Stanley Pines

### Aliases

Stanford PinesGrunkle StanStan PinesMr. MysteryS618Mr. Pines061800The Old OneStetson PinefieldHal ForresterAndrew"8-Ball" AlcatrazSteve PiningtonMayor Pines

### Relatives

* Filbrick Pines (father, deceased)
* Caryn Pines (mother, deceased)
* Stanford Pines (older twin brother)
* Marilyn (ex-wife)
* Shermie Pines (brother)
* Carmelita Aves (daughter)
* Dipper and Mabel's parents (nephew and niece-in-law)
* Mabel Pines (great-niece)
* Dipper Pines (great-nephew)
* Zoe Aves (granddaughter)
* Frida Aves (adopted granddaughter)

### Affiliation

* The Mystery Shack
* StanCo (formerly)

## Physical description

### Eye color

Dark

**Stanley "Stan" Pines,** also known as **Grunkle Stan**, and currently under the assumed identity of Stanford Pines, is Dipper and Mabel Pines great uncle and summer guardian. After many years of crime and infamy, he has taken up residence in the remote town of Gravity Falls, Oregon, where he exploits local lore and the gullibility of the "dumbest people in the world"] to finance himself by running a dubious tourist trap known as the Mystery Shack. Despite his initial claims of skepticism to the supernatural, he is later revealed to be deeply connected with the paranormal and about the town's weird paranormal status, most notably the decades-long operation of an interdimensional portal he used to rescue his twin brother, Ford Pines. He became the new mayor of Gravity Falls after winning the election.

## Appearance

Grunkle Stan has brown eyes with cataracts, gray eyebrows, and gray hair, that is almost always covered by Stan's trademark maroon fez, which bears a yellow crescent shape and later a similar figure, albeit with straight edges, with a dot next to it, resembling an oyster with a pearl in it. He bears a somewhat large, droopy, reddish-pinkish nose, large ears, and fair skin. Stan has wrinkly skin as a result of his age, a slouched posture, and a faded burn mark of the symbol on the side of Ford's desk on his upper right back. He usually wears a pair of rectangular glasses with a black rim. Stan has a perpetual five o'clock shadow covering his lower face. Stan's typical outfit is a black suit, with the jacket buttoned closed, a bow tie similar in color to his fez, and a white dress shirt. He also wears big, light brown shoes and the aforementioned fez and glasses. He frequently carries an eight ball cane with him and often
wears an unnecessary eye-patch over one of his eyes while working.

When his youth was restored Stan appeared as a teen boy, sporting a brown mullet, a grey shirt with a green combat vest, dark grey pants and boots.

## Biography

### Early Life

Stanley Pines was born on June 15th between 1952 and 1954 to Filbrick and Caryn Pines in Glass Shard Beach, New Jersey, about 15 minutes after his twin brother Ford. He was raised Jewish, but now identifies as atheist.He and his twin brother Stanford were very close, Stan's strong, brawny personality combining well with Ford's brilliance: when together, they were an unstoppable pair. Stan also faced frequent bullying due to his weak appearance as a child, most notably from childhood foe Crampelter. This eventually inspired their father to force the twins into taking boxing lessons, as a means of toughening them up and giving them the strength to overcome their tormentors.

Stan's teenage years were initially pleasant, frequenting the 50's-themed Juke Joint with then-girlfriend Carla McCorkle  and building their ship - named the *Stan o' war -* with Ford, as they hoped to fulfill their childhood dreams of sailing around the world searching for adventure. His aspirations began to crumble near the end of senior year, when Stanford's intellect attracted the interest of West Coast Tech (a prestigious college on the other side of the country, which meant he'd move away from him), and with Carla ending their relationship over her infatuation with hippie musician Thistle Downe. Stan would later confess to having driven Downe's van into a ravine in an act of revenge, which only served to further alienate Carla from him.

On the verge of losing his closest friend, barely passing high school and seemingly destined to stay in Glass Shard Beach forever, Stan took his frustrations out on Ford's infinite motion machine, accidentally damaging it and causing its malfunction. As his Toffee Peanuts bag was found at the machine's display, Ford accused Stan of sabotage, driving a wedge between the twins and prompting their father to disown Stan for losing them the "potential millions" Ford's scientific achievements would've reaped. With no friends or family to turn to, a furious Stanley set out on his own, determined to acquire fame and fortune twice the size his twin ever would've earned.

After a failed foray into combing beaches for buried treasure, Stan founded Stan Co. Enterprises. Through his self-managed company, Stan made and sold a variety of cheap and poorly-constructed household utilities, from Stan Co. Pitchforks (whose heads tended to fall off) to the "Sham Total" sham towels, both of which resulted in Stan Co. Enterprises, along with Stan himself, being banned from the state of New Jersey. The process repeated itself in Pennsylvania with his rash-inducing "Rip-Off" band aids. After the failure of his "Stan Vac" vacuums, Stan expanded his business out of the country, resulting in a heist gone awry in Colombia , which landed him in one of the country's prisons alongside cellmates Jorge and Rico. Stan attempted to bond with them, much to both prisoners' intense dislike.

Upon his release, Stanley returned to the United States. Banned from 32 of the 50 states, imprisoned in three different countries, however his life changed when he met Phil Ken Sebben and Lydia Gilligan who trained him to become a Huntsman to pay off his debts and do some of the jobs for Sebben. In heady he arrived in Miracle City, Mexico and met Pachita Aves, the two bonded over time and had a romantic affair. He was ready to make a life in Miracle City, until the arrival of a postcard from his brother Stanford, the first he had heard from his twin in over 10 years. It contained a desperate plea for Stan's presence.

Stan traveled to his brother's new home in the woods of Gravity Falls, Oregon, to find Ford confined in his shack and borderline insane with paranoia. Ford then revealed his underground laboratory and the Universe Portal to his brother, vaguely explaining that its powers were too dangerous and that he needed Stan to take one of Ford's journals, which contained information as to its operation, and go as far away as possible to protect them from falling into the wrong hands. Furious that Ford had only summoned him to send him away again, Stan initiated an argument and prepared to burn the book to spite Ford, causing a fistfight between the two. During the brawl, which caused Stan to burn his back on one of the symbols in the machinery, the device was inadvertently activated, and Stan unintentionally pushed his brother into the portal's range, sending Ford through the dimensional rift before its immediate shutdown from lack of fuel. Stan spent the following weeks plagued by insomnia and guilt, cloistered in the lab in an attempt to turn the portal on and bring Ford back again, only to realize it was hopeless without the other two journals.

Upon venturing into town once the food ran out, Stan discovered the locals were curious about Ford's house, and even willing to pay for a look, which prompted him to open it up for tours, building fanciful faux-paranormal props when Ford's inventions failed to garner interest. With Stan's witty remarks and jokes to liven the visits, the house eventually attracted enough popularity to become the Murder Hut, and later the Mystery Shack, a tourist trap focused on 'paranormal' exhibits. Faking his own death in a car crash, Stan took up his brother's identity to remain legally in the property and pay Ford's mortgage; he boarded up Ford's old bedroom and hid access to the lab behind a vending machine in the gift shop. He ran the tourist trap during the day for profit, but by night worked tirelessly to locate his brother's hidden journals and reactivate the portal, hoping to one day bring him back home.

## Personality

Grunkle Stan is a gruff, selfish, cynical, greedy, and childish salesman/conman with Hunter training. Who has managed to set up his shop in a town with enough unsuspecting customers to sell worthless knickknacks to. His flair for showmanship is oddly hypnotizing, and thus he is able to make money by peddling the bogus trinkets and baubles in his store.

Despite these traits, he does show care for his family. Wanting Dipper and Mabel to like him, and having worked endlessly to save his brother by reopening the portal. Upon meeting his own child and grandchildren, Stanley admits that had he known about them he would have told his ex-wife that he was alive. Wanting to make up for the lost time, despite the awkwardness of it all.

## Weapon

ReFund - Specialized gauntlets Stanley made to make use of the boxing style he learned as a child, these weapons enhance his strength and have wrist launchers for firing Dust rounds.

## Powers and Abilities

### Semblance

Conman's Suggestion - Stan is able to trick anyone who hears his voice when he uses his Semblance into believing anything he say's.

## Relationships

### Family

Stanford Pines - His long-lost brother which he has been working endlessly to save him. Attempting to re-open the portal his brother made and get him back from wherever he is. Stating nobody, not even close friends and family would stop him.

Dipper Pines - Dipper is Stan's great-nephew. Stan does not often supervise Dipper as he is supposed to as the boy's summer caretaker, and is known to hand unpleasant duties to Dipper in particular, angering the boy and even leading him to question Stan's affection for him on occasion. Stan often takes delight in teasing him over his size and his nerdiness which greatly annoys Dipper. Stan finds Dipper's intellectual interests boring and difficult to empathize with. However, Stan seems to have a soft spot for both of the twins, and is well-meaning in his treatment of his great-nephew [interview]: Dipper reminds him of his younger self and how he was often preyed upon by bullies. Stan believes that making him do hard things will toughen him up and teach him to stand up for himself.
Stan is proud when Dipper stands up to others, including him, and has been shown to empathize deeply with his nephew's girl troubles, offering his help with them whenever possible.

Mabel Pines - Mabel is Stan's great-niece. Mabel's sweet, accomodating disposition and love of aesthetics often clash with Stan's forceful methods and sloppiness, occasionally leading to self-improvement attempts that Stan
nevertheless goes along with tolerantly (like curing his fear of heights or overcoming his inability to speak with then-crush Lazy Susan ). Stan can be protective of his niece and, as with Dipper, he will get jealous when she spends time with others instead of him or expresses admiration of Ford Stan appears baffled by and unwilling to participate in Mabel's more flamboyant plans, sometimes refusing to aknowledge that she is up to
something weird or opposing her worldview entirely He seems more capable of understanding Mabel than Dipper, often joining her in teasing Dipper and sharing interests (like their love of Duck-tective). Stan notably has nicknames for Mabel (calling her 'sweetie' and 'pumpkin') whereas he has only referred to Dipper as 'Dippy' in writing. This ease in showing emotion for Mabel could be due Stan not feeling the pressure of having to toughen her up for the world.

This doesn't make Mabel exempt from his schemes, as she is shown to be involved as often as Dipper is.

**Carmelita Aves** **-** Stan’s biological daughter who he unaware of at the time until meeting her, prompted him to faint upon meeting her.

**Zoe Aves** - Zoe was introduced to him by an old flame from his last as his biological granddaughter, the revelation of this news prompted him to faint upon finding out he’s now a grandfather. Stan instantly bonded with Zoe when she offered to help him on his criminal activities, even offered to help rig the election by removing all of his criminal records to win.

**Frida Aves -** He was confused at first by her looks when told she was his granddaughter, later told she was adopted with Stan accepting it.

### Romantic

**Lady Gobbler -** Stan's met Gobbler, or Pachita by tricking her with his cons. This caused him to be on the run from her where eventually the two had to work together to escape the law, all while battling their wits against one another. Through their battles, they eventually fell in love but had a falling out when Stan left upon receiving a message from his brother and never wrote back.

Upon meeting again, Pachita was angry at him for abandoning his daughter. While guilty, he states that had he known he would have written back and showed his reasoning for leaving. The two, while no longer in love, are in tense terms now with Pachita wanting him to connect with his daughter and granddaughters. While uncomfortable, Stan agrees to it.

### Friends

**Wendy Corduroy** - Wendy is Stan's employee. Stan is harsh on her, contributing to her view of him as the "worst boss ever", but this apparently stems from Stan's intrinsic knowledge of Wendy's personality, as he seems to know that she will slack off if he does not strongly enforce his rules. She is not above playing pranks on him which Stan appears to take in good humor if he has not fired her yet. He is also relatively tolerant of how she sometimes openly disregards his requests.

**Soos -** Soos is Stan's handyman. Stan views Soos as a loyal employee, since he's been working at the Mystery Shack for many years, and he isn't above taking advantage of Soos' haplessness on occasion (like passing off Soos' ideas for his ). He is aware of Soos' unwavering admiration and trusts him to follow his orders to the letter, as evidenced by Stan tasking him to guard the vending machine while he was taken into custody. While he is sometimes exasperated by the young man's immaturity, Stan genuinely cares for his employee.

**Lydia Gilligan -** Stan has a unknown history with Lydia, but she is the person that trained Stan to fight like a hunter, and at one Stan even nursed a attraction to her but it apparently didn't end well. If the comment of the doctors taking three hours to remove the bouquet is anything to go by at least. But It's clear that despite the two have conflicting views, it's likely Stan cares about her and still considers her a friend even after all these years.

### Neutral

**Phil Ken Sebben -** Stan ties and history with Sebben are unknown, but according to Lyida Gilligan he apparently saw something in Stan, and requested her to give him training.

**Scrooge McDuck** - Stan seems to have some history with McDuck when he worked with him, however he faked his death and owed Scroog a lot of money

### Enemies

**Society of the Blind Eye -**

**Bill Cipher -**

**Gideon Gleeful -**

## Background Information

Stan Pines is the triagonist if the Disney’s animated series *Gravity Falls*

## Trivia

* Here he is the ex-husband of Pachita Aves and father of Carmelita Aves. Being the grandfather of Zoe Aves and the adopted Frida Aves of El Tigre.
* When in the episode *Stanchurian Canidate* he competed against Bud, however instead Tyler took Bud’s place when he was captured and was able to win the election with all his criminal records erased.