Stanley Yelnats IV

Stanley Yelnats IV
Background information
Feature films	Holes
Portrayed by	Shia LaBeouf
Character information
Other names	Caveman
Occupation	Camper at Camp Green Lake (formerly)
Likes	Sploosh, onions
Dislikes	His family's curse, digging holes, Zero in danger
Paraphernalia	Red baseball cap Shovel
Status	Active
Family information
Parents	Tiffany Yelnats (mother) Stanley Yelnats III (father)
Other relatives	Stanley Yelnats II (grandfather) Stanley Yelnats I † (great grandfather) Elya Yelnats † (great-great grandfather)

Stanley "Caveman" Yelnats IV is the protagonist of the 2003 live-action film, Holes.

Background

"Stanley" is "Yelnats" spelled backwards, and because of this, many members of the Yelnats family have been named Stanley, including Stanley's father and grandfather. Stanley is a good-hearted teenager born to a luckless family who have been cursed for years. He is a very responsible, nice, caring teenager. It is revealed that he cares about Zero. He is the luckiest of the Yelnats descendants.

Appearances

Holes

After being tried and 'proven' guilty of stealing Clyde "Sweetfeet" Livingston's shoes, he was sent to Camp Green Lake, a detention camp in Texas run by Warden Walker. It is revealed that he cares about Zero. Ironically, it was Yelnats' acceptance of Zero that lifted the curse on his family and led to the proof that he was innocent.

Trivia

• Stanley was Shia LaBeouf's film debut.
• His last name is his first name backwards.
• He broke the Yelnats Curse by carrying Hector Zeroni — the descendant of Madame Zeroni, the spellcaster — up to God's Thumb, giving him the water from the stream and singing the pig lullaby.
• In the book, Stanley was overweight until he became thinner during his time at Camp Green Lake. In the movie, Stanley has a slender figure.

Gallery

"While Mr. Sir was filling our canteens, I slipped into his truck and, er, stole his sunflower seeds."

"And there's still some in my hole, you could check."

Stanley and the boys laughing at Mr. Sir after finding about his real name.

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Media Holes (soundtrack/video) Characters Stanley Yelnats IV • Warden Walker • Mr. Sir • Katherine Barlow • Dr. Pendanski • Stanley Yelnats I • Stanley Yelnats II • Stanley Yelnats III • Hector Zeroni • Armpit • Zigzag • X-Ray • Squid • Elya Yelnats • Trout Walker • Sam the Onion Man • Morris Menke • Myra Menke • Igor Barkov • Stanley's Attorney • Linda Walker (nee Miller) Locations Camp Green Lake • God's Thumb Objects Shovel