Finder (episode)

"Finder" is the twenty-sixth episode of Lilo & Stitch: The Series. It aired on December 22, 2003.
==Plot==
Stitch becomes jealous of a new experiment when Lilo takes Finder to show-and-tell instead of Stitch. Meanwhile, Hämsterviel escapes from prison and travels to Earth, where he is "adopted" by Mertle. While the Grand Councilwoman offers to reinstate Gantu's position for the capture of Dr. Hämsterviel, Stitch strives to upstage Finder by finding him first. Mertle is captured by Gantu by accident and Stitch and Finder team up to rescue her, with Finder flying Stitch to Gantu's ship. Stitch disables Gantu's ship and Mertle is rescued, while the Grand Councilwoman takes Hämsterviel into custody, but doesn't reinstate Gantu due to him kidnapping Mertle. Finder is put to work running a "Lost and Found" at the beach.
==Goofs==
*In his debut, Finder is erroneously called 458, most likely due to Jumba's untidy database, but in "Skip", he is correctly referred to as 158.
**If Finder maintained the number he was originally referred to as canon, he would have been the only 4-series experiment to have been featured in Lilo & Stitch: The Series.
*Finder's left ear is inconsistent in his appearances. While he is portrayed as having a notch on the outer rim of his upper right ear (similar to Stitch), his left ear is drawn either with or without a notch around the same relative spot between scenes.
*Finder's tail is missing when Lilo brings him for show-and-tell.
*At one point during the poker game, Yang's rear-most lava spout is colored incorrectly.
==Trivia==
*Moral: Everybody is good at something, but nobody is best at everything. 
*This is the first episode where Hämsterviel escaped from prison, the second being "Bad Stitch", the third being "Skip".
*The scene where Stitch is playing poker with the other experiments is likely an homage to the famous  series of paintings by .
*Nani reprimanded Lilo for gloating because she was clearly mimicking Mertle's attitude.
*This is one of five episodes where Gantu appears but makes no effort to catch the titular experiment, the other four being "Mrs. Hasagawa's Cats", "Ace", "Woops", and "Snafu".
*This episode reveals that Gantu's loyalty to Hämsterviel is shaky, as he was all too eager to bring Hämsterviel back to the Galactic Alliance in order to be reinstated as captain.
*Hämsterviel apparently has some respect for Mertle, as he offered her to come work for him after she completed her education, even claiming that she could do Gantu's job much better.
**Hämsterviel does, in fact, recruit Mertle in a later episode, albeit in an underhanded manner.
*Ironically, Gantu made the same mistake he made in the first film. By capturing Mertle along with Hämsterviel, he lost his chance to be reinstated, just like how capturing Lilo along with Stitch cost him his position in the first place when he was initially captain.
*This episode marks the Grand Councilwoman's first and only appearance in the series.
===Experiments mentioned===
*Experiment 158: Finder
*Experiment 501: Yin
*Experiment 502: Yang
*Experiment 513: Richter
*Experiment 520: Cannonball
*Experiment 625: Reuben
Category:Lilo & Stitch episodes