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'''Stanley''', also known as '''Stanley the Bugman'''<ref name=TFNY>"There's MULTI SCREEN GREENHOUSE. With Stanley the Bugman fighting masses of creepy, crawly creatures." – [https://www.gameandwatch.ch/images/infos/flyer/flyer-pp-mag.jpg February 1983 Nintendo of America print ad]. Retrieved October 5, 2021.</ref><ref name=G&Wcatalog>"Stanley the Bugman battles creepy, crawly creatures." – [https://www.oocities.org/qj_gw/flyers/zelda3large.jpg July 1989 Game & Watch catalog from Nintendo of Japan]. Retrieved October 5, 2021.</ref><ref>"Donkey Kong later appeared in Donkey Kong III, where he antagonized a one-time hero known as Stanley the Bugman." – ''[[Mario Mania]] Player's Guide'', 1991, p. 16. [http://i.imgur.com/3joxMc0.png Scan here].</ref><ref>"''Also known as Donkey Kong Sr., Cranky’s days of kidnapping Pauline and terrorizing Mario and Stanley the Bugman have long since passed.''" – ''[[Prima Games|Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide]]'', ''Donkey Kong Country'' Characters Tab.</ref> (alternatively '''Stanley the bugman'''<ref>"Donkey Kong's loose in the greenhouse and only Stanley the bugman can stop him." – ''[[Donkey Kong 3]]'' NES instruction manual, p. 2.</ref><ref>"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". – "''Donkey Kong 3'': Bugman In the Greenhouse". ''The Official Nintendo Player's Guide'', 1987, p. 156.</ref><ref>"In ''Donkey Kong 3'', he makes trouble for Stanley the bugman." – "Sneak Peeks". ''{{wp|Nintendo Fun Club|Nintendo Fun Club News}}'' Vol. 5, Feb/March 1988, p. 10. [http://i.imgur.com/o6DeQcj.png Scan here].</ref> or '''Stanley the bug man'''<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Nintendo Power Pak Source''. Page 15. – "''Stanley the bug man has his hands full with a greenhouse full of pesky critters, including the most bothersome pest of all, Donkey Kong!''" [https://ia802809.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/14/items/NintendoPower-PakSource/PakSource.zip&file=np-11-115.jpg Scan here]</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]]''. He is also [[Mario]]'s cousin.

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 a greenhouse. 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 ape's help. The thief is finally arrested and Herman returns to Stanley, but Donkey Kong runs away once again.

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**''Donkey Kong 3''<br>6/86

**''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.''

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Greenhouse G&W Commercial.gif|Stanley in a commercial for ''Green House''