Also called After All These Years · Grunkle Stan Journals · Gravity Falls Three Journals
Three journals lie together on a table, and Grunkle Stan admires his completed collection. Label the books with three things you have finally managed to gather.
The scene treats completing a set as a major achievement. Replacing the mysterious journals with everyday objects makes that triumph comically disproportionate.
The three labels should belong together: essentials before leaving, parts of a collection, or ingredients for a familiar meal. The printed dialogue supplies the celebration.
The scene closes “Gideon Rises,” the first-season finale of Gravity Falls, which aired on August 2, 2013. In his secret room, Grunkle Stan places the three journals together and celebrates finally possessing the complete set. [1]
Know Your Meme records a two-panel adaptation from July 2017 and later fan variations. In March 2019, a three-panel version and a shared blank template helped the format spread through Reddit; both two- and three-panel versions circulated. [1]
Label the books from upper left to lower right: journal 1, journal 2, then journal 3. Use a short name for each object so the whole set is readable at a glance.
Keep the existing dialogue and Stan’s expression visible. The lower panel already says how satisfying it feels to have all three.
Original captions to try with this template.
Finding all three essentials becomes an achievement worthy of a secret collection.
The ordinary ingredients receive the same triumphant treatment as the journals.
All the pieces needed to start playing are finally in one place.
References for this template. Example captions are original.
Identifies the Gravity Falls scene and documents early adaptations and the March 2019 spread.
