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"Into the Bunker"[2] is the 2nd episode of the second season of Gravity Falls and the twenty-second episode overall. It premiered on August 4, 2014.[2][4]

Official overview[]

Dipper's secret journal pages lead him and the gang to the author's hidden bunker, where they find themselves face-to-face with a mysterious figure from Gravity Falls' lore.[4]

Synopsis[]

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Wendy accepts Dipper's invitation to explore.

The episode begins with Dipper over at Wendy's house watching a horror movie, "Nearly Almost Dead But Not Quite!." Dipper remarks that the film is less scary after actually having fought zombies. He and Wendy proceed to mock the film as predictable and lacking common sense. Wendy receives a text from Robbie to her annoyance, and Dipper learns that Robbie is still unable to get over his breakup with Wendy, despite his ex-girlfriend already having done so. Dipper then asks if Wendy is dating again, and Wendy jokingly states that she is seeing a stuffed walrus. He then attempts to admit his feelings for her, but ultimately fails, instead he invites her to explore with him and Mabel. Wendy agrees to accompany them, and Dipper, upset, accidentally lies down on Wendy's bra (much to his horror).

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A construction crew works to repair the Shack.

Meanwhile, Stan supervises a construction crew repairing the Mystery Shack. When a worker inquires ask to what caused the damages, Stan, not wishing to reveal the zombie incident, lies and says it was a "large woodpecker." He then bribes the man, who accepts. He wonders where the others are, and the scene cuts to Soos and the twins gathered around the spot where Dipper first found Journal 3. Dipper informs the others that he has uncovered a new lead on the author's whereabouts — a hiding spot under a tree. Wendy then arrives and talks about how she had been wanting to come with the gang for some time, but has been stuck cleaning up after her father. Mabel pulls her brother aside to tease him about his crush on Wendy, but he dishonestly informs her that he is over her, though she does not believe him.

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Dipper, Wendy, Soos, and Mabel enter the bunker.

Wendy points out a branch that resembles a lever. As Dipper tries to think of a way to reach it, Wendy easily climbs up to it using her belt. She hits the switch with an ax and opens the entrance to a hidden bunker, and Dipper has the group promise not to tell anyone about what they may see. They descend the staircase and find an old fallout shelter, complete with rations to last at least to the year 2070. Dipper finds a recently opened can which prompts Soos' suspicion that the author may still be alive, and Wendy finds a hidden passageway, behind a map of Gravity Falls.

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The gang sets off a trap.

The four arrive in a small room with various symbols in it, and Soos and Wendy comment on the "creepy" feel of it. Mabel jokes that Dipper's internet history tops the room's eeriness, and accidentally pushes him onto a button, inadvertently setting off the security system. As the walls start pushing in, the gang turn to the journal for a solution, and they find they can open an escape hatch by pressing four symbols. They barely make it out, and Dipper's vest gets caught between the closing stones. As they inspect a surveillance room, Mabel goes to retrieve her brother's vest and finds a love letter he wrote to Wendy, and she encourages him to show his true feelings. Dipper declines her request, and she pushes him into a closet with Wendy.

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A mysterious man saves Dipper and Wendy from a monster attack.

Wendy tries to turn on the lights, but accidentally finds the path to a secret laboratory. The two question what the author did down there and spot various holes, which they soon learn were dug by an unseen creature. They try to inform Mabel of the danger, but she refuses to let them go until Dipper tells Wendy how he feels. Dipper dodges this and drags Wendy to find another exit. They hit a dead end but are fortunately saved by a man claiming to be the author. Back in the surveillance room, Mabel and Soos play around with various equipment they find, including the author's lab coat and briefcase, when they uncover a note about a dangerous experiment (Experiment #210) called "the Shape Shifter." Mabel is horrified that she thought Dipper was lying, and so she and Soos rush to save their friends.

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The Shape Shifter reveals his true form.

Dipper's and Wendy's mysterious savior leads them deeper into the bunker, he informs them that he lost his research, and Dipper replies that he rediscovered it. Meanwhile, Mabel and Soos continue their advance, and Dipper and Wendy grow suspicious when they find the man is identical to the mascot on a can of beans. Their fears are confirmed when the man reveals he is a Shape Shifter, and that he wanted the journal to study creatures into which to transform. Wendy attacks the monster and causes him to drop the journal, which Dipper quickly retrieves. The Shape Shifter follows the duo as they retreat, but is misled via a trick by Dipper.

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The Shape Shifter meets the twins.

Dipper and Wendy run into Mabel and Soos, though they are suspicious that they may be their pursuer in disguise. However, after observing their goofy behavior, they are reassured their friends are who they appear to be. Dipper worries that if the creature escapes, he could assume the form of anyone, and Wendy prepares to launch an attack on him. While the Shape Shifter looks for Dipper, his target and Mabel enter the room. The monster then transforms into a horrifying amalgamation of the twins, who lead him toward Soos and Wendy, who have prepared a water pipe to blast him. The pipe briefly stalls, and Wendy goes after the monster with her ax before getting hit with a huge burst of water.

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Battle of the Wendys.

When the flooding subsides, Dipper encounters Wendy's unconscious body and begins to cry over her, just as a second Wendy appears behind him. The form on the ground turns out to be the Shape Shifter, who engages in combat with the real Wendy. Dipper picks up Wendy's ax and comes to help her, but he is unable to distinguish between the true and the copy. He asked for a sign and responds to the real Wendy's throw-away-the-key gesture by hitting her foe in the chest. Dipper and Wendy then force the monster into the cryogenic chamber in which he had previously been held, and he uses his last words to tell Dipper he will never find the author and Dipper's fate will be worst than he can imagine, before morphing into a screaming Dipper as his final form.

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Wendy assures Dipper that things between them are fine.

The group leaves and seals the bunker, and they reflect on the adventure. Soos comments that his face is tired from screaming all day, and Mabel hails the four as heroes. Soos opts to take her back to the Shack for a "hero's breakfast," and praises her idea to put syrup on their cereal. Dipper and Wendy stay behind to discuss Dipper's crush on her, and while the former prepares for the worst, the latter informs him that she always suspected it. While she's flattered she lets him down easy and assures him, by reiterating how much his friendship means to her, that the situation between them is and will be fine. Mabel then comes back to reveal that she heard the entire conversation and apologizes for her pushiness. Soos meets them and states that he is disappointed that they did not find the author, but upon learning that the briefcase he recovered is actually the mysterious figure's laptop, he says he could fix it in a few days' time. Back at the Shack, Dipper and Wendy watch a terrible movie marathon, and Dipper comments that he never wants to watch that channel again.

Credits[]

Production notes[]

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Character revelations[]

  • Robbie is still sending persistent text messages to Wendy.
  • When Wendy was younger, her dad made her compete in lumberjack games, which she did very well at.
  • Wendy attends Gravity Falls High School.
  • Wendy has always suspected Dipper's crush on her.
  • The author is male.
  • The author engaged in experiments during his research.
  • The author has six fingers, same as the cover of the journals.
  • The author "hasn't been himself" for 30 years.
  • The computer's owner's first initial is "F."

Series continuity[]

Trivia[]

  • Viewership: The episode was viewed by 0.9 million viewers on its premiere night.[5]
    • "Into the Bunker" is the first Gravity Falls episode to originally premiere on Disney XD.
  • The title of this episode is a reference to Disney's Into The Woods, which features a similiar story revolving to discover and mysterious way.
  • This is the first episode to show a gun.
  • A small clip of this episode was shown at the 2014 LA Film Fest.[6]
  • The author planned to inhabit the bunker through the year 2070.
  • According to the AMA hosted by "Bill Cipher", Dipper's internet history consists mostly of searching for Red Heads.
  • When the episode airs in syndication on Disney Channel, the scene in where the Shapeshifter transforms into a combined Dipper and Mabel is cut, as well as Soos' line of dialogue "Good luck sleeping tonight." The sequence in where slime drips from the Shapeshifter has also been shortened. Due to censorship guidelines, the scene in where Dipper accidentally lays on Wendy's bra is cut, along with Wendy's line "Don't feel itchy, man," as well as when Wendy kicks the Shapeshifter disguised as her in the breasts, and the scene wherein Dipper attacks the Shapeshifter disguised as Wendy in the lower chest area was also cut. The episode continues to air normally on Disney XD, however.
    • Also, the XD version is how the episode is shown all over the world on normal television (or, at least in Russia).

Cryptograms[]

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Key: SHIFTER

  • During the ending credits of this episode, there is a cryptogram that reads "OOIY DMEV VN IBWRKAMW BRUWLL." Once decoded using vigenère cipher, it reads "WHAT KIND OF DISASTER INDEED."
    • Found on a barrel in the bunker, the keyword is: "SHIFTER."
  • Next to the author's Hiding Spot page there is a binary code that says "01010000010101010101010000100000010000010100110001001100001000000101001101001001010110000010000001010000010010010100010101000011010001010101001100100000010101000100111101000111010001010101010001001000010001010101001000100001" Which translates to "PUT ALL SIX PIECES TOGETHER!" This is a reference to the six page pieces needed to put together the Blind Eye Society's image in Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained.
    • In the previous episode, Dipper's blacklight showed the edge of the very same Blind Eye symbol on that page.
  • In the Cryogenic Tube section of Journal #3 there is a cipher that says "Template:ASCTemplate:BSCTemplate:ASCTemplate:BSC," which translates to "AM I ME? IS HE ME?".
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Another section of the cryptic page.

  • On the following pages it says "Template:ASC" which decodes to "ICE ICE BABY."
  • The page section revealed at the end of the episode says, "15-11-8-6-9-8-19-6 3-5-19 9-18 11-23-21-16-15-10-19-6-25 21-9-3-12-20" on the left and on the right says, "12-19-23-20 4-9 3-4-4-19-6 21-23-4-23-5-4-6-9-8-16-19" After being put through all of the ciphers, it translates to "IMPROPER USE OF MACHINERY COULD" and "LEAD TO UTTER CATASTROPHE."

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hirsch, Alex (June 14, 2014). Tweet Number 477919827294572544. “But wait, there's more?!?! The SECOND episode of Season 2 airs the following Monday Aug 4th on Disney XD!”
  3. THE 7D & GRAVITY FALLS Hit Series Highs on Disney XD. Wisdom Digital Media (August 5, 2014).
  4. 4.0 4.1 INTO THE BUNKER. Disney–ABC Television Group. Retrieved on April 16, 2015.
  5. Bibel, Sara (August 5, 2014). 'The 7D' Hits Series High & 'Gravity Falls' Hits Network High on Disney XD.
  6. Gravity Falls - Into the Bunker - Clip - Gravity Falls Live! (Video) (June 14, 2014).
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