History Recap / LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS2E13Morpholomew

* LetsYouAndHimFight: When he sees Dragon-form Jake coming, Stitch attacks him. They scuffle before Lilo-as-Jake calls them off.

* MorphicResonance: Although a person shapeshifted by Morpholomew ''looks'' exactly like whomever they're supposed to resemble, the recipient retains their original voice and the same skills and abilities (or lack thereof) that they normally have. The latter means for Lilo that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome changing yourself to become someone who's good at skateboarding does not mean that you'll]] [[InstantExpert instantly become a good skateboarder, too]].

* InstantExpert: {{Averted|Trope}}; Lilo, who is a bad skateboarder, only does one brief practice session the night before the competition, which ended with her and the skateboard going into a table at Kiki's Coffee Hut. Despite Stitch trying to be gentle by non-verbally telling her that she did "so-so", she becomes convinced that she's already skilled enough to win. Come the competition, and [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome she learns the hard way how way over her head she is.]]

* AbsenteeActor: This is the only episode in ''The Series'' and (apart from ''WesternAnimation/TheOriginOfStitch'' short) the only time in the original 2002 to 2006 animated continuity of [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch the franchise]] where Creator/KevinMcDonald's Pleakley doesn't appear.

"Morpholomew" is fifty-second episode[[note]]the penultimate episode in production order[[/note]] of ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''. It first aired on July 1, 2005, and is a crossover with ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong''.

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* [[TheImp Reuben (X-625)]]

* DecemberDecemberRomance: Lao Shi an old {{weredragon}}, falls in love with elderly fruit seller Mrs. Hasagawa and goes on a date with her. Sadly for them, they both had to go their separate ways at the end as Lao Shi has to head back to New York with Jake and his friends and Fu Dog, while Hasagawa continues to live on Kauaʻi.

* AesopAmnesia: Two-fold for Lilo; she has forgotten some basic skateboarding skills (especially how to stop) that she learned in [[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E10Kixx "Kixx"]]--not that she was even as good as Keoni after learning said skills anyway--and the fact that you can't enter a competition you're not prepared for expecting to win, which she learned in [[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E16Sprout "Sprout"]].[[note]]In that episode, although she won the orchid competition in that episode using Sprout (after he had grown huge and nearly wrecked the fair), she did realize that she did not win fair and square and willing gave up her bet she made with Mertle.[[/note]]

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When taken to Gantu's base, Jake protests that "The ''Am Drag'' show's about saving ''magical'' creatures, not sci-fi!"
* LetsYouAndHimFight: When he sees Dragon!Jake coming, Stitch attacks him. They scuffle before Jake!Lilo calls them off.

!!This episode has examples of:

!![[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments Experiments]] who were featured or mentioned in this episode:

* CheatersNeverProsper: Lilo cheats her way into the skateboarding competition twice--since she's too young to even ''enter'' the competition--by disguising herself as someone else who wasn't able to compete for whatever reason; first as a person who couldn't actually attend because he had gone away during the competition (Keoni Jameson), and then as someone who actually ''was'' competing but got kidnapped before he could his turn was up (Jake Long). She loses anyway due to her near-complete lack of any real skateboarding ability.

* IdiotBall: Lilo in this episode, as she enters a skateboarding competition when she has almost no skateboarding skills whatsoever. Additionally, Stitch briefs shows that he is a better skateboarder than Lilo when he goes after Morpholomew after the latter is activated, but neither Lilo nor Stitch ever get the idea to disguise Stitch as Keoni instead and enter him in the competition.

* AesopAmnesia: Two-fold for Lilo; she has forgotten some basic skateboarding skills (especially how to stop) that she learned in [[LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E10Kixx "Kixx"]]--not that she was even as good as Keoni after learning said skills anyway--and the fact that you can't enter a competition you're not prepared for expecting to win, which she learned in [[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E16Sprout "Sprout"]].[[note]]In that episode, although she won the orchid competition in that episode using Sprout (after he had grown huge and nearly wrecked the fair), she did realize that she did not win fair and square and willing gave up her bet she made with Mertle.[[/note]]

* MistakenIdentity: Gantu mistaken's Jake's dragon form for Experiment 316.

* MorphicResonance: Although a person shapeshifted by Morpholomew ''looks'' exactly like whomever they're supposed to resemble, the recipient retains their original voice and the same skills and abilities (or lack thereof) that they normally have. The latter means for Lilo that [[RealityEnsues changing yourself to become someone who's good at skateboarding does not mean that you'll]] [[InstantExpert instantly become a good skateboarder, too]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Morpholomew ''loves'' fried chicken. It becomes his payment for his services when he is hired for his "one true place".

* MorphicResonance: Although a person shapeshifted by Morpholomew ''looks'' exactly like whomever they're supposed to resemble, the recipient retains their original voice and, as Lilo learns, retain the same skills and abilities (or lack thereof) they originally have.

Lilo tries to use an experiment designed to morph someone into another person to win a skateboarding competition. However, the other person is none other than the WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong, who has come to Hawaii to investigate the rumors of "magical creatures" being sighted on the island.

!!This episode has examples of

* {{Aesop}}: As stated by Trixie, you can't just buy someone's love and friendship. You have to earn it.
* CrossOver: With ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong''
* CrossOverShip: Lao Shi goes out with Mrs. Hasagawa.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When taken to Gantu's base, Jake protests that "The Am-Drag show's about saving ''magical'' creatures, not sci-fi!"
* LetsYouAndHimFight: when he sees Dragon!Jake coming, Stitch attacks him. They scuffle before Jake!Lilo calls them off.
* MistakenIdentity: Gantu mistaken's Jake's dragon form for Experiment 316.