Stanley
Official artwork of Stanley from Donkey Kong 3.
Universe	Donkey Kong Game & Watch
Debut	Green House (1982)
Smash Bros. appearances	Melee Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Arcade Archives: Donkey Kong 3 (2019)
Console/platform of origin	Game & Watch
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Article on Mario Wiki	Stanley

Stanley the Bugman, also known as the Fumigator, is a character from the Game & Watch and Donkey Kong universes.

Origin

Stanley as he appears on the label of Green House.

Stanley first appeared under the name of "the Fumigator" in the Game & Watch game Green House, a dual screen game where the player is tasked with killing insects to protect flowers. The insects manifest on the bottom screen as spiders, and on the top screen as inchworms - the player will gain more points for killing inchworms as they draw closer to a flower, and can only kill spiders if they let them get close enough. A cat appears as the alarm function for the game.

The Fumigator would later reappear as the player character, now christened Stanley and given a stout, hatless redesign, in Donkey Kong 3, where Donkey Kong raids his greenhouse, and rather than protecting his flowers, Stanley is protecting himself from man-eating insects. Donkey Kong 3 plays as a shoot-em-up with mild platforming elements, where Stanley must simultaniously ward off bugs and prevent Donkey Kong from descending a rope, instead pushing him up to a beehive using pesticide. Promotional materials for Green House released after Donkey Kong 3 would refer to him as Stanley going forwards. Donkey Kong 3 would receive a Japan-exclusive sequel developed by Hudson Soft, Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū released on various home computer platforms, which contains surreal imagery of world landmarks and science fiction scenarios in the background, provided without context with the intention of having players create their own interpretation. Stanley would also get a second appearance in a Game & Watch game, also titled Donkey Kong 3, which was a two-player battle game with the same premise, and appear in an episode of Donkey Kong on Saturday Supercade.

Despite receiving a starring role in at the time Nintendo's biggest franchise, Stanley would quickly disappear from the limelight, reserved only for retro throwback projects such as NES Remix and the Super Smash Bros. series, being completely absent from any future Donkey Kong or Mario games, even those based strongly on the arcade era of Donkey Kong. Notably, the Game & Watch Gallery series - while primarily starring Mario characters - would replace Stanley in the Modern versions of Game & Watch Donkey Kong 3 and Greenhouse with Mario and an orange Yoshi respectively.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee

Trophy

Stanley appears as a trophy, classed as a Donkey Kong character. His trophy can be obtained randomly after playing 200 VS matches. His trophy states that he can climb vines in Donkey Kong 3, despite possessing no such ability in the game. It also states he must pump the main hive with his repellant, when in actuality, he must spray Donkey Kong until his head is trapped by the hive.

Stanley's trophy in Melee

Stanley

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 repellant, then climb up the ivy to pump the main hive with the deadly spray.

Donkey Kong 3 (6/86)

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Transformation role

Mr. Game & Watch transformed into Stanley

As part of the alterations to Mr. Game & Watch's animations, his jab has been changed to an animation that transforms him into Stanley, based directly on graphics from Green House, making Stanley the only distinct and named character that Mr. Game & Watch transforms into, while other moves based on Mario and Donkey Kong-related games have their old animations intact.

Spirit

Stanley appears as a spirit, fought as a blue Villager (likely referencing his blue sprite in the NES version of Donkey Kong 3) with a Gust Bellows (a reference to his pesticide). Stanley is classed as a Donkey Kong character.

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Slots	Base	Max	Base	Max	Base	Max	Ability	Series
145		Stanley		★★	2	16,24	6,519	763	3,064	861	3724	No Effect	Donkey Kong Series

Game & Watch universe
Fighter	Mr. Game & Watch (SSBM · SSBB · SSB4 · SSBU)
Stages	Flat Zone · Flat Zone 2 · Flat Zone X
Other	Stanley
Trophies, Stickers and Spirits	Trophies (SSBM · SSBB · SSB4) · Stickers · Spirits
Music	Flat Zone · Flat Zone 2
Related content	Luigi

Donkey Kong universe
Fighters	Donkey Kong (SSB · SSBM · SSBB · SSB4 · SSBU) · Diddy Kong (SSBB · SSB4 · SSBU) · King K. Rool (SSBU)
Assist Trophy	Klaptrap
Boss	Giant Donkey Kong
Stages	Kongo Jungle · Kongo Falls · Jungle Japes · Rumble Falls · 75m · Jungle Hijinxs
Items	Hammer · Barrel Cannon · Peanut · Spring
Enemies	Kritter · Tiki Buzz
Other	Dixie Kong · DK Barrel · DK Island · Pauline · Stanley · Zinger
Trophies, Stickers and Spirits	Trophies (SSBM · SSBB · SSB4) · Stickers · Spirits
Music	Brawl · SSB4 · Ultimate
Masterpiece	Donkey Kong
Related content	Mario (universe) · Banjo · Barrel

• Game & Watch universe
• Donkey Kong universe
• Spirits
• Trophies (SSBM)
• Minor playable characters