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‘Take Me With You:’ 16 Hidden Jokes And References In 'Gravity Falls'

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‘Take Me With You:’ 16 Hidden Jokes And References In 'Gravity Falls'

September 13, 2021

From a rewrite of Air Bud to the inspiration behind Mabel’s glorious sweaters, here are some hidden meanings and jokes scattered throughout the wonderful animated series, Gravity Falls.

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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS UNIVERSAL Gravity KALLS MONSTERS There are multiple references to classic Universal Monsters in the show. When we meet Grunkle Stan he is wearing a Gill-Man mask from The Creature of the Black Lagoon. The Invisible Man is also, supposedly, on display in the Mystery Shack. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS LOTS OF Gravity FALLS CRYPTOGRAMS HACK KB HTMT IHOV 1,000 AMLCT NDY XZOM MLCG'H TSCGKFWFA IV IVEWYDUQIBXV. CVO HIMC orJ DINV IMH NSZPO EZ CM KLVP EZLYLG There is a cryptogram in every credit scene. Hirsch used the Caesar cipher, Atbash cipher, the A1Z26 cipher, and the keyed Vigenere cipher respectively at the end of each episode. CRACKED.COM — Source: Gravity Falls Wiki

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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS HIDDEN JOKES, Gravity HIDDEN JOKES FALLS EVERYWHERE HACK Thomas Jefferson was actually just on kids in an overcoat standing on each other's shoulders The current and foreser President of the United States is actially Santa (Laus.Und the reign of Mr. Claus, America is not a democracy. but a jollvocracy. The statues in Mount Rushmore are actually excentic presidential-faced robots that will be called into action when America needs them the most. An enormous, eul timederouring baby from another dimension is frozen in an Autarctic glacier. Fortux nately mel. should be fux Wnt- ing jokes for cartoons IS

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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS HIRSCH'S Gravity FALLS BIRTHDAY HACK 618 RIP The number 618 seems to pop up in every episode. It's a reference to Hirsch's birthday, June 18th. CRACKED.COM

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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS NOT S&P GRAYITY KALLS APPROVED LICK PARTY NOT S&P APPROVED NO PHOTOS BETTER END UP ONLINE! In the Summerween episode, the bottom of Tambry's party poster reads Not S&P Approved. It refers to Standards and Practices who did not approve of the show wanting to make a spin-the-bottle joke in the episode. CRACKED.COM — Sources: Twitter, AvaFalls

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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS Gravity KALLS SONG LACE THEME MYSTERY HACK 60 GIFTS SHA When played in reverse, the whisper in the opening song reveals the key to the cipher used in the end credits of that episode. Other keys can also be found throughout frames in the show. CRACKED.COM — Source: Wired

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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS GRAVITY KALLS THE POLAROID Alex Hirsch's animated beard can be seen in the upper side of the frame during the opening song. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS Gravity PITT COLA FALLS LACK The soda that appears in the show was created and named after one of the show's artists, Joe Pitt. CRACKED.COM — Source: Twitter

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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS A WINK TO GRAYITY FALLS MARIO BROS. LACK IT'S IM IM POSSIBLE ? NO REFUNE HLIIB, WRKKVI, YFG BLFI DVMWB RH RM ZMLGSVI XZHGOV. In one of the episodes that uses the Atbash cipher at the end, decoding it reads: Sorry, Dipper, but your Wendy is in another castle. CRACKED.COM — Source: WhatCulture

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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS MABEL'S Gravity KALLS SWEATERS Her ever-changing, quirky sweaters were based on Alex Hirsh's own twin sister. My sister... had one particular lime green fuzzy troll doll sweater with a gem sticking out of the belly and actual hair that stuck to it, and I just remember, even though I was very young, being like 'This is unusual. It is weird that she is wearing this in public. CRACKED.COM — Source: Comics Alliance

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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS Gravity TWIN PEAKS KALLS There are numerous references to David Lynch's show, especially in the intro theme song, but there's also one where Dipper meets Lil Gideon in a club that looks an awful lot like The Black Lodge. CRACKED.COM — Source: WhatCulture

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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS HIRSCH'S GRAYITY KALLS SIGNATURE HACK H Throughout the show there are numerous H letters placed all over. The Disney Channel confirmed that they were meant to represent Hirsch. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Disney Channel Facebook

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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS Gravity FALLS THE REAL BOY BAND MEMBER DO Hirsch got former NSYNC member Lance Bass to voice one of the guys in the show's boy band, Sev'ral Timez. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS GRAVITY BILL CIPHER KALLS WAS AROUND LONG ACK BEFORE HIS INTRODUCTION ARCADE In the Fight episode, there is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameoo of Bill Cipher on one of the arcade games. He's only officially introduced nine episodes later, and his green color was going to be his original color. CRACKED.COM — Source: ChannelFrederator

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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS THE Gravity FALLS BIG DIPPER s Hirsch said that Dipper got his name from a kid Hirsch grew up with who had bad acne that once looked like the outline of a Big Dipper on his forehead. CRACKED.COM — Source: The New York Times

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Air Bud

EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS GRAVITY AIR BUD FALLS ritual unrational LAWER impres the that of rinar a dog and changing baskethalt water 3 kid fiverite. where last game! rejaiced! Then the ritual to Another text supposedly talking about the Aztecs actually rewrites the plot of Air Bud to describe an Aztec ritual. CRACKED.COM — Source: Twitter

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