MatPat from Film Theory explores the connection between Gravity Falls and Rick and Morty, two shows that share a multiverse. He starts by mentioning a small Easter egg in Rick and Morty that references Gravity Falls, where Rick creates a portal and items from Gravity Falls' Mystery Shack fly through it. MatPat then delves deeper into the connection by analyzing the Gravity Falls book, Journal #3, which contains coded messages that reveal a deeper connection between the two shows.
MatPat discovers that the book's author, Ford, has traveled the multiverse, encountering creatures from Rick and Morty, and that Bill Cipher, the main villain of Gravity Falls, has left threatening notes in the book. One of these notes reads "RICK WAS HERE," suggesting that Bill knew about Rick. MatPat also finds references to Rick and Morty's adventures in the book, including a fistfight with a talking chair and encounters with Zigerion aliens and Cthulhu.
MatPat theorizes that Ford was a member of Rick's gang of international outlaws and that their quest to build a Quantum Destabilizer is connected to Bill Cipher's survival and desire for revenge. He also notes that the events of Rick and Morty occur after the finale of Gravity Falls and that Bill Cipher is still a threat.
The video ends with MatPat speculating about the possibility of a crossover between Rick and Morty and Gravity Falls, citing Easter eggs and references in both shows.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The creator of Gravity Falls is friends with Justin Roiland, the creator of Rick and Morty.
2. There is a connection between Gravity Falls and Rick and Morty, with evidence of a shared universe.
3. In the Rick and Morty episode "Close Encounters of the Rick Kind", a pen, notebook, and coffee cup with a question mark fly through a portal, which is a reference to Gravity Falls.
4. The items that flew through the portal in Rick and Morty match the items that were lost by Stan in the Gravity Falls episode "Society of the Blind Eye".
5. The Gravity Falls book, Journal #3, contains coded messages that reference Rick and Morty.
6. Bill Cipher, the villain from Gravity Falls, has a connection to Rick and Morty, with evidence of his presence in the show.
7. Ford, the author of Journal #3, has a history with Rick and his gang, and was part of a group trying to piece together a weapon to defeat Bill Cipher.
8. Bill Cipher survived the events of Gravity Falls and is still a threat in the Rick and Morty universe.
9. There is a possibility of Rick and Ford crossing paths again to fight the returning threat of Bill Cipher.
10. The ties between Gravity Falls and Rick and Morty are getting stronger, with more frequent references to each other in the shows.
11. A physical copy of Journal #3 appears in the background of a scene in Rick and Morty season 3.
12. A plumbus, a reference to Rick and Morty, appears in the Gravity Falls book, Journal #3.
13. The Stan mug, pen, and pad from Gravity Falls appear as personal effects in a scene in Rick and Morty season 2.