Stanley

This article is about the character who appears in Greenhouse and Donkey Kong 3. For the Boo character from Paper Mario, see Stanley (Paper Mario). For the Trouter character from the Nintendo Comics System, see Stanley the Talking Fish.

Stanley
Artwork from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Species	Human
First appearance	Green House (1982, overall) Donkey Kong 3 (1983, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance	Arcade Archives: Donkey Kong 3 (2019)

Stanley, also known as Stanley the Bugman (alternatively Stanley the bugman or Stanley the bug man), is a bug exterminator who first appeared in the Game & Watch game Green House. In this game, Stanley uses his spray gun to defeat hungry pests. He later appeared in the 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.

History

Green House

While the Green House manual refers to the playable character only as the "Fumigator," print ads and TV commercials refer to Stanley the Bugman by name. 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 series

Donkey Kong 3

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 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 Galaga.

Donkey Kong 3 (Game & Watch)

In the Game & Watch game 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 bees to move them toward one another and get them to sting the other.

Saturday Supercade

Stanley as he appears in "Greenhouse Gorilla"

Stanley made an appearance in the television series Saturday Supercade, in the 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, 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

The Classic version of Donkey Kong 3 (Game & Watch Gallery 4)

In the 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. 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.

Super Smash Bros. series

Stanley appears in Super Smash Bros. Melee as one of the many collectible 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. 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. In WarioWare: Twisted!, Stanley is playable in 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, 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, 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

Title	Description	Release Date	System/Format
Green House	Playable character	1982	Game & Watch
Donkey Kong 3	Playable character	1983	Arcade
Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū	Playable character	1984	NEC PC-88/Sharp X1/PC-6601
Donkey Kong 3	Playable character	1984	Game & Watch
Game & Watch Gallery 2	Cameo in the Museum	1997	Game Boy/Game Boy Color
Game & Watch Gallery 3	Playable character in port of Green House	1999	Game Boy Color
Super Smash Bros. Melee	Cameo as trophy	2001	Nintendo GameCube
Game & Watch Gallery 4	Playable character in port of the Game & Watch Donkey Kong 3	2002	Game Boy Advance
WarioWare: Twisted!	Playable character in microgame	2004	Game Boy Advance
WarioWare: Touched!	Playable character in microgame	2004	Nintendo DS
Game & Watch Collection	Playable character in port of Green House	2006	Nintendo DS
WarioWare: D.I.Y.	Playable character in microgame	2009	Nintendo DS
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase	Playable character in microgame	2009	WiiWare
NES Remix	Playable character in Donkey Kong 3 based challenges	2013	Wii U
NES Remix Pack	Playable character in Donkey Kong 3 based challenges	2014	Wii U
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Cameo as spirit; sprite used in attack	2018	Nintendo Switch

Profiles and statistics

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Trophy Stanley
	Game/move: Donkey Kong 3 6/86
	How to unlock: Randomly obtainable in 1-player modes or the Lottery after playing 200 VS matches
	Stanley is a plucky exterminator who takes on Donkey Kong and an army of insects in the third installment of the original Donkey Kong series. Stanley has a tough job: he has to chase Donkey Kong away to another greenhouse with his insect repellent, then climb up the ivy to pump the main hive with the deadly spray.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Spirit #139 Stanley
	Series/game	Donkey Kong Series
	Type	Primary
	Slots	2
	Class	Advanced
	Strength / effect(s)	Shield
	How to obtain	Spirit Board
Spirit battle	Opponent(s)	Villager (♂)
	Conditions	Rule: The enemy starts the battle with a Gust Bellows
	Stage	75 m
	Song	Donkey Kong / Donkey Kong Jr. Medley

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Stanley.

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Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	スタンリー[?] Sutanrī	Stanley
German	Stanley[?]	-
Italian	Stanley[?]	-
	Il giardiniere	The gardener
Russian	Стэнли[?] Stenli	Stanley