Yes! That's always been such a great detail. I've also always thought it was interesting in Ford's dreamscape that what looms largest in the foreground is the old Stan o' War (i.e. his connection with Stan / memories of good times with Stan). While the most recent thing chronologically, the partly destroyed Portal, is further in the background. (Where it still manages to loom ominously!)
@@gryphonvert yes! I also love how his mind scape looks so simple compared to Stanley's, maybe because he is a very direct and rational men, he probably does not waste much time thinking about other stuff and it is also colorful, but in stans it is so full, there is too many things there it gets a bit overwhelming, it is also very gray and glitchy (and had some weird codes there instead of the names like), maybe because the guilt he feels or perhaps because he faked being his brother for so long it kinda messed his mind a bit? idk I find it very interesting how different they are. (also, stans seems way for confusing, he has doors everywhere without much order, well it seems that way, but when you see it is actually very organized, maybe a reflection that he is not as "stupid" as ppl think)
Stan’s swing set is broken because of what he did to Ford. He views himself guilty and unworthy of his brother’s trust, which is why the swing Stan sat on is broken. But Ford still trusts his brother even after everything that happened, which is why the swing set in his mind is undamaged
Incidentally, before they became symbols of purity and fortune and stuff, unicorns used to be regarded as embodiments of the wilderness... Which means that they were considered the most dangerous of wild beast bar none...
I still have no idea how the hell Alex Hirsch got away with that butterfly/fairy dust deal turned sting operation scene. Apparently, he doesn't either. The emails between him and the S&P staff he revealed suggest it wasn't easy. And then Grenda just chloroforms a satyr afterwards, like seriously. How?
Yeah, they got away with bleeding statues, fairy dust deals, beating the crap out of unicorns, demons trying to eat alive children and more. But the S&P thought it was too much to let a "spin the bottle" phrase lmao
@@agustinberto6138it is worth pointing out that GF switched from Disney Channel to Disney XD during season 2. Disney XD has a slightly older audience, so they were able to get away with a lot more stuff during the second season.
When the ancient Egyptians attempted to create a portal for Bill, it only worked for ten minutes (letting out a jackal-headed man from the Nightmare Realm). Bill was furious. He tormented them with nightmares, and they built giant stone tributes to Bill, hoping to make them stop. (The arms and top hats of these structures broke off over time.) Bill gave George Washington secrets that helped him defeat the British. But when George’s attempt at a steam-powered portal sank into a swamp, Bill gave Washington such bad nightmares that he ground his teeth into dust in his sleep and then had to get wooden ones. Washington put Bill on the one-dollar bill in order to appease him.
One thing I really love about this episode is it really drives home the difference between Dipper and Mabel. When it comes to leaps of faiths, Dipper will always think pessimistically and logically. Seen by him shooting Ford when he says "Trust me." Which gives him more emotional control in most cases, but makes it hard to trust and connect with people. While Mabel is more hopeful and emotional, which means she's very impulsive and emotional but is able to connect and trust people easier. And why she trusted Stan when he said "Trust me"
Fun fact, there was a cut scene in this episode that you can find online, that has Marbel and the others fighting the Unicorns, instead of just cutting to Dipper and Ford. They had to cut it due to the episode's already long length
I took the time to pause at 12:06, and I love some of Dipper's thoughts: "Oh man, I can't believe I'm with the author!" - standard Dipper author-fan stuff "Gosh, I hope no one was looking!" - standard Dipper being awkward stuff "Maybe if I cross my legs, no one will notice!" - young puberty stuff? Or am I just being weird? "Kinda kinda hungry, but I could also not eat." - standard human stuff "I should really try out the president's key." - callback! "I could probably rob a bank." - probably could, probably shouldn't "I miss Tyrone!" - aw "That red bathing sun, man!" - ..speaking of Wendy
I really love this episode for addressing the problematic messaging in media aimed at girls particularly in the 80s and 90s that stressed perfection or having to be exceptionally good, and the amount of pressure that would put on someone when they realize that kind of thing isn't actually achievable.
A "fun" fact about Ford and Bill's pact that was revealed after the show was that the specifics of their deal was that Bill would have free control over Ford's body whenever he sleeps. That's part of why he was so on edge when Stan came to visit. Once he went through the portal he was cut off from Bill so he didn't gave to worry and during those 30 years he installed the metal plate in case he ever found his way back. Some particularly horrifying moments of the time before he fell through the portal were him waking up to find that Bill wrote taunting messages in his journals for him to find, or caused his body physical harm. He woke up once with one of his eyes bleeding, cuz y'know. Fun show for kids and all that
My sisters first "word" was a realistic imitation of a cats meow. Presumably she learned it from the two cats we owned at the time, who had been there since before she was concieved. She's been obssesed with cats her whole life.
Yeah, this episode is fantastic. From the Jumanji shout-out/fake-out in the beginning, to the (ahem) dust deal and the "adorable owl," to the Bill reveals, to Wendy being right after all. This might be my favorite in the series outside of the finale. Glad you enjoyed it, hope the appointment goes well!
i didn't *start* loving mable as a character in season 2 episode 17, i started in season 1 episode 1. also, the unreasonable mable hate didn't seem to disappear after episode 17 either, so i don't know if it's a thing.
Kudos on predicting the pupils thing. The Ford and Bill backstory is somewhat foreshadowed in Dreamscaperers, where a secret message (iirc) in Bill's journal entry describes Bill as being a completely trustworthy good friend, followed by the author regretting that he wrote that.
Ah yes, at last we learn about the connection between Ford and Bill Cy, the Nightmare Guy! Surely that final scene does not portend anything ominous. Yes, everything will definitely be fine.
Watching reactions to the show, rewatching moments that I never thought hard about before, it's so bizarre that Ford was told by Mabel and Dipper that they both know, have fought with, and have defeated Bill and he still thinks that only Dipper should be able to know about the rift. He's trying to protect the others, but deciding for them, similarly to how for example, Mabel in Into the Bunker tried to help Dipper by making decisions for him.
The next episode is regrettably filler, but the one after that is leading up to the finale. Strap yourself in! If you want to binge it after this episode, just you wait! PS: There's a deleted scene of the unicorn fight on TH-cam.
I watched Jumanji as a kid with my parents. It was already dark out. The scene where the Wasps start to break the car window with their stingers got me so scared, my father taped the rest of the movie so I could watch it next day, when it was light out and they assured me the characters were gonna be fine.
For real, though! Jumanji was absolutely _terrifying_ as a kid! One of the worst scenes for me was when the boy was being dragged by the leg towards the maw of a giant man-eating plant. 🫣 (That or the giant spiders 😖) I hear that drumbeat, and it still spikes my anxiety. 😅
The unicorns being jerks is one of my favorite things ever. I watched Gravity Falls a few years late so I was huge into MLP: FiM at the time and the juxtaposition was jarringly hilarious.
The unicorn twist was one of my favorite ones from the show. I actually burst out laughing on my lunch break at work, and got funny looks all day because of it.
I love the little touches in this one. The Last Mabelcorn is a reference to The Last Unicorn, The Sibling Bros is The Hardy Boys, the satyr plays SOS on his pipes at the end (3 short, 3 long, 3 short). Also, you're in the end game now. WEIRDMAGEDDON IS NIGH!!
Alex has also stated that the blue eye right after Ford's dream isn't necessarily Ford's eye (i believe he replied to someones tweet who asked if Fords eyes were blue or brown), which led to fans speculating it might've been Fiddleford's
I actually had cause to look up that tweet earlier today. What he says is: "No one ever said that was Ford's eye." I think it's pretty certain that it's Fiddleford's eye, for a couple of reasons. First, it serves as a call-back to when we saw Fiddleford after getting his head stuck in the Portal, in ATOTS. When we first see him on the ground, his pupils are HUGE. Then he sits up and they get smaller. Second, glimpsing it at that point, as Ford is waking up, kind of suggests that it's still part of his dream / subconscious thoughts. Later in the episode, he will refer to Fiddleford's accident, when explaining things to Dipper (we see that shortened version, "until my assistant got a glimpse of Bill's true plans"). But we also see that, when Ford's thoughts are up on the screen, one of them is "I'M SORRY FIDDLEFORD." And it's clear that that incident is what caused Ford to realize Bill had betrayed him. So, that glimpse of the blue eye, with the huge pupil quickly contracting, is symbolic to Ford -- of his friend's accident, of the moment he found out about Bill's betrayal, and of his greatest regrets. Including that glimpse of it ties in with the way Ford will finally confess that regret to Dipper later in the ep.
Good to know another fellow Jumanji PTSD victim. I found that scene where he gets sucked into the game so spooky that couldn't watch the full movie for years.
13:35 okay, when I clicked on this video I was not prepared for that level of wholesomeness! You're right, of course; people like that are very rare and special, and having someone like that in your life is just the best feeling!
@@HUNTLOW_LUMITY4EVER I'm not going to speculate; I think it's a bit intrusive to do so. But I _am_ happy to hear she has someone in her life who she can talk about like that, because _everyone_ deserves to have someone like that in their life.
not sure if it's been mentioned, but the Gravity Falls box dvd set has commentary by Alex Hirsch and various cast/crew on every episode. This is both hilarious because you get to listen to more of the craziness that is Alex, and it's got a lot of deep insights into how the writing process went. the last thing I want to do is shill for the mouse, but it's really worth it for everything Alex gives.
@@roo1014 seems Mabel is more cringey due to ignorance, but Catra is easier to empathize with because you can see where she's coming from.. if only her and Adora could make up and be besties again.. The gap is WIDE with Mabel.. but it's just a sliver with Catra, being so close to Adora's heart, but drifting so far away
@@roo1014 I think it makes a lot of sense. Framing is important. The show consistently rewards Mabel for being selfish, punishes others for not feeding into her selfishness, and even refuses to acknowledge that she is being selfish in the first place. Catra is portrayed as being an antagonist with trauma, who the show acknowledges consistently does bad things, but we want her to be better.
@RasmusVJS I see where certain people come from with Mabel, I don't hate her personally (far from it) but yeah she is often selfish and foolish. Something the show could've done better in hindsight As for Catra, I know she has trauma and all - but that can only justify so much for so long. Not saying Catra's complexities as a character aren't a piece of why Mosco likes her so much ... but let's call a spade a spade - Mosco loves her because she gives off fruity vibes Likewise, with what you said about Mabel, *She-Ra* also loves to reward Catra, she gains more power with each season and is given easy forgiveness and the girl who she mistreated to hell and back. (That's a whole other conversation I don't really feel like having atm)
Credits code 1: Key Vigenare cipher: A simple man with eager ears may trust the whispers that he hears (key: Schmendrick) Credits code 2: A1Z26, Atbash, Ceasarian shift (exclusively in that order): In Cipher’s game he needs a pawn, be sure to know which side you're on.
Codes: "BLACK AND WHITE" "IT STARTED WITH BAD DREAMS WHICH BECAME NIGHTMARES. I WAS FOOLISH, I WANTED ANSWERS, I PAINTED THE SYMBOLS, I SAID THE WORDS: WHEN GRAVITY FALLS AND THE EARTH BECOMES SKY FEAR THE BEAST WITH JUST ONE EYE." "A SIMPLE MAN WITH EAGER EARS MAY TRUST THE WHISPERS THAT HE HEARS" "IN CIPHER'S GAME YOU NEED A PAWN, MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHICH SIDE YOU'RE ON." Also, after you're done with gravity falls, maybe you could do a video reacting to some of the weird theories from during the series and after it had ended? I haven't seen that done, and I think it would be cool.
By the way: bill is going to take over ford’s body permanently, and no one will know until it’s too late. That’s what he meant by “things change”. That’s why it showed his eye.
Ok, but I vote this as the cutest Mosco moment Looks all around: "Where's my fidgety thing go...Oh it's in my pocket yay" Someone should make a compilation of Mosco's best moments :3
Stan was married to Eda Clawthorne. Ford was traversing the multiverse with Rick Sanchez. And Shmebulock was a travel blogger and traveled the world, even made a few commercials.
Codes this episode. Credits: A SIMPLE MAN WITH EAGER EARS MAY TRUST THE WHISPERS THAT HE HEARS Numbers: IN CIPHER'S GAME HE NEEDS A PAWN BE SURE TO KNOW WHICH SIDE YOU'RE ON
Alex Hirsh in that same camp as the Simpsons when it comes to text and stuff in the background, its all weird little jokes. Its not like Murder Drones where lore is mixed into the background with little jokes; that said Gravity Falls has mixed the two, some jokes did later get one liners that revealed they were part of the world building.
The unicorn fight does exist just as a deleted scene that even I haven't found yet. But I have been busy with my channel and other things. Stan's: "MONEY!" is the best!
The camera movement at the start of the cold open is very reminiscent of Sam Raimi's "Monster-vision" from the _Evil Dead_ movies (also recently seen in _Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness)._ At least that's what it reminded _me_ of. This episode's end credits code is *"A simple man with eager ears may trust the whispers that he hears,"* which is unusual, since it has the rhyming cadence and vague foreshadowing that is usually the hallmark of the Journal page codes. Speaking of which, the journal page code is: *_In Cipher's game, he needs a pawn._* *_Be sure to know which side you're on._*
A bit of backstory for this. According to my parents, I did not really do a lot of babbling or attempted to talk as a small baby. Eventually, it led to a point where they were worried that I was never going to talk or something. Then, when day, my mother asks if I can say "mama," and according to her, my response was to look at her and say: "Yes, I can." So, according to this story, "Yes, I can," were my first words.
This is such a good episode. It has everything: Forest drug deal with a double-cross, Dipper's inner thoughts (WendyWendyWendyWendy), Mabel punching a unicorn. [chef's kiss]
I love the detail that after Celestebellebethabelle gets hit with fairy dust, the satyr starts playing SOS on his pan flute 😆 I don't know if it was my 'first' word, but, according to my parents, when I was really little I would call for my older brother (Anthony) by shouting "Donny!", or if I really tried "Ah-Donny!" Boy, I can't wait to see your reaction to the unicorn hair coming in clutch when they turn the whole mystery shack into a massive anime mech (thanks to the help of the technologically superior Time Paradox Avoidance Enforcement Squadron, and the anime-themed Giffany, who actually survived being destroyed by Soos and was just preoccupied dating Rumble McSkirmish in the arcade this whole time) to fight Bill in the final battle.
Fun fact, this episode was written in a single day by Alex Hirsch alone. They had been working on a Wendy episode that wasn’t turning out, so Alex wrote this the day before the deadline. Because of that, a lot of fans were unsatisfied with this episode when it first aired.
My first word: "chocit" I was attempting to say chocolate, because I was OBSESSED with it as a kid. My mom could never hide it from me (I would crawl onto counters and get in the cupboards)
4:05 “You have no dominion in our world! Maybe not right now, but things _change_ Stanford Pines, _things,_ *CHANGE!* MWHAHAHAHAHHAHA” He’s talking about having dominion over the earth, silly.
I don't have anything to say! I can't even remember what's supposed to happen between this and the grand finale. LOL. Oh, something random: Bill and Ford were totally dating.
In the real life journal it says Bill had the Egyptians try to make him a portal it failed he unlished plagues so they built the pyramids to try and apiece him.
you are not gonna believe it when it's revealed that Stan actually his 5 siblings and they all formed a secret society of stans, each ranked by numbers of fingers. 10 fingered stan knows the answers
i watched jumanji when i was like 6 or 7 years old and it was fuckin awesome and i wanted to be in jumanji(early signs i was a masochist perhaps??) i saw a TRAILER for a horror movie a couple of years ago, and had nightmares for like two weeks
codes: BAD DREAMS WHICH BECAME NIGHTMARES. I WAS FOOLISH, I WANTED ANSWERS, I PAINTED THE SYMBOLS, I SAID THE WORDS: IN GRAVITY FALLS AND THE EARTH BECOMES SKY FEAR THE BEAST WITH JUST ONE EYE." A SIMPLE MAN WITH EAGER EARS MAY TRUST THE WHISPERS THAT HE HEARS IN CIPHER'S GAME HE NEEDS A PAWN, BE SURE TO KNOW WHICH SIDE YOU'RE ON
Funfact!: One of DIpper's thoughts is "I miss Tyrone" (Dipper 2 from the Douple Dipper episode) other funfact!: One of Ford's thoughts is "I'm sorry fiddleford"😁😁
Just a heads up: the last two episodes (20 and 21) originally aired as a single 44 min episode, but was broken up into two 22 min episodes for reruns and Disney+. So if you want to react to both at once, nobody's going to stop you.
Huh i just realized that at the start of the last mabelcorn the camera movements might be Bill sorta switching from certain view points since we know he can look through anything that's in his shape/design
Just a heads up that next episode is a filler that was supposed to come out earlier during the season. But it's worth it and it's a fun break before all hell break loose during the finale.
I hope that you'll react to all the finale episodes in one video, because waiting for the reaction to each part to come out will take quite some time if you react to them indvidually.
2:03 HA thanks (Yep. The portal, the swingset is _intact_ for Ford's mind 10:13 hehe and then the end of the episode happen 16:28 people have also guessed that it would be Wendy 16:37 Narwhals? hehe I was right 18:06 this whole sequence, like kneel down or I don't know, anything else but _you shouldn't have done that_ and slow approach. Show your eyes, sooner? I cna't remember the rest bc I haven't unpaused Anyway it's that unreliable narrator view obscuring his eyes, I assume 18:45 :)) nice crit thinking Smth more placating, Ford. Also the way he just looks at him after picking him up like-- I'd be fine if he didn't jump into a less calm _It's me, look at my eyes!_ gonna post before my laptop dies
I've been watching someone's legend of korra reaction for the last week or so, and suddenly it's weird to watch this and hear Tenzin's voice come out of Ford lol
As a sufferer of Agoraphobia. I understand your anxiety and panic. I hope you get the help you need. I will tell people to stop with the negative waves. "Why don't you knock it off with them Negative Waves! Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here. Why can't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change" - Oddball (Kelly's Heroes 1970). If you have the time and curosity. There is the source. Hope you getter better. Live Long and Prosper.
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2:17 i realized just now how in fords head, both seats in the swing are still intact, but is stans' head, his seat on the swing is broken
Yes! That's always been such a great detail. I've also always thought it was interesting in Ford's dreamscape that what looms largest in the foreground is the old Stan o' War (i.e. his connection with Stan / memories of good times with Stan). While the most recent thing chronologically, the partly destroyed Portal, is further in the background. (Where it still manages to loom ominously!)
@@gryphonvert yes! I also love how his mind scape looks so simple compared to Stanley's, maybe because he is a very direct and rational men, he probably does not waste much time thinking about other stuff and it is also colorful, but in stans it is so full, there is too many things there it gets a bit overwhelming, it is also very gray and glitchy (and had some weird codes there instead of the names like), maybe because the guilt he feels or perhaps because he faked being his brother for so long it kinda messed his mind a bit? idk I find it very interesting how different they are. (also, stans seems way for confusing, he has doors everywhere without much order, well it seems that way, but when you see it is actually very organized, maybe a reflection that he is not as "stupid" as ppl think)
Stan’s swing set is broken because of what he did to Ford. He views himself guilty and unworthy of his brother’s trust, which is why the swing Stan sat on is broken. But Ford still trusts his brother even after everything that happened, which is why the swing set in his mind is undamaged
I kinda love how they take the trope of unicorns being so whimsical and pure, and decide, "Nah, they're jerks."
I think we bronies already knew it was possible
Incidentally, before they became symbols of purity and fortune and stuff, unicorns used to be regarded as embodiments of the wilderness... Which means that they were considered the most dangerous of wild beast bar none...
In the commentary Alex revealed that he did this because of how he always thought that the unicorn from The Last Unicorn was an absolute jerk.
I still have no idea how the hell Alex Hirsch got away with that butterfly/fairy dust deal turned sting operation scene. Apparently, he doesn't either. The emails between him and the S&P staff he revealed suggest it wasn't easy. And then Grenda just chloroforms a satyr afterwards, like seriously. How?
Lol
I know right!!!!!
Yeah, they got away with bleeding statues, fairy dust deals, beating the crap out of unicorns, demons trying to eat alive children and more. But the S&P thought it was too much to let a "spin the bottle" phrase lmao
He managed to get away with bleeding animal heads chanting "ancient sins." Compared to that, this is nothing
@@agustinberto6138it is worth pointing out that GF switched from Disney Channel to Disney XD during season 2. Disney XD has a slightly older audience, so they were able to get away with a lot more stuff during the second season.
When the ancient Egyptians attempted to create a portal for Bill, it only worked for ten minutes (letting out a jackal-headed man from the Nightmare Realm). Bill was furious. He tormented them with nightmares, and they built giant stone tributes to Bill, hoping to make them stop. (The arms and top hats of these structures broke off over time.)
Bill gave George Washington secrets that helped him defeat the British. But when George’s attempt at a steam-powered portal sank into a swamp, Bill gave Washington such bad nightmares that he ground his teeth into dust in his sleep and then had to get wooden ones. Washington put Bill on the one-dollar bill in order to appease him.
It was ivory actually
Not wood
_oh_
is this in the journal?
@@ihappydawnz It is
@@--CHARLIE-- ty!
One thing I really love about this episode is it really drives home the difference between Dipper and Mabel. When it comes to leaps of faiths, Dipper will always think pessimistically and logically. Seen by him shooting Ford when he says "Trust me." Which gives him more emotional control in most cases, but makes it hard to trust and connect with people. While Mabel is more hopeful and emotional, which means she's very impulsive and emotional but is able to connect and trust people easier. And why she trusted Stan when he said "Trust me"
Dipper really read "trust no one" and decided that was his motto from then on
Fun fact, there was a cut scene in this episode that you can find online, that has Marbel and the others fighting the Unicorns, instead of just cutting to Dipper and Ford. They had to cut it due to the episode's already long length
I took the time to pause at 12:06, and I love some of Dipper's thoughts:
"Oh man, I can't believe I'm with the author!" - standard Dipper author-fan stuff
"Gosh, I hope no one was looking!" - standard Dipper being awkward stuff
"Maybe if I cross my legs, no one will notice!" - young puberty stuff? Or am I just being weird?
"Kinda kinda hungry, but I could also not eat." - standard human stuff
"I should really try out the president's key." - callback!
"I could probably rob a bank." - probably could, probably shouldn't
"I miss Tyrone!" - aw
"That red bathing sun, man!" - ..speaking of Wendy
And he speaks truth. That red bathing suit man!
Celestabellebethabelle is based on Alex's frustration with the Last Unicorn, who he saw as annoying and ungrateful.
I won’t lie, after watching Bill Cipher in Gravity Falls, I can never look at triangles or triangle shaped objects the same ever again.
Mable: “Today I learned that morality is relative”
Stan: “that’s my cue”
Mabel: Morality is Relative
Gruncle Stan is a relative
=> Gruncle Stan is Morality
I really love this episode for addressing the problematic messaging in media aimed at girls particularly in the 80s and 90s that stressed perfection or having to be exceptionally good, and the amount of pressure that would put on someone when they realize that kind of thing isn't actually achievable.
And now all I hear is Hooty disguised as a unicorn. 🤣
Good luck with the doctor!
SAAAMEEE
Great, now I can’t unhear it!
A "fun" fact about Ford and Bill's pact that was revealed after the show was that the specifics of their deal was that Bill would have free control over Ford's body whenever he sleeps. That's part of why he was so on edge when Stan came to visit. Once he went through the portal he was cut off from Bill so he didn't gave to worry and during those 30 years he installed the metal plate in case he ever found his way back.
Some particularly horrifying moments of the time before he fell through the portal were him waking up to find that Bill wrote taunting messages in his journals for him to find, or caused his body physical harm. He woke up once with one of his eyes bleeding, cuz y'know. Fun show for kids and all that
Codes:
A SIMPLE MAN WITH EAGER EARS MAY TRUST THE WHISPERS THAT HE HEARS
IN CIPHER’S GAME HE NEEDS A PAWN
BE SURE TO KNOW WHICH SIDE YOU’RE ON
My sisters first "word" was a realistic imitation of a cats meow. Presumably she learned it from the two cats we owned at the time, who had been there since before she was concieved. She's been obssesed with cats her whole life.
Yeah, this episode is fantastic. From the Jumanji shout-out/fake-out in the beginning, to the (ahem) dust deal and the "adorable owl," to the Bill reveals, to Wendy being right after all. This might be my favorite in the series outside of the finale. Glad you enjoyed it, hope the appointment goes well!
Can't wait for her to get to episode 17, where every viewer ever collectively started loving Mabel
Yeah. It’s sad her good character development got shoved in so late in the series, though
I didn't.
@@popatochisps1198ikr
"Loving" 😉
i didn't *start* loving mable as a character in season 2 episode 17, i started in season 1 episode 1.
also, the unreasonable mable hate didn't seem to disappear after episode 17 either, so i don't know if it's a thing.
One of the things that was crossed off on mabels "good deeds list" was "abolish electoral college".
Kudos on predicting the pupils thing. The Ford and Bill backstory is somewhat foreshadowed in Dreamscaperers, where a secret message (iirc) in Bill's journal entry describes Bill as being a completely trustworthy good friend, followed by the author regretting that he wrote that.
Cipher is always perfect when he gets screentime & this ep was no exception, bro was both menacing & amusing in his talk with Ford
Ah yes, at last we learn about the connection between Ford and Bill Cy, the Nightmare Guy!
Surely that final scene does not portend anything ominous. Yes, everything will definitely be fine.
Watching reactions to the show, rewatching moments that I never thought hard about before, it's so bizarre that Ford was told by Mabel and Dipper that they both know, have fought with, and have defeated Bill and he still thinks that only Dipper should be able to know about the rift. He's trying to protect the others, but deciding for them, similarly to how for example, Mabel in Into the Bunker tried to help Dipper by making decisions for him.
Fun fact: Celestebellabethebelle is voiced by Sam Marin, the one behind Regular Show’s Benson, Pops and Muscle Man.
The next episode is regrettably filler, but the one after that is leading up to the finale. Strap yourself in! If you want to binge it after this episode, just you wait!
PS: There's a deleted scene of the unicorn fight on TH-cam.
I watched Jumanji as a kid with my parents. It was already dark out. The scene where the Wasps start to break the car window with their stingers got me so scared, my father taped the rest of the movie so I could watch it next day, when it was light out and they assured me the characters were gonna be fine.
I never made it past the first five minutes of Jumanji.
For real, though! Jumanji was absolutely _terrifying_ as a kid! One of the worst scenes for me was when the boy was being dragged by the leg towards the maw of a giant man-eating plant. 🫣
(That or the giant spiders 😖)
I hear that drumbeat, and it still spikes my anxiety. 😅
The unicorns being jerks is one of my favorite things ever. I watched Gravity Falls a few years late so I was huge into MLP: FiM at the time and the juxtaposition was jarringly hilarious.
The unicorn twist was one of my favorite ones from the show. I actually burst out laughing on my lunch break at work, and got funny looks all day because of it.
I love the little touches in this one. The Last Mabelcorn is a reference to The Last Unicorn, The Sibling Bros is The Hardy Boys, the satyr plays SOS on his pipes at the end (3 short, 3 long, 3 short).
Also, you're in the end game now. WEIRDMAGEDDON IS NIGH!!
Alex has also stated that the blue eye right after Ford's dream isn't necessarily Ford's eye (i believe he replied to someones tweet who asked if Fords eyes were blue or brown), which led to fans speculating it might've been Fiddleford's
I actually had cause to look up that tweet earlier today. What he says is: "No one ever said that was Ford's eye."
I think it's pretty certain that it's Fiddleford's eye, for a couple of reasons. First, it serves as a call-back to when we saw Fiddleford after getting his head stuck in the Portal, in ATOTS. When we first see him on the ground, his pupils are HUGE. Then he sits up and they get smaller. Second, glimpsing it at that point, as Ford is waking up, kind of suggests that it's still part of his dream / subconscious thoughts. Later in the episode, he will refer to Fiddleford's accident, when explaining things to Dipper (we see that shortened version, "until my assistant got a glimpse of Bill's true plans"). But we also see that, when Ford's thoughts are up on the screen, one of them is "I'M SORRY FIDDLEFORD." And it's clear that that incident is what caused Ford to realize Bill had betrayed him. So, that glimpse of the blue eye, with the huge pupil quickly contracting, is symbolic to Ford -- of his friend's accident, of the moment he found out about Bill's betrayal, and of his greatest regrets. Including that glimpse of it ties in with the way Ford will finally confess that regret to Dipper later in the ep.
@gryphonvert yeah, exactly! Thank you for explaining it in a more concrete form!
"See, none of this looks particularly nice." - Mosco when presented the end of the universe as we know it.
17:05 Mabel being Serious And getting Angry is Freaking MUSIC TO MY EARS
Good to know another fellow Jumanji PTSD victim. I found that scene where he gets sucked into the game so spooky that couldn't watch the full movie for years.
13:35 okay, when I clicked on this video I was not prepared for that level of wholesomeness! You're right, of course; people like that are very rare and special, and having someone like that in your life is just the best feeling!
I wonder who in particular she’s talking about! I for one think it might be Elijah aka notsoaveragefangirl
@@HUNTLOW_LUMITY4EVER I'm not going to speculate; I think it's a bit intrusive to do so. But I _am_ happy to hear she has someone in her life who she can talk about like that, because _everyone_ deserves to have someone like that in their life.
Fun fact: in Celtic lore, unicorns would violently gore nonvirgins with their horns. Yeah, they were jerks.
I did like Terry Pratchets bit with one, granny wewtherwax and Ridcully the brown.
I'm sure there's a penetration joke in there, but I'm too tired to find it
11:00 without Mosco I never would've seen that shout-out to 'lion king' in the article about the meerkat and warthog. Also 'National Treasure.'
This episode has my favorite Stanley bit. His rush to that treasure pile always gets me.
not sure if it's been mentioned, but the Gravity Falls box dvd set has commentary by Alex Hirsch and various cast/crew on every episode. This is both hilarious because you get to listen to more of the craziness that is Alex, and it's got a lot of deep insights into how the writing process went. the last thing I want to do is shill for the mouse, but it's really worth it for everything Alex gives.
I love how Mosco leans back.. "Yep.. I always knew Mabel was a wee shit"
I find it funny how she has dumped on Mabel for a while but showers Catra with love
@@roo1014 seems Mabel is more cringey due to ignorance, but Catra is easier to empathize with because you can see where she's coming from.. if only her and Adora could make up and be besties again.. The gap is WIDE with Mabel.. but it's just a sliver with Catra, being so close to Adora's heart, but drifting so far away
@@roo1014 I think it makes a lot of sense. Framing is important. The show consistently rewards Mabel for being selfish, punishes others for not feeding into her selfishness, and even refuses to acknowledge that she is being selfish in the first place. Catra is portrayed as being an antagonist with trauma, who the show acknowledges consistently does bad things, but we want her to be better.
Well. Catra is being showered with love from Scorpia. But she is just awful towards her. "She is a bad friend."
@RasmusVJS I see where certain people come from with Mabel, I don't hate her personally (far from it) but yeah she is often selfish and foolish. Something the show could've done better in hindsight
As for Catra, I know she has trauma and all - but that can only justify so much for so long. Not saying Catra's complexities as a character aren't a piece of why Mosco likes her so much ... but let's call a spade a spade - Mosco loves her because she gives off fruity vibes
Likewise, with what you said about Mabel, *She-Ra* also loves to reward Catra, she gains more power with each season and is given easy forgiveness and the girl who she mistreated to hell and back. (That's a whole other conversation I don't really feel like having atm)
Credits code 1: Key Vigenare cipher: A simple man with eager ears may trust the whispers that he hears (key: Schmendrick)
Credits code 2: A1Z26, Atbash, Ceasarian shift (exclusively in that order): In Cipher’s game he needs a pawn, be sure to know which side you're on.
Wait until you learn that Bill's pawn is none other than...Ducktective!
Codes:
"BLACK AND WHITE"
"IT STARTED WITH BAD DREAMS WHICH BECAME NIGHTMARES. I WAS FOOLISH, I WANTED ANSWERS, I PAINTED THE SYMBOLS, I SAID THE WORDS: WHEN GRAVITY FALLS AND THE EARTH BECOMES SKY FEAR THE BEAST WITH JUST ONE EYE."
"A SIMPLE MAN WITH EAGER EARS MAY TRUST THE WHISPERS THAT HE HEARS"
"IN CIPHER'S GAME YOU NEED A PAWN, MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHICH SIDE YOU'RE ON."
Also, after you're done with gravity falls, maybe you could do a video reacting to some of the weird theories from during the series and after it had ended? I haven't seen that done, and I think it would be cool.
By the way: bill is going to take over ford’s body permanently, and no one will know until it’s too late. That’s what he meant by “things change”. That’s why it showed his eye.
Ok, but I vote this as the cutest Mosco moment
Looks all around: "Where's my fidgety thing go...Oh it's in my pocket yay"
Someone should make a compilation of Mosco's best moments :3
13:35 - 13:57
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That's so sweet, it makes sugar look sour by comparison.
RIP narwhals, unicorns of the sea🪦
The end page code is "IN CIPHER'S GAME, YOU NEED A PAWN. BE SURE TO KNOW WHICH SIDE YOU'RE ON."
Stan was married to Eda Clawthorne. Ford was traversing the multiverse with Rick Sanchez. And Shmebulock was a travel blogger and traveled the world, even made a few commercials.
Codes this episode.
Credits:
A SIMPLE MAN WITH EAGER EARS MAY TRUST THE WHISPERS THAT HE HEARS
Numbers:
IN CIPHER'S GAME HE NEEDS A PAWN
BE SURE TO KNOW WHICH SIDE YOU'RE ON
Episode 16 is the last filler episode. Be prepared.
It is and I’ll be real it’s probably my least favorite.
@@victorlannister5606
It's many people's least favourite.
Oh dear. Everything is about to hit the fan. Have fun with the bubbles of pure madness that this show blows our way.
Alex Hirsh in that same camp as the Simpsons when it comes to text and stuff in the background, its all weird little jokes. Its not like Murder Drones where lore is mixed into the background with little jokes; that said Gravity Falls has mixed the two, some jokes did later get one liners that revealed they were part of the world building.
The unicorn fight does exist just as a deleted scene that even I haven't found yet. But I have been busy with my channel and other things.
Stan's: "MONEY!" is the best!
The camera movement at the start of the cold open is very reminiscent of Sam Raimi's "Monster-vision" from the _Evil Dead_ movies (also recently seen in _Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness)._ At least that's what it reminded _me_ of.
This episode's end credits code is *"A simple man with eager ears may trust the whispers that he hears,"* which is unusual, since it has the rhyming cadence and vague foreshadowing that is usually the hallmark of the Journal page codes. Speaking of which, the journal page code is:
*_In Cipher's game, he needs a pawn._*
*_Be sure to know which side you're on._*
Because of this episode, I can never look at unicorns the same.
A bit of backstory for this. According to my parents, I did not really do a lot of babbling or attempted to talk as a small baby. Eventually, it led to a point where they were worried that I was never going to talk or something. Then, when day, my mother asks if I can say "mama," and according to her, my response was to look at her and say: "Yes, I can." So, according to this story, "Yes, I can," were my first words.
This is such a good episode. It has everything: Forest drug deal with a double-cross, Dipper's inner thoughts (WendyWendyWendyWendy), Mabel punching a unicorn. [chef's kiss]
I love the detail that after Celestebellebethabelle gets hit with fairy dust, the satyr starts playing SOS on his pan flute 😆
I don't know if it was my 'first' word, but, according to my parents, when I was really little I would call for my older brother (Anthony) by shouting "Donny!", or if I really tried "Ah-Donny!"
Boy, I can't wait to see your reaction to the unicorn hair coming in clutch when they turn the whole mystery shack into a massive anime mech (thanks to the help of the technologically superior Time Paradox Avoidance Enforcement Squadron, and the anime-themed Giffany, who actually survived being destroyed by Soos and was just preoccupied dating Rumble McSkirmish in the arcade this whole time) to fight Bill in the final battle.
This is my favorite episode of the entire series! I love Mabel, I love unicorns, and ofc there's some great development with Dipper and Ford
“Things Change.” Based on “A darkness approaches. A day will come where everything you know and love will change.”
Fun fact, this episode was written in a single day by Alex Hirsch alone. They had been working on a Wendy episode that wasn’t turning out, so Alex wrote this the day before the deadline. Because of that, a lot of fans were unsatisfied with this episode when it first aired.
“Stanford Pines, the man who changed the world” that must be the future
my first word was “Hi!”
my mom would play peek-a-boo with me but saying “hi!”/“hello!”/etc instead and i started to beat them to it then die laughing
My first word: "chocit" I was attempting to say chocolate, because I was OBSESSED with it as a kid. My mom could never hide it from me (I would crawl onto counters and get in the cupboards)
4:05 “You have no dominion in our world! Maybe not right now, but things _change_ Stanford Pines, _things,_ *CHANGE!* MWHAHAHAHAHHAHA”
He’s talking about having dominion over the earth, silly.
I don't have anything to say! I can't even remember what's supposed to happen between this and the grand finale. LOL.
Oh, something random: Bill and Ford were totally dating.
Mabel went through a transformation; she went from being enchanted with unicorn at the beginning to being DIS-enchanted with them at the end.
In the real life journal it says Bill had the Egyptians try to make him a portal it failed he unlished plagues so they built the pyramids to try and apiece him.
you are not gonna believe it when it's revealed that Stan actually his 5 siblings and they all formed a secret society of stans, each ranked by numbers of fingers. 10 fingered stan knows the answers
i watched jumanji when i was like 6 or 7 years old and it was fuckin awesome and i wanted to be in jumanji(early signs i was a masochist perhaps??)
i saw a TRAILER for a horror movie a couple of years ago, and had nightmares for like two weeks
22:54 imagine those of those who had to watch it while it was still airing
codes:
BAD DREAMS WHICH BECAME NIGHTMARES. I WAS FOOLISH, I WANTED ANSWERS, I PAINTED THE SYMBOLS, I SAID THE WORDS: IN GRAVITY FALLS AND THE EARTH BECOMES SKY FEAR THE BEAST WITH JUST ONE EYE."
A SIMPLE MAN WITH EAGER EARS MAY TRUST THE WHISPERS THAT HE HEARS
IN CIPHER'S GAME HE NEEDS A PAWN, BE SURE TO KNOW WHICH SIDE YOU'RE ON
I lost it when you looked at the camera with the illuminati music in the background😂
Funfact!: One of DIpper's thoughts is "I miss Tyrone" (Dipper 2 from the Douple Dipper episode)
other funfact!: One of Ford's thoughts is "I'm sorry fiddleford"😁😁
Just a heads up: the last two episodes (20 and 21) originally aired as a single 44 min episode, but was broken up into two 22 min episodes for reruns and Disney+. So if you want to react to both at once, nobody's going to stop you.
8:52 that face when the chanting started, lol.
6:12 With how The Owl House ended and the way Disney treated it, that line hurts…
I can't believe we're almost at the end of the show. Feels like 2015 all over again.
Huh i just realized that at the start of the last mabelcorn the camera movements might be Bill sorta switching from certain view points since we know he can look through anything that's in his shape/design
“Woah, don’t have a heart attack, you’re not 92 yet”
16:49: Oh wow. Didn't know that. Ya learn something new every day.
13:48 ok rude how dare you melt my heart like that 🫠
I was told my first word was Godzilla...
Gravity Falls season 2 ends with episode twenty but sometimes it is split into two episodes, episode twenty and twenty one.
Most pure of heart but definitely not completely. Mabel has caused a lot of trouble.
Love this episode. Also, sorry about your ear. Hope the doctor is able to help.
Just a heads up that next episode is a filler that was supposed to come out earlier during the season. But it's worth it and it's a fun break before all hell break loose during the finale.
It's Time, baby! Mabel is the root of all evil in the show. She would sell her own soul to start the apocalypse.😂
The X-files theme really fits hahahaha
I hope that you'll react to all the finale episodes in one video, because waiting for the reaction to each part to come out will take quite some time if you react to them indvidually.
I am looking forward to when Bill takes over Mabel and Dipper's mom to try and convince them to come home early.
09:12 Rarity looks particularly spiffy today… :J
2:03 HA thanks
(Yep. The portal, the swingset is _intact_ for Ford's mind
10:13 hehe and then the end of the episode happen
16:28 people have also guessed that it would be Wendy
16:37 Narwhals? hehe I was right
18:06 this whole sequence, like kneel down or I don't know, anything else but _you shouldn't have done that_ and slow approach. Show your eyes, sooner?
I cna't remember the rest bc I haven't unpaused
Anyway it's that unreliable narrator view obscuring his eyes, I assume
18:45 :)) nice crit thinking
Smth more placating, Ford. Also the way he just looks at him after picking him up like-- I'd be fine if he didn't jump into a less calm _It's me, look at my eyes!_
gonna post before my laptop dies
18:06 Ayup. That's the feel. 😆
You may have to start putting on the closed captions for the episodes
You think this is weird, just wait for 8 Ball, Kryptos, Zanthar, Teeth, Keyhole, Hectorgon, Amorphous Shape, Pyronica and Paci-Fire🤫
13:56 *cough cough* Elijah *cough*
I've been watching someone's legend of korra reaction for the last week or so, and suddenly it's weird to watch this and hear Tenzin's voice come out of Ford lol
18:13 that caught me off guard 😅
As a sufferer of Agoraphobia. I understand your anxiety and panic. I hope you get the help you need. I will tell people to stop with the negative waves.
"Why don't you knock it off with them Negative Waves! Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here. Why can't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change" - Oddball (Kelly's Heroes 1970). If you have the time and curosity. There is the source. Hope you getter better. Live Long and Prosper.