In " Bottomless Pit!," Mabel, who reads it for the first time in the series, uses the journal to uncover the Truth Telling Teeth. Later, Dipper uses the journal to help him catch a Gremloblin in " Boss Mabel." Journal 3 returns in " Irrational Treasure," the twins read about the town law stating it is legal to marry woodpeckers, and later, after Pacifica Northwest teases Mabel, read about and investigate the possibility of Nathaniel Northwest, alleged town founder and great-great grandfather of Pacifica, being a fraud.ĭipper reads about height-altering crystals in " Little Dipper," wishing to use them to make himself taller, and checks on its position in his vest pocket as Gideon Gleeful interrogates him about how he came upon the crystals. In " Headhunters," Dipper flips through a few pages at the scene of Wax Stan's murder, and is seen reading it at the living room table after Mabel returns from her first date with Gideon Gleeful in " The Hand That Rocks the Mabel." Dipper shows the page on ghosts to Mabel in the gift shop in " The Inconveniencing," and later to Wendy Corduroy and her friends. Journal 3 continues to assist Dipper in his encounters with the supernatural, including guiding him into a cave behind a waterfall in " The Legend of the Gobblewonker," during which he, Mabel and Soos flee from Old Man McGucket's Gobblewonker robot. Following their defeat, he uses the blank pages of Journal 3 to document his own adventures with the town, learning to trust some of the town's residents. During his investigation, he discovers that Norman is actually a disguise fabricated by a group of gnomes, to which the journal has no knowledge of defeating. Activating a switch that revealed its hiding chamber, he immediately relocates to the Mystery Shack, and uses Journal 3's information to believe that Mabel's new found boyfriend, " Norman," is in fact, a zombie. The journal is found by Dipper in " Tourist Trapped," when he unknowingly locates Ford's artificial metal tree in the forest. Designing a security mechanism hidden above his bunker, Ford kept Journal 3 hidden for years until his disappearance through the Interdimensional Portal.ĭipper uncovers the compartment containing Journal 3. Fearful he was being watched by malevolent forces, Ford hid his three journals in separate and elaborate locations around Gravity Falls, hoping to keep the knowledge needed to activate the Interdimensional Portal away from evil forces. Over thirty years prior to Dipper and Mabel's arrival in Gravity Falls, Stanford Pines recorded and compiled a list of all the creatures and paranormal entities inhabiting the town, following his completion of Journal 1 and Journal 2. 2.31 Squash with a Human Face and Emotions.2.18 Haunted Paintings & Image-based Spectres.