History Characters / GravityFallsAdults

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: In "The Stanchurian Candidate", but he lives on as a zombie]].

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler:He witnessed something horrifying (involving "the beast with one eye") after being sucked into Ford's portal. This drove him to quit and erase his memories.]] According to WordOfGod, the real-life Journals, [=McGucket=] saw [[spoiler:and still sees Bill Cipher in the middle of shedding his "exoskeleton" to feed.]]

* AerithAndBob: {{Invoked}} as, according to the WordOfGod, they gave the twins such unusual names to stand out in the class.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Same as the rest of the Pines family. WordOfGod [[https://mobile.twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/758547032554344448 claims]] that they raised twins irreligious, and one of them is all but stated to be at least half-Jewish due to Shemie and his brothers' implied upbringing.

* AncestralName: WordOfGod states that Dipper's ([[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname well, Mason's]]) & Mabel's middle names are their parents' first ones. [[NoNameGiven Not like that tells us a lot]].

** While not as bad as him, Ford and Mabel used to have a tendency to throw their own relatives under the bus for their own benefits prior to their {{CharacterDevelopment}}s.

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: A majority of the town became a statue throne for Bill, with some of them still being awake throughout the ordeal.]]

* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler: Once Weirdmageddon rolls around, a number of the townsfolk are turned to stone by Bill's Eye-Bat army.]]

* AncientConspiracy: [[spoiler: Founded the Society of the Blind Eye]] as a way to help people forget their terrible memories, and [[spoiler: invented the Society's Memory Gun]].

* AttentionWhore: [[spoiler: Created a robotic Gobblewonker]] to get attention.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: In "Headhunters", his [[spoiler: fears about the wax statues being alive]] turn out to be all too true.

* KarmaHoudini: He's gone on [[spoiler: murderous rampages in giant robots]] many times before and hasn't been caught.

* ObfuscatingInsanity: Subverted. Dipper thought his insanity was an act. In reality, it was genuine [[spoiler: ''and'' self-inflicted after enduring a terrible accident while working with Stanford. After the Society of the Blind Eye is shut down and his memories are returned to him, it's played straight. He keeps up the kook facade even though he's regained enough of his sanity to speak seriously if he needs to]]. Downplayed later on, as revealed in "Northwest Mansion Mystery" despite [[spoiler: being well on the road to recovery]] [=McGucket=] still pretends to be same as before for the public.

** There were numerous hints, such as his age, hand bandages which could obscure a sixth finger, technical expertise, and ownership of the laptop which implied he was the Author. However, this is not the case. [[spoiler: He did work for him.]]

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Almost getting pulled into the Universe Portal and his reaction afterwards is what made Stanford suspicious of the Portal's true purpose and destination, causing him to work out Bill's intentions. Furthermore, the Memory Gun he built for the Society of the Blind Eye turns out to be the only thing that can destroy Bill in finale.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: 30 years ago he [[spoiler: built (or helped build) the device in Stan's basement for the benefit of mankind, but he ended up almost being pulled in, the things he saw on the other side haunting him]]. He later [[spoiler: created the Society of the Blind Eye to help himself and others erase their bad memories. The continuous mind-wiping drove him insane and may have caused the general stupidity and insanity of the townsfolk]].

* NeverLearnedToRead: Deputy Durland can't read. [[spoiler: However, it's not clear whether this was always the case, or whether this is the result of the Society of the Blind Eye repeatedly mind-wiping him.]]

* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler: As confirmed in the finale.]]

* StraightGay: [[spoiler: Confirmed to be in a relationship in the final episode.]]

* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler: Durland becomes one of the first victims of the Eye-Bats in "Weirdmageddon".]]

* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: [[spoiler: Passes the 'Never Mind All That' act after Weirdmageddon is resolved, which dictates the Gravity Falls citizens by law not to reveal anything about what has passed to the outside world]].

* SelfAppliedNickname: When Toby dons a punk rocker look during Weirdmageddon, he insists on being called "Bodacious T". Wendy instantly shoots down that notion, saying, "no one will ever call you that." [[spoiler: After the events of Weirdmageddon, news reporter Shandra Jimenez actually refers to him as Bodacious T. during a televised news report.]]

* StepfordSmiler: Bud might be this. He is suspiciously cheerful for a guy who has a nervous wreck for a wife and a power-hungry sociopath for a son. [[spoiler: He's been using the Memory Gun to forget about everything bad. However, despite not approving of his son's use of the supernatural, it's shown that Bud can be mean and spiteful, such as when he threatened Stan when he decided to run against him to be Gravity Falls' mayor.]]

* CerebusRetcon: [[spoiler: Having her mind wiped]] is probably what made her crazy. Similarly, her lazy eye is revealed to have been caused by [[spoiler: one of Stanford's machines zapping her eye during Grunkle Stan's first "tour" of his house]].

* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler: Shown to have been one of the townsfolk to suffer this fate in "Weirdmageddon Part 1", with Bill's friends using her as the bottle in a game of "Spin the Human".]]

* GratuitousSpanish: She uses a bunch of Spanish words when she speaks. Justified, since she's confirmed to be Hispanic ([[ShownTheirWork and a lot of the words she uses are actual Mexican slang]] [[note]] like when she calls Soos "mijo", it being a corruption of the phrase "mi hijo", meaning "My son", and usually meant as an endearing term for younger family members[[/note]]). At one time, she even blurts out a full sentence in Spanish cursing [[spoiler:Soos's deadbeat dad]].

In spite of his name, he is the most normal guy in Gravity Falls.

* SatelliteCharacter: He has no role in the series beyond being related to the main characters. The above baby is the only image we see of him, assuming that it's him at all.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Stan is undoubtedly [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold a good and caring man]], however he isn't the best man to take care of the two preteen children he barely even knew personally.
-->'''Grunkle Stan:''' This seems like the kind of thing a responsible parent wouldn't want you doing. ({{Beat}}) [[BaitAndSwitchComment Good thing I'm an uncle!]]

[[Characters/GravityFallsMysteryShack The Mystery Shack]] ([[Characters/GravityFallsDipperPines Dipper Pines]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsMabelPines Mabel Pines]]) | [[Characters/GravityFallsTheAuthor The Author]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsMainAntagonists Main Antagonists]] | Adults of Gravity Falls | [[Characters/GravityFallsYouth Youth of Gravity Falls]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsCreaturesAndOtherOddities Creatures and other Oddities]]-]]]

[[Characters/GravityFallsMysteryShack The Mystery Shack]] ([[Characters/GravityFallsDipperPines Dipper Pines]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsMabelPines Mabel Pines]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsGrunkleStan Grunkle Stan]]) | [[Characters/GravityFallsTheAuthor The Author]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsMainAntagonists Main Antagonists]] | Adults of Gravity Falls | [[Characters/GravityFallsYouth Youth of Gravity Falls]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsCreaturesAndOtherOddities Creatures and other Oddities]]-]]]

[[Characters/GravityFallsMysteryShack The Mystery Shack]] ([[Characters/GravityFallsDipperPines Dipper Pines]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsMabelPines Mabel Pines]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsGrunkleStan Grunkle Stan]]) | [[Characters/GravityFallsTheAuthor The Author]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsMainAntagonists Main Antagonists]] ([[Characters/GravityFallsBillCipher Bill Cipher]]) | Adults of Gravity Falls | [[Characters/GravityFallsYouth Youth of Gravity Falls]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsCreaturesAndOtherOddities Creatures and other Oddities]]-]]]

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler:He witnessed something horrifying (involving "the beast with one eye") after being sucked into Ford's portal. This drove him to quit and erase his memories.]] According to WordOfGod, the real-life Journals, McGucket saw [[spoiler:and still sees Bill Cipher in the middle of shedding his "exoskeleton" to feed.]]

** Also {{averted}} as he is the only Pines [[note]]''Aside from Shermie, who we don't know a lot about.''[[/note]] to not be imaginative and creative. In a family of {{PhonyPsychic}}s, {{EccentricArtist}}s and {{MadScientist}}s he stands out as a man who famously named his sons Stanford and Stanley.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Same as the rest of the Pines family. WordofGod [[https://mobile.twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/758547032554344448 claims]] that they raised twins irreligious, and one of them is all but stated to be at least half-Jewish due to Shemie and his brothers' implied upbringing.

-->"Wendy:" That's how you got your nickname! I thought your parents just hated you or something.
* TheFaceless: More of a {{downplayed}} case of TheGhost trope as the only we see of them we see are the arms and the cropped photo.

** A rather {{downplayed}} example contrasting the other relatives, but they show common Pines traits such as being carelless about their children safety (namely getting Stan to look after them of all people?) or vivid imagination.

* SharedFamilyQuirks: {{Implied}}. Not only did they name the twins Mason and Mabel, indicating their counter-culture personality. Mrs. Pines also seems to share some of her daughter's quirks.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Stan is undoubtedly [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold a good and caring man]], he isn't the best man to take care of the two preteen children he barely even knew personally.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In a way. Without them, Dipper wouldn't have found a Journal 3, Stan couldn't have opened a portal, and the Weirdmageddon wouldn't have happened. [[SubvertedTrope Everything turned out fine though]].

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[[folder:Bus Driver]]
!!Bus Driver
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/KyleMacLachlan

A local Speedy Beaver bus driver who shows up to drive Dipper and Mabel home by the end of the summer.

* TheCameo: He is voiced by Creator/KyleMacLachlan, who starred in ''Series/TwinPeaks'', which was one of the inspirations for ''Gravity Falls''.
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: He arrives at the very end of the show's GrandFinale to pick Dipper and Mabel up to bring them home. In fact, he is the last new character in the show.
* NoNameGiven: He is only referred to as "Bus Driver" in the credits.