Gravity Falls is a popular Disney show and was based on the camping trips Alex Hirsch would have as a kid with his sister (inspired dipper's twin sister, Mabel) and great grandfather (inspired Grunkle Stan). He stated in a an interview about the Season 2 mid-finale "Not What He Seems" with AV Club , " When I was 12 years old, I was obsessed with codes, conspiracies, and secret messages. I would record TV commercials with SoundRecorder.exe on Windows 95 and reverse them to see if I was being subliminally influenced to watch Pokémon by Japanese spies. (It turns out I wasn't . Or was I?) My goal with Gravity Falls is to make people as paranoid and insane as I was as a child, and I’m delighted to see it’s working! Haha. Gravity Falls has transformed the children of America into an army of Dippers. I couldn't be more proud!" At first glance, Gravity Falls may seem like a normal cartoon series, but ...