In the Cartoon Gravity Falls, protagonist Dipper Pines struggles with his masculinity - this is a recurring theme throughout the series (as seen in: S1 E6: Dipper vs. Manliness, S1 E11: Little Dipper, S1 E14: Bottomless Pit!!). A prepubescent boy, Dipper is often teased for his crack-y, squeaky voice, his noodle arms, and small stature. We find out in S1 E7: Double Dipper, that his name is a nickname, given to him because of a birthmark on his forehead that resembles the big dipper constellation. When referring to him, people sometimes shorten Dipper to Dip. In the episode Little Dipper, Dipper struggles with his confidence after finding out that his twin sister Mabel is slightly taller than him. Dipper's name has several phonological correlates that reflect his light weight short height, and even high-pitched voice.

In line with the baseball player name study, the more high vowels in a player’s name, the more likely they are to have a lower weight. Dipper has the [ɪ] vowel in his name, which is a high front vowel (Shih & Rudin 2021:24)

Additionally, players with shorter name length and fewer segments tend to weigh less. Dipper has two syllables, and his name is even shortened to “Dip”, which is only one syllable. (Shih & Rudin 2021:25) 

Additionally, Dipper has no sonorant consonants - which also correlates to a lighter weight. (Shih & Rudin 2021:27)

First vowel of his name is known as being ‘small’-sounding [ɪ] (Taylor 1976:322)

In the show, the twins’ guardian during the span of the summer is their great uncle Stan Pines– a gruff, crotchety old man. Throughout the show, he is largely referred to as Grunkle Stan– Grunkle being a shorthand for Great Uncle. Grunkle Stan is a tall, pudgy, yet burly man. They make several jokes about Stan’s body - about him wearing a girdle, his body changing, and Stan himself remarkng that he is fat. The phonology of Grunkle Stan's name shows several indicators of his personality and stature.

The glaring phonological correlate of this title is its proximity to the word Grump, something Stan certainly is. Sometimes they even describe him as being extra “grunkly” when he is in a particularly sour or surly mood.

Grunkle Stan has no high vowels in his name - which is sometimes associated with heavier bodyweight (Shih & Rudin 2021:24)

Grunkle Stan’s name is also three syllables - the more syllables in a name can often correlate to a heavier body weight  (Shih & Rudin 2021:25)

Stan’s name has Three sonorants [ŋ, n, and l] which are often associated with heavier bodyweight (Shih & Rudin 2021:27)