Gruncle Stan: A Sales Breakdown

Oh, Grunkle Stan, the mysterious great uncle of Mabel and Dipper Pines from the kids cartoon, Gravity Falls. I did not hop up on to the Gravity Falls train until I was about 16 years of age. As a sophomore in high school at the time, I was still perfectly comfortable enough to watch an episode of my favorite show without feeling the weight of my responsibilities. (This, sadly, is not the case anymore.) Gravity Falls quickly became one of my favorite shows, which is mostly due to its interesting storyline and lovable characters. One such character is good ol’ Grunkle Stan. (Well, maybe not so good.)

In case you have not indulged in the beautiful journey of watching Gravity Falls, I will tell you a bit about Grunkle Stan for context. His house in the woods doubles as a tourist spot called “The Mystery Shack.” Truly, it is a mystery how he got so many customers, because it was all a scam. Basically, the shack showcases a number of supernatural anomalies, many of which are mosaics made of different taxidermized animals that Grunkle Stan dismembered and superglued together to make new creatures. (It wasn’t that graphic in the show).

Grunkle Stan was not always a tourist trap owner, though. From what we could see in the show, he started out as a door to door salesman selling vacuum cleaners and eventually became your typical television commercial salesman who is very over-enthusiastic and rapidly lists benefits of products. (Not to mention…these products were also scams). Grunkle Stan’s sales techniques may have worked well at first by drawing gullible customers in for business, but he does not have any returning customers due to his schemes, and the fact that he has had so many different business fail attests to that fact.

Here is a video link of Grunkle Stan’s schemes for your viewing pleasure: