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The pilot can be seen [[http://themysteryofgravityfalls.com/pilot/ here]] upon inputting that username and password. There's also a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FOPPc8IJyI&list=PLLV3xo_oO9rUMVh6g7kkOgfqcZKqjalEN "next time" preview]]. In June of 2022, new footage was unearthed and released online. [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg_ZEoSQKIs It can be found here.]]

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The pilot can be seen [[http://themysteryofgravityfalls.com/pilot/ here]] upon inputting that username and password. There's also a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FOPPc8IJyI&list=PLLV3xo_oO9rUMVh6g7kkOgfqcZKqjalEN com/watch?v=PULlaRdCIUs "next time" preview]]. In June of 2022, new footage was unearthed and released online. [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg_ZEoSQKIs It can be found here.preview.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: Jeff disappeared after the Gnomes kidnap Mabel.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Jeff disappeared after the Gnomes kidnap Mabel.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: Jeff disappeared after the Gnomes kidnap Mabel.
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* TheCameo: The ending has a brief glimpse of a prototype Wendy using an Ouija Board with Dipper.
** The reel features early versions of Gideon and Bud Gleeful.


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* CreepyTwins: The extra footage reel features Dipper and Mabel meeting a pair of these.


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** There’s also a Gnome King. In the main series’s canon, the gnomes don’t have a formal leader (except maybe Jeff).
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The pilot can be seen [[http://themysteryofgravityfalls.com/pilot/ here]] upon inputting that username and password. There's also a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FOPPc8IJyI&list=PLLV3xo_oO9rUMVh6g7kkOgfqcZKqjalEN "next time" preview]].

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The pilot can be seen [[http://themysteryofgravityfalls.com/pilot/ here]] upon inputting that username and password. There's also a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FOPPc8IJyI&list=PLLV3xo_oO9rUMVh6g7kkOgfqcZKqjalEN "next time" preview]]. In June of 2022, new footage was unearthed and released online. [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg_ZEoSQKIs It can be found here.]]



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In 2010, [=CalArts=] graduate Creator/AlexHirsch made a 12-minute pilot for a cartoon called ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', a pilot which never saw the light of day until months after the show was finished. The pilot was expanded and adapted into the first episode "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E1TouristTrapped Tourist Trapped]]", aired two years later.

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In 2010, [=CalArts=] graduate Creator/AlexHirsch made a 12-minute animated pilot for a cartoon Disney called ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', a pilot which never saw the light of day until months after the show was finished. The pilot was expanded and adapted into the first episode "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E1TouristTrapped Tourist Trapped]]", aired two years later.



* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: No Soos, no Wendy (outside of a brief cameo in the "next time" teaser at the end), Journal 3 is replaced by [[TomeOfEldritchLore "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned"]], Stan is in his 80’s instead of his 60’s, whilst the animation is done in Flash and in a mixed media style akin to ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'' (which Alex Hirsch previously worked on).

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: No Soos, no Wendy (outside of a brief cameo in the "next time" teaser at the end), Journal 3 is replaced by [[TomeOfEldritchLore "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned"]], Stan is in his 80’s instead of his 60’s, whilst the animation is done in Flash and in a [[MediumBlending mixed media style style]] akin to ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'' (which Alex Hirsch previously worked on).
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: No Soos, no Wendy (outside of a brief cameo in the "next time" teaser at the end), Journal 3 is replaced by [[TomeOfEldritchLore "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned"]], Stan is in his 80’s instead of his 60’s and the animation is much cheaper and in a different style.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: No Soos, no Wendy (outside of a brief cameo in the "next time" teaser at the end), Journal 3 is replaced by [[TomeOfEldritchLore "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned"]], Stan is in his 80’s instead of his 60’s and 60’s, whilst the animation is much cheaper done in Flash and in a different style.mixed media style akin to ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'' (which Alex Hirsch previously worked on).
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* OldTimeyCinemaCountdown: There's "HEAD", "SOUND START", "PICTURE START", and a monochrome countdown from 8 to 3 (and 2 very shortly) before the show actually starts.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: No Soos, no Wendy (outside of a brief cameo in the "next time" teaser at the end), Journal 3 is replaced by [[TomeOfEldritchLore "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned"]], and the animation is much cheaper and in a different style.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: No Soos, no Wendy (outside of a brief cameo in the "next time" teaser at the end), Journal 3 is replaced by [[TomeOfEldritchLore "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned"]], Stan is in his 80’s instead of his 60’s and the animation is much cheaper and in a different style.style.
* {{Gonk}}: Stan. Oh dear god, ''Stan.''
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* MistakenForUndead: Dipper and Mabel freak out when they find Grunkle Stan with red stuff around his mouth, lurching and moaning about "brains". He's not a zombie, he just ate a strawberry freeze-pop too fast and got a nasty brain freeze.

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* MistakenForUndead: Dipper and Mabel freak out when they find Grunkle Stan with red stuff around his mouth, lurching and moaning about "brains". He's not a zombie, he just ate a strawberry freeze-pop too fast and got a nasty brain freeze.freeze, which lead to him bumping his shin against the coffee table.

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* ActuallyNotAVampire: Dipper and Mabel freak out when they find Grunkle Stan with red stuff around his mouth, lurching and moaning about "brains". He's not a zombie, he just ate a strawberry freeze-pop too fast and got a nasty brain freeze.


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* MistakenForUndead: Dipper and Mabel freak out when they find Grunkle Stan with red stuff around his mouth, lurching and moaning about "brains". He's not a zombie, he just ate a strawberry freeze-pop too fast and got a nasty brain freeze.
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In 2010, [=CalArts=] graduate Creator/AlexHirsch made a 12-minute pilot for a cartoon called ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', a pilot which never saw the light of day until months after the show was finished. The pilot was expanded and adapted into the first episode ''[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E1TouristTrapped Tourist Trapped]]'', aired two years later.

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In 2010, [=CalArts=] graduate Creator/AlexHirsch made a 12-minute pilot for a cartoon called ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', a pilot which never saw the light of day until months after the show was finished. The pilot was expanded and adapted into the first episode ''[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E1TouristTrapped "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E1TouristTrapped Tourist Trapped]]'', Trapped]]", aired two years later.



* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: No Soos, no Wendy (outside of a brief cameo in the "next time" teaser at the end), Journal 3 is replaced by "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned", and the animation is much cheaper and in a different style.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: No Soos, no Wendy (outside of a brief cameo in the "next time" teaser at the end), Journal 3 is replaced by [[TomeOfEldritchLore "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned", Damned"]], and the animation is much cheaper and in a different style.

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The pilot can be seen [[http://themysteryofgravityfalls.com/pilot/ here]] upon inputting that username and password.

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The pilot can be seen [[http://themysteryofgravityfalls.com/pilot/ here]] upon inputting that username and password. There's also a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FOPPc8IJyI&list=PLLV3xo_oO9rUMVh6g7kkOgfqcZKqjalEN "next time" preview]].
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* LargeHam: Justin Roiland as the Gnome King.

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* LargeHam: Justin Roiland Creator/JustinRoiland as the Gnome King.
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* NoodleIncident: Dipper mentions a fishing trip that lead to an encounter with a lake monster (which would inspire the episode "Legend of the Gobblewonker") and an incident that lead to Mabel getting telekinetic powers.


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* ThisCannotBe: The Gnome King's reaction to Dipper and Mabel answering his riddle.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Stan misname the twins as "Dylan and Rowena".
* ActuallyNotAVampire: Dipper and Mabel freak out when they find Grunkle Stan with red stuff around his mouth, lurching and moaning "brains". He's not a zombie, he just ate a strawberry freeze-pop too fast and got a nasty brain freeze.
* AsYouKnow: Stan says this as he expositions about the shack.
* BlatantLies: When Stan call for them, Dipper claims they're sleeping and Mabel claims they're dead.

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* AccidentalMisnaming: Stan misname misnames the twins as "Dylan and Rowena".
* ActuallyNotAVampire: Dipper and Mabel freak out when they find Grunkle Stan with red stuff around his mouth, lurching and moaning about "brains". He's not a zombie, he just ate a strawberry freeze-pop too fast and got a nasty brain freeze.
* AsYouKnow: Stan says this as he expositions about begins his explanation of the shack.
Mystery Shack's attractions with the phrase "as you kids know".
* BlatantLies: When Stan call calls for them, the twins, Dipper claims they're sleeping and Mabel claims they're dead.



* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Stan having trouble to remember Dipper and Mabel's names has been dropped in the series.

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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Stan having trouble to remember remembering Dipper and Mabel's names has been was dropped in the main series.



* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: No Soos, No Wendy (outside of a brief cameo in the "next time" teaser at the end), Journal 3 is replaced by "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned", and the animation is much cheaper and in a different style.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: No Soos, No no Wendy (outside of a brief cameo in the "next time" teaser at the end), Journal 3 is replaced by "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned", and the animation is much cheaper and in a different style.



* PrehensileHair: The Gnome King boasts a prehensile beard.
* TakenForGranite: The ultimate fate of the gnomes in this version.

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* PrehensileHair: The Gnome King boasts a prehensile beard.
beard that he can use to lift himself into the air.
* TakenForGranite: The ultimate fate of the gnomes in this version.turn to stone after Dipper correctly guesses the answer to the king's riddle.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Stan having trouble to remember Dipper and Mabel's names has been dropped in the series.

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* PrehensileHair: The Gnome King boasts one of these, longer than his body by a couple of yards.

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* PrehensileHair: The Gnome King boasts one of these, longer than his body by a couple of yards.prehensile beard.


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* WizardBeard: The Gnome King's beard is longer than his body, by a couple of yards.

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* ActuallyNotAVampire: Dipper and Mabel freak out when they find Grunkle Stan with red stuff around his mouth, lurching and moaning "brains". He's not a zombie, he just ate a strawberry freeze-pop too fast and got a nasty brain freeze.

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* AccidentalMisnaming: Stan misname the twins as "Dylan and Rowena".
* ActuallyNotAVampire: Dipper and Mabel freak out when they find Grunkle Stan with red stuff around his mouth, lurching and moaning "brains". He's not a zombie, he just ate a strawberry freeze-pop too fast and got a nasty brain freeze. freeze.
* AsYouKnow: Stan says this as he expositions about the shack.
* BlatantLies: When Stan call for them, Dipper claims they're sleeping and Mabel claims they're dead.
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sinkholes and dual troping.


* [[ActuallyNotAVampire Actually Not A Zombie]]: Dipper and Mabel freak out when they find Grunkle Stan with red stuff around his mouth, lurching and moaning "brains". He's not a zombie, he just ate a strawberry freeze-pop too fast and got a nasty brain freeze.

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* [[ActuallyNotAVampire Actually Not A Zombie]]: ActuallyNotAVampire: Dipper and Mabel freak out when they find Grunkle Stan with red stuff around his mouth, lurching and moaning "brains". He's not a zombie, he just ate a strawberry freeze-pop too fast and got a nasty brain freeze.



* LargeHam[=/=]NoIndoorVoice: Justin Roiland as the Gnome King.

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* LargeHam[=/=]NoIndoorVoice: LargeHam: Justin Roiland as the Gnome King.



* [[PrehensileHair Prehensile]] WizardBeard: The Gnome King boasts one of these, longer than his body by a couple of yards.

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* [[PrehensileHair Prehensile]] WizardBeard: PrehensileHair: The Gnome King boasts one of these, longer than his body by a couple of yards.
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* ChekhovsGun: Near the beginning of the episode, Dipper finds a popsicle stick with a joke on it that's missing the punchline. Near the end of the episode, the Gnome King challenges Dipper and Mabel to answer that same joke as a "riddle".
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* BlushSticker: Not only does Mabel have these, but so does Dipper, instead of the usual eye bags that he has in the series.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: No Soos or Wendy, Journal 3 is replaced by "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned", and the animation is much cheaper and in a different style.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: No Soos or Wendy, Soos, No Wendy (outside of a brief cameo in the "next time" teaser at the end), Journal 3 is replaced by "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned", and the animation is much cheaper and in a different style.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: No Soos, Journal 3 is replaced by "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned", and the animation is much cheaper and in a different style.

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* [[ActuallyNotAVampire Actually Not A Zombie]]: Dipper and Mabel freak out when they find Grunkle Stan with red stuff around his mouth, lurching and moaning "brains". He's not a zombie, he just ate a strawberry freeze-pop too fast and got a nasty brain freeze.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: No Soos, Soos or Wendy, Journal 3 is replaced by "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned", and the animation is much cheaper and in a different style.style.
* LargeHam[=/=]NoIndoorVoice: Justin Roiland as the Gnome King.
-->'''Gnome King:''' My Queen, the time has come to fulfill your ''destiny''!
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In 2010, [=CalArts=] graduate Creator/AlexHirsch made a 12-minute pilot for a cartoon called ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', a pilot which never saw the light of day until months after the show was finished. The pilot was expanded and adapted into the first episode ''[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E1TouristTrapped Tourist Trapped]]'', aired two years later.

As a prize for completing a notoriously hard jigsaw puzzle in the AlternateRealityGame "Cipher Hunt", Alex uploaded the pilot episode on August 3, 2016. However, the pilot was hidden behind one more puzzle, a username and a password. Later that day, the fans discovered that the username was "RETURNBACKWARDS" and the password was "TOTHEPASTAGAINTHREE".

The pilot can be seen [[http://themysteryofgravityfalls.com/pilot/ here]] upon inputting that username and password.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: No Soos, Journal 3 is replaced by "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned", and the animation is much cheaper and in a different style.
* [[PrehensileHair Prehensile]] WizardBeard: The Gnome King boasts one of these, longer than his body by a couple of yards.
* TakenForGranite: The ultimate fate of the gnomes in this version.
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