| NOTE: This article is about the mainstream version of Stitch. The 2025 movie version can be found here. |
| “ | Stitch: Does Stitch have to go in the ship? Councilwoman: ...Yes. Stitch: Can Stitch say goodbye? Councilwoman: Yes. Stitch: Thank you. Councilwoman: Who are you? Stitch: This is my family. I found it all on my own. It's little and broken, but still good. Yeah. Still good |
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| ~ Stitch saying goodbye to Lilo and Nani Pelekai, before the Councilwoman allowed him to stay in Earth. |
| “ | Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind—or forgotten. | „ |
| ~ Stitch saying the Pelekais' mantra - his most famous quote. |
Stitch, also known as Experiment 626, is the one of the two titular main protagonists (alongside Lilo Pelekai) of Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise.
He is the 626th experiment by the evil doctor Jumba Jookiba, in his long list of genetic experiments to create evil creatures and cause mayhem with them. After being sentenced to absolute isolation, Stitch escaped and went to Planet Earth, though he ended up in Hawaii, an island surrounded by water, something he is too dense to swim in. After being mistaken by a dog and adopted by a Hawaiian girl named Lilo, however, he redeemed himself, and became part of her "Ohana" (family). After that, they lived many adventures in Hawaii, specially involving defeating and redeeming all 625 other experiments by Jumba, or his "cousins", and prevent them from causing mayhem in Hawaii.
He was played by Chris Sanders, also co-director of the film and actor of Leroy.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Good?[]
Lilo & Stitch[]
- He redeemed himself by becoming a part of Lilo's Ohana.
- He saved Lilo from Gantu.
- He saved Gantu when he fell in the sea, even though he was his enemy.
- He accepted the fate of being sent to a distant planet peacefully, as long as he could give a final goodbye to his Ohana.
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch[]
- When he realized something was wrong with him, he tried to isolate himself so he wouldn't hurt anyone with his glitch.
- Does several kind actions so Lilo will see he is still good.
- Constantly defended Lilo from Mertle's bullying.
Stitch! The Movie[]
- Along with Lilo, he tried to save Jumba from Gantu when the last one kidnapped Jumba.
- He helped Lilo stop 221's (later named Sparky) mayhem in Kauai when he was released.
- He helps save himself, Lilo, and Sparky from Hämsterviel's ship.
Lilo & Stitch: The Series[]
- He helped Lilo redeem all the experiments.
- While he didn't do the same with Experiment 627, he's way far from redemption compared to his older cousins, and had to be stopped anyway.
- He stopped Gantu and Ruben from getting the experiments to work for Hämsterviel.
- Some of the experiments are extremely dangerous (such as Holio, who can create a black hole, and Launch, who can break space-time) and Stitch helps Lilo by neutralizing the threat they represent so that she can redeem them.
- He protected Kauai against hundreds of Jumba's experiments. While he starts off at odds with them due to them wreaking havoc, i.e. Richter, Yin, Yang, and Sprout; rivalries or jealousies, i.e. Kixx, Mr. Stenchy, and Finder; harming his loved ones, i.e. Spooky, Phantasmo, and Ploot; and/or annoying him, i.e. Heckler, Samples, and PJ, Stitch genuinely loves his cousins and is protective of them when defending them from Gantu's capture.
- While he mistreated Mr. Stenchy out of jealousy, he felt remorse for it.
Leroy & Stitch[]
- After he and Lilo found a place for all the experiments, Stitch got a chance to become Commander of the Galactic Army, but he declined when he saw that Lilo wanted him to stay in Hawaii, only accepting when Lilo empathetically said that there was no problem, and he could go anyway.
- Although it was short lived, he did try to do a good job as Commander of the Galactic Army.
- He tried to stop Leroy after he was created by Hämsterviel and Joomba, and almost succeeded.
- He helped Jumba, Pleakley and himself escape from a black hole with Lilo's rock.
- Back on Earth, he commanded the battle between Jumba's 625 past experiments and the army of Leroy.
- When Jumba revealed, he put an auto-destruct mechanism in Leroy that would be activated if he heard a certain Elvis Presley music, and he used it, along with Lilo and Ruben, to destroy the army of Leroys, saving the galaxy from Hämsterviel.
- Despite being his arch-rival, he accepts Gantu's redemption.
What Prevents Him From Being Pure Good?[]
- He has some signs of incompetence, as such as, though he initially tried to back Lilo down and it did provide evidence to Nani about Lilo’s bad behavior, he took pictures of Lilo and Mertle’s physical fight instead of helping out.
- He can show himself to be jerkish sometimes and more often mischievous, even if it is a lot less than when he was first created.
Trivia[]
- He, Lilo and his live-action counterpart are the only Lilo & Stitch characters to be Near Pure Good.
- Although he is NPG, he is an inspiration for Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon, a Pure Good character.
- There was a deleted scene where he accidentally killed Pudge, Lilo's friendly fish, and Lilo angrily scolded him for it. Upon seeing Lilo burying it and then stumbling upon Mr. and Mrs. Pelekai's graves, Stitch learns about the consequences of his evil actions and gains a better understanding of mortality. If it was included, it's unknown if this would affect his status, as he could've still matured in later installments, but it was still very dark.
- Stitch's early iteration in Chris Sanders' Lilo & Stitch pitch booklet which can be seen here by contrast has worse jerkish side which potentially made him Inconsistently Admirable at best. To elaborate, this version of Stitch is an intergalactic gangster with a gang of three as well as criminal mastermind not unlike Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel rather than a recently-created genetic monster. He's also more reluctant in maintaining his façade as Lilo's pet, enjoying the sight of her harassed by a rabid dog, and ultimately abandoned her upon reuniting with his gang. However, her act of kindness (restoring him back to health after the close call with Jumba and Pleakley near a volcano) ultimately wins him over that he turns against his former friends and robot army he just created culminating to joining forces with Nani, Jumba, and Pleakley in saving Lilo who wind up kidnapped by Ramthar (Stitch's thuggish fellow gangster).
External Links[]
- Stitch on the Heroes Wiki
- Stitch on the Disney Wiki
- Stitch on the Lilo and Stitch Wiki
- Stitch on the Kingdom Hearts Wiki
- Stitch on the Shonen Heroes Wiki
- Stitch on the Love Exalted Wiki
- Stitch on the Conflicting Evil Wiki
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