Gravity Falls (2033 film)/Tropes


 * And the Fandom Rejoiced: Being a Gravity Falls-related production, it was bound to happen.
 * Animation Bump: Due to both half the animation being handled by Walt Disney Animation Studios and the higher budget, the animation is more fluid compared to the TV series.
 * Author's Saving Throw:
 * Mabel was highly criticized througth the series' run due to her constant Aesop Amnesia. However, the film managed to correct course by establishing that, this time, what she learned stuck and openly struggling whether to leave her family or not.
 * The series finale got some flak by how Mabel practically forced Dipper into staying with her. The film rectifies this by having the two mutually agree on separating, while remaining in contact. The film also acknowledges how Mabel acted selfishly in her decision by having her struggles on returning home or not to be partially due to fearing that choosing to leave would make her a hypocrite due to her previous actions, and by having Mabel apologize to Dipper after coming to, in a way, understand his point-of-view.
 * Company Cross Reference:
 * Several during the film's opening sequence:
 * When Dipper notes how some lf the creatures they've met after the series' ending, a picture of Mabel's ex, Marmando, introducing the twines to some sea creatures would be seen. Among the creatures shown would be Daniela Paguro from Pixar's Luca.
 * Later, when he notes other creatures were cool, a picture of him and Mabel watching Goliath flying would be shown.
 * And finally, when Dipper mentions how some creatures were dangerous, an image of the duo fighting Marshmellow from Frozen would be seen. In the image, Olaf and the "sandmen" that appeared during his "In Summer" song would be seen in the background.
 * Additionally, the book would have written in it a code that, once translated, says "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".
 * The book would also have drawings of glyphs from The Owl House (2020-present) on it.
 * Three of Mabel's paintings are Mulan, Robin Hood from Disney's 1973 film, and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
 * A Disney Adventures magazine with Darkwing Duck on its cover would be seen in Rodalind's room.
 * The place in which Rosalind and the Pines investigate teo individuals they susñect are related to the Pines' presence on the live-action world is called "The Alice Comedy Club", which is a nod to the Alice's Comedy short series, one of Walt Disney's earliest projects. Additionally, the club's logo is Julius the Cat, the short series' deuteroganist.
 * Right before attempting to kill Dipper, Bill would randomly start to sing "Goodbye So Soon" from The Great Mouse Detective (1983).
 * The scene itself would be a reference to the climax The Rescuers Down Under (1990), where Percival C. McLeach would start to randomly sing before attempting yo ffed Cody to a group of cocodriles.
 * Among the monsters seen during the Weirdmaggedon, there would be the Olms from the Amphibia (2019-present) episode "Quarreler's Pass", and several monsters from The Owl House.
 * Creator's Oddball: The film is one for Walt Disney Animation Studios due to the film being based on a TV series (previous TV adaptation having been produced by Disney Television Animation or DisneyToon Studios) and heavy use of live-action imagery (as previous films within the Disney Animated Canon only had a number of segments made in live-action, while films like Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Enchanted were produced by the live-action Disney division).
 * Darker and Edgier: Thanks to its horror elements, and while still having humorous scenes, this is one of the darker films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios in recent times. Justified as the film is intended to replicate the original series' tone.
 * Does This Remind You of Anything: At the film's climax, Bill, in the midst of a Villanous Breakdown, attempts to force everyone to stay on his Fearmid as he blows up, knowing the explosion will be big enough to kill everyone present. His actions are not too different from those of a suicide bomber.
 * Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Mabel being afraid that leaving home for the live-action world could cause her to be treated as an Hypocrite and, thus, hates by her loved ones can also be seen as Mabel being afraid of being seen as an Unintentionally Unsympathetic main character by the audiences.
 * Live-Action Adaptation: Played with. While the film does feature live-action characters and enviroments, it is a live-action/animated movie, with all the characters from the original series being made througth hand-drawn animation.
 * The Movie: A live-action/animated follow up to the series of the same name.
 * Nightmare Fuel: On one hand, its a live-action/animated Disney movie. On the other hand, is based on Gravity Falls. And with the director of the last Candyman at the helm...
 * The Bat scene is quite tense. Its reallistic design is unsettling, and actively attempts to kill and devour Rosalibd and the Pines, while destroying everything in sight.
 * The lab sequence feels straight out of a murder mystery. As Risalind and the Pines search for clues, they find strabge and unsettling notes... and corpses hidden. (Partally) shown onscreen.
 * Also, the corpses are from live-action humans, implying they died because they knew too much.
 * Then there's the fact that they were killed by hanging. It couldn't have been Bill. His style is too over-the-top fpr something like this. So, either Beatrice ordered her men to kill them, or she hanged them herself.
 * The film's Wham Shot: Bill Lives. And made it to another reality! And got Beatrice to work with him even when makibg no effort to hide his plans now!
 * Also, the Wham Shot in-and-of-itself. Ever seen Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Remember Judge Doom's eyes when he revealed himself as a toon? Yeah, just like that.
 * The creatures that chase Rosalind and Mabel througth the swears look like straight out of Alien for hand-drawn creatures. The scene itself wouldn't be too out-of-place in the franchise neither.
 * Once again, the Weirmaggedon. Just like when we left... except that there's no barrier or weirdness magnetism propierties to keep it on check this time. It spreads througth the universe like a cancer. And will never stop.
 * Wanna now what could be scarier than Bill? His Villanous Breakdown and death. He gets impalled with a gun, causing him to fuse with an explosive energy, in turn causing him to slowly explode. As in, every part of his body detonantes abd regenerates in all of its gruesome glory while he's slowly corrupted. Five minutes later, and his appearance is just like that of Rourke at the end of Atlantis: The Lost Empire. And what does he do? He tries to get everyone to blow up with him, all while talking like a delusional nut and caring shit about his life anymore. And when ends up getting killed, his breakdown gets to the point in that he deludely enjoys his doom' circunstamces.
 * Rescued From the Scrappy Head: Mabel was easily on the most Base Breaking Character in the series, due to her Aesop Amnesia and selfishness, with many feeling it made the character unlikeable. However, the film toned down her selfishness and averted her Aesop Amnesia for once, througth she still shows impulsiveness, winning over many of her detractors.
 * Role Reprise: Most characters coming from the original series retain their original voice actors, except for Soos, who instead is voiced by Eugenio Derbez.
 * Roger Rabbit Effect: The film's plot centers on the hand-drawn Pines trio (and Waddles) being transported into a live-action dimension. The film is a notable example in that it manages to evoke this effect masterfuly, thanks to the filmmakers actually using several of the same techniques used by the Trope Namer, as well as for CG/live-action hybrids.
 * Throw It In: Both live-action and voice actors were allowed to improvise during production, with new recording techniques being invented to allow this to be done
 * Villanous Breakdown: Near the end of the film, Bill goes througth one arguably worse than his first one at the end of the series. After Mabel manages to put the energy source of a gun inside him, causing him to slowly explode, Bill snaps absolutely, loses the incredible and inhumanly small bits of sanity he has left, and attempts to kill everyone by forcing them to stay with him as he blows up, with absolutely no regard for his own life.
 * Visual Effects of Awesome: The combination of live-action and animation has Roger Rabbit-levels of awesomeness. Every time the hand-drawn characters interact with live-action, you truly feel as if they were there. The Weirmaggedon sequences in particular are downright astounding. The CG animation really looks like live-action enviroments altered by hand-drawn weirdness. And the enviroments and creatures. Make them photorealistic and they wouldn't seem out of place in Zack Snyder's Justice League. And yet they still feel just as alive and great as the effects in that movie. To say that the combination of live-action and hand-drawn/Cel Shaded animation has come a long way since Roger Rabbit would be an understatement.
 * Win the Crowd: Upon the film's announcement, many fans were afraid that it would come out as a total failure and a Human Focused Adaptation like The Smurfs or Tom and Jerry, as well as that it might tone down the terrifying aslects of the series to appeal to a wider demographic. However, once the trailers started to come put, the fandom began to grow excited for the film upon seeing it closely followed the series' tone and showed the animated characters to becrucial to the story. Once the film was released, fans fully embraced it as a worthy addition to the series' canon that truly felt like a return to the show for older fans while also appealing to those who never watched it.