Bill is a dream demon that can be released into a person's mind.
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History
Bill and the Eye of Providence he is based on appear frequently in Gravity Falls. He is an unseen character who wrote the cryptograms in the online game Rumble's Revenge. His name and existence is deduced by taking all the capital letters in the cryptograms from Rumble's Revenge, forming the sentence: "MY NAME IS BILL."[1]
A picture of Bill shows briefly at the end of the opening theme.
In "Dreamscaperers," Mabel and Soos witness Gideon summoning it in the forest. Later, Gideon releases it into Stan's mind where Dipper, Mabel, and Soos must chase it down.
Appearance
He is a golden yellow triangle with a pyramid design, with an eye in the middle. In the theme song he has a hat on, a bow tie, and stick arms and legs.
Sightings
The following are sightings of Bill and the Eye of Providence:
Image |
Episode |
Description |
Tourist Trapped Boss Mabel Bottomless Pit! Land Before Swine
|
On the rug. |
File:Gravity Falls Opening Ending.PNG |
Made Me Realize
|
Top left of the scrolling page. In a document. |
Tourist Trapped
|
Shadow of stained glass window. |
File:S1e3 bill on window.png |
Headhunters
|
The window that melted Wax Abraham Lincoln. The stained glass window. |
The Hand That Rocks the Mabel
|
"Bill Jar". Glass jar holding paint brushes in up right corner. |
The Inconveniencing
|
The window under Wendy's hangout spot. |
Irrational Treasure
|
On the right side of the bill. |
The Time Traveler's Pig
|
On the back of the playing card. |
Fight Fighters
|
On the screen of an arcade game. |
Summerween
|
On Dipper's shield. |
Little Dipper
|
on the carpet. |
Boss Mabel
|
The 'A' of Mystery Shack. |
Carpet Diem
|
On a tube of makeup. On the spine of "Boy Cray Cray." |
Trivia
- He is based off of the Eye of Providence, which is most commonly seen on the back of an US$1 bill.
- A symbol on the rug of the Mystery Shack known as the "Eye of Providence" resembles Bill.