Angel
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| Angel | |
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| First appearance |
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| Designed by | Jose Zelaya[1] |
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| Alias | Experiment 624 |
| Nickname | Boojiboo (by Stitch) |
| Species | Extraterrestrial genetic experiment |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Singer (anime series) |
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Angel, also known as Experiment 624, is a fictional character from Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise. An artificial koala-like alien lifeform, she was first introduced in a 2004 first season episode of Lilo & Stitch: The Series. She is the love interest of main character Stitch. She was designed by El Salvador-born Disney Television Animation character designer Jose Zelaya,[1] and is voiced by Tara Strong in Lilo & Stitch: The Series and Leroy & Stitch, and Kate Higgins in the anime series Stitch!.
Description[edit]
Angel is a pink, female, koala-like genetic experiment with a strong resemblance to Stitch. She has two long tendril-like antennae with violet stripes near the tips, violet-tipped ears, long eyelashes, and a white V-shaped, angel wings-styled symbol resembling her cleavage.
Due to a continuity error, the fur pattern on her back is inconsistent. In the episode "Angel", it resembles an upside-down heart. In "Snafu" it resembles Stitch's, and she also gains a similar marking on her occiput, but the markings disappear in some scenes. In Leroy & Stitch, she does not have either one at all.
History[edit]
Angel is the 624th of Dr. Jumba Jookiba's original 626 experiments. She is preceded 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, but then, she smiles. Later, she had to choose between Stitch, and her job. She couldn't decide. 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 Mount 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. 625, 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 feels regret for what she has done.
Elated by his success, Gantu tells the evil experiments to attack Stitch for his amusement. Finding himself helpless in their clutches and unable to escape, Stitch gives up and says goodbye to Angel, calling her "boojiboo" (a term of endearment in Tantalog, the language of Stitch and the other experiments, meaning "loved one"). Right then, Angel decides she truly loves 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. Lilo now knows that Angel is good.
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 sixteen 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 "Woops"), Lilo and Stitch decide to form a rescue party.
Meanwhile, Angel (who is sealed in a glass capsule within Gantu's ship and longing for Stitch) is visited by 625; she growls at him. 625 asks her to consider a deal with him: she will sing her song to turn him good, and he in turn will use his newfound goodness to break her out of her cell. Angel agrees, only to discover that it was a trick (625 is immune to both of her songs since he was created after her) 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. 625 continues to flirt with Angel after this, only to get a raspberry, or a threat in response.
Lilo and Stitch's rescue party eventually finds their way into Gantu's ship, but Experiment 120, Snafu, "fouls up" their plan and traps everyone—including himself by accident—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 boojiboo. Angel is quite excited by this, and realizes she loves him, too, which is enough for her to smash open her capsule. She breaks Stitch's capsule and embraces him, and then they proceed to free Lilo and the rest of the cousins.
At the end of the episode, she and Stitch are seen walking off into the sunset, hand-in-hand.
Powers and abilities[edit]
Angel is programmed with a special musical neuro-linguistic behavioral modification trigger. 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 backward 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) are immune to her song.
The lyrics of Angel's song, which is sung in Tantalog (Stitch and the other experiments' language), are as follows:
Acoota chi-meeto igatta no mootah, nagga to nala itume tidooka.
In English, her song is translated as, "Heed me, you are in my power. Henceforth, nothing shall be too cruel or too abominable for you. You can't escape."
The lyrics of Angel's song when sung backward are as follows:
A-koo dite mutia-la no taga, nah toom onta tagito teemicha tooca
Angel can climb up walls and walk on ceilings and has retractable claws on her paws (hands and feet). 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 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. She got extra strength on learning that Stitch had fallen in love with her and she remembers she fell in love with him. She speaks Tantalog and also communicates by purring, growling, moaning, and sighing. She also has acrobatic reflexes and some martial arts skills, which she used to defeat four Leroy clones when they surrounded Stitch.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Epstein, Jeffery; Valdez, Candice; Alzeerah, Sheri (January 23, 2020). "D23 Inside Disney Episode 21 | Behind the Scenes on Designing Characters for The Lion Guard and the new Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures". D23.com (Podcast). Disney. Event occurs at 12:12. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
Valdez: Have you had a favorite character that you've animated? Jose Zelaya: Well, that I designed, my favorite character design is—God, I have so many—there's Bunga [from The Lion Guard], there's Angel from Lilo & Stitch[...].
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