My Favourite Characters - Soos

I absolutely love Gravity Falls, i've talked about it enough times to make that obvious, time for another Gravity Falls post. There are a lot of things that can be said about Soos that can be said about all the other characters as well, he is equally funny as he is charming, a statement like that pretty much describes half the characters. But it's usually within the specifics that changes each character from each other. Soos is the idiot friend of Gravity Falls, he says the dumb stuff and does the dumb stuff, but where a lot of shows go wrong is by making the dumb character be more of a burden than an asset. Soos is a very dumb person, and while it allows for a lot of jokes for us as the audience, in the context of the show this can be problematic, he does something dumb and it endangers our main characters, yes that still happens here, but Soos has plenty to make up for it. Usually if Soos is the one making a mistake, he either is the one who suffers for it, or he's the one who ends up fixing it, one way or another, he redeems himself, and you'd be surprised how very few shows actually remember to redeem their dumb character, forget to give the characters a reason to want to spend time with them. But it is clear why the other characters like Soos, he has a heart of gold and is always there to help them, he has an adventurous spirit and is always up for doing something fun, he's strong, he's brave, he's a Pterodactyl Bro. Hell, he's even willing to betray his boss to save Dipper and Mabel, and he genuinely loves them like family, he acknowledges everything they do for him and he's grateful for it, and is more than happy to return the favour in any way, shape or form.

Not to mention he has a very emotional backstory (I know right) his father abandoned him when he was a child and for years he let that burden him emotionally, it wasn't until Dipper and Mabel helped him that he was finally able to move on and develop even more as a character. Again, not something you see very often for the dumb character. And yes, there is the final point to be made that he is very funny, he's hilarious, I am constantly going back and forth over who i think is funnier, Soos or Mabel, not to mention he has the most quotable lines "On second thought, gonna flip the script, what if I...ate your brains? Yay? Nay? Seeing a couple of yay faces over here". Godammit Soos, even as a cannibalistic zombie you're still hilarious. In the end, Soos is a bro, and remember "Bros before Dinos!"

-Danny