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
Family information
Other relatives	Stanley Yelnats III (father) Stanley Yelnats II (grandfather) Stanley Yelnats I (great grandfather;deceased) Elya Yelnats (great-great grandfather;deceased) Tiffany Yelnats (mother)

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.

Quotes

• (In the Court Room) "Well, I've never been to camp before..."
• (Getting off the Bust) "Thanks for the ride."

Trivia

• His last name is his first name backwards.

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