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You know what Gravity Falls scene I find really interesting? The deer teeth scene from Dreamscapers. Because at first glance it seems like Bill is just a one-off villain. Another monster of the week. By this point in the show, Gideon has been the main antagonist. And Gideon is quite frightening. He’s tried to harm or kill the Pines family on multiple occasions and steal their property. He has the whole town wrapped around his finger, so they wouldn’t believe the Pines if they tried to tell the town what he’s done (and they didn’t until Stan proved that Gideon was a fraud). His own parents are terrified of him. Bud joined a secret society of memory erasers in order to forget the things Gideon has done. Mrs. Gleeful obsessively vacuums in order to cope. Gideon can be downright terrifying. And yet when Bill hands Gideon teeth he telekinetically pulled from a deer’s mouth, Gideon freaks out. And by showing Gideon frightened of Bill, the writers have set up Bill as an even bigger threat than Gideon. They have subtly showed us that Bill is the real antagonist. And I think that’s brilliant.

This post is making me think more about the deer teeth scene. This is our first glimpse to Bill’s power. Before, the monster of the week monsters have natural powers and abilities. The Manatours are strong and buff and act strong and buff. The Gnomes are rabid little monsters. The ghost have ghost powers. Gideon is a egotistical little ass, but is manipulative and cunning and Human. We understand the rules of these monsters powers and the nature of their abilitues.

With Bill? All bets are off. He is able to control and manipulate the entire world. Nothing is impossible fot him. Think about his. His first trick was to rip teeth off a nearby deer. That is horrifying in itself. But then he Reverses it, and the deer acts as though nothing happens. He can do anything, and never face the consequences. And when everyone wakes up, was that all a dream? Did he actually take the deer teeth out and place them back, or was all that a trick? An illusion? The deer moved so it could be real, but we will never know.

Think back to the ghosts. They had what seemed to be godlike powers, levitation, transformation, possession. But as ghosts, they were limited to the convience store. His first introduction turns the entire world grey. His range is limitless, his power is limitless, and we saw what he did with it during Weirdmagedeon

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