Mabel hoping that her boyfriend Norman will turn out to be a vampire.Comparing zombies to teenagers, you say? Sounds like the author watched Dude of the Living Dead.It also bears an uncanny resemblance to the Tumor, flanked by two star-filled cylinders. The portal ring even spins when activated. The portal we see hidden under the Mystery Shack over several episodes is almost a dead on replica of the Stargate, complete with the alien runes/constellations carved on the sides.The waterfall lamp in Stan's living room is like the one made by Hamm's Beer.Alex Hirsch has also claimed that " Stan is not what he seems" originated "only" as an allusion to the oft-repeated phrase " The owls are not what they seem" from Twin Peaks before Hirsch decided to actually implement it as part of his own series' Myth Arc.Bill's voice is "a bad impression" of David Lynch, or, more specifically, of Gordon Cole, the character he played in the same series. Bill Cipher's mundane, monosyllabic first name is likely a reference to another demonic antagonist, (Killer) BOB from Twin Peaks.Grunkle Stan bares more than a passing physical resemblance to Carl Fredricksen from Up.The Pines twins' last name is possibly a stealthy reference to Back to the Future, where the mall in Hill Valley is called the "Twin Pines Mall".The gag in the intro where Stan, Mabel, and Dipper are standing inside a giant footprint without even noticing it is borrowed from a well-known MAD Magazine cover ◊ from 1952. ![]() Journal #3 tells Dipper to trust no one, and one of the taglines for the previews is "Do you believe?" Both are similar to taglines used in The X-Files.Pausing on that split second image that flashes at the end of the credits reveals what seems to be a page from Dipper's book that has, besides a few other unusual scrawlings ◊, the Konami Code.Bigfoot is visible for a frame in the intro ◊ in a pose reminiscent of the famous Patterson footage.Bat Boy appears in a photograph at the end of the opening sequence.
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