Leroy & Stitch

Infobox_Film
name = Leroy & Stitch


caption = DVD cover for "Leroy & Stitch"
director = Tony Craig
Bobs Gannaway
producer = Igor Khait
Jess Winfield
writer = Robert Gannaway
Jess Winfield
starring = Chris Sanders
Daveigh Chase
Tia Carrere
David Ogden Stiers
Kevin McDonald
Kevin Michael Richardson
Jeff Bennett
Tara Strong
Rob Paulsen
Zoe Caldwell

distributor = Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Disney Channel Original Movie
released = June 23, 2006 (TV premiere)
June 27, 2006 (DVD)
May 28, 2007 (UK release) [http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/3275136/Leroy_And_Stitch/Product.html]
April 7, 2007 (Disney Channel Australia premiere)

runtime = 72 minutes
language = English
imdb_id = 0486761
preceded_by = "" (2005)

"Leroy & Stitch" is an animated film created by Walt Disney Television Animation. It is a spin-off of the 2002 animated feature film "Lilo & Stitch" and the conclusion to the television series "" and the franchise as well. The film debuted on the Disney Channel on June 23, 2006 and also aired on Toon Disney on June 26, 2006. It was released on DVD in the United States on June 27, 2006, a few days after the TV series finale.

Plot outline

Their mission to capture all 624 experiments and repurpose them on Earth has been completed, so Lilo and her family are honored as heroes by the Galactic Alliance. Jumba is given the confiscated key to his laboratory again, Pleakley is offered a post as chairman of Earth Studies at G.A.C.C. (Galactic Alliance Community College) and Stitch (experiment 626) is made a Captain of the Galactic Armada and commander of the BRB-9000 (BRB stands for "Big Red Battleship"). Lilo is made Ambassador to Earth and sole guardian of Stitch's "cousins". At first, the others refuse their rewards because they see how sad Lilo is when she finds out they would leave. But at the end of the day, Lilo accepts it and gets ready to say goodbye to her extended family from outer space. Before they leave, Lilo gives Jumba an Elvis record, Pleakley a paperweight (which is actually an Earth rock) and Stitch a necklace with a Tiki Ku (the Hawaiian god of strength), then says her goodbyes.

Meanwhile, Gantu has decided that since he failed in capturing all of the experiments except for 625, he would break Dr. Hämsterviel out of prison. He takes the two-man shuttle, leaving 625 alone.

At Galactic Alliance HQ on Planet Turo, Stitch is given his first assignment - recapture Hämsterviel. Pleakley is first overjoyed at his new position at G.A.C.C., until his assistant tells him that he is merely a supervisory professor—he will teach no classes. Jumba is also happy at first returning to many of his "evil genius" ways, but soon discovers that without anyone to show his accomplishments to, he is as unhappy as the others.

Jumba's sadness is short-lived when Hämsterviel and Gantu burst in. Hämsterviel demands a new and better experiment to defeat the Galactic Alliance. When Jumba refuses, he is forced to do it at laser-point. This new creation has all of Stitch's powers and then some, with some doubled fur. After running through several names and one number (Experiment 627, which Gantu reminds Jumba he already created), Hämsterviel names this new monstrosity: Leroy (which is the name everyone except Lilo laughs at).

Stitch blasts through the door, seeking to capture Hämsterviel. After a fight that destroys Jumba's lab, Stitch is defeated when Pleakley appears at an unfortunate moment, distracting Stitch long enough for Leroy to lock him in a container. Hämsterviel then reveals his master plan: to clone an army of Leroys to take over the Galactic Alliance. Before leaving for Turo, Hämsterviel locks Jumba, Pleakley and Stitch in Pleakley's G.A.C.C. space vehicle, with its autopilot set to send the ship into a black hole.

Back on Earth, Lilo makes the rounds to ensure that all of the "cousins" are still happy in their "one true place". After a confrontation with Mertle (who tells Lilo that she thinks Stitch ran away because she was too weird), Lilo decides to contact Stitch. After calling Cobra Bubbles (and getting his answering machine), Lilo realizes that there is still one inter-galactic videophone on the planet: Gantu's ship. She makes her way there and finds Experiment 625, who is bitter about being left behind by Gantu and has plans to convert the ship into a sandwich shop. Lilo offers him a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. 625 is touched since no one has ever made him a sandwich before, but still remains suspicious of Lilo. When she asks about the videophone, 625 says it is broken and he won't fix it. It occurs to Lilo that 625 is the one experiment who still does not have a name and, after several bad sandwich puns, settles on "Reuben" (as in the Reuben sandwich). Reuben likes his name very much and consents to help Lilo.

Once the videophone is fixed, Lilo contacts the BRB-9000. Leroy tries to pass himself off as Stitch, but only manages to fool 625. Lilo knows that Leroy is not Stitch because he does not have the tiki necklace. Leroy blasts the communication screen. Hämsterviel decides on a new task for Leroy: go to Earth and capture all of the other experiments so that he may destroy them.

Lilo, sensing Stitch is in trouble, asks Reuben for help fixing Gantu's ship because he has almost all the same powers as Stitch. After some reluctance, he agrees and uses his powers for the first and only time in the entire series. Soon, Gantu's ship is space-worthy, but as they leave, Leroy crashes on Earth in Mertle's backyard (in much the same manner as Stitch in the original movie).

As Jumba, Pleakley, and Stitch head towards the black hole, Stitch escapes confinement and quickly frees the others. However, the navigational computer is locked on course for the black hole. Jumba says that the black hole will teleport them to a volcanic planet where they will be instantly vaporized, but if they can disrupt the event horizon, it will send them somewhere else. Pleakley pulls out the rock that Lilo gave him and asks if this will work. After Jumba says it is too heavy, Stitch takes a bite out of it, then crawls out the front of the vehicle and throws it at the black hole. There is a flash and the vehicle is sucked in.

On Earth, Leroy obtains Lilo's scrapbook of "cousins" and quickly captures all of them (along with Mertle).

Lilo and Reuben have arrived at Turo, but they are too late. Hämsterviel has taken over using Leroy and he orders Gantu to lock them up, then turn in his I.D. card and cape.Gantu captures Lilo and Reuben, but a few minutes later, Gantu decides to release them because Hämsterviel fired him. After a close call with several Leroy clones, they are trapped. All looks lost until the G.A.C.C. van suddenly appears (from the black hole). With no time to explain, Lilo, Reuben and Gantu all climb in and head for Earth.

On Earth, the original Leroy has herded all the experiments into a large stadium, which appears to be based on real Aloha Stadium (where "Alohapalooza," a fictional event clearly parodying Lollapalooza, was scheduled to take place). The BRB-9000 appears and Hämsterviel prepares to obliterate all of the experiments, until a timely appearance by Lilo, Stitch and the others destroys the BRB's primary cannon. Hämsterviel is unfazed and reveals that he brought along his Leroy army as backup. Stitch rallies his "cousins", and the experiments begin to battle. It soon becomes apparent that the Leroys are more than a match for the good guys. In the nick of time, Jumba remembers that he programmed a secret shut-down command into Leroy. When the original Leroy was created, Jumba was playing Lilo's record, which had a copy of Elvis Presley's performance of "Aloha 'Oe". If Leroy hears that song again, it will cause him, theoretically, to deactivate. Lilo, seeing the equipment set up for the concert, devises a plan.

With Jumba controlling the sound, Pleakley on lights, and Gantu providing fireworks, Stitch pops out on-stage in full Elvis attire. He begins to play "Aloha 'Oe" and, sure enough, the Leroys shut down. His plan foiled, Hämsterviel is recaptured.Back at Galactic Alliance HQ, the Grand Councilwoman calls Lilo and the others "heroes of the Alliance." Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley ask to be allowed to return to Earth with Lilo. The Grand Councilwoman accepts this, then asks Gantu if he would like to be reinstated as a Captain of the Armada. Gantu agrees, on the condition that Reuben be assigned to his ship as its Galley Officer.

Back on Earth, Lilo sets up for one last picture. Mertle arrives with Gigi (during the battle, Mertle learned that Gigi could talk and was one of Jumba's experiments). Though Mertle still thinks Lilo is weird, she says that Gigi wants to be part of the "ohana." Lilo's last picture in the cousins album is of all of the experiments still on Earth, plus herself, Mertle, Jumba, Pleakley, Nani, and Nani's boyfriend David.

Meanwhile, Lilo has already found out where Leroy and his clones belong — in jail. Before the ending credits, the clones of Leroy happily dance to Elvis Presley's song, "Jailhouse Rock", with an angry Dr. Hämsterviel tapping his feet. As the credits roll, a full list of Jumba's experiments 001 through 626, and the names they were given by Lilo, scrolls along the left side of the screen

Bonus features

*Bonus Episode (Link, Experiment 251)
*Virtual BRB Flight Simulator
*Games & Activities
*Photos Gallery

Voice cast

* Chris Sanders as Stitch and Leroy
* Daveigh Chase as Lilo Pelekai
* Tia Carrere as Nani Pelekai
* David Ogden Stiers as Dr. Jumba Jookiba
* Kevin McDonald as Agent Pleakley
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Gantu
* Jeff Bennett as Dr. Hämsterviel, Fibber (Experiment 032), Slick (Experiment 020), Ace (Experiment 262), and Clyde (Experiment 150)
* Rob Paulsen as Reuben (Experiment 625), Squeak (Experiment 110), Remmy (Experiment 276)
* Zoe Caldwell as the Grand Councilwoman
* Ving Rhames as Cobra Bubbles (Via Telephone)
* Liliana Mumy as Mertle Edmonds
* Tara Strong as Angel (Experiment 624), The Alien girl from Pleakley's college, Belle (Experiment 248) (uncredited)
* Frank Welker as Sparky (Experiment 221), Mr. Stenchy (Experiment 254)
* Tress MacNeille as Bonnie (Experiment 149), Gigi (Experiment 007), Topper (Experiment 025), Felix (Experiment 010), Melty (Experiment 228), Amnesio (Experiment 303) (uncredited)
* Nancy Cartwright as Shortstuff (Experiment 297), Phantasmo (Experiment 375)
* Bobcat Goldthwait as Nosy (Experiment 199)
* Wayne Knight as Heckler (Experiment 322)
* Lili Ishida as Yuki
* Jillian Henry as Elena
* Kali Whitehurst as Teresa
* Jason Scott Lee as David Kawena

Trivia

* In one shot of the crowd of experiments at the stadium, you can briefly see The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa standing in the crowd. It can be joked that their appearance is in response to Stitch's brief cameo at the end of The Lion King 1½.
* Before the camera flashes, Leroy is seen in the right of the camera.
* Rob Paulsen and Jeff Bennett worked together in other movies like and The Land Before Time.
* In the end, all the pictures in the cousin book are normal, but before Leroy tore Xs in each. It could be possible that Lilo retook each experiments' picture after the battle or she had spares.
* When every cousin remaining on earth is gathered, many of the smaller cousins can be seen more than once. I.E. 3 Cannonballs or two Mr. Stenchys.
* Many cousins are miscolored so no one notices. I.E. a red Angel or a yellow Cannonball.
* This is the first and only time that Reuben ever fights.

External links

* [http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/leroyandstitch/ Official website]
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* [http://keyframeonline.com/Animation/Leroy_and_Stitch/704/"Leroy & Stitch"] at Keyframe - the Animation Resource
* [http://disneyvideos.disney.go.com/moviefinder/products/4158303.html Leroy and Stitch at Disney DVD and Video]
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/trailer.html?v_id=349236 Clips & Trailers of "Leroy & Stitch" plus bonus episode]