Gravity Falls - S02E04 'Sock Opera' Dipper Makes a Deal with Bill

Bill takes over Dipper's body! Oh no!!

[AspenIsAnnoying]

Imagine you’re just walking around in the gravity falls studio and you suddenly hear Alex hirsch scream: “YOURE MY PUPPET NOW KID”

[ObaREX]

1) Bill is right, Mabel really used to take advantage of Dipper (though unintentionally).
2) I love this episode.
3) It's funny that Alex Hirsch finally gets to voice his author avatar.

[shukei]

Wendy just chillin in the car while "Dipper" talks to nobody and

[thekingofhearts]

"YEESH KID, RELAX!"
I genuinely think Bill is actually surprised here due to what Dipper says before this line.

[MooreMoDz]

What makes this even better is that Bill put his seat belt on. A demon understands basic road safety, unlike any normal person.

[JelloApocalypse]

That shot of Dipper's face on the window reflection is *awesome*.

I love this show.

[juniemunie]

If anyone is confused about the Deal, I'll clear it up for you.

to make it short,
Bill didn't break the deal with Dipper. The words he chose were vague enough to give him leeway on how he would give his end of the deal while still have an advantage against Dipper.

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((Edit: Have to put a break here so the ppl who have short attention span and poor reading comprehension knows they can stop reading here! You're welcome. To those who want to know more in detail, read on.))

In their first interaction, Bill says to Dipper "how's about I give you a hint?"
Take note of the vague wording he chose here. He says GIVE and HINT. GIVE, meaning he would do his own method on how he is going to GIVE to Dipper the HINT, but never directly saying he would tell him the password.

Once Bill got his end of the deal, which is possessing Dipper as his "puppet", he proceeds to do his side, which is GIVING Dipper his HINT, which is smashing the Laptop, to reveal McGucket's name on it. That was his HINT.

Added EDIT For clarification: Bill had to give a hint that would continue Dipper's progress in finding the Author, but also not reveal Bill's portal plans. Giving Dipper the password directly would make Dipper find out about the portal way too early, ruining Bill and Grunkle Stan's plans. So he smashes the Laptop instead.

In doing so, it gave Dipper a clue and lead to McGucket, who was tied to the Author. The Laptop did get fixed, but it seems that McGucket might have lost the data about the portal, leaving only the portal's count down which he thought was a dooms day count down. Or he might have, but when he tried to tell Dipper, he wasn't interested during the Northwest Party which is a lucky chance for Bill.

So in the end, Dipper got what he wanted, and Bill in turn did get to use him as a puppet. The Deal was never broken.

[ApetureTestSubject]

I love the sleight of hand here.
Dipper's eyes close for a moment, just a second, and that's when it all goes wrong.
Then Bill turns up and pulls his strings.

He fell asleep. The entire countdown was fake, just a dream made by Bill.
Bill can only appear in people's dreams. And Dipper never puts it together.

[BeeboBones]

There is a reason they say, "don't make a deal with the devil."

[Nate-]

But how can you stop me -

I f y o u d o n 't e x i s t ?

[kimzee]

that moment when you realise just how much you like a demon triangle with 1 eye, a bowtie and a top hat.

[zambimaru]

"Pain is hilarious." - Bill Cipher

[aubrefry]

Dude the amount of PTSD Dipper must’ve gotten is unbelievable, he’s such a good character. Props to the design and script writers for knowing how to tell the story of this 12 year old who doesn’t know what he’s going through.

[dewroot]

1. Bipper talking to no one probably couldn't be noticed by anyone except Dipper, just like his cat pupils are easier for the audience to discern than the characters.
2. It's theorized that the "data erase" was never real, and Dipper already fell asleep and entered the mindscape, allowing Bill to make it look like the data was about to be gone.

[jediknight]

“Besides, whats your sister done for you lately? How many times have you sacrificed for her, huh? And when has she ever returned the favor?”

Ouch. You’ve got to hand it to Bill. He certainly knows how to strike a nerve. And he does have a point. All the sacrifices Dipper made for his sister sake and all the times he’d risked his life for her. He even gives up a chance to become Stanford’s apprentice. Classic “George Bailey” syndrome.

[Mohann.]

For anyone wondering, this video was likely marked as "for kids" which deleted all of the comments but was later put back to normal hence all of the comments being recent

[Ace_the_Yoshi]

I just noticed that at 1:07 the beeping of the laptop sounds a lot like a heart rate monitor, and that it "flatlines" once Dipper shakes Bill's hand. This show is amazing.

[tiablue]

Wow, those were the quickest five minutes ever.

[Funinightmare]

I can't be the only one who wants Bill Cipher having a conversation with Hades

[TheEquus]

Bill possessing Dipper is much more disturbing after reading the Book of Bill section with Bill and Ford.