Archetypal Characters In Alex Hirsch's Gravity Falls

Every story’s cast have similar roles as any other piece of literature. Archetypal characters create a role for almost every main character in a story, movie, or television show. The cast of the television show Alex Hirsch’s “Gravity Falls” have their own role in the series.

First of all, archetypal characters are important people. They all have a purpose and make the story original. While the villain tries to defeat, capture, or take over something, the hero saves the day. In “Gravity Falls” the heroes and villains are important, because if they didn’t exist there wouldn’t be any story to tell. They create a purpose for every piece of literature.

Every main character in “Gravity Falls” has a purpose. Dipper and Mabel, the main heroes, both play an important role, but Dipper is the Tragic Hero because he is the most determined one of the twins to discover the secrets of Gravity Falls. Unlike

Dipper, Mabel is a very distracted person and is the Loyal Retainer in the story, because throughout the series, she leaves Dipper alone, but she is always there when he needs help. For an example, in Season 2 of “Gravity Falls”, Mabel gave up the chance to be with “the boy of her dreams” to save Dipper’s life (“Sock Opera” Shion Takeuchi/Alex Hirsch). In addition, Dipper and Mabel are Loyal Retainers to each other because they are always there for each other. These characters have big roles and important in the television show “Gravity Falls”.
However, the characters that have smaller roles, are just as important.

For an example, Stan Pines, also known as Grunkle Stan, is an Initiate because he has barely shown any heroic characteristics, but is starting to in Season 2, (“Scary-oke” Jeff Rowe/Matt Chapman/Alex Hirsch) by risking his life to save Dipper and Mabel. On the other hand, Wendy, an attractive teenager, can be a combination of archetypal characters, but she best represents a Hotshot. Furthermore, she takes risks and also gets others into dangerous situations. Soos, an employee of Stan’s store, the Mystery Shack, is an Everyman because he is an ordinary, but important character that will do almost anything that Dipper and Mabel asks him to. Though, he sometimes gets pulled into dangerous situations, most of the time he ends up siding with Grunkle Stan. Lastly, the last character is the Pines family’s Archenemy, Gideon. “Lil ol’ Gideon” was determined to discover the secrets of Gravity Falls, but the Season 1 Finale, (“Gideon Rises” Matt Chapman/Alex Hirsch/Michael Rianda) was the last episode he was seen

in.
In conclusion, all archetypal characters are important. Stories are created by the cast and their actions and without them, we would not have great pieces of literature in the world.