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| Grunkle Stan | |
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| Gravity Falls character | |
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| First appearance | "Tourist Trapped" (2012) |
| Created by | Alex Hirsch |
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| Full name | Stanley Pines |
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| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Owner of the Mystery Shack |
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| Spouse | Marilyn Rosenstein[2] (ex-wife) |
| Origin | Glass Shard Beach, New Jersey |
| Home | Gravity Falls, Oregon |
| Nationality | American |
Stanley "Stan" Pines,[1] also known as "Grunkle Stan", and formerly known by the alias Stanford Pines, is a main character in the Disney Channel/Disney XD animated series Gravity Falls, created and voiced by the series creator Alex Hirsch. In an interview, Alex Hirsch stated that Grunkle Stan was loosely based on his grandfather, also named Stan.[4]
Stan is the great-uncle (or grunkle) of the show's two main protagonists, Dipper and Mabel Pines, who are sent to live with Stan at the Mystery Shack, his house and tourist trap which presents creatures and objects of supposedly supernatural origins. He is most often depicted wearing a black suit, white shirt, red string bow tie, red fez, and a cane topped by a billiard 8-ball. At home, he is usually seen wearing slippers, blue and white-striped boxer shorts, a white tank top and a gold necklace.[5]
At the beginning of the show, Stan, known as Stanford Pines, is portrayed as a relatively simple character, with his shady past being used primarily as a joke until later in the series.[6] In the episode "A Tale of Two Stans", his real name is revealed as Stanley Pines, who spent 30 years covertly working to bring his twin brother, the real Stanford Pines, back to their reality after being sucked through an inter-dimensional portal.[7]
- ^ a b c "A Tale of Two Stans". Gravity Falls. Season 2. Episode 12. July 13, 2015. Disney XD.
- ^ a b As stated in Gravity Falls: Journal 3
- ^ As stated in Gravity Falls: Lost Legends
- ^ "Access - D23". D23. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "Grunkle Stan Costume". Carbon Costume. 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "Grunkle Stan – Creative Analytics". Creative Analytics. 2016-12-14. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ Hill, Jim (2015-03-09). "Is Gravity Falls ' Grunkle Stan 'Not What He Seems'? Disney XD Episode Answers Big Questions Tonight". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-04-26.