Eventually he’d been awarded a grant to fund his scientific research, and, inspired by his six fingered hands, decided to focus his research on other scientific anomalies. Stanford meanwhile found himself at a community college where he got a PhD in just three years. In order to survive, Stanley came up with project after project, scheme after scheme, all of which failed every time, forcing him to repeatedly change his name and move all over the country, sometimes out of it, in order to stay one step ahead of the cops. When everyone suddenly blames him for ruining Stanford’s future, Stanly suddenly found himself homeless, as his dad kicked him out. In high school we find out that Stanford had a real chance to make something of himself, but everything was riding on a science project that Stanley accidentally broke. We montage through their childhoods and we see that Stanford was very gifted, and Stanley was not. The twins spent their days away from home exploring the beach, and being each other’s best friends. Here we get a glimpse of their parents, who were not the greatest people, and were apparently not very involved in their kids’ lives. When they question this, his brother is aghast, asking why he would take his name! The kids demand answers, and Grunkle Stan complies, saying that the story started a lifetime ago.įrom here we flash back to “1960 something,” to the two kids from the opening, Stanley and Stanford as children. The kids demand an explanation for everything, and Grunkle Stan’s brother agrees, addressing him as “Stanley.” The kids are shocked, as up until now, they, and everyone else in Gravity Falls, have been under the assumption that his name was Stanford.
Though, in retrospect, it probably should have been obvious. Their fight is interrupted by Dipper and Mabel, who Grunkle Stan introduces as “Shermy’s grandkids,” revealing another sibling that, up until now, we had not known about. This leads to an angry fight over whatever happened thirty years ago, whatever led to his being trapped on the other side of the portal.
Grunkle Stan seems overjoyed to see his brother, who does not seem to share his feelings, and immediately punches him in the face. Cue title sequence.Īfter the opening theme, we come back right where the previous episode left off, with the Mystery Shack crew still reeling from the revelation of Grunkle Stan’s brother, not to mention the discovery of his secret life, the stolen or fake identities, and the giant, interdimensional explosion. The boys write their names on the wall to claim ownership, and we see that they are Stanley and Stanford Pines. The kids are obviously twins, one wearing glasses and looking slightly more bookish than the other, who punches his way into the cave. The episode opens on two little boys exploring a boarded up cave on a beach. A Tale of Two Stans was one of the most anticipated episodes of Gravity Falls in a long time, as the previous episode, Not What He Seems had been a game changer, with a cliffhanger featuring the shocking return of the author of the journals, and the revelation that he was Grunkle Stan’s twin brother! Recap
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