Gravity Falls
2012–2016Disney ChannelDisney XDAnimation
A cipher hidden in the last second of every opening, so the title sequence is itself a puzzle the audience was expected to solve across two seasons.
Gravity Falls opens with a main title sequence of 40 seconds.
At 40 seconds, it opens well under the 58-second median for animation sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Disney Channel in 2012, when Phineas and Ferb, Austin & Ally and Ultimate Spider-Man were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
40sThe title sequence. A cryptogram flashes at the end of each one, and the codes differ between episodes.
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