The Story of Stanford Pines (Gravity Falls)

[Music] Gravity Falls is home to some of the most vibrant characters in cartoon history a world shrouded in mystery where curiosity is the driving force for Discovery and there's one man in Oregon who's far more Curious than anyone else Stanford Pines the brilliant brain that unlocked the secrets to Gravity Falls his work his research is the foundation on which the entire show is built on but how did it all start for Ford what happened in the nightmare realm and how did his rivalry with Bill Cipher end well today we're going to answer all that and more as we weave our way through Ford pines' entire story but let me warn you things might get a bit weird Ford was born back in the 1950s just 15 minutes before his twin brother Stanley their parents Karen and Phil BR Pines brought the pair up in the quaint little town of glass Shard beach however due to a rare birth defect Ford was born with an extra finger on both hands alongside an abnormally high IQ and so it wasn't long before science science fiction and the supernatural all became obsessions for him with his brother by his side Ford would always go in search of Adventure but Adventure soon turned into a nightmare when the boys were repeatedly bullied by a group of kids headed by the biggest bully of them all cramp pelter the bullies would Target their differences especially Ford's fingers and the fact that they only had the two of them as friends but I am a freak I just wonder if there's anywhere in the world where weirdos like me fit in to combat this their dad enrolled them into boxing classes to try to teach them some defense in case things got really heated with the bullies As Time passed Ford scientific achievements started racking up tests passed with flying colors experiments research findings t mons of work for a young man but he still found time to work with his brother on their passion project the Stana War an old direct boat that the pair had painstakingly put back together over the years in hopes that they could fulfill their joint dream of becoming National Treasure Hunters but with a brain like Fords it wouldn't be long before he caught the attention of the most prestigious colleges in the country west coast Institute of Technology this was thanks to one of Ford's Creations the perpetual motion machine Stan soon learned of his brother scholarship and took it to heart thinking that it would wedge the pair apart and finally put out the Embers of what was a once burning passionate dream Stan took out his frustration on his brother's creation accidentally breaking the machine causing West Coast Tech to ultimately deny his Brainiac brother I'd say we wasted a car trip what what's worse Stan left evidence that proved he was on the scene when the machine went bust Ford can barely contain his Fury as he tells his brother that he knows he tried to s sabotage him but EES dropping on the conversation is their dad Phil brick who is even angrier than Ford he immediately disowns Stan and kicks him out of the family home Stanford don't leave me hanging High six time passes the duo haven't seen each other for some time and Ford has enrolled himself in a less than prestigious School backup s'more University here Ford makes his first true friend who is in his brother fiddle Ford McGucket a young but brilliant mechanic with a sharp scientific mind wait a minute is that I know what you're thinking the same as me what happened to that guy well you'll find out only one way to find out even though the school wasn't matching for its potential that didn't stop him from making huge scientific strides even managing to get into a doctorial program 3 years early as well as that the Man became nationally renowned and even scooped up a large cash prize for his research in his senior years for decided to major in the anomalies of nature inspired by the anomaly of his extra fingers firmly down the research Rabbit Hole Ford found that the most concentrated point of strange phenomena Supernatural sightings and all around Madness was located in Gravity Falls Oregon this is where Ford decides to call home there were anomalies everywhere and the more I looked the more I saw using his prize money to venture into the unknown Ford built his own research lab in the town to start his mystery solving Mission it's here where he began keeping journals creating the familiar six-fingered emblem and jotting down any and all findings from his thorough research his expedition grew and grew to the point he built an entire bunker where he'd house his more dangerous experiments you know like the shape shifter by 1981 Ford had already begun writing his third journal and had a vast encyclopedic knowledge of the bizarre world in which he walked but a roadblock in research was inevitable and it all centered around one one word why why was Gravity Falls so strange research and passion soon turned to Obsession as Ford would dig for any scrap of evidence which could get him over this hurdle this led him to the caves of the Gravity Falls where bygone natives had painted stories about The Oddities of Oregon the paintings told the story about an all knowing being called Bill Cipher alongside the Cipher wheel a way to imprison the dream demon should he ever get out Ford foolishly dismissed these paintings as primitive super itions and read a forbidden incantation an incantation which summoned Bill Cipher directly into Ford's mind whoa don't have a heart attack you're not 92 yet now inside Bill tells Ford that he is amuse whose job is to help one genius every Century by revealing secrets and helping to piece mind-bending questions together for some time Bill wandered around Ford's mindscape and the two formed a partnership together Bill gave Ford his answers explaining that he is the reasoning for Gravity falls's anomalies being so bizarrely unique due to a dimensional Rift where another dimension's weirdness leaks through with this incredible Insight Ford set out to create an interdimensional Gateway recruiting his friend fiddleford to help him complete the machine all the while Ford and Bill's partnership begins to border on Obsession as he fills his home with the triangular-shaped trinkets rugs and statues even going as far as remodeling his home in the shape of a triangle fiddleford notices the change and his friend and worries that something serious may be wrong as Ford hadn't really given him much information on why they were building the gate and more importantly who this mysterious collaborator feeding for the ideas in the first place was but that aside the two completed the gate and were due to give it its first test run on January 18th 1982 but things didn't quite go to plan as a test dummy used in the trial got sucked into the gateway which wouldn't be too bad if fiddleford wouldn't have accidentally been sucked up as well luckily Ford was quick to act but not before fiddleford made his way through the portal causing him to mutter gibberish when finally back onto the side of safety although those incoherent words soon made sense as fiddleford warns Ford of a prophecy a prophecy of a beast with one eye this snapped Ford back into reality where he not only realized the dangers of his creation but also started to grow suspicious of Bill to combat his mental Menace Ford installed a metal plate into his head to ensure that bill Bill couldn't stray too far in his mind or gain sudden control of him all while shutting down the operation surrounding the interdimensional gate to further protect himself however Ford created project mm a machine capable of Bio electrically encrypting his thoughts to act as a final line of defense against the Triangular demon with all these safety measures in mind literally Ford still couldn't handle the paranoia of Bill watching him through his own eyes so he plowed on with his research work but made sure to use invisible ink when writing regardless his sanity continued to decline and in one last attempt to remove any danger of bill or his work Ford decided to abandon his research and to hide his journal so that no one could ever reopen the interdimensional Gateway again once his journals were hidden Ford then began working on renovating his lab into a shack capable of withstanding a world where Cipher managed to escape his mind basically apocalypse proof with the last gasps of his sanity for managed to write and send a postcard SOS to his brother Stan who by the way he hasn't seen since their split over his perpetual motion machine knowing his brother wouldn't ask for his help unless something was seriously wrong Stan sparked into action and headed to Gravity Falls in search of his brother when he finally tracks Ford down Stan sees that his brother's condition is far worse than he'd expected Ford treats Stan like he did all those years ago like no time has passed as if nothing happened between them instead of trying to fix their broken relation ship Ford tries to force Stan to be a pawn in his insane game to Cipher proof the world we know Stan hasn't got the most patience in the world and being met with his stonewalling brother led to yet another fight between the two the brawl Spilled Out into Ford's lab and accidentally activated the interdimensional Gateway once more where Ford gets sucked in through the portal and becomes trapped on the other side I just got him back I can't lose him again come on before his fall though Ford threw the first of his journal at his brother but without the other two journals Stan lacked the knowledge needed to bring his brother back for the next 30 Years in his absence Stan transformed the research center into the Mystery Shack we all know and love making it not only a hot spot for the weird and wonderful but for tourists too on the other side of the portal however Ford could be anywhere at any time maybe even a place where where doesn't exist so now with Ford's backstory out of the way this brings us up to the start of the show throughout the first season the author was frequently brought up by users of the journals but there was barely a clue in sight as to who said the author could be that said Ford himself at a cameo in the episode the time traveler Pig where Dipper and Mabel time traveled to a point in front of the Mystery Shack many years ago when Ford was still in the middle of research the identity of the author was drip-fed from there on out to the audience with one piece of evidence being the infamous laptop from the episode scaryoke plastered with a label which says property of f or like in the Society of the Blind Eye where it's revealed that the author's assistant was Old Man McGucket but not until the 11th episode of season 2 titled not what he seems do we finally see The Return of Ford Dipper just like his Grand Uncle Ford became obsessed with the Supernatural and thanks to him and his sister Mabel Stan finally had all three of Ford's journals and could reopen the portal to bring his brother back after half a season of portal repairs Stan had successfully opened a rift to bring his brother home and he wasn't happy Ford returned with Fury scalding Stan for reactivating the portal and putting their world at risk to any unneeded evil that could leak through it seems Stan got lucky this time he tells his brother that wall he's glad to be back the Shack isn't some gimmick it's a research center and he gives Stan until the end of the summer to move out did you hear what they said I think Uncle Ford said they're going to buy us puppy made of ice cream in the episode dungeons Dungeons and more dungeons a curious Dipper throws Non-Stop questions at Fort but his Grand Uncle swans them away telling Dipper not to interfere with his work on the dark weird Road I travel I'm afraid you cannot follow well call me for dinner well that lasts all of 5 Seconds before Dipper falls into the basement expecting to be told off Dipper is met by Ford who sees he is a 38 sided dice and becomes excited he tells Dipper that he loves playing dungeons Dungeons and more Dungeons and the two start bonding by playing a game a game that soon takes over the whole house Stan then accidentally rolls the infinity sided die which prompts the release of probabilitor the Annoying now really that is his real name and he's voiced by Weird Al Yankovic of course that's why I'm going to eat your brains to gain your intelligence it's what I do it's his thing he captures Ford and Dipper and transforms them into playing pieces but with the help of stain and Mabel they defeat this weird wizard Ford locks the die away and begins to open up to Dipper after after their bonding time together he even shows Dipper what he's been working on the destruction of the interdimensional Gateway but he tells Dipper that there's an overflow of Rift energy so to keep everything safe Ford captured the energy into a small snow globe like container in the episode the last Mabel corn the isoceles of insanity Bill Cipher returns in one of Ford's dreams he tells Ford that he's been preparing all this time for the big day and that Ford can't keep the interdimensional rift safe forever as he knows he's captured it Bill simulates just exactly what he's got planned for the third dimension when he rips open a red triangular portal in the sky and sets fire to Ford's mindscape before leaving through the bortle Ford wakes and tells the family of the potential dangers of Bill instructing Mabel to go on a quest to find unicorn hair an important ingredient in Bill proofing the Mystery Shack meanwhile Ford and Dipper used the mm machine to safeguard themselves but Dipper uses the machine on a sleeping forward to take a look through his memories and finds that great uncle used to be friends with Bill Ford wakes and tells Dipper he shouldn't have gone peing but Dipper fears Ford isn't who he says he is and that it's Bill who's in the driving seat Dipper grabs the rift and refuses to hand it over escalating to the point that Dipper fires his gun at Ford but the laser bullet Ricochet off Ford's glasses and destroys the encryption machine Ford tells Dipper that it's really him and instantly forgives him for acting how he did explaining his past with Bill Cipher May then returns unicorn hair and the family form a protective field around the Mystery Shack but today I learned that morality is relative money and once done Ford pulls Dipper aside and offers him the chance to become his Apprentice in Dipper and Mabel versus the Future Ford tells Dipper that the rift's container is slowly cracking and fears the formation of a world ending phenomenon called a weird mageddon to try and patch up the container Ford takes Dipper to a hidden [Music] UFO trying to get some extraterrestrial strength adhesive while in search Ford tells Dipper more about the potential of him becoming his Apprentice but Dipper is a bit dubious telling Ford of all the work he has in school which of course Sparks Ford into going into detail about his 12 phds telling Dipper doesn't need to worry he's in very capable hands he tells his Grand nephew that he sees something special in him and that he could become great if he followed in his footsteps but their conversation quickly comes to an end when Ford's magnetic gun reveals the adhesive this commotion activated the UFO's defense droids who capture Ford and nearly ship him off to an unknown location but thanks to Dipper Ford manages to stay put in Gravity Falls after all the craziness Ford thanks his Grand nephew and Dipper accepts The Apprentice offer he goes to tell Mabel all about his day and then heads back to Ford but realizes he's taken Mabel's bag by accident and she now has the rift this is a huge opportunity for me well it's a horrible opportunity for me Mabel being bummed that her twin is likely going to leave her for an apprenticeship is alone in the woods with the rift and is soon approached by Blendon Blandon a time-traveling friend of hers and Dipper he senses her wish for never wanting summer to end and convinces her to hand over the interdimensional rift stating that the rift can create a time-stopping bubble to Grant her wish but as soon as Mabel hands over the rift Bill reveals himself to be possessing Blandon and smashes the rift underfoot this allows Bill to enter the third dimension ripping open portals allowing different dimensions to bleed into one creating what Ford feared most weird mageddon in the first part of the weird mageddon Trilogy Ford and Dipper find themselves witnessing more of the supernatural Mayhem at the hands of Cipher creatures of all kinds flee the area desperate to escape the impending doom a panicked Ford tells Dipper that for every second the rift remains open open Bill grows stronger determined to put an end to Bill's Reign they embark on a mission to defeat him once and for all Ford takes Dipper to the town's Clock Tower and prepares his Quantum destabilizer to shoot Bill however Ford gets distracted when a weirdness wave hits the Bell causing him to miss his shot angered Bill confronts Ford and informs his fellow beings about Ford building the portal the triangle of terror offers Ford to be a member of Bill's gang but Ford quickly declines so Bill transforms Ford into a golden back scratcher now that's evil Ford remains Frozen for the second part in the trilogy but he makes a triumphant return into the third and final B he's brought out of his petrified state by Bill to find himself chained in a strange room Bill makes an entrance in typical villain style playing the piano before making a drink appear in Ford's hand who then sits down on the couch he's chained to Bill explains that for some reason despite his might he can't escape the confines of Gravity Falls to which Ford tells him that it's property of the town's weirdness magnetism which he studied years ago bill asks if he learned how to deactivate it to which Ford admits knowing the simple formula capable of collapsing the barrier before spitefully yelling that he's never going to tell Bill at first bill tries persuasion revealing his intentions of liberating the third dimension and offering to make Ford an all powerful being if he helps I'll remake a fun world a better world a party that never ends with a host that never dies Ford denies this immediately of course bill then declares he would invade Ford's mind to get the code but Ford calls him out on this claim reminding him of the rules of the mindscape that despite Bill's abilities with dreams he couldn't enter Ford's mind without Ford shaking on a deal and letting him in but Bill can wait and he tells Ford that everyone has a button to press and sooner or later he'll push Fords meanwhile dipper Mabel stain and the others were planning to rescue him in the hopes that his knowledge of how to defeat bill could get rid of him once and for all they convert The Shack into a bill prooof shakron and head for Bill's fyid Chained and battered Ford faced a 500 watt shock from Bill's eyeball yet still he clung to his Defiance against revealing the equation just as Bill prepared for another round of Torment the kids stormed into the pyramid disrupting the evil demon Bill dispatched his henchmen for battle while he and Ford observed from the shadows as the Hench Maniacs were defeated Bill frustrated but sensing an opportunity saw the depth of Ford's connection with Dipper and Mabel Ford's pride in his great nephew and great niece was obvious their Ford's Achilles heal so Cipher leaps at the chance and threatens to torment the kids he then transforms a distraught Ford back into the gold statue and flies to the shakron to attack the refugees piloting the machine used the dinosaur attachment to rip out Bill's eye to distract him so they can rescue forward a team land in the pyramid and plan on first un freezing everyone in Bill's human throne Gideon gleeful now trapped in a cage as punishment for letting Dipper in Mabel's bubble tells the team that mayor Tyler is the weightbearing statue in the throne and should he be dislodged everyone will be as well meaning everyone will be restored to life Dipper pulls the May out and the chair collapses knocking Gideon's cage out of the sky everyone picks themselves up off the ground and are finally back to their true forms even Ford unfreezes from his golden statue he tells the entire town that the way to defeat bill is just as the natives did centuries ago with the Cipher wheel if 10 people stand in a circle on a drawn version of the wheel and the people within the circle embody the symbols on which they stand and hold hands a force will be created that will once again imprison Bill meanwhile bill is still fighting the shakron when he realizes the legs of the machine aren't encapsulated within the force field so he rips a leg off the shakron and smashes it into the machine sending it flying back in the pyamid those of the town's folk which aren't represented by the of the zodiac have stepped aside to leave dipper Mabel Seuss Wendy Gideon Robbie Pacifica miket Ford and Stan who are about to complete the ritual to rid their world of the oneeyed evil when Ford corrects Stan's grammar which results in the two brothers fighting again between me and him I'm not always the bad twin between him and me giving enough time for Bill to appear looming over the team now fully regenerated he burns away the drawn wheel and captures for and Stan binding them with ropes and while the others begin to fight with a click of his fingers Bill transforms everyone but the Pines into tapestries with screaming faces the dream demon then imprisons Dipper and mael and uses them as a bargaining chip to gain access into Ford's mind so he can finally get his equation bill is quickly interrupted by the twins who tell Ford not to give in this enrages bill and he squares up to the imprisoned Twins and before he can say anything Mabel pulls out her spray can and sprays bill right in the eye this minor distraction manages to free the older twins while Dipper uses his size altering flashlight to make the prison so big they can just fit through the bars with ease I know that hurts because I've accidentally done it to myself multiple times after escaping Dipper and Mabel taunt Bill to chase them down a long hallway and as Bill goes to chase the twins Ford and Stan try to make a break for it but are quickly caught by Bill who places them in a prison similar to the one he just had Mabel and Dipper in he then transforms into a monstrous red and yellow form and chases the young twins planning on turning them into corpses he manages to capture the two and gives Ford one final ultimatum let bill into his mindscape or one of the twins will be killed Ford reluctantly gives into the Demon's demands but places a condition on the deal from the moment they shake hands Ford's family will be safe from harm and Bill gladly accepts transferring his Essence into Ford leaving behind a solid Stone statue now in Ford's mindscape all bill can see is a white void with a singular wooden door he opens it to reveal Stan it turns out that while bill was chasing Dipper and Mabel he and Ford swapped clothes and pretended to be each other in the hope Bill would fall for their plan back in reality Ford takes out the memory gun to permanently erase stand's memory and along with it Bill trapped in blue flames Stan tells bill that the game is over he's lost and his existence is about to be wiped for forever this sends bill into a panic overdrive as he desperately tries to bargain but soon realizes his powers have evaporated slowly melting away into nothingness Bill begins to babble all sorts of backwards messages while his form takes various shapes colors and sizes as Stan steps up and punches a weakened bill into non-existence and waits as his mind is consumed by the blue fire following Bill's defeat everyone is freed from the tapestries the Hench maniacs and all of Bill's evil architecture is sucked back into the nightmare Realm with one great shock wave everything is back to normal but not for the Pines for them to destroy Bill Cipher forever Ford had to erase his own brother basically from existence they find the husk of what was once Stan in the forest where Mabel tries to make him remember her but for insists that the stand she knew is gone forever oh uh hey there kiddo what's your name Ford finally forgives his brother for their messy past hugging him tightly for what seems like eternity they head back to the now ruined Mystery Shack where Mabel is in complete denial about Grunkle Stan's memory still she grabs her summer memories journal and begins to recite memories to him at first things look hopeless but when Stan tries to remember Waddles and Seuss something seems to be striking a cord with Stan so Ford tells Mabel to keep going the family sits and laughs about old times after just saving the world 3 days later on Dipper and Mabel's 13th birthday it's revealed that Stan has his memory back now with his brother forgiven and back by his side Ford speaks to him privately about getting back to work this time Ford has found anomalies in the middle of the Arctic Ocean and asks his brother for his help investigating Ford pulls out a picture he's always kept on him a picture of the two of them as kids rebuilding the St of War their dream to set sail together can now be a reality and a reality it became and that's where Gravity Falls and Ford's story ends Ford Pines is one of a kind not even his twin brother can copy him an interdimensional Intrepid explorer who tried to find happiness in his work but only truly found it when his work brought him back to his family thank you all so much for watching let me know down below what your favorite forward moment is and if you got any suggestions for another character recap or deep dive let me know but for now we're going to see you all next time

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Length: 25min 19sec (1519 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 23 2024