History WesternAnimation / Stanley

* AnAesop

* DogsAreDumb: Harry invokes this.

* ShoutOut

* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: In ''Stanley's Great Dinosaur Round-Up," Stanley's Uncle Stew says this word-for-word before performing "Believe in Your Dreams."

* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat: At one point in the TV movie, Dennis falsely believes that he won't have to hear The Great Book of Everything's annoying song when Harry and Elise are otherwise occupied. Unfortunately for him, despite not knowing exactly what Stanley is going to look up, they make a pre-recorded message and succeed in reminding Dennis to never get his hopes up when it comes to their dedication to the song.

* TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat

* WeirdnessCensor: On the rare occasions that anyone who is not Stanley, Grandma Griff, or one of Stanley's friends sees any weirdness associated with ''The Great Big Book'' (animals that have come out, etc.) or something like Harry & Elsie singing/talking, they will dismiss it as their eyes playing tricks on them or some sort of hallucination. One of the most blatant examples is in "A Boy's Best Friend Is His Fish" when Stanley and Mrs. Griff use a computer at the pet store to research goldfish and Mrs. Griff watches Harry and Elsie perform the online version of the ''The Great Big Book of Everything'' song, only to comment that that looked just like Harry and Elsie, but it couldn't be.

* WeirdnessCensor: On the rare occasions that anyone who is not Stanley, Grandma Griff, or one of Stanley's friends sees any weirdness associated with ''The Great Big Book'' (animals that have come out, etc.) or something like Harry & Elsie singing/talking, they will dismiss it as their eyes playing tricks on them or some sort of hallucination.

** This is one of few preschool series to get away with "stupid" (without it being cited as a "bad word").

** Probably the only preschool series to get away with "stupid" (without it being cited as a "bad word").

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. He would use his GreatBigBookOfEverything to learn about the animals.

* ShoutOut: In "Horsepower," both when Stanley first looks up horses in ''The Great Big Book of Everything'' and when one comes out of it, a bit of the theme from ''Series/GreenAcres'' is played. Additionally, Harry and Elsie reference the lyrics from the theme of ''Series/MisterEd'' when they perform the "Great Big Book of Everything" song. And in ''Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up," when Stanley asks what kind of animals are at the dude ranch, Mr. Griff states "they have horses, of courses."

* ShoutOut: In "Horsepower," both when Stanley first looks up horses in ''The Great Big Book of Everything'' and when one comes out of it, a bit of the theme from ''GreenAcres'' is played. Additionally, Harry and Elsie reference the lyrics from the theme of ''Series/MisterEd'' when they perform the "Great Big Book of Everything" song. And in ''Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up," when Stanley asks what kind of animals are at the dude ranch, Mr. Griff states "they have horses, of courses."

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

* 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.

* OstrichHeadHiding: In the Stanley episode, "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.

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