There won’t be a third season of Disney XD’s animated mystery series, Gravity Falls. The series is coming to an end but the show’s creator, Alex Hirsch, says that it wasn’t cancelled.
It was apparently his decision to bring the story to a close after two seasons. The penultimate episode, titled “Weirdmageddon II: Escape from Reality”, airs tomorrow. The one-hour series finale, “Weirdmageddon III”, will likely air in early 2016.
In a heartfelt message to fans, Hirsch wrote:
There’s no easy way to say it so I’m just going to say it: Gravity Falls is coming to an end. There are two more episodes left: “Weirdmageddon II: Escape from Reality” and “Weirdmageddon III” which will be our hour long series finale. After that, Gravity Falls as we know it will be over.
I know how tough this will be for many fans, and I feel you guys. But before you start sending me .GIF’s of pitchforks and torches let me explain.
The first thing to know is that the show isn’t being cancelled- it’s being finished. This is 100% my choice, and its something I decided on a very long time ago. I always designed Gravity Falls to be a finite series about one epic summer- a series with a beginning, middle, and end. There are so many shows that go on endlessly until they lose their original spark, or mysteries that are cancelled before they ever get a chance to payoff.
But I wanted Gravity Falls to have a mystery that had a real answer, an adventure that had a real climax, and an ending that had a real conclusion for the characters I care so much about. This is very unusual in television and a pretty big experiment, and Disney for their part has been enormously supportive. I know that hits are rare in this business, and its hard to let one of them go, so I’m so grateful that this company has had the vision to let me start (and end) the show the way I always wanted to.
Why did we wait so long to announce that this was the last season? The truth is, it wasn’t up to me. Before we started Season 2, my writers and I decided that this season would be the last. I wanted to announce this to the world at large then, but I was restricted from doing so, mainly because I think a lot of people were hoping I’d change my mind.
But Gravity Falls was never meant to be a series that goes on and on forever. It’s meant to be an exploration of the experience of summer, and in a larger sense a story about childhood itself. The fact that childhood ends is exactly what makes it so precious- and why you should cherish it while it lasts.
No words can describe how grateful I am for the millions of fans who have cherished Gravity Falls for the time that it’s been on air. Running a TV show, especially one where you write, direct, supervise, and co-star, can be an incredibly grueling experience. But every hand-written letter, tweet, tattoo, piece of art, costume and creation from the fans made this enormous undertaking worthwhile. To the Gravity Falls fandom- I love you guys. You’re weird and clever and smart and curious and have been a constant inspiration to me and the crew. You’ve picked us up when we felt down and pushed and inspired us to do the best work we possibly could. I hope you enjoy watching our finale as much as we enjoyed dreaming it up.
And if you don’t, keep it to yourself, pal! Yeesh!
Could there be more Gravity Falls someday? Hirsch wrote:
Are you SURE you’ll never make more Gravity Falls?
I know that there will be many fans who will be sad to see the Pines family go, but just because I’ve finished the story I wanted to tell doesn’t necessarily mean we will never see Dipper, Mabel, & Stan again. It means that this chapter is closed, and that I, at least for now, am personally done telling their story.I want to thank Disney, my amazing cast and crew, and most of all our fans for taking this unforgettable road trip with me through the redwoods into a place called Gravity Falls. I look forward to seeing what adventure we go on next.
What do you think? Do you like the Gravity Falls TV show? Are you sorry that it’s ending? Are you hoping that Hirsch might do a new story with these characters some day in the future?
Alex Please Please make more gravity falls. I was so sad to see it end. Like people keep saying you could have it take place the next summer.
I swear I will continue this series if you will give me the permission.
Woah woah woah. Do you realize what you are doing, Alex? You’re letting down people, and making Gravity Falls fake. Well that’s too bad. Because I live there. Yep I live in Gravity Falls alright. And I don’t know if you lived there to or no but I know I do. And you can’t find on a map , or globe because Gravity Falls is to small of a place to find.mI don’t know if you had a brain concussion or you think it’s your imagination , but most of the things you mentioned in your cartoon, are real with… Read more »
Woah,woah,woah. You just decided on something too big on your own. You decided to END Gravity Falls. If there’s that one thing at the end that I’ve learned, is that you don’t give up on your mysterys. And what I see here is one, the biggest one yet. I myself actually live near so called ‘Gravity Falls’ so I’m writing this for the cartoon creator: If you thought that Gravity Falls was just an imaginary place full of imagination , you’re wrong. It’s real. And it’s not something you see everyday. From what I know , I encountered almost all… Read more »
Do not end it, this was the best series ever, it made me cried in the finale, and i can’t let it end. please do not end it here. please please please please please!
Gravity Falls is my favorite show ever I cried so hard to see it go but I think Alex should do season 3 as the next summer because cmon “see you next summer” he has to do something about that. U know that it doesn’t have to be Alex it can be someone else…
Bro I feel the same when I saw the note see you next summer I thought they would make another season and my name is Evan to
Alex you have a good thing going I understand that you don’t want to continue gravity falls but please your fans are sad that you ended gravity falls but we all understand. I’ll always watch gravity falls no matter how old I am this show was amazing everybody loves it but nobody could make anything better than gravity falls. Please make another series for all your fans and if you don’t we all understand. And if nobody does I understand. But the fate of the show is in your hands.
Alex could make a series about next summer at gravity falls with the same characters or do a new series with new kids new characters and new adventures at gravity falls
please please please with 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111please contiue gravity falls.you can change the name or some thing but contiue that
Hey i hope that you will at least make a new story of some sort containing new mysteries. It was a very cool show but it had to end but now reading this article i now know when mabel and dipper were saying goodbye there was a bigger message being said it may have went over everyones head but whatever. I hope you continue to use your talent into make more mysteries and if this is it well it was a pretty good show.
Please let there be another season even it years from now all I want is Gravity Falls to comeback for season 3 and 4 or even a shorts just I want to see new episodes of Gravity Falls even its like 30 sec. Or more just that If you change your mind Alex Hirch just let us and the world know.
Sad to see it end. So rarely does a show come along that parents and children can actually enjoy together. Here’s to hoping for another pines adventure in the near future.
I would love to see their life back home and Dippers adventures in middle school. Maybe the teachers all have secrets and are really bad people, or something along those lines and maybe a janitor could be the sooos of there school. I just want to see more.
Hello. I wonder Alex Hirsch? Why aren’t you continuing Gravity Falls. I’m 13 and I cried, cried and I cried knowing that Gravity Falls is finished. But I don’t understand! Are you taking a break from writing Gravity Falls? Have you ran out of ideas?!? Please Alex!?! What does it mean it doesn’t mean we wouldnt necessarially see dipper Mabel and Grunkle Stan!?! Alex please change your mind!!! At least tell us when are we able to see Mabel dipper and Stan again!!! Alex just have an open mind. People are heartbroken hearing that you are not going to continue!!… Read more »
My 5yr old daughter and I just finished the Gravity Falls Finale, don’t worry no spoilers here. By the end we were both choked up and crying seeing everyone say Goodbye to each other. I loved this show more than any comedy or drama on tv for kids or adults. I will miss watching Gravity Falls immensely and only hope and will keep my fingers crossed that Hirsch will bring it back after a year or two off, even if that means the twins will be a little bit older.