29: Gravity Falls "Sock Opera"

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

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

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28: Gravity Falls "The Golf War"

Charley and Ella are visited by the Spittle Man himself, Adam New (voice actor and our audio cleaner-upper!) to discuss "The Golf War," which we argue is appropriate for Christmas. We talk the absurd amount of guest voices in the episode, the evolving relationship of Mabel and Pacifica, and the mysteries of mini-golf. Follow Adam: https://twitter.com/AdamNewVA Watch Gravity Falls episode 23 "The Golf War": https://www.disneyplus.com/video/a058a6cf-62b2-4ac4-9be4-d5ca35c5f14a Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MysteryShack Today's ending song and theme song edit by https://twitter.com/arctic_ginger Gravity Falls score by https://www.youtube.com/c/BradBreeckMusic/featured We Wish You a Merry Christmas Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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 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]

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30: Gravity Falls "Soos and the Real Girl"

DISCLAIMER: This episode was recorded and released prior to the revelations about & arrest of its guest, Kyle Carrozza. We condemn Carrozza's actions and offer our deepest sympathies to his victims, and we have fully cut ties with him. That said, rather than attempt to rewrite history, we have decided to leave this episode online and intact as a time capsule of when it was made.
Charley and Ella talk "Soos and the Real Girl," discussing Soos' love life taking the lead in this episode, what makes .GIFfany a unique and memorable villain, and the references this episode makes (and the ones it explicitly does not).
Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MysteryShackWatch Gravity Falls episode 25 "Soos and the Real Girl": https://www.disneyplus.com/video/dfaa160a-9c89-46c8-ad71-24953cb102b5Watch the Rockafire Explosion documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTmhS6hcY-AWatch the instructional video on redressing Rockafire Explosion animatronics as Chuck E Cheese characters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZdmbzc9GLoInstructions to properly destroy a Chuck E Cheese costume head: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-qF1sYX4AIrvx5.jpgWatch Defunctland's video on Showbiz Pizza: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msbBGwXb9ZsWatch Jillian Bell (Melody) in conversation with Kate McKinnon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PwZY3NizsQWatch Action Button Reviews' video on Tokimeki Memorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb-DtICmPTYSee Paul Robertson's pixel art: https://www.patreon.com/probertsonDownload 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-neilTheme song instrumental and Stan voice-over by http://twitter.com/PryinBrianGravity Falls score by https://www.youtube.com/c/BradBreeckMusic/featured"Your Reality" instrumental by https://youtu.be/Tmz-VWOvSp8Audio cleanup by https://twitter.com/AdamNewVA and http://twitter.com/DannyKramerVOJoin our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/ZTRu7qyZcRFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mysteryshackpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysteryshacklookback/https://pipedreampodcasts.com/mystery-shack-lookbackEmail us if you have well-archived experiences in the original Gravity Falls fanbase: [email protected]