Gideon Gleeful

Gideon Charles Gleeful, better known by his stage name, 'Lil Gideon, is a self proclaimed, child psychic whose visions have made him famous. 'Lil Gideon claims he can read minds, predict the future, and talk to the dead in his Tent of Telepathy, a competitor of Grunkle Stan's Mystery Shack.

History
Dipper and Mabel first learn about Gideon through an advertisement on the back of a newspaper in "The Legend of the Gobblewonker." Gideon.jpgAfter seeing his commercial in "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel," they decide to test his authenticity as a psychic. They go to one of his shows, even though Grunkle Stan forbids them from going, due to Gideon often causing him trouble.

At the show, Gideon meets Mabel, and takes a liking to her. He shows up at her house the next day, and asks if she wants to go to his dressing room so they can do makeovers, an offer to which Mabel accepted. Gideon then reveals he wants to be more than friends with Mabel; however, she doesn't feel the same way. However, he manages to convince her to go on a date with him. At the date, he convinces her to go on yet another date with him, after announcing it to everyone at the restaurant they were at.

Eventually, Mabel convinces Dipper to break up with Gideon for her, causing Gideon to believe that Dipper had come between them. He gives Toby Determined Shandra Jimenez's phone number. In exchange, Toby calls Dipper, getting him to go to Gideon's factory. Gideon confronts Dipper there, and nearly kills him with his amulet. However, Mabel shows up, formally breaks up with Gideon, and uses the amulet to defeat him.

Afterwords, he creates a little playset of the Mystery Shack, planning revenge. It is then shown that he owns the book marked 2.

Personality
'Lil Gideon is a self-proclaimed television psychic whose real mission is to take down his competition, the Mystery Shack. He uses his "cuteness" to get what he wants, and admits that people have a hard time saying "no" to him because of it. He speaks with a Southern American dialect.

Physical appearance
'Lil Gideon is a small, stout kid with white hair bigger than his head. He has an upturned nose (like a pig). He wears a baby blue suit, black shirt, American flag pin, and a green amulet. When he touches this amulet it glows and gives him special powers.



Trivia

 * He is voiced by Thurop Van Orman, who also voices Flapjack in the series The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack.
 * 'Lil Gideon is first seen on the back of the Wacky News magazine that Dipper had in "The Legend of the Gobblewonker," though he didn't physically appear until "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel".
 * 'Lil Gideon's appearance is based off of Benny Hinn, a famous Christian televangelist who claims to be a prophet.
 * A picture of Gideon appears on a board in the Gravity Falls theme song, "Made Me Realize."
 * A variation of "Mr. Pyramid" can be seen on a paintbrush jar in 'Lil Gideon's room at the end of the episode "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel".