I have a Twitter thread here going over some of the unused episode ideas from the leaked pitch bible for the show: https://x.com/forever_gf618/status/1784064999687700612?s=46&t=7YT7yMPCw2VMMwQUxWj5_A
I’ll just post the images
An extra sketch from the pitch too:
Edited by BigBadShadow25 on Apr 27th 2024 at 11:13:36 AM
You’re Gonna Carry That Weight.Apparently, Bill wasn't originally meant to be the main villain of the series. From what I've heard, he was a more harmless trickster character who messed with Dipper by giving him mysterious sounding, but ultimately meaningless misinformation (hence his whole "Buy Gold" spiel in his first appearance).
It's interesting for sure considering how the late additions of Bill into the plot actually felt natural. (Though I did see Bill's early characterization as having remnants of what seemed to be a mor neutral trollish role)
Seems like Bill was meant to be more like Q from Star Trek in that regards
Prettiest Meta Knight Gijinka, ngl
...Honestly, bullet dodged.
I like Gideon as an antagonist, believe me, but a Final Boss? I dunno, maybe Alex Hirsch could have pulled it off? But with what we have of Bill Cipher... he basically ended things off as perfectly as you could ever hope for with a show like this.
Self-professed Wild Card who thinks cynicism isn't so bad.The fact that the story was not 100% plotted out in advance is still rather surprising to me given how tightly it manages to come across when watching. With all the plot points that add up and come together so smoothly you'd never realize most of them were just thrown together as the show went along.
Disney100 Marathon | DreamWorks MarathonYeah, a lot of stuff just kind of ended up working out really smoothly. I guess the one big thing they had was the identity of the author, which was still at least something as the main mystery of the show, though.
"Let’s see who’s stronger: someone that has something to protect, or someone that has nothing to lose."I have the Deadline article of Disney teasing that they’re talking to Alex Hirsch about a revival of the show. https://deadline.com/2024/06/disney-gravity-falls-revival-conversations-creator-alex-hirsch-1235968506/
...Yeah, it's not happening. Here's community post from That GF FAN
that clarifies the situation(here he's talking about The Direct's article, which was printed before Deadline's but still applies here), but to put it short and simple: if Alex Hirsch himself doesn't confirm this, then it's not gonna happen.
The whole of season one is streaming on YouTube to promote the new book.
You’re Gonna Carry That Weight.

I don’t think Ford is that callous. He’d rescue Stan, though I’m sure he’d try to figure out a way to stop Bill first. Maybe build that energy rifle, maybe try to invoke the zodiac.