"Yuna vs. Jessica" is the second episode of Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~. It first aired in Japan on July 13, 2010, and in English on January 13, 2013.
Summary[]
Yuna went to school to make new friends. Can't tell how annoying Jessica is, a girl who is in deed a rival with Yuna, she tries to make friends, but couldn't. Later, Yuna was thinking if she could make some jokes, maybe she will be Jessica's friends. She need help from Pleakley, who could help her. At school, they were attack by a dancing experiment. Yuna save Jessica and the school from the disaster. Trickily, in the end, they both can't be friends.
Plot[]
Stitch and Yuna travel to school with Stitch's tricycle. Yuna is positive they will be late, but Stitch pedals as fast as he can. At the school, Jessica is showing Toriko and Makiko a photo of her "hanging out with Hiroman." But, the photo is actually Hiroman practicing soccer while Jessica is far in the background. While the other girls inspect the picture, Stitch and Yuna come racing towards the building, and knock Jessica down in the process. Jessica yells at the pair, calling Yuna "toilet brush head," then she and her friends stomp their way inside. Stitch mutters that Jessica deserved that bit of pain, but Yuna says that she will make up for their mishap by befriending Jessica, adding that if she can get Jessica to like her, she can get anyone to like her.
Later in class, Jessica and her friends are looking at a fashion magazine. Yuna pops up and says that she is into fashion as well. She makes a joke about her dress functioning as a hoodie but pulling it up over her head. But, Jessica and her friends leave while Yuna is speaking. Later, Jessica is telling her friends about meeting at a dessert cafe after school. Yuna pops up again, and says she loves desserts as well. She tells them about mochi, and mimes the motion of pounding rice into paste. Jessica and her friends ditch Yuna again. A few minutes later, Jessica and her friends are behind the school, and after making sure Yuna isn't there, they discuss going to the movies. Again, Yuna pops up, and asks if they're going to see a new kung fu movie. She does some kung fu moves for emphasis. Jessica snaps and calls Yuna weird, adding that she'll never be "in" like her.
Out in space, Hämsterviel is bowing and groveling before Delia. He insists to her that his latest plan to capture Stitch will not fail. Delia says she heard him say that before, and threatens to hurt him if he fails her. She then muses about how the universe will kneel before her once she has the power cell inside of Stitch's body.
At Jumba and Pleakley's house, Yuna is practicing her fake laugh, so she can laugh at Jessica's bad jokes. Stitch and Pleakley wonder why, and Yuna explains her situation. Pleakley tells Yuna that he is an expert on interpersonal communication, and can help her find ways to get Jessica to like her. He says that Yuna must follow Jessica and spy on her to see what she likes. Yuna takes Stitch and Pleakley to the mall and they find Jessica with Toriko and Makiko. Jessica leads her friends to various stores and kiosks, making bad jokes along the way. After making their observations, Yuna's group returns home. Pleakley says the girls are "depressingly normal" teenagers, obsessed with trends, the latest fashion, and sweets. Yuna decides to befriend Jessica through her sweet tooth. Pleakley and Jumba help by converting the living room to a cafe.
The next day, Yuna invites Jessica and her friends to the most exclusive cafe in town. Jessica, not wanting to seem uncool, agrees, and her friends follow suit. After classes, Yuna leads the girls to "Chez Pleakley." While Pleakley checks on Jumba in the kitchen, Jessica's photo of her with Hiroman slips out of her bag. Yuna picks it up and comments on the "strange being" in the background. Jessica barks at Yuna to not touch the photo, and Yuna snaps back at her. Pleakley tells Jumba to hurry with the desserts before a fight breaks out. A few seconds later, Pleakley and Stitch serve up the desserts: cakes with a bubbling neon green icing on top. Jessica refuses to eat it, so Stitch takes her piece and swallows it whole. The cake causes Stitch to turn red, then ricochet around the room. Jumba indicates he used rocket propellant in the desserts. Stitch finally comes to a crashing stop on the floor, landing on Jessica's picture of Hiroman. Yuna goes to pull it from under Stitch, but rips it by accident. Jessica is enraged and calls Yuna a loser before leaving with her friends.
Later, Yuna and Stitch go home, but Tigerlily immediately makes them go back out to get groceries. To make things worse, it starts raining. Some times later, Yuna and Stitch leave the shopping mall with their items. Yuna notices Jessica waiting under the awning with no umbrella. Yuna offers to share her umbrella with Jessica, then opens it up. Jessica asks why it looks odd, and Yuna says her grandmother made it from an old swimsuit. Toriko and Makiko run up with Jessica's umbrella and ask about Yuna's. Jessica expresses disgust that Yuna wanted her to walk with her under the swimsuit umbrella, calling it "tragic." The popular girls leave and Yuna becomes depressed. Stitch says that he likes the umbrella, but Yuna tells Stitch that it's time to go home. As the pair leaves, Hiroman watches them from a distance.
After the rain clears up, Yuna and Stitch go to Jumba and Pleakley's place. Yuna is still depressed, and wishes she could be like the other girls so they would like her. Stitch interrupts by telling Yuna to go outside with him for some downhill dirt-boarding. Pleakley goes with them. Yuna tries to decline at first, but Stitch puts her onto a flat piece of cardboard and sends her sliding down the hill. The pair of them race, but Stitch falls off and lands in some flowers, getting one in his nose. This makes Yuna laugh, which makes Stitch happy. He says "Welcome back, Yuna!" then heads back up the hill. Yuna is confused, and Pleakley explains that Stitch (along with himself and Jumba) love Yuna as she is; a happy, quirky girl. This cheers Yuna up, and she declares that she doesn't have to be anyone else but herself.
The next day at the school, Hämsterviel is briefing Gantu and Reuben on his new plan. The recently transmutated Experiment 258, Sample, will use his infectious rhythms to send Stitch dancing uncontrollably towards a specific spot on a hill. On that hill is a teleporter which will send Stitch straight to Delia. Upon seeing Stitch, Gantu releases Sample from his container. While that is going on, the soccer team is practicing on the field nearby. Jessica has enlisted Toriko to take a new picture of her and Hiroman together. Sample emerges from the bushes, and sends waves of a sparkly yellow dust out over the people on the field. He starts playing a rhythm from his speaker shaped ears, and the crowd starts to dance. Stitch arrives to the field, and sees Sample leading the kids like a marching band leader. Sample blasts Stitch with the dust, and Stitch falls under the spell.
Yuna hears the beats from inside the building, and sees Sample leading Stitch, the popular girls, and the soccer team away from the school. She goes outside to investigate. Meanwhile, Gantu and Reuben make their way to the hilltop to prepare the teleporter. But, they find that it hasn't been assembled yet. While they start building, Sample continues leading the group. Yuna steps in front of Sample, telling him to stop. Sample tries blasting her with the dust, but Yuna takes out her homemade umbrella, and deflects the blasts. Sample tries a few more times, but Yuna manages to get Sample covered in his own dust. This causes the entire group to stop dancing. Stitch leaps into action, and gathers more dust on the inside of the umbrella. He dumps it all onto Sample, knocking him out. Yuna looks towards the hill and notices Gantu putting the last piece into the teleporter. Stitch sprints up the hill and stuffs Gantu in the machine. The teleporter sends Gantu away to Delia. Yuna and Stitch congratulate each other on a job well done. Hiroman approaches Yuna and Stitch, and thanks them for saving him for the second time. He compliments Yuna's umbrella before leaving.
Yuna and Stitch bring Sample to Jumba, and he starts undoing the transmutation. Yuna is happy with how the day went. But, some of Sample's leftover dust falls out of her umbrella and onto her body. Sample starts up his beat again, causing Yuna to dance. Stitch points out that Jumba's transmutation machine wasn't plugged in, and laughs at Yuna.
Out in space, Delia punishes Hämsterviel for his failure by stringing him up like a marionette and making him dance.
Trivia[]
- Stitch's title card line: "Boo-ya!"
Experiments[]