Gravity Falls: The Complete Series is a discontinued DVD and Blu-ray box set of Gravity Falls released by Shout! Factory. It was released with two very different versions; a regular edition with all the episodes on 6 discs, and a collector's edition which included a bonus disc with brand-new bonus features.[1]
As of March 8, 2023, the box set is no longer available for sale.
Synopsis[]
"Welcome To Gravity Falls !
Twin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel Pines are sent to the small town of Gravity Falls, Oregon to spend their summer vacation with their great uncle ("Grunkle") Stan. Upon arrival, Grunkle Stan enlists the siblings' help in running The Mystery Shack, a self-owned tourist trap that overcharges unsuspecting customers. While Dipper has a hard time getting used to his new surroundings, Mabel's upbeat optimism comes in handy in her quest to find true love.
But there may be more to Gravity Falls than meets the eye as Dipper and Mabel encounter strange occurrences and weird creatures. When Dipper stumbles upon an elusive book, he discovers it is the answer to uncovering the town's mysterious happenings. Soon, Dipper and Mabel realize they must rely on each other to navigate this unfamiliar place. Meanwhile, Grunkle Stan guards a secret of his own ā one that just might hold the key to unlocking the deeper mystery that is Gravity Falls.
Includes All 40 Episodes!"[1]
Bonus features[]
- NEW Audio Commentaries On All 40 Episodes With Creator Alex Hirsch And Members Of The Cast And Crew + 3 Secret Commentaries.
- NEW behind the scenes documentary called "One Crazy Summer" ā A Look Back At Gravity Falls Featuring Interviews With Alex Hirsch, Actors Jason Ritter, Kristen Schaal, Jackie Buscarino, Thurop Van Orman, Carl Faruolo, And Niki Yang, Creative Director Michael Rianda, Producers Rob Renzetti And Brian Doell, Directors And Artists Matt Braly And Joe Pitt, Writers Jeff Rowe, Shion Takeuchi, And Josh Weinstein, Composer Brad Breeck, Art Director Ian Worrel, Artists Dana Terrace, Robertryan Cory, Andy Gonsalves, Sean Jimenez, And Alonso Ramirez Ramos, And Alex's Twin And The Inspiration For Mabel, Ariel Hirsch (105 minutes)
- NEW "The Hirsch Twins" ā Alex & Ariel Hirsch Remember Their Own Summers Growing Up
- NEW Deleted Scenes ā Over An Hour Of Never-Before-Seen Content from season 2.
- "Between The Pines" ā Behind-The-Scenes Series Finale Special.
- Shorts ā Interstitial Programming Between Seasons 1 and 2.
- Promos ā Commercial And Other Promo Materials From The Showās Run.
- More????
Secret messages[]
- See: List of cryptograms
Discontinuation[]
On September 14, 2022, Shout Factory announced that the box set was being discontinued, with a final restocking date set for March 2023,[2] after which no more were to be made. When asked as to why the discontinuation was happening, Alex Hirsch revealed that the box set had been a limited time deal with Shout Factory, meaning the rights to distribute it were expiring.[3] Starting March 1st, the box set went on sale and would remain so until all remaining copies were sold out.[4] On top of that, Shout Factory held a contest in which it gave away 10 extra signed by Alex Hirsch and Jason Ritter lithograph posters that originally came with the Blu-ray set, as part of a giveaway.[5] The final day to purchase a set from Shout Factory was on March 8, 2023. The page was removed off their website after the sale ended.
Trivia[]
- The box set was teased by Alex Hirsch on March 26, 2018, on his Twitter account[6] and was officially revealed the following day.[7]
- When Alex learned that the box set was happening, he drew Stan on a whiteboard in excitement.[8]
- The DVD version of the collector's edition costs $59.97 USD ($47.97 on the Shout! Factory website)[9], and the Blu-ray version costs $99.99 ($79.99 on the Shout! Factory website).[1]
- This box set makes Gravity Falls the third Disney Television Animation show to be completely released on DVD (right after The Weekenders and TaleSpin, though it is the fourth if one also counts the canonical run of Gargoyles), and the very first one to be released on Blu-ray.
- This was released 2 years after the show concluded.
- TheMysteryOfGF teased a "Totally Rad Edition" of the box set to be sold exclusively on themysteryshack.com. This however was not the case as the box set is unaltered, but comes with a 3' resin Dippy Fresh figurine, exclusive Xyler and Craz pins, and various other items previously sold with a Journal 3 bundle, that are not sold with the box set via Shout Factory.[10]
- There were two different versions of the box set sold. The most well known one is the Collector's Edition that is sold by Shout Factory, has a Blu-Ray and DVD version and contains the 7th disc containing all the extra bonus features.
- The 2nd version is the Retail Edition. It sells for $20, comes only in a DVD variant and doesn't contain the 7th bonus features disc, only having the commentaries on every episode as bonus features.[11]
- Orders of the Blu-Ray box set from the Shout! Factory website came with an exclusive lithograph. 100 of the lithographs, at random, were signed by Alex Hirsch.[1][12][13]
- The pre-orders from the Shout! Factory website shipped out on July 2, 2018, 22 days ahead of the planned release date.[14] Some of the lithographs were received that day as well.
- As of April 28, 2021, the lithographs are all sold out.
- 10 extra refound lithographs were given away by Shout Factory as part of the box set's going out of print sale. These posters were signed by Alex and Jason.[5]
- Early copies of the box set came with a replica of the letter that Wendy gave Dipper at the end of "Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back The Falls". In later years of the set's run, Shout Factory stopped including the letter.
- The box set was released on the same day as Gravity Falls: Lost Legends.
- A code on the bottom of the box reads "PINES FOREVER" in Bill's symbol substitution cipher.
- "Carla I've always loved you but I've never had the guts to say it" also appears at the end of the legal warnings on the bottom of the box, just like at the end of the Tent of Telepathy commercial in "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel."
- "STAY WEIRD" is written on the back of the box in Bill's symbol substitution cipher on a photograph of a gnome. This is the photograph that also appeared in the opening.
- At the bottom of the back cover "A souvenir is something grand / you hold the summer in your hand" can be read in Caesar cipher.
- The back cover reads:
"Welcome to Gravity Falls!
Twelve-year-old twins Dipper and Mabel Pines are sent to the sleepy forest town of Gravity Falls, Oregon to spend their summer vacation with their great uncle ("Grunkle") Stan, a shady, carnival-barker-like con man who forces them to work at the Mystery Shack, Oregon's lowest-rated tourist trap. Although the Shack is filled with hoaxes and fakes, the town itself seems to be hiding a paranormal dark side, with monsters and mysteries around every corner. When Dipper stumbles upon an elusive book hidden in the forest, he realizes it just might hold the secrets to understanding the town. Soon, conspiracy-obsessed Dipper and goofy, carefree Mabel realize they must rely on each other to survive their crazy, new world. Meanwhile, Grunkle Stan guards a secret of his own ā one that just might hold the key to unlocking the deeper mystery that is Gravity Falls." |
- The deleted scenes reel contains cut scenes from "Scary-oke", "Into the Bunker", "The Golf War", "Sock Opera", "Soos and the Real Girl", "Society of the Blind Eye", "Not What He Seems", "A Tale of Two Stans", "Roadside Attraction", "Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future", "Weirdmageddon Part 1", "Weirdmageddon 2: Escape from Reality", and "Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back The Falls".
- For unknown reasons, there are no cut scenes from any season 1 episode or the season 2 episodes "Little Gift Shop of Horrors", "Blendin's Game", "The Love God", "Northwest Mansion Mystery", "Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons", "The Stanchurian Candidate" or "The Last Mabelcorn".
- In his Twitter thread for the 3 year anniversary of the box set's release, Shout Factory director Antonio Lopez revealed that a 4th secret commentary track was recorded in which it was just going to be Soos. It's not known which episode it was going to be for or why it was not used. [15]
- At points in the commentaries, the audio cuts out and when it returns, the cast is talking about something else. Alex Hirsch revealed that this was due to various parts of it being censored and has expressed intention about possibly one day making the uncensored commentaries public.[16]
Easter Eggs[]
- The bonus disc has Easter eggs that can be found throughout the menu, with some clues being given in the "One Crazy Summer" and "The Hirsch Twins" featurettes. By pressing "left" or "right" on various selections, a letter in Bill's symbol substitution cipher will display, leading to bonus videos. When these letters are decoded and combined, they spell out "Gravity Falls".
- Alex Hirsch and Ian Worrel both attempt to draw the Mystery Shack from memory, while discussing its design and inspiration. (Shorts- Left.)
- Bill Cipher taunts the viewer by saying they "clicked the wrong Easter egg", and then claims that after his defeat he became trapped in the box set, forced to live through every episode for eternity. He then attempts to get anyone watching to let him possess them, thus freeing himself. (TV Shorts- Right.)
- Alonso Ramirez Ramos and Matt Braly do quick sketches of Dipper and Mabel. (Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained: Stan's Tattoo- Right.)
- Bloopers from "One Crazy Summer". (Mabel's Guide to Life: Stickers- Right.)
- Brad Breeck goes over the composition and development of the theme song. (Fixin' It with Soos: Cuckoo Clock- Right.)
- The cast and crew go over their favorite moments. (Mabel's Scrapbook: Zoo- Right.)
- Bill Cipher gives a backwards message. When reversed, he claims there is an unknown code somewhere and that the key is "Inside Job". The codes are on the Lost Legends website. (Gravity Paws- Right.)
- Ariel Hirsch puts on her troll sweater. (McGucket's Conspiracy Corner: Triangles- Left.)
- The crew goes over the craziest moments at the office. (McGucket's Conspiracy Corner: Cryptograms- Left.)
- Alex and Ariel show off their childhood journals they would write when being sent to their great aunt's for the summer. ('Pocolypse Preppin': Checkers- Left.)
- The crew discuss the burning of Alex Hirsch's original flannel jacket after the show was greenlit. A piece of this flannel can be seen in the finale's end credits. (Shop At Home With Mr. Mystery: Deer Teeth- Left.)
- Bill sings a variation of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow". (Lost Mystery Shack Interviews: Zendaya from K.C. Undercover- Left.)
- The episodes "Double Dipper", "Land Before Swine", and "Not What He Seems" have secret commentary tracks that can be accessed by pressing "down" while hovering over the "Play With Commentary" option.
- The "Double Dipper" track is done by Jason Ritter.
- The "Land Before Swine" track is done by Stan Pines and Soos.
- The "Not What He Seems" track is done by Brad Breeck.
Gallery[]
Additional Readings[]
One Crazy Summer: A Look Back at Gravity Falls (Box set Exclusive Documentary film)
Behind the Scenes of Gravity Falls (Commentary set)
External links[]
- Shout! Factory page (Archived)
- On Amazon (Permanently out of print)
- Antonio Lopez's Twitter Thread on the Box Set
References[]
- ā 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gravity Falls: The Complete Series [Collector's Edition + Exclusive Lithograph]. Retrieved on November 12, 2020.
- ā https://twitter.com/ShoutFactory/status/1570102856186822658?s=20&t=pLEMGUgjlLmtp4Je_zAvsQ
- ā https://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/1570930813038120962?s=20&t=3Nt0tEO9hm1Pqj5v63mAHg
- ā https://twitter.com/ShoutFactory/status/1630998424215584768
- ā 5.0 5.1 https://twitter.com/ShoutFactory/status/1631388681901580320?s=20
- ā Hirsch, Alex (March 27, 2018). Tweet number 978464096197607426. Twitter. Retrieved on November 12, 2020.
- ā Hirsch, Alex (March 27, 2018). Tweet number 978667402064875521. Twitter. Retrieved on November 12, 2020.
- ā https://twitter.com/TheAntonioLopez/status/1419121378549112836
- ā Gravity Falls: The Complete Series [Collector's Edition]. Retrieved on November 12, 2020.
- ā Gravity Falls: The Complete Series - Totally Rad Edition. The Mystery Shack. Retrieved on November 12, 2020.
- ā https://twitter.com/TheMysteryofGF/status/1021939686468673536
- ā https://twitter.com/ShoutFactory/status/992108103570096130?s=20
- ā https://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/1001566198549569539?s=20
- ā Hirsch, Alex (July 3, 2018). Tweet number 1013926561060347905. Twitter. Retrieved on November 12, 2020.
- ā https://twitter.com/TheAntonioLopez/status/1419121414234275843
- ā https://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/1570860340212297729?s=20&t=3Nt0tEO9hm1Pqj5v63mAHg