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"Up the Apple Tree" is the first half of the first episode in the first season of Stanley.

Summary[]

Stanley tries get an apple down from a tree as a birthday present for his mom.

Plot[]

Stanley is sleeping in bed, but immediately gets surprised when Lionel wakes him up looking for tape to wrap a birthday present for Mom. It seems Stanley's completely forgotten his mother's birthday and immediately gets out of bed.

Now in serious need of a present, he wakes up his goldfish, Dennis and asks him for help. Dennis agrees to help him out if Stanley gives him his breakfast first. Stanley does so, but finds he's all out of fish food. He then sees there's another container in the closet, but it's on a really high shelf and he's not able to reach it. His mom then comes in to give him a helping hand. This gives Stanley a chance to tell her Happy Birthday before she leaves.

After giving Dennis his breakfast, Stanley tries to think of a good present for his mom. He knows that she likes his dad and working as a dentist, but then remembers that she also loves apples. So after getting dressed, he and Dennis go out to the backyard, but soon finds himself with another problem: getting the apple down from the tree. First, he tries to climb the tree, but it's too high. So instead, he decides to have it come down to the ground. He tries shaking the tree, but it's too strong. Dennis suggests that maybe an elephant could help. Like an elephant (which would end up breaking the tree) or a cat like Elsie (which she refuses as she's not good at climbing back down). Stanley wonders if he could get the apple down himself if he had long elastic arms, telescopic legs, or a really long neck. The last one gives him an idea: a giraffe.

Stanley then brings out The Great Big Book of Everything for help. The giraffe comes out of the book, but while it is tall enough to reach the apple, it also plans to eat the apple itself. So Stanley sends it back to the book. However, the giraffe did give him an idea. By using several things from the garden shed and attaching them together, Stanley plans to use them to reach the apple. However it still isn't high enough to reach. Just then, his mother comes out and lifts him up. Once he gets the apple, Stanley gives her the apple and she thanks him for it.

That night, Stanley is heading to bed, feeling proud. Not only did he learn about giraffes, but also learned that you don't have to be big, as long as you can think big.

Featured animals[]

  • Giraffe

Other animals[]

  • Worm
  • Elephant (imagination)
  • Leopard (Great Big Book of Everything)

Cast[]

  • Rene Mujica as Harry
  • Ari Myers as Mom
  • Shawn Pyfrom as Lionel
  • Charles Shaughnessy as Dennis
  • Jessica D. Stone as Stanley
  • Hynden Walch as Elsie

Quotes[]

Dennis: How about an animal that's good at climbing trees? Like a cat.

Elsie: Oh no. You're not getting me up that tree.

Dennis: Yes. She's very good at climbing trees, but she's not so good at getting back down again.

Trivia[]

  • Moral: Sometimes it's hard to be small, but when you put your mind to it, you can do big things.
  • This episode is featured on a Playhouse Disney Imagine and Learn VHS alongside Baby Pictures.
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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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