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Bill Cipher is a dream demon that can enter a person's subconsciousness. He can be summoned using an incantation found on his page in Journal 2 under certain conditions: "Triangulum, entangulum. Veneforis dominus ventium. Veneforis venetisarium!", which, translated from its original Latin, approximates to: "Triangle, I invoke you. I come to the defensive barrier of the mind. I will see the barrier destroyed."

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Bill Cipher is a powerful dream demon from the Second Dimension and the main antagonist of the Disney Channel animated series Gravity Falls. He was formerly existent only in the mindscape before succeeding in gaining access to the real world. Bill desires to bring chaos across the rest of known existence and has a vendetta against the Pines family. He is also known as Human Bill Cipher, Big 10 inch meaty, hot cock Bill or Big C with a ten inch D(?).
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Bill Cipher is a powerful dream demon from the Second Dimension who possesses god-like powers capable of destroying gods themselves. He was formerly existent only in the mindscape, and aims to bring chaos and destruction across the multiverse by opening a rift between the two dimensions. He rules over the Nightmare Realm and is the main antagonist of Gravity Falls. He is also known as a highly-powered Devil and is regarded as Chernabog's second in command.
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Bill Cipher lost when Mabel used Dipper's physical weakness and exhaustion to her advantage, causing Dipper to collapse and be thrust out of his body.
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Bill Cipher is the main antagonist of the Disney Channel/Disney XD animated series Gravity Falls, voiced by series creator Alex Hirsch, who was born on June 18, 1985. Bill was a demon summoned by Gideon Gleeful and is an extradimensional dream demon with mysterious motives. His appearance is based off of the Eye of Providence. Fan theories suggest that there is a real-life statue of Bill Cipher in existence based on the final episode of the series, though this has yet to be confirmed.
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History

At some point before the events of the series, the author of "1," "2" and "3" came across him, recording his powers and appearance in the books.

Bill and the symbol he's based on, the Eye of Providence, appear frequently in Gravity Falls. He was the unseen creator of 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, to form the message: "MY NAME IS BILL."[1]

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Bill's Entry in book 2

A picture of Bill is shown briefly at the end of the opening theme. A similar picture is seen in the entry about him in book 2. Encircling him are various symbols that link to various characters in the show. Most notably, when he appears physically for the first time, he refers to Dipper, Mabel, and Soos, as "Pine Tree, Shooting Star, and Question Mark" respectively. The entry also makes special note of the glasses symbol, the author of the book seemingly having been alarmed by this. Underneath "Name: ???" is the text: "This odd, triangular being has appeared in my dreams every night for weeks."

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Bill's Entry in book 3

His full name appears in his entry in book 3. Behind his name is a message encrypted with a symbol substitution cipher; when decoded it reads: "Liar Monster. Snappy Dresser." There are various notes scattered about the page, such as "Is he watching me?" and "Bill has proven himself to be one of the friendliest and most trustworthy individuals that I've ever encountered in my life. What a guy! I honestly can't trust him more. Not evil in any way, Bill is a true gentleman." However, the latter note is crossed out and below another note reading "Can't Be..." can be found written in red ink . On the next page, a diagram of a human head and various aspects of its mind is shown, its top being opened up for a drawing of Bill to enter it. In the lower right corner of the page "DO NOT SUMMON AT ALL COSTS!" is written in large, red letters. The rest of the page is spattered with a dark red substance...  

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Bill gives Gideon a little present.

"Dreamscaperers" is the first time Bill is directly addressed and introduced in the series. Gideon Gleeful, in an attempt to take over the Mystery Shack once again, summons him. Gideon tells him to steal Stan's safe combination directly from his head, so that Gideon can steal the Shack's deed. Bill agrees once he knows it's Stan, but in return Gideon would have to help him in his own plans, which are not revealed to the viewer. Gideon agrees immediately and the two shake on it. Unbeknownst to Gideon, Mabel and Soos witnessed the deal in the forest, and get Dipper's help to follow him into Stan's mind.

Once inside Stan's head, Bill confronts the trio, and brags that he knows what they're all thinking. To prove his statement, he summons Xyler and Craz from Mabel's imagination. He tricks Mabel and Soos into looking for the memory of Stan's safe combination first, knowing they'd lead him straight to it. At some point Soos is separated from everyone else, and Bill takes his place. Once they find the correct memory he takes it and nearly escapes with it. But while he reads the combination out loud to Gideon (to whom he was connected), Mabel shoots the memory door into another memory of the bottomless pit with a nyarf dart. Gideon breaks off their deal, to Bill's fury. Bill turns his anger toward Mabel and Soos by bringing their nightmares to life and killing Xyler and Craz.

S1e19 Bill Wheel

"I'll be watching you."

Dipper returns in a timely manner and tells Mabel and Soos that while they are in Stan's mindscape they can do whatever they want. They battle Bill and he is nearly defeated. And just as though it seems he will be forced out of Stan's head, he puts a stop to everything instead. Impressed, he decides to let them go, and after warning them of a mysterious darkness that will change everything they care about, he tells them that he'll be watching them. He leaves in a wheel almost identical to the one that appears in his entry in book 2.        

Personality

Bill is an insane and physically irreverent demon who finds most things amusing (although no one is really sure why). He's outrageous and outlandish, as well as a quick talker and thinker. Though he may come across as simply annoying, he's not to be taken lightly; when angered, he's a force to be reckoned with.

Appearance

Bill appearance

Bill is a yellow, triangular creature that bears a strong resemblance to an Egyptian Pyramid and the Eye of Providence. He has a single large eye rimmed with four short lashes on its top and bottom. He moves around largely by floating about, and rarely actually stands on his own two feet. He has thin, black limbs, wears a small, black bow tie, and has a tall, thin, black top hat that he "wears" which floats just above his head. His arms do not seem to be in any fixed position, and can be moved along his perimeter without any difficulty. He has also been seen carrying a small, black cane. When he gets mad, he turns red.

Summoning ritual

To summon Bill Cipher, you'll need an picture of your victim. Cross out the eyes and put 8 candles around it in a circle. Say the following spell: "Triangulum,entangulum. Veneforis dominus ventium. Veneforis venetisarium!" Your eyes will glow blue. You'll say "backwards message" backwards 5 times. A triangle appears. One eye opens and it turns into Bill's normal appearance.

Powers and abilities

Bill's powers are focused around the mind and mental manipulation. He's described as a "dream demon" and displays some of the characteristics of a demon including creating contracts with his summoner. When he is summoned he appears to put everyone and anyone observing into a trance-like dream. The effect is that the world seems to turn colorless, and he can effect the surrounding environment however he likes, as demonstrated by pulling out and returning a deer's teeth. The people observing are unaware they've fallen asleep until Bill leaves and then they realize their eyes have been closed during his whole meeting.

Bill can enter people's minds through their dreams. Once inside a mind he can manipulate anything, including his shape and form and changing the landscape. He can communicate with his summoner like a video call, using his body as a window. In fact he can use his whole body as projector and display images. His body also seems to lead to a pocket space and runs in a slightly different time. (e.g., Mabel jumps into Bill's body and several seconds pass before she reappears, none the wiser.)

Once inside of a mind he can also easily pluck information from any others who are also inside and bring those ideas and images to life. The conjured images seem to take a life of their own such as the case with Xyler and Craz.

Bill is also at least close to omniscient. He knows "lots of things," including the truth of many well known conspiracies as well as future events, such as the destruction of Gideon-bot and that Gideon Gleeful would go to prison.

Cameos

The following are sightings of Bill and the Eye of Providence outside his physical appearance.

Image Episode Description
Opening book Gravity Falls Main Title Theme Top left of the scrolling page.
File:Gravity Falls Opening Ending.PNG In a page of book 2, hidden in one frame at the end of the intro.
S1e13 front of shack Multiple episodes The 'A' in Mystery Shack over the main entrance.
S1e13 awarded with star stickers On the rug in the Mystery Shack's gift shop.
S1e1 eye The red stained glass window on the main attic floor.
S1e3 wax abraham lincoln melted "Headhunters" The window in the room which stored the forgotten wax figures, and melted Wax Abraham Lincoln.
S1e4 gideon makes doll "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel" "Bill Jar," a glass jar holding Gideon's paint brushes. In up right corner of the image.
S1e5 wendy hang 3 "The Inconveniencing" The window under Wendy's hangout spot.
S1e8 -12 dollar bill "Irrational Treasure" On the right side of the bill.
S1e9 waddles runs away

"The Time Traveler's Pig"
"Candy Monster"

On the back of playing cards.
S1e10 soos introducing arcade "Fight Fighters" On the screen of an arcade game.
S1e11 gideon ice cream "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel"
"Little Dipper"
Carpet pattern. Such as under the chair and to the front left of Gideon.
S1e12 Dipper vs Summerween Trickster "Summerween" On Dipper's shield.
S1e16 candy has tools to torture dipper "Carpet Diem" On a tube of makeup-gel.
S1e16 rom coms On the top of the spine of Boy Cray Cray.

Sightings

Season 1

Season 2

Shorts

Games

Quotes

"Deer teeth. For you, kid!"
—Bill Cipher[source]

"It's funny how dumb you are!"
—Bill Cipher[source]

"Remember, reality is an illusion, the universe is a hologram, buy gold, bye!"
—Bill Cipher[source]

"A darkness approaches. A day will come in the future where everything you care about will change... Until then I'll be watching you! I'll be watching you..."
—Bill Cipher[source]

Trivia

  • He is based on the Eye of Providence, which is most commonly seen on the back of the American dollar bill.
  • On the page about Bill in book 2, the -$12 bill says "Semper vigilantem," which in Latin means "always watching."
  • Both journals 2 and 3 contain sections on Bill, but whereas journal 2 contains instructions on how to summon Bill, journal 3 contains instructions on how to stop Bill if he is summoned.
    • Additionally, Journal 2 states that his name is not known, while Journal 3 gives the name Bill Cipher.
  • In the game Rumble's Revenge, one of the translated cryptograms says "i will be returning to gravity falLs …………," foreshadowing his appearance in "Dreamscaperers."
  • When Bill Cipher states that "Reality is an illusion, the universe is a hologram," he is referencing both Einstein and The Matrix.
  • Bill said in Rumble's Revenge that his middle name is Mischief.[1]
  • In Dreamscaperers, Gideon summons Bill with an incantation or spell of some sort. In reverse, Gideon is simply saying "backwards message" repeatedly. This is most likely a poke at the fans' tendency to decode everything.
  • His name is a combination of Bill, possibly referring to his similarities with the eye of providence, which appears on the dollar, sometimes referred to as a bill. The second part of his name is Cipher, which is the algorithm for encryption or decryption.
  • His name may also be an allusion to the Beale Ciphers, a set of three ciphertexts, one of which allegedly states the location of a buried treasure of gold, silver and jewels estimated to be worth over USD$63 million as of September 2011.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Rumble's_Revenge#Cryptograms Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Bill" defined multiple times with different content

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