History Literature / GravityFallsJournal3

** Ford's entry and drawing of Wendy has her notably carrying a bag of ice, which is noted in the book from Ford's observations as well, linking her to [[spoiler:the bag of ice in the zodiac]].

* In an entry detailing the events of "The Legend Of The Gobblewonker", Dipper finds Stan’s "[=StnleyBle=]" license plate odd. It’s actually evidence of who his great uncle really is.
* Ford's entry and drawing of Wendy has her notably carrying a bag of ice, which is noted in the book from Ford's observations as well, linking her to [[spoiler:the bag of ice in the zodiac]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Inverse example: in an entry detailing the events of "The Legend Of The Gobblewonker", Dipper finds Stan’s "[=StnleyBle=]" license plate odd. It’s actually evidence of who his great uncle really is.

** A movie called [[Film/BackToTheFuture "Return Backwards To The Past Again 3"]] is mentioned.

*** Had Dipper decoded that secret message, [[spoiler: he would've had some doubts about keeping the dimensional rift a secret, and decided to tell Mabel and Grunkle Stan about said rift and what it could do. This would have prevented Weirdmageddon from happening, and Blendin wouldn't have become an outlaw]].

* KidsAreCruel: In Ford’s bio about himself, he talks about a time where he borrowed a shrunken head from the family pawn shop for show and tell. Every other kid brought a football, a football trophy or a book on football. They used them to beat Ford up after his presentation. Luckily, Stan saved him.

* BilingualBonus: Decoding the many ciphers littered throughout the book yields some interesting tidbits…

* EasterEgg: Alex Hirsch's message on the book jacket has some letters highlighted in blue. When combined, they spell out "Stay weird."

* TakeThatAudience: In the SpecialEdition, a message from Ford can be found which states that Bill would certainly not manifest as a "[[AFormYouAreMoreComfortableWith suave, well-dressed, possible British man in coattails]]", referencing a popular HeadCanon which depicts Bill as such.

* FantasticRacism: Ford engages in a bit of this when he claims that Probabilitor's elf henchman is "too good-looking to be pure elf."

* UncertainDoom: Stan’s whereabouts after obtaining Journal 1 in the "Better World" Dimension are unknown, and the Ford of that dimension doesn’t care what happened to him.

** Dipper’s drawings are like Ford’s, but less skilled due to his young age.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The book clearly has looser content restrictions than the show, allowing such things as the Author mentioning abnormalities flat-out killing people, Ford having a near total mental breakdown, stating those red stains actually are Ford's blood and Bill directly stating he was going to make Dipper commit suicide while possessing his body.

* PrecisionFStrike: Ford writes "I'll be damned if I let that demon deceive me again." in one of his journal entries. Granted, it's not exactly a ''strong'' profanity, but given that the book is based on a Disney Channel show, it still sticks out.

* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:In Blendin Blandin's secret message, after Dipper and Mabel gave him back his job, Time Baby and the entire Time Police kept on teasing Blendin for losing Globnar to two kids. It got so bad that Blandin [[DealWithTheDevil made a deal with Bill Cipher to stop the teasing]]. This unfortunately led to Bill [[DemonicPossesion possesing Blendin]] to jumpstart Weirdmageddon]].

* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Throughout the first third of the Journal, Ford referred to his assistant as [F] instead of Fiddleford, presumably to maintain some anonymity. Dipper writes his surprise that the crazed hillbilly who built the Gobblewonker and the the Author were ConnectedAllAlong.

* PlanetOfHats: A few of the dimensions Ford passed through; There was an M dimension, where everything and every one was shaped like the letter M, a gambling dimension, and so forth.

* ADayInTheLimeLight: Ford gets more focus here, expanding on his time in Gravity Falls, his adventures in the Multiverse and his relationships with Stan and the twins after his return.
** There’s also more of Fiddleford prior to his descent into madness.

* FatalFlaw: Ford's is IWorkAlone. Prior to his travels, it was his desire for fame and recognition, which results in going through with The Portal despite Fiddleford’s warnings.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: It's implied that Bill messed with Fiddleford's mind when he went through the portal, since Fiddleford was suspicious of the triangle. If it was the case, then Fiddleford was in no state of mind to fight back for thirty years.

* {{Irony}}: Ford mentions that during his travels throughout the multiverse, he ended up becoming a wanted man much like Stan is on Earth, and was sure to draw attention to the irony.

** When describing the events of "Northwest Mansion Mystery", Dipper mentions he was surprised at how decent a person Pacifica turned out to be. He then writes she "looks kind of okay in an evening dress, I guess". Then Dipper mentions that she smells nice and wonders if they had "some vibe going on," both of which are struck-out but still legible. Pacifica is also illustrated in the same angle, pose, and style as a Wendy was earlier in the book. The blacklight edition includes a poem written by Mabel where she implies she noticed the aforementioned entry [[ShipperOnDeck and advises him to "start combing [his] hair"]].

* CueCardPause: As in "Boss Mabel", the section on the Gremlobin cuts to the next page when advising that using water only makes it even scarier.

** Ford's entry on a carnival he and [F] went to had a few familiar characters in it:

*** Blind Ivan working the rides. It's implied that his encounter with [F] eventually led to his membership in the Society of the Blind Eye.

** It’s unclear if Ford would have been able to expose the Northwests for who they were before he met Bill and worked on the Portal. But if he had, things might’ve gone very differently for Pacifica.
** If Ford agreed to Fiddleford’s offer to get his research published and abandon the Portal, things would have gone ''very'' differently for them.

* FreudianExcuse: It’s heavily implied that childhood bullying for his intelligence and six fingers drove Ford to eventually be obsessed with getting fame and recognition for his work, especially after creating The Portal.

* FatalFlaw: Ford's is IWorkAlone.

* ImNotAHero: At the end of the book, Ford admits that Stan is the hero who saved the world, while he's "A hero's brother."