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the creator alex hirsh has said soos is based on a real guy from his college days and said "he was always creating and solving problems, and it always came from the most sincere place" so though soos causes issues he still is hugely helpful
Fun Fact: Initially in the writers' room, it was planned in storyboarding that Stan would intentionally sacrifice Waddles as bait to the pterodactyl. I think Alex and team made the right choice to change that, as it does make Stan pretty unsympathetic (this was their specific reason for redoing the script)
Considering the general audience and just how adorable they made Waddles, it would be insanely hard to sell Stan as a sympathetic character afterwards.
Reminds me of how Toy Story was rewritten to make Woody less of an actual antagonist and moreso a jerk with sympathetic reasoning that takes it too far.
One thing about Stan is that while he can be selfish, greedy, and is just... eccentric, he does genuinely care for Mabel and Dipper. He's cared from the start, but here he puts his life on the line to fix his mistake and make Mabel happy, which is so different from the Stan we know.
Fun Fact: The pterodactyl was animated by a famous animator named James Baxtor. He's well known for being able to basically animate anything from any angle. He's most known for working on films like Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, and if you ever watched Adventure Time, he animated the horse on the beachball named after him.
Fun fact about this episode! The _Gravity Falls Complete Series_ box set includes audio commentary from Alex Hirsch and many of the writers and voice actors for each episode. Most give great looks into the creative process and mindset for each one, but a few actually provide some interesting character backstories. "Land Before Swine" has probably the best one that even set up some interesting shared-universe fan theories. Here's how it goes. During the episode's commentary Alex Hirsch assumes his Grunkle Stan character at one point, complete with mannerisms and raspy voice. Stan then reveals that he was actually married once from a Vegas situation that lasted less than a day. It began when he reached for the same slot machine handle as another woman and Stan experienced love at first sight. He was so stricken that he couldn't tell he was being conned. She used the marriage to get close to him, stole all his winnings and his car, and led the cops on a chase for miles outside of Vegas. She ended up ducking out of his car into a canyon, never to be seen again. The really interesting part, though, is the physical description Stan gives of this female con artist. She had pale bingo-hall skin, a "weirdly sharp tooth," hair like an airline stewardess, and a shirt with neon pink letters that spelled out "over 30 & very flirty." And the fake name she used during this entire scheme? Marilyn Rosenstein. This alias combined with Stan's account is almost exactly the same as _The Owl House's_ Eda Clawthorne during her treasure hunting trips to the human realm. In essence, Stan found true love with the Boiling Isles' most wanted criminal and had his heart broken by her schemes. It may just be a shout-out and nothing more, but the specific details and shared creative teams among both shows have provided more than enough fuel for fans to come up with their own plausible shared universes. And that's not even factoring in _Amphibia_ and the metric ton of material that takes those fan theories to new levels.
@@timrosswood4259The Shout Factory series box set that came out in 2018, about a year before _The Owl House_ premiered. Given all the time and collaboration Dana had with Alex on that series before it aired it could have been in the works long before the commentary was even considered. Then again, there were also several hints of _The Owl House_ in the "Lost Legends" comic released in the same year. Things like a wanted poster for Eda, Owlbert in staff form, even an entry in the journal on the Boiling Isles.
14:00 Trivia time: The whole "a dinosaur can't see you if you don't move" actually originated with the original Jurassic Park movie - it was in the original book BUT in the book it was explained it was a genetic defect that originated from all the genetic splicing the scientists did to recreate the dinosaurs. The books and movies both explain that while the Jurassic Park scientists were able to recover dinosaur DNA, but it was broken and full of holes and so DNA from other animals was spliced in to fill the holes. The movie just introduces the idea that the T. rex couldn't see them if they don't move but cuts out the genetic splicing defect explanation and just has the dinosaur expert "know" it.
Fun fact. According to the journal one small Dino did get out and follow the group home. Stan tried to keep it as an attraction, but then it started stealing money from tourists (which Stan was fine with) and refusing to hand its stealing over to Stan (which he was not fine with), so he took it to Farmer Sprouts farm, which is already full of mutant creatures, since its near a waste factory.
As someone who owns pigs, I can attest that they don’t roll around in their own filth. That’s only a last resort. They are extremely clean. They have to wallow in mud to keep themselves cool, because they can’t sweat, and it also acts as sunscreen.
Not certain dinosauruses count as "supernatural", in all honesty. They _did_ exist, after all! We have evidence. Great episode! Gruncle Stan saving Waddles in the end always gets me emotional. It would be fun to see you reacting to Land Before Times! One of my favorite movies still.
Not dinosauruses existing being the supernatural thing, but the fact they are still alive, like, they were supposed to have been dead for the last 65 million years at the very least.
@@M4x_P0w3r I know, I know! I've meant that the reason they appear in GF would count as sci-fi, not as supernatural. They were caught in tree resin, not brought back by a rogue necromancer -though it would be so cool if they were-
@@narindercatt2230 it’s good, but I don’t think the first season aged too well in the humor department, for the most part. This seems like a nitpick, but for such a comedically-driven show, this heavily brings it down, especially when there’s yet not a lot of continuity at this point. This episode really is where things start picking up, at least in terms of scale (both literally and metaphorically), counter-acting the humor (which does admittedly get mostly good in Season 2).
Maybe the truly unbelievable thing about Stan's high tale from the beginning was pterodactyl managing to grab Waddles while Gruncle stood in its way all along... Also Old Man McGucket and Soos: eating their way out bros.
Important geology fact: cold-water geysers exist and are powered by CO2... which is why Soos thumping the side of the geyser made it explode. How that much CO2 was coming out of the water but no-one was suffocating is where the resuspension of disbelief occurs.
A flying monster is wreaking havoc around Gravity Falls, Waddles sabotages Grunkle Stan's "Cornicorn," Mabel initiates a search for Waddles by following a strand of red yarn, an abandoned mine hides a lost underground world, tree sap trapped an amazing number of Dinosaurs, Grunkle Stan rises to the occasion, and Old Man McGucket plays his spoons again. 18:24 That building looks like a Church, which would be a community gathering place and an indication of a town's development in the Old West.
Now that I think of it, Dipper was already making photos. So he should've already developed the film. First, you develop a film, then you project the needed frame, with light, on photo paper, then you develop the paper to get the picture. So the film should've survived.
it always surprises me that people watched The Land Before Time as a kid because i watched once and was so scared of the dinos that i run off the run and straight up stoped watching that channel for years
14:02 (I'm not the best at explaining stuff and get off topic) Jurassic park was technically right with the not moving thing because they used frog DNA. And frog vision is based on movement and that is why they get away with it in the movie. I also like to point out at the beginning of the movie that Alan does explain that dino's are closer to birds than reptiles but a lot of people tend to overlook that and rag on the frog DNA thing about inaccuracy and stuff...... +---{sword>
I love how upset grunkle stan got when mabel stopped talking to him. ti's a real growth point where he admits to himself that he actually cares about other people. also weirdly they don't seem to care about the dinosaurs waking up. still very funny and I loved that macgucket gets out of the dinosaur... but it's very gross to think about it lol... anyway cryptogram below: The cryptogram in the end credits reads "9-20 23-15-18-11-19 6-15-18 16-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-19!" Once decoded, it reads, "IT WORKS FOR PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGS!"
Gonna need a lot less McGucket hate, the man made one or two giant robots, never hurt anybody and certainly makes the world better by being his unique beautiful self.
I have read posts from native English speakers, and yours makes THEM look like "they weren't burdened by an excess of schooling." (A "Firefly" reference.;)
@@Otokichi786 Thanks so much! I'm working to improve (is that the right word?) my english, but write (writin??) in another language is SO dificcult for me, I understand almost everything that you guys say, but writing ALWAYS gets me. I will keep my studies cause this comment makes me really happy!!
11:30 he said this doesnt count as supernatural 16:17 and then the reference here or in the next appearance -- 17:34 yes 16:57 but...but it would follow the afterimages 18:04 should be wayy tooo -- YEP THATS SO WEIRD THAT THEY DONT its like not researching things? The similarities between them 8:44 the "Hehe... wow 😦"
In the next series reaction you could react to Carmen Sandiego, it is a very good series, with an intriguing and deep story, full of action and curiosities, as well as having a very good plot!❤❤
"I like that Gruncle Stan is there, he's seeing all this crazy supernatural stuff." Right, dinosaurs. Crazy supernatural stuff that doesn't and never has existed in reality. That and all the other crazy supernatural stuff: tree sap, amber, fossilized tree resin, or 'that stuff that made Jurassic Park happen.'
This episode always sort of irked me on the levels of "Loony Tune" logic. Not a bad episode by any means but it feels like it doesn't fit the internal physics of the universe I guess.
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the creator alex hirsh has said soos is based on a real guy from his college days and said "he was always creating and solving problems, and it always came from the most sincere place" so though soos causes issues he still is hugely helpful
And I’m guessing he said dude a lot back then?
Fun Fact: Initially in the writers' room, it was planned in storyboarding that Stan would intentionally sacrifice Waddles as bait to the pterodactyl. I think Alex and team made the right choice to change that, as it does make Stan pretty unsympathetic (this was their specific reason for redoing the script)
Considering the general audience and just how adorable they made Waddles, it would be insanely hard to sell Stan as a sympathetic character afterwards.
Reminds me of how Toy Story was rewritten to make Woody less of an actual antagonist and moreso a jerk with sympathetic reasoning that takes it too far.
One thing about Stan is that while he can be selfish, greedy, and is just... eccentric, he does genuinely care for Mabel and Dipper. He's cared from the start, but here he puts his life on the line to fix his mistake and make Mabel happy, which is so different from the Stan we know.
Fun Fact: The pterodactyl was animated by a famous animator named James Baxtor. He's well known for being able to basically animate anything from any angle. He's most known for working on films like Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, and if you ever watched Adventure Time, he animated the horse on the beachball named after him.
JaaAAAaaaames BAXTER
nice factoid, thx.
He also worked on the Steven Universe finale! Another show Kenny and Montana would love
@@midoriya-shonen yea not one of my fav shows but they would enjoy it.
Yo, really?! I learn something new every day!
Fun fact about this episode! The _Gravity Falls Complete Series_ box set includes audio commentary from Alex Hirsch and many of the writers and voice actors for each episode. Most give great looks into the creative process and mindset for each one, but a few actually provide some interesting character backstories. "Land Before Swine" has probably the best one that even set up some interesting shared-universe fan theories. Here's how it goes.
During the episode's commentary Alex Hirsch assumes his Grunkle Stan character at one point, complete with mannerisms and raspy voice. Stan then reveals that he was actually married once from a Vegas situation that lasted less than a day. It began when he reached for the same slot machine handle as another woman and Stan experienced love at first sight. He was so stricken that he couldn't tell he was being conned. She used the marriage to get close to him, stole all his winnings and his car, and led the cops on a chase for miles outside of Vegas. She ended up ducking out of his car into a canyon, never to be seen again.
The really interesting part, though, is the physical description Stan gives of this female con artist. She had pale bingo-hall skin, a "weirdly sharp tooth," hair like an airline stewardess, and a shirt with neon pink letters that spelled out "over 30 & very flirty."
And the fake name she used during this entire scheme? Marilyn Rosenstein. This alias combined with Stan's account is almost exactly the same as _The Owl House's_ Eda Clawthorne during her treasure hunting trips to the human realm. In essence, Stan found true love with the Boiling Isles' most wanted criminal and had his heart broken by her schemes.
It may just be a shout-out and nothing more, but the specific details and shared creative teams among both shows have provided more than enough fuel for fans to come up with their own plausible shared universes. And that's not even factoring in _Amphibia_ and the metric ton of material that takes those fan theories to new levels.
Did that commentary come out before Owl house or after?
@@timrosswood4259The Shout Factory series box set that came out in 2018, about a year before _The Owl House_ premiered. Given all the time and collaboration Dana had with Alex on that series before it aired it could have been in the works long before the commentary was even considered.
Then again, there were also several hints of _The Owl House_ in the "Lost Legends" comic released in the same year. Things like a wanted poster for Eda, Owlbert in staff form, even an entry in the journal on the Boiling Isles.
Don't forget, it mentions her ducking through a door when she goes into the canyon.
14:00 Trivia time: The whole "a dinosaur can't see you if you don't move" actually originated with the original Jurassic Park movie - it was in the original book BUT in the book it was explained it was a genetic defect that originated from all the genetic splicing the scientists did to recreate the dinosaurs. The books and movies both explain that while the Jurassic Park scientists were able to recover dinosaur DNA, but it was broken and full of holes and so DNA from other animals was spliced in to fill the holes. The movie just introduces the idea that the T. rex couldn't see them if they don't move but cuts out the genetic splicing defect explanation and just has the dinosaur expert "know" it.
Fun fact. According to the journal one small Dino did get out and follow the group home. Stan tried to keep it as an attraction, but then it started stealing money from tourists (which Stan was fine with) and refusing to hand its stealing over to Stan (which he was not fine with), so he took it to Farmer Sprouts farm, which is already full of mutant creatures, since its near a waste factory.
As someone who owns pigs, I can attest that they don’t roll around in their own filth. That’s only a last resort. They are extremely clean.
They have to wallow in mud to keep themselves cool, because they can’t sweat, and it also acts as sunscreen.
Kenny's unequivocal disdain for Old Man McGucket kills me everytime.
Not certain dinosauruses count as "supernatural", in all honesty. They _did_ exist, after all! We have evidence.
Great episode! Gruncle Stan saving Waddles in the end always gets me emotional.
It would be fun to see you reacting to Land Before Times! One of my favorite movies still.
As a Good omens fan, I'm laughing rn
@@warriorcat2287 omg I didn't think of GO's take about dinosauruses when writing this, but now I do x)) Laughing with you~
Not dinosauruses existing being the supernatural thing, but the fact they are still alive, like, they were supposed to have been dead for the last 65 million years at the very least.
@@M4x_P0w3r I know, I know! I've meant that the reason they appear in GF would count as sci-fi, not as supernatural. They were caught in tree resin, not brought back by a rogue necromancer -though it would be so cool if they were-
Me after watching the next-week-preview:
"Kenny has some good instincts"
This is where the show really starts to get good
It was good from episode 1.
This is where it starts to get iconic.
@@narindercatt2230 yes, but this is where it goes from good to great
@@narindercatt2230 it’s good, but I don’t think the first season aged too well in the humor department, for the most part. This seems like a nitpick, but for such a comedically-driven show, this heavily brings it down, especially when there’s yet not a lot of continuity at this point.
This episode really is where things start picking up, at least in terms of scale (both literally and metaphorically), counter-acting the humor (which does admittedly get mostly good in Season 2).
I love how Kenny is the biggest shipper of the two cops (i forgot they’re names) hes so real for that 😭
I loooooooove the fact that Stan's badass story from the beginning came true in the end
Looking at the calendar, Lett's React is going to give us a real nice Christmas present.
Maybe the truly unbelievable thing about Stan's high tale from the beginning was pterodactyl managing to grab Waddles while Gruncle stood in its way all along...
Also Old Man McGucket and Soos: eating their way out bros.
I like how Kenny is all "Call the cops!" whenever McGucket pops up
It’s funny that they’re calling dinosaurs supernatural.
Oh boi, things are about to get crazy these next coming episodes! Can't wait for next week!
Stan does make a point to say Dinosaur are not supernatural
Important geology fact: cold-water geysers exist and are powered by CO2... which is why Soos thumping the side of the geyser made it explode.
How that much CO2 was coming out of the water but no-one was suffocating is where the resuspension of disbelief occurs.
Ahhh, that actually makes some amount of sense.
Given how much they give McGucket i can't wait till that one episode
A flying monster is wreaking havoc around Gravity Falls, Waddles sabotages Grunkle Stan's "Cornicorn," Mabel initiates a search for Waddles by following a strand of red yarn, an abandoned mine hides a lost underground world, tree sap trapped an amazing number of Dinosaurs, Grunkle Stan rises to the occasion, and Old Man McGucket plays his spoons again. 18:24 That building looks like a Church, which would be a community gathering place and an indication of a town's development in the Old West.
Absolutely loving this series. Since I’m in Australia they’re always released Wednesday morning for me, makes for a good wake up
im so excited for your reactions to the following episodes
Now that I think of it, Dipper was already making photos. So he should've already developed the film.
First, you develop a film, then you project the needed frame, with light, on photo paper, then you develop the paper to get the picture.
So the film should've survived.
it always surprises me that people watched The Land Before Time as a kid because i watched once and was so scared of the dinos that i run off the run and straight up stoped watching that channel for years
He’s coming.
Finally episode 19 it begins
Next week he will arrive
IM SO EXCITED FOR BILL
can't wait to get to the big reveals, gonna be fun!
It’s not even just the heat from the geyser that would kill them. The water pressure would have ripped their skin off
14:02 (I'm not the best at explaining stuff and get off topic) Jurassic park was technically right with the not moving thing because they used frog DNA. And frog vision is based on movement and that is why they get away with it in the movie. I also like to point out at the beginning of the movie that Alan does explain that dino's are closer to birds than reptiles but a lot of people tend to overlook that and rag on the frog DNA thing about inaccuracy and stuff...... +---{sword>
AHhhh!! I'm so excited for dreamscaper.
He’s heeeeeeere….🔺👁
One more week!
I love how upset grunkle stan got when mabel stopped talking to him. ti's a real growth point where he admits to himself that he actually cares about other people. also weirdly they don't seem to care about the dinosaurs waking up. still very funny and I loved that macgucket gets out of the dinosaur... but it's very gross to think about it lol... anyway cryptogram below:
The cryptogram in the end credits reads "9-20 23-15-18-11-19 6-15-18 16-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-19!" Once decoded, it reads, "IT WORKS FOR PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGS!"
Gonna need a lot less McGucket hate, the man made one or two giant robots, never hurt anybody and certainly makes the world better by being his unique beautiful self.
Heyyy, hugs from Brazilll, Im loving those videos about gravity falls! And I just met you guys some days ago. (My english is so bad, omg
I have read posts from native English speakers, and yours makes THEM look like "they weren't burdened by an excess of schooling." (A "Firefly" reference.;)
@@Otokichi786 Thanks so much! I'm working to improve (is that the right word?) my english, but write (writin??) in another language is SO dificcult for me, I understand almost everything that you guys say, but writing ALWAYS gets me. I will keep my studies cause this comment makes me really happy!!
@@bya1721 To quote a character from "Enemy Mine," Truth is Truth.
11:30 he said this doesnt count as supernatural
16:17 and then the reference here or in the next appearance -- 17:34 yes
16:57 but...but it would follow the afterimages
18:04 should be wayy tooo -- YEP
THATS SO WEIRD THAT THEY DONT its like not researching things?
The similarities between them
8:44 the "Hehe... wow 😦"
Finally, I CANNOT wait till next tuesday!
OOOO i cant wait for season 2!! im itching for yall to get there lol
so excited for the next ep
What did Montana mean when she said she never watched Land Before Time and said "it wasn't allowed"?
Maybe a religious household that didn't believe in dinos. I knew some kids who's parents wouldn't let them sit in for the evolution chapter at school.
In the next series reaction you could react to Carmen Sandiego, it is a very good series, with an intriguing and deep story, full of action and curiosities, as well as having a very good plot!❤❤
can't wait for next episode :)
I can’t wait for the next episode where we get best character Ipss Jfwoly
Yes! Gotta love IPiss Jeffrey lol
Why are there so many fun facts commented on this video 🤣🤣🥹
there were numbers at the end
can't wait for dreamscaperers
"I like that Gruncle Stan is there, he's seeing all this crazy supernatural stuff." Right, dinosaurs. Crazy supernatural stuff that doesn't and never has existed in reality. That and all the other crazy supernatural stuff: tree sap, amber, fossilized tree resin, or 'that stuff that made Jurassic Park happen.'
Brace yourself for next episode. This is a warning ⚠️ Keep your eyes peeled going forward 👁️
😉
Stan is a badass!
Next episode, it’s gonna get weird!
React to Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts or Amphibia after Gravity Falls ends.
WATCH THE LAND BEFORE TIME PLS. It's such a fantastic movie and I haven't seen many reactions for it
Does it hold up well? I haven't watched it since I was a kid.
@TheNeilBlack the sequels not as much but the first movie is an absolute classic. Should definitely rewatch it if you have spare time
Yall should watch The Amazing World of Gumball it is very funny
Pteranodon.
Actually no one knows what they’re called because no one was alive back in dinosaur days…
Modern-day dinos arent supernatural. Just unlikely.
This episode always sort of irked me on the levels of "Loony Tune" logic. Not a bad episode by any means but it feels like it doesn't fit the internal physics of the universe I guess.
React to the land before time!!! Please!!!
You guys should react to assassination classroom or Tokyo ghoul there really good animes
Tokyo ghoul is definitely better to just read
@@vid5506just wait for the remake thats will inevitably come out
Tokyo Ghoul is not very good actually. Great manga, bad anime lol
@@freedominart11 Decent manga, bad anime.
Please watch Steven universe ❤
that old dude is mc guckett and he is an apprentice of a certain member of the pines family, you will meet him in season 2😊😊
U need to put a spoiler warning before saying this
This is one of my favorite episodes in the first season and maybe the whole series.