Elastico (345)

**Elastico**, also known as **Experiment 345**, is an experiment created by Mechagodzilla. He is designed to distract hostile forces with his clownish antics and elastic body. His one true place is with the circus.

## Personality

Elastico is a very playful, fun-loving experiment and treats just about anything like a game. He loves entertaining folks, sometimes breaking the rules for his own fun. Being a natural contortionist, he amuses himself by stretching his body into fun shapes or using them to pull little stunts or jokes on others. He can be a bit of a prankster, as he enjoys fooling around and teasing his enemies, often irritating them. Despite this, he can be very jumpy in immediate danger or if someone is trying to catch him. Also, he loves both of his families (his circus family and his *ʻohana* with Hanazuki, Stitch, and the other experiments) very much.

Elastico is generally very friendly and affectionate towards others. The one thing he dislikes more than anything is being grabbed or restrained, with the exception of hugs. He is also very terrified of Gantu, screaming every time he sees him and grabbing onto Stitch's head when Gantu approaches. This is quite reasonable due to the fact that Elastico has been grabbed, choked, netted, kidnapped, pulled, squeezed, blasted and shackled by Gantu. Despite this, he seems to have gotten over his fear by "Checkers", as he was seen bravely rebelling against Knockout.

## Biology

### Physical appearance

Elastico is a green, furless, earless, clownish, roughly monkey-like creature with a small, stumpy tail, a large, red, round clown nose; white face and stomach, wide mouth, black eyes, neck frill, three huge tendrils on his head that resemble a jester's cap, and a purple spot on his stomach. He always wears a pink ruffled collar (like the ones that typical white-face circus clowns wear) around his neck, though it is unknown if it's removable.

### Special abilities

Elastico can manipulatively stretch and bend any part of his body like taffy; this can range from him flattening himself until he is incredibly thin, to reshaping into anything from a parachute to a rubber raft. He uses this ability to perform amazing stunts and tricks. Like some of his cousins, Elastico can roll into a ball, though it acts more as a bouncy ball than the form Stitch and other experiments use. He can also inflate himself and float like a balloon. He has shown the ability to transform things into circus-related items and animals, such as dogs, monkeys, elephants, seals, etc. However, he has only displayed this while under the effects of Hämsterviel. He is also seen to be able to speak fluently, though it is unknown if this is because of Hämsterviel transmuting him or if he was always capable of speaking and learned over time.

As part of stretching, Elastico displays some amount of invulnerability. Forced stretching, even under several tons of load, appears to cause him pain and discomfort, but no permanent or even temporary harm. A high degree of protection is also afforded by his skin. Combined with flexibility, this makes him immune to bullets. He can use his elasticity to throw objects with far more force than his slight stature would imply. He has also displayed the ability to shapeshift with his elasticity.

Elastico has shown to be skilled in playing the trombone.

### Weaknesses

Forced stretching because of someone pulling on Elastico causes him pain and discomfort, but is otherwise indestructible. He is also jumpy around anyone or anything he sees as a threat.