| “ | I prefer to be called evil genius! Hahahaha!! | „ |
| ~ Joomba once he is arrested |
Dr. Jumba Jookiba is one of the two deuteragonists (alongside Pleakley) of Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise. He is a self-proclaimed evil genius, responsible for the creation of the infamous Experiment 626, better known as Stitch and 628 other experiments.
He was voiced by the late David Ogden Stiers.
His Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Him Heinous[]
Past[]
- Despite it being illegal and unethical, he created several experiments for Dr. Hämsterviel. Some of which, like Richter and Holio, were capable of causing mass destruction.
2002 film[]
- After being arrested by the Galactic Federation, he denied that he created Stitch or any other illegal experiment.
- While he did agree to capture Stitch, it wasn’t out of altruism, as with Pleakley, but only because the Grand Council promised to free him if he did so.
- He took sadistic pleasure in the idea that Stitch would cause mayhem on whatever planet he escaped to.
- He smuggled his other 625 experiments to Earth.
- When he was fired by the Grand Councilwoman, he decided to hunt Stitch his way instead of Pleakley’s way, which meant attacking Stitch’s house.
- During his fight with Stitch, he endangered Lilo's life and ended up destroying her entire house.
- While he did note that Stitch put him through a lot, he still cruelly assaulted Stitch after he had been captured.
Lilo & Stitch: The Series[]
- Even after his redemption, he still does some morally dubious things, such as threatening to design an experiment to poke Pleakley's eye and asking Lilo if she wanted him to rewrite Mertle's personality, though the latter does have an unpleasant one, He also created the dangerous 627 just to put Stitch in his place.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- He is too comedic to be NPE. Such examples include him denying to have made illegal genetic experiments only for Stitch to be shown, him saying he prefers to be called an evil genius, him angrily ripping up a newspaper in his cell, his slapstick fight with Stitch or some of his experiments being ridiculous annoyance than dangerous.
- In the past, he had created experiments that are not evil, such as Finder.
- He has standards, as he was verbally disgusted by Stitch using Lilo as a human shield. Though this is a minor prevention as he was still willing to endanger Lilo's life while battling Stitch.
- He was affable to Stitch, giving him an outfit after his creation. He also showed sympathy for Stitch's desire to find a purpose in life, assuring that while he intended to dismantle him, he would reassemble him afterwards. As noted above, he also showed a paternal affection to his experiments, sometimes praising them.
- He seems to care about his relatives, as he mentions sending them gifts in the television series. At the very least, he cares about his mother, as he is offended when Stitch insults her.
- He ultimately redeems himself by choosing to save Lilo from Gantu.
- He becomes friends with Pleakley.
- While he intended to go back to his research at first, he eventually decided to go back to his family.
Trivia[]
- The scene where Jumba fights Stitch was originally going to be more violent, with Jumba throwing a saw at Stitch and trying to shoot him multiple times and throwing sharp objects at him. Had this original version of the scene been kept, it would have made Jumba worse.
- He is the only Lilo & Stitch character to be both Inconsistently Heinous and Inconsistently Admirable.
- He is currently the only former non-villain to have been reevaluated and decided that he was a villain and approved as Inconsistently Heinous after the non-villains ban.
- He is also technically the only non-villain to have been approved during the non-villains ban before it was lifted, though he is now considered a villain.
- He is also overall one of six former non-villains to have gotten a Villains Wiki page, the others being Annoying Orange, Harry Morgan, Boe, Boggo, and Gumball Watterson.
External Links[]
- Jumba Jookiba on the Heroes Wiki
- Jumba Jookiba on the Villains Wiki
- Jumba Jookiba on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
