Dipper Pines

Dipper Pines, played by imlikegirldipper2407, is a curious and intelligent 12-year-old boy and one of the main protagonists of Gravity Falls.



Personality
Dipper is very intuitive and paranoid. He is usually kind and compassionate, but when his temper flares (which can be common), he may become cold and distant. As aforementioned, he has a relatively short fuse, and it takes very little to make him angry. He is sometimes described as having trust issues, and he trusts either completely or not at all. However, he is extremely loyal to those he does trust, and when his trust is broken, it usually takes him a long time to get over it.

Appearance
Dipper is a young boy, short for his age yet taller than his sister Mabel. He has messy brown hair, dark brown eyes, and pale skin. His nose is slightly darker than the rest of his face, and he has a birthmark on his forehead that is shaped like the big dipper (hence, his nickname). He also has noticeable eye bags, and his brow is often furrowed because he is either lost in thought, confused, or angry.

His signature outfit is a bright orange tee shirt, a dark blue vest, grey shorts, white socks, and black tennis shoes, as well as his signature blue pine tree hat. His alternate outfits include a black suit (either worn with a suit jacket or a vest), a pair of red swimming shorts and a white tee shirt (and on one occasion, a red hat that reads "Night Patrol"), and his original hat that was in his possession when he arrived in Gravity Falls, which was brown and bore a star.

Mabel Pines
Mabel is Dipper's fraternal twin sister, older by five minutes. He is fiercely loyal to and protective of her, though, as siblings, they get into more than their fair share of squabbles. His seriousness and paranoia are perfectly balanced and complimented by her silliness and kindness, and they both bring out the best in each other. Dipper gets angry and protective when Mabel is threatened, and Mabel always tries to comfort her brother when he is discouraged or upset. According to Stan and Ford Pines, Mabel and Dipper have a similar relationship than to when they were kids.

Stan Pines
Dipper and Stan are often at odds when it comes to morals and the supernatural. Stan lies for a living, while Dipper can't abide untruths; Stan claims to be unaware of Gravity Falls' magic, while Dipper has dedicated his summer to studying it; Stan seems to think life is a joke, while Dipper takes almost everything seriously. However, Stan and Dipper are family, and despite their outward disagreements, they deep down truly love each other. They also have multiple things in common, such as the fact that both of them have older twin siblings, both of them were picked on as kids, and the fact that they both care for their siblings deeply. Stan seems to be jealous when Dipper spends more time with other residents of Gravity Falls, such as Mabel and Ford, but he does give his grandnephew advice and moral support.

Ford Pines
Ford is Dipper's idol. Ever since Dipper found Ford's journal in the woods, he has been obsessed with finding out who the author was. Ford and Dipper are both intrigued by the paranormal, they both have a birth deformity (Dipper's birthmark and Ford's polydactyly, or extra fingers), and they both have above-average intelligence. Ford once asked Dipper to be his apprentice, but after Weirdmageddon happened, Dipper declined due to not wanting to leave Mabel.

Wendy Corduroy
Dipper has had a crush on Wendy since around his second week in Gravity Falls. Wendy secretly knows about this, but pretends not to so as to not embarrass her friend. Dipper often acts nervous or embarrassed around Wendy, but they get along well and have a stable friendship. (The one time their friendship was tested was when Dipper tried to break up Wendy and her boyfriend Robbie Valentino due to the fact that he was worried that Robbie might be mind controlling Wendy.) They like to do things together, such as watch movies, go to the fair, and overdub the security camera tapes. During Weirdmageddon, Wendy and Soos helped Dipper rescue Mabel from Bill's prison.

Soos Ramirez
Soos and Dipper are good friends, although the lovable handyman's childish and somewhat naive nature can annoy the precocious twelve year old. Despite this, they get along well. When Dipper went to save Mabel from a "zombie" (who actually turned out to be a bunch of gnomes), Soos gave him a shovel for the zombies and a bat, "in case [he saw] any pinatas". Soos likes to help Dipper on his paranormal hunting trips, and often acts as an amiable sidekick, and he also likes to participate in playful antics with the twins. He once said that he would do anything for the Pines Family.

Bill Cipher
Dipper and Bill are sworn and mortal enemies. Bill sees Dipper as an inferior and not much of a threat, and Dipper hates Bill due to the demon's manipulative nature and the fact that Bill once possessed his body and caused it severe harm. Bill refers to the boy as "Pine Tree", referring both to his hat and his zodiac symbol. When Bill was in control of Dipper's body, Mabel called him "Bipper", and Bill ended up causing such severe damage to Dipper's left arm (due to his sticking forks in it for "fun") that up until the events of the episode "Northwest Mansion Mystery", Dipper had to wear a wrist brace.

Trivia

 * Dipper's actor, Imlikegirldipper2407, is in actuality the biological sibling of Horse-and-Pony-Lover-0911, who plays Mabel.
 * Imlikegirldipper2407 is also in actuality a girl, making Dipper one of three male characters who are played by females.
 * Dipper has been described, canonically, as being ambidextrous.
 * In the canon universe, Dipper is five minutes younger and one millimeter shorter than Mabel. However, due to the actors' biology, Dipper in the production ended up being almost a foot taller than Mabel.
 * This was a problem for other characters, such as Soos, who is also Imlikegirldipper2407's younger sibling and a few inches shorter. To solve this problem, the actors who were supposed to be taller would stand on step stools and the scene would be filmed from the waist up.
 * In an interview, Imlikegirldipper2407 said that it was incredibly easy to portray Dipper's crush on Wendy, as less than a year and a half before she'd gotten over a similar crush.
 * Dipper's favorite food, according to his actor, is Mabel's "World Famous Peanut Butter and Whatever Else is in the Fridge" Sandwiches, and his favorite color is medium to dark blue.
 * His least favorite food is Stan's homemade Hot Belgian Waffles, which sometimes have hair or a taxidermy chinchilla paw in them.
 * Dipper thinks that Pacifica Northwest is "the worst" and is not afraid to say that to her face, making him one of the only characters that is not afraid to stand up to the snotty rich girl.