she was starting to give him the book, but once she realised Dipper would've done just that she changed her mind and fought him. Had he just kept his mouth shut Mabel would've given him the book and he would've had a far easier time taking over the world.

    • @oshikyrosu3032
      @oshikyrosu3032 Před rokem +3

      True but doesn't stan make a copy of journal 3 in the first episode of season 2? I may have that wrong but if bill did get the book stan would have another copy

    • @RandomPerson-sh9tu
      @RandomPerson-sh9tu Před rokem +3

      @@oshikyrosu3032 I remember very little since it was so long ago so I'll assume that's true. But even then, does him having a copy even matter? The only reason he was able to get all the books in the end was because Dipper and Mabel got the others, he wouldn't have ever been able to get them on his own right? Also what if a copy doesn't work the same way as the original? Also did he not use the original book in the end? The copy would've been as a last resort but ig we'll never know whether the copy would've had the same power as the original.
      Ofc most of this stuff is just theorising, but even if a copy works just as well as the original then Bill probably would've still immensely set back Dipper and Mabel since I think (not 100% sure) that their book helped them in multiple scenarios and if Bill destroyed it they wouldn't have been able to find/do a lot of things since they wouldn't have even known that Stan had a copy.
      Idk if I explained that well, but yeah, ig there's no real right or wrong here, just what's more or less likely!

    • @oshikyrosu3032
      @oshikyrosu3032 Před rokem +2

      Yeah I think dipper had 3 gideon had 2 and stan had 1 originally but yeah I think 3 was the most important to the show as dipper used it alot of the time had bill destroyed it would have been a major set back.
      Thinking about it now even if stan has a copy dipper doesn't have access to it as he doesn't even know that stan has the other 2 until later. Bills ultimate goal was to stop dipper from getting answers by destroying the laptop and book I think.

  • @kermitlefrohg3232
    @kermitlefrohg3232 Před rokem +102

    Straight up, this was one of the only shows that genuinely made me cry when it ended

    • @100sz
      @100sz Před rokem +3

      Fr

    • @the_roach_king.
      @the_roach_king. Před rokem +3

      Same. I cry almost every time I watch the last episode

  • @theoriginalbarron7160
    @theoriginalbarron7160 Před 2 lety +10167

    You know its a great series when four years after its finale, people are still finding hidden meanings, secrets, and lessons

  • @matti.8465
    @matti.8465 Před 2 lety +6070

    Funny how Stanley, the seemingly selfish conman, turned out to be the most selfless character in the whole show.
    Everything he's worked for, everything he cared about, it was all for his family.

    • @leomartino3902
      @leomartino3902 Před 2 lety +67

      I feel like you should know a lot about Bill Cypher's reasons for downfall judging your profile pic

    • @someguy9293
      @someguy9293 Před 2 lety +175

      Stanley doesn't like to admit, but he loves his family. The whole reason he destroyed Ford's machine was too prevent Ford from leaving him, and going to a good College.
      In the end Stan sacrificed him, to save his brother, Dipper, and Mabel.

    • @jangamecuber
      @jangamecuber Před 2 lety +13

      What about the "Grammar, Stanley" thing

    • @Mediados
      @Mediados Před 2 lety +35

      @@jangamecuber He simply has no self control.

    • @simplywatching2470
      @simplywatching2470 Před 2 lety +25

      Look at his eyes, do you really think he's a bad guy?

  • @jeepmega629
    @jeepmega629 Před rokem +103

    What I love the most about Bill is his personality.
    He can be extremely funny and genuinely terrifying at the same time.

  • @Encorous
    @Encorous Před rokem +101

    I was today years old when a man by the name of Diregentleman pointed out that the canonically 2d antagonist of Gravity Falls was both himself not and incapable of outsmarting a dynamic (or, in a broader sense, "3d") character. Well played, Alex Hirsch. Well played.

  • @smurfysmurf6178
    @smurfysmurf6178 Před 3 lety +1865

    12:28 "You can't make people love you. The best we can do is become someone worthy of loving." One of the best quotes of the show

    • @amandapanda5087
      @amandapanda5087 Před 3 lety +9

      True

    • @mackielunkey2205
      @mackielunkey2205 Před 2 lety +41

      It reminds me so much of a book I read called The Bluest Eye, and it had this quote: "Love is never any better than the lover." The love you give depends on your personality, and it's up to us to change it if people don't want what we give.

    • @vlr7368
      @vlr7368 Před 2 lety +7

      I quote this to myself on the daily about how I can be a better person

  • @berthaaiman5236
    @berthaaiman5236 Před 3 lety +3883

    His one fatal mistake...
    ..Was that he didn't use NordVPN to protect himself from being erased with a mind gun!

  • @thesullivanfamily08
    @thesullivanfamily08 Před 8 měsíci +34

    I know im a bit late to this, but i find it poetic how Bill's own ego is ultimately what beat him.
    This ego is shown in 2 forms. First, when he realized his powers were confined to Gravity Falls, he got desperate to break free, and desperation can make people overlook simple details because they are solely focused on their own desires.
    Second, Bill saw himself as higher than everyone else. He had more power than anyone else in the universe and has successfully tricked almost everyone trying to stop him. Because of this, he truly believed his plan to get into Ford's mind by sacrificing the kids had worked, ignoring the fact that Stan and Ford might have had 1 final trick up their sleeve.
    These aspects of Bill's character culminate in one moment: the handshake. When Bill and "Ford" shook hands, Bill's feeling of superiority made him believe that he was in control and that he knew exactly what was going on. His desperation not only led him to going so far i.e., sacrificing the kids and leading to Stan sacrificing his mind, but also blinded him to the fact that the "Ford" he shool hands with only had 5 fingers, a detail Bill surely would have noticed if he hadn't been so focused on his own selfish desires.
    It is very fitting that Bill had been using ego as a weapon for the entire series, and yet it was his own ego that ultimitely did him in. Great video!

    • @Ocro555
      @Ocro555 Před 2 měsíci +1

      You're right man!

  • @justsomeguywithagoatee8337

    16:25 it's funny how correct he was. If he didn't chase the children and focused on using Stanley as leverage he'd probably get his way or if nothing else wouldn't fail to notice how Stanley and Ford swapped outfits and got conned.

  • @popeval6654
    @popeval6654 Před 3 lety +9950

    Took shape language in character design to a new level

  • @X-SPONGED
    @X-SPONGED Před 2 lety +7034

    Alex : "I need to kill some kids"
    Disney : "yeah, no, we can't have that"
    Alex : "I got some children I need to make into corpses ???" (15:27)
    Disney : _"This is fine !"_

    • @vario6492
      @vario6492 Před 2 lety +245

      Its genious bcoz it flies over the smolest kids heads

    • @IdkWhoPixelIs
      @IdkWhoPixelIs Před 2 lety +418

      And later when he captures them
      Bill: “I think I’m gonna kill one just for the heck of it”
      Disney: “This is fine”

    • @TaurusTheCrazyBull
      @TaurusTheCrazyBull Před 2 lety +165

      @@IdkWhoPixelIs Disney: “Listen, we already gave the all good to a mans face be jumbled around and die as a result, we’re not gonna do anything about this”

    • @becgreen3553
      @becgreen3553 Před 2 lety +50

      Yeah I was actually surprised most of this was allowed- though I still loved it as a kid and I still do!

    • @ilikecats9886
      @ilikecats9886 Před 2 lety +59

      Bill basically said “fuck them kids”

  • @thatlittlemonstrosity
    @thatlittlemonstrosity Před rokem +87

    Something I’ve noticed, bill always does what he promises at the deal at some point. This is quite strange for this kind of person, it’s like he is forced to, like canonical genies, they are trapped by a some kind of sorcerer (I don’t know who he was) and are forced to grant wishes but being evil in the first place (hence why sorcerer trapped them) they are trying to twist the wish so it would harm more than help

    • @moodyfingers7301
      @moodyfingers7301 Před rokem +1

      Isn't King Solomon the one that captures the genies?

    • @thatlittlemonstrosity
      @thatlittlemonstrosity Před rokem +1

      @@moodyfingers7301 maybe

    • @RoseWhitmore
      @RoseWhitmore Před 11 měsíci +11

      it could also be tied to reliability and reputation, if everyone says that this one guy never keeps his promises, no one would try to make a deal with him

    • @lukeroberson2115
      @lukeroberson2115 Před 8 měsíci +1

      While I like the idea, it's wrong. He promises Dipper the password to the computer. But he never gives it.

    • @thatlittlemonstrosity
      @thatlittlemonstrosity Před 8 měsíci +5

      @@lukeroberson2115
      He still gave him a hint when he broke the computer

  • @kaitlyndoucet2151
    @kaitlyndoucet2151 Před 2 lety +36

    Honestly out of all tricks that villains use against heroes in order to get their way, the way that Bill possessed Blendin and CONVINCINGLY acted like him was brilliantly done and something i’ve only ever seen in this. . The first time i saw this this i was old enough to be able to tell the signs, but i thought it truly was blendin until he asked for the rift. But mabel didn’t know anything about the rift. she didn’t know what it was or what it meant, and so for a familiar friendly face asking for another random strange object in her brothers bag(which was probably filled with other random strange objects) wasn’t out of the blue for her. He was offering something she really wanted, *that. Made. Sense.*
    the trick wasn’t overly cliché and was easy to identify without it practically throwing it at your face. If you hadn’t watched the episode that explained the rift then you would’ve been fooled into thinking that it was really blendin asking for a random thing. It’s not mabel’s fault, but rather dipper’s who never told her, despite knowing that when he tells her stuff it’s usually the best option. Just my opinion.

    • @gryphonvert
      @gryphonvert Před 11 měsíci +8

      I think you're exactly right about that -- and I think that's how the show's writers wanted people to take it. Bill hits people when they're vulnerable, and Mabel was very vulnerable at that moment. But more importantly, Mabel doesn't know what that "gizmo" is, because Ford told Dipper not to tell her; and Dipper *didn't* tell her. So while she certainly makes a mistake there, it's not wholly her fault. It's a mistake that wouldn't have happened, if other characters didn't also make mistakes -- Dipper not telling her, or, Ford not yet being able to trust his family, still too paranoid about Bill. (Ford was so paranoid about Bill finding the Rift, that his secrecy about it... caused Bill to be able to get ahold of the Rift by tricking someone else, who didn't know how important it was.) Everyone is a bit flawed, and everyone has made some mistakes. But the important thing is that everyone can come together, and work to fix their mistakes.

  • @zenokwon1177
    @zenokwon1177 Před 2 lety +13554

    Bro that connection between Mabel and the audience about how they both don't want their treasured things to end was pure genius.

    • @WeRNotAlive
      @WeRNotAlive  Před 2 lety +1399

      I think if more of people who think they hate Mabel looked inward, they'd realize a lot of is projection. And well, sexism...

    • @MouldMadeMind
      @MouldMadeMind Před 2 lety +248

      @@WeRNotAlive always remember if you don't like every female character you're sexist.

    • @WeRNotAlive
      @WeRNotAlive  Před 2 lety +446

      @@MouldMadeMind Correct.

    • @MouldMadeMind
      @MouldMadeMind Před 2 lety +49

      @@WeRNotAlive that's why i said it.

    • @spaceosaurus
      @spaceosaurus Před 2 lety +51

      @@MouldMadeMind and if u don't like any male characters?

  • @jakemanley8729
    @jakemanley8729 Před 3 lety +6631

    “In the trillion of years since, Bill has been trying to break into the third dimension and wreak havoc on our reality with his chaotic tomfuckery”
    I’m crying

  • @Donottouchthesymbiote
    @Donottouchthesymbiote Před rokem +11

    Bill: "I See Everything!"
    Also Bill: *didnt see Stan and ford switch clothes*

  • @dakota4111
    @dakota4111 Před rokem +55

    What you said about mable not wanting her world to change possibly mirroring the audience and how they dont want the show to end was so amazing.

  • @quiondasjj9293
    @quiondasjj9293 Před 3 lety +3538

    “More than just fodder for a myriad of MatPat imposters” ngl that made me laugh an unreasonable amount

    • @SOMEONE-pr8qp
      @SOMEONE-pr8qp Před 3 lety +8

      142 likes and no replies I’m sensing a pattern here

    • @tomieeyes
      @tomieeyes Před 3 lety +2

      Time?

    • @gadaxarii3580
      @gadaxarii3580 Před 3 lety +2

      @@tomieeyes 1:28 ish

    • @TrifectShow
      @TrifectShow Před 3 lety +1

      Imposter?! Who's sus?

    • @glumbortango7182
      @glumbortango7182 Před 3 lety +19

      Sometimes the funniest jokes are the ones that leave some of the audience in the splash zone

  • @mc_axolotl2240
    @mc_axolotl2240 Před 3 lety +3333

    Journal 3 reveals that Bill's plan after destroying the journal was to throw Dipper's body off the water tower, and that Dipper would've been stuck in the mindscape forever.

    • @patrykranosz4826
      @patrykranosz4826 Před 2 lety +316

      Ahh that would been bad for him

    • @yaphetgreen0222
      @yaphetgreen0222 Před 2 lety +454

      @@patrykranosz4826 understatement of the week

    • @lazer_kat_4673
      @lazer_kat_4673 Před 2 lety +302

      @Mr Chicken Well I'm pretty sure he didn't say that directly but in the note where he said he would kill dipper he also says: "Wanna join him Shooting Star". So I'm not sure he really intended to kill her but he did mock her to KILL HERSELF. Yikes.

    • @lazer_kat_4673
      @lazer_kat_4673 Před 2 lety +25

      @Mr Chicken I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not right now. Lol sorry, I don't have very good social skills

    • @lazer_kat_4673
      @lazer_kat_4673 Před 2 lety +17

      @Mr Chicken ok. Cool. Yeah, Bill is a complete maniac

  • @Skyhawk_78
    @Skyhawk_78 Před rokem +73

    Today was Gravity Fall’s 10-year anniversary. It truly left its mark on the animation industry and stands out as a series.

  • @fadzilfadzuki4246
    @fadzilfadzuki4246 Před rokem +8

    Gravity Falls is not all about 1 character, not 2 character, not even a support character but the whole series is important cause to connection between characters are so strong that it makes Gravity Falls better other than "just a cartoon series". THAT WAS IM TALKING ABOUT! THAT'S WHY HE'S MVP! THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOAT! THE GOAT!

  • @TrifectShow
    @TrifectShow Před 3 lety +730

    Bill's mistake was underestimating others. Bill and Stan are a lot more in common than you might see at a first glance.
    Stan Pines burned a lot of bridges in his life, severing his relationship with his family. Bill Cipher burned his dimension to the ground because nobody followed his way of thinking, considering them feeble-minded.

    • @RealSirMikay
      @RealSirMikay Před 3 lety +54

      And there's even hints suggesting that Bill deeply regretted doing it.

    • @christyjoseph3183
      @christyjoseph3183 Před 3 lety +9

      @@RealSirMikay wait he does?

    • @natashakatgaming6987
      @natashakatgaming6987 Před 3 lety +18

      Yes, he just doesn't show it or tell anyone about it, because of thinking him as weak, his weakness. XD

    • @RealSirMikay
      @RealSirMikay Před 3 lety +28

      @@Salza02 read the Axolotl's poem more closely, and you'll see what I mean.

    • @yeetirosina
      @yeetirosina Před 3 lety +11

      @@RealSirMikay Sixty degrees that come in threes, watching from within birch trees...

  • @whisperingcrown591
    @whisperingcrown591 Před 3 lety +2554

    "They went out on their own terms in an era where people are terrified of endings" Yes. Because they had a story they wanted to tell. They told the story, and it was an excellent one. And excellent stories have good endings, even if it hurts to say goodbye

    • @mimilil1750
      @mimilil1750 Před 2 lety +59

      very well said! it feels like they really told the story for what it was instead of creating storyline after storyline to keep the show rolling for success. and that's really refreshing and comforting to know.

    • @CouchSpud91
      @CouchSpud91 Před 2 lety +53

      Nickelodeon understood this with Avatar. Disney understood this with Gravity Falls. Kids WB understood this with the original DC animated shows. Now Cartoon Network needs to fucking learn and put an end to Teen Titans Go.

    • @emreelma8382
      @emreelma8382 Před 2 lety +5

      @@CouchSpud91 😂😂😂

    • @potateodum5025
      @potateodum5025 Před 2 lety +1

      u should write a book

    • @whisperingcrown591
      @whisperingcrown591 Před 2 lety +3

      @@potateodum5025 that's the plan lol

  • @castyifyre4922
    @castyifyre4922 Před rokem +8

    everyone be complaing how its 2 seasons long but the real impressing this is that they fit a whole story into 2 seasons, 40 episodes, so impressing!

  • @iainkilcar7463
    @iainkilcar7463 Před rokem +48

    I love how most of the characters who ending the show in a romantic relationship were characters that you wouldn't expect to be in a romantic relationship by the end if you followed what most shows/films would do, it was a really nice statement on the unpredictable nature of love.

  • @bruhhh133
    @bruhhh133 Před 3 lety +3569

    The only reason I watched this is so that when I become a geometrical demon, I don't make the same mistake

    • @gabanna
      @gabanna Před 2 lety +154

      hold the fuck up

    • @gabanna
      @gabanna Před 2 lety +138

      i have several questions

    • @gabanna
      @gabanna Před 2 lety +141

      where can i sign up

    • @ahhh844
      @ahhh844 Před 2 lety +89

      hm... but what geometrical shape will you assume? The triangle _is_ known as the strongest shape or something, but that's already taken. The shape you take is very important, you can't just skip out on that detail.

    • @alexbluer
      @alexbluer Před 2 lety +49

      @@ahhh844 wait no, the best geometrical shape is a hexagon

  • @emily.gramley
    @emily.gramley Před 2 lety +6123

    I was literally Mabel’s age when the show ended. She turned 13 just a few months before I did. Now I’m older than Wendy and I don’t know how to feel about this

    • @hi-zp9cc
      @hi-zp9cc Před 2 lety +295

      Welp reading this just made time hit me like a durable water balloon

    • @JoseBeBoxingFr
      @JoseBeBoxingFr Před 2 lety +231

      U look like Wendy😂😂

    • @emily.gramley
      @emily.gramley Před 2 lety +275

      @@JoseBeBoxingFr I take this as a high form of flattery 😂

    • @JoseBeBoxingFr
      @JoseBeBoxingFr Před 2 lety +33

      @@emily.gramley maybe 🤔😂

    • @insertreferencehere.8066
      @insertreferencehere.8066 Před 2 lety +68

      I feel sad now? How dose this make me feel young and old at the same time?

  • @xbirdshorts5075
    @xbirdshorts5075 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Holy hell. I resented how selfish literally everyone in the show is absolutely full of themselves to a stupid degree and only got it saved to like a 7/10 by bill just being awesome for every second of screentime he existed. Now i realize it's an art direction. Brilliant

  • @Fliarpy2029
    @Fliarpy2029 Před 11 měsíci +6

    Bills “death” scene is just alex fighting with himself 💀

  • @pro-totype8010
    @pro-totype8010 Před 3 lety +1436

    This is basecally how Bill was beaten: He was outsmarted.

    • @that-dude-jeffe3305
      @that-dude-jeffe3305 Před 3 lety +21

      The 3D mind was too much

    • @die4289
      @die4289 Před 3 lety +7

      @Clart dem yes the eternal vortex in the sycoploctapus caved in on him mailing edulucent choices but he got daught watching mabel and dipper hentai which destroyed him.

    • @alistair127
      @alistair127 Před 3 lety +3

      Which if you think about it makes no sense, but it'd a cartoon so I'll let it slide

    • @nightassasin3459
      @nightassasin3459 Před 3 lety +2

      @Imlmaogamer I see what you did there

    • @sourffx
      @sourffx Před 3 lety +2

      Basecally

  • @ultima1033
    @ultima1033 Před 3 lety +3726

    "Phantasmagoric"
    Now that's a word. Also I swear that I'll find whatever secret book or incantation that allows the guy to toss out alliterations so constantly.

    • @pifflesomepuffnadder855
      @pifflesomepuffnadder855 Před 3 lety +38

      Alliteration are my most favourite part about writing stuff!

    • @SOMEONE-pr8qp
      @SOMEONE-pr8qp Před 3 lety +7

      I keep on skipping the g

    • @frauleinzuckerguss1906
      @frauleinzuckerguss1906 Před 3 lety +4

      Gosh I freaking love that word

    • @doofusdog2663
      @doofusdog2663 Před 3 lety +8

      o haven’t heard that name since a year, i kept using it to sound smart, just describing projectors and puppets and shit, basically any dark place.

    • @Nokyyyyy
      @Nokyyyyy Před 3 lety +2

      Always has been

  • @KurisuchanRuisu
    @KurisuchanRuisu Před 2 lety +14

    Gravity falls is the ONE cartoon that deserve the title "Legend"

  • @alexanderspeechley124
    @alexanderspeechley124 Před rokem +18

    I cried yesterday cause my gravity falls binge ended, and that ending is so touching... and just seeing it again made me cry... again. Lmfao

  • @Marioman73
    @Marioman73 Před 3 lety +847

    "Summer has to end eventually"
    Phineas and Ferb: "Am I a joke to you?"

  • @GungeonPro
    @GungeonPro Před 3 lety +3269

    Gravity falls will forever be in my mind as the greatest TV Show/piece of animation I have ever watched.

    • @bia5141
      @bia5141 Před 3 lety +29

      Same!

    • @GungeonPro
      @GungeonPro Před 3 lety +6

      @@bia5141 You just gained a sub! Got discord?

    • @ThatGFFAN
      @ThatGFFAN Před 3 lety +56

      It's a classic that can never be beat

    • @GungeonPro
      @GungeonPro Před 3 lety +14

      @@ThatGFFAN Aw yeah! Nice signed journal! My nonsigned is being used to prop up my monitor haha.

    • @nestorix100
      @nestorix100 Před 3 lety +6

      There is no way i will ever see anything close to gravity falls

  • @blerst7066
    @blerst7066 Před rokem +11

    The 2010's was such a golden time for cartoons. We got so many influential shows that'll remain as classics.

  • @ItsMcBob
    @ItsMcBob Před 8 měsíci +4

    all of the terms you used for bill are just amazing "devilish dorito" XDXD

  • @Anthonymous
    @Anthonymous Před 2 lety +3063

    Stan: “You’re a real wise guy, but you made one fatal mistake. You messed with my family!”
    Dom Toretto: *Did someone say family?*

    • @afriendofepicproportions
      @afriendofepicproportions Před 2 lety +74

      *See You Again blares as muscle car bursts through the nearest screen*

    • @Breached18
      @Breached18 Před 2 lety +26

      @@afriendofepicproportions all inside stans mind of course

    • @ieatplaster9884
      @ieatplaster9884 Před 2 lety +21

      Dom Vs Bill Cipher who would win

    • @theterreriamaster5256
      @theterreriamaster5256 Před 2 lety +4

      Stop. NONONONONONONONONONO

    • @edadragneel1569
      @edadragneel1569 Před 2 lety +6

      Natsu: *kicks down a door* SOMEONE NEEDS HELP PROTECTING THEIR FAMILY?? DONT MIND IF I DO *destroys a building*

  • @Serashrimp
    @Serashrimp Před 3 lety +1304

    His one mistake was putting Ford and Stan in the same damn cage 😔

  • @tulipallium
    @tulipallium Před 2 lety +9

    I just came to realize something, which is honestly, very therapeutic to me.
    Mabel and Stan are emotional minded people, they're typically driven by their emotions and enjoy things that have more action that appeal to them better. Dipper and Ford are logical minded people, often using logic to get by and their form of enjoyment is things that include a lot of thought and strategy.
    Together, when they GENUINELY are working together, side by side, for the same goal, they are in their wise mind, with the perfect mix of logic and emotion!

  • @Naedlus
    @Naedlus Před 10 dny +2

    So, so glad the show went out on its own terms.
    The idea of a show this special, never having an ending, but being milked for season after season without purpose beyond gaining wealth, is breaking.
    The show left the airwaves as a legend.
    And I'd rather have witnessed a legend, than watch a legend turn into a pale imitation of what they once were.

  • @noodles5550
    @noodles5550 Před 3 lety +602

    "Summer has to end eventually"
    Phineas and Ferb:

  • @jakesullivan2930
    @jakesullivan2930 Před 3 lety +611

    "....with his chaotic Tomfuckery"
    Is the moment I liked the video

  • @CoRLex-jh5vx
    @CoRLex-jh5vx Před 2 lety +10

    I know it's mostly off topic but I love Gideon's redemption, and screw whoever thought "Tell Mabel what I did" was selfish. Gideon is thirteen (or younger, which everyone seems to forget), riding off to inevitable death and likely torture to finally do something FOR the girl he likes rather than to serve his own needs. He deserves to have her know, and even if that was selfish, he'd MORE than earned it.

  • @hackcubit9663
    @hackcubit9663 Před rokem +6

    I'd forgotten how incredibly satisfying it is to hear Stan say, "ya missed with my family!"

  • @shinysparce3708
    @shinysparce3708 Před 2 lety +3401

    I just wanted to say I’m glad you acknowledge a lot of the unnecessary hate Mabel gets.

    • @GlitchyHalo
      @GlitchyHalo Před 2 lety +402

      Yeah people got to learn that Mabel wasn’t the only selfish one and that everyone in the shoe was a bit selfish at one point and everyone is morally grey

    • @eri4021
      @eri4021 Před 2 lety +325

      I never understood it, like she’s the nicest person in the show (only being beaten by soos) and everyone treats Dipper like an angel even when he’s being stupid and not just that but a piece of shit as well. I saw a tumblr post that explains this perfectly, it’s misogyny

    • @lukelichtenthal5407
      @lukelichtenthal5407 Před 2 lety +87

      Nice to see people who finally get it. Fuck the haters.

    • @ArcaellusV427
      @ArcaellusV427 Před 2 lety +204

      People forget that shes only a kid. I sometimes make jokes about mabel being toxic, but that was just me messing around lol. I feel like most people who legitmately complain are adults who watch the show.

    • @matti.8465
      @matti.8465 Před 2 lety +229

      "Dipper sacrificed so much for Mabel!" is such a silly argument because most of those "sacrifices" were just doing the right thing.
      Keeping his crush (who he never had a chance with) single was NOT more important than Mabel and Waddles' bond.
      And being able to keep a job that allowed him to hang out with said crush was CERTAINLY NOT more important than Mermando seeing his family again.

  • @declicitous1763
    @declicitous1763 Před 3 lety +1255

    Imagine what the college would’ve thought if the news of Bill got out of Gravity Falls
    “So your telling me that the kid we rejected had a part in saving the world?”
    “Yup”

    • @silverdays2909
      @silverdays2909 Před 2 lety +55

      Yeah and he had a part in letting bill into our world and killing everyone

    • @silverdays2909
      @silverdays2909 Před 2 lety +26

      @sans Oh ok so tell me who summoned Bill in the first place? And built the portal?

    • @fica1137
      @fica1137 Před 2 lety +19

      @sans Hey man, Blendin Blendin wasn't an enemy, he was a good acquaintance , maybe even a good friend

    • @redblushinrose
      @redblushinrose Před 2 lety +31

      ok but not enough people understand that she WAS A TWELVE/THIRTEEN YEAR OLD OF COURSE SHE IS EASY MANIPULATED SHE'S A CHILD

    • @unoriginal2552
      @unoriginal2552 Před 2 lety

      @@silverdays2909 well it's obvious, Mabel did it

  • @benjaminmicallef6210
    @benjaminmicallef6210 Před rokem +4

    ''Selfishness is why these bonds break, desire to put your needs above anyone else's, to always choose indulgence over sacrifice.''

  • @illiardbilliard2355
    @illiardbilliard2355 Před rokem +35

    Reminds me of The Smith and The Devil. The devil offers the smith the power to weld any material in exchange for his soul. He accepts the offer, but the devil unknowingly just gave him the power to defeat him. The smith instantly welded the devil to an immovable object and refused to release him until he gave him back his soul. By the end of it, the smith walks away with twice as much while the devil walks away with none.
    Bill does the same thing. He tricks members of the Pines family to further his own goals, but messing with the Pines family was what destroyed him.

  • @Ensign_Cthulhu
    @Ensign_Cthulhu Před 2 lety +2071

    I'd say his real fatal mistake was being so eager to get into Ford's head that he completely missed whose head he was really getting into. You'd think with all his power that once he shook Stan's hand, he'd know what was going on. But I guess that comes back down to his overclocked ego again.

    • @diamocube5048
      @diamocube5048 Před 2 lety +191

      He played with others egos but ultimately lost thanks to his own ego.

    • @mojoready
      @mojoready Před 2 lety +110

      Honestly fitting that Stan’s big moment would be conning the Devil himself

    • @LordDaret
      @LordDaret Před 2 lety +51

      Even Stanley was like wow, how did you not recognize it?

    • @leeroyjenkins4551
      @leeroyjenkins4551 Před 2 lety +6

      Do not forget, in Stanford's head was metallic plate, which was preventing Bill to come in Stan's mind. Bill couldn't know how would look mind defended by steel plate.

    • @user-kx8pu6ys5i
      @user-kx8pu6ys5i Před 2 lety +13

      Does he feel? At least does his hands feel? Because his eye obviously can be hurt, but if he can't feel the 5 fingers on Stan's hand...plus he feels like he's about to finally succeed in a plan that has been plotted for multiple eternities.

  • @subbyincubuskami6207
    @subbyincubuskami6207 Před 2 lety +2113

    “I have some kids in gonna turn into CORPSES” I think about that line daily second only to azula’s “I’m about to celebrate becoming an only child”

  • @Snakesarec00l
    @Snakesarec00l Před 7 měsíci +4

    “See you next summer…”

  • @AlexAnderGD223
    @AlexAnderGD223 Před rokem +11

    4 years later and people are still discovering more about this show.. truly amazing

  • @Sparky-qw1zp
    @Sparky-qw1zp Před 3 lety +309

    “You made just one mistake, Bill...
    You pissed me off.”

  • @darthvader4339
    @darthvader4339 Před 2 lety +1505

    I like how Bill is the literal embodiment of letting ambition control you. Stanford and Dipper were very ambitious for answers about Bill and the weirdness so they lead their ambition to make a deal with Bill (selfishness and ambition) which like in real life causes big sacrifices. Their sacrifices was abandoning the people closest to you.

    • @ultimatebishoujo29
      @ultimatebishoujo29 Před 2 lety +2

      That’s true

    • @UnknownCartoonEditor
      @UnknownCartoonEditor Před 2 lety +65

      I don’t agree with this. At the end of the show we see Stanley and Stanford on a boat. This is reminiscent of their shared childhood ambition/dream to sail across the sea together. I don’t think ambitiousness is the issue - ambition can be an incredibly good thing. You can also be ambitious and have a healthy ego. Instead, Bill is a representation of an unhealthy ego and selfishness.

    • @ultimatebishoujo29
      @ultimatebishoujo29 Před 2 lety +8

      @@UnknownCartoonEditor that’s a good point too

    • @justforrow
      @justforrow Před rokem +2

      @@UnknownCartoonEditor Morally, yes. Efficiency-wise, no.

  • @willsmith4575
    @willsmith4575 Před rokem +12

    She wrote “see you next summer!” But we never saw the good people of gravity again..😢

  • @noobmurilo
    @noobmurilo Před 2 měsíci +1

    This freakin show, man. Watching some guy ramble about it brings me to tears again, just like when I watched the finale. Great vid, man.

  • @MrMeeps-co6oq
    @MrMeeps-co6oq Před 2 lety +9195

    Every main character in the show has been tricked by bill at some point, using their own selfishness against them
    Everyone except Stanley.
    As greedy and selfish as he seems on the outside, everything he does is out of love for his family and has never once considered betraying them for his own gain. This makes Stanley the one who has suffered the most from bills plans and deals with the rest of his family and also the one who bill always seemed to overlook and ignore. So when it came time for bill to come face to face with Stanley, he could do nothing but beg.
    You can’t con a conman and you certainly can’t con Stanley

    • @generalcodsworth4417
      @generalcodsworth4417 Před 2 lety +1137

      And as Bill pleads and bargains for his existence, Stanley doesn't even bat an eye. Earlier in the series, he'd be willing to glue dirty hair on his nephew or lie to his niece for a quick buck, but now that their lives are actually in danger, he refuses to consider any offer of money, power, or an entire galaxy for a moment. He had reached his final form of character development where protecting his family was his first and only priority.

    • @spikergames4259
      @spikergames4259 Před rokem +435

      ... Or stan's just so good at scamming people that he physically can't fall for bill's scams.

    • @AceOfStars0
      @AceOfStars0 Před rokem +263

      After all that it must have been so satisfying to see such a selfish god literally pleading for his life.

    • @dani.2479
      @dani.2479 Před rokem +227

      trying to con a conman is like trying to troll a troll.
      your just gonna make the troll more powerful.

    • @DarkEclipce
      @DarkEclipce Před rokem +162

      Mabel too. Similar to how Dipper takes after Ford, she takes after Stan. While the fandom has run her character through a lot of vitriol, out of toxic pragmatism, she does things out of compassion. Waddles, pursuing guys, crafting things for others. Bill almost had her during the Sock Opera, but she chose Dipper.
      And I agree, Stan is utterly tragic. He was essentially punished out of this toxic pragmatism when his family wanted money and casted him out. But he was ultimately right, loving your family matters. He’s like the antithesis of Rick Sanchez

  • @skyhideaway
    @skyhideaway Před 2 lety +3198

    Another thing I noticed was that so far Bill rigged any deal he made with someone, twisting it to fit his needs. In the end, he got tricked by Stan in a similar way, leading to his demise.
    Also, it's funny how people think selfishness based on ambition is valid, but not selfishness based on love. I don't see people bashing Ford for literally starting this whole thing with Bill as much as they bash Mabel for making one small mistake.

    • @LucasMiddleNameandLastname22
      @LucasMiddleNameandLastname22 Před 2 lety +280

      it's kinda weird too, from what i remember, the show pretty much says "hey Ford it wasn't cool making a deal with this interdimensional dream dorito you shouldn't have done that" but no one really says anything about that and instead hate more on Mabel even though she clearly got manipulated into breaking the thing and unleashing chaos itself onto gravity falls.
      though there are probably more reasons than that but you get what i mean

    • @skyhideaway
      @skyhideaway Před 2 lety +259

      @@LucasMiddleNameandLastname22 Right? Apparently mistakes made by an experienced old man is more excusable that those made by an emotional 12 year old.

    • @LucasMiddleNameandLastname22
      @LucasMiddleNameandLastname22 Před 2 lety +26

      @@skyhideaway truly, rip.

    • @khadijah5195
      @khadijah5195 Před 2 lety +158

      People are hating an actual twelve year old who just wanted more time with her twin and its so sad

    • @lori0747
      @lori0747 Před 2 lety +58

      The fact is exactly that, Ford gets called out for his action and suffer the consequences of being trapped for years in various dimension, mabel don't get called out and the consequences that she suffer is being trapped in a dream dimension for two days. I understand your point but that doesn't mean is 100% correct.

  • @Clovieon
    @Clovieon Před 11 měsíci +3

    Thank you for not tearing Mabel down, and also looking at the egotistical nature of all the pines'
    I think ppl forget that the twins are 12, they do 12 y/o things and have 12y/o fears. I still fear losing my twin brother

  • @mk-aka-morgan8386
    @mk-aka-morgan8386 Před rokem +12

    My nephew asked me to put this video on with him, I loved this analysis video 💖 Him and I celebrate our own version of Summerween together every year, we started the tradition during 2020 because he was sad that he couldn't see his friends anymore. It was something he looked forward to even if there wasn't a lot of good things to look forward to.

  • @holathere7115
    @holathere7115 Před 3 lety +1479

    His one fatal slip was that he tried to match the stranger with the big iron on his hip

    • @theredphantom9603
      @theredphantom9603 Před 2 lety +57

      Fallout New Vegas is ELEVEN YEARS OLD, HOW THE EVER-LOVING *FUCK* IS IT STILL RELEVANT?

    • @deformedwaluigi9592
      @deformedwaluigi9592 Před 2 lety +69

      @@theredphantom9603 it will always be relevant.

    • @AB-dm1wz
      @AB-dm1wz Před 2 lety +52

      *Big Iron on his hiiiiiipppppp*

    • @AB-dm1wz
      @AB-dm1wz Před 2 lety +20

      @@theredphantom9603 It is one of the greatest RPGs of all time, of course it will be relevant.

    • @Planefan1000
      @Planefan1000 Před 2 lety +6

      Technically the big zapper in... his jacket?

  • @AB-dm1wz
    @AB-dm1wz Před 3 lety +751

    "Destroys the zodiac symbol and everyone's fan theories"
    That quote. It's amazing.

  • @fangthedergon1863
    @fangthedergon1863 Před rokem +2

    I just got flashbacks to high-school geometry and I 100% support using fancy dancy words when they are used properly

  • @BluBearBee
    @BluBearBee Před rokem +6

    One thing I've heard alot people say doesn't make sense, The same wheel that Gideon used to summon Bill is the same one that was supposed to be used to destroy Bill. But honestly, I think it makes alot of sense. A pentagram is used in a similar way, as a pentagram itself is used to trap and kill evil. But an inverted pentagram, (literally a upside down pentagram) is used to summon evil. And that's just pentagrams, there are hundreds, if not thousands, examples of things similar or the same can be used in contrasting ways.

  • @peckneckanimations
    @peckneckanimations Před 3 lety +444

    Y’know, gravity falls makes me want to write a journal of my own full of make-believe creatures and leave it in a forest I live by for people to discover.

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 Před 3 lety +649

    “Phantasmagoric” is the big brain word of this particular analysis.

  • @certifiednerd542
    @certifiednerd542 Před rokem +22

    I’m tearing up over this. My brother and I have gone through our fair share of rough patches, mainly based around my coming out as queer and asexual, and then trans and his lack of understanding other people. He left yesterday to go on a week long trip without his phone and before he left he called me his sibling and we did the awkward sibling hug (and pats). This hit me in my feels.

  • @Quazafuzzled
    @Quazafuzzled Před 2 měsíci +2

    Another big thing with bills demise is that he was so blinded by greed and the thought of finally being able to escape, fufilling his ego that he completely throws caution to the wind, Stan says it himself: “welcome to my mind, surprised you didn’t recognize it.”

  • @doomd2169
    @doomd2169 Před 3 lety +244

    “A-X-O-l-O-T-L! My time has come to burn, I invoke the ancient power that I may return!” - bills last words

    • @seantaggart7382
      @seantaggart7382 Před 3 lety +28

      Which is why he may be around
      But not in gravity falls
      *Remember he is More than our dimension. he can travel the multiverse*
      If i detect his return I'll know
      But right now i gotta go

    • @trapchan386
      @trapchan386 Před 3 lety +7

      Axolotl

    • @MiniLeafK
      @MiniLeafK Před 3 lety +12

      Plot twist: *he was reborn within our planet*

    • @javiersalazar492
      @javiersalazar492 Před 3 lety +6

      And a weird thing in the comics there is a cosmic axolotl of sorts and people but mostly matpat theorizes that bill was calling to them and got reborn in another dimension and could be very still alive and that's was he plan b of sorts

    • @rugbydudedc4216
      @rugbydudedc4216 Před 3 lety +6

      @@MiniLeafK our reality is cannon in gravity falls. And he has canonically made it over and is waiting for someone to make a deal with him

  • @loserino_2104
    @loserino_2104 Před 3 lety +1267

    "It's been over 4 years" don't say that :((((
    Edit: How did this gets hundred of likes? Thanks I’ve never got this much before :)

    • @wyslanniknewworldorder9525
      @wyslanniknewworldorder9525 Před 3 lety +9

      **SnK Final Season flashbacks**

    • @loserino_2104
      @loserino_2104 Před 3 lety +15

      @@wyslanniknewworldorder9525 I remember watching it on my phone and when Stan lost memory I was literally sobbing in a corner

    • @lexo6987
      @lexo6987 Před 3 lety +10

      @@loserino_2104 i really wish there where like a bonus episode where we see Mabel having a boyfriend or stan fishing with his brother within his shop sumo leading the mystery shack it would be awesome

    • @loserino_2104
      @loserino_2104 Před 3 lety +6

      @@lexo6987 That would be so cool

    • @SOMEONE-pr8qp
      @SOMEONE-pr8qp Před 3 lety +6

      ;-; old man sounds

  • @BTryHard
    @BTryHard Před 11 měsíci +3

    every time someone’s ego kicked in and when something dramatic happens, the red stained glass is there. and when mabel gives bill (or blendin I guess…) the rift, it’s the same color as the red window pane.

  • @DinoLoverGaming
    @DinoLoverGaming Před 3 měsíci +1

    I think I speak for everyone here when I say that Gravity Falls will forever hold a special place in our hearts

  • @F_iz-Z
    @F_iz-Z Před 3 lety +440

    This confirms I’m not the only person in the world who says “Tom-Fuckery”. 💛

  • @arthurbarbosa8204
    @arthurbarbosa8204 Před 3 lety +640

    Stan saying Bill's fatal mistake was messing with his family is like Jotaro telling Dio he only won because he pissed him off

    • @antoinepolnareff8970
      @antoinepolnareff8970 Před 3 lety +15

      Maybe is a reference

    • @niikoashl3yyy467
      @niikoashl3yyy467 Před 2 lety +25

      @@antoinepolnareff8970 NO

    • @novaaizn5254
      @novaaizn5254 Před 2 lety +32

      I mean it is kind of true if Dio didn't piss jotaro off Dio could easily win against the rest of the crusaders not to mention without jotaro kakyoin and polnareff wouldn't probably be a part of the crusaders and I mean what did Dio even need the stand for he was a vampire he just had to wait untill he got his powers back and then he could probably deal with the joestars then get his stand because joeseph stopped training his hamon

    • @HeyBuddyImAnEngineer
      @HeyBuddyImAnEngineer Před 2 lety +3

      he only won cuz "sAmE tyPe oF stAndS" im still mad about it >:(

    • @M4x_P0w3r
      @M4x_P0w3r Před 2 lety +1

      @DIO Brando How about Nukesaku? He was mocked by Dio's other goons because he didn't have a stand

  • @prodigygamer9246
    @prodigygamer9246 Před rokem +5

    I miss Gravity Falls so much, there was a pit in my stomach this entire video. It brings back so many memories from my childhood.