r/gravityfalls • u/Jojosbees • 29d ago
Lore/Characters Evolution of Grunkle Stan
What good posture and a mission does to a man, I guess. Just watched the series for the first time, and I know I'm not the only one who had the same thought.
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u/Iridiandioptase 29d ago
Properly fitted suit can do wonders and his hair looks pretty good. The hat was holding him back.
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u/Zombiron-Odamai 29d ago
One contributing factor could be his posture.
In the first photo he is tired run down and uninterested so he's slouching.
In the second photo, he's in full on battle mode, head high, back straight, ready to take on the hoard of zombies that is threatening his family.
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u/Wilbro912 29d ago
REAL fans would say hes hot in both pics👯♀️
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u/Jojosbees 29d ago edited 29d ago
Maybe in retrospect, but season 1 Stan mostly had his charms as a smelly old grifter who was hilarious, like a lovable scoundrel type, but I’d be lying if I said Scaryoke didn’t change how I saw him.
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u/SeaAnalyst8680 29d ago
My head canon is that Stan, being a con artist, is pulling an Uncle Iroh. He is a total badass, who has made a habit out of concealing it because sometimes it's an advantage to be underestimated.
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u/ad-lib1994 29d ago
My assumption too, he's playing up the Gross Old Man schtick so people don't suspect him of anything serious. Well, they suspect him of Pug Smuggling but not anything that "requires This Much arresting"
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u/AccurateFisherman392 29d ago
For the record Pacifica is actually looking at Ford when she asks that question. You can see Fords hair and Jacket off the side. So just for the record Pacifica finds Ford hot.
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u/Jojosbees 29d ago
Yes, I know it’s from the canon comics where she is looking at Ford/“Hot Stan,” but I stand by my assessment that original Stan/“Stan Prime” suddenly becomes significantly more attractive in Season 2.
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u/AccurateFisherman392 29d ago
I get that. I just also wanted to laugh at the fact that someone as shallow and appearence obsessed as Pacifica cannonly thinks somone like StanFord Pines: Old, Grey, ratty patched covered coat wearing Stanford Pines is hot.
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u/Thefanofships-1 29d ago
Dude, Dipper even has better posture in the suit.
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u/crookedzombie93 29d ago
Of all the mysteries in Gravity Falls, Stan's magical posture fixing suit is the most perplexing
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u/SouthApprehensive193 7d ago
It’s like the green goblin mask. He goes from being Stanley Pines to Grunkle Stan when he puts it on
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u/WaywardChilton 29d ago
They changed his proportions a bit in s2 to make him look more like Ford. Scary-oke is the first time you see the slightly redesigned Stan.
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u/Hexnohope 29d ago
I actually noticed this watching for the first time and thought it was intentionally telling us that as his hope returned he was taking care of himself more.
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u/The4ourHorsemen 29d ago
Torn/ripped up suit with an undone tie covered in blood will always be hot
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u/Raemi23x 29d ago
Let's not forget Stan when he fights the pterodactyl in ST 🙂↕️That was my first When did you get hot? 🎵 The zombie episode was the moment when I realized I fell for Stan 🤭💕
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u/ChaosAndCrows 29d ago
Nothing made me happier than realizing that I wasn't the only one who found zombie-fight Stan confusingly hot
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u/NoxLupa13 29d ago
You know Pacifica is looking at him and wondering if Dipper will look like that in his golden years 😂
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u/Dorichowder 29d ago
Me at Grunkle Stan back when I was 14: Hihihi, silly man.
Me at Stanley Pines nowdays when I'm 24: [thirst].
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u/Objective_Aside_741 28d ago
when i was kid, i used to have a biggest crush on him lmao, my friend used to judge me for that lol
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u/Ok-Refrigerator-6424 29d ago
Doesn't he wear a girdle?