History EnsembleDarkhorse / LiloAndStitch

* Plasmoid (X-617), Thresher (X-544), Hammerface (X-033), and Heat (X-033) have a decent number of fans for both their colorful powers and the strategic way they use those powers while fighting Stitch on behalf of Gantu. They all have a lot of fan art despite not even being the main experiments from their debut.

* Despite originating from the anime, and that they were not created by Jumba, but rather the disliked third season antagonist Delia, Dark End is surprisingly liked for their AffablyEvil personality and adorable looks with big ears and a small pink nose.

* The blonde lifeguard whom Nani briefly talks with for a job is extremely popular, [[MsFanservice for]] [[MaleGaze some]] [[SarcasmMode strange]] [[JigglePhysics reason.]]

* Bragg/Flute (X-145) or Twang (X-023) -- a.k.a. that yellow cat/rabbit-like flute-playing experiment[[note]]this experiment suffered a ''huge'' case of DubInducedPlotHole and SeriesContinuityError for years; read [[https://liloandstitch.fandom.com/wiki/Talk:Bragg_(145)/@comment-37803634-20190907050527?permalink=33454#comm-33454 this comment on]] [[TheWikiRule Lilo & Stitch Wiki]][[/note]] -- only appeared in one episode of the ''Stitch!'' anime, but he's by far the most popular experiment who was introduced in (and remains exclusive to) that show. The anime's fans were won over by his [[BitchInSheepsClothing wickedly deceptive personality underneath his charming exterior]].

* Spike (X-319) is liked for his porcupine-like design and the way he was reformed with a [[CooldownHug therapeutic hug]], which caused him to turn to giving hugging therapy to calm down truant experiments as his "one true place" (even though he has to wear armor to do that). Helps that his episode is seen as one of the best episodes of the series.
* Despite originating from the anime, and that they were not created by Jumba, but rather the disliked third season antagonist Delia, Dark End is surprising liked for their AffablyEvil personality and adorable looks with big ears and a small pink nose.

* Despite being DemotedToExtra after the first film Cobra Bubbles is probably the most popular human character in the franchise aside from the Pelekai sisters. This is due to him subverting the tropes of being a ScaryBlackMan and DepartmentOfChildDisservices, with Bubbles acting as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who is sympathetic to Nani and Lilo's plight, and is simply doing what he feels is best for their safety. [[spoiler:Him [[HeroOfAnotherStory saving the earth]] by convincing the United Galactic Federations's council that mosquitos were endangered earned even more points with fans.]] Cobra Bubbles is so popular that there was wide and vocal outrage among fans when it appeared he would be AdaptedOut from the remake, which thankfully ended up not being the case.

Since their formal debut in ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' {{pilot|Movie}} ''WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie'', the experiments as a whole became such Ensemble Dark Horses that they became the biggest defiers of Disney's tradition of [[CanonDiscontinuity not acknowledging the sequel material of Walt Disney Animation Studios films]] in their works. Part of it may have to come from their UglyCute designs or for being [[AlternateCompanyEquivalent Disney's version of]] Franchise/{{Pokemon}} in a way.

* Despite being DemotedToExtra after the first film Corpal Bubbles is probably the most popular human character in the franchise aside from the Pelekai sisters. This is due to him subverting the tropes of being a ScaryBlackMan and DepartmentOfChildDisservices, with Bubbles acting as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who is sympathetic to Nani and Lilo' s plight, and is simply doing what he feels is best for their safety. [[spoiler:Him [[HeroOfAnotherStory saving the earth]] by convincing the galactic council Mosquitos were endangered earned even more points with fans.]] Corpal Bubbles is so popular that there was wide and vocal outrage among fans when it appeared he would be AdaptedOut from the remake (which thankfully ended up not being the case).
* [[RunningGag Ice Cream Man]]. So much that he was the only ''Lilo & Stitch'' character other than Lilo, Stitch and Nani to be made into a Townsperson costume in ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'', where he costs ''100,000 blue sparks'' in ''2.0''[='=]s Toy Store.

* The blonde lifeguard whom Nani briefly talks with for a job is extremely popular, [[MsFanservice for]] [[MaleGaze some]] [[SarcasmMode strange]] [[{{Gainaxing}} reason.]]

* Spike (X-319) is liked for his porcupine-like design and the way he was reformed with a [[CooldownHug therapeutic hug]], which caused him to turn to giving hugging therapy to calm down truant experiments as his "one true place" (even though he has to wear armor to do that). Helps that his episode is seen as one of the best episodes of the entire series.

* Amy Hill as Mrs. Hasagawa is a very memorable character even if [[OneSceneWonder she appears only once in the original film]]. Thankfully, ''The Series'' gave her a few more appearances, including involving her in a B-Plot of the ''WesternAnimation/{{American Dragon|Jake Long}}'' crossover episode and even making her the focus of half of a TwoShorts episode.

* Prior to her [[AscendedExtra ascension to major character status]] via [[Anime/{{Stitch}} the anime]] and merchandise, Angel (X-624) was this (and technically still is if you're from the United States where the anime flopped) since she only appeared in two episodes (plus a cameo in a third) and a few minor scenes during the final act of [[WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch the last film]].

* Bonnie (X-149) is one due to her {{Tomboy}}ish personality, appealing design, OutlawCouple dynamic with Clyde (X-150), and the fact that she's the only other prominent female experiment besides Angel whose body bores similarities to Stitch's. A number of ''L&S'' fans on the [[Website/FourChan /co/hana threads]] even stated they prefer her over Angel.

* [[NeatFreak Felix (X-010)]] is one due to his cute looks and hilarious obsession with cleaning as "Felix" or spreading dirt as "Oscar". Even the way he says "[[OneWordVocabulary Dirty!]]" is oddly adorable. He even made a few more appearances in the anime, was also made into a costumed character for the Disney Parks, and is even the only playable character outside of the mid six-twos in the Nintendo DS game ''[[VideoGame/LiloAndStitch Disney Stitch Jam]]''.

* Despite originating from the anime, and that they were not created by Jumba, but rather the disliked third season antagonist Delia, Dark End is surprising liked for their AfffablyEvil personality and adorable looks with big ears and a small pink nose.

* Houdini (X-604) is one for his adorable looks with big eyes and ears on a small rabbit-like body combined with his [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh Piglet-like]] sweet yet perpetually timid personality.

* Spike (X-319) is liked for his porcupine-like design and the way he was reformed with a [[CooldownHug therapeutic hug]], which caused him to turn to giving hugging therapy to calm down truant experiments as his "one true place" (even though he has to wear armor to do that). Helps that his episode is seen as one of the best episode of the entire series.

* Bonnie (X-149) and Clyde (X-150), due to their personalities and OutlawCouple dynamic, although Bonnie is the more popular of the two with her more appealing design, {{Tomboy}}ish personality, and the fact that she's the only other prominent female experiment besides Angel whose body bores similarities to Stitch's. A number of ''L&S'' fans on the [[Website/FourChan /co/hana threads]] even stated they prefer her over Angel.

* Bonnie (X-149) and Clyde (X-150), due to their personalities and OutlawCouple dynamic, although Bonnie is the more popular of the two with her more appealing design, {{Tomboy}}ish personality, and the fact that she's the only other prominent female experiment besides Angel whose body bores similarities to Stitch's.

''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' is one of the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon's [[OddballInTheSeries most unconventional franchises]], having been going along its own path since Creator/ChrisSanders and Creator/DeanDeBlois made [[Disney/LiloAndStitch the 2002 original film]]. This has led it to become an EnsembleDarkHorse unto itself within the DAC. Of course, one of this franchise's strong suits (and a reason for its success) is its unique and unconventional characters, many of whom became Ensemble Dark Horses in their own rights.

* Splodyhead (X-619) seems to also be one, considering his fight against Slushy (X-523) in that experiment's episode (and the extensive reuse of scenes from that fight in [[ClipShow "Ace"]]) and his [[TheCameo cameo]] in ''Disney/BigHero6'', which made him the very first character from a sequel series to a DAC film to appear in a later DAC film.

* Lilo's doll Scrump is not even alive (save for that one time [[AnimateInanimateObject Phantasmo]] [[LivingToys possessed "her"]]) and only plays [[CompanionCube a small role]] to Lilo's character, but "she" gets a lot of fan art and merchandise (albeit, oddly appearing with Stitch more than with Lilo instead), which even includes a couple Toys/FunkoPop vinyl figures modeled after "her". The best evidence supporting this has to be in [[https://confusedkc.tumblr.com/post/178689293088/dissecting-the-lilo-stitch-fan-art-contest this official fan art contest held by Disney and BoxLunch (Hot Topic),]] where Scrump appeared on eight of the twenty-five chosen finalists for the contest (tied with Lilo as the second-most appearing character), six of which feature only "her" and Stitch together.[[note]]One of the finalists was later removed, reducing the amount of finalists with Scrump on them to seven out of twenty-four, with five featuring only "her" and Stitch.[[/note]] That said, her over-prominence in merchandise--often, as aforementioned, with Stitch and without Lilo--combined with a seeming dearth of merch featuring characters other than her and Stitch has caused a number of core fans to resent the doll, making "her" a BaseBreakingCharacter nowadays.

* Lilo's doll Scrump is not even alive (save for that one time [[AnimateInanimateObject Phantasmo]] [[LivingToys possessed "her"]]) and only plays [[CompanionCube a small role]] to Lilo's character, but "she" gets a lot of fan art and merchandise (albeit, oddly appearing with Stitch more than with Lilo instead), which even includes a couple Toys/FunkoPop vinyl figures modeled after "her". The best evidence supporting this has to be in [[https://confusedkc.tumblr.com/post/178689293088/dissecting-the-lilo-stitch-fan-art-contest this official fan art contest held by Disney and BoxLunch (Hot Topic),]] where Scrump appeared on eight of the twenty-five chosen finalists for the contest (tied with Lilo as the second-most appearing character), six of which feature only "her" and Stitch together.[[note]]One of the finalists was later removed, reducing the amount of finalists with Scrump on them to seven out of twenty-four, with five featuring only "her" and Stitch.[[/note]]

Since their formal debut in ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' {{pilot|Movie}} ''WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie'', the experiments as a whole became such Ensemble Dark Horses that they became the biggest defiers of Disney's tradition of [[CanonDiscontinuity not acknowledging the sequel material of Walt Disney Animation Studios films]] in their works (more on that on some of the entries below). Part of it may have to come from their UglyCute designs or for being [[AlternateCompanyEquivalent Disney's version of]] Franchise/{{Pokemon}} in a way.

* [[ShockAndAwe Sparky (X-221)]], likely because of his role in ''WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie'', [[ShockAndAwe his powers]], and for being UglyCute. He was even popular enough to be a mandatory BossBattle in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', making him the first Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation character to appear in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' franchise. He also received several recurring appearances in [[Anime/{{Stitch}} the anime]] and is even the only "cousin" to appear on [[https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2658/4180225778_a337232fe8_b.jpg this mural in Hanapepe]]--the town that inspired ''Lilo & Stitch''[='=]s Kokaua Town.[[note]]As of 2018, that mural has since been boarded up and replaced by [[https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/6011f2367970717008f269fa4f125c28/5BABCDC9/t51.2885-15/e35/33650888_468626046899506_2043717452877004800_n.jpg a new, larger mural]] that features the SignatureScene of Lilo, Stitch, and Nani riding the big wave in the "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" sequence, with Sparky along with Jumba and Pleakley removed.[[/note]]
* Experiment 627, or [[FanNickname "Evile" as the fans call him]], due to the appealing concept of a tough experiment [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter who's better than Stitch]], and who would have likely become a rival to him had he received more appearances. He was number five on the aforementioned top ten poll.

* [[NeatFreak Felix (X-010)]] is one due to his cute looks and hilarious obsession with cleaning as "Felix" or spreading dirt as "Oscar". Even the way he says "[[OneWordVocabulary Dirty!]]" is oddly adorable. Japan especially loves him (and also a number of other experiments); not only does he make a few more appearances in the anime, he's even the only playable character outside of the mid six-twos in the Nintendo DS game ''[[VideoGame/LiloAndStitch Disney Stitch Jam]]''.

* Sample (X-258) is a peculiar one for his upbeat, carefree attitude and ability to provide some fresh beats with the sounds he records.

* [[LoveInterest Angel (X-624)]], for being a CuteMonsterGirl and DistaffCounterpart of Stitch (and also for being initially voiced by famed voice actress Creator/TaraStrong). She was initially supposed to be a OneShotCharacter when she was introduced late into ''The Series''[='=]s first season, but many fans could not help falling in love with her. She and [[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E30Angel her episode]] won a poll held by Disney Channel in Spring 2004 for the fans' top ten favorite experiments and episodes in ''The Series''[='=] first season. As a result, she managed to get a second major appearance in the penultimate episode "Snafu" where she gets rescued, get a small scene in SeriesFinale ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'' where she kicks Leroy clone patooki to protect Stitch, and finally fully [[BreakoutCharacter break out]] as a major recurring character in the ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' anime. She is so popular that she is also the only experiment other than Stitch to have merchandise currently (as of 2019) sold in America, [[https://www.shopdisney.com/characters/angel complete with her own shopDisney page,]] which is unheard of for a character from a long-since-ended SequelSeries. She even received some merchandise themed after Ride/{{Walt Disney|World}} [[https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/6/61/Stitch_and_Angel_WDW_Girls%27_Lace_Tee.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170418025443 World]] (including [[http://pinpics.com/pinMT.php?pin=100289 one of its parks]]) and Ride/{{Disneyland}} for some years before ''finally'' starting to make costumed appearances at Walt Disney World in the late 2010s. This is all despite that the ''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise has been practically dormant in North America since the end of ''The Series'' over a decade ago, and that the majority of her appearances in the franchise are still from the aforementioned anime that [[AmericansHateTingle American fans tend to reject]].[[note]]The ''Stitch!'' anime's English dub lasted for less than a week on Creator/DisneyXD in October 2011.[[/note]]. Going even further, Angel was the first character from a Disney animated SequelSeries to be playable/unlockable in both ''VideoGame/DisneyTsumTsum'' and ''VideoGame/DisneyMagicKingdoms'', and has also cameoed in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX''. ''That's'' how popular she is.

* Now within the ''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise, protagonist Stitch (X-626) himself does not qualify as one. But on a broader scale, he is one of Disney's most popular characters and receives lots of merchandise even to this day, especially on Disney's lapel trading pins, despite that he's no longer one of the A-list characters in Disney's current marketing. Being a [[AmusingAlien funny]], [[BadassAdorable cute, fluffy]], CrazyAwesome badass with good CharacterDevelopment certainly helps.
* [[LoveInterest Angel (X-624)]], for being a CuteMonsterGirl and DistaffCounterpart of Stitch (and also for being initially voiced by famed voice actress Creator/TaraStrong). She was initially supposed to be a OneShotCharacter when she was introduced late into ''The Series''[='=]s first season, but many fans [[JustForPun could not]] [[Music/ElvisPresley help falling in love]] with her. She and [[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E30Angel her episode]] won a poll held by Disney Channel in Spring 2004 for the fans' top ten favorite experiments and episodes in ''The Series''[='=] first season. As a result, she managed to get a second major appearance in the penultimate episode "Snafu" where she gets rescued, get a small scene in SeriesFinale ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'' where she kicks Leroy clone patooki to protect Stitch, and finally fully [[BreakoutCharacter break out]] as a major recurring character in the ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' anime. She is so popular that she is also the only experiment other than Stitch to have merchandise currently (as of 2019) sold in America, [[https://www.shopdisney.com/characters/angel complete with her own shopDisney page,]] which is unheard of for a character from a long-since-ended SequelSeries. She even received some merchandise themed after Ride/{{Walt Disney|World}} [[https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/6/61/Stitch_and_Angel_WDW_Girls%27_Lace_Tee.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170418025443 World]] (including [[http://pinpics.com/pinMT.php?pin=100289 one of its parks]]) and Ride/{{Disneyland}} for some years before ''finally'' starting to make costumed appearances at Walt Disney World in the late 2010s. This is all despite that the ''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise has been practically dormant in North America since the end of ''The Series'' over a decade ago, and that the majority of her appearances in the franchise are still from the aforementioned anime that [[AmericansHateTingle American fans tend to reject]].[[note]]The ''Stitch!'' anime's English dub lasted for less than a week on Creator/DisneyXD in October 2011.[[/note]]
** Going even further, Angel was the first character from a Disney animated SequelSeries to be playable/unlockable in both ''VideoGame/DisneyTsumTsum'' and ''VideoGame/DisneyMagicKingdoms'', and has also cameoed in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX''. ''That's'' how popular she is.
* [[TheImp Reuben (X-625)]], for his laid-back, [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] personality; being voiced by Creator/RobPaulsen certainly helps. Still, despite his status as a major character--having appeared in more episodes in ''The Series'' and the ''Stitch!'' anime than any other experiment besides Stitch himself--he gets overshadowed by his immediate successor and predecessor.

* Leroy, despite being a {{Flat|Character}} {{Doppelganger}} of Stitch [[OneShotCharacter who only appeared in one]] [[WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch television film]], is also a popular experiment nonetheless, and has even received some merchandise including a Tsum Tsum plush. In fact, fans were delighted to see him again as a recurring boss and [[spoiler:the final experiment to capture]] during a ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''-themed event in ''VideoGame/DisneyTsumTsum'' held in September 2018 in Japan and January 2019 globally.

* Some of the experiments mentioned above (i.e. Angel, Reuben, Sparky, 627, Felix, and Sample) have also appeared as [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CiRIP4bWEAEj29o.jpg:orig costumed characters]] in [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris]] alongside the main duo, and most of them have even begun making small appearances in Ride/WaltDisneyWorld. All those same experiments appeared in "Anime/StitchMeetsHighSchoolMusical", a 2007 anime short parodying ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''. Also, in [[http://disneytsumtsum.com/new-stitch-and-friends-tsum-tsum-set-coming-soon/ May 2019,]] Reuben, Sparky, Felix, and Sample finally got made into Tsum Tsum plushes[[note]]Stitch and Angel already had several Tsums released for a few years now[[/note]] and were released as part of a special "Stitch and Friends" set in Japan.