"Splodyhead" is the eleventh episode of Lilo & Stitch: The Series. It aired on October 24, 2003.
Plot[]
In order to catch a plasma-shooting experiment, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, Pleakley, Gantu, and 625 travel to the island of Niʻihau. After becoming stranded on the beach under the threat of being blasted by Splodyhead, the two opposing teams become one "tribe" and are forced to work together to survive. This initially doesn't go well as Gantu and Stitch both want to be the leader until 625 nominates Lilo. Under Lilo's leadership, the group manages to disable Splodyhead's powers, causing him to flee, but he's captured when Gantu and Stitch team up together against him. Gantu gets the experiment, but when David and Nani show up to rescue Lilo, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley, they only agree to help him and 625 back to shore if he gives them the experiment, which he reluctantly does.
Trivia[]
- Moral: We accomplish more working together than working against each other.
- Side Moral: You shouldn't jump to conclusions and make false assumptions by blaming the other party for things they didn't do.
- This episode includes references to Disney's 1962 film In Search of the Castaways and Robert Zemeckis' 2000 drama film Cast Away.
- Stitch seems to know CPR when attempting to revive an unconscious Pleakley, resulting in his face being covered in Stitch's slobber.
- This episode is the first time in the franchise where Reuben refers to Stitch as his "cousin", using both "cousin" and the informal term "cuz".
- Reuben also refers to Stitch as a "blue space koala", implying that he is aware of Earth creatures and Stitch's similarity to one.
- This is one of the rare times Reuben chooses to side with Lilo until the events of Leroy & Stitch.
- This episode shows that Gantu apparently has a good side to him, as he willingly cooperated with Stitch, which led to Splodyhead's downfall.
- It might be possible that the only reason Gantu is evil in the series is the fact that he works for Hämsterviel. This is confirmed when he changes sides with Lilo during the climax of Leroy & Stitch.
- By the end of this episode, Nani returns to working as a waitress at the same luau as seen in the original movie, despite having been fired from said luau due to the chaos Stitch caused in that film.
- Also, Nani is seen working at the luau in her regular clothes, as opposed to a bandeau bikini top and sarong like she previously did in the same film.
- Additionally, the ending scene where Nani serves a slice of cake to Splodyhead, who proceeds to char it with his fiery plasma before devouring it, is a nod to a similar scene of Nani serving cake slices to both Lilo and Stitch at the luau in the same film.
- A screenshot taken from this episode was used at the end of the game Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc for Game Boy Advance, where Reuben offers the defeated Gantu a breadless cheese sandwich.
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