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7	->''"Alex is a guy who's so self-aware that he cameos in Disney shows just because they want to remind people they were the channel he pitched ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' to."''
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9	Alexander Robert Hirsch (born June 18, 1985) is an American animator, writer, storyboard artist, and voice actor. He is most notable for being the creator of the Creator/DisneyChannel animated series ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', where he also provides the voices of many characters, including Stan Pines, Jesus "Soos" Alzamirano Ramirez, Fiddleford [=McGucket=], and Bill Cipher. He [[WriteWhatYouKnow based a lot of the series on his own childhood experiences]].
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11	Prior to ''Gravity Falls'', he got his start at Creator/CartoonNetwork storyboarding on ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'' (Creator/PendletonWard of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' fame was his board partner). He went on to co-develop ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'' for Disney before moving onto his masterpiece.
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13	After ''Gravity Falls'' ended its run in 2016 (with the stated intention of avoiding SeasonalRot), Hirsch became involved with the film-making industry, providing some contributions to the stories and dialogue of ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'' and ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', but left the former during pre-production and was uncredited on the latter. Hirsch was a voice actor and creative consultant on ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'', and co-produced the Creator/{{Netflix}} series ''WesternAnimation/{{Inside Job\|2021}}''.[[note]]However, [[DirectorDisplacement despite some misconceptions]], he did not create or develop the show; it was created by former ''Gravity Falls'' and ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' writer Shion Takeuchi.[[/note]]
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15	He wrote two {{Interquel}} works for ''Gravity Falls'': a {{Defictionalization}} of the iconic ''[[Literature/GravityFallsJournal3 Journal 3]]'', and a graphic novel titled ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends''.
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17	He's currently working on a new original series for Netflix.
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20	!! Roles played by Alex Hirsch
21	* ''WesternAnimation/FishHooks'': Clamantha, Fumble
22	* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Stan Pines, Soos Ramirez, Old Man [=McGucket=], Bill Cipher, Jeff, Shmebulock, Carson, Steve, Jason, Nate, Constable, Ducktective, Grampton St. Rumpterfrabble, Paper Jam Dipper, Quentin Trembley, Sev'ral Timez, Chadley, Mayor Befufftlefumpter, Shmebulock Senior, Ducktective's twin brother, Fairy dust dealer, Dippy Fresh, and [[TheOtherMarty the Horrifying, Sweaty, One-Armed Monstrosity]] after Creator/LouisCK's [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor sexual misconduct came to light]].
23	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': [[OneSceneWonder Officer Concord the Juice Time Juice Box Flavor Cop]]
24	* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': Toby Matthews
25	* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': Old Man, Soosy Du
26	* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': Ben Fotino
27	* ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'': The Internet Troll
28	* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': Wyatt
29	* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': King, Hooty
30	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[{{Expy}} The Curator]], [[SpaceX Frog Soos]]
31	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Inside Job\|2021}}'': Grassy Noel Atkinson
32	* ''[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE209Parenting Strong Bad Email 209]]'': AsHimself (EasterEgg)
33	* ''VideoGame/TheStanleyParable: Ultra Deluxe'': Introductory narrator for the New Content
34	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMutantMayhem'': Scumbug
35	* ''WebAnimation/{{Boxtown}}'': Detective Tim Standing
36	* ''WebAnimation/BigtopBurger'': Munkustrap
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39	!! Tropes associated with Alex Hirsch's works:
40	* CreatorCouple: With Creator/DanaTerrace, or at least ''was''. [[https://danaterrace.tumblr.com/post/682391441037737984/vent-comic-im-doing-fine-by-the-way-the-surgeon A Tumblr comic by Dana]] hinted that they may have broke up.
41	* DeadpanSnarker: [[https://mobile.twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/1537314312926003201?cxt=HHwWgoCgoZ_O0dUqAAAA This video]] Alex posted on his Twitter celebrating ''Gravity Falls''' 10th Anniversary is a compilation of Disney's Standards & Practices getting offended by the simplest things and Alex's very exasperated and equally snarky comebacks.
42	* ManOfAThousandVoices: Each of the characters that he voices sounds vastly different.
43	* PermanentPlaceholder: He wasn't originally meant to be the voice of Hooty in ''The Owl House''. After recording scratch vocals for the pilot using a bad WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse impression, Creator/DanaTerrace loved it and kept him as the final voice.
44	* ShrugOfGod: During a Reddit AMA, Alex had occasionally responded ambiguously to questions with pictures of an Axolotl. The more noteworthy queries was answered years later through ''Literature/GravityFallsJournal3''.
45	* TakeThat: Like [[Creator/DanaTerrace his ex-girlfriend]], he isn't afraid to scathingly call out far-right politicians, ''especially'' UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump during his presidency, as well as calling out Disney on their less-than-moral actions, the most famous in recent memory being during Pride Month 2021 when Disney made a social media post dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community, to which Alex noted that outside of Pride Month, Disney has been cutting representation for the sake of profit.
46	* TrollingCreator: There's a very good reason he's the trope picture, as he did this quite a bit during ''Gravity Falls''' run. Highlights include:
47	** Alex replied to a tweet regarding season two that "at least one character will not survive the season. Buckle up". [[spoiler:Mayor Befufftlefumpter, a 100+ year-old minor character, passed on.]]
48	** The most famous and the reason he's the picture: [[spoiler:creating a fake spoiler image of [=McGucket=] writing in one of the journals to throw fans off, "leaked" said image onto Website/FourChan, posted a Website/{{tw\|itter}}eet feigning anger and later deleting said tweet, then gloating in a later tweet about the whole thing after [[Recap/GravityFallsS2E7SocietyOfTheBlindEye "Society of the Blind Eye"]] aired (where it was revealed that [=McGucket=] was merely an assistant to the Author, not the Author himself).]]
49	** Fans had theorized about the purpose of the ten symbols depicted around Bill at the end of the theme song, "Dreamscaperers" and "The Stanchurian Candidate": [[spoiler: In "Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back The Falls", the Zodiac turns out to relate to a prophecy to defeat Bill—and ends up never being used.]]
50	* WriteWhatYouKnow:
51	** ''Gravity Falls'' was based on trips Hirsch and his sister took with their grand-aunt.
52	** The episode [[Recap/GravityFallsS2E13DungeonsDungeonsAndMoreDungeons "Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons"]] was based on attending a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' game with ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' creator Creator/PendletonWard and ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' creator Patrick [=McHale=] during the trio's time on ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack''.
53	* WriteWhoYouKnow: ''Gravity Falls'' was mostly based on Alex Hirsch's childhood, with [[AuthorAvatar Dipper]] based on his younger self, Mabel on his own twin sister Ariel, Stan on their grandfather, Soos on a college roommate of Alex's, Wendy on a girl Alex had a crush on, and a number of Wendy's ex-boyfriends were named after many of Ariel's.

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