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The ENTIRE Story of Bill Cipher in Gravity Falls

JarToon・24 minutes read

The show Gravity Falls follows the adventures of Dipper, Mabel, and others as they battle the powerful dream demon Bill Cipher, who seeks chaos and destruction in the town but is ultimately defeated through a ritual involving the Zodiac wheel.

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  • Bill Cipher, a powerful dream demon from another dimension, seeks to bring chaos by merging with the third dimension, using the name Bill Cipher to avoid fading away.
  • Gravity Falls' residents, through a prophecy wheel called the Bill Cipher Zodiac, manage to trap Bill but inadvertently leave a way to release him, leading to a series of events culminating in a climactic battle to defeat him and free the town from his control.

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  • Who is Bill Cipher?

    A powerful dream demon from a different dimension.

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Summary

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"Bill Cipher's Chaos in Gravity Falls"

  • Gravity Falls started airing on Disney Channel in 2012, captivating audiences with its supernatural elements and unique characters like Dipper, Mabel, Stan, Ford, and Seuss.
  • Bill Cipher, an immensely powerful dream demon from a different dimension, aims to plunge existence into chaos by achieving a physical form and opening a rift between the nightmare realm and Earth.
  • Bill's origins lie in the Second Dimension, a place he despised for its simplicity, leading him to liberate it and cause chaos before seeking refuge in the unstable nightmare realm.
  • To stabilize the nightmare realm, Bill needed to merge with the third dimension, which he achieved by entering the dreams of those in the third dimension, adopting the name Bill Cipher to avoid evaporation.
  • Bill targets the natives of Oregon, particularly Modok the Wise, to construct an interdimensional gateway, but a prophecy warns of apocalyptic consequences, leading Modok to attempt to sever ties with Bill.
  • The natives trap Bill using the Bill Cipher Zodiac, a prophecy wheel with 10 symbols, successfully imprisoning him but leaving a key to release him in the form of a powerful dark incantation.
  • Ford Pines, intrigued by Gravity Falls' mysteries, discovers the existence of Bill Cipher through native paintings, leading to a partnership with Bill that results in the construction of an interdimensional gateway.
  • Ford's partnership with Bill turns sour as Bill manipulates Ford, leading to a test run of the gateway that goes awry, resulting in Ford's disappearance and the activation of the gateway.
  • Bill reappears in the show through various episodes, manipulating characters like Gideon Gleeful and Dipper, ultimately causing chaos and destruction in Gravity Falls.
  • The culmination of Bill's plans leads to a three-part episode where he gains a physical form, wreaks havoc on Gravity Falls, and captures Ford, setting the stage for a climactic battle to defeat him.

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Bill's Defeat: Golden Statue, Ritual, Shacktron

  • Bill turns Ford into a golden statue as punishment for refusing to join him.
  • Dipper unsuccessfully tries to defeat Bill by punching him, causing the journals to spill out.
  • Bill burns the journals but two pages remain singed on the floor.
  • Bill offers Dipper to Eightball and Teeth as a snack, then escapes with his supernatural posse.
  • Time Paradox Enforcement Squadron gatecrashes Bill's party, but Bill vaporizes them.
  • Bill plans to take over the world and faces a force field preventing him from leaving Gravity Falls.
  • Ford reveals a way to break the force field's magnetism but refuses to share it with Bill.
  • Bill tortures Ford to find a weakness, but is interrupted by the Shacktron built to battle him.
  • The townsfolk complete a ritual using the Zodiac to defeat Bill, freeing everyone from his control.
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