[Evil Laughter]

神秘小鎮，回來的感覺真好！

Bill: Oh, Gravity Falls, it is good to be back!

你好網際網路！歡迎來到論理戲遊 一個接著一個摧毀你最愛節目的完美結局

[Film Theory theme plays]

而今天也不例外

Hello Internet! Welcome to yroehT mliF.

一部份的原因是我一點也不想神秘小鎮完結 但更多是因為當你仔細觀察這節目節目如何"完結"

Destroying your favorite show's perfect endings one by one.

證據指出，在我們所見之下還有許多故事

And today is gonna be no exception.

第一眼看來，節目的最後三集基本上擁有一個好的完結應有的要素

Partly because Gravity Falls is a show that I never want to end,

家人之間的芥蒂化解 珍視之人被拯救以及邪惡最終被擊敗

but mostly because when you look at how this show

但在重看這完結時 有件事就是不對勁

actually ended, the evidence points to there being much more to this story

在完結中，比爾●賽佛神秘小鎮中的邪惡多力多滋 穿越到這邊的世界為了製造他所謂"weirdmageddon"末日

than we saw play out on screen. Now the show's final

然而，他到達地球後才發現 他被困在神秘小鎮，因為小鎮的...

trilogy of episodes at first glance

怪誕磁場的自然法則 為了逃脫，同時擴張領土到達世界其餘的角落

does pretty much everything that a great series finale is supposed to:

比爾必須進入一個人的腦子裡 潘.史坦福

Family grudges are forgiven, loved ones are saved and evil is finally defeated.

天才、靈異現象調查員以及弟寶跟美寶的叔公

But rewatching the finale, there was one thing that just didn't quite sit right with me.

然而，這必須要比爾與史坦福跟它握手達成協議

In the finale, Bill Cipher, Evil Dorito of Gravity Falls,

為了擊敗比爾永除後患 史坦福與它的攣生兄弟史坦利調換身分

travels to our world to create the apocalypse he calls "Weirdmageddon".

矇騙比爾與腦經比較不靈光的史坦利達成協議

However once here on earth he realizes that he's trapped in Gravity Falls due to the town's

協議達成，比爾被困在史坦利的腦子裡 史坦福對史坦利使用一把可以消除記憶的槍

Ford: "Natural law of weirdness magnetism"

抹滅他腦中的所有東西包括比爾在內

in order to escape and spread his reign of Weirdness to the rest of the world, Bill has to get inside the mind of one man:

史坦利在一個英勇的時刻做出了終極的犧牲

Ford Pines; resident genius,

喪失自我，身分，以及所有他所珍愛之人的記憶

paranormal investigator and great-uncle to our heroes Dipper and Mabel.

只維持了三分鐘

However, this requires that Bill make a deal with Ford by shaking his hand.

Yeah...

To defeat Bill once and for all

那實在算不上麼犧牲 尤其是他只花了不到製作一整杯的美寶汁的時間來恢復記憶

Ford and his twin brother Stanley switched clothes to trick Bill

所以說到底發生了甚麼事?

into making the deal with the much less able minded Stan.

嘛...

With the deal made and Bill now

幸好第三本手記給了我們更多內容關於這事究竟是怎麼回事

trapped inside Stan's head, Ford uses a gun that can erase memories on Stanley,

引言:「原來記憶射線的影響可以被消除 藉由體驗過去重要的印象以及人們

wiping out everything in his mind,

史坦利恢復這麼快是因為在抹除才剛完成不到一小時馬上就開始進行復原」

including Bill Cipher himself.

此時你大概已經知道我想說甚麼了 如果史坦叔公的記憶並非永久性的被消除

Stan, in a moment of pure heroism, makes the ultimate sacrifice;

是否也表示比爾也非被永久性的消滅?

losing himself,

這是粉絲們在過去兩年中不斷詢問的問題

losing his identity, and losing all memories of the loved ones he left behind...

比爾●賽佛，神秘小鎮中最大的反派是不是真的死了

...for about three minutes.

而我今日在此要告訴你 "沒有"

Yeah, it's not all that much of a sacrifice as it turns out,

比爾●賽佛還活著而且過的滿好的 而且正在巴黎 跟雅克·布雷爾在一起

as Stan's memories come back in less time than it takes to mix up a blender full of Mabel Juice.

抱歉抱歉 別在意最後那一段

So what's going on here?

那是一個非常難懂的音樂劇場梗 沒有人，我是說真的沒有人會懂

Well,

在認真的看完所有的在結尾中的證據

Thankfully Journal No. 3 gives us a little more context on how all this happened:

以及在節目結束後所發布的額外內容

Quote: "It turns out that the memory rays effects can be undone

指出比爾仍活得好好的

through exposure to important images and people from your past.

而且不只是活得好好的 今天我們所挖掘出的真相不只會使你對 這結局的想法改觀

The reason Stan recovered so much faster

還包括所有你以為你知道有關一名你最喜歡的角色的事

is that we began recovery while the eraser was still fresh-less than an hour or after contact." end quote.

氣氛達到高潮 爪溝槍發射！

But at this point you've probably figured out where I'm going with all this.

首先 我們可以完全確定比爾沒有死

If all of grunkle Stan's memories weren't permanently wiped out,

在最後幾幕，當比爾被困在史坦利的腦中 他決定發出以下這奇怪的噪音

would that also mean that Bill Cipher wasn't permanently wiped out?

(比爾喊叫著似乎毫無頭緒的噪音)

It's a question that fans have been asking for the past two years. Is Bill Cipher, the main

這些事他在系列中最後的台詞

antagonist of Gravity Falls, really dead?!

自然你想他應當對用字更加小心 或者妳知道的用"字"

And I am here today to tell you NO!

但這就是重點 他的確非常特地的使用了這些字

Bill Cipher is alive and well and living in

對於為甚麼這聽起來像是一堆胡言亂語完全是因為 他是倒著講話，將影片倒轉過來你就換聽到

Paris...

召喚上古力量使我終將回歸

with Jacques Brel.

好喔 這很清楚的表明他短期之內可還沒打算離開人世

Sorry! Sorry, never mind that last bit,

但這跟美西螈(Axolotl)有甚麼關係？

it's a really obscure musical theater reference

結果答案是被放在《弟寶與美寶與時間海盜的詛咒》

that no one and I mean no one will get.

這本書被確認不是系列之中的一部份

In all seriousness though looking at all the evidence

然而阿歷克斯·赫希，節目的製作人，在推特上Po文表示這本書內含一個巨大的系列謎底

from the end of the show, as well as content

在書中，弟寶和美寶與一隻全能的宇宙美西螈面對面

that's been released after the series ended,

並且兩人各被贈與的一個提問的權力 弟寶問了一個非常負責任也非常符合邏輯的問題

points to Bill Cipher still kicking around.

你對比爾●賽佛知道多少？ 美西螈回答：

And not just kicking around!

「六十度有三個。在樺樹上看著。看見自己的家園燃燒。想家卻又歸不得。

What we unearthed today will not only change your thoughts about the end of the series,

說自己快樂。卻是自欺。將一切推給業火。

but also everything you thought you knew about one of your favorite characters.

如果它欲逃離責備。

Intrigued?

它將必須呼喚我名。 擺脫罪名唯一方法。

Excellent! Grappling hook away!

一個不同的形象。一個不同的時間。」 超喜歡這種經典的押韻詩。

First, we can absolutely prove that Bill isn't dead.

首先 我們可以完全確定比爾沒有死

During the finale, when Bill was trapped inside Stan's mind,

這倒是講得滿清楚為甚麼當比爾要被字面上意義的洗腦時要反著唱頌

Bill decides to make these strange noises:

然後可以料想的美西螈完成了它的願望 將它以不同的形式以及時間保存下來

!nruter yam i taht rewop tneicna eht ekovni I !nrub ot emoc sah emit yM !L-T-O-L-O-X-A

這是個滿有利的情境如果比爾要活下來

These are his last words of the series,

但如果這是真實情況 那又產生另個問題：比爾的新形象究竟是誰？

so you'd think he would have chosen his words a little more carefully. Or, you know, just chosen words.

為何不是那位它已經被困在裡面的：史坦利叔公 而且這並不只是猜測

But here's the thing, he actually did choose those words very specifically,

大部分的劇後推出的內容中 相信我

the only reason why it sounds like gibberish to us

對於一個已經完結兩年的節目來說太多了 強烈的暗示比爾●賽佛沒有死

is because he's talking backwards.

它依舊存在於史坦利的腦海之中

Just reverse the clip and you get this:

舉例：賽佛雕像尋寶 就在神秘小鎮完結後阿歷克斯·赫希非常清楚的表明

"Invoke the ancient power that I may return".

召喚上古力量使我終將回歸

Okay.

好

That makes it pretty clear that he ain't planning on leaving this mortal coil anytime soon,

這真是超級無敵酷 然而最有趣的地方是

but what's all this about an axolotl?

似乎是由史坦利在引導著活動的進行

Well, it turns out that the answer is given to us in a book

結果答案是被放在

titled "Dipper and Mabel And the Curse of the Time Pirates' Treasure!".

《弟寶與美寶與時間海盜的詛咒》裡

Now, this book was confirmed to be non-canon,

當下你便能辨別出史坦利叔公的聲音 但其中有些蹊蹺的是：他是倒著說話

except Alex Hirsch, the creator of the show, tweeted that it does contain "one ENORMOUS *canon* secret". So in the book Dipper and Mabel end up face-to-face with this all powerful cosmic axolotl,

這絕對有可能只是為了讓這任務更加困難

and are each granted one question.

但值得注意的是 每次有個角色在節目中倒著說話時都是因為比爾

Dipper asks the very responsible and very logical question of

在竊取記憶(Dreamscaperers)一集中 小吉登在講出一段用來召喚比爾的頌文後開始倒著講話

"What do you know about Bill Cipher?"

在兩個史坦的故事中史坦福在掉進一個次元門見到比爾後也開始倒著講話

To which the axolotl replies

更不用提每次開場以一個倒著的呢喃結尾

quote: "Sixty degrees that come in threes.

就在一個賽佛輪在我們面前一閃而逝之前

Watches from within birch trees.

每一次

Saw his own dimension burn.

在節目中有人倒著說話似乎都與比爾●賽佛有所關連

Misses home and can't return.

因此我們聽到史坦利在電話中倒著講話就已經極端的可疑

Says he's happy. He's a liar.

但證據並不止於此 所有在這尋寶中所發現的物品都傾向與比爾或史坦有關

Blame the arson for the fire.

有史坦幣、比爾●賽佛的拼圖、一個金史坦頭還有一些其他史坦給初線索的錄音

If he wants to shirk the blame,

這兩個角色不斷的在賽佛尋寶賽中出現 一個詭異的選擇

He'll have to invoke my name.

當你考慮到有那麼多的角色大家會希望聽到他們的聲音 你知道的像是弟寶與美寶

One way to absolve his crime.

或是阿蘇、或是溫蒂 或是這系列中的任何一個人

A different form, a different time."

就彷彿製作人在暗示著這兩個角色的關聯性 比爾以及史坦

End quote.

最終，粉絲們發現了比爾●賽佛的雕像 在它旁邊是一個箱子充滿著有趣的東西

Gotta love those classic rhyming couplets. Now look at those last few lines:

裡面有本第三手記內頁畫著史坦利、史坦福以及阿蘇

"Invoke my name, to absolve the crimes as a different form in a different time."

但當你用暗光照像這頁

Yeah, this is pretty obvious why Bill was chanting in Reverse

你就會發現比爾●賽佛被用隱形墨水就畫在史坦的頭旁邊 在一次暗示著它活得好好的

right before he was literally brainwashed away,

而且與史坦叔公有著十分令人懷疑的關聯性

and presumably the axolotl granted his wish,

但那還有別的東西引起我的注意 當我在研究這個理論時

preserving him in a different form and a different time.

在箱子中有個ＵＳＢ裝著史坦叔公唱著 Vera Lynn的we'll meet again

That's a pretty strong case for Bill still being alive,

這是手非常重要的選歌 因為這正是在神秘小鎮完結中比爾●賽佛唱給史坦福的歌

but if that's truly the case, then that begs the question of what new form could he possibly be in?

巧合？在這這裡？當然 史坦利接著恭喜你找到了他的雕像

Well, why not the form that he was already trapped in?

嘿！大伙們

Grunkle Stan!

恭喜你們找到我在森林中的...

And that isn't just speculation! Most of the post-show content

雕像...的...

that's come out, and believe me,

神秘寶藏 一個非常有趣的用字 並且接著建議你握握雕像的手

there's been a lot for a show that's been gone for two years, has signaled pretty heavily that Bill Cipher

握他的手...那是獎品

continues to exist within Stan's mind.

我們已經知道比爾●賽佛透過握手與人達成協議 史坦就像其他人一樣知道這件事

Case in point: the Cipher Statue Hunt.

那麼為何他會鼓勵我們跟比爾握手做為某種獎賞？

Shortly after Gravity Falls ended, Alex Hirsch made it very clear that there was a

除非 這並不是事史坦利在說話

real-life Bill Cipher statue hidden somewhere in the US,

是比爾 比爾透過史坦利引誘人們透過在現實世界中與他握手

and that in order to find it, fans would have to solve a worldwide

可是是為了要逃離史坦利的身體

treasure hunt. And while that is

試著透過雕像與別人達成協議 聽起來太過牽強?

absolutely cool in and of itself, the most

事實上最一開始我也是這麼想

interesting part of this whole thing was that it appeared to be led by

但我們早就知道當比爾附身在別人身上時可以模仿別人的聲音

Grunkle Stan. One of the very first clues to the hunt was a phone number. When you called it,

因為我們知道這事情在這節目中已經發生過了

you would be greeted by this answering machine message:

準確來說是在美寶與蒂寶對抗未來一集中當他控制著時光旅行特務布蘭丁布蘭登

Immediately you can recognize Stan's voice, but something's a bit off. It's in Reverse!

所以這是絕對有可能那個我們聽到的人完全不是史坦利

Now, this definitely could just be some attempt to make the quest slightly harder,

但是我知道 這樣又有個大問題大多數的人會在留言中詢問

but it's worth noting that every time a character has ever spoken in Reverse during the series, it was because of Bill.

如果比爾仍然活著並且透過某種方式控制著史坦利

In the episode "Dreamscapers", Gideon speaks in Reverse after reading a chant that summons Bill:

那為甚麼在最後幾幕中他的眼睛不是黃色的並且有著長條狀的瞳孔

Egassem sdrawkcab. egassem sdrawkcab. Egassem sdrawkcab! Egassem sdrawkcab!

當人們被比爾●賽佛控制住的象徵性外表

In "A Tale of Two Stan's", Ford (It's McGucket MatPat -_-) speaks backwards after falling into a dimensional portal and seeing Bill:

那是因為 比爾只在史坦利睡著時控制他的身體

VOTMZRIG IVSKRX OORY

在你跑去留言中嘴砲我說這在邏輯上超沒有關連性之前 先聽我細細說明

Not to mention that every

這是在本系列中比爾曾經做過的事

single opening theme ends with whispers in reverse, before we're greeted with a flash of the Cipher Wheel.

準確來說 對史坦利的兄弟 在官方的第三手記中

Every time someone speaks in reverse on the show, it seems to be an association with Bill Cipher.

史坦福描述了在三十年前他與比爾的一個協議

So the fact that we catch Stan Pines speaking in reverse over the phone is already incredibly suspicious,

一個讓比爾進入他的大腦並控制他的身體的協議

but the evidence doesn't just end there.

但在協議中 比爾只能控制他的身體在他睡著的時候

All objects found throughout this treasure hunt tended to be related to either Bill or Grunkle Stan.

手記第118頁

There were Stanbucks, a jigsaw puzzle of Bill Cipher,

「我今天早上醒來，發現我的筆記中有整整六小時分量美麗書寫下來的計算

a golden Stan head, and a few other recordings of Stan giving out clues.

完美的足以讓我跟上進度。」

It was always these two characters that the Cipher Hunt kept coming back to.

然而是什麼讓這互利關係迅速崩壞的是

An odd choice when considering that there were so many other

史坦福開始恐懼比爾對他的影響

characters that fans would have loved to hear from.

然後開始採取行動保持清醒 唯恐比爾會在他睡著時繼續控制他的身體

You know, like the heroes of the show Dipper and Mabel, or Soos,

第142頁

or Wendy or literally anyone else associated in this series!

「我在我的床上睡著，但卻在桌子前醒來 盯著奇怪的符號。他在我睡著的時候占我的便宜」

It's almost as if the creators were hinting towards a connection between Bill and Stan.

這告訴我們比爾非常有可能只在史坦利睡著時控制他的身體

Eventually the fans found the Bill Cipher statue,

注意到我們從未在賽佛尋寶賽中看見史坦利的臉 只有一堆預先錄製的語音檔案

and beside it was a chest filled with some pretty interesting things.

語音檔是可以在半夜裡被錄製的

There was a Journal No. 3 book that had a drawing of Stan, Ford, and Soos,

這就是了 一個比爾●賽佛還活著被困在史坦裡腦袋裡的理論

but if you hover a black light on this page,

我認為這有許多證據支持 但是你知道嗎 當我在研究這理論時發現

you'll find Bill Cipher drawn in with invisible ink directly next to Stan's head,

這兩個角色是多們詭異的相似

once again indicating that he's alive and well and

就像是他們的關係在最初就不像表面上這麼簡單

suspiciously close to Grunkle Stan,

我是說 他們是唯二的角色叫史坦福Sixer

but there was something else in there that definitely caught my attention.

這真是個滿詭異的巧合 他們也都叫人們在末日之前要買些黃金

When I was researching this theory, in the chest there was a

他們甚至也都會做那種數支數支的東西

USB Drive of Grunkle Stan singing "We'll meet again" by Vera Lynn. Don't know when

擺脫罪名唯一方法。一個不同的形象。一個不同的時間。

We'll meet again. Don't know where. Don't know wheeeeen

在麻煩事一集中 美寶有個幻覺裡面有隻巨大的倒著講畫的狗跟她講話

It's an important song choice to make note of since it's the exact same song that Bill Cipher sang to Ford Pines

我們已經知道倒著講話往往跟比爾有關 然後現在有人倒著講話

in the Gravity Falls finale.

告訴我們不可以相信史坦叔公

We'll meet again, Don't know where, Don't know when

我知道他在節目中有些秘密 但都不是嚴重到需要真的不相信他

Coincidence? In this show?! Yeah, right! Stan goes on to congratulate you on finding his statue:

這甚至讓開頭的密碼"史坦並不是你所見到的那樣"有了全新的意義

Stan: Hey guys,

所有的神秘小鎮理論家只事用這代表史坦有個秘密攣生兄弟來輕輕帶過

congratulations on finding my

但要是那從最一開始就是在說某件完全不同的事呢? 真的有可能這兩個角色其實是希望一樣的東西嗎

mysterious treasure of the

那是別些日子的理論了 與此同時！記住！

statue in the forest!

現實不是真的 宇宙只是個投影 然後，這只是個理論

A very interesting choice of words to be sure.

一個影片理論!

Then shortly after he recommends that you shake the statues hand!

Stan: Shake his hand, that's kind of like a prize.

We've already gone over how Bill Cipher is notorious for making deals

that require shaking his hand and Stan knows this as much as anyone else!

So why would he be encouraging us to shake Bill Ciphers hand as if that's some sort of prize?!

Unless of course, this isn't Stanley talking,

It's Bill!

Bill talking through Stanley, encouraging people to shake his statues hand in the real world,

potentially as a means of trying to escape from the body

he's already trapped in. Trying to make a deal through the statue.

Seem like too much of a stretch?

Honestly, I thought so too at first.

But we already know that Bill can mimic someone else's voice

when he's in their body, because we've seen the exact same thing happen before on the show.

Specifically when he was controlling Blendin Blandin the time-traveling agent

in the episode "Mabel and Dipper VS The Future"

So it's definitely plausible that the person we're listening to isn't Stanley at all.

But I know, I know, there's still one big problem that I'm sure a lot of you'll be asking in the comments.

If Bill is still alive, and is somehow controlling

Stanley, then why in the finale aren't his eyes yellow with an

elongated pupil? The signature look of someone who's under Bill Cipher's control.

Well, it's because Bill only controls

Stan when he sleeps. Now, before you run down to the comments to tell me that that's a huge leap in logic,

hear me out here. It is canonically something Bill has done in the past,

specifically with Stan's brother Ford.

In the Official Journal No. 3 book, Ford describes a deal that he made with Bill

thirty years before the events of the show, a deal where he let Bill

enter his mind and control his body,

but during the terms of the deal, Bill could only control

Stanford's body when was sleeping.

Page 118 of the journal, quote:

"I awoke this morning to find that my muse was true to his word!

There in my notebook were 6 hours worth of beautifully written

calculations, perfectly sufficient to keep me on schedule."

End quote.

What starts as a mutually beneficial relationship though

quickly deteriorates as Ford starts to fear Bill's influence, and actively tries to stay awake

for fear that Bill will continue taking control of his body again when he falls asleep.

Page 142, quote again:

"I fell asleep on my cot only to awake sitting at my desk

staring at the strange symbols inscribed below...

he is taking advantage while I sleep."

End quote.

This tells us that it is very possible Bill is only

controlling Stan at night! Notice how in the Cipher hunt, we never actually see Stan's face,