Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30644608-20170518193942/@comment-37405647-20181225230232

Zuri13 wrote: Bill never promised to give Dipper the password. He said he would give him a "hint". Bill smashing the laptop is how he found out that it was McGucket's laptop.

Bill didn't make an actual deal with Ford where he said the portal would provide knowledge. Bill said the portal will help humanity and will bring great knowledge, as stated several times in the journal 3, and wasnt true.

Bill never gave Dipper any hint, also, bills words was that one little pupper was a small price to pay in exchange for "learning all the secrets in the universe" Something he never makes good upon.

Also, in an alex hirsch interview, he was directly asked what would have happened if Ford would have accepted the deal of revealing the ecuation to get rid of the bubble in exchange of letting him join the henchmaniacs and become all powerful, and alex answer was (i will quote it literally)

"Bill would have incinerated Ford on the spot the moment he got the formula to shut down the barrier. I don’t see Bill as a romantic, sweet, or charitable character. He’s a psychopath who takes what he can get. He sees people as toys and when he gets bored of playing with them tosses them aside. I think at that point he was done playing."

So no, Bill cipher ahs never EVER kepts his end of the deal, the only time he tried was with gideon, and only because he truly needed the help, period. This is canon.