Sperk, Manny, and Chaps

### Goal

To help Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley make it to a special machine in Jumba's ship to revert back to normal

### Home

Bugopolis, Lilo's house, Kokaua Town, Hawaii

### Enemies

Stitch (formerly), Bugby (briefly), Nani (briefly), cat, and the exterminator

### Powers

**Manny:** Webs
**Chaps:** Above average strength

### Fate

Taken back to Bugopolis after getting shrunk back to normal size by Bugby and Lilo and the others are turned back to normal with Jumba's machine.

### Quote

**Sperk:** "Well, lookie here. A new arrival to Bugopolis."
**Chaps:** "Aah! He's got me! He...! That tickles."
**Sperk:** "Now that you're our size, punk, who's gonna be eating who?"
**Manny:** "Hey, stop that! That's *my* web! Do you have any idea what refills cost?"
**Manny:** "I feel so used. Don't look at me. I'm hideous."
**Sperk:** "Run along, pipsqueak. You're... You're... You're the *one*! Lilo, the builder of Bugopolis! Show some respect!"
**Manny:** "I don't know. He's got that hungry look in his eye."
**Sperk:** "Look if Lilo says he's okay, then, he's okay. But let's keep an eye on him just in case."
**Sperk:** "Hold on, Pops. Where are you goin'?"
**Sperk:** "Count us in."
**Manny:** "Anything for Lilo the Builder."
**Chaps:** "I got my eye on you, Bug Eater."
**Chaps:** "And remember. Next time you see us, don't eat us."
**Sperk:** "You lookin' for us?"
**Chaps:** "Yeah, I could get used to this being big stuff."

**Sperk, Manny, and Chaps** are a trio of intelligent bugs in the *Lilo & Stitch* episode; "Bugby". They were voiced by Will Sasso, Rob Paulsen, and Michael Dorn respectively.

## Description

Sperk is a green caterpillar and the leader of the gang who speaks with a gangster-like tone, Manny is a yellow spider, and Chaps is a black dung beetle who possesses above average strength.

Given their history with Stitch, known to them as the "Bug Eater", having tried to eat them along with other bugs before Lilo made him spit them back out to live in her makeshift bug city, Bugopolis, the trio proved to be tough and somewhat bullying when they saw that Stitch had been turned into an ant by one of Stitch's cousins, Bugby as payback, but when Lilo showed up in ladybug form to stop them from hurting Stitch, they showed respect for her in gratitude for having given them a home and proved to be loyal, devoted, kind, and helpful in helping her, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley (now in bug form as well) to make it to a special machine in Jumba's ship to revert back to normal despite still remaining skeptical of Stitch due to his nature towards bugs. Eventually, they respect Stitch when the latter saves them from a hungry cat.

## Appearance

### *Lilo & Stitch*

In "Bugby", at some point, Sperk, Manny, and Chaps were caught by Lilo and put in her makeshift bug city, Bugopolis even after she made Stich spit them and all the other bug residents back out when trying to eat them.

Sperk, Manny, and Chaps are first seen giving a "welcome" to a new arrival to Bugopolis. When they recognize him as Stitch, known to them as the "Bug Eater", after temporarily capturing him in one of Manny's webs, they cower in fear; thinking he's going to eat them again, but when they see that Stitch has been turned into an ant and unable to eat them properly due to his small size (tickling one of Chaps' legs in the process), they decide to return the favor. However, Stitch, still possessing his super strength, is able to outwit his aggressors and shake them off before they break free from Manny's webs and pursue him.

Later, when Chaps is about to use Stitch for a punching bag after the trio have captured him again, they are stopped by Lilo herself (having been turned into a ladybug by Bubgy). Sperk is about to tell Lilo off until he suddenly recognizes her as the "Builder of Bugopolis" and the trio willingly bow down to her in respect and gratitude. Then, to prove their love of the city she had bestowed upon them, Sperk aims to get rid of Stitch, but Lilo stops him and reassures the trio that Stitch is her friend who doesn't eat bugs anymore and is sorry as the latter tries to start over with a simple: "Hi." and friendly handshake. Though they agree to spare Stitch in Lilo's favor, the trio remain skeptical and decide to keep an eye on him just in case.

Then, Sperk, Manny, Chaps, Lilo, and Stitch are joined by Jumba and Pleakley (having been turned into a stinkbug and a praying mantis by Bugby). When Lilo points out that they need to find a way to reverse Bugby's effects before they get killed by an exterminator called up by Lilo's older sister, Nani, Sperk, Manny, and Chaps willingly volunteer to help the others to make it to a special machine in Jumba's ship to revert back to normal while still keeping an eye on Stitch.

The trio along with Lilo and her friends make their way out of Bugopolis and work together to brave many dangers along the way: avoiding a mosquito trying to attack Pleakley, avoiding getting stomped by Nani, and saving Lilo from getting sucked by Nani's vacuum cleaner. Once outside, the group come face-to-face with a wandering house cat. While panicking, Sperk, Manny, and Chaps find themselves caught and about to be devoured by the cat until Lilo and Stitch save them, thus, finally earning the trio's trust and respect for Stitch. Then, they barely escape the exterminator having been called by Nani earlier.

Once they make it to Jumba's ship, Sperk, Manny, and Chaps say good-bye to Lilo and remind Stitch not to eat them the next time he sees them, to which Stitch promises with all honesty. However, when the exterminator makes his way into the ship, the trio find themselves having no choice but to join Lilo and the others in the machine which reverts the latter back to normal while rendering the trio to giant size. After scaring the exterminator away with their sizes, Sperk, Manny, and Chaps begin to enjoy their new sizes until suddenly, they find themselves shrunken back to normal bug size by Bugby who gets captured by Stitch to avoid anymore bug transformations.

Though not seen again afterwards, it can be assumed that Sperk, Manny, and Chaps were brought back to Bugopolis by Lilo while Jumba reprogrammed Bugby to turn inanimate objects rather than people into bugs instead.

## Trivia

* Sperk, Manny, and Chaps are shown to be the only bugs that can talk throughout the entire episode even after being temporarily turned big with Jumba's machine.
* Will Sasso, who voiced Sperk, also voiced Heckler a.k.a. Experiment 322 in the episode; "Heckler".