TODAY! NOT TODAY!
GRUNKLE, STAN, WHAT’S GOING ON? WE GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE/ BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE! THEY’VE CIRCLED THE WAGONS’! WE’RE GOOD FEELING ABOUT TODAY.
MAN, LOOK AT THE TOWN. DIRTY GLASS/ WE GOT DIRTY GLASS! DIRTY
OH, BOY. IT’S PIONEER DAY. EVERY YEAR, THESE YAHOOS... WELCOME TO 1863! .--DRESS UP LIKE IDIOTS TO CELEBRATE THE DAY GRAVITY FALLS WAS FOUNDED.
DIPPING! I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU MAN AND WHOA! GOLD PANNING! WHAT YOU TALKING OH, YEAH, I REMEMBER THIS.
OH, (4S STIce LEGAL. VERY IN GRAVITY FALLS, IT USED TO BE LEGAL TO MARRY WOOD- PECKERS. A COME, ONE AND ALL, FOR THE OPENING CEREMONIES! GRUNKLE STAN, YOU THANK YOU/ JUST REMEMBER... ---IF YOU COME --- YOU/RE BACK TO THE DEAD TO SHACK TALKING LIKE THESE PEOPLE...
THERE’S A : WELL, CARPETBAGGER | HORNSWABBER IN THE TURNIP" } ae MY HAVERSACK! CELLAR. DEAD TO ME!
COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY |S ABOLT TO COMMENCE! RING RING! RING RING! | fs HEH, HEH/ WHOO! i, _|{ HE SURE LOVES HIS BELL.
NOW, IF YOU'VE GOT THE PIONEER SPIRIT... let a PIONEER DAY / —— KNOW ME, PACIFICA NORTHWEST... I’M ALSO e VERY RICH. di ote GREAT-GREATGRANDDAUGHTER OF TOWN FOUNDER, NATHANIEL NORTHWEST. ---WE ASK YOU TO COME ON UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION! J I DON’T od, KNOW, MABEL. rE 5 (/ THATS ISN’T THAT GIRL K WATER UNDER KIND OF, LIKE, YOUR THE BRIDGE! “an, ARCHENEMY? OUR FIRST NEWCOMER YEAH/ LET’S GET THIS PIONEER DAY STARTED/
10) =) ao Oo. ¥3) es < Bey AND YOU LOOK AND ACT RIDICULOUS ! I’M SORRY TO PEOPLE... BREAK IT TO YOU IS FOR SERIOUS BUT PIONEER DAY HEY. I CAN BE SERIOUS/ I MEAN, A PUPPY PLAYING BASKETBALL? ARE YOU ALWAYS THIS SILLY?
HANGING FROM YOUR EARS, GIVE HER A HAND, EVERYBODY/
NOW, WHO WANTS TO HEAR MORE ABOUT EVERYONE SAY, NORTHWEST! I NEED a ) GET OUT OF SOME OLD-TIMEY | ie ey HERE. BUTTERSCOTCH. es os ese Ro 7
UH, DONKEY BOY. HERE IN 1863, I HAVE NEVER HEARD TELL OF A “CAR.” UGH/ COME ON, STEVE, YOU’RE A MECHANIC FOR PETE’S SAKE/ CUT ME SOME SLACK/ GIVE ME A HAND WITH MY CAR, HUH? PRAY TELL, WHAT IS THIS MAGIC WHEEL BOX? <TD OM 9 ey ce) :
IAM UNFAMILIAR WITH THIS BOLD, NEW EXPRESSION. GONNA HAVE TO INTERVENE WHAT‘RE YOU GONNA DO? THROW ME IN YE STOCKS? HA, HA, HA/ I CAN’T TAKE THIS ANYMORE! I’M GETTING DUMBER EVERY SECOND I’M HERE! OH LOOK, THE “CONSTABLE.”
NICE OUTFIT, GIDEON! YOU WHY, ACTUALLY LOOK STANFORD! LESS GIRLY I’M JUST A THAN USUAL. WHOOPS/ I DROPPED
WHOOPS! I DROPPED ANOTHER ONE. DIPPER, CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING? THINK I’M SILLY?
UGH/ I KNEW IT/ THE NACHO EARRINGS, THE I DID BEFORE PACIFICA RUINED IT FOR ME. I THOUGHT I WAS BEING CHARMING. BUT I GUESS PEOPLE SEE ME AS A BIG i COME ON, MABEL, YOU LOVE THAT SWEATER/
.-eMEANS SHE GETS 4 TO TREAT EVERYONE y LIKE GARBAGE? SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE HER DOWN A PEG. OF COURSE/ OH, THIS IS PERFECT/ WHY DOES SHE THINK THAT BEING RELATED TO THE TOWN FOUNDER... WAIT A MINUTE/ I FEEL LIKE I READ SOMETHING ABOUT PACIFICA’S GREATGREAT-GRANDFATHER BEFORE. SH-SHOULD I DO THE VOICE?
NAH, I’LL JUST READ NORMAL. «+e MAY NOT BE THE FOUNDER OF GRAVITY FALLS! ep PO sphivet tome Lime Hs ---/S BURIED SOMEWHERE ON THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENT. IF ONLY I COULD CRACK THE CODE.” UH, “IN MY INVESTIGATIONS, I RECENTLY MADE A DISCOVERY. NATHANIEL NORTHWEST... I BELIEVE THE PROOF OF THIS
OH MAN, f has IF THIS COVER Y f THIS COULD UP IS TRUE, IT on BE A MAJOR MEANS PACIFICA’S ne CONSPIRACY. WHOLE FAMILY : IS A FRAUD/ WAIT! I7M Soh ees CONSPIRACIES COMING WITH “s ARE SERIOUS, YOU. ; ay | RIGHT?
a WELL, OH, YEAH, bs MIF L HELP YOU DEFINITELY. f . : ‘ CRACK THIS on : CODE... THEN NOBODY COULD EVER CALL ME SILLY AGAIN/ THOUGHT a wasn ee aie STARTING you eles Salis meee S41 TO ACCEPT
THIS IS SHERIFF BLUBS. WE‘VE GOT A CODE SEPIA. WHAT? AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT? FIND THEM AND STOP THEM. THERE’S NO ROOM FOR ERROR. I’M FOLLOWING THEM RIGHT Lf; UNDERSTAND. BLUBS OUT.
IS THE MISSION WE’VE BEEN TRAINING FOR OUR ENTIRE CAREERS. DEPUTY DURLAND, MAINTAINING THIS COVER UP... ARE YOU READY? HEH, HEH. IF BEING DELIGHTFUL WAS A CRIME... ---YOU’D BE BREAKING
BACK IN Baas : : OLDEN DAYS, PIONEERS SO, LET’S DREW SUSTENANCE : oe OEM coe FROM TELLING STORIES . : : CHILDREN! AROUND THE FIRE. pa ; aa AHEAD, EAT THE BOOKS! ALL RIGHT, MABEL. IF WE CAN PROVE THAT NATHANIEL NORTHWEST WASN’T THE REAL FOUNDER OF GRAVITY FALLS... e AND ITLL SOLVING A FINALLY PUT e ie MYSTERY WILL PACIFICA IN : : a, HER PLACE. PROVE THAT I’M
WE JUST NEED TO CRACK THIS CODE.
oe oe NUMEROLOGY IT’S NOT 2 : pee NUMEROLOGY. eee @snG. neeedcnon of dryness S Give xnvabaranes 1 Fine of event ats shat thom Fire of wean »e, firma WAIT! OF res THE eS COURSE! TRIANGLE IS THE ALCHEMIST’S SYMBOL FOR FLAME. om Et Se" 2 LIGHTING THE Feet ine eP -, PARCHMENT ON : FIRE WILL REVEAL ; i THE SECRET 4 easce) MESSAGE! ;
ALL RIGHT, LET’S JUST LIGHT THIS SUCKER UP, AND-- MABEL/ UGH/ I JUST DID SOMETHING SILLY AGAIN/ WAIT, MABEL. YOU FOLDED IT INTO A MAP! WE’RE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR TWO KIDS WHO MIGHT BE READING. MWOP. I JUST MADE A HAT. AND I WAS GONNA BURN IT.
HUNTING “EM DOWN FOR SECRE REASONS/ THE WE SHOULD MAP SHOULD TAKE THIS | LEAD US ELSEWHERE. fee Tere
THE GRAVITY FALLS MUSEUM OF HISTORY. REALIZE WHAT THIS MEANS, MABEL. AND, THOSE ARE YOUR FREE PIONEER DAY PASSES... serene isa cacimmer nee SIAN ---AND YOUR BALLOONS, BLUE AND
STEAL THOMAS JEFFERSON’S RIB CAGE? see THE NEXT CLUE ABOUT THE REAL TOWN FOUNDER... eetiereee FIGURE THIS ONE OUT QUICK. EW. NO. ACCORDING TO THE MAP... ++» SHOULD BE RIGHT... I HAVE A FEELING THOSE COPS WEREN’T AT THE LIBRARY TO CHECK OUT BOOKS.
I DON’T 2 THINK THE ONE |] |. Peg so, WITH THE BELL ee =< Pe WHAT IS IT, CAN READ. ) (@A ANYWAY? HMM. HEY, PAINTING! BE LESS STUPID/
WAIT! IT’S NOT ABSTRACT, IT’S UPSIDE DOWN! I THINK IVE SEEN THAT STATUE IN THE CEMETERY! AAH/ OW. HEADRUSH.
= > ee a oe a HD Se == yYw OUT OF PINK BALLOONS. DID WE EVEN COME? HAVE THE TARGETS BEEN APPREHENDED 7.
I PROMISE, THOSE KIDS WILL NEVER GET PAST US!
FOR THE ; LAST TIME, WE \] ARE NOT GOING SOUTH FOR THE
COME ON. UGH/ COME ON. WELL, IF IT ee 7 Lookin ISN'T MABEL’S — Me ron tie? UNCLE, MR. YOU TO SAY THAT THE NORTHWEST FAMILY...
«IS THE \ : coe 3 i OH SURE/ BEST FAMILY . AN j nat YOU WANT : } THAT IN WRITING? =—=Aoe
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HUH. THE STATUE MUST BE POINTING TO THE NEXT CLUE. OH, GROSS, SHE’S PICKING MY
HA! WHO’S SILLY NOW, PACIFICA? BAM! NOW WE’RE GETTING INTO REAL CONSPIRACY MODE/ L FEEL SO SERIOUS!
H SECRET-Y THINGS uy aa 30 Be FEY ae 23> iL ~%O i OH-HO, MAN BEN FRANKLIN SECRETLY WAS A WOMAN!
NORTHWEST _ COVER-UP Let iy here Ie repordésl Nuch vee THAT NATHANIEL NORTHWEST, FABLED FOUNDER OF GRAVITY i Fach FALLS... Lyin HVRRP OF bah, auncyyp rng to Live cae by fddoeatn,. Tews Hive ay everysonee ae ier Laken Justorieal aun ns Nong Dell wus actially just to kets an oy alien's shoulders. “Ube the Trrtixd Sates is AS WELL ei of Mr. Clans, AS A WASTE- Maske The SHOVELING nectwally: wisaanitic A ber called iat VILLAGE = eee IDIOT”? harstic shee, Fore Ave slontd be fine: Wart bg eT oes unt hues sloop Uf yout rocite the pledge of alkegy you'll oi sector wind plormerst This ¢ kick “Viy it borne!) NOW WE/LL FIND OUT WHO THE REAL TOWN FOUNDER WAS. WG ASD Myth VAG NE Ve Vinal A Wie Showvanny Vili fried Pls teen BE HERE RECORDED... Vip LoobsSel Fosmnysleig an Gyansey: falls yeas, ayy filet ve ts vony Kesar ween pwragt «Bh we of bark, atenyrpaasy ta live wa, his Ail dicam, He vas hated by evayone that Bis). Ele will nen be ised yea) wyatdes tnelsncle OH, BAD NEWS FOR PACIFICA.
ONCE PEOPLE SEE THAT I UNCOVERED A HISTORICAL CONSPIRACY... WAIT TILL THE PAPERS HEAR ABOUT THIS/ “THE TRUE FOUNDER OF GRAVITY FALLS WAS... ee DHEY COULD NEVER CALL ME SILLY/ Joe Ot allewyane € gays) sechet wizard powers! t eianpes Eee wwds! Lry tal nome FIG B: The Tynth - A Waste-Shoveling Villa THE TRUE FOUNDER OF GRAVITY FALLS WAS: SIR LORD, QUENTIN TREMBLEY, s+ SIR LORD IIT, ESQ, QUENTIN TREMBLEY THE THIRD, ESQUIRE.” WHO’/S QUENTIN TREMBLEY?
THAT’S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS! WHOO/ WHOO-HOO. WHOO/ WE GOTCHA! HE GOT HIT WITH QUITE A FEW OF THOSE DARTS.
I HATE TO DO THIS, BUT QUENTIN TREMBLEY’S A MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY. YOU MEAN NATIONAL SECURITY”? SEE FOR YOURSELF. WHOO. I THINK I MIGHT BE COLORBLIND NOW. AND WHO IS QUENTIN TREMBLEY,
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