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Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls
"Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls" is the series finale of the American animated television series Gravity Falls, which was created by Alex Hirsch. The episode, which serves as the twentieth episode of the second season and the 40th episode overall, was written by Shion Takeuchi, Mark Rizzo, Josh Weinstein, Jeff Rowe, and Hirsch, and directed by Stephen Sandoval. The series follows twelve-year-old twins Dipper (voiced by Jason Ritter) and Mabel Pines (voiced by Kristen Schaal), who stay for the summer with their great uncle Grunkle Stan (voiced by Hirsch) in a tourist trap called the Mystery Shack, set within the fictional town of Gravity Falls, Oregon. In this episode, Stan's brother Ford (voiced by J. K. Simmons) discovers the extent of Bill Cipher's plans, while the Mystery Shack crew forms a plan to fight back and reclaim the town. A final confrontation with Bill leads to the Pines family's ultimate fate and greatest sacrifice.
"Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls" was first broadcast on February 15, 2016, on Disney XD, and was watched by 2.47 million household viewers in the United States and garnered a 0.51 rating in the 18-49 demographics. It became the most watched telecast in the history of Disney XD, beating "A Tale of Two Stans", another episode of Gravity Falls. It was followed by the 2018 graphic novel Gravity Falls: Lost Legends and the 2024 novel The Book of Bill, both partially set after the events of the finale.
Dipper, Mabel, Soos and Wendy return to the Mystery Shack to find Stan, a handful of town residents and several of the paranormal creatures they have encountered over the summer taking shelter there; Stan tells the gang that a special barrier Ford set up aorund the Shack with protects them from Bill's powers. He believes they should wait it out, but after Dipper reveals Ford knows Bill's weakness, the others agree to mount a rescue mission, especially when they learn the rest of the townsfolk are being petrified and made into a makeshift throne for Bill. Old Man McGucket leads the survivors into turning the Shack into a giant mech. Meanwhile, Ford re-encounters Bill, who is seeking to understand what mysterious force is keeping him and his lackeys trapped within Gravity Falls. Ford knows the secret, but refuses to tell Bill, so he proceeds to torture him.
The newly-built mech travels to Bill's base of operations and readily defeats his minions. Bill himself comes out to fight, but his eye is torn out of its socket by the mech, blinding him temporarily. While the Shacktron keeps him distracted, Dipper and Mabel lead a small group aboard Bill's base. They disassemble Bill's throne, restoring the petrified citizens. After reuniting with Ford, he spray-paints a Zodiac wheel on the ground, having seen the image described as a means to defeat Bill. The wheel requires ten specific people, indicated by symbols on it, which Ford realizes are some of the most important of the townsfolk (Dipper, Mabel, Stan, Ford, Soos, Wendy, McGucket, Gideon, Robbie and Pacifica). The group stand on the ring and hold hands to commence the plan, but Stan refuses due to his bitterness towards Ford. He eventually joins after Ford apologizes and thanks him, but another petty comment spurns the brothers to fight, causing enough of a ruckus for Bill to return after having destroyed the mech.
Bill burns the Zodiac, traps the Pines family and turns the others into lifeless tapestries to keep them from interfering. Bill threatens to kill Dipper and Mabel unless Ford allows him into his mind to find out how to escape Gravity Falls. Dipper and Mabel manage to escape, with Bill in pursuit. Stan and Ford reconcile, with the latter mentioning they could potentially defeat Bill by eliminating him from within someone's mind using the memory gun. Ford believes the only way to save the kids is to allow Bill into his mind, though his own memories cannot be wiped because of a metal plate in his head, which gives Stan an idea.
Dipper and Mabel lead Bill in a chase around his base but are eventually caught. Bill returns them to the throne room and threatens to kill one of them, causing Ford to reluctantly agree to allow Bill into his mind. Bill leaves his physical body, which petrifies, and enters Ford's mindscape, but is instead greeted by Stan's mindscape self. Stan reveals that he and Ford had swapped places to trick Bill into entering a mind susceptible to the memory gun's effects, expressing his willingness to sacrifice his memories to save the world and his family. Ford reluctantly fires the memory gun and erases Stan's memories. A terrified Bill starts to weaken and is then punched in the face by Stan's mindscape self, vanquishing him as the memory wipe concludes. The gateway to Bill's dimension closes, drawing in his minions and base, as the town to restored to its former glory. The Pineses and Soos devastatingly take the amnesiac Stan back to the nearly-destroyed Shack, where Mabel finds her scrapbook and shows him all the fun they had over the summer, which gradually restores Stan's memories.
Over the next week, the townsfolk clean up the last traces of Weirdmageddon as the mayor passes the "Never Mind All That Act" to ease their worries; the Northwest family is left bankrupt due to the family's patriarch apparently investing all his savings into Bill's "weirdness bonds" and loses their mansion to preserve their wealth, prompting McGucket, who has regained his sanity and become wealthy by selling the patents to his inventions to the government, to move in with his son; and Gideon leaves his criminal past behind. Many of the townsfolk join Dipper and Mabel's friends and great uncles to celebrate the twins' 13th birthday at the Shack. Ford offers to sail around the world for a year with Stan, a dream they had together as boys, but Stan states that he would have to close the Shack, which disappoints the townspeople; Stan then appoints Soos as the Shack's new manager.
Later that day, Stan, Ford, Soos, Wendy, Candy and Grenda see off Dipper and Mabel as their bus home pulls up. Wendy trades hats with Dipper and gives him an envelope to open on the ride home. Dipper and Mabel then get on the bus, bringing Mabel's pig Waddles with them thanks to Stan and Ford's insistence and the bus departs as the group waves goodbye. As the twins think back on their time in Gravity Falls, flash-forwards show Soos successfully running the Shack with his girlfriend Melody, as well as Stan and Ford's voyage. Dipper opens Wendy's letter to find their friends' and great uncles' signatures, promising to "see [them] next summer".
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Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls
"Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls" is the series finale of the American animated television series Gravity Falls, which was created by Alex Hirsch. The episode, which serves as the twentieth episode of the second season and the 40th episode overall, was written by Shion Takeuchi, Mark Rizzo, Josh Weinstein, Jeff Rowe, and Hirsch, and directed by Stephen Sandoval. The series follows twelve-year-old twins Dipper (voiced by Jason Ritter) and Mabel Pines (voiced by Kristen Schaal), who stay for the summer with their great uncle Grunkle Stan (voiced by Hirsch) in a tourist trap called the Mystery Shack, set within the fictional town of Gravity Falls, Oregon. In this episode, Stan's brother Ford (voiced by J. K. Simmons) discovers the extent of Bill Cipher's plans, while the Mystery Shack crew forms a plan to fight back and reclaim the town. A final confrontation with Bill leads to the Pines family's ultimate fate and greatest sacrifice.
"Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls" was first broadcast on February 15, 2016, on Disney XD, and was watched by 2.47 million household viewers in the United States and garnered a 0.51 rating in the 18-49 demographics. It became the most watched telecast in the history of Disney XD, beating "A Tale of Two Stans", another episode of Gravity Falls. It was followed by the 2018 graphic novel Gravity Falls: Lost Legends and the 2024 novel The Book of Bill, both partially set after the events of the finale.
Dipper, Mabel, Soos and Wendy return to the Mystery Shack to find Stan, a handful of town residents and several of the paranormal creatures they have encountered over the summer taking shelter there; Stan tells the gang that a special barrier Ford set up aorund the Shack with protects them from Bill's powers. He believes they should wait it out, but after Dipper reveals Ford knows Bill's weakness, the others agree to mount a rescue mission, especially when they learn the rest of the townsfolk are being petrified and made into a makeshift throne for Bill. Old Man McGucket leads the survivors into turning the Shack into a giant mech. Meanwhile, Ford re-encounters Bill, who is seeking to understand what mysterious force is keeping him and his lackeys trapped within Gravity Falls. Ford knows the secret, but refuses to tell Bill, so he proceeds to torture him.
The newly-built mech travels to Bill's base of operations and readily defeats his minions. Bill himself comes out to fight, but his eye is torn out of its socket by the mech, blinding him temporarily. While the Shacktron keeps him distracted, Dipper and Mabel lead a small group aboard Bill's base. They disassemble Bill's throne, restoring the petrified citizens. After reuniting with Ford, he spray-paints a Zodiac wheel on the ground, having seen the image described as a means to defeat Bill. The wheel requires ten specific people, indicated by symbols on it, which Ford realizes are some of the most important of the townsfolk (Dipper, Mabel, Stan, Ford, Soos, Wendy, McGucket, Gideon, Robbie and Pacifica). The group stand on the ring and hold hands to commence the plan, but Stan refuses due to his bitterness towards Ford. He eventually joins after Ford apologizes and thanks him, but another petty comment spurns the brothers to fight, causing enough of a ruckus for Bill to return after having destroyed the mech.
Bill burns the Zodiac, traps the Pines family and turns the others into lifeless tapestries to keep them from interfering. Bill threatens to kill Dipper and Mabel unless Ford allows him into his mind to find out how to escape Gravity Falls. Dipper and Mabel manage to escape, with Bill in pursuit. Stan and Ford reconcile, with the latter mentioning they could potentially defeat Bill by eliminating him from within someone's mind using the memory gun. Ford believes the only way to save the kids is to allow Bill into his mind, though his own memories cannot be wiped because of a metal plate in his head, which gives Stan an idea.
Dipper and Mabel lead Bill in a chase around his base but are eventually caught. Bill returns them to the throne room and threatens to kill one of them, causing Ford to reluctantly agree to allow Bill into his mind. Bill leaves his physical body, which petrifies, and enters Ford's mindscape, but is instead greeted by Stan's mindscape self. Stan reveals that he and Ford had swapped places to trick Bill into entering a mind susceptible to the memory gun's effects, expressing his willingness to sacrifice his memories to save the world and his family. Ford reluctantly fires the memory gun and erases Stan's memories. A terrified Bill starts to weaken and is then punched in the face by Stan's mindscape self, vanquishing him as the memory wipe concludes. The gateway to Bill's dimension closes, drawing in his minions and base, as the town to restored to its former glory. The Pineses and Soos devastatingly take the amnesiac Stan back to the nearly-destroyed Shack, where Mabel finds her scrapbook and shows him all the fun they had over the summer, which gradually restores Stan's memories.
Over the next week, the townsfolk clean up the last traces of Weirdmageddon as the mayor passes the "Never Mind All That Act" to ease their worries; the Northwest family is left bankrupt due to the family's patriarch apparently investing all his savings into Bill's "weirdness bonds" and loses their mansion to preserve their wealth, prompting McGucket, who has regained his sanity and become wealthy by selling the patents to his inventions to the government, to move in with his son; and Gideon leaves his criminal past behind. Many of the townsfolk join Dipper and Mabel's friends and great uncles to celebrate the twins' 13th birthday at the Shack. Ford offers to sail around the world for a year with Stan, a dream they had together as boys, but Stan states that he would have to close the Shack, which disappoints the townspeople; Stan then appoints Soos as the Shack's new manager.
Later that day, Stan, Ford, Soos, Wendy, Candy and Grenda see off Dipper and Mabel as their bus home pulls up. Wendy trades hats with Dipper and gives him an envelope to open on the ride home. Dipper and Mabel then get on the bus, bringing Mabel's pig Waddles with them thanks to Stan and Ford's insistence and the bus departs as the group waves goodbye. As the twins think back on their time in Gravity Falls, flash-forwards show Soos successfully running the Shack with his girlfriend Melody, as well as Stan and Ford's voyage. Dipper opens Wendy's letter to find their friends' and great uncles' signatures, promising to "see [them] next summer".