Gravity Falls

I love this show. I know I may be only 12 episodes in, but I already love it. It has lovable characters, beautiful animation, and humor. It was not like that at first though. In fact I am usually skeptical about starting a new show as I am usually nervous about getting invested in something new. So when I first heard of Gravity Falls I took one look at it and immediately passed it off as another brainless kids show with no substance. A few months later I started to notice the large fanbase that the show was gathering so I decided to investigate. I decided to watch the opening theme song and was struck dumb.

I know you shouldn't judge a show on its opening, but man was I impressed. It was clear that a lot of thought, money, and talent was thrown at it and I had been missing out. So eventually I decided to get off my high horse and watch it. It did not disappoint.
The story revolves around Mabel and Dipper Pines, a twin brother and sister who are sent by their parents to spend the summer in Gravity Falls, Oregon with their great uncle Stan. Great uncle (or Grunkle as the Pines Twins refer to him as) runs the Mystery Shack, a tourist trap dedicated to the exhibition of the wild, weird, and unexplained. Sounds cool, right? Wrong. It is all a sham created by their Grunkle to fleece clueless tourists for a quick buck. Yet young Dipper is convinced that there is something weird about Gravity Falls and he aims to find out.
The greatest thing about this show is humor. Each character, while not being the most complex of characters, each have a charm and wit of their own. I especially love the character Mabel. Every time she is on screen I laugh. She is bubbly, silly, a total dork, and completely at peace with that. Her uncontainable personality acts as a great foil to Dipper as he is calm, practical, and insecure. Aside from the twins, you have Grunkle Stan as the typical greedy miser, Soos, the simple-minded handyman, and Wendy, the lethargic teenager who I swear is the girl every little boy had a crush on as a kid.
Well it its getting late and I have rambled long enough. My ending thoughts: this show is special. Check it out, and never let first impressions keep you from experiencing something.

Goodnight.