Gigi, also known as Experiment 007 and Yapper, is an illegal genetic experiment created by Jumba Jookiba and a character in the Lilo & Stitch franchise. She is designed to sit, lie down, fetch, and annoy Jumba's neighbors with her shrill bark. Her one true place is with Mertle as her pet.
Background and appearances[]
Experiment 007 was the seventh genetic experiment created by Jumba with Hämsterviel's funding. She was designed to behave like a typical "good dog" and annoy Jumba's neighbors with her constant yapping. 007 and the other first 624 experiments were deactivated and smuggled to Earth by Jumba during his mission to capture Experiment 626.
All of the experiment pods were released and scattered across the island of Kauai.
Lilo & Stitch: The Series[]
Gigi barking at Stitch
At an unknown point, Experiment 007 was activated and then later adopted by Mertle, who named her Gigi.
In "Yapper", Mertle showed Gigi off to Lilo and Stitch, and revealed that she was entering her in a dog show in Honolulu. However, when Gigi's loud, shrill yapping began to annoy Stitch, the latter swallowed her whole. Mertle screamed in horror until Lilo pulled Gigi out of Stich's stomach and gave her back. Enraged, Mertle called Lilo and Stitch "riffraff" and took Gigi, now covered in slobber, to a pet salon to get her cleaned up.
Believing she could win Mertle's friendship by beating her Gigi, Lilo traveled via limousine to Honolulu with Jumba and Pleakley. There, she entered Stitch in the same dog show, claiming he was a rare "blue-furred ectoplasmic detection dog" to impress the judges.
Gigi competing in the dog show
After engaging in an unfriendly rivalry, Lilo and Mertle entered Stitch and Gigi into all the competitions, and the contest took place the next day. However, both Stitch's temper (when he fought with a contestant's dog after the latter sniffed him) and overconfidence caused him to lose the first two rounds. In the final competition, Mertle secretly gave Stitch extra strong coffee to make the latter go crazy so that Gigi would win.
Mertle's plan was successful at first until Gantu suddenly burst into the arena searching for her "dog". Stitch impulsively attacked Gantu, who fired his plasma gun uncontrollably, but a stray plasma blast caused the ceiling to collapse on top of Stitch. Gantu then took Gigi from a terrified Mertle, after which she complained to Lilo.
Because Gigi was Stitch's cousin, Lilo promised to save her from Gantu. She then gave Stitch more coffee intentionally, thus enabling the latter to defeat Gantu and get Gigi back safe and sound.
Gigi with Mertle
Grateful but indignant, Mertle gave the "Best in Show" trophy to Lilo. However, when Lilo saw how much Mertle truly cared for Gigi, the former decided to leave Gigi with Mertle.
Gigi reappeared in "Amnesio", being accompanied by Mertle and the hula girls while Lilo attempted to invite them to her birthday party.
In "PJ", Gigi and a couple of regular dogs attacked Lilo's substitute teacher wearing squeaky shoes shaped like dog biscuits, which was one of PJ's many pranks.
Leroy & Stitch[]
Gigi was seen being walked by Mertle, the latter stopping to taunt Lilo before moving on.
Later, the first 624 experiments, including Gigi along with Mertle, were rounded up by Leroy and taken to a stadium to be destroyed. However, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, Pleakley, Reuben and Gantu arrived before the experiments could be destroyed.
During the following battle between the experiments and the Leroy clones, Mertle was seen running with Gigi in her arms, trying to avoid attacking Leroys. When Mertle and Gigi were both saved from a Leroy clone by Clip, Gigi revealed her ability to speak (surprising Mertle) and her status as an experiment, then pushed Mertle out of the way of another Leroy clone's plasma blast.
The Leroys soon gained the upper hand in the battle, but were defeated when Lilo, Stitch, Reuben and several other experiments performed the song "Aloha ʻOe", which caused the Leroy army to shut down due to the original Leroy's fail-safe.
Following the battle, Gigi declared that she wanted to be part of Lilo's ʻohana, convincing Mertle to join it with Gigi.
Personality[]
While Gigi fulfills the purpose she was programmed for, which was to annoy people with her constant barking, this is not a defining feature or quality of herself. Most of the time, she is well-behaved and appears to look and act like a normal dog: barking, fetching, and listening to orders. She can be distinguished from a real dog by her ability to talk. She is quite affectionate to those she likes, licking Mertle's face and complimenting Clip on cutting a Leroy clone's fur off. She is also loyal and brave, pushing Mertle out of the way of a plasma blast. She holds the ideal of family and ʻohana very close, having convinced Mertle (albeit somewhat reluctantly) to join Lilo's ʻohana because she wanted to be in it as well, and seems to get along well with her cousins.
Biology[]
Physical appearance[]
Gigi is a quadrupedal, white Shih Tzu-like experiment with a purple bow, solid black eyes, and a little black nose. Jumba, however, mentions that she is hard to recognize after "so many groomings and much ribbons," implying that her natural appearance is somewhat different, which may also explain why she looks less alien-like than most of the other known experiments.
Special abilities[]
Gigi has an annoying shrill bark and the typical abilities of a common dog, such as sitting, fetching, and licking her owner's face. She also speaks exceptionally well as seen in Leroy & Stitch.
Weaknesses[]
Gigi is mostly defenseless.
Trivia[]
- Gigi was first revealed in a DVD bonus feature of Stitch! The Movie in the experiment gallery.
- Gigi was activated off-screen.
- Gigi, along with Dorkifier, Nosox, Butter, Shortstuff, Spike, Yang, Richter, Phoon, Tank, Splodyhead, and one unconfirmed experiment, are the only known experiments that are primarily quadrupeds.
- Gigi is one of the ten known experiments named by someone other than Lilo, the other nine being Elastico, Yaarp, Hammerface, Heat, Thresher, Plasmoid, Morpholomew, Shrink, and Leroy.
- Gigi, in particular, was named by Mertle.
- Lilo did give a name for 007, namely "Yapper". However, since 007's one true place is being Mertle's "dog", Lilo has accepted her true name as "Gigi", the name Mertle gave her.
- Her episode is named "Yapper" after the nickname Lilo gave her, but "Gigi", the name Mertle gave her, is her official name on the experiment name list in Leroy & Stitch.
- She is also one of the six known experiments to be rehabilitated by someone other than Lilo and Stitch, the other five being Elastico, Yaarp, Spike, Frenchfry, and Snooty.
- Gigi, in particular, was rehabilitated by Mertle.
- Her number is a reference to the code number of the legendary James Bond. This could very well be a coincidence, though Gigi does share one similarity with James Bond: she is an alien undercover as a dog.
- Gigi never spoke in Lilo & Stitch: The Series. However, during the climax of Leroy & Stitch, it is revealed that she can speak fluently very well and says to Clip, "Nice one, cousin," after seeing Clip cut a Leroy clone's fur off. She then says to Mertle, "Look out!" and pushes her out of the way of another Leroy clone's plasma blast.
- Mertle adopting Gigi at the animal shelter mirrors the relationship between Lilo and Stitch, as Mertle didn't know Gigi was a genetic experiment until she found out in Leroy & Stitch.
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