Agent Pleakley
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| Agent Wendy Pleakley | |
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| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Male |
| Appears in | Lilo & Stitch Lilo & Stitch 2 Stitch! The Movie Lilo & Stitch: The Series Leroy & Stitch |
| Performer | Kevin McDonald |
Agent Wendy Pleakley is an alien from the Disney animated film Lilo & Stitch and its subsequent sequels and animated series. He is the Galactic Federation's expert on the planet Earth, but in reality is only slightly more informed on the planet. He reluctantly becomes Dr. Jumba Jookiba's partner when forced to assist the scientist in capturing the escaped experiment 626 (Stitch), and later becomes his best friend and room mate when the two are stranded on Earth. He is voiced by Kids in the Hall veteran Kevin McDonald.
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[edit] Appearance
Pleakley is a thin, green alien with three stout legs, two purple tongues, a round bald head topped with a single antenna, and one large eye in the middle of his face. His body shape and style of movement resembles the enchanted brooms from The Sorcerer's Apprentice sequence of Disney's Fantasia. He was once described as a "babe magnet" by his brother in the episode "Fibber", which turned out to be true when Fibber's lie-detector fails to go off. It is likely that his appearance is considered attractive on his home planet.
In "Poxy", much of the workings of Pleakley's internal system are revealed when Lilo and Stitch shrink themselves and enter it to retrieve an infectious experiment. He has no skeletal system and an has extremely small brain (smaller than his eye. Jumba once said that Pleakley has "Too much eye, not enough brain"). In "Mr. Stenchy", his antenna is shown to be a form of sensory organ similar to a human nose (although it functions somewhat differently, allowing Pleakley to ignore or appreciate odors which a human would consider noxious or horrible). In "Yaarp", it is also shown to function as an ear. In "Spike", Nosy reveals that Pleakley dyes his antenna to match his skin because he is going prematurely orange.
Pleakley dresses in both men's and women's clothing (see cross-dressing below) and often wears a wig. He usually wears his Galactic Alliance uniform on official business and a muʻumuʻu while on Earth.
[edit] History
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In the movie he was called upon to assist mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba in tracking down Experiment 626, which had escaped to the planet Earth. He and Jumba were both fired and sentenced to a prison term by the Grand Councilwoman of the planet Turo, for failing to capture Experiment 626. In the subsequent television series, Pleakley and Jumba have remained behind on Earth and has become a member of Lilo's ʻohana, or extended family.
In the television series, he had a brief mock engagement with Nani to placate his pushy visiting mother. In this same episode he also had a mock engagement to Jumba. Pleakley's mother is concerned that he hasn't found "the right girl" and that he is not married. Pleakley feels he must pretend to be married for his mother to approve and accept him. When his family arrives on Earth for the mock wedding of Nani and Pleakley, he reveals that he is happy being who he is, which includes being unmarried. After that his family accepts him and loves him for who he is.
Gantu fell in love with him (under the influence of one of Stitch's cousins), mistaking him for a girl. An entire room full of people fell in love with him because of the experiment at the Valentine's Dance, however Lilo's friend Keoni was the only one to have a real crush on him.
[edit] Family
Pleakley's immediate family consists of his mother (voiced by Scott Thompson), his sister Pixley (voiced by Bruce McCulloch), and his brother Bertley (voiced by Mark McKinney).
Mother Pleakley frequently appears throughout the series when Pleakley calls her on his intergalactic cell phone, but doesn't appear in person until "Fibber", where she and Pleakley's siblings visit Earth to attend Pleakley's wedding. She disapproves of Pleakley wearing women's clothing and wishes for him to get married, going as far as setting up an arranged marriage for him (which is standard practice on his native planet). When Pleakley tells her that he's happy being who he is, which includes being unmarried, Mother Pleakley accepts his wishes because she wants him to be happy.
Pixeley is CEO of a medium-sized galaxy and has a bathroom in her office, and Berkley claims to hate his brother. Fibber's lie-detection ability reveals that they don't actually dislike Pleakley, but are actually jealous of him.
Pleakley's family makes a cameo appearance at the beginning of Leroy & Stitch where they watch Pleakley receive his reward from the Grand Councilwoman. In Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, Pleakly often talks to his mother by his cell phone, but she does not appear (Jumba also talks to her, because Pleakly's cell phone was the way to call Stitch in the spaceship).
While stranded on Earth, Pleakley joins Lilo's ʻohana (extended family) along with Jumba and Stitch. Though they often antagonize each other, Pleakley has a very close relationship with Jumba and they are arguably best friends.
[edit] Cross-dressing
Though Pleakley is distinctly a male alien, he is consistently seen dressing in women's clothing for his enjoyment and dressing in full drag while out among the humans. This hobby began in Lilo & Stitch where he dressed as a middle-aged woman so he and Jumba could disguise themselves as a vacationing couple. He is shown admiring his wig in a mirror while "off duty", and refuses to let Jumba (who once had long hair, but lost it in an accident involving an experiment) try it on. Pleakley would later don this same wig in Leroy & Stitch while recollecting the time he spent with Jumba.
In Lilo & Stitch 2, Pleakley begins disguising himself as Lilo's "Auntie Pleakley", while Jumba takes on the alias of "Uncle Jumba". He also dresses as an exchange student named Inga and a Flamenco dancer when he tries to help David with his relationship with Nani. In Stitch! The Movie, Nani is bothered by the fact that Pleakley tries on her clothes when she's not at home. It is also implied that he ordered a girdle despite his unconvincing denial, since it is technically underwear and thus useless for his normal disguise.
Though he enjoys wearing female clothing, he will choose to wear male clothing when the situation calls for it. In an alternate future explored in the episode "Skip", Pleakley spends 10 years locked in his room studying Earth fashion, then becomes a world-famous fashion designer 10 years after that. In "Swirly", Nani says he has more clothes then she has.
Pleakly also usually doesn't wear pants (probably because there are few pants that fit his three legs). In "Slick", Pleakly says that his planet doesn't use money, and "that's why [they] don't wear pants".
[edit] Pleakley's Costumes
- Middle-aged female tourist, Jumba's "ugly wife" (several times throughout the series).
- Lilo's "Aunt Pleakley" (many times throughout the series).
- Traditional Hawaiian hula garb (several times throughout the series).
- A top resembling female Sailor Fuku (Lilo & Stitch 2).
- Inga, a foreign exchange student (Lilo & Stitch 2).
- Spanish Flamenco dancer (Lilo & Stitch 2).
- Early 20th century female bathing suit (Stitch! The Movie).
- Nani's clothes (Stitch! The Movie).
- Female disco dancer ("Yin-Yang")
- Safari Gear ("Splodyhead", "Mrs. Hasagawa's Cats")
- Groom's tuxedo ("Fibber").
- Stewardess ("The Asteroid").
- Traditional female European Christmas clothes ("Topper").
- Kwanzaa kaftan ("Topper")
- A Christmas tree ("Topper").
- Film director ("Angel").
- Detective ("Bonnie & Clyde").
- French maid ("Shoe").
- Stand-up comedian ("Heckler").
- A wig resembling Kim Possible's hair ("Rufus").
- Miner(Yaarp)
- Magnificant Man("Wishy-Washy")
- Chinese woman clothing ("HunkaHunka")
- Russian kaftan ("HunkaHunka")
[edit] Trivia
- Pleakley's first name, "Wendy", means "brave warrior" in his planets native tongue. His brother Bertley is incredibly jealous of his name. Coincidentally, another Disney character is also named Wendy—the character Wendy Darling from Peter Pan.
- While Lilo & Stitch was being made, the creators imagined a sequel in which Pleakley owned a beauty salon.
- The episode "Fibber" reunites the entire Kids in the Hall sketch comedy troupe, with Kevin McDonald voicing Pleakley as usual, Scott Thompson voicing Mother Pleakley, Bruce McCulloch, voicing Pixley, Mark McKinney voicing Bertley, and Dave Foley voicing the preacher at Pleakley's wedding.
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