Gravity Falls: International Versions

This page discusses international versions of Gravity Falls.

American/Latin Spanish
In American Spanish speaking countries, Gravity Falls is called Gravity Falls: Un Verano De Misterios, meaning "Gravity Falls: A Summer of Mysteries".

Voice Actors
The Latin-America's voice actors from Argentina.
 * Mabel Pines: Sol Nieto
 * Dipper Pines, Tyrone, other Dipper clones: Alejandro Graue
 * Stan Pines: Carlos Celestre
 * Soos, Sheriff Blubs, Additional Voices: Sergio Bermejo
 * Wendy Corduroy: Natalia Bernodat
 * Lil' Gideon Gleeful: Demián Velazco Rochwerger
 * Bill Cipher, Blendin Blandin, Additional Voices: Pablo Gandolfo
 * Candy Chiu: Agustina Priscila
 * Toby Determined, Smile Dip Dog, Radio, Additional Voices: Ariel Cister
 * Robbie V.: Leto Dugatkin
 * Lazy Susan: Maria Elena Molina
 * Lee, Other Characters: Patricio Lago
 * Thompson, Other Characters: Marcos Abadi

Differences

 * Mabel's name is pronounced Mah-bel, which is phonetically correct in spanish pronunciation.
 * Waddles' name is "Pato", meaning "duck".
 * In "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel," Dipper says that she looks like "Wolverine", a superhero from X-Men, instead of the animal.
 * Some of the manotaurs' names are changed: Testosteraur is Testosterón, Pubertaur is Puberto, Pituitaur is Hipofisterón, Beardy is Barbón and Leaderaur is Liderán.
 * In "Irrational Treasure," the man from the old film says that he was going to be "destroyed" instead of "shot".
 * Summerween is called "Súper Halloween".
 * The Mystery Shack is called La Cabaña del Misterio; it has the same meaning.
 * In "The Time Traveler's Pig", when Mabel and Dipper got the time machine, Mabel says: "¡Vayamos por dos mamuts y obliguémoslos a que se casen! (let's go for 2 mammoths and force them to get married!)" instead of "Let's get 2 dodos and force them to make out!".
 * Rumble McSkirmish is called Rudo McGolpes, meaning "Rude McPunches".
 * Smile Dip is called "Sonrisa Dulce", which means "Sweet Smile"
 * Sev'ral Timez is called Variaz Vecez (Several times). This allows Candy Chiu to make a phonetic pun about giving them "Varios besos" (Several kisses).
 * Bill Cipher is called Bill Clave (roughly, Bill Code).
 * The giant head in the Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained episode "Tooth" bellows a different message: "A new age begins 618... new age... 618".
 * Lazy Susan is called "Linda Susan" which means "Pretty Susan".

Arabic
In Arabic speaking countries, Gravity Falls is called جرافيتي فولز.

Voice Actors

 * Wafa'a Abdullah: Mabel Pines
 * Abdullah Hamada: Dipper Pines, Tyrone
 * Hesham Hamada: Grunkle Stan, Sheriff Blubs, Wax William Shakespeare, Chubby Z., Summerween Trickster

Differences

 * Grunkle Stan is called عمي ستان meaning Uncle Stan.
 * Gideon Rises is the only episode with a cryptogram at the end.
 * There is no whispering at the end of the theme song.
 * The Mystery Shack is referred as the Mystery Hut by tourists and "The Hut" by main characters.
 * Bill Cipher is just called Bill.

Brazilian Portuguese
On Brazil, Gravity Falls is called Gravity Falls: Um Verão de Mistérios, meaning "Gravity Falls: A Summer of Mysteries". The series is dubbed in São Paulo.

Voice Actors

 * Dipper Pines: Thiago Keplmair
 * Mabel Pines: Bianca Alencar
 * Grunkle Stan: Marcelo Pissardini
 * Wendy Corduroy: Samira Fernandes
 * Soos: Cesar Marchetti
 * Gideon Gleeful: Wendell Bezerra
 * Grenda: Gabriel Noya

Differences

 * In "The Time Traveler's Pig", Mabel names Waddles "Ginga" (something like "swings"). In his later appearances he's called Waddles, in English.
 * The Mystery Shack is called A Cabana do Mistério; it has the same meaning.
 * Gideon is called "Gideão", and "Gideãozinho" when referred to as "Lil' Gideon".
 * Sev'ral Timez is called "Sem Parar". Candy Chiu makes a phonetic pun where she says "Quero beijar vocês Sem Parar!".
 * In "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel," Dipper says that Mabel looks like "Wolverine", a superhero from X-Men, instead of the animal.
 * The monster from Tooth speaks normally instead of backwards.
 * In "The Time Traveler's Pig," when Mabel and Dipper got the time machine, Mabel says: "Vamos pegar dois dinossauros e forçar eles a namorar! (Let's get 2 dinosaurs and force them to make out!)" instead of "Let's get 2 dodos and force them to make out!".
 * Summerween is called Halloween in Candy Monster.
 * Smile Dip is called "Patê Sorriso," which means "Smile Spread".
 * Two names of the manotaurs' are changed: Testosteraur is Testosterauro and Pubertaur is Pubertor.
 * All of the cryptograms are translated to Portuguese.

Bulgarian
In Bulgaria, Gravity Falls is called Тайните на Гравити Фолс, which roughly translates to The Mysteries Of Gravity Falls.

Differences

 * The Mystery Shack in Bulgarian is called "Мистериозната Шатра", which has the same meaning.
 * In "The Time Traveler's Pig", Mabel names Waddles "Тромчо", which means something like "Clumsy".

Czech
In Czech and Slovak, Gravity Falls is called Městečko záhad, which roughly translates to "Town of Mysteries".

1-10 Episode

 * Dipper Pines: Robert Hájek
 * Mabel Pines: Pavlína Kostková Dytrtová
 * Grunkle Stan: Ota Jirák

11-20 Episode

 * Dipper Pines: David Štěpán
 * Mabel Pines: Klára Šimanová
 * Grunkle Stan: Pavel Šrom

Differences

 * Grunkle Stan's called Zlejda Stan (Based on Zlý (Evil) and Strejda (Uncle)). He is still Dipper and Mabel's great uncle.
 * In the episode The Time Traveler's Pig, Waddles is called Tučík (Based on Work Tučný - Fat). In all other episodes he is called Pašík (meaning Piggy).
 * There is no whisper at the end of the intro; it says "Gravity Falls" instead. However, there are still cryptograms.
 * Mystery Shack is called Tajemná chýše (same meaning).
 * In "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel," Dipper says that she looks like "Wolverine", a superhero from X-Men, instead of the animal.
 * Bill Cipher is called Bill Šifra (same meaning).
 * Blendin Blandin came from year 207012 instead of 207̃012
 * When Gideon summons gideon instead of Backwards message, he says "Přijď si pro mě" which means "Come to me!".
 * The joke about marriage from The Legend of the Gobblewonker changed to "Vrátila jsem se ze salonu krásy. A co měli zavříno?" which means "I am back from the beauty studio! And, it was closed?".
 * Since Czech Disney Channel shares video feed with Hungarian Disney Channel, subtitles are read.
 * All of the names of episodes are translated, however these episodes have different names:
 * The Legend of the Gobblewonker is called "Příšera z jezera", meaning "Lake monster" or "Monster from the Lake".
 * The Hand That Rocks the Mabel is called "Přichází Gideon", meaning Gideon Begins or Here comes Gideon.
 * The Inconveniencing is called "Zavřený krám", meaning "Closed store".
 * Boss Mabel is called "Šerifka Mabel", meaning "Sheriff Mabel".
 * The Deep End is called "V hloubce", meaning "In the deep".
 * Dreamscaperers is called "V říši snů", meaning "In the land of dreams".
 * Sev'ral Timez is called Mocinkykrát, meaning Many Times, but the word 'many' is sweeter, like when mom becomes 'mommy'.
 * Smile Dip is called Chechtáček.
 * The Gobblewonker is The Loch Ness Monster.
 * Grunkle Stan's Fez symbol is not present before the redesign, except in the first episode.

Voice actors

 * Mabel Pines: Kim van Zeben

Differences

 * Rumble McSkirmish is called: Roskow van Knokkels, which means Roskow van Knuckles.
 * Blendin Blandin is called Mono Tonus, a pun on monotone, referring to his dull attire.
 * Some whispers at the end of the intro are translated into Dutch.
 * Sev'ral Timez is called "Duizend Keer", which means "Thousand Times".
 * Tyrone is called Leroy.
 * In the episode Gideon Rises, the Cute Biker's name isn't revealed. Durland says "Gozer", which means something like "dude" or "pal".
 * Old Man McGucket is translated to "Opa" McGucket (which means Grandpa McGucket).
 * The first symbol on Stan's fez is not present.

English

 * See Gravity Falls (TV series) for more information about the show in English.

The original English title Gravity Falls is used in: USA, UK, Canada, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Australia, Brunei, Italy, Ireland, Vietnam, India, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Israel, Philippines, and China.

Differences

 * In UK airings of the series, the first symbol on Stan's fez is not present.

European Spanish
In Spain the series is called "Gravity Falls"

Voice Actors

 * Mabel: Sara Heras
 * Dipper: Sergio García Marín
 * Stan Pines: Miguel Zúñiga
 * Soos: Francisco Javier Martínez
 * Wendy: Elena Palacios
 * Lil' Gideon: Adolfo Moreno

Differences

 * Waddles' name is "Bamboleos", meaning "wobbles".

European Portuguese
In Portugal the series is called "Gravity Falls"

Voice Actors

 * Dipper Pines: João Pedro
 * Mabel Pines: Solange Santos
 * Stan Pines: Rui de Sá
 * Soos: José Nobre
 * Wendy Corduroy: Adriana Moniz
 * Gideon Gleeful: Mário Redondo
 * Pacifica Northwest: Carla Garcia

Differences

 * Waddles' name is "Bolas", meaning "balls".

French
In France, Gravity Falls is called Souvenirs de Gravity Falls, meaning "Souvenirs of Gravity Falls". (It can also translate to "Memories of Gravity Falls.") The series is dubbed in Brussels, Belgium at the Dubbing Brothers studio.

Voice Actors

 * Thibaut Delmotte - Dipper (talking only)
 * Carole Baillien - Mabel
 * Michel Hinderickx - Grunkle Stan
 * Prunelle Rullens - Wendy
 * Vincent Doms - Soos
 * Alessandro Belvilacqua - Gideon (talking only), Old Man McGucket
 * Hervé Rey : Dipper and Gideon when they're singing

Differences

 * In Mailbox, when Dipper asks what year the world will end, it says 3000 instead of 3012.
 * Stan is "Oncle Stan", which means "Uncle Stan".
 * Waddles' name is "Dandinou" which comes from "Dandinement" which means "Waddles".
 * Soos is called Mousse. Mousse means either Moss, Foam but also Cabin Boy. Also, Soos is phonetically very similar to "Suce" which means "Suck".

German
In Germany, Gravity Falls is called Willkommen in Gravity Falls, which translates to Welcome to Gravity Falls. The series is dubbed in Berlin.

Voice Actors

 * Ozan Unal - Dipper
 * Luisa Wietzorek - Mabel
 * Bernd Volbrecht - Grunkle Stan
 * Karlo Hackenberger - Soos
 * Giovanna Winterfeldt - Wendy

Differences

 * Waddle's name in german is called "Schwabbel" which means "flab".


 * Blendin Blandin is called Blender Blendin.

Greek
In Greece, Gravity Falls is called Ο Μυστικός Κόσμος του Gravity Falls which translates to "The Secret World of Gravity Falls."

Hungary
In Hungary, Gravity Falls's name is Rejtélyek Városkája, which translates to" Town of Mysteries".

Voice Actors

 * Dipper Pines: Tamás Markovics
 * Mabel Pines: Ilona Molnár
 * Grunkle Stan: János Bácskai
 * Soos: Gábor Sótonyi
 * Wendy Corduroy: Éva Dögei

Difference

 * In Hungarian, Waddles is called Csámpás (rough translation: Knock-kneed, because Mabel says: "He looks like it is.")In Boss Mabel he is called Döcögi.
 * Stan's Fez symbol is not present before the redesign, except in the first episode.

India
In India, Gravity Falls' name is the same, and premiered on September 16, 2013 on Disney Channel India.

Israel
In Israel, Gravity Falls is called גרוויטי פולס, which is a transcription of the English title.

Voice Actors

 * Dipper Pines - Daniel Magon
 * Mabel Pines - Sharon Shachal
 * Stan Pines - Amnon Wolf
 * Soos-Eran Mor
 * Wendy Corduroy-Eden Gamliel

Differences

 * In Hebrew, there isn't any whisper at the end of the theme song, even though there is a cryptogram in every episode.
 * In Hebrew, Gravity Falls is called גרוויטי פולס, pronounced Gravity False.
 * In Hebrew, Dipper and Mabel's names are pronounced differently: Mabel is pronounced May-Bel, and Dipper is pronounced DI-per.
 * In Hebrew, Grunkle Stan is called דוד סטאן, pronounced dod Stan and meaning "Uncle Stan".
 * In Hebrew, Waddles is called רטט, pronounced retet, and meaning "vibration".
 * In Hebrew, Lazy Susan is called "סוזן עין עצלה", pronounced Suzan eye-in atzela, and meaning Lazy-eye Susan.
 * In Hebrew, Leaderaur is called מנהיגבר, pronounced manhigever, which is a combination of the words "leader (manhig)" and "male (gever)".
 * In Hebrew, Summerween Trickster  is called מפלצת הקיץ-ווין, pronounced mifletzet haKaitz-ween and meaning "Summerween monster".
 * In Hebrew, the episode "The Inconveniencing is called אי נעימות’’, which translates into "Not Pleasant".
 * In Hebrew, the episode "Irrational Treasure" is called ’’אוצר לא הגיוני’’, which translates into "A Treasure That Doesn't Make Sense".
 * In Hebrew, the episode "Boyz Crazy " is called ’’טירוף להקת בנים’’, which translates into "Boy Band Madness ".
 * In Hebrew, the episode "The Deep End " is called ’’מים עמוקים’’, which translates into "Deep Water".
 * In "Dipper's Ride", one of the Disney Channel idents, after the Mystery Cart crashes into the "Welcome to Gravity Falls" sign, the Disney Channel logo doesn't appear in the hole that's in its shape.
 * In Hebrew, the episode "Dreamscaperers " is called ’’מדלגי החלומות’’, which translates into "The Dream Skippers" or "The Dream Hoppers".
 * In Hebrew, Lil' Gideon is called גדעון פיצ'קי, pronounced Gidon Pitzki, a slang term meaning "Gideon Tiny" or "Gideon Minor".
 * Smile Dip is called "חייכנים", meaning "Smilers".
 * Sev'ral Timez is called "כמה פעמים", meaning "A Few Times".

Japanese
In Japan, Gravity Falls is broadcasted on Disney Channel Japan with Japanese dubbing. The title is 怪奇ゾーングラビティーフォールズ (kaiki zone gravity falls), which translates to "Bizarre Zone Gravity Falls." Episodes 1 through 12 and 14 have currently aired in Japan, along with the Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained shorts, titled  ディッパーの謎ガイド (dipper no nazo guide), which translates to "Dipper's Mystery Guide."

Voice Actors

 * Dipper: Tai Yuuki
 * Mabel: Kozue Harashima
 * Grunkle Stan: Koutarou Nakamura
 * Soos: Atsushi Imaruoka
 * Wendy : Shiho Hisajima
 * Lil' Gideon: Yoshimasa Kawata
 * Candy Chiu: Chiaki Mori
 * Grenda : Kenji Kitamura

Differences

 * In some episodes, the Mystery Shack is called the Mystery House.
 * In Japan, there aren't any cryptograms in the ending credits.
 * Waddles' name is "Yotan." This likely comes from the Japanese onomatopoeia "yoro" or "yororo" which represents the sound of waddling.

Korean
In South Korea, Gravity Falls premiered on Disney Channel Korea with Korean dubbing on August 2, 2013. The title is called "디퍼와 메이블의 미스터리 모험 (Dipper wa Mabel ui Mystery Moheom)," which translates to "Dipper and Mabel's Mystery Adventure".

Voice Actors

 * Dipper : Jang Min-Hyeok
 * Mabel : Jun Suk-Gyeong
 * Grunkle Stan : Lee Jang-Won
 * Soos : Yoon Dong-Gi
 * Wendy : Kim Hyun-Ji
 * Lil' Gideon : Unknown, but probably Park Young-Jae
 * Old Man McGucket : Sa Sung-Ung
 * Bil Cipher : Ko Seong-il

Differences

 * Soos is called "오빠" (Oppa) by Mabel and "형" (Hyong) by Dipper, which both mean "Older Brother". Stan refers to him as Soos ("수스").
 * Grunkle Stan is called "할아버지" (Halabeoji), which is translates to "Grandfather." However, he is once called Grand-Uncle (삼촌 할아버지 "Samchon Halabeoji"). But according to the traditional Korean's relationship Model, Grand-Uncle is actually called Jongjobu("종조부") in honorfic words. But non-honorfic words as Elder Grandfather("큰 할아버지") or Younger Grandfather ("작은 할아버지") are not used at all.
 * In Korea, Gravity Falls is rated 12 (in Korea, that means 11 in other countries).
 * In Korea, the Mystery Shack is called the "Mystery House" ("미스터리 하우스").
 * At the beginning, the sign "Welcome to Gravity Falls" in the first episode is subtitled "딱따구리 마을에 오신 걸 환영합니다!" (Ddakddaguri maeul ui oshin gol hwanyonghamnida), which translates to "Welcome to the Woodpecker Town!" instead of "Welcome to Gravity Falls."
 * In the credits there are cryptograms, but there is no whispering at the end of the intro.
 * Old Man McGucket is called "할아버지" (Halaboji) Grandfather. However in Korea, "Halaboji" means "old man" too.
 * Mabel is referred by Dipper as his younger sister ("여동생" "Yeodongseng").
 * There are transcriptions of Dipper's, Mabel's and Stan's name in Korean in the intro (디퍼 "Dipper",메이블 "Mabel",스탠 "Stan").
 * The "Backward messege" in Gideon's spell in "Gideon Rises" was replaced by a different spell.
 * Gideon's song is not dubbed in Korea, and is subtitled instead.

Norwegian
Voice Actors
 * Dipper Pines: Sigbjørn Solheim
 * Mabel Pines: Lena Meieran
 * Rumble McSkirmish: Henrik Horge
 * Robbie: Lars Berteig Andersen

Differences

 * All the characters are named the same, but Old Man McGucket, who is named "gamle McGucket" wich means the same as "Old McGucket".

Polish
In Poland, Gravity Falls is called Wodogrzmoty Małe.

Voice Actors

 * Dipper: Paweł Ciołkosz
 * Mabel: Agnieszka Pawełkiewicz
 * Stan: Jarosław Boberek
 * Soos: Jakub Szydłowski
 * Wendy Corduroy: Julia Kołakowska-Bytner
 * Gideon: Katarzyna Groniec
 * Old Man McGucket, Larry King, Diabetic: Wojciech Paszowski
 * Blendin Blandin: Grzegorz Drojewski
 * Jeff: Klaudiusz Kaufmann
 * Sheriff Blubs: Zbigniew Konopka
 * Manly Dan: Jacek Król
 * Old Man McGucket, Toby Determined, Sherlock Holmes, Bud Gleeful, Thompson: Janusz Wituch

Differences

 * The Mystery Shack is called "Grota Tajemnic" (cave of mysteries) and "Tajemnicza Chata" (mysterious shack).
 * Grunkle Stan is called Wujek Stanek, and he's Dipper and Mabel's uncle, rather than great uncle.
 * Bill Cipher is called Bill Cyferka (Bill Digit).
 * Grenda is called "Gruba" (fat), and Candy Chiu is "Cuksa Chiu" (the word "cuks" being short for "cukierek", which means "candy").
 * Sev'ral Timez is called "Raz, dwa, trzy, pięć" (One, Two, Three, Five).
 * Waddles is called "Naboki", which means "Sideways".
 * There is no backwards message from Gideon when he is summoning Bill Cipher.
 * "Summerween" is called "Latoween", which has the same meaning.
 * Lazy Susan is called "Leniwa Klucha", which means "Lazy Dumpling".
 * In Polish there are two different words for nephews and nieces - from the sister's side (siostrzeniec) and from the brother's side (bratanek). Dipper and Mabel are from Stan's sister's side.
 * Smile Dip is called "Halunki", which means "magic mushrooms" or "hallucinations" in Polish slang.
 * All English text is read out loud by a lector, or sometimes by a present character whose mouth happens to be off screen at the time. This includes the show's title at the end of the opening sequence, which makes it difficult to hear the whispers.
 * Instead of using her name, Dipper sometimes refers to Mabel as "sister" (the english word), which doesn't mean anything in Polish. Mabel sometimes calls Dipper "braciszek" (little brother).
 * Dipper and Mabel are ten years old. It's revealed in the episode "The Inconveniencing". The change was deployed due to Polish numbers. In Polish, numbers ended by "naście" (fourteen - czternaście) start from eleven and above. The twins couldn't be twelve (twelve - dwanaście) becouse they would be "teens" (in Polish - nastolatki) already.
 * The town of Gravity Falls is called "Wodogrzmoty Małe", which can be translated as "Small Waterthunders", but it's referred to as just "Wodogrzmoty" most of the time.
 * In the first episode, the town's name is left untranslated.

Romanian
In Romania, Gravity Falls is called Ciudăţeni which roughly translates to Strange, Weird.

Voice Actors

 * Mabel Pines: Claudia Prec
 * Dipper Pines: Marius Draguş
 * Grunkle Stan: Petre Lupu
 * Soos: Gabriel Costin
 * Summerween Trickster, Mermando, Robbie V.: Damian Victor Oancea
 * Lil' Gideon: Cosmin Seleşi
 * Pacifica Northwest: Adina Lucaciu
 * Sev'ral Timez: Viorel Ionescu
 * Tyler, Lee, Depute Edwin Durland: Viorel Cojanu
 * Manly Dan, Mr. Poolcheck: Șerban Pavlu
 * Blendin Blandin: Ciprian Cojenel
 * Tambry, Shandra Jimenez: Costina Ciuculică
 * Candy Chiu: Oana Mărgineanu/Adina Lucaciu
 * Toby Determined: Boris Petroff

Differences

 * The first symbol on Stan's fez is removed.
 * Waddles is named "Pufuleţ", derivative of "Pufulete", which means "rod, corn puff".
 * The 17th episode, Boyz Crazy, is named "Nebune după băieţi" which means "Crazy about Boys".
 * Land Before Swine is renamed "Răpirea porcului", which means "The abduction of the pig".
 * Manly Dan is called "Sexy Dan".

Russia
In Russia, Gravity Falls is called Гравити Фолз.

Voice Actors

 * Mabel: Nataliya Tereshkova
 * Dipper: Anton Kolesnikov
 * Stan: Vladimir Gerasimov
 * Soos: Diomid Vinogradov
 * Wendy: Olga Shorokhova
 * McGucket: Mikhail Tikhonov
 * Robbie: Denis Nekrasov

Difference

 * The cipher at the end of each series was translated from English into Russian.
 * The Russian version of the show also has a translated whisper saying "", although it's not backwards.
 * Grunkle Stan is called "Uncle Stan".
 * Stan is often reffered to as "Mr.Mystery".

Voice Actors

 * Anneli Heed - Wendy Corduroy

Differences

 * Grunkle Stan is just called "uncle".
 * Stan's joke about marriage in The Legend of the Gobblewonker, is changed to "What's the difference between a girlfriend and a wife? About 55 lbs!"
 * Instead of asking if he has a word-a-day calender in The Hand That Rocks the Mabel, Stan asks if Gideon has a new book with lots of big words in it.
 * In "Irrational Treasure," the man from the old film says that he was going to "disappear mysteriously" instead of being shot.
 * Waddles' name is changed to "Rultan".

Taiwanese
In Taiwan, Gravity Falls is called 神秘小鎮大冒險, which translates to "A Big Adventure in a Mysterious Town.

Turkish
In Turkey, Gravity Falls is called Esrarengiz Kasaba, which translates to Eerie Town or Strange Town.