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Stanley "Stan" Pines, [1] also known as "Grunkle Stan", and formerly known by the alias Stanford Pines, is a main character in the Disney Channel/Disney XD animated series Gravity Falls, created and voiced by the series creator Alex Hirsch. In an interview, Alex Hirsch stated that Grunkle Stan was loosely based on his grandfather, also named Stan.
"Not What He Seems" is the eleventh episode of the second season of the American animated television series Gravity Falls, which was created by Alex Hirsch, and the 31st episode overall. The episode was written by Shion Takeuchi, Josh Weinstein, Jeff Rowe, Matt Chapman, and Hirsch, and directed by
Gravity Falls is an American mystery comedy animated television series created by Alex Hirsch for Disney Channel and Disney XD.The series follows the adventures of Dipper Pines (Jason Ritter) and his twin sister Mabel (Kristen Schaal), who are sent to spend the summer with their great-uncle (or "Grunkle") Stan (Hirsch) in Gravity Falls, Oregon, a mysterious town full of paranormal incidents ...
Stan usually wears a fez and carries around an 8-ball topped cane; he sometimes wears an eyepatch over his glasses. He frequently sends the twins on what they consider outrageous and unpredictable errands, but is protective and loving towards them. Despite his age, Stan is physically fit to the point of being able to fight back when threatened.
Alex Hirsch with a Grunkle Stan puppet at San Diego Comic-Con in 2013. Hirsch's first job after graduating from CalArts was as a writer and storyboard artist for the Cartoon Network series The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, where he worked alongside CalArts alumni J. G. Quintel, Pendleton Ward (who was his writing partner on the show), and Patrick McHale.
During a drawing tutorial for Grunkle Stan, the animator (Alan Ruck), accidentally unleashes Bill Cipher onto his animation desk. Bill then tries to get the animator to shake his hand and set him free.
In this episode, Stan's nemesis Gideon (Thurop Van Orman) tries burglary into the Mystery Shack to steal the deed of the property from the safe. However, he is stopped by Grunkle Stan and thrown out. Gideon then summons a demon called Bill Cipher (Hirsch) to help him. Gideon asks Bill to invade Stan's mind and steal the combination to the safe ...
Later that day, Stan, Ford, Soos, Wendy, Candy, and Grenda see off Dipper and Mabel as their bus home pulls up. Wendy trades hats with Dipper and gives him an envelope to open on the ride home. Dipper and Mabel then get on the bus, bringing Waddles the pig with them thanks to Stan and Ford's insistence, and the bus departs as the group waves ...