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Lilo & Stitch: The Series

★ 7.4 2003 · 2000s 2 seasons ABC, Disney Channel, Toon Disney

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Synopsis

This animated series chronicles the further adventures of renegade scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba's beloved Experiment 626, who is now living happily as Lilo's alien buddy Stitch. Jumba’s remaining experiments have landed all over Hawaii in the form of dehydrated pods. Lilo and Stitch’s mission is to catch Stitch’s "cousins" before they fall into the clutches of the evil Dr. Jacques von Hamsterviel!

Cast & Crew

Daveigh Chase

Daveigh Chase

Lilo Pelekai (voice)

Chris Sanders

Chris Sanders

Stitch (voice)

David Ogden Stiers

David Ogden Stiers

Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voice)

Kevin McDonald

Kevin McDonald

Pleakley (voice)

Tia Carrere

Tia Carrere

Nani Pelekai (voice)

Kevin Michael Richardson

Kevin Michael Richardson

Captain Gantu (voice)

Trivia about Lilo & Stitch: The Series

In July 2002, Thomas Schumacher, then-president of Walt Disney Feature Animation, announced that Disney was developing a television series sequel to the film for Disney Channel in fall 2003 under the working title of Stitch!

Victor Cook and Don MacKinnon directed for the show's first 39 episodes, which comprised the first season.

For the remaining 26 episodes, which comprised the second season, Rob LaDuca replaced MacKinnon as the other main director alongside Cook, while Craig directed two episodes, "Spike" and "Shoe".

A majority of the voice cast from the original film reprised their roles in the series.

In his 2018 book The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows, author David Perlmutter wrote that the show's concept was "saddled [...] with formulaic and derivative elements" that were not found in the original film, though he praised Kevin McDonald's vocal performance as Pleakley, calling said performance "clever and amusing" and "the show's central [sic] grace".

The show also aired as a launch program on the Disney Junior channel from March 23, 2012 to September 3, 2013, marking this the first Disney Channel original series to air on that network.