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* ArtifactTitle: Half of it at least, since the franchise has moved away from Lilo in favor of focusing more on Stitch, who since 2008 has been constantly separated from her and Hawaii.
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* TurnOfTheMillennium: The original parts of this franchise took place in the early-to-mid 2000s, which was also the time frame when it was actively promoted in the United States where the franchise today has gone dormant, especially in terms of Disney's current marketing.
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* {{Fictionary}}: While the whole franchise contains plenty of AliensSpeakingEnglish, it also has a fairly well-developed language of its own called Tantalog. Though only a few phrases have been fully translated on ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''[='=] website--which had long since been reduced to almost nothing since--there have been a few rather detailed online dictionaries made based on its usage in that show.
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The original film was a surprise and much-needed critical and commercial success for Disney; in the era when the first film was released, their feature animation studio wasn't doing so well after the [[TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation Disney Renaissance]] ended in 1999. Upon the film becoming a hit, Disney quickly went to work on making a whole bunch of sequel material and marketed the living hell out of Stitch, which resulted in him becoming Disney's first iconic animated character of the 21st century. However, after 2006, the franchise became a flash in the pan to North Americans (especially as computed-animated films became the norm), so Disney moved it to East Asia where [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff it remains consistently popular]]. The SpinOff TV shows produced over there focused on Stitch ending up in the countries where those shows are produced, having him paired with other human girls who replace Lilo as his new best friend. Nevertheless, this oddball of a franchise remains beloved by Disney fans everywhere who relate to its themes finding love and belonging in each other when you have no one else to turn to. The mischievous yet cute and fluffy Stitch continues to receive regular global promotion by Disney to this day, especially through a ''lot'' of {{crossover}}s.
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The original film was a surprise and much-needed critical and commercial success for Disney; in the era when the first film was released, their feature animation studio wasn't doing so well after the [[TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation Disney Renaissance]] ended in 1999. Upon the film becoming a hit, Disney quickly went to work on making a whole bunch of sequel material and marketed the living hell out of Stitch, which resulted in him becoming Disney's first iconic animated character of the 21st century. However, after 2006, the franchise became a flash in the pan to North Americans (especially as computed-animated films became the norm), so Disney moved it to East Asia where [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff it remains consistently popular]]. The SpinOff TV shows produced over there focused on Stitch ending up in the countries where those shows are produced, having him paired with other human girls who replace Lilo as his new best friend. Nevertheless, this oddball of a franchise remains beloved by Disney fans everywhere who relate to its themes finding love and belonging in each other when you have no one else to turn to. The mischievous yet cute and fluffy Stitch continues to receive regular global promotion by Disney to this day, especially through a ''lot'' of {{crossover}}s.
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* ''Animation/StitchAndAi'' (2017): A Chinese animated series co-produced with American animators. Stitch gets kidnapped from Lilo by space pirates and escapes to Chinese mountains where he befriends a girl over there named Ai. More ScienceFantasy adventures happen, but a DarkSecret about Stitch that only Jumba knows about is ready to be unleashed, threatening to ruin the Earth. Originally produced in English, its Mandarin dub was released first in March 2017, and made its English debut in February 2018.
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* ''Animation/StitchAndAi'' (2017): A Chinese animated series co-produced with American animators. Stitch gets kidnapped from Lilo by space pirates and escapes to Chinese mountains where he befriends a girl over there named Ai. More ScienceFantasy adventures happen, but a DarkSecret about Stitch that only Jumba knows about is ready to be unleashed, threatening to ruin the Earth. Originally produced in English, its Mandarin dub was released first in March 2017, and 2017. The show made its English debut in February 2018.
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* ''Animation/StitchAndAi'' (2017): A Chinese animated series co-produced with American animators. Stitch gets kidnapped from Lilo by space pirates and escapes to Chinese mountains where he befriends a girl over there named Ai. More ScienceFantasy adventures happen, but a DarkSecret about Stitch that only Jumba knows about is ready to be unleashed, threatening to ruin the Earth. Originally produced in English, its Mandarin dub was released first in March 2017, and made its English debut in February 2018.
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* CentralTheme: ʻOhana. ʻOhana means family. Nobody gets left behind.
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* CentralTheme: ʻOhana. ʻOhana means family. Nobody Family means nobody gets left behind.behind or forgotten.
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* ''Disney's VideoGame/LiloAndStitch'' (GBA; 2002): A side-scrolling ShootEmUp PlatformGame. Lilo gets kidnapped by an intergalactic bounty hunter working for a mad scientist who wants to use her as food for his genetically-modified mosquito army, and Stitch must go out to save her. [[SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames A hidden gem]] among UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance games.
* ''Disney's VideoGame/LiloAndStitch'' (GBA; 2002): A side-scrolling ShootEmUp PlatformGame. Lilo gets kidnapped by an intergalactic bounty hunter working for a mad scientist who wants to use her as food for his genetically-modified mosquito army, and Stitch must go out to save her. [[SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames A hidden gem]] among UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance games.
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* ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch'' (GBA; 2002): A side-scrolling ShootEmUp PlatformGame. Lilo gets kidnapped by an intergalactic bounty hunter working for a mad scientist who wants to use her as food for his genetically-modified mosquito army, and Stitch must go out to save her. [[SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames A hidden gem]] among UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance games.
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-->-- [[https://youtu.be/eAACaVQNsQs "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride"]] by '''Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu and the Kamehameha Schools Children's Chorus''', one of the franchise's two theme songs[[note]]The other theme is "Aloha, e Komo Mai" from ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''[[/note]]
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-->-- [[https://youtu.be/eAACaVQNsQs "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride"]] by '''Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu Kealiʻi Hoʻomalu and the Kamehameha Schools Children's Chorus''', one of the franchise's two theme songs[[note]]The other theme is "Aloha, e Komo Mai" from ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''[[/note]]
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It mainly features the adventures and antics of the titular duo of Lilo Pelekai, a highly eccentric orphaned UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}an human girl who loves hula, surfing, horror, B-movies, photography of overweight tourists, and Music/ElvisPresley; [[AGirlAndHerX and her "dog"]] Stitch, an illegally-made, genetically-engineered, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue-furred]], koala-like alien creature originally called Experiment 626 who was initially made to cause intergalactic chaos and destruction before he met her. They live together in Kokaua Town, a small Hawaiian town on the island of Kaua'i, with their equally quirky ''[[TrueCompanions ʻohana]]'', a Hawaiian term for a concept of extended family. Their unique family primarily includes Lilo's overstressed but understanding older sister and legal guardian Nani, Stitch's four-eyed MadScientist/"EvilGenius" creator Dr. Jumba Jookiba, a one-eyed, three-legged, Earth-loving, effeminate alien called [[GenderBlenderName Wendy]] Pleakley, and Stitch's many [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments genetic experiment "cousins"]] who were also created by Jumba.
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It mainly features the adventures and antics of the titular duo of Lilo Pelekai, a highly eccentric orphaned UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}an human girl who loves hula, surfing, horror, B-movies, photography of overweight tourists, and Music/ElvisPresley; [[AGirlAndHerX and her "dog"]] Stitch, an illegally-made, genetically-engineered, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue-furred]], koala-like alien creature originally called Experiment 626 who was initially made to cause intergalactic chaos and destruction before he met her. They live together in Kokaua Town, a small Hawaiian town on the island of Kaua'i, Kauaʻi, with their equally quirky ''[[TrueCompanions ʻohana]]'', a Hawaiian term for a concept of extended family. Their unique family primarily includes Lilo's overstressed but understanding older sister and legal guardian Nani, Stitch's four-eyed MadScientist/"EvilGenius" creator Dr. Jumba Jookiba, a one-eyed, three-legged, Earth-loving, effeminate alien called [[GenderBlenderName Wendy]] Pleakley, and Stitch's many [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments genetic experiment "cousins"]] who were also created by Jumba.
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* ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise'' (2002): A ''Franchise/CrashBandicoot''-style PlatformGame for UsefulNotes/PlayStation[[note]]the American release of this platform's version lacked the subtitle[[/note]] and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows where players play as Stitch and a Lilo with [[HollywoodVoodoo voodoo powers]] to defeat enemies around Kauai.
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* ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise'' (2002): A ''Franchise/CrashBandicoot''-style PlatformGame for UsefulNotes/PlayStation[[note]]the American release of this platform's version lacked the subtitle[[/note]] and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows where players play as Stitch and a Lilo with [[HollywoodVoodoo voodoo powers]] to defeat enemies around Kauai.Kauaʻi.
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* FreeRangeChildren: Lilo is six years old in the original film and seven to nine years old over the course of the sequel films and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', yet she runs about Kokaua Town[[note]]her hometown on Kaua'i, named in ''The Series'', which is based off of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanapepe,_Hawaii Hanapepe]] on the same island[[/note]] with Stitch, and no adults. Same goes for ten/eleven-year-old Yuna on Izayoi and in Okinawa New Town in the ''Stitch!'' anime, and the young Ai on the Huangshan mountains in ''Stitch & Ai''.
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* ''Disney's Stitch Jam'' (2009 in Japan, 2010 in North America and Europe): A RhythmGame for UsefulNotes/NintendoDS that is based on the ''Stitch!'' anime. Gantu and Hämsterviel kidnap Stitch's LoveInterest Angel and he has to rescue her. Along with Stitch, players can play as Angel, Reuben, and Felix upon unlocking those experiments. The United States actually [[AdaptationFirst received this game over a year before the anime's brief run over there]].
* ''Motto! Stitch! DS: Rhythm de Rakugaki Daisakusen ♪''[[note]]also known as ''Disney's Stitch Jam 2''[[/note]] (2010): The [[NoExportForYou Japanese-exclusive]] sequel to ''Stitch Jam'', containing more features, characters, and experiments.
* ''Motto! Stitch! DS: Rhythm de Rakugaki Daisakusen ♪''[[note]]also known as ''Disney's Stitch Jam 2''[[/note]] (2010): The [[NoExportForYou Japanese-exclusive]] sequel to ''Stitch Jam'', containing more features, characters, and experiments.
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* ''Disney's ''Disney Stitch Jam'' (2009 in Japan, 2010 in North America and Europe): A RhythmGame for UsefulNotes/NintendoDS that is based on the ''Stitch!'' anime. Gantu and Hämsterviel kidnap Stitch's LoveInterest Angel and he has to rescue her. Along with Stitch, players can play as Angel, Reuben, and Felix upon unlocking those experiments. The United States actually [[AdaptationFirst received this game over a year before the anime's brief run over there]].
* ''Motto! Stitch! DS: Rhythm de Rakugaki Daisakusen ♪''[[note]]also known as''Disney's ''Disney Stitch Jam 2''[[/note]] (2010): The [[NoExportForYou Japanese-exclusive]] sequel to ''Stitch Jam'', containing more features, characters, and experiments.
* ''Motto! Stitch! DS: Rhythm de Rakugaki Daisakusen ♪''[[note]]also known as
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* ''Ride/StitchsGreatEscape'' (2004--2017[?]): A "theater-in-the-round" ride in [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom]] that is set before the events of the first film, detailing Stitch's first run-in with the United Galactic Federation.
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* ''Ride/StitchsGreatEscape'' (2004--2017[?]): (2004--present): A "theater-in-the-round" ride in [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom]] that is set before the events of the first film, detailing Stitch's first run-in with the United Galactic Federation.Federation. Has been operating seasonally since October 2016.
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* Badass Adorable: Both Lilo and Stitch are possibly two of the cutest characters in Disney ever and they are true heroes.
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* RousseauWasRightRousseauWasRight: This franchise likes to emphasize the point of seeing the good in others, what with Lilo's reformation of Stitch in the original film and his "cousins" reforming throughout the first TV series. Even the strict leader of an intergalactic equivalent of the United Nations believes in second chances for criminals, including illegally made lifeforms.
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* FreeRangeChildren: Lilo is six years old in the original film and seven to nine years old over the course of the sequel films and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', yet she runs about Kokaua Town[[note]]her hometown on Kaua'i, named in ''The Series'', which is based off of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanapepe,_Hawaii Hanapepe]] on the same island[[/note]] with Stitch, and no adults. Same goes for ten/eleven-year-old Yuna on Izayoi and in Okinawa New Town in the ''Stitch!'' anime and the young Ai on the Huangshan mountains in ''Stitch & Ai''.
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** Even the sequels are this. Not only did this franchise's sequel material introduce [[IconicSequelCharacter its own set of iconic characters]], something that only a [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh few other]] [[Franchise/TheLionKing DAC-based franchises]] can claim, but the franchise also has a whopping ''three'' SequelSeries, all of which have their own animation styles and were produced and aired within only one-and-a-half decades (fifteen years) from the franchise's debut.
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** Jumba and Pleakley only put on some light clothes and fake hair when they're out in public, yet they completely fool the unaware humans. Gets worse with Stitch who is ''blue'' and all he has to do is [[RetractableAppendages retract some body parts]].
** In the first series, Gantu just claims to be Samoan to pass off his impossibly-large-for-a-human-being size.
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** Jumba and Pleakley only put on some light clothes and fake hair when they're out in public, yet they completely fool the unaware humans. Gets worse with Stitch who is ''blue'' and all he has to do is [[RetractableAppendages retract some body parts]].
** In the first series, Gantu just claims to be Samoan to pass off his impossibly-large-for-a-human-being size.
* PardonMyKlingon: Gantu's {{catchphrase}} "Oh, blitznak!", which easily passes off as "OhCrap", and Stitch and the experiments' "Meega, nala kweesta!", which literally means, "I want to destroy!" Now that phrase may be tame to us humans, but to alien society, it's so vulgar that it makes a robot vomit.
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* TheFederation: United Galactic Federation or [[TheAlliance Alliance]] depending on the movie/episode. Given that they would have destroyed Earth if not for mosquitoes supposedly being an endangered species, they have at least some traits of TheEmpire as well.
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It mainly features the adventures and antics of the titular duo of Lilo Pelekai, a highly eccentric orphaned UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}an human girl who loves hula, surfing, horror, B-movies, photography of overweight tourists, and Music/ElvisPresley; [[AGirlAndHerX and her "dog"]] Stitch, an illegally-made, genetically-engineered, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue-furred]], koala-like alien creature originally called Experiment 626 who was initially made to cause intergalactic chaos and destruction before he met her. They live together in Kokaua Town, a small Hawaiian town on the island of Kaua'i, with their equally quirky ''[[TrueCompanions 'ohana]]'', a Hawaiian term for a concept of extended family. Their unique family primarily includes Lilo's overstressed but understanding older sister and legal guardian Nani, Stitch's four-eyed MadScientist/"EvilGenius" creator Dr. Jumba Jookiba, a one-eyed, three-legged, Earth-loving, effeminate alien called [[GenderBlenderName Wendy]] Pleakley, and Stitch's many [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments genetic experiment "cousins"]] who were also created by Jumba.
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* ArcWords: Primarily in the Western parts of the franchise: "'Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten."
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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Well, "no''body''", not "no ''one''", but still the ''[='=]ohana'' motto is the page quote for a reason.
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Beyond the horizon''
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Beyond the horizon''
horizon\\
ʻĀwikiwiki, mai lohilohi\\
Lawe mai i ko papa heʻe nalu\\
Flyin' by on the Hawaiian roller coaster ride''
-->-- [[https://youtu.be/eAACaVQNsQs "Hawaiian Roller CoasterRide" Ride"]] by '''Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu and the Kamehameha Schools Children's Chorus''', one of the franchise's two theme songs[[note]]The other theme is "Aloha, e Komo Mai" from ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''[[/note]]
ʻĀwikiwiki, mai lohilohi\\
Lawe mai i ko papa heʻe nalu\\
Flyin' by on the Hawaiian roller coaster ride''
-->-- [[https://youtu.be/eAACaVQNsQs "Hawaiian Roller Coaster
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* Ride/StitchsGreatEscape (2004--present): A "theater-in-the-round" ride in [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom]] that is set before the events of the first film, detailing Stitch's first run-in with the United Galactic Federation.[[/index]]
* Stitch Encounter[[note]]Stitch Live! in Disneyland Paris[[/note]] (2006--present): A fifteen-minute digital puppetry show[[note]]similar to [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Turtle Talk]] [[WesternAnimation/FindingDory with Crush]] and WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Laugh Floor[[/note]] in [[NoExportForYou non-American]] Disney resorts where Stitch playfully interacts with park guests.
* Ride/TheEnchantedTikiRoom: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai! (2008--present): An incarnation of the classic attraction found [[NoExportForYou exclusively in Tokyo Disneyland]] where Stitch messes with the birds and plants of the show. It features the songs "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" from the original film and the titular "Aloha, E Komo Mai" from ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''.
* Stitch Encounter[[note]]Stitch Live! in Disneyland Paris[[/note]] (2006--present): A fifteen-minute digital puppetry show[[note]]similar to [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Turtle Talk]] [[WesternAnimation/FindingDory with Crush]] and WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Laugh Floor[[/note]] in [[NoExportForYou non-American]] Disney resorts where Stitch playfully interacts with park guests.
* Ride/TheEnchantedTikiRoom: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai! (2008--present): An incarnation of the classic attraction found [[NoExportForYou exclusively in Tokyo Disneyland]] where Stitch messes with the birds and plants of the show. It features the songs "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" from the original film and the titular "Aloha, E Komo Mai" from ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''.
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* Ride/StitchsGreatEscape ''Ride/StitchsGreatEscape'' (2004--present): A "theater-in-the-round" ride in [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom]] that is set before the events of the first film, detailing Stitch's first run-in with the United Galactic Federation.Federation.
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*Stitch Encounter[[note]]Stitch Live! ''Stitch Encounter''[[note]]''Stitch Live!'' in Disneyland Paris[[/note]] (2006--present): A fifteen-minute digital puppetry show[[note]]similar to [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Turtle Talk]] [[WesternAnimation/FindingDory with Crush]] and WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Laugh Floor[[/note]] in [[NoExportForYou non-American]] Disney resorts where Stitch playfully interacts with park guests.
*Ride/TheEnchantedTikiRoom: ''Ride/TheEnchantedTikiRoom'': Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai! (2008--present): An incarnation of the classic attraction found [[NoExportForYou exclusively in Tokyo Disneyland]] where Stitch messes with the birds and plants of the show. It features the songs "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" from the original film and the titular "Aloha, E Komo Mai" from ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''.
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->''There's no place I'd rather be\\
Than on a surfboard out at sea\\
Lingering in the ocean blue\\
And if I had one wish come true\\
I'd surf till the sun sets\\
Beyond the horizon''
-->-- "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" by '''Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu and the Kamehameha Schools Children's Chorus''', one of the franchise's two theme songs[[note]]The other theme is "Aloha, e Komo Mai" from ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''[[/note]]
Than on a surfboard out at sea\\
Lingering in the ocean blue\\
And if I had one wish come true\\
I'd surf till the sun sets\\
Beyond the horizon''
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''Lilo & Stitch''[[note]]or just ''Stitch'', especially in Japan as ''[[ExcitedShowTitle Stitch!]]''[[/note]] is a Creator/{{Disney}} franchise that began in [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2002]] with the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon [[Disney/LiloAndStitch film of the same name]] written and directed by Creator/ChrisSanders and Dean [=DeBlois=].
It mainly features the adventures and antics of the titular duo of Lilo Pelekai, a highly eccentric orphaned UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}an human girl who loves hula, surfing, horror, B-movies, photography of overweight tourists, and Music/ElvisPresley; [[AGirlAndHerX and her "dog"]] Stitch, an illegally-made, genetically-engineered, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue-furred]], koala-like alien creature originally called Experiment 626 who was initially made to cause intergalactic chaos and destruction before he met her. They live together in Kokaua Town, a small Hawaiian town on the island of Kaua'i, with their equally quirky ''[[TrueCompanions 'ohana]]'', a Hawaiian term for a concept of extended family. Their unique family primarily includes Lilo's overstressed but understanding older sister and legal guardian Nani, Stitch's four-eyed MadScientist/"EvilGenius" creator Dr. Jumba Jookiba, a one-eyed, three-legged, Earth-loving, effeminate alien called [[GenderBlenderName Wendy]] Pleakley, and Stitch's many [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments genetic experiment "cousins"]] who were also created by Jumba.
The original film was a surprise and much-needed critical and commercial success for Disney; in the era when the first film was released, their feature animation studio wasn't doing so well after the [[TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation Disney Renaissance]] ended in 1999. Upon the film becoming a hit, Disney quickly went to work on making a whole bunch of sequel material and marketed the living hell out of Stitch, which resulted in him becoming Disney's first iconic animated character of the 21st century. However, after 2006, the franchise became a flash in the pan to North Americans (especially as computed-animated films became the norm), so Disney moved it to East Asia where [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff it remains consistently popular]]. The SpinOff TV shows produced over there focused on Stitch ending up in the countries where those shows are produced, having him paired with other human girls who replace Lilo as his new best friend. Nevertheless, this oddball of a franchise remains beloved by Disney fans everywhere who relate to its themes finding love and belonging in each other when you have no one else to turn to. The mischievous yet cute and fluffy Stitch continues to receive regular global promotion by Disney to this day, especially through a ''lot'' of {{crossover}}s.
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!Main works
!!Films
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* ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' (2002): The film that started it all. The titular duo meet when he escapes custody and crash lands on Earth, where he lets himself get adopted by her to avoid capture. Over the course of a couple days, they develop a close bond which causes him to reconsider and then defy his original purpose.
* ''WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie'' (2003): The DirectToVideo PilotMovie of the first TV series (see below). Jumba's former partner-in-crime Dr. Hämsterviel has him kidnapped in order to get the other 625 experiments that Jumba created. Lilo and Stitch activate one of them in order to both save "Uncle" Jumba and free Stitch's "cousins".
* ''Disney/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch'' (2005): A DirectToVideo {{interquel}} set between the first and second (released) films that serves as the former's direct sequel. When Lilo prepares for an upcoming hula competition, Stitch starts reverting to his destructive programming, causing serious strains in their friendship.[[/index]]
** ''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005): A ShortFilm included with ''Lilo & Stitch 2'', also set before ''Stitch! The Movie''. Stitch discovers what kinds of beasts Jumba used to create him, gets hints about the other 625 experiments, and is also reminded of his original purpose, much to his horror. However, Jumba comes by to remind Stitch about what he has truly become.[[index]]
* ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'' (2006): The GrandFinale of the first TV series and the original Western parts of the franchise. After completing their mission to rehabilitate the experiments, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley go their separate ways. However, Hämsterviel gets broken out of prison and forces Jumba to create and clone a new experiment for him in order to take over the galaxy and kill off Stitch's "cousins".
!!Television series
* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' (2003--2006): A SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon that continues from ''Stitch! The Movie'' where the titular duo set out to hunt down and rehabilitate the remaining experiments.
* ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' (2008--2011; additional specials aired in 2012 and 2015): An anime produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}} and later Creator/ShinEiDoga. Stitch separates from Lilo over a misunderstanding, ending up on a fictional Okinawan island where he becomes best friends with a local girl named Yuna and goes on ScienceFantasy adventures with her. It's pretty [[BrokenBase controversial]] within the franchise's Western fanbase; its English dub[[note]]which debuted in Australia in 2009 and is heavily-edited from the Japanese original[[/note]] lasted for less than a week in the United States (the franchise's own home country) when it aired on Creator/DisneyXD in October 2011.
* ''Animation/StitchAndAi'' (2017): A Chinese animated series co-produced with American animators. Stitch gets kidnapped from Lilo by space pirates and escapes to Chinese mountains where he befriends a girl over there named Ai. More ScienceFantasy adventures happen, but a DarkSecret about Stitch that only Jumba knows about is ready to be unleashed, threatening to ruin the Earth.
[[/index]]
!Other works
!!Comic strip
* ''Comic Zone: Lilo & Stitch'': ''Magazine/DisneyAdventures'' ran a series of prequel comics before the release of the original film that detailed what the titular duo's lives were like beforehand. More non-prequel comics were made later on as a tie-in to ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', and all of the strips were later compiled together in a book release titled ''Comic Zone Vol. 1: Lilo & Stitch''. Although the prequel comics were made non-canonical after ''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'', they are notable for introducing not only the idea of experiments other than Stitch, but even later major character Experiment 625 (Reuben).
!!Theme park attractions[[index]]
* Ride/StitchsGreatEscape (2004--present): A "theater-in-the-round" ride in [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom]] that is set before the events of the first film, detailing Stitch's first run-in with the United Galactic Federation.[[/index]]
* Stitch Encounter[[note]]Stitch Live! in Disneyland Paris[[/note]] (2006--present): A fifteen-minute digital puppetry show[[note]]similar to [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Turtle Talk]] [[WesternAnimation/FindingDory with Crush]] and WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Laugh Floor[[/note]] in [[NoExportForYou non-American]] Disney resorts where Stitch playfully interacts with park guests.
* Ride/TheEnchantedTikiRoom: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai! (2008--present): An incarnation of the classic attraction found [[NoExportForYou exclusively in Tokyo Disneyland]] where Stitch messes with the birds and plants of the show. It features the songs "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" from the original film and the titular "Aloha, E Komo Mai" from ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''.
!!Video games
!!!Non-crossover
* ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch'' (GBA; 2002): A side-scrolling ShootEmUp PlatformGame. Lilo gets kidnapped by an intergalactic bounty hunter working for a mad scientist who wants to use her as food for his genetically-modified mosquito army, and Stitch must go out to save her. [[SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames A hidden gem]] among UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance games.
* ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise'' (2002): A ''Franchise/CrashBandicoot''-style PlatformGame for UsefulNotes/PlayStation[[note]]the American release of this platform's version lacked the subtitle[[/note]] and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows where players play as Stitch and a Lilo with [[HollywoodVoodoo voodoo powers]] to defeat enemies around Kauai.
* ''Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626'' (2002): A UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 3D PlatformGame. Set up as a prequel to the first film,[[note]]although ''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' has {{retcon}}ned it out of the canon[[/note]] 626 must collect alien DNA for Jumba's illegal genetic experimentations. Notably, this is one of the first spin-off material to introduce an experiment other than Stitch (Experiment 621, [[WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch later named]] Chopsuey, who only appears in this game).
* ''Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc'' (2004): An action-platform game for Game Boy Advance that is based on ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', but is the standalone sequel to the previous ''Lilo & Stitch'' GBA game. Players can receive help from and even play as some of Stitch's "cousins" in this game.
* ''Disney's Stitch Jam'' (2009 in Japan, 2010 in North America and Europe): A RhythmGame for UsefulNotes/NintendoDS that is based on the ''Stitch!'' anime. Gantu and Hämsterviel kidnap Stitch's LoveInterest Angel and he has to rescue her. Along with Stitch, players can play as Angel, Reuben, and Felix upon unlocking those experiments. The United States actually [[AdaptationFirst received this game over a year before the anime's brief run over there]].
* ''Motto! Stitch! DS: Rhythm de Rakugaki Daisakusen ♪''[[note]]also known as ''Disney's Stitch Jam 2''[[/note]] (2010): The [[NoExportForYou Japanese-exclusive]] sequel to ''Stitch Jam'', containing more features, characters, and experiments.
!!!Crossover
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' (2002--present): The Disney and Creator/SquareEnix video game series feature this franchise's characters and settings.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' (2005): Stitch is one of Sora's summons in the game.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' (2010): The game features a world called "Deep Space" where the events that happen in there serves as a spiritual prequel to the events of the original ''Lilo & Stitch'' film.
* ''VideoGame/DisneyUniverse'' (2011): A Stitch costume is available in the game.
* ''VideoGame/KinectDisneylandAdventures'' (2011): Players can meet Stitch in [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyland's]] Tomorrowland, and he will also give quests to players.
* ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' (2013--2016): The first game (2013) had a couple ''Lilo & Stitch'' power discs. Stitch became a playable character starting with the second game (2014) and a Toy Box Expansion Game themed after the franchise was made for that game with Pleakley making an appearance. Some ''L&S''-themed toys were also added in that game.
* ''VideoGame/DisneyMagicalWorld'' (2013 in Japan, 2014 in North America and Europe) and ''Disney Magical World 2'' (2015 in Japan, 2016 in North America, Europe, and Australia): Lilo and Stitch appear in Castleton in the first game. They return in the second game with a world based on their universe added along with Jumba and Pleakley.
* ''Disney VideoGame/CrossyRoad'' (2016): A ''Lilo & Stitch'' world and characters were added in a 2017 update. This was also the last update for the Windows version of the game.
* ''VideoGame/DisneyEmojiBlitz'' (2016): Stitch has been a part of the game since its debut, being one of the Gold Box emojis. He is one of the few emojis that makes a vocal sound when his ability is used.[[note]]It's actually Stitch's laugh that he makes when he completes his melee combo in ''Disney Infinity''.[[/note]] A few ''Lilo & Stitch''-themed items are also unlockable emojis.
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!!Tropes found throughout the franchise include:
* AGirlAndHerX: No matter if the girl is Lilo, Yuna, or Ai, the franchise is always about a human girl and her alien "dog" who looks more like a blue mutant koala and is ''much'' more sentient than a regular dog.
* AliensInCardiff: Aliens land on a small island in Hawaii/[[Anime/{{Stitch}} a small island in Okinawa]]/[[Animation/StitchAndAi in the middle of Chinese mountains]].
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Nearly all the aliens in the franchise can inexplicably speak and understand English. However, the experiments (including Stitch) either have to learn it or be programmed with "Advanced Language Programming" (like Reuben is) in order to do so. In addition, one of the experiments, Frenchfry (062), can speak French.
* AmusingAlien: This franchise is ''loaded'' with them, especially the [[ComedicSociopath comedic sociopathic]] Stitch, the [[WholesomeCrossdresser Crossdressing]] KnowNothingKnowItAll Pleakley, and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] "[[SatiatingSandwich Sandwich Boy]]" Reuben.
* ArcWords: Primarily in the Western parts of the franchise: "'Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten."
* BlueIsHeroic: Stitch after his CharacterDevelopment in the original film.
* CoolStarship: Plenty throughout the franchise, including Jumba's ship, Gantu's ships, [[WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch the BRB-9000]], and of course, "The Red One".
* ClarkKenting: Stitch pretends to be a dog on Earth, while Jumba and Pleakley pretend to be humans. In ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', Gantu pretends to be Samoan as a means to pass off his large size.
* {{Crossover}}: Stitch was already doing this ''before the first film was even released'' thanks to the "inter-STITCH-al" teaser trailers, and he hasn't stopped since. The first TV series even had four crossover episodes in its second season.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Stitch is TheProtagonist, but he is always paired up with a human girl who helps him out while dealing with their own problems.
* TheDogIsAnAlien: Stitch pretends to be a dog all throughout the franchise despite looking more like a mutant koala, as Nani notes in the original film.
* EarlyBirdCameo:
** Reuben (625) shows up in a ''Disney Adventures'' comic about the origin of Stitch, even though his first chronological appearance in the film and TV continuity is ''Stitch! The Movie''.
** Dr. Hämsterviel first appeared in silhouette in the first film before his official debut in the second.
* FamilyOfChoice: The franchise's whole mantra of ''[='=]ohana'' is based on this trope, with Stitch, Jumba, Pleakley, and the experiments bonding with humans who take care of them on Earth.
* {{Fictionary}}: While the whole franchise contains plenty of AliensSpeakingEnglish, it also has a fairly well-developed language of its own called Tantalog. Though only a few phrases have been fully translated on ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''[='=] website--which had long since been reduced to almost nothing since--there have been a few rather detailed online dictionaries made based on its usage in that show.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel, who is the franchise's primary villain but only gets an EarlyBirdCameo in the first film, and [[Character/LiloAndStitchExperiments the experiments besides Stitch]], especially his two immediate predecessors [[SatiatingSandwich Reu]][[TheImp ben]] [[DeadpanSnarker (625)]] and [[EnthrallingSiren An]][[LoveInterest gel]] [[DistaffCounterpart (624)]].[[note]]The experiments, including Reuben, did first appear in early spin-off material released around the time of the first film. The original film itself also briefly alluded to their existence in the prologue.[[/note]]
* LivingWeapon: Stitch and many of the other experiments.
* LogoJoke: Each of the films do this.
* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: A straight up 1 on the scale, although there are ''some'' realistic elements, such as Stitch being [[SuperDrowningSkills too dense to swim]] as a result of all that condensed muscle in him (although his much stronger immediate successor 627 can float according to Jumba). The later sequel material added some fantasy elements, further reinforcing this.
* NameAndName: The franchise itself, as well as three of the four films, and two of the three TV series (although the anime is titled ''Yuna & Stitch'' [[MarketBasedTitle in some countries]], just not in English or Japanese).
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Well, "no''body''", not "no ''one''", but still the ''[='=]ohana'' motto is the page quote for a reason.
* OddballInTheSeries: This is truly a unique [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon DAC-based]] franchise.
** The original film's art style is based on just [[Creator/ChrisSanders one man's]] own, instead of the Disney house style.
** The franchise has a unique modern day setting that mixes realism with soft science fiction, something that Disney doesn't do that often.
** The first film's narrative heeds closer to Creator/{{Pixar}}'s films in terms of its themes and lack of musical numbers, and this is before [[Creator/PixarRegulars John Lasseter]] took over Walt Disney Feature Animation/Walt Disney Animation Studios. Amusingly, the movie is also ''un''-Pixar like as the story was made around the characters (in other words, "character-driven"), not the other way around like Pixar does when they write stories ("plot-driven").
** Speaking of music, the films make heavy use of licensed music from [[Music/ElvisPresley one iconic artist]] and tie said artist into both the characters and the plot.
** The lead characters were and are still ''very'' unconventional for Disney, being considered weird even InUniverse.
** The marketing for the original film used crossovers heavily in its marketing to emphasize its oddness and to play up a BlackSheep image.
** Better yet, all of the above was CrazyEnoughToWork; the original film was released during a time when CGI films were on the rise and Disney Feature Animation wasn't doing so great, yet it became the only combined critical ''and'' commercial success of the "Post-Renaissance" Era, thus spawning this franchise.
** Even the sequels are this. Not only did this franchise's sequel material introduce [[IconicSequelCharacter its own set of iconic characters]], something that only a [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh few other]] [[Franchise/TheLionKing DAC-based franchises]] can claim, but the franchise also has a whopping ''three'' SequelSeries, all of which have their own animation styles and were produced and aired within only one-and-a-half decades (fifteen years) from the franchise's debut.
*** The first series can possibly even claim itself as canonical to the DAC, as thanks to Stitch's experiment "cousins", it received references in both a ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' game[[note]]Experiment 221/Sparky appearing as a mandatory boss battle in ''Birth by Sleep''.[[/note]] and especially in a later DAC film.[[note]]Experiment 619/Splodyhead appears in ''Disney/BigHero6'' as an image on a pillow on Fred's bed, next to a Stitch pillow.[[/note]] No other Disney franchise that got a TV series, not even ''The Lion King'', can claim this. Not to mention, Disney seems to have no problem promoting [[BreakoutCharacter Angel]] alongside the original film's characters, and she didn't even exist back in 2002!
* PuniPlush: Straight lines and sharp angles don't appear often in the franchise, although the anime subverts this by featuring a main character with spiky pigtails.
* ScienceFantasy: The franchise became more of this over the years instead of just being straight soft science fiction, primarily thanks to the East Asian spin-offs, although ''The Series'' had some fantasy elements here and there (and actually crossed over with an UrbanFantasy [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong series]] at one point), and even one of the early spin-off video games gave Lilo [[HollywoodVoodoo voodoo]] powers.
* TrueCompanions: This franchise is famous for its focus on extended families, with ''[='=]ohana'' being a key theme as humans bond with aliens.
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It mainly features the adventures and antics of the titular duo of Lilo Pelekai, a highly eccentric orphaned UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}an human girl who loves hula, surfing, horror, B-movies, photography of overweight tourists, and Music/ElvisPresley; [[AGirlAndHerX and her "dog"]] Stitch, an illegally-made, genetically-engineered, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue-furred]], koala-like alien creature originally called Experiment 626 who was initially made to cause intergalactic chaos and destruction before he met her. They live together in Kokaua Town, a small Hawaiian town on the island of Kaua'i, with their equally quirky ''[[TrueCompanions 'ohana]]'', a Hawaiian term for a concept of extended family. Their unique family primarily includes Lilo's overstressed but understanding older sister and legal guardian Nani, Stitch's four-eyed MadScientist/"EvilGenius" creator Dr. Jumba Jookiba, a one-eyed, three-legged, Earth-loving, effeminate alien called [[GenderBlenderName Wendy]] Pleakley, and Stitch's many [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments genetic experiment "cousins"]] who were also created by Jumba.
The original film was a surprise and much-needed critical and commercial success for Disney; in the era when the first film was released, their feature animation studio wasn't doing so well after the [[TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation Disney Renaissance]] ended in 1999. Upon the film becoming a hit, Disney quickly went to work on making a whole bunch of sequel material and marketed the living hell out of Stitch, which resulted in him becoming Disney's first iconic animated character of the 21st century. However, after 2006, the franchise became a flash in the pan to North Americans (especially as computed-animated films became the norm), so Disney moved it to East Asia where [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff it remains consistently popular]]. The SpinOff TV shows produced over there focused on Stitch ending up in the countries where those shows are produced, having him paired with other human girls who replace Lilo as his new best friend. Nevertheless, this oddball of a franchise remains beloved by Disney fans everywhere who relate to its themes finding love and belonging in each other when you have no one else to turn to. The mischievous yet cute and fluffy Stitch continues to receive regular global promotion by Disney to this day, especially through a ''lot'' of {{crossover}}s.
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!Main works
!!Films
[[index]]
* ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'' (2002): The film that started it all. The titular duo meet when he escapes custody and crash lands on Earth, where he lets himself get adopted by her to avoid capture. Over the course of a couple days, they develop a close bond which causes him to reconsider and then defy his original purpose.
* ''WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie'' (2003): The DirectToVideo PilotMovie of the first TV series (see below). Jumba's former partner-in-crime Dr. Hämsterviel has him kidnapped in order to get the other 625 experiments that Jumba created. Lilo and Stitch activate one of them in order to both save "Uncle" Jumba and free Stitch's "cousins".
* ''Disney/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch'' (2005): A DirectToVideo {{interquel}} set between the first and second (released) films that serves as the former's direct sequel. When Lilo prepares for an upcoming hula competition, Stitch starts reverting to his destructive programming, causing serious strains in their friendship.[[/index]]
** ''The Origin of Stitch'' (2005): A ShortFilm included with ''Lilo & Stitch 2'', also set before ''Stitch! The Movie''. Stitch discovers what kinds of beasts Jumba used to create him, gets hints about the other 625 experiments, and is also reminded of his original purpose, much to his horror. However, Jumba comes by to remind Stitch about what he has truly become.[[index]]
* ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'' (2006): The GrandFinale of the first TV series and the original Western parts of the franchise. After completing their mission to rehabilitate the experiments, Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley go their separate ways. However, Hämsterviel gets broken out of prison and forces Jumba to create and clone a new experiment for him in order to take over the galaxy and kill off Stitch's "cousins".
!!Television series
* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' (2003--2006): A SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon that continues from ''Stitch! The Movie'' where the titular duo set out to hunt down and rehabilitate the remaining experiments.
* ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' (2008--2011; additional specials aired in 2012 and 2015): An anime produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}} and later Creator/ShinEiDoga. Stitch separates from Lilo over a misunderstanding, ending up on a fictional Okinawan island where he becomes best friends with a local girl named Yuna and goes on ScienceFantasy adventures with her. It's pretty [[BrokenBase controversial]] within the franchise's Western fanbase; its English dub[[note]]which debuted in Australia in 2009 and is heavily-edited from the Japanese original[[/note]] lasted for less than a week in the United States (the franchise's own home country) when it aired on Creator/DisneyXD in October 2011.
* ''Animation/StitchAndAi'' (2017): A Chinese animated series co-produced with American animators. Stitch gets kidnapped from Lilo by space pirates and escapes to Chinese mountains where he befriends a girl over there named Ai. More ScienceFantasy adventures happen, but a DarkSecret about Stitch that only Jumba knows about is ready to be unleashed, threatening to ruin the Earth.
[[/index]]
!Other works
!!Comic strip
* ''Comic Zone: Lilo & Stitch'': ''Magazine/DisneyAdventures'' ran a series of prequel comics before the release of the original film that detailed what the titular duo's lives were like beforehand. More non-prequel comics were made later on as a tie-in to ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', and all of the strips were later compiled together in a book release titled ''Comic Zone Vol. 1: Lilo & Stitch''. Although the prequel comics were made non-canonical after ''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'', they are notable for introducing not only the idea of experiments other than Stitch, but even later major character Experiment 625 (Reuben).
!!Theme park attractions[[index]]
* Ride/StitchsGreatEscape (2004--present): A "theater-in-the-round" ride in [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom]] that is set before the events of the first film, detailing Stitch's first run-in with the United Galactic Federation.[[/index]]
* Stitch Encounter[[note]]Stitch Live! in Disneyland Paris[[/note]] (2006--present): A fifteen-minute digital puppetry show[[note]]similar to [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Turtle Talk]] [[WesternAnimation/FindingDory with Crush]] and WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Laugh Floor[[/note]] in [[NoExportForYou non-American]] Disney resorts where Stitch playfully interacts with park guests.
* Ride/TheEnchantedTikiRoom: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai! (2008--present): An incarnation of the classic attraction found [[NoExportForYou exclusively in Tokyo Disneyland]] where Stitch messes with the birds and plants of the show. It features the songs "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" from the original film and the titular "Aloha, E Komo Mai" from ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''.
!!Video games
!!!Non-crossover
* ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch'' (GBA; 2002): A side-scrolling ShootEmUp PlatformGame. Lilo gets kidnapped by an intergalactic bounty hunter working for a mad scientist who wants to use her as food for his genetically-modified mosquito army, and Stitch must go out to save her. [[SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames A hidden gem]] among UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance games.
* ''Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise'' (2002): A ''Franchise/CrashBandicoot''-style PlatformGame for UsefulNotes/PlayStation[[note]]the American release of this platform's version lacked the subtitle[[/note]] and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows where players play as Stitch and a Lilo with [[HollywoodVoodoo voodoo powers]] to defeat enemies around Kauai.
* ''Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626'' (2002): A UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 3D PlatformGame. Set up as a prequel to the first film,[[note]]although ''Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' has {{retcon}}ned it out of the canon[[/note]] 626 must collect alien DNA for Jumba's illegal genetic experimentations. Notably, this is one of the first spin-off material to introduce an experiment other than Stitch (Experiment 621, [[WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch later named]] Chopsuey, who only appears in this game).
* ''Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc'' (2004): An action-platform game for Game Boy Advance that is based on ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', but is the standalone sequel to the previous ''Lilo & Stitch'' GBA game. Players can receive help from and even play as some of Stitch's "cousins" in this game.
* ''Disney's Stitch Jam'' (2009 in Japan, 2010 in North America and Europe): A RhythmGame for UsefulNotes/NintendoDS that is based on the ''Stitch!'' anime. Gantu and Hämsterviel kidnap Stitch's LoveInterest Angel and he has to rescue her. Along with Stitch, players can play as Angel, Reuben, and Felix upon unlocking those experiments. The United States actually [[AdaptationFirst received this game over a year before the anime's brief run over there]].
* ''Motto! Stitch! DS: Rhythm de Rakugaki Daisakusen ♪''[[note]]also known as ''Disney's Stitch Jam 2''[[/note]] (2010): The [[NoExportForYou Japanese-exclusive]] sequel to ''Stitch Jam'', containing more features, characters, and experiments.
!!!Crossover
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' (2002--present): The Disney and Creator/SquareEnix video game series feature this franchise's characters and settings.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' (2005): Stitch is one of Sora's summons in the game.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' (2010): The game features a world called "Deep Space" where the events that happen in there serves as a spiritual prequel to the events of the original ''Lilo & Stitch'' film.
* ''VideoGame/DisneyUniverse'' (2011): A Stitch costume is available in the game.
* ''VideoGame/KinectDisneylandAdventures'' (2011): Players can meet Stitch in [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyland's]] Tomorrowland, and he will also give quests to players.
* ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' (2013--2016): The first game (2013) had a couple ''Lilo & Stitch'' power discs. Stitch became a playable character starting with the second game (2014) and a Toy Box Expansion Game themed after the franchise was made for that game with Pleakley making an appearance. Some ''L&S''-themed toys were also added in that game.
* ''VideoGame/DisneyMagicalWorld'' (2013 in Japan, 2014 in North America and Europe) and ''Disney Magical World 2'' (2015 in Japan, 2016 in North America, Europe, and Australia): Lilo and Stitch appear in Castleton in the first game. They return in the second game with a world based on their universe added along with Jumba and Pleakley.
* ''Disney VideoGame/CrossyRoad'' (2016): A ''Lilo & Stitch'' world and characters were added in a 2017 update. This was also the last update for the Windows version of the game.
* ''VideoGame/DisneyEmojiBlitz'' (2016): Stitch has been a part of the game since its debut, being one of the Gold Box emojis. He is one of the few emojis that makes a vocal sound when his ability is used.[[note]]It's actually Stitch's laugh that he makes when he completes his melee combo in ''Disney Infinity''.[[/note]] A few ''Lilo & Stitch''-themed items are also unlockable emojis.
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!!Tropes found throughout the franchise include:
* AGirlAndHerX: No matter if the girl is Lilo, Yuna, or Ai, the franchise is always about a human girl and her alien "dog" who looks more like a blue mutant koala and is ''much'' more sentient than a regular dog.
* AliensInCardiff: Aliens land on a small island in Hawaii/[[Anime/{{Stitch}} a small island in Okinawa]]/[[Animation/StitchAndAi in the middle of Chinese mountains]].
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Nearly all the aliens in the franchise can inexplicably speak and understand English. However, the experiments (including Stitch) either have to learn it or be programmed with "Advanced Language Programming" (like Reuben is) in order to do so. In addition, one of the experiments, Frenchfry (062), can speak French.
* AmusingAlien: This franchise is ''loaded'' with them, especially the [[ComedicSociopath comedic sociopathic]] Stitch, the [[WholesomeCrossdresser Crossdressing]] KnowNothingKnowItAll Pleakley, and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] "[[SatiatingSandwich Sandwich Boy]]" Reuben.
* ArcWords: Primarily in the Western parts of the franchise: "'Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten."
* BlueIsHeroic: Stitch after his CharacterDevelopment in the original film.
* CoolStarship: Plenty throughout the franchise, including Jumba's ship, Gantu's ships, [[WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch the BRB-9000]], and of course, "The Red One".
* ClarkKenting: Stitch pretends to be a dog on Earth, while Jumba and Pleakley pretend to be humans. In ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', Gantu pretends to be Samoan as a means to pass off his large size.
* {{Crossover}}: Stitch was already doing this ''before the first film was even released'' thanks to the "inter-STITCH-al" teaser trailers, and he hasn't stopped since. The first TV series even had four crossover episodes in its second season.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Stitch is TheProtagonist, but he is always paired up with a human girl who helps him out while dealing with their own problems.
* TheDogIsAnAlien: Stitch pretends to be a dog all throughout the franchise despite looking more like a mutant koala, as Nani notes in the original film.
* EarlyBirdCameo:
** Reuben (625) shows up in a ''Disney Adventures'' comic about the origin of Stitch, even though his first chronological appearance in the film and TV continuity is ''Stitch! The Movie''.
** Dr. Hämsterviel first appeared in silhouette in the first film before his official debut in the second.
* FamilyOfChoice: The franchise's whole mantra of ''[='=]ohana'' is based on this trope, with Stitch, Jumba, Pleakley, and the experiments bonding with humans who take care of them on Earth.
* {{Fictionary}}: While the whole franchise contains plenty of AliensSpeakingEnglish, it also has a fairly well-developed language of its own called Tantalog. Though only a few phrases have been fully translated on ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''[='=] website--which had long since been reduced to almost nothing since--there have been a few rather detailed online dictionaries made based on its usage in that show.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel, who is the franchise's primary villain but only gets an EarlyBirdCameo in the first film, and [[Character/LiloAndStitchExperiments the experiments besides Stitch]], especially his two immediate predecessors [[SatiatingSandwich Reu]][[TheImp ben]] [[DeadpanSnarker (625)]] and [[EnthrallingSiren An]][[LoveInterest gel]] [[DistaffCounterpart (624)]].[[note]]The experiments, including Reuben, did first appear in early spin-off material released around the time of the first film. The original film itself also briefly alluded to their existence in the prologue.[[/note]]
* LivingWeapon: Stitch and many of the other experiments.
* LogoJoke: Each of the films do this.
* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: A straight up 1 on the scale, although there are ''some'' realistic elements, such as Stitch being [[SuperDrowningSkills too dense to swim]] as a result of all that condensed muscle in him (although his much stronger immediate successor 627 can float according to Jumba). The later sequel material added some fantasy elements, further reinforcing this.
* NameAndName: The franchise itself, as well as three of the four films, and two of the three TV series (although the anime is titled ''Yuna & Stitch'' [[MarketBasedTitle in some countries]], just not in English or Japanese).
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Well, "no''body''", not "no ''one''", but still the ''[='=]ohana'' motto is the page quote for a reason.
* OddballInTheSeries: This is truly a unique [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon DAC-based]] franchise.
** The original film's art style is based on just [[Creator/ChrisSanders one man's]] own, instead of the Disney house style.
** The franchise has a unique modern day setting that mixes realism with soft science fiction, something that Disney doesn't do that often.
** The first film's narrative heeds closer to Creator/{{Pixar}}'s films in terms of its themes and lack of musical numbers, and this is before [[Creator/PixarRegulars John Lasseter]] took over Walt Disney Feature Animation/Walt Disney Animation Studios. Amusingly, the movie is also ''un''-Pixar like as the story was made around the characters (in other words, "character-driven"), not the other way around like Pixar does when they write stories ("plot-driven").
** Speaking of music, the films make heavy use of licensed music from [[Music/ElvisPresley one iconic artist]] and tie said artist into both the characters and the plot.
** The lead characters were and are still ''very'' unconventional for Disney, being considered weird even InUniverse.
** The marketing for the original film used crossovers heavily in its marketing to emphasize its oddness and to play up a BlackSheep image.
** Better yet, all of the above was CrazyEnoughToWork; the original film was released during a time when CGI films were on the rise and Disney Feature Animation wasn't doing so great, yet it became the only combined critical ''and'' commercial success of the "Post-Renaissance" Era, thus spawning this franchise.
** Even the sequels are this. Not only did this franchise's sequel material introduce [[IconicSequelCharacter its own set of iconic characters]], something that only a [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh few other]] [[Franchise/TheLionKing DAC-based franchises]] can claim, but the franchise also has a whopping ''three'' SequelSeries, all of which have their own animation styles and were produced and aired within only one-and-a-half decades (fifteen years) from the franchise's debut.
*** The first series can possibly even claim itself as canonical to the DAC, as thanks to Stitch's experiment "cousins", it received references in both a ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' game[[note]]Experiment 221/Sparky appearing as a mandatory boss battle in ''Birth by Sleep''.[[/note]] and especially in a later DAC film.[[note]]Experiment 619/Splodyhead appears in ''Disney/BigHero6'' as an image on a pillow on Fred's bed, next to a Stitch pillow.[[/note]] No other Disney franchise that got a TV series, not even ''The Lion King'', can claim this. Not to mention, Disney seems to have no problem promoting [[BreakoutCharacter Angel]] alongside the original film's characters, and she didn't even exist back in 2002!
* PuniPlush: Straight lines and sharp angles don't appear often in the franchise, although the anime subverts this by featuring a main character with spiky pigtails.
* ScienceFantasy: The franchise became more of this over the years instead of just being straight soft science fiction, primarily thanks to the East Asian spin-offs, although ''The Series'' had some fantasy elements here and there (and actually crossed over with an UrbanFantasy [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong series]] at one point), and even one of the early spin-off video games gave Lilo [[HollywoodVoodoo voodoo]] powers.
* TrueCompanions: This franchise is famous for its focus on extended families, with ''[='=]ohana'' being a key theme as humans bond with aliens.
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