Gravity Falls Creator Shares Some of Bizarre Requests He Got for Changes from Disney

Gravity Falls turns 10 this week, and creator Alex Hirsch has been sharing some behind-the-scenes looks into the show’s process to celebrate the show. As a final bonus, he gave fans a look into Disney’s painstaking censorship process (and his witty responses).

In a thread of Tweets today, Hirsch shared videos and screenshots documenting some of the Disney Standards and Practices department's comments. Disney is seen asking Hirsch to revise words like “poopface,” “jeez,” and “Lucifer.” However, each time, Hirsch defends his choices.

In one instance, Disney asked Hirsch to remove a pipe from a horse’s mouth in a movie poster, and Hirsch amusingly fought back by saying “Why? Is the concern that we’ll influence horses to smoke pipes?”

Hirsch even brought his trouble with S&P into the show by adding the text "not S&P approved" to a poster in the show that referenced a game of spin the bottle, which Disney wasn't a fan of.

One last treat. Ever curious about the fights I had with the censors on Gravity Falls? I probably shouldn't share this buttttt here are some REAL NOTES from DISNEY S&P and my REAL REPLIES. You are not prepared #10YearsOfGravityFalls pic.twitter.com/EioKU8gIJJ

Hirsch also shared an especially long back-and-forth over a single three-second clip of the show, which Disney deemed offensive due to its potential to create “unsavory rhymes.”

All of this… pic.twitter.com/sbawkoVu2x

Despite all of Disney’s (attempted) censorship, we deemed Gravity Falls one of the best cartoon series for adults. While Gravity Falls ended after two seasons, fans can look forward to seeing more of Hirsch’s work in the future, as the creator signed a deal with Netflix back in 2018.

Amelia Zollner is a freelance writer at IGN. Find them on Twitter: @ameliazollner.

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