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Stitch (also known by his species/"birth" name Experiment 626; number pronounced as "six-two-six") is a fictional character in Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise. An illegally-made, genetically-engineered, extraterrestrial life-form resembling a blue koala, he is one of the franchise's two title characters, alongside his human adopter and best friend Lilo Pelekai, and its most prominent protagonist. Stitch was created by Lilo & Stitch co-writer and co-director Chris Sanders, who also voices him in all Western-produced media that he appears in. Benjamin Diskin voices the character in the English versions of the Eastern-produced television spin-offs Stitch! and Stitch & Ai.

Stitch
Lilo & Stitch character
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Stitch in his disguised "Earth dog" form (lower arms, antennae and spines retracted), the most-often seen form of the character
First appearance
Lilo & Stitch (2002)
Created by
Chris Sanders
Voiced by
English
Chris Sanders (all Western media, 2002-present)
Benjamin Diskin (Stitch! and Stitch & Ai)
Japanese
Kōichi Yamadera
Mandarin
Li Zhengxiang (Stitch & Ai)
In-universe information
Aliases
Experiment 626 (species/birth name)
Public Nuisance #1 (by the Grand Councilwoman; deleted scene only)
Kenny (when disguised as a human in Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
Nicknames
626 (by Jumba Jookiba, Gantu, and Dr. Hämsterviel)
"little monster" (by Pleakley)
"abomination" or "trog" (by Gantu)
Boojiboo (by Angel)
Species
Experiment (Artificially-created koala-like extraterrestrial)
Gender
Male[1][2]
Title
Captain (Leroy & Stitch)
Occupation
Lilo Pelekai's pet "dog" (films and Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
Captain of the Galactic Armada (former; Leroy & Stitch)
Yuna Kamihara's pet "dog" (Stitch!)
Wang Ai Ling's pet "dog" (Stitch & Ai)
Family
Jumba Jookiba (creator/father figure)
Lilo Pelekai (owner and best friend; films and The Series)
Nani Pelekai (caretaker and friend; films and The Series)
Wendy Pleakley (friend)
Reuben (Experiment 625) ("cousin")
Over 623 other experiment "cousins"
Leroy (Experiment 629) (twin brother)
Yuna Kamihara (best friend; Stitch!)
Wang Ai Ling (best friend; Stitch & Ai)
Significant other
Angel (Experiment 624)
Abilities
Superhuman strength, speed, agility, and durability
HypercognitionThe Nightmare Before Christmas (also known as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas) is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy holiday film directed by Henry Selick (in his feature directorial debut) and produced and conceived by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, the King of "Halloween Town" who stumbles upon "Christmas Town" and becomes obsessed with celebrating the holiday. Danny Elfman wrote the songs and score, and provided the singing voice of Jack.[9] The principal voice cast also includes Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Ken Page, Paul Reubens, Glenn Shadix, and Ed Ivory.

The Nightmare Before Christmas
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Original theatrical release poster
Directed by
Henry Selick
Screenplay by
Caroline Thompson
Adaptation by
Michael McDowell
Story by
Tim Burton
Based on
Poem
by Tim Burton
Produced by
Tim Burton
Denise Di Novi
Starring
Danny Elfman
Chris Sarandon
Catherine O'Hara
William Hickey
Glenn Shadix
Paul Reubens
Ken Page
Ed Ivory
Cinematography
Pete Kozachik
Edited by
Stan Webb
Music by
Danny Elfman
Animation by
Joel Fletcher[1]
Owen Klatte[2]
Angie Glocka[2]
Justin Khon[3]
Production
companies
Touchstone Pictures[note 1]
Skellington Productions[5]
Distributed by
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution[5]
Release date
October 13, 1993 (limited)
October 29, 1993 (United States)
Running time
76 minutes[6]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$24 million[7]
Box office
$91.5 million[8]
The Nightmare Before Christmas originated in a poem written by Burton in 1982 while he was working as an animator at Walt Disney Productions. With the success of Vincent in the same year, Burton began to consider developing The Nightmare Before Christmas as either a short film or 30-minute television special to no avail. Over the years, Burton's thoughts regularly returned to the project and in 1990, he made a development deal with Walt Disney Studios. Production started in July 1991 in San Francisco; Disney initially released the film through Touchstone Pictures because the studio believed the film would be "too dark and scary for kids".[4]

The film met with both critical and financial success, earning praise for its animation (particularly the innovation of the stop-motion art form), characters, songs and score. It has grossed $91.5 million worldwide since its initial release and garnering a cult following. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, a first for an animated film. The film has since been reissued by Walt Disney Pictures, and was re-released annually in Disney Digital 3-D from 2006 until 2010.