Quentin Trembley

President Sir Lord Quentin Trembley, III, Esquire is the founder of Gravity Falls, Oregon, and the 8½ th President of the United States.

History
As the 8½ President, he is said to have won due to an actual landslide. He made the "Depantsipation Proclaimation," a law that prohibited people from wearing pants. Trembley waged wars on pancakes, appointed 6 babies to the Supreme Court, and also rode horses backwards. He founded the town of Gravity Falls by plummeting off a cliff on a horse at high speed. One of his speeches featured the quote: "The only thing we have to fear is gigantic, man-eating spiders!" He also encased himself in a block of solid peanut brittle (believing it to have life-sustaining properties), and his body was lost until the events of "Irrational Treasure."

All references to Trembley's time in office were erased from the historical records, save for one film reel, and a village idiot named Nathaniel Northwest was credited with founding Gravity Falls.

Around 150 years later, when Dipper and Mabel Pines set out to find the true founder of Gravity Falls, they eventually find out that Quentin Trembley was the founder. Sheriff Blubs shows them a short video detailing the actions of the embarrassing eighth-and-a-half president. It is then revealed that he encased himself in peanut brittle to survive until somebody finds him. Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland then load him, the twins, and all evidence of the president into a crate on a train to be taken to Washington, D.C.

Blaming herself for being captured, Mabel breaks off a piece of the peanut brittle casing, freeing Trembley from his self-proclaimed "delicious tomb". He promptly announces himself to the twins and then rips off his pants. He notices his surroundings and unsuccessfully attempts to break out of the crate using his President's Key, to no avail. Eventually, he and Mabel attract the attention of a woodpecker, which breaks down the crate. They're chased by the Sheriff and his Deputy, until Dipper realizes that Trembley is still technically the president of the United States, since he never signed any letter of legal resignation and getting elected before the two-term limit. Quentin then orders Blubs and Durland to cease chasing them, and go on a vacation. After they escape, he makes Mabel an official U.S. congresswoman and gives Dipper the President's Key, which can open any lock in America.

Personality
Quentin Trembley could be described as enigmatic and is legally insane. He revels in the odd; during his presidential term, he elected several babies to the Supreme Court, waged war on pancakes, and made a law against pants titled the "Depantsipation Proclamation.". However he did show signs of genius in his madness, as shown in the trail of clues leading to him in which you would have to do ridiculous things in order to progress, something which no serious treasure hunter would do. Such as make a hat out of a piece of paper, hang upside down looking at a painting, and pretend to pick their nose with a statue's finger. He was also correct that Peanut Brittle would sustain his life for 150 years.

Appearance
Trembley, despite his personality, does not look out of place for his time period. He has a very tall, thin head, with a long pointed noise, and keeps his light brown hair in a relatively simple haircut; his sideburns flowing into his very distinct almost mutton chop-like facial hair. A small pair of spectacles rest atop his nose, although he may not need them to see, as they don't seem to cover his eyes.

He wears a fairly normal suit with a mustard yellow bowtie, popped collar, and bronze button, but no pants, due to his dislike of them, opting instead to simply only wear underwear. The only other article of clothing he wears is a pair of pointed, black spats, along with a pair of dark grey socks.

Quotes
"The only thing we have to fear is gigantic, man-eating spiders!"

- Quentin Trembley

"This is going to take the silliest plan ever conceived."

- Quentin Trembley

"I ate a salamander and jumped out the window."

- Quentin Trembley describing how he left office

"...And then he chased me around and spanked me with a paddle for, like, an hour! Bottom line, George Washington was a jerk."

- Quentin Trembley

"Well, we didn't fit through the hole. Let's rebuild the box and try again!"

- Quentin Trembley

Trivia

 * In "The Time Traveler's Pig" one of the settlers says, "By Trembley!"
 * The film about Quentin Trembley states he was elected in 1837, which was not an election year.
 * If Trembley was officially replaced by William Henry Harrison as president, he would've been elected in 1840, and only served for a month. He would've also been kicked out of office in 1841. Thus, according to Toby Determined's claim that the town was founded in 1863, it took Trembley 22 years to cross the country.
 * His quote,"The only thing we have to fear is gigantic, man eating spiders" is most a direct reference to Franklin D. Roosevelt's quote, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself".
 * Quentin Trembley is based upon Teddy Roosevelt in one of Alex Hirsch's student films at CalArts, entitled (Teddy Roosevelt: You So Crazy)
 * His law, the Depantsipation Proclamation, is a reference to the Emancipation Proclamation, the law enacted by Abraham Lincoln that prohibited slavery.
 * He is Alex Hirsch's favorite character to voice act.