The Stanley Variants are figures present in the game resembling Stanley, each with a different design referencing to a unique character art/build styles. They appear in the Mostly Infinite Hole, Tape Recorder Room, Main Menu, and the Office. The Stanley Variants aren't directly playable but the player can change into them while inside the Mostly Infinite Hole.
Summary[]
| Location | Stanley Variants that appear |
|---|---|
| Mostly Infinite Hole | Robot Stanley, Upside-down Stanley, Round Stanley, Clay Stanley, Cartoon Stanley, Painting Stanley, Paper Stanley, Drawn Stanley, Poster Stanley, Comics Stanley, Error Stanley MS Paint Stanley |
| Tape Recorder Room | Ghost Stanley |
| Main Menu | Robot Stanley, Clay Stanley, Cartoon Stanley, Painting Stanley, Animesque Stanley, Poster Stanley |
| Around the Office | Figurine Stanley |
Robot Stanley[]
BEEP BOOP!
This Stanley is a futuristic robotic representation of Stanley. It is a reddish robot with some yellow and white stripes. There is a screen that shows an angry Stanley face, with glowing white eyes. A black badge with "427" (Stanley's Employee number) is placed to the right of the head. His ears are represented by two tubes sticking out to the sides.
This Stanley is present during Stanley's Daydreaming in the Infinite Hole and on The Stanley Parable 10 Title Screen.
Upside-down Stanley[]
Everything stood on its head for Stanley.
This Stanley is identical in design to the usual Stanley, but this time he's standing on his head.
This Stanley is only present during Stanley's Daydreaming in the Infinite Hole.
Round Stanley[]
Goofiness Level: EXTREME
This is a Stanley that takes the phrase of a "big-headed" person, and takes it both literally, and both as a metaphor, as this Stanley has an egnormous head, and it is very stupidly looking. It has an oversized nose, really tiny eyes, small ears and a subtle chin. He also looks way younger than an adult, hinting at a childish nature of this Stanley.
This Stanley is only present during Stanley's Daydreaming in the Infinite Hole.
Clay Stanley[]
Muscular and Beefy.
This Stanley is a more muscular version of him, resmbling a look of a clay/salt dough figure. The Stanley has a deformed face and wiggly arms and a big round nose similar to the one that Round Stanley has. He also wears a beige shirt opposed to normal Stanlay, who wears a cyan one. His buttons are formed into the shirt, instead of sticking out. He has a wide mouth.
This Stanley is present during Stanley's Daydreaming in the Infinite Hole and randomly on The Stanley Parable numerous sequels' title screens. The Figure itself was crafted by Dominik Johann.
Cartoon Stanley[]
It's your favorite cartoon character: Stanley the Weird!
This Stanley is in the style of a cartoon character that was created by drawing lines. He is flat, and pear-shaped. He has an oversized mouth and small eyes. He is very short opposed to the other Stanleys, and has very small arms. From the side angle, he seems to be sticking out his tounge.
This Stanley is present during Stanley's Daydreaming in the Infinite Hole and randomly on The Stanley Parable numerous sequels' title screens. This version of Stanley was drawn by artist and animator Cas van de Pol, who also created a short animation for the video available on https://stanleyparable2.com/.
Painting Stanley[]
Beautiful form of art.
This Stanley is in the style of a character seen on a painting, with pastel colors from a reddish pallete. He is staring up with his eyes. His shirt is very detailed and has a checker pattern.
This Stanley is present during Stanley's Daydreaming in the Infinite Hole and randomly on The Stanley Parable numerous sequels' title screens.
Paper Stanley[]
Sketchy.
This Stanley is a version of him drawn on paper. The drawing is colorless, Stanley's hair is represented by a curvy black line. His emotion is being presented like he's disgusted or mad. The only other thing worth noting is the button on his pocket square, which does not appear on other Stanleys than this one and Drawn Stanley. This Stanley is significantly lower quality compared to other Stanley Variants, as some of the textures look blurry.
This Stanley is only present during Stanley's Daydreaming in the Infinite Hole.
Drawn Stanley[]
How to draw Stanley:
This Stanley is a colored drawing, similarly to the Paper Stanley. He has colors almost identical to the normal Stanley, the only diffrence being black hair opposed to brown and a button on his pocket square the normal Stanley doesn't have. He looks like he's amazed, or confused.
This Stanley is only present during Stanley's Daydreaming in the Infinite Hole.
Error Stanley[]
Error: 427
This Stanley is a version of the Painting Stanley viewed from the front. It is a classic red Error Screen text.
This Stanley is only present during Stanley's Daydreaming in the Infinite Hole.
Comics Stanley[]
Stanley if he was a character from a comics book:
This Stanley is a version of the Painting Stanley viewed from the side. It resembles a comics style character with big eyes and a sad/suprised face. Stanley here is presented as a young kid, rather than an adolescent person.
This Stanley is only present during Stanley's Daydreaming in the Infinite Hole.
MS Paint Stanley[]
Developers being lazy with this one.
This Stanley is a version of the Painting Stanley viewed from the top. He resembles the art style of a character created entirely in Paint, due to this Variant's Low Quality/being drawn by lines, although it's just the top of him. What is likely to be a stylized shadow of Stanley also resembles a blue carpet, or a puddle, which is not present in other versions of Painting Stanley.
This Stanley is only present during Stanley's Daydreaming in the Infinite Hole.
Animesque Stanley[]
Beautiful Boyfriend.
This Stanley is an anime styled Stanley, with the face and body sculpture being very detailed. It also has slight shadowing. He keeps the colors and the head shape of the actual Stanley, but he looks to the side and has a slight smirk on his face. He doesn't have any visible shoes/feet.
This Stanley only appears on the title screen for TSP12 alongside The Stanley Parable Adventure Line™.
Poster Stanley[]
"I want to be free." - Stanley
This Stanley appears on a poster for The Stanley Parable 2 Expo. He is a cutout in an orange Monitor Room from the Mind Control Facility. In this cutout, the outside area from the Freedom Ending and the Escape Hall can be seen.
This Stanley is present on an up-high poster in the Expo 2, and randomly on The Stanley Parable numerous sequels' title screens.
Ghost Stanley[]
- Main article: Jump Glitch
This Stanley is a transparent sillouette of Stanley that glows white. It doesn't have texturing. He raises his arm at a 15 degree angle every few seconds, and then lowers it again. It only appears in the Tape Recorder Room.
Figurine Stanley[]
- Main article: Stanley Figurines
Trivia[]
- According to the game files, some Stanleys have been given short, comprehensive names:
- Clay Stanley - Dom (Dominik Johann, the person who made the figure)
- Cartoon Stanley Cas (Cas Van de Pol, a YouTube animator)
- Painting Stanley - Azura/Error (depending on which camera angle is used, the "ERROR" is front camera only)
- Paper Stanley - Joe
- Drawn Stanley - Filo
- Some of the Stanleys are printed out on 2d textures, despite looking three-dimensional.