"Foxy Beige" (Fox Girl Dolores, "Kitsune Shōjo Dorōresu", キツネ少女 ドローレス) is the twelfth episode of Stitch!. It aired in Japan on December 14, 2008, and in English on March 1, 2010.
Plot[]
Stitch comes home to see Gramma helping Yuna put on a kimono. She explains that the island has an annual fireworks festival, and she can't wait to go. Stitch agrees to go as well.
Jumba and Pleakley arrive at Yuna's house, also prepared for the festival when they hear Yuna protesting. She catches a fever, and therefore cannot go to the festival, despite really wanting to. This makes it difficult for Stitch to decide between staying with Yuna and going to the festival until the latter tells him to go anyway. Even though he's reluctant, he goes with Jumba and Pleakley.
When the trio of extraterrestrials arrive at the beach, Stitch proclaims his remorse for leaving Yuna and Gramma alone, but any guilt is instantly forgotten when Angel shows up. The fireworks start and Stitch has a great time with Angel.
The next morning, Yuna is well again, but instead of being happy that she regained her health, she is mad at Stitch. Stitch looks at photos from the festival, and Yuna angrily tells him to eat his breakfast, and when he doesn't pay attention to her, she grabs his face and yells at him, "Are you listening to me?!" Stitch then eats his food, and Yuna replies with a sarcastic "Well, nice!" Gramma says that Yuna can attend the next year's fireworks festival, but Yuna lashes out, saying that she won't. Then, before leaving for school, her reason for being angry with Stitch is mentioned: she is mad at him for going with Angel to the fireworks instead of her. She then angrily tells Stitch, "Count me out!", blows a raspberry at him, and leaves for school in a huff, leaving Stitch feeling guilty.
While Yuna is at school, Stitch explains the problem to Kijimunaa. He says that someone named Foxy Beige can help him.
Meanwhile in the town, a blonde-haired woman orders a dozen turnovers from a shop. While the lovestruck owner prepares them for her, a fox-like tail bursts out of the back of her skirt, but she quickly hides it. She hands the man the money for the turnovers, but the bill turns into a leaf. She runs away, though not before turning into her true form: a yellow-furred fox-like yokai. This yokai is Foxy Beige.
Having escaped from the angry shopkeepers back into the forest, she inwardly promises to give up counterfeiting and only use real money...that she's stolen. Stitch and Kijimunaa approach her. Stitch introduces himself and after explaining the problem with Yuna, asks Foxy to help them make fireworks for Yuna. She demonstrates her power by making small explosions of light that look just like a smaller version of the fireworks from the festival. However, that was just a free sample. Foxy tells the two that if they want bigger ones for Yuna, they have to get some "shiny things" for her, which they happily agree to do.
In Jumba and Pleakley's house, both aliens are working on projects inspired by the fireworks: for Jumba, it's a colorful miracle sponge; and for Pleakley, it's differently flavored hors d'oeuvres. However, when Jumba tries one, it's super spicy (Pleakley's species likes spicy food). To make it better, he plans on using even more jalapeno peppers in it.
Stitch and Kijimunaa barge into a store, but instead of stealing money, they take a shiny fishbowl. They continue to amass shiny stuff in this manner and they finally present a big pile of knick-knacks to Foxy. She's angry and calls it junk. Kijimunaa tries to give her his most prized possession, a big, stinky, fisheye. But she rejects it in disgust. She also specifies that by "shiny things", she meant money. Horrified by the thought of stealing money, the two refuse, but change their minds and decide to do it for Yuna. The two creatures dress as gangsters armed with water guns and run to the nearest bank to rob it, but the bank closes. They don't have any money to give to the thieving yokai, but Stitch smells Pleakley's latest batch of hors d'oevres and decides to use that instead.
Stitch goes back to Foxy alone with a big bag and tells Foxy that they got something better than money. However, the content of the bag is just Kijimunaa holding the plate so the hors d'oevres wouldn't get squashed. Foxy once again rejects the trade but eats the food anyway. Unfortunately, the extreme spiciness turns her skin red and makes her gassy, causing her to swell up and begin floating away (Kijimunaa only makes it worse by cooling her off with his super-nasal breath) until she comes down again. Stitch happily asks Foxy Beige for the fireworks, but she becomes extremely furious, and leaves the two with no fireworks.
When Stitch gets back home, a crowd of people are surrounding Yuna's house, demanding their stolen goods back. Stitch gives them back and apologizes. Yuna is upset with Stitch for stealing until Kijimunaa explains that he was just trying to help her see the fireworks. Although Yuna mildly lashes out at Stitch for the thievery, she understands his intentions and hugs him.
That night, Yuna, Stitch, and Kijimunaa are making little fireworks on sticks. Yuna discovers that Stitch stole Pleakley's hore d'oevres as well, but this one's just laughed off. Foxy Beige watches from a distance. At first, she scoffs, but soon after she has a change of heart when she realizes that family is important, and makes big fireworks for Yuna, even better than the ones at the festival (and no thievery required). Yuna and Stitch call out to Foxy to thank her and tell her that she's part of their Ichariba Ohana now. The episode ends with the whole family enjoying the magical light show.
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Trivia[]
- This episode, like the others before it, was cut for time for the international version, which includes the English dub. This episode was cut to a half-length segment and combined with the also-shortened "Hull & Husk" into the tenth episode of the international version.
- Deleted scenes from the Japanese original:
- An extended conversation between Jumba and Pleakley on their way to Yuna's. Jumba mentions the event might affect his "evil genius" status.
- Stitch leaving happily to see the fireworks instead of still contradicting like in the English dub.
- A meeting with Tombo, where it also goes further into detail about the takoyaki later in the episode.
- Stitch meeting with Kijimunaa in the forest and hugging him before going on to tell him about his problem.
- Foxy Biege arriving in town, getting the attention of the other villagers.
- An extended scene of the fake dollar/yen before it turns into a leaf.
- Foxy Biege asking for some refreshments from Stitch and Kijimunaa before asking for "shiny" things.
- An extended scene of Stitch and Kijimunaa collecting the "shiny" objects.
- After Stitch and Kijimunaa leave the jewelry store, the two women scream.
- Penny, Kenny, Ted and Marvin eating ice cream at a shiny table, talking about how Yuna missed the fireworks before Stitch takes said table.
- Stitch taking Officer Suzuki's hat and Mr. Honda's glasses and bike.
- Yuna coming home from school, and Gramma having no idea where Stitch is, leaving the two curious.
- Stitch and Kijimunaa returning to Foxy Biege with the takoyaki, which is an extended scene that leaves Foxy Biege in confusion after hearing that the two didn't get money from the bank.