Comments on: Yet another reason why I love Gravity Falls http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 09:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: VideoMonkey http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1554164 VideoMonkey Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1554164 The Pacific Northwest is not the only connection to Twin Peaks..."The owls are not what they seem" is the second message the Giant gives to Agent Cooper. The Pacific Northwest is not the only connection to Twin Peaks…”The owls are not what they seem” is the second message the Giant gives to Agent Cooper.

]]> By: oodja http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1554024 oodja Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1554024 Last week's episode ("Summerween") had a fantastic Spirited Away homage, when the Summerween Trickster morphed into a monster made up of cut-rate Halloween candy that was a dead ringer for No-Face.  LOVE.  THIS.  SHOW. Last week’s episode (“Summerween”) had a fantastic Spirited Away homage, when the Summerween Trickster morphed into a monster made up of cut-rate Halloween candy that was a dead ringer for No-Face.  LOVE.  THIS.  SHOW.

]]> By: Neill "Dire" Mitchell http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1553791 Neill "Dire" Mitchell Thu, 11 Oct 2012 06:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1553791 I also love this show - But what's with the "French" animation style noses? They are really off-putting, mostly as it puts me in mind of poorly dubbed French shows from my youth. :) I also love this show – But what’s with the “French” animation style noses? They are really off-putting, mostly as it puts me in mind of poorly dubbed French shows from my youth. :)

]]> By: Deidzoeb http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1553721 Deidzoeb Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1553721 Occult... Pacific Northwest... this screams for a Twin Peaks/Gravity Falls crossover. Occult… Pacific Northwest… this screams for a Twin Peaks/Gravity Falls crossover.

]]> By: Ernest Valdemar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1553604 Ernest Valdemar Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1553604 Nooooooo! It's Lik-M-Aid! <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun_Dip" rel="nofollow">Fun Dip is made of Lik-M-Aid</a>! /Heston (Soylent) /Kids on my lawn Nooooooo! It’s Lik-M-Aid! Fun Dip is made of Lik-M-Aid!

/Heston (Soylent)
/Kids on my lawn

]]> By: Jello http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1553510 Jello Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1553510  I have heard tell that Aoshima's episode was made after this episode, but aired before this episode. So 'the future is in the past!' is a happy coincidence.  I have heard tell that Aoshima’s episode was made after this episode, but aired before this episode. So ‘the future is in the past!’ is a happy coincidence.

]]> By: theophrastvs http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1553429 theophrastvs Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1553429 The little item that blew me away comes from episode #9, "the time traveler's pig".  In that episode a time traveler (Blendin Blandin) is sent back in time (after the closing credits by the horrific "Time Baby") to fix all the time anomalies caused by the twins misadventures in time which includes visiting events in previous episodes.  so, if one managed to record those <i>prior broadcast</i> episodes and go back to check.. <b>great googly moogly</b>... you can just glimpse the time traveler in the background flitting about making those fixes (something we'd all ignore in our first viewing).  now that's some global consideration in writing. The little item that blew me away comes from episode #9, “the time traveler’s pig”.  In that episode a time traveler (Blendin Blandin) is sent back in time (after the closing credits by the horrific “Time Baby”) to fix all the time anomalies caused by the twins misadventures in time which includes visiting events in previous episodes.  so, if one managed to record those prior broadcast episodes and go back to check.. great googly moogly… you can just glimpse the time traveler in the background flitting about making those fixes (something we’d all ignore in our first viewing).  now that’s some global consideration in writing.

]]> By: Nick Robinson http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1553425 Nick Robinson Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1553425 Another great thing about this episode: in the first Smile Dip hallucination scene, the creature that speaks nonsense to Mabel is actually saying "DON'T TRUST GRUNKLE" played backwards. Eerie! Another great thing about this episode: in the first Smile Dip hallucination scene, the creature that speaks nonsense to Mabel is actually saying “DON’T TRUST GRUNKLE” played backwards. Eerie!

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1553392 Mark_Frauenfelder Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1553392 Thanks for pointing it out. I fixed it. Thanks for pointing it out. I fixed it.

]]> By: Mark Duanburge http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1553382 Mark Duanburge Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1553382 Mark, do you know about the Futurama cyphers too? http://theinfosphere.org/images/2/2f/ALsymbols.jpg Mark, do you know about the Futurama cyphers too?

http://theinfosphere.org/images/2/2f/ALsymbols.jpg

]]> By: Sean Nelson http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1553378 Sean Nelson Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1553378 How does "VWDQ LV QRW ZKDW KH VHHP" decode to "STAN IS NOT WHAT HE SEEMS"?  That is, unless the cipher text is simply missing a V at the end of it. How does “VWDQ LV QRW ZKDW KH VHHP” decode to “STAN IS NOT WHAT HE SEEMS”?  That is, unless the cipher text is simply missing a V at the end of it.

]]> By: Sean Nelson http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1553380 Sean Nelson Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1553380 nevermind... Silly me - I just looked at the graphic and see what you mean.  It is just misspelled in the post. nevermind… Silly me – I just looked at the graphic and see what you mean.  It is just misspelled in the post.

]]> By: Rick Mesler http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1553375 Rick Mesler Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1553375 Me and my 7 year old boy love this show... he loves Mabel, and I love that gnomes, when punched in the stomach hurl Rainbow vomit in a constant stream of awesomeness Me and my 7 year old boy love this show… he loves Mabel, and I love that gnomes, when punched in the stomach hurl Rainbow vomit in a constant stream of awesomeness

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1553366 EH Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1553366 Fun Dip: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fyaEnavxheQ/TZjEsJl6_PI/AAAAAAAAAFM/KOKholSJ9yY/s1600/Fun_Dip.jpg Fun Dip:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fyaEnavxheQ/TZjEsJl6_PI/AAAAAAAAAFM/KOKholSJ9yY/s1600/Fun_Dip.jpg

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1553337 Stefan Jones Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1553337 I remember a candy like Smile Dip. The high sugar content kind of burned my tongue raw. * * * Man, I'm glad someone is gathering those cryptograms. My DVR keeps clipping the end of the episodes. I remember a candy like Smile Dip. The high sugar content kind of burned my tongue raw.
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Man, I’m glad someone is gathering those cryptograms. My DVR keeps clipping the end of the episodes.

]]> By: JustinKalb http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1553338 JustinKalb Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1553338 you are correct! http://gravityfalls.wikia.com/wiki/John_Aoshima you are correct! http://gravityfalls.wikia.com/wiki/John_Aoshima

]]> By: TheMudshark http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1553339 TheMudshark Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1553339 Clearly, we´re dealing with a satanist Illuminati ploy here. Clearly, we´re dealing with a satanist Illuminati ploy here.

]]> By: Charles B http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1553340 Charles B Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1553340 Hunt down the Gravity Falls wiki. They suggest:"Mabel's halucination dolphin Aoshima is likely named after Gravity Falls director John Aoshima." Hunt down the Gravity Falls wiki. They suggest:”Mabel’s halucination dolphin Aoshima is likely named after Gravity Falls director John Aoshima.”

]]> By: mmatonis http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1553334 mmatonis Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1553334 John Aoshima apparently directs some of the episodes. I'm consistently impressed by Gravity Falls and how well it's thought out, and I'm glad your daughter seems to be as into it as I am! John Aoshima apparently directs some of the episodes.

I’m consistently impressed by Gravity Falls and how well it’s thought out, and I’m glad your daughter seems to be as into it as I am!

]]> By: JustinKalb http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/yet-another-reason-why-i-love.html#comment-1553332 JustinKalb Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186492#comment-1553332 Just takin a stab in the dark with the googles, but could Aoshima be related to Chiho Aoshima  J-Pop artist?    Just takin a stab in the dark with the googles, but could Aoshima be related to Chiho Aoshima  J-Pop artist?   

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