List of Gravity Falls characters

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This is a list of characters from the Disney Channel television series Gravity Falls . All of the characters listed have appeared in the first and second seasons.

Contents

Overview

CharacterVoiced byAppearances
First Season 1 Season 2 Weirdmageddon Lost Legends Legend of the Gnome Gemulets Shorts
Main characters
Mason "Dipper" Pines Jason Ritter "Tourist Trapped"Main
Mabel Pines Kristen Schaal Main
Stanley "Grunkle Stan" Pines Alex Hirsch Main
Jesus "Soos" Alzamirano Ramírez Main
Wendy Blerble Corduroy Linda Cardellini Main
Stanford Filbrick "Grunkle Ford" Pines J. K. Simmons "Not What He Seems"Does not appearMain [lower-alpha 1]
Bill Cipher Alex Hirsch"Dreamscaperers"GuestRecurringMain
Recurring characters
Waddles Dee Bradley Baker "The Time
Traveler's Pig
"
Recurring
Gompers the Goat "Tourist Trapped"RecurringGuest
Fiddleford Hadron "Old Man" McGucket Alex Hirsch"The Legend of the Gobblewonker"RecurringGuest
"Lil'" Gideon Charles Gleeful Thurop Van Orman "The Hand That
Rocks the Mabel
"
RecurringGuest
"Lazy" Susan Wentworth Jennifer Coolidge "Tourist Trapped"RecurringGuest
Sheriff Daryl Blubs Kevin Michael
Richardson
"The Legend of the Gobblewonker"RecurringDoes not appearGuest
Deputy Edwin Durland Keith Ferguson RecurringDoes not appearGuest
Tobias "Toby" Determined Gregg Turkington RecurringDoes not appearGuest
Daniel "Manly Dan" Corduroy John DiMaggio RecurringDoes not appearGuest
Candy Chiu Niki Yang "Double Dipper"RecurringDoes not appearGuest
Grenda Grendinator Carl FaruoloRecurringDoes not appearGuest
Pacifica Elise Northwest Jackie
Buscarino
"Double Dipper"RecurringGuest
Robert Stacey "Robbie" Valentino T.J. Miller "The Inconveniencing"RecurringDoes not appearGuest
Tambry Jessica DiCicco RecurringDoes not appearGuest
Nate Scott Menville RecurringDoes not appearGuest
Lee Mike Rianda RecurringDoes not appearGuest
Thompson RecurringDoes not appearGuest
Buddy "Bud" Gleeful Stephen Root "The Hand That
Rocks the Mabel
"
RecurringDoes not appearGuest
The Gnomes Alex Hirsch"Tourist Trapped"RecurringGuestRecurringDoes not appear
Shmebulock RecurringGuestRecurringDoes not appear
Preston Northwest Nathan Fillion "Irrational Treasure"GuestRecurringGuest
Priscilla Northwest Kari Wahlgren GuestRecurringGuest
Abuelita Matt Chapman "Gideon Rises"GuestRecurringDoes not appearGuestDoes not appear
Rumble McSkirmish Brian Bloom "Fight Fighters"GuestRecurring
Tyler Cutebiker Will Forte "The Legend of the Gobblewonker"Recurring
Blendin Blenjamin Blandin Justin Roiland "Tourist Trapped"Recurring
Agent Powers Nick Offerman "Scary-oke"Recurring
Agent Jeff Trigger Brad AbrellRecurring
8-Ball Andy Merrill "Weirdmageddon Part 1:
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RecurringGuest
Teeth Recurring
Keyhole Matt Chapman RecurringGuest
Paci-Fire Recurring
Kryptos Recurring
Hectorgon Patrick McHale Recurring
Pyronica Danielle Fishel Recurring
The Horrifying Sweaty One-Armed
Monstrosity
Louis C.K. [lower-alpha 2] Recurring
Alex Hirsch
The Creature With Eighty-Eight
Different Faces
Recurring
Zanthar Recurring
Amorphous Shape Recurring
Eye Bats Recurring
Lava Lamp-Shaped Demon Recurring

Main

Recurring

Minor

Notes

  1. Stanford becomes a main character following "Not What He Seems"; episodes prior do not feature him.
  2. As of December 21, 2017, Louis C.K. has been dubbed out of this role for future airings due to his sexual assault allegations. Series creator Alex Hirsch redubbed this character and is credited for doing so at the end of the re-dubbed rerun.

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