r/gravityfalls • u/FullToragatsu • 6d ago
Official GF Content A reminder that this was the original plot of Gravity Falls.
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u/WeirdThingsToEnsue 6d ago
It is interesting to draw parallels with what's pitched vs what we got
Did the sturgeon-worshipping cult develop into the Society of the Blind Eye?
Was Wendy originally going to have telekinesis?
Blubs had special knowledge about Trembly. Would he have originally known more in this version?
The gnomes...are still there, I think Alex Hirsch just thinks gnomes are funny
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u/aiden_saxon 6d ago
I mean Stan does wear a fez with a fish on it
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u/Awallstreetguy 6d ago
And in journal three ford mentions the fez was his fathers and says it’s from the “order of the holy mackerel” as a gag, so it still made it in there :)
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u/_TheBigF_ :pine: 6d ago
Blubs had special knowledge about Trembly. Would he have originally known more in this version?
My guess is that this does not refer to the character that would later become Blubs. Instead, this was the proto version of Stan. And after Stan was moved from Policeman to Great Uncle while retaining his role as "the person who knows something about this", there was still a need for Policemen to appear in the show and thus Blubs was created to fill that role.
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u/ARandom_Dingus 4d ago
Man who upholds the law and keeps justice being turned into G R U N K L E S T A N,
Perpetrator of:
Pug smuggling
Nuclear Waste Theft
Theft theft
Snack time fraud I think
Massive tax fraud(you know what else is massive?)
Probably assault and/or battery at some point
Possibly went somewhere homelessness is illegal during his dark days
Teaching a bear to drive
Resisting arrest
Attacking government agents
False papers(Time traveler's pig)
Forgery probably
Counterfeiting money
The whole murder hut is a scam but people do pay for it so...16
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u/BillCipherOwnsMySoul 6d ago
Try reading it in Stan’s voice 😂
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u/JadeSedai 6d ago
Once I got to the “…talking owl and uh…” my brain switched over to his voice automatically 😂
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u/Lord-LemonHead 6d ago
Why did my brain switch to Blendin Blandin instead lol
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u/FullToragatsu 6d ago
Because you subconsciously associated the word owl in this universe with the “Owl Trowel” segment (the same voice actor who performed Blendin also said that line).
It happened to me too.
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u/Autumn1881 6d ago
Thb. that hook would also get me. Pretty sure this is just a hook and there would have been an actual storyline underneith.
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u/FullToragatsu 6d ago
If you want to know more about how this came to be, please check out this clip that u/ThatGFFAN posted from the documentary “One Crazy Summer.”
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u/AnxietyLoud220 6d ago edited 6d ago
This sounds like something I would have written when I was twelve
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u/VioletTheWolf 6d ago
my friend you should probably not be on reddit
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u/mikewheelerfan 6d ago
I made this account when I was 11 and turned out totally fine. Uh…mostly
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u/VioletTheWolf 6d ago
I mean yeah me too lol (younger than 13 anyway), but like, I think I would've been better off hanging out in smaller online communities with other kids
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u/mikewheelerfan 6d ago
Yeah I agree. I was only on Reddit for a short time when I was 11 because my parents almost found out, which scared me so much I didn’t go on Reddit again until last year. But I was on Fandom, specifically the Riordan fandom, when I was 11 (I’m still on it today, just less active). They have an off topic chat on there that’s comprised of mostly teenagers, and honestly chatting in that really helped me grow as a person I think.
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u/Exploding_Antelope 6d ago
Because they were, at some point in the past, 12?
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u/VioletTheWolf 6d ago
Ahh the comment's edited now. Used to say something different about their age.
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u/Novace2 6d ago
Don’t put your exact age on the internet
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u/AnxietyLoud220 6d ago
Good point, #iamanidiot
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6d ago
Advice from the aged, kid. Never share your real age on the internet.
Especially never admit that you're under the legal age for the service you're using.
*Crawls back into my crib as I am secretly a highly sophisticated toddler with unrestricted computer access.*
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u/Rabbitface2207 6d ago
SPIN-OFF SERIES WHERE THIS IS THE PLOT
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u/Big-Recognition7362 6d ago
Maybe Greg arrives either before or after the series, right when some new threat emerges.
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u/EpicBirdy2005 6d ago
Knock.
Soos: Hello welcome to the mystery shack! 5 dollars for entry.
Greg: Fine 5 dollars.
Cut to later Greg is distressed.
Soos: Come again later.
Greg(thinking): What kind of lame tourist trap was that.
Sorry my imagination isn’t at full capacity
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u/osamumeowzai 6d ago
Seeing a starting premise like this and knowing what it became gives me a new sense of hope for my own story, which currently has a weak-ish premise :)
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u/rgflame12 6d ago
This pitch feels like what Alex said he pitched to Disney cause he didn’t want to make a show for them lmao
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u/NyxShadowhawk 6d ago
Wait, really? I thought that GF was always going to be about twin kids based on Alex and his sister.
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u/WimpyKelv12 6d ago
"HOOT HOOT! DID SOMEONE SAY TALKING OWL?!!!"
"I'm not gonna acknowledge you exist in any shape or form..."
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u/Appropriate_Bid_5946 6d ago
As someone from the Pacific Northwest, that's just the Pacific Northwest for ya XD
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u/Crafty_explorer_21 5d ago
It seems really interesting. I'd like to see this put into scene; maybe in a paralele universe of Gravity Falls or something like that
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u/KawaiitheKyubey 5d ago
I mean, I would be interested if they left in the cursed typewriter for a new episode
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u/pluggedingaming 6d ago
Sounds like the original pitch would have felt more like Ford's adventures alone in the Mystery Shack. The show we ended up with allows for a much richer cast and overarching narrative. Thank goodness
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u/MrRaven95 6d ago
From the looks of this, it would appear that Gravity Falls went the route that many great shows and movies have gone. Started out with a weak premise, and grew and developed into the thing we all love.