Mystery Shack Lookback

Charley Marlowe; Ella Cesari; Shelby Sessler

Gravity Falls' slow reveal of mysteries bred a unique, tight-knit community, where Charley Marlowe and Ella Cesari first met. In their podcast "Mystery Shack Lookback", they provide a historic timeline of Disney's first continuity-driven cartoon. A time capsule for old fans and a book club for new ones, they talk spoiler-free about the episodes, expanded universe media, and outdated fan theories.

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45: Legend of the Gnome Gemulets

Mystery Shack Lookback

05/25/22 • 100 min

Charley and Ella are joined by video essayist Jenny Geist to play and discuss the Gravity Falls 3DS game, "Legend of the Gnome Gemulets." We talk about the game's production history, its reputation among fans and crew members, and assess whether this is the first piece of Gravity Falls content we don't like. Watch Jenny's video on 3DS licensed games: https://youtu.be/Xiz8jfZVOxI Check out Jenny's channel: https://www.youtube.com/JennyGeistVids Support Jenny on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jennygeist Follow Jenny: https://twitter.com/JennyGeist_ Episode edited by Elizabeth Nordenholt from Podcat Audio: podcataudio.com Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MysteryShack Check out our merch store: https://crowdmade.com/collections/mysteryshacklookback Dana Terrace's animation for the game: https://danaterrace.tumblr.com/post/132885259545/its-kinda-insane-to-watch-all-these-at-once HellmanDraws' Shermy comic (future series spoilers within): https://hellmandraws.tumblr.com/post/657239737628770304/kvp-wbaxci-bcgmhrw-kvqi-bb-asg-lrd-jilnrahx-ik-ptd Download the theme song: https://ellacesari.bandcamp.com/track/my-hearts-in-gravity-falls-20-ft-pryin-brian Chiptune theme song cover and "Hall of Conspiracies" theme by https://simandthedimbulbv2-0.tumblr.com/post/664143564235800576/back-when-i-was-working-on-guide-to-neil Hall of Conspiracies Stan voiceover by http://twitter.com/PryinBrian Outro song mixing by https://www.youtube.com/c/webemezYourLocalMagicalGirl Gravity Falls score by https://www.youtube.com/c/BradBreeckMusic/featured Table Read Stan Patreon shout-outs by https://twitter.com/RobRenzetti "Stanford" thumbnail font by TsunamiHolmes: https://tsunamiholmes.tumblr.com/post/621743237851398144/after-many-hours-of-tedious-work-i-can-finally Audio cleanup by https://twitter.com/AdamNewVA Join our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/ZTRu7qyZcR Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mysteryshackpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysteryshacklookback/ https://pipedreampodcasts.com/mystery-shack-lookback Email us if you have well-archived experiences in the original Gravity Falls fanbase: [email protected]

37: Gravity Falls "Not What He Seems"

Mystery Shack Lookback

03/30/22 • 86 min

Charley and Ella lead Alexa and David through the HUGE midseason finale of Gravity Falls Season 2, "Not What He Seems"!! We discuss their reactions to the ep's massive revelations, the avalanche of fan theories that ensued, and the implications for the characters moving forward. Check out more of Alexa and David on Come On Fhqwhpods and How Did This NOT Get Made: https://www.pipedreampodcasts.com/come-on-fhqwhpods! https://www.pipedreampodcasts.com/how-did-this-not-get-made Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MysteryShack Check out our brand-new merch store: https://crowdmade.com/collections/mysteryshacklookback Watch Gravity Falls episode 31 "Not What He Seems": https://www.disneyplus.com/video/235dcb75-1a7a-4ed6-aca7-1fac73a6645a Watch the Grunkle Stan police custody promos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-pEMTHdYn0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAFpmbngWPU Read Alex Hirsch's review with The AV Club following this episode: https://www.avclub.com/gravity-falls-alex-hirsch-on-his-show-s-big-cliffhange-1798277405 Download the theme song: https://ellacesari.bandcamp.com/track/my-hearts-in-gravity-falls-20-ft-pryin-brian "Hall of Conspiracies" theme by https://simandthedimbulbv2-0.tumblr.com/post/664143564235800576/back-when-i-was-working-on-guide-to-neil Theme song instrumental and Stan voiceover by http://twitter.com/PryinBrian Gravity Falls score by https://www.youtube.com/c/BradBreeckMusic/featured "Hey Alexa What Do You Think Of This" theme originally by
http://michaelwilliamhunter.bandcamp.com/
Gravity Falls cover by
http://simandthedimbulbv2-0.tumblr.com/ Rain sound effect by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6G0EuPAoKQ Audio cleanup by https://twitter.com/AdamNewVA Join our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/ZTRu7qyZcR Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mysteryshackpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysteryshacklookback/ https://pipedreampodcasts.com/mystery-shack-lookback Email us if you have well-archived experiences in the original Gravity Falls fanbase: [email protected]

29: Gravity Falls "Sock Opera"

Mystery Shack Lookback

01/05/22 • 96 min

Charley and Ella are rejoined by fan studies scholar Abby Kirby (https://twitter.com/abbyekirby) to watch and discuss "Sock Opera." We talk the return of Bill Cipher, the cultural and historical influences on the story, and why this episode is considered iconic and forever changed the fandom. Check out Abby's Gravity Falls anniversary zine project: https://gf10yearslaterzine.tumblr.com/ Read Abby's master's thesis, "The fan/producer duality in microfandoms: Examinations of collaboration, creativity, and capital" (vague Gravity Falls spoilers within): https://via.library.depaul.edu/cmnt/38/ Read Abby's fanfiction envisioning the unproduced Labyrinth episode: https://archiveofourown.org/works/9683312/chapters/21863423 Read Abby's article about the show and its paratexts (MAJOR Gravity Falls spoilers within): https://thedailyfandom.org/gravity-falls-perfected-audience-participation/ Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MysteryShack Watch Gravity Falls episode 24 "Sock Opera": https://www.disneyplus.com/video/1f41f6a4-c1a3-4426-b67f-d01241fed0bd Download the theme song: https://ellacesari.bandcamp.com/track/my-hearts-in-gravity-falls-20-ft-pryin-brian "Hall of Conspiracies" theme by https://simandthedimbulbv2-0.tumblr.com/post/664143564235800576/back-when-i-was-working-on-guide-to-neil Theme song instrumental and Stan voice-over by http://twitter.com/PryinBrian Gravity Falls score by https://www.youtube.com/c/BradBreeckMusic/featured Audio cleanup by https://twitter.com/AdamNewVA Join our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/ZTRu7qyZcR Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mysteryshackpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysteryshacklookback/ https://pipedreampodcasts.com/mystery-shack-lookback Email us if you have well-archived experiences in the original Gravity Falls fanbase: [email protected] Abby's citations:

Piatti-Farnell, L. (2014). What’s Hidden in Gravity Falls: Strange Creatures and the Gothic Intertext. M/C Journal, 17(4). https://doi.org/10.5204/mcj.859
Porter, A. (2017). Satanic humans: Using satanic tropes to guide and misguide the audience. Journal of Religion & Film, 21(1).
Mäyrä, F. (1999). Demonic Texts and Textual Demons: The Demonic Tradition, the Self, and Popular Fiction.
Lester, C. (2016). The children's horror film: Characterizing an 'impossible' subgenre. The Velvet Light Trap, 78.
Troutman, M. (2019). “It's Alive... Again: Redefining Children’s
Film Through Animated Horror.” C. Hermansson and J. Zepernick (eds.),
The Palgrave Handbook of Children’s Film and Television,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17620-4_8