We’ve tackled the main cast from this small Oregon town, but what about the creatures
that inhabit it? During the two seasons the show was running, we got to see a lot of these
strange creatures encounter our heroes, either helping or hindering them. Among these oddities,
who was the most noble, who was harmless and who was the most determined to cause damage?
I’m Kyle with WickedBinge and this is Gravity Falls Creatures: Good to Evil.
For this list, we’ll be focusing on the creatures our main cast comes
across during the official episodes of the two seasons the show aired.
If you haven’t watched our main Gravity Falls: Good to Evil, check the link in the description!
As usual, we'll be starting with the most pure and noble character and working our way down.
These characters are The Good.
We’ll begin with the Faun or Satyr (pronounce: Fawn or Sadder). The Faun
was a side focus during Mabel’s hunt for the unicorn, with Grenda even knocking one out.
The faun was mainly used to help show how fantasy-like the unicorn hideaway really was
compared to the rest of the forest. The faun spends time playing music
and simply enjoying being around the other magical beasts. All and all,
there’s really nothing we can say negatively about this mythical critter.
The Love God was mentioned in our main cast ranking, but being a demigod, he deserves
being mentioned again. He was kind of lazy, wanting to focus on his musical performances.
He got annoyed with Mabel when she tried using his potions, but we can understand why. He even
had something to make people fall out of love. While he did become frustrated and irresponsible,
we rank him higher because, for the most part, he did try to warn Mabel against using it...
and his matches he made did pan out pretty well. Love was something he took seriously.
He used it as a way to bring people together and sited it as a source of inspiration.
We give the Bronze Medal of Good to the Merpeople. Since we really only see Mermando,
we have to base much of what we know on him and his interactions with Mabel. He’s a nice enough
guy, being one of the less annoying of Mabel’s romantic pursuits. He yearned to simply be with
his family and in his letters had to call off his long distance relationship due to him being
married off. From this we learn merpeople are loyal to one another and have a respectable
royal family that helps them maintain peace in a chaotic and ever changing environment.
Time Baby wasn’t stuck in Gravity Falls, but he and his time cops were
very familiar with the place. When he was informed of Bill’s Weirdmageddon,
he showed up to try and set things right. He was regarded as a very powerful being,
and didn’t hesitate to take on Bill and his lackeys. It was a shame to see him defeated
so easily, but the fact that he risked being destroyed is what places him so high on our list.
The Dinosaurs aren’t exactly mythological, but they are unusual in a modern day setting
and presented themselves as a hazard. As we’ve seen in Jurassic Park,
a bunch of giant reptiles roaming around where people are is only going to lead to disaster.
But as fearsome as these beasts were, they were driven by survival. They didn’t do damage for
the sake of causing trouble. It was just a side effect of them being led by instincts.
The Cooler Monster is more unsettling than malicious, but as we don’t know it’s full
intentions, we have to place it here. There’s some divide on what this thing was meant to be,
but there’s no doubt it had no issue terrifying Dipper as he was retrieving ice.
What it intended to accomplish or how it ended up in the cooler will likely remain a mystery.
The Cursed Egyptain Super Termites were not present long,
but did make an appearance when Gideon tried using them to destroy the shack.
Much like the dinosaurs, they ran on instinct and acted the only way they knew how.
They weren’t henchmen of any sort, but merely a tool used by the failed psychic.
With that said, we've arrived at the neutral territory. These characters fall in The Grey Area.
There were a few Ghosts that appeared throughout the show, but for this ranking
we’re going to focus on the elderly couple and the logger. The couple was kind during their lifetime
but wound up haunting due to being harassed by teens coming in and out of their establishment.
They were put to rest when Dipper was able to sooth them with the playful innocence of
a younger child, even if the method used was a little bit of an odd one. The lumberjack was a
little more brazen with his approach, being a far more threatening force. We understand
where his anger comes from, with him telling Dipper that he was swept away by a mudslide
caused by the lack of trees due to them needing the lumber to build the Northwest mansion.
His curse was lifted when the promise was finally kept and the commoners of
the town were allowed to enjoy the yearly party.
The Gobblewonker was the beast of the lake and stood as Gravity Falls’ version of the Loch
Ness Monster. It was able to conceal itself well despite its size and was more driven by the need
to protect its territory. That being said, it did well to not randomly attack people,
choosing to stay away from the humans that fished and played within the lake.
The Grebloblin is known for one thing in particular:
showing people their worst nightmares should they look directly into its eyes. Now that is a very
dangerous weapon to have, but we rank this beast higher on the list because it doesn’t show much
understanding of its surroundings. When it finally breaks out of captivity, it attacks at random as
if it was merely any other wild creature. The only time we see a glimpse of higher intelligence is
when he’s tricked to see his own worst nightmare, showing it didn’t want to become its own father.
The Multibear was an interesting creature. A bear is a fearsome enough animal that’s
basically teeth and muscle. Give it even more teeth that can snap you in half and you have one
scary customer. Still, the Multibear wound up being fairly kind and understanding.
He was more articulated and knowledgeable of the culture of humans than most of the other creatures
around Gravity Falls. We mentioned him during our official ranking, but we have to remind people
again about how his only request was to die to Disco Girl and bonded with Dipper because of it.
Even after being attacked, he gladly let Dipper walk out of the cave unharmed.
The Manotaurs were reckless but we cut them some slack because they did mean well. They were also
mentioned on the official cast list, but we feel this list would be lacking without bringing them
up again. They made an effort to help Dipper, but didn’t seem to understand he could have easily
died in various parts of their “training.” We give them props for at least trying, but again,
do not send a twelve year old boy to kill your enemy. That’s low.
Rumble McSkirmish was a man of conflict but, hey, the guy was literally programmed to fight. He was
brought into the real world by Dipper and had one goal: to fight the opponent set up for him.
He was able to come around later on, being seen after Bill takes over and helping the people of
Gravity Falls to take their town back. An initial one track mind rewarded some redemption points.
The Gnomes lose a lot of points because of their weird obsession with finding a queen.
They proved to be not much of a threat due to their low intelligence and lack of physical
strength, but they were major creepers when they initially interacted with Mabel.
Aside from their queen hunting, they are also frequent thieves and even threaten and demean
one another even though they heavily rely on using each other to be able to survive.
Unicorns are typically seen as elegant, wise and sweet creatures. But the one Mabel interacted
with? Not so much. She was vain, judgmental and unpleasant. Even her voice was displeasing.
The other unicorns even called her out as being a liar
and using her status as a sought out creature to get things from others.
Finally, we've reached the dark side. These characters are The Bad and The Evil.
Dipper, you had one job for the party:
Don’t raise the dead. The Undead are gruesome no matter what fandom you put them in.
We would rank them higher saying they’re driven by instinct but it shows when Soos turns into
one of them that they do have some understanding of the harm they’re inflicting. And since they
aren’t biting for survival but just to spread the disease, we have to say that’s pretty bad.
The Summerween Trickster we’re ranking lower because he’s kind of a ridiculous guy. He
was created from all the discarded “gross candy” that kids refused to
eat, and so hunted down children out too late Summerween candy hunting as a result. He was
a well spoken guy, but he was quick to anger. And the only thing that soothed him was someone
finding the candy that made him up delicious enough to eat. He gets dropped low in the ranks
because he was driven by petty revenge and could have easily gotten closure had he just told the
kids why he was insulted by them instead of making them trick-or-treat and fear for their safety.
The Lilliputians were small but a formidable force when they all had a set goal in mind. They finally
teamed up only to try and hunt Mabel down to cut her open and get a sticker from her stomach.
And the reason Mabel refused to give it to them in the first place was because they threatened
to take out Pacifica. Harsh little guys. We will say that they are sweet when unprovoked, though.
The Wax Figures were cast aside for years,
only to rise up and immediately try to murder Stan. When that didn’t work,
they tried hunting down Dipper and Mabel. They were vengeful and driven to do one thing:
take out anything that kept them locked away so they could finally take over the night again.
GIFfany gives new meaning to “nightmare ex-girlfriend.” She’s a program, like Rumble,
but rather than being used for fighting, she was used a dating simulation. She became attached to
Soos after he tried using her game to get better at asking women out. When she found out he wanted
to date real women, she tried to cut down his already shaky self esteem. When that failed,
she attacked Melody and Soos on their date, insisting the handyman should be with her.
Onto our Bronze Medal of Evil… The Arachnimorphs came up at a roadside attraction, with Stan
falling victim to a woman who charmed him into a false sense of security. Now, we totally get that
gruesome monster or not they would need to eat. But leaving the corpses when they were done so
they could have a “realistic” roadside attraction? That is serial killer levels of creepy!
The Silver Medal of Evil goes to The Shape Shifter the kids and Soos encountered in the old lab. He
was cunning, manipulative, quick to adapt and-oh yeah-terrifying! Not only did this thing trick
Dipper into thinking Wendy was dead and morph into a weird gross Mabel and Dipper fused creature,
but it made Dipper watch himself suffer a terrible fate by taking his form. Having nightmares about
your own demise is scary enough. Seeing it in person like that would scar someone for life.
Finally, our Gold Medal of Evil goes to The Demons. They mainly consisted of Bill and his crew
of ghoulish figures. They devour people, cause havoc, and are feared by all other creatures.
They’re so strong it takes a team of survivors to take them on, and even then if you aren’t
knowledgeable about spells and loopholes, you’ll likely struggle trying to take them out.
But what do you think? Who are the most good and evil characters among the Gravity Falls creatures?
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