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I actually have a theory about Dipper's real name. It goes back to the 2nd episode, The Legend of the Gobblewonker. The license plate on Stan's car reads "STNLYMBL", and at first you'd think it stands for Stanleymobile, because at first Stan seems like the kind of guy who would do that. However, two things lead me to believe that this is not the case. 1, we find out that Stan is short for Stanford, and 2, the theme of that whole episode (as well as most of Stan's development throughout Season 1) is that he cares about the kids a lot more than he lets on. Because of this, I think the license plate stands for StanlyMabel, thus Dipper's real name being Stanley.