History WesternAnimation / Stanley

* AnAesop: When not specifically teaching information about animals, it was of the pro-social values and good behaviors type.

''But the book will help complete your chore!\\

* TalkingAnimal: But only his pets, who only talk to him, his Grandma Griff and his immediate circle of friends

''Stanley'' is an animated PreschoolShow about a six-year-old boy who [[AnimalLover loves animals]]. 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.

* GreatBigBookOfEverything: TropeNamer. Given to him by his Grandma Griff. A very special book -- not only does it contain an A-Z of animals, but it also contains magic properties. Stanley and others can "[[WesternAnimation/BluesClues skidoo]]" inside it, and the animals can escape from the book. However, even though the book in the show is referred to by its title, we only learn what it contains about animals.

''Stanley'' (2001-2004) was a show about a six-year-old first-grader who [[AnimalLover loves animals]]. 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, but it eventually got pulled off that schedule, too.

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

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Lionel in "Stanley's Great Big Book of Adventure" when he accuses Stanley of losing his lyrics to his new song[[note]]It was really stolen by a [[SeldomSeenSpecies kōkako, a bird from New Zealand]].[[/note]]:

''Stanley'' (2001-2004) was a show about animals.

[[WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic And that's pretty much what it was about, it was about animals]], not that it didn't try to teach lessons just like many other shows of this type.

'''Adventure-ho!'''

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.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Lionel in "Stanley's Great Big Book of Adventure" when he accuses Stanley of losing his lyrics to his new song[[note]]It was really stolen by a [[SeldomSeenSpecies kōkako]], a bird from New Zealand]].[[/note]]:

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Lionel in "Stanley's Great Big Book of Adventure" when he accuses Stanley of losing his lyrics to his new song[[note]]It was really stolen by a kōkako, a bird from New Zealand.[[/note]]:

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Lionel in "Stanley's Great Big Book of Adventure" when he accuses Stanley of losing his lyrics to his new song[[note]]In actuality, it was stolen by a kōkako, a bird from New Zealand.[[/note]]:

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Lionel in "Stanley's Great Big Book of Adventure" when he accuses Stanley of losing his lyrics to his new song:

** When Dennis performs the "Good as Gold" song because he fears he's being replaced with another pet, the shades that he wears and general stylings are definitely reminiscent of Music/EltonJohn. This seems to be have been confirmed officially in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rv-NhUfzLU comment]] by one of the show's storyboard artists.

* YouCanSayThatAgain: Stanley says this after Elsie tells him "Boy, do you have a problem" in "Kangaroo Cleanup," so Elsie does so. Harry then enters the room-- "Hey, Stanley, did you hear? You have a problem."

* BerserkButton: The "Great Big Book of Everything" song is more or less this to Dennis.

%%* AnAesop

* BerserkButton: The "Great Big Book of Everything" song is more or less this to Dennis.

* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: "Kangaroo Clean-Up" has Stanley's parents telling him to clean up his room or he'll lose dessert.

* EveryEpisodeEnding: Almost every episode ends with Stanley going to bed and telling Dennis what he learned in the episode. Stanley then wishes Dennis good night and Dennis wishes him in return "Good night, (animal) boy Stanley." (Insert type of animal featured within the story)

%%* FemaleFelineMaleMutt: Elsie and Harry respectively.

* OncePerEpisode: Stanley looks something up in the ''Great Big Book'' and Harry & Elsie perform their "Great Big Book of Everything" song, much to Dennis's dismay. Except in rare cases that Stanley goes online to look something up, in which case Harry and Elsie have an "online" variation of the song that they perform.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Again, the pets are all close, but Harry and Elsie appear to be each other's best friends too.