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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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[[File:Pilot_Golf_Cart_in_midair.png|thumb
|The "tidal wave of horror."
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The episode opens with a flash forward of the young twins Dipper and Mabel Pines falling from a cliff in the [[Mystery Cart|golf cart]], while being chased by a "tidal wave of horror." Then it cuts back to Dipper narrating how their parents sent them to spend their summer break with their Great Uncle Stan in the town of Gravity Falls, Oregon, where they soon came face-to-face with the town's strange and uncanny secrets.
The episode opens with a flash forward of the young twins Dipper and Mabel Pines falling from a cliff in the [[Mystery Cart|golf cart]], while being chased by a "tidal wave of horror." Then it cuts back to Dipper narrating how their parents sent them to spend their summer break with their Great Uncle Stan in the town of Gravity Falls, Oregon, where they soon came face-to-face with the town's strange and uncanny secrets.
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One day, Stan calls the kids downstairs. When they get there, he calls them "my favorite twins, Dylan and Rowena." Then he shows them his newest attraction: a scale model of the London Bridge built entirely from freezy pops. When he taps it, the model breaks apart and they start eating the 200 freezy pops. Dipper reads one of the riddles on the sticks: "What is a ghost's favorite ice cream flavor?" Mabel says it's "booberry" and Grunkle Stan says "corpse melon," while Dipper thinks it's "cookies and screams," but the stick is blank in the other side, so the riddle has no answer.
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[[File:pilot Olddipper.png|thumb|left|Freezie Pops from the Freezie Pop London Bridge that Stan made.]]
One day, Stan calls the kids downstairs. When they get there, he calls them "my favorite twins, Dylan and Rowena." Then he shows them his newest attraction: a scale model of the London Bridge built entirely from freezy pops. When he taps it, the model breaks apart and they start eating the 200 freezy pops. Dipper reads one of the riddles on the sticks: "What is a ghost's favorite ice cream flavor?" Mabel says it's "booberry" and Grunkle Stan says "corpse melon," while Dipper thinks it's "cookies and screams," but the stick is blank in the other side, so the riddle has no answer.
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[[File:Pilot Undead page.png|thumb|The "Undead creatures" page in "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned."]]
Dipper soon finds his sister's new crush — Norman — is suspiciously odd. Later, while reading a mysterious book called "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned," with facts and notes about magical creatures, he starts believing Mabel's boyfriend is a [[The Undead|zombie]], because of his strange behavior, and starts to secretly record him to confirm his suspicion. Then, he confronts Mabel and tells her what he thinks Norman is, but she doesn't believe him. Right when he's about to give up and admit he's being paranoid, Dipper watches a video where Norman drops one of his hands and then picks it up. Convinced that Norman is a zombie, he borrows the golf cart from Stan and rushes to save Mabel.
Dipper soon finds his sister's new crush — Norman — is suspiciously odd. Later, while reading a mysterious book called "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned," with facts and notes about magical creatures, he starts believing Mabel's boyfriend is a [[The Undead|zombie]], because of his strange behavior, and starts to secretly record him to confirm his suspicion. Then, he confronts Mabel and tells her what he thinks Norman is, but she doesn't believe him. Right when he's about to give up and admit he's being paranoid, Dipper watches a video where Norman drops one of his hands and then picks it up. Convinced that Norman is a zombie, he borrows the golf cart from Stan and rushes to save Mabel.
Meanwhile, Mabel is with Norman, who reveals that he is actually a [[Gnomes|gnome]] named Jeff standing on top of 4 other gnomes, and that they want to marry her and make her their queen. When she rejects their proposal, they kidnap her. Dipper finds the gnomes running into the forest carrying a tied up Mabel over their heads and starts to chase them with the cart. Dipper asks what is going on, and Mabel explains that Norman turned out to be a bunch of gnomes.
Meanwhile, Mabel is with Norman, who reveals that he is actually a [[Gnomes|gnome]] named Jeff standing on top of 4 other gnomes, and that they want to marry her and make her their queen. When she rejects their proposal, they kidnap her. Dipper finds the gnomes running into the forest carrying a tied up Mabel over their heads and starts to chase them with the cart. Dipper asks what is going on, and Mabel explains that Norman turned out to be a bunch of gnomes.
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[[File:Pilot smashin gnome faces.png|thumb|Dipper smashes Shmebulock's face.]]
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[[File:pilot Olddipper.png|thumb|left|Freezie Pops from the Freezie Pop London Bridge that Stan made.]]
In the forest, Dipper demands the gnomes to hand out Mabel, but the other gnomes jump off the trees and start tearing the golf cart. Then other gnomes are fired like arrows from a bow towards the golf cart. Dipper dodges them, though, and soon catches up with the kidnappers. Once he does, he tells Mabel she has to jump. She uses her braces to cut the rope and jumps into the cart. Dipper drives away from the gnomes, but a gnome jumps and grabs his face. Mabel punches the gnome off his brother's face, but when he's able to see again, he accidentally drives the cart off a cliff and through a Gravity Falls billboard, crashing it in a forest.
In the forest, Dipper demands the gnomes to hand out Mabel, but the other gnomes jump off the trees and start tearing the golf cart. Then other gnomes are fired like arrows from a bow towards the golf cart. Dipper dodges them, though, and soon catches up with the kidnappers. Once he does, he tells Mabel she has to jump. She uses her braces to cut the rope and jumps into the cart. Dipper drives away from the gnomes, but a gnome jumps and grabs his face. Mabel punches the gnome off his brother's face, but when he's able to see again, he accidentally drives the cart off a cliff and through a Gravity Falls billboard, crashing it in a forest.
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The Pilot was created in 2010 by recent [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Institute_of_the_Arts CalArts] graduate Alex Hirsch.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/disney-renews-fish-hooks-picks-up-gravity-falls/|title = Disney Renews ‘Fish Hooks,’ Picks Up ‘Gravity Falls’|author = Thomas J. McLean|authorlink = http://www.animationmagazine.net/author/thomas-j-mclean/|date = 8|year = 2010|month = December|language = English|publisher = Animation Magazine}}
The Pilot was created in 2010 by recent [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Institute_of_the_Arts CalArts] graduate Alex Hirsch.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/disney-renews-fish-hooks-picks-up-gravity-falls/|title = Disney Renews ‘Fish Hooks,’ Picks Up ‘Gravity Falls’|author = Thomas J. McLean|authorlink = http://www.animationmagazine.net/author/thomas-j-mclean/|date = 8|year = 2010|month = December|language = English|publisher = Animation Magazine}}
</ref><ref name=":0" /> Hirsch wrote and drew the storyboard entirely on post-it notes and a rushed pilot was commissioned by Disney to a small low budget flash animation studio,<ref name=":0" /> [http://houseofcool.com/ House of Cool studios], located in Toronto, Canada.
</ref><ref name=":0" /> Hirsch wrote and drew the storyboard entirely on post-it notes and a rushed pilot was commissioned by Disney to a small low budget flash animation studio,<ref name=":0" /> [http://houseofcool.com/ House of Cool studios], located in Toronto, Canada.
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[[File:Pilot bedroom overhead.png|thumb|180x180px|Dipper looking at a map.]]
=== Other unreleased scenes ===
=== Other unreleased scenes ===
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[[File:Pilot mabel weird raccoon cats.png|thumb|180x180px|Mabel and the pink "cat-corns."]]
* There is an unreleased short [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FOPPc8IJyI&list=PLLV3xo_oO9rUMVh6g7kkOgfqcZKqjalEN "next time" preview] at the end of the episode, narrated most probably by Stan, showing the kids befriending the locals of Gravity Falls.
* There is an unreleased short [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FOPPc8IJyI&list=PLLV3xo_oO9rUMVh6g7kkOgfqcZKqjalEN "next time" preview] at the end of the episode, narrated most probably by Stan, showing the kids befriending the locals of Gravity Falls.
** Mabel plays the fortune tellers game with [[Bats Biker]] just like she does in [[Headhunters|"Headhunters."]]
** Mabel plays the fortune tellers game with [[Bats Biker]] just like she does in [[Headhunters|"Headhunters."]]
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** Dipper looks at a
poster
of Gravity Falls.
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** Dipper looks at a
map
of Gravity Falls.
** Mabel plays with some pink "kitten-corns."
** Mabel plays with some pink "kitten-corns."
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** Dipper and Wendy play Ouija.
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** Dipper and Wendy play Ouija.
[[File:Pilot UFO.png|thumb|180x180px|Dipper and the UFO at the town.]]
* A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d2Xc0mucgU&index=3&list=PLLV3xo_oO9rUMVh6g7kkOgfqcZKqjalEN clip] shows Dipper running from a crashing UFO. The series only references aliens in cryptograms and the episode "[[Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future]]."
* A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d2Xc0mucgU&index=3&list=PLLV3xo_oO9rUMVh6g7kkOgfqcZKqjalEN clip] shows Dipper running from a crashing UFO. The series only references aliens in cryptograms and the episode "[[Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future]]."
=== Differences ===
=== Differences ===
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[[File:pilot deleted scene.jpg|thumb
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|Promotional image for the pilot.]]
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[[File:pilot deleted scene.jpg|thumb|Promotional image for the pilot.]]
*It is 12 minutes long, approximately half the length of a normal ''Gravity Falls'' episode.<ref name="AMA" />
*It is 12 minutes long, approximately half the length of a normal ''Gravity Falls'' episode.<ref name="AMA" />
*As narrated by Dipper in the beginning, this isn't their first adventure. He mentions "that fishing trip," which could be a reference to the events of "[[The Legend of the Gobblewonker]]," and a "telekinesis incident," where Mabel is shown apparently lifting Stan and his couch with her mind.
*As narrated by Dipper in the beginning, this isn't their first adventure. He mentions "that fishing trip," which could be a reference to the events of "[[The Legend of the Gobblewonker]]," and a "telekinesis incident," where Mabel is shown apparently lifting Stan and his couch with her mind.
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*There is no ''[[Journal 3]]'' in the pilot. Instead, Dipper reads a book called "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned," which he already has at the Shack.
*There is no ''[[Journal 3]]'' in the pilot. Instead, Dipper reads a book called "Dr. Crackpot's Book of the Damned," which he already has at the Shack.
*While most of the plot is identical to that of "Tourist Trapped," the climax is completely different. Instead of forming into a giant gnome, the gnomes chase the twins to the lair of a gnome who appears to hold a high position among the gnomes. This gnome asks the twins to solve a riddle to free Mabel. When the twins solve the "riddle" (actually a joke found on a popsicle stick), the gnomes turn to stone.
*While most of the plot is identical to that of "Tourist Trapped," the climax is completely different. Instead of forming into a giant gnome, the gnomes chase the twins to the lair of a gnome who appears to hold a high position among the gnomes. This gnome asks the twins to solve a riddle to free Mabel. When the twins solve the "riddle" (actually a joke found on a popsicle stick), the gnomes turn to stone.
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*Dipper states that this episode was "the least weird day of summer," but in "Tourist Trapped," he expresses boredom for his life in Gravity Falls.
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*Dipper states that this episode was "the least weird day of summer," but in "Tourist Trapped," he expresses boredom for his life in Gravity Falls.
[[File:Pilot mabel and stab biker.png|thumb|Mabel playing the fortune teller's game with Bats/Stab Biker.]]
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There
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course,
noticeable
differences
in
style
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character
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following
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Dipper
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Wendy using a Ouija board
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Biker's
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instead
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"bats,"
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the
same
word
backwards
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*There are, of course, noticeable differences in style and character designs. The following are key differences.
**Details are not as heavily outlined as they appear in the show's current design.
**Details are not as heavily outlined as they appear in the show's current design.
**Dipper has no vest and has differently styled shoes with white tips. He also has white stripes at the ends of his sleeves and at the bottom of his shirt and his Pine Tree hat is worn at the beginning instead of being obtained later in the series like the aired pilot.
**Dipper has no vest and has differently styled shoes with white tips. He also has white stripes at the ends of his sleeves and at the bottom of his shirt and his Pine Tree hat is worn at the beginning instead of being obtained later in the series like the aired pilot.
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**Mabel has a different outfit and also has white shoes.
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**Mabel has a different outfit and also has white shoes.
[[File:Pilot Dipper and wendy.png|thumb|Dipper and Wendy using a Ouija board. ]]
**Stan has four fingers in the pilot while in the series he has five. Also, Stan has grey eyebrows and his hair cannot be seen with his fez on, but thick white hair can be seen around his head in the pilot. His fez has a star between the claw-like points and Stan's nose is a different shape. In this design, Stan has a walking stick with an 8 ball at the base of it.
**Stan has four fingers in the pilot while in the series he has five. Also, Stan has grey eyebrows and his hair cannot be seen with his fez on, but thick white hair can be seen around his head in the pilot. His fez has a star between the claw-like points and Stan's nose is a different shape. In this design, Stan has a walking stick with an 8 ball at the base of it.
**Wendy, seen in other clips, has black hair and her hat and outfit are completely different from in the series.
**Wendy, seen in other clips, has black hair and her hat and outfit are completely different from in the series.