History YMMV / GravityFalls

** While it appears that Dipper made amends with Wendy off-screens after the episode ''Boyz Crazy'', it would have been nice to see an episode where Dipper earning Wendy's forgiveness.

*** On that note, Manly Dan never goes beyond being a BitCharacter, and even more curious, Wendy has not a single bit of on-screen interaction with either her father or her brothers during the entire run of the show. The best the fans get is a bit of Dan's backstory in ''Literature/GravityFallsJournal3'', back when he was known as "Boyish Dan". And what the heck [[RiddleForTheAges happened to]] [[MissingMom her mom, anyway?]]

*** On that note, Manly Dan never goes beyond being a BitCharacter, and even more curious, Wendy has not a single bit of on-screen interaction with neither her father nor her brothers during the entire run of the show. The best the fans get is a bit of Dan's backstory in ''Literature/GravityFallsJournal3'', back when he was known as "Boyish Dan". And what the heck [[RiddleForTheAges happened to]] [[MissingMom her mom, anyway?]]

** Many of the characters are remarkably smart, educated and observant. Which would appeal to the French. It also pokes fun at rich snobs, rednecks and high society, who are all AcceptableTargets in France.

** The show manages to sneak in [[DrowningMySorrows Stan drowning his sorrows with actual alcohol]] simply by having him order "your strongest, most expired glass of apple cider!" As cider ferments, it gets more alcoholic.

** The show manages to sneak in [[DrowningYourSorrows Stan drowning his sorrows with actual alcohol]] simply by having him order "your strongest, most expired glass of apple cider!" As cider ferments, it gets more alcoholic.

** The show gets manages to sneak in [[DrowningYourSorrows Stan drowning his sorrows with actual alcohol]] simply by having him order "your strongest, most expired glass of apple cider!" As cider ferments, it gets more alcoholic.

* OlderThanTheyThink: [[http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/11/01/loser_candy_cooking.html The term "loser candy" dates back to at least 2008.]]

* ContinuityLockout: The show's MythArc was carefully compressed and had a pretty fast pace, with the {{status quo|IsGod}} being averted fairly often, each new episode leading up to a new event, and the show generally requiring the viewer to be familiar with certain characters, locations or plot points. Even season 1, which was ''before'' the show started getting deeper into its story, still needed to be watched due to introducing many elements that ended up becoming important (or at least referenced again) in season 2 with hardly any explanation about what they are, who they are, or why.

** Dipper [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown spit-roasting]] the ever-loving crap out of Gideon in "Gideon Rises". After all Gideon's gotten away with over the season, from trying to kill Dipper in the most brutal way imaginable, then trying to kill the ''entire'' Pines family by robbing them to their bare-bones and taking the last remaining journal to access the universal power of the Portal, to kidnapping Mabel, it's incredibly cathartic to see him get a taste of his own medicine and be the one in life-threatening danger for once. While he obviously gets out alive for plot purposes, the principle's the same.

** Also, [[spoiler: Ford]] in general. He's often portrayed as a selfish [[JerkAss Jerkass]] who accidentally [[spoiler: caused Weirdmageddon]] through his own arrogance and basically treated Stan like trash for years because he was clinging to a superficial fight they had, even though Stan was literally homeless. The problem is that for one, [[spoiler: Ford]] never actually had any way of knowing Stan ''didn't'' sabotage his project (and not acting sympathetic for him didn't do favors either), and if you really think about it, that was actually far from a superficial fight caused by [[spoiler: Ford's]] ego; as far as he knew, Stan had just proved himself willing to sabotage his plans for the future to make sure they would never have to live apart, which is not only a ''massive'' betrayal of trust, but also incredibly creepy--''and'' he also had no way of knowing the dire situation Stan was in during this period; we don't actually know how he would have acted if he had. Not to mention, [[spoiler: Ford]] didn't [[spoiler: cause Weirdmageddon]]. When he built the portal, he had no way of knowing it was supposed to be basically a doomsday device. Bill led him to believe it was a research project that would benefit the world. It seems a bit unfair to blame Ford for what ended up happening, because what kind of super-enthusiastic scientist with a chip on their shoulder about a failure to be recognized for it earlier (by West Coast Tech) ''wouldn't'' want to take part in a potentially groundbreaking and (supposedly) world-bettering research project? We don't blame Mabel for [[spoiler: giving Bill the rift, because we understand that she had no idea it was Bill]]. Finally, [[spoiler: Ford's]] actions during the fight with Stan that ultimately got him sent through the portal. He ''was'' being a jerk, but it's pretty clear that he was ''severely'' mentally unwell, which is never once addressed. Think of his time in the portal from his perspective; he's just been [[TrappedInAnotherWorld trapped in another dimension]] by his own brother (who, given [[spoiler: Ford's]] paranoia at the time, he probably thinks did this intentionally), and is forced to spent the next ''three decades'' being hunted down by Bill across worlds. It's really no wonder he was angry at Stan, though it is a bit of a case of [[PoorCommunicationKills Poor Communication Kills]] on both sides. Either way, [[spoiler: Ford]] just really doesn't come off as the arrogant and selfish asshole he's depicted as being.

* MisBlamed: [[spoiler: After the airing of ''A Tale of Two Stans,'' Ford was generally accepted to have told Stan to leave his house at the end of the summer [[RonTheDeathEater and treated accordingly by the fanbase]]. But while Ford is abrasive and never thanks his estranged brother for bringing him back in the episode, Ford also never said Stan had to leave. What Ford actually said was that he wanted back his name and his house, and he wanted the Mystery Shack to close so he could return it to ''being'' his house. All of which are reasonable requests, since he's entitled to his own legal identity and the property he purchased. He never actually said anything about Stan leaving.]]

** Despite being part of the main cast and appearing prominently in season one, Wendy didn't go on many adventures with the twins. Season two mitigated some of the fans' complaints [[AuthorsSavingThrow by having her participating more with the twins' journeys]]. However she never gets a focus episode like the rest of the main cast and remains a supporting character in other people's stories.

** Out of Wendy's teenage friends, Robbie gets a lot of love for his DeadpanSnarker tendencies and JerkWithAHeartOfGold characterization after CharacterDevelopment.

** Carla McCorkle, who only appears in two episodes, and even then, only in flashbacks or memories, and has essentially no bearing on the plot, however she's certainly the fan favourite of Stan's referenced/implied love interests, and their relationship is often portrayed in fanworks as having been extremely significant.

* GenreTurningPoint: ''Gravity Falls'' changed television animation with its dark content, mature humor, and serialized, as opposed to episodic, storytelling.