Eel-lectricity

***Eel-lectricity*** is the Part A of the Season 2 Episode 2 of Stanley. It is paired in broadcast with *Roller Rhino.*

## Plot

On a stormy night Stanley and his family are watching a game show. The host tells the contestant Mr. Williams that he needs to get one more question right to get the *Big Big Trophy,* and win an animal safari. The question is: Which one of these animals is nocturnal? The choices are: A Horse, A Cow, An Owl, or A Monkey. While the contestant struggles with the question, Stanley yells at the screen that it's "The Owl!" to which Lionel replies, "I don't think they can hear you, Stanley." While Mr Williams is thinking through the question, thunder roars in the sky and the neighborhood's power goes out. Stanley's parents come in with flashlights and an emergency kit. Stanley's mom hands him a flashlight, and he excitedly runs over to turn the TV back on, however he's confused when it doesn't work. His dad explains things like the TV don't work when the powers' out and they just need to wait it out. Stanley is upset, wanting to know if Mr Williams got the right answer or not. His parents suggest playing some games in the meantime, but Stanley decides to go to his room and check on Dennis. Harry asks Stanley what happened to the lights. Stanley explains there was a power outage and complains he's missing his favorite TV show. He asks how he's gonna get the electricity working again, and Dennis suggests looking in The Great Big Book Of Everything. After reading about what electricity is, Stanley asks why there's a picture of a snake on the page. Dennis explains it's not a snake, but an electric eel which can send electric pulses throughout it's body. Stanley gets an idea and doodles a concept for a power station, powered entirely by an electric eel. Dennis explains that's not what their electricity is meant for, and Stanley wants to enter the book to find out more, despite Dennis' protests. The end up in the bottom of a muddy river in South America. Stanley's confused why it's so dark if there are electric eels there. Dennis explains just because they can create electric pulses, it doesn't mean they can produce light. Stanley takes out his Stanoscope and looks for electric eels. One emerges from the mud, which is uses for camouflage. As it gets closer, they both hide. Stanley comments how big it is, and Dennis points out they can get up to 8 feet, about the length of a playground slide. Stanley asks how they can see through all the mud, and learns that they are mostly blind, and use their electricity to navigate, as well as protect themselves and catch food. As the eel gets closer, intending to eat Dennis, the two escape back to Stanley's bedroom. Stanley decides to sit on his bed until the power comes back on, but hears his family having fun playing games downstairs, He decides to join them in a game of charades, pretending to be an eel. Having fun, Stanley's family all pretend to be electric eels, when the power comes back on. The TV comes back on, and Mr Williams has not yet answered. The host begs him for an answer, and he finally says "The Cow.", losing the game show. Stanley turns off the TV and lights, deciding to continue the game of charades rather than watch TV.

## Trivia\Goofs

* The game show seems to have no time limit between answers, allowing Mr Williams to take as much time as he needed to answer the question.
* It seems to be implied Stanley's family often watches this game show together.
* The game show in question is also stated to be Stanley's favorite TV show.
* This episode shows that The Great Big Book of Everything may have more general concepts in it as well and is not exclusive to just animals since there was page for electricity.
* When Stanley opens The Great Big Book of Everything, the page he flips to is shown as white, but the page itself is a pinkish color.
* This is one of the episodes that doesn't end with Stanley in bed reviewing what he learned with Dennis, instead it ends on an exterior shot of the neighborhood.
* The other two constants leave the game show sometime during the power outage, most likely due to being tired like the host was.

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