544's pod eventually villain made its way to a junk shop, where it, along with 609, 617 and 033, was stolen by Gantu, activated, and named Thresher. Plasmoid, Heat, Thresher and Hammerface were then lead by Gantu in an attack on the Pelekais' house, where Thresher and the other three experiments were able to easily defeat and capture Stitch and his replicas. It is presumed that Hämsterviel was somehow able to re-merge the weakling Threshers into one.