History WesternAnimation / Stanley

* EveryEpisodeEnding: Almost every episode ends with Stanley going to bed and telling Dennis what he learned in the episode.

%%* DeadpanSnarker: Dennis.
%%* DogsAreDumb: Harry invokes this.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: One episode was about the TyrannosaurusRex, while the TV movie has Brachiosaurus as the main dinosaur of focus.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** This is one of few preschool series to get away with using the word "stupid" without it being cited as a "bad word".
** In "Whole Lotta Snakin' Goin' On," a python escapes from the ''Great Big Book'' and mistakes a vacuum cleaner for another snake [[RoboSexual and tries to woo it.]]

''Stanley'' (2001-2002) was a show about animals.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Stanley and his classmates]]

The titular character was a six year-old first grader named Stanley. His pets are a goldfish named Dennis, a cat named Elsie, and a dog named Harry. He also has an older brother named Lionel and many adventures also involved his friends/classmates from school. He would use his GreatBigBookOfEverything to learn about the animals, or occasionally the Internet.

The show was seen for several years as part of the lineup of the Playhouse Disney block on Creator/DisneyChannel and later the 24/7 Disney Junior network.

* {{Animorphism}}: Occasionally, Stanley would become the animal of the day inside the book. In the beaver and hummingbird episodes for instance, his friends join in on the transformation.

** In "Whole Lotta Snakin' Goin' On," a python escapes from the ''Great Big Book'' and mistakes a vaccuum cleaner for another snake [[RoboSexual and tries to woo it.]]

* GreenAesop: The Earth Day story "Save the Bluebird," complete with an "Every Day is Earth Day" song peformed by just about the entire cast, including Stanley's pets. Additionally, "The Way of the Buffalo" has a fairly big one about conservation, enough so for Disney Junior to choose it for their Earth Day 2013 airing, despite the Earth Day song in "Save the Bluebird." Occasionally shows up at other times as well, given that it is a show about animals, some of which are threatened or endangered.

* OffscreenTeleportation: Harry and Elsie always appear to sing the song about the Big Book to annoy Denis. In some cases though, they ''literally'' appear out of ''nowhere'' (a pool restroom, a beach, an aquarium, etc.). Even Denis lampshades it.
-->'''Denis''': Don't you think it's rather [[{{Pun}} fishy]] how they pop up ''everywhere''?!
* OstrichHeadHiding: In "Honest Ostrich", Stanley feels he let Marci down when he can't find a soccer ball she let him borrow for a big game, and he wishes that he could hide his head in the sand like an ostrich and forget the whole day. Dennis points out to him that ostriches don't really hide their heads in the sand, and after finding out the truth in the GreatBigBookOfEverything, he finds out that ostriches really duck their heads in the grass to avoid being spotted by predators. Which isn't true either: ostriches don't hide their heads in the grass either to hide from predators. As the description says, they run.

* StatusQuoIsGod: In "Sheep and a Haircut," Mrs. Griff gets a new hairstyle, which Stanley has to get used to, the aesop being that change can be good. In the next episode, however, her hairstyle is right back to the one seen on her throughout the series.

* SurpriseParty: In "Dolphin Talk," it is Harry's birthday and Stanley, Mimi and Marci, Dennis and Elsie are all throwing him a surprise party, but he keeps popping up at inopportune moments when they're trying to get the party together. Thus, they go into ''The Great Big Book of Everything'' to learn about dolphin communication and settle on using hand signals to indicate to each other if Harry is about show up. In the end, things work out great and Harry is very surprised as he had forgotten that it was his birthday.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Dennis.

* EveryEpisodeEnding[=/=]GoToSleepEnding: Almost every episode ends with Stanley going to bed and telling Dennis what he learned in the episode.

* FemaleFelineMaleMutt: Elsie and Harry respectively.

* {{Animorphism}}: Occasionally, Stanley would become the animal of the day inside the book. In the beaver and hummingbird episodes, his friends join in on the transformation.

* OstrichHeadHiding: In "Honest Ostrich", Stanley feels he let Marci down when he can't find a soccer ball she let him borrow for a big game, and he wishes that he could hide his head in the sand like an ostrich and forget the whole day. Dennis points out to him that ostriches don't really hide their heads in the sand, and after finding out the truth in the GreatBigBookOfEverything, he finds out that ostriches really duck their heads in the grass to avoid being spotted by predators. So they tell the kids that one myth is not true, and replace it with a variant on the myth instead? Ostriches don't hide their heads in the grass either to hide from predators. As the description says, they run.

* OffscreenTeleportation: A Harry and Elsie always appear to sing the annoying song about the Big Book to annoy Denis. In some cases though, they literally appear out of ''nowhere'' (a pool restroom, an aquarium, etc.). Even Denis lampshades it.

* CoolBigBrother: Lionel was this to Stanley in later episodes, like "A Little Squirrel Music".

* BigBrotherBully: Lionel is this to Stanley in the episode "Watch Out for Lionels".

-->'''Denis''': Don't you think it's rather [[{{Pun}} fishy]] how they pop up everywhere?!

-->'''Denis''': Don't you think it's rather {{[[Pun fishy]]}} how they pop up everywhere?!

* OffscreenTeleportation: A Harry and Elsie always appear to sing the annoying song about the Big Book to annoy Denis. In some cases though, they literally appear out of ''nowhere.''

* OffscreenTeleportation: Harry and Elsie appear out of ''nowhere'' to sing the annoying song about the Big Book; Even Denis lampshades it
-->'''Denis''': How do you two always manage show up to sing that horrid song about that book, in even the most ''improbable'' places?

The titular character was a six year-old first grader named [[CaptainObvious Stanley]]. His pets are a goldfish named Dennis, a cat named Elsie, and a dog named Harry. He also has an older brother named Lionel and many adventures also involved his friends/classmates from school. He would use his GreatBigBookOfEverything to learn about the animals, or occasionally the Internet.

[[caption-width-right:350:Stanley Griff and his classmates]]

The titular character was a first grader named [[CaptainObvious Stanley]]. His pets are a goldfish named Dennis, a cat named Elsie, and a dog named Harry. He also has an older brother named Lionel and many adventures also involved his friends/classmates from school. He would use his GreatBigBookOfEverything to learn about the animals, or occasionally the Internet.

* AnimatedAdaptation: The TV show is actually based on a property of books and CD-ROM games by Griff, whose name was lent as the family name for Stanley and his family.

Its main character was a first grader named [[CaptainObvious Stanley]]. His pets are a goldfish named Dennis, a cat named Elsie, and a dog named Harry. He also has an older brother named Lionel and many adventures also involved his friends/classmates from school. He would use his GreatBigBookOfEverything to learn about the animals, or occasionally the Internet.

The series was seen for several years as part of the lineup of the Playhouse Disney block on Creator/DisneyChannel and later the 24/7 Disney Junior network.

* TitleThemeTune: Performed by the Baha Men, of all groups.

* {{Animorphism}}: Occasionally, Stanley would become the animal of the day inside the book. In the beaver episode, his friends join in on the transformation.

The series was seen for several years as part of the lineup of the Playhouse Disney block on Creator/DisneyChannel. Repeats are currently being aired as part of the 24/7 Disney Junior network.