Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26062541-20150217020531/@comment-4854965-20150217213009

Nerd moment below. You've been warned:

Northwest Mansion Mystery is the first time Stan is not seen, nor mentione. Normally, he's at least aroudn the Shack, making jokes or off-hand comments, but he was 100% absent. In Society of the Blind Eye, he noted that the machine/portal was close to complete. In Boyz Crazy, he was "stocking up meat for the apocalypse" and mentioned the thing about buy/buring gold (to Robbie). At the end of Northwest Mansion Mystery, McGucket had the countdown to an imminent threat, and the agents said "They're seeing activity on the machine".

I think Stan was absent because he was finishing up whatever he's doing in the secret lab under the Shack. In his nearing to completion, both McGucket and the agents are now alerted to some forces changing (the government was already monitoring for something).

I was in class and suddenly thought "Stan was absent, and the apocalypse is near....wait, STAN WAS ABSENT AND THE APOCALYPSE IS NEAR!!"

And, of course, the theme song and the end page for Northwest Mansion Mystery having the cipher saying "Stan is not what he seems"...