History Recap / LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS2E16WishyWashy

* TheStarscream: After finding out that a wish-granting experiment has just been activated, Gantu captures him and keeps him to grant his own wishes instead of giving him to Hamsterviel, and he uses a wish to turn Hamsterviel into his pet rat.
* StatusQuoIsGod: In the end, Lilo undoes all of the wishes Wishy-Washy granted, such as turning David into a genius, turning Hamsterviel into a rat, and turning Gantu's ship invisible, by wishing for everything to go back to the way it's supposed to be.

* TheDogBitesBack: Gantu manages to get back at Hamsterviel for being a BadBoss by using Wishy-Washy to turn him into a rat and put him in a little cage.

* ForcedTransformation: Gantu uses Wishy-Washy to turn Hamsterviel into his pet rat.

* HelpImStuck: After Stitch and Lilo jump through one of the holes Gantu shot in how own ship, Gantu runs after them and just gets his head stuck in the hole.

* GenreSavvy: After suddenly becoming a genius, David visits Lilo, since he figured out with his newfound intelligence that -- being the local WeirdnessMagnet -- she must be the one behind his change.

* GoneHorriblyRight: Lilo hoped that by using Wishy-Washy to make David astoundingly smart (as Nani thought intelligence was a nice quality), Nani would be further endeared to David so as to essentially make them a nuclear family. While Wishy-Washy does deliver and make David a genius, the problem is he's ''too smart''. Not only is Nani driven away by David's unnatural braininess, but David later shares with Lilo how his sudden personality change doesn't make him happy.

* BizarroEpisode: This is definitely one of the show's wackiest episodes, thanks to the wish-granting experiment granting many humorous wishes, such as turning Hamsterviel into a rat, turning Gantu's blaster into a giant salami and then a giant sandwich, etc.

* BizarroEpisode: This is definitely one of the show’s wackiest episodes, thanks to the wish-granting experiment granting many humorous wishes, such as turning Hamsterviel into a rat, turning Gantu’s blaster into a giant salami and then a giant sandwich, etc.

* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Being a little kid, Lilo believes this. After turning David into a genius, she dresses him up like a cartoon nerd outfit, which includes a pair of big, round glasses, to make him look more smart.

* BizarroEpisode: This is definitely one of the wackiest episodes, thanks to the wish-granting experiment granting many humorous wishes, such as turning Hamsterviel into a rat, turning Gantu’s blaster into a giant salami and then a giant sandwich, etc.

* FutureLoser: Gantu is nostalgic for his beautiful high school girlfriend and wants to start a relationship with her. But when he uses Wishy-Washy to teleport her to his place, he's mortified to see she's no longer the gorgeous young lady she was in her youth and has instead because a bathrobe-clad hag with an obnoxious personality. Needless to say, he wishes her back from where she came.

* StatusQuoIsGod: In the end, Lilo undoes all of the wishes Wishy-Washy granted, such as turning David into a genius and turning Gantu’s ship invisible, by wishing for everything to go back to the way it’s supposed to be.

* GenreSavvy: David visit Lilo after she makes him the smartest man in the world, since he figured out that -- being the local WeirdnessMagnet -- she must be the one behind his change.

* TVGenius: David becomes this when Lilo's wish makes him smart. He loses all social competence, speaks in [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness unnecessarily long words]] whether people understand him or not, and builds architectural models out of silverware in his spare time.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: This is the [[AnAesop moral]] of the episode. In Lilo's case, "Be careful what you wish for, because you may already have it."
* FutureLoser: Gantu is nostalgic for his beautiful high school crush and wants to start a relationship with her. But when he uses Wishy-Washy to teleport her to his place, he's mortified to see she's no longer the gorgeous young lady she was in her youth and has instead because a bathrobe-clad hag with an obnoxious personality. Needless to say, he wishes her back from where she came.

* LiteralGenie: Wishy-Washy grants wishes literally since he once turned Jumba into a ruler (as in the measuring tool) when he wished to become the ruler of the universe.
* RedemptionRejection: When Stitch tries to capture Wishy-Washy by befriending him instead of fighting, the latter knocks Stitch off the palm tree they were on. This is rendered moot, though, when Lilo simply wishes that they "skip to the part where they catch the experiment," causing Wishy-Washy to happily teleport into Lilo's arms.
* TVGenius: David becomes this when Lilo's wish makes him smart. He loses all social competence, speaks in [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness unnecessarily long words]] no matter whether people understand him or not, and builds architectural models out of silverware in his spare time.
* WishingForMoreWishes: {{Averted|Trope}}; Wishy-Washy will not grant any wish for more wishes or to replenish his wish meter.

* WishingForMoreWishes: {{Averted|Trope}}; Wishy-Washy will not grant any wish for more wishes or replenish his wish meter.

* RedemptionRejection: When Stitch tries to capture by befriending him instead of fighting, Wishy-Washy knocks Stitch off the palm tree they were on. This is rendered moot, though, when Lilo simply wishes that they "skip to the part where they catch the experiment," causing Wishy-Washy to happily teleport into Lilo's arms.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: This is the [[AnAesop moral]] of the episode. In Lilo's case, "Be careful what you wish for, because you may already have it."