Leroy & Stitch

Leroy & Stitch Information

Disney's Leroy & Stitch (stylized as Leroy ~~Lilo~~ & Stitch) is an animated family television film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. It is a spin-off film and the third sequel of the 2002 animated feature film Lilo & Stitch and the nearly conclusion to the television series Lilo & Stitch: The Series. The film debuted on Disney Channel on June 23, 2006 and also aired on Toon Disney on June 26, 2006.

While the film received mixed reviews, it was nominated for the 2007 Golden Reel Award by the Motion Picture Sound Editors, which ultimately went to DisneyToon Studios's direct-to-video film The Fox and the Hound 2.

Plot

With their mission to capture all 624 experiments and repurpose them on Earth completed, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley are honored as heroes by the Galactic Alliance. Jumba is given the confiscated key to his laboratory again, Pleakley is offered a post as chairman of Earth Studies at G.A.C.C. (Galactic Alliance Community College) and Stitch is made the Captain of the Galactic Armada and commander of his newly commissioned ship BRB-9000 (Big Red Battleship 9000). Lilo is made Galactic Federation Ambassador to Earth and sole guardian of Stitch's "cousins". Before they leave, Lilo gives Jumba her favorite Elvis record, Pleakley a paperweight (which is actually an Earth rock) and Stitch a necklace with a Ku Tiki (the Hawaiian god of strength).

At prison, Gantu has decided that since he failed in capturing all of the experiments (except for 625), he will break Dr. Hmsterviel out of prison. He takes the two-man Space Shuttle, leaving 625 alone. Stitch is then assigned to recapture Hmsterviel. Hmsterviel and Gantu burst into Jumba's lab and force Jumba to create an evil twin of Stitch, Leroy, to defeat the Galactic Alliance. Stitch arrives and after a fight, he is defeated when Pleakley appears at an inopportune moment, distracting Stitch long enough for Leroy to lock him in a glass capsule. Hmsterviel reveals his plans to clone an army of Leroys to take over the Galactic Alliance. Before leaving for Turo, Hmsterviel locks Jumba, Pleakley and Stitch in Pleakley's ship, and sends the vessel into a black hole.

On Earth, Lilo decides to contact Stitch. Lilo realizes that the only intergalactic videophone on the planet available is in Gantu's ship. There, she finds 625 and asks to use the videophone. However, 625 says it is broken. Lilo then names 625 "Reuben". He thereafter consents to help Lilo. Once the videophone is fixed, Lilo contacts the BRB-9000. Leroy impersonates Stitch, using shape-shifting to disguise himself, but fails because he does not have Stitch's tiki necklace. Hmsterviel then commands Leroy to go to Earth and capture all of the other experiments to destroy them. Lilo, sensing Stitch is in trouble, asks Reuben for help in fixing Gantu's ship. As Jumba, Pleakley, and Stitch head towards the black hole, Stitch escapes and frees the others. However, the navigational computer is locked on course for the black hole and will teleport them to a volcanic planet where they will be vaporized, but if they can disrupt the event horizon by throwing a small object into the black hole, it will send them somewhere else. Pleakley pulls out the rock that Lilo gave him and asks if this will work. After Jumba says it is too heavy, Stitch takes a bite out of it, then crawls out the front of the vehicle and throws it at the black hole. There is a flash and the vehicle is sucked in.

On Earth, Leroy obtains Lilo's scrapbook of "cousins" and quickly captures all of them (along with Mertle). Lilo and Reuben arrive at Turo, but they are too late; Hmsterviel has taken over, making the Grand Councilwoman his receptionist, and orders Gantu to lock them up. Gantu captures Lilo and Reuben, but decides to release them after Hmsterviel fired him. After a close call with several Leroys, they are trapped. All is lost until the G.A.C.C. van suddenly appears. Lilo, Reuben and Gantu all climb in and head for Earth. On Earth, the original Leroy has herded all the experiments into a large stadium where "Alohapalooza" will take place. The BRB-9000 appears and Hmsterviel prepares to obliterate all of the experiments, until a timely appearance by Lilo, Stitch and the others and destroy the BRB's primary cannon. Hmsterviel reveals that he brought along his Leroy army as backup. Stitch rallies his "cousins" and the battle begins. Despite some initial victories by the experiments, it soon becomes apparent that the adversaries are better than them. Jumba remembers that he programmed a secret shutdown command into Leroy: If he plays Elvis Presley's "Aloha 'Oe", the others will deactivate. Stitch appears on-stage in his Elvis attire and plays "Aloha 'Oe" with Lilo and Reuben accompanying him, causing the Leroys to have violent seizures and shutdown. With his plan foiled (again), Hmsterviel is recaptured.

Back at the Galactic Alliance HQ, they are proclaimed "Heroes of the Alliance." Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley ask to be allowed to return to Earth with Lilo. The Grand Councilwoman grants this and asks Gantu if he would like to be reinstated as the Captain of the Armada. Gantu agrees on the condition that Reuben be assigned as his galley officer. Back on Earth, Lilo sets up for one last picture. Mertle arrives with Gigi (during the battle, Mertle was with Gigi- and was astounded when she found that Gigi could talk, being one of Jumba's Experiments). Lilo's last picture in the album is of all of the experiments still on Earth, Mertle, Jumba, Pleakley, Nani, David and herself.

Cast

Chris Sanders as Stitch and Leroy
Daveigh Chase as Lilo Pelekai
Tia Carrere as Nani Pelekai
David Ogden Stiers as Dr. Jumba Jookiba
Kevin McDonald as Agent Pleakley
Jeff Bennett as Dr. Hmsterviel, Fibber (Experiment 032), Slick (Experiment (020), Ace (Experiment 262) and Remmy (Experiment 276)
Kevin Michael Richardson as Gantu
Rob Paulsen as Reuben, Squeak (Experiment 110), Houdini (Experiment 604), Forehead (Experiment 044)
Zoe Caldwell as the Grand Councilwoman
Ving Rhames as Cobra Bubbles
Liliana Mumy as Mertle Edmonds
Tara Strong as Angel (Experiment 624), Babyfier (Experiment 151), Belle (Experiment 248), Houdini (Experiment 604) and Pleakley's G.A.C.C. assistant
Frank Welker as Sparky (Experiment 221), Sprout (Experiment 509), Mr. Stenchy (Experiment 254), Kixx (Experiment 601), Deforestator (Experiment 515) (uncredited)
Tress MacNeille as Bonnie (Experiment 149), Poxy (Experiment 222), Gigi (Experiment 007), Topper (Experiment 025), Felix (Experiment 010), Melty (Experiment 228), Amnesio (Experiment 303), Cannonball (Experiment 520) and the G.A.C.C. van-ship's navi-computer
Bobcat Goldthwait as Nosy (Experiment 199)
Lili Ishida as Yuki
Jillian Henry as Elena
Kali Whitehurst as Teresa
Rocky McMurray as Clyde (Experiment 150)
Debra Rogers as First Officer Ombit
Doug Stone as Ensign Getco

Production

The film marks the fourth film in the Lilo & Stitch franchise without any involvement from creators Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois after they left Disney for DreamWorks Animation to write and direct How to Train Your Dragon.

Release

Leroy & Stitch debuted on Disney Channel on June 23, 2006 and also aired on Toon Disney on June 26, 2006. It was released on DVD in the United States on June 27, 2006. Bonus features of the DVD include new episode titled "Link" and a set-top game The Big Red Battleship Flight Simulator. Distributed by Walt Disney Home Entertainment, DVD sales in the United States earned a total of $15,705,122.

Critical reception

Leroy & Stitch received mixed reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 40% based on 5 reviews, 2 of which were positive and 3 were negative.

CinemaBlend.com gave the movie a rating of 1 out of 5 stars, stating the film is "just another direct-to-video sequel of Disney with no unusual stuff in it" and further uplifted and preferred the original.

The website Common Sense Media (CSM) gave the film's quality 4 out of 5 stars and applicable for ages 5 above based on 10 reviews from both parents and children.

Soundtrack

Majority of the soundtrack of Leroy & Stitch are Elvis Presley records, while other parts of the soundtrack include music inspired by Gustav Holst's "The Planets".