Lilo & Stitch: The Series

**Lilo & Stitch: The Series** is an animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It premiered on September 20, 2003 on ABC as part of ABC Kids. The series ended on July 29, 2006 after airing two seasons.

It is the first television series in the Lilo & Stitch Franchise.

## 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 (later named Reuben), try to capture the experiments for the imprisoned Dr. Hämsterviel.

## Cast and Characters

### Main

* Chris Sanders as Stitch/Experiment 626
* Daveigh Chase as Lilo Pelekai
* David Ogden Stiers as Dr. Jumba Jookiba
* Kevin McDonald as Agent Wendy Pleakley
* Tia Carrere as Nani Pelekai
* Jeff Bennett as Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Captain Gantu
* Rob Paulsen as Reuben/Experiment 625

### Recurring

* Liliana Mumy as Mertle Edmonds
* Dee Bradley Baker as David Kawena
* Tress MacNeille as Gigi/Experiment 007
* Frank Welker as Sparky/Experiment 221
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Cobra Bubbles
* Jillian Henry as Elena, Teresa and Yuki
* Clyde Kusatsu as Mr. Wong
* April Winchell as Mrs. Edmonds
* Zoe Caldwell as Grand Councilwoman
* Shaun Fleming as Keoni Jameson
* Bryan Cranston as Mr. Jameson
* Kunewa Mook as Moses Puloki "Kumu"
* Daveigh Chase and Alyson Stoner as Victoria
* Amy Hill as Mrs. Lynne Hasagawa
* Frank Welker as Ice Cream Man
* Michael Yingling as Various Characters

## Episodes

See Also: List of Lilo & Stitch: The Series Episodes

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### Crossover Episodes

During its second season, Lilo & Stitch: The Series had crossovers with four other shows from Walt Disney Television Animation, three of which were airing during its run and one of which had already ended. According to executive producer Jess Winfield, these episodes were inspired by the four "Inter-Stitch-ial" teaser trailers that were made for the original Lilo & Stitch film, which featured Stitch invading scenes in various Disney Renaissance films.

* "Morpholomew" (Season 2, Episode 13; features American Dragon: Jake Long)
* "Spats" (Season 2, Episode 14; features The Proud Family)
* "Rufus" (Season 2, Episode 20; features Kim Possible)
* "Lax" (Season 2, Episode 21; features Recess)

## Release

### Home Media

Only a few episodes of Lilo & Stitch: The Series were released on home media in the United States. The episodes "Clip" and "Mr. Stenchy" were bonus features for a DVD board game called Lilo & Stitch's Island of Adventures that was released on November 11, 2003. Another two episodes, "Slushy" and "Poxy", were released on separate Game Boy Advance Video compilations of Disney Channel series. Finally, the final episode "Link" was a bonus feature on the Leroy & Stitch DVD that was released on June 27, 2006, a month before the episode aired on television.

### Streaming

Lilo & Stitch: The Series was available on the now-defunct DisneyLife streaming service in the United Kingdom.

The first American digital streaming release for the series was via the TV Everywhere service DisneyNow in 2018, while the show reran on Disney XD, although it was later removed from the service in August that year. It was later made digitally available in the United States again and in other countries on Disney+ when that service launched on November 12, 2019; alongside all four feature-length films.

## Reception

In a review for finale film Leroy & Stitch, AllMovie's Skyler Miller called Lilo & Stitch: The Series a "high quality" television series, stating that it "was a pleasant surprise to fans of the 2002 film, continuing its good-natured, offbeat spirit while introducing the ingenious plot device of having the titular duo capture and rehabilitate Stitch's 625 cousins."

Betsy Wallace of Common Sense Media gave the show's quality 3 out of 5 stars, applicable for ages 6 and above. Wallace noted that "Lilo frequently demonstrates compassion to creatures," but ultimately deemed the series' humour to be its "strong point", pointing out that the show "even makes fun of its own scant educational content."