"Stitch vs. Hämsterviel Pt. I" (Showdown! Stitch vs. Hämsterviel (Part 1), "Taiketsu! Sutitchi vs. Hamusutāvīru Pāto Wan", 対決！スティッチ vs.ハムスターヴィール パート1) is the twenty-fourth episode of Stitch! and the first half of the season's two-part finale. It aired in Japan on March 25, 2009, and in English on June 14, 2010.
Plot[]
Yuna, Stitch, and Kijimunaa, along with Bojo, Foxy Beige, Hull & Husk, Pilolo, Sparky, Angel, and Felix, are cleaning up a cookout Kijimunaa had. Stitch's good deed counter goes up, and Hämsterviel plans to get the ultimate power. Gantu (who is more interested in The Young and the Stupid) tags along. Meanwhile, Stitch wants more good deeds by selling himself to do chores, but he accidentally destroys a window, overfills a house with bread, and floods a house with water. He is then chased by an angry mob. Hämsterviel (dressed as a fortune teller) tells Jumba that he will become good and less evil. He tells Jumba he should invent something that will crush everyone in his path, which Jumba agrees. Reuben tells him he could have done it himself.
Later, Stitch lost some of his good deeds, Yuna responds by saying he has to do good deeds because it's the right thing to do, not to get something out of them. At Jumba and Pleakley's dorm, they both see Jumba's invention. Stitch asks if Jumba could build a robot that does good deeds, which Jumba replies no. After it's completed and Jumba leaves, Stitch reprograms it. The next day Jumba is ready to reveal his invention, but only Angel, Felix, and Sparky shows up (though Pleakley explains that since they missed their boat they are forced to stay). He reveals Evilsaurus Rex (E. rex), but instead of doing bad deeds he does good, much to Hämsterviel and Jumba's dismay. Jumba believes that maybe he has lost his evil touch. Yuna and Stitch feel bad for Jumba, but Pleakley says he'll cheer up tomorrow.
Hämsterviel sneaks into Jumba's lab and re-reprograms E. rex. Later, E. rex goes on a rampage around the forest; Pleakley tells Jumba the news and Jumba couldn't be happier, leaving Pleakley behind to see it for himself. Stitch is unable to stop E. rex, but with Bojo's mojo, he traps him in a net and the rain dries the fire out. Sparky zaps the robot and Stitch re-re-reprograms it. Pilolo makes him dream about being good again. Stitch gets another point for his good deeds. Hämsterviel overhears the Spiritual Stone being mentioned and wants to find it. But he, Gantu, and Reuben are unable to find it, so they kidnap Jumba and place a mind control collar on him, forcing him to obey Hämsterviel (even calling him Master Hämsterviel).
Pleakley arrives looking for Jumba but after hearing the news of what happened to E. rex he asks what made him go berserk, but nobody knows. The mind controlled Jumba builds a machine that sucks out the Spiritual Stone's power. After another cookout, the yokai begin to fade, meaning something is wrong with the Spiritual Stone. Hämsterviel arrives revealing that he has controlled Jumba. He asks them to join him but (obviously) they refuse, so Jumba places mind control headbands on Angel, Sparky, and Felix. Stitch dodges them but Jumba captures him, leading Yuna to go on a rescue mission for him.
Trivia[]
- In the English dub, when Angel, Felix, and Sparky go up to greet E. rex, Felix can be heard saying, "Ichariba chodei!" This marks the first time Felix says something other than "Dirty!"
- Later in the English dub, when Sparky and Felix go to Stitch to tell him about the rampaging E. rex, Felix shouts to Stitch, "E. rex!" marking the second, and only other known time, Felix has said something other than "Dirty!"
Experiments[]