Editing Stanley

{{about|the character who appears in [[Greenhouse]] and [[Donkey Kong 3]]|the [[Boo]] character from [[Paper Mario]]|[[Stanley (Paper Mario)]]|the [[Trouter]] character from the [[Nintendo Comics System]]|[[Stanley the Talking Fish]]}}

{{character infobox

|image=[[File:SSBU Stanley Spirit.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''

|species=Human

|first_appearance=''[[Greenhouse|Green House]]'' ([[List of games by date#1982|1982]], overall)<br>''[[Donkey Kong 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1983|1983]], [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 3|Arcade Archives: Donkey Kong 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])

'''Stanley''', also known as '''Stanley the Bugman'''<ref name=TFNY>{{cite|quote=There's MULTI SCREEN GREENHOUSE. With Stanley the Bugman fighting masses of creepy, crawly creatures.|url=www.gameandwatch.ch/images/infos/flyer/flyer-pp-mag.jpg|title=February 1983 Nintendo of America print ad|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=May 20, 2024}}</ref><ref name=G&Wcatalog>{{cite|quote=Stanley the Bugman battles creepy, crawly creatures.|url=www.oocities.org/qj_gw/flyers/zelda3large.jpg|title=July 1989 Game & Watch catalog from Nintendo of Japan|accessdate=October 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=Donkey Kong later appeared in Donkey Kong III, where he antagonized a one-time hero known as Stanley the Bugman.|title=''[[Mario Mania]] Player's Guide''|page=16|date=August 1991|url=i.imgur.com/3joxMc0.png|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=Also known as Donkey Kong Sr., Cranky’s days of kidnapping Pauline and terrorizing Mario and Stanley the Bugman have long since passed.|title=''[[Prima Games|Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide]]'', ''Donkey Kong Country'' Characters Tab|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us}}</ref> (alternatively '''Stanley the bugman'''<ref>{{cite|quote=Donkey Kong's loose in the greenhouse and only Stanley the bugman can stop him.|title=''[[Donkey Kong 3]]'' NES instruction manual|page=2|date=1986|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=Stanley the bugman has his hands full in the greenhouse with flowers to protect and snakes, bees and Donkey Kong making all kinds of trouble.|title="''Donkey Kong 3'': Bugman In the Greenhouse". ''The Official Nintendo Player's Guide''|page=156|date=1987|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=In ''Donkey Kong 3'', he makes trouble for Stanley the bugman.|title="Sneak Peeks". ''{{wp|Nintendo Fun Club|Nintendo Fun Club News}}'' Vol. 5|date=Feb/March 1988|page=[http://i.imgur.com/o6DeQcj.png 10]}}</ref> or '''Stanley the bug man'''<ref>{{cite|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|title=''Nintendo Power Pak Source''|page=[https://ia802809.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/14/items/NintendoPower-PakSource/PakSource.zip&file=np-11-115.jpg 15]|quote=Stanley the bug man has his hands full with a greenhouse full of pesky critters, including the most bothersome pest of all, Donkey Kong!}}</ref>), is a bug exterminator who first appeared in the [[Game & Watch]] game ''[[Greenhouse|Green House]]''. In this game, Stanley uses his [[sprayer|spray gun]] to defeat hungry pests. He later appeared in the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'' franchise]] as the protagonist of the game ''[[Donkey Kong 3]]'', in which he battles with [[Donkey Kong]] and several insects in a greenhouse with his spray. Stanley also battles Donkey Kong in ''[[Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū]]''.

===''Green House''===

While the ''Green House'' manual refers to the playable character only as the "Fumigator,"<ref>{{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/20221127122702/http://www.intheattic.co.uk/greenhouse.htm|deadlink=y|title=''Greenhouse'' info page|publisher=In The Attic|language=en-gb}}</ref> print ads and TV commercials refer to Stanley the Bugman by name.<ref name=TFNY/><ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdGGhQEgDGA|title=Nintendo Game & Watch commercial|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=January 15, 2023}}</ref><ref name=G&Wcatalog/> Stanley must defend his plants from inchworms and spiders that seek to devour his flowers. Unlike his later depictions, he appears much taller in character artwork. He wears a white cap, a red shirt, and khaki trousers. Stanley also appears in the game's port included in ''[[Game & Watch Collection]]''.

 

====''Donkey Kong 3''====

[[File:DK3 Arcade Blue Greenhouse.png|thumb|''Donkey Kong 3'']]

Stanley reappears as the protagonist of ''[[Donkey Kong 3]]''. Stanley works as a simple fumigator when [[Donkey Kong]] and various insects attack his greenhouse. In order to put a stop to Donkey Kong, Stanley needs to spray him and the insects with his [[sprayer]] while also trying to keep the bugs away from his plants. After pushing Donkey Kong up into a [[beehive]], Donkey Kong flees to another greenhouse and Stanley chases after him in order to continue driving him off. In the arcade version, the bugs eat Stanley if he is defeated by one, while in the [[Arcade Classics Series|Family Computer version]], the bugs do not eat him, and instead simply disappear. His current appearance of being short, round-faced, bucktoothed, and clad in overalls is established in this game.

====''Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū''====

Stanley is once again the protagonist of the 1984 game ''[[Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū]]''. His role is very similar to ''Donkey Kong 3'' in that he must spray Donkey Kong to the top of the screen and while also blasting the invading bees, although this time there are no plants to protect, nor are there any multi-level platforms. These changes make for something that is somewhat akin to ''{{wp|Galaga}}''.

====''Donkey Kong 3'' (Game & Watch)====

In the [[Game & Watch]] game ''[[Donkey Kong 3 (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong 3]]'', Stanley and Donkey Kong, who now uses his own sprayer, are at opposite ends of the greenhouse, where they spray at the [[Buzzbee|bee]]s to move them toward one another and get them to sting the other.

===''Saturday Supercade''===

[[File:Stanleycade.png|thumb|left|Stanley as he appears in "Greenhouse Gorilla"]]

Stanley made an appearance in the television series ''[[Saturday Supercade]]'', in the ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' episode "[[Greenhouse Gorilla]]," where he is the owner of [[Stanley's Nursery]]. Here he is seen taking care of a carnivorous plant called [[Herman (Saturday Supercade)|Herman]], but then a thief (only referred once as [[Mr. X]]) steals it while Stanley is occupied with spraying a bug. The thief then convinces Donkey Kong that Stanley is the one who wanted to hurt the plant, so he starts throwing beehives at him. Once again, Stanley is too occupied fighting the bugs and lets the thief and Donkey Kong run away with Herman. Stanley then joins forces with [[Mario]] and [[Pauline]] and starts chasing them. After a confrontation at a supermarket, and one at a manor where a "grand ball" was taking place, Pauline convinces Donkey Kong that the thief is the evil one, so they finally defeat him with the [[Kong]]'s help. The thief is finally arrested and Herman returns to Stanley, but Donkey Kong runs away once again.

===''Game & Watch Gallery'' series===

[[File:G&WG4 Donkey Kong 3.png|frame|right|The Classic version of ''[[Donkey Kong 3 (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong 3]]'' (''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]'')]]

In the [[Game & Watch Gallery (series)|''Game & Watch Gallery'' series]], Stanley is first seen in the [[Museum]]'s ''Green House'' exhibit in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]''. He also appears in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 3]]''{{'}}s Classic version of ''Greenhouse'', although the Modern version replaces him with a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]. In ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]'', Stanley is playable in the Classic version of the Game & Watch game ''Donkey Kong 3''; however, the Modern version replaces him with [[Mario]].

Stanley appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' as one of the many collectible [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophies]]. His overalls are white instead of red but his shirt remains blue, like how his sprite looks in the NES port. [[Mr. Game & Watch]] also uses the sprayer as a weapon called ''Greenhouse'', matching its first appearance, and continues to use it in later games in the series as his neutral attack.

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Stanley appears as a [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]]. In this game, Mr. Game & Watch's ''Greenhouse'' attack transforms him into Stanley's ''Green House'' sprite.

===''WarioWare'' series===

Stanley makes various cameos in the [[WarioWare (series)|''WarioWare'' series]]. In ''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]'', Stanley is playable in [[Donkey Kong 3 (WarioWare: Twisted!)|Donkey Kong 3]], where he has to spray Donkey Kong until he gets his head stuck in a beehive. In ''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]'', Stanley is playable in another microgame titled [[Donkey Kong 3 (WarioWare: Touched!)|Donkey Kong 3]], where instead of spraying Donkey Kong, Stanley blows clouds out of his mouth to move him up into a beehive. In ''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y.]]'', Stanley appears in the microgame [[Greenhouse (microgame)|Greenhouse]], where he has to defend his plants from two worms. In ''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]]'', Stanley is playable in [[DK 3]], where the objective is identical as the Donkey Kong 3 microgame in ''WarioWare: Twisted!''

===Other appearances===

In ''[[NES Remix]]'', Stanley is the playable character in various ''Donkey Kong 3'' based challenges, which only appear in the Bonus stages.

==List of appearances==

{|class="wikitable sortable" width=100%

!width=40%|Title

!width=20%|Description

!width=20%|Release Date

!width=20%|System/Format

|''[[Donkey Kong 3]]''

|Playable character

|[[List of games by date#1983|1983]]

|Arcade

|Playable character

|[[List of games by date#1984|1984]]

|{{wp|PC-8800 series|NEC PC-88}}/Sharp X1/PC-6601

|''[[Donkey Kong 3 (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong 3]]''

|Playable character

|1984

|Game & Watch

|''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]''

|Cameo in the [[Museum]]

|[[List of games by date#1997|1997]]

|[[Game Boy]]/[[Game Boy Color]]

|''[[Game & Watch Gallery 3]]''

|Playable character in port of ''Green House''

||[[List of games by date#1999|1999]]

|Game Boy Color

|''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''

|Cameo as [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]]

|[[List of games by date#2001|2001]]

|[[Nintendo GameCube]]

|''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]''

|Playable character in port of the Game & Watch ''Donkey Kong 3''

|[[List of games by date#2002|2002]]

|[[Game Boy Advance]]

|''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]''  

|Playable character in microgame

|[[List of games by date#2004|2004]]

|Game Boy Advance

|''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]''

|Playable character in microgame

|''[[Game & Watch Collection]]''

|Playable character in port of ''Green House''

||[[List of games by date#2006|2006]]

|Nintendo DS

|''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y.]]''

|[[List of games by date#2009|2009]]

|Nintendo DS

|''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]]''

|Playable character in microgame

|''[[NES Remix]]''

|Playable character in ''Donkey Kong 3'' based challenges

|[[List of games by date#2013|2013]]

|''[[NES Remix Pack]]''

|Playable character in ''Donkey Kong 3'' based challenges

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[[Category:Characters from other Nintendo games]]

[[Category:Donkey Kong characters]]

[[Category:Saturday Supercade characters]]

[[Category:Super Smash Bros. Melee trophies]]

[[Category:Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirits]]

[[Category:WarioWare: Twisted! characters]]