Gravity Falls: The Perfect Cartoon to Binge this Halloween

Gravity Falls is the X-Files of children cartoons, serving us inter-dimensional alien evil mystery as the characters dare to meddle with the unknown. Starring, Agent Molder aka Dipper, and Agent Scully aka Mabel, the show follows fraternal twins Dipper and Mabel Pines. They have been shipped to a small town in Oregon called Gravity Falls to spend the summer with their great uncle Stan. Gruncle Stan, as they call him, runs a novelty gift shop for paraphernalia of the unknown called, “The Mystery Shack.” It is a bit dilapidated and Gruncle Stan is definitely scamming tourists to buy cheap trinkets he makes, feeding off of the towns rumored unexplained paranormal activity. Dipper similar to Molder, begins to realize the stranger things occurring in the town. He spends his time trying to convince his Gruncle and sister that weird things are going on. He says even his mosquito bites spell out Beware…

Although Dipper may be over zealous at times, he finds that he isn’t wrong. He discovers a journal hidden in the creepy forest detailing all of the otherworldly creatures and happenings in Gravity Falls. We spend the next two seasons encountering these creatures, inter-dimensional beings, magical elements, time traveling and uncovering the mysteries of Gravity Falls, because THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE. I figured this is a great show to just have fun and watch the voice acting of Kristen Schaal (voice of Mable). Mable is the outgoing sweater-loving kid looking for summer lovin’. She’s fea…

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