Babyfier, also known as Experiment 151, is an illegal genetic experiment created by Jumba Jookiba and a character in the Lilo & Stitch franchise. He is designed to turn entire populations into babies, causing planetary chaos; the antidote consists of two teaspoons of applesauce, one cup of milk, three mashed bananas, and a dollop of 100% Kona coffee. If the de-aged victims are left untreated, they will have to grow up all over again. His one true place is at the dog shelter, turning old dogs into adorable puppies, thus making them more appealing to potential adopters.
Background and appearances[]
Experiment 151 was the 151st genetic experiment created by Jumba with Hämsterviel's funding. He was designed to turn entire civilizations into babies, throwing the planet into unsupervised chaos. 151 and the other first 624 experiments were deactivated and smuggled to Earth by Jumba during his mission to capture Experiment 626.
All of the experiment pods were released and scattered across the island of Kauai, with 151's pod landing on a sidewalk.
Lilo & Stitch: The Series[]
Babyfier after being activated
When the Ice Cream Man tripped on 151's pod, it rolled across a nearby beach shore and into an ocean wave, activating the experiment. 151 then proceeded to turn the tourist into a baby, causing him to behave like an infant. He was photographed later by Lilo and Stitch, who both consulted Jumba and quickly learned about 151's powers.
Later, 151 went on a rampage by turning others, including a construction worker, into babies before Stitch captured him in a bucket. After running into Nani, who mistook Lilo and Stitch for trying to sneak off to the movies unsupervised, they took 151, named Babyfier, back to their house, where Lilo had a falling-out with Nani.
Lilo with her infantile ʻohana
That night, Stitch released Babyfier on Nani so that Lilo could be in charge for once. However, after turning Nani into a baby, Babyfier turned Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley into babies too. He then attempted to do the same to Lilo, but the former was lured into a trap and recaptured in a containment orb, leaving Lilo to look after her de-aged ʻohana.
Gantu, who had been searching for the experiment, arrived at the Pelekais' house the next day. Since Lilo's family was all babyfied and helpless, Gantu easily managed to take Babyfier back to his ship.
When Experiment 625 learned that Babyfier turns adults into babies, he released the experiment on Gantu out of curiosity. However, after turning Gantu into a baby, Babyfier attempted to do the same to Reuben, causing the latter to lock Babyfier out of the ship. Hämsterviel was then alerted and demanded them both to retrieve Babyfier.
Babyfier on Gantu's ship
Meanwhile, the babyfied Jumba (who retained the intelligence of adult Jumba) managed to find a cure on his computer that would reverse Babyfier's effects. Lilo despaired when she saw that one of the ingredients for the antidote was a dollop of 100% Kona coffee, which only adults were allowed to buy.
Outside with her infantile ʻohana in strollers, Lilo tried coaxing a passing couple to buy her the required coffee, which failed briefly before Babyfier appeared and turned them into babies. A moment later, Reuben with the babyfied Gantu in a stroller pursued Babyfier as he went on a second rampage, turning countless victims throughout Kauai into babies, while Lilo and the babyfied Nani and Stitch followed him.
Meanwhile, the babyfied Jumba and Pleakley traveled to Kiki's Coffee Hut, where they found many bags of 100% Kona coffee on a shelf to finish making the remedy for undoing Babyfier's effects.
Babyfier in his one true place
Later, the babyfied Stitch and Gantu tracked Babyfier down to a playground, where the two fought over him while bickering, with Stitch winning. After Babyfier was recaptured, Jumba and Pleakley (back to their normal ages) arrived with the antidote, which Stitch blasted into the sky, turning all the babies on Kauai except Gantu back into adults.
After Nani made amends with Lilo, Babyfier then found his one true place at the dog pound, where he turned old dogs into adorable and more adoptable puppies, effectively giving them a second chance at finding a new home.
It is known that the babyfied Gantu was somehow turned back into his adult self, as he was seen at his normal age in later episodes (most likely Hämsterviel informing Reuben about the antidote), while Reuben was forced to babysit Gantu in the meantime.
In "Ploot", Babyfier was one of the second team of experiments (along with Finder and Drowsy) formed to try and stop Ploot. However, Ploot was easily able to defeat them, forcing the three experiments to retreat.
Leroy & Stitch[]
Baby Leroy clones as a result of Babyfier's power
In the film's opening, Babyfier can be seen waving hello to Lilo, along with Snooty and Amnesio.
Later, the first 624 experiments, including Babyfier, were rounded up by Leroy and taken to a stadium to be destroyed. However, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, Pleakley, Reuben and Gantu arrived before the experiments could be destroyed.
Babyfier participated in the following battle between the experiments and the Leroy clones by turning attacking Leroys into babies.
However, the Leroys soon gained the upper hand in the battle, but were defeated when Lilo, Stitch, Reuben and several other experiments performed the song "Aloha ʻOe", which caused the Leroy army to shut down due to the original Leroy's fail-safe.
Stitch! anime[]
Babyfier made an appearance in Season 2 of the Stitch! anime, along with Hammerface, Link, Spike, and Woody. It is revealed that Hämsterviel reverted these experiments to evil using a recording of Angel's song, thus enabling them to wreak havoc on the island. He made another appearance where he was reprogrammed by Hämsterviel to transform his victims into toddlers instead of babies (and appropriately renamed Toddler-fier). He left Stitch in charge of several schoolchildren whom he turned into toddlers, including Yuna herself. He made a third appearance in aiding Stitch in battle against Dark End.
Biology[]
Physical appearance[]
Babyfier is a small light pink gerbil/koala-like experiment with a large head with a baby-like face, tiny purple fairy-like wings, stubby legs, short stubby ears, plump cheeks, blue nose, a yellow pacifier in his mouth and a long baby rattle-shaped tail with dark pink stripes.
Special abilities[]
Babyfier can sprinkle a pink powder from his rattle-like tail over the target, causing his victims to regress both physically and mentally into babies (or toddlers in the Stitch! anime). If not cured, said victims will have to grow up all over again.
Weaknesses[]
A mixture of two teaspoons of applesauce, one cup of milk, three mashed bananas, and a dollop of 100% Kona coffee will revert Babyfier's victims to their original age. Alternatively, a special type of flower unique to Izayoi Island can be used as a substitute for the Kona coffee.
Trivia[]
- Even though Stitch was not born as a baby (being a genetic experiment), Babyfier still managed to turn him into an infant, making Babyfier one of the few known experiments whose powers Stitch is vulnerable to.
- This happens again in Leroy & Stitch, as in one scene, Babyfier turns three Leroy clones into infants.
- Both instances show that while experiments cannot age older (as seen in "Skip"), their age can be regressed.
- This also confirms that Jumba's experiments have some sort of age cycle, though just not equal with humans.
- This happens again in Leroy & Stitch, as in one scene, Babyfier turns three Leroy clones into infants.
- Babyfier's pod color is white.
- Babyfier's tail appears in the online game Jumba's Lab.
- In the English dub of the Stitch! anime episode "Link-age", Reuben states that Babyfier's favorite type of sandwich is puréed carrots.
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