Angel (Lilo & Stitch)
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| Angel (Experiment 624) | |
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| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Female |
| Appears in | Lilo & Stitch: The Series Leroy & Stitch |
| Performer | Tara Strong |
Experiment 624, better known by her nickname "Angel", is a character from Lilo & Stitch: The Series as well as Stitch's love interest and later girlfriend. She is voiced by Tara Strong.
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[edit] Description
Angel is a pink female genetic experiment with a strong resemblance to Stitch. She has two long tendril-like violet-tipped antennae, violet-tipped ears, small eyelashes, and a white V-shaped symbol resembling a necklace on her chest.
Due to a continuity error, the fur pattern on her back is inconsistent. In the episode "Angel," it is an upside-down heart. In "Snafu," it resembles Stitch's, but disappears in some scenes. In Leroy & Stitch, she does not have one at all.
[edit] History
Angel is experiment number 624 of Dr. Jumba Jookiba's original 626 experiments. She is proceeded by Trainer (623) and succeeded by Reuben (625). Her experiment pod, like the others, fell to the island of Kauaʻi during the events of Stitch! The Movie.
Experiment 624 first appears in her namesake episode, "Angel". Gantu captured her prior to the events of the episode and purposely leads her to Lilo and Stitch, pretending that he is trying to capture her in order to trick them into taking her in. Lilo initially dislikes 624 and is suspicious of her true character (naming her "Angel" in sarcasm), but Stitch, developing a crush on her, insists that she is good. Lilo tries to find out what Angel's primary function is, but not before Angel sings her siren song to Jumba and turns him evil. Jumba lies to Lilo, telling her that Angel was made to "pop popcorn for Jumba's movie night". After Lilo and Stitch leave, Jumba gives Angel access to his experiment database. She in turn delivers this information to Gantu.
Angel returns to Lilo's house, awakening the next day as Stitch delivers her flowers. She sings her siren song to him in the guise of an act of thanks, and is shocked when the spell fails to work. She runs away, and Stitch chases after her, believing he has done something wrong. Stitch follows her around the island and tries to impress her with various romantic acts. Meanwhile, Angel is finding the rehabilitated experiments and turning them evil. She eventually leads Stitch to the top of Mt. Waiʻaleʻale , where Gantu and the recaptured evil experiments lie in wait inside a concealed space ship. Stitch falls for Angel's trap and is captured.
Lilo calls a phone number she found on Angel's collar and discovers that it belongs to Dr. Hämsterviel. She then uses Jumba's computer to play a recording of Angel's song backwards and turn Jumba back to good. They rush to Mt. Waiʻaleʻale to rescue Stitch.
Within the space ship, Stitch learns that Angel has been working for Gantu and that they will soon be leaving Earth so he and the other experiments can be delivered to Dr. Hämsterviel. Reuben, who is also attracted to Angel, guesses that she is unable to have "tender feelings" for guys like them. But as the space ship begins to take off, Angel begins to feel regret for what she has done.
Elated by his success, Gantu tells the evil experiments to attack the heartbroken Stitch for his amusement. Finding himself helpless in their clutches and unable to escape anway, Stitch gives up and says goodbye to Angel, calling her "booji-boo" (a term of endearment in Stitch's language). Horrified, Angel realizes her feelings for Stitch and sings her song backwards to turn the experiments back to good. The experiments work together with Stitch to disable the ships navigation, bringing it back down to Earth.
When Stitch and Lilo are reunited, Stitch tells her that he did not defeat Angel as she believes, but that Angel was the one who saved him. Lilo, knowing that Angel is now good, finally accepts Angel and Stitch's relationship. Unfortunately, Gantu captures Angel and escapes with her, later having her sent to Dr. Hämsterviel. The episode ends with Lilo promising Stitch that they will bring her back one day.
In "Snafu," which takes place long after "Angel", Lilo asks Stitch if he still remembers her. He reveals that he has a small shrine to her hidden in a secret compartment under his bed. When Nosy appears and tells them that Angel and 16 other experiments were sent back to Gantu because Dr. Hämsterviel could not continue to keep them in his prison cell (an event that happens in "Whoops"), Lilo and Stitch decide to form a rescue party.
Meanwhile, Angel (who is sealed in glass capsule within Gantu's ship) is visited by Reuben, who asks her to consider a deal with him: she will sing her song to turn him good, and he in turn will use his new found goodness to break her out of her cell. Angel agrees, only to discover that it was a trick (Reuben is immune to both of her songs) and that he used a tape recorder concealed within a bouquet of flowers to record her voice. Gantu plans to reverse the recording to make the rehabilitated experiments evil again. Reuben continues to flirt with Angel after this, only to get a raspberry in response.
Lilo and Stitch's rescue party eventually finds their way into Gantu's ship, but the experiment Snafu "fouls up" their plan and traps everyone in glass capsules. Dejected, Lilo debates whether love really can overcome anything. Angel questions what she means by "love", and Stitch takes this opportunity to tell Angel that he loves her. Angel's excitement upon learning this gives her the strength to smash open their capsules, and the two are reunited.
At the end of the episode she and Stitch are seen walking off into the sunset, hand-in-hand.
[edit] Other Appearances
- Angel is one of the experiments shown on Jumba's computer in the "Origin of Stitch" short on the Lilo & Stitch 2 DVD.
- Angel makes a cameo appearance in the episode "Remmy" as part of Lilo's dream sequence, dancing in a conga line with several other experiments.
- Angel's final appearance is in Leroy & Stitch, having been captured by Leroy along with the other 624 experiments. During the battle in Aloha Stadium she helps Stitch fight off a group of Leroy clones and then blows him a kiss. Later, she has a cameo with all the others when their group photo is taken.
- Angel also is a Non-player character in the game Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc for Game Boy Advance. In the game, Dr. Hämsterviel has "re-evilled" her and uses her to turn the other experiments back to evil. It's unknown if Dr. Hämsterviel forced her to sing or if she took the job by choice, because she turns back to good immediately upon seeing Stitch. It is implied that Angel is rescued at the end of her part in the story, so unless she was later re-captured by Gantu, the game is not canon to the animated series.
[edit] Abilities
Angel is programmed with a "special musical neuro-linguistic behavioral modification trigger". In other words, her primary function is to sing a song that turns someone from good to evil. However, it will only work on someone who was formerly evil. Singing the song backwards will reverse the effect, changing the listener back to good. A recording of her song will work the same as her voice. Experiments created after her, such as Reuben (625),Stitch (626), Experiment 627, Experiment 628, and Leroy are immune to her song.
The lyrics of Angel's song, which is sung in the same fictional language that Stitch speaks, are as follows:
Acoota
chi-meeto
igatta
no mootah,
naggatong
nala
itume
te dooka.
The backwards version of the song is reversed like a recording (similar to backmasking).
Angel can climb up walls and walk on ceilings, and has retractable claws on her front paws. Her long tendril-like antennae are prehensile limbs, which she uses to press buttons and reach distant objects (she is never seen with the second set of retractable arms that Stitch and many other experiments have). She is also athletic and proficient in martial arts, which she demonstrates in Leroy & Stitch by fighting off a mob of Leroy clones. In "Snafu," it is shown that she has many abilities similar to Stitch, and is strong enough to shatter the sealed glass containers they had been captured in by headbutting them, though it is unknown why none of the other experiments had tried (or succeeded at) this method of escaping before.
Angel speaks Stitch's alien language with a soft Scottish accent and also communicates by purring, roaring and growling. She has only spoken one word of English throughout the entire series: "love".
[edit] Trivia
- Angel shares her name with Scamp's crush (possibly girlfriend) in Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure.
- Angel's one true place is never revealed. However, it is assumed that she remains with Stitch (this subject is the focal point of many fan fiction stories).
- In the Finnish version of the television series her name is Seireeni, meaning Siren.
- Angel is a parody of Lorelei the Siren, as her song is an evil in the guise of beauty, much like the Sirens of ancient myth.
- Angel's ability to reverse the effect of her song by singing it backwards is similar to the concept of backmasking. Being able to sing or chant backwards also was once considered a sign of witchcraft.
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