"Stanley's Super Spectacles" is the first half of the twentieth episode in the second season of Stanley.
Summary[]
Stanley and his dad are going to the optometrist to get their eyes checked. Stanley hopes to get glasses so he can have ‘super vision’.
Characters[]
- Stanley
- Mr. Griff
- Dennis
- Elsie
- Harry
- Optometrist
Featured Animals[]
- Dragonflies
Quotes[]
- Stanley: Dad’s taking me to the octopus!
- Elsie: The octopus?
- Stanley: Whoops. I mean the optometrist.
- Stanley: Is that really how dragonflies see things?
- Dennis: Well nobody knows exactly how dragonflies see, but it might look something like that.
- Stanley: Then I don’t think I’ll ask the optometrist for dragonfly glasses. They’d drive me bonkers!
- Dennis: No, compound eyes aren’t right for people I’m afraid.
Trivia[]
- Morals
- Not all eyes are the same. Some creatures have compound eyes to see everything at once while others have eyes that are able to move around.
- Glasses are needed for those who have a hard time seeing clearly, so an optometrist’s job is to check how clear eyes can see and if the person needs glasses or not.
- This is one of the episodes that doesn’t end with Stanley going to bed at night.
- This episode shows the Great Big Book of Everything contains more than just animals, as it also has a page about drinking glasses (which are objects).