List of Gravity Falls characters: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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== Main characters ==

*''' [[Dipper Pines|Mason "Dipper" Pines]]''' (voiced by [[Jason Ritter]])<ref name=medianetinfo>{{cite web |url=http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=900074&type=lead |title=Gravity Falls |publisher=Disney Channel Media Net |date=May 2012 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/67x2ZM7yi?url=http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id%3D900074%26type%3Dlead=900074&type=lead |archivedate=May 26, 2012 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> - The 12-year-old<ref name="incon">{{cite episode | title=Talls | network=[[Disney Channel]] | airdate=13 July 2012 | season=1}}</ref> twin brother of Mabel Pines, born 5 minutes after Mabel.<ref name="fivemin">{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/227190419132387328 | title=Tweet by Alex Hirsch regarding age of twins | date=22 July 2012 | accessdate=28 January 2015 | author=Hirsch, Alex | quote=@LightPhillip Mabel is older by 5 minutes. She uses this as an excuse to tell Dipper "I'll tell you when you're older". It drives him nuts}}</ref> He is armed with the journal marked "3" that he discovered in the woods. It has helped him solve the countless mysteries of Gravity Falls. As an adventurer, Dipper has trouble sitting still and is always looking for the next riddle to solve, leaving him restless in mundane situations. His attention to detail seems to be helpful when solving mysteries, but others question his credibility because of his zeal. He is considered to be wise beyond his years and cannot wait to grow up and become a man. Portrayed as goal-oriented and rooted in the facts, he sometimes overthinks possible scenarios and obsessively makes lists, which also makes him much more perceptive to the real danger Gravity Falls faces. Between seasons, Dipper hosted a series titled "Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained". It is revealed in one of the episodes that Dipper has a crush on Wendy. While he knows in his heart that he will never really be Wendy's boyfriend, that does not stop him from doing everything in his power to please her. In another episode it is revealed that he likes [[bubblegum pop|bubblegum pop music]]. He got his nickname from a birthmark on his forehead that is shaped like the [[Big Dipper]].<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Double Dipper |series=Gravity Falls |series-link=Gravity Falls |station=Disney XD |date=August 10, 2012 |season=1 |number=7 |quote='''Wendy:''' The Big Dipper! That's how you got your nickname! I thought your parents just hated you or something.}}</ref> His formal name was never revealed during the series, but was later revealed to be Mason in the release of Journal 3.<ref name="Hirsch 2016">{{cite book | last=Hirsch | first=Alex | title=Gravity Falls Journal 3 | publisher=Disney Press | location=Glendale, California |section=Weirdness Magnet | year=2016 | isbn=978-1-4847-4669-1}}</ref>

*'''[[Mabel Pines]]''' (voiced by [[Kristen Schaal]])<ref name=medianetinfo/> - The 12-year-old<ref name="incon" /> twin sister of Dipper Pines, born 5 minutes before Dipper.<ref name="fivemin" /> Mabel is an eccentric, buoyant, and energetic optimist, who expresses herself through an assortment of colorful knitted sweaters, as well as her skills in various arts and crafts. Her outgoing, curious personality often helps Dipper solve mysteries, though her silliness is often seen as a burden. Mabel enjoys preteen novels and seeks romance (especially in vampires). Despite what she sees as dating obscurity in Gravity Falls, Mabel stays optimistic. She once went out on a date with Li'l Gideon, and this continue after Li'l Gideon refused to kill Dipper. In the episode "Irrational Treasure", she is made an official U.S. congresswoman by the eighth-and-a-half president, Quentin Trembley, with a political platform of "legalize everything". She wins a pet pig in the episode "The Time Traveler's Pig" and names it Waddles. She also makes guest appearances in "Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained", but has her own series titled "Mabel's Guide to Life". Both of these shows aired in between seasons. Mabel is inspired by Alex Hirsch's own twin sister, Ariel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/alex-hirsch-gravity-falls-showrunner-comedy,85801/|title=Comedy Showrunners Week: Alex Hirsch on the real in the unreal of Gravity Falls|publisher=''[[The A.V. Club]]''|accessdate=August 17, 2013}}</ref>

*'''[[Grunkle Stan]]''' (voiced by [[Alex Hirsch]] as an adult<ref name=medianetinfo/> and Declan J. Krogman as a child<ref>{{cite episode|title=A Tale of Two Stans|episode-link=A Tale of Two Stans|series=Gravity Falls|network=Disney Channel|date=July 13, 2015|season=2|number=12}}</ref>) - The great uncle of Dipper and Mabel Pines, best characterized by his selfishness and abrasiveness. He runs and lives in The Mystery Shack, a tourist trap which is billed as "the world's most bizarre museum". Grunkle Stan is a salesman first and foremost, putting most of his effort into showmanship, and is eager to sell the Shack's knick-knacks, trinkets and baubles for exorbitant prices. Because of his drive to make money, his methods of obtaining it aren't always legal. When he's not making money, he's usually at home watching television. Stan usually wears a [[fez (hat)|fez]] (the symbol on it which is a Pac-Man fish which has changed over the episodes), carries around an 8-ball topped cane, and infrequently wears an eyepatch over his glasses – the last of which is expressly for personal image. He frequently sends the twins on what they consider to be outrageous and unpredictable errands, but he is protective of them and loves them unconditionally. Despite his age and questionable physique, Stan is physically fit to the point of being able to fight back when threatened, even against zombies and pterodactyls. Behind his vending machine, he has a hidden staircase to an unknown location. In the season 1 finale, this location is revealed to contain a large hidden device which is powered by encrypted information in the three journals. Stan has the first journal, Li'l Gideon had the second and Dipper has the third. Later on, he collects all three after Li'l Gideon's arrest and when Dipper shows him the third one. He later returns the third journal back to Dipper. As revealed in "Not What He Seems", he was attempting to get his twin brother back from another dimension. To defeat Bill in the series finale, Stan loses his memory, but regains it after seeing Mabel's scrapbook. He has been going by the name Stanford Pines, the name of his twin brother, and his real name is Stanley. He is based on Alex Hirsch's grandfather Stan.<ref>{{cite episode |series=Gravity Falls |title=Gravity Falls: Between the Pines |minutes=5 |first=Alex |last=Hirsch |quote=Grunkle Stan is based on my Granpa Stan}} (spoken as a photograph is shown of an old man holding 2 children)</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1112421/gravity-falls|title=11 Gravity Falls facts that will blow your kid's mind|publisher=She Knows|accessdate=February 14, 2016|date=February 12, 2016}}</ref>

*{{Anchor|Soos Ramirez}}'''Soos Ramirez'''<ref name="SoosNameAge">{{Cite episode |title=Blendin's Game |series=Gravity Falls |series-link=Gravity Falls |station=Disney XD |date=November 10, 2014 |season=2 |number=8 |quote='''Dipper:''' "Jesus Alzamirano Ramirez. Organ donor. Birthday: July 13th." Wait a minute. That's today. [...] '''Dundgren:''' It looks like they overshot their destination by 10 years. [...] '''Dipper:''' Wait, Mabel, that's it! The time wish! If we defeat Blendin in that space battle... / '''Mabel:'''...Then we can wish that Soos' dad came to his twelfth birthday!}}</ref>{{anchor|Soos}} (voiced by [[Alex Hirsch]])<ref name=medianetinfo/> - Jesus "Soos" Alzamirano Ramirez<ref name="SoosNameAge" /> is the 22-year-old<ref name="SoosNameAge" /> [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] [[handyman]] at The Mystery Shack. A friend of Dipper and Mabel, Soos is a portly, hamster-like, lovable man-child who desires to be where the action is. He often drives the twins around town when they need. He's rather clumsy, not the brightest in the group, and is often making mistakes. Despite this, he has a wide variety of talents, including [[engineering]], [[disc jockey|DJ]]-ing and [[pinball]], and enjoys bonding with Dipper by doing "boy stuff" such as heating [[hot dog]]s in a microwave until they explode. He says "dude" after almost every sentence. In "Blendin's Game", his birthday was revealed to be July 13. It was also revealed he didn't have a good father-son relationship with his dad.<ref name="SoosNameAge" /> At the end of the series, after Ford and Stan leave Gravity Falls behind, Soos becomes the new Mr. Mystery of the Mystery Shack. After breaking up with his [[dating sim]] girlfriend .GIFfany, Soos enters a [[long-distance relationship]] with a girl from [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] named Melody, who moves to Gravity Falls and becomes the Mystery Shack's new cashier after he takes over.<ref>{{Cite episode |title="Soos and the Real Girl |series=Gravity Falls |series-link=Gravity Falls |station=Disney XD |date=September 22, 2014 |season=2 |number=5 |quote='''Melody:''' I'm going back home to Portland in a few weeks. But we can video chat, if that's okay with you? / '''Soos:''' A relationship with a girl that I can only see through my computer...sounds perfect!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite episode |title="Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back The Falls" |series=Gravity Falls |series-link=Gravity Falls |station=Disney XD |date=February 15, 2016 |season=2 |number=20 }}</ref> Hirsch based the character on Jesus Chambrot, an animator he was friends with at [[California Institute of the Arts|CalArts]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/06/15/alex-hirsch-disney-channel-gravity-falls-interview/ | title=Interview: Alex Hirsch Returns To His Weird, Monster-Filled Childhood In Disney's 'Gravity Falls | date=15 June 2012 | accessdate=14 August 2015 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921094447/http://geek-news.mtv.com/2012/06/15/alex-hirsch-disney-channel-gravity-falls-interview/ | archivedate=21 September 2013 | df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.reddit.com/r/gravityfalls/comments/1kgq85/i_am_alex_hirsch_creator_of_gravity_falls_ask_me/cbory2a | title=Alex Hirsch's Answer To A Question In Reddit AMA | accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref> Hirsch emulates Jesus' "blunt-like consonance" way of speaking through Soos' voice.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://time.com/3064362/gravity-falls-alex-hirsch-interview/ | title=Disney’s Gravity Falls Creator on How to Create a Show for All Ages |publisher=Time | date=1 August 2014 | accessdate=14 August 2015 | first=Joseph C. | last=Lin}}</ref>

*'''Wendy Corduroy'''{{anchor|Wendy}} (voiced by [[Linda Cardelini]]) - A mellow, [[tomboy]]ish, "cool" 15-year-old<ref>{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/230012792621637632 | title=Verified Twitter of Alex Hirsch Stating Wendy's Age | date=30 July 2012 | accessdate=9 March 2014}}</ref> girl who is a part-time employee at The Mystery Shack. She is Dipper's crush, and several episodes focus on his misguided attempts to impress her. Wendy has stated that she had many boyfriends in the past {{snd}} so many, in fact, that there is one ex-boyfriend with whom she cannot remember ever breaking up with. Wendy is the oldest and tallest child in her family; her father is Manly Dan, one of the local lumberjacks of Gravity Falls, and she has proven several times that she is very much her father's daughter, having experience as a lumberjack, tremendous physical strength (she has broken the arm of an escaped prisoner much larger than she during the events of Weirdmageddon), and post-apocalyptic survival skills, which have proved useful to get herself and her friends out of many binds. Being the typical sociable and nonchalant teen, she has many friends who are around her age. Her most recent ex-boyfriend is Robbie, whom Dipper despises and saw as a rival. Wendy almost always stands up for Dipper in front of Robbie.