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"Show-and-Tell Shark" is the second half of the second episode in the first season of Stanley.

Summary[]

Stanley has an assignment to bring a really cool animal to show off at show-and-tell. Dennis is excited by the project, until he hears some of Stanley's wild ideas of what he's going to bring. He considers a Tyrannosaurus Rex and an elephant before finally deciding on a shark. Stanley learns, however, that he's neither well-equipped to care for a shark, nor are sharks really the right temperament for animal to bring to school.

Plot[]

Stanley wakes up from his bed in a state of panic. He tells Dennis that he’s supposed to bring in his favorite animal for show-and-tell at school. When he hears the news, Dennis becomes very excited. Stanley, however, is rather distracted, trying to figure out what to bring. At first, he comes up with an idea of bringing a Tyrannosaurus rex to school. However, Dennis states that it wouldn’t be a good idea since the T-Rex is both extinct and too big to the point where it would wreck the school.

Realizing he may be right, Stanley then suggests about bringing an elephant to school. Dennis goes on to say that while there’s still elephants on the planet and they’re smaller than dinosaurs, it’s still too big to fit into his classroom. Stanley is now left in a predicament, so Dennis suggests he thinks about animals that are fish-related. With that in mind, Stanley ultimately decides to bring in a shark. However, Dennis doesn’t even take a liking to that idea and suggests they learn more about sharks in the Great Big Book of Everything.

When looking in the book, they both find many different types of sharks and Stanley decides to go with the Great White Shark. However, Dennis says that a shark would need a giant fish tank as big as his house. So Stanley fills up the entire house with water and puts some salt in it. Afterwards, the sharks come out of the book and eat all the furniture. Seeing this, Stanley begins to have second thoughts about bringing a shark to school. But it then gets worse when the sharks start eyeing Dennis, seeing him as a snack. Stanley gets frightened by that and begins throwing various things at the sharks, but they still look hungry. Finally, as a last resort, Stanley draws a goldfish on a piece of paper and feeds it to the sharks, making them satisfied.

With the sharks having their fill, they get sent back into the book and the house is left to dry. Stanley then apologizes to Dennis since he almost got eaten up, but he still hasn’t figured out what to bring. After going over many of his previous attempts, Stanley begins to realize that Dennis is his favorite animal in the world, and has been the whole time. So ultimately, he decides to bring Dennis to school for show-and-tell, demonstrating many of his backflips and dives.

Cast[]

  • Rene Mujica as Harry
  • Charles Shaughnessy as Dennis
  • Jessica D. Stone as Stanley
  • Hynden Walch as Elsie

Featured Animals[]

  • Great white shark

Other Animals[]

  • Tyrannosaurus rex (imagination)
  • Elephant (imagination)
  • Piranha (imagination)
  • Barracuda (imagination)
  • Megamouth shark (Great Big Book of Everything)
  • Whale shark (Great Big Book of Everything)
  • Hammerhead shark (Great Big Book of Everything)

Trivia[]

  • Moral: Sometimes the one special thing you’re looking for can be right in front of you.
  • Part of the episode with Stanley clapping was used for the music video We Are Family: A Musical Message to All.
  • This episode marks the first appearance of Marci and Mimi (as a minor cameo) as well as Stanley’s school, classmates and teacher.
  • This episode shares a lot of similarities to Shark-Mad Stanley, one of the original books by Griff that inspired the show.
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Episodes
Season One: "Up the Apple Tree / Kangaroo Clean-Up" • "Daddy Pride / Show-and-Tell Shark" • "Bearly Awake / The Eagle Has Landed" • "Watch Out for Lionels / Growing Pains" • "Frog Legs / Whoo's Afraid of the Dark?" • "Tiger Hunt / Monkey Bar Business" • "Camel Commotion / There's Snow Place Like Home" • "A Whale of a Song / Sloth for a Day" • "Busy Busy Octopus / Honest Ostrich" • "Dolphin Talk / Whole Lotta Snakin' Going On" • "Platypus Problems / Rabbit Habit" • "Savanna-Speeders! / Tyrannosaurus Wrecks" • "Hippo Helpers / Where's Stanley?" • "Penguin Party / Leave it to Beavers" • "The Joker / Baby Pictures" • "You've Got Pigeon Mail / It's a Prairie Dog's Life" • "Remembering with Elephants / Garbage Can Bandit" • "Little Dog Lost" • "Snow Monkey See, Snow Monkey Do / Sick Day Stanley" • "The Big Spill / Peekaboo Parrot" • "Gorilla Sleepover / Sea Lion Slip-Up" • "Worms at Work / Caterpillar Countdown" • "In a While, Crocodile / The Color of Stanley" • "Searching for Spring / Save the Bluebird!" • "The Pond Couple / Who's Afraid of Walter Wolf?" • "A Little Squirrel Music / A Boy's Best Friend is His Fish"

Season Two: "Ant Picnic / The Tooth About Teeth" • "Eel-lectricity / Roller Rhino" • "Keep 'Em Flying / Guess What's Coming For Dinner" • "The Really Real Dragon / A Billy Goat for Dad" • "Bloodhound Blues / Clock-a-Doodle-Doo!" • "Mistaken Mermaid / It Pays to Be a Pelican" • "Woodpecker Woes / P.U. Pup" • "Grandma Griff's Mystery Guest" • "Mockingbird Scat / Horsepower" • "Proud as a Peacock / Dances with Flamingos" • "Sunburn Stanley / Time for Toolfish" • "Web Weavers / Muddy Buddies" • "The Robbing Raven / Flashlight Fireflies" • "Mysterious Moe / Spelling Bee Situation" • "Follow the Lemur / Zebra Jigsaw" • "Hummingbird Humdinger / Koala Cuddle" • "Double-Duty Dad / Look Who's Helping" • "Tasmanian Tantrum / Sea Otter Safety" • "Going-Away Goose / Time to Climb!" • "Stanley's Super Spectacles / The Ugly Griffling" • "Doing Like Ducks / Speedy Does It" • "X-Ray X-tra! / Under the Umbrella Bird" • "I Scream for Ice Cream / Snack Savers" • "A Little Nightingale Music / Super Squirrel" • "Outfoxing Lionel / Jackrabbit Hide-and-Seek" • "Me and My Palfish / At the Zoo!"
Season Three: "Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up" • "To Catch a Hamster / Pearls of Wisdom" • "Living with Leopards / A Happy Chinese New Year" • "A Turkey of a Thanksgiving" • "The Way of the Buffalo / Follow That Falcon" • "Shell Game / Sheep and a Haircut" • "No News Like Snow Shoes / Ladybug, Ladybug" • "Curse of the Angry Coral / A Little Bird Told Me" • "Stanley's Great Big Book of Adventure"

Objects
The Great Big Book of Everything
Songs
My Man StanleyThe Great Big Book of EverythingGoodnight, DennisEveryday is EarthdayWhat Shall We BeWe're BatsGood as GoldNuts About NutsLend a Helping Hand
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