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Gravity Falls S2 |OT| Mysteries, tall gingers & endless sweaters (series finale 2/15)
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Well yeah, throughout the entire series one of the big questions, if not THE big question, was "what is Stan up to?"
This episode gives us that answer, plus rewards fans who paid attention (there were tons of theories about the twist).
In a lot of ways this episode feels like a season finale (and I guess they're treating it as such if the new eps this summer rumor is true) so yeah, you're not gonna feel the full impact unless you were already along for the ride. This episode is the payoff, not the jumping on point.
It started out kind of slow but man it turned into one of the best animated shows out their when it comes to plot and continuity.
SigmasonicX
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Yeah, I even recommend straight up skipping the first two episodes of Venture Brothers, since they are much weaker than the others in the season, IMO. Season 3 is also overall kind of meh, but it has important plot events.
"However, it's also been called dark, stereotypical, and inappropriate for kids."
Nothing beyond that.
I consider Gravity Falls pretty good with stereotypes. Outside the Northwests, the people of Gravity Falls are all fundamentally decent people if not the brightest bulbs, and the show's humor often comes from subverting the stereotypes it does use (Such as Manly Dan being a fan of Sev'ral Timez).
Rygar 8 Bit
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oh man that wait i dont think i can make it
Seriously. If this was on Cartoon Network, we'd be getting a new episode every Thursday until the season ends, followed by the post season break, then back to having new episodes every Thursday.
Baron von Loathsome
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I remember that. The only "worst" list that Gravity Falls should be on is "worst waits between episodes."
Killed any interest I had in Watch Mojo.
Pff. Cartoon Network. These fuckers would've treated Gravity Falls not very different. Just look what they did to Young Justice and the dozens of others good shows they killed.
Steven Universe is doing pretty well; we're in the middle of a week with new episodes every night, and they've renewed the show for two more seasons.
Young Justice died because of the Weisman curse anyway.
It's even bigger than that. The other major question of the series has been "who wrote the journals, and where did he go?" which was also answered. (Well, kind of on the second one.) With that question answered, in addition to the one you mentioned, (because we've known Stan's had a secret since episode one,) this could have been a season finale.
First of all is Gravity Falls an action show? No.
Secondly, since last Summer, Cartoon Network has been airing new episodes of their shows every Thursday with little breaks for the holidays. The list of shows include Adventure Time, Clarence, Gumball, Regular Show, Steven Universe, Teen Titans GO!, and Uncle Grandpa.
They've changed. Yes they currently don't air action shows, but they've been treating their comedy lineup pretty good with a lot of advertising and a consistent schedule.
Uno Venova
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Huh, I only knew there was new episodes because this thread was bumped, that sporadic scheduling really dampened my hype for the show.
Stop reading this Thread and catch up, the recent Episodes are just awesome!
Just caught up on the last two episodes. I know Not What He Seems was supposed to be the big hype episode, but I actually liked Northwest Mansion Noir more. Dipper and Pacifica actually work pretty well together, their relationship was really cute. As for Not What He Seems, it felt just a little too over the top for me (especially in the escaping prison scene), but I did like the scene at the end where Stan convinces Mabel to not push the button and I feel like this episode will give a great lead-up to an even better following episode, whenever that airs.
Admiral Woofington
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This is getting ridiculous. Fuck Disney.
Ajemsuhgao
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Summer is pretty weird. Maybe it's so they don't run into a problem of not being done with episodes, and running out of time?
Pop-O-Matic
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The feeling I got from that interview is that the rest of this season's already finished, and the decision to delay the next batch of episodes was purely a network one.
UberTag
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That's clearly the case. The 2014 copyright on this week's episode was proof enough of that.
Disney is actively going out of their way to fuck this show in terms of ratings, pacing and just about everything else.
Ajemsuhgao
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I know for a fact they aren't completely finished with the season. But they do have episodes done.
Pop-O-Matic
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Is there anyone else who watches Disney shows regularly? Are these baffling scheduling decisions only affecting Gravity Falls, or are a bunch of their shows getting fucked over by this bullshit?
That's what I said.
That's what I said.
Ajemsuhgao
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You said they're done with the rest of the season. They aren't. They're done with some, but not all.
Not really on the ratings side. It's been consistently getting fantastic rating for a Disney XD show and Disney really goes out of their way to promote new episodes.
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No, I said that they've finished making the rest of the episodes for this season and they're ready to air, but Disney's holding them back for some reason. Sorry if I made a poor choice of words on that.
And Ajemsuhgao is saying that they haven't finished making all of the episodes for this season, but that they have finished making some of the episodes.
Ajemsuhgao
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I think I'm actually the one you're misreading. I'm saying they have not finished production on the remaining episodes, and only some of them are ready to air.
Yes. This.
Pop-O-Matic
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Do you have any proof of this, because, as I stated earlier, the interview poster earlier HEAVILY implies this is purely a network decision and not affected in any way by how many episodes of the current season are completed.
Ajemsuhgao
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Stuff. Things. Kerjiggery. Etc.
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I'll take this answer.
TheGreatDirector
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Ratings wise, Gravity Falls does really well for Disney XD. Northwest Mystery Mansion did really good numbers despite the long break.
Star Wars Rebels, a highly anticipated show that also aired on the network, isn't even close to passing some of the numbers Gravity Falls has and continues to do.
Star Wars Rebels, a highly anticipated show that also aired on the network, isn't even close to passing some of the numbers Gravity Falls has and continues to do.
MasterOfPastures
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Oh look we can use that gif already.
@Disney
Really sucks American TV channels love having mid season finale. Even worst when they don't tell you or just use the word "finale" when they do tell you without the words "mid-season"
Don't know if you guys watch GSN but they have a game show called "The Chase" and they promoted Tuesday's episode as the finale. I was like what? They're cancelling the series? I thought it was doing really well. Nope... it was a "mid-season finale"
They wouldn't start airing a season until a sizeable portion of it is done. Then they'd work on the rest of the season as it aired - pretty sure thats how korra was done, and that aired on a weekly basis.
Considering the long breaks between episodes that are NOT normal, I'd say the season is very likely done. You don't need weeks between episodes to get things done on time. Thats not normal at all.
Considering the long breaks between episodes that are NOT normal, I'd say the season is very likely done. You don't need weeks between episodes to get things done on time. Thats not normal at all.
It's a mixed bag. Some shows like Phineas and Ferb & Wonder Over Yonder have a schedule similar to Gravity Falls while Star Wars: Rebels and their Marvel shows have a little more consistent schedule (but not by much, instead of one new show followed by month long breaks, they will have a string of new shows followed by month long breaks).
metsallica
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What the hell, it's off until SUMMER? I can barely remember what happened previously when there is a month or two between episodes. Sigh.
The first couple of episodes were pretty boring but by ep5, I was totally sucked in. What a hilarious show, I'll easily waste at least.. A day or two with this while waiting for more Gravity Falls lol
Yeah, this happens a lot with Gravity Falls. I blame Disney.
Schadenfreude
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Welcome to our life. Steven Universe premiered way later than GF and somehow it has way more episodes.
Well Steven is like 10min per episode
The Technomancer
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Finally catching up after neglecting like all of season 2. Just finished the one with the computer girlfriend. I'm not crazy, right? The scene where she takes over the TVs in the mall is an explicit reference to Shodan yeah? The cadence and structure of her speech is identical
Yeah, it's not fair to compare the two. If GF were like that, we'd be on episode 62 right now instead of episode 31.
I believe all of those are shows with measily 11-minute new episodes, unlike Gravity Falls. And Gravity Falls isn't getting much better promotion on Disney XD than it ever would on CN. Instead of having to share most of it's promos with Uncle Grandpa, Clarence, and that other junk for a "New Thursdays" thing, GF gets plenty of ads/shorts/promos dedicated to it and it alone. Hell, before "Not What He Seems" aired, DXD did a marathon in which they showed every single GF episode to get people caught up CN would have never done that.
The airing schedule may be wonky, but Gravity Falls is good where it is. At least it's in no danger of getting Symbionic Titan'd.
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