Experiments

Experiments, also referred to as Stitch's cousins, are genetically engineered creatures created by Mechagodzilla, with the assistance of Halakrah, who grew obsessed with their incredible power and wanted them all to herself, resulting in her turning their experiments against Mechagodzilla forcing him to dehydrate them into experiment pods. Prior to the events of Godzilla and Friends, every experiment created was dehydrated into a small orb called an "experiment pod" and stored in a special container for transport. In the season 2 two parter prologue, the container was opened and the pods rained down in Equestria. The experiments within the pods are reactivated upon contact in water, a point of concern because many parts of experiments are dangerous and Equestria hosts one of the wettest spots on Earth.

Upon encountering each experiment, Stitch's moonflower friend and partner Hanazuki gives the experiment a name just as she gave Stitch his name. The two then attempt to rehabilitate the experiments and find a purpose for them on Earth that suits their specific abilities, referred to as the "one true place" they belong.

Stitch, inspired by Harmony Land's terminology, refers to the other experiments as his "cousins" and considers them all a part of his ʻohana', or "extended family".

## Background

### Biology

Due to different experiments' original purposes, the majority of experiments each have a unique appearance, powers, and weaknesses. Though all experiments have unique capabilities and functions, most of them have some abilities in common due to Mechagodzilla reusing DNA from one experiment as a prototype for a different experiment, like the similarities of body shape, appearance, and even for powers like in the case of Mechagodzilla reusing some of Twang (021)'s DNA in the creation of Bragg (145), granting the latter musical ability. Most seem capable of scaling walls like a gecko (as Stitch frequently does); many are able to grow and retract an extra pair of arms. Since they are genetic experiments each created with multiple kinds of DNA that Mechagodzilla sampled by examining and downloading from various creatures both on Earth and from other planets, they all age quite differently than creatures on Earth.

It is also shown that some experiments' powers (such as Mr. Stenchy (254)'s cuteness, and Checkers (029)'s hypnotic effect) do not affect other experiments, possibly so that these powers do not prevent other experiments from carrying out their primary functions. If affected by other experiments' powers, it might be temporary as Stitch managed to recover from Drowsy (360)'s sleep-inducing program without being exposed to water. Though Angel (624) primarily reverts other experiments (before her time) to evil, Amnesio (303) and Retro (210) can do so as well.

It is also shown that when an experiment is dehydrated, they will deactivate and turn into a small orb called an experiment pod. If an experiment pod gets wet, the experiment will be reactivated and released. According to Mechagodzilla, a home food dehydrator is the only known method of deactivating an experiment a second time.

### Creation

Upon each experiment's creation, it is important that their molecules be charged. If an experiment's molecules are not fully charged, about a year after their creation, they will suffer glitches, during which they will experience seizures and temporarily revert to their original programming. If the molecular charging process is not completed, these glitches will eventually burn out the experiment's circuits and kill them.

## Experiment series

The first digit of the experiment numbers reflects what series of experiments they belong to. The official series of experiments, one of the executive producers, are as follows:

* **0-Series:** Mechagodzilla's test batch, including many household helpers.
* **1-Series:** Civic disturbances.
* **2-Series:** Technological and scientific.
* **3-Series:** Psychological.
* **4-Series:** Top secret series of militaristic and mostly failed experiments.
* **5-Series:** Elemental and environmental manipulators.
* **6-Series:** Battlefield and doomsday experiments with galactic implications.

For the most part, the colors of the experiment pods correspond to the series numbers; however, some of the pods are colored incorrectly.

## History

Mechagodzilla created over six hundred and twenty five experiments for the use of helping fight their foes and uphold the Great Circle of Life, however after an accident during a fight, his experiments were programmed for evil, resorting in him to dehydrate all 625 of his experiments into multicolored pods with their experiment number on him. However, Mechagodzilla didn't stop trying to create a new experiment, as he created his six hundred and twenty sixth experiment: Stitch. However stitch was uncontrollable at first, until bonding with the Moonflower Hanazuki, who helps the experiment learn compassion and find his place