Baby Bill Cipher

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About

Baby Bill Cipher is a drawing of Bill Cipher from Gravity Falls as a baby, depicted with one big wet eye and oversized Velcro sneakers. Baby Bill appears in The Book of Bill, an illustrated novel written by Alex Hirsch (creator of the animated series) from Bill's perspective, released in late July 2024. Baby Bill became the subject of memes throughout August 2024 on sites including TikTok, Reddit and X / Twitter, including fan art and animations.

Origin

Alex Hirsch's The Book of Bill was released on July 23rd, 2024. The book is written as if by Bill Cipher. In one section titled "Early Years," Cipher shares a baby picture of himself, writing, "I had Velcro shoes that squeaked as I ran!" (shown below).

On July 24th, TikToker^[1] @emelos_bizzare posted a video in which they open and flip through the book, particularly focusing on the image of baby Bill Cipher, garnering over 764,000 views in two weeks (shown below).

Spread

Baby Bill Cipher, often referred to simply as Baby Bill, became the subject of further fan art, memes and other fan content throughout August 2024.

For example, on August 4th, 2024, X^[2] user @Kimu_DRAWS posted a clay figure of Baby Bill, garnering over 54,000 likes in five days (shown below, left). On August 5th, X^[3] user @anic_at posted a meme featuring Baby Bill that gained over 3,200 likes in four days (shown below, right).

On the same day, TikToker^[4] @maruchanart_ posted a video of themselves drawing Baby Bill with an oversized lollipop in his hand, garnering over a million views in four days. On August 6th, X^[5] user @Crespolini2003 posted a redraw of the ash baby meme as Baby Bill, garnering over 55,000 likes in three days (shown below).

On August 7th, 2024, X^[6] user @Atomikku370142 posted an animation of Baby Bill running in place in his squeaking Velcro sneakers, garnering over 19,000 likes in two days (shown below).

Baby Bill running in his squeaky shoes#TheBookOfBill #GravityFalls #BillCipher pic.twitter.com/vZUWjCklMf

— Atomikku (@Atomikku370142) August 8, 2024