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NotMeNotYou

2026-08-05T01:52:01Z

Polymorphic: NMNY is no long the site lead of e621.

'''Robert Nobis''',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://e621.net/wiki/show/e621:rules|title=e621:rules|website=e621|accessdate=November 3, 2018}}</ref> also known as '''NotMeNotYou''' and '''RAHelllord''', is a [[furry fan]] and [[e621]] administrator who lives in [[:w:Germany|Germany]].

==Fandom involvement==
As of March 2015, he is an active contributor and admin to [[e621]], where he manages takedown requests.

On April 14, 2016, he took the role as e621's lead administrator after [[Dave the Pangolin]] stepped down from the position.<ref>''[https://e621.net/forum/show/190392 Important: Staff changes and updates]'' - forum post by [[Varka]] on e621. Dated April 14, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2017.</ref> He held onto the position until August 3, 2026, when he stepped down from his role, relegating himself to second-in-command and passing the site lead role to long time admin [[Rainbow Dash (imageboard administrator)|Rainbow Dash]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://e621.net/user/show/NotMeNotYou NotMeNotYou] on e621
*[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/rahelllord RAHelllord (NotMeNotYou)] on [[Fur Affinity]]
*[https://inkbunny.net/notmenotyou notmenotyou] on [[Inkbunny]]

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[[Category:E621 administrators]]

Dragoneer

2025-05-20T13:49:14Z

Polymorphic: I think that apostrophe in the cited Twitter image is actually meant to be an acute accent.

{{Infobox person
| name = Dragoneer
| realname = '''Sean Paul Piché'''<ref>[http://preyfar.livejournal.com/profile Preyfar's profile] on [[LiveJournal]]. Retrieved May 16, 2008.</ref><ref>@Dragoneer on X (Twitter): "[https://x.com/Dragoneer/status/1826686964936180130 We officially have access to Dragoneer's twitter and have locked it down. We miss you dear friend, rest well. -Sciggles]" Retrieved August 22, 2024.</ref>
| othernames = '''Neer''', '''Wren the Eevee''', formally as '''The Dragoneer''' and '''Preyfar'''
| image = [[File:Sean_dragoneer_piche.jpg|240px]]
| caption =
| born = March 25, 1980
| birthplace = [[W:Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania]], [[W:USA|USA]]
| died = August 6, 2024
| deathplace = [[W:Manassas Park, Virginia|Manassas Park, Manassas Park City, Virginia]], USA<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/273383442/sean-paul-piche# Sean Paul “Dragoneer/Preyfar” Piche] on [[W:Find_a_Grave|Find A Grave]]. Retrieved September 22, 2022.</ref>
| residence =
| spouses = [[Sciggles]] (2010 - April 2016)<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7506046/ ''Life Update & Relationships''] post by Dragoneer on [[Fur Affinity]]. Dated April 12, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016.</ref>
| profession = [[Furry artist]], [[webmaster]], [[fursuiter]], [[fandom influencer]]
| species = [[Digimon]], [[hyena]], others
| gohonor =
| url =
}}
[[File:Bo dragoneer.jpg|right|thumb|239px|Dragoneer's Murasadramon character, art by [[Bo-Gilliam]].]]
[[File:Kerb prey.jpg|right|thumb|239px|Preyfar, art by [[Kerberos]].]]
'''Dragoneer''' was an [[artist]], webmaster, fursuiter, and fandom influencer who was the owner of [[Fur Affinity]] from 2007 to 2015 and then from 2021 until his passing in 2024.

== Fandom involvement ==

Dragoneer served on the [[Northeast Anthropomorphic Association]] [[board of directors]], where he helped to organize and run the [[United!|FA: United]] convention when it was in operation. He was married to fellow [[furry]] [[Sciggles]] until their separation in April 2016.

=== Fur Affinity ===

Dragoneer was the owner of [[Ferrox Art, LLC]], which operated [[Fur Affinity]] from 2007 to 2015. Dragoneer joined the site in 2005 roughly two months before its initial demise due to server problems.{{clarify}}

Having fallen in love with the community, he worked with then-FA owner [[Alkora]] to help bring the site back online. He was appointed lead [[administrator]] upon the site's return. Eventually, he went on to take full ownership of the website in October 2007,<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/225121/ ''Fur Affinity Change of Ownership''] post by Dragoneer on Fur Affinity. Retrieved October 17, 2007.</ref> purchasing the site for $2,500.{{cn}}

Dragoneer served as Fur Affinity's community manager for [[IMVU]], which acquired Fur Affinity in January 2015. He served in this capacity until February 1, 2021, when he purchased the site back from them and placed the website under the operation of a new company called ''[[Frost Dragon Art, LLC]]''.<ref>[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9761295 ''New Ownership, Updated Logo, & More''] post by Dragoneer on Fur Affinity. Retrieved February 1, 2021.</ref>

=== Characters ===

* '''Murasadramon''' - Murasadramon is a purple and orange Data-type Digimon. His [[species]] is primarily a [[hybrid]] of [https://digimon.fandom.com/wiki/Guilmon Guilmon] and [https://digimon.fandom.com/wiki/ExVeemon ExVeemon] combined. Although it does seem to resemble [[Monodramon]] a lot, In battle, Murasadramon uses plasma and electrical-based attacks, preferring melee combat to long-range. The character is sometimes drawn in an alternative [https://digimon.fandom.com/wiki/Digivolution Digivolution] which sports black armor and leather straps.
* '''Preyfar''' - Preyfar is a hyena, primarily grey with a blue to purple tint to his [[fur|coat]]. A pair of [[W:Welding goggles|welding goggles]] accompany his rivet-head style of dress, the eyewear his most notable trademark appearance. He's usually seen wearing a [[W:Fishnet shirt|fishnet shirt]], pants with orange racing stripes, and a custom pair of toe-less leather footwear.
* His other characters are '''Eel''', '''Siodan''' and '''Kradramon'''.

=== Convention attendance ===

* [[Anthrocon]] - 2005, ?, 2011, ?, 2015, ?
* [[Fur Affinity: United]] - 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
* [[Fur the 'More]] - 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, ?
* [[Furry Weekend Atlanta]] - ?, 2009, 2010, 2011, ?

== Art ==

Dragoneer was primarily known for his Digimon-themed [[artwork]], and his style leans towards [[mature]] and [[adult]] imagery, preferring to keep his clean artwork separate from the [[fandom]]. His images generally feature [[character]]s of [[Dragon|draconic]] or [[Reptile|reptilian]] nature.

== Illness and death ==

On August 6, 2024, under the care of the [[W:University of Virginia Health System|University of Virginia Health System]] (''UVA''), Dragoneer died from [[W:Complication (medicine)|respiratory complications]],<ref>[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10923887 ''Dragoneer Has Passed Away''] post on Fur Affinity. Retrieved August 6, 2024.</ref> as he stated In the Fur Affinity's [[Telegram]] chat on July 30, 2024, either caused by:
{{q|An extremely rare, serious [[W:Fungal infection|bacterial fungal infection]]... or, well, [[W:Lung cancer|lung cancer]].}}
(for months before medical intervention, Dragoneer struggled with high fever and chronic cough, [https://x.com/Dragoneer/status/1818748650996351036 one possible explanation] being [[w:Blastomycosis|blastomycosis]]).

In response to his passing, the [[Fender]]'s FA account announced on the site that:
{{q|It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden loss of Fur Affinity's owner, Dragoneer. He was our friend, family, and a pillar of this community. We ask for your patience and respect for his family’s privacy. We remain committed to supporting each other and the community. Updates will follow when appropriate. Thank you for your kindness.}}

== Legacy ==

Dragoneer's official Celebration of Life ceremony was held live March 9th, 2025 at FurTheMore convention and streamed live on Sciggles' platform.

{{Flayrah
|node1=9211|title1=Fur Affinity owner Dragoneer, 44, dies after acute illness
|node2=8281|title2=Dragoneer buys back Fur Affinity from IMVU
|node3=6017|title3=IMVU buys Fur Affinity; furry fans respond
|node4=4417|title4=Dragoneer's Dorsai complaints spark FurFright spat
|node5=3468|title5=Owners of Fur Affinity, FurBuy clash over auctions
}}

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
{{Contributor|Preyfar}}
* [https://www.deviantart.com/thedragoneer Dragoneer] on [[DeviantArt]]
* [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/dragoneer/ Dragoneer] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [https://twitter.com/dragoneer Dragoneer] on [[Twitter|X]]
* [https://x.com/WrenTheEevee Wren the Eevee] on X
* [https://bsky.app/profile/dragoneer.bsky.social Dragoneer] on [[BlueSky]]
* [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gvfgacldrasondffz33l4mwc Wren da Eevee] on BlueSky
* [https://t.me/TheDragoneer Dragoneer] on [[Telegram]]
* ''[http://murasadramon.livejournal.com/ Dragoneer's Digijournal]'' - Dragoneer on [[LiveJournal]]
* [https://www.picarto.tv/dragoneer Dragoneer] on [[Picarto]]
* [https://ko-fi.com/dragoneer Dragoneer] on [[W:Ko-fi|Ko-fi]]
* [https://steamcommunity.com/id/thedragoneer Dragoneer] on [[W:Steam (software)|Steam]]
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/273383442/sean-paul-piche# Sean Paul “Dragoneer/Preyfar” Piche] on [[W:Find_a_Grave|Find A Grave]]
* [https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1630506 Sean Piche] on [[W:IMBD|IMDb]]

{{Fur Affinity topics}}
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Artists]]
[[Category:Animators]]
[[Category:Fursuiters]]
[[Category:Fur Affinity administrators]]
[[Category:Dragon characters]]
[[Category:Tapestries characters]]
[[Category:Second Life characters]]
[[Category:Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:2024 deaths]]

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Dragoneer

2025-05-20T13:49:08Z

Polymorphic: I think that apostrophe in the cited Twitter image is actually meant to be an acute accent.

{{Infobox person
| name = Dragoneer
| realname = '''Sean Paul Piché'''<ref>[http://preyfar.livejournal.com/profile Preyfar's profile] on [[LiveJournal]]. Retrieved May 16, 2008.</ref><ref>@Dragoneer on X (Twitter): "[https://x.com/Dragoneer/status/1826686964936180130 We officially have access to Dragoneer's twitter and have locked it down. We miss you dear friend, rest well. -Sciggles]" Retrieved August 22, 2024.</ref>
| othernames = '''Neer''', '''Wren the Eevee''', formally as '''The Dragoneer''' and '''Preyfar'''
| image = [[File:Sean_dragoneer_piche.jpg|240px]]
| caption =
| born = March 25, 1980
| birthplace = [[W:Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania]], [[W:USA|USA]]
| died = August 6, 2024
| deathplace = [[W:Manassas Park, Virginia|Manassas Park, Manassas Park City, Virginia]], USA<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/273383442/sean-paul-piche# Sean Paul “Dragoneer/Preyfar” Piche] on [[W:Find_a_Grave|Find A Grave]]. Retrieved September 22, 2022.</ref>
| residence =
| spouses = [[Sciggles]] (2010 - April 2016)<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7506046/ ''Life Update & Relationships''] post by Dragoneer on [[Fur Affinity]]. Dated April 12, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016.</ref>
| profession = [[Furry artist]], [[webmaster]], [[fursuiter]], [[fandom influencer]]
| species = [[Digimon]], [[hyena]], others
| gohonor =
| url =
}}
[[File:Bo dragoneer.jpg|right|thumb|239px|Dragoneer's Murasadramon character, art by [[Bo-Gilliam]].]]
[[File:Kerb prey.jpg|right|thumb|239px|Preyfar, art by [[Kerberos]].]]
'''Dragoneer''' was an [[artist]], webmaster, fursuiter, and fandom influencer who was the owner of [[Fur Affinity]] from 2007 to 2015 and then from 2021 until his passing in 2024.

== Fandom involvement ==

Dragoneer served on the [[Northeast Anthropomorphic Association]] [[board of directors]], where he helped to organize and run the [[United!|FA: United]] convention when it was in operation. He was married to fellow [[furry]] [[Sciggles]] until their separation in April 2016.

=== Fur Affinity ===

Dragoneer was the owner of [[Ferrox Art, LLC]], which operated [[Fur Affinity]] from 2007 to 2015. Dragoneer joined the site in 2005 roughly two months before its initial demise due to server problems.{{clarify}}

Having fallen in love with the community, he worked with then-FA owner [[Alkora]] to help bring the site back online. He was appointed lead [[administrator]] upon the site's return. Eventually, he went on to take full ownership of the website in October 2007,<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/225121/ ''Fur Affinity Change of Ownership''] post by Dragoneer on Fur Affinity. Retrieved October 17, 2007.</ref> purchasing the site for $2,500.{{cn}}

Dragoneer served as Fur Affinity's community manager for [[IMVU]], which acquired Fur Affinity in January 2015. He served in this capacity until February 1, 2021, when he purchased the site back from them and placed the website under the operation of a new company called ''[[Frost Dragon Art, LLC]]''.<ref>[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9761295 ''New Ownership, Updated Logo, & More''] post by Dragoneer on Fur Affinity. Retrieved February 1, 2021.</ref>

=== Characters ===

* '''Murasadramon''' - Murasadramon is a purple and orange Data-type Digimon. His [[species]] is primarily a [[hybrid]] of [https://digimon.fandom.com/wiki/Guilmon Guilmon] and [https://digimon.fandom.com/wiki/ExVeemon ExVeemon] combined. Although it does seem to resemble [[Monodramon]] a lot, In battle, Murasadramon uses plasma and electrical-based attacks, preferring melee combat to long-range. The character is sometimes drawn in an alternative [https://digimon.fandom.com/wiki/Digivolution Digivolution] which sports black armor and leather straps.
* '''Preyfar''' - Preyfar is a hyena, primarily grey with a blue to purple tint to his [[fur|coat]]. A pair of [[W:Welding goggles|welding goggles]] accompany his rivet-head style of dress, the eyewear his most notable trademark appearance. He's usually seen wearing a [[W:Fishnet shirt|fishnet shirt]], pants with orange racing stripes, and a custom pair of toe-less leather footwear.
* His other characters are '''Eel''', '''Siodan''' and '''Kradramon'''.

=== Convention attendance ===

* [[Anthrocon]] - 2005, ?, 2011, ?, 2015, ?
* [[Fur Affinity: United]] - 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
* [[Fur the 'More]] - 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, ?
* [[Furry Weekend Atlanta]] - ?, 2009, 2010, 2011, ?

== Art ==

Dragoneer was primarily known for his Digimon-themed [[artwork]], and his style leans towards [[mature]] and [[adult]] imagery, preferring to keep his clean artwork separate from the [[fandom]]. His images generally feature [[character]]s of [[Dragon|draconic]] or [[Reptile|reptilian]] nature.

== Illness and death ==

On August 6, 2024, under the care of the [[W:University of Virginia Health System|University of Virginia Health System]] ('''UVA''), Dragoneer died from [[W:Complication (medicine)|respiratory complications]],<ref>[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10923887 ''Dragoneer Has Passed Away''] post on Fur Affinity. Retrieved August 6, 2024.</ref> as he stated In the Fur Affinity's [[Telegram]] chat on July 30, 2024, either caused by:
{{q|An extremely rare, serious [[W:Fungal infection|bacterial fungal infection]]... or, well, [[W:Lung cancer|lung cancer]].}}
(for months before medical intervention, Dragoneer struggled with high fever and chronic cough, [https://x.com/Dragoneer/status/1818748650996351036 one possible explanation] being [[w:Blastomycosis|blastomycosis]]).

In response to his passing, the [[Fender]]'s FA account announced on the site that:
{{q|It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden loss of Fur Affinity's owner, Dragoneer. He was our friend, family, and a pillar of this community. We ask for your patience and respect for his family’s privacy. We remain committed to supporting each other and the community. Updates will follow when appropriate. Thank you for your kindness.}}

== Legacy ==

Dragoneer's official Celebration of Life ceremony was held live March 9th, 2025 at FurTheMore convention and streamed live on Sciggles' platform.

{{Flayrah
|node1=9211|title1=Fur Affinity owner Dragoneer, 44, dies after acute illness
|node2=8281|title2=Dragoneer buys back Fur Affinity from IMVU
|node3=6017|title3=IMVU buys Fur Affinity; furry fans respond
|node4=4417|title4=Dragoneer's Dorsai complaints spark FurFright spat
|node5=3468|title5=Owners of Fur Affinity, FurBuy clash over auctions
}}

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
{{Contributor|Preyfar}}
* [https://www.deviantart.com/thedragoneer Dragoneer] on [[DeviantArt]]
* [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/dragoneer/ Dragoneer] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [https://twitter.com/dragoneer Dragoneer] on [[Twitter|X]]
* [https://x.com/WrenTheEevee Wren the Eevee] on X
* [https://bsky.app/profile/dragoneer.bsky.social Dragoneer] on [[BlueSky]]
* [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gvfgacldrasondffz33l4mwc Wren da Eevee] on BlueSky
* [https://t.me/TheDragoneer Dragoneer] on [[Telegram]]
* ''[http://murasadramon.livejournal.com/ Dragoneer's Digijournal]'' - Dragoneer on [[LiveJournal]]
* [https://www.picarto.tv/dragoneer Dragoneer] on [[Picarto]]
* [https://ko-fi.com/dragoneer Dragoneer] on [[W:Ko-fi|Ko-fi]]
* [https://steamcommunity.com/id/thedragoneer Dragoneer] on [[W:Steam (software)|Steam]]
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/273383442/sean-paul-piche# Sean Paul “Dragoneer/Preyfar” Piche] on [[W:Find_a_Grave|Find A Grave]]
* [https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1630506 Sean Piche] on [[W:IMBD|IMDb]]

{{Fur Affinity topics}}
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Artists]]
[[Category:Animators]]
[[Category:Fursuiters]]
[[Category:Fur Affinity administrators]]
[[Category:Dragon characters]]
[[Category:Tapestries characters]]
[[Category:Second Life characters]]
[[Category:Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:2024 deaths]]

[[es:The Dragoneer]]
[[it:Dragoneer]]
[[zh:The Dragoneer]]
[[ru:Dragoneer]]

Krezz Karavan

2025-02-16T04:35:31Z

Polymorphic: According to the Spanish-language article, he was born in 1980, not 1968. Also changed the link to be a proper reference.

'''Krezz Karavan''' (June 19, 1980 – June 21, 2022), or simply '''Krezz''', was an [[artist]] who created art of [[furry fandom|furry]] interest.

== Fandom involvement ==

Although Krezz's works were mainly [[anthropomorphic]], he did not consider himself a [[furry]]. Krezz started his own website in 2010.

== Art ==

Krezz's art Influences were mostly of a modern Western-animated [[Cartoon|cartoon art style]], and his media were colorful and (mostly) [[erotic]] in nature.

Along with also being one of the members of the [[Palcomix]] team, his [[artwork]] had at one time or another appeared on [[The Jab Archives]], [[WWOEC]], [[Fur Affinity]], [[Cubcentral]] and [[DeviantArt]], among others.

=== Webcomic ===

Krezz was the author of the [[adult]] [[funny animal]] [[webcomic]], ''[[School Days]]''.

== Death ==

Karavan suffered from [[W:hepatic encephalopathy|hepatic encephalopathy]], a liver-related [[W:Neurological disorder|neurological disorder]] that causes episodes of dizziness and mental confusion. It was during one of these episodes that Karavan fell and fatally hit his head.<ref>[https://inkbunny.net/j/455527 ''Krezz Karavan passed today''] post by [[bbmbbf]] on [[InkBunny]]. Retrieved 21, 2022.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://robotto.mx/2022/06/krezz-karavan-artista-miembro-de-palcomix-fallecio-a-los-42-anos/|title=Krezz Karavan, artista miembro de Palcomix, falleció a los 42 años|date=June 21, 2022|access-date=June 22, 2022|work=Robotto.mx|language=Spanish}}</ref>

== References ==
<REFERENCES/>

==External links==
{{Contributor|Krezz karavan}}
* [http://www.krezzkaravan.com Krezzkaravan.com] - Krezz Karavan official website
* [http://krezz-karavan.deviantart.com/ Krezz Karavan] on [[DeviantArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/karavan/ Krezz Karavan] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://www.inkbunny.net/user/krezz/ Krezz] on [[Inkbunny]]
* [http://www.facebook.com/krezzkaravan Krezz Karavan] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://twitter.com/krezzman Krezz] on [[Twitter]]
* [https://www.picarto.tv/krezz Krezz] on [[Picarto]]

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[[ru:Krezz Karavan]]

Krezz Karavan

2025-02-16T04:24:39Z

Polymorphic: Copyedits.

'''Krezz Karavan''' (June 19, 1968 – June 21, 2022), or simply '''Krezz''', was an [[artist]] who created art of [[furry fandom|furry]] interest.

== Fandom involvement ==

Although Krezz's works were mainly [[anthropomorphic]], he did not consider himself a [[furry]]. Krezz started his own website in 2010.

== Art ==

Krezz's art Influences were mostly of a modern Western-animated [[Cartoon|cartoon art style]], and his media were colorful and (mostly) [[erotic]] in nature.

Along with also being one of the members of the [[Palcomix]] team, his [[artwork]] had at one time or another appeared on [[The Jab Archives]], [[WWOEC]], [[Fur Affinity]], [[Cubcentral]] and [[DeviantArt]], among others.

=== Webcomic ===

Krezz was the author of the [[adult]] [[funny animal]] [[webcomic]], ''[[School Days]]''.

== Death ==

Karavan suffered from [[W:hepatic encephalopathy|hepatic encephalopathy]], a liver-related [[W:Neurological disorder|neurological disorder]] that causes episodes of dizziness and mental confusion. It was during one of these episodes that Karavan fell and hit his head, fatally.<ref>[https://inkbunny.net/j/455527 ''Krezz Karavan passed today''] post by [[bbmbbf]] on [[InkBunny]]. Retrieved 21, 2022.</ref>

== References ==
<REFERENCES/>

==External links==
{{Contributor|Krezz karavan}}
* [http://www.krezzkaravan.com Krezzkaravan.com] - Krezz Karavan official website
* [http://krezz-karavan.deviantart.com/ Krezz Karavan] on [[DeviantArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/karavan/ Krezz Karavan] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://www.inkbunny.net/user/krezz/ Krezz] on [[Inkbunny]]
* [http://www.facebook.com/krezzkaravan Krezz Karavan] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://twitter.com/krezzman Krezz] on [[Twitter]]
* [https://www.picarto.tv/krezz Krezz] on [[Picarto]]

=== Media ===

* [https://robotto.mx/2022/06/krezz-karavan-artista-miembro-de-palcomix-fallecio-a-los-42-anos/ ''Krezz Karavan, artista miembro de Palcomix, falleció a los 42 años.''] article on [https://robotto.mx/ Robotto.mx] (Spanish only)

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[[ru:Krezz Karavan]]

Furbooru

2025-02-11T22:03:45Z

Polymorphic: Punctuation before references, not after. Also, this page is clearly no longer a stub.

{{cleanup}}
{{Infobox website
| title = Furbooru
| image = [[File:Furbooru-logo-2020-05.png|right|256px]]
| caption =
| author = '''[https://furbooru.org/staff Staff]'''
* '''Administrators:''' [[Luna (Furbooru)|Luna]], [[Fletch]]
* '''Site developers:''' Luna, [[DJDavid98]], [[Xena]]
| url = https://furbooru.org/
| status = Online
| began = April 24, 2020
| ended =
| genre = Booru-style image board
| rating = [[File:Censor NC17 button.png]]
}}
'''Furbooru''' is a booru-style [[image board]] that is the furry fandom equivalent of the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]'' image board [https://www.derpibooru.org/ Derpibooru], created by the latter board's management. Furbooru runs on a fork of [https://github.com/furbooru/philomena Philomena], the same open source content platform that Derpibooru uses.

The site's logo depicts its [[mascot]] [https://furbooru.org/tags/astra Astra], a purple [[fox]] of ambiguous gender created by [[Aureai]] and the site's staff. Astra's name was chosen via [https://furbooru.org/forums/meta/topics/furbooru-mascot-name-voting a forum poll in July 2020].

== History ==

Furbooru was launched in April 2020. However, its history dates back a few years prior.

=== Early history ===

The management of [https://derpibooru.org Derpibooru] had discussed as far back as 2014 about expanding the horizons of their site software beyond [[My Little Pony]] content. Concepts were proposed for Fanbooru / TheBooru, a general-purpose image booru, which would permit images from any popular franchise. The main selling point was a powerful filtering system, which would allow images to co-exist on the same database, separated by domain. For example, a user might visit a "furry" subdomain, and be scoped to only see things which are tagged as furry. The main (unscoped) site would act as a general hub for all content from all fandoms.

Initial prototypes were written by a small group of [[Derpibooru]] developers at the time. At least two meaningful attempts were made at implementing this idea between 2017 and 2019. However, due to lack of organization, and the large scope of the project, these quickly stalled in progress and eventually got cancelled.

In 2019, [https://github.com/liamwhite liamwhite], a Derpibooru developer at the time, publicly acknowledged<ref name="BoR">{{cite web|author=[[liamwhite]]|url=https://www.patreon.com/posts/booru-on-rails-29380128|title=booru-on-rails, Philomena and the future of Derpibooru|website=patreon|date=August 23, 2019|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref> many flaws in the closed-source booru-on-rails software used by the website, and announced that a replacement software was being implemented in the open-source [https://github.com/philomena-dev/philomena Philomena] project. The new website backend was written in a different programming language, [https://elixir-lang.org Elixir], which promised better utilization of hardware resources. It was launched as an open beta<ref name="PhilomenaBeta">{{cite web|author=<nowiki>byte[]</nowiki>|url=https://derpibooru.org/forums/meta/topics/philomena-open-beta-breaking-api-changes|title=Philomena open beta / breaking API changes|website=derpibooru|date=December 7, 2019|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref> on December 7, 2019 on Derpibooru, and replaced the old software approximately two weeks later, on December 20, 2019.<ref name="PhilomenaDeployment">{{cite web|author=<nowiki>byte[]</nowiki>|url=https://derpibooru.org/forums/meta/topics/philomena-open-beta-breaking-api-changes?post_id=4638596#post_4638596|title=Philomena open beta / breaking API changes|website=derpibooru|date=December 19, 2019|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>

=== Launch ===

In early 2020, talks reignited among Derpibooru staff about launching a new image board. A small group of staff, consisting of Luna, Joey, Teaspoon and multiple developers and moderators of Derpibooru split off into a then-private Furbooru Discord server. A decision was made to scope the project down to only the furry fandom, and to use the new Philomena software as a basis for the website. A [https://github.com/furbooru/philomena fork] of it was created, with altered branding and theme color.<ref name="FurbooruThemeCommit">{{cite web|author=[[Luna]]|url=https://github.com/furbooru/philomena/commit/67da32422b8f56a71ec5a2c7a8d5d0e29b9b4292|title=default theme|website=github|date=April 25, 2020|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>

On April 22, 2020, the initial database of the site was seeded. Over the course of April 22 and April 23, the site branding was changed,<ref name="FurbooruBrandCommit">{{cite web|author=[[Luna]]|url=https://github.com/furbooru/philomena/commit/94e3afe8db84f81df7829932d1149ea6df8a2038|title=change favicon|website=github|date=April 25, 2020|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref> and new code was tested for stability and issues. On April 24, the site was officially launched to the public as a beta.<ref name="FurbooruBeta">{{cite web|author=[[Joey]]|url=https://furbooru.org/forums/meta/topics/welcome-to-furbooru-beta-information-about-the-site-as-a-work-in-progress|title=Welcome to Furbooru <nowiki>(Beta)</nowiki>! Information about the site as a work-in-progress|website=furbooru|date=April 25, 2020|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>

On July 5, 2020, Furbooru officially exited the beta status, and users were given commemorative badges if they registered and had some activity up until July 31, 2020.<ref name="FurbooruBadges">{{cite web|author=[[Luna]]|url=https://furbooru.org/forums/dis/topics/ask-the-mods-anything?post_id=1354#post_1354|title=Ask the mods anything|website=furbooru|date=July 5, 2020|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>

== Policies and content ==

Furbooru prohibits any content which is illegal on the territory of the European Union and the Netherlands.<ref name="FurbooruRule5">{{cite web|author=[[Furbooru]]|url=https://furbooru.org/pages/rules#5|title=Rules of the Booru - Rule 5|website=furbooru|date=March 12, 2024|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref> As such, [[bestiality]] and underage [[NSFW]] content are strictly prohibited. While not strictly illegal in their jurisdiction, the site staff has elected to steer on the safer side, and prohibit [[cub]]/[[Wikipedia:Lolicon|loli]] content entirely. In addition, content considered to constitute [[Wikipedia:Hate speech|hate speech]], such as racism or Nazism, is also prohibited.

Furbooru maintains and respects a [[Do Not Post]] list,<ref name="FurbooruDNP">{{cite web|author=[[Furbooru]]|url=https://furbooru.org/dnp|title=The Do-Not-Post List|website=furbooru|date=June 17, 2024|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref> which any artist may add themselves to in order to control how their content is shared on the platform, including prohibiting posting their content there at all. The site also prohibits uploads of art from artists who, although not on the site's DNP list, have stated a request not to have their artwork shared elsewhere on either their profiles, the description of an art piece, or as a watermark on an image. Additionally, posting private content from pay-to-view sites, such as [[Patreon]], is prohibited, with the exception of publicly-accessible versions of such content posted by the artist (like content previews, or advertisements).<ref name="FurbooruRule1">{{cite web|author=[[Furbooru]]|url=https://furbooru.org/pages/rules#1|title=Rules of the Booru - Rule 1|website=furbooru|date=March 12, 2024|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>

Content may also be deleted from Furbooru if it's insufficiently related to the furry fandom. Under strict guidelines, some non-furry content may be posted (such as aliens, or images as part of comics about furry characters which do not contain any furry characters on them).<ref name="FurbooruRule3">{{cite web|author=[[Furbooru]]|url=https://furbooru.org/pages/rules#3|title=Rules of the Booru - Rule 3|website=furbooru|date=March 12, 2024|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>

== Events ==

Furbooru occasionally launches themed events on certain dates of the year. As of June 2024, Furbooru has observed the following events:

* April Fools 2021 (''DerpiFur'' - a fake merger between Derpibooru and Furbooru) <ref name="DerpiFur">{{cite web|author=[[Furbooru]]|url=https://furbooru.org/forums/meta/topics/database-migration|title=Database Migration|website=furbooru|date=April 1, 2021|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>
* April Fools 2022 (''Even Worse Kobold'' - a parody referencing the acquisition of [[e621]] by [[Bad Dragon]]) <ref name="EWK">{{cite web|author=[[Fletch]]|url=https://furbooru.org/forums/meta/topics/furbooru-even-worse-kobold-partership-official-announcement|title=Furbooru & Even Worse Kobold Partership! Official Announcement!|website=furbooru|date=March 31, 2022|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>
* April Fools 2023 (''Something is Definitely Happening'' - nothing actually changed, but the staff pretended like it did) <ref name="NoAprilFools">{{cite web|author=[[Luna]]|url=https://furbooru.org/forums/meta/topics/april-fools|title=April Fools|website=furbooru|date=April 1, 2023|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>

== Trivia ==

* The site was initially going to have an orange theme, but Joey suggested it to be purple, and after a quick round of voting among the founding staff of the site, it won by majority vote.
* As of June 2024, Furbooru receives 17k unique visitors and 500k requests per day, and transfers over 350GB of media daily.

== References ==
<references />

{{Image boards}}

[[Category:2020 births]]
[[Category:Mature image boards]]

Furbooru

2025-02-11T21:58:36Z

Polymorphic: /* Policies and content */ Added information.

{{cleanup}}
{{Infobox website
| title = Furbooru
| image = [[File:Furbooru-logo-2020-05.png|right|256px]]
| caption =
| author = '''[https://furbooru.org/staff Staff]'''
* '''Administrators:''' [[Luna (Furbooru)|Luna]], [[Fletch]]
* '''Site developers:''' Luna, [[DJDavid98]], [[Xena]]
| url = https://furbooru.org/
| status = Online
| began = April 24, 2020
| ended =
| genre = Booru-style image board
| rating = [[File:Censor NC17 button.png]]
}}
'''Furbooru''' is a booru-style [[image board]] that is the furry fandom equivalent of the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]'' image board [https://www.derpibooru.org/ Derpibooru], created by the latter board's management. Furbooru runs on a fork of [https://github.com/furbooru/philomena Philomena], the same open source content platform that Derpibooru uses.

The site's logo depicts its [[mascot]] [https://furbooru.org/tags/astra Astra], a purple [[fox]] of ambiguous gender created by [[Aureai]] and the site's staff. Astra's name was chosen via [https://furbooru.org/forums/meta/topics/furbooru-mascot-name-voting a forum poll in July 2020].

{{Website-stub}}

== History ==

Furbooru was launched in April 2020. However, its history dates back a few years prior.

=== Early history ===

The management of [https://derpibooru.org Derpibooru] had discussed as far back as 2014 about expanding the horizons of their site software beyond [[My Little Pony]] content. Concepts were proposed for Fanbooru / TheBooru, a general-purpose image booru, which would permit images from any popular franchise. The main selling point was a powerful filtering system, which would allow images to co-exist on the same database, separated by domain. For example, a user might visit a "furry" subdomain, and be scoped to only see things which are tagged as furry. The main (unscoped) site would act as a general hub for all content from all fandoms.

Initial prototypes were written by a small group of [[Derpibooru]] developers at the time. At least two meaningful attempts were made at implementing this idea between 2017 and 2019. However, due to lack of organization, and the large scope of the project, these quickly stalled in progress and eventually got cancelled.

In 2019, [https://github.com/liamwhite liamwhite], a Derpibooru developer at the time, publicly acknowledged<ref name="BoR">{{cite web|author=[[liamwhite]]|url=https://www.patreon.com/posts/booru-on-rails-29380128|title=booru-on-rails, Philomena and the future of Derpibooru|website=patreon|date=August 23, 2019|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref> many flaws in the closed-source booru-on-rails software used by the website, and announced that a replacement software was being implemented in the open-source [https://github.com/philomena-dev/philomena Philomena] project. The new website backend was written in a different programming language, [https://elixir-lang.org Elixir], which promised better utilization of hardware resources. It was launched as an open beta<ref name="PhilomenaBeta">{{cite web|author=<nowiki>byte[]</nowiki>|url=https://derpibooru.org/forums/meta/topics/philomena-open-beta-breaking-api-changes|title=Philomena open beta / breaking API changes|website=derpibooru|date=December 7, 2019|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref> on December 7, 2019 on Derpibooru, and replaced the old software approximately two weeks later, on December 20, 2019<ref name="PhilomenaDeployment">{{cite web|author=<nowiki>byte[]</nowiki>|url=https://derpibooru.org/forums/meta/topics/philomena-open-beta-breaking-api-changes?post_id=4638596#post_4638596|title=Philomena open beta / breaking API changes|website=derpibooru|date=December 19, 2019|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>.

=== Launch ===

In early 2020, talks reignited among Derpibooru staff about launching a new image board. A small group of staff, consisting of Luna, Joey, Teaspoon and multiple developers and moderators of Derpibooru split off into a then-private Furbooru Discord server. A decision was made to scope the project down to only the furry fandom, and to use the new Philomena software as a basis for the website. A [https://github.com/furbooru/philomena fork] of it was created, with altered branding and theme color<ref name="FurbooruThemeCommit">{{cite web|author=[[Luna]]|url=https://github.com/furbooru/philomena/commit/67da32422b8f56a71ec5a2c7a8d5d0e29b9b4292|title=default theme|website=github|date=April 25, 2020|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>.

On April 22, 2020, the initial database of the site was seeded. Over the course of April 22 and April 23, the site branding was changed<ref name="FurbooruBrandCommit">{{cite web|author=[[Luna]]|url=https://github.com/furbooru/philomena/commit/94e3afe8db84f81df7829932d1149ea6df8a2038|title=change favicon|website=github|date=April 25, 2020|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>, and new code was tested for stability and issues. On April 24, the site was officially launched to the public as a beta<ref name="FurbooruBeta">{{cite web|author=[[Joey]]|url=https://furbooru.org/forums/meta/topics/welcome-to-furbooru-beta-information-about-the-site-as-a-work-in-progress|title=Welcome to Furbooru <nowiki>(Beta)</nowiki>! Information about the site as a work-in-progress|website=furbooru|date=April 25, 2020|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>.

On July 5, 2020, Furbooru officially exited the beta status, and users were given commemorative badges if they registered and had some activity up until July 31, 2020<ref name="FurbooruBadges">{{cite web|author=[[Luna]]|url=https://furbooru.org/forums/dis/topics/ask-the-mods-anything?post_id=1354#post_1354|title=Ask the mods anything|website=furbooru|date=July 5, 2020|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>.

== Policies and content ==

Furbooru prohibits any content which is illegal on the territory of the European Union and the Netherlands.<ref name="FurbooruRule5">{{cite web|author=[[Furbooru]]|url=https://furbooru.org/pages/rules#5|title=Rules of the Booru - Rule 5|website=furbooru|date=March 12, 2024|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref> As such, [[bestiality]] and underage [[NSFW]] content are strictly prohibited. While not strictly illegal in their jurisdiction, the site staff has elected to steer on the safer side, and prohibit [[cub]]/[[Wikipedia:Lolicon|loli]] content entirely. In addition, content considered to constitute [[Wikipedia:Hate speech|hate speech]], such as racism or Nazism, is also prohibited.

Furbooru maintains and respects a [[Do Not Post]] list,<ref name="FurbooruDNP">{{cite web|author=[[Furbooru]]|url=https://furbooru.org/dnp|title=The Do-Not-Post List|website=furbooru|date=June 17, 2024|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref> which any artist may add themselves to in order to control how their content is shared on the platform, including prohibiting posting their content there at all. The site also prohibits uploads of art from artists who, although not on the site's DNP list, have stated a request not to have their artwork shared elsewhere on either their profiles, the description of an art piece, or as a watermark on an image. Additionally, posting private content from pay-to-view sites, such as [[Patreon]], is prohibited, with the exception of publicly-accessible versions of such content posted by the artist (like content previews, or advertisements)<ref name="FurbooruRule1">{{cite web|author=[[Furbooru]]|url=https://furbooru.org/pages/rules#1|title=Rules of the Booru - Rule 1|website=furbooru|date=March 12, 2024|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>.

Content may also be deleted from Furbooru if it's insufficiently related to the furry fandom. Under strict guidelines, some non-furry content may be posted (such as aliens, or images as part of comics about furry characters which do not contain any furry characters on them)<ref name="FurbooruRule3">{{cite web|author=[[Furbooru]]|url=https://furbooru.org/pages/rules#3|title=Rules of the Booru - Rule 3|website=furbooru|date=March 12, 2024|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>.

== Events ==

Furbooru occasionally launches themed events on certain dates of the year. As of June 2024, Furbooru has observed the following events:

* April Fools 2021 (''DerpiFur'' - a fake merger between Derpibooru and Furbooru) <ref name="DerpiFur">{{cite web|author=[[Furbooru]]|url=https://furbooru.org/forums/meta/topics/database-migration|title=Database Migration|website=furbooru|date=April 1, 2021|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>
* April Fools 2022 (''Even Worse Kobold'' - a parody referencing the acquisition of [[e621]] by [[Bad Dragon]]) <ref name="EWK">{{cite web|author=[[Fletch]]|url=https://furbooru.org/forums/meta/topics/furbooru-even-worse-kobold-partership-official-announcement|title=Furbooru & Even Worse Kobold Partership! Official Announcement!|website=furbooru|date=March 31, 2022|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>
* April Fools 2023 (''Something is Definitely Happening'' - nothing actually changed, but the staff pretended like it did) <ref name="NoAprilFools">{{cite web|author=[[Luna]]|url=https://furbooru.org/forums/meta/topics/april-fools|title=April Fools|website=furbooru|date=April 1, 2023|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}</ref>

== Trivia ==

* The site was initially going to have an orange theme, but Joey suggested it to be purple, and after a quick round of voting among the founding staff of the site, it won by majority vote.
* As of June 2024, Furbooru receives 17k unique visitors and 500k requests per day, and transfers over 350GB of media daily.

== References ==
<references />

{{Image boards}}

[[Category:2020 births]]
[[Category:Mature image boards]]

E621

2025-01-07T18:58:48Z

Polymorphic: e621 is for mature audiences while e926 is for "general audiences".

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{{Infobox website
| title = e621
| image = [[File:E621Logo.png|right|301px]]
| caption = "''The Tasty Furry Site''"
| author = '''Creator:''' [[Arcturus]]
*'''Owners:''' [[Varka]]
*'''Bad Dragon Staff:''' [[DasaDevil]]
* '''Lead Admin''': [[NotMeNotYou]] <ref name="admins">[https://e621.net/users?commit=Search&search%5Blevel%5D=50&search%5Border%5D=name List of Admins] ''e621.net''. Retrieved November 9, 2021.</ref>
*'''Developer:''' [[Earlopain]]
*'''Admins''': [[furrypickle]], [[Knotty Curls]], [[Rainbow Dash]], [[Slyroon]], [[Xch3l]] <ref name="admins"/>
*'''Moderators:''' [[Cinder (e621)|Cinder]], [[Donovan DMC]], [[scaliespe]], [[tiny bear]]
*'''Janitors:''' [[Alien Fluff]], [[Cane751]], [[Catt0s 0fTheNight]], [[Clawstripe]], [[DubsTheFox]], [[gattonero2001]], [[Lafcadio]], [[Lance Armstrong]], [[laranja]], [[lemongrab]], [[Mairo]], [[meowmcmeow]], [[OneFattyCatty]], [[Queen Tyr'ahnee]], [[Recursion]], [[Shadowstones]], [[Song (e621)|Song]], [[Strikerman]], [[tsukemono]]
| url = https://e621.net/
* https://e926.net
| status = Online
| began =
'''e621''':
* February 10, 2007
* November 26, 2007
* September 8, 2010
'''e961''':
* July 10, 2009
'''e926''':
* November 1, 2012
| ended =
'''e621''':
* September 17, 2007
* August 30, 2010
* September 8, 2010 - present
'''e961''':
* November 15, 2009
| genre = Ouroboros Image board
| rating = [[File:PG button.png]]
}}
'''e621''', also known as '''e6''', is a [[adult|mature]] [[image board]] replacement for the image board [[Sidechan]]. A [[W:general audience|general audience]] image board, '''e926''' (formerly e961) complements this site. e621 runs off of the Ouroboros platform, a [[W:Imageboard#Danbooru-style_boards|danbooru]]-style software specifically designed for the site. It is likely that the site is named for the compound [[W:Monosodium glutamate|monosodium glutamate]], whose [[W:E number|E Number]] is E621.

== History ==

* September 17, 2007 - The site was closed down, citing on its front-page that claims had been made against the site for hosting [[Wikipedia:child pornography|child pornography]] and only the [[Oekaki]] board and the [[IRC]] channel remained active.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070917160028/http://e621.net/ e621 offline notice] - Archived by Wayback Machine, Sep 17, 2007.</ref>
* November 26, 2007 - e621 became active again, under the banner e621 2.0. It was forced offline for a few days over Christmas 2007 during the same [[Wikipedia:Distributed Denial of Service|DDoS]] attack that struck [[Fur Affinity]] and [[Fchan]].
* August 2010 - The website ended its operations briefly due to [[David Ross]] ('''Insane Kangaroo'''), lodging accusations of child pornography and copyright infringement with the principle hosting company.<ref name="Takedown Request">{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd366/HDSham/Screenshot2010-08-30at105324PM.png|title=Takedown Request Screenshot|website=e621|date=August 30, 2010|accessdate=August 31, 2010}}</ref> The site was formally shut down when he threatened [[Arcturus]] with deportation. The site returned to normal operation under a new owner on September 8, 2010.
* August 30, 2010 - The website's main page was replaced with a small note saying that e621 would be permanently shut down due to "numerous threats to our host, false claims of illegal content, harassment and a few things that are much worse."<ref name="Takedown Request"/> This time, only the IRC channel remained active.<ref>{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://www.e621.net/|title=e621 is over. sorry.|website=e621|date=August 31, 2010|accessdate=August 31, 2010}}</ref>
* August 31, 2010 - It was announced that the site will simply be resuming with a new admin, Varka, after a short downtime.{{fact}} Announced changes to the site include an updated takedown policy to amend some of the issues leading to the threats issued in previous days.{{fact}}
* September 1, 2010 - A website by the same name has appeared in the guise of Adobe Flash Media Server 3.5, as confusing as this is, both are different only due to the WWW prefix. That, or the old one was absolved by Adobe, while the new one is using the WWW prefix. Anonymous of Jacksonville says e621 simply has a messed up DNS record for the base domain, but the WWW subdomain is still correctly configured. Either the record's TTL hasn't yet expired (in the case of hacking or hostile takeover, this is a good thing) or someone somewhere has made a silly mistake. (When the site is typed in with, and without WWW it goes to Varka's page, the site itself depending how you reach it will send you to either by a 50/50 chance, it's easier to just put in WWW with it.) (needs update).
* September 8, 2010 - The website was passed from Arcturus to Varka. Varka has implemented a newer, more artist-friendly takedown policy. There will also be more artist involvement that includes obtaining prints from Inkbunny and going to the artist's chosen website for commissions.<ref name="forum8456">{{cite web|author=[[Varka]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/8456|title=ANNOUNCEMENT: e621 changeover, new policy, next steps|website=e621|date=September 10, 2010|accessdate=September 23, 2010}}</ref>
* January 18, 2012 - e621 joined many other sites in protesting the [[W:PROTECT IP Act|PROTECT IP Act]] (PIPA) and [[W:SOPA|Stop Online Piracy Act]] (SOPA), by taking down its page and replacing it with the page that stated for others to write to their congressmen, being entirely generated by user content, e621 was a high risk target under the SOPA legislation, and took the site down with others for the protest.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120118152135/http://e621.net/ "What? Why can't I use e621?"] - Retrieved via the [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Wayback Machine], January 18, 2012.</ref>
* February 2014 - The site hosts over four hundred thousand active posts ranging from non-[[sexual]] images to extreme [[paraphilia|fetishes]],{{fact}} with more than sixty-thousand users.{{fact}}
* August 18, 2014 - The site hosts over 450,000 active posts with over 140,000 users.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140818093004/https://e621.net/stats e621 Stats] - Retrieved via the [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Wayback Machine], April 28, 2017.</ref>
* April 28, 2017 - The site hosts over 1,000,000 active posts with almost 250,000 users.<ref>[https://archive.is/mfi95 e621 Stats] - Retrieved via [https://archive.is/ Archive.is], April 28, 2017.</ref>
* October 24, 2019 - Admin and lead programmer [[KiraNoot]] announces a new version of e621 that has been in the works for months and [https://beta.e621.net a beta version of the new site] is available to use for stress testing.<ref>{{cite web|author=[[KiraNoot|Kira]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/279936|title=Introducing the e621 Beta Site|website=e621|date=October 24, 2019|accessdate=October 24, 2019}}</ref> The new version uses a more modern platform modeled after the current version of Danbooru.
* February 12, 2020 - Lead admin NotMeNotYou announces that the new version of e621 is nearing completion. The new version would include a new "Lore" tag category (which includes "canonical" gender identities) and the ability to search up to 40 tags at once.<ref name="new e6 near-complete">{{cite web|author=[[NotMeNotYou]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/283533|title=<nowiki>[Beta]</nowiki> The new e621 is nearing completion|website=e621|date=February 12, 2020|accessdate=February 13, 2020}}</ref>
* March 5, 2020 - The new version of e621 leaves beta and replaces the old site.

== Policies and content ==

e621 makes use of a [[DNP]] list, and takedown requests are honored when following the guidelines of the Takedown page (https://e621.net/static/takedown). Images that are removed are also blacklisted to prevent posting.

Registration requests for inclusion on the site by artists and users might or might not be moderated by e621's staff, depending on the amount of spammers or trolls they are being hit with.

Uploading of photographic child pornography or bestiality media is not permitted, and uploading of images from pay-sites is discouraged, with the exception of a few images (usually for publicity purposes).

Additionally, any post could be deleted without notice if they fail to meet a standard of quality as determined by the moderators (poorly drawn or badly compressed art), though this is uncommon.

Regarding post tagging, the site uses a "tag-what-you-see" (TWYS) tagging system where posts are tagged based on what is visible in the images and animations. (https://e621.net/wiki/show/twys) Although this system is seen as highly effective for searching and blacklisting, it has caused several conflicts between the site's administration and a number of its user base and various posts' artists, primarily regarding the tagging of genders. The site features a page on its wiki specifying how they tag genders. (https://e621.net/wiki/show/howto:tag_genders) Despite said page featuring a disclaimer stating that the site's gender tagging system is only for the purposes of searches and blacklists, "''Not and '''Never''''' for describing the character" (i.e. not as a personal labeling system), this policy has nevertheless led to a number of artists requesting DNP status{{cn}} solely out of a refusal to accept the site's tagging policies. Eventually, it was announced on February 12, 2020 that the new version of the site would include the introduction of a new "lore" tags category to complement the TWYS system, including canonical (i.e. by what the artist or copyright owner says) gender identity tags.<ref name="new e6 near-complete"/> However, "Lore" tags will be a locked tag category; only administrators would be able to add tags to the "lore" category after they sanction them first.<ref name="new e6 near-complete"/> Nevertheless, the site's TWYS, gender tagging, and "minimum quality standards" policies have led to continued criticism among several artists and members of the site (former and current).{{cn}}

On June 22, 2019, after having received several complaints about the vulgar terms "dickgirl" and "cuntboy" as gender tags over time, head admin NotMeNotYou announced that the tags would be aliased to less vulgar terms "gynomorph" and "andromorph". Other tags that incorporate the two vulgar terms would also be aliased to use the less vulgar terms.<ref name="forum274480">{{cite web|author=[[NotMeNotYou]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/274480|title={{!(}}Announcement{{!)}} Making our gender tags less vulgar|website=e621|date=June 22, 2019|accessdate=June 22, 2019}}</ref>

On July 12, 2024, explicit art involving young humans and human-like characters have been banned sitewide and can no longer be posted to e621. The policy change was announced the same day by head admin NotMeNotYou, and over 45,000 posts were taken down as a result.<ref name="Flayrah explicit young human ban">{{cite web|author=GreenReaper (Parry, Lawrence)|url=https://www.flayrah.com/9198/e621-bans-explicit-young-human-and-human-content|title=e621 bans "explicit young human and human-like content"|website=Flayrah|date=July 13, 2024}}</ref>

== Mascot ==
[[File:Small_Esix_Keishinkae.png|175px|thumb|Esix, one of the site's mascots. Esix was in the top spot in the site redesign planned for 2010.]]
e621 has two [[mascot]]s, both of them being [[feline]] [[character]]s; '''[https://e621.net/wiki/show/hexerade Hexerade]''' and '''[https://e621.net/wiki/show/esix Esix]'''.

=== Controversy ===

Early in 2010, the owners of e621 were looking for a mascot to adorn the site. After asking the site's users to come up with their own ideas, a poll was opened to decide on which character should be selected. However, a few weeks afterward the poll was closed prematurely as it came to light that one of the contestants had been rigging the contest by signing up many alts through proxies to vote his mascot up.{{cn}}

In response to this, the administrators announced that they would select a mascot among themselves. After deliberation, they selected a five character mascot team from the leaders of the poll, featuring characters by [[Mellis]], [[Chizi]], [[Keishinkae]], [[Darkdoomer]] and [[Manafox]].<ref name="Mascot">{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1261051/|title=Mascot Contest Over, Winners Announced!|website=FurAffinity|date=2010|accessdate=8 Jul 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== e961/e926 ==

In July 2009, a work-safe counterpart, e961.net, was brought online. The site was named after the E number of the then-new artificial sweetener, [[W:neotame|Neotame]]. Unfortunately, in November 2009 it was aliased to the original site due to traffic issues caused by the popularity of e621.<ref name="e961 forum565">{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/565|title=At work? Nosy family? No problems!|website=e621|date=July 14, 2009|accessdate=November 8, 2009}}</ref> However, users who want to view only safe for work content can use the "rating:safe" tag to exclude all mature content from e621, except banner adverts which will still include adult content. Images can also be filtered by placing ratings (i.e., rating:explicit) on the tag blacklist.

In November 2012, e961 was rebuilt as ''e926'', a joke for it being a "bleached" version of the site, was reinstated along with updates to the main site. It displays content from e621 that strictly has a "Safe" rating. The site's login system shares e621's login database and servers, but requires a separate login, as it has its own cookies. Notably, it also has its own "safe for work" advertising. However, like the main e621 domain, users under 18 years of age are not allowed to visit e926, due to the aforementioned shared database and servers.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://e621.net/wiki e621]'s [[W:Wiki|Wiki]]
* [https://www.facebook.com/E621net e621] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://twitter.com/e621dotnet e621] on [[Twitter]]
* [irc://irc.furnet.org/e621 #e621] [[IRC]] channel on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]]

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Dragoneer

2024-08-22T22:49:47Z

Polymorphic: Added full name; etc.

{{Infobox person
| name = Dragoneer
| realname = '''Sean Paul Piche<nowiki>'</nowiki>'''<ref>[http://preyfar.livejournal.com/profile Preyfar's profile] on [[LiveJournal]]. Retrieved May 16, 2008.</ref><ref>@Dragoneer on X (Twitter): "[https://x.com/Dragoneer/status/1826686964936180130 We officially have access to Dragoneer's twitter and have locked it down. We miss you dear friend, rest well. -Sciggles]" Retrieved August 22, 2024.</ref>
| othernames = '''Neer''', '''Wren the Eevee''', formally as '''The Dragoneer''' and '''Preyfar'''
| image = [[File:No image available.png|240px]]
| caption =
| born = March 25, 1980
| birthplace = USA
| died = August 6, 2024
| deathplace = [[W:Virginia|Virginia]]<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/thedragoneer Dragoneer's profile] on [[W:Steam (software)|Steam]]. Retrieved April 23, 2022.</ref>
| residence =
| spouses = [[Sciggles]] (separated in April 2016)<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7506046/ ''Life Update & Relationships''] post by Dragoneer on [[Fur Affinity]]. Dated April 12, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016.</ref>
| profession = [[furry artist]], [[fandom influencer]]
| species =
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| url =
}}
[[File:Bo dragoneer.jpg|right|thumb|239px|Dragoneer's Murasadramon character, art by [[Bo-Gilliam]].]]
[[File:Kerb prey.jpg|right|thumb|239px|Preyfar, art by [[Kerberos]].]]
'''Sean Paul Piche<nowiki>'</nowiki>''' (March 25, 1980 – August 6, 2024), better known as '''Dragoneer''', was an [[artist]], webmaster, and fandom influencer who lived in Virginia. He was the owner of [[Fur Affinity]] from 2017 to 2015, and then from 2021 to his 2024 death.

== Fandom involvement ==

Dragoneer served on the [[Northeast Anthropomorphic Association]] [[board of directors]], where he helped to organize and run the [[United!|FA: United]] convention when it was in operation. He was married to fellow [[furry]] [[Sciggles]] until their separation in April 2016.

=== Fur Affinity ===

Dragoneer was the owner of [[Ferrox Art, LLC]], which operated [[Fur Affinity]] from 2007 to 2015. Dragoneer joined the site in 2005 roughly two months before its initial demise due to server problems.{{clarify}}

Having fallen in love with the community, he worked with then-FA owner [[Alkora]] to help bring the site back online. He was appointed lead [[administrator]] upon the site's return. Eventually, he went on to take full ownership of the website in October 2007,<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/225121/ ''Fur Affinity Change of Ownership''] post by Dragoneer on Fur Affinity. Retrieved October 17, 2007.</ref> purchasing the site for $2,500.{{cn}}

Dragoneer served as Fur Affinity's community manager for [[IMVU]], which acquired Fur Affinity in January 2015. He served in this capacity until February 1, 2021, when he purchased the site back from them and placed the website under the operation of a new company called ''[[Frost Dragon Art, LLC]]''.<ref>[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9761295 ''New Ownership, Updated Logo, & More''] post by Dragoneer on Fur Affinity. Retrieved February 1, 2021.</ref>

=== Characters ===

* '''Murasadramon''' - Murasadramon is a purple and orange Data-type [[Digimon]]. His [[species]] is primarily a [[hybrid]] of [https://digimon.fandom.com/wiki/Guilmon Guilmon] and [https://digimon.fandom.com/wiki/ExVeemon ExVeemon] combined. Although it does seem to resemble Monodramon a lot, In battle, Murasadramon uses plasma and electrical-based attacks, preferring melee combat to long-range. The character is sometimes drawn in an alternative [https://digimon.fandom.com/wiki/Digivolution Digivolution] which sports black armor and leather straps.
* '''Preyfar''' - Preyfar is a [[hyena]], primarily grey with a blue to purple tint to his [[fur|coat]]. A pair of [[W:Welding goggles|welding goggles]] accompany his rivet-head style of dress, the eyewear his most notable trademark appearance. He's usually seen wearing a [[W:Fishnet shirt|fishnet shirt]], pants with orange racing stripes, and a custom pair of toe-less leather footwear.
* His other characters are '''Eel''', '''Siodan''' and '''Kradramon'''.

=== Convention attendance ===

* [[Anthrocon]] - ?, 2011, ?, 2015, ?
* [[Fur Affinity: United]] - 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013], 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
* [[Fur the 'More]] - 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, ?
* [[Furry Weekend Atlanta]] - ?, 2009, 2010, 2011, ?

== Art ==

Dragoneer was primarily known for his Digimon-themed [[artwork]], and his style leans towards [[mature]] and [[adult]] imagery, preferring to keep his clean artwork separate from the [[fandom]]. His images generally feature [[character]]s of [[Dragon|draconic]] or [[Reptile|reptilian]] nature.

== Illness and death ==

On August 6, 2024, under the care of the [[W:University of Virginia Health System|University of Virginia Health System]] ('''UVA''), Dragoneer died from [[W:Complication (medicine)|respiratory complications]],<ref>[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10923887 ''Dragoneer Has Passed Away''] post on Fur Affinity. Retrieved August 6, 2024.</ref> as he stated In the Fur Affinity's [[Telegram]] chat on July 30, 2024, either caused by:
{{q|An extremely rare, serious [[W:Fungal infection|bacterial fungal infection]]... or, well, [[W:Lung cancer|lung cancer]].}}
(for months before medical intervention, Dragoneer struggled with high fever and chronic cough, [https://x.com/Dragoneer/status/1818748650996351036 one possible explanation] being [[w:Blastomycosis|blastomycosis]]).

In response to his passing, the [[Fender]]'s FA account announced on the site that:
{{q|It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden loss of Fur Affinity's owner, Dragoneer. He was our friend, family, and a pillar of this community. We ask for your patience and respect for his family’s privacy. We remain committed to supporting each other and the community. Updates will follow when appropriate. Thank you for your kindness.}}
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|node4=4417|title4=Dragoneer's Dorsai complaints spark FurFright spat
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==References==
<references/>

==External links==
{{Contributor|Preyfar}}
* [https://www.deviantart.com/thedragoneer Dragoneer] on [[DeviantArt]]
* [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/dragoneer/ Dragoneer] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [https://twitter.com/dragoneer Dragoneer] on [[Twitter|X]]
* [https://x.com/WrenTheEevee Wren the Eevee] on X
* [https://bsky.app/profile/dragoneer.bsky.social Dragoneer] on [[BlueSky]]
* [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gvfgacldrasondffz33l4mwc Wren da Eevee] on BlueSky
* [https://t.me/TheDragoneer Dragoneer] on [[Telegram]]
* ''[http://murasadramon.livejournal.com/ Dragoneer's Digijournal]'' - Dragoneer on [[LiveJournal]]
* [https://www.picarto.tv/dragoneer Dragoneer] on [[Picarto]]
* [https://ko-fi.com/dragoneer Dragoneer] on [[W:Ko-fi|Ko-fi]]
* [https://steamcommunity.com/id/thedragoneer Dragoneer] on [[W:Steam (software)|Steam]]

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Fur Affinity

2024-08-07T21:28:54Z

Polymorphic: Some edits post-death of Dragoneer.

{{update}}
{{Infobox website
| title = Fur Affinity
| image = [[File:Fa logo.png|250px]]
| caption = Fur Affinity logo
| author = '''Owner:''' Frost Dragon Art, LLC<ref name="Feb 1 21">{{cite web|url=https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9761295|title=New Ownership, Updated Logo, & More|accessdate=2021-02-02|author="[[Fender]]"|date=2021-02-01|work=[[Fur Affinity]]}}</ref>
* '''Lead admin:''' [[Dragoneer]] (deceased)
* '''Founder:''' [[Alkora]]
* [[#Administrators|Administrators]]
| url = https://www.furaffinity.net/ ([https://sfw.furaffinity.net/ SFW])
* '''Trackers''': [https://trello.com/b/SmYk47aD/furaffinity-feature-requests Requests]
| status =
| began = 16 January–1 August 2005 ([[History of Fur Affinity#Server problems of 2005|staff dispute & server issues]]) 10 December 2005–present
| ended =
| genre = Social media community
| rating = {{Rating-pg-button|center}}{{Rating-nc17-button|right}}
}}
[[File:FAFront Page.png|right|thumb|250px|Fur Affinity's front page, circa 2021]]
'''Fur Affinity''', also known as '''FA''' or '''FurAffinity''', is the [[furry fandom]]'s largest online community, focusing on the promotion of art, music and stories.

The site was created in 2005 by [[Alkora]] as an alternative to various art community websites such as [[SheezyArt]] and [[DeviantArt]], distinguished by allowing artistic freedom of expression regardless of content rating. It was led by [[Dragoneer]] until his August 2024 death.
<div style=float:left;margin-right:10px>__TOC__</div>
== History ==
{{main|History of Fur Affinity}}
Fur Affinity was launched on 16 January 2005 as an alternative to [[SheezyArt]], with the forum going live on that date and the main site being transferred a few days later from [[FurPawz]]. Since then, it has suffered a few outages, most notably a month-long downtime over July 2008, but always managed to recover. In 2011, Fur Affinity announced a major revamp in connection to FA: United 4.<ref>''[http://forums.furaffinity.net/threads/89577-Fur-Affinity-Turns-6! Fur Affinity Turns 6!] - Dragoneer, Fur Affinity forum post (16 January 2011)</ref>

=== Fur Affinity: United! ===
{{main|FA: United}}
In August 2007, Fur Affinity held its own [[furry convention]], Fur Affinity: United! (or FA:U) in [[Wikipedia:Newark, New Jersey|Newark, New Jersey]]. The convention was a success, drawing 310 attendees and 25 [[fursuiter]]s in the [[fursuit parade|parade]], and was followed by another in 2008, drawing 381 attendees. In February 2009, Dragoneer announced FA: United 3 "Games United" for 28-30 May 2010.<ref>''[http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/621616/ FAU3 Announcement]'' - Dragoneer, Fur Affinity journal (9 February 2009)</ref> No event was scheduled for 2009 due to the economic downturn. [[FA: United 7]], in August 2014, drew 707 attendees.

== Services and features ==

Fur Affinity's features for users include the ability to allow users to track new updates from particular [[artist]]s; highlight favorites; and upload a wide variety of art (images, music and stories). The site attempts to promote community through its comments system and individual journals.

While works of all ratings are accepted (other than ''photographic nudes, images whose intent are to slander or discredit others, and minors in sexual situations''<ref>[http://help.furaffinity.net/article/AA-00205/8/Acceptable-Upload-Policy-AUP.html Acceptable Upload Policy] - Fur Affinity</ref>), art rated as mature or adult is not shown to visitors, or to users who have not specified it as a preference (which requires giving a date of birth indicating an age over 18). Keywords and tags can be added to works, though a feature that allowed blocking based on tags was disabled due to performance issues.

Fur Affinity's search engine was "temporarily disabled" in mid-2006 due to it taking up too many resources.<ref>''[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=1334 Admin mode on june 5th 2006]'' - Alkora, Fur Affinity forums (5 June 2006)</ref> A faux search feature was implemented for April Fool's Day 2007, much to the chagrin of some users.<ref>''[http://forums.furaffinity.net/showthread.php?t=7229 Search is up!]'' - Fur Affinity Forums (1 April 2007)</ref> Search was reimplemented on 5 February 2009; it was initially labelled "That Thing You Want" and randomly included [[wikipedia:Rickrolling|rickrolls]].<ref>''[http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/616339/ SEARCH]'' - Dragoneer, Fur Affinity journal (5 February 2009)</ref>

Privacy features were added in May 2012 with users being able to block guests from seeing their content with messages such as "[Username] has elected to make their content available to registered users only" and being able to hide their adult, mature+adult, or all favorites from public view.<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3490599/ Update Notices, Changelog & Banner] journal posted to Fender's blog on May 24th, 2012. Retrieved 2012 November 25.</ref>

The site's artwork is inaccessible in Russia, as d.facdn.net (which serves the images) is listed on Russia's Internet blacklist. The site itself works fine, and even shows thumbnails.{{fact}}

On 13 September 2015, to coincide with the conclusion of [[FAU 2015]], Fur Affinity unveiled a Gallery folders system<ref>http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7036344/ 09/13/2015 - Folders & Gallery Management Updates] News item dated 13 September 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015</ref>, which had been promised in one form or another since shortly after the site launched in 2006. Some users{{who}} criticized the way folders were implemented,{{cn}} including disappearing artwork after its implementation (found normally in the scraps folder), and the poor to no documentation regarding them.

At the start of the new year in January 2020. FA received its first complete overhaul of the websites UI (User-Interface) since 2007. The update included; a major color change, extra template choices, modern styled graphics, the revival of the top-of-page banner, and many other aspects.

=== Fur Affinity Plus ===
In addition, the site announced Fur Affinity Plus (FA+), a 5$ paid tier for membership which allows users to opt out of third-party advertising and use an FA+-only icon next to their username to show support. This was announced as a means for the site to rely less on advertisements to sustain site management costs.<ref>[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9364332/]</ref> The paid tier was launched on February 11, 2020.<ref>[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9406201/]</ref> The paid tier was updated with more perks in March 2021, including allowing subscribers to browse 128 submissions per page on browse, search, and gallery views; thumbnails up to 300px; increased maximum caps on folders (75) and folder groups (30); and shortcuts around flood protections for uploading posts, comments and notes.<ref>[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9800466/]</ref>

==Project Ferrox==
{{main|Ferrox (software)}}
The FA development team was working on a new backend system called [[Ferrox_(software)|Ferrox]] which was to be used for the next major revision of Fur Affinity, and was to be made available as [[Wikipedia:FOSS|FOSS]] (Free and Open Source Software) for other sites to use. By late 2009, the development of Ferrox had stalled, with the last change to the code being made on September 7, 2009. Days earlier, net-cat, who was acting as the lead Ferrox developer after [[Eevee]] had left, announced that the code was to be frozen, citing that "Nobody knows Python."<ref>http://forums.furaffinity.net/threads/49368-Code-freeze-on-current-Ferrox-codebase?p=1174129&viewfull=1#post1174129</ref>

== Mascots ==
[[File:Fender.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Fender, drawn by [[Mutley James]]]]
[[Fender]] is the Fur Affinity [[mascot]], created by artist [[K-9]] based on a character concept by [[Preyfar]]. He is half [[fox]] and half [[ferret]], a "ferrox". On April Fool's Day 2007, Fender was depicted in the site's banner as a female dragon. This dragon was made a separate character and an official mascot of the site in May 2007, and named [[Rednef]], or "Fender" spelled backward.

== Controversies ==
{{main|History of Fur Affinity#Controversy}}
Being furry fandom's largest social art site for many years, Fur Affinity has been host to strenuous discussions on various topics, including the presence and later absence of [[cub]] [[pornography]], staff appointments and departures, allegations of staff and user improprieties, and debate over what consists of suitable content for the site banner. Incidents of downtime and unauthorized access have also been discussed, both on Fur Affinity's forums and throughout the fandom.

== Organization ==

Fur Affinity was previously owned by '''Ferrox Art LLC''', a [[Wikipedia:Limited liability company|limited liability company]] founded 25 February 2008, registered in [[Wikipedia:Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania|Lenhartsville, Pennsylvania]].<ref>[https://www.corporations.state.pa.us/corp/soskb/Corp.asp?2644408 Ferrox Art LLC (entity number 3791597)] - Pennsylvania Corporations, PA Department of State. Accessed 20 November 2013.</ref> On March 19, 2015, it was officially announced that Fur Affinity had been acquired by [[IMVU]]; the transaction had occurred in January 2015 but had not been publicly announced.<ref>[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6588324 "FA Joins the IMVU Family" - Fur Affinity. March 19, 2015.</ref> On February 1, 2021, Fur Affinity became independent again with ownership going back to Dragoneer, who has placed the website under the operation of a new company called '''Frost Dragon Art, LLC'''.<ref name="Feb 1 21"/>

==Staff==
Fur Affinity's staff as of February 2017 include:<ref name="staff">[http://www.furaffinity.net/staff/ "Staff"] - Fur Affinity. Retrieved March 9, 2018.</ref>
{|
|
;Staff Leads
* [[Chase (Fur Affinity administrator)|Chase]] - Director of Operations
* [[Dragoneer]] - Community Manager & Site Lead
* [[Shivadramon]] (Sciggles) - Director of Operations
|
;Administrators
* [[Asia Neko]] - Acceptable Upload Policy Enforcement
* [[Fox Amoore]] - Account Specialist
* [[Monique]] - Content Authenticity Assurance
|valign=top|
;Tech Team
* [[Net-cat]] - Code & Technical Services
* [[Yak (person)|Yak]] - Lead Coder
* [[Pickra]] - Coder
|}
Two pseudonymous moderators, Quetzal and Gazelle, are also listed. A "System Account" is used to send anonymous notices.<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/systemaccount/ "Fur Affinity System Account"] - Fur Affinity]</ref>

Past staff include [[Bazeel]], [[Carenath]], [[Cerberusnl|Cerbrus]], [[Glaide]], [[Grammatist]], [[Hendikins]], [[Jasu Fox]],<ref>''[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7128400/ Stepping down as Administrator ]'' - [[Jasu Fox]], Fur Affinity (23 October 2015)</ref> [[Keio]], [[Kryphosdrgn]], [[Kyoujin]], [[Luftwoofe]], [[Nero Silent]], [[Oddy]], [[Odin36519]], [[Photographurer]], [[Renashe Tradewind]],<ref>''[https://www.reddit.com/r/furry/comments/3h7tjm/my_experiences_as_a_member_of_fur_affinity_staff/ My experiences as a member of Fur Affinity staff, and my recent removal.]'' - GoingToTheOcean, [[Reddit]] (16 August 2016)</ref> [[QMelon]], [[quoting_mungo]],<ref>[https://www.furaffinity.net/journals/quotingmungo/#jid:8531112 Resigning from FA staff] - quoting_mungo's journal. Retrieved March 9, 2018.</ref> [[Sheepdust]], [[Silver R. Wolfe]], [[SSJ3Mewtwo]], [[Zidonuke|Starrykitten]], [[Summercat]], [[Surgat]], [[Trpdwarf]], [[Tsawolf]], [[Writerwren]] and [[Xaerun]].<ref>''[http://www.flayrah.com/3720/five-fur-affinity-staff-resign-some-citing-leadership-failures Five Fur Affinity staff resign, some citing leadership failures]'' - [[Rakuen Growlithe]], [[Flayrah]] (29 October 2011)</ref>{{cn}}

== Statistics ==

* In late 2010, the monthly hosting bill for Fur Affinity was just under $1,700 <ref>''http://twitpic.com/2g8t5x'' - TwitPic Posted on August 19, 2010
by Dragoneer</ref>. This includes a full equipment rack, bandwidth, and IP addresses. The monthly cost likely increased with the addition of extra bandwidth (Increasing the total to 350Mbit) in early 2012.<ref>https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3484539/</ref>
* In less than a year since the site's re-launch, Fur Affinity gained over 45,000 users and over 300,000 submissions. {{fact}}
* Alexa has previously ranked Fur Affinity in the [http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?site0=www.furaffinity.net&site1=vclart.net&site2=&site3=&site4=&x=75&y=15&h=300&w=610&h=400&w=700&z=3&range=1y&size=medium&y=r&z=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.furaffinity.net top 4,000 sites] on the web in 1 November 2007, showing greater traffic than the VCL for most of the previous year. The trend continued through 2008 and 2009. Fur Affinity has ranked as high as 3,475 on individual days, and close to 2,000 in the USA. In October 2010, Fur Affinity's rank fell to 7681.
* Fur Affinity reached its 1,000,000th submission on 11 January 2008. It reached its 2,000,000th submission on 15 February 2009, and its 3,000,000th submission in November 2009.
* As of 20 March 2015, the site had 11,142,451 active submissions (15,995,066 total created), 1,195,253 active users (1,218,456 created), 324,226,064 favorites, and an average of 671 accounts, 8,000+ submissions, 42,462 comments and 10,452 page shouts were created per day.<ref>"[https://twitter.com/Dragoneer/status/578970926575931394 For those interested, here's some spiffy FA statistics!
http://pastebin.com/DjsSCcuh"] - Dragoneer, Twitter (20 March 2015)</ref>
* Fur Affinity say they served ~38.8TB of data to over 2.1 million visitors in February 2016.<ref>[https://twitter.com/furaffinity/status/706027275741962240 "In February, FA served up 1,777,662,272 files (over 38.8TB total bandwidth) to 2,173,564 total visitors."] - Fur Affinity, Twitter (5 March 2016)</ref>

== Hardware ==
[[File:Furaffinity Server Farm.jpg|thumb|250px|Former Fur Affinity's servers Bahamut, Tiamat, Novastorm and Trogdor (unlabeled).]]
Fur Affinity owns various server hardware, some of which has been re-purposed or retired over time. Between 2010 and September 2020, the site was hosted out of an InfoRelay<ref>[https://twitter.com/furaffinity/status/523976743263404032 "Our historical uptime has actually been fairly solid since we moved to InfoRelay. Prior to that... yeah. It was bad."] - Fur Affinity, Twitter (20 October 2014)</ref> (later acquired by Atlantic Metro) [[Wikipedia:Data center|data center]] in [[Wikipedia:Reston, Virginia|Reston]], [[Wikipedia:Virginia|Virginia]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/furaffinity/status/15605533053 "The current servers are hosted in a professional colo facility in Reston, VA."] - Fur Affinity, Twitter (7 June 2010)</ref>

In April 2020, FurAffinity announced it was moving to a new "hardware platform" it called "King Ghidora"<ref>''[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9468101/ 4/16/20 - New Hardware & Policy Updates]'' - [[Fender]] (16 April 2020)</ref>. FurAffinity did not offer many specifics on this platform other than that it utilized "112 CPU cores, 1,536GB of memory, [and] 153.6TB of enterprise SSD storage" and that it was purchased from income from the FA+ subscription service. On September 9, FurAffinity announced the move was complete.<ref>''[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9614588/ 9/9/20 - Site Migration Complete + Known Issues]'' - [[Fender]] (9 September 2020)</ref> This transition relocated the FurAffinity servers to an undisclosed location, with Dragoneer only saying they had to ship a 14 Terabyte hard drive "cross country" as part of the move.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Dragoneer/status/1303960672062058496 "To aid in the data transfer to the new FA host we bought a 14TB hard drive and filled it, shipped it cross country, then uploaded it to the new servers."] - Dragoneer, Twitter (10 September 2020)</ref> It is possible the servers were moved into a facility controlled by then-owner IMVU, which is headquartered in [[California]].

While hosted at an InfoRelay, FA had access to 2Gbps of bandwidth leased as of November 2015.<ref>[https://twitter.com/furaffinity/status/661398015127744512 "Tonight's maintenance was to upgrade FA to a 2 gigabit network link."] - Fur Affinity, Twitter (3 November 2015)</ref>

=== 2014/15 upgrades ===

In September 2014, Fur Affinity bought additional hardware:<ref>''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/259XYIXJ8U486/ Fur Affinity Parts Wishlist]'' - [[Dragoneer]] (3 September 2014)</ref><ref>''[http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6122156 Banner Update, Upcoming Beta & Ad Server Upgrade]'' - [[Fender]] (17 September 2014)</ref>
* File server: Supermicro SuperServer 6017R-72HDP+ 1U with Intel Xeon E5-2603 v2 Quad-Core CPU (1.8GHz, 10MB cache), 128Gb 1600MHz DDR3 ECC RAM, 12 WD 4TB SATAIII drives (7200 RPM, 64 MB cache)
* Application servers (4): Asus RS300-E8-PS4 1U with Xeon E3-1240 v3 Quad-Core CPU (3.4GHz, 8MB cache), 32GB DDR ECC RAM, 2x128Gb SSDs
* Advertising server: Xeon 1270 v3 Quad-Core CPU (3.5 GHz, 8MB cache), 32GB DDR3 ECC RAM and 2xSSDs

In Spring 2015, additional hardware purchases were announced, in connection with the IMVU purchase.

=== Pre-2020 hardware ===
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! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Purpose
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Hardware Notes
! scope="col" | First Used
! scope="col" | Status
|-
| '''Routezilla''' || Router || Cisco 7301 router || ? || Presumed in use
|-
| '''Switchthulu''' || Network Switch || 48-port [[wikipedia:Cisco|Cisco]] Catalyst 3560. Replaced an older 24-port Cisco 3750, also called "Switchthulu" || ? || Presumed in use
|-
| '''Neo Bahamut''' || Database Backup || Dual-core 2.0GHz Opteron 1212 with 2GB DDR2-667 RAM.<ref name="Feb2013Summary" /> Storage consists of 4x 1TB hard drives in RAID5. Concern expressed by Dragoneer about its worth vs. power draw. || ? || In use
|-
| '''Novastorm''' || Database || a [[Wikipedia:Sun Fire|Sun Fire X4150]] manufactured by [[Wikipedia:Sun Microsystems]] with twin quad-core 2.5Ghz Xeon 5420 processors and 64GB of RAM (as of March 2010).<ref>[http://twitter.com/Dragoneer/status/10912188478 Novastorm upgrade tweet] - [[Dragoneer]]'s Twitter (23 March 2010)</ref> Storage consists of 2x 74GB 15K RPM hard drives in RAID1 and 6x146GB 15K RPM hard drives in RAID10. The server was initially purposed as the "Application server" but eventually converted to run the Database. This server was bought with donations following the July 2009 outage. Although Novastorm was replaced by Finn/Jake in September 2013, it is apparently still active, though its use is not clear.<ref>https://trello.com/c/CLruJ1b5/65-upgrade-packages-on-novastorm</ref>|| August 2009 || In use
|-
| '''Figment''' || Virtualization Server Ad server, Email server || Dual quad-core 2.33Ghz Xeon 5345 with 32GB of RAM and 6x1TB<ref name="Feb2013Summary" /> of storage. Figment was purchased with the intent of offering hosting<ref>''http://twitter.com/furaffinity/status/10203450025'' - FA Twitter - March 8, 2010</ref> on it "sometime in April... or May, or maybe August" of 2010<ref>''http://twitter.com/furaffinity/status/10942579229'' - FA Twitter - March 23 2010</ref> and also served advertisements<ref>''http://twitter.com/furaffinity/status/10936829317'' - FA Twitter</ref>. Server was named by [[Sciggles]].<ref>''http://twitter.com/furaffinity/status/10585322442'' - FA Twitter</ref> || 2010 || In use/"Spare Servers Pool"<ref>https://trello.com/c/oy0HkfgT/6-repurpose-figment-in-spare-servers-pool</ref>
|-
| '''Sparkz''' || Network Monitoring || Twin dual-core 2.4Ghz Opteron 2216 system with 48GB of RAM. The server was named by FA donator Dax. This server is the only server in a group of four donated servers (The others being Shivan, Tonberry, and Lapse) that is known to have been put into service. || November 30, 2010<ref>[https://twitter.com/furaffinity/status/9825447189680128 @Furaffinity tweet]</ref> || In use
|-
| '''Finn'''* || Database Server || A custom-built server in a Supermicro SuperServer SYS-6027R-WRF chassis with at least one Intel Xeon 6C E5 2620 processor, 64GB of RAM, and 6 15k HDD's in an unknown RAID. This server was built by donations received in February 2013.<ref>http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4389184</ref> See note below. || December 16, 2013 || Still in use as of August 2016<ref name="Aug16Maintenance">''[https://forums.furaffinity.net/threads/mainsite-database-maintenance-on-aug-16-2016-at-1pm-utc.1587952/#post-5570287 Mainsite database maintenance on Aug 16, 2016 at 1PM UTC]'' - [[Yak]], [[Fur Affinity Forums]] (16 August 2016)</ref>
|-
| '''Jake'''* || Database Server || A custom-built server in a Supermicro SuperServer SYS-6027R-WRF chassis with at least one Intel Xeon 6C E5 2620 processor, 64GB of RAM, and 6 15k HDD's in an unknown RAID. This server was built by donations received in February 2013.<ref>http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4389184</ref> See note below || September 16, 2013 ''(as "Finn") November 2014 || Possibly in use
|-
| '''Smaug''' || App Server || 16-core Xeon, "full SSD", 128GB DDR4 RAM.<ref name="TimatSpace">[https://twitter.com/furaffinity/status/597474071425724417 Filling Tiamat's old space will be Spike (16-core, full SSD, 128GB RAM) and Smaug (48TB storage server).] - Fur Affinity, Twitter (10 May 2015)</ref> || July 29, 2015<ref>[https://twitter.com/furaffinity/statuses/626430475058417664 "Earlier today, we officially rolled the site over to our new app server, Smaug (a 16-core Xeon system running DDR4 and SSDs). Woosh!"] - Fur Affinity, Twitter (29 July 2015)</ref> || Presumed in use
|-
| '''Spike''' || Storage Server || 48TB disk drives<ref name="TimatSpace" /><ref>[https://twitter.com/Dragoneer/status/640633455320150016 "Finn, Jake, Spike and Smaug"] - Dragoneer, Twitter (6 September 2015)</ref> || ? || Unknown
|}

* '''Finn''' and '''Jake''' are identical and were bought with the purpose of building a redundant database cluster. For unknown reasons, Finn was brought online first, with Jake supposedly following behind<ref>http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5058966/</ref> later that week. In December 2013, an issue came up that put the site into "Read Only" for a week. FA then moved the database to Jake, which was apparently not put into service yet. However, in November 2014, [[Zidonuke]] said that Jake was sitting idle "for almost a year"<ref>http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6265766#cid:43149324</ref>, suggesting that when the database was moved, the names were swapped. As of November 2014, the idle database server was planned to be set as a slave for the purpose of handling notifications.

=== Additional retired hardware ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Purpose
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Hardware Notes
! scope="col" | First Used
! scope="col" | Retired
|-
| '''Gecko''' || Web Server || The original FA server, is a dual 3.0Ghz Nocona [[Wikipedia:Xeon|Xeon]] system with 4GB of RAM. Storage consists of 2x 250GB hard drives. The server is still used to host [[W:Team Fortress 2|Team Fortress 2]] servers for the [[Furry Pound]] and [[Wikipedia:Left 4 Dead|Left 4 Dead]] servers for the Fur Affinity Steam Gamers group. || ? || ?
|-
| '''Tiamat''' || Search || Twin dual-core 2.0Ghz [[Wikipedia:Opteron|Opteron 2212]] with 32GB DDR2-533 RAM || ? || August 31, 2010<ref>''http://twitter.com/furaffinity/status/22617961790'' - FA Twitter</ref> Hardware Failure. Removed May 2015.<ref>[https://twitter.com/furaffinity/status/597469579070300160/photo/1 "Tiamat, one of FA's oldest servers (2007), is finally off to greener pastures."] - Fur Affinity, Twitter (10 May 2015)</ref>
|-
| '''Shivan''' || Unused/Unknown || Twin dual-core 2.4Ghz Opteron 2216 system with 48GB of RAM. The server was named by FA donator TlaiLaxu. || ? || ?
|-
| '''Tonberry''' || Unused/Unknown || Twin dual-core 2.4Ghz Opteron 2216 system with 48GB of RAM. The server was named by FA donator YiffyHusky. || ? || ?
|-
| '''Lapse''' || Unused/Unknown || Twin dual-core 2.4Ghz Opteron 2216 system with 48GB of RAM || ? || ?
|-
| '''Trogdor''' || File/App Server || A [[Wikipedia:Dell|Dell]] Poweredge 2970 2U Server with 32GB RAM and twin AMD Opteron 2212 CPUs.<ref name="Feb2013Summary">http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/4383428/#cid:32107771</ref> Storage consists of 6x 1TB hard drives - 4x in a RAID10 array, 1x RAID hotspare and 1x local backups. This server was bought with donations following the July 2009 outage. || August 2009 || October 2011<ref>http://forums.furaffinity.net/threads/108936-10-17-2011-File-read-only-mode</ref> Replaced by '''IO'''. Removed May 2015.<ref>[https://twitter.com/furaffinity/status/597481580123283456 "Turns out we are also saying a fond farewell to Trogdor. His days of FA burnination are over."] - Fur Affinity, Twitter (10 May 2015)</ref>
|-
| '''IO''' || File/App Server || An unspecified model which has dual Xeon E5435 CPUs<ref name="Feb2013Summary" />, 16GB RAM, and [https://twitter.com/#!/furaffinity/status/86538088809107456 12 Terabytes] worth of hard drives in it. This server replaced '''Trogdor'''. || October 2011 || December 25th, 2016<ref>''https://twitter.com/Dragoneer/status/813187858731331584'' - Dragoneer, Twitter (Dec. 25 2016)</ref> Replaced by 48tb Storage Server, and replaced due to drive failures.<ref>''https://twitter.com/Dragoneer/status/813281978900447236'' - Dragoneer, Twitter (Dec. 26 2016)</ref>
|-
|}

==Confirmed future features==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Official Mentions
! scope="col" | Status
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
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| On-demand printing || [http://forums.furaffinity.net/threads/371-FA-Funding December 2005] [http://web.archive.org/web/20150822221412/https://forums.furaffinity.net/threads/55797-is-FA-better-off-becoming-a-pay-site#post1347804 November 2009] ||style="background: #ffcccc" | Not Implemented||
|-
| Content filtering || [http://web.archive.org/web/20150821170440/https://forums.furaffinity.net/threads/3965-FA-Policy-Notice-Cub-Art November 2006] ||style="background: #ffcccc" | Not Implemented|| Proposed for Ferrox.
|-
| New UI || [http://web.archive.org/web/20141117060336/https://forums.furaffinity.net/threads/7472-FA-Project-UI-Overhaul April 2007] [http://web.archive.org/web/20150822210449/https://forums.furaffinity.net/threads/72193-New-FA-looks-exactly-like-steam-amp-DA-!-WTF!!#post1853302 May 2010] [http://web.archive.org/web/20150323184607/https://forums.furaffinity.net/threads/90879-Fur-Affinity-Turns-6 January 2011] ||style="background: #99ff99" | Implemented<ref>https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9364332</ref>|| Released from beta on December 31, 2019.
|-
| New "dark" theme || [https://forums.vivisector.org/index.php?topic=588.msg6749#msg6749 May 2012] [https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3887366/ October 2012]||style="background: #99ffff" | Part of new UI|| The new UI contains both "dark" and "light" themes, among others.
|-
| "Character Information" || [https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3887366/ October 2012]||style="background: #ffff99" | In Progress|| A placeholder for a "Character Information" widget is present in the new dark theme.
|-
| Opossums (pss.ms) URL shortener || [https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1648317/ August 2010] ||style="background: #ffcccc" | Not Implemented|| pss.ms is currently down.
|-
| Web hosting || [http://web.archive.org/web/20150822221414/https://forums.furaffinity.net/threads/55797-is-FA-better-off-becoming-a-pay-site/page7#post1353001 November 2009] [https://twitter.com/furaffinity/status/10936829317 March 2010] [https://twitter.com/furaffinity/status/10936829317] ||style="background: #ffcccc" | Not Implemented||
|-
| Supporter ribbons || [https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1836349/ November 2010] ||style="background: #ffcccc" | Not Implemented||
|-
| Note/inbox search || [https://twitter.com/furaffinity/status/24023831950 September 2010] ||style="background: #ffcccc" | Not Implemented||
|-
| Artist list and reviews ''"Commission Ratings"'' || [http://web.archive.org/web/20150827063155/https://forums.furaffinity.net/threads/1342-Search-Function-User-List June 2006] [http://web.archive.org/web/20150323184607/https://forums.furaffinity.net/threads/90879-Fur-Affinity-Turns-6 January 2011] ||style="background: #ffcccc" | Not Implemented||
|-
| Improved commenting || [http://web.archive.org/web/20150323184607/https://forums.furaffinity.net/threads/90879-Fur-Affinity-Turns-6 January 2011] ||style="background: #ffcccc" | Not Implemented||
|}

== References ==
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== See also ==

* [[FA Rank]]
* [[:Category:Fur Affinity administrators]]

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Dragoneer

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{{Infobox person
| name = Dragoneer
| realname = '''Sean P. Piche'''<ref>[http://preyfar.livejournal.com/profile Preyfar's profile] on [[LiveJournal]]. Retrieved May 16, 2008.</ref>
| othernames = '''Neer''', formally known as '''The Dragoneer''' and '''Preyfar'''
| image = [[File:No image available.png|240px]]
| caption =
| born = March 25, 1980
| birthplace = USA
| died = August 6, 2024
| deathplace = [[W:Virginia|Virginia]]<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/id/thedragoneer Dragoneer's profile] on [[W:Steam (software)|Steam]]. Retrieved April 23, 2022.</ref>
| residence =
| spouses = [[Sciggles]] (separated in April 2016)<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7506046/ ''Life Update & Relationships''] post by Dragoneer on [[Fur Affinity]]. Dated April 12, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2016.</ref>
| profession = [[furry artist]], [[fandom influencer]] (owner of <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Ferrox Art, LLC]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>)
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[[File:Bo dragoneer.jpg|right|thumb|Dragoneer's Murasadramon character, art by [[Bo-Gilliam]].]]
[[File:Kerb prey.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Preyfar, art by [[Kerberos]].]]
'''Dragoneer''' was an [[artist]] and fandom influencer who lived in Virginia.

== Fandom involvement ==

Dragoneer served on the [[Northeast Anthropomorphic Association]] [[board of directors]], where he helped to organize and run the [[United!|FA: United]] convention when it was in operation. He was married to fellow [[furry]] [[Sciggles]] until their separation in April 2016.

=== Fur Affinity ===

Dragoneer was the owner of Ferrox Art, LLC, which operated [[Fur Affinity]] from 2007 to 2015. Dragoneer joined the site in 2005 roughly two months before its initial demise due to Server problems.

Having fallen in love with the community, he worked with then-owner [[Alkora]] to help bring the site back online. He was appointed lead [[administrator]] upon the site's return. Eventually, he went on to take full ownership of Fur Affinity in October 2007,<ref>[http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/225121/ ''Fur Affinity Change of Ownership''] post by Dragoneer on Fur Affinity. Retrieved October 17, 2007.</ref> purchasing the site for $2,500.{{cn}}

Dragoneer served as Fur Affinity's community manager for [[IMVU]], which acquired Fur Affinity in January 2015. He served in this capacity until February 1, 2021, when he purchased the site back from them and placed the website under the operation of a new company called ''[[Frost Dragon Art, LLC]]''.<ref>[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9761295 ''New Ownership, Updated Logo, & More''] post by Dragoneer on Fur Affinity. Retrieved February 1, 2021.</ref>

=== Characters ===

* '''Murasadramon''' - Murasadramon is a purple and orange Data-type [[Digimon]]. His [[species]] is primarily a [[hybrid]] of [[Guilmon]] and [[Exveemon]] combined. Although it does seem to resemble Monodramon a lot, In battle, Murasadramon uses plasma and electrical-based attacks, preferring melee combat to long-range. The character is sometimes drawn in an alternative [[Digivolution]] which sports black armor and leather straps.
* '''Preyfar''' - Preyfar is a [[hyena]], primarily grey in color with a blue to purple tint to his [[fur|coat]]. A pair of welding goggles accompany his rivet-head style of dress, the eyewear his most notable trademark appearance. He's usually seen wearing a [[W:Fishnet shirt|fishnet shirt]], pants with orange racing stripes, and a custom pair of toe-less leather footwear.
* His other characters are '''Eel''', '''Siodan''' and '''Kradramon'''.

=== Convention attendance ===

* [[Fur Affinity United]] -
* [[Fur the 'More]] - ?, 2017, ?

== Art ==

Dragoneer was primarily known for his Digimon-themed [[artwork]], and his style leans towards [[mature]] and [[adult]] imagery, preferring to keep his clean artwork separate from the [[fandom]]. His images generally feature [[character]]s of [[Dragon|draconic]] or [[Reptile|reptilian]] nature.

== Illness and death ==

On August 6, 2024, Dragoneer died from respiratory complications,<ref>[https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10923887 ''Dragoneer Has Passed Away''] post on Fur Affinity. Retrieved August 6, 2024.</ref> as he stated In the Fur Affinity's [[Telegram]] chat on July 30, 2024, either caused by:
{{q|An extremely rare, serious bacterial fungal infection... or, well, lung cancer.}}
(for months before medical intervention, Dragoneer struggled with high fever and chronic cough).

In response to his passing, the [[Fender]]'s FA account announced on the site that:
{{q|It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden loss of Fur Affinity's owner, Dragoneer. He was our friend, family, and a pillar of this community. We ask for your patience and respect for his family’s privacy. We remain committed to supporting each other and the community. Updates will follow when appropriate. Thank you for your kindness.}}

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
{{Contributor|Preyfar}}
* [https://www.deviantart.com/thedragoneer Dragoneer] on [[DeviantArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/dragoneer/ Dragoneer] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [https://twitter.com/#!/dragoneer Dragoneer] on [[Twitter|X]]
* [https://bsky.app/profile/dragoneer.bsky.social Dragoneer] on [[BlueSky]]
* [https://t.me/TheDragoneer Dragoneer] on [[Telegram]]
* ''[http://murasadramon.livejournal.com/ Dragoneer's Digijournal]'' - Dragoneer on [[LiveJournal]]
* [https://www.picarto.tv/dragoneer Dragoneer] on [[Picarto]]
* [https://ko-fi.com/dragoneer Dragoneer] on [[W:Ko-fi|Ko-fi]]
* [https://steamcommunity.com/id/thedragoneer Dragoneer] on [[W:Steam (software)|Steam]]

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E621

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| title = e621
| image = [[File:E621Logo.png|right|301px]]
| caption = "''The Tasty Furry Site''"
| author = '''Creator:''' [[Arcturus]]
*'''Owners:''' [[Varka]]
*'''Bad Dragon Staff:''' [[DasaDevil]]
* '''Lead Admin''': [[NotMeNotYou]] <ref name="admins">[https://e621.net/users?commit=Search&search%5Blevel%5D=50&search%5Border%5D=name List of Admins] ''e621.net''. Retrieved November 9, 2021.</ref>
*'''Developer:''' [[Earlopain]]
*'''Admins''': [[furrypickle]], [[Knotty Curls]], [[Rainbow Dash]], [[Slyroon]], [[Xch3l]] <ref name="admins"/>
*'''Moderators:''' [[Cinder (e621)|Cinder]], [[Donovan DMC]], [[scaliespe]], [[tiny bear]]
*'''Janitors:''' [[Alien Fluff]], [[Cane751]], [[Catt0s 0fTheNight]], [[Clawstripe]], [[DubsTheFox]], [[gattonero2001]], [[Lafcadio]], [[Lance Armstrong]], [[laranja]], [[lemongrab]], [[Mairo]], [[meowmcmeow]], [[OneFattyCatty]], [[Queen Tyr'ahnee]], [[Recursion]], [[Shadowstones]], [[Song (e621)|Song]], [[Strikerman]], [[tsukemono]]
| url = https://e621.net/
* https://e926.net
| status = Online
| began =
'''e621''':
* February 10, 2007
* November 26, 2007
* September 8, 2010
'''e961''':
* July 10, 2009
'''e926''':
* November 1, 2012
| ended =
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* September 17, 2007
* August 30, 2010
* September 8, 2010 - present
'''e961''':
* November 15, 2009
| genre = Ouroboros Image board
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'''e621''', also known as '''e6''', is a [[W:general audience|general audience]] [[image board]] replacement for the image board [[Sidechan]]. A [[adult|mature]] image board, '''e926''' (formerly e961) complements this site. E621 runs off of the Ouroboros platform, a [[W:Imageboard#Danbooru-style_boards|danbooru]]-style software specifically designed for the site. It is likely that the site is named for the compound [[W:Monosodium glutamate|monosodium glutamate]], whose [[W:E number|E Number]] is E621.

== History ==

* September 17, 2007 - The site was closed down, citing on its front-page that claims had been made against the site for hosting [[Wikipedia:child pornography|child pornography]] and only the [[Oekaki]] board and the [[IRC]] channel remained active.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070917160028/http://e621.net/ e621 offline notice] - Archived by Wayback Machine, Sep 17, 2007.</ref>
* November 26, 2007 - e621 became active again, under the banner e621 2.0. It was forced offline for a few days over Christmas 2007 during the same [[Wikipedia:Distributed Denial of Service|DDoS]] attack that struck [[Fur Affinity]] and [[Fchan]].
* August 2010 - The website ended its operations briefly due to [[David Ross]] ('''Insane Kangaroo'''), lodging accusations of child pornography and copyright infringement with the principle hosting company.<ref name="Takedown Request">{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd366/HDSham/Screenshot2010-08-30at105324PM.png|title=Takedown Request Screenshot|website=e621|date=August 30, 2010|accessdate=August 31, 2010}}</ref> The site was formally shut down when he threatened [[Arcturus]] with deportation. The site returned to normal operation under a new owner on September 8, 2010.
* August 30, 2010 - The website's main page was replaced with a small note saying that e621 would be permanently shut down due to "numerous threats to our host, false claims of illegal content, harassment and a few things that are much worse."<ref name="Takedown Request"/> This time, only the IRC channel remained active.<ref>{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://www.e621.net/|title=e621 is over. sorry.|website=e621|date=August 31, 2010|accessdate=August 31, 2010}}</ref>
* August 31, 2010 - It was announced that the site will simply be resuming with a new admin, Varka, after a short downtime.{{fact}} Announced changes to the site include an updated takedown policy to amend some of the issues leading to the threats issued in previous days.{{fact}}
* September 1, 2010 - A website by the same name has appeared in the guise of Adobe Flash Media Server 3.5, as confusing as this is, both are different only due to the WWW prefix. That, or the old one was absolved by Adobe, while the new one is using the WWW prefix. Anonymous of Jacksonville says e621 simply has a messed up DNS record for the base domain, but the WWW subdomain is still correctly configured. Either the record's TTL hasn't yet expired (in the case of hacking or hostile takeover, this is a good thing) or someone somewhere has made a silly mistake. (When the site is typed in with, and without WWW it goes to Varka's page, the site itself depending how you reach it will send you to either by a 50/50 chance, it's easier to just put in WWW with it.) (needs update).
* September 8, 2010 - The website was passed from Arcturus to Varka. Varka has implemented a newer, more artist-friendly takedown policy. There will also be more artist involvement that includes obtaining prints from Inkbunny and going to the artist's chosen website for commissions.<ref name="forum8456">{{cite web|author=[[Varka]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/8456|title=ANNOUNCEMENT: e621 changeover, new policy, next steps|website=e621|date=September 10, 2010|accessdate=September 23, 2010}}</ref>
* January 18, 2012 - e621 joined many other sites in protesting the [[W:PROTECT IP Act|PROTECT IP Act]] (PIPA) and [[W:SOPA|Stop Online Piracy Act]] (SOPA), by taking down its page and replacing it with the page that stated for others to write to their congressmen, being entirely generated by user content, e621 was a high risk target under the SOPA legislation, and took the site down with others for the protest.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120118152135/http://e621.net/ "What? Why can't I use e621?"] - Retrieved via the [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Wayback Machine], January 18, 2012.</ref>
* February 2014 - The site hosts over four hundred thousand active posts ranging from non-[[sexual]] images to extreme [[paraphilia|fetishes]],{{fact}} with more than sixty-thousand users.{{fact}}
* August 18, 2014 - The site hosts over 450,000 active posts with over 140,000 users.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140818093004/https://e621.net/stats e621 Stats] - Retrieved via the [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Wayback Machine], April 28, 2017.</ref>
* April 28, 2017 - The site hosts over 1,000,000 active posts with almost 250,000 users.<ref>[https://archive.is/mfi95 e621 Stats] - Retrieved via [https://archive.is/ Archive.is], April 28, 2017.</ref>
* October 24, 2019 - Admin and lead programmer [[KiraNoot]] announces a new version of e621 that has been in the works for months and [https://beta.e621.net a beta version of the new site] is available to use for stress testing.<ref>{{cite web|author=[[KiraNoot|Kira]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/279936|title=Introducing the e621 Beta Site|website=e621|date=October 24, 2019|accessdate=October 24, 2019}}</ref> The new version uses a more modern platform modeled after the current version of Danbooru.
* February 12, 2020 - Lead admin NotMeNotYou announces that the new version of e621 is nearing completion. The new version would include a new "Lore" tag category (which includes "canonical" gender identities) and the ability to search up to 40 tags at once.<ref name="new e6 near-complete">{{cite web|author=[[NotMeNotYou]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/283533|title=<nowiki>[Beta]</nowiki> The new e621 is nearing completion|website=e621|date=February 12, 2020|accessdate=February 13, 2020}}</ref>
* March 5, 2020 - The new version of e621 leaves beta and replaces the old site.

== Policies and content ==

e621 makes use of a [[DNP]] list, and takedown requests are honored when following the guidelines of the Takedown page (https://e621.net/static/takedown). Images that are removed are also blacklisted to prevent posting.

Registration requests for inclusion on the site by artists and users might or might not be moderated by e621's staff, depending on the amount of spammers or trolls they are being hit with.

Uploading of photographic child pornography or bestiality media is not permitted, and uploading of images from pay-sites is discouraged, with the exception of a few images (usually for publicity purposes).

Additionally, any post could be deleted without notice if they fail to meet a standard of quality as determined by the moderators (poorly drawn or badly compressed art), though this is uncommon.

Regarding post tagging, the site uses a "tag-what-you-see" (TWYS) tagging system where posts are tagged based on what is visible in the images and animations. (https://e621.net/wiki/show/twys) Although this system is seen as highly effective for searching and blacklisting, it has caused several conflicts between the site's administration and a number of its user base and various posts' artists, primarily regarding the tagging of genders. The site features a page on its wiki specifying how they tag genders. (https://e621.net/wiki/show/howto:tag_genders) Despite said page featuring a disclaimer stating that the site's gender tagging system is only for the purposes of searches and blacklists, "''Not and '''Never''''' for describing the character" (i.e. not as a personal labeling system), this policy has nevertheless led to a number of artists requesting DNP status{{cn}} solely out of a refusal to accept the site's tagging policies. Eventually, it was announced on February 12, 2020 that the new version of the site would include the introduction of a new "lore" tags category to complement the TWYS system, including canonical (i.e. by what the artist or copyright owner says) gender identity tags.<ref name="new e6 near-complete"/> However, "Lore" tags will be a locked tag category; only administrators would be able to add tags to the "lore" category after they sanction them first.<ref name="new e6 near-complete"/> Nevertheless, the site's TWYS, gender tagging, and "minimum quality standards" policies have led to continued criticism among several artists and members of the site (former and current).{{cn}}

On June 22, 2019, after having received several complaints about the vulgar terms "dickgirl" and "cuntboy" as gender tags over time, head admin NotMeNotYou announced that the tags would be aliased to less vulgar terms "gynomorph" and "andromorph". Other tags that incorporate the two vulgar terms would also be aliased to use the less vulgar terms.<ref name="forum274480">{{cite web|author=[[NotMeNotYou]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/274480|title={{!(}}Announcement{{!)}} Making our gender tags less vulgar|website=e621|date=June 22, 2019|accessdate=June 22, 2019}}</ref>

On July 12, 2024, explicit art involving young humans and human-like characters have been banned sitewide and can no longer be posted to e621. The policy change was announced the same day by head admin NotMeNotYou, and over 45,000 posts were taken down as a result.<ref name="Flayrah explicit young human ban">{{cite web|author=GreenReaper (Parry, Lawrence)|url=https://www.flayrah.com/9198/e621-bans-explicit-young-human-and-human-content|title=e621 bans "explicit young human and human-like content"|website=Flayrah|date=July 13, 2024}}</ref>

== Mascot ==
[[File:Small_Esix_Keishinkae.png|175px|thumb|Esix, one of the site's mascots. Esix was in the top spot in the site redesign planned for 2010.]]
e621 has two [[mascot]]s, both of them being [[feline]] [[character]]s; '''[https://e621.net/wiki/show/hexerade Hexerade]''' and '''[https://e621.net/wiki/show/esix Esix]'''.

=== Controversy ===

Early in 2010, the owners of e621 were looking for a mascot to adorn the site. After asking the site's users to come up with their own ideas, a poll was opened to decide on which character should be selected. However, a few weeks afterward the poll was closed prematurely as it came to light that one of the contestants had been rigging the contest by signing up many alts through proxies to vote his mascot up.{{cn}}

In response to this, the administrators announced that they would select a mascot among themselves. After deliberation, they selected a five character mascot team from the leaders of the poll, featuring characters by [[Mellis]], [[Chizi]], [[Keishinkae]], [[Darkdoomer]] and [[Manafox]].<ref name="Mascot">{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1261051/|title=Mascot Contest Over, Winners Announced!|website=FurAffinity|date=2010|accessdate=8 Jul 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== e961/e926 ==

In July 2009, a work-safe counterpart, e961.net, was brought online. The site was named after the E number of the then-new artificial sweetener, [[W:neotame|Neotame]]. Unfortunately, in November 2009 it was aliased to the original site due to traffic issues caused by the popularity of e621.<ref name="e961 forum565">{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/565|title=At work? Nosy family? No problems!|website=e621|date=July 14, 2009|accessdate=November 8, 2009}}</ref> However, users who want to view only safe for work content can use the "rating:safe" tag to exclude all mature content from e621, except banner adverts which will still include adult content. Images can also be filtered by placing ratings (i.e., rating:explicit) on the tag blacklist.

In November 2012, e961 was rebuilt as ''e926'', a joke for it being a "bleached" version of the site, was reinstated along with updates to the main site. It displays content from e621 that strictly has a "Safe" rating. The site's login system shares e621's login database and servers, but requires a separate login, as it has its own cookies. Notably, it also has its own "safe for work" advertising. However, like the main e621 domain, users under 18 years of age are not allowed to visit e926, due to the aforementioned shared database and servers.

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== External links ==
* [https://e621.net/wiki e621]'s [[W:Wiki|Wiki]]
* [https://www.facebook.com/E621net e621] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://twitter.com/e621dotnet e621] on [[Twitter]]
* [irc://irc.furnet.org/e621 #e621] [[IRC]] channel on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]]

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Chris Sanders

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{{Infobox person
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| realname = Christopher Michael Sanders
| othernames = Christopher Sanders Stitch
| image = [[File:Chris Sanders, Golden Globes 2014 (crop).jpg|225px]]
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| born = March 12, 1962
| birthplace = [[Wikipedia:Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]], [[Wikipedia:Colorado|Colorado]], [[Wikipedia:United States|United States]]
| died =
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| spouses = Jessica Steele-Sanders
| profession = Director, illustrator, voice actor
| species = [[Human]]
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[[File:CSUMAward.jpg|240px|right|thumb|Chris Sanders (right) receiving his 2002 Ursa Major award]]
'''Christopher Michael Sanders''' (born March 12, 1962) is an American film director, animation director, screenwriter, animator and voice actor.

Sanders is best known for creating [[Disney]]'s animated feature film ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'', which he wrote and directed alongside [[Wikipedia:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]], as well as co-writing and co-directing the first ''[[How to Train Your Dragon]]'' film (also alongside DeBlois, who later wrote and directed both sequels himself). He famously starred in the title role of [[Stitch]] in the former film, a role he continued to play in [[Wikipedia:Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|the sequel films]], ''[[Wikipedia:Lilo & Stitch: The Series|Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' (but not the later shows ''[[Wikipedia:Stitch!|Stitch!]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Stitch & Ai|Stitch & Ai]]'', both of which were produced after he left The Walt Disney Company), and various other Disney projects.

== Chris Sanders and furry ==
Sanders has old ties with the [[furry fandom]], including being a former member of [[Rowrbrazzle]], and illustrating furry media such publications as [[MU Press]]'s [[Beauty of the Beasts]].

He also received the 2002 [[Ursa Major Awards]] for ''Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture'' (''Lilo & Stitch'').

==Filmography==

*[[Wikipedia:Jim Henson Productions|Jim Henson Productions]]
**1984–1986 - ''[[Wikipedia:Muppet Babies|Muppet Babies]]'' (character design)
*[[Disney|Walt Disney Animation Studios]]
**1991 - ''[[Wikipedia:Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (writer, visual development)
**1994 - ''[[The Lion King]]'' (writer, production designer)
**1998 - ''[[Wikipedia:Mulan|Mulan]]'' (writer, story supervisor, voice [Little Brother])
**2002 - ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'' (director, writer, character designer, voice [Stitch])
*[[Disney|Disneytoon Studios]]
**2004 - ''[[The Lion King 1½]]'' (voice [Stitch])
**2005 - ''[[Wikipedia:Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch|Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch]]'' (voice [Stitch])
*[[Disney|Disney Television Animation]]
**2003 - ''[[Wikipedia:Stitch! The Movie|Stitch! The Movie]]'' (voice [Stitch])
**2003–2006 - ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (voice [Stitch, Experiment 627])
**2006 - ''[[Wikipedia:Leroy & Stitch|Leroy & Stitch]]'' (voice [Stitch, Leroy])
*[[Disney|Disney Parks]]
**2004 - ''[[Wikipedia:Stitch's Great Escape!|Stitch's Great Escape!]]'' (voice [Stitch])
*[[Wikipedia:DreamWorks Animation|DreamWorks Animation]]
**2010 - ''[[Wikipedia:How to Train Your Dragon|How to Train Your Dragon]]'' (director, writer)
**2013 - ''[[Wikipedia:The Croods|The Croods]]'' (director, writer, voice [Belt])
**2014 - ''[[Wikipedia:How to Train Your Dragon 2|How to Train Your Dragon 2]]'' (executive producer)
**2019 - ''[[Wikipedia:How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World|How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World]]'' (executive producer)
**2024 - ''[[Wikipedia:The Wild Robot|The Wild Robot]]'' (director, writer)
*[[Wikipedia:20th Century Studios|20th Century Studios]]
**2020 - ''[[Wikipedia:The Call of the Wild (2020 film)|The Call of the Wild]]'' (director)

== See also ==

* [[W:Chris Sanders|Chris Sanders]] on [[Wikipedia]]

== External links ==

* [http://www.chrissandersart.com Chris Sanders Art] - Official web site
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* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761498/ Chris Sanders] on [[W:IMDb|IMDb]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_thread/thread/7f4a5cb7e25b5d35/7559bdb8ea41e03c?lnk=gst&q=%22chris+sanders%22&rnum=2#7559bdb8ea41e03c A post on] [[alt.fan.furry]] about Chris Sanders's ties to the furry fandom (retrieved May 26, 2007)

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Lilo & Stitch

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| creator = [[Chris Sanders]] [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]]
| owner = [[File:The_Walt_Disney_Company_logo.png|link=The Walt Disney Company|150px]]
| origin = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
| books = ''Agent Stitch'' series (2022–present)
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| comics = ''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020) ''Lilo & Stitch'' (Dynamite Entertainment; 2024)
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| shorts = ''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)
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| video_games = ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch'' (Game Boy Advance; 2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise'' (2002) ''Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626'' (2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc'' (2004) ''Disney Stitch Jam'' (2009)
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'''''Lilo & Stitch''''' is a 2002 American animated science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by [[Chris Sanders]] and [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] that was produced by [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] and released by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. It is also the name of a Disney media franchise, alternately called just '''''Stitch''''', that spawned from the film. The film was released during a low point for Disney's feature animation studio, known today as either the "Post-Renaissance Era" (the period between the [[w:Disney Renaissance|Disney Renaissance]] and the [[disney:Disney Revival|Disney Revival]]) or the "Experimental Era" (since Disney's animated films became more experimental with their storytelling and were moving away from the templates used for the Renaissance's films), and became a surprise critical and commercial success for the company at a time when traditionally-animated films were losing relevance. The titular [[alien]] [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]] [[Stitch]] (also known as Experiment 626; number pronounced "six-two-six") rapidly became one of Disney's most popular characters, especially in merchandise,<ref name="THR Remake News">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jon-m-chu-in-talks-to-direct-live-action-lilo-stitch-movie-exclusive|title=Jon M. Chu in Talks to Direct Live-Action 'Lilo & Stitch' Movie (Exclusive)|website=[[w:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=November 13, 2020|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}</ref> becoming arguably Disney's first animated character introduced in the 21st century to have achieved an iconic status.{{fact}}

==Main works==
The main continuity of the franchise, which focuses on both title characters living their lives on Hawaii, consists of four animated feature films, a Western animated television series, and an animated short film.
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===''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)===
In the original 2002 film, released on June 21, 2002, Kweltikwan mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voiced by [[w:David Ogden Stiers|David Ogden Stiers]]) stands trial for illegal genetic experimentation, having created a superpowerful blue creature called "Experiment 626" (voiced by co-writer/co-director [[Chris Sanders]]), who is designed solely to destroy everything he touches. After 626 escapes custody to a backwater planet called Earth, the Grand Councilwoman ([[w:Zoe Caldwell|Zoe Caldwell]]) offers Jumba his freedom for the capture of his creation. On Earth, 626 crash lands his stolen spacecraft on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where he gets adopted by an eccentric six-year-old girl named Lilo Pelekai ([[w:Daveigh Chase|Daveigh Chase]]), who is shunned by her peers and is at risk of being forcibly separated from her older sister Nani ([[w:Tia Carrere|Tia Carrere]]) by her newest social worker Cobra Bubbles ([[w:Ving Rhames|Ving Rhames]]) to be put into foster care. In trying to escape capture by Jumba and his assigned partner, Plorgonarian "Earth expert" Agent Wendy Pleakley ([[w:Kevin McDonald|Kevin McDonald]]), 626 lets himself be adopted by Lilo as her "dog" who she renames as "Stitch".

Stitch's aggressive behavior, especially in his attempts to avoid Jumba and Pleakley, causes problems for Lilo and Nani, costing the latter her job as a luau waitress. Cobra demands Nani to find a new job and Lilo to make Stitch a "model citizen"; Lilo uses her beliefs in ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', a Hawaiian concept of extended family, as well as iconic singer [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] as a role model, to attempt to rehabilitate Stitch, while Nani tries to find new employment. Although Stitch's attitude improves as he slowly enjoys his time with Lilo, his and Lilo's antics prevent Nani from finding a new job. As David Kawena ([[w:Jason Scott Lee|Jason Scott Lee]]), a local surfer who is a good friend to the Pelekai sisters, gets them and Stitch to go surfing and enjoy some time on the beach, Jumba and Pleakley make a last-ditch effort to capture Stitch. Although Stitch escapes them again, his inability to swim or float in water causes him and Lilo, who he tried to grab onto for protection and flotation, to have a near-drowning experience, which Cobra witnesses. The incident costs Nani her chances at keeping Lilo, and Cobra tells Nani that he would pick up Lilo the next morning. Feeling guilty for causing the sisters' now-inevitable separation, Stitch runs away from their home that night.

The next morning, Nani runs off to take on a new job offer before Cobra arrives for Lilo. Jumba, who was fired alongside Pleakley finds Stitch in the woods and chases him back to the Pelekais' house, which they destroy in the ensuing fight. Lilo runs off to the nearby woods to find Stitch, who reveals his true alien form to her. Although Lilo tries to reject him for ruining everything, they are both captured by the massive Captain Gantu ([[w:Kevin Michael Richardson|Kevin Michael Richardson]]), who was sent by the Grand Councilwoman to take over Jumba and Pleakley's assignment. Stitch escapes but Lilo remains captured on Gantu's spaceship. He is then found again by Nani, then Jumba and Pleakley shortly after. He tells Nani that he's changed by reminding her of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', and convinces Jumba to rescue Lilo. Chasing Gantu down in Jumba's spaceship, Stitch throws out Gantu from his spaceship and rescues Lilo. The sisters and the aliens reconvene at the shore where Stitch is finally captured by the Grand Councilman. Stitch accepts his fate, proving how much he's changed as a person, but as he about to leave in the Councilwoman's spaceship, Lilo, with some prodding from Cobra, shows her ownership document to the Councilwoman and tells her that taking him away would be theft. Pleased with the document, the Grand Councilwoman decrees that Stitch is "sentenced" to exile with the Pelekai sisters as his wardens and that the three are protected by the United Galactic Federation. After leaving, Lilo, Nani, and Stitch accept the exiled Jumba and Pleakley into their home, they, along with David and Cobra, reconstruct their house and begin a happy life together.

===''Stitch! The Movie'' (2003)===
This direct-to-video pilot to ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', released on August 26, 2003, shows that Gantu, forcibly retired from his post in the original film, is now hired by the diminutive Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (voiced by [[w:Jeff Bennett|Jeff Bennett]]) to retrieve Jumba's first 625 genetic experiments, which Hämsterviel co-funded the creation of prior to the end of their partnership. On Earth, Stitch struggles to fit in with the locals and feels bad about himself. Jumba then gets kidnapped by Gantu, who also finds the dehydrated pod of Experiment 625 ([[w:Rob Paulsen|Rob Paulsen]]), and takes him to Hämsterviel. After finding the first 624 experiments, Lilo and Stitch activate one of them by dropping its pod in water, the electrical Experiment 221 ([[w:Frank Welker|Frank Welker]]), to help rescue Jumba, but he escapes. The duo then chases down and capture 221, and Stitch bonds with him as his "cousin", based on Hawaiian terminology he learned from Lilo. When Cobra and Pleakley rendezvous at [[w:Kilauea Light|Kīlauea Lighthouse]] with Gantu and Hämsterviel to exchange the pods of the other experiments as ransom payment for Jumba, Lilo and Stitch then show up with "Sparky" (as she named 221), freeing him then and there and freeing Jumba. Gantu and Hämsterviel attempt to make off with the experiments, but the Grand Councilwoman's ship emerges from the nearby Pacific Ocean and aims its gun and Hämsterviel. However, Lilo protests on the account that he has the other experiments, and Sparky decides to short-circuit the Councilwoman's ship. Lilo, Stitch and Sparky stow away on Hämsterviel's ship as he and Gantu escape. Lilo, Stitch, and Gantu fight over the experiment pod container, which results in the container releasing and scattering the pods all over Hawaii, and Lilo and Stitch's capture. However, just as Stitch is about to be vivisected by a laser while strapped to a weight that's just too heavy for him to lift, Sparky frees him, they strap Hämsterviel to the weight, and Stitch rescues Lilo before she gets teleported to an intergalactic zoo. They short-circuit Gantu's own ship, causing it to crash by a waterfall on Kauai, and land Hämsterviel's ship back over to the rendezvous point at the lighthouse, handing Hämsterviel in handcuffs over to the Grand Councilwoman. Lilo and Stitch give Sparky a new home in powering the lighthouse, then convince the Councilwoman to have them find and rehabilitate the other 623 experiments (625 was activated by Gantu earlier and sticks with him as his sidekick, although he's too lazy and cowardly to put in any effort apart from making and eating sandwiches). As several experiments are activated when they fall into the water, Lilo and Stitch drive off in Nani's dune buggy, leading to the subsequent series.

===''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (2003–2006)===
The franchise's first television series first ran from September 20, 2003, to July 29, 2006 for 65 episodes over two seasons, airing new episodes on both [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] Saturday morning block [[w:ABC Kids (TV programming block)|ABC Kids]] and [[w:Disney Channel|Disney Channel]] throughout its run. The only animated show in the franchise to truly follow-up on the original film, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' has the titular duo continue capturing Jumba's other experiments, naming them, and rehabilitating them from bad to good by finding a new place where they truly belong and can use their unique abilities to help society. Jumba and sometimes Pleakley usually assist them. Meanwhile, Gantu and his reluctant sidekick Experiment 625 try to capture experiments for Dr. Hämsterviel, who is imprisoned on a prison asteroid, usually fighting against Lilo and Stitch for the experiments.

===''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' (2005)===
A direct-to-video direct sequel to the first film released on August 30, 2005, set before ''Stitch! The Movie'', this film showed insights to the lives of the Pelekai ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' after the events of ''Lilo & Stitch''. The film had Lilo (voiced by [[w:Dakota Fanning|Dakota Fanning]] in this film) trying to come up with an original hula dance for a May Day competition that her late mother previously won. However, Stitch begins to suffer glitches that cause him to revert to his original destructive programming. Unbeknownst to either him or Lilo, these glitches are the result of his molecules not being fully charged when he was created, as he and Jumba were arrested shortly after the experiment's creation. While Jumba tries to build a new fusion chamber to recharge Stitch before his molecules lose all their charge, and Pleakley attempts to "fix" David and Nani's supposedly strained relationship, Stitch's glitches causes friction between him and Lilo, leading to her deciding to perform her hula without him. On the day of the hula competition, on which Jumba had finally completed construction of the fusion chamber, Stitch tries to wish Lilo good luck, but has another glitch that causes him to scratch her face. This causes him to believe that he's too dangerous to be around her, and he takes Jumba's spaceship to try to free to a distant remote planet. Lilo, realizing that the glitches were not his fault, abandons her performance and gets her family go save Stitch, who has one final glitch that causes him to crash the ship on a mountain. Lilo reaches Stitch via a hovercraft and tries to revitalize him by putting him in the fusion chamber, but he supposedly dies. However, he then wakes up in Lilo's arms cured of his glitches, as according to her, "love is more powerful than death."

====''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)====
This short film included with ''Lilo & Stitch 2'' as a DVD and later Disney+ extra is a bridge between that film and ''Stitch! The Movie''. The short film reveals what kinds of alien creatures were used to create Stitch, with Jumba reminding the experiment of what he has become, and also hints at the other 625 experiments made before him.

===''Leroy & Stitch'' (2006)===
This television film aired on June 23, 2006, serving as the finale of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' and the main continuity of the franchise with Stitch being with Lilo in Hawaii. In the film, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley are honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance (the name of the United Galactic Federation in ''The Series'') after successfully reforming all of the first 624 experiments. Jumba is given the key back to his old lab at Galaxy Defense Industries, Pleakley is made the head of Earth studies at Galactic Alliance Community College (G.A.C.C.), Stitch is made the Captain of the Galactic Armada as the commander of its newly commissioned ship the BRB-9000 (Big Red Battleship 9000) and Lilo, now Galactic Federation Ambassador to Earth, is designated the sole guardian of Stitch's "cousins". However, with the aliens' having to leave Earth, Lilo gives them parting gifts; a record of Elvis Presley's performance of "Aloha 'Oe", Pleakley an Earth rock as a paperweight, and Stitch a collar-like necklace with a tiki of [[w:Kū|Kū]], the Hawaiian god of strength.

Meanwhile, Gantu, who only managed to catch Experiment 625, decides to break Dr. Hämsterviel out of prison, leaving 625 stranded on Earth as Gantu flies off in his [[disney:Manta Shuttle|Manta Shuttle]], which only has two seats. As Stitch is assigned to go recapture Hämsterviel, Hämsterviel and Gantu burst into Jumba's lab and forces Jumba to create an evil twin of Stitch that Hämsterviel names [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]], who then gets into a fight with Stitch when he arrives, winning when Stitch is distracted by Pleakley's sudden appearance, allowing Leroy to throw Stitch into a containment capsule. Hämsterviel locks Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley into Pleakley's G.A.C.C. ship to send them towards a black hole, then clones Leroy into his own personal army, then goes off to the planet Turo take over the Galactic Alliance.

On Earth, Lilo misses Stitch and convinces 625 to allow her to use the videophone on Gantu's ship when she names him "Reuben", after the [[w:Reuben sandwich|Reuben sandwich]]. They contact the BRB-9000 to find what looks like Stitch, who is actually a shapeshifted Leroy but find him to be an imposter as he doesn't have Stitch's tiki necklace. After Leroy cuts off the feed, Lilo then motivates Reuben to repair the ship to rescue Stitch. Hämsterviel sends a Leroy clone to Earth to capture all the experiments to be destroyed, including Lilo's rival [[disney:Mertle Edmonds|Mertle Edmonds]] (voiced by [[w:Liliana Mumy|Liliana Mumy]] in ''The Series'' and all films except for ''Lilo & Stitch'', where she was voiced by Miranda Paige Walls), the owner of Experiment 007, Gigi. Lilo and Reuben arrive at Turo to find that the Hämsterviel has taken over the Galactic Alliance. Gantu locks away Lilo and Reuben but releases them after Hämsterviel fires him in favor of Leroy. After being trapped by Leroy clones in an attempt to, Lilo, Reuben and Gantu are then saved by the sudden appearance of the G.A.C.C. van, which went through the black hole but had its trajectory changed after, based on Jumba's personal calculations on how they could avoid being dumped to a volcanic planet by the black hole, Stitch disrupted the event horizon by biting into Pleakley's rock and throwing it at the black hole.

Lilo, Reuben and Gantu join Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley inside the van and head straight for Earth, where it's revealed that Leroy gathered all the experiments (and Mertle) at [[w:Aloha Stadium|Aloha Stadium]], where a concert is planned to take place in the future. Hämsterviel almost uses the weapons on the BRB-9000 to destroy the experiments, but the G.A.C.C. van suddenly appears and destroys the BRB's primary cannon. However, Hämsterviel brought his Leroy army as a backup, and soon the experiments and the Leroys have an epic battle against one another. As the Leroys start getting the upper hand, Jumba then remembers that he programmed a secret command in Leroy that if he hears "Aloha 'Oe", he will shut down. Stitch, Lilo, Reuben, and a few other experiments then put on a concert playing the song, causing all the Leroys to get violent seizures and shut down, and Hämsterviel is recaptured and sent back to prison.

The team is honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance, but Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley request to return to living on Earth with Lilo. The Grand Councilwoman grants their request and asks Gantu if he would like to be reinstated as a captain of the Galactic Armada. He agrees on the condition that Reuben joins him as his galley officer. Back on Earth, Lilo takes one final family photo with her ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', including Stitch, Nani David, Jumba, Pleakley, the experiments, and even Mertle, while in prison, an angry Hämsterviel taps his foot while the Leroys dance to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock".

==Spin-offs==
Since the end of the main continuity in 2006, Disney has produced a number of spin-offs focusing more on Stitch and his antics in various locations on Earth, making new friends with other human beings. All such spin-offs so far have been primarily made in the countries where such works take place. Additionally, the English versions of the animated spin-offs have featured an entirely different voice cast from the original, with [[w:Benjamin Diskin|Benjamin Diskin]] taking over as the voice of Stitch and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' screenwriter and executive producer [[w:Jess Winfield|Jess Winfield]] replacing David Ogden Stiers as the voice of Jumba.

===''Stitch!'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015)===
This Japanese anime series ran from 2008 to 2011 for 83 episodes and three specials, with an additional two specials broadcast in 2012 and 2015. The first two seasons, consisting of 54 episodes and two specials, were produced by Madhouse, while the 29 episodes of the third season and the last three specials were produced by Shin-Ei Animation. The English dub first debuted in Australia in 2009 and briefly ran in the United States on Disney XD in October 2011. The German dub of this series retitles it as ''Yuna & Stitch''.

In this series, Stitch has left Lilo after falsely believing that she abandoned him when she grew up. After spending time in space, he eventually ends up on the fictitious Izayoi Island, which is off the shore of Okinawa in the Ryukyus. There, he meets Yuna Kamihara (voiced by [[w:Eden Riegel|Eden Riegel]] in the English dub), a tomboyish local girl with an interest in karate, and he, Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Ted Biaselli|Ted Biaselli]]) join her family. On the island, Stitch discovers and learns about the "Spiritual Stone", a magical stone that can grant wishes provided one does 43 good deeds (which can be lost; Stitch loses good deeds often due to his mischievous behavior), and Stitch wishes to be the strongest being in the universe. However, by the end of the second season, when Stitch finally earns enough good deeds, he instead decides to use his wish to stay with Yuna instead. Throughout the two Madhouse seasons, Stitch also fights off against Dr. Hämsterviel (Kirk Thornton), who is at large along with Gantu (Keith Silverstein) and Experiment 625/Reuben (Dave Wittenberg), and wishes to use the stone to gain ultimate power.

In the third season, Yuna, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley instead move to Okinawa New Town with Yuna's cousin Tigerlily ([[w:Laura Bailey|Laura Bailey]]), while Hämsterviel partners with an alien woman named Delia ([[w:Mary Elizabeth McGlynn|Mary Elizabeth McGlynn]]) who desires to retrieve a power cell embedded within Stitch. She eventually creates her own powerful experiment, Dark End ([[w:Roger Craig Smith|Roger Craig Smith]]), to fight Stitch. Lilo ([[w:Gwendoline Yeo|Gwendoline Yeo]]), now an adult with a daughter named Ani ([[w:Melissa Fahn|Melissa Fahn]]) who looks remarkably identical to her back when she was a child, also returns in an episode to reunite with Stitch.

===''Stitch & Ai'' (2017)===
This English-language Chinese animated series was produced by Anhui Xinhua Media and Panimation Hwakai Media with cooperation with American animators, including some of the crew of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. It ran for one thirteen-episode season from March 27 to April 6, 2017, with a Mandarin Chinese dub, while the original English production was first broadcast in Southeast Asia from February 5 to 27, 2018. Twelve of the thirteen episodes were later released in the United States for free digital streaming on DisneyNow on December 1, 2018, although they were removed from the service by June 2019.

This series has Stitch kidnapped by a faction of alien criminals called the Jaboodies and held in their spaceship above Earth, only for a rival faction called the Woolagongs, who also want Stitch for themselves, attack the ship in an effort to capture him, allowing him to escape to Earth. Upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, he ends up in the Huangshan mountains in China's Anhui province. There he meets a spirited young girl named Wang Ai Ling (voiced in English by [[w:Erica Mendez|Erica Mendez]]), who lives in her home in the mountains her older sister Jeijei ([[w:Laura Post|Laura Post]]), but whose aunt Daiyu (Post) wants to move her out to live in the city under the false belief that she will have a better life there. Ai takes in Stitch as her "dog", and the two help each other with their problems. They are also joined by Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Lucien Dodge|Lucien Dodge]]) after they are initially sent by the Grand Councilwoman to rescue Stitch. However, Jumba is concerned that an ability he secretly programmed in Stitch, a metamorphosis ability that turns the little blue experiment into a giant destructive monster, could be triggered if the alien criminals still going after him try to subconsciously manipulate Stitch into triggering it.

===''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020)===
This Japanese manga spin-off was written and illustrated by Hiroto Wada, also known in Japan as ''Tono & Stitch'', and published digitally from January 13 to December 28, 2020. The English translation was published by Tokyopop through 2021, in three volumes. Unlike past works, Stitch ends up in Earth's past and befriends an adult male instead of a young girl. In this manga, Stitch ends up traveling through time as well as space, crash landing in Sengoku-era Japan. There he meets Meison Yamato, a samurai warlord who takes the blue "tanuki" after seeing his power and finding him to be "cute".

== Lilo & Stitch and furry ==
[[File:CSUMAward.jpg|200px|right|thumb|[[Chris Sanders]] (right) receiving ''Lilo & Stitch''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s award for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture at the 2002 Ursa Major Awards.]]
The original ''Lilo & Stitch'' film won the 2002 [[Ursa Major Awards|Ursa Major Award]] for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture;<ref name="UMA 2002">{{Cite web|url=https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2002.htm|author=Ursa Major Awards|accessdate=June 5, 2021|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2002 winners}}</ref> director Chris Sanders accepted the award in person. Separately, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' was nominated for the 2003 Ursa Major Award award for Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series for the series's first 27 episodes, but lost to ''[[Gary the Rat]]'', while its pilot film ''Stitch! The Movie'' was nominated for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture the same year, but lost to ''[[Finding Nemo]]''.<ref name="UMA 2003">{{Cite web|url=https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2003.htm|author=Ursa Major Awards|accessdate=June 5, 2021|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2003 winners}} '''Note:''' Although ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s twenty-eighth episode aired in 2003, UMA declared it have been "shown out of sequence" on December 12, 2003, negating it from being part of the nomination.</ref>

''Lilo & Stitch'' has a niche amount of popularity in the [[furry community]] due to the animalistic-looking aliens featured in the franchise, with Stitch being a modestly popular character within the furry fandom. Some of the other experiments, including his immediate predecessor [[disney:Reuben|Reuben (Experiment 625)]] and female counterpart, love interest, and mate [[disney:Angel|Angel (Experiment 624)]], are also recognizable. The film and the franchise's messages of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' and finding belongingness with others have also resonated with much of the furry fandom, as several furs have personally found belongingness within the fandom.

Some furs have an "experimentsona" or "Stitchsona"—a representation of oneself as a [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]], usually more based on Stitch's own design than other experiments—as their [[fursona]] or as an alternate form of their own pre-existing one, as if their main fursona was genetically modified by the creator of the experiments [[disney:Jumba Jookiba|Dr. Jumba Jookiba]] himself.

===Bara Stitch===
"'''Bara Stitch'''", also called "'''Himbo Stitch'''" and "'''Buff Stitch'''", refers to a trend in January and February 2021 of fan interpretations of "anthropomorphized" versions of Stitch. During the trend, several artists on Twitter and [[Fur Affinity]] shared fan art they made featuring such interpretations of Stitch. In such artwork, he is portrayed with a body shape of a human adult, oftentimes with some human-based features such as nipples, hands, and feet, while still maintaining most of his regular genetic experiment features including eyes, ears, nose, mouth, head shape, fur, and claws, though not necessarily all such features. His more humanoid body in such renditions is typically given a muscular build, overweight build or a build with a mixture of both per the aspects of male characters portrayed in works of the [[w:Bara (genre)|''bara'' genre]] (short for ''[[w:Barazoku|Barazoku]]'', which was a gay-oriented magazine in Japan) from which the trend takes its name. While Stitch has received most of the attention during the trend, some artists have drawn other ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters either instead of or alongside Stitch to bring more attention to them.

Several fan art of "anthropomorphic" Stitch have been made well before the trend, but not to the levels beforehand. Stitch is technically already an anthropomorphic creature since he has a high level of human-like intelligence and sentience and has opposable thumbs (or at least, fingers that can ''act'' much like opposable thumbs), but this isn't as apparent due to his somewhat feral appearance and at times behavior. Thus, "anthropomorphic Stitch" usually means a version of Stitch with a more humanoid body shape; this is usually given in the form of a body similar to a male human adult or teenager. Additionally, in the vein of [[w:Rule 63|Rule 63]] of the Internet, he has also been given female interpretations by fans, including with a humanoid body shape.

Early signs of the trend began around January 15, 2021. On that day, artist [[eclipticafusion]] posted a drawing of anthrofied versions of Stitch, Reuben, and Leroy based on drawings of "anthro Stitch" that he saw himself.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eclipticafusion/status/1350164949398646785|author=eclipticafusion|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=I saw some cute pics of anthro Stitch and wanted to try myself, of course added Reuben and Leroy}}</ref> This drawing got considerable attention; as of February 13, 2021, the tweet was retweeted 905 times and received over 5,100 likes.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet"/> Later that day, furry artist [https://twitter.com/xtbidx tbid] tweeted a drawing of a "himbo" Stitch they made the previous week,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350203216768626688|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=He’s a scribble from last week. Go check out/follow @Maxpany2 for some 👌 stitch himbo}}</ref> later posting an explicit version of the drawing over two hours later.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350235778496958464|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=ALOHA fuzzies # TGIF}}</ref> As of February 13, 2021, the tweet with the original "safe" version of the drawing has been retweeted 283 times and liked almost 1,300 times,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> while the tweet with the explicit version has been retweeted 652 times and liked over 3,000 times.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw"/> According to their first Stitch drawing tweet,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> they were inspired by the drawings of fellow furry artist [https://twitter.com/Maxpany2 Maxpany], who is known for his artwork involving usually male anthropomorphic cartoon characters given traits of [[macro]]ifcation (including the involvement of size growth and muscle growth), [[Hypertrophilia|hyper-endowment]], and/or obesity (including weight gain). Among the regular subjects in Maxpany's art are ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters, most often Stitch and Reuben. At the time of the trend, Maxpany was posting a series of drawing of his blue-furred, pink-haired anthropomorphic lemur fursona Max enjoying life with a taller, increasingly overweight version of Stitch as his "husband".<ref name="Maxpany Kiss the Cook tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Maxpany2/status/1348459836900601856|author=Maxpany|work=Twitter|date=January 10, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=the perfect husband doesn't exi- 😳😳😳😳😳}}</ref> (Although not depicted in this series, Max also has an alternate "experiment-sona" form based on the ''Lilo & Stitch'' experiments.)

The trend truly took off a week later on January 22, 2021, when, furry artist [[MineDoo]] posted a colored sketch of a bust portrait of Stitch with a buff chest, greyish-blue nipples, and a thick neck as he smirks at the viewer.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352793322121809921|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=Quick Stitch before bed 👀}}</ref> This drawing was also apparently inspired by Maxpany's Stitch drawings.<ref name="MineDoo reply tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352795673356283904|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=January 29, 2021|title=I blame YOU 👀✨}}</ref> The drawing garnered significant interest, with many Twitter users responding that they find the muscular rendition of the alien attractive, garnering over a thousand retweets and over 6,900 likes as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet"/>

MineDoo's drawing led to a windfall of other artists making their own renditions of an anthropomorphized Stitch. Others have also shared pre-2021 artwork of an anthropomorphic Stitch. These other renditions gave Stitch a variety of different designs and body shapes to these artists' liking, although some artists drew other characters from the franchise, either with or without Stitch, out of a desire to bring more attention to them. These characters were usually [[disney:Gantu|Gantu]] (the largest major character in the canon in both size and muscular shape), an "anthrofied" Reuben (who is one of the franchise's major experiments and is canonically chubbier than Stitch) and Jumba (the most obesely built character); "anthrofied" versions of [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]] and Angel, both of whom are among the better-known experiments in the fandom alongside Stitch and Reuben, were also made during the trend. Other artists have also opted to add an older [[disney:Lilo Pelekai|Lilo]] alongside Stitch to show them having "grown-up" together, even though the franchise has mostly excluded Lilo since ''Leroy & Stitch'', and Stitch is shown in official media to be incapable of growing taller or even aging. (Lilo has official teenage and adult designs as seen in the ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' episode "[[disney:Skip (episode)|Skip]]", when she and Stitch skip ahead ten and twenty years into the future, and the ''Stitch!'' episode "Lilo", which shows her and Stitch reuniting in her adulthood. However, several of these "older Lilo & Stitch" art pieces do not show her with the specific older body she has in those episodes.)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== See also ==
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch|''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)]] on [[Wikipedia]]
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|''Lilo & Stitch'' (franchise)]] on Wikipedia

==External links==
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Western Animation / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on [[TV Tropes]]
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/LiloAndStitch Franchise / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on TV Tropes
* [https://liloandstitch.fandom.com/wiki/Lilo_%26_Stitch_Wiki ''Lilo & Stitch'' Wiki] on Fandom

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{{Infobox website
| title = e621
| image = [[File:E621Logo.png|right|301px]]
| caption = "''The Tasty Furry Site''"
| author = '''Creator:''' [[Arcturus]]
*'''Owners:''' [[Varka]]
* '''Lead Admin''': [[NotMeNotYou]] <ref name="admins">[https://e621.net/users?commit=Search&search%5Blevel%5D=50&search%5Border%5D=name List of Admins] ''e621.net''. Retrieved November 9, 2021.</ref>
*'''Advisors''': [[Char (administrator)|Char]] <ref name="Char's Resignation">{{cite web|author=[[Char (administrator)|Char]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/70236|title=Char's Resignation|website=e621|date=May 19, 2013|accessdate=June 12, 2013}}</ref>
*'''Admins''': [[bitWolfy]], [[Dari]], [[DasaDevil]], [[Earlopain]], [[KiraNoot]], [[Knotty Curls]], [[Millcore]], [[Queen Tyr'ahnee]], [[Rainbow Dash]], [[SnowWolf (e621)|SnowWolf]], [[Xch3l]] <ref name="admins"/>
| url = https://e621.net/
* https://e926.net
| status = Online
| began =
'''e621''':
* February 10, 2007
* November 26, 2007
* September 8, 2010
'''e961''':
* July 10, 2009
'''e926''':
* November 1, 2012
| ended =
'''e621''':
* September 17, 2007
* August 30, 2010
* September 8, 2010 - present
'''e961''':
* November 15, 2009
| genre = Ouroboros Image board
| rating = [[File:Censor NC17 button.png]]
}}
'''e621''' is a [[adult|mature]] [[image board]] replacement for the image board [[Sidechan]]. A [[W:general audience|general audience]] image board, '''e926''' (formerly e961) complements this site. E621 runs off of the Ouroboros platform, a [[W:Imageboard#Danbooru-style_boards|danbooru]]-style software specifically designed for the site. It is likely that the site is named for the compound [[W:Monosodium glutamate|monosodium glutamate]], whose [[W:E number|E Number]] is E621.

== History ==

* September 17, 2007 - The site was closed down, citing on its front-page that claims had been made against the site for hosting [[Wikipedia:child pornography|child pornography]] and only the [[Oekaki]] board and the [[IRC]] channel remained active.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070917160028/http://e621.net/ e621 offline notice] - Archived by Wayback Machine, Sep 17, 2007.</ref>
* November 26, 2007 - e621 became active again, under the banner e621 2.0. It was forced offline for a few days over Christmas 2007 during the same [[Wikipedia:Distributed Denial of Service|DDoS]] attack that struck [[Fur Affinity]] and [[Fchan]].
* August 2010 - The website ended its operations briefly due to [[David Ross]] ('''Insane Kangaroo'''), lodging accusations of child pornography and copyright infringement with the principle hosting company.<ref name="Takedown Request">{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd366/HDSham/Screenshot2010-08-30at105324PM.png|title=Takedown Request Screenshot|website=e621|date=August 30, 2010|accessdate=August 31, 2010}}</ref> The site was formally shut down when he threatened [[Arcturus]] with deportation. The site returned to normal operation under a new owner on September 8, 2010.
* August 30, 2010 - The website's main page was replaced with a small note saying that e621 would be permanently shut down due to "numerous threats to our host, false claims of illegal content, harassment and a few things that are much worse."<ref name="Takedown Request"/> This time, only the IRC channel remained active.<ref>{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://www.e621.net/|title=e621 is over. sorry.|website=e621|date=August 31, 2010|accessdate=August 31, 2010}}</ref>
* August 31, 2010 - It was announced that the site will simply be resuming with a new admin, Varka, after a short downtime.{{fact}} Announced changes to the site include an updated takedown policy to amend some of the issues leading to the threats issued in previous days.{{fact}}
* September 1, 2010 - A website by the same name has appeared in the guise of Adobe Flash Media Server 3.5, as confusing as this is, both are different only due to the WWW prefix. That, or the old one was absolved by Adobe, while the new one is using the WWW prefix. Anonymous of Jacksonville says e621 simply has a messed up DNS record for the base domain, but the WWW subdomain is still correctly configured. Either the record's TTL hasn't yet expired (in the case of hacking or hostile takeover, this is a good thing) or someone somewhere has made a silly mistake. (When the site is typed in with, and without WWW it goes to Varka's page, the site itself depending how you reach it will send you to either by a 50/50 chance, it's easier to just put in WWW with it.) (needs update).
* September 8, 2010 - The website was passed from Arcturus to Varka. Varka has implemented a newer, more artist-friendly takedown policy. There will also be more artist involvement that includes obtaining prints from Inkbunny and going to the artist's chosen website for commissions.<ref name="forum8456">{{cite web|author=[[Varka]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/8456|title=ANNOUNCEMENT: e621 changeover, new policy, next steps|website=e621|date=September 10, 2010|accessdate=September 23, 2010}}</ref>
* January 18, 2012 - e621 joined many other sites in protesting the [[W:PROTECT IP Act|PROTECT IP Act]] (PIPA) and [[W:SOPA|Stop Online Piracy Act]] (SOPA), by taking down its page and replacing it with the page that stated for others to write to their congressmen, being entirely generated by user content, e621 was a high risk target under the SOPA legislation, and took the site down with others for the protest.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120118152135/http://e621.net/ "What? Why can't I use e621?"] - Retrieved via the [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Wayback Machine], January 18, 2012.</ref>
* February 2014 - The site hosts over four hundred thousand active posts ranging from non-[[sexual]] images to extreme [[paraphilia|fetishes]],{{fact}} with more than sixty-thousand users.{{fact}}
* August 18, 2014 - The site hosts over 450,000 active posts with over 140,000 users.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140818093004/https://e621.net/stats e621 Stats] - Retrieved via the [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Wayback Machine], April 28, 2017.</ref>
* April 28, 2017 - The site hosts over 1,000,000 active posts with almost 250,000 users.<ref>[https://archive.is/mfi95 e621 Stats] - Retrieved via [https://archive.is/ Archive.is], April 28, 2017.</ref>
* October 24, 2019 - Admin and lead programmer [[KiraNoot]] announces a new version of e621 that has been in the works for months and [https://beta.e621.net a beta version of the new site] is available to use for stress testing.<ref>{{cite web|author=[[KiraNoot|Kira]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/279936|title=Introducing the e621 Beta Site|website=e621|date=October 24, 2019|accessdate=October 24, 2019}}</ref> The new version uses a more modern platform modeled after the current version of Danbooru.
* February 12, 2020 - Lead admin NotMeNotYou announces that the new version of e621 is nearing completion. The new version would include a new "Lore" tag category (which includes "canonical" gender identities) and the ability to search up to 40 tags at once.<ref name="new e6 near-complete">{{cite web|author=[[NotMeNotYou]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/283533|title=<nowiki>[Beta]</nowiki> The new e621 is nearing completion|website=e621|date=February 12, 2020|accessdate=February 13, 2020}}</ref>
* March 5, 2020 - The new version of e621 leaves beta and replaces the old site.

== Policies and content ==

e621 makes use of a [[DNP]] list, and takedown requests are honored when following the guidelines of the Takedown page (https://e621.net/static/takedown). Images that are removed are also blacklisted to prevent posting.

Registration requests for inclusion on the site by artists and users might or might not be moderated by e621's staff, depending on the amount of spammers or trolls they are being hit with.

Uploading of photographic child pornography or bestiality media is not permitted, and uploading of images from pay-sites is discouraged, with the exception of a few images (usually for publicity purposes).

Additionally, any post could be deleted without notice if they fail to meet a standard of quality as determined by the moderators (poorly drawn or badly compressed art), though this is uncommon.

Regarding post tagging, the site uses a "tag-what-you-see" (TWYS) tagging system where posts are tagged based on what is visible in the images and animations. (https://e621.net/wiki/show/twys) Although this system is seen as highly effective for searching and blacklisting, it has caused several conflicts between the site's administration and a number of its user base and various posts' artists, primarily regarding the tagging of genders. The site features a page on its wiki specifying how they tag genders. (https://e621.net/wiki/show/howto:tag_genders) Despite said page featuring a disclaimer stating that the site's gender tagging system is only for the purposes of searches and blacklists, "''Not and '''Never''''' for describing the character" (i.e. not as a personal labeling system), this policy has nevertheless led to a number of artists requesting DNP status{{cn}} solely out of a refusal to accept the site's tagging policies. Eventually, it was announced on February 12, 2020 that the new version of the site would include the introduction of a new "lore" tags category to complement the TWYS system, including canonical (i.e. by what the artist or copyright owner says) gender identity tags.<ref name="new e6 near-complete"/> However, "Lore" tags will be a locked tag category; only administrators would be able to add tags to the "lore" category after they sanction them first.<ref name="new e6 near-complete"/> Nevertheless, the site's TWYS, gender tagging, and "minimum quality standards" policies have led to continued criticism among several artists and members of the site (former and current).{{cn}}

On June 22, 2019, after having received several complaints about the vulgar terms "dickgirl" and "cuntboy" as gender tags over time, head admin NotMeNotYou announced that the tags would be aliased to less vulgar terms "gynomorph" and "andromorph". Other tags that incorporate the two vulgar terms would also be aliased to use the less vulgar terms.<ref name="forum274480">{{cite web|author=[[NotMeNotYou]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/274480|title={{!(}}Announcement{{!)}} Making our gender tags less vulgar|website=e621|date=June 22, 2019|accessdate=June 22, 2019}}</ref>

== Mascot ==
[[File:Small_Esix_Keishinkae.png|175px|thumb|Esix, one of the site's mascots. Esix was in the top spot in the site redesign planned for 2010.]]
e621 has two [[mascot]]s, both of them being [[feline]] [[character]]s; '''[https://e621.net/wiki/show/hexerade Hexerade]''' and '''[https://e621.net/wiki/show/esix Esix]'''.

=== Controversy ===

Early in 2010, the owners of e621 were looking for a mascot to adorn the site. After asking the site's users to come up with their own ideas, a poll was opened to decide on which character should be selected. However, a few weeks afterward the poll was closed prematurely as it came to light that one of the contestants had been rigging the contest by signing up many alts through proxies to vote his mascot up.{{cn}}

In response to this, the administrators announced that they would select a mascot among themselves. After deliberation, they selected a five character mascot team from the leaders of the poll, featuring characters by [[Mellis]], [[Chizi]], [[Keishinkae]], [[Darkdoomer]] and [[Manafox]].<ref name="Mascot">{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1261051/|title=Mascot Contest Over, Winners Announced!|website=FurAffinity|date=2010|accessdate=8 Jul 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== e961/e926 ==

In July 2009, a work-safe counterpart, e961.net, was brought online. The site was named after the E number of the then-new artificial sweetener, [[W:neotame|Neotame]]. Unfortunately, in November 2009 it was aliased to the original site due to traffic issues caused by the popularity of e621.<ref name="e961 forum565">{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/565|title=At work? Nosy family? No problems!|website=e621|date=July 14, 2009|accessdate=November 8, 2009}}</ref> However, users who want to view only safe for work content can use the "rating:safe" tag to exclude all mature content from e621, except banner adverts which will still include adult content. Images can also be filtered by placing ratings (i.e., rating:explicit) on the tag blacklist.

In November 2012, e961 was rebuilt as ''e926'', a joke for it being a "bleached" version of the site, was reinstated along with updates to the main site. It displays content from e621 that strictly has a "Safe" rating. The site's login system shares e621's login database and servers, but requires a separate login, as it has its own cookies. Notably, it also has its own "safe for work" advertising. However, like the main e621 domain, users under 18 years of age are not allowed to visit e926, due to the aforementioned shared database and servers.

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
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* [https://e621.net/wiki e621]'s [[W:Wiki|Wiki]]
* [https://www.facebook.com/E621net e621] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://twitter.com/e621dotnet e621] on [[Twitter]]
* [irc://irc.furnet.org/e621 #e621] [[IRC]] channel on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]]

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[[Category:Rated NC17]]
[[Category:Ursa Major Award winners]]
[[Category:2007 births]]
[[it:E621]]
[[ru:E621]]

E621

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{{Infobox website
| title = e621
| image = [[File:E621Logo.png|right|301px]]
| caption = "''The Tasty Furry Site''"
| author = '''Creator:''' [[Arcturus]]
*'''Owners:''' [[Varka]]
* '''Lead Admin''': [[NotMeNotYou]] <ref name="admins">[https://e621.net/users?commit=Search&search%5Blevel%5D=50&search%5Border%5D=name List of Admins] ''e621.net''. Retrieved November 9, 2021.</ref>
*'''Advisors''': [[Char (administrator)|Char]] <ref name="Char's Resignation">{{cite web|author=[[Char (administrator)|Char]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/70236|title=Char's Resignation|website=e621|date=May 19, 2013|accessdate=June 12, 2013}}</ref>
*'''Admins''': [[bitWolfy]], [[Dari]], [[DasaDevil]], [[Earlopain]], [[KiraNoot]], [[Knotty Curls]], [[Millcore]], [[Queen Tyr'ahnee]], [[Rainbow Dash]], [[SnowWolf (e621)|SnowWolf]], [[Xch3l]] <ref name="admins"/>
| url = https://e621.net/
* https://e926.net
| status = Online
| began =
'''e621''':
* February 10, 2007
* November 26, 2007
* September 8, 2010
'''e961''':
* July 10, 2009
'''e926''':
* November 1, 2012
| ended =
'''e621''':
* September 17, 2007
* August 30, 2010
* September 8, 2010 - present
'''e961''':
* November 15, 2009
| genre = Ouroboros Image board
| rating = [[File:Censor NC17 button.png]]
}}
'''e621''' is a [[adult|mature]] [[image board]] replacement for the image board [[Sidechan]]. A [[W:general audience|general audience]] image board, '''e926''' (formerly e961) complements this site. E621 runs off of the Ouroboros platform, a [[W:Imageboard#Danbooru-style_boards|danbooru]]-style software specifically designed for the site. It is likely that the site is named for the compound [[W:Monosodium glutamate|monosodium glutamate]], whose [[W:E number|E Number]] is E621.

== History ==

* September 17, 2007 - The site was closed down, citing on its front-page that claims had been made against the site for hosting [[Wikipedia:child pornography|child pornography]] and only the [[Oekaki]] board and the [[IRC]] channel remained active.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070917160028/http://e621.net/ e621 offline notice] - Archived by Wayback Machine, Sep 17, 2007.</ref>
* November 26, 2007 - e621 became active again, under the banner e621 2.0. It was forced offline for a few days over Christmas 2007 during the same [[Wikipedia:Distributed Denial of Service|DDoS]] attack that struck [[Fur Affinity]] and [[Fchan]].
* August 2010 - The website ended its operations briefly due to [[David Ross]] ('''Insane Kangaroo'''), lodging accusations of child pornography and copyright infringement with the principle hosting company.<ref name="Takedown Request">{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd366/HDSham/Screenshot2010-08-30at105324PM.png|title=Takedown Request Screenshot|website=e621|date=August 30, 2010|accessdate=August 31, 2010}}</ref> The site was formally shut down when he threatened [[Arcturus]] with deportation. The site returned to normal operation under a new owner on September 8, 2010.
* August 30, 2010 - The website's main page was replaced with a small note saying that e621 would be permanently shut down due to "numerous threats to our host, false claims of illegal content, harassment and a few things that are much worse."<ref name="Takedown Request"/> This time, only the IRC channel remained active.<ref>{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://www.e621.net/|title=e621 is over. sorry.|website=e621|date=August 31, 2010|accessdate=August 31, 2010}}</ref>
* August 31, 2010 - It was announced that the site will simply be resuming with a new admin, Varka, after a short downtime.{{fact}} Announced changes to the site include an updated takedown policy to amend some of the issues leading to the threats issued in previous days.{{fact}}
* September 1, 2010 - A website by the same name has appeared in the guise of Adobe Flash Media Server 3.5, as confusing as this is, both are different only due to the WWW prefix. That, or the old one was absolved by Adobe, while the new one is using the WWW prefix. Anonymous of Jacksonville says e621 simply has a messed up DNS record for the base domain, but the WWW subdomain is still correctly configured. Either the record's TTL hasn't yet expired (in the case of hacking or hostile takeover, this is a good thing) or someone somewhere has made a silly mistake. (When the site is typed in with, and without WWW it goes to Varka's page, the site itself depending how you reach it will send you to either by a 50/50 chance, it's easier to just put in WWW with it.) (needs update).
* September 8, 2010 - The website was passed from Arcturus to Varka. Varka has implemented a newer, more artist-friendly takedown policy. There will also be more artist involvement that includes obtaining prints from Inkbunny and going to the artist's chosen website for commissions.<ref name="forum8456">{{cite web|author=[[Varka]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/8456|title=ANNOUNCEMENT: e621 changeover, new policy, next steps|website=e621|date=September 10, 2010|accessdate=September 23, 2010}}</ref>
* January 18, 2012 - e621 joined many other sites in protesting the [[W:PROTECT IP Act|PROTECT IP Act]] (PIPA) and [[W:SOPA|Stop Online Piracy Act]] (SOPA), by taking down its page and replacing it with the page that stated for others to write to their congressmen, being entirely generated by user content, e621 was a high risk target under the SOPA legislation, and took the site down with others for the protest.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120118152135/http://e621.net/ "What? Why can't I use e621?"] - Retrieved via the [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Wayback Machine], January 18, 2012.</ref>
* February 2014 - The site hosts over four hundred thousand active posts ranging from non-[[sexual]] images to extreme [[paraphilia|fetishes]],{{fact}} with more than sixty-thousand users.{{fact}}
* August 18, 2014 - The site hosts over 450,000 active posts with over 140,000 users.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140818093004/https://e621.net/stats e621 Stats] - Retrieved via the [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Wayback Machine], April 28, 2017.</ref>
* April 28, 2017 - The site hosts over 1,000,000 active posts with almost 250,000 users.<ref>[https://archive.is/mfi95 e621 Stats] - Retrieved via [https://archive.is/ Archive.is], April 28, 2017.</ref>
* October 24, 2019 - Admin and lead programmer [[KiraNoot]] announces a new version of e621 that has been in the works for months and [https://beta.e621.net a beta version of the new site] is available to use for stress testing.<ref>{{cite web|author=[[KiraNoot|Kira]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/279936|title=Introducing the e621 Beta Site|website=e621|date=October 24, 2019|accessdate=October 24, 2019}}</ref> The new version uses a more modern platform modeled after the current version of Danbooru.
* February 12, 2020 - Lead admin NotMeNotYou announces that the new version of e621 is nearing completion. The new version would include a new "Lore" tag category (which includes "canonical" gender identities) and the ability to search up to 40 tags at once.<ref name="new e6 near-complete">{{cite web|author=[[NotMeNotYou]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/283533|title=<nowiki>[Beta]</nowiki> The new e621 is nearing completion|website=e621|date=February 12, 2020|accessdate=February 13, 2020}}</ref>
* March 5, 2020 - The new version of e621 leaves beta and replaces the old site.

== Policies and content ==

e621 makes use of a [[DNP]] list, and takedown requests are honored when following the guidelines of the Takedown page (https://e621.net/static/takedown). Images that are removed are also blacklisted to prevent posting.

Registration requests for inclusion on the site by artists and users might or might not be moderated by e621's staff, depending on the amount of spammers or trolls they are being hit with.

Uploading of photographic child pornography or bestiality media is not permitted, and uploading of images from pay-sites is discouraged, with the exception of a few images (usually for publicity purposes).

Additionally, any post could be deleted without notice if they fail to meet a standard of quality as determined by the moderators (poorly drawn or badly compressed art), though this is uncommon.

Regarding post tagging, the site uses a "tag-what-you-see" (TWYS) tagging system where posts are tagged based on what is visible in the images and animations. (https://e621.net/wiki/show/twys) Although this system is seen as highly effective for searching and blacklisting, it has caused several conflicts between the site's administration and a number of its user base and various posts' artists, primarily regarding the tagging of genders. The site features a page on its wiki specifying how they tag genders. (https://e621.net/wiki/show/howto:tag_genders) Despite said page featuring a disclaimer stating that the site's gender tagging system is only for the purposes of searches and blacklists, "''Not and '''Never''''' for describing the character" (i.e. not as a personal labeling system), this policy has nevertheless led to a number of artists requesting DNP status{{cn}} solely out of a refusal to accept the site's tagging policies. Eventually, it was announced on February 12, 2020 that the new version of the site would include the introduction of a new "lore" tags category to complement the TWYS system, including canonical (i.e. by what the artist or copyright owner says) gender identity tags.<ref name="new e6 near-complete"/> However, "Lore" tags will be a locked tag category; only administrators would be able to add tags to the "lore" category after they sanction them first.<ref name="new e6 near-complete"/> Nevertheless, the site's TWYS, gender tagging, and "minimum quality standards" policies have led to continued criticism among several artists and members of the site (former and current).{{cn}}

On June 22, 2019, after having received several complaints about the vulgar terms "dickgirl" and "cuntboy" as gender tags over time, head admin NotMeNotYou announced that the tags would be aliased to less vulgar terms "gynomorph" and "andromorph". Other tags that incorporate the two vulgar terms would also be aliased to use the less vulgar terms.<ref name="forum274480">{{cite web|author=[[NotMeNotYou]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/274480|title={{!(}}Announcement{{!)}} Making our gender tags less vulgar|website=e621|date=June 22, 2019|accessdate=June 22, 2019}}</ref>

== Mascot ==
[[File:Small_Esix_Keishinkae.png|175px|thumb|Esix, one of the site's mascots. Esix was in the top spot in the site redesign planned for 2010.]]
e621 has two [[mascot]]s, both of them being [[feline]] [[character]]s; '''[https://e621.net/wiki/show/hexerade Hexerade]''' and '''[https://e621.net/wiki/show/esix Esix]'''.

=== Controversy ===

Early in 2010, the owners of e621 were looking for a mascot to adorn the site. After asking the site's users to come up with their own ideas, a poll was opened to decide on which character should be selected. However, a few weeks afterward the poll was closed prematurely as it came to light that one of the contestants had been rigging the contest by signing up many alts through proxies to vote his mascot up.{{cn}}

In response to this, the administrators announced that they would select a mascot among themselves. After deliberation, they selected a five character mascot team from the leaders of the poll, featuring characters by [[Mellis]], [[Chizi]], [[Keishinkae]], [[Darkdoomer]] and [[Manafox]].<ref name="Mascot">{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1261051/|title=Mascot Contest Over, Winners Announced!|website=FurAffinity|date=2010|accessdate=8 Jul 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== e961/e926 ==

In July 2009, a work-safe counterpart, e961.net, was brought online. The site was named after the E number of the then-new artificial sweetener, [[W:neotame|Neotame]]. Unfortunately, in November 2009 it was aliased to the original site due to traffic issues caused by the popularity of e621.<ref name="e961 forum565">{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/565|title=At work? Nosy family? No problems!|website=e621|date=July 14, 2009|accessdate=November 8, 2009}}</ref> However, users who want to view only safe for work content can use the "rating:safe" tag to exclude all mature content from e621, except banner adverts which will still include adult content. Images can also be filtered by placing ratings (i.e., rating:explicit) on the tag blacklist.

In November 2012, e961 was rebuilt as ''e926'', a joke for it being a "bleached" version of the site, was reinstated along with updates to the main site. It displays content from e621 that strictly has a "Safe" rating. The site's login system shares e621's login database and servers, but requires a separate login, as it has its own cookies. Notably, it also has its own "safe for work" advertising. Despite this, users under 18 years of age are not allowed to visit either e621 or e926, since they both share the same servers even though the latter domain hides all non-"Safe"-rated content.

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
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* [https://e621.net/wiki e621]'s [[W:Wiki|Wiki]]
* [https://www.facebook.com/E621net e621] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://twitter.com/e621dotnet e621] on [[Twitter]]
* [irc://irc.furnet.org/e621 #e621] [[IRC]] channel on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]]

{{Image boards}}
{{Media archives}}
{{UMAs for Best Website}}
[[Category:Mature image boards]]
[[Category:Rated NC17]]
[[Category:Ursa Major Award winners]]
[[Category:2007 births]]
[[it:E621]]
[[ru:E621]]

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|name = UMAs for Best Motion Picture
|title = Ursa Major Award winners for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture

|list1 = ''[[w:Shrek|Shrek]]'' (2001){{·}} ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'' (2002){{·}} ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' (2003){{·}} ''[[w:Shrek 2|Shrek 2]]'' (2004){{·}} ''[[w:The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'' (2005){{·}} ''[[Over The Hedge (film)|Over The Hedge]]'' (2006){{·}} ''[[Ratatouille]]'' (2007){{·}} ''[[Bolt]]'' (2008){{·}} ''Avatar'' (2009){{,}} ''How to Train Your Dragon'' (2010) {{·}} ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]'' (2011) {{·}} ''[[w:Brave (2012 film)|Brave]]'' (2012) {{·}} ''[[w:Frozen (2013 flim)|Frozen]]'' (2013) {{·}} ''[[w:Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]'' (2014) {{·}} ''[[w:Inside Out|Inside Out]]'' (2015) {{·}} ''[[Zootopia]]'' (2016) {{·}} ''[[w:Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2|Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2]]'' (2017) {{·}} ''[[w:Isle of Dogs|Isle of Dogs]]'' (2018) {{·}} ''[[W:Detective Pikachu (film)|Pokémon Detective Pikachu]]'' (2019) {{·}} ''[[Wolfwalkers]]'' (2020) {{·}} ''[[w:Raya and the Last Dragon|Raya and the Last Dragon]]'' (2021)

|below = See also: Winners for [[Template:UMAs for Other literary work|Other Literary Work]], [[Template:UMAs for Best Novel|Best Novel]], [[Template:UMAs for Best Published illustration|Best Published Illustration]], [[Template:UMAs for Best Graphic story|Best Graphic Story]], [[Template:UMAs for Best Motion Picture|Best Motion Picture]], [[Template:UMAs for Best Magazine|Best Magazine]], [[Template:UMAs for Best Comic Strip|Best Comic Strip]], [[Template:UMAs for Best Game|Best Game]], [[Template:UMAs for Best Short Subject or Series|Best Short Subject or Series]], [[Template:UMAs for Best Short fiction|Best Short Fiction]], [[Template:UMAs for Best Website|Best Website]]
}}
<noinclude>
See also:
* <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:UMAs for Best Short Subject or Series|UMAs for Best Short Subject or Series]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
* <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:UMAs for Other literary work|UMAs for Other Literary Work]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
* <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:UMAs for Best Novel|UMAs for Best Novel]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
* <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:UMAs for Best Published illustration|UMAs for Best Published illustration]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
* <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:UMAs for Best Graphic story|UMAs for Best Graphic story]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
* <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:UMAs for Best Motion Picture|UMAs for Best Motion Picture]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
* <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:UMAs for Best Magazine|UMAs for Best Magazine]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
* <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:UMAs for Best Comic Strip|UMAs for Best Comic Strip]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
* <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:UMAs for Best Game|UMAs for Best Game]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
* <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:UMAs for Best Short fiction|UMAs for Best Short fiction]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
* <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:UMAs for Best Website|UMAs for Best Website]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
[[Category:Related content directories]]
</noinclude>

Furiffic

2022-07-11T00:09:52Z

Polymorphic: Further edits.

{{Wikify}}
{{unref}}
{{context}}
{{Infobox website
| title = Furiffic
| image = [[File:Furiffic-paw.jpg|150px]]
| caption =
| author = [[Bun Fluffpaws]]
| url = https://www.furiffic.com/
| version = 0.6.4
| status = Defunct
| slogan = ''By the furs, Fur the furs''.
| began = May 2013 (dev. version), January 2014 (beta version), June 2015 (stable version)
| ended = June 1, 2022
| articlecount =
| genre = Social media community
| rating = {{Rating-nc17-button|center}}
}}

'''Furiffic''' was a [[furry]] [[art]] [[W:Social media|social media]] site driven by community feedback, with a high focus towards speed and usability. The site had 11,820 members<ref>[https://www.furiffic.com/accounts?sort=registered:desc All Members List] - Retrieved 6 August, 2019.</ref> as of August 6, 2019.

The site announced in March 2022 that it would shut down its servers on June 1, 2022. The website went offline on that date as promised.

==Mascots ==
Furiffic had two mascot:<ref name="FAQ"/>
* Cy,<ref name="FAQ"/> a [[white-tailed deer]].<ref name="Cy-char-page"/>
* Caro,<ref name="FAQ"/> a [[W:Shire horse|Shire horse]].<ref name="Caro-char-page"/>

==Features==
*Gallery folders (user managed/automatic based on supplied search term)
*Multi submission uploaded
*Personal view tracking over time per submission/account
*Hide a search term site wide (Anti filter)
*Blocking a user from being able to see your profile/contacting you
*Subscribe to a search term
*Subscribing to a user
*Customizable site notifications
*Customizable email notifications
*Journals with short description for overview
*Multiple methods of logging in/signing up, username/Facebook/Twitter/Google +
*Group chat messaging
*Real time messaging
*High mobile support
*Able to send media files through messaging system
*Profile contact information, social networks/chat programs/payment details/etc...
*Responsive/point of focus featured submission across profile header
*Media and journal visibility (public, registered, private, unlisted)
*Characters
*Character tagging in media items
*Tag suggesting
*Character tag requesting (For semi private character tagging)
*Pages
*Page Type - Groups
*Page Type - Events
*Page Type - Places
*Page Type - Shops

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Notification type !! Support !! Date added
|-
| Subscriptions || Site/Email || V0.2 (29/Apr/14)
|-
| Journal Subscriptions || Site/Email || V0.4 (12/Jun/14)
|-
| Comments || Site/Email || V0.4 (12/Jun/14)
|-
| Favourites || Site/Email || V0.2 (29/Apr/14)
|-
| Subscribed || Site/Email || V0.4 (12/Jun/14)
|-
| Messages || Site/Email || V0.3.1 (1/Jun/14)
|-
| Receiving Posts || Site/Email || V0.5 (12/Feb/15)
|-
| Mentions || Site/Email || V0.6.5 (28/Dec/15)
|-
| System || Site/Email(Non-optional) || V0.6.5 (28/Dec/15)
|-
| Requests || Site/Email || V0.6.5 (28/Dec/15)
|-
| Page Posts || Site/Email || V0.7 (28/Mar/16)
|-
| Page Manage Notifications || Site/Email || V0.7 (28/Mar/16)
|}

==Hardware==
* [Unnamed - 04/2013 - 06/2013] 1 virtual core, 25GB Storage, 1GB RAM, 100Mbit connection with 1TB Bandwidth
* [Unnamed - 06/2013 - 02/2014] Amd athlon Dual core, 2GB RAM, 2x320GB drives in RAID1, 100MBit connection with 5TB Bandwidth
* [Cookie - 02/2014 - Current<ref>This server has been set to be decomissioned around 08/2016</ref>] Furiffic runs on a Core i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz with 32GB DDR3 RAM and 2x2TB drives in RAID 1.{{cn}} It has a 1GBit connection, with 30TB bandwidth.{{cn}}
* [Minion-1 - 10/2015 - 01/2016] Samsung Exynos-5422 Octa-Core, 32GB MicroSD, 2GB LPDDR3, 1GBit connection with 10TB Bandwidth
* [Cupcake - 07/2016 - Ongoing<ref>This is a upcoming replacement server, an official date has not been set</ref>] Intel® Core™ i7-6700 Quad-Core Skylake @ 3.4GHz with 64GB DDR4 RAM AND 2x2TB drives in RAID 1. 1Gbit connection, with 30TB bandwidth
* [Buttcake - 07/2016 - Ongoing<ref>This is a upcoming replacement server, an official date has not been set</ref>] 2 virtual cores, 100GB Storage, 4GB Ram, 1Gbit connection with 8TB Bandwidth

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="FAQ">[https://www.furiffic.com/_/knowledge-base/frequently-asked-questions Frequently asked questions · Knowledge base · Furiffic]. Retrieved August 6, 2019.</ref>
<ref name="Cy-char-page">[https://www.furiffic.com/Lag/characters/7025 Cy · Characters · Tea · Furiffic]. Retrieved August 6, 2019.</ref>
<ref name="Caro-char-page">[https://www.furiffic.com/Lag/characters/7026 Caro · Characters · Tea · Furiffic]. Retrieved August 6, 2019.</ref>
</references>

{{website-stub}}

{{Media archives}}
[[Category:Mature art archives]]
[[Category:2013 births]]
[[Category:2022 deaths]]
[[Category:Social networking websites]]

Template:Media archives

2022-07-11T00:07:45Z

Polymorphic: Furiffic is now defunct.

{{Navbox
|name = Media archives
|title = Web-based community archives for fiction, video and images
|above = [[Comparison of furry art sites]]

|group1 = Clean/PG-rated
|list1 = [[Anthrofiction Network]] {{·}} [[ArtRise]] {{·}} [[Art Fight]] {{·}} [[Bigfurs.com]] {{·}} [[DeviantArt]] {{·}} [[Epilogue]] {{·}} [[Fanart Central]] {{·}} [[Foxbox.cc]] {{·}} [[Furs4You]] {{·}} [[The Fursuit Archive]] {{·}} [[The Lion King Fan-Art Archive]] {{·}} [[Nursery Tails]]{{·}} [[Polfurs]] {{·}} [[Pregfur.org]] {{·}} [[Side 7]] {{·}}[[Scratch.mit.edu]] {{·}} [[WildDream Art]] {{·}} [[YouTube]]

|group2 = Mature content
|list2 = [[AGNPH]] {{·}} [[Anthropomorphic Fandom Repository]] {{·}} [[Choose Your Own Change]] {{·}} [[Eka's Portal]] {{·}} [[e621]] {{·}} [[Fur Affinity]] {{·}} [[furry.ink]] {{·}} [[Furry Network (art archive)|Furry Network]] {{·}} [[Furry Play]] {{·}} [[Herpy (website)|Herpy Reference Archive]] {{·}} [[hentai-foundry]] {{·}}
[[Hotfurs.com]] {{·}} [[Inkbunny]] {{·}} [[InkedFur]] {{·}} [[Jab Archives]] {{·}} [[Kemoner (website)|Kemoner]] {{·}} [[KemonoArt]] {{·}} [[MamaBliss Story Archive]] {{·}} [[Newgrounds]] {{·}} [[The Mark Stretch Gallery Of The Unusual]] {{·}} [[Palcomix]] {{·}} [[Pixiv]] {{·}} [[Plush.yiff]] {{·}} [[SoFurry]] {{·}} [[Transfur]] {{·}} [[VCL]] {{·}} [[Weasyl]] {{·}} [[The Hot Lionsex]] {{·}} [[The Yiff Gallery]] {{·}} [[Yiff.ru]] {{·}} [[Yiffer.xyz]] {{·}} [[YiffTube]] {{·}} [[YiffyFur]]
|group3 = Defunct(?) or not recently updated
|list3 = [[AnthroArchives]] {{·}} [[Anthro World War II Art Bunker]] {{·}} [[AnthroNet]] {{·}} [[Antropomorfo.com]] {{·}} [[Anthrostar]] {{·}} [[ArtPlz]] {{·}} [[ArtSpots]] {{·}} [[ArtVark]] {{·}} [[Avatar Archive]] {{·}} [[Blue Taboo]] (Yiffit) {{·}} [[The Carpathia Project]] {{·}} [[CubAffinity]] {{·}} [[Cub Central]] {{·}} [[Elfwood]] {{·}} [[Furcadia Art Zone]] {{·}} [[FurLicious Studios]] {{·}} [[Furlook]] {{·}} [[Furocity]] {{·}} [[Furplz]] {{·}} [[Fur Paws]] {{·}} [[FurRag]] {{·}} [[Furry Play]] {{·}} [[Furry Pleasures]]{{·}} [[FurTube]]{{·}} [[Furverts (art archive)|Furverts]] {{·}} [[got fox|got fox?]] {{·}} [[House Rancourt]] {{·}} [[Mia's Index of Anthro' Stories]] {{·}} [[MobianLegends]]{{·}} [[Mpregfur]]{{·}} [[Offscale.org|Offscale]] {{·}} [[Orlando Furry Archives]] {{·}} [[The Round House]] (updated 2010) {{·}} [[Y!Gallery]]{{·}} [[Yerf]] (archived by Yerf Historical Archive) {{·}} [[Transformation Story Archive]] (updated 2003)

|group4 = Defunct
|list4 =[[ArtPiles]] {{·}} [[Furiffic]] {{·}} [[Furry Art Pile]] {{·}} [[InflatableFurs.com]] {{·}} [[The InflatioNation]] {{·}} [[PlayMouse]] {{·}} [[Pregfur.org]] {{·}} [[PureYiff]] {{·}} [[Rubberfurs.org]] {{·}} [[SheezyArt]]{{·}} [[Storm-Artists.net]] (2019: data retrieval available) {{·}} [[TFCentral]] {{·}} [[Vor-Com]] {{·}} [[Xenographia]] {{·}} [[YiffCo]] {{·}} [[Yiffstar]] {{·}} [[yiff.party]] {{·}} [[Yiffy.net]] (2019: redirect to furry.ink) {{·}} [[Yiffy.Tk]]{{·}} [[Yiffy Flash]] {{·}} [[Yiffy International]] (2019: redirect to furry.ink) {{·}} [[YNA]]

}}
<noinclude>
[[Category:Related content directories]]
</noinclude>

Furiffic

2022-07-11T00:03:42Z

Polymorphic: Updated.

{{Wikify}}
{{unref}}
{{context}}
{{Infobox website
| title = Furiffic
| image = [[File:Furiffic-paw.jpg|150px]]
| caption =
| author = [[Bun Fluffpaws]]
| url = https://www.furiffic.com/
| version = 0.6.4
| status = Defunct
| slogan = ''By the furs, Fur the furs''.
| began = May 2013 (dev. version), January 2014 (beta version), June 2015 (stable version)
| ended = June 1, 2022
| articlecount =
| genre = Social media community
| rating = {{Rating-nc17-button|center}}
}}

'''Furiffic''' was a [[furry]] [[art]] [[W:Social media|social media]] site driven by community feedback, with a high focus towards speed and usability. The site had 11,820 members<ref>[https://www.furiffic.com/accounts?sort=registered:desc All Members List] - Retrieved 6 August, 2019.</ref> as of August 6, 2019.

==Mascots ==
Furiffic had two mascot:<ref name="FAQ"/>
* Cy,<ref name="FAQ"/> a [[white-tailed deer]].<ref name="Cy-char-page"/>
* Caro,<ref name="FAQ"/> a [[W:Shire horse|Shire horse]].<ref name="Caro-char-page"/>

==Features==
*Gallery folders (user managed/automatic based on supplied search term)
*Multi submission uploaded
*Personal view tracking over time per submission/account
*Hide a search term site wide (Anti filter)
*Blocking a user from being able to see your profile/contacting you
*Subscribe to a search term
*Subscribing to a user
*Customizable site notifications
*Customizable email notifications
*Journals with short description for overview
*Multiple methods of logging in/signing up, username/Facebook/Twitter/Google +
*Group chat messaging
*Real time messaging
*High mobile support
*Able to send media files through messaging system
*Profile contact information, social networks/chat programs/payment details/etc...
*Responsive/point of focus featured submission across profile header
*Media and journal visibility (public, registered, private, unlisted)
*Characters
*Character tagging in media items
*Tag suggesting
*Character tag requesting (For semi private character tagging)
*Pages
*Page Type - Groups
*Page Type - Events
*Page Type - Places
*Page Type - Shops

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Notification type !! Support !! Date added
|-
| Subscriptions || Site/Email || V0.2 (29/Apr/14)
|-
| Journal Subscriptions || Site/Email || V0.4 (12/Jun/14)
|-
| Comments || Site/Email || V0.4 (12/Jun/14)
|-
| Favourites || Site/Email || V0.2 (29/Apr/14)
|-
| Subscribed || Site/Email || V0.4 (12/Jun/14)
|-
| Messages || Site/Email || V0.3.1 (1/Jun/14)
|-
| Receiving Posts || Site/Email || V0.5 (12/Feb/15)
|-
| Mentions || Site/Email || V0.6.5 (28/Dec/15)
|-
| System || Site/Email(Non-optional) || V0.6.5 (28/Dec/15)
|-
| Requests || Site/Email || V0.6.5 (28/Dec/15)
|-
| Page Posts || Site/Email || V0.7 (28/Mar/16)
|-
| Page Manage Notifications || Site/Email || V0.7 (28/Mar/16)
|}

==Hardware==
* [Unnamed - 04/2013 - 06/2013] 1 virtual core, 25GB Storage, 1GB RAM, 100Mbit connection with 1TB Bandwidth
* [Unnamed - 06/2013 - 02/2014] Amd athlon Dual core, 2GB RAM, 2x320GB drives in RAID1, 100MBit connection with 5TB Bandwidth
* [Cookie - 02/2014 - Current<ref>This server has been set to be decomissioned around 08/2016</ref>] Furiffic runs on a Core i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz with 32GB DDR3 RAM and 2x2TB drives in RAID 1.{{cn}} It has a 1GBit connection, with 30TB bandwidth.{{cn}}
* [Minion-1 - 10/2015 - 01/2016] Samsung Exynos-5422 Octa-Core, 32GB MicroSD, 2GB LPDDR3, 1GBit connection with 10TB Bandwidth
* [Cupcake - 07/2016 - Ongoing<ref>This is a upcoming replacement server, an official date has not been set</ref>] Intel® Core™ i7-6700 Quad-Core Skylake @ 3.4GHz with 64GB DDR4 RAM AND 2x2TB drives in RAID 1. 1Gbit connection, with 30TB bandwidth
* [Buttcake - 07/2016 - Ongoing<ref>This is a upcoming replacement server, an official date has not been set</ref>] 2 virtual cores, 100GB Storage, 4GB Ram, 1Gbit connection with 8TB Bandwidth

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="FAQ">[https://www.furiffic.com/_/knowledge-base/frequently-asked-questions Frequently asked questions · Knowledge base · Furiffic]. Retrieved August 6, 2019.</ref>
<ref name="Cy-char-page">[https://www.furiffic.com/Lag/characters/7025 Cy · Characters · Tea · Furiffic]. Retrieved August 6, 2019.</ref>
<ref name="Caro-char-page">[https://www.furiffic.com/Lag/characters/7026 Caro · Characters · Tea · Furiffic]. Retrieved August 6, 2019.</ref>
</references>

{{website-stub}}

{{Media archives}}
[[Category:Mature art archives]]
[[Category:2013 births]]
[[Category:2022 deaths]]
[[Category:Social networking websites]]

Krezz Karavan

2022-06-22T20:54:27Z

Polymorphic: Various edits.

'''Krezz Karavan''', or just '''Krezz''' (June 19, 1980 – June 21, 2022), was an [[artist]] who created art of [[furry fandom|furry]] interest.

== Fandom involvement ==

Although Krezz's works were mainly [[anthropomorphic]], he did not consider himself a [[furry]]. Krezz started his own website in 2010.

== Art ==
Krezz's art Influences were mostly of a modern Western-animated [[Cartoon|cartoon art style]], and his media were colorful and (mostly) [[erotic]] in nature.

Along with also being one of the members of the [[Palcomix]] team, his [[artwork]] had at one time or another appeared on [[The Jab Archives]], [[WWOEC]], [[Fur Affinity]], [[Cubcentral]] and [[DeviantArt]], among others.

=== Webcomic ===
Krezz was the author of the [[adult]] [[funny animal]] [[webcomic]], ''[[School Days]]''.

== Death ==
Karavan suffered from [[W:hepatic encephalopathy|hepatic encephalopathy]], a liver-related [[W:Neurological disorder|neurological disorder]] that causes episodes of dizziness and mental confusion. It was during one of these episodes that Karavan fell and hit his head. He was admitted into a hospital in serious condition and later died from his injuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://inkbunny.net/j/455527|title=Krezz Karavan passed today|author=[[bbmbbf]]|work=[[Inkbunny]]|date=June 21, 2022|access-date=June 21, 2022}}</ref>

== References ==
<references/>

==External links==
{{Contributor|Krezz karavan}}
* [http://www.krezzkaravan.com Krezzkaravan.com] - Krezz Karavan official website
* [http://krezz-karavan.deviantart.com/ Krezz Karavan] on [[DeviantArt]]
* [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/karavan/ Krezz Karavan] on [[Fur Affinity]]
* [http://www.inkbunny.net/user/krezz/ Krezz] on [[Inkbunny]]
* [http://www.facebook.com/krezzkaravan Krezz Karavan] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://twitter.com/krezzman Krezz] on [[Twitter]]
* [https://www.picarto.tv/krezz Krezz] on [[Picarto]]

{{person-stub}}

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Artists]]
[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:2022 deaths]]

[[ru:Krezz Karavan]]

E621

2022-04-03T02:42:50Z

Polymorphic: /* External links */ Added a navbox.

{{cleanup}}
{{lowercase}}
{{Infobox website
| title = e621
| image = [[File:E621Logo.png|right|301px]]
| caption = "''The Tasty Furry Site''"
| author = '''Creator:''' [[Arcturus]]
*'''Owners:''' [[Varka]]
* '''Lead Admin''': [[NotMeNotYou]] <ref name="admins">[https://e621.net/users?commit=Search&search%5Blevel%5D=50&search%5Border%5D=name List of Admins] ''e621.net''. Retrieved November 9, 2021.</ref>
*'''Advisors''': [[Char (administrator)|Char]] <ref name="Char's Resignation">{{cite web|author=[[Char (administrator)|Char]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/70236|title=Char's Resignation|website=e621|date=May 19, 2013|accessdate=June 12, 2013}}</ref>
*'''Admins''': [[bitWolfy]], [[Dari]], [[DasaDevil]], [[Earlopain]], [[KiraNoot]], [[Knotty Curls]], [[Millcore]], [[Queen Tyr'ahnee]], [[Rainbow Dash]], [[SnowWolf (e621)|SnowWolf]], [[Xch3l]] <ref name="admins"/>
| url = https://e621.net/
* https://e926.net
| status = Online
| began =
'''e621''':
* February 10, 2007
* November 26, 2007
* September 8, 2010
'''e961''':
* July 10, 2009
'''e926''':
* November 1, 2012
| ended =
'''e621''':
* September 17, 2007
* August 30, 2010
* September 8, 2010 - present
'''e961''':
* November 15, 2009
| genre = Ouroboros Image board
| rating = [[File:Censor NC17 button.png]]
}}
'''e621''' is a [[adult|mature]] [[image board]] replacement for the image board [[Sidechan]]. A [[W:general audience|general audience]] image board, '''e926''' (formerly e961) complements this site. E621 runs off of the Ouroboros platform, a [[W:Imageboard#Danbooru-style_boards|danbooru]]-style software specifically designed for the site. It is likely that the site is named for the compound [[W:Monosodium glutamate|monosodium glutamate]], whose [[W:E number|E Number]] is E621.

== History ==

* September 17, 2007 - The site was closed down, citing on its front-page that claims had been made against the site for hosting [[Wikipedia:child pornography|child pornography]] and only the [[Oekaki]] board and the [[IRC]] channel remained active.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070917160028/http://e621.net/ e621 offline notice] - Archived by Wayback Machine, Sep 17, 2007.</ref>
* November 26, 2007 - e621 became active again, under the banner e621 2.0. It was forced offline for a few days over Christmas 2007 during the same [[Wikipedia:Distributed Denial of Service|DDoS]] attack that struck [[Fur Affinity]] and [[Fchan]].
* August 2010 - The website ended its operations briefly due to [[David Ross]] ('''Insane Kangaroo'''), lodging accusations of child pornography and copyright infringement with the principle hosting company.<ref name="Takedown Request">{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd366/HDSham/Screenshot2010-08-30at105324PM.png|title=Takedown Request Screenshot|website=e621|date=August 30, 2010|accessdate=August 31, 2010}}</ref> The site was formally shut down when he threatened [[Arcturus]] with deportation. The site returned to normal operation under a new owner on September 8, 2010.
* August 30, 2010 - The website's main page was replaced with a small note saying that e621 would be permanently shut down due to "numerous threats to our host, false claims of illegal content, harassment and a few things that are much worse."<ref name="Takedown Request"/> This time, only the IRC channel remained active.<ref>{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://www.e621.net/|title=e621 is over. sorry.|website=e621|date=August 31, 2010|accessdate=August 31, 2010}}</ref>
* August 31, 2010 - It was announced that the site will simply be resuming with a new admin, Varka, after a short downtime.{{fact}} Announced changes to the site include an updated takedown policy to amend some of the issues leading to the threats issued in previous days.{{fact}}
* September 1, 2010 - A website by the same name has appeared in the guise of Adobe Flash Media Server 3.5, as confusing as this is, both are different only due to the WWW prefix. That, or the old one was absolved by Adobe, while the new one is using the WWW prefix. Anonymous of Jacksonville says e621 simply has a messed up DNS record for the base domain, but the WWW subdomain is still correctly configured. Either the record's TTL hasn't yet expired (in the case of hacking or hostile takeover, this is a good thing) or someone somewhere has made a silly mistake. (When the site is typed in with, and without WWW it goes to Varka's page, the site itself depending how you reach it will send you to either by a 50/50 chance, it's easier to just put in WWW with it.) (needs update).
* September 8, 2010 - The website was passed from Arcturus to Varka. Varka has implemented a newer, more artist-friendly takedown policy. There will also be more artist involvement that includes obtaining prints from Inkbunny and going to the artist's chosen website for commissions.<ref name="forum8456">{{cite web|author=[[Varka]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/8456|title=ANNOUNCEMENT: e621 changeover, new policy, next steps|website=e621|date=September 10, 2010|accessdate=September 23, 2010}}</ref>
* January 18, 2012 - e621 joined many other sites in protesting the [[W:PROTECT IP Act|PROTECT IP Act]] (PIPA) and [[W:SOPA|Stop Online Piracy Act]] (SOPA), by taking down its page and replacing it with the page that stated for others to write to their congressmen, being entirely generated by user content, e621 was a high risk target under the SOPA legislation, and took the site down with others for the protest.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120118152135/http://e621.net/ "What? Why can't I use e621?"] - Retrieved via the [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Wayback Machine], January 18, 2012.</ref>
* February 2014 - The site hosts over four hundred thousand active posts ranging from non-[[sexual]] images to extreme [[paraphilia|fetishes]],{{fact}} with more than sixty-thousand users.{{fact}}
* August 18, 2014 - The site hosts over 450,000 active posts with over 140,000 users.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140818093004/https://e621.net/stats e621 Stats] - Retrieved via the [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Wayback Machine], April 28, 2017.</ref>
* April 28, 2017 - The site hosts over 1,000,000 active posts with almost 250,000 users.<ref>[https://archive.is/mfi95 e621 Stats] - Retrieved via [https://archive.is/ Archive.is], April 28, 2017.</ref>
* October 24, 2019 - Admin and lead programmer [[KiraNoot]] announces a new version of e621 that has been in the works for months and [https://beta.e621.net a beta version of the new site] is available to use for stress testing.<ref>{{cite web|author=[[KiraNoot|Kira]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/279936|title=Introducing the e621 Beta Site|website=e621|date=October 24, 2019|accessdate=October 24, 2019}}</ref> The new version uses a more modern platform modeled after the current version of Danbooru.
* February 12, 2020 - Lead admin NotMeNotYou announces that the new version of e621 is nearing completion. The new version would include a new "Lore" tag category (which includes "canonical" gender identities) and the ability to search up to 40 tags at once.<ref name="new e6 near-complete">{{cite web|author=[[NotMeNotYou]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/283533|title=<nowiki>[Beta]</nowiki> The new e621 is nearing completion|website=e621|date=February 12, 2020|accessdate=February 13, 2020}}</ref>
* March 5, 2020 - The new version of e621 leaves beta and replaces the old site.

== Policies and content ==

e621 makes use of a [[DNP]] list, and takedown requests are honored when following the guidelines of the Takedown page (https://e621.net/static/takedown). Images that are removed are also blacklisted to prevent posting.

Registration requests for inclusion on the site by artists and users might or might not be moderated by e621's staff, depending on the amount of spammers or trolls they are being hit with.

Uploading of photographic child pornography or bestiality media is not permitted, and uploading of images from pay-sites is discouraged, with the exception of a few images (usually for publicity purposes).

Additionally, any post could be deleted without notice if they fail to meet a standard of quality as determined by the moderators (poorly drawn or badly compressed art), though this is uncommon.

Regarding post tagging, the site uses a "tag-what-you-see" (TWYS) tagging system where posts are tagged based on what is visible in the images and animations. (https://e621.net/wiki/show/twys) Although this system is seen as highly effective for searching and blacklisting, it has caused several conflicts between the site's administration and a number of its user base and various posts' artists, primarily regarding the tagging of genders. The site features a page on its wiki specifying how they tag genders. (https://e621.net/wiki/show/howto:tag_genders) Despite said page featuring a disclaimer stating that the site's gender tagging system is only for the purposes of searches and blacklists, "''Not and '''Never''''' for describing the character" (i.e. not as a personal labeling system), this policy has nevertheless led to a number of artists requesting DNP status{{cn}} solely out of a refusal to accept the site's tagging policies. Eventually, it was announced on February 12, 2020 that the new version of the site would include the introduction of a new "lore" tags category to complement the TWYS system, including canonical (i.e. by what the artist or copyright owner says) gender identity tags.<ref name="new e6 near-complete"/> However, "Lore" tags will be a locked tag category; only administrators would be able to add tags to the "lore" category after they sanction them first.<ref name="new e6 near-complete"/> Nevertheless, the site's TWYS, gender tagging, and "minimum quality standards" policies have led to continued criticism among several artists and members of the site (former and current).{{cn}}

On June 22, 2019, after having received several complaints about the vulgar terms "dickgirl" and "cuntboy" as gender tags over time, head admin NotMeNotYou announced that the tags would be aliased to less vulgar terms "gynomorph" and "andromorph". Other tags that incorporate the two vulgar terms would also be aliased to use the less vulgar terms.<ref name="forum274480">{{cite web|author=[[NotMeNotYou]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/274480|title={{!(}}Announcement{{!)}} Making our gender tags less vulgar|website=e621|date=June 22, 2019|accessdate=June 22, 2019}}</ref>

== Mascot ==
[[File:Small_Esix_Keishinkae.png|175px|thumb|Esix, one of the site's mascots. Esix was in the top spot in the site redesign planned for 2010.]]
e621 has two [[mascot]]s, both of them being [[feline]] [[character]]s; '''[https://e621.net/wiki/show/hexerade Hexerade]''' and '''[https://e621.net/wiki/show/esix Esix]'''.

=== Controversy ===

Early in 2010, the owners of e621 were looking for a mascot to adorn the site. After asking the site's users to come up with their own ideas, a poll was opened to decide on which character should be selected. However, a few weeks afterward the poll was closed prematurely as it came to light that one of the contestants had been rigging the contest by signing up many alts through proxies to vote his mascot up.{{cn}}

In response to this, the administrators announced that they would select a mascot among themselves. After deliberation, they selected a five character mascot team from the leaders of the poll, featuring characters by [[Mellis]], [[Chizi]], [[Keishinkae]], [[Darkdoomer]] and [[Manafox]].<ref name="Mascot">{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1261051/|title=Mascot Contest Over, Winners Announced!|website=FurAffinity|date=2010|accessdate=8 Jul 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== e961/e926 ==

In July 2009, a work-safe counterpart, e961.net, was brought online. The site was named after the E number of the then-new artificial sweetener, [[W:neotame|Neotame]]. Unfortunately, in November 2009 it was aliased to the original site due to traffic issues caused by the popularity of e621.<ref name="e961 forum565">{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/565|title=At work? Nosy family? No problems!|website=e621|date=July 14, 2009|accessdate=November 8, 2009}}</ref> However, users who want to view only safe for work content can use the "rating:safe" tag to exclude all mature content from e621, except banner adverts which will still include adult content. Images can also be filtered by placing ratings (i.e., rating:explicit) on the tag blacklist.

In November 2012, e961 was rebuilt as ''e926'', a joke for it being a 'bleached' version of the site, was reinstated along with updates to the main site. It displays content from e621 that strictly has a safe rating. The site's login system shares e621's login database, but requires separate login, as it most likely has its own cookies. Notably, it also has its own "safe for work" advertising.

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://e621.net/wiki e621]'s [[W:Wiki|Wiki]]
* [https://www.facebook.com/E621net e621] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://twitter.com/e621dotnet e621] on [[Twitter]]
* [irc://irc.furnet.org/e621 #e621] [[IRC]] channel on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]]

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E621

2022-03-03T23:56:50Z

Polymorphic: Updated admins.

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{{Infobox website
| title = e621
| image = [[File:E621Logo.png|right|301px]]
| caption = "''The Tasty Furry Site''"
| author = '''Creator:''' [[Arcturus]]
*'''Owners:''' [[Varka]]
* '''Lead Admin''': [[NotMeNotYou]] <ref name="admins">[https://e621.net/users?commit=Search&search%5Blevel%5D=50&search%5Border%5D=name List of Admins] ''e621.net''. Retrieved November 9, 2021.</ref>
*'''Advisors''': [[Char (administrator)|Char]] <ref name="Char's Resignation">{{cite web|author=[[Char (administrator)|Char]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/70236|title=Char's Resignation|website=e621|date=May 19, 2013|accessdate=June 12, 2013}}</ref>
*'''Admins''': [[bitWolfy]], [[Dari]], [[DasaDevil]], [[Earlopain]], [[KiraNoot]], [[Knotty Curls]], [[Millcore]], [[Queen Tyr'ahnee]], [[Rainbow Dash]], [[SnowWolf (e621)|SnowWolf]], [[Xch3l]] <ref name="admins"/>
| url = https://e621.net/
* https://e926.net
| status = Online
| began =
'''e621''':
* February 10, 2007
* November 26, 2007
* September 8, 2010
'''e961''':
* July 10, 2009
'''e926''':
* November 1, 2012
| ended =
'''e621''':
* September 17, 2007
* August 30, 2010
* September 8, 2010 - present
'''e961''':
* November 15, 2009
| genre = Ouroboros Image board
| rating = [[File:Censor NC17 button.png]]
}}
'''e621''' is a [[adult|mature]] [[image board]] replacement for the image board [[Sidechan]]. A [[W:general audience|general audience]] image board, '''e926''' (formerly e961) complements this site. E621 runs off of the Ouroboros platform, a [[W:Imageboard#Danbooru-style_boards|danbooru]]-style software specifically designed for the site. It is likely that the site is named for the compound [[W:Monosodium glutamate|monosodium glutamate]], whose [[W:E number|E Number]] is E621.

== History ==

* September 17, 2007 - The site was closed down, citing on its front-page that claims had been made against the site for hosting [[Wikipedia:child pornography|child pornography]] and only the [[Oekaki]] board and the [[IRC]] channel remained active.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070917160028/http://e621.net/ e621 offline notice] - Archived by Wayback Machine, Sep 17, 2007.</ref>
* November 26, 2007 - e621 became active again, under the banner e621 2.0. It was forced offline for a few days over Christmas 2007 during the same [[Wikipedia:Distributed Denial of Service|DDoS]] attack that struck [[Fur Affinity]] and [[Fchan]].
* August 2010 - The website ended its operations briefly due to [[David Ross]] ('''Insane Kangaroo'''), lodging accusations of child pornography and copyright infringement with the principle hosting company.<ref name="Takedown Request">{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd366/HDSham/Screenshot2010-08-30at105324PM.png|title=Takedown Request Screenshot|website=e621|date=August 30, 2010|accessdate=August 31, 2010}}</ref> The site was formally shut down when he threatened [[Arcturus]] with deportation. The site returned to normal operation under a new owner on September 8, 2010.
* August 30, 2010 - The website's main page was replaced with a small note saying that e621 would be permanently shut down due to "numerous threats to our host, false claims of illegal content, harassment and a few things that are much worse."<ref name="Takedown Request"/> This time, only the IRC channel remained active.<ref>{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://www.e621.net/|title=e621 is over. sorry.|website=e621|date=August 31, 2010|accessdate=August 31, 2010}}</ref>
* August 31, 2010 - It was announced that the site will simply be resuming with a new admin, Varka, after a short downtime.{{fact}} Announced changes to the site include an updated takedown policy to amend some of the issues leading to the threats issued in previous days.{{fact}}
* September 1, 2010 - A website by the same name has appeared in the guise of Adobe Flash Media Server 3.5, as confusing as this is, both are different only due to the WWW prefix. That, or the old one was absolved by Adobe, while the new one is using the WWW prefix. Anonymous of Jacksonville says e621 simply has a messed up DNS record for the base domain, but the WWW subdomain is still correctly configured. Either the record's TTL hasn't yet expired (in the case of hacking or hostile takeover, this is a good thing) or someone somewhere has made a silly mistake. (When the site is typed in with, and without WWW it goes to Varka's page, the site itself depending how you reach it will send you to either by a 50/50 chance, it's easier to just put in WWW with it.) (needs update).
* September 8, 2010 - The website was passed from Arcturus to Varka. Varka has implemented a newer, more artist-friendly takedown policy. There will also be more artist involvement that includes obtaining prints from Inkbunny and going to the artist's chosen website for commissions.<ref name="forum8456">{{cite web|author=[[Varka]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/8456|title=ANNOUNCEMENT: e621 changeover, new policy, next steps|website=e621|date=September 10, 2010|accessdate=September 23, 2010}}</ref>
* January 18, 2012 - e621 joined many other sites in protesting the [[W:PROTECT IP Act|PROTECT IP Act]] (PIPA) and [[W:SOPA|Stop Online Piracy Act]] (SOPA), by taking down its page and replacing it with the page that stated for others to write to their congressmen, being entirely generated by user content, e621 was a high risk target under the SOPA legislation, and took the site down with others for the protest.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120118152135/http://e621.net/ "What? Why can't I use e621?"] - Retrieved via the [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Wayback Machine], January 18, 2012.</ref>
* February 2014 - The site hosts over four hundred thousand active posts ranging from non-[[sexual]] images to extreme [[paraphilia|fetishes]],{{fact}} with more than sixty-thousand users.{{fact}}
* August 18, 2014 - The site hosts over 450,000 active posts with over 140,000 users.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140818093004/https://e621.net/stats e621 Stats] - Retrieved via the [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Wayback Machine], April 28, 2017.</ref>
* April 28, 2017 - The site hosts over 1,000,000 active posts with almost 250,000 users.<ref>[https://archive.is/mfi95 e621 Stats] - Retrieved via [https://archive.is/ Archive.is], April 28, 2017.</ref>
* October 24, 2019 - Admin and lead programmer [[KiraNoot]] announces a new version of e621 that has been in the works for months and [https://beta.e621.net a beta version of the new site] is available to use for stress testing.<ref>{{cite web|author=[[KiraNoot|Kira]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/279936|title=Introducing the e621 Beta Site|website=e621|date=October 24, 2019|accessdate=October 24, 2019}}</ref> The new version uses a more modern platform modeled after the current version of Danbooru.
* February 12, 2020 - Lead admin NotMeNotYou announces that the new version of e621 is nearing completion. The new version would include a new "Lore" tag category (which includes "canonical" gender identities) and the ability to search up to 40 tags at once.<ref name="new e6 near-complete">{{cite web|author=[[NotMeNotYou]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/283533|title=<nowiki>[Beta]</nowiki> The new e621 is nearing completion|website=e621|date=February 12, 2020|accessdate=February 13, 2020}}</ref>
* March 5, 2020 - The new version of e621 leaves beta and replaces the old site.

== Policies and content ==

e621 makes use of a [[DNP]] list, and takedown requests are honored when following the guidelines of the Takedown page (https://e621.net/static/takedown). Images that are removed are also blacklisted to prevent posting.

Registration requests for inclusion on the site by artists and users might or might not be moderated by e621's staff, depending on the amount of spammers or trolls they are being hit with.

Uploading of photographic child pornography or bestiality media is not permitted, and uploading of images from pay-sites is discouraged, with the exception of a few images (usually for publicity purposes).

Additionally, any post could be deleted without notice if they fail to meet a standard of quality as determined by the moderators (poorly drawn or badly compressed art), though this is uncommon.

Regarding post tagging, the site uses a "tag-what-you-see" (TWYS) tagging system where posts are tagged based on what is visible in the images and animations. (https://e621.net/wiki/show/twys) Although this system is seen as highly effective for searching and blacklisting, it has caused several conflicts between the site's administration and a number of its user base and various posts' artists, primarily regarding the tagging of genders. The site features a page on its wiki specifying how they tag genders. (https://e621.net/wiki/show/howto:tag_genders) Despite said page featuring a disclaimer stating that the site's gender tagging system is only for the purposes of searches and blacklists, "''Not and '''Never''''' for describing the character" (i.e. not as a personal labeling system), this policy has nevertheless led to a number of artists requesting DNP status{{cn}} solely out of a refusal to accept the site's tagging policies. Eventually, it was announced on February 12, 2020 that the new version of the site would include the introduction of a new "lore" tags category to complement the TWYS system, including canonical (i.e. by what the artist or copyright owner says) gender identity tags.<ref name="new e6 near-complete"/> However, "Lore" tags will be a locked tag category; only administrators would be able to add tags to the "lore" category after they sanction them first.<ref name="new e6 near-complete"/> Nevertheless, the site's TWYS, gender tagging, and "minimum quality standards" policies have led to continued criticism among several artists and members of the site (former and current).{{cn}}

On June 22, 2019, after having received several complaints about the vulgar terms "dickgirl" and "cuntboy" as gender tags over time, head admin NotMeNotYou announced that the tags would be aliased to less vulgar terms "gynomorph" and "andromorph". Other tags that incorporate the two vulgar terms would also be aliased to use the less vulgar terms.<ref name="forum274480">{{cite web|author=[[NotMeNotYou]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/274480|title={{!(}}Announcement{{!)}} Making our gender tags less vulgar|website=e621|date=June 22, 2019|accessdate=June 22, 2019}}</ref>

== Mascot ==
[[File:Small_Esix_Keishinkae.png|175px|thumb|Esix, one of the site's mascots. Esix was in the top spot in the site redesign planned for 2010.]]
e621 has two [[mascot]]s, both of them being [[feline]] [[character]]s; '''[https://e621.net/wiki/show/hexerade Hexerade]''' and '''[https://e621.net/wiki/show/esix Esix]'''.

=== Controversy ===

Early in 2010, the owners of e621 were looking for a mascot to adorn the site. After asking the site's users to come up with their own ideas, a poll was opened to decide on which character should be selected. However, a few weeks afterward the poll was closed prematurely as it came to light that one of the contestants had been rigging the contest by signing up many alts through proxies to vote his mascot up.{{cn}}

In response to this, the administrators announced that they would select a mascot among themselves. After deliberation, they selected a five character mascot team from the leaders of the poll, featuring characters by [[Mellis]], [[Chizi]], [[Keishinkae]], [[Darkdoomer]] and [[Manafox]].<ref name="Mascot">{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/1261051/|title=Mascot Contest Over, Winners Announced!|website=FurAffinity|date=2010|accessdate=8 Jul 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== e961/e926 ==

In July 2009, a work-safe counterpart, e961.net, was brought online. The site was named after the E number of the then-new artificial sweetener, [[W:neotame|Neotame]]. Unfortunately, in November 2009 it was aliased to the original site due to traffic issues caused by the popularity of e621.<ref name="e961 forum565">{{cite web|author=[[Arcturus]]|url=https://e621.net/forum/show/565|title=At work? Nosy family? No problems!|website=e621|date=July 14, 2009|accessdate=November 8, 2009}}</ref> However, users who want to view only safe for work content can use the "rating:safe" tag to exclude all mature content from e621, except banner adverts which will still include adult content. Images can also be filtered by placing ratings (i.e., rating:explicit) on the tag blacklist.

In November 2012, e961 was rebuilt as ''e926'', a joke for it being a 'bleached' version of the site, was reinstated along with updates to the main site. It displays content from e621 that strictly has a safe rating. The site's login system shares e621's login database, but requires separate login, as it most likely has its own cookies. Notably, it also has its own "safe for work" advertising.

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
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* [https://e621.net/wiki e621]'s [[W:Wiki|Wiki]]
* [https://www.facebook.com/E621net e621] on [[Facebook]]
* [https://twitter.com/e621dotnet e621] on [[Twitter]]
* [irc://irc.furnet.org/e621 #e621] [[IRC]] channel on [[FurNet (IRC)|FurNet]]

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Lilo & Stitch

2022-01-08T12:01:20Z

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{{Infobox media franchise
| title = ''Lilo & Stitch''
| image = 
| caption =
| creator = [[Chris Sanders]] [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]]
| owner = [[File:The_Walt_Disney_Company_logo.png|link=The Walt Disney Company|150px]]
| origin = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
| books =
| novels =
| short_stories =
| comics = ''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020)
| graphic_novels =
| strips = ''Comic Zone: Lilo & Stitch''
| magazines =
| films = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
| shorts = ''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)
| tv_series =
| web_series =
| animated_series = ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch: The Series|Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' (2003–2006) ''[[w:Stitch!|Stitch!]]'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015) ''[[w:Stitch & Ai|Stitch & Ai]]'' (2017)
| tv_specials =
| tv_shorts =
| tv_films = ''[[w:Leroy & Stitch|Leroy & Stitch]]'' (2006)
| direct-to-video = ''[[w:Stitch! The Movie|Stitch! The Movie]]'' (2003) ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch|Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch]]'' (2005)
| video_games = ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch'' (Game Boy Advance; 2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise'' (2002) ''Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626'' (2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc'' (2004) ''Disney Stitch Jam'' (2009)
| toys =
| attractions = [[w:Stitch's Great Escape!|Stitch's Great Escape!]] (2004–2018) [[w:Stitch Encounter|Stitch Encounter/Stitch Live!]] (2006–present) [[w:The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!|The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!]] (2008–present) [[w:Stitch's Supersonic Celebration|Stitch's Supersonic Celebration]] (2009)
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

'''''Lilo & Stitch''''' is a 2002 American animated science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by [[Chris Sanders]] and [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] that was produced by [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] and released by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. It is also the name of a Disney media franchise, alternately called just '''''Stitch''''', that spawned from the film. The film was released during a low point for Disney's feature animation studio, known today as either the "Post-Renaissance Era" (the period between the [[w:Disney Renaissance|Disney Renaissance]] and the [[disney:Disney Revival|Disney Revival]]) or the "Experimental Era" (since Disney's animated films became more experimental with their storytelling and were moving away from the templates used for the Renaissance's films), and became a surprise critical and commercial success for the company at a time when traditionally-animated films were losing relevance. The titular [[alien]] [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]] [[Stitch]] (also known as Experiment 626; number pronounced "six-two-six") rapidly became one of Disney's most popular characters, especially in merchandise,<ref name="THR Remake News">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jon-m-chu-in-talks-to-direct-live-action-lilo-stitch-movie-exclusive|title=Jon M. Chu in Talks to Direct Live-Action 'Lilo & Stitch' Movie (Exclusive)|website=[[w:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=November 13, 2020|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}</ref> becoming arguably Disney's first animated character introduced in the 21st century to have achieved an iconic status.{{fact}}

==Main works==
The main continuity of the franchise, which focuses on both title characters living their lives on Hawaii, consists of four animated feature films, a Western animated television series, and an animated short film.
{{spoiler}}

===''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)===
In the original 2002 film, released on June 21, 2002, Kweltikwan mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voiced by [[w:David Ogden Stiers|David Ogden Stiers]]) stands trial for illegal genetic experimentation, having created a superpowerful blue creature called "Experiment 626" (voiced by co-writer/co-director [[Chris Sanders]]), who is designed solely to destroy everything he touches. After 626 escapes custody to a backwater planet called Earth, the Grand Councilwoman ([[w:Zoe Caldwell|Zoe Caldwell]]) offers Jumba his freedom for the capture of his creation. On Earth, 626 crash lands his stolen spacecraft on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where he gets adopted by an eccentric six-year-old girl named Lilo Pelekai ([[w:Daveigh Chase|Daveigh Chase]]), who is shunned by her peers and is at risk of being forcibly separated from her older sister Nani ([[w:Tia Carrere|Tia Carrere]]) by her newest social worker Cobra Bubbles ([[w:Ving Rhames|Ving Rhames]]) to be put into foster care. In trying to escape capture by Jumba and his assigned partner, Plorgonarian "Earth expert" Agent Wendy Pleakley ([[w:Kevin McDonald|Kevin McDonald]]), 626 lets himself be adopted by Lilo as her "dog" who she renames as "Stitch".

Stitch's aggressive behavior, especially in his attempts to avoid Jumba and Pleakley, causes problems for Lilo and Nani, costing the latter her job as a luau waitress. Cobra demands Nani to find a new job and Lilo to make Stitch a "model citizen"; Lilo uses her beliefs in ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', a Hawaiian concept of extended family, as well as iconic singer [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] as a role model, to attempt to rehabilitate Stitch, while Nani tries to find new employment. Although Stitch's attitude improves as he slowly enjoys his time with Lilo, his and Lilo's antics prevent Nani from finding a new job. As David Kawena ([[w:Jason Scott Lee|Jason Scott Lee]]), a local surfer who is a good friend to the Pelekai sisters, gets them and Stitch to go surfing and enjoy some time on the beach, Jumba and Pleakley make a last-ditch effort to capture Stitch. Although Stitch escapes them again, his inability to swim or float in water causes him and Lilo, who he tried to grab onto for protection and flotation, to have a near-drowning experience, which Cobra witnesses. The incident costs Nani her chances at keeping Lilo, and Cobra tells Nani that he would pick up Lilo the next morning. Feeling guilty for causing the sisters' now-inevitable separation, Stitch runs away from their home that night.

The next morning, Nani runs off to take on a new job offer before Cobra arrives for Lilo. Jumba, who was fired alongside Pleakley finds Stitch in the woods and chases him back to the Pelekais' house, which they destroy in the ensuing fight. Lilo runs off to the nearby woods to find Stitch, who reveals his true alien form to her. Although Lilo tries to reject him for ruining everything, they are both captured by the massive Captain Gantu ([[w:Kevin Michael Richardson|Kevin Michael Richardson]]), who was sent by the Grand Councilwoman to take over Jumba and Pleakley's assignment. Stitch escapes but Lilo remains captured on Gantu's spaceship. He is then found again by Nani, then Jumba and Pleakley shortly after. He tells Nani that he's changed by reminding her of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', and convinces Jumba to rescue Lilo. Chasing Gantu down in Jumba's spaceship, Stitch throws out Gantu from his spaceship and rescues Lilo. The sisters and the aliens reconvene at the shore where Stitch is finally captured by the Grand Councilman. Stitch accepts his fate, proving how much he's changed as a person, but as he about to leave in the Councilwoman's spaceship, Lilo, with some prodding from Cobra, shows her ownership document to the Councilwoman and tells her that taking him away would be theft. Pleased with the document, the Grand Councilwoman decrees that Stitch is "sentenced" to exile with the Pelekai sisters as his wardens and that the three are protected by the United Galactic Federation. After leaving, Lilo, Nani, and Stitch accept the exiled Jumba and Pleakley into their home, they, along with David and Cobra, reconstruct their house and begin a happy life together.

===''Stitch! The Movie'' (2003)===
This direct-to-video pilot to ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', released on August 26, 2003, shows that Gantu, forcibly retired from his post in the original film, is now hired by the diminutive Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (voiced by [[w:Jeff Bennett|Jeff Bennett]]) to retrieve Jumba's first 625 genetic experiments, which Hämsterviel co-funded the creation of prior to the end of their partnership. On Earth, Stitch struggles to fit in with the locals and feels bad about himself. Jumba then gets kidnapped by Gantu, who also finds the dehydrated pod of Experiment 625 ([[w:Rob Paulsen|Rob Paulsen]]), and takes him to Hämsterviel. After finding the first 624 experiments, Lilo and Stitch activate one of them by dropping its pod in water, the electrical Experiment 221 ([[w:Frank Welker|Frank Welker]]), to help rescue Jumba, but he escapes. The duo then chases down and capture 221, and Stitch bonds with him as his "cousin", based on Hawaiian terminology he learned from Lilo. When Cobra and Pleakley rendezvous at [[w:Kilauea Light|Kīlauea Lighthouse]] with Gantu and Hämsterviel to exchange the pods of the other experiments as ransom payment for Jumba, Lilo and Stitch then show up with "Sparky" (as she named 221), freeing him then and there and freeing Jumba. Gantu and Hämsterviel attempt to make off with the experiments, but the Grand Councilwoman's ship emerges from the nearby Pacific Ocean and aims its gun and Hämsterviel. However, Lilo protests on the account that he has the other experiments, and Sparky decides to short-circuit the Councilwoman's ship. Lilo, Stitch and Sparky stow away on Hämsterviel's ship as he and Gantu escape. Lilo, Stitch, and Gantu fight over the experiment pod container, which results in the container releasing and scattering the pods all over Hawaii, and Lilo and Stitch's capture. However, just as Stitch is about to be vivisected by a laser while strapped to a weight that's just too heavy for him to lift, Sparky frees him, they strap Hämsterviel to the weight, and Stitch rescues Lilo before she gets teleported to an intergalactic zoo. They short-circuit Gantu's own ship, causing it to crash by a waterfall on Kauai, and land Hämsterviel's ship back over to the rendezvous point at the lighthouse, handing Hämsterviel in handcuffs over to the Grand Councilwoman. Lilo and Stitch give Sparky a new home in powering the lighthouse, then convince the Councilwoman to have them find and rehabilitate the other 623 experiments (625 was activated by Gantu earlier and sticks with him as his sidekick, although he's too lazy and cowardly to put in any effort apart from making and eating sandwiches). As several experiments are activated when they fall into the water, Lilo and Stitch drive off in Nani's dune buggy, leading to the subsequent series.

===''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (2003–2006)===
The franchise's first television series first ran from September 20, 2003, to July 29, 2006 for 65 episodes over two seasons, airing new episodes on both [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] Saturday morning block [[w:ABC Kids (TV programming block)|ABC Kids]] and [[w:Disney Channel|Disney Channel]] throughout its run. The only animated show in the franchise to truly follow-up on the original film, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' has the titular duo continue capturing Jumba's other experiments, naming them, and rehabilitating them from bad to good by finding a new place where they truly belong and can use their unique abilities to help society. Jumba and sometimes Pleakley usually assist them. Meanwhile, Gantu and his reluctant sidekick Experiment 625 try to capture experiments for Dr. Hämsterviel, who is imprisoned on a prison asteroid, usually fighting against Lilo and Stitch for the experiments.

===''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' (2005)===
A direct-to-video direct sequel to the first film released on August 30, 2005, set before ''Stitch! The Movie'', this film showed insights to the lives of the Pelekai ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' after the events of ''Lilo & Stitch''. The film had Lilo (voiced by [[w:Dakota Fanning|Dakota Fanning]] in this film) trying to come up with an original hula dance for a May Day competition that her late mother previously won. However, Stitch begins to suffer glitches that cause him to revert to his original destructive programming. Unbeknownst to either him or Lilo, these glitches are the result of his molecules not being fully charged when he was created, as he and Jumba were arrested shortly after the experiment's creation. While Jumba tries to build a new fusion chamber to recharge Stitch before his molecules lose all their charge, and Pleakley attempts to "fix" David and Nani's supposedly strained relationship, Stitch's glitches causes friction between him and Lilo, leading to her deciding to perform her hula without him. On the day of the hula competition, on which Jumba had finally completed construction of the fusion chamber, Stitch tries to wish Lilo good luck, but has another glitch that causes him to scratch her face. This causes him to believe that he's too dangerous to be around her, and he takes Jumba's spaceship to try to free to a distant remote planet. Lilo, realizing that the glitches were not his fault, abandons her performance and gets her family go save Stitch, who has one final glitch that causes him to crash the ship on a mountain. Lilo reaches Stitch via a hovercraft and tries to revitalize him by putting him in the fusion chamber, but he supposedly dies. However, he then wakes up in Lilo's arms cured of his glitches, as according to her, "love is more powerful than death."

====''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)====
This short film included with ''Lilo & Stitch 2'' as a DVD and later Disney+ extra is a bridge between that film and ''Stitch! The Movie''. The short film reveals what kinds of alien creatures were used to create Stitch, with Jumba reminding the experiment of what he has become, and also hints at the other 625 experiments made before him.

===''Leroy & Stitch'' (2006)===
This television film aired on June 23, 2006, serving as the finale of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' and the main continuity of the franchise with Stitch being with Lilo in Hawaii. In the film, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley are honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance (the name of the United Galactic Federation in ''The Series'') after successfully reforming all of the first 624 experiments. Jumba is given the key back to his old lab at Galaxy Defense Industries, Pleakley is made the head of Earth studies at Galactic Alliance Community College (G.A.C.C.), Stitch is made the Captain of the Galactic Armada as the commander of its newly commissioned ship the BRB-9000 (Big Red Battleship 9000) and Lilo, now Galactic Federation Ambassador to Earth, is designated the sole guardian of Stitch's "cousins". However, with the aliens' having to leave Earth, Lilo gives them parting gifts; a record of Elvis Presley's performance of "Aloha 'Oe", Pleakley an Earth rock as a paperweight, and Stitch a collar-like necklace with a tiki of [[w:Kū|Kū]], the Hawaiian god of strength.

Meanwhile, Gantu, who only managed to catch Experiment 625, decides to break Dr. Hämsterviel out of prison, leaving 625 stranded on Earth as Gantu flies off in his [[disney:Manta Shuttle|Manta Shuttle]], which only has two seats. As Stitch is assigned to go recapture Hämsterviel, Hämsterviel and Gantu burst into Jumba's lab and forces Jumba to create an evil twin of Stitch that Hämsterviel names [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]], who then gets into a fight with Stitch when he arrives, winning when Stitch is distracted by Pleakley's sudden appearance, allowing Leroy to throw Stitch into a containment capsule. Hämsterviel locks Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley into Pleakley's G.A.C.C. ship to send them towards a black hole, then clones Leroy into his own personal army, then goes off to the planet Turo take over the Galactic Alliance.

On Earth, Lilo misses Stitch and convinces 625 to allow her to use the videophone on Gantu's ship when she names him "Reuben", after the [[w:Reuben sandwich|Reuben sandwich]]. They contact the BRB-9000 to find what looks like Stitch, who is actually a shapeshifted Leroy but find him to be an imposter as he doesn't have Stitch's tiki necklace. After Leroy cuts off the feed, Lilo then motivates Reuben to repair the ship to rescue Stitch. Hämsterviel sends a Leroy clone to Earth to capture all the experiments to be destroyed, including Lilo's rival [[disney:Mertle Edmonds|Mertle Edmonds]] (voiced by [[w:Liliana Mumy|Liliana Mumy]] in ''The Series'' and all films except for ''Lilo & Stitch'', where she was voiced by Miranda Paige Walls), the owner of Experiment 007, Gigi. Lilo and Reuben arrive at Turo to find that the Hämsterviel has taken over the Galactic Alliance. Gantu locks away Lilo and Reuben but releases them after Hämsterviel fires him in favor of Leroy. After being trapped by Leroy clones in an attempt to, Lilo, Reuben and Gantu are then saved by the sudden appearance of the G.A.C.C. van, which went through the black hole but had its trajectory changed after, based on Jumba's personal calculations on how they could avoid being dumped to a volcanic planet by the black hole, Stitch disrupted the event horizon by biting into Pleakley's rock and throwing it at the black hole.

Lilo, Reuben and Gantu join Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley inside the van and head straight for Earth, where it's revealed that Leroy gathered all the experiments (and Mertle) at [[w:Aloha Stadium|Aloha Stadium]], where a concert is planned to take place in the future. Hämsterviel almost uses the weapons on the BRB-9000 to destroy the experiments, but the G.A.C.C. van suddenly appears and destroys the BRB's primary cannon. However, Hämsterviel brought his Leroy army as a backup, and soon the experiments and the Leroys have an epic battle against one another. As the Leroys start getting the upper hand, Jumba then remembers that he programmed a secret command in Leroy that if he hears "Aloha 'Oe", he will shut down. Stitch, Lilo, Reuben, and a few other experiments then put on a concert playing the song, causing all the Leroys to get violent seizures and shut down, and Hämsterviel is recaptured and sent back to prison.

The team is honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance, but Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley request to return to living on Earth with Lilo. The Grand Councilwoman grants their request and asks Gantu if he would like to be reinstated as a captain of the Galactic Armada. He agrees on the condition that Reuben joins him as his galley officer. Back on Earth, Lilo takes one final family photo with her ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', including Stitch, Nani David, Jumba, Pleakley, the experiments, and even Mertle, while in prison, an angry Hämsterviel taps his foot while the Leroys dance to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock".

==Spin-offs==
Since the end of the main continuity in 2006, Disney has produced a number of spin-offs focusing more on Stitch and his antics in various locations on Earth, making new friends with other human beings. All such spin-offs so far have been primarily made in the countries where such works take place. Additionally, the English versions of the animated spin-offs have featured an entirely different voice cast from the original, with [[w:Benjamin Diskin|Benjamin Diskin]] taking over as the voice of Stitch and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' screenwriter and executive producer [[w:Jess Winfield|Jess Winfield]] replacing David Ogden Stiers as the voice of Jumba.

===''Stitch!'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015)===
This Japanese anime series ran from 2008 to 2011 for 83 episodes and three specials, with an additional two specials broadcast in 2012 and 2015. The first two seasons, consisting of 54 episodes and two specials, were produced by Madhouse, while the 29 episodes of the third season and the last three specials were produced by Shin-Ei Animation. The English dub first debuted in Australia in 2009 and briefly ran in the United States on Disney XD in October 2011. The German dub of this series retitles it as ''Yuna & Stitch''.

In this series, Stitch has left Lilo after falsely believing that she abandoned him when she grew up. After spending time in space, he eventually ends up on the fictitious Izayoi Island, which is off the shore of Okinawa in the Ryukyus. There, he meets Yuna Kamihara (voiced by [[w:Eden Riegel|Eden Riegel]] in the English dub), a tomboyish local girl with an interest in karate, and he, Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Ted Biaselli|Ted Biaselli]]) join her family. On the island, Stitch discovers and learns about the "Spiritual Stone", a magical stone that can grant wishes provided one does 43 good deeds (which can be lost; Stitch loses good deeds often due to his mischievous behavior), and Stitch wishes to be the strongest being in the universe. However, by the end of the second season, when Stitch finally earns enough good deeds, he instead decides to use his wish to stay with Yuna instead. Throughout the two Madhouse seasons, Stitch also fights off against Dr. Hämsterviel (Kirk Thornton), who is at large along with Gantu (Keith Silverstein) and Experiment 625/Reuben (Dave Wittenberg), and wishes to use the stone to gain ultimate power.

In the third season, Yuna, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley instead move to Okinawa New Town with Yuna's cousin Tigerlily ([[w:Laura Bailey|Laura Bailey]]), while Hämsterviel partners with an alien woman named Delia ([[w:Mary Elizabeth McGlynn|Mary Elizabeth McGlynn]]) who desires to retrieve a power cell embedded within Stitch. She eventually creates her own powerful experiment, Dark End ([[w:Roger Craig Smith|Roger Craig Smith]]), to fight Stitch. Lilo ([[w:Gwendoline Yeo|Gwendoline Yeo]]), now an adult with a daughter named Ani ([[w:Melissa Fahn|Melissa Fahn]]) who looks remarkably identical to her back when she was a child, also returns in an episode to reunite with Stitch.

===''Stitch & Ai'' (2017)===
This English-language Chinese animated series was produced by Anhui Xinhua Media and Panimation Hwakai Media with cooperation with American animators, including some of the crew of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. It ran for one thirteen-episode season from March 27 to April 6, 2017, with a Mandarin Chinese dub, while the original English production was first broadcast in Southeast Asia from February 5 to 27, 2018. Twelve of the thirteen episodes were later released in the United States for free digital streaming on DisneyNow on December 1, 2018, although they were removed from the service by June 2019.

This series has Stitch kidnapped by a faction of alien criminals called the Jaboodies and held in their spaceship above Earth, only for a rival faction called the Woolagongs, who also want Stitch for themselves, attack the ship in an effort to capture him, allowing him to escape to Earth. Upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, he ends up in the Huangshan mountains in China's Anhui province. There he meets a spirited young girl named Wang Ai Ling (voiced in English by [[w:Erica Mendez|Erica Mendez]]), who lives in her home in the mountains her older sister Jeijei ([[w:Laura Post|Laura Post]]), but whose aunt Daiyu (Post) wants to move her out to live in the city under the false belief that she will have a better life there. Ai takes in Stitch as her "dog", and the two help each other with their problems. They are also joined by Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Lucien Dodge|Lucien Dodge]]) after they are initially sent by the Grand Councilwoman to rescue Stitch. However, Jumba is concerned that an ability he secretly programmed in Stitch, a metamorphosis ability that turns the little blue experiment into a giant destructive monster, could be triggered if the alien criminals still going after him try to subconsciously manipulate Stitch into triggering it.

===''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020)===
This Japanese manga spin-off was written and illustrated by Hiroto Wada, also known in Japan as ''Tono & Stitch'', and published digitally from January 13 to December 28, 2020. The English translation was published by Tokyopop through 2021, in three volumes. Unlike past works, Stitch ends up in Earth's past and befriends an adult male instead of a young girl. In this manga, Stitch ends up traveling through time as well as space, crash landing in Sengoku-era Japan. There he meets Meison Yamato, a samurai warlord who takes the blue "tanuki" after seeing his power and finding him to be "cute".

== Lilo & Stitch and furry ==
[[File:CSUMAward.jpg|200px|right|thumb|[[Chris Sanders]] (right) receiving ''Lilo & Stitch''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s award for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture at the 2002 Ursa Major Awards.]]
The original ''Lilo & Stitch'' film won the 2002 [[Ursa Major Awards|Ursa Major Award]] for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture;<ref name="UMA 2002">{{Cite web|url=https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2002.htm|author=Ursa Major Awards|accessdate=June 5, 2021|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2002 winners}}</ref> director Chris Sanders accepted the award in person. Separately, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' was nominated for the 2003 Ursa Major Award award for Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series for the series's first 27 episodes, but lost to ''[[Gary the Rat]]'', while its pilot film ''Stitch! The Movie'' was nominated for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture the same year, but lost to ''[[Finding Nemo]]''.<ref name="UMA 2003">{{Cite web|url=https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2003.htm|author=Ursa Major Awards|accessdate=June 5, 2021|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2003 winners}} '''Note:''' Although ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s twenty-eighth episode aired in 2003, UMA declared it have been "shown out of sequence" on December 12, 2003, negating it from being part of the nomination.</ref>

''Lilo & Stitch'' has a niche amount of popularity in the [[furry community]] due to the animalistic-looking aliens featured in the franchise, with Stitch being a modestly popular character within the furry fandom. Some of the other experiments, including his immediate predecessor [[disney:Reuben|Reuben (Experiment 625)]] and female counterpart, love interest, and mate [[disney:Angel|Angel (Experiment 624)]], are also recognizable. The film and the franchise's messages of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' and finding belongingness with others have also resonated with much of the furry fandom, as several furs have personally found belongingness within the fandom.

Some furs have an "experimentsona" or "Stitchsona"—a representation of oneself as a [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]], usually more based on Stitch's own design than other experiments—as their [[fursona]] or as an alternate form of their own pre-existing one, as if their main fursona was genetically modified by the creator of the experiments [[disney:Jumba Jookiba|Dr. Jumba Jookiba]] himself.

===Bara Stitch===
"'''Bara Stitch'''", also called "'''Himbo Stitch'''" and "'''Buff Stitch'''", refers to a trend in January and February 2021 of fan interpretations of "anthropomorphized" versions of Stitch. During the trend, several artists on Twitter and [[Fur Affinity]] shared fan art they made featuring such interpretations of Stitch. In such artwork, he is portrayed with a body shape of a human adult, oftentimes with some human-based features such as nipples, hands, and feet, while still maintaining most of his regular genetic experiment features including eyes, ears, nose, mouth, head shape, fur, and claws, though not necessarily all such features. His more humanoid body in such renditions is typically given a muscular build, overweight build or a build with a mixture of both per the aspects of male characters portrayed in works of the [[w:Bara (genre)|''bara'' genre]] (short for ''[[w:Barazoku|Barazoku]]'', which was a gay-oriented magazine in Japan) from which the trend takes its name. While Stitch has received most of the attention during the trend, some artists have drawn other ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters either instead of or alongside Stitch to bring more attention to them.

Several fan art of "anthropomorphic" Stitch have been made well before the trend, but not to the levels beforehand. Stitch is technically already an anthropomorphic creature since he has a high level of human-like intelligence and sentience and has opposable thumbs (or at least, fingers that can ''act'' much like opposable thumbs), but this isn't as apparent due to his somewhat feral appearance and at times behavior. Thus, "anthropomorphic Stitch" usually means a version of Stitch with a more humanoid body shape; this is usually given in the form of a body similar to a male human adult or teenager. Additionally, in the vein of [[w:Rule 63|Rule 63]] of the Internet, he has also been given female interpretations by fans, including with a humanoid body shape.

Early signs of the trend began around January 15, 2021. On that day, artist [[eclipticafusion]] posted a drawing of anthrofied versions of Stitch, Reuben, and Leroy based on drawings of "anthro Stitch" that he saw himself.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eclipticafusion/status/1350164949398646785|author=eclipticafusion|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=I saw some cute pics of anthro Stitch and wanted to try myself, of course added Reuben and Leroy}}</ref> This drawing got considerable attention; as of February 13, 2021, the tweet was retweeted 905 times and received over 5,100 likes.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet"/> Later that day, furry artist [https://twitter.com/xtbidx tbid] tweeted a drawing of a "himbo" Stitch they made the previous week,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350203216768626688|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=He’s a scribble from last week. Go check out/follow @Maxpany2 for some 👌 stitch himbo}}</ref> later posting an explicit version of the drawing over two hours later.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350235778496958464|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=ALOHA fuzzies # TGIF}}</ref> As of February 13, 2021, the tweet with the original "safe" version of the drawing has been retweeted 283 times and liked almost 1,300 times,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> while the tweet with the explicit version has been retweeted 652 times and liked over 3,000 times.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw"/> According to their first Stitch drawing tweet,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> they were inspired by the drawings of fellow furry artist [https://twitter.com/Maxpany2 Maxpany], who is known for his artwork involving usually male anthropomorphic cartoon characters given traits of [[macro]]ifcation (including the involvement of size growth and muscle growth), [[Hypertrophilia|hyper-endowment]], and/or obesity (including weight gain). Among the regular subjects in Maxpany's art are ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters, most often Stitch and Reuben. At the time of the trend, Maxpany was posting a series of drawing of his blue-furred, pink-haired anthropomorphic lemur fursona Max enjoying life with a taller, increasingly overweight version of Stitch as his "husband".<ref name="Maxpany Kiss the Cook tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Maxpany2/status/1348459836900601856|author=Maxpany|work=Twitter|date=January 10, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=the perfect husband doesn't exi- 😳😳😳😳😳}}</ref> (Although not depicted in this series, Max also has an alternate "experiment-sona" form based on the ''Lilo & Stitch'' experiments.)

The trend truly took off a week later on January 22, 2021, when, furry artist [[MineDoo]] posted a colored sketch of a bust portrait of Stitch with a buff chest, greyish-blue nipples, and a thick neck as he smirks at the viewer.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352793322121809921|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=Quick Stitch before bed 👀}}</ref> This drawing was also apparently inspired by Maxpany's Stitch drawings.<ref name="MineDoo reply tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352795673356283904|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=January 29, 2021|title=I blame YOU 👀✨}}</ref> The drawing garnered significant interest, with many Twitter users responding that they find the muscular rendition of the alien attractive, garnering over a thousand retweets and over 6,900 likes as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet"/>

MineDoo's drawing led to a windfall of other artists making their own renditions of an anthropomorphized Stitch. Others have also shared pre-2021 artwork of an anthropomorphic Stitch. These other renditions gave Stitch a variety of different designs and body shapes to these artists' liking, although some artists drew other characters from the franchise, either with or without Stitch, out of a desire to bring more attention to them. These characters were usually [[disney:Gantu|Gantu]] (the largest major character in the canon in both size and muscular shape), an "anthrofied" Reuben (who is one of the franchise's major experiments and is canonically chubbier than Stitch) and Jumba (the most obesely built character); "anthrofied" versions of [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]] and Angel, both of whom are among the better-known experiments in the fandom alongside Stitch and Reuben, were also made during the trend. Other artists have also opted to add an older [[disney:Lilo Pelekai|Lilo]] alongside Stitch to show them having "grown-up" together, even though the franchise has mostly excluded Lilo since ''Leroy & Stitch'', and Stitch is shown in official media to be incapable of growing taller or even aging. (Lilo has official teenage and adult designs as seen in the ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' episode "[[disney:Skip (episode)|Skip]]", when she and Stitch skip ahead ten and twenty years into the future, and the ''Stitch!'' episode "Lilo", which shows her and Stitch reuniting in her adulthood. However, several of these "older Lilo & Stitch" art pieces do not show her with the specific older body she has in those episodes.)

==References==
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== See also ==
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch|''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)]] on [[Wikipedia]]
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|''Lilo & Stitch'' (franchise)]] on Wikipedia

==External links==
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Western Animation / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on [[TV Tropes]]
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/LiloAndStitch Franchise / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on TV Tropes
* [https://liloandstitch.fandom.com/wiki/Lilo_%26_Stitch_Wiki ''Lilo & Stitch'' Wiki] on Fandom

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| creator = [[Chris Sanders]] [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]]
| owner = [[File:The_Walt_Disney_Company_logo.png|link=The Walt Disney Company|150px]]
| origin = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
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| comics = ''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020–present)
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| strips = ''Comic Zone: Lilo & Stitch''
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| films = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
| shorts = ''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)
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| animated_series = ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch: The Series|Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' (2003–2006) ''[[w:Stitch!|Stitch!]]'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015) ''[[w:Stitch & Ai|Stitch & Ai]]'' (2017)
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| tv_films = ''[[w:Leroy & Stitch|Leroy & Stitch]]'' (2006)
| direct-to-video = ''[[w:Stitch! The Movie|Stitch! The Movie]]'' (2003) ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch|Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch]]'' (2005)
| video_games = ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch'' (Game Boy Advance; 2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise'' (2002) ''Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626'' (2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc'' (2004) ''Disney Stitch Jam'' (2009)
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| attractions = [[w:Stitch's Great Escape!|Stitch's Great Escape!]] (2004–2018) [[w:Stitch Encounter|Stitch Encounter/Stitch Live!]] (2006–present) [[w:The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!|The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!]] (2008–present) [[w:Stitch's Supersonic Celebration|Stitch's Supersonic Celebration]] (2009)
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'''''Lilo & Stitch''''' is a 2002 American animated science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by [[Chris Sanders]] and [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] that was produced by [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] and released by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. It is also the name of a Disney media franchise, alternately called just '''''Stitch''''', that spawned from the film. The film was released during a low point for Disney's feature animation studio, known today as either the "Post-Renaissance Era" (the period between the [[w:Disney Renaissance|Disney Renaissance]] and the [[disney:Disney Revival|Disney Revival]]) or the "Experimental Era" (since Disney's animated films became more experimental with their storytelling and were moving away from the templates used for the Renaissance's films), and became a surprise critical and commercial success for the company at a time when traditionally-animated films were losing relevance. The titular [[alien]] [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]] [[Stitch]] (also known as Experiment 626; number pronounced "six-two-six") rapidly became one of Disney's most popular characters, especially in merchandise,<ref name="THR Remake News">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jon-m-chu-in-talks-to-direct-live-action-lilo-stitch-movie-exclusive|title=Jon M. Chu in Talks to Direct Live-Action 'Lilo & Stitch' Movie (Exclusive)|website=[[w:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=November 13, 2020|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}</ref> becoming arguably Disney's first animated character introduced in the 21st century to have achieved an iconic status.{{fact}}

==Main works==
The main continuity of the franchise, which focuses on both title characters living their lives on Hawaii, consists of four animated feature films, a Western animated television series, and an animated short film.
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===''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)===
In the original 2002 film, released on June 21, 2002, Kweltikwan mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voiced by [[w:David Ogden Stiers|David Ogden Stiers]]) stands trial for illegal genetic experimentation, having created a superpowerful blue creature called "Experiment 626" (voiced by co-writer/co-director [[Chris Sanders]]), who is designed solely to destroy everything he touches. After 626 escapes custody to a backwater planet called Earth, the Grand Councilwoman ([[w:Zoe Caldwell|Zoe Caldwell]]) offers Jumba his freedom for the capture of his creation. On Earth, 626 crash lands his stolen spacecraft on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where he gets adopted by an eccentric six-year-old girl named Lilo Pelekai ([[w:Daveigh Chase|Daveigh Chase]]), who is shunned by her peers and is at risk of being forcibly separated from her older sister Nani ([[w:Tia Carrere|Tia Carrere]]) by her newest social worker Cobra Bubbles ([[w:Ving Rhames|Ving Rhames]]) to be put into foster care. In trying to escape capture by Jumba and his assigned partner, Plorgonarian "Earth expert" Agent Wendy Pleakley ([[w:Kevin McDonald|Kevin McDonald]]), 626 lets himself be adopted by Lilo as her "dog" who she renames as "Stitch".

Stitch's aggressive behavior, especially in his attempts to avoid Jumba and Pleakley, causes problems for Lilo and Nani, costing the latter her job as a luau waitress. Cobra demands Nani to find a new job and Lilo to make Stitch a "model citizen"; Lilo uses her beliefs in ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', a Hawaiian concept of extended family, as well as iconic singer [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] as a role model, to attempt to rehabilitate Stitch, while Nani tries to find new employment. Although Stitch's attitude improves as he slowly enjoys his time with Lilo, his and Lilo's antics prevent Nani from finding a new job. As David Kawena ([[w:Jason Scott Lee|Jason Scott Lee]]), a local surfer who is a good friend to the Pelekai sisters, gets them and Stitch to go surfing and enjoy some time on the beach, Jumba and Pleakley make a last-ditch effort to capture Stitch. Although Stitch escapes them again, his inability to swim or float in water causes him and Lilo, who he tried to grab onto for protection and flotation, to have a near-drowning experience, which Cobra witnesses. The incident costs Nani her chances at keeping Lilo, and Cobra tells Nani that he would pick up Lilo the next morning. Feeling guilty for causing the sisters' now-inevitable separation, Stitch runs away from their home that night.

The next morning, Nani runs off to take on a new job offer before Cobra arrives for Lilo. Jumba, who was fired alongside Pleakley finds Stitch in the woods and chases him back to the Pelekais' house, which they destroy in the ensuing fight. Lilo runs off to the nearby woods to find Stitch, who reveals his true alien form to her. Although Lilo tries to reject him for ruining everything, they are both captured by the massive Captain Gantu ([[w:Kevin Michael Richardson|Kevin Michael Richardson]]), who was sent by the Grand Councilwoman to take over Jumba and Pleakley's assignment. Stitch escapes but Lilo remains captured on Gantu's spaceship. He is then found again by Nani, then Jumba and Pleakley shortly after. He tells Nani that he's changed by reminding her of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', and convinces Jumba to rescue Lilo. Chasing Gantu down in Jumba's spaceship, Stitch throws out Gantu from his spaceship and rescues Lilo. The sisters and the aliens reconvene at the shore where Stitch is finally captured by the Grand Councilman. Stitch accepts his fate, proving how much he's changed as a person, but as he about to leave in the Councilwoman's spaceship, Lilo, with some prodding from Cobra, shows her ownership document to the Councilwoman and tells her that taking him away would be theft. Pleased with the document, the Grand Councilwoman decrees that Stitch is "sentenced" to exile with the Pelekai sisters as his wardens and that the three are protected by the United Galactic Federation. After leaving, Lilo, Nani, and Stitch accept the exiled Jumba and Pleakley into their home, they, along with David and Cobra, reconstruct their house and begin a happy life together.

===''Stitch! The Movie'' (2003)===
This direct-to-video pilot to ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', released on August 26, 2003, shows that Gantu, forcibly retired from his post in the original film, is now hired by the diminutive Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (voiced by [[w:Jeff Bennett|Jeff Bennett]]) to retrieve Jumba's first 625 genetic experiments, which Hämsterviel co-funded the creation of prior to the end of their partnership. On Earth, Stitch struggles to fit in with the locals and feels bad about himself. Jumba then gets kidnapped by Gantu, who also finds the dehydrated pod of Experiment 625 ([[w:Rob Paulsen|Rob Paulsen]]), and takes him to Hämsterviel. After finding the first 624 experiments, Lilo and Stitch activate one of them by dropping its pod in water, the electrical Experiment 221 ([[w:Frank Welker|Frank Welker]]), to help rescue Jumba, but he escapes. The duo then chases down and capture 221, and Stitch bonds with him as his "cousin", based on Hawaiian terminology he learned from Lilo. When Cobra and Pleakley rendezvous at [[w:Kilauea Light|Kīlauea Lighthouse]] with Gantu and Hämsterviel to exchange the pods of the other experiments as ransom payment for Jumba, Lilo and Stitch then show up with "Sparky" (as she named 221), freeing him then and there and freeing Jumba. Gantu and Hämsterviel attempt to make off with the experiments, but the Grand Councilwoman's ship emerges from the nearby Pacific Ocean and aims its gun and Hämsterviel. However, Lilo protests on the account that he has the other experiments, and Sparky decides to short-circuit the Councilwoman's ship. Lilo, Stitch and Sparky stow away on Hämsterviel's ship as he and Gantu escape. Lilo, Stitch, and Gantu fight over the experiment pod container, which results in the container releasing and scattering the pods all over Hawaii, and Lilo and Stitch's capture. However, just as Stitch is about to be vivisected by a laser while strapped to a weight that's just too heavy for him to lift, Sparky frees him, they strap Hämsterviel to the weight, and Stitch rescues Lilo before she gets teleported to an intergalactic zoo. They short-circuit Gantu's own ship, causing it to crash by a waterfall on Kauai, and land Hämsterviel's ship back over to the rendezvous point at the lighthouse, handing Hämsterviel in handcuffs over to the Grand Councilwoman. Lilo and Stitch give Sparky a new home in powering the lighthouse, then convince the Councilwoman to have them find and rehabilitate the other 623 experiments (625 was activated by Gantu earlier and sticks with him as his sidekick, although he's too lazy and cowardly to put in any effort apart from making and eating sandwiches). As several experiments are activated when they fall into the water, Lilo and Stitch drive off in Nani's dune buggy, leading to the subsequent series.

===''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (2003–2006)===
The franchise's first television series first ran from September 20, 2003, to July 29, 2006 for 65 episodes over two seasons, airing new episodes on both [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] Saturday morning block [[w:ABC Kids (TV programming block)|ABC Kids]] and [[w:Disney Channel|Disney Channel]] throughout its run. The only animated show in the franchise to truly follow-up on the original film, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' has the titular duo continue capturing Jumba's other experiments, naming them, and rehabilitating them from bad to good by finding a new place where they truly belong and can use their unique abilities to help society. Jumba and sometimes Pleakley usually assist them. Meanwhile, Gantu and his reluctant sidekick Experiment 625 try to capture experiments for Dr. Hämsterviel, who is imprisoned on a prison asteroid, usually fighting against Lilo and Stitch for the experiments.

===''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' (2005)===
A direct-to-video direct sequel to the first film released on August 30, 2005, set before ''Stitch! The Movie'', this film showed insights to the lives of the Pelekai ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' after the events of ''Lilo & Stitch''. The film had Lilo (voiced by [[w:Dakota Fanning|Dakota Fanning]] in this film) trying to come up with an original hula dance for a May Day competition that her late mother previously won. However, Stitch begins to suffer glitches that cause him to revert to his original destructive programming. Unbeknownst to either him or Lilo, these glitches are the result of his molecules not being fully charged when he was created, as he and Jumba were arrested shortly after the experiment's creation. While Jumba tries to build a new fusion chamber to recharge Stitch before his molecules lose all their charge, and Pleakley attempts to "fix" David and Nani's supposedly strained relationship, Stitch's glitches causes friction between him and Lilo, leading to her deciding to perform her hula without him. On the day of the hula competition, on which Jumba had finally completed construction of the fusion chamber, Stitch tries to wish Lilo good luck, but has another glitch that causes him to scratch her face. This causes him to believe that he's too dangerous to be around her, and he takes Jumba's spaceship to try to free to a distant remote planet. Lilo, realizing that the glitches were not his fault, abandons her performance and gets her family go save Stitch, who has one final glitch that causes him to crash the ship on a mountain. Lilo reaches Stitch via a hovercraft and tries to revitalize him by putting him in the fusion chamber, but he supposedly dies. However, he then wakes up in Lilo's arms cured of his glitches, as according to her, "love is more powerful than death."

====''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)====
This short film included with ''Lilo & Stitch 2'' as a DVD and later Disney+ extra is a bridge between that film and ''Stitch! The Movie''. The short film reveals what kinds of alien creatures were used to create Stitch, with Jumba reminding the experiment of what he has become, and also hints at the other 625 experiments made before him.

===''Leroy & Stitch'' (2006)===
This television film aired on June 23, 2006, serving as the finale of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' and the main continuity of the franchise with Stitch being with Lilo in Hawaii. In the film, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley are honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance (the name of the United Galactic Federation in ''The Series'') after successfully reforming all of the first 624 experiments. Jumba is given the key back to his old lab at Galaxy Defense Industries, Pleakley is made the head of Earth studies at Galactic Alliance Community College (G.A.C.C.), Stitch is made the Captain of the Galactic Armada as the commander of its newly commissioned ship the BRB-9000 (Big Red Battleship 9000) and Lilo, now Galactic Federation Ambassador to Earth, is designated the sole guardian of Stitch's "cousins". However, with the aliens' having to leave Earth, Lilo gives them parting gifts; a record of Elvis Presley's performance of "Aloha 'Oe", Pleakley an Earth rock as a paperweight, and Stitch a collar-like necklace with a tiki of [[w:Kū|Kū]], the Hawaiian god of strength.

Meanwhile, Gantu, who only managed to catch Experiment 625, decides to break Dr. Hämsterviel out of prison, leaving 625 stranded on Earth as Gantu flies off in his [[disney:Manta Shuttle|Manta Shuttle]], which only has two seats. As Stitch is assigned to go recapture Hämsterviel, Hämsterviel and Gantu burst into Jumba's lab and forces Jumba to create an evil twin of Stitch that Hämsterviel names [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]], who then gets into a fight with Stitch when he arrives, winning when Stitch is distracted by Pleakley's sudden appearance, allowing Leroy to throw Stitch into a containment capsule. Hämsterviel locks Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley into Pleakley's G.A.C.C. ship to send them towards a black hole, then clones Leroy into his own personal army, then goes off to the planet Turo take over the Galactic Alliance.

On Earth, Lilo misses Stitch and convinces 625 to allow her to use the videophone on Gantu's ship when she names him "Reuben", after the [[w:Reuben sandwich|Reuben sandwich]]. They contact the BRB-9000 to find what looks like Stitch, who is actually a shapeshifted Leroy but find him to be an imposter as he doesn't have Stitch's tiki necklace. After Leroy cuts off the feed, Lilo then motivates Reuben to repair the ship to rescue Stitch. Hämsterviel sends a Leroy clone to Earth to capture all the experiments to be destroyed, including Lilo's rival [[disney:Mertle Edmonds|Mertle Edmonds]] (voiced by [[w:Liliana Mumy|Liliana Mumy]] in ''The Series'' and all films except for ''Lilo & Stitch'', where she was voiced by Miranda Paige Walls), the owner of Experiment 007, Gigi. Lilo and Reuben arrive at Turo to find that the Hämsterviel has taken over the Galactic Alliance. Gantu locks away Lilo and Reuben but releases them after Hämsterviel fires him in favor of Leroy. After being trapped by Leroy clones in an attempt to, Lilo, Reuben and Gantu are then saved by the sudden appearance of the G.A.C.C. van, which went through the black hole but had its trajectory changed after, based on Jumba's personal calculations on how they could avoid being dumped to a volcanic planet by the black hole, Stitch disrupted the event horizon by biting into Pleakley's rock and throwing it at the black hole.

Lilo, Reuben and Gantu join Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley inside the van and head straight for Earth, where it's revealed that Leroy gathered all the experiments (and Mertle) at [[w:Aloha Stadium|Aloha Stadium]], where a concert is planned to take place in the future. Hämsterviel almost uses the weapons on the BRB-9000 to destroy the experiments, but the G.A.C.C. van suddenly appears and destroys the BRB's primary cannon. However, Hämsterviel brought his Leroy army as a backup, and soon the experiments and the Leroys have an epic battle against one another. As the Leroys start getting the upper hand, Jumba then remembers that he programmed a secret command in Leroy that if he hears "Aloha 'Oe", he will shut down. Stitch, Lilo, Reuben, and a few other experiments then put on a concert playing the song, causing all the Leroys to get violent seizures and shut down, and Hämsterviel is recaptured and sent back to prison.

The team is honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance, but Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley request to return to living on Earth with Lilo. The Grand Councilwoman grants their request and asks Gantu if he would like to be reinstated as a captain of the Galactic Armada. He agrees on the condition that Reuben joins him as his galley officer. Back on Earth, Lilo takes one final family photo with her ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', including Stitch, Nani David, Jumba, Pleakley, the experiments, and even Mertle, while in prison, an angry Hämsterviel taps his foot while the Leroys dance to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock".

==Spin-offs==
Since the end of the main continuity in 2006, Disney has produced a number of spin-offs focusing more on Stitch and his antics in various locations on Earth, making new friends with other human beings. All such spin-offs so far have been primarily made in the countries where such works take place. Additionally, the English versions of the animated spin-offs have featured an entirely different voice cast from the original, with [[w:Benjamin Diskin|Benjamin Diskin]] taking over as the voice of Stitch and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' screenwriter and executive producer [[w:Jess Winfield|Jess Winfield]] replacing David Ogden Stiers as the voice of Jumba.

===''Stitch!'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015)===
This Japanese anime series ran from 2008 to 2011 for 83 episodes and three specials, with an additional two specials broadcast in 2012 and 2015. The first two seasons, consisting of 54 episodes and two specials, were produced by Madhouse, while the 29 episodes of the third season and the last three specials were produced by Shin-Ei Animation. The English dub first debuted in Australia in 2009 and briefly ran in the United States on Disney XD in October 2011. The German dub of this series retitles it as ''Yuna & Stitch''.

In this series, Stitch has left Lilo after falsely believing that she abandoned him when she grew up. After spending time in space, he eventually ends up on the fictitious Izayoi Island, which is off the shore of Okinawa in the Ryukyus. There, he meets Yuna Kamihara (voiced by [[w:Eden Riegel|Eden Riegel]] in the English dub), a tomboyish local girl with an interest in karate, and he, Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Ted Biaselli|Ted Biaselli]]) join her family. On the island, Stitch discovers and learns about the "Spiritual Stone", a magical stone that can grant wishes provided one does 43 good deeds (which can be lost; Stitch loses good deeds often due to his mischievous behavior), and Stitch wishes to be the strongest being in the universe. However, by the end of the second season, when Stitch finally earns enough good deeds, he instead decides to use his wish to stay with Yuna instead. Throughout the two Madhouse seasons, Stitch also fights off against Dr. Hämsterviel (Kirk Thornton), who is at large along with Gantu (Keith Silverstein) and Experiment 625/Reuben (Dave Wittenberg), and wishes to use the stone to gain ultimate power.

In the third season, Yuna, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley instead move to Okinawa New Town with Yuna's cousin Tigerlily ([[w:Laura Bailey|Laura Bailey]]), while Hämsterviel partners with an alien woman named Delia ([[w:Mary Elizabeth McGlynn|Mary Elizabeth McGlynn]]) who desires to retrieve a power cell embedded within Stitch. She eventually creates her own powerful experiment, Dark End ([[w:Roger Craig Smith|Roger Craig Smith]]), to fight Stitch. Lilo ([[w:Gwendoline Yeo|Gwendoline Yeo]]), now an adult with a daughter named Ani ([[w:Melissa Fahn|Melissa Fahn]]) who looks remarkably identical to her back when she was a child, also returns in an episode to reunite with Stitch.

===''Stitch & Ai'' (2017)===
This English-language Chinese animated series was produced by Anhui Xinhua Media and Panimation Hwakai Media with cooperation with American animators, including some of the crew of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. It ran for one thirteen-episode season from March 27 to April 6, 2017, with a Mandarin Chinese dub, while the original English production was first broadcast in Southeast Asia from February 5 to 27, 2018. Twelve of the thirteen episodes were later released in the United States for free digital streaming on DisneyNow on December 1, 2018, although they were removed from the service by June 2019.

This series has Stitch kidnapped by a faction of alien criminals called the Jaboodies and held in their spaceship above Earth, only for a rival faction called the Woolagongs, who also want Stitch for themselves, attack the ship in an effort to capture him, allowing him to escape to Earth. Upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, he ends up in the Huangshan mountains in China's Anhui province. There he meets a spirited young girl named Wang Ai Ling (voiced in English by [[w:Erica Mendez|Erica Mendez]]), who lives in her home in the mountains her older sister Jeijei ([[w:Laura Post|Laura Post]]), but whose aunt Daiyu (Post) wants to move her out to live in the city under the false belief that she will have a better life there. Ai takes in Stitch as her "dog", and the two help each other with their problems. They are also joined by Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Lucien Dodge|Lucien Dodge]]) after they are initially sent by the Grand Councilwoman to rescue Stitch. However, Jumba is concerned that an ability he secretly programmed in Stitch, a metamorphosis ability that turns the little blue experiment into a giant destructive monster, could be triggered if the alien criminals still going after him try to subconsciously manipulate Stitch into triggering it.

===''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020)===
This Japanese manga spin-off was written and illustrated by Hiroto Wada, also known in Japan as ''Tono & Stitch'', and published digitally from January 13 to December 28, 2020. The English translation was published by Tokyopop through 2021, in three volumes. Unlike past works, Stitch ends up in Earth's past and befriends an adult male instead of a young girl. In this manga, Stitch ends up traveling through time as well as space, crash landing in Sengoku-era Japan. There he meets Meison Yamato, a samurai warlord who takes the blue "tanuki" after seeing his power and finding him to be "cute".

== Lilo & Stitch and furry ==
[[File:CSUMAward.jpg|200px|right|thumb|[[Chris Sanders]] (right) receiving ''Lilo & Stitch''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s award for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture at the 2002 Ursa Major Awards.]]
The original ''Lilo & Stitch'' film won the 2002 [[Ursa Major Awards|Ursa Major Award]] for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture;<ref name="UMA 2002">{{Cite web|url=https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2002.htm|author=Ursa Major Awards|accessdate=June 5, 2021|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2002 winners}}</ref> director Chris Sanders accepted the award in person. Separately, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' was nominated for the 2003 Ursa Major Award award for Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series for the series's first 27 episodes, but lost to ''[[Gary the Rat]]'', while its pilot film ''Stitch! The Movie'' was nominated for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture the same year, but lost to ''[[Finding Nemo]]''.<ref name="UMA 2003">{{Cite web|url=https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2003.htm|author=Ursa Major Awards|accessdate=June 5, 2021|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2003 winners}} '''Note:''' Although ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s twenty-eighth episode aired in 2003, UMA declared it have been "shown out of sequence" on December 12, 2003, negating it from being part of the nomination.</ref>

''Lilo & Stitch'' has a niche amount of popularity in the [[furry community]] due to the animalistic-looking aliens featured in the franchise, with Stitch being a modestly popular character within the furry fandom. Some of the other experiments, including his immediate predecessor [[disney:Reuben|Reuben (Experiment 625)]] and female counterpart, love interest, and mate [[disney:Angel|Angel (Experiment 624)]], are also recognizable. The film and the franchise's messages of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' and finding belongingness with others have also resonated with much of the furry fandom, as several furs have personally found belongingness within the fandom.

Some furs have an "experimentsona" or "Stitchsona"—a representation of oneself as a [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]], usually more based on Stitch's own design than other experiments—as their [[fursona]] or as an alternate form of their own pre-existing one, as if their main fursona was genetically modified by the creator of the experiments [[disney:Jumba Jookiba|Dr. Jumba Jookiba]] himself.

===Bara Stitch===
"'''Bara Stitch'''", also called "'''Himbo Stitch'''" and "'''Buff Stitch'''", refers to a trend in January and February 2021 of fan interpretations of "anthropomorphized" versions of Stitch. During the trend, several artists on Twitter and [[Fur Affinity]] shared fan art they made featuring such interpretations of Stitch. In such artwork, he is portrayed with a body shape of a human adult, oftentimes with some human-based features such as nipples, hands, and feet, while still maintaining most of his regular genetic experiment features including eyes, ears, nose, mouth, head shape, fur, and claws, though not necessarily all such features. His more humanoid body in such renditions is typically given a muscular build, overweight build or a build with a mixture of both per the aspects of male characters portrayed in works of the [[w:Bara (genre)|''bara'' genre]] (short for ''[[w:Barazoku|Barazoku]]'', which was a gay-oriented magazine in Japan) from which the trend takes its name. While Stitch has received most of the attention during the trend, some artists have drawn other ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters either instead of or alongside Stitch to bring more attention to them.

Several fan art of "anthropomorphic" Stitch have been made well before the trend, but not to the levels beforehand. Stitch is technically already an anthropomorphic creature since he has a high level of human-like intelligence and sentience and has opposable thumbs (or at least, fingers that can ''act'' much like opposable thumbs), but this isn't as apparent due to his somewhat feral appearance and at times behavior. Thus, "anthropomorphic Stitch" usually means a version of Stitch with a more humanoid body shape; this is usually given in the form of a body similar to a male human adult or teenager. Additionally, in the vein of [[w:Rule 63|Rule 63]] of the Internet, he has also been given female interpretations by fans, including with a humanoid body shape.

Early signs of the trend began around January 15, 2021. On that day, artist [[eclipticafusion]] posted a drawing of anthrofied versions of Stitch, Reuben, and Leroy based on drawings of "anthro Stitch" that he saw himself.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eclipticafusion/status/1350164949398646785|author=eclipticafusion|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=I saw some cute pics of anthro Stitch and wanted to try myself, of course added Reuben and Leroy}}</ref> This drawing got considerable attention; as of February 13, 2021, the tweet was retweeted 905 times and received over 5,100 likes.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet"/> Later that day, furry artist [https://twitter.com/xtbidx tbid] tweeted a drawing of a "himbo" Stitch they made the previous week,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350203216768626688|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=He’s a scribble from last week. Go check out/follow @Maxpany2 for some 👌 stitch himbo}}</ref> later posting an explicit version of the drawing over two hours later.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350235778496958464|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=ALOHA fuzzies # TGIF}}</ref> As of February 13, 2021, the tweet with the original "safe" version of the drawing has been retweeted 283 times and liked almost 1,300 times,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> while the tweet with the explicit version has been retweeted 652 times and liked over 3,000 times.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw"/> According to their first Stitch drawing tweet,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> they were inspired by the drawings of fellow furry artist [https://twitter.com/Maxpany2 Maxpany], who is known for his artwork involving usually male anthropomorphic cartoon characters given traits of [[macro]]ifcation (including the involvement of size growth and muscle growth), [[Hypertrophilia|hyper-endowment]], and/or obesity (including weight gain). Among the regular subjects in Maxpany's art are ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters, most often Stitch and Reuben. At the time of the trend, Maxpany was posting a series of drawing of his blue-furred, pink-haired anthropomorphic lemur fursona Max enjoying life with a taller, increasingly overweight version of Stitch as his "husband".<ref name="Maxpany Kiss the Cook tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Maxpany2/status/1348459836900601856|author=Maxpany|work=Twitter|date=January 10, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=the perfect husband doesn't exi- 😳😳😳😳😳}}</ref> (Although not depicted in this series, Max also has an alternate "experiment-sona" form based on the ''Lilo & Stitch'' experiments.)

The trend truly took off a week later on January 22, 2021, when, furry artist [[MineDoo]] posted a colored sketch of a bust portrait of Stitch with a buff chest, greyish-blue nipples, and a thick neck as he smirks at the viewer.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352793322121809921|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=Quick Stitch before bed 👀}}</ref> This drawing was also apparently inspired by Maxpany's Stitch drawings.<ref name="MineDoo reply tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352795673356283904|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=January 29, 2021|title=I blame YOU 👀✨}}</ref> The drawing garnered significant interest, with many Twitter users responding that they find the muscular rendition of the alien attractive, garnering over a thousand retweets and over 6,900 likes as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet"/>

MineDoo's drawing led to a windfall of other artists making their own renditions of an anthropomorphized Stitch. Others have also shared pre-2021 artwork of an anthropomorphic Stitch. These other renditions gave Stitch a variety of different designs and body shapes to these artists' liking, although some artists drew other characters from the franchise, either with or without Stitch, out of a desire to bring more attention to them. These characters were usually [[disney:Gantu|Gantu]] (the largest major character in the canon in both size and muscular shape), an "anthrofied" Reuben (who is one of the franchise's major experiments and is canonically chubbier than Stitch) and Jumba (the most obesely built character); "anthrofied" versions of [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]] and Angel, both of whom are among the better-known experiments in the fandom alongside Stitch and Reuben, were also made during the trend. Other artists have also opted to add an older [[disney:Lilo Pelekai|Lilo]] alongside Stitch to show them having "grown-up" together, even though the franchise has mostly excluded Lilo since ''Leroy & Stitch'', and Stitch is shown in official media to be incapable of growing taller or even aging. (Lilo has official teenage and adult designs as seen in the ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' episode "[[disney:Skip (episode)|Skip]]", when she and Stitch skip ahead ten and twenty years into the future, and the ''Stitch!'' episode "Lilo", which shows her and Stitch reuniting in her adulthood. However, several of these "older Lilo & Stitch" art pieces do not show her with the specific older body she has in those episodes.)

==References==
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== See also ==
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch|''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)]] on [[Wikipedia]]
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|''Lilo & Stitch'' (franchise)]] on Wikipedia

==External links==
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Western Animation / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on [[TV Tropes]]
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/LiloAndStitch Franchise / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on TV Tropes
* [https://liloandstitch.fandom.com/wiki/Lilo_%26_Stitch_Wiki ''Lilo & Stitch'' Wiki] on Fandom

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SheezyArt

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| author = '''Founder:''' [[Channel Cat]]
* ''Original owners:''' Channel Cat, [[Spencer]]
* '''Revival owner:''' Rytoonist
| url = '''Original:''' http://www.sheezyart.com/ '''Revival:''' https://www.sheezy.art
| status = Revival site active; to be closed March 1, 2022
| began = November 30, 2003 (original) April 2021 (revival)
| ended = May 31, 2013 (original) March 1, 2022 (revival)
| genre = Art archive
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'''SheezyArt''', also known as '''Sheezy''', is an online [[art site]] devoted to all types of media, including [[W:traditional art|traditional]], [[digital artist|digital]], [[photography]], [[writing]], [[W:Pixel art|pixel art]], and [[animation]]. It originally operated from 2003 to 2013. It was revived by a former user in 2021 as Sheezy.Art, but the revival ended up being short-lived; the servers for the revived site will close in 2022, and its community will continue to live on as a Discord server.

== History ==

* November 30, 2003 - SheezyArt is created by Channel Cat.
* Summer of 2005 - SheezyArt suffers intermittently blackouts due to server problems.{{cn}} This resulted in the site being $700.00 short on its server bills, which are usually paid by ad revenue; however, site members' donations helped to pay the bill.{{cn}}
* April 22, 2006 - Channel Cat announced that he would relinquish the site's ownership to administrators Spencer and [[Thor (person)|Thor]]. <ref>[http://sheezyart.com/news/214/ ''Goodbye and Hello :)''] post on SheezyArt. Retrieved ?.</ref>
* May 31, 2013 - SheezyArt's [[staff]] announces on their [[Facebook]] page that they were:
{{q|[temporarily] closed to the public, while we prepare [...] a completely new site design, logo & branding, as well as a freshly minted technology platform.{{cn}}}}
:User data was planned to be preserved through the transition.
* September 17, 2014 - SheezyArt's staff announces that SheezyArt 's hiatus will continue, and that ownership would return to ChannelCat, Spencer staying on the same staff role.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/sheezyart/posts/546943832072781 ''This is IMPORTANT. Please read.''] post on [[Facebook]]. Retrieved December 1, 2014.</ref>
* November 7, 2015 - Spencer admits that "in all probability, SA will not be able to return any time in the near future", due to a lack of access to the files and the staff's inability to personally restore or maintain the site.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/sheezyart/posts/702575763176253 "TL;DR: Sad news. SA isn't going to return anytime soon."] - post on SheezyArt's Facebook page (November 7, 2015)</ref>
* April 2021 - SheezyArt is revived as [https://www.sheezy.art Sheezy.Art.] The site is now under new management by a former Sheezy user known as Rytoonist.<ref>FORMER OG STAFF APPROVED OF THE NEW SITE ON DISCORD: https://i.imgur.com/emf8peV.png, So much so you´ll see OLD SA staff even closed down Ambiance Gallery (The successor to SA) And started redirecting people to the rebooted SA. https://i.imgur.com/rhl8Sef.png</ref>
* January 3, 2022 - Rytoonist announces that Sheezy.Art will be shut down as they were unable to keep up with the influx of new users and necessary continued maintenance of the site; the site's Patreon and Ko-fi campaigns were already closed the previous day. The community will live on as a Discord server.<ref name="Revival shutdown">"rytoonist" (January 3, 2022). [https://sheezy.art/news/updates/2022-01-03/sheezy-art-is-shutting-down "Sheezy.Art is shutting down".] Sheezy.Art.</ref>
* February 1, 2022 - Sheezy.Art will enter read-only mode as it prepares to be shut down.<ref name="Revival shutdown"/>
* March 1, 2022 - Sheezy.Art will close permanently.<ref name="Revival shutdown"/>

== Features and rules ==
SheezyArt's visual template is based on the same used at the [[DeviantArt]] art gallery, and as so, allowed user commentary on [[artwork]], journals, and user pages. SheezyArt, like DeviantArt, offered a set [[forum]]s in which the community could gather.

Works containing explicitly [[adult]] material/subject matter were forbidden.

SheezyArt had a tolerance for harmless [[troll]]ing and, to some degree, encouraged.{{cn}} Argumentative and aggressive behavior was often seen and tolerated,{{cn}} but outright aggression and harassment is usually reprimanded.

== Mascot ==
[[File:Dante.png|right|180px|thumb|Former Sheezy mascot Dante]]
SheezyArt's OLD [[mascot]] was a [[raccoon]] named '''Dante''', until he was removed in March 2007 from the site. Channel Cat officially stated this was due to the fact that "We felt he didn't represent the artists well."{{clarify}}{{cn}}

Dante was created by former staff member [[Vensy]],{{cn}} a [[cosplayer]] and [[prop/product designer]].

A SheezyArt club, ''The Bring Back Dante Club :)'', was created to preserve the memory of the former mascot.<ref>[http://clubs.sheezyart.com/Bring_Back_Dante/ ''The Bring Back Dante Club :)''] club on SheezyArt. Dated March 19, 2007. Retrieved ?

SheezyArt's NEW [[mascot]] is a [[rabbit]] named '''Sheemz''',."
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== Controversy ==

In January 2005, SheezyArt banned all [[adult]] material content on its archive, deleting all media tagged as "adult", citing a new server host's policy restrictions on said content.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050310172611/http://www.sheezyart.com/news/119/ ''Sheezy Art Status Update :)''] post on SheezyArt. Retrieved ?.</ref>

Many adult artists{{who}} expressed disbelief at the administrators' explanation, believing the new policies to be unfair and unnecessary at best, a form of intentional persecution as worst,{{cn}} with some leaving the site altogether.

== SheezyArt and furry ==

In its original incarnation, SheezyArt all type of content, including adult media, in contrast to deviantART's content restrictions rules.{{cn}} This made it a popular archive for adult art [[artist]]s, including those in the [[furry fandom]].

During the site's 2005 adult art ban, some of these [[furry artist]]s would migrate to such galleries as [[Fur Affinity]] and [[y!Gallery]], both of which were at the time [[furry]]-friendly and without content restrictions.

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://www.facebook.com/sheezyart SheezyArt] on [[Facebook]]
* [irc://irc.darkmyst.org/sheezy #sheezy] [[IRC]] channel on [http://darkmyst.org Dark Myst] network

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Lilo & Stitch

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| origin = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
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| comics = ''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020–present)
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| strips = ''Comic Zone: Lilo & Stitch''
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| films = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
| shorts = ''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)
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| animated_series = ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch: The Series|Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' (2003–2006) ''[[w:Stitch!|Stitch!]]'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015) ''[[w:Stitch & Ai|Stitch & Ai]]'' (2017)
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| tv_films = ''[[w:Leroy & Stitch|Leroy & Stitch]]'' (2006)
| direct-to-video = ''[[w:Stitch! The Movie|Stitch! The Movie]]'' (2003) ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch|Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch]]'' (2005)
| video_games = ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch'' (Game Boy Advance; 2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise'' (2002) ''Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626'' (2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc'' (2004) ''Disney Stitch Jam'' (2009)
| toys =
| attractions = [[w:Stitch's Great Escape!|Stitch's Great Escape!]] (2004–2018) [[w:Stitch Encounter|Stitch Encounter/Stitch Live!]] (2006–present) [[w:The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!|The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!]] (2008–present) [[w:Stitch's Supersonic Celebration|Stitch's Supersonic Celebration]] (2009)
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'''''Lilo & Stitch''''' is a 2002 American animated science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by [[Chris Sanders]] and [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] that was produced by [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] and released by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. It is also the name of a Disney media franchise, alternately called just '''''Stitch''''', that spawned from the film. The film was released during a low point for Disney's feature animation studio, known today as either the "Post-Renaissance Era" (the period between the [[w:Disney Renaissance|Disney Renaissance]] and the [[disney:Disney Revival|Disney Revival]]) or the "Experimental Era" (since Disney's animated films became more experimental with their storytelling and were moving away from the templates used for the Renaissance's films), and became a surprise critical and commercial success for the company at a time when traditionally-animated films were losing relevance. The titular [[alien]] [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]] [[Stitch]] (also known as Experiment 626; number pronounced "six-two-six") rapidly became one of Disney's most popular characters, especially in merchandise,<ref name="THR Remake News">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jon-m-chu-in-talks-to-direct-live-action-lilo-stitch-movie-exclusive|title=Jon M. Chu in Talks to Direct Live-Action 'Lilo & Stitch' Movie (Exclusive)|website=[[w:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=November 13, 2020|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}</ref> becoming arguably Disney's first animated character introduced in the 21st century to have achieved an iconic status.{{fact}}

==Main works==
The main continuity of the franchise, which focuses on both title characters living their lives on Hawaii, consists of four animated feature films, a Western animated television series, and an animated short film.
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===''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)===
In the original 2002 film, released on June 21, 2002, Kweltikwan mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voiced by [[w:David Ogden Stiers|David Ogden Stiers]]) stands trial for illegal genetic experimentation, having created a superpowerful blue creature called "Experiment 626" (voiced by co-writer/co-director [[Chris Sanders]]), who is designed solely to destroy everything he touches. After 626 escapes custody to a backwater planet called Earth, the Grand Councilwoman ([[w:Zoe Caldwell|Zoe Caldwell]]) offers Jumba his freedom for the capture of his creation. On Earth, 626 crash lands his stolen spacecraft on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where he gets adopted by an eccentric six-year-old girl named Lilo Pelekai ([[w:Daveigh Chase|Daveigh Chase]]), who is shunned by her peers and is at risk of being forcibly separated from her older sister Nani ([[w:Tia Carrere|Tia Carrere]]) by her newest social worker Cobra Bubbles ([[w:Ving Rhames|Ving Rhames]]) to be put into foster care. In trying to escape capture by Jumba and his assigned partner, Plorgonarian "Earth expert" Agent Wendy Pleakley ([[w:Kevin McDonald|Kevin McDonald]]), 626 lets himself be adopted by Lilo as her "dog" who she renames as "Stitch".

Stitch's aggressive behavior, especially in his attempts to avoid Jumba and Pleakley, causes problems for Lilo and Nani, costing the latter her job as a luau waitress. Cobra demands Nani to find a new job and Lilo to make Stitch a "model citizen"; Lilo uses her beliefs in ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', a Hawaiian concept of extended family, as well as iconic singer [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] as a role model, to attempt to rehabilitate Stitch, while Nani tries to find new employment. Although Stitch's attitude improves as he slowly enjoys his time with Lilo, his and Lilo's antics prevent Nani from finding a new job. As David Kawena ([[w:Jason Scott Lee|Jason Scott Lee]]), a local surfer who is a good friend to the Pelekai sisters, gets them and Stitch to go surfing and enjoy some time on the beach, Jumba and Pleakley make a last-ditch effort to capture Stitch. Although Stitch escapes them again, his inability to swim or float in water causes him and Lilo, who he tried to grab onto for protection and flotation, to have a near-drowning experience, which Cobra witnesses. The incident costs Nani her chances at keeping Lilo, and Cobra tells Nani that he would pick up Lilo the next morning. Feeling guilty for causing the sisters' now-inevitable separation, Stitch runs away from their home that night.

The next morning, Nani runs off to take on a new job offer before Cobra arrives for Lilo. Jumba, who was fired alongside Pleakley finds Stitch in the woods and chases him back to the Pelekais' house, which they destroy in the ensuing fight. Lilo runs off to the nearby woods to find Stitch, who reveals his true alien form to her. Although Lilo tries to reject him for ruining everything, they are both captured by the massive Captain Gantu ([[w:Kevin Michael Richardson|Kevin Michael Richardson]]), who was sent by the Grand Councilwoman to take over Jumba and Pleakley's assignment. Stitch escapes but Lilo remains captured on Gantu's spaceship. He is then found again by Nani, then Jumba and Pleakley shortly after. He tells Nani that he's changed by reminding her of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', and convinces Jumba to rescue Lilo. Chasing Gantu down in Jumba's spaceship, Stitch throws out Gantu from his spaceship and rescues Lilo. The sisters and the aliens reconvene at the shore where Stitch is finally captured by the Grand Councilman. Stitch accepts his fate, proving how much he's changed as a person, but as he about to leave in the Councilwoman's spaceship, Lilo, with some prodding from Cobra, shows her ownership document to the Councilwoman and tells her that taking him away would be theft. Pleased with the document, the Grand Councilwoman decrees that Stitch is "sentenced" to exile with the Pelekai sisters as his wardens and that the three are protected by the United Galactic Federation. After leaving, Lilo, Nani, and Stitch accept the exiled Jumba and Pleakley into their home, they, along with David and Cobra, reconstruct their house and begin a happy life together.

===''Stitch! The Movie'' (2003)===
This direct-to-video pilot to ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', released on August 26, 2003, shows that Gantu, forcibly retired from his post in the original film, is now hired by the diminutive Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (voiced by [[w:Jeff Bennett|Jeff Bennett]]) to retrieve Jumba's first 625 genetic experiments, which Hämsterviel co-funded the creation of prior to the end of their partnership. On Earth, Stitch struggles to fit in with the locals and feels bad about himself. Jumba then gets kidnapped by Gantu, who also finds the dehydrated pod of Experiment 625 ([[w:Rob Paulsen|Rob Paulsen]]), and takes him to Hämsterviel. After finding the first 624 experiments, Lilo and Stitch activate one of them by dropping its pod in water, the electrical Experiment 221 ([[w:Frank Welker|Frank Welker]]), to help rescue Jumba, but he escapes. The duo then chases down and capture 221, and Stitch bonds with him as his "cousin", based on Hawaiian terminology he learned from Lilo. When Cobra and Pleakley rendezvous at [[w:Kilauea Light|Kīlauea Lighthouse]] with Gantu and Hämsterviel to exchange the pods of the other experiments as ransom payment for Jumba, Lilo and Stitch then show up with "Sparky" (as she named 221), freeing him then and there and freeing Jumba. Gantu and Hämsterviel attempt to make off with the experiments, but the Grand Councilwoman's ship emerges from the nearby Pacific Ocean and aims its gun and Hämsterviel. However, Lilo protests on the account that he has the other experiments, and Sparky decides to short-circuit the Councilwoman's ship. Lilo, Stitch and Sparky stow away on Hämsterviel's ship as he and Gantu escape. Lilo, Stitch, and Gantu fight over the experiment pod container, which results in the container releasing and scattering the pods all over Hawaii, and Lilo and Stitch's capture. However, just as Stitch is about to be vivisected by a laser while strapped to a weight that's just too heavy for him to lift, Sparky frees him, they strap Hämsterviel to the weight, and Stitch rescues Lilo before she gets teleported to an intergalactic zoo. They short-circuit Gantu's own ship, causing it to crash by a waterfall on Kauai, and land Hämsterviel's ship back over to the rendezvous point at the lighthouse, handing Hämsterviel in handcuffs over to the Grand Councilwoman. Lilo and Stitch give Sparky a new home in powering the lighthouse, then convince the Councilwoman to have them find and rehabilitate the other 623 experiments (625 was activated by Gantu earlier and sticks with him as his sidekick, although he's too lazy and cowardly to put in any effort apart from making and eating sandwiches). As several experiments are activated when they fall into the water, Lilo and Stitch drive off in Nani's dune buggy, leading to the subsequent series.

===''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (2003–2006)===
The franchise's first television series first ran from September 20, 2003, to July 29, 2006 for 65 episodes over two seasons, airing new episodes on both [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] Saturday morning block [[w:ABC Kids (TV programming block)|ABC Kids]] and [[w:Disney Channel|Disney Channel]] throughout its run. The only animated show in the franchise to truly follow-up on the original film, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' has the titular duo continue capturing Jumba's other experiments, naming them, and rehabilitating them from bad to good by finding a new place where they truly belong and can use their unique abilities to help society. Jumba and sometimes Pleakley usually assist them. Meanwhile, Gantu and his reluctant sidekick Experiment 625 try to capture experiments for Dr. Hämsterviel, who is imprisoned on a prison asteroid, usually fighting against Lilo and Stitch for the experiments.

===''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' (2005)===
A direct-to-video direct sequel to the first film released on August 30, 2005, set before ''Stitch! The Movie'', this film showed insights to the lives of the Pelekai ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' after the events of ''Lilo & Stitch''. The film had Lilo (voiced by [[w:Dakota Fanning|Dakota Fanning]] in this film) trying to come up with an original hula dance for a May Day competition that her late mother previously won. However, Stitch begins to suffer glitches that cause him to revert to his original destructive programming. Unbeknownst to either him or Lilo, these glitches are the result of his molecules not being fully charged when he was created, as he and Jumba were arrested shortly after the experiment's creation. While Jumba tries to build a new fusion chamber to recharge Stitch before his molecules lose all their charge, and Pleakley attempts to "fix" David and Nani's supposedly strained relationship, Stitch's glitches causes friction between him and Lilo, leading to her deciding to perform her hula without him. On the day of the hula competition, on which Jumba had finally completed construction of the fusion chamber, Stitch tries to wish Lilo good luck, but has another glitch that causes him to scratch her face. This causes him to believe that he's too dangerous to be around her, and he takes Jumba's spaceship to try to free to a distant remote planet. Lilo, realizing that the glitches were not his fault, abandons her performance and gets her family go save Stitch, who has one final glitch that causes him to crash the ship on a mountain. Lilo reaches Stitch via a hovercraft and tries to revitalize him by putting him in the fusion chamber, but he supposedly dies. However, he then wakes up in Lilo's arms cured of his glitches, as according to her, "love is more powerful than death."

====''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)====
This short film included with ''Lilo & Stitch 2'' as a DVD and later Disney+ extra is a bridge between that film and ''Stitch! The Movie''. The short film reveals what kinds of alien creatures were used to create Stitch, with Jumba reminding the experiment of what he has become, and also hints at the other 625 experiments made before him.

===''Leroy & Stitch'' (2006)===
This television film aired on June 23, 2006, serving as the finale of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' and the main continuity of the franchise with Stitch being with Lilo in Hawaii. In the film, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley are honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance (the name of the United Galactic Federation in ''The Series'') after successfully reforming all of the first 624 experiments. Jumba is given the key back to his old lab at Galaxy Defense Industries, Pleakley is made the head of Earth studies at Galactic Alliance Community College (G.A.C.C.), Stitch is made the Captain of the Galactic Armada as the commander of its newly commissioned ship the BRB-9000 (Big Red Battleship 9000) and Lilo, now Galactic Federation Ambassador to Earth, is designated the sole guardian of Stitch's "cousins". However, with the aliens' having to leave Earth, Lilo gives them parting gifts; a record of Elvis Presley's performance of "Aloha 'Oe", Pleakley an Earth rock as a paperweight, and Stitch a collar-like necklace with a tiki of [[w:Kū|Kū]], the Hawaiian god of strength.

Meanwhile, Gantu, who only managed to catch Experiment 625, decides to break Dr. Hämsterviel out of prison, leaving 625 stranded on Earth as Gantu flies off in his [[disney:Manta Shuttle|Manta Shuttle]], which only has two seats. As Stitch is assigned to go recapture Hämsterviel, Hämsterviel and Gantu burst into Jumba's lab and forces Jumba to create an evil twin of Stitch that Hämsterviel names [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]], who then gets into a fight with Stitch when he arrives, winning when Stitch is distracted by Pleakley's sudden appearance, allowing Leroy to throw Stitch into a containment capsule. Hämsterviel locks Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley into Pleakley's G.A.C.C. ship to send them towards a black hole, then clones Leroy into his own personal army, then goes off to the planet Turo take over the Galactic Alliance.

On Earth, Lilo misses Stitch and convinces 625 to allow her to use the videophone on Gantu's ship when she names him "Reuben", after the [[w:Reuben sandwich|Reuben sandwich]]. They contact the BRB-9000 to find what looks like Stitch, who is actually a shapeshifted Leroy but find him to be an imposter as he doesn't have Stitch's tiki necklace. After Leroy cuts off the feed, Lilo then motivates Reuben to repair the ship to rescue Stitch. Hämsterviel sends a Leroy clone to Earth to capture all the experiments to be destroyed, including Lilo's rival [[disney:Mertle Edmonds|Mertle Edmonds]] (voiced by [[w:Liliana Mumy|Liliana Mumy]] in ''The Series'' and all films except for ''Lilo & Stitch'', where she was voiced by Miranda Paige Walls), the owner of Experiment 007, Gigi. Lilo and Reuben arrive at Turo to find that the Hämsterviel has taken over the Galactic Alliance. Gantu locks away Lilo and Reuben but releases them after Hämsterviel fires him in favor of Leroy. After being trapped by Leroy clones in an attempt to, Lilo, Reuben and Gantu are then saved by the sudden appearance of the G.A.C.C. van, which went through the black hole but had its trajectory changed after, based on Jumba's personal calculations on how they could avoid being dumped to a volcanic planet by the black hole, Stitch disrupted the event horizon by biting into Pleakley's rock and throwing it at the black hole.

Lilo, Reuben and Gantu join Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley inside the van and head straight for Earth, where it's revealed that Leroy gathered all the experiments (and Mertle) at [[w:Aloha Stadium|Aloha Stadium]], where a concert is planned to take place in the future. Hämsterviel almost uses the weapons on the BRB-9000 to destroy the experiments, but the G.A.C.C. van suddenly appears and destroys the BRB's primary cannon. However, Hämsterviel brought his Leroy army as a backup, and soon the experiments and the Leroys have an epic battle against one another. As the Leroys start getting the upper hand, Jumba then remembers that he programmed a secret command in Leroy that if he hears "Aloha 'Oe", he will shut down. Stitch, Lilo, Reuben, and a few other experiments then put on a concert playing the song, causing all the Leroys to get violent seizures and shut down, and Hämsterviel is recaptured and sent back to prison.

The team is honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance, but Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley request to return to living on Earth with Lilo. The Grand Councilwoman grants their request and asks Gantu if he would like to be reinstated as a captain of the Galactic Armada. He agrees on the condition that Reuben joins him as his galley officer. Back on Earth, Lilo takes one final family photo with her ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', including Stitch, Nani David, Jumba, Pleakley, the experiments, and even Mertle, while in prison, an angry Hämsterviel taps his foot while the Leroys dance to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock".

==Spin-offs==
Since the end of the main continuity in 2006, Disney has produced a number of spin-offs focusing more on Stitch and his antics in various locations on Earth, making new friends with other human beings. All such spin-offs so far have been primarily made in the countries where such works take place. Additionally, the English versions of the animated spin-offs have featured an entirely different voice cast from the original, with [[w:Benjamin Diskin|Benjamin Diskin]] taking over as the voice of Stitch and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' screenwriter and executive producer [[w:Jess Winfield|Jess Winfield]] replacing David Ogden Stiers as the voice of Jumba.

===''Stitch!'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015)===
This Japanese anime series ran from 2008 to 2011 for 83 episodes and three specials, with an additional two specials broadcast in 2012 and 2015. The first two seasons, consisting of 54 episodes and two specials, were produced by Madhouse, while the 29 episodes of the third season and the last three specials were produced by Shin-Ei Animation. The English dub first debuted in Australia in 2009 and briefly ran in the United States on Disney XD in October 2011. The German dub of this series retitles it as ''Yuna & Stitch''.

In this series, Stitch has left Lilo after falsely believing that she abandoned him when she grew up. After spending time in space, he eventually ends up on the fictitious Izayoi Island, which is off the shore of Okinawa in the Ryukyus. There, he meets Yuna Kamihara (voiced by [[w:Eden Riegel|Eden Riegel]] in the English dub), a tomboyish local girl with an interest in karate, and he, Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Ted Biaselli|Ted Biaselli]]) join her family. On the island, Stitch discovers and learns about the "Spiritual Stone", a magical stone that can grant wishes provided one does 43 good deeds (which can be lost; Stitch loses good deeds often due to his mischievous behavior), and Stitch wishes to be the strongest being in the universe. However, by the end of the second season, when Stitch finally earns enough good deeds, he instead decides to use his wish to stay with Yuna instead. Throughout the two Madhouse seasons, Stitch also fights off against Dr. Hämsterviel (Kirk Thornton), who is at large along with Gantu (Keith Silverstein) and Experiment 625/Reuben (Dave Wittenberg), and wishes to use the stone to gain ultimate power.

In the third season, Yuna, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley instead move to Okinawa New Town with Yuna's cousin Tigerlily ([[w:Laura Bailey|Laura Bailey]]), while Hämsterviel partners with an alien woman named Delia ([[w:Mary Elizabeth McGlynn|Mary Elizabeth McGlynn]]) who desires to retrieve a power cell embedded within Stitch. She eventually creates her own powerful experiment, Dark End ([[w:Roger Craig Smith|Roger Craig Smith]]), to fight Stitch. Lilo ([[w:Gwendoline Yeo|Gwendoline Yeo]]), now an adult with a daughter named Ani ([[w:Melissa Fahn|Melissa Fahn]]) who looks remarkably identical to her back when she was a child, also returns in an episode to reunite with Stitch.

===''Stitch & Ai'' (2017)===
This English-language Chinese animated series was produced by Anhui Xinhua Media and Panimation Hwakai Media with cooperation with American animators, including some of the crew of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. It ran for one thirteen-episode season from March 27 to April 6, 2017, with a Mandarin Chinese dub, while the original English production was first broadcast in Southeast Asia from February 5 to 27, 2018. Twelve of the thirteen episodes were later released in the United States for free digital streaming on DisneyNow on December 1, 2018, although they were removed from the service by June 2019.

This series has Stitch kidnapped by a faction of alien criminals called the Jaboodies and held in their spaceship above Earth, only for a rival faction called the Woolagongs, who also want Stitch for themselves, attack the ship in an effort to capture him, allowing him to escape to Earth. Upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, he ends up in the Huangshan mountains in China's Anhui province. There he meets a spirited young girl named Wang Ai Ling (voiced in English by [[w:Erica Mendez|Erica Mendez]]), who lives in her home in the mountains her older sister Jeijei ([[w:Laura Post|Laura Post]]), but whose aunt Daiyu (Post) wants to move her out to live in the city under the false belief that she will have a better life there. Ai takes in Stitch as her "dog", and the two help each other with their problems. They are also joined by Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Lucien Dodge|Lucien Dodge]]) after they are initially sent by the Grand Councilwoman to rescue Stitch. However, Jumba is concerned that an ability he secretly programmed in Stitch, a metamorphosis ability that turns the little blue experiment into a giant destructive monster, could be triggered if the alien criminals still going after him try to subconsciously manipulate Stitch into triggering it.

===''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020)===
This Japanese manga spin-off was written and illustrated by Hiroto Wada, also known in Japan as ''Tono & Stitch'', and published digitally from January 13 to December 28, 2020. The English translation of the first compiled volume will be published by Tokyopop on May 11, 2021. Unlike past works, Stitch ends up in Earth's past and befriends an adult male instead of a young girl. In this manga, Stitch ends up traveling through time as well as space, crash landing in Sengoku-era Japan. There he meets Yamato Meison, a samurai warlord who takes the blue "tanuki" after seeing his power and finding him to be "cute".

== Lilo & Stitch and furry ==
[[File:CSUMAward.jpg|200px|right|thumb|[[Chris Sanders]] (right) receiving ''Lilo & Stitch''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s award for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture at the 2002 Ursa Major Awards.]]
The original ''Lilo & Stitch'' film won the 2002 [[Ursa Major Awards|Ursa Major Award]] for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture;<ref name="UMA 2002">{{Cite web|url=https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2002.htm|author=Ursa Major Awards|accessdate=June 5, 2021|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2002 winners}}</ref> director Chris Sanders accepted the award in person. Separately, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' was nominated for the 2003 Ursa Major Award award for Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series for the series's first 27 episodes, but lost to ''[[Gary the Rat]]'', while its pilot film ''Stitch! The Movie'' was nominated for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture the same year, but lost to ''[[Finding Nemo]]''.<ref name="UMA 2003">{{Cite web|url=https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2003.htm|author=Ursa Major Awards|accessdate=June 5, 2021|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2003 winners}} '''Note:''' Although ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s twenty-eighth episode aired in 2003, UMA declared it have been "shown out of sequence" on December 12, 2003, negating it from being part of the nomination.</ref>

''Lilo & Stitch'' has a niche amount of popularity in the [[furry community]] due to the animalistic-looking aliens featured in the franchise, with Stitch being a modestly popular character within the furry fandom. Some of the other experiments, including his immediate predecessor [[disney:Reuben|Reuben (Experiment 625)]] and female counterpart, love interest, and mate [[disney:Angel|Angel (Experiment 624)]], are also recognizable. The film and the franchise's messages of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' and finding belongingness with others have also resonated with much of the furry fandom, as several furs have personally found belongingness within the fandom.

Some furs have an "experimentsona" or "Stitchsona"—a representation of oneself as a [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]], usually more based on Stitch's own design than other experiments—as their [[fursona]] or as an alternate form of their own pre-existing one, as if their main fursona was genetically modified by the creator of the experiments [[disney:Jumba Jookiba|Dr. Jumba Jookiba]] himself.

===Bara Stitch===
"'''Bara Stitch'''", also called "'''Himbo Stitch'''" and "'''Buff Stitch'''", refers to a trend in January and February 2021 of fan interpretations of "anthropomorphized" versions of Stitch. During the trend, several artists on Twitter and [[Fur Affinity]] shared fan art they made featuring such interpretations of Stitch. In such artwork, he is portrayed with a body shape of a human adult, oftentimes with some human-based features such as nipples, hands, and feet, while still maintaining most of his regular genetic experiment features including eyes, ears, nose, mouth, head shape, fur, and claws, though not necessarily all such features. His more humanoid body in such renditions is typically given a muscular build, overweight build or a build with a mixture of both per the aspects of male characters portrayed in works of the [[w:Bara (genre)|''bara'' genre]] (short for ''[[w:Barazoku|Barazoku]]'', which was a gay-oriented magazine in Japan) from which the trend takes its name. While Stitch has received most of the attention during the trend, some artists have drawn other ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters either instead of or alongside Stitch to bring more attention to them.

Several fan art of "anthropomorphic" Stitch have been made well before the trend, but not to the levels beforehand. Stitch is technically already an anthropomorphic creature since he has a high level of human-like intelligence and sentience and has opposable thumbs (or at least, fingers that can ''act'' much like opposable thumbs), but this isn't as apparent due to his somewhat feral appearance and at times behavior. Thus, "anthropomorphic Stitch" usually means a version of Stitch with a more humanoid body shape; this is usually given in the form of a body similar to a male human adult or teenager. Additionally, in the vein of [[w:Rule 63|Rule 63]] of the Internet, he has also been given female interpretations by fans, including with a humanoid body shape.

Early signs of the trend began around January 15, 2021. On that day, artist [[eclipticafusion]] posted a drawing of anthrofied versions of Stitch, Reuben, and Leroy based on drawings of "anthro Stitch" that he saw himself.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eclipticafusion/status/1350164949398646785|author=eclipticafusion|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=I saw some cute pics of anthro Stitch and wanted to try myself, of course added Reuben and Leroy}}</ref> This drawing got considerable attention; as of February 13, 2021, the tweet was retweeted 905 times and received over 5,100 likes.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet"/> Later that day, furry artist [https://twitter.com/xtbidx tbid] tweeted a drawing of a "himbo" Stitch they made the previous week,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350203216768626688|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=He’s a scribble from last week. Go check out/follow @Maxpany2 for some 👌 stitch himbo}}</ref> later posting an explicit version of the drawing over two hours later.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350235778496958464|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=ALOHA fuzzies # TGIF}}</ref> As of February 13, 2021, the tweet with the original "safe" version of the drawing has been retweeted 283 times and liked almost 1,300 times,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> while the tweet with the explicit version has been retweeted 652 times and liked over 3,000 times.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw"/> According to their first Stitch drawing tweet,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> they were inspired by the drawings of fellow furry artist [https://twitter.com/Maxpany2 Maxpany], who is known for his artwork involving usually male anthropomorphic cartoon characters given traits of [[macro]]ifcation (including the involvement of size growth and muscle growth), [[Hypertrophilia|hyper-endowment]], and/or obesity (including weight gain). Among the regular subjects in Maxpany's art are ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters, most often Stitch and Reuben. At the time of the trend, Maxpany was posting a series of drawing of his blue-furred, pink-haired anthropomorphic lemur fursona Max enjoying life with a taller, increasingly overweight version of Stitch as his "husband".<ref name="Maxpany Kiss the Cook tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Maxpany2/status/1348459836900601856|author=Maxpany|work=Twitter|date=January 10, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=the perfect husband doesn't exi- 😳😳😳😳😳}}</ref> (Although not depicted in this series, Max also has an alternate "experiment-sona" form based on the ''Lilo & Stitch'' experiments.)

The trend truly took off a week later on January 22, 2021, when, furry artist [[MineDoo]] posted a colored sketch of a bust portrait of Stitch with a buff chest, greyish-blue nipples, and a thick neck as he smirks at the viewer.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352793322121809921|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=Quick Stitch before bed 👀}}</ref> This drawing was also apparently inspired by Maxpany's Stitch drawings.<ref name="MineDoo reply tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352795673356283904|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=January 29, 2021|title=I blame YOU 👀✨}}</ref> The drawing garnered significant interest, with many Twitter users responding that they find the muscular rendition of the alien attractive, garnering over a thousand retweets and over 6,900 likes as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet"/>

MineDoo's drawing led to a windfall of other artists making their own renditions of an anthropomorphized Stitch. Others have also shared pre-2021 artwork of an anthropomorphic Stitch. These other renditions gave Stitch a variety of different designs and body shapes to these artists' liking, although some artists drew other characters from the franchise, either with or without Stitch, out of a desire to bring more attention to them. These characters were usually [[disney:Gantu|Gantu]] (the largest major character in the canon in both size and muscular shape), an "anthrofied" Reuben (who is one of the franchise's major experiments and is canonically chubbier than Stitch) and Jumba (the most obesely built character); "anthrofied" versions of [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]] and Angel, both of whom are among the better-known experiments in the fandom alongside Stitch and Reuben, were also made during the trend. Other artists have also opted to add an older [[disney:Lilo Pelekai|Lilo]] alongside Stitch to show them having "grown-up" together, even though the franchise has mostly excluded Lilo since ''Leroy & Stitch'', and Stitch is shown in official media to be incapable of growing taller or even aging. (Lilo has official teenage and adult designs as seen in the ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' episode "[[disney:Skip (episode)|Skip]]", when she and Stitch skip ahead ten and twenty years into the future, and the ''Stitch!'' episode "Lilo", which shows her and Stitch reuniting in her adulthood. However, several of these "older Lilo & Stitch" art pieces do not show her with the specific older body she has in those episodes.)

==References==
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== See also ==
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch|''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)]] on [[Wikipedia]]
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|''Lilo & Stitch'' (franchise)]] on Wikipedia

==External links==
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Western Animation / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on [[TV Tropes]]
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/LiloAndStitch Franchise / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on TV Tropes
* [https://liloandstitch.fandom.com/wiki/Lilo_%26_Stitch_Wiki ''Lilo & Stitch'' Wiki] on Fandom

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'''''Lilo & Stitch''''' is a 2002 American animated science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by [[Chris Sanders]] and [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] that was produced by [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] and released by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. It is also the name of a Disney media franchise, alternately called just '''''Stitch''''', that spawned from the film. The film was released during a low point for Disney's feature animation studio, known today as either the "Post-Renaissance Era" (the period between the [[w:Disney Renaissance|Disney Renaissance]] and the [[disney:Disney Revival|Disney Revival]]) or the "Experimental Era" (since Disney's animated films became more experimental with their storytelling and were moving away from the templates used for the Renaissance's films), and became a surprise critical and commercial success for the company at a time when traditionally-animated films were losing relevance. The titular [[alien]] [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]] [[Stitch]] (also known as Experiment 626; number pronounced "six-two-six") rapidly became one of Disney's most popular characters, especially in merchandise,<ref name="THR Remake News">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jon-m-chu-in-talks-to-direct-live-action-lilo-stitch-movie-exclusive|title=Jon M. Chu in Talks to Direct Live-Action 'Lilo & Stitch' Movie (Exclusive)|website=[[w:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=November 13, 2020|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}</ref> becoming arguably Disney's first animated character introduced in the 21st century to have achieved an iconic status.{{fact}}

==Main works==
The main continuity of the franchise, which focuses on both title characters living their lives on Hawaii, consists of four animated feature films, a Western animated television series, and an animated short film.
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===''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)===
In the original 2002 film, released on June 21, 2002, Kweltikwan mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voiced by [[w:David Ogden Stiers|David Ogden Stiers]]) stands trial for illegal genetic experimentation, having created a superpowerful blue creature called "Experiment 626" (voiced by co-writer/co-director [[Chris Sanders]]), who is designed solely to destroy everything he touches. After 626 escapes custody to a backwater planet called Earth, the Grand Councilwoman ([[w:Zoe Caldwell|Zoe Caldwell]]) offers Jumba his freedom for the capture of his creation. On Earth, 626 crash lands his stolen spacecraft on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where he gets adopted by an eccentric six-year-old girl named Lilo Pelekai ([[w:Daveigh Chase|Daveigh Chase]]), who is shunned by her peers and is at risk of being forcibly separated from her older sister Nani ([[w:Tia Carrere|Tia Carrere]]) by her newest social worker Cobra Bubbles ([[w:Ving Rhames|Ving Rhames]]) to be put into foster care. In trying to escape capture by Jumba and his assigned partner, Plorgonarian "Earth expert" Agent Wendy Pleakley ([[w:Kevin McDonald|Kevin McDonald]]), 626 lets himself be adopted by Lilo as her "dog" who she renames as "Stitch".

Stitch's aggressive behavior, especially in his attempts to avoid Jumba and Pleakley, causes problems for Lilo and Nani, costing the latter her job as a luau waitress. Cobra demands Nani to find a new job and Lilo to make Stitch a "model citizen"; Lilo uses her beliefs in ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', a Hawaiian concept of extended family, as well as iconic singer [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] as a role model, to attempt to rehabilitate Stitch, while Nani tries to find new employment. Although Stitch's attitude improves as he slowly enjoys his time with Lilo, his and Lilo's antics prevent Nani from finding a new job. As David Kawena ([[w:Jason Scott Lee|Jason Scott Lee]]), a local surfer who is a good friend to the Pelekai sisters, gets them and Stitch to go surfing and enjoy some time on the beach, Jumba and Pleakley make a last-ditch effort to capture Stitch. Although Stitch escapes them again, his inability to swim or float in water causes him and Lilo, who he tried to grab onto for protection and flotation, to have a near-drowning experience, which Cobra witnesses. The incident costs Nani her chances at keeping Lilo, and Cobra tells Nani that he would pick up Lilo the next morning. Feeling guilty for causing the sisters' now-inevitable separation, Stitch runs away from their home that night.

The next morning, Nani runs off to take on a new job offer before Cobra arrives for Lilo. Jumba, who was fired alongside Pleakley finds Stitch in the woods and chases him back to the Pelekais' house, which they destroy in the ensuing fight. Lilo runs off to the nearby woods to find Stitch, who reveals his true alien form to her. Although Lilo tries to reject him for ruining everything, they are both captured by the massive Captain Gantu ([[w:Kevin Michael Richardson|Kevin Michael Richardson]]), who was sent by the Grand Councilwoman to take over Jumba and Pleakley's assignment. Stitch escapes but Lilo remains captured on Gantu's spaceship. He is then found again by Nani, then Jumba and Pleakley shortly after. He tells Nani that he's changed by reminding her of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', and convinces Jumba to rescue Lilo. Chasing Gantu down in Jumba's spaceship, Stitch throws out Gantu from his spaceship and rescues Lilo. The sisters and the aliens reconvene at the shore where Stitch is finally captured by the Grand Councilman. Stitch accepts his fate, proving how much he's changed as a person, but as he about to leave in the Councilwoman's spaceship, Lilo, with some prodding from Cobra, shows her ownership document to the Councilwoman and tells her that taking him away would be theft. Pleased with the document, the Grand Councilwoman decrees that Stitch is "sentenced" to exile with the Pelekai sisters as his wardens and that the three are protected by the United Galactic Federation. After leaving, Lilo, Nani, and Stitch accept the exiled Jumba and Pleakley into their home, they, along with David and Cobra, reconstruct their house and begin a happy life together.

===''Stitch! The Movie'' (2003)===
This direct-to-video pilot to ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', released on August 26, 2003, shows that Gantu, forcibly retired from his post in the original film, is now hired by the diminutive Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (voiced by [[w:Jeff Bennett|Jeff Bennett]]) to retrieve Jumba's first 625 genetic experiments, which Hämsterviel co-funded the creation of prior to the end of their partnership. On Earth, Stitch struggles to fit in with the locals and feels bad about himself. Jumba then gets kidnapped by Gantu, who also finds the dehydrated pod of Experiment 625 ([[w:Rob Paulsen|Rob Paulsen]]), and takes him to Hämsterviel. After finding the first 624 experiments, Lilo and Stitch activate one of them by dropping its pod in water, the electrical Experiment 221 ([[w:Frank Welker|Frank Welker]]), to help rescue Jumba, but he escapes. The duo then chases down and capture 221, and Stitch bonds with him as his "cousin", based on Hawaiian terminology he learned from Lilo. When Cobra and Pleakley rendezvous at [[w:Kilauea Light|Kīlauea Lighthouse]] with Gantu and Hämsterviel to exchange the pods of the other experiments as ransom payment for Jumba, Lilo and Stitch then show up with "Sparky" (as she named 221), freeing him then and there and freeing Jumba. Gantu and Hämsterviel attempt to make off with the experiments, but the Grand Councilwoman's ship emerges from the nearby Pacific Ocean and aims its gun and Hämsterviel. However, Lilo protests on the account that he has the other experiments, and Sparky decides to short-circuit the Councilwoman's ship. Lilo, Stitch and Sparky stow away on Hämsterviel's ship as he and Gantu escape. Lilo, Stitch, and Gantu fight over the experiment pod container, which results in the container releasing and scattering the pods all over Hawaii, and Lilo and Stitch's capture. However, just as Stitch is about to be vivisected by a laser while strapped to a weight that's just too heavy for him to lift, Sparky frees him, they strap Hämsterviel to the weight, and Stitch rescues Lilo before she gets teleported to an intergalactic zoo. They short-circuit Gantu's own ship, causing it to crash by a waterfall on Kauai, and land Hämsterviel's ship back over to the rendezvous point at the lighthouse, handing Hämsterviel in handcuffs over to the Grand Councilwoman. Lilo and Stitch give Sparky a new home in powering the lighthouse, then convince the Councilwoman to have them find and rehabilitate the other 623 experiments (625 was activated by Gantu earlier and sticks with him as his sidekick, although he's too lazy and cowardly to put in any effort apart from making and eating sandwiches). As several experiments are activated when they fall into the water, Lilo and Stitch drive off in Nani's dune buggy, leading to the subsequent series.

===''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (2003–2006)===
The franchise's first television series first ran from September 20, 2003, to July 29, 2006 for 65 episodes over two seasons, airing new episodes on both [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] Saturday morning block [[w:ABC Kids (TV programming block)|ABC Kids]] and [[w:Disney Channel|Disney Channel]] throughout its run. The only animated show in the franchise to truly follow-up on the original film, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' has the titular duo continue capturing Jumba's other experiments, naming them, and rehabilitating them from bad to good by finding a new place where they truly belong and can use their unique abilities to help society. Jumba and sometimes Pleakley usually assist them. Meanwhile, Gantu and his reluctant sidekick Experiment 625 try to capture experiments for Dr. Hämsterviel, who is imprisoned on a prison asteroid, usually fighting against Lilo and Stitch for the experiments.

===''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' (2005)===
A direct-to-video direct sequel to the first film released on August 30, 2005, set before ''Stitch! The Movie'', this film showed insights to the lives of the Pelekai ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' after the events of ''Lilo & Stitch''. The film had Lilo (voiced by [[w:Dakota Fanning|Dakota Fanning]] in this film) trying to come up with an original hula dance for a May Day competition that her late mother previously won. However, Stitch begins to suffer glitches that cause him to revert to his original destructive programming. Unbeknownst to either him or Lilo, these glitches are the result of his molecules not being fully charged when he was created, as he and Jumba were arrested shortly after the experiment's creation. While Jumba tries to build a new fusion chamber to recharge Stitch before his molecules lose all their charge, and Pleakley attempts to "fix" David and Nani's supposedly strained relationship, Stitch's glitches causes friction between him and Lilo, leading to her deciding to perform her hula without him. On the day of the hula competition, on which Jumba had finally completed construction of the fusion chamber, Stitch tries to wish Lilo good luck, but has another glitch that causes him to scratch her face. This causes him to believe that he's too dangerous to be around her, and he takes Jumba's spaceship to try to free to a distant remote planet. Lilo, realizing that the glitches were not his fault, abandons her performance and gets her family go save Stitch, who has one final glitch that causes him to crash the ship on a mountain. Lilo reaches Stitch via a hovercraft and tries to revitalize him by putting him in the fusion chamber, but he supposedly dies. However, he then wakes up in Lilo's arms cured of his glitches, as according to her, "love is more powerful than death."

====''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)====
This short film included with ''Lilo & Stitch 2'' as a DVD and later Disney+ extra is a bridge between that film and ''Stitch! The Movie''. The short film reveals what kinds of alien creatures were used to create Stitch, with Jumba reminding the experiment of what he has become, and also hints at the other 625 experiments made before him.

===''Leroy & Stitch'' (2006)===
This television film aired on June 23, 2006, serving as the finale of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' and the main continuity of the franchise with Stitch being with Lilo in Hawaii. In the film, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley are honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance (the name of the United Galactic Federation in ''The Series'') after successfully reforming all of the first 624 experiments. Jumba is given the key back to his old lab at Galaxy Defense Industries, Pleakley is made the head of Earth studies at Galactic Alliance Community College (G.A.C.C.), Stitch is made the Captain of the Galactic Armada as the commander of its newly commissioned ship the BRB-9000 (Big Red Battleship 9000) and Lilo, now Galactic Federation Ambassador to Earth, is designated the sole guardian of Stitch's "cousins". However, with the aliens' having to leave Earth, Lilo gives them parting gifts; a record of Elvis Presley's performance of "Aloha 'Oe", Pleakley an Earth rock as a paperweight, and Stitch a collar-like necklace with a tiki of [[w:Kū|Kū]], the Hawaiian god of strength.

Meanwhile, Gantu, who only managed to catch Experiment 625, decides to break Dr. Hämsterviel out of prison, leaving 625 stranded on Earth as Gantu flies off in his [[disney:Manta Shuttle|Manta Shuttle]], which only has two seats. As Stitch is assigned to go recapture Hämsterviel, Hämsterviel and Gantu burst into Jumba's lab and forces Jumba to create an evil twin of Stitch that Hämsterviel names [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]], who then gets into a fight with Stitch when he arrives, winning when Stitch is distracted by Pleakley's sudden appearance, allowing Leroy to throw Stitch into a containment capsule. Hämsterviel locks Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley into Pleakley's G.A.C.C. ship to send them towards a black hole, then clones Leroy into his own personal army, then goes off to the planet Turo take over the Galactic Alliance.

On Earth, Lilo misses Stitch and convinces 625 to allow her to use the videophone on Gantu's ship when she names him "Reuben", after the [[w:Reuben sandwich|Reuben sandwich]]. They contact the BRB-9000 to find what looks like Stitch, who is actually a shapeshifted Leroy but find him to be an imposter as he doesn't have Stitch's tiki necklace. After Leroy cuts off the feed, Lilo then motivates Reuben to repair the ship to rescue Stitch. Hämsterviel sends a Leroy clone to Earth to capture all the experiments to be destroyed, including Lilo's rival [[disney:Mertle Edmonds|Mertle Edmonds]] (voiced by [[w:Liliana Mumy|Liliana Mumy]] in ''The Series'' and all films except for ''Lilo & Stitch'', where she was voiced by Miranda Paige Walls), the owner of Experiment 007, Gigi. Lilo and Reuben arrive at Turo to find that the Hämsterviel has taken over the Galactic Alliance. Gantu locks away Lilo and Reuben but releases them after Hämsterviel fires him in favor of Leroy. After being trapped by Leroy clones in an attempt to, Lilo, Reuben and Gantu are then saved by the sudden appearance of the G.A.C.C. van, which went through the black hole but had its trajectory changed after, based on Jumba's personal calculations on how they could avoid being dumped to a volcanic planet by the black hole, Stitch disrupted the event horizon by biting into Pleakley's rock and throwing it at the black hole.

Lilo, Reuben and Gantu join Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley inside the van and head straight for Earth, where it's revealed that Leroy gathered all the experiments (and Mertle) at [[w:Aloha Stadium|Aloha Stadium]], where a concert is planned to take place in the future. Hämsterviel almost uses the weapons on the BRB-9000 to destroy the experiments, but the G.A.C.C. van suddenly appears and destroys the BRB's primary cannon. However, Hämsterviel brought his Leroy army as a backup, and soon the experiments and the Leroys have an epic battle against one another. As the Leroys start getting the upper hand, Jumba then remembers that he programmed a secret command in Leroy that if he hears "Aloha 'Oe", he will shut down. Stitch, Lilo, Reuben, and a few other experiments then put on a concert playing the song, causing all the Leroys to get violent seizures and shut down, and Hämsterviel is recaptured and sent back to prison.

The team is honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance, but Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley request to return to living on Earth with Lilo. The Grand Councilwoman grants their request and asks Gantu if he would like to be reinstated as a captain of the Galactic Armada. He agrees on the condition that Reuben joins him as his galley officer. Back on Earth, Lilo takes one final family photo with her ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', including Stitch, Nani David, Jumba, Pleakley, the experiments, and even Mertle, while in prison, an angry Hämsterviel taps his foot while the Leroys dance to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock".

==Spin-offs==
Since the end of the main continuity in 2006, Disney has produced a number of spin-offs focusing more on Stitch and his antics in various locations on Earth, making new friends with other human beings. All such spin-offs so far have been primarily made in the countries where such works take place. Additionally, the English versions of the animated spin-offs have featured an entirely different voice cast from the original, with [[w:Benjamin Diskin|Benjamin Diskin]] taking over as the voice of Stitch and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' screenwriter and executive producer [[w:Jess Winfield|Jess Winfield]] replacing David Ogden Stiers as the voice of Jumba.

===''Stitch!'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015)===
This Japanese anime series ran from 2008 to 2011 for 83 episodes and three specials, with an additional two specials broadcast in 2012 and 2015. The first two seasons, consisting of 54 episodes and two specials, were produced by Madhouse, while the 29 episodes of the third season and the last three specials were produced by Shin-Ei Animation. The English dub first debuted in Australia in 2009 and briefly ran in the United States on Disney XD in October 2011. The German dub of this series retitles it as ''Yuna & Stitch''.

In this series, Stitch has left Lilo after falsely believing that she abandoned him when she grew up. After spending time in space, he eventually ends up on the fictitious Izayoi Island, which is off the shore of Okinawa in the Ryukyus. There, he meets Yuna Kamihara (voiced by [[w:Eden Riegel|Eden Riegel]] in the English dub), a tomboyish local girl with an interest in karate, and he, Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Ted Biaselli|Ted Biaselli]]) join her family. On the island, Stitch discovers and learns about the "Spiritual Stone", a magical stone that can grant wishes provided one does 43 good deeds (which can be lost; Stitch loses good deeds often due to his mischievous behavior), and Stitch wishes to be the strongest being in the universe. However, by the end of the second season, when Stitch finally earns enough good deeds, he instead decides to use his wish to stay with Yuna instead. Throughout the two Madhouse seasons, Stitch also fights off against Dr. Hämsterviel (Kirk Thornton), who is at large along with Gantu (Keith Silverstein) and Experiment 625/Reuben (Dave Wittenberg), and wishes to use the stone to gain ultimate power.

In the third season, Yuna, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley instead move to Okinawa New Town with Yuna's cousin Tigerlily ([[w:Laura Bailey|Laura Bailey]]), while Hämsterviel partners with an alien woman named Delia ([[w:Mary Elizabeth McGlynn|Mary Elizabeth McGlynn]]) who desires to retrieve a power cell embedded within Stitch. She eventually creates her own powerful experiment, Dark End ([[w:Roger Craig Smith|Roger Craig Smith]]), to fight Stitch. Lilo ([[w:Gwendoline Yeo|Gwendoline Yeo]]), now an adult with a daughter named Ani ([[w:Melissa Fahn|Melissa Fahn]]) who looks remarkably identical to her back when she was a child, also returns in an episode to reunite with Stitch.

===''Stitch & Ai'' (2017)===
This English-language Chinese animated series was produced by Anhui Xinhua Media and Panimation Hwakai Media with cooperation with American animators, including some of the crew of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. It ran for one thirteen-episode season from March 27 to April 6, 2017, with a Mandarin Chinese dub, while the original English production was first broadcast in Southeast Asia from February 5 to 27, 2018. Twelve of the thirteen episodes were later released in the United States for free digital streaming on DisneyNow on December 1, 2018, although they were removed from the service by June 2019.

This series has Stitch kidnapped by a faction of alien criminals called the Jaboodies and held in their spaceship above Earth, only for a rival faction called the Woolagongs, who also want Stitch for themselves, attack the ship in an effort to capture him, allowing him to escape to Earth. Upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, he ends up in the Huangshan mountains in China's Anhui province. There he meets a spirited young girl named Wang Ai Ling (voiced in English by [[w:Erica Mendez|Erica Mendez]]), who lives in her home in the mountains her older sister Jeijei ([[w:Laura Post|Laura Post]]), but whose aunt Daiyu (Post) wants to move her out to live in the city under the false belief that she will have a better life there. Ai takes in Stitch as her "dog", and the two help each other with their problems. They are also joined by Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Lucien Dodge|Lucien Dodge]]) after they are initially sent by the Grand Councilwoman to rescue Stitch. However, Jumba is concerned that an ability he secretly programmed in Stitch, a metamorphosis ability that turns the little blue experiment into a giant destructive monster, could be triggered if the alien criminals still going after him try to subconsciously manipulate Stitch into triggering it.

===''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020)===
This Japanese manga spin-off was written and illustrated by Hiroto Wada, also known in Japan as ''Tono & Stitch'', and published digitally from January 13 to December 28, 2020. The English translation of the first compiled volume will be published by Tokyopop on May 11, 2021. Unlike past works, Stitch ends up in Earth's past and befriends an adult male instead of a young girl. In this manga, Stitch ends up traveling through time as well as space, crash landing in Sengoku-era Japan. There he meets Yamato Meison, a samurai warlord who takes the blue "tanuki" after seeing his power and finding him to be "cute".

== Lilo & Stitch and furry ==
[[File:CSUMAward.jpg|200px|right|thumb|[[Chris Sanders]] (right) receiving ''Lilo & Stitch''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s award for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture at the 2002 Ursa Major Awards.]]
The original ''Lilo & Stitch'' film won the 2002 [[Ursa Major Awards|Ursa Major Award]] for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture;<ref name="UMA 2002">{{Cite web|url=https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2002.htm|author=Ursa Major Awards|accessdate=June 5, 2021|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2002 winners}}</ref> director Chris Sanders accepted the award in person. Separately, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' was nominated for the 2003 Ursa Major Award award for Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series for the series's first 27 episodes, but lost to ''[[Gary the Rat]]''.<ref name="UMA 2003">{{Cite web|url=https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2003.htm|author=Ursa Major Awards|accessdate=June 5, 2021|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2003 winners}} '''Note:''' Although ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s twenty-eighth episode aired in 2003, UMA declared it have been "shown out of sequence" on December 12, 2003, negating it from being part of the nomination.</ref>

''Lilo & Stitch'' has a niche amount of popularity in the [[furry community]] due to the animalistic-looking aliens featured in the franchise, with Stitch being a modestly popular character within the furry fandom. Some of the other experiments, including his immediate predecessor [[disney:Reuben|Reuben (Experiment 625)]] and female counterpart, love interest, and mate [[disney:Angel|Angel (Experiment 624)]], are also recognizable. The film and the franchise's messages of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' and finding belongingness with others have also resonated with much of the furry fandom, as several furs have personally found belongingness within the fandom.

Some furs have an "experimentsona" or "Stitchsona"—a representation of oneself as a [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]], usually more based on Stitch's own design than other experiments—as their [[fursona]] or as an alternate form of their own pre-existing one, as if their main fursona was genetically modified by the creator of the experiments [[disney:Jumba Jookiba|Dr. Jumba Jookiba]] himself.

===Bara Stitch===
"'''Bara Stitch'''", also called "'''Himbo Stitch'''" and "'''Buff Stitch'''", refers to a trend in January and February 2021 of fan interpretations of "anthropomorphized" versions of Stitch. During the trend, several artists on Twitter and [[Fur Affinity]] shared fan art they made featuring such interpretations of Stitch. In such artwork, he is portrayed with a body shape of a human adult, oftentimes with some human-based features such as nipples, hands, and feet, while still maintaining most of his regular genetic experiment features including eyes, ears, nose, mouth, head shape, fur, and claws, though not necessarily all such features. His more humanoid body in such renditions is typically given a muscular build, overweight build or a build with a mixture of both per the aspects of male characters portrayed in works of the [[w:Bara (genre)|''bara'' genre]] (short for ''[[w:Barazoku|Barazoku]]'', which was a gay-oriented magazine in Japan) from which the trend takes its name. While Stitch has received most of the attention during the trend, some artists have drawn other ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters either instead of or alongside Stitch to bring more attention to them.

Several fan art of "anthropomorphic" Stitch have been made well before the trend, but not to the levels beforehand. Stitch is technically already an anthropomorphic creature since he has a high level of human-like intelligence and sentience and has opposable thumbs (or at least, fingers that can ''act'' much like opposable thumbs), but this isn't as apparent due to his somewhat feral appearance and at times behavior. Thus, "anthropomorphic Stitch" usually means a version of Stitch with a more humanoid body shape; this is usually given in the form of a body similar to a male human adult or teenager. Additionally, in the vein of [[w:Rule 63|Rule 63]] of the Internet, he has also been given female interpretations by fans, including with a humanoid body shape.

Early signs of the trend began around January 15, 2021. On that day, artist [[eclipticafusion]] posted a drawing of anthrofied versions of Stitch, Reuben, and Leroy based on drawings of "anthro Stitch" that he saw himself.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eclipticafusion/status/1350164949398646785|author=eclipticafusion|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=I saw some cute pics of anthro Stitch and wanted to try myself, of course added Reuben and Leroy}}</ref> This drawing got considerable attention; as of February 13, 2021, the tweet was retweeted 905 times and received over 5,100 likes.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet"/> Later that day, furry artist [https://twitter.com/xtbidx tbid] tweeted a drawing of a "himbo" Stitch they made the previous week,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350203216768626688|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=He’s a scribble from last week. Go check out/follow @Maxpany2 for some 👌 stitch himbo}}</ref> later posting an explicit version of the drawing over two hours later.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350235778496958464|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=ALOHA fuzzies # TGIF}}</ref> As of February 13, 2021, the tweet with the original "safe" version of the drawing has been retweeted 283 times and liked almost 1,300 times,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> while the tweet with the explicit version has been retweeted 652 times and liked over 3,000 times.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw"/> According to their first Stitch drawing tweet,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> they were inspired by the drawings of fellow furry artist [https://twitter.com/Maxpany2 Maxpany], who is known for his artwork involving usually male anthropomorphic cartoon characters given traits of [[macro]]ifcation (including the involvement of size growth and muscle growth), [[Hypertrophilia|hyper-endowment]], and/or obesity (including weight gain). Among the regular subjects in Maxpany's art are ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters, most often Stitch and Reuben. At the time of the trend, Maxpany was posting a series of drawing of his blue-furred, pink-haired anthropomorphic lemur fursona Max enjoying life with a taller, increasingly overweight version of Stitch as his "husband".<ref name="Maxpany Kiss the Cook tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Maxpany2/status/1348459836900601856|author=Maxpany|work=Twitter|date=January 10, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=the perfect husband doesn't exi- 😳😳😳😳😳}}</ref> (Although not depicted in this series, Max also has an alternate "experiment-sona" form based on the ''Lilo & Stitch'' experiments.)

The trend truly took off a week later on January 22, 2021, when, furry artist [[MineDoo]] posted a colored sketch of a bust portrait of Stitch with a buff chest, greyish-blue nipples, and a thick neck as he smirks at the viewer.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352793322121809921|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=Quick Stitch before bed 👀}}</ref> This drawing was also apparently inspired by Maxpany's Stitch drawings.<ref name="MineDoo reply tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352795673356283904|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=January 29, 2021|title=I blame YOU 👀✨}}</ref> The drawing garnered significant interest, with many Twitter users responding that they find the muscular rendition of the alien attractive, garnering over a thousand retweets and over 6,900 likes as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet"/>

MineDoo's drawing led to a windfall of other artists making their own renditions of an anthropomorphized Stitch. Others have also shared pre-2021 artwork of an anthropomorphic Stitch. These other renditions gave Stitch a variety of different designs and body shapes to these artists' liking, although some artists drew other characters from the franchise, either with or without Stitch, out of a desire to bring more attention to them. These characters were usually [[disney:Gantu|Gantu]] (the largest major character in the canon in both size and muscular shape), an "anthrofied" Reuben (who is one of the franchise's major experiments and is canonically chubbier than Stitch) and Jumba (the most obesely built character); "anthrofied" versions of [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]] and Angel, both of whom are among the better-known experiments in the fandom alongside Stitch and Reuben, were also made during the trend. Other artists have also opted to add an older [[disney:Lilo Pelekai|Lilo]] alongside Stitch to show them having "grown-up" together, even though the franchise has mostly excluded Lilo since ''Leroy & Stitch'', and Stitch is shown in official media to be incapable of growing taller or even aging. (Lilo has official teenage and adult designs as seen in the ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' episode "[[disney:Skip (episode)|Skip]]", when she and Stitch skip ahead ten and twenty years into the future, and the ''Stitch!'' episode "Lilo", which shows her and Stitch reuniting in her adulthood. However, several of these "older Lilo & Stitch" art pieces do not show her with the specific older body she has in those episodes.)

==References==
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== See also ==
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch|''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)]] on [[Wikipedia]]
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|''Lilo & Stitch'' (franchise)]] on Wikipedia

==External links==
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Western Animation / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on [[TV Tropes]]
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/LiloAndStitch Franchise / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on TV Tropes
* [https://liloandstitch.fandom.com/wiki/Lilo_%26_Stitch_Wiki ''Lilo & Stitch'' Wiki] on Fandom

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| creator = [[Chris Sanders]] [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]]
| owner = [[File:The_Walt_Disney_Company_logo.png|link=The Walt Disney Company|150px]]
| origin = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
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| comics = ''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020–present)
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| strips = ''Comic Zone: Lilo & Stitch''
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| films = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
| shorts = ''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)
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| animated_series = ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch: The Series|Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' (2003–2006) ''[[w:Stitch!|Stitch!]]'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015) ''[[w:Stitch & Ai|Stitch & Ai]]'' (2017)
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| tv_films = ''[[w:Leroy & Stitch|Leroy & Stitch]]'' (2006)
| direct-to-video = ''[[w:Stitch! The Movie|Stitch! The Movie]]'' (2003) ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch|Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch]]'' (2005)
| video_games = ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch'' (Game Boy Advance; 2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise'' (2002) ''Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626'' (2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc'' (2004) ''Disney Stitch Jam'' (2009)
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| attractions = [[w:Stitch's Great Escape!|Stitch's Great Escape!]] (2004–2018) [[w:Stitch Encounter|Stitch Encounter/Stitch Live!]] (2006–present) [[w:The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!|The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!]] (2008–present) [[w:Stitch's Supersonic Celebration|Stitch's Supersonic Celebration]] (2009)
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'''''Lilo & Stitch''''' is a 2002 American animated science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by [[Chris Sanders]] and [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] that was produced by [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] and released by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. It is also the name of a Disney media franchise, alternately called just '''''Stitch''''', that spawned from the film. The film was released during a low point for Disney's feature animation studio, known today as either the "Post-Renaissance Era" (the period between the [[w:Disney Renaissance|Disney Renaissance]] and the [[disney:Disney Revival|Disney Revival]]) or the "Experimental Era" (since Disney's animated films became more experimental with their storytelling and were moving away from the templates used for the Renaissance's films), and became a surprise critical and commercial success for the company at a time when traditionally-animated films were losing relevance. The titular [[alien]] [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]] [[Stitch]] (also known as Experiment 626; number pronounced "six-two-six") rapidly became one of Disney's most popular characters, especially in merchandise,<ref name="THR Remake News">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jon-m-chu-in-talks-to-direct-live-action-lilo-stitch-movie-exclusive|title=Jon M. Chu in Talks to Direct Live-Action 'Lilo & Stitch' Movie (Exclusive)|website=[[w:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=November 13, 2020|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}</ref> becoming arguably Disney's first animated character introduced in the 21st century to have achieved an iconic status.{{fact}}

==Main works==
The main continuity of the franchise, which focuses on both title characters living their lives on Hawaii, consists of four animated feature films, a Western animated television series, and an animated short film.
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===''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)===
In the original 2002 film, released on June 21, 2002, Kweltikwan mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voiced by [[w:David Ogden Stiers|David Ogden Stiers]]) stands trial for illegal genetic experimentation, having created a superpowerful blue creature called "Experiment 626" (voiced by co-writer/co-director [[Chris Sanders]]), who is designed solely to destroy everything he touches. After 626 escapes custody to a backwater planet called Earth, the Grand Councilwoman ([[w:Zoe Caldwell|Zoe Caldwell]]) offers Jumba his freedom for the capture of his creation. On Earth, 626 crash lands his stolen spacecraft on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where he gets adopted by an eccentric six-year-old girl named Lilo Pelekai ([[w:Daveigh Chase|Daveigh Chase]]), who is shunned by her peers and is at risk of being forcibly separated from her older sister Nani ([[w:Tia Carrere|Tia Carrere]]) by her newest social worker Cobra Bubbles ([[w:Ving Rhames|Ving Rhames]]) to be put into foster care. In trying to escape capture by Jumba and his assigned partner, Plorgonarian "Earth expert" Agent Wendy Pleakley ([[w:Kevin McDonald|Kevin McDonald]]), 626 lets himself be adopted by Lilo as her "dog" who she renames as "Stitch".

Stitch's aggressive behavior, especially in his attempts to avoid Jumba and Pleakley, causes problems for Lilo and Nani, costing the latter her job as a luau waitress. Cobra demands Nani to find a new job and Lilo to make Stitch a "model citizen"; Lilo uses her beliefs in ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', a Hawaiian concept of extended family, as well as iconic singer [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] as a role model, to attempt to rehabilitate Stitch, while Nani tries to find new employment. Although Stitch's attitude improves as he slowly enjoys his time with Lilo, his and Lilo's antics prevent Nani from finding a new job. As David Kawena ([[w:Jason Scott Lee|Jason Scott Lee]]), a local surfer who is a good friend to the Pelekai sisters, gets them and Stitch to go surfing and enjoy some time on the beach, Jumba and Pleakley make a last-ditch effort to capture Stitch. Although Stitch escapes them again, his inability to swim or float in water causes him and Lilo, who he tried to grab onto for protection and flotation, to have a near-drowning experience, which Cobra witnesses. The incident costs Nani her chances at keeping Lilo, and Cobra tells Nani that he would pick up Lilo the next morning. Feeling guilty for causing the sisters' now-inevitable separation, Stitch runs away from their home that night.

The next morning, Nani runs off to take on a new job offer before Cobra arrives for Lilo. Jumba, who was fired alongside Pleakley finds Stitch in the woods and chases him back to the Pelekais' house, which they destroy in the ensuing fight. Lilo runs off to the nearby woods to find Stitch, who reveals his true alien form to her. Although Lilo tries to reject him for ruining everything, they are both captured by the massive Captain Gantu ([[w:Kevin Michael Richardson|Kevin Michael Richardson]]), who was sent by the Grand Councilwoman to take over Jumba and Pleakley's assignment. Stitch escapes but Lilo remains captured on Gantu's spaceship. He is then found again by Nani, then Jumba and Pleakley shortly after. He tells Nani that he's changed by reminding her of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', and convinces Jumba to rescue Lilo. Chasing Gantu down in Jumba's spaceship, Stitch throws out Gantu from his spaceship and rescues Lilo. The sisters and the aliens reconvene at the shore where Stitch is finally captured by the Grand Councilman. Stitch accepts his fate, proving how much he's changed as a person, but as he about to leave in the Councilwoman's spaceship, Lilo, with some prodding from Cobra, shows her ownership document to the Councilwoman and tells her that taking him away would be theft. Pleased with the document, the Grand Councilwoman decrees that Stitch is "sentenced" to exile with the Pelekai sisters as his wardens and that the three are protected by the United Galactic Federation. After leaving, Lilo, Nani, and Stitch accept the exiled Jumba and Pleakley into their home, they, along with David and Cobra, reconstruct their house and begin a happy life together.

===''Stitch! The Movie'' (2003)===
This direct-to-video pilot to ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', released on August 26, 2003, shows that Gantu, forcibly retired from his post in the original film, is now hired by the diminutive Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (voiced by [[w:Jeff Bennett|Jeff Bennett]]) to retrieve Jumba's first 625 genetic experiments, which Hämsterviel co-funded the creation of prior to the end of their partnership. On Earth, Stitch struggles to fit in with the locals and feels bad about himself. Jumba then gets kidnapped by Gantu, who also finds the dehydrated pod of Experiment 625 ([[w:Rob Paulsen|Rob Paulsen]]), and takes him to Hämsterviel. After finding the first 624 experiments, Lilo and Stitch activate one of them by dropping its pod in water, the electrical Experiment 221 ([[w:Frank Welker|Frank Welker]]), to help rescue Jumba, but he escapes. The duo then chases down and capture 221, and Stitch bonds with him as his "cousin", based on Hawaiian terminology he learned from Lilo. When Cobra and Pleakley rendezvous at [[w:Kilauea Light|Kīlauea Lighthouse]] with Gantu and Hämsterviel to exchange the pods of the other experiments as ransom payment for Jumba, Lilo and Stitch then show up with "Sparky" (as she named 221), freeing him then and there and freeing Jumba. Gantu and Hämsterviel attempt to make off with the experiments, but the Grand Councilwoman's ship emerges from the nearby Pacific Ocean and aims its gun and Hämsterviel. However, Lilo protests on the account that he has the other experiments, and Sparky decides to short-circuit the Councilwoman's ship. Lilo, Stitch and Sparky stow away on Hämsterviel's ship as he and Gantu escape. Lilo, Stitch, and Gantu fight over the experiment pod container, which results in the container releasing and scattering the pods all over Hawaii, and Lilo and Stitch's capture. However, just as Stitch is about to be vivisected by a laser while strapped to a weight that's just too heavy for him to lift, Sparky frees him, they strap Hämsterviel to the weight, and Stitch rescues Lilo before she gets teleported to an intergalactic zoo. They short-circuit Gantu's own ship, causing it to crash by a waterfall on Kauai, and land Hämsterviel's ship back over to the rendezvous point at the lighthouse, handing Hämsterviel in handcuffs over to the Grand Councilwoman. Lilo and Stitch give Sparky a new home in powering the lighthouse, then convince the Councilwoman to have them find and rehabilitate the other 623 experiments (625 was activated by Gantu earlier and sticks with him as his sidekick, although he's too lazy and cowardly to put in any effort apart from making and eating sandwiches). As several experiments are activated when they fall into the water, Lilo and Stitch drive off in Nani's dune buggy, leading to the subsequent series.

===''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (2003–2006)===
The franchise's first television series first ran from September 20, 2003, to July 29, 2006 for 65 episodes over two seasons, airing new episodes on both [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] Saturday morning block [[w:ABC Kids (TV programming block)|ABC Kids]] and [[w:Disney Channel|Disney Channel]] throughout its run. The only animated show in the franchise to truly follow-up on the original film, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' has the titular duo continue capturing Jumba's other experiments, naming them, and rehabilitating them from bad to good by finding a new place where they truly belong and can use their unique abilities to help society. Jumba and sometimes Pleakley usually assist them. Meanwhile, Gantu and his reluctant sidekick Experiment 625 try to capture experiments for Dr. Hämsterviel, who is imprisoned on a prison asteroid, usually fighting against Lilo and Stitch for the experiments.

===''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' (2005)===
A direct-to-video direct sequel to the first film released on August 30, 2005, set before ''Stitch! The Movie'', this film showed insights to the lives of the Pelekai ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' after the events of ''Lilo & Stitch''. The film had Lilo (voiced by [[w:Dakota Fanning|Dakota Fanning]] in this film) trying to come up with an original hula dance for a May Day competition that her late mother previously won. However, Stitch begins to suffer glitches that cause him to revert to his original destructive programming. Unbeknownst to either him or Lilo, these glitches are the result of his molecules not being fully charged when he was created, as he and Jumba were arrested shortly after the experiment's creation. While Jumba tries to build a new fusion chamber to recharge Stitch before his molecules lose all their charge, and Pleakley attempts to "fix" David and Nani's supposedly strained relationship, Stitch's glitches causes friction between him and Lilo, leading to her deciding to perform her hula without him. On the day of the hula competition, on which Jumba had finally completed construction of the fusion chamber, Stitch tries to wish Lilo good luck, but has another glitch that causes him to scratch her face. This causes him to believe that he's too dangerous to be around her, and he takes Jumba's spaceship to try to free to a distant remote planet. Lilo, realizing that the glitches were not his fault, abandons her performance and gets her family go save Stitch, who has one final glitch that causes him to crash the ship on a mountain. Lilo reaches Stitch via a hovercraft and tries to revitalize him by putting him in the fusion chamber, but he supposedly dies. However, he then wakes up in Lilo's arms cured of his glitches, as according to her, "love is more powerful than death."

====''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)====
This short film included with ''Lilo & Stitch 2'' as a DVD and later Disney+ extra is a bridge between that film and ''Stitch! The Movie''. The short film reveals what kinds of alien creatures were used to create Stitch, with Jumba reminding the experiment of what he has become, and also hints at the other 625 experiments made before him.

===''Leroy & Stitch'' (2006)===
This television film aired on June 23, 2006, serving as the finale of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' and the main continuity of the franchise with Stitch being with Lilo in Hawaii. In the film, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley are honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance (the name of the United Galactic Federation in ''The Series'') after successfully reforming all of the first 624 experiments. Jumba is given the key back to his old lab at Galaxy Defense Industries, Pleakley is made the head of Earth studies at Galactic Alliance Community College (G.A.C.C.), Stitch is made the Captain of the Galactic Armada as the commander of its newly commissioned ship the BRB-9000 (Big Red Battleship 9000) and Lilo, now Galactic Federation Ambassador to Earth, is designated the sole guardian of Stitch's "cousins". However, with the aliens' having to leave Earth, Lilo gives them parting gifts; a record of Elvis Presley's performance of "Aloha 'Oe", Pleakley an Earth rock as a paperweight, and Stitch a collar-like necklace with a tiki of [[w:Kū|Kū]], the Hawaiian god of strength.

Meanwhile, Gantu, who only managed to catch Experiment 625, decides to break Dr. Hämsterviel out of prison, leaving 625 stranded on Earth as Gantu flies off in his [[disney:Manta Shuttle|Manta Shuttle]], which only has two seats. As Stitch is assigned to go recapture Hämsterviel, Hämsterviel and Gantu burst into Jumba's lab and forces Jumba to create an evil twin of Stitch that Hämsterviel names [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]], who then gets into a fight with Stitch when he arrives, winning when Stitch is distracted by Pleakley's sudden appearance, allowing Leroy to throw Stitch into a containment capsule. Hämsterviel locks Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley into Pleakley's G.A.C.C. ship to send them towards a black hole, then clones Leroy into his own personal army, then goes off to the planet Turo take over the Galactic Alliance.

On Earth, Lilo misses Stitch and convinces 625 to allow her to use the videophone on Gantu's ship when she names him "Reuben", after the [[w:Reuben sandwich|Reuben sandwich]]. They contact the BRB-9000 to find what looks like Stitch, who is actually a shapeshifted Leroy but find him to be an imposter as he doesn't have Stitch's tiki necklace. After Leroy cuts off the feed, Lilo then motivates Reuben to repair the ship to rescue Stitch. Hämsterviel sends a Leroy clone to Earth to capture all the experiments to be destroyed, including Lilo's rival [[disney:Mertle Edmonds|Mertle Edmonds]] (voiced by [[w:Liliana Mumy|Liliana Mumy]] in ''The Series'' and all films except for ''Lilo & Stitch'', where she was voiced by Miranda Paige Walls), the owner of Experiment 007, Gigi. Lilo and Reuben arrive at Turo to find that the Hämsterviel has taken over the Galactic Alliance. Gantu locks away Lilo and Reuben but releases them after Hämsterviel fires him in favor of Leroy. After being trapped by Leroy clones in an attempt to, Lilo, Reuben and Gantu are then saved by the sudden appearance of the G.A.C.C. van, which went through the black hole but had its trajectory changed after, based on Jumba's personal calculations on how they could avoid being dumped to a volcanic planet by the black hole, Stitch disrupted the event horizon by biting into Pleakley's rock and throwing it at the black hole.

Lilo, Reuben and Gantu join Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley inside the van and head straight for Earth, where it's revealed that Leroy gathered all the experiments (and Mertle) at [[w:Aloha Stadium|Aloha Stadium]], where a concert is planned to take place in the future. Hämsterviel almost uses the weapons on the BRB-9000 to destroy the experiments, but the G.A.C.C. van suddenly appears and destroys the BRB's primary cannon. However, Hämsterviel brought his Leroy army as a backup, and soon the experiments and the Leroys have an epic battle against one another. As the Leroys start getting the upper hand, Jumba then remembers that he programmed a secret command in Leroy that if he hears "Aloha 'Oe", he will shut down. Stitch, Lilo, Reuben, and a few other experiments then put on a concert playing the song, causing all the Leroys to get violent seizures and shut down, and Hämsterviel is recaptured and sent back to prison.

The team is honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance, but Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley request to return to living on Earth with Lilo. The Grand Councilwoman grants their request and asks Gantu if he would like to be reinstated as a captain of the Galactic Armada. He agrees on the condition that Reuben joins him as his galley officer. Back on Earth, Lilo takes one final family photo with her ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', including Stitch, Nani David, Jumba, Pleakley, the experiments, and even Mertle, while in prison, an angry Hämsterviel taps his foot while the Leroys dance to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock".

==Spin-offs==
Since the end of the main continuity in 2006, Disney has produced a number of spin-offs focusing more on Stitch and his antics in various locations on Earth, making new friends with other human beings. All such spin-offs so far have been primarily made in the countries where such works take place. Additionally, the English versions of the animated spin-offs have featured an entirely different voice cast from the original, with [[w:Benjamin Diskin|Benjamin Diskin]] taking over as the voice of Stitch and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' screenwriter and executive producer [[w:Jess Winfield|Jess Winfield]] replacing David Ogden Stiers as the voice of Jumba.

===''Stitch!'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015)===
This Japanese anime series ran from 2008 to 2011 for 83 episodes and three specials, with an additional two specials broadcast in 2012 and 2015. The first two seasons, consisting of 54 episodes and two specials, were produced by Madhouse, while the 29 episodes of the third season and the last three specials were produced by Shin-Ei Animation. The English dub first debuted in Australia in 2009 and briefly ran in the United States on Disney XD in October 2011. The German dub of this series retitles it as ''Yuna & Stitch''.

In this series, Stitch has left Lilo after falsely believing that she abandoned him when she grew up. After spending time in space, he eventually ends up on the fictitious Izayoi Island, which is off the shore of Okinawa in the Ryukyus. There, he meets Yuna Kamihara (voiced by [[w:Eden Riegel|Eden Riegel]] in the English dub), a tomboyish local girl with an interest in karate, and he, Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Ted Biaselli|Ted Biaselli]]) join her family. On the island, Stitch discovers and learns about the "Spiritual Stone", a magical stone that can grant wishes provided one does 43 good deeds (which can be lost; Stitch loses good deeds often due to his mischievous behavior), and Stitch wishes to be the strongest being in the universe. However, by the end of the second season, when Stitch finally earns enough good deeds, he instead decides to use his wish to stay with Yuna instead. Throughout the two Madhouse seasons, Stitch also fights off against Dr. Hämsterviel (Kirk Thornton), who is at large along with Gantu (Keith Silverstein) and Experiment 625/Reuben (Dave Wittenberg), and wishes to use the stone to gain ultimate power.

In the third season, Yuna, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley instead move to Okinawa New Town with Yuna's cousin Tigerlily ([[w:Laura Bailey|Laura Bailey]]), while Hämsterviel partners with an alien woman named Delia ([[w:Mary Elizabeth McGlynn|Mary Elizabeth McGlynn]]) who desires to retrieve a power cell embedded within Stitch. She eventually creates her own powerful experiment, Dark End ([[w:Roger Craig Smith|Roger Craig Smith]]), to fight Stitch. Lilo ([[w:Gwendoline Yeo|Gwendoline Yeo]]), now an adult with a daughter named Ani ([[w:Melissa Fahn|Melissa Fahn]]) who looks remarkably identical to her back when she was a child, also returns in an episode to reunite with Stitch.

===''Stitch & Ai'' (2017)===
This English-language Chinese animated series was produced by Anhui Xinhua Media and Panimation Hwakai Media with cooperation with American animators, including some of the crew of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. It ran for one thirteen-episode season from March 27 to April 6, 2017, with a Mandarin Chinese dub, while the original English production was first broadcast in Southeast Asia from February 5 to 27, 2018. Twelve of the thirteen episodes were later released in the United States for free digital streaming on DisneyNow on December 1, 2018, although they were removed from the service by June 2019.

This series has Stitch kidnapped by a faction of alien criminals called the Jaboodies and held in their spaceship above Earth, only for a rival faction called the Woolagongs, who also want Stitch for themselves, attack the ship in an effort to capture him, allowing him to escape to Earth. Upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, he ends up in the Huangshan mountains in China's Anhui province. There he meets a spirited young girl named Wang Ai Ling (voiced in English by [[w:Erica Mendez|Erica Mendez]]), who lives in her home in the mountains her older sister Jeijei ([[w:Laura Post|Laura Post]]), but whose aunt Daiyu (Post) wants to move her out to live in the city under the false belief that she will have a better life there. Ai takes in Stitch as her "dog", and the two help each other with their problems. They are also joined by Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Lucien Dodge|Lucien Dodge]]) after they are initially sent by the Grand Councilwoman to rescue Stitch. However, Jumba is concerned that an ability he secretly programmed in Stitch, a metamorphosis ability that turns the little blue experiment into a giant destructive monster, could be triggered if the alien criminals still going after him try to subconsciously manipulate Stitch into triggering it.

===''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020)===
This Japanese manga spin-off was written and illustrated by Hiroto Wada, also known in Japan as ''Tono & Stitch'', and published digitally from January 13 to December 28, 2020. The English translation of the first compiled volume will be published by Tokyopop on May 11, 2021. Unlike past works, Stitch ends up in Earth's past and befriends an adult male instead of a young girl. In this manga, Stitch ends up traveling through time as well as space, crash landing in Sengoku-era Japan. There he meets Yamato Meison, a samurai warlord who takes the blue "tanuki" after seeing his power and finding him to be "cute".

== Lilo & Stitch and furry ==
[[File:CSUMAward.jpg|200px|right|thumb|[[Chris Sanders]] (right) receiving ''Lilo & Stitch''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s award for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture at the 2002 Ursa Major Awards.]]
The original ''Lilo & Stitch'' film won the 2002 [[Ursa Major Awards|Ursa Major Award]] for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture;<ref name="UMA 2002">{{Cite web|url=https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2002.htm|author=Ursa Major Awards|accessdate=June 5, 2021|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2002 winners}}</ref> director Chris Sanders accepted the award in person. Separately, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' was nominated for the 2003 Ursa Major Award award for Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series for the series's first 27 episodes, but lost to ''Gary the Rat''.<ref name="UMA 2003">{{Cite web|url=https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2003.htm|author=Ursa Major Awards|accessdate=June 5, 2021|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2003 winners}} '''Note:''' Although ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s twenty-eighth episode aired in 2003, UMA declared it have been "shown out of sequence" on December 12, 2003, negating it from being part of the nomination.</ref>

''Lilo & Stitch'' has a niche amount of popularity in the [[furry community]] due to the animalistic-looking aliens featured in the franchise, with Stitch being a modestly popular character within the furry fandom. Some of the other experiments, including his immediate predecessor [[disney:Reuben|Reuben (Experiment 625)]] and female counterpart, love interest, and mate [[disney:Angel|Angel (Experiment 624)]], are also recognizable. The film and the franchise's messages of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' and finding belongingness with others have also resonated with much of the furry fandom, as several furs have personally found belongingness within the fandom.

Some furs have an "experimentsona" or "Stitchsona"—a representation of oneself as a [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]], usually more based on Stitch's own design than other experiments—as their [[fursona]] or as an alternate form of their own pre-existing one, as if their main fursona was genetically modified by the creator of the experiments [[disney:Jumba Jookiba|Dr. Jumba Jookiba]] himself.

===Bara Stitch===
"'''Bara Stitch'''", also called "'''Himbo Stitch'''" and "'''Buff Stitch'''", refers to a trend in January and February 2021 of fan interpretations of "anthropomorphized" versions of Stitch. During the trend, several artists on Twitter and [[Fur Affinity]] shared fan art they made featuring such interpretations of Stitch. In such artwork, he is portrayed with a body shape of a human adult, oftentimes with some human-based features such as nipples, hands, and feet, while still maintaining most of his regular genetic experiment features including eyes, ears, nose, mouth, head shape, fur, and claws, though not necessarily all such features. His more humanoid body in such renditions is typically given a muscular build, overweight build or a build with a mixture of both per the aspects of male characters portrayed in works of the [[w:Bara (genre)|''bara'' genre]] (short for ''[[w:Barazoku|Barazoku]]'', which was a gay-oriented magazine in Japan) from which the trend takes its name. While Stitch has received most of the attention during the trend, some artists have drawn other ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters either instead of or alongside Stitch to bring more attention to them.

Several fan art of "anthropomorphic" Stitch have been made well before the trend, but not to the levels beforehand. Stitch is technically already an anthropomorphic creature since he has a high level of human-like intelligence and sentience and has opposable thumbs (or at least, fingers that can ''act'' much like opposable thumbs), but this isn't as apparent due to his somewhat feral appearance and at times behavior. Thus, "anthropomorphic Stitch" usually means a version of Stitch with a more humanoid body shape; this is usually given in the form of a body similar to a male human adult or teenager. Additionally, in the vein of [[w:Rule 63|Rule 63]] of the Internet, he has also been given female interpretations by fans, including with a humanoid body shape.

Early signs of the trend began around January 15, 2021. On that day, artist [[eclipticafusion]] posted a drawing of anthrofied versions of Stitch, Reuben, and Leroy based on drawings of "anthro Stitch" that he saw himself.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eclipticafusion/status/1350164949398646785|author=eclipticafusion|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=I saw some cute pics of anthro Stitch and wanted to try myself, of course added Reuben and Leroy}}</ref> This drawing got considerable attention; as of February 13, 2021, the tweet was retweeted 905 times and received over 5,100 likes.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet"/> Later that day, furry artist [https://twitter.com/xtbidx tbid] tweeted a drawing of a "himbo" Stitch they made the previous week,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350203216768626688|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=He’s a scribble from last week. Go check out/follow @Maxpany2 for some 👌 stitch himbo}}</ref> later posting an explicit version of the drawing over two hours later.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350235778496958464|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=ALOHA fuzzies # TGIF}}</ref> As of February 13, 2021, the tweet with the original "safe" version of the drawing has been retweeted 283 times and liked almost 1,300 times,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> while the tweet with the explicit version has been retweeted 652 times and liked over 3,000 times.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw"/> According to their first Stitch drawing tweet,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> they were inspired by the drawings of fellow furry artist [https://twitter.com/Maxpany2 Maxpany], who is known for his artwork involving usually male anthropomorphic cartoon characters given traits of [[macro]]ifcation (including the involvement of size growth and muscle growth), [[Hypertrophilia|hyper-endowment]], and/or obesity (including weight gain). Among the regular subjects in Maxpany's art are ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters, most often Stitch and Reuben. At the time of the trend, Maxpany was posting a series of drawing of his blue-furred, pink-haired anthropomorphic lemur fursona Max enjoying life with a taller, increasingly overweight version of Stitch as his "husband".<ref name="Maxpany Kiss the Cook tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Maxpany2/status/1348459836900601856|author=Maxpany|work=Twitter|date=January 10, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=the perfect husband doesn't exi- 😳😳😳😳😳}}</ref> (Although not depicted in this series, Max also has an alternate "experiment-sona" form based on the ''Lilo & Stitch'' experiments.)

The trend truly took off a week later on January 22, 2021, when, furry artist [[MineDoo]] posted a colored sketch of a bust portrait of Stitch with a buff chest, greyish-blue nipples, and a thick neck as he smirks at the viewer.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352793322121809921|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=Quick Stitch before bed 👀}}</ref> This drawing was also apparently inspired by Maxpany's Stitch drawings.<ref name="MineDoo reply tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352795673356283904|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=January 29, 2021|title=I blame YOU 👀✨}}</ref> The drawing garnered significant interest, with many Twitter users responding that they find the muscular rendition of the alien attractive, garnering over a thousand retweets and over 6,900 likes as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet"/>

MineDoo's drawing led to a windfall of other artists making their own renditions of an anthropomorphized Stitch. Others have also shared pre-2021 artwork of an anthropomorphic Stitch. These other renditions gave Stitch a variety of different designs and body shapes to these artists' liking, although some artists drew other characters from the franchise, either with or without Stitch, out of a desire to bring more attention to them. These characters were usually [[disney:Gantu|Gantu]] (the largest major character in the canon in both size and muscular shape), an "anthrofied" Reuben (who is one of the franchise's major experiments and is canonically chubbier than Stitch) and Jumba (the most obesely built character); "anthrofied" versions of [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]] and Angel, both of whom are among the better-known experiments in the fandom alongside Stitch and Reuben, were also made during the trend. Other artists have also opted to add an older [[disney:Lilo Pelekai|Lilo]] alongside Stitch to show them having "grown-up" together, even though the franchise has mostly excluded Lilo since ''Leroy & Stitch'', and Stitch is shown in official media to be incapable of growing taller or even aging. (Lilo has official teenage and adult designs as seen in the ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' episode "[[disney:Skip (episode)|Skip]]", when she and Stitch skip ahead ten and twenty years into the future, and the ''Stitch!'' episode "Lilo", which shows her and Stitch reuniting in her adulthood. However, several of these "older Lilo & Stitch" art pieces do not show her with the specific older body she has in those episodes.)

==References==
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== See also ==
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch|''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)]] on [[Wikipedia]]
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|''Lilo & Stitch'' (franchise)]] on Wikipedia

==External links==
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Western Animation / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on [[TV Tropes]]
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/LiloAndStitch Franchise / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on TV Tropes
* [https://liloandstitch.fandom.com/wiki/Lilo_%26_Stitch_Wiki ''Lilo & Stitch'' Wiki] on Fandom

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Chris Sanders

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| born = March 12, 1962
| birthplace = [[Wikipedia:Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]], [[Wikipedia:Colorado|Colorado]], [[Wikipedia:United States|United States]]
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[[File:CSUMAward.jpg|240px|right|thumb|Chris Sanders (right) receiving his 2002 Ursa Major award]]
'''Christopher Michael Sanders''' (born March 12, 1962) is an American film director, animation director, screenwriter, animator and voice actor.

Sanders is best known for creating [[Disney]]'s animated feature film ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'', which he wrote and directed alongside [[Wikipedia:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]], as well as co-writing and co-directing the first ''[[How to Train Your Dragon]]'' film (also alongside DeBlois, who later wrote and directed both sequels himself). He famously starred in the title role of [[Stitch]] in the former film, a role he continued to play in [[Wikipedia:Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|the sequel films]], ''[[Wikipedia:Lilo & Stitch: The Series|Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' (but not the later shows ''[[Wikipedia:Stitch!|Stitch!]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Stitch & Ai|Stitch & Ai]]'', both of which were produced after he left The Walt Disney Company), and various other Disney projects.

== Chris Sanders and furry ==
Sanders has old ties with the [[furry fandom]], including being a former member of [[Rowrbrazzle]], and illustrating furry media such publications as [[MU Press]]'s [[Beauty of the Beasts]].

He also received the 2002 [[Ursa Major Awards]] for ''Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture'' (''Lilo & Stitch'').

==Filmography==

*[[Wikipedia:Jim Henson Productions|Jim Henson Productions]]
**1984–1986 - ''[[Wikipedia:Muppet Babies|Muppet Babies]]'' (character design)
*[[Disney|Walt Disney Animation Studios]]
**1991 - ''[[Wikipedia:Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (writer, visual development)
**1994 - ''[[The Lion King]]'' (writer, production designer)
**1998 - ''[[Wikipedia:Mulan|Mulan]]'' (writer, story supervisor, voice [Little Brother])
**2002 - ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'' (director, writer, character designer, voice [Stitch])
*[[Disney|Disneytoon Studios]]
**2004 - ''[[The Lion King 1½]]'' (voice [Stitch])
**2005 - ''[[Wikipedia:Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch|Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch]]'' (voice [Stitch])
*[[Disney|Disney Television Animation]]
**2003 - ''[[Wikipedia:Stitch! The Movie|Stitch! The Movie]]'' (voice [Stitch])
**2003–2006 - ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (voice [Stitch, Experiment 627])
**2006 - ''[[Wikipedia:Leroy & Stitch|Leroy & Stitch]]'' (voice [Stitch, Leroy])
*[[Disney|Walt Disney Parks and Resorts]]
**2004 - ''[[Wikipedia:Stitch's Great Escape!|Stitch's Great Escape!]]'' (voice [Stitch])
*[[Wikipedia:DreamWorks Animation|DreamWorks Animation]]
**2010 - ''[[Wikipedia:How to Train Your Dragon|How to Train Your Dragon]]'' (director, writer)
**2013 - ''[[Wikipedia:The Croods|The Croods]]'' (director, writer, voice [Belt])
**2014 - ''[[Wikipedia:How to Train Your Dragon 2|How to Train Your Dragon 2]]'' (executive producer)
**2018 - ''[[Wikipedia:Neighbors|Neighbors]]'' (director, writer, executive producer)
**2019 - ''[[Wikipedia:How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World|How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World]]'' (executive producer)
*[[Wikipedia:20th Century Studios|20th Century Studios]]
**2020 - ''[[Wikipedia:The Call of the Wild (2020 film)|The Call of the Wild]]'' (director)

== See also ==

* [[W:Chris Sanders|Chris Sanders]] on [[Wikipedia]]

== External links ==

* [http://www.chrissandersart.com Chris Sanders Art] - Official web site
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* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761498/ Chris Sanders] on [[W:IMDb|IMDb]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_thread/thread/7f4a5cb7e25b5d35/7559bdb8ea41e03c?lnk=gst&q=%22chris+sanders%22&rnum=2#7559bdb8ea41e03c A post on] [[alt.fan.furry]] about Chris Sanders's ties to the furry fandom (retrieved May 26, 2007)

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Lilo & Stitch

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'''''Lilo & Stitch''''' is a 2002 American animated science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by [[Chris Sanders]] and [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] that was produced by [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] and released by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. It is also the name of a Disney media franchise, alternately called just '''''Stitch''''', that spawned from the film. The film was released during a low point for Disney's feature animation studio, known today as either the "Post-Renaissance Era" (the period between the [[w:Disney Renaissance|Disney Renaissance]] and the [[disney:Disney Revival|Disney Revival]]) or the "Experimental Era" (since Disney's animated films became more experimental with their storytelling and were moving away from the templates used for the Renaissance's films), and became a surprise critical and commercial success for the company at a time when traditionally-animated films were losing relevance. The titular [[alien]] [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]] [[Stitch]] (also known as Experiment 626; number pronounced "six-two-six") rapidly became one of Disney's most popular characters, especially in merchandise,<ref name="THR Remake News">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jon-m-chu-in-talks-to-direct-live-action-lilo-stitch-movie-exclusive|title=Jon M. Chu in Talks to Direct Live-Action 'Lilo & Stitch' Movie (Exclusive)|website=[[w:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=November 13, 2020|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}</ref> becoming arguably Disney's first animated character introduced in the 21st century to have achieved an iconic status.{{fact}}

==Main works==
The main continuity of the franchise, which focuses on both title characters living their lives on Hawaii, consists of four animated feature films, a Western animated television series, and an animated short film.
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===''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)===
In the original 2002 film, released on June 21, 2002, Kweltikwan mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voiced by [[w:David Ogden Stiers|David Ogden Stiers]]) stands trial for illegal genetic experimentation, having created a superpowerful blue creature called "Experiment 626" (voiced by co-writer/co-director [[Chris Sanders]]), who is designed solely to destroy everything he touches. After 626 escapes custody to a backwater planet called Earth, the Grand Councilwoman ([[w:Zoe Caldwell|Zoe Caldwell]]) offers Jumba his freedom for the capture of his creation. On Earth, 626 crash lands his stolen spacecraft on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where he gets adopted by an eccentric six-year-old girl named Lilo Pelekai ([[w:Daveigh Chase|Daveigh Chase]]), who is shunned by her peers and is at risk of being forcibly separated from her older sister Nani ([[w:Tia Carrere|Tia Carrere]]) by her newest social worker Cobra Bubbles ([[w:Ving Rhames|Ving Rhames]]) to be put into foster care. In trying to escape capture by Jumba and his assigned partner, Plorgonarian "Earth expert" Agent Wendy Pleakley ([[w:Kevin McDonald|Kevin McDonald]]), 626 lets himself be adopted by Lilo as her "dog" who she renames as "Stitch".

Stitch's aggressive behavior, especially in his attempts to avoid Jumba and Pleakley, causes problems for Lilo and Nani, costing the latter her job as a luau waitress. Cobra demands Nani to find a new job and Lilo to make Stitch a "model citizen"; Lilo uses her beliefs in ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', a Hawaiian concept of extended family, as well as iconic singer [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] as a role model, to attempt to rehabilitate Stitch, while Nani tries to find new employment. Although Stitch's attitude improves as he slowly enjoys his time with Lilo, his and Lilo's antics prevent Nani from finding a new job. As David Kawena ([[w:Jason Scott Lee|Jason Scott Lee]]), a local surfer who is a good friend to the Pelekai sisters, gets them and Stitch to go surfing and enjoy some time on the beach, Jumba and Pleakley make a last-ditch effort to capture Stitch. Although Stitch escapes them again, his inability to swim or float in water causes him and Lilo, who he tried to grab onto for protection and flotation, to have a near-drowning experience, which Cobra witnesses. The incident costs Nani her chances at keeping Lilo, and Cobra tells Nani that he would pick up Lilo the next morning. Feeling guilty for causing the sisters' now-inevitable separation, Stitch runs away from their home that night.

The next morning, Nani runs off to take on a new job offer before Cobra arrives for Lilo. Jumba, who was fired alongside Pleakley finds Stitch in the woods and chases him back to the Pelekais' house, which they destroy in the ensuing fight. Lilo runs off to the nearby woods to find Stitch, who reveals his true alien form to her. Although Lilo tries to reject him for ruining everything, they are both captured by the massive Captain Gantu ([[w:Kevin Michael Richardson|Kevin Michael Richardson]]), who was sent by the Grand Councilwoman to take over Jumba and Pleakley's assignment. Stitch escapes but Lilo remains captured on Gantu's spaceship. He is then found again by Nani, then Jumba and Pleakley shortly after. He tells Nani that he's changed by reminding her of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', and convinces Jumba to rescue Lilo. Chasing Gantu down in Jumba's spaceship, Stitch throws out Gantu from his spaceship and rescues Lilo. The sisters and the aliens reconvene at the shore where Stitch is finally captured by the Grand Councilman. Stitch accepts his fate, proving how much he's changed as a person, but as he about to leave in the Councilwoman's spaceship, Lilo, with some prodding from Cobra, shows her ownership document to the Councilwoman and tells her that taking him away would be theft. Pleased with the document, the Grand Councilwoman decrees that Stitch is "sentenced" to exile with the Pelekai sisters as his wardens and that the three are protected by the United Galactic Federation. After leaving, Lilo, Nani, and Stitch accept the exiled Jumba and Pleakley into their home, they, along with David and Cobra, reconstruct their house and begin a happy life together.

===''Stitch! The Movie'' (2003)===
This direct-to-video pilot to ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', released on August 26, 2003, shows that Gantu, forcibly retired from his post in the original film, is now hired by the diminutive Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (voiced by [[w:Jeff Bennett|Jeff Bennett]]) to retrieve Jumba's first 625 genetic experiments, which Hämsterviel co-funded the creation of prior to the end of their partnership. On Earth, Stitch struggles to fit in with the locals and feels bad about himself. Jumba then gets kidnapped by Gantu, who also finds the dehydrated pod of Experiment 625 ([[w:Rob Paulsen|Rob Paulsen]]), and takes him to Hämsterviel. After finding the first 624 experiments, Lilo and Stitch activate one of them by dropping its pod in water, the electrical Experiment 221 ([[w:Frank Welker|Frank Welker]]), to help rescue Jumba, but he escapes. The duo then chases down and capture 221, and Stitch bonds with him as his "cousin", based on Hawaiian terminology he learned from Lilo. When Cobra and Pleakley rendezvous at [[w:Kilauea Light|Kīlauea Lighthouse]] with Gantu and Hämsterviel to exchange the pods of the other experiments as ransom payment for Jumba, Lilo and Stitch then show up with "Sparky" (as she named 221), freeing him then and there and freeing Jumba. Gantu and Hämsterviel attempt to make off with the experiments, but the Grand Councilwoman's ship emerges from the nearby Pacific Ocean and aims its gun and Hämsterviel. However, Lilo protests on the account that he has the other experiments, and Sparky decides to short-circuit the Councilwoman's ship. Lilo, Stitch and Sparky stow away on Hämsterviel's ship as he and Gantu escape. Lilo, Stitch, and Gantu fight over the experiment pod container, which results in the container releasing and scattering the pods all over Hawaii, and Lilo and Stitch's capture. However, just as Stitch is about to be vivisected by a laser while strapped to a weight that's just too heavy for him to lift, Sparky frees him, they strap Hämsterviel to the weight, and Stitch rescues Lilo before she gets teleported to an intergalactic zoo. They short-circuit Gantu's own ship, causing it to crash by a waterfall on Kauai, and land Hämsterviel's ship back over to the rendezvous point at the lighthouse, handing Hämsterviel in handcuffs over to the Grand Councilwoman. Lilo and Stitch give Sparky a new home in powering the lighthouse, then convince the Councilwoman to have them find and rehabilitate the other 623 experiments (625 was activated by Gantu earlier and sticks with him as his sidekick, although he's too lazy and cowardly to put in any effort apart from making and eating sandwiches). As several experiments are activated when they fall into the water, Lilo and Stitch drive off in Nani's dune buggy, leading to the subsequent series.

===''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (2003–2006)===
The franchise's first television series first ran from September 20, 2003, to July 29, 2006 for 65 episodes over two seasons, airing new episodes on both [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] Saturday morning block [[w:ABC Kids (TV programming block)|ABC Kids]] and [[w:Disney Channel|Disney Channel]] throughout its run. The only animated show in the franchise to truly follow-up on the original film, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' has the titular duo continue capturing Jumba's other experiments, naming them, and rehabilitating them from bad to good by finding a new place where they truly belong and can use their unique abilities to help society. Jumba and sometimes Pleakley usually assist them. Meanwhile, Gantu and his reluctant sidekick Experiment 625 try to capture experiments for Dr. Hämsterviel, who is imprisoned on a prison asteroid, usually fighting against Lilo and Stitch for the experiments.

===''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' (2005)===
A direct-to-video direct sequel to the first film released on August 30, 2005, set before ''Stitch! The Movie'', this film showed insights to the lives of the Pelekai ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' after the events of ''Lilo & Stitch''. The film had Lilo (voiced by [[w:Dakota Fanning|Dakota Fanning]] in this film) trying to come up with an original hula dance for a May Day competition that her late mother previously won. However, Stitch begins to suffer glitches that cause him to revert to his original destructive programming. Unbeknownst to either him or Lilo, these glitches are the result of his molecules not being fully charged when he was created, as he and Jumba were arrested shortly after the experiment's creation. While Jumba tries to build a new fusion chamber to recharge Stitch before his molecules lose all their charge, and Pleakley attempts to "fix" David and Nani's supposedly strained relationship, Stitch's glitches causes friction between him and Lilo, leading to her deciding to perform her hula without him. On the day of the hula competition, on which Jumba had finally completed construction of the fusion chamber, Stitch tries to wish Lilo good luck, but has another glitch that causes him to scratch her face. This causes him to believe that he's too dangerous to be around her, and he takes Jumba's spaceship to try to free to a distant remote planet. Lilo, realizing that the glitches were not his fault, abandons her performance and gets her family go save Stitch, who has one final glitch that causes him to crash the ship on a mountain. Lilo reaches Stitch via a hovercraft and tries to revitalize him by putting him in the fusion chamber, but he supposedly dies. However, he then wakes up in Lilo's arms cured of his glitches, as according to her, "love is more powerful than death."

====''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)====
This short film included with ''Lilo & Stitch 2'' as a DVD and later Disney+ extra is a bridge between that film and ''Stitch! The Movie''. The short film reveals what kinds of alien creatures were used to create Stitch, with Jumba reminding the experiment of what he has become, and also hints at the other 625 experiments made before him.

===''Leroy & Stitch'' (2006)===
This television film aired on June 23, 2006, serving as the finale of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' and the main continuity of the franchise with Stitch being with Lilo in Hawaii. In the film, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley are honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance (the name of the United Galactic Federation in ''The Series'') after successfully reforming all of the first 624 experiments. Jumba is given the key back to his old lab at Galaxy Defense Industries, Pleakley is made the head of Earth studies at Galactic Alliance Community College (G.A.C.C.), Stitch is made the Captain of the Galactic Armada as the commander of its newly commissioned ship the BRB-9000 (Big Red Battleship 9000) and Lilo, now Galactic Federation Ambassador to Earth, is designated the sole guardian of Stitch's "cousins". However, with the aliens' having to leave Earth, Lilo gives them parting gifts; a record of Elvis Presley's performance of "Aloha 'Oe", Pleakley an Earth rock as a paperweight, and Stitch a collar-like necklace with a tiki of [[w:Kū|Kū]], the Hawaiian god of strength.

Meanwhile, Gantu, who only managed to catch Experiment 625, decides to break Dr. Hämsterviel out of prison, leaving 625 stranded on Earth as Gantu flies off in his [[disney:Manta Shuttle|Manta Shuttle]], which only has two seats. As Stitch is assigned to go recapture Hämsterviel, Hämsterviel and Gantu burst into Jumba's lab and forces Jumba to create an evil twin of Stitch that Hämsterviel names [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]], who then gets into a fight with Stitch when he arrives, winning when Stitch is distracted by Pleakley's sudden appearance, allowing Leroy to throw Stitch into a containment capsule. Hämsterviel locks Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley into Pleakley's G.A.C.C. ship to send them towards a black hole, then clones Leroy into his own personal army, then goes off to the planet Turo take over the Galactic Alliance.

On Earth, Lilo misses Stitch and convinces 625 to allow her to use the videophone on Gantu's ship when she names him "Reuben", after the [[w:Reuben sandwich|Reuben sandwich]]. They contact the BRB-9000 to find what looks like Stitch, who is actually a shapeshifted Leroy but find him to be an imposter as he doesn't have Stitch's tiki necklace. After Leroy cuts off the feed, Lilo then motivates Reuben to repair the ship to rescue Stitch. Hämsterviel sends a Leroy clone to Earth to capture all the experiments to be destroyed, including Lilo's rival [[disney:Mertle Edmonds|Mertle Edmonds]] (voiced by [[w:Liliana Mumy|Liliana Mumy]] in ''The Series'' and all films except for ''Lilo & Stitch'', where she was voiced by Miranda Paige Walls), the owner of Experiment 007, Gigi. Lilo and Reuben arrive at Turo to find that the Hämsterviel has taken over the Galactic Alliance. Gantu locks away Lilo and Reuben but releases them after Hämsterviel fires him in favor of Leroy. After being trapped by Leroy clones in an attempt to, Lilo, Reuben and Gantu are then saved by the sudden appearance of the G.A.C.C. van, which went through the black hole but had its trajectory changed after, based on Jumba's personal calculations on how they could avoid being dumped to a volcanic planet by the black hole, Stitch disrupted the event horizon by biting into Pleakley's rock and throwing it at the black hole.

Lilo, Reuben and Gantu join Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley inside the van and head straight for Earth, where it's revealed that Leroy gathered all the experiments (and Mertle) at [[w:Aloha Stadium|Aloha Stadium]], where a concert is planned to take place in the future. Hämsterviel almost uses the weapons on the BRB-9000 to destroy the experiments, but the G.A.C.C. van suddenly appears and destroys the BRB's primary cannon. However, Hämsterviel brought his Leroy army as a backup, and soon the experiments and the Leroys have an epic battle against one another. As the Leroys start getting the upper hand, Jumba then remembers that he programmed a secret command in Leroy that if he hears "Aloha 'Oe", he will shut down. Stitch, Lilo, Reuben, and a few other experiments then put on a concert playing the song, causing all the Leroys to get violent seizures and shut down, and Hämsterviel is recaptured and sent back to prison.

The team is honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance, but Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley request to return to living on Earth with Lilo. The Grand Councilwoman grants their request and asks Gantu if he would like to be reinstated as a captain of the Galactic Armada. He agrees on the condition that Reuben joins him as his galley officer. Back on Earth, Lilo takes one final family photo with her ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', including Stitch, Nani David, Jumba, Pleakley, the experiments, and even Mertle, while in prison, an angry Hämsterviel taps his foot while the Leroys dance to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock".

==Spin-offs==
Since the end of the main continuity in 2006, Disney has produced a number of spin-offs focusing more on Stitch and his antics in various locations on Earth, making new friends with other human beings. All such spin-offs so far have been primarily made in the countries where such works take place. Additionally, the English versions of the animated spin-offs have featured an entirely different voice cast from the original, with [[w:Benjamin Diskin|Benjamin Diskin]] taking over as the voice of Stitch and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' screenwriter and executive producer [[w:Jess Winfield|Jess Winfield]] replacing David Ogden Stiers as the voice of Jumba.

===''Stitch!'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015)===
This Japanese anime series ran from 2008 to 2011 for 83 episodes and three specials, with an additional two specials broadcast in 2012 and 2015. The first two seasons, consisting of 54 episodes and two specials, were produced by Madhouse, while the 29 episodes of the third season and the last three specials were produced by Shin-Ei Animation. The English dub first debuted in Australia in 2009 and briefly ran in the United States on Disney XD in October 2011. The German dub of this series retitles it as ''Yuna & Stitch''.

In this series, Stitch has left Lilo after falsely believing that she abandoned him when she grew up. After spending time in space, he eventually ends up on the fictitious Izayoi Island, which is off the shore of Okinawa in the Ryukyus. There, he meets Yuna Kamihara (voiced by [[w:Eden Riegel|Eden Riegel]] in the English dub), a tomboyish local girl with an interest in karate, and he, Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Ted Biaselli|Ted Biaselli]]) join her family. On the island, Stitch discovers and learns about the "Spiritual Stone", a magical stone that can grant wishes provided one does 43 good deeds (which can be lost; Stitch loses good deeds often due to his mischievous behavior), and Stitch wishes to be the strongest being in the universe. However, by the end of the second season, when Stitch finally earns enough good deeds, he instead decides to use his wish to stay with Yuna instead. Throughout the two Madhouse seasons, Stitch also fights off against Dr. Hämsterviel (Kirk Thornton), who is at large along with Gantu (Keith Silverstein) and Experiment 625/Reuben (Dave Wittenberg), and wishes to use the stone to gain ultimate power.

In the third season, Yuna, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley instead move to Okinawa New Town with Yuna's cousin Tigerlily ([[w:Laura Bailey|Laura Bailey]]), while Hämsterviel partners with an alien woman named Delia ([[w:Mary Elizabeth McGlynn|Mary Elizabeth McGlynn]]) who desires to retrieve a power cell embedded within Stitch. She eventually creates her own powerful experiment, Dark End ([[w:Roger Craig Smith|Roger Craig Smith]]), to fight Stitch. Lilo ([[w:Gwendoline Yeo|Gwendoline Yeo]]), now an adult with a daughter named Ani ([[w:Melissa Fahn|Melissa Fahn]]) who looks remarkably identical to her back when she was a child, also returns in an episode to reunite with Stitch.

===''Stitch & Ai'' (2017)===
This English-language Chinese animated series was produced by Anhui Xinhua Media and Panimation Hwakai Media with cooperation with American animators, including some of the crew of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. It ran for one thirteen-episode season from March 27 to April 6, 2017, with a Mandarin Chinese dub, while the original English production was first broadcast in Southeast Asia from February 5 to 27, 2018. Twelve of the thirteen episodes were later released in the United States for free digital streaming on DisneyNow on December 1, 2018, although they were removed from the service by June 2019.

This series has Stitch kidnapped by a faction of alien criminals called the Jaboodies and held in their spaceship above Earth, only for a rival faction called the Woolagongs, who also want Stitch for themselves, attack the ship in an effort to capture him, allowing him to escape to Earth. Upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, he ends up in the Huangshan mountains in China's Anhui province. There he meets a spirited young girl named Wang Ai Ling (voiced in English by [[w:Erica Mendez|Erica Mendez]]), who lives in her home in the mountains her older sister Jeijei ([[w:Laura Post|Laura Post]]), but whose aunt Daiyu (Post) wants to move her out to live in the city under the false belief that she will have a better life there. Ai takes in Stitch as her "dog", and the two help each other with their problems. They are also joined by Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Lucien Dodge|Lucien Dodge]]) after they are initially sent by the Grand Councilwoman to rescue Stitch. However, Jumba is concerned that an ability he secretly programmed in Stitch, a metamorphosis ability that turns the little blue experiment into a giant destructive monster, could be triggered if the alien criminals still going after him try to subconsciously manipulate Stitch into triggering it.

===''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020)===
This Japanese manga spin-off was written and illustrated by Hiroto Wada, also known in Japan as ''Tono & Stitch'', and published digitally from January 13 to December 28, 2020. The English translation of the first compiled volume will be published by Tokyopop on May 11, 2021. Unlike past works, Stitch ends up in Earth's past and befriends an adult male instead of a young girl. In this manga, Stitch ends up traveling through time as well as space, crash landing in Sengoku-era Japan. There he meets Yamato Meison, a samurai warlord who takes the blue "tanuki" after seeing his power and finding him to be "cute".

== Lilo & Stitch and furry ==
The original ''Lilo & Stitch'' film won the 2002 [[Ursa Major Awards|Ursa Major Award]] for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture;<ref name="UMA 2002">{{Cite web|url=https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2002.htm|author=Ursa Major Awards|accessdate=June 5, 2021|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2002 winners}}</ref> director Chris Sanders accepted the award in person. Separately, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' was nominated for the 2003 Ursa Major Award award for Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series for the series's first 27 episodes, but lost to ''Gary the Rat''.<ref name="UMA 2003">{{Cite web|url=https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2003.htm|author=Ursa Major Awards|accessdate=June 5, 2021|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2003 winners}} '''Note:''' Although ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s twenty-eighth episode aired in 2003, UMA declared it have been "shown out of sequence" on December 12, 2003, negating it from being part of the nomination.</ref>

''Lilo & Stitch'' has a niche amount of popularity in the [[furry community]] due to the animalistic-looking aliens featured in the franchise, with Stitch being a modestly popular character within the furry fandom. Some of the other experiments, including his immediate predecessor [[disney:Reuben|Reuben (Experiment 625)]] and female counterpart, love interest, and mate [[disney:Angel|Angel (Experiment 624)]], are also recognizable. The film and the franchise's messages of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' and finding belongingness with others have also resonated with much of the furry fandom, as several furs have personally found belongingness within the fandom.

Some furs have an "experimentsona" or "Stitchsona"—a representation of oneself as a [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]], usually more based on Stitch's own design than other experiments—as their [[fursona]] or as an alternate form of their own pre-existing one, as if their main fursona was genetically modified by the creator of the experiments [[disney:Jumba Jookiba|Dr. Jumba Jookiba]] himself.

===Bara Stitch===
"'''Bara Stitch'''", also called "'''Himbo Stitch'''" and "'''Buff Stitch'''", refers to a trend in January and February 2021 of fan interpretations of "anthropomorphized" versions of Stitch. During the trend, several artists on Twitter and [[Fur Affinity]] shared fan art they made featuring such interpretations of Stitch. In such artwork, he is portrayed with a body shape of a human adult, oftentimes with some human-based features such as nipples, hands, and feet, while still maintaining most of his regular genetic experiment features including eyes, ears, nose, mouth, head shape, fur, and claws, though not necessarily all such features. His more humanoid body in such renditions is typically given a muscular build, overweight build or a build with a mixture of both per the aspects of male characters portrayed in works of the [[w:Bara (genre)|''bara'' genre]] (short for ''[[w:Barazoku|Barazoku]]'', which was a gay-oriented magazine in Japan) from which the trend takes its name. While Stitch has received most of the attention during the trend, some artists have drawn other ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters either instead of or alongside Stitch to bring more attention to them.

Several fan art of "anthropomorphic" Stitch have been made well before the trend, but not to the levels beforehand. Stitch is technically already an anthropomorphic creature since he has a high level of human-like intelligence and sentience and has opposable thumbs (or at least, fingers that can ''act'' much like opposable thumbs), but this isn't as apparent due to his somewhat feral appearance and at times behavior. Thus, "anthropomorphic Stitch" usually means a version of Stitch with a more humanoid body shape; this is usually given in the form of a body similar to a male human adult or teenager. Additionally, in the vein of [[w:Rule 63|Rule 63]] of the Internet, he has also been given female interpretations by fans, including with a humanoid body shape.

Early signs of the trend began around January 15, 2021. On that day, artist [[eclipticafusion]] posted a drawing of anthrofied versions of Stitch, Reuben, and Leroy based on drawings of "anthro Stitch" that he saw himself.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eclipticafusion/status/1350164949398646785|author=eclipticafusion|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=I saw some cute pics of anthro Stitch and wanted to try myself, of course added Reuben and Leroy}}</ref> This drawing got considerable attention; as of February 13, 2021, the tweet was retweeted 905 times and received over 5,100 likes.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet"/> Later that day, furry artist [https://twitter.com/xtbidx tbid] tweeted a drawing of a "himbo" Stitch they made the previous week,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350203216768626688|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=He’s a scribble from last week. Go check out/follow @Maxpany2 for some 👌 stitch himbo}}</ref> later posting an explicit version of the drawing over two hours later.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350235778496958464|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=ALOHA fuzzies # TGIF}}</ref> As of February 13, 2021, the tweet with the original "safe" version of the drawing has been retweeted 283 times and liked almost 1,300 times,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> while the tweet with the explicit version has been retweeted 652 times and liked over 3,000 times.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw"/> According to their first Stitch drawing tweet,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> they were inspired by the drawings of fellow furry artist [https://twitter.com/Maxpany2 Maxpany], who is known for his artwork involving usually male anthropomorphic cartoon characters given traits of [[macro]]ifcation (including the involvement of size growth and muscle growth), [[Hypertrophilia|hyper-endowment]], and/or obesity (including weight gain). Among the regular subjects in Maxpany's art are ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters, most often Stitch and Reuben. At the time of the trend, Maxpany was posting a series of drawing of his blue-furred, pink-haired anthropomorphic lemur fursona Max enjoying life with a taller, increasingly overweight version of Stitch as his "husband".<ref name="Maxpany Kiss the Cook tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Maxpany2/status/1348459836900601856|author=Maxpany|work=Twitter|date=January 10, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=the perfect husband doesn't exi- 😳😳😳😳😳}}</ref> (Although not depicted in this series, Max also has an alternate "experiment-sona" form based on the ''Lilo & Stitch'' experiments.)

The trend truly took off a week later on January 22, 2021, when, furry artist [[MineDoo]] posted a colored sketch of a bust portrait of Stitch with a buff chest, greyish-blue nipples, and a thick neck as he smirks at the viewer.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352793322121809921|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=Quick Stitch before bed 👀}}</ref> This drawing was also apparently inspired by Maxpany's Stitch drawings.<ref name="MineDoo reply tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352795673356283904|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=January 29, 2021|title=I blame YOU 👀✨}}</ref> The drawing garnered significant interest, with many Twitter users responding that they find the muscular rendition of the alien attractive, garnering over a thousand retweets and over 6,900 likes as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet"/>

MineDoo's drawing led to a windfall of other artists making their own renditions of an anthropomorphized Stitch. Others have also shared pre-2021 artwork of an anthropomorphic Stitch. These other renditions gave Stitch a variety of different designs and body shapes to these artists' liking, although some artists drew other characters from the franchise, either with or without Stitch, out of a desire to bring more attention to them. These characters were usually [[disney:Gantu|Gantu]] (the largest major character in the canon in both size and muscular shape), an "anthrofied" Reuben (who is one of the franchise's major experiments and is canonically chubbier than Stitch) and Jumba (the most obesely built character); "anthrofied" versions of [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]] and Angel, both of whom are among the better-known experiments in the fandom alongside Stitch and Reuben, were also made during the trend. Other artists have also opted to add an older [[disney:Lilo Pelekai|Lilo]] alongside Stitch to show them having "grown-up" together, even though the franchise has mostly excluded Lilo since ''Leroy & Stitch'', and Stitch is shown in official media to be incapable of growing taller or even aging. (Lilo has official teenage and adult designs as seen in the ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' episode "[[disney:Skip (episode)|Skip]]", when she and Stitch skip ahead ten and twenty years into the future, and the ''Stitch!'' episode "Lilo", which shows her and Stitch reuniting in her adulthood. However, several of these "older Lilo & Stitch" art pieces do not show her with the specific older body she has in those episodes.)

==References==
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== See also ==
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch|''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)]] on [[Wikipedia]]
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|''Lilo & Stitch'' (franchise)]] on Wikipedia

==External links==
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Western Animation / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on [[TV Tropes]]
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/LiloAndStitch Franchise / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on TV Tropes
* [https://liloandstitch.fandom.com/wiki/Lilo_%26_Stitch_Wiki ''Lilo & Stitch'' Wiki] on Fandom

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'''Other staff:''' [[Cereal Velocity]], [[Phoe]], [[Calpain]], [[Xyro]], [[PK]], [[Couch Crusader]], [[Pegasus Rescue Brigade]], [[Aquaman]], [[Gameleon]], [[Kryptonlogic]], [[The Masked Ferret]], [[The Illustrious Q]], [[Hypermark]]. [[Alexstrazsa]], [[Noble Cause]], [[Polecat]], [[The Mechanic]], [[HiddenBrony]], [[Pre-reader #13]], [[Nick-Nack]], [[Pre-reader Who is Also a Bear]], [[Seattle Lite]], [[63.546]], [[Present Perfect]], [[Twilight Snarkle]], [[Cold in Gardez]], [[Amacita]], [[Bradel]], [[Augiedog]], [[The Slorg]], [[The Mysterious Pre-reader Do Well]]
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'''''Equestria Daily''''' ('''''EQD''''') is an online [[wikipedia:News magazine|news magazine]] dedicated to ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]'', particularly concerning fan-driven content such as [[fanfiction]] and [[convention]]s. It consists of blog-style posts written by an extensive staff team.<ref>[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2014/08/staff-page-update.html "Staff Pade update"]. Posted by [[The Ferret]] on August 8, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2015.</ref>

==History==

[[Sethisto|Shaun "Sethisto" Scotellaro]] founded ''EQD'' in hopes of unifying ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'''s self-styled [[brony]] fanbase, worried that the show would not be granted a second season.<ref>[http://betabeat.com/2011/08/pony-up-haters-how-4chan-gave-birth-to-the-bronies/ "Pony Up Haters: How 4chan Gave Birth to the Bronies"]. Written by Una Lamarche for ''The New York Observer''. Dated August 3rd, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2015.</ref>

On March 15, 2013, a [[wikipedia:Mobile app|mobile app]] version of the site was released for [[wikipedia:iOS|iOS]] and [[wikipedia:Android (operating system)|Android]].<ref>[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/03/equestria-daily-now-in-app-form.html "Equestria Daily - Now in App Form!"]. ''EQD'' post by [[Cereal Velocity]], dated March 15, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2015.</ref>

''Equestria Daily'' won the [[Ursa Major Award]] for "Best Anthropomorphic Website" in [[2011 Ursa Major Awards|2011]],<ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2011.htm UMA 2011 winners]. Retrieved January 22, 2015.</ref> and was nominated again for the same category in [[2013 Ursa Major Awards|2013]].<ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2013.htm UMA 2013 winners]. Retrieved January 22, 2015.</ref>

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Lilo & Stitch

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| title = ''Lilo & Stitch''
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| creator = [[Chris Sanders]] [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]]
| owner = [[File:The_Walt_Disney_Company_logo.png|link=The Walt Disney Company|150px]]
| origin = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
| books =
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| short_stories =
| comics = ''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020–present)
| graphic_novels =
| strips = ''Comic Zone: Lilo & Stitch''
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| films = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
| shorts = ''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)
| tv_series =
| web_series =
| animated_series = ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch: The Series|Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' (2003–2006) ''[[w:Stitch!|Stitch!]]'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015) ''[[w:Stitch & Ai|Stitch & Ai]]'' (2017)
| tv_specials =
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| tv_films = ''[[w:Leroy & Stitch|Leroy & Stitch]]'' (2006)
| direct-to-video = ''[[w:Stitch! The Movie|Stitch! The Movie]]'' (2003) ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch|Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch]]'' (2005)
| video_games = ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch'' (Game Boy Advance; 2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise'' (2002) ''Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626'' (2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc'' (2004) ''Disney Stitch Jam'' (2009)
| toys =
| attractions = [[w:Stitch's Great Escape!|Stitch's Great Escape!]] (2004–2018) [[w:Stitch Encounter|Stitch Encounter/Stitch Live!]] (2006–present) [[w:The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!|The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!]] (2008–present) [[w:Stitch's Supersonic Celebration|Stitch's Supersonic Celebration]] (2009)
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'''''Lilo & Stitch''''' is a 2002 American animated science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by [[Chris Sanders]] and [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] that was produced by [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] and released by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. It is also the name of a Disney media franchise, alternately called just '''''Stitch''''', that spawned from the film. The film was released during a low point for Disney's feature animation studio, known today as either the "Post-Renaissance Era" (the period between the [[w:Disney Renaissance|Disney Renaissance]] and the [[disney:Disney Revival|Disney Revival]]) or the "Experimental Era" (since Disney's animated films became more experimental with their storytelling and were moving away from the templates used for the Renaissance's films), and became a surprise critical and commercial success for the company at a time when traditionally-animated films were losing relevance. The titular [[alien]] [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]] [[Stitch]] (also known as Experiment 626; number pronounced "six-two-six") rapidly became one of Disney's most popular characters, especially in merchandise,<ref name="THR Remake News">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jon-m-chu-in-talks-to-direct-live-action-lilo-stitch-movie-exclusive|title=Jon M. Chu in Talks to Direct Live-Action 'Lilo & Stitch' Movie (Exclusive)|website=[[w:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=November 13, 2020|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}</ref> becoming arguably Disney's first animated character introduced in the 21st century to have achieved an iconic status.{{fact}}

==Main works==

The main continuity of the franchise, which focuses on both title characters living their lives on Hawaii, consists of four animated feature films, a Western animated television series, and an animated short film.
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===''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)===

In the original 2002 film, released on June 21, 2002, Kweltikwan mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voiced by [[w:David Ogden Stiers|David Ogden Stiers]]) stands trial for illegal genetic experimentation, having created a superpowerful blue creature called "Experiment 626" (voiced by co-writer/co-director [[Chris Sanders]]), who is designed solely to destroy everything he touches. After 626 escapes custody to a backwater planet called Earth, the Grand Councilwoman ([[w:Zoe Caldwell|Zoe Caldwell]]) offers Jumba his freedom for the capture of his creation. On Earth, 626 crash lands his stolen spacecraft on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where he gets adopted by an eccentric six-year-old girl named Lilo Pelekai ([[w:Daveigh Chase|Daveigh Chase]]), who is shunned by her peers and is at risk of being forcibly separated from her older sister Nani ([[w:Tia Carrere|Tia Carrere]]) by her newest social worker Cobra Bubbles ([[w:Ving Rhames|Ving Rhames]]) to be put into foster care. In trying to escape capture by Jumba and his assigned partner, Plorgonarian "Earth expert" Agent Wendy Pleakley ([[w:Kevin McDonald|Kevin McDonald]]), 626 lets himself be adopted by Lilo as her "dog" who she renames as "Stitch".

Stitch's aggressive behavior, especially in his attempts to avoid Jumba and Pleakley, causes problems for Lilo and Nani, costing the latter her job as a luau waitress. Cobra demands Nani to find a new job and Lilo to make Stitch a "model citizen"; Lilo uses her beliefs in ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', a Hawaiian concept of extended family, as well as iconic singer [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] as a role model, to attempt to rehabilitate Stitch, while Nani tries to find new employment. Although Stitch's attitude improves as he slowly enjoys his time with Lilo, his and Lilo's antics prevent Nani from finding a new job. As David Kawena ([[w:Jason Scott Lee|Jason Scott Lee]]), a local surfer who is a good friend to the Pelekai sisters, gets them and Stitch to go surfing and enjoy some time on the beach, Jumba and Pleakley make a last-ditch effort to capture Stitch. Although Stitch escapes them again, his inability to swim or float in water causes him and Lilo, who he tried to grab onto for protection and flotation, to have a near-drowning experience, which Cobra witnesses. The incident costs Nani her chances at keeping Lilo, and Cobra tells Nani that he would pick up Lilo the next morning. Feeling guilty for causing the sisters' now-inevitable separation, Stitch runs away from their home that night.

The next morning, Nani runs off to take on a new job offer before Cobra arrives for Lilo. Jumba, who was fired alongside Pleakley finds Stitch in the woods and chases him back to the Pelekais' house, which they destroy in the ensuing fight. Lilo runs off to the nearby woods to find Stitch, who reveals his true alien form to her. Although Lilo tries to reject him for ruining everything, they are both captured by the massive Captain Gantu ([[w:Kevin Michael Richardson|Kevin Michael Richardson]]), who was sent by the Grand Councilwoman to take over Jumba and Pleakley's assignment. Stitch escapes but Lilo remains captured on Gantu's spaceship. He is then found again by Nani, then Jumba and Pleakley shortly after. He tells Nani that he's changed by reminding her of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', and convinces Jumba to rescue Lilo. Chasing Gantu down in Jumba's spaceship, Stitch throws out Gantu from his spaceship and rescues Lilo. The sisters and the aliens reconvene at the shore where Stitch is finally captured by the Grand Councilman. Stitch accepts his fate, proving how much he's changed as a person, but as he about to leave in the Councilwoman's spaceship, Lilo, with some prodding from Cobra, shows her ownership document to the Councilwoman and tells her that taking him away would be theft. Pleased with the document, the Grand Councilwoman decrees that Stitch is "sentenced" to exile with the Pelekai sisters as his wardens and that the three are protected by the United Galactic Federation. After leaving, Lilo, Nani, and Stitch accept the exiled Jumba and Pleakley into their home, they, along with David and Cobra, reconstruct their house and begin a happy life together.

===''Stitch! The Movie'' (2003)===
This direct-to-video pilot to ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', released on August 26, 2003, shows that Gantu, forcibly retired from his post in the original film, is now hired by the diminutive Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (voiced by [[w:Jeff Bennett|Jeff Bennett]]) to retrieve Jumba's first 625 genetic experiments, which Hämsterviel co-funded the creation of prior to the end of their partnership. On Earth, Stitch struggles to fit in with the locals and feels bad about himself. Jumba then gets kidnapped by Gantu, who also finds the dehydrated pod of Experiment 625 ([[w:Rob Paulsen|Rob Paulsen]]), and takes him to Hämsterviel. After finding the first 624 experiments, Lilo and Stitch activate one of them by dropping its pod in water, the electrical Experiment 221 ([[w:Frank Welker|Frank Welker]]), to help rescue Jumba, but he escapes. The duo then chases down and capture 221, and Stitch bonds with him as his "cousin", based on Hawaiian terminology he learned from Lilo. When Cobra and Pleakley rendezvous at [[w:Kilauea Light|Kīlauea Lighthouse]] with Gantu and Hämsterviel to exchange the pods of the other experiments as ransom payment for Jumba, Lilo and Stitch then show up with "Sparky" (as she named 221), freeing him then and there and freeing Jumba. Gantu and Hämsterviel attempt to make off with the experiments, but the Grand Councilwoman's ship emerges from the nearby Pacific Ocean and aims its gun and Hämsterviel. However, Lilo protests on the account that he has the other experiments, and Sparky decides to short-circuit the Councilwoman's ship. Lilo, Stitch and Sparky stow away on Hämsterviel's ship as he and Gantu escape. Lilo, Stitch, and Gantu fight over the experiment pod container, which results in the container releasing and scattering the pods all over Hawaii, and Lilo and Stitch's capture. However, just as Stitch is about to be vivisected by a laser while strapped to a weight that's just too heavy for him to lift, Sparky frees him, they strap Hämsterviel to the weight, and Stitch rescues Lilo before she gets teleported to an intergalactic zoo. They short-circuit Gantu's own ship, causing it to crash by a waterfall on Kauai, and land Hämsterviel's ship back over to the rendezvous point at the lighthouse, handing Hämsterviel in handcuffs over to the Grand Councilwoman. Lilo and Stitch give Sparky a new home in powering the lighthouse, then convince the Councilwoman to have them find and rehabilitate the other 623 experiments (625 was activated by Gantu earlier and sticks with him as his sidekick, although he's too lazy and cowardly to put in any effort apart from making and eating sandwiches). As several experiments are activated when they fall into the water, Lilo and Stitch drive off in Nani's dune buggy, leading to the subsequent series.

===''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (2003–2006)===

The franchise's first television series first ran from September 20, 2003, to July 29, 2006 for 65 episodes over two seasons, airing new episodes on both [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] Saturday morning block [[w:ABC Kids (TV programming block)|ABC Kids]] and [[w:Disney Channel|Disney Channel]] throughout its run. The only animated show in the franchise to truly follow-up on the original film, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' has the titular duo continue capturing Jumba's other experiments, naming them, and rehabilitating them from bad to good by finding a new place where they truly belong and can use their unique abilities to help society. Jumba and sometimes Pleakley usually assist them. Meanwhile, Gantu and his reluctant sidekick Experiment 625 try to capture experiments for Dr. Hämsterviel, who is imprisoned on a prison asteroid, usually fighting against Lilo and Stitch for the experiments.

===''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' (2005)===

A direct-to-video direct sequel to the first film released on August 30, 2005, set before ''Stitch! The Movie'', this film showed insights to the lives of the Pelekai ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' after the events of ''Lilo & Stitch''. The film had Lilo (voiced by [[w:Dakota Fanning|Dakota Fanning]] in this film) trying to come up with an original hula dance for a May Day competition that her late mother previously won. However, Stitch begins to suffer glitches that cause him to revert to his original destructive programming. Unbeknownst to either him or Lilo, these glitches are the result of his molecules not being fully charged when he was created, as he and Jumba were arrested shortly after the experiment's creation. While Jumba tries to build a new fusion chamber to recharge Stitch before his molecules lose all their charge, and Pleakley attempts to "fix" David and Nani's supposedly strained relationship, Stitch's glitches causes friction between him and Lilo, leading to her deciding to perform her hula without him. On the day of the hula competition, on which Jumba had finally completed construction of the fusion chamber, Stitch tries to wish Lilo good luck, but has another glitch that causes him to scratch her face. This causes him to believe that he's too dangerous to be around her, and he takes Jumba's spaceship to try to free to a distant remote planet. Lilo, realizing that the glitches were not his fault, abandons her performance and gets her family go save Stitch, who has one final glitch that causes him to crash the ship on a mountain. Lilo reaches Stitch via a hovercraft and tries to revitalize him by putting him in the fusion chamber, but he supposedly dies. However, he then wakes up in Lilo's arms cured of his glitches, as according to her, "love is more powerful than death."

====''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)====

This short film included with ''Lilo & Stitch 2'' as a DVD and later Disney+ extra is a bridge between that film and ''Stitch! The Movie''. The short film reveals what kinds of alien creatures were used to create Stitch, with Jumba reminding the experiment of what he has become, and also hints at the other 625 experiments made before him.

===''Leroy & Stitch'' (2006)===

This television film aired on June 23, 2006, serving as the finale of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' and the main continuity of the franchise with Stitch being with Lilo in Hawaii. In the film, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley are honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance (the name of the United Galactic Federation in ''The Series'') after successfully reforming all of the first 624 experiments. Jumba is given the key back to his old lab at Galaxy Defense Industries, Pleakley is made the head of Earth studies at Galactic Alliance Community College (G.A.C.C.), Stitch is made the Captain of the Galactic Armada as the commander of its newly commissioned ship the BRB-9000 (Big Red Battleship 9000) and Lilo, now Galactic Federation Ambassador to Earth, is designated the sole guardian of Stitch's "cousins". However, with the aliens' having to leave Earth, Lilo gives them parting gifts; a record of Elvis Presley's performance of "Aloha 'Oe", Pleakley an Earth rock as a paperweight, and Stitch a collar-like necklace with a tiki of [[w:Kū|Kū]], the Hawaiian god of strength.

Meanwhile, Gantu, who only managed to catch Experiment 625, decides to break Dr. Hämsterviel out of prison, leaving 625 stranded on Earth as Gantu flies off in his [[disney:Manta Shuttle|Manta Shuttle]], which only has two seats. As Stitch is assigned to go recapture Hämsterviel, Hämsterviel and Gantu burst into Jumba's lab and forces Jumba to create an evil twin of Stitch that Hämsterviel names [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]], who then gets into a fight with Stitch when he arrives, winning when Stitch is distracted by Pleakley's sudden appearance, allowing Leroy to throw Stitch into a containment capsule. Hämsterviel locks Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley into Pleakley's G.A.C.C. ship to send them towards a black hole, then clones Leroy into his own personal army, then goes off to the planet Turo take over the Galactic Alliance.

On Earth, Lilo misses Stitch and convinces 625 to allow her to use the videophone on Gantu's ship when she names him "Reuben", after the [[w:Reuben sandwich|Reuben sandwich]]. They contact the BRB-9000 to find what looks like Stitch, who is actually a shapeshifted Leroy but find him to be an imposter as he doesn't have Stitch's tiki necklace. After Leroy cuts off the feed, Lilo then motivates Reuben to repair the ship to rescue Stitch. Hämsterviel sends a Leroy clone to Earth to capture all the experiments to be destroyed, including Lilo's rival [[disney:Mertle Edmonds|Mertle Edmonds]] (voiced by [[w:Liliana Mumy|Liliana Mumy]] in ''The Series'' and all films except for ''Lilo & Stitch'', where she was voiced by Miranda Paige Walls), the owner of Experiment 007, Gigi. Lilo and Reuben arrive at Turo to find that the Hämsterviel has taken over the Galactic Alliance. Gantu locks away Lilo and Reuben but releases them after Hämsterviel fires him in favor of Leroy. After being trapped by Leroy clones in an attempt to, Lilo, Reuben and Gantu are then saved by the sudden appearance of the G.A.C.C. van, which went through the black hole but had its trajectory changed after, based on Jumba's personal calculations on how they could avoid being dumped to a volcanic planet by the black hole, Stitch disrupted the event horizon by biting into Pleakley's rock and throwing it at the black hole.

Lilo, Reuben and Gantu join Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley inside the van and head straight for Earth, where it's revealed that Leroy gathered all the experiments (and Mertle) at [[w:Aloha Stadium|Aloha Stadium]], where a concert is planned to take place in the future. Hämsterviel almost uses the weapons on the BRB-9000 to destroy the experiments, but the G.A.C.C. van suddenly appears and destroys the BRB's primary cannon. However, Hämsterviel brought his Leroy army as a backup, and soon the experiments and the Leroys have an epic battle against one another. As the Leroys start getting the upper hand, Jumba then remembers that he programmed a secret command in Leroy that if he hears "Aloha 'Oe", he will shut down. Stitch, Lilo, Reuben, and a few other experiments then put on a concert playing the song, causing all the Leroys to get violent seizures and shut down, and Hämsterviel is recaptured and sent back to prison.

The team is honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance, but Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley request to return to living on Earth with Lilo. The Grand Councilwoman grants their request and asks Gantu if he would like to be reinstated as a captain of the Galactic Armada. He agrees on the condition that Reuben joins him as his galley officer. Back on Earth, Lilo takes one final family photo with her ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', including Stitch, Nani David, Jumba, Pleakley, the experiments, and even Mertle, while in prison, an angry Hämsterviel taps his foot while the Leroys dance to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock".

==Spin-offs==

Since the end of the main continuity in 2006, Disney has produced a number of spin-offs focusing more on Stitch and his antics in various locations on Earth, making new friends with other human beings. All such spin-offs so far have been primarily made in the countries where such works take place. Additionally, the English versions of the animated spin-offs have featured an entirely different voice cast from the original, with [[w:Benjamin Diskin|Benjamin Diskin]] taking over as the voice of Stitch and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' screenwriter and executive producer [[w:Jess Winfield|Jess Winfield]] replacing David Ogden Stiers as the voice of Jumba.

===''Stitch!'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015)===

This Japanese anime series ran from 2008 to 2011 for 83 episodes and three specials, with an additional two specials broadcast in 2012 and 2015. The first two seasons, consisting of 54 episodes and two specials, were produced by Madhouse, while the 29 episodes of the third season and the last three specials were produced by Shin-Ei Animation. The English dub first debuted in Australia in 2009 and briefly ran in the United States on Disney XD in October 2011. The German dub of this series retitles it as ''Yuna & Stitch''.

In this series, Stitch has left Lilo after falsely believing that she abandoned him when she grew up. After spending time in space, he eventually ends up on the fictitious Izayoi Island, which is off the shore of Okinawa in the Ryukyus. There, he meets Yuna Kamihara (voiced by [[w:Eden Riegel|Eden Riegel]] in the English dub), a tomboyish local girl with an interest in karate, and he, Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Ted Biaselli|Ted Biaselli]]) join her family. On the island, Stitch discovers and learns about the "Spiritual Stone", a magical stone that can grant wishes provided one does 43 good deeds (which can be lost; Stitch loses good deeds often due to his mischievous behavior), and Stitch wishes to be the strongest being in the universe. However, by the end of the second season, when Stitch finally earns enough good deeds, he instead decides to use his wish to stay with Yuna instead. Throughout the two Madhouse seasons, Stitch also fights off against Dr. Hämsterviel (Kirk Thornton), who is at large along with Gantu (Keith Silverstein) and Experiment 625/Reuben (Dave Wittenberg), and wishes to use the stone to gain ultimate power.

In the third season, Yuna, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley instead move to Okinawa New Town with Yuna's cousin Tigerlily ([[w:Laura Bailey|Laura Bailey]]), while Hämsterviel partners with an alien woman named Delia ([[w:Mary Elizabeth McGlynn|Mary Elizabeth McGlynn]]) who desires to retrieve a power cell embedded within Stitch. She eventually creates her own powerful experiment, Dark End ([[w:Roger Craig Smith|Roger Craig Smith]]), to fight Stitch. Lilo ([[w:Gwendoline Yeo|Gwendoline Yeo]]), now an adult with a daughter named Ani ([[w:Melissa Fahn|Melissa Fahn]]) who looks remarkably identical to her back when she was a child, also returns in an episode to reunite with Stitch.

===''Stitch & Ai'' (2017)===

This English-language Chinese animated series was produced by Anhui Xinhua Media and Panimation Hwakai Media with cooperation with American animators, including some of the crew of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. It ran for one thirteen-episode season from March 27 to April 6, 2017, with a Mandarin Chinese dub, while the original English production was first broadcast in Southeast Asia from February 5 to 27, 2018. Twelve of the thirteen episodes were later released in the United States for free digital streaming on DisneyNow on December 1, 2018, although they were removed from the service by June 2019.

This series has Stitch kidnapped by a faction of alien criminals called the Jaboodies and held in their spaceship above Earth, only for a rival faction called the Woolagongs, who also want Stitch for themselves, attack the ship in an effort to capture him, allowing him to escape to Earth. Upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, he ends up in the Huangshan mountains in China's Anhui province. There he meets a spirited young girl named Wang Ai Ling (voiced in English by [[w:Erica Mendez|Erica Mendez]]), who lives in her home in the mountains her older sister Jeijei ([[w:Laura Post|Laura Post]]), but whose aunt Daiyu (Post) wants to move her out to live in the city under the false belief that she will have a better life there. Ai takes in Stitch as her "dog", and the two help each other with their problems. They are also joined by Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Lucien Dodge|Lucien Dodge]]) after they are initially sent by the Grand Councilwoman to rescue Stitch. However, Jumba is concerned that an ability he secretly programmed in Stitch, a metamorphosis ability that turns the little blue experiment into a giant destructive monster, could be triggered if the alien criminals still going after him try to subconsciously manipulate Stitch into triggering it.

===''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020)===

This Japanese manga spin-off was written and illustrated by Hiroto Wada, also known in Japan as ''Tono & Stitch'', and published digitally from January 13 to December 28, 2020. The English translation of the first compiled volume will be published by Tokyopop on May 11, 2021. Unlike past works, Stitch ends up in Earth's past and befriends an adult male instead of a young girl. In this manga, Stitch ends up traveling through time as well as space, crash landing in Sengoku-era Japan. There he meets Yamato Meison, a samurai warlord who takes the blue "tanuki" after seeing his power and finding him to be "cute".

== Lilo & Stitch and furry ==
The original ''Lilo & Stitch'' film won the 2002 Ursa Major Award for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture,<ref name="UMA 2002">{{Cite web|url=https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2002.htm|author=Ursa Major Awards|accessdate=June 5, 2021|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2002 winners}}</ref> while ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' was nominated for the 2003 Ursa Major Award award for Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series for the series's first 27 episodes.<ref name="UMA 2003">{{Cite web|url=https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2003.htm|author=Ursa Major Awards|accessdate=June 5, 2021|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2003 winners}} '''Note:''' Although ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s twenty-eighth episode aired in 2003, UMA declared it have been "shown out of sequence" on December 12, 2003, negating it from being part of the nomination.</ref>

''Lilo & Stitch'' has a niche amount of popularity in the [[furry community]] due to the animalistic-looking aliens featured in the franchise, with Stitch being a modestly popular character within the furry fandom. Some of the other experiments, including his immediate predecessor [[disney:Reuben|Reuben (Experiment 625)]] and female counterpart, love interest, and mate [[disney:Angel|Angel (Experiment 624)]], are also recognizable. The film and the franchise's messages of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' and finding belongingness with others have also resonated with much of the furry fandom, as several furs have personally found belongingness within the fandom.

Some furs have an "experimentsona" or "Stitchsona"—a representation of oneself as a [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]], usually more based on Stitch's own design than other experiments—as their [[fursona]] or as an alternate form of their own pre-existing one, as if their main fursona was genetically modified by the creator of the experiments [[disney:Jumba Jookiba|Dr. Jumba Jookiba]] himself.

===Bara Stitch===

"'''Bara Stitch'''", also called "'''Himbo Stitch'''" and "'''Buff Stitch'''", refers to a trend in January and February 2021 of fan interpretations of "anthropomorphized" versions of Stitch. During the trend, several artists on Twitter and [[Fur Affinity]] shared fan art they made featuring such interpretations of Stitch. In such artwork, he is portrayed with a body shape of a human adult, oftentimes with some human-based features such as nipples, hands, and feet, while still maintaining most of his regular genetic experiment features including eyes, ears, nose, mouth, head shape, fur, and claws, though not necessarily all such features. His more humanoid body in such renditions is typically given a muscular build, overweight build or a build with a mixture of both per the aspects of male characters portrayed in works of the [[w:Bara (genre)|''bara'' genre]] (short for ''[[w:Barazoku|Barazoku]]'', which was a gay-oriented magazine in Japan) from which the trend takes its name. While Stitch has received most of the attention during the trend, some artists have drawn other ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters either instead of or alongside Stitch to bring more attention to them.

Several fan art of "anthropomorphic" Stitch have been made well before the trend, but not to the levels beforehand. Stitch is technically already an anthropomorphic creature since he has a high level of human-like intelligence and sentience and has opposable thumbs (or at least, fingers that can ''act'' much like opposable thumbs), but this isn't as apparent due to his somewhat feral appearance and at times behavior. Thus, "anthropomorphic Stitch" usually means a version of Stitch with a more humanoid body shape; this is usually given in the form of a body similar to a male human adult or teenager. Additionally, in the vein of [[w:Rule 63|Rule 63]] of the Internet, he has also been given female interpretations by fans, including with a humanoid body shape.

Early signs of the trend began around January 15, 2021. On that day, artist [[eclipticafusion]] posted a drawing of anthrofied versions of Stitch, Reuben, and Leroy based on drawings of "anthro Stitch" that he saw himself.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eclipticafusion/status/1350164949398646785|author=eclipticafusion|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=I saw some cute pics of anthro Stitch and wanted to try myself, of course added Reuben and Leroy}}</ref> This drawing got considerable attention; as of February 13, 2021, the tweet was retweeted 905 times and received over 5,100 likes.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet"/> Later that day, furry artist [https://twitter.com/xtbidx tbid] tweeted a drawing of a "himbo" Stitch they made the previous week,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350203216768626688|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=He’s a scribble from last week. Go check out/follow @Maxpany2 for some 👌 stitch himbo}}</ref> later posting an explicit version of the drawing over two hours later.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350235778496958464|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=ALOHA fuzzies # TGIF}}</ref> As of February 13, 2021, the tweet with the original "safe" version of the drawing has been retweeted 283 times and liked almost 1,300 times,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> while the tweet with the explicit version has been retweeted 652 times and liked over 3,000 times.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw"/> According to their first Stitch drawing tweet,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> they were inspired by the drawings of fellow furry artist [https://twitter.com/Maxpany2 Maxpany], who is known for his artwork involving usually male anthropomorphic cartoon characters given traits of [[macro]]ifcation (including the involvement of size growth and muscle growth), [[Hypertrophilia|hyper-endowment]], and/or obesity (including weight gain). Among the regular subjects in Maxpany's art are ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters, most often Stitch and Reuben. At the time of the trend, Maxpany was posting a series of drawing of his blue-furred, pink-haired anthropomorphic lemur fursona Max enjoying life with a taller, increasingly overweight version of Stitch as his "husband".<ref name="Maxpany Kiss the Cook tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Maxpany2/status/1348459836900601856|author=Maxpany|work=Twitter|date=January 10, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=the perfect husband doesn't exi- 😳😳😳😳😳}}</ref> (Although not depicted in this series, Max also has an alternate "experiment-sona" form based on the ''Lilo & Stitch'' experiments.)

The trend truly took off a week later on January 22, 2021, when, furry artist [[MineDoo]] posted a colored sketch of a bust portrait of Stitch with a buff chest, greyish-blue nipples, and a thick neck as he smirks at the viewer.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352793322121809921|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=Quick Stitch before bed 👀}}</ref> This drawing was also apparently inspired by Maxpany's Stitch drawings.<ref name="MineDoo reply tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352795673356283904|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=January 29, 2021|title=I blame YOU 👀✨}}</ref> The drawing garnered significant interest, with many Twitter users responding that they find the muscular rendition of the alien attractive, garnering over a thousand retweets and over 6,900 likes as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet"/>

MineDoo's drawing led to a windfall of other artists making their own renditions of an anthropomorphized Stitch. Others have also shared pre-2021 artwork of an anthropomorphic Stitch. These other renditions gave Stitch a variety of different designs and body shapes to these artists' liking, although some artists drew other characters from the franchise, either with or without Stitch, out of a desire to bring more attention to them. These characters were usually [[disney:Gantu|Gantu]] (the largest major character in the canon in both size and muscular shape), an "anthrofied" Reuben (who is one of the franchise's major experiments and is canonically chubbier than Stitch) and Jumba (the most obesely built character); "anthrofied" versions of [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]] and Angel, both of whom are among the better-known experiments in the fandom alongside Stitch and Reuben, were also made during the trend. Other artists have also opted to add an older [[disney:Lilo Pelekai|Lilo]] alongside Stitch to show them having "grown-up" together, even though the franchise has mostly excluded Lilo since ''Leroy & Stitch'', and Stitch is shown in official media to be incapable of growing taller or even aging. (Lilo has official teenage and adult designs as seen in the ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' episode "[[disney:Skip (episode)|Skip]]", when she and Stitch skip ahead ten and twenty years into the future, and the ''Stitch!'' episode "Lilo", which shows her and Stitch reuniting in her adulthood. However, several of these "older Lilo & Stitch" art pieces do not show her with the specific older body she has in those episodes.)

==References==
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== See also ==

* [[W:Lilo & Stitch|''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)]] on [[Wikipedia]]
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|''Lilo & Stitch'' (franchise)]] on Wikipedia

==External links==

* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Western Animation / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on [[TV Tropes]]
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/LiloAndStitch Franchise / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on TV Tropes
* [https://liloandstitch.fandom.com/wiki/Lilo_%26_Stitch_Wiki ''Lilo & Stitch'' Wiki] on Fandom

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'''''Lilo & Stitch''''' is a 2002 American animated science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by [[Chris Sanders]] and [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] that was produced by [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] and released by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. It is also the name of a Disney media franchise, alternately called just '''''Stitch''''', that spawned from the film. The film was released during a low point for Disney's feature animation studio, known today as either the "Post-Renaissance Era" (the period between the [[w:Disney Renaissance|Disney Renaissance]] and the [[disney:Disney Revival|Disney Revival]]) or the "Experimental Era" (since Disney's animated films became more experimental with their storytelling and were moving away from the templates used for the Renaissance's films), and became a surprise critical and commercial success for the company at a time when traditionally-animated films were losing relevance. The titular [[alien]] [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]] [[Stitch]] (also known as Experiment 626; number pronounced "six-two-six") rapidly became one of Disney's most popular characters, especially in merchandise,<ref name="THR Remake News">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jon-m-chu-in-talks-to-direct-live-action-lilo-stitch-movie-exclusive|title=Jon M. Chu in Talks to Direct Live-Action 'Lilo & Stitch' Movie (Exclusive)|website=[[w:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=November 13, 2020|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}</ref> becoming arguably Disney's first animated character introduced in the 21st century to have achieved an iconic status.{{fact}}

==Main works==

The main continuity of the franchise, which focuses on both title characters living their lives on Hawaii, consists of four animated feature films, a Western animated television series, and an animated short film.
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===''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)===

In the original 2002 film, released on June 21, 2002, Kweltikwan mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voiced by [[w:David Ogden Stiers|David Ogden Stiers]]) stands trial for illegal genetic experimentation, having created a superpowerful blue creature called "Experiment 626" (voiced by co-writer/co-director [[Chris Sanders]]), who is designed solely to destroy everything he touches. After 626 escapes custody to a backwater planet called Earth, the Grand Councilwoman ([[w:Zoe Caldwell|Zoe Caldwell]]) offers Jumba his freedom for the capture of his creation. On Earth, 626 crash lands his stolen spacecraft on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where he gets adopted by an eccentric six-year-old girl named Lilo Pelekai ([[w:Daveigh Chase|Daveigh Chase]]), who is shunned by her peers and is at risk of being forcibly separated from her older sister Nani ([[w:Tia Carrere|Tia Carrere]]) by her newest social worker Cobra Bubbles ([[w:Ving Rhames|Ving Rhames]]) to be put into foster care. In trying to escape capture by Jumba and his assigned partner, Plorgonarian "Earth expert" Agent Wendy Pleakley ([[w:Kevin McDonald|Kevin McDonald]]), 626 lets himself be adopted by Lilo as her "dog" who she renames as "Stitch".

Stitch's aggressive behavior, especially in his attempts to avoid Jumba and Pleakley, causes problems for Lilo and Nani, costing the latter her job as a luau waitress. Cobra demands Nani to find a new job and Lilo to make Stitch a "model citizen"; Lilo uses her beliefs in ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', a Hawaiian concept of extended family, as well as iconic singer [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] as a role model, to attempt to rehabilitate Stitch, while Nani tries to find new employment. Although Stitch's attitude improves as he slowly enjoys his time with Lilo, his and Lilo's antics prevent Nani from finding a new job. As David Kawena ([[w:Jason Scott Lee|Jason Scott Lee]]), a local surfer who is a good friend to the Pelekai sisters, gets them and Stitch to go surfing and enjoy some time on the beach, Jumba and Pleakley make a last-ditch effort to capture Stitch. Although Stitch escapes them again, his inability to swim or float in water causes him and Lilo, who he tried to grab onto for protection and flotation, to have a near-drowning experience, which Cobra witnesses. The incident costs Nani her chances at keeping Lilo, and Cobra tells Nani that he would pick up Lilo the next morning. Feeling guilty for causing the sisters' now-inevitable separation, Stitch runs away from their home that night.

The next morning, Nani runs off to take on a new job offer before Cobra arrives for Lilo. Jumba, who was fired alongside Pleakley finds Stitch in the woods and chases him back to the Pelekais' house, which they destroy in the ensuing fight. Lilo runs off to the nearby woods to find Stitch, who reveals his true alien form to her. Although Lilo tries to reject him for ruining everything, they are both captured by the massive Captain Gantu ([[w:Kevin Michael Richardson|Kevin Michael Richardson]]), who was sent by the Grand Councilwoman to take over Jumba and Pleakley's assignment. Stitch escapes but Lilo remains captured on Gantu's spaceship. He is then found again by Nani, then Jumba and Pleakley shortly after. He tells Nani that he's changed by reminding her of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', and convinces Jumba to rescue Lilo. Chasing Gantu down in Jumba's spaceship, Stitch throws out Gantu from his spaceship and rescues Lilo. The sisters and the aliens reconvene at the shore where Stitch is finally captured by the Grand Councilman. Stitch accepts his fate, proving how much he's changed as a person, but as he about to leave in the Councilwoman's spaceship, Lilo, with some prodding from Cobra, shows her ownership document to the Councilwoman and tells her that taking him away would be theft. Pleased with the document, the Grand Councilwoman decrees that Stitch is "sentenced" to exile with the Pelekai sisters as his wardens and that the three are protected by the United Galactic Federation. After leaving, Lilo, Nani, and Stitch accept the exiled Jumba and Pleakley into their home, they, along with David and Cobra, reconstruct their house and begin a happy life together.

===''Stitch! The Movie'' (2003)===
This direct-to-video pilot to ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', released on August 26, 2003, shows that Gantu, forcibly retired from his post in the original film, is now hired by the diminutive Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (voiced by [[w:Jeff Bennett|Jeff Bennett]]) to retrieve Jumba's first 625 genetic experiments, which Hämsterviel co-funded the creation of prior to the end of their partnership. On Earth, Stitch struggles to fit in with the locals and feels bad about himself. Jumba then gets kidnapped by Gantu, who also finds the dehydrated pod of Experiment 625 ([[w:Rob Paulsen|Rob Paulsen]]), and takes him to Hämsterviel. After finding the first 624 experiments, Lilo and Stitch activate one of them by dropping its pod in water, the electrical Experiment 221 ([[w:Frank Welker|Frank Welker]]), to help rescue Jumba, but he escapes. The duo then chases down and capture 221, and Stitch bonds with him as his "cousin", based on Hawaiian terminology he learned from Lilo. When Cobra and Pleakley rendezvous at [[w:Kilauea Light|Kīlauea Lighthouse]] with Gantu and Hämsterviel to exchange the pods of the other experiments as ransom payment for Jumba, Lilo and Stitch then show up with "Sparky" (as she named 221), freeing him then and there and freeing Jumba. Gantu and Hämsterviel attempt to make off with the experiments, but the Grand Councilwoman's ship emerges from the nearby Pacific Ocean and aims its gun and Hämsterviel. However, Lilo protests on the account that he has the other experiments, and Sparky decides to short-circuit the Councilwoman's ship. Lilo, Stitch and Sparky stow away on Hämsterviel's ship as he and Gantu escape. Lilo, Stitch, and Gantu fight over the experiment pod container, which results in the container releasing and scattering the pods all over Hawaii, and Lilo and Stitch's capture. However, just as Stitch is about to be vivisected by a laser while strapped to a weight that's just too heavy for him to lift, Sparky frees him, they strap Hämsterviel to the weight, and Stitch rescues Lilo before she gets teleported to an intergalactic zoo. They short-circuit Gantu's own ship, causing it to crash by a waterfall on Kauai, and land Hämsterviel's ship back over to the rendezvous point at the lighthouse, handing Hämsterviel in handcuffs over to the Grand Councilwoman. Lilo and Stitch give Sparky a new home in powering the lighthouse, then convince the Councilwoman to have them find and rehabilitate the other 623 experiments (625 was activated by Gantu earlier and sticks with him as his sidekick, although he's too lazy and cowardly to put in any effort apart from making and eating sandwiches). As several experiments are activated when they fall into the water, Lilo and Stitch drive off in Nani's dune buggy, leading to the subsequent series.

===''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (2003–2006)===

The franchise's first television series first ran from September 20, 2003, to July 29, 2006 for 65 episodes over two seasons, airing new episodes on both [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] Saturday morning block [[w:ABC Kids (TV programming block)|ABC Kids]] and [[w:Disney Channel|Disney Channel]] throughout its run. The only animated show in the franchise to truly follow-up on the original film, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' has the titular duo continue capturing Jumba's other experiments, naming them, and rehabilitating them from bad to good by finding a new place where they truly belong and can use their unique abilities to help society. Jumba and sometimes Pleakley usually assist them. Meanwhile, Gantu and his reluctant sidekick Experiment 625 try to capture experiments for Dr. Hämsterviel, who is imprisoned on a prison asteroid, usually fighting against Lilo and Stitch for the experiments.

===''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' (2005)===

A direct-to-video direct sequel to the first film released on August 30, 2005, set before ''Stitch! The Movie'', this film showed insights to the lives of the Pelekai ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' after the events of ''Lilo & Stitch''. The film had Lilo (voiced by [[w:Dakota Fanning|Dakota Fanning]] in this film) trying to come up with an original hula dance for a May Day competition that her late mother previously won. However, Stitch begins to suffer glitches that cause him to revert to his original destructive programming. Unbeknownst to either him or Lilo, these glitches are the result of his molecules not being fully charged when he was created, as he and Jumba were arrested shortly after the experiment's creation. While Jumba tries to build a new fusion chamber to recharge Stitch before his molecules lose all their charge, and Pleakley attempts to "fix" David and Nani's supposedly strained relationship, Stitch's glitches causes friction between him and Lilo, leading to her deciding to perform her hula without him. On the day of the hula competition, on which Jumba had finally completed construction of the fusion chamber, Stitch tries to wish Lilo good luck, but has another glitch that causes him to scratch her face. This causes him to believe that he's too dangerous to be around her, and he takes Jumba's spaceship to try to free to a distant remote planet. Lilo, realizing that the glitches were not his fault, abandons her performance and gets her family go save Stitch, who has one final glitch that causes him to crash the ship on a mountain. Lilo reaches Stitch via a hovercraft and tries to revitalize him by putting him in the fusion chamber, but he supposedly dies. However, he then wakes up in Lilo's arms cured of his glitches, as according to her, "love is more powerful than death."

====''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)====

This short film included with ''Lilo & Stitch 2'' as a DVD and later Disney+ extra is a bridge between that film and ''Stitch! The Movie''. The short film reveals what kinds of alien creatures were used to create Stitch, with Jumba reminding the experiment of what he has become, and also hints at the other 625 experiments made before him.

===''Leroy & Stitch'' (2006)===

This television film aired on June 23, 2006, serving as the finale of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' and the main continuity of the franchise with Stitch being with Lilo in Hawaii. In the film, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley are honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance (the name of the United Galactic Federation in ''The Series'') after successfully reforming all of the first 624 experiments. Jumba is given the key back to his old lab at Galaxy Defense Industries, Pleakley is made the head of Earth studies at Galactic Alliance Community College (G.A.C.C.), Stitch is made the Captain of the Galactic Armada as the commander of its newly commissioned ship the BRB-9000 (Big Red Battleship 9000) and Lilo, now Galactic Federation Ambassador to Earth, is designated the sole guardian of Stitch's "cousins". However, with the aliens' having to leave Earth, Lilo gives them parting gifts; a record of Elvis Presley's performance of "Aloha 'Oe", Pleakley an Earth rock as a paperweight, and Stitch a collar-like necklace with a tiki of [[w:Kū|Kū]], the Hawaiian god of strength.

Meanwhile, Gantu, who only managed to catch Experiment 625, decides to break Dr. Hämsterviel out of prison, leaving 625 stranded on Earth as Gantu flies off in his [[disney:Manta Shuttle|Manta Shuttle]], which only has two seats. As Stitch is assigned to go recapture Hämsterviel, Hämsterviel and Gantu burst into Jumba's lab and forces Jumba to create an evil twin of Stitch that Hämsterviel names [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]], who then gets into a fight with Stitch when he arrives, winning when Stitch is distracted by Pleakley's sudden appearance, allowing Leroy to throw Stitch into a containment capsule. Hämsterviel locks Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley into Pleakley's G.A.C.C. ship to send them towards a black hole, then clones Leroy into his own personal army, then goes off to the planet Turo take over the Galactic Alliance.

On Earth, Lilo misses Stitch and convinces 625 to allow her to use the videophone on Gantu's ship when she names him "Reuben", after the [[w:Reuben sandwich|Reuben sandwich]]. They contact the BRB-9000 to find what looks like Stitch, who is actually a shapeshifted Leroy but find him to be an imposter as he doesn't have Stitch's tiki necklace. After Leroy cuts off the feed, Lilo then motivates Reuben to repair the ship to rescue Stitch. Hämsterviel sends a Leroy clone to Earth to capture all the experiments to be destroyed, including Lilo's rival [[disney:Mertle Edmonds|Mertle Edmonds]] (voiced by [[w:Liliana Mumy|Liliana Mumy]] in ''The Series'' and all films except for ''Lilo & Stitch'', where she was voiced by Miranda Paige Walls), the owner of Experiment 007, Gigi. Lilo and Reuben arrive at Turo to find that the Hämsterviel has taken over the Galactic Alliance. Gantu locks away Lilo and Reuben but releases them after Hämsterviel fires him in favor of Leroy. After being trapped by Leroy clones in an attempt to, Lilo, Reuben and Gantu are then saved by the sudden appearance of the G.A.C.C. van, which went through the black hole but had its trajectory changed after, based on Jumba's personal calculations on how they could avoid being dumped to a volcanic planet by the black hole, Stitch disrupted the event horizon by biting into Pleakley's rock and throwing it at the black hole.

Lilo, Reuben and Gantu join Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley inside the van and head straight for Earth, where it's revealed that Leroy gathered all the experiments (and Mertle) at [[w:Aloha Stadium|Aloha Stadium]], where a concert is planned to take place in the future. Hämsterviel almost uses the weapons on the BRB-9000 to destroy the experiments, but the G.A.C.C. van suddenly appears and destroys the BRB's primary cannon. However, Hämsterviel brought his Leroy army as a backup, and soon the experiments and the Leroys have an epic battle against one another. As the Leroys start getting the upper hand, Jumba then remembers that he programmed a secret command in Leroy that if he hears "Aloha 'Oe", he will shut down. Stitch, Lilo, Reuben, and a few other experiments then put on a concert playing the song, causing all the Leroys to get violent seizures and shut down, and Hämsterviel is recaptured and sent back to prison.

The team is honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance, but Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley request to return to living on Earth with Lilo. The Grand Councilwoman grants their request and asks Gantu if he would like to be reinstated as a captain of the Galactic Armada. He agrees on the condition that Reuben joins him as his galley officer. Back on Earth, Lilo takes one final family photo with her ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', including Stitch, Nani David, Jumba, Pleakley, the experiments, and even Mertle, while in prison, an angry Hämsterviel taps his foot while the Leroys dance to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock".

==Spin-offs==

Since the end of the main continuity in 2006, Disney has produced a number of spin-offs focusing more on Stitch and his antics in various locations on Earth, making new friends with other human beings. All such spin-offs so far have been primarily made in the countries where such works take place. Additionally, the English versions of the animated spin-offs have featured an entirely different voice cast from the original, with [[w:Benjamin Diskin|Benjamin Diskin]] taking over as the voice of Stitch and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' screenwriter and executive producer [[w:Jess Winfield|Jess Winfield]] replacing David Ogden Stiers as the voice of Jumba.

===''Stitch!'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015)===

This Japanese anime series ran from 2008 to 2011 for 83 episodes and three specials, with an additional two specials broadcast in 2012 and 2015. The first two seasons, consisting of 54 episodes and two specials, were produced by Madhouse, while the 29 episodes of the third season and the last three specials were produced by Shin-Ei Animation. The English dub first debuted in Australia in 2009 and briefly ran in the United States on Disney XD in October 2011. The German dub of this series retitles it as ''Yuna & Stitch''.

In this series, Stitch has left Lilo after falsely believing that she abandoned him when she grew up. After spending time in space, he eventually ends up on the fictitious Izayoi Island, which is off the shore of Okinawa in the Ryukyus. There, he meets Yuna Kamihara (voiced by [[w:Eden Riegel|Eden Riegel]] in the English dub), a tomboyish local girl with an interest in karate, and he, Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Ted Biaselli|Ted Biaselli]]) join her family. On the island, Stitch discovers and learns about the "Spiritual Stone", a magical stone that can grant wishes provided one does 43 good deeds (which can be lost; Stitch loses good deeds often due to his mischievous behavior), and Stitch wishes to be the strongest being in the universe. However, by the end of the second season, when Stitch finally earns enough good deeds, he instead decides to use his wish to stay with Yuna instead. Throughout the two Madhouse seasons, Stitch also fights off against Dr. Hämsterviel (Kirk Thornton), who is at large along with Gantu (Keith Silverstein) and Experiment 625/Reuben (Dave Wittenberg), and wishes to use the stone to gain ultimate power.

In the third season, Yuna, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley instead move to Okinawa New Town with Yuna's cousin Tigerlily ([[w:Laura Bailey|Laura Bailey]]), while Hämsterviel partners with an alien woman named Delia ([[w:Mary Elizabeth McGlynn|Mary Elizabeth McGlynn]]) who desires to retrieve a power cell embedded within Stitch. She eventually creates her own powerful experiment, Dark End ([[w:Roger Craig Smith|Roger Craig Smith]]), to fight Stitch. Lilo ([[w:Gwendoline Yeo|Gwendoline Yeo]]), now an adult with a daughter named Ani ([[w:Melissa Fahn|Melissa Fahn]]) who looks remarkably identical to her back when she was a child, also returns in an episode to reunite with Stitch.

===''Stitch & Ai'' (2017)===

This English-language Chinese animated series was produced by Anhui Xinhua Media and Panimation Hwakai Media with cooperation with American animators, including some of the crew of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. It ran for one thirteen-episode season from March 27 to April 6, 2017, with a Mandarin Chinese dub, while the original English production was first broadcast in Southeast Asia from February 5 to 27, 2018. Twelve of the thirteen episodes were later released in the United States for free digital streaming on DisneyNow on December 1, 2018, although they were removed from the service by June 2019.

This series has Stitch kidnapped by a faction of alien criminals called the Jaboodies and held in their spaceship above Earth, only for a rival faction called the Woolagongs, who also want Stitch for themselves, attack the ship in an effort to capture him, allowing him to escape to Earth. Upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, he ends up in the Huangshan mountains in China's Anhui province. There he meets a spirited young girl named Wang Ai Ling (voiced in English by [[w:Erica Mendez|Erica Mendez]]), who lives in her home in the mountains her older sister Jeijei ([[w:Laura Post|Laura Post]]), but whose aunt Daiyu (Post) wants to move her out to live in the city under the false belief that she will have a better life there. Ai takes in Stitch as her "dog", and the two help each other with their problems. They are also joined by Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Lucien Dodge|Lucien Dodge]]) after they are initially sent by the Grand Councilwoman to rescue Stitch. However, Jumba is concerned that an ability he secretly programmed in Stitch, a metamorphosis ability that turns the little blue experiment into a giant destructive monster, could be triggered if the alien criminals still going after him try to subconsciously manipulate Stitch into triggering it.

===''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020)===

This Japanese manga spin-off was written and illustrated by Hiroto Wada, also known in Japan as ''Tono & Stitch'', and published digitally from January 13 to December 28, 2020. The English translation of the first compiled volume will be published by Tokyopop on May 11, 2021. Unlike past works, Stitch ends up in Earth's past and befriends an adult male instead of a young girl. In this manga, Stitch ends up traveling through time as well as space, crash landing in Sengoku-era Japan. There he meets Yamato Meison, a samurai warlord who takes the blue "tanuki" after seeing his power and finding him to be "cute".

== Lilo & Stitch and furry ==
The original ''Lilo & Stitch'' film won the 2002 Ursa Major Award for Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture,<ref name="UMA 2002">{{Cite web|url=https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2002.htm|author=Ursa Major Awards|accessdate=June 5, 2021|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2002 winners}}</ref> while ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' was nominated for the 2003 Ursa Major Award award for Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series for the series's first 27 episodes.<ref name="UMA 2003">{{Cite web|url=https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2003.htm|author=Ursa Major Awards|accessdate=June 5, 2021|title=The Ursa Major Awards - 2003 winners}} '''Note: Although ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s twenty-eighth episode aired in 2003, UMA declared it have been "shown out of sequence" on December 12, 2003, negating it from being part of the nomination.</ref>

''Lilo & Stitch'' has a niche amount of popularity in the [[furry community]] due to the animalistic-looking aliens featured in the franchise, with Stitch being a modestly popular character within the furry fandom. Some of the other experiments, including his immediate predecessor [[disney:Reuben|Reuben (Experiment 625)]] and female counterpart, love interest, and mate [[disney:Angel|Angel (Experiment 624)]], are also recognizable. The film and the franchise's messages of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' and finding belongingness with others have also resonated with much of the furry fandom, as several furs have personally found belongingness within the fandom.

Some furs have an "experimentsona" or "Stitchsona"—a representation of oneself as a [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]], usually more based on Stitch's own design than other experiments—as their [[fursona]] or as an alternate form of their own pre-existing one, as if their main fursona was genetically modified by the creator of the experiments [[disney:Jumba Jookiba|Dr. Jumba Jookiba]] himself.

===Bara Stitch===

"'''Bara Stitch'''", also called "'''Himbo Stitch'''" and "'''Buff Stitch'''", refers to a trend in January and February 2021 of fan interpretations of "anthropomorphized" versions of Stitch. During the trend, several artists on Twitter and [[Fur Affinity]] shared fan art they made featuring such interpretations of Stitch. In such artwork, he is portrayed with a body shape of a human adult, oftentimes with some human-based features such as nipples, hands, and feet, while still maintaining most of his regular genetic experiment features including eyes, ears, nose, mouth, head shape, fur, and claws, though not necessarily all such features. His more humanoid body in such renditions is typically given a muscular build, overweight build or a build with a mixture of both per the aspects of male characters portrayed in works of the [[w:Bara (genre)|''bara'' genre]] (short for ''[[w:Barazoku|Barazoku]]'', which was a gay-oriented magazine in Japan) from which the trend takes its name. While Stitch has received most of the attention during the trend, some artists have drawn other ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters either instead of or alongside Stitch to bring more attention to them.

Several fan art of "anthropomorphic" Stitch have been made well before the trend, but not to the levels beforehand. Stitch is technically already an anthropomorphic creature since he has a high level of human-like intelligence and sentience and has opposable thumbs (or at least, fingers that can ''act'' much like opposable thumbs), but this isn't as apparent due to his somewhat feral appearance and at times behavior. Thus, "anthropomorphic Stitch" usually means a version of Stitch with a more humanoid body shape; this is usually given in the form of a body similar to a male human adult or teenager. Additionally, in the vein of [[w:Rule 63|Rule 63]] of the Internet, he has also been given female interpretations by fans, including with a humanoid body shape.

Early signs of the trend began around January 15, 2021. On that day, artist [[eclipticafusion]] posted a drawing of anthrofied versions of Stitch, Reuben, and Leroy based on drawings of "anthro Stitch" that he saw himself.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eclipticafusion/status/1350164949398646785|author=eclipticafusion|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=I saw some cute pics of anthro Stitch and wanted to try myself, of course added Reuben and Leroy}}</ref> This drawing got considerable attention; as of February 13, 2021, the tweet was retweeted 905 times and received over 5,100 likes.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet"/> Later that day, furry artist [https://twitter.com/xtbidx tbid] tweeted a drawing of a "himbo" Stitch they made the previous week,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350203216768626688|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=He’s a scribble from last week. Go check out/follow @Maxpany2 for some 👌 stitch himbo}}</ref> later posting an explicit version of the drawing over two hours later.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350235778496958464|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=ALOHA fuzzies # TGIF}}</ref> As of February 13, 2021, the tweet with the original "safe" version of the drawing has been retweeted 283 times and liked almost 1,300 times,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> while the tweet with the explicit version has been retweeted 652 times and liked over 3,000 times.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw"/> According to their first Stitch drawing tweet,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> they were inspired by the drawings of fellow furry artist [https://twitter.com/Maxpany2 Maxpany], who is known for his artwork involving usually male anthropomorphic cartoon characters given traits of [[macro]]ifcation (including the involvement of size growth and muscle growth), [[Hypertrophilia|hyper-endowment]], and/or obesity (including weight gain). Among the regular subjects in Maxpany's art are ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters, most often Stitch and Reuben. At the time of the trend, Maxpany was posting a series of drawing of his blue-furred, pink-haired anthropomorphic lemur fursona Max enjoying life with a taller, increasingly overweight version of Stitch as his "husband".<ref name="Maxpany Kiss the Cook tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Maxpany2/status/1348459836900601856|author=Maxpany|work=Twitter|date=January 10, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=the perfect husband doesn't exi- 😳😳😳😳😳}}</ref> (Although not depicted in this series, Max also has an alternate "experiment-sona" form based on the ''Lilo & Stitch'' experiments.)

The trend truly took off a week later on January 22, 2021, when, furry artist [[MineDoo]] posted a colored sketch of a bust portrait of Stitch with a buff chest, greyish-blue nipples, and a thick neck as he smirks at the viewer.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352793322121809921|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=Quick Stitch before bed 👀}}</ref> This drawing was also apparently inspired by Maxpany's Stitch drawings.<ref name="MineDoo reply tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352795673356283904|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=January 29, 2021|title=I blame YOU 👀✨}}</ref> The drawing garnered significant interest, with many Twitter users responding that they find the muscular rendition of the alien attractive, garnering over a thousand retweets and over 6,900 likes as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet"/>

MineDoo's drawing led to a windfall of other artists making their own renditions of an anthropomorphized Stitch. Others have also shared pre-2021 artwork of an anthropomorphic Stitch. These other renditions gave Stitch a variety of different designs and body shapes to these artists' liking, although some artists drew other characters from the franchise, either with or without Stitch, out of a desire to bring more attention to them. These characters were usually [[disney:Gantu|Gantu]] (the largest major character in the canon in both size and muscular shape), an "anthrofied" Reuben (who is one of the franchise's major experiments and is canonically chubbier than Stitch) and Jumba (the most obesely built character); "anthrofied" versions of [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]] and Angel, both of whom are among the better-known experiments in the fandom alongside Stitch and Reuben, were also made during the trend. Other artists have also opted to add an older [[disney:Lilo Pelekai|Lilo]] alongside Stitch to show them having "grown-up" together, even though the franchise has mostly excluded Lilo since ''Leroy & Stitch'', and Stitch is shown in official media to be incapable of growing taller or even aging. (Lilo has official teenage and adult designs as seen in the ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' episode "[[disney:Skip (episode)|Skip]]", when she and Stitch skip ahead ten and twenty years into the future, and the ''Stitch!'' episode "Lilo", which shows her and Stitch reuniting in her adulthood. However, several of these "older Lilo & Stitch" art pieces do not show her with the specific older body she has in those episodes.)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== See also ==

* [[W:Lilo & Stitch|''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)]] on [[Wikipedia]]
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|''Lilo & Stitch'' (franchise)]] on Wikipedia

==External links==

* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Western Animation / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on [[TV Tropes]]
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/LiloAndStitch Franchise / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on TV Tropes
* [https://liloandstitch.fandom.com/wiki/Lilo_%26_Stitch_Wiki ''Lilo & Stitch'' Wiki] on Fandom

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List of Ursa Major Awards winners

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The following is a '''list of all [[Ursa Major Awards]] winners''' since 2000.

== Winners ==

=== [[2000 Ursa Major Awards|2000]] ===

In this year [[ConFurence 12]] introduced the ''Special Awards (for the Best Anthropomorphics of the 20th Century)'', which were voted on by convention members and counted by [[Greg Bilan]], Rod O’Riley, and Fred Patten.<ref>[[InFurNation]], [http://www.confurence.com/infurnation/IFN0701.html#aftermath July 2001]</ref> The winners were:

*Best Live Action TV Series: [[Wikipedia:The Muppet Show!|The Muppet Show!]]
*Best Animated TV Series: [[Animaniacs]]
*Best Live Action Feature Film: [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]
*Best Animated Feature Film: [[Wikipedia:Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]]

After the convention, a permanent award committee was set up to extend the concept.

=== [[2001 Ursa Major Awards|2001]] ===

Voted on by members of [[ConFurence 2002]] and awarded at the convention, the winners were:<ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2001.htm ''Award Winners 2001''] on the Ursa Major Awards website. Dated April 26, 2002. Retrieved January 15, 2016</ref>

* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture: [[Wikipedia:Shrek|Shrek]], [[Wikipedia:DreamWorks|DreamWorks]] SKG
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series: [[Wikipedia:Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat|Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat]], [[Wikipedia:CinéGroupe|CinéGroupe]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel: [[Anonymous Rex (novel)#Casual_Rex|Casual Rex]], by [[Wikipedia:Eric Garcia|Eric Garcia]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction: [[Beneath the Crystal Sea]], by [[Brock Hoagland]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work: [[The Sound & the Furry: The Complete Hoka Stories]], by [[Wikipedia:Poul Anderson|Poul Anderson]] & [[Wikipedia:Gordon R. Dickson|Gordon R. Dickson]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book or Strip: [[Usagi Yojimbo]], by [[Stan Sakai]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Fanzine: [[Yarf!]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration: Front cover of [[Fur Visions]] #20, by [[XianJaguar]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Game: [[Conker's Bad Fur Day]], developed & published by [[Wikipedia:Rareware|Rareware]]

=== [[2002 Ursa Major Awards|2002]] ===

Awarded at [[ConFurence 2003]], the winners were:<ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2002.htm ''Award Winners 2002''] on the Ursa Major Awards website. Dated April 25, 2004. Retrieved January 15, 2016</ref>

* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture: [[Lilo & Stitch]], [[Disney]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series: [[Greg the Bunny]], [[Steven Levitan Productions]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel: [[Rescue Ferrets at Sea]] (The Ferret Chronicles #1), by [[Wikipedia:Richard Bach|Richard Bach]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction: [[Familiars]], by [[Michael H. Payne]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work: [[Ozy and Millie|Ozy and Millie IV: Authentic Banana Dye]], by [[David Simpson]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book or Strip: Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai
* Best Anthropomorphic Fanzine: Yarf!
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration: [http://www.darknatasha.com/gallery/anthro/vulture.jpg Cover] of [[Furrlough]] #109, January 2002, by [[Dark Natasha|Natasha "Dark Natasha" Mleynek]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Game: [[Star Fox|Star Fox Adventures]], Designer: [[Wikipedia:Rare (video game company)|Rare, Ltd.]]

=== [[2003 Ursa Major Awards|2003]] ===

Awarded at [[C-ACE|C-ACE 2004]], the winners were:<ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2003.htm ''Award Winners 2003''] on the Ursa Major Awards website. Dated June 5, 2004. Retrieved January 15, 2016</ref>

* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture: [[Wikipedia:Finding Nemo|Finding Nemo]], Disney/[[Wikipedia:Pixar|Pixar]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series: [[Wikipedia:Gary the Rat|Gary the Rat]], [[Wikipedia:Grammnet Productions|Grammnet Productions]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel: [[Between Darkness and Light]], by [[Lisanne Norman]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction: [[In the Line of Duty]], by [[M. C. A. Hogarth]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work: [[Best in Show: Fifteen Years of Outstanding Furry Fiction]], edited by [[Fred Patten]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book: Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip: [[Kevin and Kell]], by [[Bill Holbrook]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Fanzine: [[Tales of the Tai-Pan Universe]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration: Cover painting by [[Ursula Vernon]] of [[Best in Show: Fifteen Years of Outstanding Furry Fiction]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Game: [[Wikipedia:Wallace & Gromit#Video Game|Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo]], developed by [[Wikipedia:Frontier Developments|Frontier Developments]], Ltd.

=== [[2004 Ursa Major Awards|2004]] ===

Awarded at [[Anthrocon 2005]], the winners were:<ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2004.htm ''Award Winners 2004''] on the Ursa Major Awards website. Dated July 10, 2005. Retrieved January 15, 2016</ref>

* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture:[[Wikipedia:Shrek 2|Shrek 2]], [[Wikipedia:DreamWorks|DreamWorks]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series: [[Father Of The Pride]], DreamWorks SKG & Imagi International Holdings for NBC
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel: [[Never Again a Man]], by [[Charles Matthias]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction: [[Felicia and the Tailcutter's Curse]], by [[Charles P. A. Melville]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work: [[The Art of Usagi Yojimbo]], by Stan Sakai
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book: Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip: [[Faux Pas]], by [[Robert Carspecken|Robert]] and [[Margaret Carspecken]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Fanzine: Tales of the Tai-Pan Universe
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration: Cover painting by [[Kacey Maltzman]] ([[Kacey Miyagami]]) for [[Fur Plus]] #22
* Best Anthropomorphic Game: [[Wikipedia:Sly 2: Band of Thieves|Sly 2: Band of Thieves]], developed by [[Wikipedia:Sucker Punch Productions|Sucker Punch Productions]]

=== [[2005 Ursa Major Awards|2005]] ===

Awarded at [[Rocket City Fur Meet 2006]], the winners were:<ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2005.htm ''Award Winners 2005''] on the Ursa Major Awards website. Dated May 27, 2006. Retrieved January 15, 2016</ref>

* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture: [[The Chronicles of Narnia|The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]], Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media (December)
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series: Cake Dance ''aka'' "[[There she is!!|There She Is!! Step 2]]" [Music video of the song "Happy Birthday to Me" by Bulldog Mansion], by [[SamBakZa]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel: [[Volle]], by [[Kyell Gold]] (published January by [[Sofawolf Press]])
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction: [[In His Own Country]], by [[Kristin Fontaine]], in Tales of the Tai-Pan Universe #39, July
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work: [[Tales of the Questor|Tales of the Questor, Volume 1]] [color edition] (April), by [[Ralph E. Hayes, Jr.]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book: Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai (published by [[Wikipedia:Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]])
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip: Faux Pas #535-672, by Robert and Margaret Carspecken
* Best Anthropomorphic Fanzine: [[South Fur Lands]] #36-39
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration: Cover painting by [[Stephanie Stone]] ([[Cybercat]]) for [[Transformations: A Forest Tales Story]], by [[Bernard Doove]], published by [[Fauxpaw Publications]] in June
* Best Anthropomorphic Game: [[Wikipedia:Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves|Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves]], Developer: Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony in September

177 ballots were received, all posted online. While the majority of voters (over 100) came from the USA, a significant proportion were from overseas, including Canada, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, West Indies, Trinidad, and the U.K.

=== [[2006 Ursa Major Awards|2006]] ===
Awarded at [[Califur 3]] in 2007, the winners were:<ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2006.htm ''Award Winners 2006''] on the Ursa Major Awards website. Dated May 4, 2007. Retrieved January 15, 2016</ref>
{{2006 Ursa Major Awards infobox}}[[File:Califur3UrsaMajorAwards.JPG|right|thumb|The 2006 [[Ursa Major Awards]]]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture - [[Over the Hedge (film)|Over the Hedge]] (Dreamworks Animation, May, 2006)
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series - [[Hammy's Boomerang Adventure]] (Dreamworks Animation, October, 2006)
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel - [[Pendant of Fortune]], by [[Kyell Gold]] ([[Sofawolf Press]], January, 2006)
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction - "[[Jacks to Open]]" by Kyell Gold (Fur Rag, June, 2006)
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work - [[A Doemain of Our Own]], Vol. 1, by [[SusanDeer]] (Collection published by Plan Nine Publishing, March, 2006)
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book - [[i.s.o.]] by [[Vince Suzukawa]] (#1, January 2006 and #2, July 2006)
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip - [[Ozy and Millie]] by [[D.C. Simpson]] (January through December, 2006)
* Best Anthropomorphic Fanzine - [[Anthrolations]] #8, November, 2006
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration - Cover painting by [[Sara Palmer]] for [[Pendant of Fortune]] (Sofawolf Press, January, 2006)
* Best Anthropomorphic Game - [[Ōkami]] (Clover Studios/Capcom, September, 2006)

=== [[2007 Ursa Major Awards|2007]] ===
Awarded at [[Morphicon 2008]], the winners were:<ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2007.htm ''Award Winners 2007''] on the Ursa Major Awards website. Dated May 17, 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2016</ref>
* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture - [[Ratatouille]] ([[Wikipedia:Pixar|Pixar]] and [[Wikipedia:Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney]], June 29)
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series - [[Wikipedia:Gridlock (Doctor Who)|Gridlock - Doctor Who episode]] ([[Wikipedia:BBC|BBC]]; series 3, episode 3, April 14)
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel - [[Life's Dream]] [http://www.amazon.com/Lifes-Dream-Journal-Pandora-Karl/dp/1434822605/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1], by [[Bernard Doove]] ([[Wikipedia:CreateSpace|CreateSpace]], December 18)
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction - [[Don't Blink]] [http://www.furrag.com/viewstory.php?sid=399], by Kyell Gold (in ''[[Heat (magazine)|Heat]]'' #4)
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work - [[All the Newshounds Fit to Print]], by [[Thomas K. Dye]] ([[Wikipedia:Lulu (publisher)|Lulu]], March)
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book - [[Wikipedia:Gargoyles (SLG comic)|Gargoyles]], by [[Wikipedia:Greg Weisman|Greg Weisman]], [[Wikipedia:Gordon Purcell|Gordon Purcell]], [[Wikipedia:Dustin Evans|Dustin Evans]], and [[Wikipedia:Greg Guler|Greg Guler]] (#4 to #6)
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip - [[Ozy and Millie]] by [[D.C. Simpson]] (January through December)
* Best Anthropomorphic Magazine - [[Heat (magazine)|Heat]] (#4, July, [[Sofawolf Press]])
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration - [[Blotch]]: [http://www.ursamajorawards.org/images/Blotch_FAunited.jpg Cover of Fur Affinity United souvenir book]
* Best Anthropomorphic Game - [[Wikipedia:Ice Station Santa|Sam & Max: Season Two, Episode 1: Ice Station Santa]]

{{2007 Ursa Major Awards infobox}}
In total, 201 ballots from 15 countries were counted: 145 from the U.S.; a dozen or more from Australia and the U.K.; a half dozen or more from Canada and Germany; and one or two each from Austria, Bulgaria, Italy, Laos, Mexico, New Zealand, the Philippines, Russia, Spain, and Sweden. All ballots were cast online.<ref>[http://www.kayshapero.net/FredPatten/Apa-L/Apa-L%202242.html Contribution for Apa L, 2242nd Distribution] - [[Fred Patten]] (1 May 2008)</ref>

=== [[2008 Ursa Major Awards|2008]] ===
Awarded at [[All Fur Fun 2009]] on May 16, 2009, the winners were:
* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture - [[Bolt]] ([[Disney|Walt Disney Animated Studios]])
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series - [[There She Is!!]] ([[SamBakZa]])
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel - [[Waterways]], by Kyell Gold
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction - [[In Between]], by Kyell Gold
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work - [[Dog's Days of Summer]], by [[Blotch]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story (formerly Comic Book) - [[Heathen City]], by [[Bad Dog Books]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip - [[Fur-Piled]], by [[Leo Magna]] (aka. A. Husky)
* Best Anthropomorphic Magazine - [[Heat]] ([http://www.sofawolf.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=83 #5, June])
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration - [http://www.eurofurence.org/EF14/contest/Blotch_small.jpg Suhl]: cover of [[Eurofurence 14]] program book, by [[Blotch]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Game - [[Wikipedia:Spore (2008 video game)|Spore]] ([[Wikipedia:Maxis|Maxis]])

The voting for the awards was open to all furry fandom via the Internet; and took place between March 14th and April 19th; and received over 270 votes from countries as diverse as Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the USA.<ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2008.htm ''Award Winners 2008''] on the Ursa Major Awards website. Dated May 16, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2016.</ref>

=== [[2009 Ursa Major Awards|2009]] ===
Awarded at [[FA: United 3]] on May 30, 2010, the winners were:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flayrah.com/c/2009-ursa-major-award-winners|title=2009 Ursa Major Award Winners|author=[[GreenReaper]]|work=Flayrah|date=2010-05-31|accessdate=2010-06-01}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2009.htm ''Award Winners 2009''] on the Ursa Major Awards website. Dated May 30, 2010. Retrieved January 16, 2016.</ref>
* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture - [[Wikipedia:Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]] (20th Century Fox)
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series - [[The Penguins of Madagascar]] (Dreamworks)
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel - [[Out of Position]], by Kyell Gold
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction - [[Drifting]], by Kyell Gold
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work - [[Draw Furries: How to Create Anthropomorphic and Fantasy Animals]], by [[Lindsay Cibos]] and [[Jared Hodges]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story - [[Concession]], by [[Immelmann]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip - [[Housepets!]], by [[Rick Griffin]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Magazine - [[Heat]] ([http://www.sofawolf.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=96 #6, July])
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration - cover of ''[[Out of Position]]'' ([[Blotch]])
* Best Anthropomorphic Game - [[Wikipedia:Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time|Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time]] ([[Wikipedia:Insomniac Games|Insomniac Games]])

=== [[2010 Ursa Major Awards|2010]] ===
Presented at [[Morphicon 2011]] on May 13, 2011, the winners were:<ref>[http://ursamajorawards.livejournal.com/6315.html Official 2010 Ursa Major Award winners list]</ref><ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2010.htm ''Award Winners 2010''] on the Ursa Major Awards website. Dated May 13, 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2016.</ref>
* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture - [[Wikipedia:How To Train Your Dragon|How To Train Your Dragon]] ([[Wikipedia:Dreamworks|DreamWorks]])
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series - [[Wikipedia:Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention|Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention]] ([[Wikipedia:Aardman Animations|Aardman Animations]])
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel - [[Shadow of the Father]], by Kyell Gold
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction - [[Bridges]], by Kyell Gold
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work - [[Fur-Piled]] #4, by [[Leo Magna]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story - [[Twokinds]], by [[Tom Fischbach]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip - Housepets!, by Rick Griffin
* Best Anthropomorphic Magazine - [[Heat]] #7 ([http://www.sofawolf.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=115, July])
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration - Cover for ''[[Shadow of the Father]]'' ([[Sara Palmer]])
* Best Anthropomorphic Game - [[Wikipedia:Epic Mickey|Epic Mickey]] ([[Wikipedia:Disney Interactive Studios|Disney]])

=== [[2011 Ursa Major Awards|2011]] ===
Presented at [[Califur 8]] on June 4, 2012, the winners were:<ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/ ''Award Winners 2011''] on the Ursa Major Awards website. Dated June 4, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2016.</ref>
* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture - [[Kung Fu Panda 2]], directed by [[Wikipedia:Jennifer Yuh|Jennifer Yuh]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series - [[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]], directed by James Wootton
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel - [[Isolation Play]], by [[Kyell Gold]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction - [[How to Get Through the Day]], by Kyell Gold
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work - [[Nordguard]], Book One, by [[Tess Garman]] and [[Teagan Gavet]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story - [[Furthia High]], by [[QuetzaDrake]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip - Housepets!, by Rick Griffin
* Best Anthropomorphic Magazine - [[Flayrah]], edited by [[GreenReaper]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Website - [[Wikipedia:Equestria Daily|Equestria Daily]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration - Cover for ''[[Nordguard]], Book One'', by Blotch
* Best Anthropomorphic Game - [[Wikipedia:Pokémon Black and White|Pokémon Black and White]]
* The ALAA's Choice Award - [[Red Lantern]], by [[Rukis]] and [[Alector Fencer]]

=== [[2012 Ursa Major Awards|2012]] ===
Presented at [[Anthrocon 2013]] on July 5, 2013, the winners were:<ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2012.htm ''Award Winners 2012''] on the Ursa Major Awards website. Dated July 5, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013</ref>
* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture - [[Wikipedia:Brave (2012 film)|Brave (2012 film)]], directed by Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Purcell
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series - [[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]], directed by James Thiessen and James Wooton
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel - [[Flight of the Star Phoenix]], by [[Bernard Doove]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction - [[Dangerous Jade]], by [[Malcolm Cross]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work - [[Slightly Damned]], Book One, by [[The Chu]] (Sarah Wilson)
* Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story - Slightly Damned by The Chu (Sarah Wilson)
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip - Housepets!, by Rick Griffin
* Best Anthropomorphic Magazine - [[Fuzzy Logic (podcast)|Fuzzy Logic]] podcast
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration - Cover by [[Rukis]] for ''[[Green Fairy]]'' by Kyell Gold
* Best Anthropomorphic Game - [[The Elder Scrolls]] [[Wikipedia:The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Dawnguard|V: Skyrim – Dawnguard]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Website - [[Fur Affinity]]
* The ALAA's Choice Award - no award for 2012

=== [[2013 Ursa Major Awards|2013]] ===
Presented at [[Califur 10]] on May 31, 2014, the winners were:<ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2013.htm ''Award Winners 2013''] on the Ursa Major Awards website. Dated May 31, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014</ref>
* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_(2013_film) Frozen] directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series - [[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]] directed by Jayson Thiessen and Jim Miller
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel - [http://www.amazon.com/Skyfire-Summer-King-Chronicles-Jess-ebook/dp/B00H5920IE/ Skyfire] by Jess. E Owen
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction - The Monkeytown Raid by [[Roz Gibson]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work - Slightly Damned, Book Two by [[The Chu]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story - Slightly Damned by The Chu
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip - Housepets! by Rick Griffin
* Best Anthropomorphic Magazine - [[Flayrah]] edited by [[GreenReaper]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration - Wraparound cover by [[Blotch]] for [[Divisions]] by Kyell Gold
* Best Anthropomorphic Game - [[Pokémon]] X&Y
* Best Anthropomorphic Website - [[Fur Affinity]]
* The ALAA's Choice Award - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW5n3k2VgZE Children of the Night]

=== [[2014 Ursa Major Awards|2014]] ===
Presented at [[Morphicon 2015]] on May 1, 2015, the winners were:<ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2014.htm ''Award Winners 2014''] on the Ursa Major Awards website. Dated May 1, 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2015</ref>
* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(film) Guardians of the Galaxy], directed by James Gunn.
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series - [[Furry Force]] by CollegeHumor and Smiley Guy Studios.
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel - [[Off the Beaten Path]], by [[Rukis]].
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction - [[When a Cat Loves a Dog]] by Mary E. Lowd.
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work - [[Amarillo|Blacksad: Amarillo]], by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido.
* Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story - [[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]], by IDW Publishing.
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip - Housepets! by Rick Griffin
* Best Anthropomorphic Magazine - [[In-Fur-Nation]], edited by Rod O'Riley.
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration - cover for [[Midwest FurFest 2014]] [[convention book]] by [[Sabretoothed Ermine]].
* Best Anthropomorphic Game - [[Pokémon]] Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, by Game Freak (developers), Nintendo and The Pokémon Company (publishers).
* Best Anthropomorphic Website - Fur Affinity
* The ALAA's Choice Award - no award for 2014

=== [[2015 Ursa Major Awards|2015]] ===
Presented at [[What the Fur 2016]] on May 20, 2016, the winners were:<ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2015.htm "Award Winners 2015"] on the Ursa Major Awards website. Retrieved July 31, 2016</ref>
* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture - [[W:Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]], directed by Pete Docter
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, directed by James Thiessen, Jim Miller, and Denny Lu
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel - [[Tiger's Eye]] by Alexander Shaw
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction - [[The Analogue Cat]] by Alice "[[Huskyteer]]" Dryden
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work - [[Furries Among Us; Essays on Furries by the most Prominent Members of the Fandom]] edited by [[Thurston Howl]].
* Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story - [[Twokinds]] by [[Tom Fischbach]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip - Housepets! by Rick Griffin
* Best Anthropomorphic Magazine - [[Heat]] produced by [[Black Teagan]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration - by [[Kenket]] for the cover of the [[Eurofurence 21]] Program book.
* Best Anthropomorphic Game - [[Undertale]] by [[Toby Fox]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Website - [[Fur Affinity]]

=== [[2016 Ursa Major Awards|2016]] ===
Presented at [[Anthrocon 2017]] on June 30, 2017, the winners were:<ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2016.htm "Award Winners 2016"] on the Ursa Major Awards website. Retrieved August 10, 2017</ref>
* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture - ''[[Zootopia]]'', directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Jared Bush
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series - ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'', directed by James Thiessen, Jim Miller, and Denny Lu
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel - ''My Diary, by Frederick Usiku Kruger, Lieutenant of the Rackenroon Hyena Bridage'' by Kathy Garrison Kellogg
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction - ''[[400 Rabbits]]'' by Alice "[[Huskyteer]]" Dryden
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work - ''[[Gods With Fur]]'' edited by Fred Patten
* Best Anthropomorphic Non-Fiction Work - ''[[The Art of Zootopia]]'' by [[Jessica Julius]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story - ''[[Twokinds]]'' by Tom Fischbach
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip - ''Housepets!'' by Rick Griffin
* Best Anthropomorphic Magazine - ''[[Dogpatch Press]]'' edited by [[Patch Packrat]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration - by [[Tracy Butler]] for the wraparound cover of the [[Anthrocon 2016]] souvenir book
* Best Anthropomorphic Game - [[Major\Minor]], developed by [[Klace]], published by [[Steam]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Website - [[Fur Affinity]]

===[[2017 Ursa Major Awards|2017]]===
Presented at [[FurDU 2018|Furry Down Under]] on May 5, 2018, the winners were:<ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2017.htm "Award Winners 2017"] on the Ursa Major Awards website. Retrieved May 7, 2018</ref>
* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture - [[w:Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2|Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2]], directed by James Gunn
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series - [[w:DuckTales (2017 TV series)|Duck Tales (2017)]], directed by John Aoshima and Dana Terrace
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel - [[The Wayward Astronomer]], by [[Geoffrey Thomas]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction - [[Lieutenant Kruger and the Mistress Jade Trophy Game]], by [[Kathy Garrison Kellogg]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work - [[Dogs of War]], edited by Fred Patten
* Best Anthropomorphic Non-Fiction Work - [[Furry Nation]], by [[Joe Strike]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story - [[Dreamkeepers]], by [[Dreamkeepers (artists)|David Lillie & Liz Thomas]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip - Housepets!, by Rick Griffin
* Best Anthropomorphic Magazine - [[Dogpatch Press]], edited by [[Patch Packrat]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration - cover for The Wayword Astronomer by David Lillie
* Best Anthropomorphic Game - [[Night in the Woods]], by Infinite Fall (developer) & Finji (publisher)
* Best Anthropomorphic Website - [[Inkbunny]]

===[[2018 Ursa Major Awards|2018]]===
Presented at [[AnthrOhio 2019]] on May 26, 2019, the winners were:<ref>[https://ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2018.htm "Award Winners 2018:] on the Ursa Major Awards website. Retrieved 2020/02/02</ref>
* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture - ''[[w:Isle of Dogs|Isle of Dogs]]'', directed by [[w:Wes Anderson|Wes Anderson]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series or Short Work - ''[[Aggretsuko]]'', directed by Rarecho
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel - ''[[Small World]]'', by [[Gre7g Luterman]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction - ''[[Uri's Bittersweet Story]]'', by Uranium 235 (published in CrossTime Cafe)
* Best Anthropomorphic Non-Fiction Work - ''[[Down the Rabbit Hole]]'', created by [[Fredrik Knudsen]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work - ''[[What the Fox!]]'', edited by Fred Patten
* Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story - ''[[Lackadaisy]]'', by [[Tracy J. Butler]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip - ''[[Carry On]]'', by Kathy Garrison Kellogg
* Best Anthropomorphic Magazine - ''[[Culturally F'd]]'', created by [[Arrkay]] and [[Underbite Dragon]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration - ''Pirates!'', website header for [[Furry Weekend Atlanta]] [[Furry Weekend Atlanta 2019|2019]], by [[Caraid]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Game - ''[[w:Deltarune|Deltarune: Chapter 1]]'', developed by Toby Fox
* Best Anthropomorphic Website - [[e621|e621.net]]
* Best Fursuit - SonicFox, created by Yamishizen/Fursuit Enterprise, owned by [[SonicFox5000|SonicFox]]

===[[2019 Ursa Major Awards|2019]]===
Due to the [[COVID-19]] pandemic, an announcement was made stating that the awards will be presented online for the first time in the awards' history.<ref>[https://twitter.com/UrsaMajorAwards/status/1243818004896313350 "Due to the current COVID-19 crisis..."] Ursa Major Awards [@UrsaMajorAwards] (March 28, 2020). Twitter. Retrieved April 19, 2020.</ref> The award presentation was published on [[Youtube]] on May 23, 2020.<ref>[https://twitter.com/UrsaMajorAwards/status/1264369714471464960?s=20 The results of the Ursa Major Awards voting are now live!] Twitter. Dated May 23, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfPfAqbr030 2019 Awards presentation on] [[Youtube]] Retrieved May 23, 2020</ref> There were no awards for the Non Fiction and Fursuit categories because of insufficient nominees.

* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture - ''[[w:Detective Pikachu (film)|Pokémon Detective Pikachu]]'', directed by Rob Letterman
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series or Short Work - ''[[Beastars]]'', directed by Shinichi Matsumi
* Best Anthroppmorphic Novel - ''[[Fair Trade]]'', by Gre7g Luterman
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction - ''[[This Dog for Hire]]'', by Mary E. Lowd
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work - ''[[FANG (publication)|FANG]]'' volume #10 edited by Kyell Gold and [[Sparf]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story - ''Beastars'' volumes #12-16, by [[W:Paru Itagaki|Paru Itagaki]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip - ''Housepets!'', by Rick Griffin
* Best Anthropomorphic Magazine - ''Dogpatch Press'', edited by Patch Packrat
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration - ''Design'' by [[Moth Monarch]] for [[Furnal Equinox 2019]] T-shirt design
* Best Anthropomorphic Game - ''[[w:Untitled Goose Game|Untitled Goose Game]]'', developed by [[W:House House|House House]] and published by [[w:Panic Inc.|Panic]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Website - Fur Affinity

===[[2020 Ursa Major Awards|2020]]===
With the COVID-19 pandemic still active, the 2020 Ursa Major Awards was also presented online via Youtube.<ref>[https://twitter.com/UrsaMajorAwards/status/1388660171753152514?s=20 "The 2020 Ursa Major Awards presentations are now live!"] Twitter on May 1, 2020, retrieved May 14, 2020</ref> A major change was that The Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series or Short Work category was split into two.

* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture - ''[[Wolfwalkers]]'', directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series - ''Beastars'' (US release), directed by Shinichi Matsumi
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work - ''[[Zoophobia - Bad Luck Jack]]'', directed by Vivienne Medranno
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel - ''[[The City That Barks and Roars]]'', by [[JT Bird]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction - ''[[What Makes a Witch]]'', by [[Linnea Capps]]
* Best Anthropmorphic Non Fiction - ''[[The Fandom: A Furry Documentary]]'', directed by [[Ash Kreis]] and [[Eric Risher]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Litarary Wrok - ''[[Difursity: Stories by Furries of Color]]'', edited by [[Weasel]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story - ''Beastars'' volumes #4-8, by Paru Itagaki
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip - ''Housepets!'' by Rick Griffin
* Best Anthropomorphic Magazine - [[Pocari Roo]]'s Youtube videos
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration - ''Cheers!'' by [[Lofi]]. Celebratory Illustration for [[Tangletorn]]'s Kickstarter success.
* Best Anthropomorphic Game - ''[[Animal Crossing: New Horizons]]'', published by Nintendo
* Best Anthropomorphic Website - Fur Affinity
* Best Anthropomorphic Fursuit - Zigc the [[Khajiit]] created by [[Inerri Creatures]], owned by [[Zigc the Khajiit]]

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==External links==
* [https://ursamajorawards.org/index.htm Ursa Major Awards official website] (front page also shows the winners of the most recent ceremony)

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Lilo & Stitch

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| origin = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
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| shorts = ''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)
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| animated_series = ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch: The Series|Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' (2003–2006) ''[[w:Stitch!|Stitch!]]'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015) ''[[w:Stitch & Ai|Stitch & Ai]]'' (2017)
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| direct-to-video = ''[[w:Stitch! The Movie|Stitch! The Movie]]'' (2003) ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch|Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch]]'' (2005)
| video_games = ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch'' (Game Boy Advance; 2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise'' (2002) ''Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626'' (2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc'' (2004) ''Disney Stitch Jam'' (2009)
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'''''Lilo & Stitch''''' is a 2002 American animated science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by [[Chris Sanders]] and [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] that was produced by [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] and released by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. It is also the name of a Disney media franchise, alternately called just '''''Stitch''''', that spawned from the film. The film was released during a low point for Disney's feature animation studio, known today as either the "Post-Renaissance Era" (the period between the [[w:Disney Renaissance|Disney Renaissance]] and the [[disney:Disney Revival|Disney Revival]]) or the "Experimental Era" (since Disney's animated films became more experimental with their storytelling and were moving away from the templates used for the Renaissance's films), and became a surprise critical and commercial success for the company at a time when traditionally-animated films were losing relevance. The titular [[alien]] [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]] [[Stitch]] (also known as Experiment 626; number pronounced "six-two-six") rapidly became one of Disney's most popular characters, especially in merchandise,<ref name="THR Remake News">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jon-m-chu-in-talks-to-direct-live-action-lilo-stitch-movie-exclusive|title=Jon M. Chu in Talks to Direct Live-Action 'Lilo & Stitch' Movie (Exclusive)|website=[[w:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=November 13, 2020|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}</ref> becoming arguably Disney's first animated character introduced in the 21st century to have achieved an iconic status.{{fact}}

==Main works==

The main continuity of the franchise, which focuses on both title characters living their lives on Hawaii, consists of four animated feature films, a Western animated television series, and an animated short film.
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===''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)===

In the original 2002 film, released on June 21, 2002, Kweltikwan mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voiced by [[w:David Ogden Stiers|David Ogden Stiers]]) stands trial for illegal genetic experimentation, having created a superpowerful blue creature called "Experiment 626" (voiced by co-writer/co-director [[Chris Sanders]]), who is designed solely to destroy everything he touches. After 626 escapes custody to a backwater planet called Earth, the Grand Councilwoman ([[w:Zoe Caldwell|Zoe Caldwell]]) offers Jumba his freedom for the capture of his creation. On Earth, 626 crash lands his stolen spacecraft on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where he gets adopted by an eccentric six-year-old girl named Lilo Pelekai ([[w:Daveigh Chase|Daveigh Chase]]), who is shunned by her peers and is at risk of being forcibly separated from her older sister Nani ([[w:Tia Carrere|Tia Carrere]]) by her newest social worker Cobra Bubbles ([[w:Ving Rhames|Ving Rhames]]) to be put into foster care. In trying to escape capture by Jumba and his assigned partner, Plorgonarian "Earth expert" Agent Wendy Pleakley ([[w:Kevin McDonald|Kevin McDonald]]), 626 lets himself be adopted by Lilo as her "dog" who she renames as "Stitch".

Stitch's aggressive behavior, especially in his attempts to avoid Jumba and Pleakley, causes problems for Lilo and Nani, costing the latter her job as a luau waitress. Cobra demands Nani to find a new job and Lilo to make Stitch a "model citizen"; Lilo uses her beliefs in ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', a Hawaiian concept of extended family, as well as iconic singer [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] as a role model, to attempt to rehabilitate Stitch, while Nani tries to find new employment. Although Stitch's attitude improves as he slowly enjoys his time with Lilo, his and Lilo's antics prevent Nani from finding a new job. As David Kawena ([[w:Jason Scott Lee|Jason Scott Lee]]), a local surfer who is a good friend to the Pelekai sisters, gets them and Stitch to go surfing and enjoy some time on the beach, Jumba and Pleakley make a last-ditch effort to capture Stitch. Although Stitch escapes them again, his inability to swim or float in water causes him and Lilo, who he tried to grab onto for protection and flotation, to have a near-drowning experience, which Cobra witnesses. The incident costs Nani her chances at keeping Lilo, and Cobra tells Nani that he would pick up Lilo the next morning. Feeling guilty for causing the sisters' now-inevitable separation, Stitch runs away from their home that night.

The next morning, Nani runs off to take on a new job offer before Cobra arrives for Lilo. Jumba, who was fired alongside Pleakley finds Stitch in the woods and chases him back to the Pelekais' house, which they destroy in the ensuing fight. Lilo runs off to the nearby woods to find Stitch, who reveals his true alien form to her. Although Lilo tries to reject him for ruining everything, they are both captured by the massive Captain Gantu ([[w:Kevin Michael Richardson|Kevin Michael Richardson]]), who was sent by the Grand Councilwoman to take over Jumba and Pleakley's assignment. Stitch escapes but Lilo remains captured on Gantu's spaceship. He is then found again by Nani, then Jumba and Pleakley shortly after. He tells Nani that he's changed by reminding her of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', and convinces Jumba to rescue Lilo. Chasing Gantu down in Jumba's spaceship, Stitch throws out Gantu from his spaceship and rescues Lilo. The sisters and the aliens reconvene at the shore where Stitch is finally captured by the Grand Councilman. Stitch accepts his fate, proving how much he's changed as a person, but as he about to leave in the Councilwoman's spaceship, Lilo, with some prodding from Cobra, shows her ownership document to the Councilwoman and tells her that taking him away would be theft. Pleased with the document, the Grand Councilwoman decrees that Stitch is "sentenced" to exile with the Pelekai sisters as his wardens and that the three are protected by the United Galactic Federation. After leaving, Lilo, Nani, and Stitch accept the exiled Jumba and Pleakley into their home, they, along with David and Cobra, reconstruct their house and begin a happy life together.

===''Stitch! The Movie'' (2003)===
This direct-to-video pilot to ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', released on August 26, 2003, shows that Gantu, forcibly retired from his post in the original film, is now hired by the diminutive Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (voiced by [[w:Jeff Bennett|Jeff Bennett]]) to retrieve Jumba's first 625 genetic experiments, which Hämsterviel co-funded the creation of prior to the end of their partnership. On Earth, Stitch struggles to fit in with the locals and feels bad about himself. Jumba then gets kidnapped by Gantu, who also finds the dehydrated pod of Experiment 625 ([[w:Rob Paulsen|Rob Paulsen]]), and takes him to Hämsterviel. After finding the first 624 experiments, Lilo and Stitch activate one of them by dropping its pod in water, the electrical Experiment 221 ([[w:Frank Welker|Frank Welker]]), to help rescue Jumba, but he escapes. The duo then chases down and capture 221, and Stitch bonds with him as his "cousin", based on Hawaiian terminology he learned from Lilo. When Cobra and Pleakley rendezvous at [[w:Kilauea Light|Kīlauea Lighthouse]] with Gantu and Hämsterviel to exchange the pods of the other experiments as ransom payment for Jumba, Lilo and Stitch then show up with "Sparky" (as she named 221), freeing him then and there and freeing Jumba. Gantu and Hämsterviel attempt to make off with the experiments, but the Grand Councilwoman's ship emerges from the nearby Pacific Ocean and aims its gun and Hämsterviel. However, Lilo protests on the account that he has the other experiments, and Sparky decides to short-circuit the Councilwoman's ship. Lilo, Stitch and Sparky stow away on Hämsterviel's ship as he and Gantu escape. Lilo, Stitch, and Gantu fight over the experiment pod container, which results in the container releasing and scattering the pods all over Hawaii, and Lilo and Stitch's capture. However, just as Stitch is about to be vivisected by a laser while strapped to a weight that's just too heavy for him to lift, Sparky frees him, they strap Hämsterviel to the weight, and Stitch rescues Lilo before she gets teleported to an intergalactic zoo. They short-circuit Gantu's own ship, causing it to crash by a waterfall on Kauai, and land Hämsterviel's ship back over to the rendezvous point at the lighthouse, handing Hämsterviel in handcuffs over to the Grand Councilwoman. Lilo and Stitch give Sparky a new home in powering the lighthouse, then convince the Councilwoman to have them find and rehabilitate the other 623 experiments (625 was activated by Gantu earlier and sticks with him as his sidekick, although he's too lazy and cowardly to put in any effort apart from making and eating sandwiches). As several experiments are activated when they fall into the water, Lilo and Stitch drive off in Nani's dune buggy, leading to the subsequent series.

===''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (2003–2006)===

The franchise's first television series first ran from September 20, 2003, to July 29, 2006 for 65 episodes over two seasons, airing new episodes on both [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] Saturday morning block [[w:ABC Kids (TV programming block)|ABC Kids]] and [[w:Disney Channel|Disney Channel]] throughout its run. The only animated show in the franchise to truly follow-up on the original film, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' has the titular duo continue capturing Jumba's other experiments, naming them, and rehabilitating them from bad to good by finding a new place where they truly belong and can use their unique abilities to help society. Jumba and sometimes Pleakley usually assist them. Meanwhile, Gantu and his reluctant sidekick Experiment 625 try to capture experiments for Dr. Hämsterviel, who is imprisoned on a prison asteroid, usually fighting against Lilo and Stitch for the experiments.

===''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' (2005)===

A direct-to-video direct sequel to the first film released on August 30, 2005, set before ''Stitch! The Movie'', this film showed insights to the lives of the Pelekai ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' after the events of ''Lilo & Stitch''. The film had Lilo (voiced by [[w:Dakota Fanning|Dakota Fanning]] in this film) trying to come up with an original hula dance for a May Day competition that her late mother previously won. However, Stitch begins to suffer glitches that cause him to revert to his original destructive programming. Unbeknownst to either him or Lilo, these glitches are the result of his molecules not being fully charged when he was created, as he and Jumba were arrested shortly after the experiment's creation. While Jumba tries to build a new fusion chamber to recharge Stitch before his molecules lose all their charge, and Pleakley attempts to "fix" David and Nani's supposedly strained relationship, Stitch's glitches causes friction between him and Lilo, leading to her deciding to perform her hula without him. On the day of the hula competition, on which Jumba had finally completed construction of the fusion chamber, Stitch tries to wish Lilo good luck, but has another glitch that causes him to scratch her face. This causes him to believe that he's too dangerous to be around her, and he takes Jumba's spaceship to try to free to a distant remote planet. Lilo, realizing that the glitches were not his fault, abandons her performance and gets her family go save Stitch, who has one final glitch that causes him to crash the ship on a mountain. Lilo reaches Stitch via a hovercraft and tries to revitalize him by putting him in the fusion chamber, but he supposedly dies. However, he then wakes up in Lilo's arms cured of his glitches, as according to her, "love is more powerful than death."

====''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)====

This short film included with ''Lilo & Stitch 2'' as a DVD and later Disney+ extra is a bridge between that film and ''Stitch! The Movie''. The short film reveals what kinds of alien creatures were used to create Stitch, with Jumba reminding the experiment of what he has become, and also hints at the other 625 experiments made before him.

===''Leroy & Stitch'' (2006)===

This television film aired on June 23, 2006, serving as the finale of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' and the main continuity of the franchise with Stitch being with Lilo in Hawaii. In the film, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley are honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance (the name of the United Galactic Federation in ''The Series'') after successfully reforming all of the first 624 experiments. Jumba is given the key back to his old lab at Galaxy Defense Industries, Pleakley is made the head of Earth studies at Galactic Alliance Community College (G.A.C.C.), Stitch is made the Captain of the Galactic Armada as the commander of its newly commissioned ship the BRB-9000 (Big Red Battleship 9000) and Lilo, now Galactic Federation Ambassador to Earth, is designated the sole guardian of Stitch's "cousins". However, with the aliens' having to leave Earth, Lilo gives them parting gifts; a record of Elvis Presley's performance of "Aloha 'Oe", Pleakley an Earth rock as a paperweight, and Stitch a collar-like necklace with a tiki of [[w:Kū|Kū]], the Hawaiian god of strength.

Meanwhile, Gantu, who only managed to catch Experiment 625, decides to break Dr. Hämsterviel out of prison, leaving 625 stranded on Earth as Gantu flies off in his [[disney:Manta Shuttle|Manta Shuttle]], which only has two seats. As Stitch is assigned to go recapture Hämsterviel, Hämsterviel and Gantu burst into Jumba's lab and forces Jumba to create an evil twin of Stitch that Hämsterviel names [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]], who then gets into a fight with Stitch when he arrives, winning when Stitch is distracted by Pleakley's sudden appearance, allowing Leroy to throw Stitch into a containment capsule. Hämsterviel locks Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley into Pleakley's G.A.C.C. ship to send them towards a black hole, then clones Leroy into his own personal army, then goes off to the planet Turo take over the Galactic Alliance.

On Earth, Lilo misses Stitch and convinces 625 to allow her to use the videophone on Gantu's ship when she names him "Reuben", after the [[w:Reuben sandwich|Reuben sandwich]]. They contact the BRB-9000 to find what looks like Stitch, who is actually a shapeshifted Leroy but find him to be an imposter as he doesn't have Stitch's tiki necklace. After Leroy cuts off the feed, Lilo then motivates Reuben to repair the ship to rescue Stitch. Hämsterviel sends a Leroy clone to Earth to capture all the experiments to be destroyed, including Lilo's rival [[disney:Mertle Edmonds|Mertle Edmonds]] (voiced by [[w:Liliana Mumy|Liliana Mumy]] in ''The Series'' and all films except for ''Lilo & Stitch'', where she was voiced by Miranda Paige Walls), the owner of Experiment 007, Gigi. Lilo and Reuben arrive at Turo to find that the Hämsterviel has taken over the Galactic Alliance. Gantu locks away Lilo and Reuben but releases them after Hämsterviel fires him in favor of Leroy. After being trapped by Leroy clones in an attempt to, Lilo, Reuben and Gantu are then saved by the sudden appearance of the G.A.C.C. van, which went through the black hole but had its trajectory changed after, based on Jumba's personal calculations on how they could avoid being dumped to a volcanic planet by the black hole, Stitch disrupted the event horizon by biting into Pleakley's rock and throwing it at the black hole.

Lilo, Reuben and Gantu join Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley inside the van and head straight for Earth, where it's revealed that Leroy gathered all the experiments (and Mertle) at [[w:Aloha Stadium|Aloha Stadium]], where a concert is planned to take place in the future. Hämsterviel almost uses the weapons on the BRB-9000 to destroy the experiments, but the G.A.C.C. van suddenly appears and destroys the BRB's primary cannon. However, Hämsterviel brought his Leroy army as a backup, and soon the experiments and the Leroys have an epic battle against one another. As the Leroys start getting the upper hand, Jumba then remembers that he programmed a secret command in Leroy that if he hears "Aloha 'Oe", he will shut down. Stitch, Lilo, Reuben, and a few other experiments then put on a concert playing the song, causing all the Leroys to get violent seizures and shut down, and Hämsterviel is recaptured and sent back to prison.

The team is honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance, but Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley request to return to living on Earth with Lilo. The Grand Councilwoman grants their request and asks Gantu if he would like to be reinstated as a captain of the Galactic Armada. He agrees on the condition that Reuben joins him as his galley officer. Back on Earth, Lilo takes one final family photo with her ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', including Stitch, Nani David, Jumba, Pleakley, the experiments, and even Mertle, while in prison, an angry Hämsterviel taps his foot while the Leroys dance to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock".

==Spin-offs==

Since the end of the main continuity in 2006, Disney has produced a number of spin-offs focusing more on Stitch and his antics in various locations on Earth, making new friends with other human beings. All such spin-offs so far have been primarily made in the countries where such works take place. Additionally, the English versions of the animated spin-offs have featured an entirely different voice cast from the original, with [[w:Benjamin Diskin|Benjamin Diskin]] taking over as the voice of Stitch and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' screenwriter and executive producer [[w:Jess Winfield|Jess Winfield]] replacing David Ogden Stiers as the voice of Jumba.

===''Stitch!'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015)===

This Japanese anime series ran from 2008 to 2011 for 83 episodes and three specials, with an additional two specials broadcast in 2012 and 2015. The first two seasons, consisting of 54 episodes and two specials, were produced by Madhouse, while the 29 episodes of the third season and the last three specials were produced by Shin-Ei Animation. The English dub first debuted in Australia in 2009 and briefly ran in the United States on Disney XD in October 2011. The German dub of this series retitles it as ''Yuna & Stitch''.

In this series, Stitch has left Lilo after falsely believing that she abandoned him when she grew up. After spending time in space, he eventually ends up on the fictitious Izayoi Island, which is off the shore of Okinawa in the Ryukyus. There, he meets Yuna Kamihara (voiced by [[w:Eden Riegel|Eden Riegel]] in the English dub), a tomboyish local girl with an interest in karate, and he, Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Ted Biaselli|Ted Biaselli]]) join her family. On the island, Stitch discovers and learns about the "Spiritual Stone", a magical stone that can grant wishes provided one does 43 good deeds (which can be lost; Stitch loses good deeds often due to his mischievous behavior), and Stitch wishes to be the strongest being in the universe. However, by the end of the second season, when Stitch finally earns enough good deeds, he instead decides to use his wish to stay with Yuna instead. Throughout the two Madhouse seasons, Stitch also fights off against Dr. Hämsterviel (Kirk Thornton), who is at large along with Gantu (Keith Silverstein) and Experiment 625/Reuben (Dave Wittenberg), and wishes to use the stone to gain ultimate power.

In the third season, Yuna, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley instead move to Okinawa New Town with Yuna's cousin Tigerlily ([[w:Laura Bailey|Laura Bailey]]), while Hämsterviel partners with an alien woman named Delia ([[w:Mary Elizabeth McGlynn|Mary Elizabeth McGlynn]]) who desires to retrieve a power cell embedded within Stitch. She eventually creates her own powerful experiment, Dark End ([[w:Roger Craig Smith|Roger Craig Smith]]), to fight Stitch. Lilo ([[w:Gwendoline Yeo|Gwendoline Yeo]]), now an adult with a daughter named Ani ([[w:Melissa Fahn|Melissa Fahn]]) who looks remarkably identical to her back when she was a child, also returns in an episode to reunite with Stitch.

===''Stitch & Ai'' (2017)===

This English-language Chinese animated series was produced by Anhui Xinhua Media and Panimation Hwakai Media with cooperation with American animators, including some of the crew of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. It ran for one thirteen-episode season from March 27 to April 6, 2017, with a Mandarin Chinese dub, while the original English production was first broadcast in Southeast Asia from February 5 to 27, 2018. Twelve of the thirteen episodes were later released in the United States for free digital streaming on DisneyNow on December 1, 2018, although they were removed from the service by June 2019.

This series has Stitch kidnapped by a faction of alien criminals called the Jaboodies and held in their spaceship above Earth, only for a rival faction called the Woolagongs, who also want Stitch for themselves, attack the ship in an effort to capture him, allowing him to escape to Earth. Upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, he ends up in the Huangshan mountains in China's Anhui province. There he meets a spirited young girl named Wang Ai Ling (voiced in English by [[w:Erica Mendez|Erica Mendez]]), who lives in her home in the mountains her older sister Jeijei ([[w:Laura Post|Laura Post]]), but whose aunt Daiyu (Post) wants to move her out to live in the city under the false belief that she will have a better life there. Ai takes in Stitch as her "dog", and the two help each other with their problems. They are also joined by Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Lucien Dodge|Lucien Dodge]]) after they are initially sent by the Grand Councilwoman to rescue Stitch. However, Jumba is concerned that an ability he secretly programmed in Stitch, a metamorphosis ability that turns the little blue experiment into a giant destructive monster, could be triggered if the alien criminals still going after him try to subconsciously manipulate Stitch into triggering it.

===''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020)===

This Japanese manga spin-off was written and illustrated by Hiroto Wada, also known in Japan as ''Tono & Stitch'', and published digitally from January 13 to December 28, 2020. The English translation of the first compiled volume will be published by Tokyopop on May 11, 2021. Unlike past works, Stitch ends up in Earth's past and befriends an adult male instead of a young girl. In this manga, Stitch ends up traveling through time as well as space, crash landing in Sengoku-era Japan. There he meets Yamato Meison, a samurai warlord who takes the blue "tanuki" after seeing his power and finding him to be "cute".

== Lilo & Stitch and furry ==

''Lilo & Stitch'' has a niche amount of popularity in the [[furry community]] due to the animalistic-looking aliens featured in the franchise, with Stitch being a modestly popular character within the furry fandom. Some of the other experiments, including his immediate predecessor [[disney:Reuben|Reuben (Experiment 625)]] and female counterpart, love interest, and mate [[disney:Angel|Angel (Experiment 624)]], are also recognizable. The film and the franchise's messages of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' and finding belongingness with others have also resonated with much of the furry fandom, as several furs have personally found belongingness within the fandom.

Some furs have an "experimentsona" or "Stitchsona"—a representation of oneself as a [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]], usually more based on Stitch's own design than other experiments—as their [[fursona]] or as an alternate form of their own pre-existing one, as if their main fursona was genetically modified by the creator of the experiments [[disney:Jumba Jookiba|Dr. Jumba Jookiba]] himself.

===Bara Stitch===

"'''Bara Stitch'''", also called "'''Himbo Stitch'''" and "'''Buff Stitch'''", refers to a trend in January and February 2021 of fan interpretations of "anthropomorphized" versions of Stitch. During the trend, several artists on Twitter and [[Fur Affinity]] shared fan art they made featuring such interpretations of Stitch. In such artwork, he is portrayed with a body shape of a human adult, oftentimes with some human-based features such as nipples, hands, and feet, while still maintaining most of his regular genetic experiment features including eyes, ears, nose, mouth, head shape, fur, and claws, though not necessarily all such features. His more humanoid body in such renditions is typically given a muscular build, overweight build or a build with a mixture of both per the aspects of male characters portrayed in works of the [[w:Bara (genre)|''bara'' genre]] (short for ''[[w:Barazoku|Barazoku]]'', which was a gay-oriented magazine in Japan) from which the trend takes its name. While Stitch has received most of the attention during the trend, some artists have drawn other ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters either instead of or alongside Stitch to bring more attention to them.

Several fan art of "anthropomorphic" Stitch have been made well before the trend, but not to the levels beforehand. Stitch is technically already an anthropomorphic creature since he has a high level of human-like intelligence and sentience and has opposable thumbs (or at least, fingers that can ''act'' much like opposable thumbs), but this isn't as apparent due to his somewhat feral appearance and at times behavior. Thus, "anthropomorphic Stitch" usually means a version of Stitch with a more humanoid body shape; this is usually given in the form of a body similar to a male human adult or teenager. Additionally, in the vein of [[w:Rule 63|Rule 63]] of the Internet, he has also been given female interpretations by fans, including with a humanoid body shape.

Early signs of the trend began around January 15, 2021. On that day, artist [[eclipticafusion]] posted a drawing of anthrofied versions of Stitch, Reuben, and Leroy based on drawings of "anthro Stitch" that he saw himself.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eclipticafusion/status/1350164949398646785|author=eclipticafusion|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=I saw some cute pics of anthro Stitch and wanted to try myself, of course added Reuben and Leroy}}</ref> This drawing got considerable attention; as of February 13, 2021, the tweet was retweeted 905 times and received over 5,100 likes.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet"/> Later that day, furry artist [https://twitter.com/xtbidx tbid] tweeted a drawing of a "himbo" Stitch they made the previous week,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350203216768626688|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=He’s a scribble from last week. Go check out/follow @Maxpany2 for some 👌 stitch himbo}}</ref> later posting an explicit version of the drawing over two hours later.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350235778496958464|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=ALOHA fuzzies # TGIF}}</ref> As of February 13, 2021, the tweet with the original "safe" version of the drawing has been retweeted 283 times and liked almost 1,300 times,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> while the tweet with the explicit version has been retweeted 652 times and liked over 3,000 times.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw"/> According to their first Stitch drawing tweet,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> they were inspired by the drawings of fellow furry artist [https://twitter.com/Maxpany2 Maxpany], who is known for his artwork involving usually male anthropomorphic cartoon characters given traits of [[macro]]ifcation (including the involvement of size growth and muscle growth), [[Hypertrophilia|hyper-endowment]], and/or obesity (including weight gain). Among the regular subjects in Maxpany's art are ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters, most often Stitch and Reuben. At the time of the trend, Maxpany was posting a series of drawing of his blue-furred, pink-haired anthropomorphic lemur fursona Max enjoying life with a taller, increasingly overweight version of Stitch as his "husband".<ref name="Maxpany Kiss the Cook tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Maxpany2/status/1348459836900601856|author=Maxpany|work=Twitter|date=January 10, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=the perfect husband doesn't exi- 😳😳😳😳😳}}</ref> (Although not depicted in this series, Max also has an alternate "experiment-sona" form based on the ''Lilo & Stitch'' experiments.)

The trend truly took off a week later on January 22, 2021, when, furry artist [[MineDoo]] posted a colored sketch of a bust portrait of Stitch with a buff chest, greyish-blue nipples, and a thick neck as he smirks at the viewer.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352793322121809921|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=Quick Stitch before bed 👀}}</ref> This drawing was also apparently inspired by Maxpany's Stitch drawings.<ref name="MineDoo reply tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352795673356283904|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=January 29, 2021|title=I blame YOU 👀✨}}</ref> The drawing garnered significant interest, with many Twitter users responding that they find the muscular rendition of the alien attractive, garnering over a thousand retweets and over 6,900 likes as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet"/>

MineDoo's drawing led to a windfall of other artists making their own renditions of an anthropomorphized Stitch. Others have also shared pre-2021 artwork of an anthropomorphic Stitch. These other renditions gave Stitch a variety of different designs and body shapes to these artists' liking, although some artists drew other characters from the franchise, either with or without Stitch, out of a desire to bring more attention to them. These characters were usually [[disney:Gantu|Gantu]] (the largest major character in the canon in both size and muscular shape), an "anthrofied" Reuben (who is one of the franchise's major experiments and is canonically chubbier than Stitch) and Jumba (the most obesely built character); "anthrofied" versions of [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]] and Angel, both of whom are among the better-known experiments in the fandom alongside Stitch and Reuben, were also made during the trend. Other artists have also opted to add an older [[disney:Lilo Pelekai|Lilo]] alongside Stitch to show them having "grown-up" together, even though the franchise has mostly excluded Lilo since ''Leroy & Stitch'', and Stitch is shown in official media to be incapable of growing taller or even aging. (Lilo has official teenage and adult designs as seen in the ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' episode "[[disney:Skip (episode)|Skip]]", when she and Stitch skip ahead ten and twenty years into the future, and the ''Stitch!'' episode "Lilo", which shows her and Stitch reuniting in her adulthood. However, several of these "older Lilo & Stitch" art pieces do not show her with the specific older body she has in those episodes.)

==References==
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== See also ==

* [[W:Lilo & Stitch|''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)]] on [[Wikipedia]]
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|''Lilo & Stitch'' (franchise)]] on Wikipedia

==External links==

* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Western Animation / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on [[TV Tropes]]
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/LiloAndStitch Franchise / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on TV Tropes
* [https://liloandstitch.fandom.com/wiki/Lilo_%26_Stitch_Wiki ''Lilo & Stitch'' Wiki] on Fandom

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'''''Lilo & Stitch''''' is a 2002 American animated science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by [[Chris Sanders]] and [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] that was produced by [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] and released by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. It is also the name of a Disney media franchise, alternately called just '''''Stitch''''', that spawned from the film. The film was released during a low point for Disney's feature animation studio, known today as either the "Post-Renaissance Era" (the period between the [[w:Disney Renaissance|Disney Renaissance]] and the [[disney:Disney Revival|Disney Revival]]) or the "Experimental Era" (since Disney's animated films became more experimental with their storytelling and were moving away from the templates used for the Renaissance's films), and became a surprise critical and commercial success for the company at a time when traditionally-animated films were losing relevance. The titular [[alien]] [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]] [[Stitch]] (also known as Experiment 626; number pronounced "six-two-six") rapidly became one of Disney's most popular characters, especially in merchandise,<ref name="THR Remake News">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jon-m-chu-in-talks-to-direct-live-action-lilo-stitch-movie-exclusive|title=Jon M. Chu in Talks to Direct Live-Action 'Lilo & Stitch' Movie (Exclusive)|website=[[w:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=November 13, 2020|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}</ref> becoming arguably Disney's first animated character introduced in the 21st century to have achieved an iconic status.{{fact}}

==Main works==

The main continuity of the franchise, which focuses on both title characters living their lives on Hawaii, consists of four animated feature films, a Western animated television series, and an animated short film.
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===''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)===

In the original 2002 film, released on June 21, 2002, Kweltikwan mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voiced by [[w:David Ogden Stiers|David Ogden Stiers]]) stands trial for illegal genetic experimentation, having created a superpowerful blue creature called "Experiment 626" (voiced by co-writer/co-director [[Chris Sanders]]), who is designed solely to destroy everything he touches. After 626 escapes custody to a backwater planet called Earth, the Grand Councilwoman ([[w:Zoe Caldwell|Zoe Caldwell]]) offers Jumba his freedom for the capture of his creation. On Earth, 626 crash lands his stolen spacecraft on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where he gets adopted by an eccentric six-year-old girl named Lilo Pelekai ([[w:Daveigh Chase|Daveigh Chase]]), who is shunned by her peers and is at risk of being forcibly separated from her older sister Nani ([[w:Tia Carrere|Tia Carrere]]) by her newest social worker Cobra Bubbles ([[w:Ving Rhames|Ving Rhames]]) to be put into foster care. In trying to escape capture by Jumba and his assigned partner, Plorgonarian "Earth expert" Agent Wendy Pleakley ([[w:Kevin McDonald|Kevin McDonald]]), 626 lets himself be adopted by Lilo as her "dog" who she renames as "Stitch".

Stitch's aggressive behavior, especially in his attempts to avoid Jumba and Pleakley, causes problems for Lilo and Nani, costing the latter her job as a luau waitress. Cobra demands Nani to find a new job and Lilo to make Stitch a "model citizen"; Lilo uses her beliefs in ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', a Hawaiian concept of extended family, as well as iconic singer [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] as a role model, to attempt to rehabilitate Stitch, while Nani tries to find new employment. Although Stitch's attitude improves as he slowly enjoys his time with Lilo, his and Lilo's antics prevent Nani from finding a new job. As David Kawena ([[w:Jason Scott Lee|Jason Scott Lee]]), a local surfer who is a good friend to the Pelekai sisters, gets them and Stitch to go surfing and enjoy some time on the beach, Jumba and Pleakley make a last-ditch effort to capture Stitch. Although Stitch escapes them again, his inability to swim or float in water causes him and Lilo, who he tried to grab onto for protection and flotation, to have a near-drowning experience, which Cobra witnesses. The incident costs Nani her chances at keeping Lilo, and Cobra tells Nani that he would pick up Lilo the next morning. Feeling guilty for causing the sisters' now-inevitable separation, Stitch runs away from their home that night.

The next morning, Nani runs off to take on a new job offer before Cobra arrives for Lilo. Jumba, who was fired alongside Pleakley finds Stitch in the woods and chases him back to the Pelekais' house, which they destroy in the ensuing fight. Lilo runs off to the nearby woods to find Stitch, who reveals his true alien form to her. Although Lilo tries to reject him for ruining everything, they are both captured by the massive Captain Gantu ([[w:Kevin Michael Richardson|Kevin Michael Richardson]]), who was sent by the Grand Councilwoman to take over Jumba and Pleakley's assignment. Stitch escapes but Lilo remains captured on Gantu's spaceship. He is then found again by Nani, then Jumba and Pleakley shortly after. He tells Nani that he's changed by reminding her of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', and convinces Jumba to rescue Lilo. Chasing Gantu down in Jumba's spaceship, Stitch throws out Gantu from his spaceship and rescues Lilo. The sisters and the aliens reconvene at the shore where Stitch is finally captured by the Grand Councilman. Stitch accepts his fate, proving how much he's changed as a person, but as he about to leave in the Councilwoman's spaceship, Lilo, with some prodding from Cobra, shows her ownership document to the Councilwoman and tells her that taking him away would be theft. Pleased with the document, the Grand Councilwoman decrees that Stitch is "sentenced" to exile with the Pelekai sisters as his wardens and that the three are protected by the United Galactic Federation. After leaving, Lilo, Nani, and Stitch accept the exiled Jumba and Pleakley into their home, they, along with David and Cobra, reconstruct their house and begin a happy life together.

===''Stitch! The Movie'' (2003)===
This direct-to-video pilot to ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', released on August 26, 2003, shows that Gantu, forcibly retired from his post in the original film, is now hired by the diminutive Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (voiced by [[w:Jeff Bennett|Jeff Bennett]]) to retrieve Jumba's first 625 genetic experiments, which Hämsterviel co-funded the creation of prior to the end of their partnership. On Earth, Stitch struggles to fit in with the locals and feels bad about himself. Jumba then gets kidnapped by Gantu, who also finds the dehydrated pod of Experiment 625 ([[w:Rob Paulsen|Rob Paulsen]]), and takes him to Hämsterviel. After finding the first 624 experiments, Lilo and Stitch activate one of them by dropping its pod in water, the electrical Experiment 221 ([[w:Frank Welker|Frank Welker]]), to help rescue Jumba, but he escapes. The duo then chases down and capture 221, and Stitch bonds with him as his "cousin", based on Hawaiian terminology he learned from Lilo. When Cobra and Pleakley rendezvous at [[w:Kilauea Light|Kīlauea Lighthouse]] with Gantu and Hämsterviel to exchange the pods of the other experiments as ransom payment for Jumba, Lilo and Stitch then show up with "Sparky" (as she named 221), freeing him then and there and freeing Jumba. Gantu and Hämsterviel attempt to make off with the experiments, but the Grand Councilwoman's ship emerges from the nearby Pacific Ocean and aims its gun and Hämsterviel. However, Lilo protests on the account that he has the other experiments, and Sparky decides to short-circuit the Councilwoman's ship. Lilo, Stitch and Sparky stow away on Hämsterviel's ship as he and Gantu escape. Lilo, Stitch, and Gantu fight over the experiment pod container, which results in the container releasing and scattering the pods all over Hawaii, and Lilo and Stitch's capture. However, just as Stitch is about to be vivisected by a laser while strapped to a weight that's just too heavy for him to lift, Sparky frees him, they strap Hämsterviel to the weight, and Stitch rescues Lilo before she gets teleported to an intergalactic zoo. They short-circuit Gantu's own ship, causing it to crash by a waterfall on Kauai, and land Hämsterviel's ship back over to the rendezvous point at the lighthouse, handing Hämsterviel in handcuffs over to the Grand Councilwoman. Lilo and Stitch give Sparky a new home in powering the lighthouse, then convince the Councilwoman to have them find and rehabilitate the other 623 experiments (625 was activated by Gantu earlier and sticks with him as his sidekick, although he's too lazy and cowardly to put in any effort apart from making and eating sandwiches). As several experiments are activated when they fall into the water, Lilo and Stitch drive off in Nani's dune buggy, leading to the subsequent series.

===''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (2003–2006)===

The franchise's first television series first ran from September 20, 2003, to July 29, 2006 for 65 episodes over two seasons, airing new episodes on both [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] Saturday morning block [[w:ABC Kids (TV programming block)|ABC Kids]] and [[w:Disney Channel|Disney Channel]] throughout its run. The only animated show in the franchise to truly follow-up on the original film, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' has the titular duo continue capturing Jumba's other experiments, naming them, and rehabilitating them from bad to good by finding a new place where they truly belong and can use their unique abilities to help society. Jumba and sometimes Pleakley usually assist them. Meanwhile, Gantu and his reluctant sidekick Experiment 625 try to capture experiments for Dr. Hämsterviel, who is imprisoned on a prison asteroid, usually fighting against Lilo and Stitch for the experiments.

===''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' (2005)===

A direct-to-video direct sequel to the first film released on August 30, 2005, set before ''Stitch! The Movie'', this film showed insights to the lives of the Pelekai ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' after the events of ''Lilo & Stitch''. The film had Lilo (voiced by [[w:Dakota Fanning|Dakota Fanning]] in this film) trying to come up with an original hula dance for a May Day competition that her late mother previously won. However, Stitch begins to suffer glitches that cause him to revert to his original destructive programming. Unbeknownst to either him or Lilo, these glitches are the result of his molecules not being fully charged when he was created, as he and Jumba were arrested shortly after the experiment's creation. While Jumba tries to build a new fusion chamber to recharge Stitch before his molecules lose all their charge, and Pleakley attempts to "fix" David and Nani's supposedly strained relationship, Stitch's glitches causes friction between him and Lilo, leading to her deciding to perform her hula without him. On the day of the hula competition, on which Jumba had finally completed construction of the fusion chamber, Stitch tries to wish Lilo good luck, but has another glitch that causes him to scratch her face. This causes him to believe that he's too dangerous to be around her, and he takes Jumba's spaceship to try to free to a distant remote planet. Lilo, realizing that the glitches were not his fault, abandons her performance and gets her family go save Stitch, who has one final glitch that causes him to crash the ship on a mountain. Lilo reaches Stitch via a hovercraft and tries to revitalize him by putting him in the fusion chamber, but he supposedly dies. However, he then wakes up in Lilo's arms cured of his glitches, as according to her, "love is more powerful than death."

====''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)====

This short film included with ''Lilo & Stitch 2'' as a DVD and later Disney+ extra is a bridge between that film and ''Stitch! The Movie''. The short film reveals what kinds of alien creatures were used to create Stitch, with Jumba reminding the experiment of what he has become, and also hints at the other 625 experiments made before him.

===''Leroy & Stitch'' (2006)===

This television film aired on June 23, 2006, serving as the finale of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' and the main continuity of the franchise with Stitch being with Lilo in Hawaii. In the film, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley are honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance (the name of the United Galactic Federation in ''The Series'') after successfully reforming all of the first 624 experiments. Jumba is given the key back to his old lab at Galaxy Defense Industries, Pleakley is made the head of Earth studies at Galactic Alliance Community College (G.A.C.C.), Stitch is made the Captain of the Galactic Armada as the commander of its newly commissioned ship the BRB-9000 (Big Red Battleship 9000) and Lilo, now Galactic Federation Ambassador to Earth, is designated the sole guardian of Stitch's "cousins". However, with the aliens' having to leave Earth, Lilo gives them parting gifts; a record of Elvis Presley's performance of "Aloha 'Oe", Pleakley an Earth rock as a paperweight, and Stitch a collar-like necklace with a tiki of [[w:Kū|Kū]], the Hawaiian god of strength.

Meanwhile, Gantu, who only managed to catch Experiment 625, decides to break Dr. Hämsterviel out of prison, leaving 625 stranded on Earth as Gantu flies off in his [[disney:Manta Shuttle|Manta Shuttle]], which only has two seats. As Stitch is assigned to go recapture Hämsterviel, Hämsterviel and Gantu burst into Jumba's lab and forces Jumba to create an evil twin of Stitch that Hämsterviel names [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]], who then gets into a fight with Stitch when he arrives, winning when Stitch is distracted by Pleakley's sudden appearance, allowing Leroy to throw Stitch into a containment capsule. Hämsterviel locks Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley into Pleakley's G.A.C.C. ship to send them towards a black hole, then clones Leroy into his own personal army, then goes off to the planet Turo take over the Galactic Alliance.

On Earth, Lilo misses Stitch and convinces 625 to allow her to use the videophone on Gantu's ship when she names him "Reuben", after the [[w:Reuben sandwich|Reuben sandwich]]. They contact the BRB-9000 to find what looks like Stitch, who is actually a shapeshifted Leroy but find him to be an imposter as he doesn't have Stitch's tiki necklace. After Leroy cuts off the feed, Lilo then motivates Reuben to repair the ship to rescue Stitch. Hämsterviel sends a Leroy clone to Earth to capture all the experiments to be destroyed, including Lilo's rival [[disney:Mertle Edmonds|Mertle Edmonds]] (voiced by [[w:Liliana Mumy|Liliana Mumy]] in ''The Series'' and all films except for ''Lilo & Stitch'', where she was voiced by Miranda Paige Walls), the owner of Experiment 007, Gigi. Lilo and Reuben arrive at Turo to find that the Hämsterviel has taken over the Galactic Alliance. Gantu locks away Lilo and Reuben but releases them after Hämsterviel fires him in favor of Leroy. After being trapped by Leroy clones in an attempt to, Lilo, Reuben and Gantu are then saved by the sudden appearance of the G.A.C.C. van, which went through the black hole but had its trajectory changed after, based on Jumba's personal calculations on how they could avoid being dumped to a volcanic planet by the black hole, Stitch disrupted the event horizon by biting into Pleakley's rock and throwing it at the black hole.

Lilo, Reuben and Gantu join Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley inside the van and head straight for Earth, where it's revealed that Leroy gathered all the experiments (and Mertle) at [[w:Aloha Stadium|Aloha Stadium]], where a concert is planned to take place in the future. Hämsterviel almost uses the weapons on the BRB-9000 to destroy the experiments, but the G.A.C.C. van suddenly appears and destroys the BRB's primary cannon. However, Hämsterviel brought his Leroy army as a backup, and soon the experiments and the Leroys have an epic battle against one another. As the Leroys start getting the upper hand, Jumba then remembers that he programmed a secret command in Leroy that if he hears "Aloha 'Oe", he will shut down. Stitch, Lilo, Reuben, and a few other experiments then put on a concert playing the song, causing all the Leroys to get violent seizures and shut down, and Hämsterviel is recaptured and sent back to prison.

The team is honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance, but Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley request to return to living on Earth with Lilo. The Grand Councilwoman grants their request and asks Gantu if he would like to be reinstated as a captain of the Galactic Armada. He agrees on the condition that Reuben joins him as his galley officer. Back on Earth, Lilo takes one final family photo with her ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', including Stitch, Nani David, Jumba, Pleakley, the experiments, and even Mertle, while in prison, an angry Hämsterviel taps his foot while the Leroys dance to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock".

==Spin-offs==

Since the end of the main continuity in 2006, Disney has produced a number of spin-offs focusing more on Stitch and his antics in various locations on Earth, making new friends with other human beings. All such spin-offs so far have been primarily made in the countries where such works take place. Additionally, the English versions of the animated spin-offs have featured an entirely different voice cast from the original, with [[w:Benjamin Diskin|Benjamin Diskin]] taking over as the voice of Stitch and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' screenwriter and executive producer [[w:Jess Winfield|Jess Winfield]] replacing David Ogden Stiers as the voice of Jumba.

===''Stitch!'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015)===

This Japanese anime series ran from 2008 to 2011 for 83 episodes and three specials, with an additional two specials broadcast in 2012 and 2015. The first two seasons, consisting of 54 episodes and two specials, were produced by Madhouse, while the 29 episodes of the third season and the last three specials were produced by Shin-Ei Animation. The English dub first debuted in Australia in 2009 and briefly ran in the United States on Disney XD in October 2011. The German dub of this series retitles it as ''Yuna & Stitch''.

In this series, Stitch has left Lilo after falsely believing that she abandoned him when she grew up. After spending time in space, he eventually ends up on the fictitious Izayoi Island, which is off the shore of Okinawa in the Ryukyus. There, he meets Yuna Kamihara (voiced by [[w:Eden Riegel|Eden Riegel]] in the English dub), a tomboyish local girl with an interest in karate, and he, Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Ted Biaselli|Ted Biaselli]]) join her family. On the island, Stitch discovers and learns about the "Spiritual Stone", a magical stone that can grant wishes provided one does 43 good deeds (which can be lost; Stitch loses good deeds often due to his mischievous behavior), and Stitch wishes to be the strongest being in the universe. However, by the end of the second season, when Stitch finally earns enough good deeds, he instead decides to use his wish to stay with Yuna instead. Throughout the two Madhouse seasons, Stitch also fights off against Dr. Hämsterviel (Kirk Thornton), who is at large along with Gantu (Keith Silverstein) and Experiment 625/Reuben (Dave Wittenberg), and wishes to use the stone to gain ultimate power.

In the third season, Yuna, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley instead move to Okinawa New Town with Yuna's cousin Tigerlily ([[w:Laura Bailey|Laura Bailey]]), while Hämsterviel partners with an alien woman named Delia ([[w:Mary Elizabeth McGlynn|Mary Elizabeth McGlynn]]) who desires to retrieve a power cell embedded within Stitch. She eventually creates her own powerful experiment, Dark End ([[w:Roger Craig Smith|Roger Craig Smith]]), to fight Stitch. Lilo ([[w:Gwendoline Yeo|Gwendoline Yeo]]), now an adult with a daughter named Ani ([[w:Melissa Fahn|Melissa Fahn]]) who looks remarkably identical to her back when she was a child, also returns in an episode to reunite with Stitch.

===''Stitch & Ai'' (2017)===

This English-language Chinese animated series was produced by Anhui Xinhua Media and Panimation Hwakai Media with cooperation with American animators, including some of the crew of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. It ran for one thirteen-episode season from March 27 to April 6, 2017, with a Mandarin Chinese dub, while the original English production was first broadcast in Southeast Asia from February 5 to 27, 2018. Twelve of the thirteen episodes were later released in the United States for free digital streaming on DisneyNow on December 1, 2018, although they were removed from the service by June 2019.

This series has Stitch kidnapped by a faction of alien criminals called the Jaboodies and held in their spaceship above Earth, only for a rival faction called the Woolagongs, who also want Stitch for themselves, attack the ship in an effort to capture him, allowing him to escape to Earth. Upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, he ends up in the Huangshan mountains in China's Anhui province. There he meets a spirited young girl named Wang Ai Ling (voiced in English by [[w:Erica Mendez|Erica Mendez]]), who lives in her home in the mountains her older sister Jeijei ([[w:Laura Post|Laura Post]]), but whose aunt Daiyu (Post) wants to move her out to live in the city under the false belief that she will have a better life there. Ai takes in Stitch as her "dog", and the two help each other with their problems. They are also joined by Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Lucien Dodge|Lucien Dodge]]) after they are initially sent by the Grand Councilwoman to rescue Stitch. However, Jumba is concerned that an ability he secretly programmed in Stitch, a metamorphosis ability that turns the little blue experiment into a giant destructive monster, could be triggered if the alien criminals still going after him try to subconsciously manipulate Stitch into triggering it.

===''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020)===

This Japanese manga spin-off was written and illustrated by Hiroto Wada, also known in Japan as ''Tono & Stitch'', and published digitally from January 13 to December 28, 2020. The English translation of the first compiled volume will be published by Tokyopop on May 11, 2021. Unlike past works, Stitch ends up in Earth's past and befriends an adult male instead of a young girl. In this manga, Stitch ends up traveling through time as well as space, crash landing in Sengoku-era Japan. There he meets Yamato Meison, a samurai warlord who takes the blue "tanuki" after seeing his power and finding him to be "cute".

== Lilo & Stitch and furry ==

''Lilo & Stitch'' has a niche amount of popularity in the [[furry community]] due to the animalistic-looking aliens featured within, with Stitch being a modestly popular character within the furry fandom. Some of the other experiments, including his immediate predecessor [[disney:Reuben|Reuben (Experiment 625)]] and female counterpart, love interest, and mate [[disney:Angel|Angel (Experiment 624)]], are also recognizable. The film and the franchise's messages of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' and finding belongingness with others have also resonated with much of the furry fandom, as several furs have personally found belongingness within the fandom.

Some furs have an "experimentsona" or "Stitchsona"—a representation of oneself as a [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]], usually more based on Stitch's own design than other experiments—as their [[fursona]] or as an alternate form of their own pre-existing one, as if their main fursona was genetically modified by the creator of the experiments [[disney:Jumba Jookiba|Dr. Jumba Jookiba]] himself.

===Bara Stitch===

"'''Bara Stitch'''", also called "'''Himbo Stitch'''" and "'''Buff Stitch'''", among other names, refers to fan interpretations of "anthropomorphized" versions of Stitch that trended in January and February 2021, when several artists on Twitter and [[Fur Affinity]] shared fan art they made featuring such interpretations of Stitch. In such artwork, he is portrayed with a body shape of a human adult, oftentimes with some human-based features such as nipples, hands, and feet, while still maintaining most of his regular genetic experiment features including eyes, ears, nose, mouth, head shape, fur, and claws, though not necessarily all such features. His more humanoid body in such renditions is typically given a muscular build, overweight build or a build with a mixture of both per the aspects of male characters portrayed in works of the [[w:Bara (genre)|''bara'' genre]] (short for ''[[w:Barazoku|Barazoku]]'', which was a gay-oriented magazine in Japan) from which the trend takes its name. While much of the artwork made during the trend have been sexually suggestive or pornographic in nature, others, including the drawing that kickstarted the trend, have been either just playfully teasing or completely wholesome. Additionally, while Stitch has received most of the attention, some artists have drawn other ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters either instead of or alongside Stitch to bring more attention to them.

Several fan art of "anthropomorphic" Stitch have been made well before the trend. Stitch is technically an anthropomorphic creature to begin with since he has a high level of human-like intelligence and sentience and has opposable thumbs (or at least, fingers that can ''act'' much like opposable thumbs), but this isn't as apparent due to his somewhat feral appearance and at times behavior. Thus, "anthropomorphic Stitch" usually means a version of Stitch with a more humanoid body shape, though not to the point where he looks more human than experiment; this is usually given in the form of a body similar to a male human adult, although he has also been interpreted with bodies of a male human teenager. Additionally, in the vein of [[w:Rule 63|Rule 63]] of the Internet, he has also been given female interpretations by fans, with or without a humanoid body shape.

Early signs of the trend began around January 15, 2021. On that day, artist [[eclipticafusion]] posted a drawing of anthrofied versions of Stitch, Reuben, and Leroy based on drawings of "anthro Stitch" that he saw himself.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eclipticafusion/status/1350164949398646785|author=eclipticafusion|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=I saw some cute pics of anthro Stitch and wanted to try myself, of course added Reuben and Leroy}}</ref> This drawing got considerable attention; as of February 13, 2021, the tweet was retweeted 905 times and received over 5,100 likes.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet"/> Later that day at 5:08 PM, furry artist [https://twitter.com/xtbidx tbid] tweeted a drawing of a "himbo" Stitch they made the previous week,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350203216768626688|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=He’s a scribble from last week. Go check out/follow @Maxpany2 for some 👌 stitch himbo}}</ref> later posting an explicit version of the drawing over two hours later.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350235778496958464|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=ALOHA fuzzies # TGIF}}</ref> As of February 13, 2021, the tweet with the original "safe" version of the drawing has been retweeted 283 times and liked almost 1,300 times,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> while the tweet with the explicit version has been retweeted 652 times and liked over 3,000 times.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw"/> According to their first Stitch drawing tweet,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> they were inspired by the drawings of fellow furry artist [https://twitter.com/Maxpany2 Maxpany], who has at least 6,400 Twitter followers as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="Maxpany Social Blade">{{cite web|url=https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/maxpany2|title=Maxpany's Twitter Stats Summary Profile|work=Social Blade|accessdate=February 13, 2021}}</ref> Maxpany is known for his artwork involving [[macro]]fied characters (including the involvement of size growth and muscle growth), [[Hypertrophilia|hyper-endowed]] characters, and/or overweight/obese characters (including weight gain), preferring to draw usually male anthropomorphic cartoon characters that have been reinterpreted with such traits. Among the regular subjects in his art are ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters, most often Stitch and Reuben. Throughout the month, beginning from January 10, Maxpany was posting a series of drawing of his blue-furred, pink-haired anthropomorphic lemur fursona Max enjoying life with a taller, increasingly overweight version of Stitch as his husband.<ref name="Maxpany Kiss the Cook tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Maxpany2/status/1348459836900601856|author=Maxpany|work=Twitter|date=January 10, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=the perfect husband doesn't exi- 😳😳😳😳😳}}</ref> (Although not depicted in this series, Max also has an alternate "experiment-sona" form based on the ''Lilo & Stitch'' experiments.)

The trend truly took off a week later on January 22, 2021, when, furry artist [[MineDoo]] posted a colored sketch of a bust portrait of Stitch with a buff chest, greyish-blue nipples, and a thick neck as he smirks at the viewer.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352793322121809921|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=Quick Stitch before bed 👀}}</ref> This drawing was also apparently inspired by Maxpany's Stitch drawings according to a reply directed at Max when he replied to the drawing with six 👀 (eyes) emojis.<ref name="MineDoo reply tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352795673356283904|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=January 29, 2021|title=I blame YOU 👀✨}}</ref> The drawing garnered significant interest, with many Twitter users responding that they find the muscular rendition of the alien attractive, garnering over a thousand retweets and over 6,900 likes as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet"/>

MineDoo's drawing led to a windfall of other artists making their own renditions of an anthropomorphized Stitch. Others have also shared pre-2021 artwork of an anthropomorphic Stitch. These other renditions gave Stitch a variety of different designs and body shapes to these artists' liking, although some artists decided to draw other characters from the franchise, either with or without Stitch, out of a desire to bring more attention to them. These characters are usually an "anthrofied" Reuben (the franchise's other major male experiment, who is chubbier than Stitch in the canon but often overlooked due to Stitch and Angel's greater popularity), [[disney:Gantu|Gantu]] (the largest major character in the canon in both size and muscular shape), and Jumba (the most obesely built character); "anthrofied" versions of [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]] and even Angel, both of whom are among the better-known experiments in the fandom alongside Stitch and Reuben, were also made during the trend. Other artists have also opted to add an older [[disney:Lilo Pelekai|Lilo]] alongside Stitch to show them having "grown-up" together, even though the original continuity of the franchise ended with Lilo still being a young girl in ''Leroy & Stitch'', and Stitch is shown in official media to be incapable of growing taller or even aging. (Although Lilo has official teenage and adult designs as seen in the ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' episode "[[disney:Skip (episode)|Skip]]", when she and Stitch skip ahead ten and twenty years into the future, and the ''Stitch!'' episode "Lilo", which shows her and Stitch reuniting in her adulthood. However, several of these "older Lilo & Stitch" art pieces do not show her with the specific older body she has in those episodes.)

The trend has seen some backlash from those who prefer either Stitch's regular "feral" design or not to see Stitch in adult artwork at all, with some Twitter users claiming to have unfollowed and muted or blocked artists who contributed to the trend, or have added the word "stitch" to their filters to avoid seeing such pictures of him. Others have expressed bewilderment at the trend, openly questioning or complaining about how it became popular in the first place.

==References==
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== See also ==

* [[W:Lilo & Stitch|''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)]] on [[Wikipedia]]
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|''Lilo & Stitch'' (franchise)]] on Wikipedia

==External links==

* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Western Animation / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on [[TV Tropes]]
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/LiloAndStitch Franchise / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on TV Tropes
* [https://liloandstitch.fandom.com/wiki/Lilo_%26_Stitch_Wiki ''Lilo & Stitch'' Wiki] on Fandom

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| title = ''Lilo & Stitch''
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| creator = [[Chris Sanders]] [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]]
| owner = [[File:The_Walt_Disney_Company_logo.png|link=The Walt Disney Company|150px]]
| origin = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
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| comics = ''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020–present)
| graphic_novels =
| strips = ''Comic Zone: Lilo & Stitch''
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| films = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
| shorts = ''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)
| tv_series =
| web_series =
| animated_series = ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch: The Series|Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' (2003–2006) ''[[w:Stitch!|Stitch!]]'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015) ''[[w:Stitch & Ai|Stitch & Ai]]'' (2017)
| tv_specials =
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| tv_films = ''[[w:Leroy & Stitch|Leroy & Stitch]]'' (2006)
| direct-to-video = ''[[w:Stitch! The Movie|Stitch! The Movie]]'' (2003) ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch|Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch]]'' (2005)
| video_games = ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch'' (Game Boy Advance; 2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise'' (2002) ''Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626'' (2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc'' (2004) ''Disney Stitch Jam'' (2009)
| toys =
| attractions = [[w:Stitch's Great Escape!|Stitch's Great Escape!]] (2004–2018) [[w:Stitch Encounter|Stitch Encounter/Stitch Live!]] (2006–present) [[w:The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!|The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!]] (2008–present) [[w:Stitch's Supersonic Celebration|Stitch's Supersonic Celebration]] (2009)
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'''''Lilo & Stitch''''' is a 2002 American animated science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by [[Chris Sanders]] and [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] that was produced by [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] and released by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. It is also the name of a Disney media franchise, alternately called just '''''Stitch''''', that spawned from the film. The film was released during a low point for Disney's feature animation studio, known today as either the "Post-Renaissance Era" (the period between the [[w:Disney Renaissance|Disney Renaissance]] and the [[disney:Disney Revival|Disney Revival]]) or the "Experimental Era" (since Disney's animated films became more experimental with their storytelling and were moving away from the templates used for the Renaissance's films), and became a surprise critical and commercial success for the company at a time when traditionally-animated films were losing relevance. The titular [[alien]] [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]] [[Stitch]] (also known as Experiment 626; number pronounced "six-two-six") rapidly became one of Disney's most popular characters, especially in merchandise,<ref name="THR Remake News">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jon-m-chu-in-talks-to-direct-live-action-lilo-stitch-movie-exclusive|title=Jon M. Chu in Talks to Direct Live-Action 'Lilo & Stitch' Movie (Exclusive)|website=[[w:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=November 13, 2020|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}</ref> becoming arguably Disney's first animated character introduced in the 21st century to have achieved an iconic status.{{fact}}

==Main works==

The main continuity of the franchise, which focuses on both title characters living their lives on Hawaii, consists of four animated feature films, a Western animated television series, and an animated short film.
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===''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)===

In the original 2002 film, released on June 21, 2002, Kweltikwan mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voiced by [[w:David Ogden Stiers|David Ogden Stiers]]) stands trial for illegal genetic experimentation, having created a superpowerful blue creature called "Experiment 626" (voiced by co-writer/co-director [[Chris Sanders]]), who is designed solely to destroy everything he touches. After 626 escapes custody to a backwater planet called Earth, the Grand Councilwoman ([[w:Zoe Caldwell|Zoe Caldwell]]) offers Jumba his freedom for the capture of his creation. On Earth, 626 crash lands his stolen spacecraft on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where he gets adopted by an eccentric six-year-old girl named Lilo Pelekai ([[w:Daveigh Chase|Daveigh Chase]]), who is shunned by her peers and is at risk of being forcibly separated from her older sister Nani ([[w:Tia Carrere|Tia Carrere]]) by her newest social worker Cobra Bubbles ([[w:Ving Rhames|Ving Rhames]]) to be put into foster care. In trying to escape capture by Jumba and his assigned partner, Plorgonarian "Earth expert" Agent Wendy Pleakley ([[w:Kevin McDonald|Kevin McDonald]]), 626 lets himself be adopted by Lilo as her "dog" who she renames as "Stitch".

Stitch's aggressive behavior, especially in his attempts to avoid Jumba and Pleakley, causes problems for Lilo and Nani, costing the latter her job as a luau waitress. Cobra demands Nani to find a new job and Lilo to make Stitch a "model citizen"; Lilo uses her beliefs in ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', a Hawaiian concept of extended family, as well as iconic singer [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] as a role model, to attempt to rehabilitate Stitch, while Nani tries to find new employment. Although Stitch's attitude improves as he slowly enjoys his time with Lilo, his and Lilo's antics prevent Nani from finding a new job. As David Kawena ([[w:Jason Scott Lee|Jason Scott Lee]]), a local surfer who is a good friend to the Pelekai sisters, gets them and Stitch to go surfing and enjoy some time on the beach, Jumba and Pleakley make a last-ditch effort to capture Stitch. Although Stitch escapes them again, his inability to swim or float in water causes him and Lilo, who he tried to grab onto for protection and flotation, to have a near-drowning experience, which Cobra witnesses. The incident costs Nani her chances at keeping Lilo, and Cobra tells Nani that he would pick up Lilo the next morning. Feeling guilty for causing the sisters' now-inevitable separation, Stitch runs away from their home that night.

The next morning, Nani runs off to take on a new job offer before Cobra arrives for Lilo. Jumba, who was fired alongside Pleakley finds Stitch in the woods and chases him back to the Pelekais' house, which they destroy in the ensuing fight. Lilo runs off to the nearby woods to find Stitch, who reveals his true alien form to her. Although Lilo tries to reject him for ruining everything, they are both captured by the massive Captain Gantu ([[w:Kevin Michael Richardson|Kevin Michael Richardson]]), who was sent by the Grand Councilwoman to take over Jumba and Pleakley's assignment. Stitch escapes but Lilo remains captured on Gantu's spaceship. He is then found again by Nani, then Jumba and Pleakley shortly after. He tells Nani that he's changed by reminding her of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', and convinces Jumba to rescue Lilo. Chasing Gantu down in Jumba's spaceship, Stitch throws out Gantu from his spaceship and rescues Lilo. The sisters and the aliens reconvene at the shore where Stitch is finally captured by the Grand Councilman. Stitch accepts his fate, proving how much he's changed as a person, but as he about to leave in the Councilwoman's spaceship, Lilo, with some prodding from Cobra, shows her ownership document to the Councilwoman and tells her that taking him away would be theft. Pleased with the document, the Grand Councilwoman decrees that Stitch is "sentenced" to exile with the Pelekai sisters as his wardens and that the three are protected by the United Galactic Federation. After leaving, Lilo, Nani, and Stitch accept the exiled Jumba and Pleakley into their home, they, along with David and Cobra, reconstruct their house and begin a happy life together.

===''Stitch! The Movie'' (2003)===
This direct-to-video pilot to ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', released on August 26, 2003, shows that Gantu, forcibly retired from his post in the original film, is now hired by the diminutive Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (voiced by [[w:Jeff Bennett|Jeff Bennett]]) to retrieve Jumba's first 625 genetic experiments, which Hämsterviel co-funded the creation of prior to the end of their partnership. On Earth, Stitch struggles to fit in with the locals and feels bad about himself. Jumba then gets kidnapped by Gantu, who also finds the dehydrated pod of Experiment 625 ([[w:Rob Paulsen|Rob Paulsen]]), and takes him to Hämsterviel. After finding the first 624 experiments, Lilo and Stitch activate one of them by dropping its pod in water, the electrical Experiment 221 ([[w:Frank Welker|Frank Welker]]), to help rescue Jumba, but he escapes. The duo then chases down and capture 221, and Stitch bonds with him as his "cousin", based on Hawaiian terminology he learned from Lilo. When Cobra and Pleakley rendezvous at [[w:Kilauea Light|Kīlauea Lighthouse]] with Gantu and Hämsterviel to exchange the pods of the other experiments as ransom payment for Jumba, Lilo and Stitch then show up with "Sparky" (as she named 221), freeing him then and there and freeing Jumba. Gantu and Hämsterviel attempt to make off with the experiments, but the Grand Councilwoman's ship emerges from the nearby Pacific Ocean and aims its gun and Hämsterviel. However, Lilo protests on the account that he has the other experiments, and Sparky decides to short-circuit the Councilwoman's ship. Lilo, Stitch and Sparky stow away on Hämsterviel's ship as he and Gantu escape. Lilo, Stitch, and Gantu fight over the experiment pod container, which results in the container releasing and scattering the pods all over Hawaii, and Lilo and Stitch's capture. However, just as Stitch is about to be vivisected by a laser while strapped to a weight that's just too heavy for him to lift, Sparky frees him, they strap Hämsterviel to the weight, and Stitch rescues Lilo before she gets teleported to an intergalactic zoo. They short-circuit Gantu's own ship, causing it to crash by a waterfall on Kauai, and land Hämsterviel's ship back over to the rendezvous point at the lighthouse, handing Hämsterviel in handcuffs over to the Grand Councilwoman. Lilo and Stitch give Sparky a new home in powering the lighthouse, then convince the Councilwoman to have them find and rehabilitate the other 623 experiments (625 was activated by Gantu earlier and sticks with him as his sidekick, although he's too lazy and cowardly to put in any effort apart from making and eating sandwiches). As several experiments are activated when they fall into the water, Lilo and Stitch drive off in Nani's dune buggy, leading to the subsequent series.

===''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (2003–2006)===

The franchise's first television series first ran from September 20, 2003, to July 29, 2006 for 65 episodes over two seasons, airing new episodes on both [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] Saturday morning block [[w:ABC Kids (TV programming block)|ABC Kids]] and [[w:Disney Channel|Disney Channel]] throughout its run. The only animated show in the franchise to truly follow-up on the original film, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' has the titular duo continue capturing Jumba's other experiments, naming them, and rehabilitating them from bad to good by finding a new place where they truly belong and can use their unique abilities to help society. Jumba and sometimes Pleakley usually assist them. Meanwhile, Gantu and his reluctant sidekick Experiment 625 try to capture experiments for Dr. Hämsterviel, who is imprisoned on a prison asteroid, usually fighting against Lilo and Stitch for the experiments.

===''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' (2005)===

A direct-to-video direct sequel to the first film released on August 30, 2005, set before ''Stitch! The Movie'', this film showed insights to the lives of the Pelekai ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' after the events of ''Lilo & Stitch''. The film had Lilo (voiced by [[w:Dakota Fanning|Dakota Fanning]] in this film) trying to come up with an original hula dance for a May Day competition that her late mother previously won. However, Stitch begins to suffer glitches that cause him to revert to his original destructive programming. Unbeknownst to either him or Lilo, these glitches are the result of his molecules not being fully charged when he was created, as he and Jumba were arrested shortly after the experiment's creation. While Jumba tries to build a new fusion chamber to recharge Stitch before his molecules lose all their charge, and Pleakley attempts to "fix" David and Nani's supposedly strained relationship, Stitch's glitches causes friction between him and Lilo, leading to her deciding to perform her hula without him. On the day of the hula competition, on which Jumba had finally completed construction of the fusion chamber, Stitch tries to wish Lilo good luck, but has another glitch that causes him to scratch her face. This causes him to believe that he's too dangerous to be around her, and he takes Jumba's spaceship to try to free to a distant remote planet. Lilo, realizing that the glitches were not his fault, abandons her performance and gets her family go save Stitch, who has one final glitch that causes him to crash the ship on a mountain. Lilo reaches Stitch via a hovercraft and tries to revitalize him by putting him in the fusion chamber, but he supposedly dies. However, he then wakes up in Lilo's arms cured of his glitches, as according to her, "love is more powerful than death."

====''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)====

This short film included with ''Lilo & Stitch 2'' as a DVD and later Disney+ extra is a bridge between that film and ''Stitch! The Movie''. The short film reveals what kinds of alien creatures were used to create Stitch, with Jumba reminding the experiment of what he has become, and also hints at the other 625 experiments made before him.

===''Leroy & Stitch'' (2006)===

This television film aired on June 23, 2006, serving as the finale of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' and the main continuity of the franchise with Stitch being with Lilo in Hawaii. In the film, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley are honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance (the name of the United Galactic Federation in ''The Series'') after successfully reforming all of the first 624 experiments. Jumba is given the key back to his old lab at Galaxy Defense Industries, Pleakley is made the head of Earth studies at Galactic Alliance Community College (G.A.C.C.), Stitch is made the Captain of the Galactic Armada as the commander of its newly commissioned ship the BRB-9000 (Big Red Battleship 9000) and Lilo, now Galactic Federation Ambassador to Earth, is designated the sole guardian of Stitch's "cousins". However, with the aliens' having to leave Earth, Lilo gives them parting gifts; a record of Elvis Presley's performance of "Aloha 'Oe", Pleakley an Earth rock as a paperweight, and Stitch a collar-like necklace with a tiki of [[w:Kū|Kū]], the Hawaiian god of strength.

Meanwhile, Gantu, who only managed to catch Experiment 625, decides to break Dr. Hämsterviel out of prison, leaving 625 stranded on Earth as Gantu flies off in his [[disney:Manta Shuttle|Manta Shuttle]], which only has two seats. As Stitch is assigned to go recapture Hämsterviel, Hämsterviel and Gantu burst into Jumba's lab and forces Jumba to create an evil twin of Stitch that Hämsterviel names [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]], who then gets into a fight with Stitch when he arrives, winning when Stitch is distracted by Pleakley's sudden appearance, allowing Leroy to throw Stitch into a containment capsule. Hämsterviel locks Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley into Pleakley's G.A.C.C. ship to send them towards a black hole, then clones Leroy into his own personal army, then goes off to the planet Turo take over the Galactic Alliance.

On Earth, Lilo misses Stitch and convinces 625 to allow her to use the videophone on Gantu's ship when she names him "Reuben", after the [[w:Reuben sandwich|Reuben sandwich]]. They contact the BRB-9000 to find what looks like Stitch, who is actually a shapeshifted Leroy but find him to be an imposter as he doesn't have Stitch's tiki necklace. After Leroy cuts off the feed, Lilo then motivates Reuben to repair the ship to rescue Stitch. Hämsterviel sends a Leroy clone to Earth to capture all the experiments to be destroyed, including Lilo's rival [[disney:Mertle Edmonds|Mertle Edmonds]] (voiced by [[w:Liliana Mumy|Liliana Mumy]] in ''The Series'' and all films except for ''Lilo & Stitch'', where she was voiced by Miranda Paige Walls), the owner of Experiment 007, Gigi. Lilo and Reuben arrive at Turo to find that the Hämsterviel has taken over the Galactic Alliance. Gantu locks away Lilo and Reuben but releases them after Hämsterviel fires him in favor of Leroy. After being trapped by Leroy clones in an attempt to, Lilo, Reuben and Gantu are then saved by the sudden appearance of the G.A.C.C. van, which went through the black hole but had its trajectory changed after, based on Jumba's personal calculations on how they could avoid being dumped to a volcanic planet by the black hole, Stitch disrupted the event horizon by biting into Pleakley's rock and throwing it at the black hole.

Lilo, Reuben and Gantu join Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley inside the van and head straight for Earth, where it's revealed that Leroy gathered all the experiments (and Mertle) at [[w:Aloha Stadium|Aloha Stadium]], where a concert is planned to take place in the future. Hämsterviel almost uses the weapons on the BRB-9000 to destroy the experiments, but the G.A.C.C. van suddenly appears and destroys the BRB's primary cannon. However, Hämsterviel brought his Leroy army as a backup, and soon the experiments and the Leroys have an epic battle against one another. As the Leroys start getting the upper hand, Jumba then remembers that he programmed a secret command in Leroy that if he hears "Aloha 'Oe", he will shut down. Stitch, Lilo, Reuben, and a few other experiments then put on a concert playing the song, causing all the Leroys to get violent seizures and shut down, and Hämsterviel is recaptured and sent back to prison.

The team is honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance, but Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley request to return to living on Earth with Lilo. The Grand Councilwoman grants their request and asks Gantu if he would like to be reinstated as a captain of the Galactic Armada. He agrees on the condition that Reuben joins him as his galley officer. Back on Earth, Lilo takes one final family photo with her ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', including Stitch, Nani David, Jumba, Pleakley, the experiments, and even Mertle, while in prison, an angry Hämsterviel taps his foot while the Leroys dance to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock".

==Spin-offs==

Since the end of the main continuity in 2006, Disney has produced a number of spin-offs focusing more on Stitch and his antics in various locations on Earth, making new friends with other human beings. All such spin-offs so far have been primarily made in the countries where such works take place. Additionally, the English versions of the animated spin-offs have featured an entirely different voice cast from the original, with [[w:Benjamin Diskin|Benjamin Diskin]] taking over as the voice of Stitch and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' screenwriter and executive producer [[w:Jess Winfield|Jess Winfield]] replacing David Ogden Stiers as the voice of Jumba.

===''Stitch!'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015)===

This Japanese anime series ran from 2008 to 2011 for 83 episodes and three specials, with an additional two specials broadcast in 2012 and 2015. The first two seasons, consisting of 54 episodes and two specials, were produced by Madhouse, while the 29 episodes of the third season and the last three specials were produced by Shin-Ei Animation. The English dub first debuted in Australia in 2009 and briefly ran in the United States on Disney XD in October 2011. The German dub of this series retitles it as ''Yuna & Stitch''.

In this series, Stitch has left Lilo after falsely believing that she abandoned him when she grew up. After spending time in space, he eventually ends up on the fictitious Izayoi Island, which is off the shore of Okinawa in the Ryukyus. There, he meets Yuna Kamihara (voiced by [[w:Eden Riegel|Eden Riegel]] in the English dub), a tomboyish local girl with an interest in karate, and he, Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Ted Biaselli|Ted Biaselli]]) join her family. On the island, Stitch discovers and learns about the "Spiritual Stone", a magical stone that can grant wishes provided one does 43 good deeds (which can be lost; Stitch loses good deeds often due to his mischievous behavior), and Stitch wishes to be the strongest being in the universe. However, by the end of the second season, when Stitch finally earns enough good deeds, he instead decides to use his wish to stay with Yuna instead. Throughout the two Madhouse seasons, Stitch also fights off against Dr. Hämsterviel (Kirk Thornton), who is at large along with Gantu (Keith Silverstein) and Experiment 625/Reuben (Dave Wittenberg), and wishes to use the stone to gain ultimate power.

In the third season, Yuna, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley instead move to Okinawa New Town with Yuna's cousin Tigerlily ([[w:Laura Bailey|Laura Bailey]]), while Hämsterviel partners with an alien woman named Delia ([[w:Mary Elizabeth McGlynn|Mary Elizabeth McGlynn]]) who desires to retrieve a power cell embedded within Stitch. She eventually creates her own powerful experiment, Dark End ([[w:Roger Craig Smith|Roger Craig Smith]]), to fight Stitch. Lilo ([[w:Gwendoline Yeo|Gwendoline Yeo]]), now an adult with a daughter named Ani ([[w:Melissa Fahn|Melissa Fahn]]) who looks remarkably identical to her back when she was a child, also returns in an episode to reunite with Stitch.

===''Stitch & Ai'' (2017)===

This English-language Chinese animated series was produced by Anhui Xinhua Media and Panimation Hwakai Media with cooperation with American animators, including some of the crew of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. It ran for one thirteen-episode season from March 27 to April 6, 2017, with a Mandarin Chinese dub, while the original English production was first broadcast in Southeast Asia from February 5 to 27, 2018. Twelve of the thirteen episodes were later released in the United States for free digital streaming on DisneyNow on December 1, 2018, although they were removed from the service by June 2019.

This series has Stitch kidnapped by a faction of alien criminals called the Jaboodies and held in their spaceship above Earth, only for a rival faction called the Woolagongs, who also want Stitch for themselves, attack the ship in an effort to capture him, allowing him to escape to Earth. Upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, he ends up in the Huangshan mountains in China's Anhui province. There he meets a spirited young girl named Wang Ai Ling (voiced in English by [[w:Erica Mendez|Erica Mendez]]), who lives in her home in the mountains her older sister Jeijei ([[w:Laura Post|Laura Post]]), but whose aunt Daiyu (Post) wants to move her out to live in the city under the false belief that she will have a better life there. Ai takes in Stitch as her "dog", and the two help each other with their problems. They are also joined by Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Lucien Dodge|Lucien Dodge]]) after they are initially sent by the Grand Councilwoman to rescue Stitch. However, Jumba is concerned that an ability he secretly programmed in Stitch, a metamorphosis ability that turns the little blue experiment into a giant destructive monster, could be triggered if the alien criminals still going after him try to subconsciously manipulate Stitch into triggering it.

===''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020–present)===

This Japanese manga spin-off was written and illustrated by Hiroto Wada, also known in Japan as ''Tono & Stitch'', began on January 13, 2020, with the digital publishing of its first chapter. The English translation of the first compiled volume will be published by Tokyopop on May 11, 2021. Unlike past works, Stitch ends up in Earth's past and befriends an adult male instead of a young girl. In this manga, Stitch ends up traveling through time as well as space, crash landing in Sengoku-era Japan. There he meets Yamato Meison, a samurai warlord who takes the blue "tanuki" after seeing his power and finding him to be "cute".

== Lilo & Stitch and furry ==

''Lilo & Stitch'' has a niche amount of popularity in the [[furry community]] due to the animalistic-looking aliens featured within, with Stitch being a modestly popular character within the furry fandom. Some of the other experiments, including his immediate predecessor [[disney:Reuben|Reuben (Experiment 625)]] and female counterpart, love interest, and mate [[disney:Angel|Angel (Experiment 624)]], are also recognizable. The film and the franchise's messages of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' and finding belongingness with others have also resonated with much of the furry fandom, as several furs have personally found belongingness within the fandom.

Some furs have an "experimentsona" or "Stitchsona"—a representation of oneself as a [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]], usually more based on Stitch's own design than other experiments—as their [[fursona]] or as an alternate form of their own pre-existing one, as if their main fursona was genetically modified by the creator of the experiments [[disney:Jumba Jookiba|Dr. Jumba Jookiba]] himself.

===Bara Stitch===

"'''Bara Stitch'''", also called "'''Himbo Stitch'''" and "'''Buff Stitch'''", among other names, refers to fan interpretations of "anthropomorphized" versions of Stitch that trended in January and February 2021, when several artists on Twitter and [[Fur Affinity]] shared fan art they made featuring such interpretations of Stitch. In such artwork, he is portrayed with a body shape of a human adult, oftentimes with some human-based features such as nipples, hands, and feet, while still maintaining most of his regular genetic experiment features including eyes, ears, nose, mouth, head shape, fur, and claws, though not necessarily all such features. His more humanoid body in such renditions is typically given a muscular build, overweight build or a build with a mixture of both per the aspects of male characters portrayed in works of the [[w:Bara (genre)|''bara'' genre]] (short for ''[[w:Barazoku|Barazoku]]'', which was a gay-oriented magazine in Japan) from which the trend takes its name. While much of the artwork made during the trend have been sexually suggestive or pornographic in nature, others, including the drawing that kickstarted the trend, have been either just playfully teasing or completely wholesome. Additionally, while Stitch has received most of the attention, some artists have drawn other ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters either instead of or alongside Stitch to bring more attention to them.

Several fan art of "anthropomorphic" Stitch have been made well before the trend. Stitch is technically an anthropomorphic creature to begin with since he has a high level of human-like intelligence and sentience and has opposable thumbs (or at least, fingers that can ''act'' much like opposable thumbs), but this isn't as apparent due to his somewhat feral appearance and at times behavior. Thus, "anthropomorphic Stitch" usually means a version of Stitch with a more humanoid body shape, though not to the point where he looks more human than experiment; this is usually given in the form of a body similar to a male human adult, although he has also been interpreted with bodies of a male human teenager. Additionally, in the vein of [[w:Rule 63|Rule 63]] of the Internet, he has also been given female interpretations by fans, with or without a humanoid body shape.

Early signs of the trend began around January 15, 2021. On that day, artist [[eclipticafusion]] posted a drawing of anthrofied versions of Stitch, Reuben, and Leroy based on drawings of "anthro Stitch" that he saw himself.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eclipticafusion/status/1350164949398646785|author=eclipticafusion|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=I saw some cute pics of anthro Stitch and wanted to try myself, of course added Reuben and Leroy}}</ref> This drawing got considerable attention; as of February 13, 2021, the tweet was retweeted 905 times and received over 5,100 likes.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet"/> Later that day at 5:08 PM, furry artist [https://twitter.com/xtbidx tbid] tweeted a drawing of a "himbo" Stitch they made the previous week,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350203216768626688|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=He’s a scribble from last week. Go check out/follow @Maxpany2 for some 👌 stitch himbo}}</ref> later posting an explicit version of the drawing over two hours later.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350235778496958464|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=ALOHA fuzzies # TGIF}}</ref> As of February 13, 2021, the tweet with the original "safe" version of the drawing has been retweeted 283 times and liked almost 1,300 times,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> while the tweet with the explicit version has been retweeted 652 times and liked over 3,000 times.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw"/> According to their first Stitch drawing tweet,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> they were inspired by the drawings of fellow furry artist [https://twitter.com/Maxpany2 Maxpany], who has at least 6,400 Twitter followers as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="Maxpany Social Blade">{{cite web|url=https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/maxpany2|title=Maxpany's Twitter Stats Summary Profile|work=Social Blade|accessdate=February 13, 2021}}</ref> Maxpany is known for his artwork involving [[macro]]fied characters (including the involvement of size growth and muscle growth), [[Hypertrophilia|hyper-endowed]] characters, and/or overweight/obese characters (including weight gain), preferring to draw usually male anthropomorphic cartoon characters that have been reinterpreted with such traits. Among the regular subjects in his art are ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters, most often Stitch and Reuben. Throughout the month, beginning from January 10, Maxpany was posting a series of drawing of his blue-furred, pink-haired anthropomorphic lemur fursona Max enjoying life with a taller, increasingly overweight version of Stitch as his husband.<ref name="Maxpany Kiss the Cook tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Maxpany2/status/1348459836900601856|author=Maxpany|work=Twitter|date=January 10, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=the perfect husband doesn't exi- 😳😳😳😳😳}}</ref> (Although not depicted in this series, Max also has an alternate "experiment-sona" form based on the ''Lilo & Stitch'' experiments.)

The trend truly took off a week later on January 22, 2021, when, furry artist [[MineDoo]] posted a colored sketch of a bust portrait of Stitch with a buff chest, greyish-blue nipples, and a thick neck as he smirks at the viewer.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352793322121809921|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=Quick Stitch before bed 👀}}</ref> This drawing was also apparently inspired by Maxpany's Stitch drawings according to a reply directed at Max when he replied to the drawing with six 👀 (eyes) emojis.<ref name="MineDoo reply tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352795673356283904|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=January 29, 2021|title=I blame YOU 👀✨}}</ref> The drawing garnered significant interest, with many Twitter users responding that they find the muscular rendition of the alien attractive, garnering over a thousand retweets and over 6,900 likes as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet"/>

MineDoo's drawing led to a windfall of other artists making their own renditions of an anthropomorphized Stitch. Others have also shared pre-2021 artwork of an anthropomorphic Stitch. These other renditions gave Stitch a variety of different designs and body shapes to these artists' liking, although some artists decided to draw other characters from the franchise, either with or without Stitch, out of a desire to bring more attention to them. These characters are usually an "anthrofied" Reuben (the franchise's other major male experiment, who is chubbier than Stitch in the canon but often overlooked due to Stitch and Angel's greater popularity), [[disney:Gantu|Gantu]] (the largest major character in the canon in both size and muscular shape), and Jumba (the most obesely built character); "anthrofied" versions of [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]] and even Angel, both of whom are among the better-known experiments in the fandom alongside Stitch and Reuben, were also made during the trend. Other artists have also opted to add an older [[disney:Lilo Pelekai|Lilo]] alongside Stitch to show them having "grown-up" together, even though the original continuity of the franchise ended with Lilo still being a young girl in ''Leroy & Stitch'', and Stitch is shown in official media to be incapable of growing taller or even aging. (Although Lilo has official teenage and adult designs as seen in the ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' episode "[[disney:Skip (episode)|Skip]]", when she and Stitch skip ahead ten and twenty years into the future, and the ''Stitch!'' episode "Lilo", which shows her and Stitch reuniting in her adulthood. However, several of these "older Lilo & Stitch" art pieces do not show her with the specific older body she has in those episodes.)

The trend has seen some backlash from those who prefer either Stitch's regular "feral" design or not to see Stitch in adult artwork at all, with some Twitter users claiming to have unfollowed and muted or blocked artists who contributed to the trend, or have added the word "stitch" to their filters to avoid seeing such pictures of him. Others have expressed bewilderment at the trend, openly questioning or complaining about how it became popular in the first place.

==References==
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== See also ==

* [[W:Lilo & Stitch|''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)]] on [[Wikipedia]]
* [[W:Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|''Lilo & Stitch'' (franchise)]] on Wikipedia

==External links==

* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Western Animation / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on [[TV Tropes]]
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/LiloAndStitch Franchise / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on TV Tropes
* [https://liloandstitch.fandom.com/wiki/Lilo_%26_Stitch_Wiki ''Lilo & Stitch'' Wiki] on Fandom

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Chris Sanders

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| name = Chris Sanders
| realname = Christopher Michael Sanders
| othernames = Christopher Sanders Stitch
| image = [[File:Chris Sanders, Golden Globes 2014 (crop).jpg|225px]]
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| born = March 12, 1962
| birthplace = [[Wikipedia:Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]], [[Wikipedia:Colorado|Colorado]], [[Wikipedia:United States|United States]]
| died =
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| spouses = Jessica Steele-Sanders
| profession = Director, illustrator, voice actor
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[[File:CSUMAward.jpg|240px|right|thumb|Chris Sanders (right) receiving his 2002 Ursa Major award]]
'''Christopher Michael Sanders''' (born March 12, 1962) is a [[Wikipedia:Calarts|California Institute of the Arts]] (Calarts) graduate, and a present animation director, screenwriter, animator and voice actor.

Sanders is best known for creating [[Disney]]'s animated feature film ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'', which he wrote and directed alongside [[Wikipedia:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]], as well as co-writing and co-directing the first ''[[How to Train Your Dragon]]'' film (also alongside DeBlois, who later wrote and directed both sequels himself). He famously starred in the title role of [[Stitch]] in the former film, a role he continued to play in [[Wikipedia:Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|the sequel films]], ''[[Wikipedia:Lilo & Stitch: The Series|Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' (but not the later shows ''[[Wikipedia:Stitch!|Stitch!]]'' or ''[[Wikipedia:Stitch & Ai|Stitch & Ai]]'', both of which were produced after he left The Walt Disney Company), and various other Disney projects.

== Chris Sanders and furry ==
Sanders has old ties with the [[furry fandom]], including being a former member of [[Rowrbrazzle]], and illustrating furry media such publications as [[MU Press]]'s [[Beauty of the Beasts]].

He also received the 2002 [[Ursa Major Awards]] for ''Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture'' (''Lilo & Stitch'').

==Filmography==

*[[Wikipedia:Jim Henson Productions|Jim Henson Productions]]
**1984–1986 - ''[[Wikipedia:Muppet Babies|Muppet Babies]]'' (character design)
*[[Disney|Walt Disney Animation Studios]]
**1991 - ''[[Wikipedia:Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (writer, visual development)
**1994 - ''[[The Lion King]]'' (writer, production designer)
**1998 - ''[[Wikipedia:Mulan|Mulan]]'' (writer, story supervisor, voice [Little Brother])
**2002 - ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'' (director, writer, character designer, voice [Stitch])
*[[Disney|Disneytoon Studios]]
**2004 - ''[[The Lion King 1½]]'' (voice [Stitch])
**2005 - ''[[Wikipedia:Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch|Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch]]'' (voice [Stitch])
*[[Disney|Disney Television Animation]]
**2003 - ''[[Wikipedia:Stitch! The Movie|Stitch! The Movie]]'' (voice [Stitch])
**2003–2006 - ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (voice [Stitch, Experiment 627])
**2006 - ''[[Wikipedia:Leroy & Stitch|Leroy & Stitch]]'' (voice [Stitch, Leroy])
*[[Disney|Walt Disney Parks and Resorts]]
**2004 - ''[[Wikipedia:Stitch's Great Escape!|Stitch's Great Escape!]]'' (voice [Stitch])
*[[Wikipedia:DreamWorks Animation|DreamWorks Animation]]
**2010 - ''[[Wikipedia:How to Train Your Dragon|How to Train Your Dragon]]'' (director, writer)
**2013 - ''[[Wikipedia:The Croods|The Croods]]'' (director, writer, voice [Belt])
**2014 - ''[[Wikipedia:How to Train Your Dragon 2|How to Train Your Dragon 2]]'' (executive producer)
**2018 - ''[[Wikipedia:Neighbors|Neighbors]]'' (director, writer, executive producer)
**2019 - ''[[Wikipedia:How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World|How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World]]'' (executive producer)
*[[Wikipedia:20th Century Studios|20th Century Studios]]
**2020 - ''[[Wikipedia:The Call of the Wild (2020 film)|The Call of the Wild]]'' (director)

== See also ==

* [[W:Chris Sanders|Chris Sanders]] on [[Wikipedia]]

== External links ==

* [http://www.chrissandersart.com Chris Sanders Art] - Official web site
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* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761498/ Chris Sanders] on [[W:IMDb|IMDb]]
* [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_thread/thread/7f4a5cb7e25b5d35/7559bdb8ea41e03c?lnk=gst&q=%22chris+sanders%22&rnum=2#7559bdb8ea41e03c A post on] [[alt.fan.furry]] about Chris Sanders's ties to the furry fandom (retrieved May 26, 2007)

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Lilo & Stitch

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| origin = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
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| comics = ''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020–present)
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| shorts = ''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)
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| animated_series = ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch: The Series|Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' (2003–2006) ''[[w:Stitch!|Stitch!]]'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015) ''[[w:Stitch & Ai|Stitch & Ai]]'' (2017)
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| video_games = ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch'' (Game Boy Advance; 2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise'' (2002) ''Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626'' (2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc'' (2004) ''Disney Stitch Jam'' (2009)
| toys =
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'''''Lilo & Stitch''''' is a 2002 American animated science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by [[Chris Sanders]] and [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] that was produced by [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] and released by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. It is also the name of a Disney media franchise, alternately called just '''''Stitch''''', that spawned from the film. The film was released during a low point for Disney's feature animation studio, known today as either the "Post-Renaissance Era" (the period between the [[w:Disney Renaissance|Disney Renaissance]] and the [[disney:Disney Revival|Disney Revival]]) or the "Experimental Era" (since Disney's animated films became more experimental with their storytelling and were moving away from the templates used for the Renaissance's films), and became a surprise critical and commercial success for the company at a time when traditionally-animated films were losing relevance. The titular [[alien]] [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]] [[Stitch]] (also known as Experiment 626; number pronounced "six-two-six") rapidly became one of Disney's most popular characters, especially in merchandise,<ref name="THR Remake News">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jon-m-chu-in-talks-to-direct-live-action-lilo-stitch-movie-exclusive|title=Jon M. Chu in Talks to Direct Live-Action 'Lilo & Stitch' Movie (Exclusive)|website=[[w:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=November 13, 2020|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}</ref> becoming arguably Disney's first animated character introduced in the 21st century to have achieved an iconic status.{{fact}}

==Main works==
The main continuity of the franchise, which focuses on both title characters living their lives on Hawaii, consists of four animated feature films, a Western animated television series, and an animated short film.
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===''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)===
In the original 2002 film, released on June 21, 2002, Kweltikwan mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voiced by [[w:David Ogden Stiers|David Ogden Stiers]]) stands trial for illegal genetic experimentation, having created a superpowerful blue creature called "Experiment 626" (voiced by co-writer/co-director [[Chris Sanders]]), who is designed solely to destroy everything he touches. After 626 escapes custody to a backwater planet called Earth, the Grand Councilwoman ([[w:Zoe Caldwell|Zoe Caldwell]]) offers Jumba his freedom for the capture of his creation. On Earth, 626 crash lands his stolen spacecraft on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where he gets adopted by an eccentric six-year-old girl named Lilo Pelekai ([[w:Daveigh Chase|Daveigh Chase]]), who is shunned by her peers and is at risk of being forcibly separated from her older sister Nani ([[w:Tia Carrere|Tia Carrere]]) by her newest social worker Cobra Bubbles ([[w:Ving Rhames|Ving Rhames]]) to be put into foster care. In trying to escape capture by Jumba and his assigned partner, Plorgonarian "Earth expert" Agent Wendy Pleakley ([[w:Kevin McDonald|Kevin McDonald]]), 626 lets himself be adopted by Lilo as her "dog" who she renames as "Stitch".

Stitch's aggressive behavior, especially in his attempts to avoid Jumba and Pleakley, causes problems for Lilo and Nani, costing the latter her job as a luau waitress. Cobra demands Nani to find a new job and Lilo to make Stitch a "model citizen"; Lilo uses her beliefs in ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', a Hawaiian concept of extended family, as well as iconic singer [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] as a role model, to attempt to rehabilitate Stitch, while Nani tries to find new employment. Although Stitch's attitude improves as he slowly enjoys his time with Lilo, his and Lilo's antics prevents Nani from finding a new job. As David Kawena ([[w:Jason Scott Lee|Jason Scott Lee]]), a local surfer who is a good friend to the Pelekai sisters, gets them and Stitch to go surfing and enjoy some time on the beach, Jumba and Pleakley make a last-ditch effort to capture Stitch. Although Stitch escapes them again, his inability to swim or float in water causes him and Lilo, who he tried to grab onto for protection and flotation, to have a near drowning experience, which Cobra witnesses. The incident costs Nani her chances at keeping Lilo, and Cobra tells Nani that he would pick up Lilo the next morning. Feeling guilty for causing the sisters' now-inevitable separation, Stitch runs away from their home that night.

The next morning, Nani runs off to take on a new job offer before Cobra arrives for Lilo. Jumba, who was fired alongside Pleakley finds Stitch in the woods and chases him back to the Pelekais' house, which they destroy in the ensuing fight. Lilo runs off to the nearby woods to find Stitch, who reveals his true alien form to her. Although Lilo tries to reject him for ruining everything, they are both captured by the massive Captain Gantu ([[w:Kevin Michael Richardson|Kevin Michael Richardson]]), who was sent by the Grand Councilwoman to take over Jumba and Pleakley's assignment. Stitch escapes but Lilo remains captured on Gantu's spaceship. He is then found again by Nani, then Jumba and Pleakley shortly after. He tells Nani that he's changed by reminding her of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', and convinces Jumba to rescue Lilo. Chasing Gantu down in Jumba's spaceship, Stitch throws out Gantu from his spaceship and rescues Lilo. The sisters and the aliens reconvene at shore where Stitch is finally captured by the Grand Councilman. Stitch accepts his fate, proving how much he's changed as a person, but as he about to leave in the Councilwoman's spaceship, Lilo, with some prodding from Cobra, shows her ownership document to the Councilwoman and tells her that taking him away would be theft. Pleased with the document, the Grand Councilwoman decrees that Stitch is "sentenced" to exile with the Pelekai sisters as his wardens, and that the three are protected by the United Galactic Federation. After leaving, Lilo, Nani and Stitch accept the exiled Jumba and Pleakley into their home, they, along with David and Cobra, reconstruct their house and begin a happy life together.

===''Stitch! The Movie'' (2003)===
This direct-to-video pilot to ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', released on August 26, 2003, shows that Gantu, forcibly retired from his post in the original film, is now hired by the diminutive Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (voiced by [[w:Jeff Bennett|Jeff Bennett]]) to retrieve Jumba's first 625 genetic experiments, which Hämsterviel co-funded the creation of prior to the end of their partnership. On Earth, Stitch struggles to fit in with the locals and feels bad about himself. Jumba then gets kidnapped by Gantu, who also finds the dehydrated pod of Experiment 625 ([[w:Rob Paulsen|Rob Paulsen]]), and takes him to Hämsterviel. After finding the first 624 experiments, Lilo and Stitch activate one of them by dropping its pod in water, the electrical Experiment 221 ([[w:Frank Welker|Frank Welker]]), to help rescue Jumba, but he escapes. The duo then chase down and capture 221, and Stitch bonds with him as his "cousin", based on Hawaiian terminology he learned from Lilo. When Cobra and Pleakley rendezvous at [[w:Kilauea Light|Kīlauea Lighthouse]] with Gantu and Hämsterviel to exchange the pods of the other experiments as ransom payment for Jumba, Lilo and Stitch then show up with "Sparky" (as she named 221), freeing him then and there and freeing Jumba. Gantu and Hämsterviel attempt to make off with the experiments, but the Grand Councilwoman's ship emerges from the nearby Pacific Ocean and aims its gun and Hämsterviel. However, Lilo protests on the account that he has the other experiments, and Sparky decides to short-circuit the Councilwoman's ship. Lilo, Stitch and Sparky stow away on Hämsterviel's ship as he and Gantu escape. Lilo, Stitch and Gantu fight over the experiment pod container, which results in the container releasing and scattering the pods all over Hawaii, and Lilo and Stitch's capture. However, just as Stitch is about to be vivisected by a laser while strapped to a weight that's just too heavy for him to lift, Sparky frees him, they strap Hämsterviel to the weight, and Stitch rescues Lilo before she gets teleported to an intergalactic zoo. They short-circuit Gantu's own ship, causing it to crash by a waterfall on Kauai, and land Hämsterviel's ship back over to the rendezvous point at the lighthouse, handing Hämsterviel in handcuffs over to the Grand Councilwoman. Lilo and Stitch give Sparky a new home in powering the lighthouse, then convince the Councilwoman to have them find and rehabilitate the other 623 experiments (625 was activated by Gantu earlier and sticks with him as his sidekick, although he's too lazy and cowardly to put in any effort apart from making and eating sandwiches). As several experiments are activated when they fall into water, Lilo and Stitch drive off in Nani's dune buggy, leading to the subsequent series.

===''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (2003–2006)===
The franchise's first television series first ran from September 20, 2003 to July 29, 2006 for 65 episodes over two seasons, airing new episodes on both [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] Saturday morning block [[w:ABC Kids (TV programming block)|ABC Kids]] and [[w:Disney Channel|Disney Channel]] throughout its run. The only animated show in the franchise to truly follow-up on the original film, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' has the titular duo continue capturing Jumba's other experiments, naming them, and rehabilitating them from bad to good by finding a new place where they truly belong and can use their unique abilities to help society. Jumba and sometimes Pleakley usually assist them. Meanwhile, Gantu and his reluctant sidekick Experiment 625 try to capture experiments for Dr. Hämsterviel, who is imprisoned on a prison asteroid, usually fighting against Lilo and Stitch for the experiments.

===''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' (2005)===
A direct-to-video direct sequel to the first film released on August 30, 2005, set before ''Stitch! The Movie'', this film showed insights to the lives of the Pelekai ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' after the events of ''Lilo & Stitch''. The film had Lilo (voiced by [[w:Dakota Fanning|Dakota Fanning]] in this film) trying to come up with an original hula dance for a May Day competition that her late mother previously won. However, Stitch begins to suffer glitches that cause him to revert to his original destructive programming. Unbeknownst to either him or Lilo, these glitches are the result of his molecules not being fully charged when he was created, as he and Jumba were arrested shortly after the experiment's creation. While Jumba tries to build a new fusion chamber to recharge Stitch before his molecules lose all their charge, and Pleakley attempts to "fix" David and Nani's supposedly strained relationship, Stitch's glitches causes friction between him and Lilo, leading to her deciding to perform her hula without him. On the day of the hula competition, on which Jumba had finally completed construction of the fusion chamber, Stitch tries to wish Lilo good luck, but has another glitch that causes him to scratch her face. This causes him to believe that he's too dangerous to be around her, and he takes Jumba's spaceship to try to free to a distant remote planet. Lilo, realizing that the glitches were not his fault, abandons her performance and gets her family go save Stitch, who has one final glitch that causes him to crash the ship on a mountain. Lilo reaches Stitch via a hovercraft and tries to revitalize him by putting him in the fusion chamber, but he supposedly dies. However, he then wakes up in Lilo's arms cured of his glitches, as according to her, "love is more powerful than death."

====''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)====
This short film included with ''Lilo & Stitch 2'' as a DVD and later Disney+ extra is a bridge between than film and ''Stitch! The Movie''. The short film reveals what kinds of alien creatures were used to create Stitch, with Jumba reminding the experiment of what he has become, and also hints at the other 625 experiments made before him.

===''Leroy & Stitch'' (2006)===
This television film aired on June 23, 2006, serving as the finale of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' and the main continuity of the franchise with Stitch being with Lilo on Hawaii. In the film, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley are honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance (the name of the United Galactic Federation in ''The Series'') after successfully reforming all of the first 624 experiments. Jumba is given the key back to his old lab at Galaxy Defense Industries, Pleakley is made the head of Earth studies at Galactic Alliance Community College (G.A.C.C.), Stitch is made the Captain of the Galactic Armada as the commander of its newly commissioned ship the BRB-9000 (Big Red Battleship 9000) and Lilo, now Galactic Federation Ambassador to Earth, is designated the sole guardian of Stitch's "cousins". However, with the aliens' having to leave Earth, Lilo gives them parting gifts; a record of Elvis Presley's performance of "Aloha 'Oe", Pleakley an Earth rock as a paperweight, and Stitch a collar-like necklace with a tiki of [[w:Kū|Kū]], the Hawaiian god of strength.

Meanwhile, Gantu, who only managed to catch Experiment 625, decides to break Dr. Hämsterviel out of prison, leaving 625 stranded on Earth as Gantu flies off in his [[disney:Manta Shuttle|Manta Shuttle]], which only has two seats. As Stitch is assigned to go recapture Hämsterviel, Hämsterviel and Gantu burst into Jumba's lab and forces Jumba to create an evil twin of Stitch that Hämsterviel names [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]], who then gets into a fight with Stitch when he arrives, winning when Stitch is distracted by Pleakley's sudden appearance, allowing Leroy to throw Stitch into a containment capsule. Hämsterviel locks Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley into Pleakley's G.A.C.C. ship to send them towards a black hole, then clones Leroy into his own personal army, then goes off to the planet Turo take over the Galactic Alliance.

On Earth, Lilo misses Stitch and convinces 625 to allow her to use the videophone on Gantu's ship when she names him "Reuben", after the [[w:Reuben sandwich|Reuben sandwich]]. They contact the BRB-9000 to find what looks like Stitch, who is actually a shapeshifted Leroy, but find him to be an imposter as he doesn't have Stitch's tiki necklace. After Leroy cuts off the feed, Lilo then motivates Reuben to repair the ship to rescue Stitch. Hämsterviel sends a Leroy clone to Earth to capture all the experiments to be destroyed, including Lilo's rival [[disney:Mertle Edmonds|Mertle Edmonds]] (voiced by [[w:Liliana Mumy|Liliana Mumy]] in ''The Series'' and all films except for ''Lilo & Stitch'', where she was voiced by Miranda Paige Walls), the owner of Experiment 007, Gigi. Lilo and Reuben arrive at Turo to find that the Hämsterviel has taken over the Galactic Alliance. Gantu locks away Lilo and Reuben, but releases them after Hämsterviel fires him in favor of Leroy. After being trapped by Leroy clones in an attempt to, Lilo, Reuben and Gantu are then saved by the sudden appearance of the G.A.C.C. van, which went through the black hole but had its trajectory changed after, based on Jumba's personal calculations on how they could avoid being dumped to a volcanic planet by the black hole, Stitch disrupted the event horizon by biting into Pleakley's rock and throwing it at the black hole.

Lilo, Reuben and Gantu join Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley inside the van and head straight for Earth, where it's revealed that Leroy gathered all the experiments (and Mertle) at [[w:Aloha Stadium|Aloha Stadium]], where a concert is planned to take place in the future. Hämsterviel almost uses the weapons on the BRB-9000 to destroy the experiments, but the G.A.C.C. van suddenly appears and destroys the BRB's primary cannon. However, Hämsterviel brought his Leroy army as backup, and soon the experiments and the Leroys have an epic battle against one another. As the Leroys start getting the upper hand, Jumba then remembers that he programmed a secret command in Leroy that if he hears "Aloha 'Oe", he will shut down. Stitch, Lilo, Reuben, and a few other experiments then put on a concert playing the song, causing all the Leroys to get violent seizures and shut down, and Hämsterviel is recaptured and sent back to prison.

The team is honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance, but Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley request to return to living on Earth with Lilo. The Grand Councilwoman grants their request and ask Gantu if he would like to be reinstated as a captain of the Galactic Armada. He agrees on the condition that Reuben joins him as his galley officer. Back on Earth, Lilo takes one final family photo with her ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', including Stitch, Nani David, Jumba, Pleakley, the experiments, and even Mertle, while in prison, an angry Hämsterviel taps his foot while the Leroys dance to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock".

==Spin-offs==
Since the end of the main continuity in 2006, Disney has produced a number of spin-offs focusing more on Stitch and his antics in various locations on Earth, making new friends with other human beings. All such spin-offs so far have been primarily made in the countries where such works take place. Additionally, the English versions of the animated spin-offs have featured an entirely different voice cast from the original, with [[w:Benjamin Diskin|Benjamin Diskin]] taking over as the voice of Stitch and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' screenwriter and executive producer [[w:Jess Winfield|Jess Winfield]] replacing David Ogden Stiers as the voice of Jumba.

===''Stitch!'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015)===
This Japanese anime series ran from 2008 to 2011 for 83 episodes and three specials, with an additional two specials broadcast in 2012 and 2015. The first two seasons, consisting of 54 episodes and two specials, were produced by Madhouse, while the 29 episodes of the third season and the last three specials were produced by Shin-Ei Animation. The English dub first debuted in Australia in 2009, and briefly ran in the United States on Disney XD in October 2011. The German dub of this series retitles it as ''Yuna & Stitch''.

In this series, Stitch has left Lilo after falsely believing that she abandoned him when she grew up. After spending time in space, he eventually ends up on the fictitious Izayoi Island, which is off the shore of Okinawa in the Ryukyus. There, he meets Yuna Kamihara (voiced by [[w:Eden Riegel|Eden Riegel]] in the English dub), a tomboyish local girl with an interest in karate, and he, Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Ted Biaselli|Ted Biaselli]]) join her family. On the island, Stitch discovers and learns about the "Spiritual Stone", a magical stone that can grant wishes provided one does 43 good deeds (which can be lost; Stitch loses good deeds often due to his mischievous behavior), and Stitch wishes to be the strongest being in the universe. However, by the end of the second season, when Stitch finally earns enough good deeds, he instead decides to use his wish to stay with Yuna instead. Throughout the two Madhouse seasons, Stitch also fights off against Dr. Hämsterviel (Kirk Thornton), who is at large along with Gantu (Keith Silverstein) and Experiment 625/Reuben (Dave Wittenberg), and wishes to use the stone to gain ultimate power.

In the third season, Yuna, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley instead move to Okinawa New Town with Yuna's cousin Tigerlily ([[w:Laura Bailey|Laura Bailey]]), while Hämsterviel partners with an alien woman named Delia ([[w:Mary Elizabeth McGlynn|Mary Elizabeth McGlynn]]) who desires to retrieve a power cell embedded within Stitch. She eventually creates her own powerful experiment, Dark End ([[w:Roger Craig Smith|Roger Craig Smith]]), to fight Stitch. Lilo ([[w:Gwendoline Yeo|Gwendoline Yeo]]), now an adult with a daughter named Ani ([[w:Melissa Fahn|Melissa Fahn]]) who looks remarkably identical to her back when she was a child, also returns in an episode to reunite with Stitch.

===''Stitch & Ai'' (2017)===
This English-language Chinese animated series was produced by Anhui Xinhua Media and Panimation Hwakai Media with cooperation with American animators, including some of the crew of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. It ran for one thirteen-episode season from March 27 to April 6, 2017, with a Mandarin Chinese dub, while the original English production was first broadcast in Southeast Asia from February 5 to 27, 2018. Twelve of the thirteen episodes were later released in the United States for free digital streaming on DisneyNow on December 1, 2018, although they were removed from the service by June 2019.

This series has Stitch kidnapped by a faction of alien criminals called the Jaboodies and held in their spaceship above Earth, only for a rival faction called the Woolagongs, who also want Stitch for themselves, attack the ship in an effort to capture him, allowing him to escape to Earth. Upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, he ends up in the Huangshan mountains in China's Anhui province. There he meets a spirited young girl named Wang Ai Ling (voiced in English by [[w:Erica Mendez|Erica Mendez]]), who lives in her home in the mountains her older sister Jeijei ([[w:Laura Post|Laura Post]]), but whose aunt Daiyu (Post) wants to move her out to live in the city under the false belief that she will have a better life there. Ai takes in Stitch as her "dog", and the two help each other with their problems. They are also joined by Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Lucien Dodge|Lucien Dodge]]) after they are initially sent by the Grand Councilwoman to rescue Stitch. However, Jumba is concerned that an ability he secretly programmed in Stitch, a metamorphosis ability that turns the little blue experiment into a giant destructive monster, could be triggered if the alien criminals still going after him try to subconsciously manipulate Stitch into triggering it.

===''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020–present)===
This Japanese manga spin-off written and illustrated by Hiroto Wada, also known in Japan as ''Tono & Stitch'', began on January 13, 2020 with the digital publishing of its first chapter. The English translation of the first compiled volume will be published by Tokyopop on May 11, 2021. Unlike past works, Stitch ends up in Earth's past and befriends an adult male instead of a young girl. In this manga, Stitch ends up traveling through time as well as space, crash landing in Sengoku-era Japan. There he meets Yamato Meison, a samurai warlord who takes the blue "tanuki" after seeing his power and finding him to be "cute".

==Impact on the furry fandom==
''Lilo & Stitch'' has a niche amount of popularity in the [[furry]] community due to the animalistic-looking aliens featured within, with Stitch being a modestly popular character within the furry fandom. Some of the other experiments, including his immediate predecessor [[disney:Reuben|Reuben (Experiment 625)]] and female counterpart, love interest and mate [[disney:Angel|Angel (Experiment 624)]], are also recognizable. The film and the franchise's messages of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' and finding belongingness with others have also resonated with much of the furry fandom, as several furs have personally found belongingness within the fandom.

Some furs have an "experimentsona" or "Stitchsona"—a representation of oneself as a genetic experiment, usually more based on Stitch's own design than other experiments—as their [[fursona]] or as an alternate form of their own pre-existing one, as if their main fursona was genetically modified by the creator of the experiments [[disney:Jumba Jookiba|Dr. Jumba Jookiba]] himself.

===Bara Stitch===

"'''Bara Stitch'''", also called "'''Himbo Stitch'''", "'''Buff Stitch'''" and "'''Hunk(y) Stitch'''" among other names, refers to fan interpretations of "anthropomorphized" versions of Stitch that trended in January and February 2021, when several artists on Twitter and [[Fur Affinity]] shared fan art they made featuring such interpretations of Stitch. In such artwork, he is portrayed with a body shape of a human adult, oftentimes with some human-based features such as nipples, hands and feet, while still maintaining most of his regular [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]] features including eyes, ears, nose, mouth, head shape, fur and claws, though not necessarily all such features. His more humanoid body in such renditions is typically given a muscular build, overweight build or a build with mixture of both per the aspects of male characters portrayed in works of the [[w:Bara (genre)|''bara'' genre]] (short for ''[[w:Barazoku|Barazoku]]'', which was a gay-oriented magazine in Japan) from which the trend takes its name. While much of the artwork made during the trend have been sexually suggestive or pornographic in nature, others, including the drawing that kickstarted the trend, have been either just playfully teasing or completely wholesome. Additionally, while Stitch has received most of the attention, some artists have drawn other ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters either instead of or alongside Stitch to bring more attention to them.

Several fan art of "anthropomorphic" Stitch have been made well before the trend. Stitch is technically an anthropomorphic creature to begin with, since he has a high level of human-like intelligence and sentience and has opposable thumbs (or at least, fingers that can ''act'' much like opposable thumbs), but this isn't as apparent due to his somewhat feral appearance and at times behavior. Thus, when people are referring to an "anthropomorphic Stitch", they mean a version of Stitch that is given a more humanoid body shape, though not to the point where he looks more human than experiment; this usually given in the form of a body similar to an male human adult, although he has also been interpreted with bodies of a male human teenager. Additionally, in the vein of [[w:Rule 63|Rule 63]] of the Internet, he has also been given female interpretations by fans, with or without a humanoid body shape.

Early signs of the trend began around January 15, 2021. At 2:36 PM EST on that day, artist [https://twitter.com/eclipticafusion eclipticafusion] posted a drawing of anthrofied versions Stitch, Reuben and Leroy based on drawings of "anthro Stitch" that he saw himself.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eclipticafusion/status/1350164949398646785|author=eclipticafusion|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=I saw some cute pics of anthro Stitch and wanted to try myself, of course added Reuben and Leroy}}</ref> This drawing got considerable attention; as of February 13, 2021, the tweet was retweeted 905 times and received over 5,100 likes.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet"/> Later that day at 5:08 PM, furry artist [https://twitter.com/xtbidx tbid] tweeted a drawing of a "himbo" Stitch they made the previous week,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350203216768626688|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=He’s a scribble from last week. Go check out/follow @Maxpany2 for some 👌 stitch himbo}}</ref> later posting an explicit version of the drawing over two hours later.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350235778496958464|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=ALOHA fuzzies # TGIF}}</ref> As of February 13, 2021, the tweet with the original "safe" version of the drawing has been retweeted 283 times and liked almost 1,300 times,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> while the tweet with the explicit version has been retweeted 652 times and liked over 3,000 times.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw"/> According to their first Stitch drawing tweet,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> they were inspired by the drawings of fellow furry artist [https://twitter.com/Maxpany2 Maxpany], who has at least 6,400 Twitter followers as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="Maxpany Social Blade">{{cite web|url=https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/maxpany2|title=Maxpany's Twitter Stats Summary Profile|work=Social Blade|accessdate=February 13, 2021}}</ref> Maxpany is known for his artwork involving [[macro]]fied characters (including the involvement of size growth and muscle growth), [[Hypertrophilia|hyper-endowed]] characters, and/or overweight/obese characters (including weight gain), preferring to draw usually male anthropomorphic cartoon characters that have been reinterpreted with such traits. Among the regular subjects in his art are ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters, most often Stitch and Reuben. Throughout the month, beginning from January 10, Maxpany was posting a series of drawing of his blue-furred, pink-haired anthropomorphic lemur fursona Max enjoying life with a taller, increasingly overweight version of Stitch as his husband.<ref name="Maxpany Kiss the Cook tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Maxpany2/status/1348459836900601856|author=Maxpany|work=Twitter|date=January 10, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=the perfect husband doesn't exi- 😳😳😳😳😳}}</ref> Although not depicted in this series, Max also has an alternate "experiment-sona" form based on the ''Lilo & Stitch'' experiments; this form currently appears as Maxpany's avatar picture as of February 13.<ref name="Maxpany Social Blade"/>

The trend truly took off a week later on January 22, 2021, when at 8:40 EST, furry artist [https://twitter.com/MineDoo_ MineDoo] posted a colored sketch of a bust portrait of Stitch with a buff chest, greyish-blue nipples, and a thick neck as he smirks at the viewer.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352793322121809921|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=Quick Stitch before bed 👀}}</ref> This drawing was also apparently inspired by Maxpany's Stitch drawings according to a reply directed at Max when he replied to the drawing with six 👀 (eyes) emojis.<ref name="MineDoo reply tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352795673356283904|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=January 29, 2021|title=I blame YOU 👀✨}}</ref> The drawing garnered significant interest, with many Twitter users responding that they find the muscular rendition of the alien attractive, garnering over a thousand retweets and over 6,900 likes as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet"/>

MineDoo's drawing led to a windfall of other artists making their own renditions of an anthropomorphized Stitch. Others have also shared pre-2021 artwork of an anthropomorphic Stitch. These other renditions gave Stitch a variety of different designs and body shapes to these artists' liking, although some artists decided to draw other characters from the franchise, either with or without Stitch, out of a desire to bring more attention to them. These characters are usually an "anthrofied" Reuben (the franchise's other major male experiment, who is chubbier than Stitch in the canon but often overlooked due to Stitch and Angel's greater popularity), [[disney:Gantu|Gantu]] (the largest major character in the canon in both size and muscular shape), and Jumba (the most obesely built character); "anthrofied" versions of [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]] and even Angel, both of whom are among the better-known experiments in the fandom alongside Stitch and Reuben, were also made during the trend. Other artists have also opted to add an older [[disney:Lilo Pelekai|Lilo]] alongside Stitch to show them having "grown up" together, even though the original continuity of the franchise ended with Lilo still being a young girl in ''Leroy & Stitch'', and Stitch is shown in official media to be incapable of growing taller or even aging. (Although Lilo has official teenage and adult designs as seen in the ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' episode "[[disney:Skip (episode)|Skip]]", when she and Stitch skip ahead ten and twenty years into the future, and the ''Stitch!'' episode "Lilo", which shows her and Stitch reuniting in her adulthood. However, several of these "older Lilo & Stitch" art pieces do not show her with the specific older body she has in those episodes.)

The trend has seen some backlash from those who prefer either Stitch's regular "feral" design or not to see Stitch in adult artwork at all, with some Twitter users claiming to have unfollowed and muted or blocked artists who contributed to the trend, or have added the word "stitch" to their filters to avoid seeing such pictures of him. Others have expressed bewilderment at the trend, openly questioning or complaining about how it became popular in the first place.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch|Lilo & Stitch]]'' (2002) on Wikipedia
* ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|Lilo & Stitch]]'' (franchise) on Wikipedia
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Western Animation / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on TV Tropes
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/LiloAndStitch Franchise / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on TV Tropes
* [https://liloandstitch.fandom.com/wiki/Lilo_%26_Stitch_Wiki ''Lilo & Stitch'' Wiki] on Fandom

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Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)

2021-02-13T21:46:55Z

Polymorphic: Lilo & Stitch has its own page now.

{{DISPLAYTITLE:Experiment (''Lilo & Stitch'')}}
{{Infobox fictional species
| name = Experiments
| image =
| caption =
| author(s) = [[Chris Sanders]]
| creation date = Early 2000s
| publishing date = June 2002
| alternate name(s) = Genetic experiments
| home = [[disney:Planet Turo|Turo]] ("birth" planet for almost all experiments) [[:Category:Hawaii|Hawaii]] (adoptive home for most experiments, primarily around [[disney:Kokaua Town|Kokaua Town]] on [[Wikipedia:Kauai|Kauai]]) [[disney:Plorgonar|Plorgonar]] (Experiment 254/[[disney:Mr. Stenchy|Mr. Stenchy's]] adoptive home)
| metazoan = Varies depending on genetic construct, but usually mammalian
| type = Biological construct
| morphology = Widely varies
| sapience = Varies, ranging from near-non-sapience to humanoid
| gender = Male, female; reproductive capabilities unclear
| locomotion = Varies, including terrestrial, flight, aquatic, etc.
| communication = Verbal, behavioral
}}

'''Genetic experiments''' or simply '''experiments''' are fictional genetically-engineered [[alien]] creatures in [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney's]] ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'' franchise. In the franchise's fictional universe, they are creations of Kweltikwan biogeneticist (and self-proclaimed "[[Wikipedia:Mad scientist|evil genius]]") [[disney:Jumba Jookiba|Dr. Jumba Jookiba]], who made them with the shady funding of his former partner-in-crime (and the franchise's main antagonist) [[disney:Dr. Hämsterviel|Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel]]. The most famous of these experiments is Experiment 626, better known as the franchise's half-namesake [[Stitch]].

The idea of the experiments were partly conceived by ''[[Wikipedia:Lilo & Stitch|Lilo & Stitch]]'' director and writer [[Chris Sanders]] during the development of the film's story. Initially, Stitch was just an alien creature who crash-landed in a forest on Earth. In later developments, he was meant to be the leader of an intergalactic criminal gang and Jumba was one of his former cronies sent by the Intergalactic Council to capture him. However, test audience responses to early versions of the film resulted in the change of Stitch and Jumba's relationship to that of creation and creator, respectively.

The idea of genetic experiments other Stitch were initially shown in prequel comics released in ''[[Wikipedia:Disney Adventures|Disney Adventures]]'' magazine, which despite being made non-canonical after the 2005 release of ''[[Wikipedia:Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch|Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch]]'', are notable for introducing an early version of later major franchise character Experiment 625, also known as [[disney:Reuben|Reuben]]. Another early instance of a pre-626 experiment appearing came in the PlayStation 2 prequel video game, ''[[Wikipedia:Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626|Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626]]'', released two days before ''Lilo & Stitch''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s theatrical release. This game featured Experiment 621 (also known as "[[disney:Chopsuey|Chopsuey]]" after ''[[Wikipedia:Leroy & Stitch|Leroy & Stitch]]''), a skinny green experiment who was featured as an antagonist. The video game was also later retconned by ''Lilo & Stitch 2''.

The experiments in general made their formal debut in the 2003 direct-to-video sequel ''[[Wikipedia:Stitch! The Movie|Stitch! The Movie]]'', which serves as the pilot to the Disney Channel and ABC animated series, ''[[Wikipedia:Lilo & Stitch: The Series|Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'', in which they are featured as the main plot devices. In the series, Stitch and his best friend [[disney:Lilo Pelekai|Lilo Pelekai]] must find the experiments who were scattered around [[Wikipedia:Kauai|Kauai]] as dehydrated pods that activate when the come in contact with water (as seen in ''Stitch! The Movie''). The duo capture, name, and rehabilitate the other experiments so that they use their powers to become productive members of society instead of the destructive creatures that Jumba initially intended them to be. Thanks to Lilo's influence, Stitch, inspired by Hawaiian terminology, calls almost every one of the experiments his "cousins" (with the notable exception of Experiment 624/[[disney:Angel|Angel]], who becomes his girlfriend instead) and sees them all as part of his ''ʻohana'' (family). By the end of the final ''Lilo & Stitch'' film ''Leroy & Stitch'', Lilo and Stitch would successfully reform all 625 experiments, up to and including Stitch's immediate predecessor Experiment 625/Reuben, who served as a reluctant sidekick to secondary antagonist [[disney:Captain Gantu|Gantu]] throughout the show. During the series and ''Leroy & Stitch'', Jumba also creates three more experiments after Stitch: [[disney:627|Experiment 627]] (also known as "Evile" to the ''Lilo & Stitch'' fanbase), Experiment 628, and [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]] (eventually designated Experiment 629 in 2020 via spin-off manga ''[[disney:Stitch & the Samurai|Stitch & the Samurai]]''). However, none of these experiments were rehabilitated; 627 could not be turned good and was dehydrated back into pod form, 628 was never activated, and Leroy and [[disney:Leroy Clones|his clones]] were shut down thanks to a fail-safe and were sent to prison.

According to ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' executive producer and screenwriter [[Wikipedia:Jess Winfield|Jess Winfield]], the show was initially going to feature various derivative clones of Stitch made by a villain, but then either fellow executive producer Roberts "Bobs" Gannaway, then-president of Walt Disney Television Animation Barry Blumberg, or Winfield himself suggested to use the 625 experiments before Stitch instead, eventually leading to the experiments replacing the Stitch clones for the series.<ref name="winfield">{{cite web|title=L&S Says Mahalo|url=http://lasfansite.atspace.me/stuff/history/tvtome/page03.html|work=[[Wikipedia:TV.com|TV Tome]]|publisher=Yet Another Lilo & Stitch Fansite (re-uploaded archive)|accessdate=2018-06-01|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319134719/http://lasfansite.atspace.me/stuff/history/tvtome/page03.html|dead-url=no|archivedate=2016-03-19|page=3|quote=During development of the series, an artist and director here named Steve Lyons suggested that an evil villain clone Stitch into a bunch of different creatures that Lilo and Stitch would chase. That idea slowly became "the other 625 experiments." I honestly don't remember who first used that phrase... it might have been me, or Bobs Gannaway, or perhaps Barry Blumberg, President of Disney TVA.|date=2004-12-13}}</ref>

The experiments were also featured in the ''[[Wikipedia:Stitch!|Stitch!]]'' [[anime]] series, which takes place years after the events of ''Leroy & Stitch'', but with a number of them now inexplicably under the possession of Dr. Hämsterviel. The anime also introduced a number of experiments that weren't seen in the original series, such as Experiment 145/[[disney:Bragg|Bragg]] (misnumbered 021—which is "Twang" according to ''Leroy & Stitch''—in the Japanese original, and renamed "Flute" in the anime's English dub) and Experiment 122/[[disney:Dorkifier|Dorkifier]]. However, the first 625 experiments did not reappear in the Chinese animated series ''[[Wikipedia:Stitch & Ai|Stitch & Ai]]'', which instead has Jumba making a number of [[disney:Jumba's Chinese Experiments|new experiments]] that are mostly based on creatures found in Chinese mythology.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://liloandstitch.fandom.com/wiki/Experiments Experiments] on Fandom's Lilo & Stitch Wiki
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments Lilo & Stitch: Experiments character sheet] on [[Wikipedia:TV Tropes|TV Tropes]]
** [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments0Series Lilo & Stitch: Experiments - 0-Series character sheet] on TV Tropes
** [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments1Series Lilo & Stitch: Experiments - 1-Series character sheet] on TV Tropes
** [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments2Series Lilo & Stitch: Experiments - 2-Series character sheet] on TV Tropes
** [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments3Series Lilo & Stitch: Experiments - 3-Series character sheet] on TV Tropes
** [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments4Series Lilo & Stitch: Experiments - 4-Series character sheet] on TV Tropes
** [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments5Series Lilo & Stitch: Experiments - 5-Series character sheet] on TV Tropes
** [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments6Series Lilo & Stitch: Experiments - 6-Series character sheet] on TV Tropes

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User:Polymorphic/Sandbox

2021-02-13T21:32:34Z

Polymorphic: Lilo & Stitch article created.

Lilo & Stitch

2021-02-13T21:31:29Z

Polymorphic: Created the article after spending time making it in my sandbox.

{{Infobox media franchise
| title = ''Lilo & Stitch''
| image = 
| caption =
| creator = [[Chris Sanders]] [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]]
| owner = [[File:The_Walt_Disney_Company_logo.png|link=The Walt Disney Company|150px]]
| origin = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
| books =
| novels =
| short_stories =
| comics = ''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020–present)
| graphic_novels =
| strips = ''Comic Zone: Lilo & Stitch''
| magazines =
| films = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
| shorts = ''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)
| tv_series =
| web_series =
| animated_series = ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch: The Series|Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' (2003–2006) ''[[w:Stitch!|Stitch!]]'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015) ''[[w:Stitch & Ai|Stitch & Ai]]'' (2017)
| tv_specials =
| tv_shorts =
| tv_films = ''[[w:Leroy & Stitch|Leroy & Stitch]]'' (2006)
| direct-to-video = ''[[w:Stitch! The Movie|Stitch! The Movie]]'' (2003) ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch|Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch]]'' (2005)
| video_games = ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch'' (Game Boy Advance; 2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise'' (2002) ''Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626'' (2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc'' (2004) ''Disney Stitch Jam'' (2009)
| toys =
| attractions = [[w:Stitch's Great Escape!|Stitch's Great Escape!]] (2004–2018) [[w:Stitch Encounter|Stitch Encounter/Stitch Live!]] (2006–present) [[w:The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!|The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!]] (2008–present) [[w:Stitch's Supersonic Celebration|Stitch's Supersonic Celebration]] (2009)
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

'''''Lilo & Stitch''''' is a 2002 American animated science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by [[Chris Sanders]] and [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] that was produced by [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] and released by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. It is also the name of a Disney media franchise, alternately called just '''''Stitch''''', that spawned from the film. The film was released during a low point for Disney's feature animation studio, known today as either the "Post-Renaissance Era" (the period between the [[w:Disney Renaissance|Disney Renaissance]] and the [[disney:Disney Revival|Disney Revival]]) or the "Experimental Era" (since Disney's animated films became more experimental with their storytelling and were moving away from the templates used for the Renaissance's films), and became a surprise critical and commercial success for the company at a time when traditionally-animated films were losing relevance. The titular [[alien]] [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]] [[Stitch]] (also known as Experiment 626; number pronounced "six-two-six") rapidly became one of Disney's most popular characters, especially in merchandise,<ref name="THR Remake News">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jon-m-chu-in-talks-to-direct-live-action-lilo-stitch-movie-exclusive|title=Jon M. Chu in Talks to Direct Live-Action 'Lilo & Stitch' Movie (Exclusive)|website=[[w:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=November 13, 2020|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}</ref> becoming arguably Disney's first animated character introduced in the 21st century to have achieved an iconic status.{{fact}}

==Main works==
The main continuity of the franchise, which focuses on both title characters living their lives on Hawaii, consists of four animated feature films, a Western animated television series, and an animated short film.
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===''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)===
In the original 2002 film, released on June 21, 2002, Kweltikwan mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voiced by [[w:David Ogden Stiers|David Ogden Stiers]]) stands trial for illegal genetic experimentation, having created a superpowerful blue creature called "Experiment 626" (voiced by co-writer/co-director [[Chris Sanders]]), who is designed solely to destroy everything he touches. After 626 escapes custody to a backwater planet called Earth, the Grand Councilwoman ([[w:Zoe Caldwell|Zoe Caldwell]]) offers Jumba his freedom for the capture of his creation. On Earth, 626 crash lands his stolen spacecraft on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where he gets adopted by an eccentric six-year-old girl named Lilo Pelekai ([[w:Daveigh Chase|Daveigh Chase]]), who is shunned by her peers and is at risk of being forcibly separated from her older sister Nani ([[w:Tia Carrere|Tia Carrere]]) by her newest social worker Cobra Bubbles ([[w:Ving Rhames|Ving Rhames]]) to be put into foster care. In trying to escape capture by Jumba and his assigned partner, Plorgonarian "Earth expert" Agent Wendy Pleakley ([[w:Kevin McDonald|Kevin McDonald]]), 626 lets himself be adopted by Lilo as her "dog" who she renames as "Stitch".

Stitch's aggressive behavior, especially in his attempts to avoid Jumba and Pleakley, causes problems for Lilo and Nani, costing the latter her job as a luau waitress. Cobra demands Nani to find a new job and Lilo to make Stitch a "model citizen"; Lilo uses her beliefs in ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', a Hawaiian concept of extended family, as well as iconic singer [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] as a role model, to attempt to rehabilitate Stitch, while Nani tries to find new employment. Although Stitch's attitude improves as he slowly enjoys his time with Lilo, his and Lilo's antics prevents Nani from finding a new job. As David Kawena ([[w:Jason Scott Lee|Jason Scott Lee]]), a local surfer who is a good friend to the Pelekai sisters, gets them and Stitch to go surfing and enjoy some time on the beach, Jumba and Pleakley make a last-ditch effort to capture Stitch. Although Stitch escapes them again, his inability to swim or float in water causes him and Lilo, who he tried to grab onto for protection and flotation, to have a near drowning experience, which Cobra witnesses. The incident costs Nani her chances at keeping Lilo, and Cobra tells Nani that he would pick up Lilo the next morning. Feeling guilty for causing the sisters' now-inevitable separation, Stitch runs away from their home that night.

The next morning, Nani runs off to take on a new job offer before Cobra arrives for Lilo. Jumba, who was fired alongside Pleakley finds Stitch in the woods and chases him back to the Pelekais' house, which they destroy in the ensuing fight. Lilo runs off to the nearby woods to find Stitch, who reveals his true alien form to her. Although Lilo tries to reject him for ruining everything, they are both captured by the massive Captain Gantu ([[w:Kevin Michael Richardson|Kevin Michael Richardson]]), who was sent by the Grand Councilwoman to take over Jumba and Pleakley's assignment. Stitch escapes but Lilo remains captured on Gantu's spaceship. He is then found again by Nani, then Jumba and Pleakley shortly after. He tells Nani that he's changed by reminding her of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', and convinces Jumba to rescue Lilo. Chasing Gantu down in Jumba's spaceship, Stitch throws out Gantu from his spaceship and rescues Lilo. The sisters and the aliens reconvene at shore where Stitch is finally captured by the Grand Councilman. Stitch accepts his fate, proving how much he's changed as a person, but as he about to leave in the Councilwoman's spaceship, Lilo, with some prodding from Cobra, shows her ownership document to the Councilwoman and tells her that taking him away would be theft. Pleased with the document, the Grand Councilwoman decrees that Stitch is "sentenced" to exile with the Pelekai sisters as his wardens, and that the three are protected by the United Galactic Federation. After leaving, Lilo, Nani and Stitch accept the exiled Jumba and Pleakley into their home, they, along with David and Cobra, reconstruct their house and begin a happy life together.

===''Stitch! The Movie'' (2003)===
This direct-to-video pilot to ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', released on August 26, 2003, shows that Gantu, forcibly retired from his post in the original film, is now hired by the diminutive Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (voiced by [[w:Jeff Bennett|Jeff Bennett]]) to retrieve Jumba's first 625 genetic experiments, which Hämsterviel co-funded the creation of prior to the end of their partnership. On Earth, Stitch struggles to fit in with the locals and feels bad about himself. Jumba then gets kidnapped by Gantu, who also finds the dehydrated pod of Experiment 625 ([[w:Rob Paulsen|Rob Paulsen]]), and takes him to Hämsterviel. After finding the first 624 experiments, Lilo and Stitch activate one of them by dropping its pod in water, the electrical Experiment 221 ([[w:Frank Welker|Frank Welker]]), to help rescue Jumba, but he escapes. The duo then chase down and capture 221, and Stitch bonds with him as his "cousin", based on Hawaiian terminology he learned from Lilo. When Cobra and Pleakley rendezvous at [[w:Kilauea Light|Kīlauea Lighthouse]] with Gantu and Hämsterviel to exchange the pods of the other experiments as ransom payment for Jumba, Lilo and Stitch then show up with "Sparky" (as she named 221), freeing him then and there and freeing Jumba. Gantu and Hämsterviel attempt to make off with the experiments, but the Grand Councilwoman's ship emerges from the nearby Pacific Ocean and aims its gun and Hämsterviel. However, Lilo protests on the account that he has the other experiments, and Sparky decides to short-circuit the Councilwoman's ship. Lilo, Stitch and Sparky stow away on Hämsterviel's ship as he and Gantu escape. Lilo, Stitch and Gantu fight over the experiment pod container, which results in the container releasing and scattering the pods all over Hawaii, and Lilo and Stitch's capture. However, just as Stitch is about to be vivisected by a laser while strapped to a weight that's just too heavy for him to lift, Sparky frees him, they strap Hämsterviel to the weight, and Stitch rescues Lilo before she gets teleported to an intergalactic zoo. They short-circuit Gantu's own ship, causing it to crash by a waterfall on Kauai, and land Hämsterviel's ship back over to the rendezvous point at the lighthouse, handing Hämsterviel in handcuffs over to the Grand Councilwoman. Lilo and Stitch give Sparky a new home in powering the lighthouse, then convince the Councilwoman to have them find and rehabilitate the other 623 experiments (625 was activated by Gantu earlier and sticks with him as his sidekick, although he's too lazy and cowardly to put in any effort apart from making and eating sandwiches). As several experiments are activated when they fall into water, Lilo and Stitch drive off in Nani's dune buggy, leading to the subsequent series.

===''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (2003–2006)===
The franchise's first television series first ran from September 20, 2003 to July 29, 2006 for 65 episodes over two seasons, airing new episodes on both [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] Saturday morning block [[w:ABC Kids (TV programming block)|ABC Kids]] and [[w:Disney Channel|Disney Channel]] throughout its run. The only animated show in the franchise to truly follow-up on the original film, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' has the titular duo continue capturing Jumba's other experiments, naming them, and rehabilitating them from bad to good by finding a new place where they truly belong and can use their unique abilities to help society. Jumba and sometimes Pleakley usually assist them. Meanwhile, Gantu and his reluctant sidekick Experiment 625 try to capture experiments for Dr. Hämsterviel, who is imprisoned on a prison asteroid, usually fighting against Lilo and Stitch for the experiments.

===''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' (2005)===
A direct-to-video direct sequel to the first film released on August 30, 2005, set before ''Stitch! The Movie'', this film showed insights to the lives of the Pelekai ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' after the events of ''Lilo & Stitch''. The film had Lilo (voiced by [[w:Dakota Fanning|Dakota Fanning]] in this film) trying to come up with an original hula dance for a May Day competition that her late mother previously won. However, Stitch begins to suffer glitches that cause him to revert to his original destructive programming. Unbeknownst to either him or Lilo, these glitches are the result of his molecules not being fully charged when he was created, as he and Jumba were arrested shortly after the experiment's creation. While Jumba tries to build a new fusion chamber to recharge Stitch before his molecules lose all their charge, and Pleakley attempts to "fix" David and Nani's supposedly strained relationship, Stitch's glitches causes friction between him and Lilo, leading to her deciding to perform her hula without him. On the day of the hula competition, on which Jumba had finally completed construction of the fusion chamber, Stitch tries to wish Lilo good luck, but has another glitch that causes him to scratch her face. This causes him to believe that he's too dangerous to be around her, and he takes Jumba's spaceship to try to free to a distant remote planet. Lilo, realizing that the glitches were not his fault, abandons her performance and gets her family go save Stitch, who has one final glitch that causes him to crash the ship on a mountain. Lilo reaches Stitch via a hovercraft and tries to revitalize him by putting him in the fusion chamber, but he supposedly dies. However, he then wakes up in Lilo's arms cured of his glitches, as according to her, "love is more powerful than death."

====''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)====
This short film included with ''Lilo & Stitch 2'' as a DVD and later Disney+ extra is a bridge between than film and ''Stitch! The Movie''. The short film reveals what kinds of alien creatures were used to create Stitch, with Jumba reminding the experiment of what he has become, and also hints at the other 625 experiments made before him.

===''Leroy & Stitch'' (2006)===
This television film aired on June 23, 2006, serving as the finale of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' and the main continuity of the franchise with Stitch being with Lilo on Hawaii. In the film, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley are honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance (the name of the United Galactic Federation in ''The Series'') after successfully reforming all of the first 624 experiments. Jumba is given the key back to his old lab at Galaxy Defense Industries, Pleakley is made the head of Earth studies at Galactic Alliance Community College (G.A.C.C.), Stitch is made the Captain of the Galactic Armada as the commander of its newly commissioned ship the BRB-9000 (Big Red Battleship 9000) and Lilo, now Galactic Federation Ambassador to Earth, is designated the sole guardian of Stitch's "cousins". However, with the aliens' having to leave Earth, Lilo gives them parting gifts; a record of Elvis Presley's performance of "Aloha 'Oe", Pleakley an Earth rock as a paperweight, and Stitch a collar-like necklace with a tiki of [[w:Kū|Kū]], the Hawaiian god of strength.

Meanwhile, Gantu, who only managed to catch Experiment 625, decides to break Dr. Hämsterviel out of prison, leaving 625 stranded on Earth as Gantu flies off in his [[disney:Manta Shuttle|Manta Shuttle]], which only has two seats. As Stitch is assigned to go recapture Hämsterviel, Hämsterviel and Gantu burst into Jumba's lab and forces Jumba to create an evil twin of Stitch that Hämsterviel names [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]], who then gets into a fight with Stitch when he arrives, winning when Stitch is distracted by Pleakley's sudden appearance, allowing Leroy to throw Stitch into a containment capsule. Hämsterviel locks Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley into Pleakley's G.A.C.C. ship to send them towards a black hole, then clones Leroy into his own personal army, then goes off to the planet Turo take over the Galactic Alliance.

On Earth, Lilo misses Stitch and convinces 625 to allow her to use the videophone on Gantu's ship when she names him "Reuben", after the [[w:Reuben sandwich|Reuben sandwich]]. They contact the BRB-9000 to find what looks like Stitch, who is actually a shapeshifted Leroy, but find him to be an imposter as he doesn't have Stitch's tiki necklace. After Leroy cuts off the feed, Lilo then motivates Reuben to repair the ship to rescue Stitch. Hämsterviel sends a Leroy clone to Earth to capture all the experiments to be destroyed, including Lilo's rival [[disney:Mertle Edmonds|Mertle Edmonds]] (voiced by [[w:Liliana Mumy|Liliana Mumy]] in ''The Series'' and all films except for ''Lilo & Stitch'', where she was voiced by Miranda Paige Walls), the owner of Experiment 007, Gigi. Lilo and Reuben arrive at Turo to find that the Hämsterviel has taken over the Galactic Alliance. Gantu locks away Lilo and Reuben, but releases them after Hämsterviel fires him in favor of Leroy. After being trapped by Leroy clones in an attempt to, Lilo, Reuben and Gantu are then saved by the sudden appearance of the G.A.C.C. van, which went through the black hole but had its trajectory changed after, based on Jumba's personal calculations on how they could avoid being dumped to a volcanic planet by the black hole, Stitch disrupted the event horizon by biting into Pleakley's rock and throwing it at the black hole.

Lilo, Reuben and Gantu join Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley inside the van and head straight for Earth, where it's revealed that Leroy gathered all the experiments (and Mertle) at [[w:Aloha Stadium|Aloha Stadium]], where a concert is planned to take place in the future. Hämsterviel almost uses the weapons on the BRB-9000 to destroy the experiments, but the G.A.C.C. van suddenly appears and destroys the BRB's primary cannon. However, Hämsterviel brought his Leroy army as backup, and soon the experiments and the Leroys have an epic battle against one another. As the Leroys start getting the upper hand, Jumba then remembers that he programmed a secret command in Leroy that if he hears "Aloha 'Oe", he will shut down. Stitch, Lilo, Reuben, and a few other experiments then put on a concert playing the song, causing all the Leroys to get violent seizures and shut down, and Hämsterviel is recaptured and sent back to prison.

The team is honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance, but Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley request to return to living on Earth with Lilo. The Grand Councilwoman grants their request and ask Gantu if he would like to be reinstated as a captain of the Galactic Armada. He agrees on the condition that Reuben joins him as his galley officer. Back on Earth, Lilo takes one final family photo with her ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', including Stitch, Nani David, Jumba, Pleakley, the experiments, and even Mertle, while in prison, an angry Hämsterviel taps his foot while the Leroys dance to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock".

==Spin-offs==
Since the end of the main continuity in 2006, Disney has produced a number of spin-offs focusing more on Stitch and his antics in various locations on Earth, making new friends with other human beings. All such spin-offs so far have been primarily made in the countries where such works take place. Additionally, the English versions of the animated spin-offs have featured an entirely different voice cast from the original, with [[w:Benjamin Diskin|Benjamin Diskin]] taking over as the voice of Stitch and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' screenwriter and executive producer [[w:Jess Winfield|Jess Winfield]] replacing David Ogden Stiers as the voice of Jumba.

===''Stitch!'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015)===
This Japanese anime series ran from 2008 to 2011 for 83 episodes and three specials, with an additional two specials broadcast in 2012 and 2015. The first two seasons, consisting of 54 episodes and two specials, were produced by Madhouse, while the 29 episodes of the third season and the last three specials were produced by Shin-Ei Animation. The English dub first debuted in Australia in 2009, and briefly ran in the United States on Disney XD in October 2011. The German dub of this series retitles it as ''Yuna & Stitch''.

In this series, Stitch has left Lilo after falsely believing that she abandoned him when she grew up. After spending time in space, he eventually ends up on the fictitious Izayoi Island, which is off the shore of Okinawa in the Ryukyus. There, he meets Yuna Kamihara (voiced by [[w:Eden Riegel|Eden Riegel]] in the English dub), a tomboyish local girl with an interest in karate, and he, Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Ted Biaselli|Ted Biaselli]]) join her family. On the island, Stitch discovers and learns about the "Spiritual Stone", a magical stone that can grant wishes provided one does 43 good deeds (which can be lost; Stitch loses good deeds often due to his mischievous behavior), and Stitch wishes to be the strongest being in the universe. However, by the end of the second season, when Stitch finally earns enough good deeds, he instead decides to use his wish to stay with Yuna instead. Throughout the two Madhouse seasons, Stitch also fights off against Dr. Hämsterviel (Kirk Thornton), who is at large along with Gantu (Keith Silverstein) and Experiment 625/Reuben (Dave Wittenberg), and wishes to use the stone to gain ultimate power.

In the third season, Yuna, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley instead move to Okinawa New Town with Yuna's cousin Tigerlily ([[w:Laura Bailey|Laura Bailey]]), while Hämsterviel partners with an alien woman named Delia ([[w:Mary Elizabeth McGlynn|Mary Elizabeth McGlynn]]) who desires to retrieve a power cell embedded within Stitch. She eventually creates her own powerful experiment, Dark End ([[w:Roger Craig Smith|Roger Craig Smith]]), to fight Stitch. Lilo ([[w:Gwendoline Yeo|Gwendoline Yeo]]), now an adult with a daughter named Ani ([[w:Melissa Fahn|Melissa Fahn]]) who looks remarkably identical to her back when she was a child, also returns in an episode to reunite with Stitch.

===''Stitch & Ai'' (2017)===
This English-language Chinese animated series was produced by Anhui Xinhua Media and Panimation Hwakai Media with cooperation with American animators, including some of the crew of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. It ran for one thirteen-episode season from March 27 to April 6, 2017, with a Mandarin Chinese dub, while the original English production was first broadcast in Southeast Asia from February 5 to 27, 2018. Twelve of the thirteen episodes were later released in the United States for free digital streaming on DisneyNow on December 1, 2018, although they were removed from the service by June 2019.

This series has Stitch kidnapped by a faction of alien criminals called the Jaboodies and held in their spaceship above Earth, only for a rival faction called the Woolagongs, who also want Stitch for themselves, attack the ship in an effort to capture him, allowing him to escape to Earth. Upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, he ends up in the Huangshan mountains in China's Anhui province. There he meets a spirited young girl named Wang Ai Ling (voiced in English by [[w:Erica Mendez|Erica Mendez]]), who lives in her home in the mountains her older sister Jeijei ([[w:Laura Post|Laura Post]]), but whose aunt Daiyu (Post) wants to move her out to live in the city under the false belief that she will have a better life there. Ai takes in Stitch as her "dog", and the two help each other with their problems. They are also joined by Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Lucien Dodge|Lucien Dodge]]) after they are initially sent by the Grand Councilwoman to rescue Stitch. However, Jumba is concerned that an ability he secretly programmed in Stitch, a metamorphosis ability that turns the little blue experiment into a giant destructive monster, could be triggered if the alien criminals still going after him try to subconsciously manipulate Stitch into triggering it.

===''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020–present)===
This Japanese manga spin-off written and illustrated by Hiroto Wada, also known in Japan as ''Tono & Stitch'', began on January 13, 2020 with the digital publishing of its first chapter. The English translation of the first compiled volume will be published by Tokyopop on May 11, 2021. Unlike past works, Stitch ends up in Earth's past and befriends an adult male instead of a young girl. In this manga, Stitch ends up traveling through time as well as space, crash landing in Sengoku-era Japan. There he meets Yamato Meison, a samurai warlord who takes the blue "tanuki" after seeing his power and finding him to be "cute".

==Impact on the furry fandom==
''Lilo & Stitch'' has a niche amount of popularity in the [[furry]] community due to the animalistic-looking aliens featured within, with Stitch being a modestly popular character within the furry fandom. Some of the other experiments, including his immediate predecessor [[disney:Reuben|Reuben (Experiment 625)]] and female counterpart, love interest and mate [[disney:Angel|Angel (Experiment 624)]], are also recognizable. The film and the franchise's messages of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' and finding belongingness with others have also resonated with much of the furry fandom, as several furs have personally found belongingness within the fandom.

Some furs have an "experimentsona" or "Stitchsona"—a representation of oneself as a genetic experiment, usually more based on Stitch's own design than other experiments—as their [[fursona]] or as an alternate form of their own pre-existing one, as if their main fursona was genetically modified by the creator of the experiments [[disney:Jumba Jookiba|Dr. Jumba Jookiba]] himself.

===Bara Stitch===

"'''Bara Stitch'''", also called "'''Himbo Stitch'''", "'''Buff Stitch'''" and "'''Hunk(y) Stitch'''" among other names, refers to fan interpretations of "anthropomorphized" versions of Stitch that trended in January and February 2021, when several artists on Twitter and [[Fur Affinity]] shared fan art they made featuring such interpretations of Stitch. In such artwork, he is portrayed with a body shape of a human adult, oftentimes with some human-based features such as nipples, hands and feet, while still maintaining most of his regular [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]] features including eyes, ears, nose, mouth, head shape, fur and claws, though not necessarily all such features. His more humanoid body in such renditions is typically given a muscular build, overweight build or a build with mixture of both per the aspects of male characters portrayed in works of the [[w:Bara (genre)|''bara'' genre]] (short for ''[[w:Barazoku|Barazoku]]'', which was a gay-oriented magazine in Japan) from which the trend takes its name. While much of the artwork made during the trend have been sexually suggestive or pornographic in nature, others, including the drawing that kickstarted the trend, have been either just playfully teasing or completely wholesome. Additionally, while Stitch has received most of the attention, some artists have drawn other ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters either instead of or alongside Stitch to bring more attention to them.

Several fan art of "anthropomorphic" Stitch have been made well before the trend. Stitch is technically an anthropomorphic creature to begin with, since he has a high level of human-like intelligence and sentience and has opposable thumbs (or at least, fingers that can ''act'' much like opposable thumbs), but this isn't as apparent due to his somewhat feral appearance and at times behavior. Thus, when people are referring to an "anthropomorphic Stitch", they mean a version of Stitch that is given a more humanoid body shape, though not to the point where he looks more human than experiment; this usually given in the form of a body similar to an male human adult, although he has also been interpreted with bodies of a male human teenager. Additionally, in the vein of [[w:Rule 63|Rule 63]] of the Internet, he has also been given female interpretations by fans, with or without a humanoid body shape.

Early signs of the trend began around January 15, 2021. At 2:36 PM EST on that day, artist [https://twitter.com/eclipticafusion eclipticafusion] posted a drawing of anthrofied versions Stitch, Reuben and Leroy based on drawings of "anthro Stitch" that he saw himself.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eclipticafusion/status/1350164949398646785|author=eclipticafusion|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=I saw some cute pics of anthro Stitch and wanted to try myself, of course added Reuben and Leroy}}</ref> This drawing got considerable attention; as of February 13, 2021, the tweet was retweeted 905 times and received over 5,100 likes.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet"/> Later that day at 5:08 PM, furry artist [https://twitter.com/xtbidx tbid] tweeted a drawing of a "himbo" Stitch they made the previous week,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350203216768626688|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=He’s a scribble from last week. Go check out/follow @Maxpany2 for some 👌 stitch himbo}}</ref> later posting an explicit version of the drawing over two hours later.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350235778496958464|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=ALOHA fuzzies # TGIF}}</ref> As of January 29, 2021, the tweet with the original "safe" version of the drawing has been retweeted 283 times and liked almost 1,300 times,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> while the tweet with the explicit version has been retweeted 652 times and liked over 3,000 times.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw"/> According to their first Stitch drawing tweet,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> they were inspired by the drawings of fellow furry artist [https://twitter.com/Maxpany2 Maxpany], who has at least 6,400 Twitter followers as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="Maxpany Social Blade">{{cite web|url=https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/maxpany2|title=Maxpany's Twitter Stats Summary Profile|work=Social Blade|accessdate=February 13, 2021}}</ref> Maxpany is known for his artwork involving [[macro]]fied characters (including the involvement of size growth and muscle growth), [[Hypertrophilia|hyper-endowed]] characters, and/or overweight/obese characters (including weight gain), preferring to draw usually male anthropomorphic cartoon characters that have been reinterpreted with such traits. Among the regular subjects in his art are ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters, most often Stitch and Reuben. Throughout the month, beginning from January 10, Maxpany was posting a series of drawing of his blue-furred, pink-haired anthropomorphic lemur fursona Max enjoying life with a taller, increasingly overweight version of Stitch as his husband.<ref name="Maxpany Kiss the Cook tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Maxpany2/status/1348459836900601856|author=Maxpany|work=Twitter|date=January 10, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=the perfect husband doesn't exi- 😳😳😳😳😳}}</ref> Although not depicted in this series, Max also has an alternate "experiment-sona" form based on the ''Lilo & Stitch'' experiments; this form currently appears as Maxpany's avatar picture as of February 13.<ref name="Maxpany Social Blade"/>

The trend truly took off a week later on January 22, 2021, when at 8:40 EST, furry artist [https://twitter.com/MineDoo_ MineDoo] posted a colored sketch of a bust portrait of Stitch with a buff chest, greyish-blue nipples, and a thick neck as he smirks at the viewer.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352793322121809921|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=Quick Stitch before bed 👀}}</ref> This drawing was also apparently inspired by Maxpany's Stitch drawings according to a reply directed at Max when he replied to the drawing with six 👀 (eyes) emojis.<ref name="MineDoo reply tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352795673356283904|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=January 29, 2021|title=I blame YOU 👀✨}}</ref> The drawing garnered significant interest, with many Twitter users responding that they find the muscular rendition of the alien attractive, garnering over a thousand retweets and over 6,900 likes as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet"/>

MineDoo's drawing led to a windfall of other artists making their own renditions of an anthropomorphized Stitch. Others have also shared pre-2021 artwork of an anthropomorphic Stitch. These other renditions gave Stitch a variety of different designs and body shapes to these artists' liking, although some artists decided to draw other characters from the franchise, either with or without Stitch, out of a desire to bring more attention to them. These characters are usually an "anthrofied" Reuben (the franchise's other major male experiment, who is chubbier than Stitch in the canon but often overlooked due to Stitch and Angel's greater popularity), [[disney:Gantu|Gantu]] (the largest major character in the canon in both size and muscular shape), and Jumba (the most obesely built character); "anthrofied" versions of [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]] and even Angel, both of whom are among the better-known experiments in the fandom alongside Stitch and Reuben, were also made during the trend. Other artists have also opted to add an older [[disney:Lilo Pelekai|Lilo]] alongside Stitch to show them having "grown up" together, even though the original continuity of the franchise ended with Lilo still being a young girl in ''Leroy & Stitch'', and Stitch is shown in official media to be incapable of growing taller or even aging. (Although Lilo has official teenage and adult designs as seen in the ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' episode "[[disney:Skip (episode)|Skip]]", when she and Stitch skip ahead ten and twenty years into the future, and the ''Stitch!'' episode "Lilo", which shows her and Stitch reuniting in her adulthood. However, several of these "older Lilo & Stitch" art pieces do not show her with the specific older body she has in those episodes.)

The trend has seen some backlash from those who prefer either Stitch's regular "feral" design or not to see Stitch in adult artwork at all, with some Twitter users claiming to have unfollowed and muted or blocked artists who contributed to the trend, or have added the word "stitch" to their filters to avoid seeing such pictures of him. Others have expressed bewilderment at the trend, openly questioning or complaining about how it became popular in the first place.

==References==
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==External links==
* ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch|Lilo & Stitch]]'' (2002) on Wikipedia
* ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|Lilo & Stitch]]'' (franchise) on Wikipedia
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Western Animation / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on TV Tropes
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/LiloAndStitch Franchise / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on TV Tropes
* [https://liloandstitch.fandom.com/wiki/Lilo_%26_Stitch_Wiki ''Lilo & Stitch'' Wiki] on Fandom

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| creator = [[Chris Sanders]] [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]]
| owner = [[File:The_Walt_Disney_Company_logo.png|link=The Walt Disney Company|150px]]
| origin = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
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| comics = ''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020–present)
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| strips = ''Comic Zone: Lilo & Stitch''
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| films = ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)
| shorts = ''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)
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| animated_series = ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch: The Series|Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' (2003–2006) ''[[w:Stitch!|Stitch!]]'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015) ''[[w:Stitch & Ai|Stitch & Ai]]'' (2017)
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| tv_films = ''[[w:Leroy & Stitch|Leroy & Stitch]]'' (2006)
| direct-to-video = ''[[w:Stitch! The Movie|Stitch! The Movie]]'' (2003) ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch|Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch]]'' (2005)
| video_games = ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch'' (Game Boy Advance; 2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise'' (2002) ''Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626'' (2002) ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc'' (2004) ''Disney Stitch Jam'' (2009)
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| attractions = [[w:Stitch's Great Escape!|Stitch's Great Escape!]] (2004–2018) [[w:Stitch Encounter|Stitch Encounter/Stitch Live!]] (2006–present) [[w:The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!|The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!]] (2008–present) [[w:Stitch's Supersonic Celebration|Stitch's Supersonic Celebration]] (2009)
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'''''Lilo & Stitch''''' is a 2002 American animated science-fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by [[Chris Sanders]] and [[w:Dean DeBlois|Dean DeBlois]] that was produced by [[w:Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Feature Animation]] and released by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. It is also the name of a Disney media franchise, alternately called just '''''Stitch''''', that spawned from the film. The film was released during a low point for Disney's feature animation studio, known today as either the "Post-Renaissance Era" (the period between the [[w:Disney Renaissance|Disney Renaissance]] and the [[disney:Disney Revival|Disney Revival]]) or the "Experimental Era" (since Disney's animated films became more experimental with their storytelling and were moving away from the templates used for the Renaissance's films), and became a surprise critical and commercial success for the company at a time when traditionally-animated films were losing relevance. The titular [[alien]] [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]] [[Stitch]] (also known as Experiment 626; number pronounced "six-two-six") rapidly became one of Disney's most popular characters, especially in merchandise,<ref name="THR Remake News">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jon-m-chu-in-talks-to-direct-live-action-lilo-stitch-movie-exclusive|title=Jon M. Chu in Talks to Direct Live-Action 'Lilo & Stitch' Movie (Exclusive)|website=[[w:The Hollywood Reporter|The Hollywood Reporter]]|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=November 13, 2020|accessdate=January 31, 2021}}</ref> becoming arguably Disney's first animated character introduced in the 21st century to have achieved an iconic status.{{fact}}

==Main works==
The main continuity of the franchise, which focuses on both title characters living their lives on Hawaii, consists of four animated feature films, a Western animated television series, and an animated short film.
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===''Lilo & Stitch'' (2002)===
In the original 2002 film, released on June 21, 2002, Kweltikwan mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voiced by [[w:David Ogden Stiers|David Ogden Stiers]]) stands trial for illegal genetic experimentation, having created a superpowerful blue creature called "Experiment 626" (voiced by co-writer/co-director [[Chris Sanders]]), who is designed solely to destroy everything he touches. After 626 escapes custody to a backwater planet called Earth, the Grand Councilwoman ([[w:Zoe Caldwell|Zoe Caldwell]]) offers Jumba his freedom for the capture of his creation. On Earth, 626 crash lands his stolen spacecraft on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where he gets adopted by an eccentric six-year-old girl named Lilo Pelekai ([[w:Daveigh Chase|Daveigh Chase]]), who is shunned by her peers and is at risk of being forcibly separated from her older sister Nani ([[w:Tia Carrere|Tia Carrere]]) by her newest social worker Cobra Bubbles ([[w:Ving Rhames|Ving Rhames]]) to be put into foster care. In trying to escape capture by Jumba and his assigned partner, so-called "Earth expert" Agent Wendy Pleakley ([[w:Kevin McDonald|Kevin McDonald]]), 626 lets himself be adopted by Lilo as her "dog" who she renames as "Stitch".

Stitch's aggressive behavior, especially in his attempts to avoid Jumba and Pleakley, causes problems for Lilo and Nani, costing the latter her job as a luau waitress. Cobra demands Nani to find a new job and Lilo to make Stitch a "model citizen"; Lilo uses her beliefs in ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', a Hawaiian concept of extended family, as well as iconic singer [[w:Elvis Presley|Elvis Presley]] as a role model, to attempt to rehabilitate Stitch, while Nani tries to find new employment. Although Stitch's attitude improves as he slowly enjoys his time with Lilo, his and Lilo's antics prevents Nani from finding a new job. As David Kawena ([[w:Jason Scott Lee|Jason Scott Lee]]), a local surfer who is a good friend to the Pelekai sisters, gets them and Stitch to go surfing and enjoy some time on the beach, Jumba and Pleakley make a last-ditch effort to capture Stitch. Although Stitch escapes them again, his inability to swim or float in water causes him and Lilo, who he tried to grab onto for protection and flotation, to have a near drowning experience, which Cobra witnesses. The incident costs Nani her chances at keeping Lilo, and Cobra tells Nani that he would pick up Lilo the next morning. Feeling guilty for causing the sisters' now-inevitable separation, Stitch runs away from their home that night.

The next morning, Nani runs off to take on a new job offer before Cobra arrives for Lilo. Jumba, who was fired alongside Pleakley finds Stitch in the woods and chases him back to the Pelekais' house, which they destroy in the ensuing fight. Lilo runs off to the nearby woods to find Stitch, who reveals his true alien form to her. Although Lilo tries to reject him for ruining everything, they are both captured by the massive Captain Gantu ([[w:Kevin Michael Richardson|Kevin Michael Richardson]]), who was sent by the Grand Councilwoman to take over Jumba and Pleakley's assignment. Stitch escapes but Lilo remains captured on Gantu's spaceship. He is then found again by Nani, then Jumba and Pleakley shortly after. He tells Nani that he's changed by reminding her of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', and convinces Jumba to rescue Lilo. Chasing Gantu down in Jumba's spaceship, Stitch throws out Gantu from his spaceship and rescues Lilo. The sisters and the aliens reconvene at shore where Stitch is finally captured by the Grand Councilman. Stitch accepts his fate, proving how much he's changed as a person, but as he about to leave in the Councilwoman's spaceship, Lilo, with some prodding from Cobra, shows her ownership document to the Councilwoman and tells her that taking him away would be theft. Pleased with the document, the Grand Councilwoman decrees that Stitch is "sentenced" to exile with the Pelekai sisters as his wardens, and that the three are protected by the United Galactic Federation. After leaving, Lilo, Nani and Stitch accept the exiled Jumba and Pleakley into their home, they, along with David and Cobra, reconstruct their house and begin a happy life together.

===''Stitch! The Movie'' (2003)===
This direct-to-video pilot to ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', released on August 26, 2003, shows that Gantu, forcibly retired from his post in the original film, is now hired by the diminutive Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (voiced by [[w:Jeff Bennett|Jeff Bennett]]) to retrieve Jumba's first 625 genetic experiments, which Hämsterviel co-funded the creation of prior to the end of their partnership. On Earth, Stitch struggles to fit in with the locals and feels bad about himself. Jumba then gets kidnapped by Gantu, who also finds the dehydrated pod of Experiment 625 ([[w:Rob Paulsen|Rob Paulsen]]), and takes him to Hämsterviel. After finding the first 624 experiments, Lilo and Stitch activate one of them by dropping its pod in water, the electrical Experiment 221 ([[w:Frank Welker|Frank Welker]]), to help rescue Jumba, but he escapes. The duo then chase down and capture 221, and Stitch bonds with him as his "cousin", based on Hawaiian terminology he learned from Lilo. When Cobra and Pleakley rendezvous at [[w:Kilauea Light|Kīlauea Lighthouse]] with Gantu and Hämsterviel to exchange the pods of the other experiments as ransom payment for Jumba, Lilo and Stitch then show up with "Sparky" (as she named 221), freeing him then and there and freeing Jumba. Gantu and Hämsterviel attempt to make off with the experiments, but the Grand Councilwoman's ship emerges from the nearby Pacific Ocean and aims its gun and Hämsterviel. However, Lilo protests on the account that he has the other experiments, and Sparky decides to short-circuit the Councilwoman's ship. Lilo, Stitch and Sparky stow away on Hämsterviel's ship as he and Gantu escape. Lilo, Stitch and Gantu fight over the experiment pod container, which results in the container releasing and scattering the pods all over Hawaii, and Lilo and Stitch's capture. However, just as Stitch is about to be vivisected by a laser while strapped to a weight that's just too heavy for him to lift, Sparky frees him, they strap Hämsterviel to the weight, and Stitch rescues Lilo before she gets teleported to an intergalactic zoo. They short-circuit Gantu's own ship, causing it to crash by a waterfall on Kauai, and land Hämsterviel's ship back over to the rendezvous point at the lighthouse, handing Hämsterviel in handcuffs over to the Grand Councilwoman. Lilo and Stitch give Sparky a new home in powering the lighthouse, then convince the Councilwoman to have them find and rehabilitate the other 623 experiments (625 was activated by Gantu earlier and sticks with him as his sidekick, although he's too lazy and cowardly to put in any effort apart from making and eating sandwiches). As several experiments are activated when they fall into water, Lilo and Stitch drive off in Nani's dune buggy, leading to the subsequent series.

===''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' (2003–2006)===
The franchise's first television series first ran from September 20, 2003 to July 29, 2006 for 65 episodes over two seasons, airing new episodes on both [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] Saturday morning block [[w:ABC Kids (TV programming block)|ABC Kids]] and [[w:Disney Channel|Disney Channel]] throughout its run. The only animated show in the franchise to truly follow-up on the original film, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' has the titular duo continue capturing Jumba's other experiments, naming them, and rehabilitating them from bad to good by finding a new place where they truly belong and can use their unique abilities to help society. Jumba and sometimes Pleakley usually assist them. Meanwhile, Gantu and his reluctant sidekick Experiment 625 try to capture experiments for Dr. Hämsterviel, who is imprisoned on a prison asteroid, usually fighting against Lilo and Stitch for the experiments.

===''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' (2005)===
A direct-to-video direct sequel to the first film released on August 30, 2005, set before ''Stitch! The Movie'', this film showed insights to the lives of the Pelekai ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' after the events of ''Lilo & Stitch''. The film had Lilo (voiced by [[w:Dakota Fanning|Dakota Fanning]] in this film) trying to come up with an original hula dance for a May Day competition that her late mother previously won. However, Stitch begins to suffer glitches that cause him to revert to his original destructive programming. Unbeknownst to either him or Lilo, these glitches are the result of his molecules not being fully charged when he was created, as he and Jumba were arrested shortly after the experiment's creation. While Jumba tries to build a new fusion chamber to recharge Stitch before his molecules lose all their charge, and Pleakley attempts to "fix" David and Nani's supposedly strained relationship, Stitch's glitches causes friction between him and Lilo, leading to her deciding to perform her hula without him. On the day of the hula competition, on which Jumba had finally completed construction of the fusion chamber, Stitch tries to wish Lilo good luck, but has another glitch that causes him to scratch her face. This causes him to believe that he's too dangerous to be around her, and he takes Jumba's spaceship to try to free to a distant remote planet. Lilo, realizing that the glitches were not his fault, abandons her performance and gets her family go save Stitch, who has one final glitch that causes him to crash the ship on a mountain. Lilo reaches Stitch via a hovercraft and tries to revitalize him by putting him in the fusion chamber, but he supposedly dies. However, he then wakes up in Lilo's arms cured of his glitches, as according to her, "love is more powerful than death."

====''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005)====
This short film included with ''Lilo & Stitch 2'' as a DVD and later Disney+ extra is a bridge between than film and ''Stitch! The Movie''. The short film reveals what kinds of alien creatures were used to create Stitch, with Jumba reminding the experiment of what he has become, and also hints at the other 625 experiments made before him.

===''Leroy & Stitch'' (2006)===
This television film aired on June 23, 2006, serving as the finale of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' and the main continuity of the franchise with Stitch being with Lilo on Hawaii. In the film, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley are honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance (the name of the United Galactic Federation in ''The Series'') after successfully reforming all of the first 624 experiments. Jumba is given the key back to his old lab at Galaxy Defense Industries, Pleakley is made the head of Earth studies at Galactic Alliance Community College (G.A.C.C.), Stitch is made the Captain of the Galactic Armada as the commander of its newly commissioned ship the BRB-9000 (Big Red Battleship 9000) and Lilo, now Galactic Federation Ambassador to Earth, is designated the sole guardian of Stitch's "cousins". However, with the aliens' having to leave Earth, Lilo gives them parting gifts; a record of Elvis Presley's performance of "Aloha 'Oe", Pleakley an Earth rock as a paperweight, and Stitch a collar-like necklace with a tiki of [[w:Kū|Kū]], the Hawaiian god of strength.

Meanwhile, Gantu, who only managed to catch Experiment 625, decides to break Dr. Hämsterviel out of prison, leaving 625 stranded on Earth as Gantu flies off in his [[disney:Manta Shuttle|Manta Shuttle]], which only has two seats. As Stitch is assigned to go recapture Hämsterviel, Hämsterviel and Gantu burst into Jumba's lab and forces Jumba to create an evil twin of Stitch that Hämsterviel names [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]], who then gets into a fight with Stitch when he arrives, winning when Stitch is distracted by Pleakley's sudden appearance, allowing Leroy to throw Stitch into a containment capsule. Hämsterviel locks Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley into Pleakley's G.A.C.C. ship to send them towards a black hole, then clones Leroy into his own personal army, then goes off to the planet Turo take over the Galactic Alliance.

On Earth, Lilo misses Stitch and convinces 625 to allow her to use the videophone on Gantu's ship when she names him "Reuben", after the [[w:Reuben sandwich|Reuben sandwich]]. They contact the BRB-9000 to find what looks like Stitch, who is actually a shapeshifted Leroy, but find him to be an imposter as he doesn't have Stitch's tiki necklace. After Leroy cuts off the feed, Lilo then motivates Reuben to repair the ship to rescue Stitch. Hämsterviel sends a Leroy clone to Earth to capture all the experiments to be destroyed, including Lilo's rival [[disney:Mertle Edmonds|Mertle Edmonds]] (voiced by [[w:Liliana Mumy|Liliana Mumy]] in ''The Series'' and all films except for ''Lilo & Stitch'', where she was voiced by Miranda Paige Walls), the owner of Experiment 007, Gigi. Lilo and Reuben arrive at Turo to find that the Hämsterviel has taken over the Galactic Alliance. Gantu locks away Lilo and Reuben, but releases them after Hämsterviel fires him in favor of Leroy. After being trapped by Leroy clones in an attempt to, Lilo, Reuben and Gantu are then saved by the sudden appearance of the G.A.C.C. van, which went through the black hole but had its trajectory changed after, based on Jumba's personal calculations on how they could avoid being dumped to a volcanic planet by the black hole, Stitch disrupted the event horizon by biting into Pleakley's rock and throwing it at the black hole.

Lilo, Reuben and Gantu join Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley inside the van and head straight for Earth, where it's revealed that Leroy gathered all the experiments (and Mertle) at [[w:Aloha Stadium|Aloha Stadium]], where a concert is planned to take place in the future. Hämsterviel almost uses the weapons on the BRB-9000 to destroy the experiments, but the G.A.C.C. van suddenly appears and destroys the BRB's primary cannon. However, Hämsterviel brought his Leroy army as backup, and soon the experiments and the Leroys have an epic battle against one another. As the Leroys start getting the upper hand, Jumba then remembers that he programmed a secret command in Leroy that if he hears "Aloha 'Oe", he will shut down. Stitch, Lilo, Reuben, and a few other experiments then put on a concert playing the song, causing all the Leroys to get violent seizures and shut down, and Hämsterviel is recaptured and sent back to prison.

The team is honored as heroes of the Galactic Alliance, but Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley request to return to living on Earth with Lilo. The Grand Councilwoman grants their request and ask Gantu if he would like to be reinstated as a captain of the Galactic Armada. He agrees on the condition that Reuben joins him as his galley officer. Back on Earth, Lilo takes one final family photo with her ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'', including Stitch, Nani David, Jumba, Pleakley, the experiments, and even Mertle, while in prison, an angry Hämsterviel taps his foot while the Leroys dance to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock".

==Spin-offs==
Since the end of the main continuity in 2006, Disney has produced a number of spin-offs focusing more on Stitch and his antics in various locations on Earth, making new friends with other human beings. All such spin-offs so far have been primarily made in the countries where such works take place. Additionally, the English versions of the animated spin-offs have featured an entirely different voice cast from the original, with [[w:Benjamin Diskin|Benjamin Diskin]] taking over as the voice of Stitch and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' screenwriter and executive producer [[w:Jess Winfield|Jess Winfield]] replacing David Ogden Stiers as the voice of Jumba.

===''Stitch!'' (2008–2011, 2012, 2015)===
This Japanese anime series ran from 2008 to 2011 for 83 episodes and three specials, with an additional two specials broadcast in 2012 and 2015. The first two seasons, consisting of 54 episodes and two specials, were produced by Madhouse, while the 29 episodes of the third season and the last three specials were produced by Shin-Ei Animation. The English dub first debuted in Australia in 2009, and briefly ran in the United States on Disney XD in October 2011. The German dub of this series retitles it as ''Yuna & Stitch''.

In this series, Stitch has left Lilo after falsely believing that she abandoned him when she grew up. After spending time in space, he eventually ends up on the fictitious Izayoi Island, which is off the shore of Okinawa in the Ryukyus. There, he meets Yuna Kamihara (voiced by [[w:Eden Riegel|Eden Riegel]] in the English dub), a tomboyish local girl with an interest in karate, and he, Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Ted Biaselli|Ted Biaselli]]) join her family. On the island, Stitch discovers and learns about the "Spiritual Stone", a magical stone that can grant wishes provided one does 43 good deeds (which can be lost; Stitch loses good deeds often due to his mischievous behavior), and Stitch wishes to be the strongest being in the universe. However, by the end of the second season, when Stitch finally earns enough good deeds, he instead decides to use his wish to stay with Yuna instead. Throughout the two Madhouse seasons, Stitch also fights off against Dr. Hämsterviel (Kirk Thornton), who is at large along with Gantu (Keith Silverstein) and Experiment 625/Reuben (Dave Wittenberg), and wishes to use the stone to gain ultimate power.

In the third season, Yuna, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley instead move to Okinawa New Town with Yuna's cousin Tigerlily ([[w:Laura Bailey|Laura Bailey]]), while Hämsterviel partners with an alien woman named Delia ([[w:Mary Elizabeth McGlynn|Mary Elizabeth McGlynn]]) who desires to retrieve a power cell embedded within Stitch. She eventually creates her own powerful experiment, Dark End ([[w:Roger Craig Smith|Roger Craig Smith]]), to fight Stitch. Lilo ([[w:Gwendoline Yeo|Gwendoline Yeo]]), now an adult with a daughter named Ani ([[w:Melissa Fahn|Melissa Fahn]]) who looks remarkably identical to her back when she was a child, also returns in an episode to reunite with Stitch.

===''Stitch & Ai'' (2017)===
This English-language Chinese animated series was produced by Anhui Xinhua Media and Panimation Hwakai Media with cooperation with American animators, including some of the crew of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. It ran for one thirteen-episode season from March 27 to April 6, 2017, with a Mandarin Chinese dub, while the original English production was first broadcast in Southeast Asia from February 5 to 27, 2018. Twelve of the thirteen episodes were later released in the United States for free digital streaming on DisneyNow on December 1, 2018, although they were removed from the service by June 2019.

This series has Stitch kidnapped by a faction of alien criminals called the Jaboodies and held in their spaceship above Earth, only for a rival faction called the Woolagongs, who also want Stitch for themselves, attack the ship in an effort to capture him, allowing him to escape to Earth. Upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, he ends up in the Huangshan mountains in China's Anhui province. There he meets a spirited young girl named Wang Ai Ling (voiced in English by [[w:Erica Mendez|Erica Mendez]]), who lives in her home in the mountains her older sister Jeijei ([[w:Laura Post|Laura Post]]), but whose aunt Daiyu (Post) wants to move her out to live in the city under the false belief that she will have a better life there. Ai takes in Stitch as her "dog", and the two help each other with their problems. They are also joined by Jumba and Pleakley ([[w:Lucien Dodge|Lucien Dodge]]) after they are initially sent by the Grand Councilwoman to rescue Stitch. However, Jumba is concerned that an ability he secretly programmed in Stitch, a metamorphosis ability that turns the little blue experiment into a giant destructive monster, could be triggered if the alien criminals still going after him try to subconsciously manipulate Stitch into triggering it.

===''Stitch & the Samurai'' (2020–present)===
This Japanese manga spin-off written and illustrated by Hiroto Wada, also known in Japan as ''Tono & Stitch'', began on January 13, 2020 with the digital publishing of its first chapter. The English translation of the first compiled volume will be published by Tokyopop on May 11, 2021. Unlike past works, Stitch ends up in Earth's past and befriends an adult male instead of a young girl. In this manga, Stitch ends up traveling through time as well as space, crash landing in Sengoku-era Japan. There he meets Yamato Meison, a samurai warlord who takes the blue "tanuki" after seeing his power and finding him to be "cute".

==Impact on the furry fandom==
''Lilo & Stitch'' has a niche amount of popularity in the [[furry]] community due to the animalistic-looking aliens featured within, with Stitch being a modestly popular character within the furry fandom. Some of the other experiments, including his immediate predecessor [[disney:Reuben|Reuben (Experiment 625)]] and female counterpart, love interest and mate [[disney:Angel|Angel (Experiment 624)]], are also recognizable. The film and the franchise's messages of ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>ohana'' and finding belongingness with others have also resonated with much of the furry fandom, as several furs have personally found belongingness within the fandom.

Some furs have an "experimentsona" or "Stitchsona"—a representation of oneself as a genetic experiment, usually more based on Stitch's own design than other experiments—as their [[fursona]] or as an alternate form of their own pre-existing one, as if their main fursona was genetically modified by the creator of the experiments [[disney:Jumba Jookiba|Dr. Jumba Jookiba]] himself.

===Bara Stitch===

"'''Bara Stitch'''", also called "'''Himbo Stitch'''", "'''Buff Stitch'''" and "'''Hunk(y) Stitch'''" among other names, refers to fan interpretations of "anthropomorphized" versions of Stitch that trended in January and February 2021, when several artists on Twitter and [[Fur Affinity]] shared fan art they made featuring such interpretations of Stitch. In such artwork, he is portrayed with a body shape of a human adult, oftentimes with some human-based features such as nipples, hands and feet, while still maintaining most of his regular [[Experiment (Lilo & Stitch)|genetic experiment]] features including eyes, ears, nose, mouth, head shape, fur and claws, though not necessarily all such features. His more humanoid body in such renditions is typically given a muscular build, overweight build or a build with mixture of both per the aspects of male characters portrayed in works of the [[w:Bara (genre)|''bara'' genre]] (short for ''[[w:Barazoku|Barazoku]]'', which was a gay-oriented magazine in Japan) from which the trend takes its name. While much of the artwork made during the trend have been sexually suggestive or pornographic in nature, others, including the drawing that kickstarted the trend, have been either just playfully teasing or completely wholesome. Additionally, while Stitch has received most of the attention, some artists have drawn other ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters either instead of or alongside Stitch to bring more attention to them.

Several fan art of "anthropomorphic" Stitch have been made well before the trend. Stitch is technically an anthropomorphic creature to begin with, since he has a high level of human-like intelligence and sentience and has opposable thumbs (or at least, fingers that can ''act'' much like opposable thumbs), but this isn't as apparent due to his somewhat feral appearance and at times behavior. Thus, when people are referring to an "anthropomorphic Stitch", they mean a version of Stitch that is given a more humanoid body shape, though not to the point where he looks more human than experiment; this usually given in the form of a body similar to an male human adult, although he has also been interpreted with bodies of a male human teenager. Additionally, in the vein of [[w:Rule 63|Rule 63]] of the Internet, he has also been given female interpretations by fans, with or without a humanoid body shape.

Early signs of the trend began around January 15, 2021. At 2:36 PM EST on that day, artist [https://twitter.com/eclipticafusion eclipticafusion] posted a drawing of anthrofied versions Stitch, Reuben and Leroy based on drawings of "anthro Stitch" that he saw himself.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eclipticafusion/status/1350164949398646785|author=eclipticafusion|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=I saw some cute pics of anthro Stitch and wanted to try myself, of course added Reuben and Leroy}}</ref> This drawing got considerable attention; as of February 13, 2021, the tweet was retweeted 905 times and received over 5,100 likes.<ref name="eclipticafusion tweet"/> Later that day at 5:08 PM, furry artist [https://twitter.com/xtbidx tbid] tweeted a drawing of a "himbo" Stitch they made the previous week,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350203216768626688|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=He’s a scribble from last week. Go check out/follow @Maxpany2 for some 👌 stitch himbo}}</ref> later posting an explicit version of the drawing over two hours later.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/xtbidx/status/1350235778496958464|author=tbid|work=Twitter|date=January 15, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=ALOHA fuzzies # TGIF}}</ref> As of January 29, 2021, the tweet with the original "safe" version of the drawing has been retweeted 283 times and liked almost 1,300 times,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> while the tweet with the explicit version has been retweeted 652 times and liked over 3,000 times.<ref name="tbid tweet nsfw"/> According to their first Stitch drawing tweet,<ref name="tbid tweet sfw"/> they were inspired by the drawings of fellow furry artist [https://twitter.com/Maxpany2 Maxpany], who has at least 6,400 Twitter followers as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="Maxpany Social Blade">{{cite web|url=https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/maxpany2|title=Maxpany's Twitter Stats Summary Profile|work=Social Blade|accessdate=February 13, 2021}}</ref> Maxpany is known for his artwork involving [[macro]]fied characters (including the involvement of size growth and muscle growth), [[Hypertrophilia|hyper-endowed]] characters, and/or overweight/obese characters (including weight gain), preferring to draw usually male anthropomorphic cartoon characters that have been reinterpreted with such traits. Among the regular subjects in his art are ''Lilo & Stitch'' characters, most often Stitch and Reuben. Throughout the month, beginning from January 10, Maxpany was posting a series of drawing of his blue-furred, pink-haired anthropomorphic lemur fursona Max enjoying life with a taller, increasingly overweight version of Stitch as his husband.<ref name="Maxpany Kiss the Cook tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Maxpany2/status/1348459836900601856|author=Maxpany|work=Twitter|date=January 10, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=the perfect husband doesn't exi- 😳😳😳😳😳}}</ref> Although not depicted in this series, Max also has an alternate "experiment-sona" form based on the ''Lilo & Stitch'' experiments; this form currently appears as Maxpany's avatar picture as of February 13.<ref name="Maxpany Social Blade"/>

The trend truly took off a week later on January 22, 2021, when at 8:40 EST, furry artist [https://twitter.com/MineDoo_ MineDoo] posted a colored sketch of a bust portrait of Stitch with a buff chest, greyish-blue nipples, and a thick neck as he smirks at the viewer.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352793322121809921|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=February 13, 2021|title=Quick Stitch before bed 👀}}</ref> This drawing was also apparently inspired by Maxpany's Stitch drawings according to a reply directed at Max when he replied to the drawing with six 👀 (eyes) emojis.<ref name="MineDoo reply tweet">{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MineDoo_/status/1352795673356283904|author=MineDoo|work=Twitter|date=January 22, 2021|accessdate=January 29, 2021|title=I blame YOU 👀✨}}</ref> The drawing garnered significant interest, with many Twitter users responding that they find the muscular rendition of the alien attractive, garnering over a thousand retweets and over 6,900 likes as of February 13, 2021.<ref name="MineDoo drawing tweet"/>

MineDoo's drawing led to a windfall of other artists making their own renditions of an anthropomorphized Stitch. Others have also shared pre-2021 artwork of an anthropomorphic Stitch. These other renditions gave Stitch a variety of different designs and body shapes to these artists' liking, although some artists decided to draw other characters from the franchise, either with or without Stitch, out of a desire to bring more attention to them. These characters are usually an "anthrofied" Reuben (the franchise's other major male experiment, who is chubbier than Stitch in the canon but often overlooked due to Stitch and Angel's greater popularity), [[disney:Gantu|Gantu]] (the largest major character in the canon in both size and muscular shape), and Jumba (the most obesely built character); "anthrofied" versions of [[disney:Leroy|Leroy]] and even Angel, both of whom are among the better-known experiments in the fandom alongside Stitch and Reuben, were also made during the trend. Other artists have also opted to add an older [[disney:Lilo Pelekai|Lilo]] alongside Stitch to show them having "grown up" together, even though the original continuity of the franchise ended with Lilo still being a young girl in ''Leroy & Stitch'', and Stitch is shown in official media to be incapable of growing taller or even aging. (Although Lilo has official teenage and adult designs as seen in the ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' episode "[[disney:Skip (episode)|Skip]]", when she and Stitch skip ahead ten and twenty years into the future, and the ''Stitch!'' episode "Lilo", which shows her and Stitch reuniting in her adulthood. However, several of these "older Lilo & Stitch" art pieces do not show her with the specific older body she has in those episodes.)

The trend has seen some backlash from those who prefer either Stitch's regular "feral" design or not to see Stitch in adult artwork at all, with some Twitter users claiming to have unfollowed and muted or blocked artists who contributed to the trend, or have added the word "stitch" to their filters to avoid seeing such pictures of him. Others have expressed bewilderment at the trend, openly questioning or complaining about how it became popular in the first place.

==References==
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==External links==
* ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch|Lilo & Stitch]]'' (2002) on Wikipedia
* ''[[w:Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|Lilo & Stitch]]'' (franchise) on Wikipedia
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Western Animation / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on TV Tropes
* [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/LiloAndStitch Franchise / ''Lilo & Stitch''] on TV Tropes
* [https://liloandstitch.fandom.com/wiki/Lilo_%26_Stitch_Wiki ''Lilo & Stitch'' Wiki] on Fandom