You’ve been teasing the wheel or the circle since the series began and we almost saw it in action. The kids who were desperately praying to see some main character die, I would say, “Go outside. I don’t believe any of our main cast would deserve a punishment like that. In our show, for the most part, except for one or two gags, when a character like Bill is killed off, it’s only because they were threatening to kill many, many other characters.
I definitely feel, whether it’s TV or movies or anything, that a punishment as grand as death deserves a crime as grand as such. Gravity Falls is a show about growing up, and the main arc of the series is to have our characters deal with that challenge: What does it mean to grow up? What does it mean to change? Can you grow older without losing that spark of childhood inside of you? The kids, in my heart, were never in danger of dying or anything like that. We demand death.” It was strange to watch one casual and truthful answer gain imaginary significance and turn into a full-fledged prophecy by fans. Early on in the season, just as Season 2 was premiering, out of the thousands and thousands of questions people asked me on Twitter, someone asked, “Will any characters die this season?” I said, “Yes, at least one character will die this season.” Like a tiny snowball rolling down a hill gaining size and importance, by the end of the season, I was reading people saying, “Alex Hirsch promised that Dipper or Mabel would die in the last episode. It’s a rare thing in television.Īs dangerous as Bill was, were any of the main characters really in danger of dying? It’s nice to set out to do something, and then to do it. How does it feel now that the series is over?
With so much happening in the hour-long series finale, we spoke to series creator Alex Hirsch to find out how he wanted to end the show. RELATED: These 6 Episodes Are the Reasons We Love Gravity Falls When Dipper and Mabel eventually left on a bus (with Waddles accompanying them), Dipper reminisced about his time in Gravity Falls and opened a note Wendy gave him which had the hopeful message, “See You Next Summer.” To celebrate better days ahead, the town threw Dipper and Mabel a birthday-slash-going away party, Stan announced that he and Ford were leaving and tracking down weirdness anomalies around the world and Soos got named as the new Mystery Shack manager. Luckily, Stan’s wasn’t able to forget his annoyance at Waddles, which triggered his memory to come back. This allowed Ford to use the memory gun and erase Stan’s memories, kill Bill and undo all the havoc he caused. So to save them, Ford allowed Bill to read his mind for the formula that would allow him to escape the town’s barrier, but when Bill entered Ford’s mind, it turned out to be Stan’s instead. But then everyone hit an obstacle: Stan revealed he was annoyed at Ford, which inadvertently brought up many years of unresolved issues…and caused Bill to destroy the wheel, which trapped both Stan and Ford instead.Īlthough the twins were forced to make amends, Bill then threatened the other twins, Dipper and Mabel. Their plan prompted Ford to reveal a prophecy and a solution to beat Bill: to use the symbol-filled wheel (hinted throughout the entire series) to trap him. Summer has finally come to an end on Gravity Falls–the series concluded Monday night in an hour-long finale.įresh off the events of Weirdmageddon 2, the final episode saw Dipper, Mabel, Soos and Wendy reunite with Grunkle Stan and transform the Mystery Shack-and its weirdness-immune unicorn magic-into a giant robot/ jaeger to distract Bill and rescue Stan’s twin, Grunkle Ford. Spoiler alert! If you haven’t watched the series finale of Gravity Falls, run away as fast as you can, before Bill Cipher or one of his minions get you.