Lilo & Stitch: The Series

Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Lilo & Stitch: The Series Logo
Format	Comedy Science Fiction Adventure Animation
Created by	Jess Winfield Robert Gannaway
Starring	Chris Sanders Daveigh Chase David Ogden Stiers Kevin McDonald Tia Carrere Kevin Michael Richardson
Opening theme	"Aloha, E Komo Mai" by Danny Jacob and Jump 5
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	65 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	Approx. 0:22 (per episode)
Production company(s)	Walt Disney Television
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC (ABC Kids) (2003) Disney Channel (2003-2006) Toon Disney
Picture format	1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original run	September 20, 2003 (2003-09-20) – July 29, 2006 (2006-07-29)
Chronology
Preceded by	Stitch! The Movie (2003)
Followed by	Leroy and Stitch (2006)

Lilo & Stitch: The Series is the animated television spinoff of the feature film, Lilo & Stitch and the follow-up to Stitch! The Movie.

Plot

Continuing where Stitch! The Movie left off, Lilo and Stitch are given the task of collecting the rest of Jumba's missing experiments, changing them from bad to good, and finding the one place where they truly belong. Meanwhile, the former Captain Gantu and his reluctant partner, Experiment 625, try to capture the experiments for the imprisoned Dr. Hämsterviel.

Running for two seasons and a total of 65 episodes, the series (and the franchise) ended with the direct-to-DVD movie Leroy & Stitch.

On May 29, 2007, Lilo and Stitch moved from its daily 12 p.m. time slot to its new daily time slot at 5 and 5:30 a.m.

The series has been officially released on DVD in Japan & Greece.^{[citation needed]}

Episodes

Main article: List of Lilo & Stitch: The Series episodes

Season	Ep #	First Airdate	Last Airdate
Season 1	39	September 20, 2003	February 28, 2004
Season 2	26	November 5, 2004	July 29, 2006

Characters

See also: List of Lilo & Stitch characters

Featured

• 626/Stitch (voiced by Chris Sanders and Michael Yingling)
• Lilo Pelekai (voiced by Daveigh Chase)
• Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voiced by David Ogden Stiers)
• Agent Wendy Pleakley (voiced by Kevin McDonald)
• Nani Pelekai (voiced by Tia Carrere)
• David Kawena (voiced by Jason Scott Lee)
• Captain Gantu (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson)
• 625/Reuben (voiced by Rob Paulsen)
• Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (voiced by Jeff Bennett)

Recurring

• Mertle Edmonds (voiced by Liliana Mumy) - Lilo's rival.
• 007/Gigi (Voiced by Mumy Carrere) - Mertle's pet. Gigi is a Shih-Tzu like experiment and the place who truly belongs is with Mertle as her pet.
• 624/Angel (voiced by Tara Strong) - Stitch's main love interest. Angel is a pink pretty experiment who designed to turn evil the good experiments with a siren song. She caught by Gantu and rescued in Snafu. Her place who truly belongs is with Stitch as his true love.
• 221/Sparky (voiced by Dick Kleiner) - The first of Stitch's cousins that Stitch met. Sparky is a yellow experiment designed to create electric energy. His place who truly belongs is in the old lighthouse to use his electric skills to make it light. Appeared in the most episodes of the series.
• Cobra Bubbles (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) - Aside from Lilo's family who is aware of the aliens and experiments.
• Yuki, Elena and Teresa - Mertle's possé consists of Yuki (voiced by Lili Ishida), Elena (voiced by Jillian Henry) and Teresa (voiced by Kali Whitehurst). They usually travel in a group and seldom say anything other than a sarcastic "Yeah!" in unison when agreeing with Mertle on something.
• Mrs. Edmonds - (voiced by Tia Carrere ) Mertle's mother.
• Grand Councilwoman (voiced by Zoe Caldwell) - the leader of the Galaxy's ruling Federation, she is the one who banished Stitch in the first movie. She later agrees to let Lilo and Stitch become official experiment hunters in order to retrieve all of the remaining experiments.
• Keoni Jameson (voiced by Shaun Fleming) - Keoni is a young, laid-back boy on whom Lilo has a crush. Lilo constantly tries to vie for his affections. He had a crush on Pleakley, whom he knows as Lilo's 'aunt', in the episode "Hunkahunka", but in "Nosy" he stated that he only had the crush for that one week. His father owns several businesses on Kauai. He has a friend who just happens to be a girl (not a girlfriend, though). This friend is first shown in "Hunkahunka" and later seen in "Morpholemew".
• Mr. Jameson - Mr. Jameson is the father of Keoni and, on several occasions, Nani's employer. He owns several businesses around Kauai, including the Birds of Paradise Hotel.
• Moses Puloki (voiced by Kunewa Mook) - the hula teacher of Lilo's school, where he teaches Lilo, Victoria, Mertle, Yuki, Elena and Teresa how to hula. He is very patient with his students and tolerates their antics. Lilo and her ex-friends often call Moses Kumu, Hawaiian for teacher.
• Officer Kaiiko - Officer Kaiiko is a police officer who knows Lilo well and occasionally tries to keep her out of trouble when she isn't accompanied by Nani. He appears in the episodes "Holio", "Bonnie & Clyde", "Snooty" and "Shush".
• Victoria (voiced by Daveigh Chase and Alyson Stoner) - Lilo's new (human) best friend, whom she meets in the episode "Swapper". Throughout the episode, Lilo tries to prove to her she wasn't weird. But in the end, Victoria reveals she likes weird stuff so she and Lilo become best friends. Victoria is also in Lilo's Hula Class and owns Snooty (Experiment 277) as a pet. She appears in the episodes "Swapper", "Snooty," Slick", "Remmy", and "Wishy-Washy".
• Mrs. Hasagawa (voiced by Amy Hill) - The little old lady who owns the fruit stand. Several experiments live with her.
• Sunburned Ice Cream Tourist: (voiced by Frank Welker) - This is a running gag throughout the Lilo & Stitch franchise. Whenever he appears, The Sunburned Ice Cream Tourist drops his ice cream (presumably a mint-flavored ice cream from its color) from its cone before he can finish it. The Sunburned Ice Cream Tourist never has a spoken part in the series except saying "Whoa!" when he tripped over a pod. He also cries after suffering from 151 (Babyfier)'s effects. His real eyes can be seen in "Swirly".

Awards and Nominations

• Daytime Emmy Awards

2005 - Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition - Michael Tavera (Nominated)

• Motion Picture Sound Editors

2004 - Best Sound Editing in Television Animation: Music - Jason Oliver & Steve Dierkens for episode "Sprout" (Nominated)

External links

• Lilo & Stitch: The Series at the Internet Movie Database
• Lilo & Stitch: The Series at TV.com
• Lilo & Stitch at Disney Channel.com