Gravity Fallswas well-known for breaking the mold of what could be considered children's television by introducing loftier stakes mysteries with a touch of the supernatural, paving the manner for later on series likeThe Owl Business firm. Massively popular to this day, the show lasted only a sweet two seasons, but was never reallycancelled. So why did it end?

AsGravity Fallscreator Alex Hirsch outlined in his 2015 tweet, he had always intended for the show to be brusk and sweet — a simple story told over a single summertime. And in that location's adept reason for a creator to end such a wildly pop evidence in its prime: integrity. Integrity to the plot, characters and globe of the series. As Hirsch himself said, "There are so many shows that go on endlessly until they lose their original spark." Past ending the testify on his terms, he avoided this undesirable fate.

A cardinal part of the show'due south overarching plot revolves around both the characters and the audition solving mysteries. For this reason, the show famously included hidden codes in every episode for the viewers to chase and solve. Had the show continued by the story's natural conclusion, there would take been the potential of cancelation between seasons, thereby robbing the viewer of the mystery'south solution. In the same way, the original plot and mystery of the journals may accept been forgotten or pushed to the side as new mysteries and characters took the spotlight, ruining the pace of the overarching mystery.

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Furthermore, the story is 1 of change and growing up. From an developed perspective looking dorsum, childhood seems to have lasted only a moment, and childhood summers even less so. Past ending the series at merely ii seasons, Hirsch kept that feeling of a fleeting adventure while assuasive the characters to grow and modify naturally in response to the plot. Had Gravity Falls carried on for more seasons, certainly new characters and dynamics would take been introduced, and it would have been much harder to keep the characters' base personalities and traits consequent. While they may have changed over the grade of the serial, they really shouldn't becompletely unlike by the end of one summer, nor should summer keep forever.

Some other issue with a long-running serial is the number of characters, plots, subplots and worldbuilding points that can be easily forgotten. Everyone knows of ane show where characters take forgotten their own abilities, preferences, or had another inconsistency simply considering the writers forgot about previously established canon. With so much of the world being supernatural in Gravity Falls, it would have been piece of cake for the writers to become inconsistent like this. Withal, given its emphasis on codes and secrets,Gravity Falls remained remarkably consistent. With a larger series, it would be impossible to pay off every instance of foreshadowing, but considering of the short nature of the bear witness, the writers and animators were able to craft 1 very tightly knit narrative that satisfied viewers.

Keeping things short as well allowed the writers some freedom to spend time on episodic plots, making them as fun equally possible without worrying about over-establishing the characters and invalidating time to come plot ideas. By having codes hidden in each episode as well, it gave the team an alibi to have fun with their own work as they waited for fans to find what they had hidden. Overall, the short, mystery-filled series allowed for much more viewer date than but "word," creating a fan dynamic that was wholly unique to the testify. Information technology is a huge part of the reason why, despite ending in early 2016, the evidence still has a thriving fanbase.

By ending the serial on his own terms, Hirsch and his squad created a world that felt vibrant and total of life, with stories going on behind the scenes. Able to capture the fleeting sensation of both summer and childhood, he created an animation masterpiece with hidden content to keep coming dorsum to for years on end.

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