Gravity Falls
A Tale of Two Stans
TV Flash files “A Tale of Two Stans” as hour 32 of 40 in the TV Flash guide — Gravity Falls (2012–2016) on Disney XD, season 2, episode 12, aired 2015-07-13, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E12: listed hour 32 of 40 in the Gravity Falls guide, hour 12 of 20 in season 2. It aired 2015-07-13 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Not What He Seems” (S02E11). Next is “Dungeons, Dungeons, & More Dungeons” (S02E13).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Cornered underneath the Mystery Shack, Stan must finally reveal the secrets of his past and his mysterious portal to Dipper and Mabel. Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons ("Whiplash") recurs as Stan's twin brother.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Tale of Two Stans sit in the Gravity Falls guide?
S02E12 is listed hour 32 of 40 — hour 12 of 20 in season 2, season 2 episode 12.
When did Gravity Falls S02E12 air?
A Tale of Two Stans aired 2015-07-13 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need to watch in order?
Yes if you want the ciphers and Bill Cipher long game. Serialized kids' mystery: clues reward rewatches. Dip-in episodes exist; the conspiracy does not.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Dipper and Mabel's paranormal summer with Grunkle Stan: journals, cryptograms, Bill Cipher, sibling love as the real supernatural. Alex Hirsch built ARG energy into Disney television and then ended it cleanly. Serialized kids' mystery done right — clues that reward rewatches, and a town that still feels like a puzzle box.
The first look is summer tourist kitsch with a journal that is already a costume. Twins Dipper and Mabel spend a weird season with Grunkle Stan in a town of conspiracies — Alex Hirsch's Disney XD series (2012–2016): Jason Ritter, Kristen Schaal, Hirsch voicing Stan/Soos/Bill, Linda Cardellini, J.K. Simmons's Ford. Journals, cryptograms, Bill Cipher chaos, sibling love as the real supernatural. Tessa's timeline will live in the ciphers until 2 a.m. Let it. **The town is a puzzle box; the twins are the silhouette…
Filed against
- Jason Ritter as Dipper Pines
Jason Ritter voices Dipper Pines through Gravity Falls’ paranormal summer — journals, cryptograms, Bill Cipher, sibling love as the real supernatural. Alex Hirsch ARG energy on Disney television, then a clean ending. TV Flash files him as…
- Kristen Schaal as Mabel Pines
Kristen Schaal’s Louise Belcher is the pink-eared coup of Bob’s Burgers — kids generating beautiful problems, songs erupting without warning — and she doubled as Mabel Pines’s summer-supernatural heart on Gravity Falls. Kindest adult…
- Alex Hirsch as Grunkle Stan / Soos / Bill
Alex Hirsch’s Grunkle Stan / Soos / Bill packed Gravity Falls with ARG energy and then ended it cleanly — Dipper and Mabel’s paranormal summer, journals, cryptograms, sibling love as the real supernatural. Serialized kids’ mystery done…
- Linda Cardellini as Wendy Corduroy
Linda Cardellini’s Lindsay Weir drifted toward the burnouts on Freaks and Geeks — 1980–81 Michigan, 1999 soul, authenticity over punch-up — then voiced Wendy on Gravity Falls’ paranormal summer. Eighteen episodes of cancellation lore;…
- J.K. Simmons as Ford Pines
J.K. Simmons’s Ford Pines turned Gravity Falls into a gravel-voiced mystery box — 2010s catalog journals, cryptograms, a great-uncle’s secret as the real supernatural. The Legend of Korra and Invincible kept the instrument in animation’s…