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|imagecaption=The show's logo.
|imagecaption=The show's logo.
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|datefound=03 Aug 2016
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|foundby=[https://mobile.twitter.com/_alexhirsch?lang=en Alex Hirsch]
<br>03 Aug 2016 (incomplete)
<br>25 Apr 2024 (complete)
|foundby=[https://mobile.twitter.com/_alexhirsch?lang=en Alex Hirsch] (incomplete)
<br>Anonymous (complete)
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'''Sometime in 2010, animator Alex Hirsch began work on a pitch pilot for what would soon become the hit Disney mystery series ''Gravity Falls''.''' Created in Adobe Flash, the pilot ran for 12 minutes and was essentially a cut-down version of the first official episode, "Tourist Trapped."<ref>[http://www.reddit.com/r/gravityfalls/comments/1kgq85/i_am_alex_hirsch_creator_of_gravity_falls_ask_me/ 2013 Reddit IAmA by Alex Hirsch, creator of ''Gravity Falls''.] Retrieved 02 Sep '13</ref>
'''Sometime in 2010, animator Alex Hirsch began work on a pitch pilot for what would soon become the hit Disney mystery series ''Gravity Falls''.''' Created in Adobe Flash, the pilot ran for 12 minutes and was essentially a cut-down version of the first official episode, "Tourist Trapped."<ref>[http://reddit.com/r/gravityfalls/comments/1kgq85/i_am_alex_hirsch_creator_of_gravity_falls_ask_me/ 2013 Reddit IAmA by Alex Hirsch, creator of ''Gravity Falls''.] Retrieved 02 Sep '13</ref>


==Availability==
==Availability==
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
===Screenshots===
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Gravity Falls pitch pilot.JPG|A screenshot from the pilot.
Gravity Falls pitch pilot.JPG|A screenshot from the pilot.
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===Footage===
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===Toon Disney===
===Toon Disney===

Revision as of 21:49, 26 April 2024

Gravity falls logo.jpeg

The show's logo.

Status: Found

Date found:
03 Aug 2016 (incomplete)
25 Apr 2024 (complete)

Found by: Alex Hirsch (incomplete)
Anonymous (complete)

Sometime in 2010, animator Alex Hirsch began work on a pitch pilot for what would soon become the hit Disney mystery series Gravity Falls. Created in Adobe Flash, the pilot ran for 12 minutes and was essentially a cut-down version of the first official episode, "Tourist Trapped."[1]

Availability

In a Reddit IAMA conducted by Alex Hirsch, when asked if the unaired pilot would ever be released, he replied that it "would be like showing you awkward photos from my high school prom", and that he wouldn't want it to be seen. Additionally, the pilot used licensed songs that Hirsch didn't have the right to use commercially, meaning that there may have been legal problems with releasing it, on DVD or otherwise.

Despite that, on July 25th, 2016, Alex revealed that if the puzzle that was a part of the unofficial Cipher Hunt was completed, then he would release the pilot online.[2] It was completed about a week later,[3] and on August 3rd, 2016, it was released on The Mystery of Gravity Falls' website under the username of RETURNBACKWARDS and the password of TOTHEPASTAGAINTHREE.[4] It was also uploaded to YouTube with little to no difficulty or conflict (albeit private).

In June 2022 more footage of the pilot was rediscovered on an animation reel from 2011 that was uploaded onto YouTube in 2016 by the animator Alfredo Cassano.

Gallery

Screenshots

  • A screenshot from the pilot.

    A screenshot from the pilot.

Footage

The complete pitch pilot.

See Also

Gravity Falls

Disney Channel

Playhouse Disney

Disney Junior

Toon Disney

Disney XD

Other

External Links

References

  1. ↑ 2013 Reddit IAmA by Alex Hirsch, creator of Gravity Falls. Retrieved 02 Sep '13
  2. ↑ Tweet from Alex Hirsch. Retrieved 02 Aug '16
  3. ↑ Another Tweet from Alex Hirsch. Retrieved 02 Aug '16
  4. ↑ The Mystery of Gravity Falls website. Retrieved 03 Aug '16
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