51. A Boy's Best Friend Is His Fish
Dennis is worried that Stanley is planning to replace him with a new best friend fish-- one with more "pizazz."
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S3 E16 · A Little Bird Told Me
Stanley is a kids and animation TV series that premiered on Disney Channel on September 15, 2001. It has 3 seasons and 121 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 3 Episode 16 "A Little Bird Told Me", aired on October 20, 2006.
Six-year-old Stanley and his pet goldfish Dennis get up close and personal with the animal kingdom as they hop inside their Great Big Book of Everything to learn valuable lessons about themselves and the animals they encounter.
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121 episodes · 3 seasons
2001 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 24 years ago
Dennis is worried that Stanley is planning to replace him with a new best friend fish-- one with more "pizazz."
Lionel decides to write a song about squirrels and Stanley for a song-writing contest.
The kids are scared of a new boy at school named Walter.
Dennis has trouble adjusting when Stanley brings a musk turtle for a visit.
Stanley chooses the Eastern Bluebird as the animal to help for his Earth Day project.
Stanley, Marci and Mimi wonder if spring will arrive.
Stanley has a hard time fitting in with his friends.
Stanley worries about losing a tooth.
Elsie waits impatiently for a butterfly to hatch from a chrysalis.
Mimi learns that "yucky" worms are actually beneficial to her garden.
The Griffs are getting ready to go to a concert, but Stanley wants to stay home and play.
Lester spends the night at Stanley's house.
Stanley's Grandma Griff brings along a surprise visitor when she comes to babysit Stanley.
Stanley is afraid of losing his dad's respect when he spills his breakfast.
Stanley, Marci and Mimi find a lost puppy.
Stanley wakes up with a cold.
Stanley wishes Lester wouldn't imitate him.
Stanley turns detective to find out who or what is overturning his garbage can every night.
Stanley loses a sneaker and wishes he were an elephant because elephants never forget.
Stanley, Mimi and Marci feel that safety rules are keeping them from having fun.
Stanley searches for a way to send his mom a quick letter.
Stanley, Marci and Mimi are upset their parents do not allow them to leave the house.
Stanley looks up animals that laugh.
Stanley, Mimi and Marci decide to build a clubhouse for their new nature club.
Stanley is worried that he is the only kid his age who doesn't know how to ice skate.
Stanley learns about camouflage.
Stanley and Lionel learn to cooperate.
Wanting attention from Lionel, Stanley wonders what it would be like to be T-Rex where he'd HAVE to give him attention.
Stanley wants a pair of Savannah Speeders sneakers so he can be fast enough to win a race.
Mimi and Marci search for the perfect pet for them.
Stanley is given a costume of an unusual animal to wear to school.
When Stanley discovers that he's outgrown his old pajamas, he gets upset because he likes them so much. He then learns about snakes - who shed their skin when they outgrow the old ones.
Stanley and his friends are planning a surprise party for Harry, and try to keep him from finding out about it. They then learn about dolphins, who are great at communicating without words.
Stanley tries to hide that fact that he lost his friend Marci's soccer ball.
Stanley wants to put on an animal show all by himself.
Stanley learns about sloths.
Stanley worries about singing in a school play. To get over his fear, he decides to learn about whales.
Stanley learns how polar bears are insulated against the cold.
Stanley looks up deserts in "The Great Big Book of Everything" and learns about camels.
Stanley has trouble learning to climb on monkey bars.
Elsie does not want to play a hide-and-seek game with Stanley while wearing a tiger costume.
Stanley worries over night noises.
Stanley is nervous about going swimming in the big pool.
Stanley is getting too big for his old bed and needs a new one, but he doesn't want to give up the old bed. After a rough night of sleeping, Stanley learns about hermit crabs and how they move into new homes.
Stanley's big brother, Lionel is always pestering him. What can Stanley do to defend himself? He then learns about armadillos in "The Great Big Book of Everything".
Stanley creates a kite for a competition.
Stanley has trouble understanding why sleep is important.
Stanley wants to bring a shark to school for a show-and-tell presentation.
Stanley decides to trade his Daddy for a lion Daddy.
Stanley thinks a kangaroo could help him clean the mess he made in his parent's room.
2002 · 50 episodes · Last episode: 22 years ago
While at the zoo, Stanley and Lester visit the mandrill exhibit and learn about different creature habitats.
Stanley and Lester learn how to work together to stand up against a bully.
Lester is upset because he is always found when he plays games of hide-and-seek with Stanley, Mimi and Marci, and then tagged before he can reach base. He looks up jackrabbits with Stanley's permission, after Dennis tells him about how they often play hide-and-seek.
When Lionel gets a practical joke kit, he uses it to play tricks on Stanley at every turn. Stanley learns about foxes in The Great Big Book of Everything in the hopes of avoiding his brother's tricks.
Stanley and Lester learn about flying squirrels after discovering that Lester's new toy can't actually fly.
Stanley and his Dad play the recorder for the family, while Dennis shows how nightingales sing.
Stanley doesn't understand why his Mom won't let him eat more snacks so close to dinner time. So Stanley learns about the vole, who eats and then store their food for later.
Stanley misses the ice cream truck and now he's the only one without ice cream. He really wants some, so Dennis tells Stanley about cows and how they are involved in the making of ice cream.
Stanley and Lester decide to live in Stanley's treehouse.
Stanley and friends learn about X-rays.
Roadrunners help Stanley to learn that energy from food is important when it comes to physical activity.
Stanley and his friends learn that flocking together can help them keeping from getting lost.
Stanley learns to feel good about himself.
Stanley tries to get super vision.
Stanley and Lester hope that learning about the ox will help them to climb a mountain.
Lester is upset about missing out on winter vacation fun due to a trip to his grandparents.
Stanley learns about sea otters.
After Lester's sister Samantha throws a tantrum, Stanley and his friends learn about Tasmanian devils and how tantrums are used to communicate.
Stanley meets his cousin Max at a family reunion picnic and discovers that Max loves animals too.
Stanley learns that sea horses are great Dads and learns to appreciate his own stay-at-home Dad in the process.
Stanley learns about koalas.
Stanley learns about hummingbirds' tongues after Lionel's baseball falls down a hole.
Stanley and his friends have trouble putting together a jigsaw puzzle featuring a picture of several zebras.
Marci irritates Stanley and his friends when she tries to be the only leader for a game of "follow-the-leader."
Mimi lets a spelling bee victory go to her head and starts bossing around Stanley and Marci.
Stanley and his friends learn that rumors shouldn't necessarily be taken at face value.
Stanley learns about fireflies.
A raven steals Lionel's camera.
Stanley and Marci want to be like pigs, thinking that they get to roll around in mud all day.
Stanley, Mimi and Marci hope that learning about how spiders weave webs will help them weave potholders for their moms.
Dad and Lionel are building a bookcase together, and Stanley wants to help. Unfortunately, he's too little to use any of the tools his dad and Lionel are using. So he looks in the Great Big Book of Everything, and hopes to learn about carpentry from a Sawfish and a Hammerhead Shark.
When the Griffs go out and spend a day at the beach, Stanley forgets to put on sunscreen, and eventually gets sunburned, and turns red (like a lobster). Since he can't go back in the sun, he stays under a beach umbrella, and he and Dennis learn about lobsters.
Learning about flamingos helps Mimi with a difficult ballet position.
Stanley learns that humans are not the only animals that show off.
Lionel needs someway for his cardboard car to run without pedals or a motor. Stanley thinks about animals who are useful for powerful transportation.
Stanley learns how mockingbirds mock other birds.
Harry is sprayed by a skunk when Stanley absentmindedly lets him off-leash during a camping trip.
Stanley tries to silence a woodpecker that is distracting is father from working on an important comic.
All the kids are invited to a Halloween party at Grandma Griff's house.
Dennis and Stanley learn about pelicans.
The kids visit the aquarium.
Stanley learns about roosters.
Stanley loses The Great Big Book of Everything.
Stanley learns about goats when he wants an animal to help his Dad out in the garden.
Lester and Stanley argue about dragons.
Stanley is afraid to try new foods when he is invited to his friend Jane's house. But soon he learns to like the Chinese food learns about the Giant Panda.
Dennis wishes he could fly, and gets rather depressed when he realizes that his dream will never come true. Stanley wants to cheer up his best friend, so he turns to the Great Big Book of Everything to learn about an amazing fish species called the Flying Fish.
Stanley gets a new scooter, but doesn't want to wear the protective gear with it, fearing everyone will laugh at him. He then learns about Rhinos, who have built-in padding and protection.
The electricity at Stanley's house goes off, right in the middle of his favorite game show. Not happy at all about that, Stanley turns to the Great Big Book of Everything to learn about Electric Eels - so maybe they can bring back the power.
Stanley learns about teeth.
2004 · 19 episodes · Last episode: 20 years ago
When Lionel accidentally falls into The Great Big Book of Everything, it's up to Stanley and Dennis to get him back, while finding themselves getting lost in many different habitats. Meanwhile, Harry and Elsie are monitoring the situation, but accidentally tear the book apart, which causes both the pages and all the animals and habitats to get all mixed up and leave Stanley and Dennis trapped inside the book. So, with the help of Marci, Mimi and Lester, Harry and Elsie must get all the pages back together in the right order in order to save their friends.
When Lionel accidentally falls into The Great Big Book of Everything, it's up to Stanley and Dennis to get him back, while finding themselves getting lost in many different habitats. Meanwhile, Harry and Elsie are monitoring the situation, but accidentally tear the book apart, which causes both the pages and all the animals and habitats to get all mixed up and leave Stanley and Dennis trapped inside the book. So, with the help of Marci, Mimi and Lester, Harry and Elsie must get all the pages back together in the right order in order to save their friends.
When Lionel accidentally falls into The Great Big Book of Everything, it's up to Stanley and Dennis to get him back, while finding themselves getting lost in many different habitats. Meanwhile, Harry and Elsie are monitoring the situation, but accidentally tear the book apart, which causes both the pages and all the animals and habitats to get all mixed up and leave Stanley and Dennis trapped inside the book. So, with the help of Marci, Mimi and Lester, Harry and Elsie must get all the pages back together in the right order in order to save their friends.
Stanley decides to contribute to the community, following the example of a cedar waxwing in his yard.
The Griff family flies to a Caribbean island because Stanley's mother is taking part in a dental conference there. When Stanley finds a piece of coral on the beach that he wants to give to his mother, Jean, a local, tells him about the curse of the angry coral. From then on, the strangest things happen and Stanley wonders if this curse actually exists.
Stanley and his pets learn about ladybugs after discovering their backyard is infested with aphids.
Stanley and Grandma Griff are snowed in and learn about snowshoe hares and how they move around in the snow.
Stanley's mom gets a new haircut and Stanley isn't too comfortable with it.
Stanley and his mom welcome a new family to the neighborhood.
Stanley's family goes to visit Grandma Harriet in the city.
Stanley and his friends help come up with ideas for a new team mascot, but Stanley keeps being wasteful of things.
Stanley is chosen as the turkey in the school's Thanksgiving pageant.
Jane is crushed when a trip to China is canceled.
A snow leopard is behind the odd happenings around Stanley's house.
Stanley wants to hide from Lionel when his day at the beach doesn't go as planned.
Stanley and his friends learn about hamsters after losing their class hamster Harley while cleaning his cage.
Created by Jim Jinkins and David Campbell
Stanley has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on October 20, 2006.
The most recent episode of Stanley, Season 3 Episode 16 "A Little Bird Told Me", aired on October 20, 2006.
Stanley has 3 seasons with 121 episodes in total.
Stanley first aired on Disney Channel on September 15, 2001.
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