#gravity falls ciphers

[hoshi-tsubasa]

Cipher from Copyrights page of “Gravity Falls: Lost Legends”

It was at the bottom and it read:

D idqgrp'v zrun lv qhyhu grqh. Vr khuh'v vrph wdohv mxvw iru ixq. Brx zdqwhg pruh? Brx jrw brxu zlvk! Grq'w vwuhvv-lw'v rqob fdqrq-lvk

I used the Caesar Cipher to translate it into this:

A fandom's work is never done. So here's some tales just for fun. You wanted more? You got your wish! Don't stress --- it's only canon-ish.

So, what do you guys think?

[splashdragon]

THE CODES OF GRAVITY FALLS

@aceofstars16: Ask and ye shall receive!

CAESAR CIPHER

Notes: This cipher is one of the most common ones in the show. Each letter is replaced with a letter three spaces before it, cycling back around for A, B, and C. It’s also really easy to read once you get the hang of it - I actually became (briefly) fluent in it while I was reading the journal.

Appears in: Season 1, Season 2, the ending credits of at least six episodes, the Journal, Lost Legends, and probably other places as well.

How to spot it: The word WKH (“the”) is a dead giveaway. Other good tells are the single-letter word L (”I”) and words with more Fs and Hs than should be legal.

ATBASH CIPHER

Notes: Of the three non-combination ciphers in this show, this one is probably the least common. Instead of shifting the alphabet, the Atbash flips it, making it less tedious to translate - you only have to know half the alphabet to get all the letter combinations (e.g. Y is a coded B and B is a coded Y).

Appears in: The ending credits of seven episodes in Season 1. I’m not sure if there are other places, but I don’t remember using it much.

How to spot it: Look for lots of Vs, Zs, and “the” (coded as GSV) .

A1Z26

Notes: Takes up more space but it’s a nice change from all the letters. 

Appears in: The last credit messages of Season 1, minus Gideon Rises. 

How to spot it: It’s numbers instead of letters. . . and when you use it, it doesn’t turn into gibberish. You also won’t get lone fives after apostrophes, since English doesn’t do that.

THE TRIPLE-DECKER

Notes: This one. . . doesn’t actually have a real name, so forgive the sandwich reference. It’s a combination cipher, so you need to use the ciphers listed above to translate it (first A1Z26, then Atbash, then Caesar). The translation key I listed is the three of those combined because I’m really lazy efficient. Use whichever you want.

Appears in: The episode credits at the end of Gideon Rises, then the journal pages at the end of Season 2′s episodes. I haven’t run into it elsewhere, as far as I can remember.

How to spot it: Start translating the credit message with A1Z26 and realize it’s gibberish. Remember one of the coded journal messages in the end tag said reverse the ciphers and take it as a clue. Feel like a genius when it works. (In all seriousness, look for the word 4-16-19, or words ending with apostrophe-5s.)

VIGENÈRE CIPHER

The best translation key I can give you on this particular disaster is the Wikipedia page.

Notes: This is as complicated as these ciphers get. I am very good enemies with this particular coding approach, because it takes literally forever to translate things, and sometimes you copy down several paragraphs worth of coded letter and then realize halfway through that one of those words has four letters instead of three so sorry about that evening you spent writing everything out but hey at least it wasn’t a waste. . . oh wait

Appears in: The season two credit messages, the journal (aka that one letter with Blendin’s picture), and Lost Legends. Each time it shows up, there’s a different code word used, and you’ll need to find that in the episode or book. I’m still looking for about half the keys, but I’m sure there’s a list you could Google up if you didn’t want to spend all that time hunting every frame.

How to spot it: Try the other ciphers and get gibberish. Alternatively, you could notice that normal letter frequency is skewed, or you could (with luck) spot the key first and make a reasonable inference.

FORDESE

Notes: This one cracks me up because there is nothing more quintessentially Ford than creating your own cipher and then naming it after yourself. The cipher does share some symbols with Bill’s journal cipher, but they’re two different codes.

Appears in: The journal, Lost Legends, and maybe some places in the show (I haven’t gone through to check that last one yet, so it’s possible the show uses its own version of this code).

How to spot it: Look for mirrored Ns, upside-down triangles, and squares with dots in the middle.

BILL’S CIPHER

Notes: Technically a combination cipher, since the code wheel in the journal translates it to A1Z26. It uses symbols very similar to Fordese. (My personal theory is it’s supposed to be a mockery of Ford’s attempts at hiding things via ciphers, and Bill takes great pleasure in using very similar code to baffle him. If you also consider that Ford was previously amused by the thought of others failing to decipher his codes. . . well.)

Appears in: The journal (the key is across from the Trust No One page). I haven’t come across it elsewhere, as far as I can remember.

How to spot it: The triangle with circles at the corners and the two circles in a sideways bracket aren’t part of Fordese. Also the lack of mirrored Ns is a pretty good clue.

Anyway, that’s everything I know of. If anyone has anything more to add, please do! I’m terrible at catching things and it’s fun to see what everyone else picks up on.

[fairy-princette]

i gave your name as my emergency phone call - ciphered chapter end notes

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1. and the dial tone is all i have

QHAW WLPH: VWDQ DQG ILGV KDYH D URDGWULS DQG D KHDUW WR KHDUW

2. in the name of someone i no longer know

MVCG GRNV: HGZM'H GSIVZGVMVW DLGS Z XILHHYOD ZMW YRII NZPVG ZM ZKKVZIZMXV

3. son, are you a danger to yourself?

14-5-24-20 20-9-13-5: 19-20-1-14 1-14-4 6-15-18-4-19 18-5-12-1-20-9-15-14-19-9-16 9-19 13-15-18-5 19-1-12-22-1-7-1-2-12-5 20-8-1-14 20-8-5-25 20-8-15-21-7-8-20, 1-14-4 20-8-5-25 1 18-21-14 9-14 23-9-20-8 1-14-15-13-1-12-25

4. i’ll let the pain metastasize

5. loosen my cuffs

[purpledazzlefruit]

So I did this quiz at school once-

[sweeneyxxtodd]

Journal 3 Question

Hey, so for those of you who have Journal 3 and have successfully decoded the letter than Blended left in there, can you tell me what I’m doing wrong? Because I drew out a Vigenere Square last night and started copying out the encoded letter and writing the key word (PINES as the book clearly tells us to use) over it, but when I try to decode it with my Vigenere Square, all I get is more gibberish. I’m following the directions for how to decode Vigenere Ciphers that I researched before doing this and I also triple checked to make sure that I wrote out the Square correctly and I did, but I still can’t seem to get the message to decode properly. Everyone I’ve seen who has decoded it says that you only need the Vigenere key word to get the letter to decode properly, and that a second run through a different cipher is unnecessary, but when I do what everyone says I should do, I just get this:

(encoded text, first line only): WMI, HAEXRV SCL ZETTT!

(decoded text, first line only): LUV, LSTFEZ KRT MILIB!

??? Why is basically everyone else able to decode this letter correctly? Have any of them done so by hand? Because everyone whose explanations I’ve read have used a website that decodes it for them and I don’t want to do that.

And just to be clear, DO NOT POST THE SOLUTION. You will be hated unapologetically. I want to solve this by myself, not just be handed the answer. So if I’m solving this wrong or missing a step, just correct me and point me in the right direction. I’d really appreciate it.

[thedoctorisadhd]

JOURNAL 3 HAS NOW BEEN DECODED

this was an eventful . . . week? i’ve lost track of everything. so i had to check, and it hasn’t even been two weeks yet! woo!

anyway, i’ve been hard at work decoding all the secrets of the recently released JOURNAL 3, and it was fun! i even went through it a second time to make sure i had everything.

so here we go! but cautiously — spoilers lie ahead.

alright, so i’ll break it down for you.

first i’m going to list the decoded version of every code, in order. (depending on what kind of code it was, the content of the code, who wrote it, and where it was, it could look weird (in the case of the longest one), be in all lowercase, all uppercase, grammar that’s completely correct, grammar that’s limited to apostrophes, have randomly capitalized letters (i don’t know what was wrong with ford on that one; he was probably sleep-deprived), no punctuation at all, have slashes in it that aren’t in the real code (in the case of the occasional rhyme), letters that are bolded and italicised (sometimes to signify a connection), long, short, funny, serious, random, etcetera.)

after that, i’ll list what code it is, and what page it was on.

let’s begin.

THE CODES

stay weird

BUY THIS BOOK

IVE BEEN INSIDE YOUR MIND SIXER I KNOW YOUR SECRETS

THEYRE TOO DUMB TO POSSESS IVE TRIED

BIRTHDAY JUNE FIFTEENTH DEATHDAY SOONER THAN YOU THINK

LITTLE CATHY WHAT A DREAM HELD HER HAND AND MADE HER SCREAM

SPYING ON YOU WAS A BREEZE / THERE ARE EYES INSIDE THE TREES

WATCH OUT

KILL ME PLEASE

SOME OF THIS JUNK ENDED UP IN MY DIMENSION

ASKED SHAMAN TO BUILD FIRST PORTAL BIG MISTAKE THE THING WAS MADE OUT OF TWIGS GUY LIT HIMSELF ON FIRE TO END MY REIGN DRAMA QUEEN

Hey, Dipper and Mabel!                                                                                                                                                     Blendin here. I'm currently living in the year 1883, and I hid this letter in hopes that it would one day reach you. (I got the idea from the movie "Return Backwards to the Past Again 3," which is required viewing for Time Academy freshmen.) You've probably got a lot of questions, and after the events of Weirdmageddon, man, I don't blame you!                                           So here's what happened; After Globnar, I was getting a LOT of flak for losing a gladiator fight to two children. Even though I got my job back (thanks for that, by the way!), my fellow officers kept calling me hurtful nicknames. Time Baby himself called me No-Friendin Blandin! Do you know what it's like to live like that?                                                                                                                           Just as I was thinking I would give anything for Time Baby's respect, this weird triangle guy showed up in my dreams and said that he would make sure Time Baby never bothered me again. All I had to do was shake his hand! I've never been great at making decisions under pressure, and, well, you know the rest! When I awoke, that stupid triangle had used my body to travel through time and destroy the entire universe—and Time Baby, too!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Luckily, Time Baby isn't dead . . . exactly. It will take one thousand years for his molecules to reconstitute, and when they do, boy, is he gonna be cranky! The time agents also survived—they only send their holo-projections out on dangerous missions. But Lolph and Dundgren were FURIOUS about what I did!                                                                          Of course, this means that there is a dimension-wide manhunt of agents trying to find me and bring me to justice. But it was all a mistake!            The last thing I want is to go back to jail, so I've been hiding out in the past. It was fun for a while—seeing the sights, chatting with historical figures, visiting the '50s to try to learn the Twist. (I accidentally twisted my ankle and couldn't walk for a week.)                                                                                                                             I wanted to check out the old West, too, but when I traveled here, I accidentally appeared right in front of a train and my time tape was shattered into fifty pieces. (Also, I think the train might have gone off the rails. Hopefully that isn't in the history books!)                                                                                Anyway, I just wanted to say not to worry about me! I've managed to blend in to the populace, and I got a job as a pocket watch repairman. I've also caught one of those cool gold rush-era diseases that're so popular in these times, and I am loving the nostalgia! Thanks for all your help, and if any time agents come looking for me, tell them you don't know nothing!                                                                                                                                                                                        Blendin Blenjamin Blandin, 1883

DONT CARE FOR PRESTONS FACE MIGHT FIX IT ONE DAY

Creepier than zombies: local Funeral Director Victor Valentino & his son, “Greggy V.”

CREEPILY WHISPERED, “CAN I KEEP YOU?” HORRIFYING!

I prefer dreams with my Muse. He told me that that gum I like is going to come back into style.

ILL GET THIS PUPPY UP AND RUNNING ONE DAY AND NEITHER TIME BABY NOR THE BIG FRILLY KNOW IT ALL WILL STOP ME

CURSE THE AXOLOTL

ONE PEEK INTO MY DIMENSION AND THIS BUMPKIN LOST HIS WEAK LITTLE MIND ALL HE SAW WAS ME REMOVING MY EXOSKELETON TO FEED IF YOU CANT TAKE THE HEAT GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN JACK

I CALL THIS FORDESE

THE TIME YOURE WASTING DELIGHTS ME

I still recall that one summer Stanley and I hunted for the Jersey Devil     in the Pine Barrens. Mom and Dad never believed that we really saw  one. . . .

NEVER TRUST A WITCH THEYLL CURSE YOUR EAR AND TURN YOU INTO AN IMMORTAL GOAT SO I HEAR

DON’T EAT HIM

AM I ME / IS HE ME

THANKS FOR LETTING ME BORROW YOUR BODY SIXER ENJOY THE MYSTERY BRUISES

Calibrate the oscillator to 618.

Charge Clux Fapacitor

THE PORTAL WHEN COMPLETED WILL OPEN A GATEWAY TOINFINITE NEW WORLDS AND HERALD A NEW ERA IN MANKINDS UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE PLUS IT WILL PROBABLY GET GIRLS TO START TALKING TO ME FINALLY

Enter Security Code “Emmerich”

Charge Clux Fapacitor

Access Whistle in World 1 to Warp to World 2, 3, or 4

Oasis—153.4, Chasm—130.3, Clock Tower—55.6, Crystal Forest—15.0, Underground Tunnel—212.2

The order of the Marker Switches is on page 158

FEAR THE BEAST WITH JUST ONE EYE

INTERDIMENSIONAL CHESS ISN’T MUCH FUN WHEN YOU’RE A PAWN

THE DEVIL HAS A SILVER TONGUE

IF ICARUS COULD SEE ME NOW

SIX EIGHTEEN

LIAR MONSTER SNAPPY DRESSER

IF MY SUSPICIONS ARE CORRECT THIS IS THE WORK OF FIDDLEFORD DOES HE REALLY HAVE TO GO TO SUCH GREAT LENGTHS TO FORGET

YOU SNOOZE YOU LOSE PAL DONT YOU UNDERSTAND IM ONLY TRYING TO FREE YOUR DIMENSION

I ASK YOU WHY SHOULD TIME ONLY MOVE FORWARD WHY MUST CAUSE PRECEDE EFFECT WHO VOTED ON THE LAWS OF PHYSICS

RULES ARE PERVERSIONS AGAINST ALL WILL THATS WHY IM ABOUT TO REWRITE THE WHOLE SYSTEM BUDDY AND NO ONE IS GOING TO STOP ME

EVERY CONSPIRACY IS TRUE

Has the famous “Pines Hair Curls”

RICK WAS HERE

RETURN FOR BOUNTY ARMED AND DANGEROUS

THE OPPOSITE OF BILL

SOME TINY ALIEN SPECIMENS MAY HAVE SURVIVED PERHAPS HIDING IN THE TOWN IN ROBOTS DISGUISED AS HUMANS

Perhaps the ship was on a mission to catalog strange biological specimens. Could the high volume of weirdness on board have drawn the ship to GF?

now that we’ve got that done, let’s go to — wait, hold up a minute.

i should probably mention to you that some of these codes were in an entirely new, different code that uses characters similar to bill’s and ford’s codes. they were written by bill, but since we already have “billese,” i’ve named this new code THE JOURNAL’S CODE. or (as the fandom has termed the two other codes “billese” and “fordese”) “journalese.” you can find the key on the last page before ford disappears.

i will be referring to bill’s code, ford’s code, and the journal’s code as such.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE CODES

highlighted letters; on book jacket

bill’s code; on book jacket

the journal’s code (highlighted letters); the second page of content

the journal's code (highlighted letters); the gnomes page

the journal's code (highlighted letters); the first of two pages labeled “Myself”

the journal's code (highlighted letters); the second of those two pages

the journal's code (highlighted letters); the first of two pages labeled “My Muse”

the three-shift caesar cipher (or “three letters back”); the first leprecorn page

the three-shift caesar cipher; the second leprecorn page

the journal's code; across the two pages about the bottomless pit

the journal's code; the first timeline page

vigenere cipher, key “PINES”; the page with the letter on it

the journal's code (highlighted letters); a page labeled “The Great Secret of the Great Flood”

the three-shift caesar cipher; a page labeled “Spells”

the three-shift caesar cipher; a page labeled “Ghosts”

the three-shift caesar cipher; the second page about the category nine ghost

the journal's code (highlighted letters); a page with a drawing of the portal

the highlighted letters of the journal's code

the journal's code (highlighted letters); a page dated July 29th

bill's code; a page with “CODES” written across the top

the journal's code (highlighted letters); a page with “CODES” written across the top

the three-shift caesar cipher; the second page about the “Island Head Beast”

the journal's code (highlighted letters); the page before the one about the “Squash with Human Face and Emotions”

ford's code; the “Squash with Human Face and Emotions” page

bill's code; a page with “DO NOT LET OUT” next to a drawing of the shapeshifter

the journal's code; a page with a drawing of chess pieces and a bill’s eye teacup and saucer apparently floating in space

the three-shift caesar cipher; the page in journal 3 with the portal plans

the three-shift caesar cipher; the page in journal 3 with the portal plans

bill's code; the page in journal 3 with the portal plans

the three-shift caesar cipher; the page in journal 3 with the portal plans

the three-shift caesar cipher; the page in journal 3 with the portal plans

the three-shift caesar cipher; the page in journal 3 with the portal plans

the three-shift caesar cipher; the page in journal 3 with the portal plans

the three-shift caesar cipher; the page in journal 3 with the portal plans

bill's code; a page with “Something is not right.” written across the top

bill's code; the page where ford seems to have gone insane

bill's code; the page where ford seems to have gone insane

bill's code; the page where ford seems to have gone insane

bill's code; the page where ford seems to have gone insane

ford's code; the page about bill

bill's code; the page about the blind eye

the journal's code (highlighted letters); the third-to-last page before ford disappears

the journal's code (highlighted letters); the third-to-last page before ford disappears

the journal's code (highlighted letters); the third-to-last page before ford disappears

the rest of the highlighted letters in the journal's code

the three-shift caesar cipher; the page about mabel

bill's code; the wanted poster

bill's code; the wanted poster

bill's code; a page labeled “The Oracle”

bill's code; a page with “ENORMOUS EXTRATERRESTRIAL CRAFT” written across it

the three-shift caesar cipher; the page after that

i’ve also made a post on how to decode the journal’s code when somebody sent me an anon asking how i did it. i think i’m the first one!!!

[mysterytriplets-blog]

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