Bill Cipher

Bill Cipher, also known as Bill Codex, Bipper, Evil Triangle, Isosceles Monster, One Eyed Demon, Pointy Jerk, The Beast With Just One Eye, The One-Eyed Beast, The Triangle Guy and Unholy Triangle Fella, is a character from the Gravity Falls series.
== Charactah Account ==
A dangerous interdimensional dream demon that was summoned by Gideon in his efforts to take over the Mystery Shack, Bill Cipher is the true main antagonist of the series who works behind the scenes in the first season, becomes prominent in the second season, and (potentially) exists at a meta-level than the rest of the show's cast. He is a jovial and sadistic trickster who makes devilish deals to get what he wants, and claims that something big will soon change the world.
Bill is a cunning, blasphemous, eccentric, sadistic, psychopathic, and physically irreverent demon who finds most things amusing, particularly if they cause distress or harm to others. He is outrageous and outlandish, as well as a quick talker and thinker. Though he may come across as simply annoying, he shouldn't be underestimated; for when he is angered, he is a force to be reckoned with as he will unleash his near-omnipotent powers on those unfortunate enough to make him angry. When accused of being insane, Bill proudly agrees with the statement. He is also shown to be somewhat obnoxious, as seen when he makes his presence known to Dipper when the latter is trying to figure out a password within a limited amount of time. occasionally, his voice tumbles to a lower pitch (usually when emphasizing a statement).
As a demonic dealmaker, Bill is also shown to be a highly manipulative, very charismatic and charming conman being able to easily trick Ford Pines into believing that he was just a humble muse who simply wished to help benefit the human world by providing him with forbidden knowledge when in reality he was only ever using the researcher for his own purposes with Ford noting that the only other person who could've possibly seen the ruse for what it was, was his brother Stan Pines, who was himself an expert conman.
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* Chibi Tiny Tales
* Chibiverse
* Gravity Falls
* Gravity Falls Season 2
=== Video Games ===
* Disney Heroes: Battle Mode
* Disney XD Hero Trip
* Disney XD Villains Unite!
* Gravity Falls: Legend of the Gnome Gemulets
* Gravity Falls: Mystery Shack Attack
* Gravity Falls: Take Back The Falls
== Trivia ==
* Bill is based on the Eye of Providence, which is most commonly seen on the back of the American dollar bill.
** Bill's name is a combination of Bill, referring to the Eye of Providence which appears on dollar bills, and cipher, which is the algorithm for encryption or decryption.
*** Bill's name may also be an allusion to the Beale ciphers, a set of three ciphertexts, one of which allegedly states the location of a buried treasure of gold, silver, and jewels estimated to be worth over USD $63 million as of September 2011.
*** It may also be a reference to the names Lou Cipher (Lucifer) and Bill Zeebub (Beelzebub), which are common pseudonyms for Satan. Beelzebub is also viewed by some religions as one of the seven princes of hell and is known as the Lord of the Flies.
*** Being a demon based on the Eye of Providence, Bill Cipher can also be seen as a reference to the Illuminati, a popular gag in pop culture.
* On the page about Bill in Journal 2, the −$12 bill says "semper vigilantem," which in Latin means "always watching."
* Bill ignites a blue flame in his hand when, in order to seal a deal, he shakes the hand of the other party.
* Both Journals 2 and 3 contain sections on Bill, but whereas Journal 2 contains instructions on how to summon Bill, Journal 3 contains instructions on how to stop Bill if he is summoned.
** Additionally, Journal 2 states that Bill's name is not known, while Journal 3 gives the name: Bill Cipher.
* In "Dreamscaperers," Gideon summons Bill with an incantation. In reverse, Gideon is simply saying "backward message" repeatedly.
* In "Sock Opera," when possessing Dipper, Bill states "It's been so long since I've inhabited a body!" most likely referring to Ford, as shown in "The Last Mabelcorn".
* David Lynch of Twin Peaks fame was originally offered to voice Bill, but when he declined the offer, Alex Hirsch took over the role with a "bad impression of him".
* A code from "Sock Opera" says that he is made from pure energy, not skin and bones, which Bill states himself in the same episode.
* When Alex Hirsch had originally conceived Bill's character, he had planned for him to be green as opposed to yellow; he eventually switched to the latter after Bill's green appearance was too akin to a leaf (ZMW MLD SV OLLPH ORPV MZXSL).
** Bill is green in his cameo in "Fight Fighters."
* In Dipper's and Mabel's Guide to Mystery and Nonstop Fun!, Bill begins talking about his "Nightmare Realm" bringing forth something. He then stops and says that he's getting ahead of himself. He also shares the following knowledge:
** Chairs have feelings and feel pain whenever you sit on one.
** The lunar landing was faked to hide the fact the moon doesn't exist. It's a two-dimensional disk hiding alien space surveillance.
** Western democracy is a sham propped up by an elite cabal of the super-rich.
* Alex Hirsch stated, "Time Baby and Bill do not like each other; if they saw each other at a party, they would be doing that 'awkward circle thing' where they're making eye contact but they're not talking to each other, and everybody's like 'Do they know each other? Do they have a history?'"
* Bill is older than the Universe. In fact, he is older than time itself, as he is at least 1 trillion years old.
* Originally, in "Weirdmageddon Part 1," Bill was going to sing a song titled, "It's Gonna Get Weird." However, the song couldn't fit into the episode due to time constraints.
* Bill is seemingly destroyed when Stan's mind is erased with him inside it. His physical body, which turned to stone when he left it, remains in the Gravity Falls Forest. In fact, it was revealed near the credits that the writers have hidden this statue of his body somewhere in real-life Oregon. Months later, Alex Hirsch started the Cipher Hunt, a worldwide scavenger hunt to find said statue. After the hunt, the statue was fought over then confiscated by the police for a while. It ended up on a tree in Bicentennial Park, but a fan stole its hat from the police. About two weeks later, the statue was moved to Confusion Hill, the inspiration for the Mystery Shack, and was given a new hat.
* In the finale, it is revealed that Bill is from the second dimension.
** Bill's backstory parallels the novel Flatland, about a two-dimensional square who begins to question his plane of existence. This is further supported when Bill said in an AMA that "EDWIN ABBOTT ABBOTT [the author of Flatland] HAS A DECENT IDEA [about Bill's origin]."
* Bill also stated in the AMA that he used to have a family, but not anymore.
* It is stated in one of the Gravity Falls books that Bill watched as his dimension burned.
* In code on the "July 29th" page in the real-life Journal 3, Bill claims that, when Fiddleford was caught halfway in the portal, he saw Bill removing his exoskeleton to feed.
* Bill isn't the cause of Gravity Falls' weirdness. On the contrary, that weirdness is what attracts him to the town.
* In the BYUtv series American Ride, in episode seven of season eight, host Stan Ellsworth visits Redwood National Park. As he leans on a guardrail, an image of Bill Cipher done in black paint or marker is visible on the railing.
* Bill had several influences over history:
** When the ancient Egyptians attempted to create a portal for Bill, it only worked for ten minutes (letting out a jackal-headed man from the Nightmare Realm). Bill was furious. He tormented them with nightmares, and they built giant stone tributes to Bill, hoping to make them stop. (The arms and top hats of these structures broke off over time.)
** Bill gave George Washington secrets that helped him defeat the British. But when George’s attempt at a steam-powered portal sank into a swamp, Bill gave Washington such bad nightmares that he ground his teeth into dust in his sleep and then had to get wooden ones. Washington put Bill on the one-dollar bill in order to appease him.
** Bill helped Stanley Kubrick fake the US moon landing, hoping that, in return, Kubrick would convince NASA to build a functioning portal. When NASA rejected the proposal, Bill cursed Kubrick with bizarre nightmares, which, in an ironic twist, ended up helping him in his film career.
* Bill's catchphrase "I'm watching you!" was inspired by the Eye of Providence, also described as the "All-Seeing Eye." However, this phrase could also apply to the National Security Agency, an intelligence agency that protects the US communications network and information systems. Many people wonder if the NSA is spying on them.
* In the Rick and Morty episode "Morty's Mind Blowers," where it's discovered that Rick Sanchez secretly stores Morty's memories, there are two memories labeled "Stanford" and "Bill C." It's likely that they are memories of encounters with Ford and Bill Cipher, since the two series are considered to occur in the same multiverse, and both Ford and Bill, as well as Morty, have traveled between dimensions.
* In the episode "Dreamscaperers," Mabel calls Bill an "isosceles monster." However, the Axolotl describes him as "sixty degrees that come in threes".
* According to Alex Hirsch in one of the Gravity Falls commentaries, Bill was originally going to be a one-shot character, but due to his involvement in the Gravity Falls lore and his many cameo appearances, he became the main antagonist. In addition to this, Bill was also going to originally be portrayed more as a neutral trickster than the much more malevolent and chaotic deposition that would later characterize him.
* It is implied that, in the Gravity Falls universe, the Eye of Providence is modeled after Bill rather than the other way around.
* In his AMA, it is revealed that Bill will respond to any variation of his name: William, Will, Willy, Billy, Billiam, etc.
* In the leadup to the ten year anniversary of Gravity Falls, Hirsch recorded a new edition of We'll Meet Again, featuring Bill, Stan, Soos, and Old Man McGucket. The reason it features these three characters and not other characters like Dipper or Mabel is because Bill, Stan, Soos, and Old Man McGucket are all voiced by the same actor. Bill gets a segment all to himself in which he reminds the audience not to miss him, since he watches them all while they sleep, before reminding his fellow singers at the end that he hates them.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Bill Cipher at Gravity Falls Wiki
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