Jumba Jookiba Background information Feature films Lilo & Stitch Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch Stitch! The Movie Leroy and Stitch Television programs Lilo and Stitch: The Series Stitch! Stitch! Itazura Alien no Daibōken (The Mischievous Aliens Great Adventure) Video games Lilo & Stitch Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Park attractions Portrayed by Portrayed by Animators Voice David Ogden Stiers Jess Winfield (Stitch! English dub) Shōzō Iizuka (Japanese) Performance model Designer Inspiration Honors and awards Character information Full name Other names Personality Mad scientist, formerly evil, now kind and brave Appearance Obese navy space creature, 3 pairs of eyes, cream face, yellow Hawaiian shirt Birthday Occupation Former scientist, Pleakley's boss Affiliations Bad (originally) Good (after meeting Lilo) Goal Home Kweltikwan (Home Planet) Turo (Laboratory) Hawaii (Lilo & Stitch to Leroy & Stitch) Izayoi Island, off the coast of Okinawa (Stitch!) Deep Space (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep) Relatives Pets Allies Pleakley, Stitch, Lilo, Nani, David, Experiments, Reuben, Kim Possible, Rufus, Ron Stoppable, Yuna, Minions Enemies Captain Gantu, Dr. Hämsterviel, Unversed, Terra, and Aqua. Likes Evil genius creations (experiments), Elvis Presley's song "Hound Dog" Dislikes Experiments' failures, being called idiot scientist, his experiments being in Hamsterviel's hands Powers and abilities Strength, superior knowledge Weapons Blaster, ship Fate Lives with Lilo and Stitch. Quote "I prefer to be called EVIL GENIUS!"

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Dr. Jumba Jookiba is a former evil scientist and a main character from the Lilo and Stitch saga. Jumba was originally a villain in the first film, but near the end of the film, he and Pleakley become allies to Stitch and Lilo. Jumba has appeared in later media such as the film's sequels, series, video games and more. He is voiced by David Ogden Stiers.

Contents 1 Background 1.1 Personality 2 Appearances 2.1 Lilo and Stitch 2.2 Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch has a Glitch 2.3 Stitch! The Movie 2.4 Lilo and Stitch: The Series 2.5 Leroy and Stitch 2.6 Stitch! 2.7 Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep 3 Disney Parks 3.1 Disneyland Paris 4 Gallery 5 Trivia 6 Comments

Background

Jumba was born on the planet Kweltikwan. There, he created a series of illegal genetic experiments but was eventually banished as a result. He then bought his own laboratory where he continued to create more experiments alongside his college friend Dr. Hämsterviel. Eventually, both Jumba and Hämsterviel would be arrested, following the creation of Jumba's latest experiment 626. However, this new experiment proved to help Jumba in more ways than one, having him released from prison and finding him a family that loves him and vice versa.

He is said to be divorced and has mentioned his ex-wife several times (usually in a negative way).

Personality

Jumba is a comical character, despite his "evil" status. Prior to meeting Lilo, Jumba was somewhat insane and ruthless. However, once he witnessed the newfound nature of his experiment 626 (also known as Stitch), Jumba would give up his evil ways. Upon meeting Lilo, Jumba became rather humble and began to act as a grandfather-like figure towards Lilo. He is often paired with his friend Pleakley who was forced to work alongside him to capture Stitch when he was still a menace. After those events, Jumba and Pleakley became the closest of friends.

Appearances

Lilo and Stitch

In his first appearance, Jumba was on trial for creating illegal genetic experiments. While Jumba was imprisoned, Stitch escaped. The Grand Councilwoman commanded Jumba to search the island of Hawaii to find and capture Stitch. Jumba and his new sidekick, Pleakley, tried numerous plans to capture Stitch but always failed. Once Jumba and Pleakley were fired, Jumba decided to play by his own rules. A battle between Jumba and Stitch occurred at Lilo's home. Due to the battle, a blaster exploded and Jumba and Pleakley fled from the home. While Jumba and Pleakley were away, Stitch and Lilo were kidnapped by Captain Gantu. Stitch managed to escape, but was chained up by Jumba. Lilo's sister Nani asked Jumba and Pleakley if they knew where Lilo was located but the duo had no clue. Stitch convinced Jumba rather easily to help save Lilo. Nani, Stitch, Pleakley and Jumba set off to find Lilo. Once everyone is saved and Gantu is defeated, Jumba helped rebuild Lilo's home and becomes a part of Lilo's ohana along with Pleakley and Stitch.

Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch has a Glitch

Years before either of them ever met Lilo, Jumba was putting the finishing touches on Stitch (then known as Experiment 626), but before the doctor could release him, 626 had to be charged. While the little experiment is charging, enforcers intrude into the lab and arrest Jumba, leaving 626 incomplete. Finally, the years catch up to Stitch and the consequences begin to unfold. In order to save his life, Jumba must develop a machine but when it was finally "finished" it broke down, Jumba sheepishly revealing to Pleakley that it was just an order from a catalog. He believes he cannot actually make the machine on his own, but is given the will to try from a word from Pleakley. In the end, not only did the machine save Stitch, but Jumba also gained Lilo's gratitude and love.

Stitch! The Movie

Jumba reappears in the franchise's second film. In the film Jumba is kidnapped by Gantu and Hamsterviel, Jumba's former lab partner who plots to take over the galaxy. Jumba is later rescued by Lilo and Stitch. It is revealed that Jumba created a far greater amount of experiments other than Stitch. They are accidentally set free, so Jumba and the others team up to capture them and turn them from bad to good.

Lilo and Stitch: The Series

Now residing with Lilo and Stitch in Hawaii, Jumba goes under the guise of Lilo's uncle and holds a major role in the series. With 624 experiments scattered around the island, Jumba provides information for each that Lilo and Stitch discover and/or capture. In spite of becoming a humble hero, Jumba still strives to keep his evil reputation but ultimately fails in favor of his Ohana. When an experiment is captured, Lilo and Stitch will take it to Jumba first and foremost. Most of the experiments recognize Jumba and refer to him as their father. On many occasions, before an experiment's reformation, the former would go after Jumba to prevent him from revealing the key to their defeat before he can tell Lilo and Stitch.

Leroy and Stitch

Three years after Jumba's experiments were scattered across Kauai, Hawaii, Lilo and Stitch had rounded up and reformed 624 experiments. Jumba was given the opportunity to return to his old laboratory by the Grand Councilwoman. At first, he did not want to hurt Lilo's feelings by leaving, but she agreed to let him go, giving him an Elvis record to remember her by. However, Hämsterviel escaped prison with the help of the former Captain Gantu, who had been retired from his position forcibly by the Grand Councilwoman three years prior to these events, and held Jumba hostage in his own lab, forcing him to create a new experiment, which ends up being named Leroy. However, Jumba used the record Lilo gave him to program a shut-off switch for Leroy: if he hears the song "Aloha `Oe", he will glitch and switch off (but will not die like Stitch would have as shown at the end of Stitch Has a Glitch). When asked what he would like as a reward he decides to give up his laboratory and return to Earth to become part of Lilo's family once again.

Stitch!

In the anime series, Jumba was given a mission by the Grand Council Women to watch over Stitch as he recently began a destructive rampage. Jumba eventually lost Stitch but quickly reunited with him in a small island known as Izayoi. When he arrived he met Stitch's newest friend Yuna and learns about Stitch's latest goal to do good deeds and obtain ultimate power. Jumba agrees to assist Stitch and stays on the island.

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

While serving time for illegal genetic experimentation in a cell within the Turo Prison Block, Jumba witnesses Terra fight off several Unversed. He persuades the Keyblade wielder to release him so that the two may rescue a "constructive" creature of his creation called "Experiment 626." Terra agrees, and the two set off to find 626 together. When they finally find the small extraterrestrial encased in a pod within the Confinement Room, Jumba sets him free and reveals that he is meant to be an evil and malevolent creature whose only instinct is to destroy everything he touches. 626 then rushes at Terra and steals his Wayfinder, the Keyblade wielder ordering him to return it because his "friend" gave it to him. Jumba later laughs off the idea that 626 could understand the concept of friendship, but he is greatly surprised when his creation drops the Wayfinder and scuttles off. Jumba finds Terra's theory that 626 isn't evil at all and merely craves friends impossible, and he gives him another demonstration of his "evil geniusness" by activating Experiment 221 for the Keyblade wielder to battle. Terra is victorious, and he and Jumba notice 626's return to the Confinement Room after 221 returns to pod form. Jumba watches Terra try to explain friendship to 626, but he angrily interferes with Terra's discussion, as things such as friendship would corrupt his creation's original purpose. He tells 626 that he needs to be fixed, but alarms begin to sound and an announcement is made that 626 and two prisoners have escaped. Terra flees Deep Space, leaving Jumba and 626 behind.

Aqua is the next to visit Deep Space, where she is taken by Captain Gantu before the Grand Councilwoman after destroying several Unversed. The Grand Councilwoman tells Aqua that the Unversed are getting in the way of the apprehension of Jumba and Experiment 626, and she asks the Keyblade wielder to destroy them and also make an attempt to capture Jumba and his experiment intact. Aqua agrees to do as asked and departs, much to Gantu's displeasure now that his duties have been assigned to a stranger. The Keyblade Master eventually finds the fugitives on the Launch Deck, where Jumba is attempting to recapture 626 so that he may fix him. Aqua stops Jumba and 626 and announces that she has been authorized to arrest them, and when 626 charges at her to reclaim the Wayfinder he had previously made and left behind in the Turo Prison Block, Jumba explains to Aqua that the reason his creation is familiar with the shape of the Wayfinder and its purpose is of his previous encounter with Terra. Jumba then goes on to complain to Aqua about the negative impact Terra has had on 626, but Gantu soon appears and attempts to put an end to both Jumba and his supposedly evil creation. Aqua teams up with 626 to battle Gantu, and upon their victory, the Grand Councilwoman arrives and apprehends the two fugitives.

Disney Parks

Jumba makes occasional appearances at Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, often in various shows and parades. Like many of the walk-around versions of the supporting characters of the Lilo and Stitch franchise though, he hasn't really been used elsewhere, as the film and television series are some of the most popular Disney media in Japan. 

Disneyland Paris

Jumba can be found at Stitch's Hawaiian Paradise Party in Disney Village.

Gallery

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Trivia

• He appeared in a limited amount of Disney Villains related material prior to the original film's release.
• Jumba appears, along with several other "Lilo & Stitch" characters, in a parody of the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical, which was broadcast as part of the High School Musical: Around the World one-year anniversary special.
• Being that Jumba is the creator of Stitch, he is often cited as Stitch's father.
• Prior to creating Experiment 177 (aka "Clip") Jumba had long, flowing locks of beautiful black hair. Since then, he has been bald with the exception of three long hairs which grow from the top of his head.
• Jumba likes to dance and he's not afraid to bust a move every now and then.
• In a deleted scene, Jumba is shown to have an insane side when he attacks Stitch at Lilo's house.
  • To be specific, the scene where Jumba attacks Stitch resulting in the Pelekai residence accidentally being burned down was actually going to have more violent scenes where Stitch actually uses a chainsaw to attack Jumba and Stitch setting the house on fire by biting apart a gas pipe and tricking Jumba into shooting it with his blaster. The final version of the same scene has everything violent edited out and replaced (Jumba knocking the ceiling down with dishes instead of laser blasts, Jumba's "shuriken" being made of hairbrushes and toothpaste insted of knives and a pizza cutter, the entire chainsaw scene shortened), had more comedic scenes added in (exploding Scrump, Stitch catching Jumba's laser, Stitch yelling, "Blue Punch Buggy! No punch-backs!" when hitting Jumba with Nani's VW, the Elvis Presley song "(You Ain't Nuthin' but a) Hound Dog" playing in the background), and the house being burned down by having Stitch stop up Jumba's blaster with a carrot and then having them both play "Hot Potato" with it until the blaster overloads and explodes. A similar treatment was done to the climax where Jumba, Pleakley, Stitch, and Nani fly through the sky to chase down Gantu after he accidentally captures Lilo as a result of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
• The alien species and even the spaceships in Lilo & Stitch were inspired by Hawaiian wildlife and marine creatures as well. In Jumba's case, he seems to be inspired by sea lions and their relatives.
  • There was once a creature known as the Hawaiian monk seal.