September 20, 2003 – The Animated Series Lilo & Stitch: The Series Premieres on ABC
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“I’m okay. I’m fluffy!”
On September 20, 2003, the Disney animated series Lilo & Stitch: The Series premiered on ABC’s ABC Kids. The series is a spinoff of the 2002 animated feature film Lilo & Stitch, and continues the story of the pair where the direct-to-video film Stitch! The Movie left off (this film has been considered more of a pilot for the series, similar to the pilot episode of the series DuckTales [see September 18th entry]). The series is about Lilo and Stitch’s task of collecting all the other 625 experiments created by Dr. Jumba Jookiba and helping them become good. The series ran for 65 episodes over two seasons, and repeats still run on Disney’s Disney Junior Channel. Many of the original voice actors reprised their roles in the series, including Chris Sanders as Stitch (with the role shared by Michael Yingling), Daveigh Chase as Lilo, and David Ogden Stiers as Dr. Jumba Jookiba. The series was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition.
The first episode of the series, “Richter: Experiment 513” begins with an earthquake that was caused by one of Jumba’s experiments. Lilo and Stitch journey underground to stop the experiment from causing the Earth to crack in two, and prevent the experiment’s capture by former Captain Gantu of the Galactic Order.
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