History Franchise / LiloAndStitch

* ''VideoGame/DisneySpeedstorm'' (2023): Season 3 of this game, titled "''ʻOhana''" and released in August 2023, added a ''Lilo & Stitch''-themed track environment and five characters from the franchise (Stitch, Lilo, Jumba, Captain Gantu, Angel) as racers, along with several others as crew members.

Throughout 2020, another spin-off came in the form of a manga set in an AlternateTimeline called ''Tono & Stitch'', retitled for the English market in 2021 as ''Manga/StitchAndTheSamurai''. This tale had Stitch ending up in FeudalJapan and befriending an adult male samurai warlord. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Again, yes, this really does exist.]] The year of the manga's English release has also seen Disney quietly rebranding the franchise to ''Disney Stitch'', putting more emphasis on the popular mischievous alien. In 2022, a children's book series called ''Agent Stitch'', in which Stitch becomes a globe-trotting, alien mystery-solving investigator for the United Galactic Federation, began with the publishing of its first story. Unlike the past three spin-offs, however, Stitch is finally with the Pelekais again in a Western-made work for the first time since 2006. In 2023, a new comic series was announced to be published by Creator/DynamiteComics. The new comics will be a direct sequel to the original film, though it remains to be seen if it fully disregards all the previously released sequels and spin-offs.

* AGirlAndHerX: No matter if the girl is Lilo, Yuna, or Ai, the franchise is ([[Manga/StitchAndTheSamurai almost]]) 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. The lives of each of these girls and their families improve with Stitch around, while in return, he becomes a better, happier, more caring person thanks to them.

* NeverSayDie: The franchise follows this trope to a T and tends to avoid using the word, always using euphemisms when alluding to death.

* PardonMyKlingon: Gantu's {{catchphrase}} "Oh, blitznak!", which easily passes off as "OhCrap", and Stitch and the experiments' "Meega, nala kweesta!", a Tantalog phrase so vulgar that it makes a robot vomit.

The second spin-off show, an English-language-produced Chinese animated series co-produced with American animators--including those who worked on the first series--called ''Animation/StitchAndAi'', aired in China for one thirteen-episode season in 2017.[[note]]With a Mandarin Chinese dub; the original English production did not see release until the following year.[[/note]] In it, Stitch gets separated from Lilo when he gets kidnapped by an alien faction called the Jaboodies, who are in a space war with their rivals the Woolagongs and want to use Stitch and a previously-unrevealed ability of his to win this war. But when the Woolagongs attack their ship wanting Stitch for themselves, he escapes to another region of Earth; the Huangshan mountain range of China's Anhui Province. Upon ending up there, he meets and quickly gets taken in by an orphaned Chinese girl living there named Wang Ai Ling, and Stitch helps her and her older sister Jiejie in preventing Ai from being forcibly moved by their aunt Daiyu from the sisters' rural mountain home to a big city, while she helps him look for a shrine he's been seeing in visions and ward off the warring factions still determined to get him. Although there were plans by the production staff to continue the story through a second season, Disney never greenlit one, making this the shortest-lived entry to date.

Most recently, throughout 2020, a manga set in an AlternateTimeline called ''Tono & Stitch'', retitled for the English market in 2021 as ''Manga/StitchAndTheSamurai'', had Stitch ending up in FeudalJapan and befriending an adult male samurai warlord. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Again, yes, this really does exist.]] The year of the manga's English release has also seen Disney quietly rebranding the franchise to ''Disney Stitch'', putting more emphasis on the popular mischievous alien. In 2022, a children's book series called ''Agent Stitch'', in which Stitch becomes a globe-trotting, alien mystery-solving investigator for the United Galactic Federation, began publishing. Unlike the past three spin-offs, however, Stitch is finally with the Pelekais again in a Western-made work for the first time since 2006.

It should be noted that the two Asian-animated TV spin-offs got some ''very'' [[BrokenBase polarizing]] reactions [[AmericansHateTingle from the franchise's non-Asian fans]], with several debates over whether they count as part of the franchise's canon. But we'll leave all that to the related YMMV pages.

It has also been reported since 2018 that Disney is working on [[Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes a live-action/photorealistic CGI adaptation of the original film]]. It is being directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, the co-creator of the ''WebVideo/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn'' web shorts and its [[Film/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn2021 2021 feature film adaptation]], and produced by Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich of ''Film/{{Aladdin|2019}}'' (2019).

But no matter where Stitch has gone, this oddball of a franchise remains beloved by Disney fans everywhere who relate to its themes of finding love and belonging in each other when you have no one else to turn to. The mischievous yet cute and fluffy Stitch [[WolverinePublicity remains very popular and continues to receive regular global promotion by Disney to this day]], especially through a ''lot'' of {{crossover}}s.

* ''Agent Stitch'' (2022–): A children's book series set in an AlternateTimeline after the original film where Stitch is hired by the United Galactic Federation to investigate paranormal extraterrestrial mysteries around the world.

* ''Lilo & Stitch'' (2024): A Creator/DynamiteComics series written by Creator/GregPak & art by Giulia Giacomino

* ''VideoGame/DisneyMirrorverse'' (2022): Stitch was added to the game as a playable character during its beta period. This game's version of him is relatively more feral compared to the canonical animated version and has the ability to shift his molecules between states of matter.

* ''VideoGame/DisneySpeedstorm'' (2023):[[note]]currently in early access[[/note]] Season 3 of this game, titled "''ʻOhana''" and released in August 2023, added a ''Lilo & Stitch''-themed track environment and five characters from the franchise (Stitch, Lilo, Jumba, Captain Gantu, Angel) as racers, along with several others as crew members.

* ''VideoGame/DisneySorcerersArena'' (2020): Stitch, Captain Gantu, and Cobra Bubbles appear as playable characters and Zap (Experiment 603) appears as a spell.

* ''VideoGame/DisneySpeedstorm'' (2023):[[note]]currently in early access[[/note]] Season 3 of this game, titled "''ʻOhana''" and to be released in August 2023, will add a ''Lilo & Stitch''-themed track environment and five characters from the franchise as racers (Stitch, Lilo, Jumba, Captain Gantu, Angel), along with a number of others as crew members.

** The marketing for the original film used crossovers heavily in its marketing to emphasize its oddness and to play up a BlackSheep image.

-->-- [[https://youtu.be/eAACaVQNsQs "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride"]] by '''Mark 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]]

As mentioned in the introduction, the franchise has been focusing primarily on Stitch [[PutOnABus without]] [[DemotedToExtra Lilo]] since the main continuity ended in 2006, hence "Post-Lilo". As previously stated, the East Asian-produced spin-offs have been [[BrokenBase very controversial]] within the franchise's fanbase outside of those shows' countries, disputing whether or not these are in the same continuity as the 2002 to 2006 films and TV series.

* ''Animation/StitchAndAi'' (2017): An English-language-produced Chinese animated series co-produced with American animators, including those from ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. Stitch gets kidnapped from Lilo by a warring alien faction who want to use him and a heretofore unrevealed "metamorphosis program" in their space war against another faction. Thanks to said other faction also wanting Stitch for themselves trying to take him, he escapes to China's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huangshan Huangshan]] mountains where he befriends a girl over there named Ai. She helps him try to find a mysterious shrine he's been seeing in his dreams and help deal with the alien factions still going after him, while he helps her stay at her mountainous home.

* ''Motto! Stitch! DS: Rhythm de Rakugaki Daisakusen ♪''[[note]]''More! Stitch! DS: Great Mission to Doodle in Rhythm ♪'', also known as ''Disney Stitch Jam 2''[[/note]] (2010): The [[NoExportForYou Japanese-exclusive]] sequel to ''Stitch Jam'', containing more features, characters, and experiments. This entry also involves drawing pictures on the Nintendo DS's touch screen for gameplay.

* ''VideoGame/DisneyMagicKingdoms'' (2016): ''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise characters,[[note]]the characters in question being Lilo, Stitch, Nani, Jumba, Pleakley, Cobra Bubbles, and Angel[[/note]] attractions,[[note]]including one based on Stitch's Great Escape![[/note]] and quests were added in an April 2018 update. All ''Lilo & Stitch'' content in the game are limited-time content.

* ''VideoGame/DisneySorcerersArena'' (2020): Stitch, Captain Gantu, and Cobra Bubbles appear as playable characters, and Zap (Experiment 603) appears as a spell.

* ''VideoGame/DisneySpeedstorm'' (2023):[[note]]currently in early access[[/note]] Season 3 of this game, to be released in August 2023, will add a ''Lilo & Stitch''-themed track environment and five characters from the franchise as racers (Stitch, Lilo, Jumba, Captain Gantu, Angel), along with a number of others as crew members.

* ''VideoGame/DisneySpeedstorm'' (2023):[[note]]currently in early access[[/note]] Season 3 of this game, to be released in August 2023, will add a ''Lilo & Stitch''-themed track environment and five characters from the franchise as racers (along with a number of others as crew members).

* ''Stitch Encounter''[[note]]''[[MarketBasedTitle 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.[[index]]

It has also been reported since 2018 that Disney is working on [[Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes a live-action/photorealistic CGI adaptation of the original film. It is being directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, the co-creator of the ''WebVideo/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn'' web shorts and its [[Film/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn2021 2021 feature film adaptation]], and produced by Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich of ''Film/{{Aladdin|2019}}'' (2019).

It has also been reported since 2018 that Disney is working on [[Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes a live-action/photorealistic CGI adaptation of the original film]]. Though Disney themselves has yet to formally announce the film, there has been a trickle of updates about it; most significantly, it was reported in 2022 that Dean Fleischer Camp, the co-creator of the ''WebVideo/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn'' web shorts and its [[Film/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn2021 2021 feature film adaptation]], will serve as director, while producers Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich of Film/Aladdin2019 will produce this film.

* ''Lilo & Stitch'' (TBA): [[Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes A live-action/CGI remake]] of the film is in development. It will be produced by Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich (''Film/{{Aladdin|2019}}'' [2019]), and directed by Dean Fleischer Camp (''Film/{{Marcel the Shell with Shoes On|2021}}'').

* ''VideoGame/DisneySorcerersArena'' (2020): Stitch, Captain Gantu and Cobra Bubbles appear as playable characters, and Zap (Experiment 603) appears as a spell.

* ''VideoGame/DisneyDreamlightValley'' (2023): Stitch was added to this life simulator game in its second content update on December 6, 2022, during early access; various ''Lilo & Stitch''-themed content are also in the game.

It has also been reported since 2018 that Disney is working on [[Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes a live-action/photorealistic CGI adaptation of the original film]]. Though Disney themselves has yet to formally announce the film, there has been a trickle of updates about it; most significantly, it was reported in 2022 that Dean Fleischer Camp, the co-creator of the ''WebVideo/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn'' web shorts and its [[Film/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn2021 2021 feature film adaptation]], will serve as director, while producers Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich of Film/Aladdin2019 of will produce this film.

It has also been reported since 2018 that Disney is working on [[Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes a live-action/photorealistic CGI adaptation of the original film]]. Though Disney themselves has yet to formally announce the film, there has been a trickle of updates about it; most significantly, it was reported in 2022 that Dean Fleischer Camp, the co-creator of the ''WebVideo/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn'' web shorts and its [[Film/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn2021 2021 feature film adaptation]], will serve as director, while producers Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich of [[Film/Aladdin2019 the 2019 live-action remake]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' will produce this film.

* ''Lilo & Stitch'' (TBA): [[Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes A live-action/CGI remake]] of the film is in development. It will be produced by Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich (''Film/{{Aladdin|2019}}'' [2019]), and directed by Dean Fleischer Camp (''Film/{{Marcel the Shell with Shoes On|2021}}''). It is also expected that Sanders will reprise the voice role of Stitch.

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 [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation Disney Renaissance]] ended in 1999. Upon the film becoming a hit--and ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'', the intended-to-be bigger film, [[BoxOfficeBomb bombing at the box office]]--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.

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 [[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.

* ''VideoGame/DisneyDreamlightValley'' (2023): Stitch will be part of this life simulator game beginning from its early access period in 2022.

* AppropriatedTitle: A strange case of this; after the Asian spin-offs were made and release, several fans began calling the franchise simply the ''Stitch'' franchise since Lilo became less important and Stitch will always be the franchise's breadwinner. By [[TheNewTwenties 2021]], Disney themselves has more or less rebranded the franchise as ''Stitch'' after several previous aborted attempts to do so with the spin-offs, beginning with marketing from third-party licensees such as Toys/{{Funko|Pop}}, Hot Topic, and Scentsy, along with the English release of the Lilo-free ''Stitch & the Samurai''. In fact, most merchandise now use a modified version of the franchise's logo that only says ''[[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Disney]] Stitch'', removing Lilo and the ampersand from it. That being said, since "Stitch" is a bit too generic of a word and "Disney" isn't quite enough of a differentiator, most third parties licensees stores will still use the ''Lilo & Stitch'' brand for such merch's entries on the licensees' websites.

* AppropriatedTitle: A strange case of this; when the anime was made, some fans (primarily supporters of that show) began calling the franchise simply the ''Stitch'' franchise since Lilo is no longer part of the picture and Stitch will always be the franchise's breadwinner. In some regions, such as Japan, the franchise is officially called this in some marketing material, and with ''Stitch & Ai'' and ''Stitch & the Samurai'' popping up later on, some fans now call the franchise just ''Stitch''. Even Disney themselves are seemingly trying to rebrand the franchise as ''Stitch'' after several previous aborted attempts to do so with the spin-offs; in 2021, marketing from third-party licensees such as Toys/{{Funko|Pop}}, Hot Topic, and Scentsy, along with the English release of the Lilo-free ''Stitch & the Samurai'', are now using a modified version of the franchise's logo that only says ''[[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Disney]] Stitch'', removing Lilo and the ampersand from it.

* ''VideoGame/DisneyEmojiBlitz'' (2016): Stitch has been a part of the game since its debut as 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]] Lilo was added to the game in an April 2018 update. A few ''Lilo & Stitch''-themed items are also unlockable emojis.