Gravity Falls Townsfolk / WMG

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Fiddleford "Old Man" McGucket

NOTE: Please type [=McGucket=] when writing any entry about him.

Old Man McGucket is (Even) Older Than He Looks.

Fertillia's baby in the Oregon Trail sequence of "Time Traveler's Pig" has a band-aid on the left side of its chin too.

Jossed. He is around the same age as Stan and Ford.

Old Man McGucket will be extremely important somehow.

The leaked image shows a man who looks like a younger version of him writing in one of the books. This suggest that he's a big part. Now, here are a few theories to the character in general...

He really is crazy, which is why nobody believes him when he talks about the supernatural.
He pretends to be crazy so nobody suspects him of anything.
- Jossed. Though after he regains his memory, he does continue to pretend acting insane, making it semi-confirmed.
He was driven crazy, either from years of studying the supernatural or some demonic creature or magic user did it to him to prevent him from revealing the truth about something or stopping a great evil.
- The general gist (he was driven crazy by something) is confirmed. After one too many uses of his memory erasing gun, his mental state deteriorates to how it is now.
- My little theory is that he wrote the books, and when he figured out Bill was watching him, hid them all. However, because Bill can invade the mind, the information still wasn't safe, so he used some sort of Laser-Guided Amnesia to strip himself of his memories. That's why he acts so...well, crazy. Makes the most sense to me. -I Found A Whale
  - Part Confirmed and part Jossed. McGucket didn't write the books, but he was an ally to whomever did. Whether he had any dealings with Bill has not been revealed, but he DID create a memory-erasing ray to rid his mind of the horrors he'd witnessed and used it on himself at least five times (probably more, but I only remember it being shown five times in the episode), which led to his mental deterioration.
- If you look closely at Gideon's copy of Bills page, there's a note in cursive that says "He's been in my dreams for weeks"

Old Man McGucket has something to with the book.

He made a metal creature like the Gobblewonker look real. The journal was hidden near the metal tree that also looked real.

He learned about creatures and things in the forest from all of the time he spent in Gravity Falls.
It's pretty easy to interpret him as being post-Go Mad from the Revelation. The Shapeshifter does say, "that six-fingered freak hasn't been himself in thirty years."
I support the hell out of this theory. The books have six fingers on the cover, and look at McGucket's arms! Bandaged! Could it be that possibly a few fingers were cut off? And maybe the blood spilled on Bill Cipher's page. Also, all three of the journals include blueprints that create a machine. It has to be McGucket.
McGucket most likely has (or had) six fingers on his right hand. That hand is always at least partially concealed, whether by a bandage, an alligator, or work gloves. The flashbacks to the journal writer never give a full view of his right hand, where the extra finger would be. He is the journal writer, and this is distinct from Stan's twin, if any, because the glasses are a separate symbol from the six-fingered hand on Cipher's wheel.
The laptop from the bunker says "Property of F". McGucket's first name is Fiddleford.
- Also, the presence of "Experiment #78" in the Mystery Shack and "Experiment #210" in the bunker implies the same person or persons used both places, and Stan uses a six-fingered glove to yank the portal machine's power lever down.
In "Golf Wars" the ending cryptogram says "The old man sleeping on the green, can't help but wonder what he's seen", implying that he knows more about the town than his crazy wanderings have revealed to him.
Cofirmed! A leaked screenshot on YouTube confirms he's author, with the same reddish purple robe seen in the flashback in Season 1.
- Jossed! The implication given off by that screenshot, I mean, not this WMG overall. McGucket did NOT write the journals. He did, however, work with the person who did before actively wiping his own memory repeatedly until finally breaking his own brain. Did he add stuff to the journals? Perhaps. But he is NOT the main author.
- Trolled! The "leaked screenshot" was revealed to be fake by Alex Hirsch at the November 2014 CTN Panel "Secrets of Gravity Falls" complete with an image of him pointing gleefully at the shot.

The author of the books is Old Man McGuckett.

McGuckett is the oldest known resident of Gravity Falls, so he's definitely old enough to have seen some of the strange stuff in Gravity Falls. He researched the town and discovered it's secrets. He wrote the books to warn future generations about the town and built the machine as some kind of defense system. Sometime after that, he saw something that caused him to Go Mad from the Revelation, resulting in the old lunatic we've come to know.
Not to mention the leaked picture, which shows that McGuckett writing a book, while having six fingers on one hand...
- Wasn't that picture released as a gag to screw with viewers? As in, it's not meant to be canon?
Stanley Pines — Stanford's missing twin — seems a much more logical choice. Lived in the shack, where the journals were hidden? Check. (See "The Time Traveler's Pig".) Had a previous run-in(s) with Bill? Check, please! (Look closely when Bill remembers "Stan Pines" — the person he remembers is the same face from the previous example.) Is currently MIA, probably for sinister reasons? Checkerooney. Has a brother who knows about the books and the weirdness in the shack? Check and mate.
- Close enough. The missing twin is indeed the author but he turned out to be the real Stanford Pines. Grunkle Stan is Stanley.
Jossed. McGucket didn't write the books, but he was the author's assistant.

Old Man McGucket wrote the journals.

The author is seen using advanced tech for his bunker, and also has a monster in storage.
McGucket not only runs experiments such as voice potions, but was also shown building Monster Robots.
In addition, McGucket's paranoia is similar to that of the author of the journals.
Finally, we see McGucket in the teasers for the Society of the Blind Eye episode.
Don't forget the mention of him in not one, but two separate codes, one at the end of the golf war, and one in the Disney flash game PinesQuest.
In "Society of the Blind Eye", Dipper assumes that McGucket is the author. But it turns out that McGucket was actually a scientist working for the author until his mind eraser gun erased his own memories.

Old Man McGucket

has nothing to do with the books.

A leaked image shows what appears to be a slightly younger version of Old Man McGucket writing in one of the books. However, this image was just leaked to throw the fans off. The scene either doesn't exist, or it's not canon, like being in an imagination sequence or something.

Jossed. McGucket was an assistant to the author and the founder of the Blind Eye Society, but the frequent usage of the mind wipe gun erased his memories

Old Man McGucket will work for the next season's villain

Whether it be Gideon, Bill or someone new.

Relatedly, the Society served a bigger purpose than just erasing memories.

McGukett had some idea of how it works as a result of apprenticing with the "researcher," strongly suspected to be the author of the Journals. Erasing the memories of the paranormal, in addition to soothing those who would have been troubled by it, also helped to prevent the ambient skepticism from fading, preserving the protective wall between Gravity Falls and the supernatural. The rest of the Society might not have known of this, though, either because they were never told of it or because they'd forgotten it from repeated mindwiping; McGukett himself might not have forgotten his dual purpose after using the memory-erased multiple times. With the Society no longer erasing the memories of the town's strangeness, the local disbelief in the paranormal weakens, allowing it to manifest more strongly and likely making it easier for Bill to enter the physical world.

Old Man McGuckett has met Bill before.

At the end of "Society of the Blind Eye" in the video of his memories, he does the triangle finger sign over his eye for a split second near the end.

It's possible that Bill Cipher was the thing that made McGuckett build his memory-eraser in the first place, if the "project" he worked on really was the portal.

McGuckett wrote a few of the journal entries

He knew about the journals and worked with the author. Maybe the author dictated a few through him.

The name of the author is written on the inside of McGucket's beard band-aid.

Old Man McGucket has a gold tooth...

What if gold acts as a sort of conductor for Bill's powers, and that's how he drove the poor guy insane? Stan asks about whether other people are buying gold and is apparently invested in having some himself, but he has no known reason to want to increase Bill's influence over anyone; he may think that gold and\or money acts as a ward against Bill, which is why he's so hell-bent on profits and ripping people off.

McGucket was unwittingly involved in the "Stan Pines Dead" car crash.

In the memory eraser video diary show in "The Society Of The Blind Eye", one entry shows McGucket injured and bandaged up saying "I accidentally hit another car in town today!". It's quite possible this other car was the wrecked one - in which someone identified as Stan Pines supposedly died - shown in the newspaper article Dipper & Mabel find in "Not What He Seems".

McGucket's Pointless Bandaid is what makes his beard prehensile.

...Somehow.

McGucket's hillbilly prospector thing was completely fake, and he didn't even realize it.

On one fateful day, the brain damage caused by extensive use of the memory eraser reached a critical point, and Fiddleford completely lost his memory. He tried to work out what kind of person he was by the available evidence. Someone with Fiddleford's accent, by-then shabby clothing, and long gray beard sounds a lot like a gold miner in a Warner Bros. cartoon. (Note how whenever we see the sane, pre-Society Fiddleford, his speech is an educated Deep South (American) accent, while his speech in the present time is ludicrously broad — like you'd see in a 1940s short subject.)

"Lil'" Gideon Gleeful

Gideon will be a recurring antagonist, and will either directly oppose Dipper, or keep trying to win Mabel's affection.

At the end of Episode 4, it's revealed that he also has a book, presumably also full of knowledge about the mysteries and supernatural goings on about Gravity Falls. He could probably use that to his advantage in terms of getting what he wants, which is Mabel, and would probably be on the lookout for other artifacts like the amulet.

He may also become the Big Bad.
He does return in "Little Dipper" and still tries to make Mabel his "queen".
Confirmed. He serves as the Big Bad of the first season.

Gideon isn't human.

Dipper did say "Maybe your next boyfriend will be a vampire." Now, I'm not saying he's a vampire, I have no idea what he is, but he just seems...off...

Maybe a Gnome; in "Little Dipper" he talked about making Mabel his queen.
Alternately: Gideon is a puppet. The termites attacking him, and Stan being confident in releasing them right on his wooden front porch, his absurd appearance including his height, and the observation that Buddy Gleeful is essentially a counterpoint to Stan Pines so perhaps he has strange secrets as well, such as being a more paranormal Falls expy of Geppetto.
- Quoth Bill Cypher, "Name's Bill Cypher. And I take it you're some kind of living ventriloquist dummy? Haha, just kidding, I know who you are, Gideon!"
Look closely at the star symbol on the circle-the one associated with Gideon. It's got an eye inlaid in it. It's an Elder Sign. Perhaps a clue at Gideon's true nature?
The vampire thing doesn't give support to Gideon's lack of humanity because in "The Deep End" Mabel mentioned a vampire boyfriend (She could have just dreamed it up, though).
- This Tumblr theory makes a convincing case for Gideon being a vampire, in my own opinion.

Gideon killed his parents.

Well, maybe his mom since his dad, Bud Gleeful, is alive. There's no mention of her at all.

Jossed. His mother shows up in "Little Dipper".

At some point, Gideon will capture Dipper and hold him hostage to blackmail Mabel into going out with him again.

It's the perfect scheme.Is it weird that I really want to see this? Mostly to see what Dipper would do, and also because I really want to see Mabel go absolutely nuts on that little twerp.

Nope, you're not the only one who wants to see Mabel kick his ass.
- Kind of happens in "Little Dipper", when Gideon takes both of them hostage. He seems more interested in the book once he suspects Dipper of having it though.

Gideon will make a Heel–Face Turn.

And the Mystic Amulet is going to be a Chekhov's Gun in defeating the real Big Bad of Gravity Falls.

Why does no one seem to remember that the amulet was shattered at the end of the episode?
- We remember. We also remember that he has blueprints to rebuild it. He's not guaranteed to do so—if he needs some rare ingredient, for example—but he can.

Gideon will form a League of Evil Exes.

Granted, the only other identified possible members are a bunch of Gnomes, but...

Perhaps not a league of Evil Exes, but enemies from the earlier episodes out for revenge. In addition to Gideon and the gnomes, Dipper clones #3 and #4 (Dipper did kind of kill the others), Wax Larry King's head, the Shapeshifter, Pacifa's parents, the Lilliputians, Rumble Mc Skirmish, the Love God, Blind Ivan (if he ever gets his memory back) and the Manotaurs.

Gideon's mother died.

We never see Gideon's mom, nor is she ever mentioned, but his dad has a wedding ring. If she died, it could be a reason why he's not quite right in the head.

Jossed by Little Dipper; where we see his mother vacuuming, albeit... disturbingly.

Gideon killed his mother.

Jossed.

Gideon is adopted.

It seems weird that Gideons mother is the only one afraid of him. And most parents nowadays would try to "bond" with their child. And most of the time, they completely ignore the fact that their child is is sociopath (speaking from experience).

As an alternate to the above theory, Gideon's mother is dead, but he killed her. He uses mind control on his father so he would forget. Gideon's mother knew about the amulet and didn't like how her son was becoming corrupted so she attempted to destroy it, but he killed her, possibly on accident, possibly on purpose, when she tried to destroy it.

Jossed unfortunately by Little Dipper, where we see a disheveled and old-looking woman who Gideon calls "mother." It's rather unsettling, and while he might not have killed her, maybe she wishes he would.
- He clearly has done something to her, or is at least threatening to, so we still got something here...
- Then again, it is Gideon

Gideon knows about Stan's secret room.

At the end of Little Dipper, Gideon mentions the Mystery Shack hiding a secret. This likely means the mysterious room that Stan was seen entering in episode one.

A relative of Gideon's, possibly his grandfather, co-wrote the books with Stan.

Stan and Gideon's relative were friends, as well as fans of the supernatural and the strange. Together they wrote the books containing the secrets of Gravity Falls. But at some point, Gideon's relative grew power hungry. He knew that he could use the forces of Gravity Falls to take as much power and control as he wanted. This was too corrupt even by Stan's standards, so he set to stop Gideon's relative by hiding the thing that would have given him the power. Hence why 3 has the "trust no one" message. The part about Stan not being what he seems was written by Gideon's grandfather, who assumed that Stan also wanted power. This caused a rift between the two and Stan attempted to hide the books. Gideon's relative managed to find 2, but by then he was too old and weak to do anything. He passed the book, and the legacy, on to Gideon because a child could be more easily influenced.

Jossed!

Or, alternately...

Stan is part of a secret society, as was Gideon's relative, dedicated to uncovering the secrets of Gravity Falls.

There are/were many other members and all wrote what they found. Different members had different priorities, so the different books might end up focusing on different things. Gideon's relative was obsessed with power and his book focused on how to use the things and creatures found in Gravity Falls to obtain power. Stan may or may not have helped write 3, however, whoever did help write it intended for it to be used, in part, as a guide on how to protect oneself not just from the creatures of Gravity Falls, but from whoever possessed 2 and would try to use the information for evil. The pages about trusting no one were mostly or entirely inspired by Gideon's relative. The bit about Stan not being what he seemed refer to him holding a huge secret, not necessarily that he's evil.

Jossed! Stan was nowhere at the meeting we see in the Blind Eye episode, But Gideon's father is.

Li'l Gideon is a demon.

His true name in an anagram of the one he uses. His parents are an older couple who made a deal with the devil for a child. Satan sent Gideon, and he's been manipulating them ever since.

Gideon's mom killed him.

He's a ghost how else would he know about all the crazy *** that's going down? It would also explain why Gideon's mom is kinda... well you know.

You mean her haggard appearance, obsessive repetition of mundane tasks and minimal interaction with other characters? The opposite scenario seems far more likely.
- So either she's a ghost, or... Gideon mentions that zombie raising is a hassle, indicating that he's had practice. His mother is simply an extremely well-preserved zombie (possibly resurrected within minutes of being dead).

Gideon is cursed with 7 x [however many mirrors he broke] years worth of bad luck.

Thus dooming himself to Failure Is the Only Option.

Gideon is older than he looks

He's actually Stan's contemporary, but either because of a curse or self-inflicted, he was regressed to a child, and uses his appearance to manipulate the town to do his bidding. The family he stays with is not his; he used the amulet to brainwash them into believing he was their son. Although their mother is well aware that he's not her child, she complies anyway, knowing what he's capable of (which is why she always looks so terrified). Moreover, Gideon uses his psychic persona to investigate the events surrounding Gravity Falls without arising suspicion, looking for the other books to gain enough power to rule over the town.

He does have four fingers and a thumb on each hand — adults consistently have four, children three!

Next time Stan and Gideon are alone together, they'll have a little "chat" that takes us further into the shows mysteries

Maybe something like...

Stan: You think I need to be protected from the likes of you? The secrets of this town run deeper than even you could understand. And leave Dipper and Mabel out of this, or you'll be VERY sorry.

In return for helping Gideon get the deed to the Mystery Shack, Bill was going to ask for Gideon's book.

Either for his own purposes, or to deliver it to the previously hinted at Big Bad.

Gideon's ultimate fate will be an eternity of torture from Bill

Nothing too graphic, but something pretty unpleasant.

Gideon HATES to be tickled. Bill can work with that easily.

Mrs. Gleeful is Carla "HotPants" McCorkle.

Why does she look so different? Living with Gideon has certainly not be good to her.

Gideon's mother was a victim of the Society of the Blindeye

From what we've seen of her, she seems just as damaged as Old Man McGucket; that might not be a coincidence. She too might have had her memories erased. And her name can be seen here

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Most likely Confirmed. Her memories are seen among the other memories of other citizens of the town.

Gideon was corrupted by some external force.

He's not evil on his own; some magic did that to him. His father may be somehow involved. Fits with the above WMG about his wife having memories erased; she was horrified about what happened to her son.

Since members of the Society appeared to be recruited from those who witnessed something weird and subsequently had their memories erased, Gideon's parents may have first encountered the Society after whatever happened to a young, probably infant, Gideon. They may have both been members of the Society, but eventually Gideon's mother's mind started to break down, turning her into her current neurotic mess; it was probably her erasing her memory after every tantrum the now-altered Gideon threw, since they reminded her of what had happened to her son. She no longer remembers that Gideon was altered, but his current behavior hasn't made things any easier. Bud, on the other hand, weathered the memory-erasures differently, though it's probably responsible for his apparent lack of concern regarding Gideon's volatile temper.
Confirmed! According to an invisible ink message in the special edition of Journal 3, the amulet Gideon was using corrupts the user’s soul, as well as whitens their hair.

Gideon will be a Not-So-Harmless Villain

More wishful thinking, but still...

Dipper and Gideon will exchange a "Not So Different" Remark.

Near the end of the season, Dipper and Gideon will have a battle over Book #2. Whether it be physical or mental, Gideon will bring up that he's been watching Dipper the whole time and was aware of what he did to get his crush to love him. When he compares this fact to his attempts with Mabel, Dipper will have a Heroic BSoD.

Jossed, at least for the initial WMG. Gideon does drive Dipper into a temporary BSOD, but over the fact that he can't do much without the Journal since he has no strength or (at least in Gideon's opinion) smarts.
But confirmed in "The Stanchurian Candidate". Gideon taunts Dipper and Mabel over the fact that they were willing to stoop to Mind Control to achieve their goals.

Until Gideon found Journal 2, Mr and Mrs. Gleeful were overbearing Stage Parents who exploited his charms for their own profit.

In "Blendin's Game" we see Bud using his son as an advertising gimmick for his used car lot ("Just Had A Baby Sale!"). Seems harmless enough, but what if Gideon had grown up with that sort of thing all his life, his parents constantly bossing him around and demanding he perform to "win their love"? And what if one day, Li'l Gideon found a strange book that gave him the power and knowledge to turn the tables and let him boss his parents around? Perhaps seeing the son they once used as a cash cow turned, perhaps even violently, against them was even what drove the Gleefuls to turn to the Society of the Blind Eye...

Gideon gives the Agents information on Stan in order to get out of prison in exchange

In the preview for the episode "Not What He Seems" they seem to know quite a bit about Stan

As a young child, Gideon was bullied

Every kid on the playground found something wrong with Gideon, from his white hair, to his love for the sparkle in life. It eventually left him bitter and lonely, but there wasn't much he could do about it, until one day he was playing alone in the woods and he came across the journal, and became corrupted by the power it offered. He decided would make all those people love him, even if he had to use a 'widdle' force.

After breaking out of prison

, Gideon will break into the underground lab...Only to discover that his "gateway to unimaginable power" had already been dismantled.

Jossed. He's got bigger fish to fry, or at least a bigger fishbowl to guard.

Gideon has albinism

That's why he has white hair and pale skin.

Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland

Sheriff Blubs was actually a competent cop before he came to Gravity Falls

Deputy Durland is using some kind of device on him that makes him more incompetent. After all Santa personally chose him to investigate the Quentin Trembley conspiracy. Deputy Durland who can't even read is always with him.

Sort of confirmed, but it's the Society of the Blind Eye, not Durland, using any kind of device on him.

Blubs and Durland are a gay couple.

The subtext may be unintentional but it's becoming quite blatant.

"With you, every day is a dream." They're attracted to each other; by now it's not subtext, it's text.
However, when answering questions on reddit, Hirsch claimed that no characters are officially gay due to any potential controversy.
Pretty much confirmed with the series finale.

Deputy Durland has a fatal brain disease.

Fans like to point him and Sheriff Blubs as a source of Ho Yay, but Blubs seems a little too gentle for them to even be lovers. I think it's more likely that Durland has some sort of fatal illness, like possibly a brain tumor which is why he can't read and he's so stupid. It also explains why Blubs says sentimental things to him so often, like "With you, everyday is a dream," and why they allow themselves to get so distracted. They are trying to value every moment Durland has left.

The message "The handyman knows more than you think" wasn't referring to Soos.

It was referring to Stan's previous handyman, Deputy Durland.

Durland is very, very stupid, which makes his current job unusual. It's possible that his memory was erased so many times that it had a disastrous effect on his intelligence, but that his lost memories - presumably in a tube with all the others - might hold the information referred to by the code. Since he was Stan's handyman, he may have witnessed something involving Stan's project, and had his memories of the event erased; Stan, realizing that Durland had seen something but that he'd somehow "forgotten" having seen it, fired Durland anyway, just to be safe.

Blubs and Durland know about the paranormal activity, and may be covering it up.

What if this whole time they had been Obfuscating Stupidity? Or more likely, they really are as dumb as they look, but nevertheless they are still hiding what they really know. We already know that the federal government ordered them to cover up Quentin Trembley's existence, and there is (or used to be) a secret Society of the Blindeye that acted as amateur Men in Black.

Blubs and Durland will become more competent officers in the future

It's heavily implied that their incompetence is due to the Society of the Blind Eye erasing their memories of the supernatural, not only preventing them from dealing with supernatural threats, but making them very stupid. Since McGucket is regaining his sanity, Blubs and Durland will regain some cognitive function, and start helping Dipper deal with the supernatural]].

Candy and Grenda

Grenda and Candy will become Sixth Rangers to Dipper and Mabel.

Obviously, they won't appear in every episode but the episodes where they appear will have them help out in some way.

On that note...
Half-Jossed. Grenda provides major assists in "Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons" and "The Last Mabelcorn." Candy poses a problem in "Roadside Attraction" but that's about it.

Candy and Grenda are vampires.

They only appear in two episodes: "Double Dipper" and "Summerween". Both episodes took place at night. Coincidence?

Jossed. They also appear in "Carpet Diem", "Boyz Crazy," "Gideon Rises," "Sock Opera," and "Blendin's Game" which both have scenes featuring the two that take place in the day.

Candy Chiu has a crush on Dipper

She is seen clinging to him in Summerween, and in Carpet Diem she chooses to switch bodies with him.

Confirmed! Mabel has her with Dipper in her future matchmaking special.

Grenda is transsexual.

She identifies as female but is biologically male, hence her deep voice.

Or she's just a big girl with a deep voice who values her femininity.
In one episode she mentions her voice used to be higher before it changed much like a boy's would at puberty, and in another, Soos switches body with Grenda and comments "This body isn't that different from my old one".
- Girls' voices change at puberty, same as boys' do. It's just (usually) less noticeable.
However, the fact that Hirsch doubts Disney will allow him to to even add a gay character on kids' TV makes this seem unlikely.
- Nothing in the series suggests Grenda is trans other than her voice (and "female character with male voice actor" is a standard joke, cf. Bob's Burgers and Muppet Treasure Island). If Alex Hirsch intended this, it'd be fairly easy to sneak it in through the show and then make it canon in alternate publication. Of course, that would mean all of the jokes about Grenda's masculine appearance would instantly go from "a little mean" to "viciously transphobic," so it's probably better this way.

Grenda is, or is descended from, a supernatural being.

Bipper calls her a monster. It's weird, because she's the only person Bill has ever seemed to personally dislike without them being connected to his plans somehow; she has no idea who he is and he's never properly met her before (at least as far as we know). "Grenda" is also a weird name for a girl, even in Gravity Falls... and it's suspiciously similar to Grendel, the famous man-eater from Beowulf...

Gorney, from "Summerween" is Grenda's little brother.

Think about it. When Gorney was supposedly eaten by the Summerween Trickster, she was the only one who said his name. Luckily, Gorney was all right in the end.

I'm not sure. She yells his name once, yes, but she wasn't really that broken up about it afterwards. If that was her little brother she just saw get eaten by a monster, she probably would have flown into a rage and tried to him or fainted on the spot.
Really, anyone should have freaked out significantly more than the cast did upon seeing a small child eaten alive in front of them. Plot dictates that everyone keep their cool enough to go trick-or-treating. But Grenda was significantly more freaked out by the Trickster's attack on Gorney than anyone else was. They also both have unusual 'G' names and voices that don't match their apparent genders.

Candy and Grenda's relationship is supposed to mirror Dipper and Mabel's

Candy is the "idea girl" whereas Grenda is more impulsive
being inseperable, they often comfort and protect one another

Grenda has unusually early-appearing Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

This condition usually manifests in the late teens, not at age twelve, but can cause weight gain, spots, and symptoms of male puberty such as a deep voice.

Robbie Valentino

Robbie has one of the books

It would definitely explain how he was able to create that mind control song in the first place.

Is that what happened? I thought he just took it off of the Internet or something. Like Stan said, "Music has subliminal messages all the time."
He does mumbles "hope this works" when he takes the CD out of the evil-looking CD case, and the look he gives right after that should indicate he knows, or at least suspects, what the song will do to Wendy. Let's also consider that the CD case does have a cobweb, so we can deduce the following: IF Robbie does have one of the books, then he might have read of the location of the CD case and what was the use of the CD it contains; therefore, he used the knowledge in the book to locate and retrieve the case and then he hurried to have Wendy hear it.
- "Hope this works" could just as easily mean "I hope thinking I wrote a song for her will convince Wendy to give me another chance". Who knows, maybe the place he got it from advertised it as "the ultimate way to win back your girl".
  - Eh, it seems more like he made it specifically for Wendy. If you listen to the beginning of the song when Dipper plays it backwards, you hear "Listen to me, Wendy".
  - Or maybe, the book had instructions on how to do it, only he inserted his own words in?
Did the subliminals in the song even work? Wendy didn't look like she was shaking off mind control when Dipper played the message forwards, she was just upset that Robbie's seemingly romantic gesture was actually a sleazy trick. And adding a backwards vocal track to a song wouldn't be hard for a kid with his own band, there's no need for it to be supernatural.
Jossed! Dipper has book 3, Stan has books 1 and 2 which he stole from Gideon.

Robbie is half vampire/a dhampir.

He's pale, he's goth, there's weird little vampire references around him (the Dusk 2 Dawn convenience store, a reference to From Dusk Till Dawn), his last initial he uses for his band is V, in The Inconveniencing, his skeleton reflection is wearing his stitched-heart hoodie but there's no blood dripping from the heart. And it would explain why he tried to use mind-control to convince Wendy to take him back: he took a page from his vampire parent's book and tried to use hypnosis to seduce her. Even the little red marks on his chin might be a vampire bite, assuming they're not just ordinary zits.

A vampire usually doesn't have a reflection in a mirror. Robbie does have a reflection, ''but it doesn't reverse’'.

Robbie is a Zombie.

The undead are often mistaken for Teenagers.
- And why is that? Because of their bad skin and attitude, both of which he definitely has.
He is the only teen besides Wendy who isn't transformed or imprisoned by the ghosts.
The broken heart symbol on his shirt can be seen in the Book that appears in the credits.
- I see what you did there.
If you pay attention to the graffiti in Thompson's car, one of them reads "Zombies Rule!"
In Fight Fighters, Robbie's band is called The Tombstones and their song is called You're Dead.
In the Summerwean Trickster it is mentioned by Wendy that Robbie ate a single piece of candy and got sick—Maybe because it wasn't flesh?
- Actually it was because he ate the lollipop stick. Still support this theory though.
The Love God shows that his parents run a mortuary. There aren't many professions more zombie-friendly than mortician. I would point out, though, that Robbie doesn't seem to have much in common with the living dead that we've seen on the show so far.
Word of God said that there is a reason for not disclosing the last name of Robbie past the letter V, so I think that it stands for Vampire. This fits his appearance better than a zombie, but so far there has been no mention of vampires(except for Mabel's boyfriend), although the bleeding heart suggests vampire as well.
- Jossed in "The Love God". His last name is Valentino, which fits perfectly with his heart motif.
- In support of the vampire argument, someone online suggested he was originally bitten by a blind vampire who missed his neck. The red spots on his chin are therefore his bite scar.
A fan from the SDCC 2014 panel mentioned that in "The Inconveniencing", when Dipper looked into the convenience store door, all the kids were turned into skeletons except for Robbie. Mr. Hirsch acted a little suspiciously to that question.
- Maybe because Robbie totally DID appear as a skeleton◊ in that scene.

Robbie has a very difficult home life.

Maybe he's had a Hilariously Abusive Childhood, something that may or may not serve as a Freudian Excuse that explains why he's such a jerkass, and is so fiercely defensive about Wendy when it comes to Dipper's interest in her.

Jossed in "The Love God". His parents are, shall we say, the polar opposite of him in terms of personality.

Robbie's parents are major league Stepford Smilers.

It's the only way they know how to cope with being constantly surrounded by death. Alternatively...

Robbies parents are complete sociopaths.

They are in no way affected by the idea of death and feel no sympathy or grief when faced with it.

Being a mortician doesn't make you a sociopath. (It can take away your ability to recognize what topics are inappropriate for dinner conversation, though.)

Robbie is related to Stan Pines in some way

Assuming that Bill's Zodiac thing has to do with Stan, it's strange that Robbie's broken heart on his hoodie is on the wheel. Considering that Stan in 'Little Gift Shop of Horrors' implies that he may be a deadbeat dad, maybe she left him for another man. Fast forward 30 years and their son or daughter got married and have a son of their own. So Stan may have a grandson he either doesn't know about or doesn't want to know about.

The part about him being Stan's grandson is jossed: Alex has confirmed that Stan is actually childless. Additionally, the zodiac wheel doesn't necessarily have to do with Stan or the Pines family, since Gideon, Pacifica, Wendy, McGucket, and Soos were involved in it as well.

Even without the Love Potion, Tambry and Robbie would have fallen in love with each other eventually

Implied in the real life tie-in novel Journal 3. The love potion causes the people involved to only be in love for 3 hours - anything longer, and it means they really were in love. Whether or not that means they would've gotten together on their own is unknown, though.

Robbie will become more important to the plot later.

When you look at the symbols surrounding Bill Cipher

one of the symbols is the stitched -up heart on the front of Robbie's hoodie.

Confirmed/Jossed. Robbie is one of the twelve chosen ones needed to use the Zodiac, and was thus supposed to be vitally important to stopping Bill. Unfortunately, Stan botches the ritual and it's all for nothing.

Robbie is both part-zombie and part-vampire

Because why not?

All of Robbie's band members are undeads of some kind

Robbie has swinophobia (fear of pigs)

That's why he was so terrified of Waddles in The Time Traveler's Pig.

There's probably a reason why his middle name is Stacey

.In the episode "The Love God", we learn that his middle name is Stacey. My guess is that Stacey was what his parents were planning on naming him if he were born female. It's an uncommon practice, sure, but knowing Robbie's parents..

Pacifica Northwest and her Family

Pacifica's father is one of the theorized remaining members of the Society of the Blind eye

He seems to know enough about the paranormal activity to know that a hundred year old curse would turn out to be true, and knowing the exact person to help him.But the real theory is that he decided to let the rest of the members of the society get their minds wiped, so he could latter use Dipper's paranormal know how to solve his upcoming problem. Now think about what what he told Pacifica after Dipper caught the Lumberjack. He said "You found the right person for the job", but it wasn't her idea it was his very own. Something is not quite right about that.

Pacifica's parents are the Big Bads of the show.

They will take revenge upon Dipper for exposing their secret to their daughter and letting commeners into their party and there will be a big TV movie about it.

JOSSED big time thanks to Bill.

Pacifica would have taken good care of Waddles.

Mabel, Waddles, and the audience just assume Pacifica would mistreat or eat Waddles because we know her as an Alpha***, but we don't know that for sure. It's entirely possible Pacifica thought Waddles was cute and wanted a pet, just like Mabel, but didn't try to win him at that moment because she didn't want her friends to know she likes "ugly" or "dirty" farm animals. So at some point in Pacifica got away from her friends and went to win Waddles, but since Mabel got him she got a chicken instead. Both Waddles and the chicken don't like her, implying it's because she's evil, but she could just have bad luck with animals.

Pacifica will team up with Gideon.

Pacifica could be considered Mabel's Sitcom Arch-Nemesis, while Gideon is one to Dipper (Although less sitcom-y, with all this attempted murder and stuff). Of course this would take some Motive Decay for Gideon to team up with Mabel's enemy, but hey - dude's crazy. He and Pacifica can even start a relationship - two rich sociopathic narcissists.

Jossed, now that Gideon is in jail.
- Doubly Jossed, now that Pacifica has had a Heel Realization
  - Possibly unjossed, as so too has Gideon.

Double Pacifica.

When Wendy is waiting for the bathroom, we see Pacifica still on the dance floor, but then Pacifica comes out of the bathroom. This isn't a continuity error. Pacifica found and used the copier, and the Pacifica that came out of the bathroom was a clone. Note how she has duller colours than normal.

Wouldn't she melt from the urine or hand washing?
- She could have just been re-applying make-up.

The Northwest family has a history of constipation problems.

This is why Pacifica was looking so frustrated when she came out of the bathroom. It's also the reason why her forefather tried eating a tree - He was desperate for a source of more fiber.

(The Double Pacifica theory fits into this, with one small modification: It was the real Pacifica who went to the bathroom. She knew that she might have to spend some time there, so she made a clone of herself to keep people's attention on the dance floor)

She may have looked frustrated because of the situation her parents put her in to always be the best. But then again at this time she was just another flat character, which leaves me confused.
- Pacifica doesn't need a fleshed out backstory to be pissed off that she's losing the dance competition to the new girl in town.

Pacifica might team up with the Pines Siblings.

How many episodes, I am not sure.

Confirmed!

Pacifica isn't friends with Tiffany anymore.

Whichever one of her friends Tiffany is, she fell out with Pacifica over that text the Lilliputtians sent from Pacifica's phone.

The Northwest family knows about Gravity Falls' secrets.

We know virtually nothing about Pacifica's mom or dad, other than the fact that she was related to Nathaniel Northwest (who didn't even found the town). Plus, Alex Hirsch has said that Pacifica will get more development in S2. Maybe this ties into it.

One of the most curious facts of the last episode is that the family knew for a fact that the events of the episode would happen, and the curse had been passed throughout their family for generations and they believed it. This may hint that this theory is true (in some way at least).
There's also the fact that they had a copy of The Gravity Falls Inquirer, clearly a reference to The National Inquirer. It seems out of character for someone like Preston Northwest(on) to read a paper like that, unless of course he's trying to keep abreast of all the strange happenings in town without having to investigate them personally. (What normal newspaper would print a picture of a tween using a taser on what looks like a baby pterodactyl while two cops cowered in the background?)

Pacifica wil become some sort of woobie after Northwest Mystery Manor

Confirmed, and it boy does it work.

Pacifica will stand up to her parents or Dipper will

The first is YMMV, but the second is confirmed with extreme prejudice at the finale of the episode. Not only does Pacifica stand for herself, but the faintest traces of a new relationship may just be starting to show.

Pacifica kept the lumberjack ghost's axe

Perhaps it has special properties that would be useful against Bill Cipher or The Fair Folk?
- Two axe-wielding ActionGirls? Damn, now I wanna see this.

Pacifica's memories about what the bell means have been erased

All she remembers is that she feels terrible and scared when she hears it, but doesn't know why. Her father deleted the memory so he could have something to control her with, without being completely emotionally crippled. We do see a tube with her name on it in Society of the Blind Eye. Warning: getting into really dark territory: Preston and his wife went above and beyond the usual levels of abuse to give her a Pavlovian response, then they all wiped their brains save for the bell ringing, because they knew buying their way out would be more money than it was worth.

I don't think they would go that far. Not out of moral obligation but because it's too messy, and just too dark for Disney. There are plenty of other things that can induce terror. A good shock collar works. It ties in with the whole dog metaphor, since they are basically training her like a poodle, and shocking her when she acts out of line.

Pacifica will help in the search for the Author

There will be an entire episode based around this concept which will go as follows. Pacifica invites Mabel and Dipper over to her house while her parents are away at some important function. While Mabel is enjoying everything in the house Pacifica will ask Dipper about the Journal and he will tell her about his search for the Author, specifically mentioning his six fingers. She will take Dipper to a hidden archive of every secret in Gravity Falls that the Northwests have gathered throughout the years. While looking through it Pacifica will find a record of a six fingered man visiting the Northwest manor to question them about a being called Bill Cipher. Dipper will have an Oh, Crap! moment where he explains to Pacifica why Bill is bad news. A search for further answers will reveal that Pacifica's ancestor made a deal with Bill that let his family to come to power in the first place. There will be another confrontation with Bill where he makes a vague comment about Stan before leaving. The humor in this episode will be about Mabel having fun with everything in the manor and Pacifica trying to flirt with Dipper while they're in the archive.

we will likely see her as a key character before the end of the series, since she is now being associated with llama symbolism apparently. This could tie into this theory.
Alternate scenario, it's Mabel that has an Oh, Crap! reaction to the tapestry, prompting Pacifica to proclaim that she never really cared it and that she doesn't see the big deal, which in turn causes Dipper to show her Bill's page as well as what has Mabel so freaked. Upon hearing this Pacifica has a minor Heroic BSoD about the fact that her family somehow got worse.
Likely something like this may happen on the next episode "Not What he Seems" the night after the party.
- Jossed. Pacifica doesn't appear in the episode.

Nathaniel Northwest made a deal with Bill Cipher

"Irrational Treasure" makes it clear that Nathaniel Northwest was chosen by the US Government to replace Quentin Trembley as founder of Gravity Falls, as part of the conspiracy to Unperson Trembley. But why would the Government pick a "waste-shoveling village idiot" as town founder? They could have picked anyone in the whole wide world, why the local embarrassment? This, combined with the Tapestry seen in "Northwest Mansion Mystery" suggests that there is more to the Northwest family than has been seen. Perhaps Nathaniel made a deal with Bill to become rich and respected, in exchange for a whole bloodline of worshippers.

Bill does seem to have some kind of special hate-on for Preston; previously whenever he did something that unholy (the deer teeth, the screaming head) he reversed it immediately. Some kind of previous relationship with Nathaniel Northwest would certainly explain it.

The Northwest family and The Author are lifelong enemies

.Both parties have some connection to Bill Cipher. Stan's brother broke away after seeing Bill for what he really was, while the Northwests tried to continue Bill's "fine work". This could have been anything from trapping Stan's brother in the machine to funding the society of the Blind Eye.

Preston Northwest is the "he" in The Author's last message

.When Dipper found Journal 3, a message he found stated, "Unfortunately, my suspicions have been confirmed. I'm being watched. I must hide this book before He finds it." The author Stan's brother did his research on behalf of Bill Cipher, who promised him great knowledge. When Bill turned out to be a fraud, Stan's brother axed the project. Unfortunately, Bill had a follower in Preston Northwest, who would do anything for personal gain. The Author thus hid the Journals from him, then vanished into the portal on purpose so Preston Northwest would never find the Journals. But now that Stan's brother has returned, it is only a matter of time before Preston is able to get the Journals for his master once again...

Jossed. Preston has no idea who Bill is when Bill starts Weirdmegeddon and takes over Gravity Falls.

Preston will play a role in Bill Cipher's rise.

Preston's tapestry of Bill is a sure sign he is a follower of him. Considering the Northwest family history of duplicity, they were obviously kindred spirits. Preston has proved to be so selfish and cruel, he would let his party guests die rather than follow through on a promise. He will do anything for power including working with Bill. And Pacifica, who is apparently the llama on the Bill Cipher wheel, may end up as his sacrifice.

Completely Jossed. Preston talks to Bill like the two of them are complete strangers, and Bill doesn't give any indication of knowing Preston other than the unusually cruel torment he inflicts on him.

Pacifica was raised to worship Bill Cipher.

Just a theory from that tapestry in the Northwest house. However, once she meets Bill, she won't like his plans at all, and complete her Heel–Face Turn.

Jossed. Pacifica's reaction to Bill isn't notably different from anyone else's. When Preston tries to make a deal with Bill, he acts like he's never seen or heard of Bill before, making it virtually impossible that he's a worshiper.
- Not exactly jossed. Bill shuffling the function of every hole in Preston's face is not the first time Bill repaid succumbing to pride (since Pride is the overarching Big Bad of Gravity Falls, and Bill is implied to be an embodiment of pride) by being a total jackass. When Dipper agreed to make a deal with Bill, the latter pulled a Grand Theft Me. Pacifica's reaction most likely stems from her character development. If she knew their parents were jackasses, then she could only assume Bill himself is a jackass and sever all ties with him.

We're going to be dealing with Ship Tease with Dipper and Pacifica for the rest of the season, or longer.

Because Alex Hirsch is a Trolling Creator, and ever since "Northwest Manor Noir" over 50% of the fan base is pro-Dipcifica, Alex is going to have a lot of fun toying with us.

But now that this theory has been made, Alex knows we've seen it coming and he won't do it.
Or maybe he will do it because that's what we'll be expecting.
GET HIM OUT OF MY HEAD!!!

The Northwest Family save Pacifica are suffering an Ironic Hell.

They may have escaped justice in life, but the afterlife is another story. The gates of heaven are forever closed to them but Hell's Gate are always open; releasing endless hordes of the damned, demons, and other various hellspawn on these jackasses. And Preston and his wife will be joining them very soon.

Pacifica will convince Dipper to forgive Stan and Mabel.

The second part of season 2 will involve Dipper unable to trust Stan and Mabel over the former's lies and the latter choosing Stan over him when the portal needed to be shut down. Pacifica, upset over Dipper's anger, will remind Dipper, with some castigation thrown in, of how good Stan and Mabel are compared to her own parents, and about if he could forgive her for lying, he could forgive his own family.

Dipper: My own family lied to me, why should I-

Pacifica: So what? I lied to you, but does that mean you shouldn't have forgiven me?

Dipper: That's different, your parents made you-

Pacifica: YES! I felt I had to. Maybe your Grunkle thought he had to lie in order to rescue his brother. Sure your sister chose Stan over you, but that's because she cared about you and him, and that would be like deciding between a dog or cat if you wanted a pet. One might get a home, but that only means the other will be heartbroken.

Dipper: (chuckles)

Pacifica: My parents only care about how I look in front of an audience. (looks down and sighs sadly) Your family loves you. Stan wouldn't have let you stay at his cabin if he didn't want you around, and he's done everything to get you trust him again. You and Mabel are like a team. You both found out my family was a fraud. (she narrows her eyes) If you don't want to be around them fine, but don't expect everyone to care, because the world doesn't revolve around you and your anger!

Jossed. Dipper immediatedly forgives Stan when he finds out he did everything for his brother, and never even is sore with Mabel for not listening to him.
- At least someone made a rather heartwarming scene out of this theory.

The Northwest family once worshiped Bill Cipher, but the practice has since died out.

The house is filled with hunting trophies, but Preston doesn't look like the type who hunts, he looks like the type who keeps hunting trophies around so it looks like he's a big-game hunter. The tapestry of Bill is a similar trophy of an earlier time, and while the Northwests did once deal with Bill, it's long since ceased to be anything more than "kooky old family traditions." In his debut episode, Bill mentioned that he'd been "away" for a long time, and in the interim, things became modern and the Northwests became filthy rich, and likely just stopped believing in all that old-timey nonsense. They believed in the lumberjack's curse because they were actively being haunted by it, but with Bill unable to affect Gravity Falls, belief in him waned and the Northwests forgot about him.

The Northwest family opposed Bill Cipher.

The tapestry in their house appears to have figures worshiping trees, with a giant Bill Cipher looming over them and skulls below the earth. The first thing the Northwest family did was apparently contract a bunch of "lumberfolk" to build them a massive house on the hill, cutting down a bunch of trees and resulting in the deaths of many lumberjacks; they were also likely behind the push to expand the town, requiring the cutting-down of more trees to clear space for new buildings. The tapestry is a warning to or from the Northwest family, telling of a horrible future wherein the lumberfolk call down the wrath of their "god," Bill Cipher, and engulf the world in flame; to prevent this, the Northwests got the jump on the lumberfolk by clear-cutting large swathes of land and reducing their numbers through work-related death. Unfortunately, like Lord Shen, the Northwests created a self-fulfilling prophecy, bringing about the very circumstances that angered the lumberfolk enough to, eventually, lead to Bill Cipher's Armageddon.

The tapestry in the Northwest mansion was foretelling the events of the episode.

It shows people cowering, surrounded by trees and fire, with bones underneath them and Bill Cipher above them. In the episode, the lumberjack ghost causes the wood of the mansion to start growing leaves and branches as he attacks the guests, spurred by the Northwest mistreatment that resulted in many lumberjack deaths, with the lumberjacks apparently buried below the hill on which the mansion's built. During both of the ghost's main manifestations, he appears from a fireplace, with flames going everywhere and tinting everything red. The only thing the tapestry had that the episode lacked was Bill Cipher's presence, but then you realize that he can see through images of him, like the one in the tapestry...

The tapestry also works metaphorically — the protagonists are focused on dealing with the fiery ghost, while the return of Bill Cipher looms over their heads unheeded.
- It may also have to do with the fact this episode focuses on the Pride of the Northwests and how Pacifica lets go of this pride and becomes a better person. That is, if you believe the "Bill Cipher is an embodiment of Pride" theory.

The Author will try to get into Northwest Manor because of their connection to Bill

He knew there was something off about them before his disappearance and tried to investigate them but Mr. Northwest refused him, not wanting any of the Dark Secrets of the Northwest family to get out. Discovering that Dipper and Mabel are close to Pacifica he will convince them to get her help in entering so he can look around. There will be a confrontation with Bill where he reveals his role in bringing the Northwest family to prominence and the Author will be faced with a Friend-or-Idol Decision in regards to information that can help him combat Bill. He chooses to save the knowledge over helping the kids, which will lead to a confrontation with Stan.

Jossed. The Author has never shown any interest in the Northwest family.

When Pacifica makes her first appearance since "Northwest Mansion Mystery" we find out she's been grounded that whole time

Honestly, considering just how cruel the Northwest family was revealed to be, and exactly what sort of man her father really is. If she has only been grounded, then its probably closer to a miracle than a punishment.

Pacifica really is represented by the Llama on the Cipher Wheel.

Having apparently become tentative friends with Mable and Fire-Forged Friends (possibly more) with Dipper, it's entirely possible that the girls might do what twelve-year-old girls often do; exchange tokens of friendship. Mable might end up giving Pacifica her llama sweater, which Pacifica could be seen in often afterwords.

Confirmed. A promo for the show's finale shows her wearing Mabel's llama sweater.

Preston will be the Big Bad of Season 3

If he survives the Body Horror Bill inflicted on him, he will become A Nazi by Any Other Name by hunting down and killing any supernatural beings.

Jossed as Alex Hirsch confirmed on his blog that Season 2 will be the last season of Gravity Falls.

Preston will devote the rest of his life and his after life to recovering Northwest Manor

There's probably some fine print on the contract he and McGucket signed when the latter bought the manor.

Society Of the Blind Eye

The Society of the Blind Eye will return in some form.

In "Search for the BlindEye": Maybe the main characters didn't notice in the heat of the moment (or simply "forgot"), but the audience can clearly see ten robed members of the society doing their duties. At the end of the episode, we see seven of the revealed members leave the museum after getting their memories wiped - what happened to the unaccounted three? Did they flee in the midst of the action, or were they simply on the other side of the column when they were ironically tied down? Either way, one must admit it is highly unusual for the series' animators to forget such a detail unless there were time contraints or other development pressures involved, so perhaps the remaining members of the Blind Eye will be important in the future.

I'm not sure about the third one, but is it possible that two of those members were our FBI friends? After all, we saw them in disguise at the end of the Northwest Mystery Mansion.
Given that Dipper swiped their memory-eraser, it would be in a very different form. However, it's worth noting that at the end of the series, the whole town has come to a mutual agreement to pretend it all never happened. Could definitely be the remnants of the Society working through social engineering instead of technology.

Relatedly, the Society served a bigger purpose than just erasing memories.

By erasing peoples' memories of the paranormal, they enforced a Consensus-style skepticism that prevented the supernatural from gaining more of a foothold. Lack of belief prevents the paranormal from manifesting, or robs them of their power, which is why it generally shows up around the main cast, who either believe in the paranormal, know about it, or are open-minded enough to believe. When others get pulled in, like Wendy, Robbie, and Pacifica, it's because their interaction with the main cast has 'contaminated' them, weakening the ambient skepticism around them until the paranormal can manifest for them directly. In some cases, those "others" might have already have been well aware of the supernatural: Pacifica not only witnessed the hauntings in Northwest Manor Noir, but knew about the lumberjack ghost and his curse and clearly believed it, while Wendy may or may not be linked to the "lumberfolk" through her lumberjack family and Robbie is theorized to be a vampire.

McGukett had some idea of how it works as a result of apprenticing with the "researcher," strongly suspected to be the author of the Journals. Erasing the memories of the paranormal, in addition to soothing those who would have been troubled by it, also helped to prevent the ambient skepticism from fading, preserving the protective wall between Gravity Falls and the supernatural. The rest of the Society might not have known of this, though, either because they were never told of it or because they'd forgotten it from repeated mindwiping; McGukett himself might have forgotten his dual purpose after using the memory-eraser multiple times. With the Society no longer erasing the memories of the town's strangeness, the local disbelief in the paranormal weakens, allowing it to manifest more strongly and likely making it easier for Bill to enter the physical world.

The Society's destruction will play into Bill's hands

Looking at the ending card for "Sock Opera", "Abnormal soon will be the norm". Without the Society to erase people's memories, Gravity Falls will start to remember more of the paranormal incidents, making the abnormal "the norm". Perhaps this is what Bill wants; a population willing to believe in things like him.

The Masquerade surrounding the town will begin to fall apart.

With the Society of the Blind Eye gone, there may not be anyone left to erase memories...

Plus, the federal government is now involved, as Agents Powers and Trigger have been seen throughout Season 2; Gravity Falls was apparently a place of interest, and if no-one's erasing memories anymore, there might soon be quite a few witnesses who can fill them in on the weirdness in town.
- Confirmed in "Northwest Mansion Mystery". The Gravity Falls Gossiper shows a picture of Dipper tasing a giant vampire bat, something that never would have been shown when the Society was still in power.

"The Blind Eye" is the name of a secret society behind all the mysteries at Gravity Falls

If not the WORLD

When the message said "Search for the Blind Eye" it means that next seasons going to lead up to finding the members of said secret society.
One of the cryptograms in the Rumble's Revenge game (note that these cryptograms foreshadowed Bill's appearance and certain events of the season finale) says that there is a secret society in Gravity Falls.
Its been shown that Bill's Image has been present in every episode, and its been theorized that these images allow him to spy on the physical realm. What if The Blind Eye is named such because they aim to fight against Bill's evil?
- As someone else who had the same thought, it may also be significant that Stan sometimes wears an eyepatch, which makes him "Blind" in one eye.
  - Maybe this means he's no longer a member/a part time member
The name of the secret society has been more or less confirmed by the puzzles at the end of the "Dippers guide to the unexplained" webisodes. These revel a big picture of a crossed out eye that looks exactly like Bill's, and lead to a cipher that say's "I WAS SO BLIND. HE LIED TO ME. THE DARKNESS IS NEAR."
Jossed. It's a society that erases the memories of anyone who sees oddities and reports about them, and doesn't appear to hold actual connections with any of the creatures.

Members of the Secret Society.

With all the WMGs about secret societies, it's about time we try to figure out who the members are.

Grunkle Stan. Maybe he's collecting the books for the society. (Jossed.)
Old Man McGucket. (Confirmed! He was the founder)
Soos. (Jossed.)
Quentin Trembley. (Jossed, the Society is only a few decades old at most)
The unseen, unnamed man in "Irrational Treasure".

The goal(s) of the Secret Society.

Playing off the above, if the Secret Society exists, why do they exist?

To control the world.
To hide the supernatural.
- Confirmed! Their entire MO is erasing any memories of the supernatural that the citizens of Gravity Falls may have.
To protect the world from more sinister supernatural forces like Bill.
To release Bill Cipher into the material plane.
To keep Bill Cipher out of the material plane.
In "Society of the Blind Eye", we learn that they cover up the supernatural by wiping the memories of witnesses. However they didn't seem to be malevolent, besides kidnapping people and wiping their memories by force.
I don't think it was even by force, as I seem to recall that whoever they brought in for the procedure wanted to be rid of the memories.

Blind Ivan took a voice potion similar to the one used in Voice Over.

That's how he got his 'creepy British accent'. His original voice - whatever it sounded like - wasn't suave or dramatic enough.

Others

The whole town is in on it.

The whole town, or most of Gravity Falls knows about at least some of the supernatural occurrences:

Manly Dan apparently knows about the Manotaurs.
Wendy's friends don't seem to go ballistic over the idea that ghosts exist. They canonically know about the existence of ghosts now.
Old Man McGucket probably had to see the Gobblewonker to make a robot look so close to the real deal. He also might know about living wax figures.
Gideon has the second volume.
Gideon's dad probably knew about Gideon's abilities.
Grunkle Stan we all know is in on something.
Soos apparently is aware on some level.

Toby's tap-dancing dream would've gone somewhere

He would've been a hit on Broadway as Toby "The Razz Dazzler" Determined and would've been married to star reporter, Shandra Jimenez. And it would've happened if Mabel didn't tell the practicing Past Toby the dream went nowhere.

There is an unspoken agreement among the town's residents not to discuss the things that go on there.

A lot of the people in the town seem aware that paranormal things happen, but most don't make them out to be a big deal. But Dipper, an outsider, reacts to these things with surprise, indicating that people outside the town aren't aware of those things. For whatever reason, the townsfolk have decided not to make a big deal about these things to the rest of the world. Maybe out of some sort of respect for the supernatural, or they don't want people crowding over and messing things up.

Jossed for most of the series; the Society of the Blind Eye is going around erasing people's memories of weirdness. But Confirmed as the new status quo after "Take Back the Falls."

When you've lived in Gravity Falls for a certain period of time, you become one of its creatures.

This might be a long shot, but it fits when you think about it. Wendy is a Siren (explaining why everyone is so attracted to her), Robbie is a zombie or a vampire, Soos is Bigfoot, et cetera. Peoples' outward appearances stay the same to everyone, including themselves. No one realizes what's going on except Stan (and/or possibly Gideon). This is the secret of Gravity Falls, and if Dipper and Mabel stay for too long, the same will happen to them.

I was unaware that "two" was the new definition for "everyone".
- I (the original poster) don't actually believe this myself, but it seemed worth it to put it here.

The mayor of Gravity Falls may die soon, possibly from assassination.

Bill's writing in the Gravity Falls book mentions that the mayor is "not long for this world" suggesting that there may be plans to destroy him.

As of "The Stanchurian Candidate", Mayor Befufflefumpton has left the building. Whether or not Bill was involved is another story.

The author of the journals is Manly Dan.

The author of the journals has six fingers. Other than McGucket, only Manly Dan has his right hand concealed at all times, because he always wears gloves. He could have lost that finger and be hiding the scar, or have two fingers in one glove finger. The biggest clue is that it requires lumberjack skills to open the author's secret bunker. He isn't a "nerd" now but his personality may have changed, since he "hasn't been himself for 30 years."

The personality change could be the result of Manotaur training, and his terrified reaction to Chutzpah's approach might be due to a line he crossed. Like, say, challenging Leaderaur.

Jossed! The author is Stan's brother.

Manly Dan acts this way because of the loss of his wife

You would go insane too if you lost your wife!

On top of this, Sev'ral Timez was his late wife's favorite band, which is why he flips out and rams a government vehicle containing children when he sees it insulted.

Mikey R. from Headhunters wrote the books

His hands were in a full cast,so we have no idea what his finger situation is like. Maybe that's why he got the cast in the first place.

Jossed! The author is Stan's brother.

Carla "HotPants" McCorkel is the same Carla referenced in "The Hand that Rocks the Mabel".

Not sure whether or not this was inherently obvious, but I figured it constituted a WMG.

Thompson is somehow related to the Love God.

Their character designs are VERY similar, and like the Love God, Thompson seems to know instinctively what to do to improve people's relationships.

The Town Mayor is aware of the coming danger and is doing nothing about it

The Mayor himself says that he is waiting for the "Grim Reaper" possibly being danger that could hurt( or kill) everyone. If so we know that he is completely accepting anything is coming.

It might be because he's old enough that he's ready to go, or because he's old enough to know exactly what's coming and believes that it's inevitable. He may even have been part of some older cult or society, one that's now largely extinct or has lost track of its origins, dedicated to Bill Cipher, and isn't trying to stop Armageddon because he wants it to happen, and just hung on long enough to see the fruition of those teachings.

Tad Strange is the only resident that hasn't had a major encounter with the supernatural.

As such, he never drew the attention of the Blind-Eye Society, therefore never getting his memory wiped and suffering the side effects.

The same explanation may apply to Shandra Jimenez as well, since she's the closest thing Gravity Falls has to an Only Sane Man after Dipper.
Alternatively, we're seeing the side effects. He's only normal by Gravity Falls standards, after all.

Tad Strange is not what he seems.

Or at least he'll be important later on. This is still Gravity Falls, after all.

The Glasses represent Toby Determined on the Cipher Wheel.

As this post notes, he's the only bespectacled character whose glasses actually match the ones on the wheel, he already has a connection with Bill (collecting information on him), and on top of that, he, too, was not affected by the Weirdness Wave... like Dipper (Pine Tree), Soos (Question Mark), Wendy (Ice Bag), etc. He's also a character who doesn't seem to exist for any reason other than to be the buttmonkey people hold in scorn- the kind of character someone like Alex Hirsch would use to do something unexpected with.
- Jossed. It's McGucket, who wore them before he lost his mind.

BATS biker is a member of Bikers Against Child Abuse

From what we've seen of him, he's a big softie when it comes to kids (playing with Mabel's cootie catcher, crying at the twins' well "Twins" routine during Summerween), it would make more than enough sense that he would be part of that organization.

Someone will eventually snap.

At the end of the series, the mayor leads the town in establishing a willing Masquerade about Weirdmageddon, but unlike the previous one upheld by the Society of the Blind Eye, nobody is actually forgetting what happened, they're all just agreeing to not talk about it with outsiders. Sooner or later, someone will break this, either out of a desire for wealth and fame, under interrogation by the government if they ever follow up on the abandoned Federal investigation in the town, or from simply not being able to cope with the trauma.

Tad Strange isn't actually that normal.

He goes way beyond Only Sane Man and into Uncanny Valley levels of normalcy. He's just too normal, and has completely neutral reactions to everything, no matter how strange. He acts this way because his mind has been broken by the horrible, horrible things he's seen.

Tad strange used to be the most normal man in gravity falls but is now the Square Dream demon in disguise.

The first opening of the portal fundamentally warped his nature but he goes around pretending forever because he would be the last person to use his powers to kick up a fuss.

Tambry isn't fully human.

As the second timetravel episode proved her odd hair color isn't due to her dying it. My explanation is that one of her ancestors/parents belongs to a species of humanoid with bizarre hair colors and intense fascination to certain technology.

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