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Stitch
Lilo & Stitch character
Stitch in his disguised «Earth dog» form (lower arms, antennae and spines retracted), the most-often seen form of the character
First appearance	Lilo & Stitch (2002)
Created by	Chris Sanders
Voiced by	English Chris Sanders (all Western media) Benjamin Diskin (Stitch! and Stitch & Ai) Japanese Kōichi Yamadera Mandarin Li Zhengxiang (Stitch & Ai)
In-universe information
Aliases	Experiment 626 (species/birth name) Public Nuisance #1 (by the Grand Councilwoman; deleted scene only) Kenny (when disguised as a human in Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
Nicknames	626 (by Jumba Jookiba, Gantu, and Dr. Hämsterviel) «little monster» (by Pleakley) «abomination» or «trog» (by Gantu) Boojiboo (by Angel)
Species	Experiment (artificially-created koala-like extraterrestrial)
Gender	Male[1][2]
Title	Captain (Leroy & Stitch)
Occupation	Lilo Pelekai’s pet «dog» (films and Lilo & Stitch: The Series) Captain of the Galactic Armada (former; Leroy & Stitch) Yuna Kamihara’s pet «dog» (Stitch!) Wang Ai Ling’s pet «dog» (Stitch & Ai)
Family	Jumba Jookiba (creator/father figure) Lilo Pelekai (owner and best friend; films and The Series) Nani Pelekai (caretaker and friend; films and The Series) Wendy Pleakley (friend) Reuben (Experiment 625) («cousin») Over 623 other experiment «cousins» Leroy (Experiment 629) (twin brother) Yuna Kamihara (best friend; Stitch!) Wang Ai Ling (best friend; Stitch & Ai)
Significant other	Angel (Experiment 624)
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, and durability Hypercognition Skilled hand-to-hand combat with four arms Ability to climb walls and ceilings Retractable claws, antennae, spines, and lower pair of arms Highly flexible skeleton and body Super-sensitive hearing and sense of smell

Stitch, also known as Experiment 626 (pronounced «six two six»), is a fictional character in Disney’s Lilo & Stitch franchise. An illegally-made, genetically engineered, extraterrestrial life-form resembling a blue koala, he is one of the franchise’s two title characters, alongside his human adopter and best friend Lilo Pelekai, and its most prominent protagonist.

Stitch was created by Lilo & Stitch co-writer and co-director Chris Sanders, who also voices him in all Western-produced media that he appears in. Ben Diskin voices the character in the English versions of the Eastern-produced television spin-offs Stitch! and Stitch & Ai.

Development[edit]

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Sanders originally created the character in 1985 for an unsuccessful children’s book pitch and developed a treatment for an animated feature featuring the character.^[3] The idea for the character was shelved until around 1996 when then-President of Walt Disney Feature Animation Thomas Schumacher approached Sanders and asked him if he wanted to pitch a story, giving Sanders the opportunity to use his character again.^[4] When Sanders said that the alien character was going to crash-land in a forest filled with other animals, Schumacher told Sanders that the animal world was already «overly alien» to humans, and suggested that the character should end up in the human world to provide better contrast and juxtaposition for the story.^[4][1]

In later development for the film’s story, the character was originally going to be the leader of an intergalactic gang of criminals, with Jumba being one of his previous good friends summoned by the Intergalactic Council to capture him.^[3] Test audience responses to early versions of the film resulted in the change of Stitch and Jumba’s relationship to that of creation and creator, respectively.^[3]

The character was originally meant to be incapable of speaking intelligibly.^[5] However, when the Lilo & Stitch production team realized that the film’s story «hinged» on the character being able to explain himself at the end of the film, Sanders provided vocals for Stitch during early animation.^[5] The production team later established Sanders as the official voice of his own character after getting used to his vocalizations.^[5]

Physical appearance[edit]

Stitch is a blue, short, koala-like alien. His large rabbit-like ears have asymmetrically-placed triangular notches on the outer rims of each ear; one near the tip of his right ear and another near the base of his left ear, although these notches are sometimes misplaced in some media, usually on their respective opposite ears. The back of the ear tips are colored indigo. He has a wide mouth, a round nose, black eyes, and a small, short, and stumpy tail. He has three tufts of fur on top of his head and another three on his chest. He has aqua countershading around his eyes and from his lower lip extending down to the bottom of his abdomen.

He has four arms (the lower pair of which are retractable), three retractable spines that run down his back, four sharp retractable claws on each of his front and back paws (hands and feet), and two retractable antennae on his head. There are abstract indigo markings on his back and occiput that vaguely look similar to snow angels, with the back marking having two large «bulges» in the middle that allude to his four arms. He has a limited ability to change his physical appearance, as he can retract his lower pair of arms, his claws, his antennae, and the three back spines into his body. He is referred to as a dog by Lilo throughout much of the franchise, as he was taken to a pound and disguised himself as one in order to escape his captors by being adopted by Lilo. He was initially believed by Lilo to be a collie that had been hit by a car, while Nani thought he was a koala of a sort before they found out he was an alien genetic experiment.

Sanders’s initial design concepts for Stitch differ heavily from the final version. Stitch was originally going to have green fur, which was changed in early development to the now-familiar blue.^[2] His black eyes were slightly smaller compared to his final version, his ears flared at their bases instead of close to their tips, and some early drawings placed his nose below the eye line instead of above.^[2] The early drawings also showed him with white or silver claws instead of dark blue claws, and he wore a yellow-orange spacesuit with burnt orange pants instead of the more uniform red-orange spacesuit that he wears in the original film’s first act.^[2]

History[edit]

Lilo & Stitch (2002)[edit]

«Experiment 626» was created by «evil genius» Dr. Jumba Jookiba to cause and create chaos around the galaxy. They were both captured and put on trial by the United Galactic Federation, who sentenced 626 to life imprisonment on a desert asteroid. The Grand Councilwoman assigns Captain Gantu to escort him. 626 escapes, crash-landing a spaceship in Kauaʻi, Hawaii. Disguising himself as a dog to hide from his captors, 626 is adopted by a little girl named Lilo, who names him «Stitch».

Lilo tries to teach Stitch to be good, using Elvis Presley as a model for his behavior. While these efforts prove to be fruitless at first, with Stitch unable to suppress his destructive programming, Lilo nevertheless enjoys having Stitch as her «puppy». Although he at first only wanted to use her as a human shield from Jumba and Agent Pleakley, who were sent to capture him, Stitch slowly develops a strong love for Lilo, to the point where he saves her from Gantu. After his heroics, the Grand Councilwoman allows Stitch to serve his exile on Earth with Lilo as his warden, citing her dog adoption certificate (subsequently, Lilo seems to have become not only a best friend but also a sister figure to Stitch).

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005)[edit]

In this sequel film, set between the first film and Stitch! The Movie, Stitch is living well, reasonably well-behaved (although still hot-tempered and mischievous) with the exiled Jumba and Pleakley in Lilo’s (and her older sister Nani’s) house, until he begins malfunctioning. Jumba reveals that since Stitch was not fully charged after his creation, he will experience periodic glitches that revert to his original destructive programming, appearing to suffer from a «fit» or «seizure». Seeing this, Jumba creates a new charging chamber for Stitch. Not wanting to hurt anyone, Stitch attempts to leave Earth for a remote planet, while Lilo, Jumba, and the others desperately try to have him return so they can recharge him. Although they are too late when they place him in the recharging pod, Stitch seems to be revived by Lilo’s love, which goes in accordance with her belief that love is more powerful than death.

Stitch! The Movie (2003)[edit]

After the events of Lilo & Stitch 2, Stitch discovers the remaining 625 genetic experiments locked in a crate, in the form of dehydrated pods. In order to rescue a kidnapped Jumba, a trade between Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel and Jumba for the experiments are organized, but it instead results in the freedom of the experiments and the capture of Lilo and Stitch. Hämsterviel then tries to clone Stitch but he was rescued by Experiment 221 («Sparky»). Stitch then rescued Lilo and landed Hämsterviel’s spacecraft back in Kauaʻi, where the Grand Councilwoman arrests him.

Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003–2006)[edit]

After the events of Stitch! The Movie, Stitch and Lilo have to capture Jumba’s other experiments and find them a home. Along the way, he meets his match: Experiment 627 who is tougher than him, but he eventually defeats with his greater intelligence. He also is affected by fifteen experiment powers: Amnesio wipes out his memory, being poked by Spike’s spine makes him goofy, Babyfier turns him into a baby, Spooky turns into water and nearly drowns him, Lax makes him lazy, Dupe duplicates him into four (weakening his strength), Frenchfry serves him unhealthy junk food meals (along with Lilo and Pleakley) and fattens him up into a giant bowling ball, Yaarp sounds out his loud megaphone (deafening him), Snooty sucks out his mucus (effectively dehydrating him), Swirly hypnotizes him, Drowsy puts him to sleep, Houdini makes him invisible, Swapper switches him into Lilo’s and then Pleakley’s bodies, Bugby turns him into a bug, and Slushy freezes him. However, the powers wear off. He also meets Angel who is introduced as a love interest for Stitch, who becomes good out of love for Stitch.

Leroy & Stitch (2006)[edit]

After successfully capturing all the remaining experiments in the preceding series, the Grand Councilwoman offers Stitch the chance to become the captain of the Galactic Armada and their new flagship, The BRB (Big Red Battleship) 9000. However, that would require Stitch to be separated from Lilo. Not wanting to make Lilo sad, he chooses to return to Kaua’i, but Lilo tells him he should go. Before he leaves with Jumba and Pleakley, Lilo gives him a necklace with the god Ku Tiki on it to give him strength. When Gantu breaks out Dr. Hämsterviel in an action of frustration, Stitch is sent on his first mission to capture the evil rodent once more. But when he arrives at Galactic Defense Industries, Stitch faces off against Leroy, an enhanced clone of Stitch. Stitch fights well and is about to beat Leroy when Pleakley shows up unexpectedly, allowing Leroy to take advantage of Stitch’s lapse in concentration and beat him. He is placed in a cage and sent with Jumba and Pleakley heading towards a black hole, and Leroy heads off towards Earth to capture all of the other experiments for Hämsterviel. Later, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley escape from the black hole and arrive on the planet Turo. There they rescue Lilo, 625 (now known as Reuben), and Gantu, and fly Pleakley’s carpool van back to Earth to assist the other experiments in the defeat of an army of Leroys. With Leroy defeated, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley return to Earth with Lilo, realizing family is more important than spaceships, laboratories, and prestige.

Stitch! (anime)[edit]

In the anime series Stitch! (2008–12, 2015), Stitch seems to have reverted to his destructive nature and is first seen in the first episode being chased in a spaceship by Jumba and the authorities, ending up on an island in the Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. On the island, Stitch gained a new human friend named Yuna Kamihara. The original version (aired in Japan) initially left out what happened between Lilo and Stitch that caused them to be separated, although the heavily edited international version of the anime, which includes the English dub, had Jumba imply that Stitch ran away out of jealousy of Lilo having a boyfriend. Lilo herself did not appear in any way in the anime until episode 23 of ~Best Friends Forever~ (Season 3), where she, now a fully-grown woman, visits Okinawa’s New Town with her daughter, Ani (who looks incredibly like her when she was a child and whom Stitch thought was Lilo in the beginning). Lilo and Stitch were able to reconcile upon reuniting, with Lilo explaining what happened on the day Stitch left her. They both have a happy reunion, she hugs him, promises to visit him again, and asks Stitch to take good care of his new family. She then gives Stitch his tiki necklace back before leaving to return to Hawaii.

Stitch & Ai[edit]

In the Chinese animated series Stitch & Ai (2017), Stitch was kidnapped from Lilo by an alien faction called the Jaboodies, who hold him captive in their battle cruiser spaceship as they desire to forcibly use him to with a space war against a rival faction called the Woolagongs, who also want to use Stitch to win the space war. When the Woolagongs attack the ship wanting Stitch for themselves, he uses the opportunity to escape back to Earth, jumping from the Jaboodie battle cruiser and re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. He is protected during re-entry by—as explained in the cold open of the sixth episode «The Lock»—»special qi energy» that also caused him to lose part of his memories,^[6] including his memory of Lilo (who only appears in recreated flashbacks in this series). He ends up in the Huangshan mountains and meets a young Chinese girl who lives there named Wang Ai Ling, who (similarly to Lilo) takes him into her family as her new pet «dog». He helps Ai in preventing her aunt Daiyu from forcibly moving her from the mountains to the city, while she (and later Jumba and Pleakley) help protect him from being taken by either the Jaboodies or the Woolagongs, as well as look for a shrine that’s he seen in a vision he had.

Personality[edit]

Throughout the course of the entire Lilo & Stitch franchise, Stitch is depicted as a character that is unlikeable to many people due to his destructive and temperamental behavior. The one and primary exception is Lilo, who only falls out with him in the rarest occasions, most notably in Lilo & Stitch 2, where she was unaware that the glitches he was possessed by throughout most of the film were reverting him back to his original destructive behavior.

When Stitch is in his «evil» form, he is undeniably worrying as his somewhat botched physique underlines his at the time twisted behavior; in «good» form, however (the form that the audience most often sees), Stitch’s display of emotion at being rejected due to his behavior and looks while trying to act good for Lilo is meant to make him seem more adorable to the audience. In any case, people who are averse to Stitch in any way, shape, or form, describe him as «ugly and deformed», while people with affection for him describe him as «cute and fluffy». This reflects the basic idea behind Stitch and also his cousins: in no manner do they correspond to many established criteria of good physical appearance.

Despite his surface destructiveness, which does not go away even after he has become «good», Stitch is a complex character; according to his creator Jumba, Stitch as a destructive machine was not given a higher purpose in life. Since Stitch is trapped on an island where there are relatively few things to destroy, he has many occasions to reflect on other occupations than evil. It is implied that Stitch destroys only because that is what he is programmed to do (In the original Lilo & Stitch film, Jumba claimed that Stitch’s «destructive programming» was taking effect and that he would be irresistibly drawn to large cities to «back up sewers, reverse street signs, and steal everyone’s left shoe.«^[7] This is shown in the Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode «Kixx», where Lilo and Stitch are watching Keoni skateboard, then Stitch looks in Keoni’s rucksack and eats Keoni’s shoe, Keoni replies by saying «Hey, my shoes!» in which Lilo says, «He only eats the left ones!«^[8]); but since he has a personality of his own (a fact that only Lilo truly understands), he also has the choice, even will, not to do so.

Despite having superhuman strength and a high level of computer intelligence, Stitch is emotionally fragile and has a childlike personality beneath his «monster» appearance. Lilo believes that one reason why he originally pursued his destructiveness was for similar reasons to her own naughtiness: that it was because he was emotionally scarred (for having been made as a monster by Jumba) but received little understanding or sympathy from others. Stitch becomes much more well-meaning after his betterment but is frequently unable to control all of his impulses to antisocial actions. Fortunately for him, there are those who are always there to support him—most notably Lilo and, later, Angel and Reuben—to whom he returns the favor willingly.

Fictional character details[edit]

Stitch is created by Dr. Jumba Jookiba to cause chaos across the galaxy. Stitch is marked by his mischievous behavior, which endeared him to Lilo, who adopts him as her «dog». Through Lilo’s beliefs in the Hawaiian concept of ʻohana, meaning ‘family’, Stitch evolves from an uncaring, destructive creature to a loving, more self-conscious being who enjoys the company of his adoptive family on Earth. He becomes a firm believer of the ʻohana concept, and with the help of Lilo applies it to reform Jumba’s 625 prior experiments, nearly all of whom Stitch treats as his «cousins».

While explaining his creation to the Galactic Council early on in Lilo & Stitch, Dr. Jumba gives the following rundown of Stitch’s powers: «He is bulletproof, fireproof, and can think faster than a super computer. He can see in the dark and can move objects at least 3,000 times his size. His only instinct — to destroy everything he touches!«^[7]

• While Stitch is never seen shot by a bullet, he can endure being shot by plasma projectiles. He can even catch them in his hands before throwing it back to the shooter, as shown in the original film,^[7] Stitch! The Movie,^[9] Leroy & Stitch,^[10] and Stitch & Ai.^[11] Stitch was shown to be hit by one in the episode «Finder» when Hämsterviel, armed with a self-made plasma cannon, shot him with it, which only made Stitch unconscious (it is assumed that plasma projectiles are deadly to humans as Lilo occasionally is almost shot by one in the franchise).^[12] As he dodges all other plasma projectiles, Jumba did claim that Stitch being hit by one would stun him long enough to be defeated by a foe.^[7] He did survive the crash of his spaceship with only a scratch, is only briefly stunned by a fall of several thousand feet, and has to be run over by three tractor-trailers in succession to be knocked out.^[7]
• As for fireproof, in the original film he drives a tanker truck full of gasoline into a volcano, which in the ensuing explosion he is propelled into the air, a move he uses to strike at Gantu’s spaceship to thwart his capture of Lilo.^[7]
• Thinking faster than a supercomputer is harder to quantify, but he does escape from captivity fairly ingeniously, builds a model of San Francisco after only glancing at Earth vs. the Spider;^[7] grabs a crossword puzzle from the table and finishes it in about eight seconds; is often seen solving complex mathematical equations; builds a bomb out of a plasma bolt, Lilo’s doll Scrump, and a roller skate;^[7] builds a mechanical bull out of a toaster, a vacuum cleaner, and a lamp;^[13] a DNA double helix from only coconuts, hollow sticks and a turntable; is able to understand he can use a human as a shield from Jumba, by Pleakley’s presence;^[7] and generally picks up quickly on what is happening around him. He is also fluent in playing string instruments like the guitar or the ukulele, and is capable of driving any sort of vehicle, which can be as simple as riding a tricycle—which his strength allows him to speed one up to beyond the normal capabilities of a tricycle propelled by a human—or as complex as piloting intergalactic spaceships.^[7][9]
• His eyes can pick up various forms of light and he can filter out one or the other if necessary. Stitch can see in normal vision (during this mode, his eyes appear black in color), night vision (which is green), infrared (red) and X-ray (bright green). Furthermore, he also can magnify his vision. However, his high sensitivity to light also causes flash lights to be very painful to him. In the original film, Stitch earns respect for performing Elvis Presley, but he then attacks his fans after the flashes from their cameras bother him.^[7]
• His ability to lift objects 3,000 times his own size and weight is seen several times throughout the franchise, including incidents where he picks up a descending blast door, hits Dr. Jumba with a thrown Volkswagen Beetle (shouting gleefully, «Blue punch buggy! No punch back!«) and stops a tanker truck.^[7] This ability is sometimes joked about in the later series; for example, in Stitch! The Movie, Hämsterviel, while physically restraining Stitch for a cloning experiment, counters Stitch’s strength with restraint devices, that are equal in strength themselves, as Hämsterviel loudly declares, to 3,001 times Stitch’s own weight.^[9] Another such example of the limitation of such strength was in the Lilo & Stitch: The Series «Swirly», where Stitch showed his strength off on a television show by holding up two bulldozers on a platform only to have it come crashing down on him when Gantu throws a backstage pass onto to one of the bulldozers, stating he can hold up to three thousand times his weight, but not an ounce more.^[14]

Like his «cousins», the pads on Stitch’s hands and feet can secrete a sticky substance allowing him to adhere to almost any surface and scale buildings and walls; and his skeletal system is very flexible, allowing him to become a rolling ball and also to squeeze through tight spaces. Stitch’s legs are small, but powerful enough to enable him to jump several feet into the air and he’s shown to be very agile.

Stitch also can act as an audio amplifier, radio, and/or microphone, illustrated in the original film when he uses a finger as the needle on a record player, and the music comes out of his open mouth,^[7] then again in The Series episode «The Asteroid» when he uses his ears to overhear from a distance Cobra Bubbles talking to a scientist about the threat of an asteroid close to impacting the Earth, and the sound of the discussion comes out of Stitch’s mouth to allow Lilo to listen to it.^[15] He has an acute sense of smell and hearing (though the latter can lead to temporary deafness when exposed to sonic blasts) and is also dexterously skilled in hand-to-hand combat, using all four arms or just two.

Stitch can also be noted for his immortality. Although the Lilo & Stitch franchise is set in the current year, he is shown to have no signs of aging as seen in the episode «Skip» for 10–20 years, much to his chagrin (although suggested by an aged Lilo to grow a goatee to make him look older),^[16] as well as in the Stitch! anime series which is set years after Leroy & Stitch (as seen by Lilo’s reappearance as an adult in this show).^[17]

Stitch is proven to be ticklish in Lilo & Stitch: The Series. In «Shortstuff», Stitch is tickled by a ray used to make him bigger.^[18]

Stitch’s greatest weakness is his inability to float or swim due to his dense molecular structure, which causes him to sink in water. Stitch originally also had an instinctive aquaphobia, but was able to overcome it because of Lilo: in The Series episode «Spooky», Experiment 300 (the titular «Spooky»)—which has the ability to transform into a person’s worst fear—was activated;^[19] for Stitch, he transformed into water,^[19] but Lilo showed Stitch her coping mechanism for when she gets scared (for her it’s singing the chorus of «Aloha ʻOe»), which is how Stitch was able to save her later in the episode.^[19] Also, as mentioned earlier, since Stitch’s molecules were not fully charged upon creation as shown in Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, if his initial charging was not finished he would later suffer seizure-like glitches that would revert him to his original destructive programming before dying.^[20] This issue was resolved by the film’s end, and he no longer suffers these glitches.

Stitch also has different abilities in the Asian-produced spin-off shows Stitch! and Stitch & Ai that were not previously revealed in the 2002 to 2006 Western-produced continuity. In Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ (the anime’s third season), he has a hidden power cell within him that can supercharge his powers to greater levels. In Stitch & Ai, he has metamorphosis abilities that change his appearance in some form and give him additional abilities, including being able to sprout quills around his neck, extend a patagium to glide through the air like a flying squirrel, and most significantly, when his destructive programming is fully triggered, grow into a giant monster with four laser-firing tentacles that sprout forward from his back, further enhancing his destructive capabilities. (This particular ability contradicts a deleted version of the opening scene of the original Lilo & Stitch film, which shows the then-Experiment 626 having already caused destruction in an alien city in his smaller, familiar true form. The ability also contradicts the Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode «Shortstuff», which showed that Stitch is clumsier as a giant, and in which Jumba stated to the giant Stitch that he was designed to function most efficiently at his exact original size.)^[18]

In other media[edit]

Kingdom Hearts series[edit]

Stitch appears as a summon in the video game, Kingdom Hearts II, making a minor influence at Hollow Bastion (in part being responsible for sending Sora and the others into Space Paranoids). He also appears along with his homeworld, Deep Space, as a fighting partner to Ven and Aqua in the prequel Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. The world is set in space and revolves around on his escape from Gantu’s custody, before arriving in Radiant Garden. Stitch appears in Kingdom Hearts III as a summon much like in Kingdom Hearts II.^[21]

Disney Infinity[edit]

Stitch was included in the Toy Box Starter Pack (alongside Brave‘s Merida) for Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition.^[22]

The Kingdom Keepers[edit]

Playing only a small role in the beginning of Disney in Shadow, Stitch chased Finn accompanied by a crew of pirates. Thought to have come out of Stitch’s Great Escape!, he apprehends Finn and Maybeck. In Power Play, the keepers suspect that Stitch might have been put under a spell and may not have actually been an Overtaker (one of the Disney characters and Walt Disney World park attractions attempting to take over the park). In Shell Game, this is seen to likely have been true as Stitch saves Finn at Typhoon Lagoon from CPR Dummies.

References in other Disney media[edit]

Stitch makes a cameo amongst the crowd of Disney characters coming in to watch the film The Lion King 1½, appearing silhouetted in his full form.

There is a Stitch doll off to the left corner on the lowest shelf in young Jim Hawkins’ room in Disney’s other 2002 intergalactic film Treasure Planet.

Stitch appears riding in his spaceship passing by Aladdin and the Magic Carpet briefly three times in the Virtual Magic Carpet Ride game included on Disc 2 of the 2004 Aladdin Platinum Edition DVD.

In Brother Bear, Stitch makes an appearance in the outtakes.

Stitch is referenced in the background twice in the 2014 film, Big Hero 6. While Hiro Hamada is distracting Aunt Cass as she’s making hot wings, there is a photo of Mochi the cat on the wall behind him on the stairs. In the photo, viewers can see that Mochi is dressed up as Stitch, in his red-orange alien spacesuit. Later, when in Fred’s mansion bedroom, a Stitch pillow can be seen on Fred’s bed along with a Splodyhead (Experiment 619) pillow.

Stitch appears in the 2011 motion-controlled video game Kinect: Disneyland Adventures as a meet-and-greet character who appears in the park’s Tomorrowland area. He is also featured in the Nintendo 3DS life simulation games Disney Magical World and Disney Magical World 2 as an interactive character that the player can speak to and assist in quests.

Reception and legacy[edit]

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After the success of the original Lilo & Stitch film, Stitch quickly became one of Disney’s most popular characters, especially in terms of merchandising.^[23] The Verge‘s Kaitlyn Tiffany wrote in a May 2017 article arguing that the character remains popular fifteen years after Lilo & Stitch‘s release due to his flawed nature, which made him «endlessly relatable»,^[24] and would outlast more recent characters who are similar in certain aspects to him such as the Minions of Universal Studios’s Despicable Me franchise and Baby Groot of Marvel Studios’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as a result.^[24]

Not all reception towards the character has been positive; Scott Mendelson of Forbes wrote an article released on the same day that a live-action Lilo & Stitch remake was reported to be in development stating that he preferred the human leads Lilo and Nani over Stitch, considering the alien to be a detriment to the film.^[25] Mendelson stated that he hated the alien character because «he spent 99% of the movie making [Lilo and Nani’s] lives even harder to the point of possible ruin and death» and that watching the character’s mischief «was an exercise in frustration and concern for the sympathetic human leads.»^[25]

References[edit]

This article is about the character from the Lilo & Stitch franchise. For the anime series of the same name, see Stitch!.

Stitch, also known as Experiment 626, is one of the titular protagonists of the Lilo & Stitch franchise. He is an illegal genetic experiment created by Jumba Jookiba, whose primary function is to destroy everything he touches. He is designed to be abnormally strong, virtually indestructible, super-intelligent, and very mischievous. His one true place is with Lilo and her ʻohana.

Background

Development

Chris Sanders first created the character of Stitch in 1985 for a planned children’s book that never came to be.

Years later in 1997, when production on Mulan was currently wrapping up, he had the opportunity to pitch a film version of his planned story, beginning the development of the film.

In early drafts, Stitch was originally slated to have landed in Kansas, but the setting was changed to Hawaii since the location would provide a greater degree of isolation from large cities, and the islands were among some of Chris Sanders’ favorite places. Also, the character himself started as an intergalactic gangster rather than a recently created genetic monster. In these early drafts, his gang (including ex-gang member Jumba) would have been the ones hired by the Galactic Federation to hunt him down.

Personality

Throughout the course of the entire Lilo & Stitch franchise, Stitch is depicted as a character who is unlikable to many people except Lilo (on rare occasions, even she falls out with him, most notably in Lilo & Stitch 2, where she declares that he is «bad and always will be bad!» after he has an uncontrollable glitch attack) due to his destructive and temperamental behavior. It is interesting to note that individuals who are averse to Stitch (such as Mertle Edmonds, Gantu, and Dr. Hämsterviel) describe him as «ugly and deformed», while those who do love him (like Lilo, Nani, and Jumba) describe him as «cute and fluffy». This reflects the basic idea behind Stitch (and his cousins) that counters what societal standards are for good physical appearance. Despite having odd features such as an extra pair of arms, misshapen head, or unusual coloring, Stitch and his kin prove that you don’t have to look «normal» to fit in.

Whether Stitch is displayed in his true alien form; complete with an extra set of arms, antennae, and spines on his back, or in his «dog» form (the one the audience is accustomed to seeing), sans the aforementioned features, his overall «cuteness» belies his extremely aggressive and destructive personality. This is especially apparent during and immediately after his escape from the Galactic Federation. He proves to be a complex character as he comes to terms with his own «good» and «bad levels» and struggles to find his place in the world. According to his creator Jumba, Stitch is a «machine» who was made without a greater purpose than to destroy. The fact that he becomes trapped on the island of Kauai, which has no large cities, he has more time to contemplate and reflect on alternative occupations. Although Stitch seeks to destroy because of his innate programming, he has a personality of his own (a fact that only Lilo and Jumba truly understand) and shows that he has the will and ability to make the choice not to follow his original design.

In comparison to his super strength and computer-like intelligence, Stitch is emotionally fragile, behaving almost like a child having a tantrum at times. Lilo relates to this and believes that a couple of main reasons for his naughtiness are because of some past trauma and receiving little to no understanding or sympathy from others. Of course, Stitch eventually becomes much more well-meaning after his betterment, but is frequently unable to control all of his impulses toward antisocial actions. Fortunately for him, Lilo (and later Reuben and Angel) is always there to support him, and he returns her support willingly.

There is a common misconception from viewers that Lilo is dependent on Stitch for protection and support; if anything, it is Stitch who is more dependent on Lilo. Despite her having her own troubles to contend with, Lilo makes every effort to help Stitch in life and, as the story progresses, he becomes more self-conscious and capable of making the right decisions. By the end of the series, Stitch has friends, family, loved ones, and a purpose worth believing in.

Stitch is still prone to having temper tantrums when things do not go as well as he hopes. He also gets easily angered by inanimate objects, especially the toaster. After it popped toast in his face once, he has since beaten the toaster and juiced it at least twice. Despite these tantrums, Stitch can sometimes display a little common sense and be more mature than Lilo. For instance, he occasionally sees when Lilo goes too far in using the other experiments for her own personal gain (examples of which were seen in her schemes involving Sprout, Checkers, Morpholomew, and PJ), believing it to be very selfish of her.

Physical appearance

Designed by his voice actor Chris Sanders, Stitch is a blue alien genetic creation standing around three feet tall. He strongly resembles a koala or a French bulldog and is referred to as both throughout the franchise, especially since humans (with the exception of Lilo, Nani, Cobra, and David) are completely oblivious to the fact he is an alien. He has sharp teeth inside his mouth along with a long pink tongue. A short, stumpy tail cuts out from his rear. He has a limited ability to change his physical appearance, only able to retract his second set of arms, his antennae, and the three spines on his back into his body.

When Stitch was first introduced by Jumba, and during his time as a criminal, he donned a red spacesuit with an upside-down triangle consisting of a red border and yellow center on the chest. Similar patches adorned the elbows of the sleeves and square patches consisting of a dark red border with an orange center showed on each of his legs. He also wore a black belt with a crimson square buckle, and his cuffs, anklets, and collar were also black. The suit survived when he crashed on Earth, but it was torn to pieces when he was run over by a convoy of trucks.

When Stitch was captain of the B.R.B. 9000, he donned a black spacesuit similar to that of Gantu’s which consisted of a black shirt with thick red brims on his shoulders. Unlike Gantu’s tank shirt, this suit features wrist-length sleeves with red cuffs, along with matching vertical linings on both sides of the shirt and trousers. He also wore a gray belt with a light gray «V» on the front, along with a small gray mark on the upper left chest that resembles a tear drop with a black dot on it. The suit was destroyed during his fight with Leroy.

Powers and abilities

While explaining his creation to the Galactic Council early on in Lilo & Stitch, Dr. Jumba gives the following rundown of Stitch’s powers: «He is bulletproof, fireproof, shockproof, and can think faster than [a] supercomputer. He can see in the dark and can move objects 3,000 times his size. His only instinct: to destroy everything he touches!»

• Feral mind (temporarily): In the original Lilo & Stitch film, Jumba claimed that Stitch’s «destructive tendency was taking effect» and that he would be irresistibly drawn to large cities to «back up sewers, reverse street signs, and steal everybody’s left shoe.»
• Superhuman durability/Dense body tissue: Even though we rarely see Stitch shot at with a bullet, he does survive the crash of his spaceship without even a scratch, is only briefly stunned by a fall of several thousand feet, and has to be run over by three tractor trailers in succession to be knocked out.
• Fireproof skin: He drives a tanker truck of gasoline into a volcano and ends up only a little singed from the resulting explosion.
• Bulletproof skin: Rounds fired from plasma guns seem to cause him some discomfort, although he can hold the material in his hands long enough to throw the plasma back at his enemies.
• Shockproof: He has some resistance to electricity since he was able to take a direct electrical attack from Sparky, quickly recovering from it. However, he can still feel pain from these types of shocks despite his immunity to it.
• Hyper-cognition: Thinking faster than a supercomputer is harder to quantify, but he does escape from captivity fairly ingeniously; builds a model of San Francisco after only glancing at a postcard; grabs a crossword puzzle from the table and finishes it in about seven seconds; builds a bomb out of a plasma bolt, a doll, and a roller skate; creates a «bucking bronco» out of a toaster, vacuum cleaner, and a lamp; reads aloud a description of a local museum’s display, showing he is able to understand written language at a remarkable speed; manipulates his moral compass by using a human being as a shield in Jumba and Pleakley’s presence; and generally picks up quickly on what is happening around him.
• Lingual intuition: Stitch can converse fluently in over twenty different languages, but prefers Tantalog (his native language).
• Parallel computing: He is an information repository, containing an internal dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, and experiment catalog, and records every moment of his life in a reserved portion of his brain that can theoretically store up to 300 PB.
• Instrument player: He is also skilled at playing musical instruments, most notably the ukulele, thanks to his quick learning.
• Vehicle intuition: Stitch can drive any sort of vehicle from something as simple as a tricycle to complex machinery like intergalactic spaceships.
• Superhuman strength: His ability to lift objects 3,000 times his own size and weight is seen several times throughout the franchise, including incidents where he picks up a descending blasted door, hits Dr. Jumba with a thrown Volkswagen Beetle (shouting gleefully, «Blue punch buggy! No punch back!»), and stops an 18-wheeled tanker of gasoline dead in its tracks. The reason why Stitch can lift 3,000 times his own weight, even though he has small arms, is because his muscles contain excessively compressed amounts of myofibril within one muscle cell. This muscular arrangement makes Stitch’s muscles contract 1,000 times faster than a human’s, making him much, much more powerful. The ability is sometimes joked about in the later series; for example, in Stitch! The Movie, when Hämsterviel has Stitch physically restrained for a cloning experiment, Stitch’s restraints counter his strength at, as Hämsterviel loudly declares, to «three thousand and one!» times Stitch’s weight, though he later admits it was intended as a joke. This was further validated in the Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode «Swirly», when Gantu correctly guessed that Stitch cannot lift even an ounce more than 3,000 times his size when he adds a small ticket to the given load.
• Quadrupedalism: Stitch can run and walk on all fours in a quadrupedal manner, similar to a dog.
• Wall crawling: While Stitch’s claws are very strong, the pads on his hands and feet can secrete a sticky substance, allowing him to scale and adhere to almost any surface, such as buildings and walls. He can also stand on walls and ceilings.
• Spherical form: His skeletal system is very flexible, allowing him to put his feet into his mouth and roll like a ball. This allows him to squeeze through tight spaces.
• Superhuman speed: Stitch can move and run faster as shown when moving past Lilo and Pleakley while carrying Jumba, during a bet made with Lilo to catch Experiments 501 (Yin) and 502 (Yang), and hurrying from Gantu’s ship back to the fundraiser while carrying Lilo. His speed is also usually used when he’s in his spherical form. When Stitch runs, his speed doesn’t automatically increase and can only achieve this by putting effort into his muscles.
• Superhuman jump: Stitch’s legs are small but, thanks to the muscle advancements mentioned above, are powerful enough to enable him to jump several feet into the air.
• Superhuman agility: Stitch has extraordinarily greater agility, dexterity, balance, and body coordination, capable of doing feats far beyond an acrobat, such as leaping far distances, jumping off from wall to wall, swinging from vines, and standing on branches, wires, and narrow platforms. He is also capable of standing and walking on his paws. The reason is Stitch has a very flexible skeletal system that also allows him to squeeze through tight spaces.
• Superhuman reflexes: Stitch is able to react and dodge plasma bolts from the plasma guns from Jumba and Gantu. When Jumba tried to shoot him, Stitch caught the plasma bolts in his hands. He was also able to catch some tennis balls with his four arms and even threw them back in the pitching machine.
• Superhuman stamina: Stitch’s advanced musculature produces fewer fatigue toxins, allowing him to exert himself for extended periods of time. Stitch can still fight, run, and even eat without tiring out; even when hunting for other experiments, he would hunt them for an entire day to when night comes.
• Electromagnetic vision: Stitch’s eyes can magnify objects and pick up various forms of light, filtering out one eye or the other if necessary. Using normal vision, his eyes are a glossy, solid black and also magnify his vision for better visibility.
  • Night vision: When activated, Stitch’s eyes turn green, permitting him to see clearly at night or in dark places.
  • Infrared vision: When activated, Stitch’s eyes turn red, permitting him to locate targets by their body heat. He most notably uses this in «Houdini» to track the titular experiment who can turn things, including himself, invisible.
  • X-ray vision: When activated, Stitch’s eyes turn bright green, permitting him to look through walls and other obstacles.
• Audio amplifier: He can act as an audio amplifier, radio, and/or microphone, illustrated when he uses his claw as the needle on a record player and plays music through his open mouth like a sound horn.
• Enhanced hearing and smell: He has an acute sense of smell and hearing. Concept designs detailing Stitch’s anatomy describe the sensory filaments of his nose being so dense and extensive that, if unraveled, could blanket Earth. While listening for Jumba and Pleakley, who were hiding on a hill outside the dog shelter, he was able to detect Pleakley speaking at a whisper.
• Skilled hand-to-hand combat: He is dexterously skilled in hand-to-hand combat, whether using all four arms or just two.
• Marksmanship: He is also dexterously skilled in marksmanship, using plasma blasters (even loaded with net to capture experiments).
• Venomous spines: In anatomy drawings of Stitch from the film’s production, his spines are described as being poisonous and connected to venom sacs in his spinal cord.
• Shapeshifting: In his alien form, he has three spines on his back, two antennae on his head, and an extra pair of arms. However, he is able to retract all of these features to look more like a dog while on Earth and used this to become Lilo’s «pet».
• Semi-immortality: Stitch cannot age. When Skip flashed ten years ahead, he did not age whatsoever, but, for some reason, Babyfier’s powder regressed him into an infant. This could simply mean he stops aging once he is physically mature.
• Vacuum adaptation: Along with the rest of his «cousins», Stitch can survive in the vacuum of space due to being a genetic alien.
• Power immunity: Stitch has some resistance but not total immunity to the other experiments’ powers. He is shown to be immune to some of the experiments’ powers, such as Angel’s siren song and Checkers’ hypnosis, since Stitch was created after them. While Stitch was put to sleep by Drowsy, he was able to wake up on his own without the need to be sprayed with water.

Both of the two East Asian animated spin-offs add additional abilities to Stitch not shown in the original Western continuity.

• Battery Storage: The third season of the Stitch! anime shows that he also has a natural battery in his body that can supercharge his powers.
• Transformation: In Stitch & Ai, it shows that Stitch has a metamorphosis code in his DNA to assist him in carrying out his primary function. When the metamorphosis programming is activated, he transforms into a gigantic and unstoppable monstrosity with four tentacle-like blasters capable of destroying not just cities, but planets and potentially entire star systems.
• Quill Retraction: In «Tell the World», he is also seen sprouting quills around his neck.
• Gliding: In «The Phoenix», Stitch sprouts a patagium—a parachute-like membrane found in bats, birds, and other animals that assists in gliding or flight—to glide through the air, mainly for the sake of having some fun while he, Ai, and her cousin Bao head to a shrine that the titular phoenix heads to. (The trio were using a hang glider during their journey, and Stitch deliberately jumps off it so he can glide through the air without hanging on to the glider itself.) Unlike the metamorphosis program, neither the quills nor the patagium have any major factor into the episodes’ plots or the metamorphosis program itself.

Weaknesses

• Program limits: Stitch’s primary weakness lies in his programming.
  • Water: Stitch’s greatest weakness is his inability to float, let alone swim, in water due to his molecular structure being much denser than the average human or animal. This causes him to instantly sink like a stone. Stitch originally had an instinctive aquaphobia (which was even used against him by Spooky), but he was able to overcome it thanks to Lilo’s influence.
  • Glitch (formerly): In Stitch Has a Glitch, it is revealed that Stitch’s molecules were not fully charged after his creation, which is proven to be very deadly once his molecules run out of power. As a result, Stitch frequently experiences periodic glitches that have him revert to his original destructive programming; basically, suffering from a seizure disorder and having nightmares of destroying everything and everyone in his path, including Lilo. However, his suffers from these glitches were gone permanently after Lilo’s love for him caused him to be fully charged at last.
  • Memory erase from Crezonyte: It is shown in «Kixx» that if Stitch consumes two different elements which form to create a particular chemical compound called Crezonyte, all of his training skills will be wiped. Eating the rubber of a tennis shoe and palmitoleic acid (found in macadamia nut oil) together will result in this.
  • Mucus drain: Stitch is 62.7% mucus, which is similar in chemical composition to Snootonium. If this is drained from his body, he will become temporarily exhausted from dehydration (evidenced when Snooty siphoned Stitch’s mucus).
  • Sonic blasts/Sensory overload: Another weakness is the fact that his super-sensitive hearing can lead to temporary deafness when exposed to sonic blasts, such as Yaarp’s destructive sound blast.
  • Strength limit: As stated above, he cannot lift even an ounce past the «3,000 times his weight» limit.
  • Experiments’ powers: While Stitch is immune to Angel and Checkers’ powers since he was created after them, there are some experiments whose powers he is vulnerable to, such as Amnesio, Babyfier, Spike, Bugby, Lax, Dupe, Frenchfry, Swapper, Swirly, and Houdini. Stitch can also be put to sleep by Drowsy, but he was able to wake up on his own without the need to be sprayed with water.
  • Blades/Durability limit: While Stitch can withstand plasma bolts, being beaten, and even the most hazardous environments, it is implied that Stitch isn’t resistant to bladed objects. This is shown when Stitch was pierced by a Sample Extractor and able to take out his blood.
  • Trash ingestion: If Stitch consumes vast amounts of trash, he will become incredibly sick as shown in «Ploot». He first gets sick to his stomach and sneezes, then his fur turns yellow, his tongue becomes orange, and his nose turns red. Another symptom is, with each sneeze, an arm grows from random areas of his body. Stitch’s garbage-eating illness was theorized as a rare space disease by Jumba. Stitch was cured when he drank a barrel of orange juice and took medicine from an eyedropper, though it was only for a few seconds. When he sneezed again, he developed yellow stripes and grew legs instead. The only permanent cure is inhaling steam from a vaporizer.
  • Sauerkraut: According to Lilo, Stitch is apparently allergic to sauerkraut. However, it was never shown what kind of allergic reaction he has to sauerkraut or if he even actually has an allergy to it.

Appearances

Lilo & Stitch

As revealed in Lilo & Stitch, Stitch was created by «evil genius» Dr. Jumba Jookiba, who dubbed him «Experiment 626». Both Jumba and 626 were put on trial by the United Galactic Federation following Jumba’s arrest on suspicion of illegal genetic experimentation. When the Grand Councilwoman tries asking 626 to show them something inside himself that is good, he says, «Meega, nala kweesta!» (which means «I want to destroy!»), which horrifies everyone. Jumba tries to reassure to the court that he didn’t teach Stitch such a thing.

Jumba is incarcerated and 626 is sentenced by the Grand Councilwoman to banishment on a deserted asteroid. Captain Gantu (who despises him to no end) transports him on his ship, escorted by a fleet of police cruisers. During the trip to, 626 outsmarts the plasma guns which are locked onto his genetic signature and manages to break out of the holding cell. He escapes security into the ventilation system, makes his way to the power grid (disabling the ship’s power), and steals a red police cruiser. Despite damage to the cruiser, he activates the hyper-drive and escapes the fleet. The Grand Councilwoman supervises a team which track’s 626’s location and they project that he will land on Earth. Hoping that his ship will crash in water, stating that his molecular density is too great, the Councilwoman is dismayed to see that 626’s final destination is on a string of islands; a.k.a. Hawaii. A decision to gas the planet is rejected by Agent Pleakley, an expert on life on planet Earth. In order to capture 626 discreetly, the Grand Councilwoman instructs Pleakley to accompany Jumba to Earth, the deal being that, if 626 is captured, Jumba will be freed.

A few hours later, after his escape, 626 crash-lands on Earth on the island of Kauai. Almost immediately, he is run over by three plantation trucks and knocked unconscious. When he wakes up, 626 finds himself in a dog kennel without his suit or his plasma cannons. He escapes the kennel, but only briefly; Jumba and Pleakley are already waiting for him outside and fire plasma rounds at him. When Lilo enters the kennel, 626 decides to disguise himself as a dog and uses Lilo as a shield from Jumba and Pleakley. Lilo names 626 ‘Stitch’. Throughout the course of the day, Stitch continues to evade Jumba and Pleakley while the bounty hunters keep a safe, but noticeable, distance as they are under orders to remain discreet. As Stitch’s destructive programming takes effect, he begins to cause trouble for Lilo and her older sister, Nani, who is currently struggling to keep custody of her sister following the deaths of their parents. Stitch’s destructive and mischievous behavior causes tension between Lilo and Nani, especially when it causes Nani to lose her job. The only thing that keeps Stitch with them is Lilo’s persistence.

Over the course of time, with nothing of substance to destroy, Stitch finds himself questioning his purpose in life, coming to realize he has nothing if he cannot wreak havoc and destroy because he was only created to be a monster. After going through Lilo’s collection of books, Stitch discovers the story of The Ugly Duckling and is immediately taken by the tale. When Lilo explains the duckling was sad because he was lost, but became happy again after finding his family and a place to belong, Stitch tries afterward to fit in with Lilo’s family. However, his proclivity for mishaps and interference from Jumba and Pleakley turn this into a futile effort. Eventually, and just when he thinks that things might be happening for the best, one final bit of mayhem (thanks to the alien bounty hunters) results in Nani losing custody of Lilo. Heartbroken by his destruction of the family he has learned to care for, and realizing everything is his fault, Stitch runs away into the night, believing she has a better chance at happiness without him and seeking to find a family of his own. He takes the Ugly Duckling book with him.

The following morning, Jumba confronts Stitch and chases him back to the house. Stitch finds Lilo alone, since Nani ran out early to apply for a job. Because both he and Pleakley now have been fired by the Grand Councilwoman that morning, Jumba is less discreet this time, to Pleakley’s dismay, and the ensuing battle leads to the house being completely destroyed. Nani comes home in time to see Lilo being taken by the social worker. When Lilo hears that she’s to be taken away, she runs away. Stitch finds her shortly afterward, and reveals that he’s an alien, but Lilo had enough of the trouble he’s caused, so she denies Stitch’s apologies and pushes him away. At that moment, Gantu arrives and captures both Stitch and Lilo. Though Stitch escapes, Lilo is taken prisoner aboard Gantu’s ship. In order to save her, Stitch allies himself with Nani, Jumba, and Pleakley. He then steals a tanker truck, and an air battle between Gantu’s and Jumba’s ships ensues until Stitch is able to board Gantu’s ship. Gantu attempts to destroy Stitch during the confrontation, and though he nearly succeeds, Stitch gains the upper hand and manages to both save Lilo and destroy Gantu’s ship. They then run into David, who gives them a ride back to shore.

Landing just off shore, everyone makes their way to the beach where the Grand Councilwoman is waiting with her ship and entourage. She immediately arrests Stitch who asks permission to bid farewell to Lilo and Nani before he departs. The Grand Councilwoman accepts, surprised by Stitch’s sudden gentle and loving nature toward what he calls his family. Though she then admits she cannot change the council’s decision to apprehend Stitch, as the council has made the firm decision to do so, and it is outside of her power to overrule such a decision. However, Lilo then reveals her certificate of adoption from the dog shelter, meaning he belongs to her, and taking him away would be illegal. With aliens being all about rules, the Grand Councilwoman happily agrees to allow Stitch to remain on Earth, sentenced to a ‘peaceful’ exile. She then announces that Lilo’s family will be under protection of the United Intergalactic Federation.

During the finale shows that Lilo and Nani’s house was rebuilt with the help of Jumba and Pleakley who have remained on Earth. Stitch is shown to have adjusted well to life on Earth, spending most of his days spending time with Lilo, Nani, David, Jumba, and Pleakley, and finally finding his one true place in the world: as a member of their ʻohana.

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

In Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (set shortly after the first movie), Stitch is now living, along with the also-exiled Jumba and Pleakley, in Lilo and Nani’s house.

Although still hot-tempered and mischievous, he is reasonably well-behaved, but then begins to malfunction unintentionally. Since his molecules were not fully charged after his creation, Stitch frequently experiences periodic glitches that have him revert to his original destructive programming; basically suffering from a seizure disorder and having nightmares of destroying everything and everyone in his path, including Lilo. Seeing this, as well as the severity of the situation which could eventually lead to Stitch’s death once his molecules run out of power, Jumba strives to create a proper fusion chamber in which to recharge Stitch.

Stitch wants to prove to Lilo that he can still be good, so he goes around doing good deeds for the citizens of the town to prove himself. When his goodness chart is finished, he goes to show it to Lilo, but she is too busy preparing for the contest, resulting both of them to end up fighting, which consequently gets them sent to their room by Nani. Once Stitch accidentally destroys one of the costumes and set pieces for Lilo’s hula contest because of his glitch, an enraged Lilo ignores Stitch and tells him to get lost, deeply hurting him.

Before Lilo goes on to perform her hula dance, Stitch wanted to wish her luck, but thanks to his glitch he accidentally scratches her face and hurts her, just like in his nightmare. Believing himself to be too dangerous, Stitch attempts to leave Earth for a remote planet while Lilo, Jumba, and the others desperately try to have him return so they can recharge him. When Stitch crash-lands the ship on a mountain, Lilo manages to get him into the fusion chamber, but she pulls the switch too late. As Stitch dies, he says his last words, «Stitch sorry.» Jumba says that they’re too late and there’s nothing Lilo can do. However, she tells Stitch that he needed her more than she needed him because he is Lilo’s ʻohana, and she will always love him in accordance with her belief that love is more powerful than death. With these words, Stitch is successfully revived and his molecules fully charged.

Stitch! The Movie

At the start of Stitch! The Movie, Stitch is shown having a difficult time connecting with the island locals during a beach party, feeling that he doesn’t fit in and is too much of an outcast. Though Lilo tries to comfort him, he seeks Jumba in hopes of learning about having others like he and the evil scientist. However, Jumba explains that, in the vast universe, he and Stitch are alone and lack, what Lilo calls, «cousins».

Later on, Stitch discovers Jumba’s first 625 genetic experiments locked in a crate, in the form of dehydrated pods. In order to rescue a kidnapped Jumba, a trade between Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel and Jumba for the experiments is organized, but it instead results in the freedom of the experiments and the capture of Lilo and Stitch. Hämsterviel then tries to clone Stitch, but he was rescued by Experiment 221 (Sparky). Stitch then rescued Lilo and landed Hämsterviel’s spacecraft back in Kauai, where the Grand Councilwoman waited to arrest the evil rodent. She then puts Stitch and Lilo in charge of capturing and taming the other illegal genetic experiments scattered on the island.

Lilo & Stitch: The Series

In Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Stitch and Lilo have to capture Jumba’s experiments, turn them from bad to good, and find them each a home before Gantu, 625, and Hämsterviel capture them and use them for evil. Along the way, Stitch meets his match 627 (who is tougher than him), and he eventually defeats him.

He is also affected by fourteen experiments’ powers: Amnesio wipes out his memory; Babyfier turns him into a baby; Spike makes him goofy; Bugby turns him into an insect; Spooky turns into water and nearly drowns him (and therefore turning him into a coward in the process until he overcomes it); Lax makes him lazy; Dupe clones him into four, weakening his strength; Frenchfry serves him unhealthy meals (along with Lilo and Pleakley) and fattens him up into a giant bowling ball; Swapper switches Stitch and Lilo’s minds; Yaarp blasts his megaphone, temporarily deafening Stitch; Snooty sucks out his mucus, temporarily putting him out of commission; Swirly hypnotizes him; Drowsy (in the episode «PJ») puts him to sleep; and Houdini makes him invisible. He also meets Experiment 624 (Angel), who is introduced as a love interest for Stitch.

Over the course of the series, he and Lilo have also had adventures with Kim Possible, Jake Long, Penny Proud, and the Recess gang.

Leroy & Stitch

After Stitch, Lilo, Jumba and Pleakley have successfully captured and redeemed all the remaining experiments (except 625) the Grand Councilwoman offers Stitch the chance to become the new captain of the Galactic Armada and its new flagship, the BRB (Big Red Battleship) 9000. However, that would require Stitch to be separated from Lilo. Not wanting to make Lilo sad, he chooses to return to Kaua’i. However, Lilo tells him he should go. Before he leaves with Jumba and Pleakley, Lilo gives him a necklace with a tiki of the god Ku Tiki to give him strength. She also gives Pleakley an Earth rock and Jumba an Elvis record.

When Gantu breaks Dr. Hämsterviel out of prison in an action of frustration, Stitch is sent on his first mission as captain to capture the evil rodent once more. But when he arrives at Galactic Defense Industries, Stitch faces off against a new experiment – Leroy, who is an enhanced red doppelganger of Stitch. After Leroy is named, Stitch bursts into the lab and starts to fight against Leroy. Stitch fights well and is about to beat Leroy when Pleakley shows up unexpectedly, allowing Leroy to take advantage of Stitch’s lapse in concentration and beat him. He is knocked into a capsule and sent with Jumba and Pleakley heading towards a black hole, while Leroy disguises himself as Stitch. After they are sent towards the black hole, Leroy heads off towards Earth to capture all of the other experiments for Hämsterviel. Luckily, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley escape from the black hole and arrive on the planet Turo. There, they rescue Lilo, 625 (now known as «Reuben») and Gantu, and then fly Pleakley’s car pool van back to Earth to assist the other 624 experiments in the defeat of an army of Leroys. Now, with Leroy defeated, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley return to Earth with Lilo, realizing that family is more important than spaceships, laboratories, and prestige.

Stitch!

In this anime spin-off, which starts years after Leroy & Stitch, Stitch seems to have reverted to his original destructive nature as seen in the original film.

He is first seen being chased in a spaceship by authorities and Jumba before he crash-lands on Earth on Izayoi Island, off the coast of Okinawa. Soon joined by Jumba and Pleakley, they make a new life with a young girl named Yuna, and Stitch seeks the mythical powers of the Spiritual Stone, a sacred island object that can grant any wish, which is, in Stitch’s case, wanting power. But the powerful wish only works by doing and getting 43 good deeds and Stitch now faces the return of Hämsterviel and a once-again disgraced Captain Gantu along with various experiment threats, all while juggling, getting, and losing (due to his own mischief) good deeds. After spending time with Yuna, Stitch finally gave up his vow to be the most powerful of the universe to stay with her.

Lilo originally never appeared or was mentioned in the anime, but many would still question her absence. In the English dub, it completely changed the story by implying that Stitch ran away out of jealousy of Lilo having a boyfriend, as mentioned by Jumba, «Just because little girl, has new boyfriend now and is all washed up by 626 is no reason to act bad,» which leaves us to believe that this takes place years after the events of Leroy & Stitch. Despite this, when Yuna once confronted Stitch, telling him that his previous family forgot about him. Offended, Stitch quickly states, «Lilo didn’t forget!» which implies that he still deeply cares about her, and is certain that Lilo still feels the same way about him. It wasn’t until Episode 23 of sequel series Stitch! ~Zutto Saiko no Tomodachi~ that Lilo makes her appearance for the first time.

She, now fully grown, visits Okinawa New Town with her daughter (whom Stitch thought was Lilo in the beginning). Both friends reunite, and we learn that there was never any boyfriend. Lilo had gone to college, and they planned to meet by the beach when she returned, but when that day came, Nani was in labor and caused Lilo to be a little late. Stitch, for unknown reasons, was never aware of Nani’s condition (although the English dub states that Stitch had been away on a mission), and since Lilo didn’t arrive at the time they planned, he thought Lilo had forgotten about him. He leaves his tiki necklace on the beach before flying away in his ship, and by the time Lilo arrives he had already left, and cries when she find his necklace. In the end, before Lilo and her daughter could board the plane, Stitch arrives in time to see her again. They both have a happy reunion, she hugs him, promises to visit him again, and asks Stitch to take good care of his new family. She gives Stitch his tiki necklace back before leaving.

Stitch & Ai

This Chinese spin-off series is set chronologically after the events of Leroy & Stitch but before the events of the anime, although it was produced without any consideration towards the latter.

In this series, it is revealed that Stitch has additional programming which causes him to under go a metamorphosis when activated. This transforms him into a large monster capable of destroying not only cities, but star systems as well. The information about Stitch’s programming is hacked and spreads throughout the galaxy. This causes Stitch to be kidnapped by the Jaboodies, who had failed in their own attempts at re-creating Jumba’s Experiment 626 research and wish to use Stitch to end their space war against the Woolagongs. When their ship is raided by the Woolagongs, Stitch uses the confusion to escape and falls back to Earth. After surviving re-entry, he ends up landing in the Huangshan Mountains in China and befriends a young girl named Wang Ai Ling. In order to help contain Stitch and stop the Jaboodies and Woolagongs, the Galactic Federation sends Jumba and Pleakley to monitor Stitch in China.

Other appearances

In Treasure Planet, Stitch made a brief cameo as a stuffed toy on a shelf in Jim Hawkins’ bedroom when he was a child.

Stitch appears in the Virtual Magic Carpet Ride game included on Disc 2 of the 2004 Aladdin Platinum Edition DVD, riding in his spaceship while passing by Aladdin and Carpet briefly three times.

In The Lion King 1½, a silhouette of Stitch is seen at the end of the film crawling on the wall inside the dark theater. He bounces off Goofy, Rabbit, Mad Hatter, and Donald as he makes his way to his seat. Donald is heard quacking angrily as Stitch laughs at him.

In Brother Bear, Stitch makes a surprise cameo in the outtakes.

In Big Hero 6, Stitch is referenced twice: the first as a costume worn by Mochi in a painting, and the second as one of the pillows on Fred’s bed (alongside a Splodyhead pillow). Stitch also makes another cameo in the Baymax! episode, «Sofia». He appears as a sticker on the back of a student’s chair.

Stitch, alongside Angel and Scrump, appear in the fourth UniBEARsity story OhanaBEARsity. In it, Stitch reads the UniBEARsity storybook and comes up with the idea of making their own teddy bears. His teddy bear, named Blue, is based on his likeness.

Stitch appears as one of the residents of Oh My Disney in Ralph Breaks the Internet.

Printed material

Kingdom Keepers

Stitch appears in the third and fifth book in the saga. In Kingdom Keepers III: Disney in Shadow, he is an Overtaker and along with some of the pirates from Pirates of the Caribbean, pursues Finn and Maybeck through Tom Sawyer Island. In Kingdom Keepers V: Shell Game, he seems to have freed of the Overtakers, for he saves Finn from the rescue dummies at Typhoon Lagoon. This makes Finn get to the conclusion that Stitch was under a spell from the Evil Queen.

Stitch & the Samurai

In this manga, Stitch escapes the United Galactic Federation in a stolen police cruiser spaceship by using its hyperdrive to make a blind jump that ends up on Earth. However, instead of traveling through just space, he also travels through time; he crash-lands in Japan during the Sengoku period, in which he meets battle-weary samurai warlord Meison Yamato. After a brief struggle, Yamato is not only impressed by Stitch’s strength, but the sight of the little blue «tanuki» causes him to have a thought that he has never had before: «cute». Thus, the warlord takes in the alien, not only making Stitch part of his army, but also developing an unlikely bond.

Video games

Kingdom Hearts series

Stitch is a minor and later major character in the Kingdom Hearts series. He first appears in Kingdom Hearts II and is one of two summons during the game that makes a difference to the storyline (besides Genie). His first appearance is when he is seen crawling above Sora, Donald, and Goofy without their notice while the trio are in the corridors to Ansem’s study. Later, he is noticed by Goofy and drops down onto the keyboard of Ansem’s computer in front of the surprised trio. A furious Donald jumps onto the keyboard to grab him, but Stitch dodges, bounces off of Donald, and laughs with a taunt. As Donald turns around, he mashes the keys, causing the Master Control Program to be alerted. Later, Stitch helps fight in the Battle of the 1000 Heartless in the Great Maw using his plasma blasters.

The prequel game, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, details the history of Stitch ten years prior to events of the first game. Stitch appears in his true form and is known as Experiment 626, and his story had occurred in his homeworld, Deep Space, which mirrors his escape from the Galactic Federation in the original film. First appearing in custody, he is released by Terra and Dr. Jumba, where he briefly steals the Keyblade wielder’s Wayfinder. Curious about the item’s emotional value to Terra, 626 returns it to Terra and scurries off. By the time Aqua arrives, 626 constructs his own Wayfinder. Aqua goes to apprehend him, only to meet opposition from Gantu, who proceeds to destroy them. The two defeat the captain and afterwards, Aqua asks the Grand Councilwoman for Experiment 626’s sentence to be reconsidered due to 626’s display of sentience through his charm. However, when an Unversed attacks the ship, 626 escapes and follows Ventus. Unfortunately, while waiting for him, 626’s charm is destroyed by Gantu, who still considers 626 a monster. Angered, the alien nearly attacks Ventus but then helps him when Gantu arrives and tries to arrest them. 626 escapes with Ventus on a police cruiser and Keyblade ride (respectively), but activates the cruiser’s hyperdrive in order to escape his pursuers and abandons Ventus by accident. Afterwards, it is seen that Stitch had managed to fix his charm and puts it on the steering wheel as he flies his ship towards a blue star.

In Kingdom Hearts χ/Kingdom Hearts Union χ, Stitch serves as inspiration for an unlockable costume for the game’s avatars and as combat medals.

Stitch returns in Kingdom Hearts III as a Link summon to aid Sora in battle. He uses his blasters to create electric fields, which can destroy enemies as they get close.

Kinect: Disneyland Adventures

Stitch appears as a meet-and-greet character in front of Red Rockett’s Pizza Port in Tomorrowland. He gives several tasks to the player, including fetching some burgers for him to eat, cheering him up by donning a hula costume and dancing with him while wearing it, finding him some flower leis and taking a few photos throughout the park so that he can show them to Jumba.

Disney Infinity

In the first game, Stitch only appears as part of a surfboard gadget and laser Power Disc. During a poll posted by Disney after the first game was released, Stitch became the most requested character for the sequel.

In Disney Infinity: 2.0, Stitch takes part as a playable character; however, he can only be played in the Toy Box mode.

Disney Heroes: Battle Mode

Stitch appears as one of the fallen heroes introduced to the game. He is unlockable with eighty tokens and his attack skills are the same as in the franchise. His victory pose is his signature dance. His mission friends are Maui, the Mad Hatter, Hector Barbossa, Angel, Jumba Jookiba, Timon, and Pumbaa.

Other games

Stitch serves as the protagonist of Stitch Jam, where he travels through various locations on a mission to rescue Angel from Hämsterviel and Gantu.

While Stitch himself does not appear in Disney Universe, a costume of him (in his «pet form») does.

Stitch makes an appearance in Just Dance: Disney Party, where he is seen dancing the hula with Lilo during «Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride».

Disney Parks

Stitch quickly became a staple character in the Disney theme parks due to his popularity. He is usually seen with Lilo or by himself. In the Disney Parks franchises, he sometimes accompanies Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and Pluto, replacing Daisy at times.

Stitch is also a meetable character at PCH Grill located in Paradise Pier Hotel. He only appears during the Mickey and Friends character breakfast with Lilo and lots of other characters.

He is always seen in Tomorrowland at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, Shanghai Disneyland, Arabian Coast at Tokyo DisneySea, and sometimes seen at Disneyland, Disney’s California Adventure, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Disneyland Paris, and Walt Disney Studios Park for meet-and-greet sessions.

Disneyland

In Mickey and the Magical Map, Stitch can be seen towards the end, when Mickey chases the ink spot into the Hawaiian painting. Stitch is seen on the screen, before ducking down and coming onstage from the side of the screen. He dances with a group of cast members to the song of «Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride».

In World of Color at Disney California Adventure, Stitch can be seen during the «Transformation» sequence at the end of the show. In World of Color: Season of Light, Stitch and his family are featured celebrating the holidays in their own segment.

In It’s a Small World, Stitch can be seen with Lilo on a surfboard in the Hawaiian area.

In The League of Planets safety videos for Space Mountain, Stitch makes a cameo as an example of large luggage.

Walt Disney World

Stitch was the main character of Stitch’s Great Escape!, where he had a chance to interact with the live audience. This attraction later became a meet-and-greet area where guests can have photos with him until the signage was dropped. It is currently unknown where he will meet in Tomorrowland.

He also appeared during ʻohana breakfast times with Lilo, Mickey, and Pluto in Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort until 2020 when it was closed to be Moana-themed for the summer of 2021. So it is unknown if he will return for character dining appearances.

Stitch is the star of Stitch’s Supersonic Celebration, initially on a video screen and then in costumed form. The Stitch character on the video screen could interact with guests, using the same technology as in Turtle Talk with Crush.

Stitch is one of the characters who appears on the riverboat in the finale of the WDW version of Fantasmic! beginning in mid-2002. He used to be in the Disneyland version but was since omitted.

In Star Tours: The Adventures Continue, Stitch also made a cameo inside a piece of luggage in the baggage check section of the ride, Star Tours: The Adventures Continue. G2-9T, when noticing Stitch inside, removed the luggage and quarantined it, due to animals not being allowed on the flights. He was eventually replaced with Figment.

In A Totally Tomorrowland Christmas, Stitch is one of the special «guest characters» alongside Buzz Lightyear and Mike Wazowski. Unlike the others (until towards the end), Stitch does not appear onstage. He broadcasts himself from a television screen. The host checks back in with him between musical numbers, given the important job of tracking down Santa to make sure he comes for the big finale. As Stitch learns more about Santa from the guests, Stitch mistakes Santa for a «spying snitch who breaks into house» and almost uses his ship’s lasers to shoot down Santa and his sleigh. Luckily, he manages to stop in time and now learns the real meaning of Christmas. However, Stitch loses track of Santa afterwards and decides to appear onstage dressed as Santa for the big finale.

In March 2016, he and Genie are replaced by Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde from Zootopia in the Magic Kingdom parade, Move It! Shake It! Dance and Play It! Street Party. He also appeared in Town Square near the flagpole replacing Marie for more meet-and-greet sessions, but was moved back to Tomorrowland when Stitch’s Great Escape! was not in use. There, he currently meets on the Tomorrowland stage along with Buzz.

Tokyo Disney Resort

In Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!, an animatronic Stitch was added in the attraction since 2008. Throughout the show, the Birds of Paradise discover a writing believed to be done by «Big Kahuna» who is thought to be a tiki god and anyone who angers him would put the Tiki Room in trouble. During the musical number «Hawaiian War Chant», Stitch disrupts the song by popping out of the flowerbeds where the orchids are singing (though his full body is not physically seen until the end of the show). During the Showgirl Birds’ act, the Birds of Paradise discover the Showgirl Birds wearing Stitch ears in which they explain that a strange creature (referring to Stitch) put blue ears on them as they plan on not finishing the song until Stitch is gone. Waha Nui, one of the Birds of Paradise, gets upset to tell the prankster ruining the show to show up, but Stitch gets insulted when he hears Waha Nui calling him a prankster. When Stitch rises from the fountain, the Birds of Paradise think he is Big Kahuna, but Stitch himself declares he is not. The Birds of Paradise then scold Stitch for disrupting the show in which Stitch explains that he wants to perform in the Tiki Room.

The Birds of Paradise let Stitch perform in the show, on the condition that he not interfere with the show anymore. Stitch agrees, asking the Birds of Paradise and the audience if they want to join his ohana. Stitch and the Birds of Paradise then close the show with a reprise of «Aloha, E Komo Mai». Stitch declares, «Everyone…ʻohana!» and the show ends with him spitting out of the fountain.

In the defunct Tokyo DisneySea version of Fantasmic!, Stitch starred in his own segment, conducting the water and lights to an instrumental rock version of «Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride» while Angel drives around in a speedboat with a plasma pistol.

In the Polynesian Terrace Restaurant, Lilo’s Luau & Fun ran from 2005 to 2020. In it, Lilo & Stitch, as well as Mickey, Minnie, and Chip and Dale came onstage and danced with some hula dancers and a ukulele player to the music from Lilo & Stitch.

Hong Kong Disneyland

At Hong Kong Disneyland, Stitch used to show up for meet-and-greet sessions in Tomorrowland and Fantasy Gardens, and sometimes appears in Disney’s Hollywood Hotel. He also appears in It’s a Small World with Lilo and the Flights of Fantasy Parade and appeared in the defunct version of The Golden Mickeys.

Recently, he greets guests most often (especially alongside Lilo) in the Karibuni Marketplace in Adventureland.

Shanghai Disneyland

Stitch met in Tomorrowland and appeared in the caboose in Mickey’s Storybook Express until 2020. He also appears in the second segment of Summer Blast in front of Enchanted Storybook Castle.

Disney Cruise Line

Stitch also greets guests on the Disney Cruise Line ships. On board the Disney Fantasy, Stitch interacts with guests boarding the ship in CGI through a screen much like his attraction Stitch Live! (or Stitch Encounter).

He is also present on the Disney Fantasy cruise ship with Lilo in the show Disney’s Wishes.

Stitch Encounter

Found in Walt Disney Studios Park (known as Stitch Live!), and Tomorrowland at Tokyo Disneyland and Shanghai Disneyland, guests are seated in a room that is something like a theater, and Stitch interacts with the audience. Guests would also need to help Stitch get to his space cruiser before Captain Gantu captures him.

It ran at Hong Kong Disneyland from July 2006 to May 2, 2016.

Disneyland Paris

Stitch also appeared in Stitch’s Hawaiian Paradise Party in Disneyland Paris on June 9, 2011 and Merry Stitchmas in 2017.

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Trivia

• On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that it is unconstitutional for any of the states in America to ban gay marriage, as all U.S. citizens have the fundamental right to marry as stated by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Because of the month and day this ruling was made (6/26), many fans began associating with Stitch to the date of the decision, making him its unofficial mascot.
  • In response to this, Dean DeBlois, a former Disney story supervisor at Walt Disney Feature Animation and co-director/co-writer of Lilo & Stitch who is gay himself, drew an image of Stitch and Scrump celebrating the court’s decision. The sketch showed Stitch holding a rainbow flag, which represents gay pride, and Scrump holding a blue flag with a yellow equality sign, representing the logo of the Human Rights Campaign.^[1]
• According to Chris Sanders’ initial designs, Stitch was originally going to have green fur and smaller eyes. His ears flared at their bases instead of close to their tips, and his nose was below the eye line instead of above. He also had white or silver claws instead of dark blue claws, and wore a yellow-orange spacesuit with burnt orange pants instead of the more uniform red-orange spacesuit that he wears in the original film’s first act.
• Stitch is the only Lilo & Stitch character to have his name in every title of the franchise.
• Despite not appearing in the show itself (as the show ran for about one year before the movie came out), Stitch was featured with Lilo in some online games for the television series House of Mouse.
• In a deleted scene of the original film, Stitch was responsible for the death of Pudge the fish. This incident made him learn about the consequences of his evil actions and gain a better understanding of mortality. It was cut out because Disney figured that it would be too morbid for a protagonist to kill someone and would also set a bad example for children. Moreover, Stitch is more interested in vandalism than violence.
  • Also, the original version of the scene where Jumba attacks Stitch which results in the Pelekai residence accidentally being burned down was actually going to have more violent scenes like Stitch using a chainsaw to attack Jumba, as well as Stitch setting the house on fire by biting apart a gas pipe and tricking Jumba into shooting it with his blaster. The final version of the same scene has everything violent edited out and replaced in favor of making the scene more slapstick-oriented (Jumba knocking the ceiling down with dishes instead of laser blasts, Jumba’s «shuriken» being made of hairbrushes and a tube of toothpaste instead of knives and a pizza cutter, and the entire chainsaw scene shortened), having more comedic scenes added in (exploding Scrump, Stitch catching Jumba’s laser, Stitch yelling, «Blue Punch Buggy! No punch back!» when hitting Jumba with Nani’s VW, the Elvis Presley song «Hound Dog» playing in the background), and the house being destroyed by having Stitch stop up Jumba’s blaster with a carrot and then having them both play «hot potato» with it until the blaster overloads and explodes.
  • A similar treatment was done to the climax, where Jumba, Pleakley, Stitch, and Nani fly through the sky to pursue Gantu after he accidentally captures Lilo as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
• Stitch is considered to be one of the first successful prototypes for Jumba’s «ultimate monster» experiment, though he is technically a failure because he wanted to belong and find a family. Other notable attempts for this prototype are 000, 262, 600, and 625, and each failed for its own reason: 000 is uncontrollable, 262 is good, 600 is clumsy, and 625 is lazy. 627 and Leroy are additional attempts Jumba made after Stitch, but both of them also failed: 627 is weak to laughter while Leroy is weak to a song. However, Leroy can also be considered a success, since Jumba deliberately programmed the weakness into him.
• Stitch appears, along with several other Lilo & Stitch characters, in a parody of the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical, which was broadcast as part of the High School Musical: Around the World one-year anniversary special.
  • In said parody, when Stitch and the other experiments are looking up at the ceiling, Stitch is colored red and 627 is colored blue due to a coloring error.
• Stitch’s English-language speech capabilities, which are usually broken and childish, vary throughout the franchise and other works.
  • In the original film, he starts out only speaking his native language, Tantalog, but gradually speaks English over time as he acclimates to Earth, though most of the time, he only makes various noises that are mostly animalistic due to him needing to keep up with the dog disguise. He speaks more during the third act, especially after he reveals his true alien nature to Lilo and Nani.
  • Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch continues from the first film by having Stitch become more proficient in English, though with occasional moments of his more familiar childish English, and he almost never speaks in Tantalog. However, after he has his final glitch at the end of the film, which causes him to crash-land Jumba’s ship, he only says a few words in brief sentence fragments from then on out.
  • Lilo & Stitch: The Series and its films has Stitch speaking mostly in Tantalog, which was developed by the show’s writing staff based on Chris Sanders’ alien gibberish in the original film. When Stitch does speak English, it’s usually as brief, broken sentence fragments with some brief pauses between words at times and a few possible instances of echolalia.
  • The Stitch! anime gives Stitch more dialogue than in any other work in the franchise, making him more talkative compared to his Western and Chinese portrayals. Additionally, his English improves, he talks in more complete sentences, and he develops a considerable wit.
    • This may actually imply that his command of Japanese is better than his English; since he is on an island prefecture of Japan, it is reasonable that he is speaking the local language, and thus the American-dubbed version is actually a case of «audience filter». On the other hand, since the anime takes place years after Leroy & Stitch, Stitch may have spent enough time on Hawaii before leaving to actually get a decent grasp on English. It should also be noted that English is heavily taught as a second language in Japan.
  • Stitch & Ai has Stitch’s speech revert back to his broken, childish English, and he mainly speaks Tantalog again, much like in Lilo & Stitch: The Series. Interestingly, despite having the same English voice actor as his anime counterpart (Ben Diskin), he speaks with a lower-pitched and somewhat less energetic voice than that used in the anime.
• Stitch has a tendency to refer to himself in the third person. He developed this habit probably because of his broken English or he had gotten it from Jumba, whom he too refers to himself in the third person.
  • Interestingly, he only does this twice in the original Lilo & Stitch film, after he was apprehended by the Grand Councilwoman. He says «Stitch» instead of «I» when he asks her if he has to go into her ship, and if he can say goodbye to Lilo and Nani. All other times he refers to himself in the original film have been in the correct first-person.
  • In Stitch Has a Glitch, he is shown to do this less often up until the climax.
  • In the English dub of the Stitch! anime, he does it even less often than before, but over the course of the series, he seems to have grown out of this habit: he talks in complete sentences, his English has improved, and he has more dialogue.
• Stitch’s weak grasp of English throughout the franchise (especially in the original 2002–2006 continuity) does not make logical sense, considering his hypercognition, the fact that he shows no apparent signs of struggling in understanding English, the fact that the aliens in the franchise can speak fluent English (including his own creator more or less), and the fact that he spends most of his time with Lilo, who has a very complex vocabulary (especially for someone her age). The indirect explanation that he does not have «advanced language programming» like his predecessor Reuben also does not make sense considering the above, and in fact leaves a plot hole as to why Stitch doesn’t have such an ability when his predecessor, who is said to have every power and ability that Stitch has, does.
  • Adding on to this, Chris Sanders published a TikTok video in June 2022 for the film’s 20th anniversary in which he unofficially (as it was not made nor authorized by Disney) voices Stitch again, albeit in narration. The video has Stitch speaking in fluent English throughout, with only his famous illeism sticking around. This suggests that Sanders sees Stitch as eventually becoming naturally fluent or near-fluent in English over time.
• While Stitch and the other experiments are technically siblings, sharing the same creator, «cousins» is a Hawaiian term, like «ʻohana«, for extended family and close friends, although Stitch only uses it in regard to the experiments.
  • However, in Stitch & Ai, when he reunites with Jumba and Pleakley, he tells Ai that they’re «cousins», despite never having called either of them «cousins» before.
• Stitch loves reading his favorite storybook, The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen, which he obtained from Lilo at some point.
  • The plot revolving around the book mirrors Stitch questioning his purpose, as it revolves around his loneliness and desire to find a family, to which he did in the end.
  • Stitch also developed a fondness for ducks as he showed some ducklings the storybook, as seen in the credits of Lilo & Stitch.
• Stitch apparently has a fondness for frogs as seen in Lilo & Stitch, where Stitch saves one from being blasted by a plasma gun of Gantu’s ship.
• He is also very fond of sea turtles and even sleeps with a stuffed one, as seen in Stitch Has a Glitch.
  • In the end credits of Lilo & Stitch, Stitch is also seen covering a turtle and its baby with a leaf.
• Stitch likes to dress up as Elvis Presley and is very skilled at playing the ukulele.
• His favorite foods are coconut cake and coffee, which are the very first Earth-based food and drink he has ever eaten, as seen in the original film and also mentioned in Stitch! The Movie. However, when he drinks coffee, he gains a massive amount of uncontrollable energy. Ironically, in «Slugger», he drank a large bowl of cappuccino, along with Lilo’s cappuccino, but didn’t go crazy at all.
  • Stitch also enjoys soda, as he steals a can from the Pelekais’ fridge in the original film, angrily drinks the rest of the soda from a pitcher at Macki Macaw’s restaurant in «Phantasmo» when Pleakley doesn’t pour him some after Lilo had Stitch wait his turn, and enjoys a can after stuffing Mr. Stenchy into the Pelekais’ pantry in «Mr. Stenchy» before being interrupted by Gantu.
  • He has also been shown to eat anything inedible and very rarely doesn’t like to eat something. An exception was in «Spooky», when he spat out a lemon, saying, «Ew, organic!», implying he might not like lemons.
    • However, in «Shortstuff», Stitch, as a giant, drank some lemonade from the cart he accidentally smashed without expressing any disgust, and in «Swapper», he drank a whole bowl of lemonade (albeit modified by Jumba to cause those who drink it to temporarily change colors), again without expressing any disgust, which would contradict this supposed dislike of lemons. It could be that either Stitch doesn’t like organically-grown foods (as his heightened senses might have the unintended side effect of him tasting even the tiniest amounts of manure residue), he doesn’t like the taste of unsweetened lemons or lemon juice, or him spitting out the organic lemon was nothing more than a simple joke.
  • In the Stitch! anime, he also loves Yuna’s blue crab sushi.
• Due to a continuity error, Stitch’s ear notches have a tendency to disappear or change position in some works or merchandise. This has also caused countless fan art and even some official artwork to reflect these and other errors.
• Following after Stitch! The Movie, Stitch’s toes have changed from dark blue to black.
  • Additionally, following after Stitch Has a Glitch, Stitch’s fur color has changed from dark blue to light blue.
• Stitch’s blood is revealed to be pink when a sample was taken out of his body with a syringe.
  • Since then, Stitch has developed trypanophobia (a fear of needles) as evidenced in «Sample», when he showed fear of going to the vet to get his shots.
• When Stitch has a glitch, his eyes glow green.
  • Ironically, in the original film, Stitch’s eyes were shown green after he crash-landed on Earth, but he displayed no glitch whatsoever.
  • In Stitch Has a Glitch, the animation was reused in the beginning.
• Usually when Stitch rolls into a ball, he puts his feet into his mouth and covers his face with his butt. In «Dupe» and «Snafu», his ball form resembles Cannonball’s ball form in Leroy & Stitch.
• Since Lilo’s adoption of Stitch was a legal process under State of Hawaii law (complete with legal documentation), it can be said that his legal name is indeed «Stitch» and not «Experiment 626». Disney Infinity seems to re-enforce this by describing him as «Dr. Jumba’s former Experiment 626» on the description for Stitch in the games’ Hall of Heroes.
  • This may also provide additional context when he interrupts the Grand Councilwoman to clarify his name in the denouement of Lilo & Stitch, as he may also imply that it would no longer be considered proper to refer to him as «Experiment 626» in any further formal or legal matters. Since he is referred to as «Captain Stitch» when he joins the Galactic Armada in Leroy & Stitch, it could also be that the United Galactic Federation does formally acknowledge «Stitch» as his proper legal name; if they didn’t, then he would have been «Captain 626» instead.
• In the prequel comics and The Origin of Stitch, it is revealed that Stitch’s genes contain those of some of the most powerful creatures in the galaxy, as well as some of Jumba’s for «brains and good looks». One of the genes was a puppy, explaining Stitch’s resemblance to a dog (though Jumba did not know how it got in there).
• In each of the franchise’s three TV series, Stitch grows into a giant at least once per show via some method.
  • In the Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode «Shortstuff», Stitch uses Jumba’s Protoplasmic Growth Ray to make himself bigger, but he is considerably clumsier in this larger size since he was not designed to be large. The episode’s titular experiment also becomes bigger and defeats the enlarged Stitch at the carnival. Stitch would later be returned to his normal size in order to fight back and win.
  • In the Stitch! anime episode «Experiment-a-palooza», Shrink zaps Stitch with an energy ray after the latter falls into a swimming pool, causing him to grow into a giant. Due to Retro reverting Stitch to his original destructive programming, Stitch goes on a rampage in this giant form until Yuna reaches out to him and reminds him of his promise. Shrink would be used again to revert Stitch to his original size.
  • Stitch & Ai has the aforementioned metamorphosis program, which transforms him into a gigantic monster armed with four tentacle-like blasters. Notably, unlike with Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Stitch does not become clumsier as a giant in this series, which had some of the same crew members as the Western series.
    • However, a deleted version of the opening of the original film contradicts this. In this opening, the Galactic Council shows video footage of Experiment 626—in his familiar small size—causing chaos and destruction in an alien city, including tipping over a skyscraper by lifting it from its base. The existence of this scene strongly suggests that Chris Sanders, Stitch’s creator and original voice actor, never intended or at least considered giving Stitch this metamorphosis ability, thus likely making the monstrous «destruction form» in Stitch & Ai a retcon or a «revision» of the character. (Sanders did not work on either Stitch & Ai or the Stitch! anime series in any capacity; he was only credited in those shows for creating the characters who originated in Lilo & Stitch, including Stitch.)
• Stitch appeared on more covers for issues of Disney Adventures than any other character, appearing on the cover of twelve issues.
• Toothless, a Night Fury from DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon franchise, bears a strong resemblance to Stitch. Even their facial expressions are similar, especially those showing excitement, wariness, and anger. However, their personalities are somewhat different, as Stitch is far more mischievous than Toothless. This is not a coincidence; Chris Sanders was the designer for both characters and co-directed both films with Dean DeBlois. It is also possible that Toothless was inspired by him.
  • Chris Sanders left Disney to join DreamWorks Animation (a rival animation company to Disney) in 2007 due to creative differences over Disney rejecting his original Bolt script and designs. Despite his departure, though, Sanders still continues to voice Stitch in video games like Kingdom Hearts II, Birth by Sleep, Disney Infinity 2.0, and in any other appearances of Stitch, with the notable exceptions being the Japanese Stitch! anime and the Chinese Stitch & Ai series.

References

See also

• Stitch!Now
• Stitch Cosplay
• Stitch Costume Variants

External links

• Stitch on Kingdom Hearts Wiki

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Media Films and Television: Lilo & Stitch (video/«The 747 Sequence») • Stitch! The Movie (video) • Lilo & Stitch: The Series • Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (video) • Leroy & Stitch (video) • Stitch! • Stitch & Ai • The Origin of Stitch • Lilo & Stitch Soundtracks: Original soundtrack • Lilo & Stitch: Island Favorites • Lilo & Stitch Hawaiian Album Video Games: Lilo & Stitch (GBA) • Lilo & Stitch Pinball • Lilo & Stitch: Hawaiian Adventure • Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise • Disney’s Stitch: Experiment 626 • Lilo & Stitch’s Island of Adventures • Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc • Kingdom Hearts II • Stitch Jam • Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep • Stitch Jam 2 • Stitch! Super Chef • Stitch!Now (Stitch Cosplay) • Bomberman: Disney Stitch Edition • Disney Magical World • Disney Infinity • Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition • Disney Magical World 2 • Disney Magic Kingdoms • Disney Emoji Blitz • Disney Crossy Road • Disney Heroes: Battle Mode • Kingdom Hearts III • Disney Epic Quest • Disney Getaway Blast Books: Disney’s Wonderful World of Reading • Comic Zone Volume 1: Disney’s Lilo & Stitch • Stitch & the Samurai • Agent Stitch Disney Parks Disney Animation Building • Disney Friends of the Month • Innoventions • It’s a Small World • Karibuni Marketplace • Stitch’s Great Escape! • Stitch Encounter • The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai! • Stitch’s Alien Encounter Character Greeting! Entertainment: Lilo & Stitch’s Ohana Luau • Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade • Disney’s Showtime Spectacular • Disney’s Wishes • Fantasmic! • Max LIVE: Gettin’ Goofy With It • Mickey and the Magical Map • One Man’s Dream II: The Magic Lives On • Mickey presents: «Happy Anniversary Disneyland Paris» • Stitch’s Interplanetary Beach Party Blast • Stitch’s Supersonic Celebration • The Golden Mickeys Parades: Disney’s Dreams On Parade: Moving On • Flights of Fantasy Parade • Happiness is Here Parade • Jubilation! • Mickey’s New Year’s Eve Parade • Move It! Shake It! Dance and Play It! Street Party • Mickey’s Storybook Express • Fireworks: Celebrate the Magic • Illuminate! A Nighttime Celebration • Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland • Momentous • Wonderful World of Animation Spring:Disney’s Easter Wonderland • Disney’s Spring Promenade • Fashionable Easter Summer: Mickey’s WaterWorks • Stitch’s Summer Dance Bash • Stitch and Friends Summer Surprise • Summer Blast Halloween: Halloween Pop’n LIVE • Re-Villains! Halloween Parade • Scream and Shout Halloween Parade Christmas: A Totally Tomorrowland Christmas • Disney Christmas Stories • World of Color: Season of Light Characters Original: Stitch • Lilo Pelekai • Nani Pelekai • Jumba Jookiba • Pleakley • David Kawena • Captain Gantu • Jacques von Hämsterviel • Grand Councilwoman • Galactic Armada • UGF Troopers • Mertle Edmonds • Elena, Teresa, and Yuki • Susan Hegarty • Cobra Bubbles • Moses Puloki • Mrs. Hasagawa • Mr. and Mrs. Pelekai • Luki • Ice Cream Man TV series: Mr. Wong • Mrs. Edmonds • Aunt Stacy • Officer Kahiko • Keoni Jameson • Mr. Jameson • Victoria • Mrs. Pleakley • Pixley Pleakley • Bertley Pleakley • Charles and Mary • Mitzi Suzuki and Kato Stewart • Merwin and Dean • Ellen and Lona • Zach Makeli • Ringmaster • Mayor Anolo • Nicolé • Dr. Gladys Okra • Sara • Mr. Cooper • Chaps, Manny, and Sperk • Mortlegax Stitch!: Yuna Kamihara • Gramma • Penny • Kenny • Taro • Sasha • Hiroman • Jessica • Tigerlily Sakai • Dolores • Ani Pelekai • BooGoo • Kijimunaa • Delia Stitch & Ai: Wang Ai Ling • Wang Jiejie • Meiying • Qian Dahu • Wang Daiyu • Dim Long • Scratch • Jumba’s Chinese Experiments Video game characters: Dr. Habbitrale Experiments: Chopsuey • Sparky • Reuben • Jam • Digger • Mary • Huggo • Slimy • Richter • Phantasmo • Clip • Mr. Stenchy • Spooky • Holio • Cannonball • Gigi • Yin • Yang • Kixx • Splodyhead • Amnesio • Swirly • Fibber • Tank • Sprout • Elastico • Yaarp • 627 • Deforestator • Zap • Topper • Melty • Houdini • Fudgy • Sinker • Nosy • Finder • Slushy • Dupe • Heat • Thresher • Plasmoid • Hammerface • Shortstuff • Angel • Felix • Poxy • Hunkahunka • Sample • Babyfier • Bonnie • Clyde • Slugger • Drowsy • Spike • Squeak • Frenchfry • Swapper • Shoe • Backhoe • Poki • Slick • Skip • Clink • Checkers • PJ • Ploot • Snooty • Retro • Belle • Morpholomew • Spats • Heckler • Wishy-Washy • Phoon • Bugby • Shush • Lax • Remmy • Doubledip • Gotchu • Forehead • Hocker • Zawp • Mulch • Shredder • Pix • Boomer • Manners • Woody • Wrapper • Blowhard • Derrick • Ace • Glitch • Woops • Snafu • Nosox • Stamen • Tickle-Tummy • Link • Leroy • Cloudy • Stopgo • Splat • Sproing • Kernel • Carmen • Cyber • Shrink • Bragg • Mrs. Sickly • Pop • Dorkifier • Wormhole • Toons • Hertz Donut • Welco • Lorider • Witch • Sproutling • Skunkuna • Dark End Guest Characters: Kim Possible • Ron Stoppable • Wade • Dr. Drakken • Shego • Rufus • Penny Proud • Oscar Proud • Trudy Proud • BeBe & CeCe Proud • Suga Mama • Puff • T.J. Detweiler • Vince LaSalle • Ashley Spinelli • Gretchen Grundler • Mikey Blumberg • Gus Griswald • Muriel Finster • Jake Long • Luong Lao Shi • Fu Dog • Trixie Carter • Arthur Spudinski Others: Elvis Presley • Pudge • Jimmy the Cockroach • Various Aliens • Leroy Clones • Sergeant C4703BK2704-90210 Episodes Season One: «Richter» • «Phantasmo» • «Clip» • «Mr. Stenchy» • «Spooky» • «Holio» • «Cannonball» • «Yapper» • «Yin-Yang» • «Kixx» • «Splodyhead» • «Amnesio» • «Swirly» • «Fibber» • «Tank» • «Sprout» • «Elastico» • «Yaarp» • «627» • «The Asteroid» • «Topper» • «Melty» • «Houdini» • «Sinker» • «Nosy» • «Finder» • «Slushy» • «Dupe» • «Shortstuff» • «Angel» • «Felix» • «Poxy» • «Hunkahunka» • «Sample» • «Babyfier» • «Bonnie & Clyde» • «Slugger» • «Bad Stitch» • «Drowsy» Season Two: «Spike» • «Frenchfry» • «Swapper» • «Shoe» • «Slick» • «Skip» • «Checkers» • «PJ» • «Ploot» • «Snooty» • «Retro» • «Belle» • «Morpholomew» • «Spats» • «Heckler» • «Wishy-Washy» • «Phoon» • «Bugby» • «Rufus» • «Shush» • «Lax» • «Remmy» • «Mrs. Hasagawa’s Cats/Ace» • «Glitch/Woops» • «Snafu» • «Link» Songs He Mele No Lilo • Heartbreak Hotel • Stuck on You • Suspicious Minds • (You’re the) Devil in Disguise • Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride • Aloha ʻOe • Hound Dog • Burning Love • Can’t Help Falling in Love • Rubberneckin’ • I Need Your Love Tonight • A Little Less Conversation • Always • Aloha, E Komo Mai • I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry • Jailhouse Rock • Don’t Be Cruel Locations Hawaii • Honolulu • Kokaua Town • Lahui Beach • Lilo’s House • Aloha Animal Rescue • Hasagawa Fruits • Kaiāulu Hale • Mertle’s House • Birds of Paradise Hotel • Kilauea Lighthouse • Rental Hut • Muscle Bay • Kiki’s Coffee Hut • Beauty Parlor • Mart • Macki Macaw’s • Waialeale Peak • Kauai Airport • Turo • Plorgonar • Prison Asteroid K-37 • Galaxy Defense Industries • Lihue Airport • Izayoi Island • Okinawa New Town Objects Experiment Pods • Experiment Pod Container • Jumba’s Computer • Plasma Blaster • Net Cannon • Galactic Cell Phone • Prison Capsule • Sample Extractor • Fusion Chamber • Projector • Uburnium • Time Machine • Protoplasmic Growth Ray • Plasmatic Englobulatron • Luggage • Scrump • Lilo’s Experiment Book • Stitch’s Spacesuit • Stitch’s Necklace • Chitama Spiritual Stone • Good Deed Counter Vehicles/Spaceships Jumba’s Ship • Gantu’s Ship • Police Cruisers • The Red One • Yellow Plantation Trucks • AHI Tanker Truck • Dr. Hämsterviel’s Ship • Manta Shuttle • Hovercraft • X-Buggy • Federation Ship • B.R.B. 9000 • G.A.C.C. Ship See also Tantalog language • Pelekai ʻohana • Stitch Crashes Disney

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Books Kingdom Keepers • Kingdom Keepers I: Disney After Dark • Kingdom Keepers II: Disney at Dawn • Kingdom Keepers III: Disney in Shadow • Kingdom Keepers IV: Power Play • Kingdom Keepers V: Shell Game • Kingdom Keepers VI: Dark Passage • Kingdom Keepers VII: The Insider Characters Original Characters: Finn Whitman • Charlene Turner • Terrence Maybeck • Dell Philby • Isabella Angelo • Wayne Kresky • Amanda Lockhart • Jessica Lockhart • Mrs. Whitham • Wanda Alcott • Greg Luowski • Storey Ming • Bess Maybeck • Gladis Philby • Sally Ringwald • Dillard Cole • Hugo Montcliff • Mattie Weaver Disney Characters: Mickey Mouse • Minnie Mouse • Goofy • Donald Duck • Daisy Duck • Pluto • Chip and Dale • Ariel • Violet Parr • Mulan • King Triton • Megara • Stitch • Remy • Django • Rajah • Prince Phillip • Elsa • Rapunzel • Timon • Pumbaa • Tigger • Lilo • Winnie the Pooh • Piglet Overtakers: Maleficent • Chernabog • The Evil Queen • Cruella De Vil • Claude Frollo • Ursula • Jafar • Shan Yu • Jack Sparrow • Tia Dalma • Gaston • Prince John • Horned King • Big Bad Wolf • J. Worthington Foulfellow • Gideon • Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed • Diablo • Magic Brooms • Green Army Men • Blackbeard • Shere Khan • Si and Am • Hopper • Flotsam and Jetsam • Judge Doom • Madame Leota • Sabor • The Headless Horseman • Stormtroopers • Scar • Zira Locations Magic Kingdom • Epcot • Disney’s Hollywood Studios • Disney’s Animal Kingdom • Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon • DisneyQuest • Cinderella Castle • Escher’s Keep • It’s a Small World • Splash Mountain • The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh • Big Thunder Mountain Railroad • Camp Minnie-Mickey • Expedition Everest • Fantasmic! • Voyage of the Little Mermaid • Disney Dream • Walt Disney: One Man’s Dream • Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge • Soarin’ • Mission: SPACE • Test Track • Wonders of Life • Morocco Pavilion • China Pavilion • France Pavilion • Norway Pavilion • Mexico Pavilion • Disneyland • Jungle Cruise • The Sorcerer’s Hat • Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Forbidden Eye • Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters • The Haunted Mansion • Casey Jr. Circus Train • Mickey’s Toontown • Matterhorn • The Disney Gallery

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Games Kingdom Hearts (HD I.5 ReMIX/Soundtrack/Soundtrack Complete/HD I.5 ReMIX Soundtrack) • Chain of Memories • Kingdom Hearts II (HD II.5 ReMIX/HD II.8 Final Chapter Prologue/Soundtrack/HD II.5 ReMIX Soundtrack ) • 358/2 Days • Birth by Sleep (Soundtrack) • coded • Dream Drop Distance (Soundtrack) • χ [chi] • Unchained χ/Union χ [cross] • Kingdom Hearts III • Dark Road • Melody of Memory • Missing-Link • Kingdom Hearts IV Other media Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party • Agrabah (Kingdom Hearts pilot) Incorporated Films and Shorts Aladdin/The Return of Jafar • Alice in Wonderland • Beauty and the Beast • Big Hero 6 • Cinderella • Fantasia • Frozen • Hercules • The Hunchback of Notre Dame • Lilo & Stitch • The Lion King • The Little Mermaid • Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers • Monsters, Inc. • Mulan • The Nightmare Before Christmas • Peter Pan • Pinocchio • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl/Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End • Sleeping Beauty • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs • Steamboat Willie • Tangled • Tarzan • Toy Story • Tron/Tron: Legacy • Winnie the Pooh • Wreck-It Ralph Characters Main Characters: Sora • Riku • Kairi • King Mickey • Donald Duck • Goofy • Roxas • Axel/Lea • Naminé • Xion • Aqua • Terra • Ventus Villains: Xehanort • Ansem • Xemnas • Maleficent • Pete • Vanitas • Xigbar/Braig • Xaldin • Vexen • Lexaeus • Zexion • Saïx/Isa • Demyx • Luxord • Marluxia • Larxene • Terra-Xehanort • Young Xehanort • Xehanort’s Guardian Other Characters: Jiminy Cricket • Ansem the Wise/DiZ • Yen Sid • Master Eraqus • Dilan • Even • Aeleus • Ienzo • Lingering Will • Hayner • Pence • Olette • Kairi’s Grandma • Riku Replica • Jiminy’s Journal • Foretellers • Master of Masters • Luxu • Ephemer • Skuld • Chirithy • Lauriam • Elrena Original Monsters: Heartless • Nobodies • Unversed • Dream Eater Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts: Queen Minnie • Daisy Duck • Pluto • Chip and Dale • Huey, Dewey, and Louie • Magic Brooms • Alice • White Rabbit • Doorknob • Cheshire Cat • Queen of Hearts • Card Soldiers • Tarzan • Jane Porter • Clayton • Terk • Kerchak • Kala • Sabor • Hercules • Philoctetes • Hades • Cerberus • Rock Titan • Ice Titan • Aladdin • Abu • Jasmine • Genie • Carpet • Jafar • Iago • Peddler • Cave of Wonders • Pinocchio • Geppetto • Monstro • Cleo • Ariel • Flounder • Sebastian • Ursula • King Triton• Flotsam and Jetsam • Glut • Jack Skellington • Zero • Sally • Oogie Boogie • Lock, Shock, and Barrel • Dr. Finkelstein • Mayor of Halloween Town • Peter Pan • Tinker Bell • Captain Hook • Mr. Smee • Wendy • Crocodile • Merlin • Winnie the Pooh • Tigger • Piglet • Eeyore • Rabbit • Owl • Roo • Bees • Beast • Belle • Snow White • Cinderella • Fairy Godmother • Aurora • Pongo • Perdita • Dalmatian Puppies • Simba • Mushu • Dumbo • Bambi • Chernabog Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts II: Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather • Maleficent’s Raven • Scrooge McDuck • Mulan • Li Shang • Shan Yu • Hayabusa • Yao, Ling, and Chien Po • The Emperor • Lumiere • Cogsworth • Mrs Potts • Chip • Wardrobe • Pegasus • Megara • Pain and Panic • Hydra • Horace Horsecollar • Clarabelle Cow • Clara Cluck • Jack Sparrow • Elizabeth Swann • Will Turner • Captain Barbossa • Bo’sun • Jacoby • Twigg • Cursed Crew • Prince Eric • Attina • Andrina • Santa Claus • Skeletal Reindeer • Timon • Pumbaa • Nala • Rafiki • Scar • Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed • Mufasa • Kiara • Pridelanders • Hyenas • Tron • Master Control Program • Commander Sark • Kanga • Gopher • Stitch • Chicken Little Disney Characters introduced in Birth by Sleep: Prince Phillip • Maleficent’s Goons • Doc • Grumpy • Happy • Sleepy • Bashful • Sneezy • Dopey • The Prince • Evil Queen • Magic Mirror • Prince Charming • Jaq • Lady Tremaine • Anastasia • Drizella • Lucifer • Grand Duke • Grand Councilwoman • Captain Gantu • Jumba • Experiment 221 • Lost Boys Disney Characters introduced in Dream Drop Distance: Quasimodo • Esmeralda • Phoebus • Judge Claude Frollo • Victor, Hugo, and Laverne • Kevin Flynn • Sam Flynn • Quorra • CLU • Rinzler • Black Guards • Blue Fairy • Beagle Boys • Chernabog’s Minions • Julius Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts χ: Mad Hatter • March Hare • Razoul • Royal Guards • Maurice • Gaston Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts Union χ: Sultan • Samson • Vanellope von Schweetz • Fix-It Felix Jr. • Sergeant Calhoun • King Candy • Sour Bill • Cy-Bugs • Hero’s Duty Troops Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts III: Zeus • Apollo • Athena • Hermes • Lava Titan • Tornado Titan • Little Chef • Woody • Buzz Lightyear • Rex • Hamm • Sarge • Green Army Men • Little Green Men • Rapunzel • Flynn Rider • Pascal • Maximus • Mother Gothel • Sulley • Mike Wazowski • Boo • Randall Boggs • Child Detection Agency • Trailer Son and Mom • Elsa • Anna • Kristoff • Olaf • Sven • Marshmallow • Hans • Mr. Gibbs • Tia Dalma • Davy Jones • Kraken • Cutler Beckett • Baymax • Hiro Hamada • Go Go Tomago • Honey Lemon • Fred • Wasabi • Lumpy • Wreck-It Ralph Disney Characters introduced in Kingdom Hearts Dark Road: Tweedledee and Tweedledum Disney Characters introduced in the manga: Caterpillar • Chi-Fu Square Enix Characters: Leon • Cloud • Moogle • Others Elements Plot Elements: Kingdom Hearts • Heart • Keyblade War • Dark Seeker Saga • More Game Elements: Gameplay in Kingdom Hearts • Magic Objects Sea-salt ice cream • Wayfinder • Door to Darkness • Keyblade • X-blade • More • Pixar Ball • A113 • Pizza Planet Truck Locations Original Worlds: Destiny Islands • Traverse Town • Radiant Garden/Hollow Bastion • Disney Castle/Disney Town/Timeless River • Dive to the Heart • End of the World • Realm of Darkness • Twilight Town/Mysterious Tower • The World That Never Was • Castle That Never Was • Land of Departure/Castle Oblivion • Keyblade Graveyard Disney Worlds: Wonderland • Deep Jungle • Olympus Coliseum/Underworld/Olympus • Agrabah • Atlantica • Halloween Town/Christmas Town • Neverland • Hundred Acre Wood • The Land of Dragons • Beast’s Castle • Port Royal/The Caribbean • Pride Lands • Space Paranoids • Dwarf Woodlands • Castle of Dreams • Deep Space • La Cité des Cloches • The Grid • Prankster’s Paradise • Country of the Musketeers • Toy Box • Kingdom of Corona • Monstropolis • Arendelle • San Fransokyo • Game Central Station/Niceland/Cy-Bug Sector/Candy Kingdom Organizations/Groups Organization XIII • Princesses of Heart • Disney Villains Council Songs «Dearly Beloved» • «Simple and Clean» • «Sanctuary» • Face My Fears • Don’t Think Twice • Mickey Mouse Club March • Swim This Way • Part of Your World • Under the Sea • Ursula’s Revenge • A New Day is Dawning • Destati • This is Halloween • He’s a Pirate • Beauty and the Beast • Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo • It’s a Small World • Night on Bald Mountain • Winnie the Pooh • The Sorcerer’s Apprentice • The Pastoral Symphony • Nutcracker Suite • You’ve Got a Friend in Me • Healing Incantation • Put That Thing Back Where It Came From or So Help Me • Let It Go • Do You Want to Build a Snowman • Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me) • A Whole New World • Circle of Life

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Games Disney Infinity • Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition • Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition Playable Characters Disney Infinity: Jack Sparrow • Mr. Incredible • Sulley • Sorcerer Mickey • Lightning McQueen • Woody • Mater • Buzz Lightyear • Mike Wazowski • Randall Boggs • Hector Barbossa • Davy Jones • Elastigirl • Dash Parr • Violet Parr • Syndrome • John Reid • Tonto • Jack Skellington • Phineas Flynn • Perry the Platypus • Jessie • Wreck-It Ralph • Vanellope von Schweetz • Rapunzel • Elsa • Anna • Holley Shiftwell • Francesco Bernoulli Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition: Iron Man • Captain America • Hulk • Black Widow • Thor Odinson • Hawkeye • Nick Fury • Loki Laufeyson • Maleficent • Merida • Spider-Man • Venom • Iron Fist • Nova • Green Goblin • Rocket Raccoon • Groot • Star-Lord • Gamora • Drax the Destroyer • Stitch • Tinker Bell • Aladdin • Jasmine • Donald Duck • Baymax • Hiro Hamada • Falcon • Yondu • Sam Flynn • Quorra Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition: Yoda • Ultron • Luke Skywalker • Fa Mulan • Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader • Leia Organa • Han Solo • Ahsoka Tano • Darth Maul • Obi-Wan Kenobi • Finn • Rey • Poe Dameron • Kylo Ren • Joy • Sadness • Anger • Fear • Disgust • Minnie Mouse • Olaf • Chewbacca • Hulkbuster Iron Man • Ezra Bridger • Kanan Jarrus • Garazeb Orrelios • Sabine Wren • Boba Fett • Spot • Judy Hopps • Nick Wilde • Peter Pan • Baloo • Captain America — The First Avenger • Black Panther • Vision • Ant-Man • Alice • Mad Hatter • Time • Dory • Nemo Non-Playable Characters Disney Infinity: Hamm • Rex • Slinky Dog • Emperor Zurg • Joshamee Gibbs • Pintel and Ragetti • Maccus • Edna Mode • Rick Dicker • Mirage • Luigi • Ramone • Flo • Chick Hicks • The King • Guido • Finn McMissile • Carla Veloso • Tractors • Art • Scott «Squishy» Squibbles • Terri and Terry Perry • Don Carlton • Easter Bunny Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition: Wasp • Captain Marvel • Ant-Man (Hank Pym) • Sif • MODOK • Frost Giants • Iron Patriot • Winter Soldier • Mysterio • Doctor Octopus • Black Cat • White Tiger • Power Man • J. Jonah Jameson • Cosmo the Spacedog • The Collector • The Witch • Pleakley • Golden Harp Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition: R2-D2 • C-3PO • Jabba the Hutt • Jar Jar Binks • Mace Windu • Padmé Amidala • King Candy • Marshmallow • Yokai • Battle Droids • Marlin • Bruce • Anglerfish • Seagulls • Hank • Destiny • Bailey • Jellyfish Objects Cruella’s car • Ratcatcher • Pumpkin Coach • Lightsaber • Darkwing Duck’s gas gun • Black Pearl • Identity Disc • Plasma Blaster Mark I • Candy Kart • King Candy’s Royal Racer • Pizza Planet Truck • Recognizer • Bathtub • Light Runner • A113 • Pixar Ball • The Jolly Roger (Disney Parks version) • The Electric Mayhem Bus • Baseball Launcher

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Media Toys and Merchandise • Mobile Application (Disney and Star Wars) • Mobile Application (Marvel) • Television Shorts • Kingdom Hearts Union χ • Disney Tsum Tsum Festival • Twisted Wonderland Disney Mickey and Friends: Mickey • Minnie • Donald • Daisy • Goofy • Pluto • Chip and Dale • Oswald • Ortensia • Duffy • ShellieMay • Gelatoni • StellaLou • CookieAnn • ‘Olu Mel • Huey, Dewey, and Louie • José Carioca • Panchito Pistoles • Clarabelle Cow • Horace Horsecollar • Max Goof • Clarice • Pete • Scrooge McDuck • Ludwig Von Drake • Dr. Frankenollie • Julius Pooh and Pals: Pooh • Tigger • Piglet • Eeyore • Rabbit • Owl • Roo • Kanga • Gopher • Christopher Robin • Lumpy Lilo & Stitch: Stitch • Lilo • Scrump • Pleakley • Jumba • Angel • Leroy • Dr. Hämsterviel • Ugly Duckling • Sparky • 627 • Gigi • Babyfier • Yang • Slushy • Shortstuff • 625 • Amnesio • Dupe • Sample • Clip • Tank • Yin • Hunkahunka • Plasmoid Silly Symphonies: Donald Duck • Big Bad Wolf • Practical Pig • Fiddler Pig • Fifer Pig • Ugly Duckling Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Snow White • Evil Queen • Doc • Grumpy • Happy • Bashful • Sneezy • Sleepy • Dopey Pinocchio: Pinocchio • Jiminy Cricket • Figaro • Cleo • Geppetto • Blue Fairy • Honest John and Gideon • Lampwick • Monstro Fantasia: Mickey • Yen Sid • Chernabog • Hyacinth Hippo • Ben Ali Gator Dumbo: Dumbo Bambi: Bambi • Thumper • Miss Bunny • Friend Owl • The Great Prince of the Forest The Three Caballeros: Gauchito • Burrito The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad: Mr. Toad Cinderella: Cinderella • Jaq and Gus • Prince Charming • Fairy Godmother • Lady Tremaine • Lucifer • Suzy • Perla • Bruno Alice in Wonderland: Alice • Mad Hatter • March Hare • Dormouse • White Rabbit • Cheshire Cat • Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee • Queen of Hearts • King of Hearts • Caterpillar • Dinah • Oysters Peter Pan: Peter Pan • Tinker Bell • Wendy Darling • John Darling • Michael Darling • Captain Hook • Mr Smee • Nana • Tick Tock • Tiger Lily Lady and the Tramp: 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Stitch
Lilo & Stitch character
Stitch in his disguised «Earth dog» form (lower arms, antennae and spines retracted), the most-often seen form of the character
First appearance	Lilo & Stitch (2002)
Created by	Chris Sanders
Voiced by	English Chris Sanders (all Western media) Benjamin Diskin (Stitch! and Stitch & Ai) Japanese Kōichi Yamadera Mandarin Li Zhengxiang (Stitch & Ai)
In-universe information
Aliases	Experiment 626 (species/birth name) Public Nuisance #1 (by the Grand Councilwoman; deleted scene only) Kenny (when disguised as a human in Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
Nicknames	626 (by Jumba Jookiba, Gantu, and Dr. Hämsterviel) «little monster» (by Pleakley) «abomination» or «trog» (by Gantu) Boojiboo (by Angel)
Species	Experiment (artificially-created koala-like extraterrestrial)
Gender	Male[1][2]
Title	Captain (Leroy & Stitch)
Occupation	Lilo Pelekai’s pet «dog» (films and Lilo & Stitch: The Series) Captain of the Galactic Armada (former; Leroy & Stitch) Yuna Kamihara’s pet «dog» (Stitch!) Wang Ai Ling’s pet «dog» (Stitch & Ai)
Family	Jumba Jookiba (creator/father figure) Lilo Pelekai (owner and best friend; films and The Series) Nani Pelekai (caretaker and friend; films and The Series) Wendy Pleakley (friend) Reuben (Experiment 625) («cousin») Over 623 other experiment «cousins» Leroy (Experiment 629) (twin brother) Yuna Kamihara (best friend; Stitch!) Wang Ai Ling (best friend; Stitch & Ai)
Significant other	Angel (Experiment 624)
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, and durability Hypercognition Skilled hand-to-hand combat with four arms Ability to climb walls and ceilings Retractable claws, antennae, spines, and lower pair of arms Highly flexible skeleton and body Super-sensitive hearing and sense of smell

Stitch, also known as Experiment 626 (pronounced «six two six»), is a fictional character in Disney’s Lilo & Stitch franchise. An illegally-made, genetically engineered, extraterrestrial life-form resembling a blue koala, he is one of the franchise’s two title characters, alongside his human adopter and best friend Lilo Pelekai, and its most prominent protagonist.

Stitch was created by Lilo & Stitch co-writer and co-director Chris Sanders, who also voices him in all Western-produced media that he appears in. Ben Diskin voices the character in the English versions of the Eastern-produced television spin-offs Stitch! and Stitch & Ai.

Development[edit]

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Sanders originally created the character in 1985 for an unsuccessful children’s book pitch and developed a treatment for an animated feature featuring the character.^[3] The idea for the character was shelved until around 1996 when then-President of Walt Disney Feature Animation Thomas Schumacher approached Sanders and asked him if he wanted to pitch a story, giving Sanders the opportunity to use his character again.^[4] When Sanders said that the alien character was going to crash-land in a forest filled with other animals, Schumacher told Sanders that the animal world was already «overly alien» to humans, and suggested that the character should end up in the human world to provide better contrast and juxtaposition for the story.^[4][1]

In later development for the film’s story, the character was originally going to be the leader of an intergalactic gang of criminals, with Jumba being one of his previous good friends summoned by the Intergalactic Council to capture him.^[3] Test audience responses to early versions of the film resulted in the change of Stitch and Jumba’s relationship to that of creation and creator, respectively.^[3]

The character was originally meant to be incapable of speaking intelligibly.^[5] However, when the Lilo & Stitch production team realized that the film’s story «hinged» on the character being able to explain himself at the end of the film, Sanders provided vocals for Stitch during early animation.^[5] The production team later established Sanders as the official voice of his own character after getting used to his vocalizations.^[5]

Physical appearance[edit]

Stitch is a blue, short, koala-like alien. His large rabbit-like ears have asymmetrically-placed triangular notches on the outer rims of each ear; one near the tip of his right ear and another near the base of his left ear, although these notches are sometimes misplaced in some media, usually on their respective opposite ears. The back of the ear tips are colored indigo. He has a wide mouth, a round nose, black eyes, and a small, short, and stumpy tail. He has three tufts of fur on top of his head and another three on his chest. He has aqua countershading around his eyes and from his lower lip extending down to the bottom of his abdomen.

He has four arms (the lower pair of which are retractable), three retractable spines that run down his back, four sharp retractable claws on each of his front and back paws (hands and feet), and two retractable antennae on his head. There are abstract indigo markings on his back and occiput that vaguely look similar to snow angels, with the back marking having two large «bulges» in the middle that allude to his four arms. He has a limited ability to change his physical appearance, as he can retract his lower pair of arms, his claws, his antennae, and the three back spines into his body. He is referred to as a dog by Lilo throughout much of the franchise, as he was taken to a pound and disguised himself as one in order to escape his captors by being adopted by Lilo. He was initially believed by Lilo to be a collie that had been hit by a car, while Nani thought he was a koala of a sort before they found out he was an alien genetic experiment.

Sanders’s initial design concepts for Stitch differ heavily from the final version. Stitch was originally going to have green fur, which was changed in early development to the now-familiar blue.^[2] His black eyes were slightly smaller compared to his final version, his ears flared at their bases instead of close to their tips, and some early drawings placed his nose below the eye line instead of above.^[2] The early drawings also showed him with white or silver claws instead of dark blue claws, and he wore a yellow-orange spacesuit with burnt orange pants instead of the more uniform red-orange spacesuit that he wears in the original film’s first act.^[2]

History[edit]

Lilo & Stitch (2002)[edit]

«Experiment 626» was created by «evil genius» Dr. Jumba Jookiba to cause and create chaos around the galaxy. They were both captured and put on trial by the United Galactic Federation, who sentenced 626 to life imprisonment on a desert asteroid. The Grand Councilwoman assigns Captain Gantu to escort him. 626 escapes, crash-landing a spaceship in Kauaʻi, Hawaii. Disguising himself as a dog to hide from his captors, 626 is adopted by a little girl named Lilo, who names him «Stitch».

Lilo tries to teach Stitch to be good, using Elvis Presley as a model for his behavior. While these efforts prove to be fruitless at first, with Stitch unable to suppress his destructive programming, Lilo nevertheless enjoys having Stitch as her «puppy». Although he at first only wanted to use her as a human shield from Jumba and Agent Pleakley, who were sent to capture him, Stitch slowly develops a strong love for Lilo, to the point where he saves her from Gantu. After his heroics, the Grand Councilwoman allows Stitch to serve his exile on Earth with Lilo as his warden, citing her dog adoption certificate (subsequently, Lilo seems to have become not only a best friend but also a sister figure to Stitch).

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005)[edit]

In this sequel film, set between the first film and Stitch! The Movie, Stitch is living well, reasonably well-behaved (although still hot-tempered and mischievous) with the exiled Jumba and Pleakley in Lilo’s (and her older sister Nani’s) house, until he begins malfunctioning. Jumba reveals that since Stitch was not fully charged after his creation, he will experience periodic glitches that revert to his original destructive programming, appearing to suffer from a «fit» or «seizure». Seeing this, Jumba creates a new charging chamber for Stitch. Not wanting to hurt anyone, Stitch attempts to leave Earth for a remote planet, while Lilo, Jumba, and the others desperately try to have him return so they can recharge him. Although they are too late when they place him in the recharging pod, Stitch seems to be revived by Lilo’s love, which goes in accordance with her belief that love is more powerful than death.

Stitch! The Movie (2003)[edit]

After the events of Lilo & Stitch 2, Stitch discovers the remaining 625 genetic experiments locked in a crate, in the form of dehydrated pods. In order to rescue a kidnapped Jumba, a trade between Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel and Jumba for the experiments are organized, but it instead results in the freedom of the experiments and the capture of Lilo and Stitch. Hämsterviel then tries to clone Stitch but he was rescued by Experiment 221 («Sparky»). Stitch then rescued Lilo and landed Hämsterviel’s spacecraft back in Kauaʻi, where the Grand Councilwoman arrests him.

Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003–2006)[edit]

After the events of Stitch! The Movie, Stitch and Lilo have to capture Jumba’s other experiments and find them a home. Along the way, he meets his match: Experiment 627 who is tougher than him, but he eventually defeats with his greater intelligence. He also is affected by fifteen experiment powers: Amnesio wipes out his memory, being poked by Spike’s spine makes him goofy, Babyfier turns him into a baby, Spooky turns into water and nearly drowns him, Lax makes him lazy, Dupe duplicates him into four (weakening his strength), Frenchfry serves him unhealthy junk food meals (along with Lilo and Pleakley) and fattens him up into a giant bowling ball, Yaarp sounds out his loud megaphone (deafening him), Snooty sucks out his mucus (effectively dehydrating him), Swirly hypnotizes him, Drowsy puts him to sleep, Houdini makes him invisible, Swapper switches him into Lilo’s and then Pleakley’s bodies, Bugby turns him into a bug, and Slushy freezes him. However, the powers wear off. He also meets Angel who is introduced as a love interest for Stitch, who becomes good out of love for Stitch.

Leroy & Stitch (2006)[edit]

After successfully capturing all the remaining experiments in the preceding series, the Grand Councilwoman offers Stitch the chance to become the captain of the Galactic Armada and their new flagship, The BRB (Big Red Battleship) 9000. However, that would require Stitch to be separated from Lilo. Not wanting to make Lilo sad, he chooses to return to Kaua’i, but Lilo tells him he should go. Before he leaves with Jumba and Pleakley, Lilo gives him a necklace with the god Ku Tiki on it to give him strength. When Gantu breaks out Dr. Hämsterviel in an action of frustration, Stitch is sent on his first mission to capture the evil rodent once more. But when he arrives at Galactic Defense Industries, Stitch faces off against Leroy, an enhanced clone of Stitch. Stitch fights well and is about to beat Leroy when Pleakley shows up unexpectedly, allowing Leroy to take advantage of Stitch’s lapse in concentration and beat him. He is placed in a cage and sent with Jumba and Pleakley heading towards a black hole, and Leroy heads off towards Earth to capture all of the other experiments for Hämsterviel. Later, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley escape from the black hole and arrive on the planet Turo. There they rescue Lilo, 625 (now known as Reuben), and Gantu, and fly Pleakley’s carpool van back to Earth to assist the other experiments in the defeat of an army of Leroys. With Leroy defeated, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley return to Earth with Lilo, realizing family is more important than spaceships, laboratories, and prestige.

Stitch! (anime)[edit]

In the anime series Stitch! (2008–12, 2015), Stitch seems to have reverted to his destructive nature and is first seen in the first episode being chased in a spaceship by Jumba and the authorities, ending up on an island in the Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. On the island, Stitch gained a new human friend named Yuna Kamihara. The original version (aired in Japan) initially left out what happened between Lilo and Stitch that caused them to be separated, although the heavily edited international version of the anime, which includes the English dub, had Jumba imply that Stitch ran away out of jealousy of Lilo having a boyfriend. Lilo herself did not appear in any way in the anime until episode 23 of ~Best Friends Forever~ (Season 3), where she, now a fully-grown woman, visits Okinawa’s New Town with her daughter, Ani (who looks incredibly like her when she was a child and whom Stitch thought was Lilo in the beginning). Lilo and Stitch were able to reconcile upon reuniting, with Lilo explaining what happened on the day Stitch left her. They both have a happy reunion, she hugs him, promises to visit him again, and asks Stitch to take good care of his new family. She then gives Stitch his tiki necklace back before leaving to return to Hawaii.

Stitch & Ai[edit]

In the Chinese animated series Stitch & Ai (2017), Stitch was kidnapped from Lilo by an alien faction called the Jaboodies, who hold him captive in their battle cruiser spaceship as they desire to forcibly use him to with a space war against a rival faction called the Woolagongs, who also want to use Stitch to win the space war. When the Woolagongs attack the ship wanting Stitch for themselves, he uses the opportunity to escape back to Earth, jumping from the Jaboodie battle cruiser and re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. He is protected during re-entry by—as explained in the cold open of the sixth episode «The Lock»—»special qi energy» that also caused him to lose part of his memories,^[6] including his memory of Lilo (who only appears in recreated flashbacks in this series). He ends up in the Huangshan mountains and meets a young Chinese girl who lives there named Wang Ai Ling, who (similarly to Lilo) takes him into her family as her new pet «dog». He helps Ai in preventing her aunt Daiyu from forcibly moving her from the mountains to the city, while she (and later Jumba and Pleakley) help protect him from being taken by either the Jaboodies or the Woolagongs, as well as look for a shrine that’s he seen in a vision he had.

Personality[edit]

Throughout the course of the entire Lilo & Stitch franchise, Stitch is depicted as a character that is unlikeable to many people due to his destructive and temperamental behavior. The one and primary exception is Lilo, who only falls out with him in the rarest occasions, most notably in Lilo & Stitch 2, where she was unaware that the glitches he was possessed by throughout most of the film were reverting him back to his original destructive behavior.

When Stitch is in his «evil» form, he is undeniably worrying as his somewhat botched physique underlines his at the time twisted behavior; in «good» form, however (the form that the audience most often sees), Stitch’s display of emotion at being rejected due to his behavior and looks while trying to act good for Lilo is meant to make him seem more adorable to the audience. In any case, people who are averse to Stitch in any way, shape, or form, describe him as «ugly and deformed», while people with affection for him describe him as «cute and fluffy». This reflects the basic idea behind Stitch and also his cousins: in no manner do they correspond to many established criteria of good physical appearance.

Despite his surface destructiveness, which does not go away even after he has become «good», Stitch is a complex character; according to his creator Jumba, Stitch as a destructive machine was not given a higher purpose in life. Since Stitch is trapped on an island where there are relatively few things to destroy, he has many occasions to reflect on other occupations than evil. It is implied that Stitch destroys only because that is what he is programmed to do (In the original Lilo & Stitch film, Jumba claimed that Stitch’s «destructive programming» was taking effect and that he would be irresistibly drawn to large cities to «back up sewers, reverse street signs, and steal everyone’s left shoe.«^[7] This is shown in the Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode «Kixx», where Lilo and Stitch are watching Keoni skateboard, then Stitch looks in Keoni’s rucksack and eats Keoni’s shoe, Keoni replies by saying «Hey, my shoes!» in which Lilo says, «He only eats the left ones!«^[8]); but since he has a personality of his own (a fact that only Lilo truly understands), he also has the choice, even will, not to do so.

Despite having superhuman strength and a high level of computer intelligence, Stitch is emotionally fragile and has a childlike personality beneath his «monster» appearance. Lilo believes that one reason why he originally pursued his destructiveness was for similar reasons to her own naughtiness: that it was because he was emotionally scarred (for having been made as a monster by Jumba) but received little understanding or sympathy from others. Stitch becomes much more well-meaning after his betterment but is frequently unable to control all of his impulses to antisocial actions. Fortunately for him, there are those who are always there to support him—most notably Lilo and, later, Angel and Reuben—to whom he returns the favor willingly.

Fictional character details[edit]

Stitch is created by Dr. Jumba Jookiba to cause chaos across the galaxy. Stitch is marked by his mischievous behavior, which endeared him to Lilo, who adopts him as her «dog». Through Lilo’s beliefs in the Hawaiian concept of ʻohana, meaning ‘family’, Stitch evolves from an uncaring, destructive creature to a loving, more self-conscious being who enjoys the company of his adoptive family on Earth. He becomes a firm believer of the ʻohana concept, and with the help of Lilo applies it to reform Jumba’s 625 prior experiments, nearly all of whom Stitch treats as his «cousins».

While explaining his creation to the Galactic Council early on in Lilo & Stitch, Dr. Jumba gives the following rundown of Stitch’s powers: «He is bulletproof, fireproof, and can think faster than a super computer. He can see in the dark and can move objects at least 3,000 times his size. His only instinct — to destroy everything he touches!«^[7]

• While Stitch is never seen shot by a bullet, he can endure being shot by plasma projectiles. He can even catch them in his hands before throwing it back to the shooter, as shown in the original film,^[7] Stitch! The Movie,^[9] Leroy & Stitch,^[10] and Stitch & Ai.^[11] Stitch was shown to be hit by one in the episode «Finder» when Hämsterviel, armed with a self-made plasma cannon, shot him with it, which only made Stitch unconscious (it is assumed that plasma projectiles are deadly to humans as Lilo occasionally is almost shot by one in the franchise).^[12] As he dodges all other plasma projectiles, Jumba did claim that Stitch being hit by one would stun him long enough to be defeated by a foe.^[7] He did survive the crash of his spaceship with only a scratch, is only briefly stunned by a fall of several thousand feet, and has to be run over by three tractor-trailers in succession to be knocked out.^[7]
• As for fireproof, in the original film he drives a tanker truck full of gasoline into a volcano, which in the ensuing explosion he is propelled into the air, a move he uses to strike at Gantu’s spaceship to thwart his capture of Lilo.^[7]
• Thinking faster than a supercomputer is harder to quantify, but he does escape from captivity fairly ingeniously, builds a model of San Francisco after only glancing at Earth vs. the Spider;^[7] grabs a crossword puzzle from the table and finishes it in about eight seconds; is often seen solving complex mathematical equations; builds a bomb out of a plasma bolt, Lilo’s doll Scrump, and a roller skate;^[7] builds a mechanical bull out of a toaster, a vacuum cleaner, and a lamp;^[13] a DNA double helix from only coconuts, hollow sticks and a turntable; is able to understand he can use a human as a shield from Jumba, by Pleakley’s presence;^[7] and generally picks up quickly on what is happening around him. He is also fluent in playing string instruments like the guitar or the ukulele, and is capable of driving any sort of vehicle, which can be as simple as riding a tricycle—which his strength allows him to speed one up to beyond the normal capabilities of a tricycle propelled by a human—or as complex as piloting intergalactic spaceships.^[7][9]
• His eyes can pick up various forms of light and he can filter out one or the other if necessary. Stitch can see in normal vision (during this mode, his eyes appear black in color), night vision (which is green), infrared (red) and X-ray (bright green). Furthermore, he also can magnify his vision. However, his high sensitivity to light also causes flash lights to be very painful to him. In the original film, Stitch earns respect for performing Elvis Presley, but he then attacks his fans after the flashes from their cameras bother him.^[7]
• His ability to lift objects 3,000 times his own size and weight is seen several times throughout the franchise, including incidents where he picks up a descending blast door, hits Dr. Jumba with a thrown Volkswagen Beetle (shouting gleefully, «Blue punch buggy! No punch back!«) and stops a tanker truck.^[7] This ability is sometimes joked about in the later series; for example, in Stitch! The Movie, Hämsterviel, while physically restraining Stitch for a cloning experiment, counters Stitch’s strength with restraint devices, that are equal in strength themselves, as Hämsterviel loudly declares, to 3,001 times Stitch’s own weight.^[9] Another such example of the limitation of such strength was in the Lilo & Stitch: The Series «Swirly», where Stitch showed his strength off on a television show by holding up two bulldozers on a platform only to have it come crashing down on him when Gantu throws a backstage pass onto to one of the bulldozers, stating he can hold up to three thousand times his weight, but not an ounce more.^[14]

Like his «cousins», the pads on Stitch’s hands and feet can secrete a sticky substance allowing him to adhere to almost any surface and scale buildings and walls; and his skeletal system is very flexible, allowing him to become a rolling ball and also to squeeze through tight spaces. Stitch’s legs are small, but powerful enough to enable him to jump several feet into the air and he’s shown to be very agile.

Stitch also can act as an audio amplifier, radio, and/or microphone, illustrated in the original film when he uses a finger as the needle on a record player, and the music comes out of his open mouth,^[7] then again in The Series episode «The Asteroid» when he uses his ears to overhear from a distance Cobra Bubbles talking to a scientist about the threat of an asteroid close to impacting the Earth, and the sound of the discussion comes out of Stitch’s mouth to allow Lilo to listen to it.^[15] He has an acute sense of smell and hearing (though the latter can lead to temporary deafness when exposed to sonic blasts) and is also dexterously skilled in hand-to-hand combat, using all four arms or just two.

Stitch can also be noted for his immortality. Although the Lilo & Stitch franchise is set in the current year, he is shown to have no signs of aging as seen in the episode «Skip» for 10–20 years, much to his chagrin (although suggested by an aged Lilo to grow a goatee to make him look older),^[16] as well as in the Stitch! anime series which is set years after Leroy & Stitch (as seen by Lilo’s reappearance as an adult in this show).^[17]

Stitch is proven to be ticklish in Lilo & Stitch: The Series. In «Shortstuff», Stitch is tickled by a ray used to make him bigger.^[18]

Stitch’s greatest weakness is his inability to float or swim due to his dense molecular structure, which causes him to sink in water. Stitch originally also had an instinctive aquaphobia, but was able to overcome it because of Lilo: in The Series episode «Spooky», Experiment 300 (the titular «Spooky»)—which has the ability to transform into a person’s worst fear—was activated;^[19] for Stitch, he transformed into water,^[19] but Lilo showed Stitch her coping mechanism for when she gets scared (for her it’s singing the chorus of «Aloha ʻOe»), which is how Stitch was able to save her later in the episode.^[19] Also, as mentioned earlier, since Stitch’s molecules were not fully charged upon creation as shown in Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, if his initial charging was not finished he would later suffer seizure-like glitches that would revert him to his original destructive programming before dying.^[20] This issue was resolved by the film’s end, and he no longer suffers these glitches.

Stitch also has different abilities in the Asian-produced spin-off shows Stitch! and Stitch & Ai that were not previously revealed in the 2002 to 2006 Western-produced continuity. In Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ (the anime’s third season), he has a hidden power cell within him that can supercharge his powers to greater levels. In Stitch & Ai, he has metamorphosis abilities that change his appearance in some form and give him additional abilities, including being able to sprout quills around his neck, extend a patagium to glide through the air like a flying squirrel, and most significantly, when his destructive programming is fully triggered, grow into a giant monster with four laser-firing tentacles that sprout forward from his back, further enhancing his destructive capabilities. (This particular ability contradicts a deleted version of the opening scene of the original Lilo & Stitch film, which shows the then-Experiment 626 having already caused destruction in an alien city in his smaller, familiar true form. The ability also contradicts the Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode «Shortstuff», which showed that Stitch is clumsier as a giant, and in which Jumba stated to the giant Stitch that he was designed to function most efficiently at his exact original size.)^[18]

In other media[edit]

Kingdom Hearts series[edit]

Stitch appears as a summon in the video game, Kingdom Hearts II, making a minor influence at Hollow Bastion (in part being responsible for sending Sora and the others into Space Paranoids). He also appears along with his homeworld, Deep Space, as a fighting partner to Ven and Aqua in the prequel Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. The world is set in space and revolves around on his escape from Gantu’s custody, before arriving in Radiant Garden. Stitch appears in Kingdom Hearts III as a summon much like in Kingdom Hearts II.^[21]

Disney Infinity[edit]

Stitch was included in the Toy Box Starter Pack (alongside Brave‘s Merida) for Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition.^[22]

The Kingdom Keepers[edit]

Playing only a small role in the beginning of Disney in Shadow, Stitch chased Finn accompanied by a crew of pirates. Thought to have come out of Stitch’s Great Escape!, he apprehends Finn and Maybeck. In Power Play, the keepers suspect that Stitch might have been put under a spell and may not have actually been an Overtaker (one of the Disney characters and Walt Disney World park attractions attempting to take over the park). In Shell Game, this is seen to likely have been true as Stitch saves Finn at Typhoon Lagoon from CPR Dummies.

References in other Disney media[edit]

Stitch makes a cameo amongst the crowd of Disney characters coming in to watch the film The Lion King 1½, appearing silhouetted in his full form.

There is a Stitch doll off to the left corner on the lowest shelf in young Jim Hawkins’ room in Disney’s other 2002 intergalactic film Treasure Planet.

Stitch appears riding in his spaceship passing by Aladdin and the Magic Carpet briefly three times in the Virtual Magic Carpet Ride game included on Disc 2 of the 2004 Aladdin Platinum Edition DVD.

In Brother Bear, Stitch makes an appearance in the outtakes.

Stitch is referenced in the background twice in the 2014 film, Big Hero 6. While Hiro Hamada is distracting Aunt Cass as she’s making hot wings, there is a photo of Mochi the cat on the wall behind him on the stairs. In the photo, viewers can see that Mochi is dressed up as Stitch, in his red-orange alien spacesuit. Later, when in Fred’s mansion bedroom, a Stitch pillow can be seen on Fred’s bed along with a Splodyhead (Experiment 619) pillow.

Stitch appears in the 2011 motion-controlled video game Kinect: Disneyland Adventures as a meet-and-greet character who appears in the park’s Tomorrowland area. He is also featured in the Nintendo 3DS life simulation games Disney Magical World and Disney Magical World 2 as an interactive character that the player can speak to and assist in quests.

Reception and legacy[edit]

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After the success of the original Lilo & Stitch film, Stitch quickly became one of Disney’s most popular characters, especially in terms of merchandising.^[23] The Verge‘s Kaitlyn Tiffany wrote in a May 2017 article arguing that the character remains popular fifteen years after Lilo & Stitch‘s release due to his flawed nature, which made him «endlessly relatable»,^[24] and would outlast more recent characters who are similar in certain aspects to him such as the Minions of Universal Studios’s Despicable Me franchise and Baby Groot of Marvel Studios’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as a result.^[24]

Not all reception towards the character has been positive; Scott Mendelson of Forbes wrote an article released on the same day that a live-action Lilo & Stitch remake was reported to be in development stating that he preferred the human leads Lilo and Nani over Stitch, considering the alien to be a detriment to the film.^[25] Mendelson stated that he hated the alien character because «he spent 99% of the movie making [Lilo and Nani’s] lives even harder to the point of possible ruin and death» and that watching the character’s mischief «was an exercise in frustration and concern for the sympathetic human leads.»^[25]

References[edit]

Stitch
Lilo & Stitch character
Stitch in his disguised «Earth dog» form (lower arms, antennae and spines retracted), the most-often seen form of the character
First appearance	Lilo & Stitch (2002)
Created by	Chris Sanders
Voiced by	English Chris Sanders (all Western media) Benjamin Diskin (Stitch! and Stitch & Ai) Japanese Kōichi Yamadera Mandarin Li Zhengxiang (Stitch & Ai)
In-universe information
Aliases	Experiment 626 (species/birth name) Public Nuisance #1 (by the Grand Councilwoman; deleted scene only) Kenny (when disguised as a human in Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
Nicknames	626 (by Jumba Jookiba, Gantu, and Dr. Hämsterviel) «little monster» (by Pleakley) «abomination» or «trog» (by Gantu) Boojiboo (by Angel)
Species	Experiment (artificially-created koala-like extraterrestrial)
Gender	Male[1][2]
Title	Captain (Leroy & Stitch)
Occupation	Lilo Pelekai’s pet «dog» (films and Lilo & Stitch: The Series) Captain of the Galactic Armada (former; Leroy & Stitch) Yuna Kamihara’s pet «dog» (Stitch!) Wang Ai Ling’s pet «dog» (Stitch & Ai)
Family	Jumba Jookiba (creator/father figure) Lilo Pelekai (owner and best friend; films and The Series) Nani Pelekai (caretaker and friend; films and The Series) Wendy Pleakley (friend) Reuben (Experiment 625) («cousin») Over 623 other experiment «cousins» Leroy (Experiment 629) (twin brother) Yuna Kamihara (best friend; Stitch!) Wang Ai Ling (best friend; Stitch & Ai)
Significant other	Angel (Experiment 624)
Abilities	Superhuman strength, speed, agility, and durability Hypercognition Skilled hand-to-hand combat with four arms Ability to climb walls and ceilings Retractable claws, antennae, spines, and lower pair of arms Highly flexible skeleton and body Super-sensitive hearing and sense of smell

Stitch, also known as Experiment 626 (pronounced «six two six»), is a fictional character in Disney’s Lilo & Stitch franchise. An illegally-made, genetically engineered, extraterrestrial life-form resembling a blue koala, he is one of the franchise’s two title characters, alongside his human adopter and best friend Lilo Pelekai, and its most prominent protagonist.

Stitch was created by Lilo & Stitch co-writer and co-director Chris Sanders, who also voices him in all Western-produced media that he appears in. Ben Diskin voices the character in the English versions of the Eastern-produced television spin-offs Stitch! and Stitch & Ai.

Development[edit]

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Sanders originally created the character in 1985 for an unsuccessful children’s book pitch and developed a treatment for an animated feature featuring the character.^[3] The idea for the character was shelved until around 1996 when then-President of Walt Disney Feature Animation Thomas Schumacher approached Sanders and asked him if he wanted to pitch a story, giving Sanders the opportunity to use his character again.^[4] When Sanders said that the alien character was going to crash-land in a forest filled with other animals, Schumacher told Sanders that the animal world was already «overly alien» to humans, and suggested that the character should end up in the human world to provide better contrast and juxtaposition for the story.^[4][1]

In later development for the film’s story, the character was originally going to be the leader of an intergalactic gang of criminals, with Jumba being one of his previous good friends summoned by the Intergalactic Council to capture him.^[3] Test audience responses to early versions of the film resulted in the change of Stitch and Jumba’s relationship to that of creation and creator, respectively.^[3]

The character was originally meant to be incapable of speaking intelligibly.^[5] However, when the Lilo & Stitch production team realized that the film’s story «hinged» on the character being able to explain himself at the end of the film, Sanders provided vocals for Stitch during early animation.^[5] The production team later established Sanders as the official voice of his own character after getting used to his vocalizations.^[5]

Physical appearance[edit]

Stitch is a blue, short, koala-like alien. His large rabbit-like ears have asymmetrically-placed triangular notches on the outer rims of each ear; one near the tip of his right ear and another near the base of his left ear, although these notches are sometimes misplaced in some media, usually on their respective opposite ears. The back of the ear tips are colored indigo. He has a wide mouth, a round nose, black eyes, and a small, short, and stumpy tail. He has three tufts of fur on top of his head and another three on his chest. He has aqua countershading around his eyes and from his lower lip extending down to the bottom of his abdomen.

He has four arms (the lower pair of which are retractable), three retractable spines that run down his back, four sharp retractable claws on each of his front and back paws (hands and feet), and two retractable antennae on his head. There are abstract indigo markings on his back and occiput that vaguely look similar to snow angels, with the back marking having two large «bulges» in the middle that allude to his four arms. He has a limited ability to change his physical appearance, as he can retract his lower pair of arms, his claws, his antennae, and the three back spines into his body. He is referred to as a dog by Lilo throughout much of the franchise, as he was taken to a pound and disguised himself as one in order to escape his captors by being adopted by Lilo. He was initially believed by Lilo to be a collie that had been hit by a car, while Nani thought he was a koala of a sort before they found out he was an alien genetic experiment.

Sanders’s initial design concepts for Stitch differ heavily from the final version. Stitch was originally going to have green fur, which was changed in early development to the now-familiar blue.^[2] His black eyes were slightly smaller compared to his final version, his ears flared at their bases instead of close to their tips, and some early drawings placed his nose below the eye line instead of above.^[2] The early drawings also showed him with white or silver claws instead of dark blue claws, and he wore a yellow-orange spacesuit with burnt orange pants instead of the more uniform red-orange spacesuit that he wears in the original film’s first act.^[2]

History[edit]

Lilo & Stitch (2002)[edit]

«Experiment 626» was created by «evil genius» Dr. Jumba Jookiba to cause and create chaos around the galaxy. They were both captured and put on trial by the United Galactic Federation, who sentenced 626 to life imprisonment on a desert asteroid. The Grand Councilwoman assigns Captain Gantu to escort him. 626 escapes, crash-landing a spaceship in Kauaʻi, Hawaii. Disguising himself as a dog to hide from his captors, 626 is adopted by a little girl named Lilo, who names him «Stitch».

Lilo tries to teach Stitch to be good, using Elvis Presley as a model for his behavior. While these efforts prove to be fruitless at first, with Stitch unable to suppress his destructive programming, Lilo nevertheless enjoys having Stitch as her «puppy». Although he at first only wanted to use her as a human shield from Jumba and Agent Pleakley, who were sent to capture him, Stitch slowly develops a strong love for Lilo, to the point where he saves her from Gantu. After his heroics, the Grand Councilwoman allows Stitch to serve his exile on Earth with Lilo as his warden, citing her dog adoption certificate (subsequently, Lilo seems to have become not only a best friend but also a sister figure to Stitch).

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005)[edit]

In this sequel film, set between the first film and Stitch! The Movie, Stitch is living well, reasonably well-behaved (although still hot-tempered and mischievous) with the exiled Jumba and Pleakley in Lilo’s (and her older sister Nani’s) house, until he begins malfunctioning. Jumba reveals that since Stitch was not fully charged after his creation, he will experience periodic glitches that revert to his original destructive programming, appearing to suffer from a «fit» or «seizure». Seeing this, Jumba creates a new charging chamber for Stitch. Not wanting to hurt anyone, Stitch attempts to leave Earth for a remote planet, while Lilo, Jumba, and the others desperately try to have him return so they can recharge him. Although they are too late when they place him in the recharging pod, Stitch seems to be revived by Lilo’s love, which goes in accordance with her belief that love is more powerful than death.

Stitch! The Movie (2003)[edit]

After the events of Lilo & Stitch 2, Stitch discovers the remaining 625 genetic experiments locked in a crate, in the form of dehydrated pods. In order to rescue a kidnapped Jumba, a trade between Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel and Jumba for the experiments are organized, but it instead results in the freedom of the experiments and the capture of Lilo and Stitch. Hämsterviel then tries to clone Stitch but he was rescued by Experiment 221 («Sparky»). Stitch then rescued Lilo and landed Hämsterviel’s spacecraft back in Kauaʻi, where the Grand Councilwoman arrests him.

Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003–2006)[edit]

After the events of Stitch! The Movie, Stitch and Lilo have to capture Jumba’s other experiments and find them a home. Along the way, he meets his match: Experiment 627 who is tougher than him, but he eventually defeats with his greater intelligence. He also is affected by fifteen experiment powers: Amnesio wipes out his memory, being poked by Spike’s spine makes him goofy, Babyfier turns him into a baby, Spooky turns into water and nearly drowns him, Lax makes him lazy, Dupe duplicates him into four (weakening his strength), Frenchfry serves him unhealthy junk food meals (along with Lilo and Pleakley) and fattens him up into a giant bowling ball, Yaarp sounds out his loud megaphone (deafening him), Snooty sucks out his mucus (effectively dehydrating him), Swirly hypnotizes him, Drowsy puts him to sleep, Houdini makes him invisible, Swapper switches him into Lilo’s and then Pleakley’s bodies, Bugby turns him into a bug, and Slushy freezes him. However, the powers wear off. He also meets Angel who is introduced as a love interest for Stitch, who becomes good out of love for Stitch.

Leroy & Stitch (2006)[edit]

After successfully capturing all the remaining experiments in the preceding series, the Grand Councilwoman offers Stitch the chance to become the captain of the Galactic Armada and their new flagship, The BRB (Big Red Battleship) 9000. However, that would require Stitch to be separated from Lilo. Not wanting to make Lilo sad, he chooses to return to Kaua’i, but Lilo tells him he should go. Before he leaves with Jumba and Pleakley, Lilo gives him a necklace with the god Ku Tiki on it to give him strength. When Gantu breaks out Dr. Hämsterviel in an action of frustration, Stitch is sent on his first mission to capture the evil rodent once more. But when he arrives at Galactic Defense Industries, Stitch faces off against Leroy, an enhanced clone of Stitch. Stitch fights well and is about to beat Leroy when Pleakley shows up unexpectedly, allowing Leroy to take advantage of Stitch’s lapse in concentration and beat him. He is placed in a cage and sent with Jumba and Pleakley heading towards a black hole, and Leroy heads off towards Earth to capture all of the other experiments for Hämsterviel. Later, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley escape from the black hole and arrive on the planet Turo. There they rescue Lilo, 625 (now known as Reuben), and Gantu, and fly Pleakley’s carpool van back to Earth to assist the other experiments in the defeat of an army of Leroys. With Leroy defeated, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley return to Earth with Lilo, realizing family is more important than spaceships, laboratories, and prestige.

Stitch! (anime)[edit]

In the anime series Stitch! (2008–12, 2015), Stitch seems to have reverted to his destructive nature and is first seen in the first episode being chased in a spaceship by Jumba and the authorities, ending up on an island in the Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. On the island, Stitch gained a new human friend named Yuna Kamihara. The original version (aired in Japan) initially left out what happened between Lilo and Stitch that caused them to be separated, although the heavily edited international version of the anime, which includes the English dub, had Jumba imply that Stitch ran away out of jealousy of Lilo having a boyfriend. Lilo herself did not appear in any way in the anime until episode 23 of ~Best Friends Forever~ (Season 3), where she, now a fully-grown woman, visits Okinawa’s New Town with her daughter, Ani (who looks incredibly like her when she was a child and whom Stitch thought was Lilo in the beginning). Lilo and Stitch were able to reconcile upon reuniting, with Lilo explaining what happened on the day Stitch left her. They both have a happy reunion, she hugs him, promises to visit him again, and asks Stitch to take good care of his new family. She then gives Stitch his tiki necklace back before leaving to return to Hawaii.

Stitch & Ai[edit]

In the Chinese animated series Stitch & Ai (2017), Stitch was kidnapped from Lilo by an alien faction called the Jaboodies, who hold him captive in their battle cruiser spaceship as they desire to forcibly use him to with a space war against a rival faction called the Woolagongs, who also want to use Stitch to win the space war. When the Woolagongs attack the ship wanting Stitch for themselves, he uses the opportunity to escape back to Earth, jumping from the Jaboodie battle cruiser and re-entering Earth’s atmosphere. He is protected during re-entry by—as explained in the cold open of the sixth episode «The Lock»—»special qi energy» that also caused him to lose part of his memories,^[6] including his memory of Lilo (who only appears in recreated flashbacks in this series). He ends up in the Huangshan mountains and meets a young Chinese girl who lives there named Wang Ai Ling, who (similarly to Lilo) takes him into her family as her new pet «dog». He helps Ai in preventing her aunt Daiyu from forcibly moving her from the mountains to the city, while she (and later Jumba and Pleakley) help protect him from being taken by either the Jaboodies or the Woolagongs, as well as look for a shrine that’s he seen in a vision he had.

Personality[edit]

Throughout the course of the entire Lilo & Stitch franchise, Stitch is depicted as a character that is unlikeable to many people due to his destructive and temperamental behavior. The one and primary exception is Lilo, who only falls out with him in the rarest occasions, most notably in Lilo & Stitch 2, where she was unaware that the glitches he was possessed by throughout most of the film were reverting him back to his original destructive behavior.

When Stitch is in his «evil» form, he is undeniably worrying as his somewhat botched physique underlines his at the time twisted behavior; in «good» form, however (the form that the audience most often sees), Stitch’s display of emotion at being rejected due to his behavior and looks while trying to act good for Lilo is meant to make him seem more adorable to the audience. In any case, people who are averse to Stitch in any way, shape, or form, describe him as «ugly and deformed», while people with affection for him describe him as «cute and fluffy». This reflects the basic idea behind Stitch and also his cousins: in no manner do they correspond to many established criteria of good physical appearance.

Despite his surface destructiveness, which does not go away even after he has become «good», Stitch is a complex character; according to his creator Jumba, Stitch as a destructive machine was not given a higher purpose in life. Since Stitch is trapped on an island where there are relatively few things to destroy, he has many occasions to reflect on other occupations than evil. It is implied that Stitch destroys only because that is what he is programmed to do (In the original Lilo & Stitch film, Jumba claimed that Stitch’s «destructive programming» was taking effect and that he would be irresistibly drawn to large cities to «back up sewers, reverse street signs, and steal everyone’s left shoe.«^[7] This is shown in the Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode «Kixx», where Lilo and Stitch are watching Keoni skateboard, then Stitch looks in Keoni’s rucksack and eats Keoni’s shoe, Keoni replies by saying «Hey, my shoes!» in which Lilo says, «He only eats the left ones!«^[8]); but since he has a personality of his own (a fact that only Lilo truly understands), he also has the choice, even will, not to do so.

Despite having superhuman strength and a high level of computer intelligence, Stitch is emotionally fragile and has a childlike personality beneath his «monster» appearance. Lilo believes that one reason why he originally pursued his destructiveness was for similar reasons to her own naughtiness: that it was because he was emotionally scarred (for having been made as a monster by Jumba) but received little understanding or sympathy from others. Stitch becomes much more well-meaning after his betterment but is frequently unable to control all of his impulses to antisocial actions. Fortunately for him, there are those who are always there to support him—most notably Lilo and, later, Angel and Reuben—to whom he returns the favor willingly.

Fictional character details[edit]

Stitch is created by Dr. Jumba Jookiba to cause chaos across the galaxy. Stitch is marked by his mischievous behavior, which endeared him to Lilo, who adopts him as her «dog». Through Lilo’s beliefs in the Hawaiian concept of ʻohana, meaning ‘family’, Stitch evolves from an uncaring, destructive creature to a loving, more self-conscious being who enjoys the company of his adoptive family on Earth. He becomes a firm believer of the ʻohana concept, and with the help of Lilo applies it to reform Jumba’s 625 prior experiments, nearly all of whom Stitch treats as his «cousins».

While explaining his creation to the Galactic Council early on in Lilo & Stitch, Dr. Jumba gives the following rundown of Stitch’s powers: «He is bulletproof, fireproof, and can think faster than a super computer. He can see in the dark and can move objects at least 3,000 times his size. His only instinct — to destroy everything he touches!«^[7]

• While Stitch is never seen shot by a bullet, he can endure being shot by plasma projectiles. He can even catch them in his hands before throwing it back to the shooter, as shown in the original film,^[7] Stitch! The Movie,^[9] Leroy & Stitch,^[10] and Stitch & Ai.^[11] Stitch was shown to be hit by one in the episode «Finder» when Hämsterviel, armed with a self-made plasma cannon, shot him with it, which only made Stitch unconscious (it is assumed that plasma projectiles are deadly to humans as Lilo occasionally is almost shot by one in the franchise).^[12] As he dodges all other plasma projectiles, Jumba did claim that Stitch being hit by one would stun him long enough to be defeated by a foe.^[7] He did survive the crash of his spaceship with only a scratch, is only briefly stunned by a fall of several thousand feet, and has to be run over by three tractor-trailers in succession to be knocked out.^[7]
• As for fireproof, in the original film he drives a tanker truck full of gasoline into a volcano, which in the ensuing explosion he is propelled into the air, a move he uses to strike at Gantu’s spaceship to thwart his capture of Lilo.^[7]
• Thinking faster than a supercomputer is harder to quantify, but he does escape from captivity fairly ingeniously, builds a model of San Francisco after only glancing at Earth vs. the Spider;^[7] grabs a crossword puzzle from the table and finishes it in about eight seconds; is often seen solving complex mathematical equations; builds a bomb out of a plasma bolt, Lilo’s doll Scrump, and a roller skate;^[7] builds a mechanical bull out of a toaster, a vacuum cleaner, and a lamp;^[13] a DNA double helix from only coconuts, hollow sticks and a turntable; is able to understand he can use a human as a shield from Jumba, by Pleakley’s presence;^[7] and generally picks up quickly on what is happening around him. He is also fluent in playing string instruments like the guitar or the ukulele, and is capable of driving any sort of vehicle, which can be as simple as riding a tricycle—which his strength allows him to speed one up to beyond the normal capabilities of a tricycle propelled by a human—or as complex as piloting intergalactic spaceships.^[7][9]
• His eyes can pick up various forms of light and he can filter out one or the other if necessary. Stitch can see in normal vision (during this mode, his eyes appear black in color), night vision (which is green), infrared (red) and X-ray (bright green). Furthermore, he also can magnify his vision. However, his high sensitivity to light also causes flash lights to be very painful to him. In the original film, Stitch earns respect for performing Elvis Presley, but he then attacks his fans after the flashes from their cameras bother him.^[7]
• His ability to lift objects 3,000 times his own size and weight is seen several times throughout the franchise, including incidents where he picks up a descending blast door, hits Dr. Jumba with a thrown Volkswagen Beetle (shouting gleefully, «Blue punch buggy! No punch back!«) and stops a tanker truck.^[7] This ability is sometimes joked about in the later series; for example, in Stitch! The Movie, Hämsterviel, while physically restraining Stitch for a cloning experiment, counters Stitch’s strength with restraint devices, that are equal in strength themselves, as Hämsterviel loudly declares, to 3,001 times Stitch’s own weight.^[9] Another such example of the limitation of such strength was in the Lilo & Stitch: The Series «Swirly», where Stitch showed his strength off on a television show by holding up two bulldozers on a platform only to have it come crashing down on him when Gantu throws a backstage pass onto to one of the bulldozers, stating he can hold up to three thousand times his weight, but not an ounce more.^[14]

Like his «cousins», the pads on Stitch’s hands and feet can secrete a sticky substance allowing him to adhere to almost any surface and scale buildings and walls; and his skeletal system is very flexible, allowing him to become a rolling ball and also to squeeze through tight spaces. Stitch’s legs are small, but powerful enough to enable him to jump several feet into the air and he’s shown to be very agile.

Stitch also can act as an audio amplifier, radio, and/or microphone, illustrated in the original film when he uses a finger as the needle on a record player, and the music comes out of his open mouth,^[7] then again in The Series episode «The Asteroid» when he uses his ears to overhear from a distance Cobra Bubbles talking to a scientist about the threat of an asteroid close to impacting the Earth, and the sound of the discussion comes out of Stitch’s mouth to allow Lilo to listen to it.^[15] He has an acute sense of smell and hearing (though the latter can lead to temporary deafness when exposed to sonic blasts) and is also dexterously skilled in hand-to-hand combat, using all four arms or just two.

Stitch can also be noted for his immortality. Although the Lilo & Stitch franchise is set in the current year, he is shown to have no signs of aging as seen in the episode «Skip» for 10–20 years, much to his chagrin (although suggested by an aged Lilo to grow a goatee to make him look older),^[16] as well as in the Stitch! anime series which is set years after Leroy & Stitch (as seen by Lilo’s reappearance as an adult in this show).^[17]

Stitch is proven to be ticklish in Lilo & Stitch: The Series. In «Shortstuff», Stitch is tickled by a ray used to make him bigger.^[18]

Stitch’s greatest weakness is his inability to float or swim due to his dense molecular structure, which causes him to sink in water. Stitch originally also had an instinctive aquaphobia, but was able to overcome it because of Lilo: in The Series episode «Spooky», Experiment 300 (the titular «Spooky»)—which has the ability to transform into a person’s worst fear—was activated;^[19] for Stitch, he transformed into water,^[19] but Lilo showed Stitch her coping mechanism for when she gets scared (for her it’s singing the chorus of «Aloha ʻOe»), which is how Stitch was able to save her later in the episode.^[19] Also, as mentioned earlier, since Stitch’s molecules were not fully charged upon creation as shown in Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, if his initial charging was not finished he would later suffer seizure-like glitches that would revert him to his original destructive programming before dying.^[20] This issue was resolved by the film’s end, and he no longer suffers these glitches.

Stitch also has different abilities in the Asian-produced spin-off shows Stitch! and Stitch & Ai that were not previously revealed in the 2002 to 2006 Western-produced continuity. In Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ (the anime’s third season), he has a hidden power cell within him that can supercharge his powers to greater levels. In Stitch & Ai, he has metamorphosis abilities that change his appearance in some form and give him additional abilities, including being able to sprout quills around his neck, extend a patagium to glide through the air like a flying squirrel, and most significantly, when his destructive programming is fully triggered, grow into a giant monster with four laser-firing tentacles that sprout forward from his back, further enhancing his destructive capabilities. (This particular ability contradicts a deleted version of the opening scene of the original Lilo & Stitch film, which shows the then-Experiment 626 having already caused destruction in an alien city in his smaller, familiar true form. The ability also contradicts the Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode «Shortstuff», which showed that Stitch is clumsier as a giant, and in which Jumba stated to the giant Stitch that he was designed to function most efficiently at his exact original size.)^[18]

In other media[edit]

Kingdom Hearts series[edit]

Stitch appears as a summon in the video game, Kingdom Hearts II, making a minor influence at Hollow Bastion (in part being responsible for sending Sora and the others into Space Paranoids). He also appears along with his homeworld, Deep Space, as a fighting partner to Ven and Aqua in the prequel Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. The world is set in space and revolves around on his escape from Gantu’s custody, before arriving in Radiant Garden. Stitch appears in Kingdom Hearts III as a summon much like in Kingdom Hearts II.^[21]

Disney Infinity[edit]

Stitch was included in the Toy Box Starter Pack (alongside Brave‘s Merida) for Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition.^[22]

The Kingdom Keepers[edit]

Playing only a small role in the beginning of Disney in Shadow, Stitch chased Finn accompanied by a crew of pirates. Thought to have come out of Stitch’s Great Escape!, he apprehends Finn and Maybeck. In Power Play, the keepers suspect that Stitch might have been put under a spell and may not have actually been an Overtaker (one of the Disney characters and Walt Disney World park attractions attempting to take over the park). In Shell Game, this is seen to likely have been true as Stitch saves Finn at Typhoon Lagoon from CPR Dummies.

References in other Disney media[edit]

Stitch makes a cameo amongst the crowd of Disney characters coming in to watch the film The Lion King 1½, appearing silhouetted in his full form.

There is a Stitch doll off to the left corner on the lowest shelf in young Jim Hawkins’ room in Disney’s other 2002 intergalactic film Treasure Planet.

Stitch appears riding in his spaceship passing by Aladdin and the Magic Carpet briefly three times in the Virtual Magic Carpet Ride game included on Disc 2 of the 2004 Aladdin Platinum Edition DVD.

In Brother Bear, Stitch makes an appearance in the outtakes.

Stitch is referenced in the background twice in the 2014 film, Big Hero 6. While Hiro Hamada is distracting Aunt Cass as she’s making hot wings, there is a photo of Mochi the cat on the wall behind him on the stairs. In the photo, viewers can see that Mochi is dressed up as Stitch, in his red-orange alien spacesuit. Later, when in Fred’s mansion bedroom, a Stitch pillow can be seen on Fred’s bed along with a Splodyhead (Experiment 619) pillow.

Stitch appears in the 2011 motion-controlled video game Kinect: Disneyland Adventures as a meet-and-greet character who appears in the park’s Tomorrowland area. He is also featured in the Nintendo 3DS life simulation games Disney Magical World and Disney Magical World 2 as an interactive character that the player can speak to and assist in quests.

Reception and legacy[edit]

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After the success of the original Lilo & Stitch film, Stitch quickly became one of Disney’s most popular characters, especially in terms of merchandising.^[23] The Verge‘s Kaitlyn Tiffany wrote in a May 2017 article arguing that the character remains popular fifteen years after Lilo & Stitch‘s release due to his flawed nature, which made him «endlessly relatable»,^[24] and would outlast more recent characters who are similar in certain aspects to him such as the Minions of Universal Studios’s Despicable Me franchise and Baby Groot of Marvel Studios’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as a result.^[24]

Not all reception towards the character has been positive; Scott Mendelson of Forbes wrote an article released on the same day that a live-action Lilo & Stitch remake was reported to be in development stating that he preferred the human leads Lilo and Nani over Stitch, considering the alien to be a detriment to the film.^[25] Mendelson stated that he hated the alien character because «he spent 99% of the movie making [Lilo and Nani’s] lives even harder to the point of possible ruin and death» and that watching the character’s mischief «was an exercise in frustration and concern for the sympathetic human leads.»^[25]

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