History WesternAnimation / LiloAndStitch

During the creation of the series another DTV film was made. This one was called ''Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch Has A Glitch''. This movie takes place shortly after the original film, effectively acting as a direct sequel, and before ''Stitch! The Movie''. In it, we discover that Stitch was never fully charged during his creation and suffers fits that revert him to his original programming. Unless he is recharged, he will shut down permanently. ''Lilo and Stitch 2'' was originally slated for a theatrical release, but the poor returns from ''Jungle Book 2'' made Disney reconsider just as the movie was complete and had it released straight to video. The fact that none of the other experiments are mentioned nor Gantu is shown as well as the high production values make this pretty obvious that it was meant to be theatrical.

!!The sequel ''Stitch! The Movie'' provides examples of:

* ArtShift: The movie has a simpler and thicker lined style than the original film.
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!!The final movie ''Leroy and Stitch'' provides examples of:

* {{Ambadassador}}: Lilo to the Galactic Federation.

* AirVentPassageway: Part of Stitch's escape from the prison transport ship. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], because Stitch is small enough to fit into them.

* AlphaBitch: Myrtle. For some reason, Lilo regards Myrtle and her GirlPosse as "my friends", which is really sad if you think about it.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: A fairly lighthearted take on it, but Stitch is programmed to destroy buildings, back up sewers, reverse road signs, and steal everyone's left shoe. Wait, ''what?''
** To make everyone's day of course.
* {{Area 51}}: While finding Stitch's exit from hyperspace to be Earth, the aliens refer to our planet as being "Quadrant 17, section 005, area 51. A planet called [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY Eee'arth]]. [[ThereAreNoCoincidences How 'bout that?]]
** It's also implied that [[spoiler:Cobra Bubbles was one of the CIA agents at the Rosewell base who made contact with the aliens]].
*** ... And by implied, we mean stated explicitly. [[spoiler:Cobra met the high chancellor-type alien in Roswell, they recognise eachother. Also, Cobra [[BrickJoke saved earth once by convincing an alien race that Earth is a wildlife reserve for the endangered species 'mosquito']].]]

* BerserkButton: Don't call Lilo crazy. Or bring up her dead mom in disparaging conversation. In the second case she gets so mad not even Stitch bothers to stop her.

* BlatantLies: During Jumba's trial when he denies creating new lifeforms. "I would ''never'' '''ever''' (Stitch is presented as evidence) [[{{Foreshadowing}} ...make more than one!]]"
* BluffingTheAdvanceScout: "Saved the planet once: convinced an alien race that mosquitos were an endangered species."

* ChainsawGood: "Oh, it's okay now. My dog found the chainsaw."
* ChekhovsGun: When Lilo and Nani first 'buy' Stitch at the animal shelter Lilo receives a certificate with a stamp on it stating that Stitch is now hers for two dollars. While this is not truly important at the time, it turns out that [[spoiler:that certificate becomes the only reason why Lilo gets to keep Stitch since it would be considered stealing if the Councilwoman takes him away from his owner. Good thing she had it conveniently in her favorite mumu, huh?]]
** In Cobra Bubbles' own words, "Aliens are all about rules."

* CloudCuckoolander: Lilo.

* TheComicallySerious: Cobra Bubbles.

** It's lampshaded even earlier by the Grand Councilwoman with a very deadpanned "of course". Obviously, the Grand Councilwoman is very GenreSavvy.
*** The "of course" actually lampshades that Stitch lands on a tiny speck of land in the midst of so much water. Still counts as this trope, though.
* CreatorCameo: Chris Sanders voices Stitch in all animated incarnations of the character, except for the anime. Yes, this includes ''KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', which was released a few years ''after'' he left Disney for DreamworksAnimation.

* CreepyChild: [[spoiler: Lilo with the voodoo spoons]] "My friends need to be punished".

** Well, Cobra's a nice guy who could tell that Nani meant the best. He probably fudged the paperwork, hoping that she'd adapt to the role.
*** Brings new meaning to his line "thus far you've been adrift in the sheltered harbor of my patience".

* EarnYourHappyEnding: And how!
* [[EmbarrassingFirstName Embarrassing Last Name]]: Cobra '''Bubbles'''.
* TheEmperor: Grand Councilwoman, later [[spoiler:ReasonableAuthorityFigure.]]

* EvilGenius: Jumba (or so he claims).
* {{Fanservice}}: Does David ''ever'' wear a shirt in this movie?

* FluffyTamer: Lilo.

* GentleGiant: Lilo's hula master.
** Also: [[spoiler:Bubbles.]]

** As well as this:
--> '''Lilo''': He can talk! Say hello!
--> '''Stitch''': He... Hel...

* HeelFaceTurn: Stitch, [[spoiler:then Jumba]].
** The second one also has something of a PunchClockVillain in him, though perhaps a bit of a reversed one.
* HulaAndLuaus: {{Justified}}; Nani works in one of those tiki-tacky tourist places.

* LongestPrologueEver: A full ''10 minutes'' go by, dealing with Stitch's imprisonment and escape, before we shift to Hawaii and the opening title/credits.

* {{MIB}}: Subverted with Cobra Bubbles, who now works as social worker. [[spoiler:Then double subverted when it's revealed that he once worked in the CIA and was directly involved in the case with the United Galactic Federation.]]
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Mrs. Hasagawa, the vegetable lady. She's barely as tall as Stitch!

** Which is also justified given that she lives in, y'know, Hawaii.

** In particular, when [[spoiler:Lilo's house gets wrecked by Jumba and Stitch's fight]], it's played for laughs. When Nani and Cobra Bubbles arrive on the scene afterwords, it's... not.

* MeaningfulName: Stitch; If something is ripped apart you fix it with a stitch.

* PaperThinDisguise: Agent Pleakley. See "Wholesome Crossdressing" below.

* PromotionToParent: Nani, who struggles to balance out her job, social workers, the loss of her parents, Lilo's strange coping methods, and Stitch. Lilo admits that she likes her more as a sister than a mom.
** And in all honesty, even without the aliens, it's surprisingly realistic. Nani is young, she has an AnnoyingYoungerSibling and is trying to balance it all out.

** ... [[ShoutOut is actually]] [[{{Mulan}} Chien-Po]].

* SourceMusic: the opening chant, "He Mele No Lilo", is also the song being performed by Lilo's hula class, for which she is late.

* StrangeGirl: Lilo.

** Kinda justified though, from the point of view of a galactic-spanning alien empire, Humans ARE primitive.

* TheUnintelligible: Stitch (usually).

*** For Pleakley, it's ActorAllusion - his voice belongs to a former cast member of ''KidsInTheHall''.
** Also, his first name appears to be Wendy.

-->'''Lilo''': "Hello, Cobra Bubbles? Aliens are attacking my house."

--> Lilo: He can talk! Say hello!
--> Stitch: He... Hel...

* MissFanservice: Nani spends almost all of the movie either in cutoffs or a bikini.

* BlatantLies: During Jumba's trial when he denies creating new lifeforms. "I would ''never'' (Stitch is presented as evidence) [[{{Foreshadowing}} ...make more than one!]]"
* BluffingTheAdvanceScout: "Saved the planet once."

* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: If Dr. Jumba would have just ''told'' everyone there was something wrong with Stitch in the first place instead of keeping it a secret, Lilo wouldn't have been blaming Stitch the whole time for his destructive episodes.
** Jumba was probably too busy building the Fusion Chamber to tell anyone about it, and Pleakley was helping him.

** Played with, since it's later shown that Cobra Bubbles is a nice guy and does feel sorry for Nani and Lilo. [[spoiler:The end credits show him hanging out with them, watching movies and having Thanksgiving dinner]].

* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Averted in the most traumatizing way - the contrast of wacky alien hi-jinks with the reality of a teenage orphan trying and failing to support her baby sister is a main plot point.

* CreepyChild: [[Lilo with the voodoo spoons]] "My friends need to be punished".

* InspectorJavert: Captain Gantu, the closest thing to a villain in the story, who is initially only trying to recapture a dangerous, escaped experiment. A mixture of his callous tactics and the Galactic Federation's [[YouHaveFailedMe zero tolerance for failure]] causes him to be court martialed, after which he spends the animated series as an actual villain before being reinstated.
** In the movie, he knows he's captured Lilo in the same container as Stitch and implies that he believes (falsely, but still) that Stitch might eat her ("I've even caught you a little snack"), yet he leaves her in there anyway. Seems like he's an actual villain in the movie too.
** Put simply, Gantu thought mosquitos were the endangered species, not humans, just like every other alien did. Stitch had given him a really tough time and he'd had a very bad week. He really needed to recapture that little experiment, or risk losing his job. Considering how dangerous Stitch was he was unlikely to risk losing him again just to take out a common human. Gantu's like a traffic cop on a bad day.

* InspectorJavert: Captain Gantu, the villain on the story, who is initially only trying to recapture a dangerous, escaped experiment. A mixture of his callous tactics and the Galactic Federation's [[YouHaveFailedMe zero tolerance for failure]] causes him to be court martialed, after which he spends the animated series as an actual villain before being reinstated.

* CreepyChild: Lilo. YourMileageMayVary, but she's definitely a lot softer than most examples.
** That might have something to do with the fact that her voice actor is Samara from the American version of ''The Ring''.

* AirVentPassageway: Part of Stitch's escape from the prison transport ship.

* AirVentEscape: Part of Stitch's escape from the prison transport ship.

* AntiClimax: The ending of the movie is basically just a ripoff of the ending to The SpongeBobSquarePants movie, only it is far more contrived.

** In Lilo's room, on the shelf on her easel there's a small {{Dumbo}} doll.

* MenInBlack: Subverted with Cobra Bubbles, who now works as social worker. [[spoiler:Then double subverted when it's revealed that he once worked in the CIA and was directly involved in the case with the United Galactic Federation.]]

* EndangeredSpecies: Averted: mosquitoes. [[spoiler:The MenInBlack convinced the Galactic Federation that mosquitoes were endangered to prevent alien interference. Apparently, this is the only thing that stopped them from gassing the entire planet when Stitch escaped here.]]

* BerserkButton: Don't call Lilo crazy.

An {{anime}} series, ''{{Stitch}}'', has been made for the Japanese market and began airing in October of 2008, featuring the new protagonist Yuna. The series established itself as a TimeSkip from the original franchise in a 2011 episode where Stitch reunites with an adult Lilo. It began airing on DisneyXD in North America on October 24, 2011.

Entry #42 in the DisneyAnimatedCanon, this 2002, 2-D animated film was critically acclaimed when it came out, though its box office performance suffered due to competition with ''MinorityReport'' and the LiveActionAdaptation of ''ScoobyDoo''. Set mainly in the lush Hawaiian island of Kauai, this movie was a significant breakaway for Disney on many counts, including an unconventional protagonist, [[IncrediblyLamePun "inter-STITCH-al"]] trailers, the lack of a real villain and the score drawn from home-grown Hawaiian songs and artists - and, of course, Elvis. Unlike other Disney animated films, Disney was hands-off the creative development and did not interfere with the story- director Chris Sanders wanted the film to reflect his own drawing style, and he wrote the entire draft along with his directing partner Dean [=DeBlois=].

Stitch's habit of sneaking into other shows and platforms resulted not just in the movie's teaser trailers, but also in a short cameo in ''TheLionKing 1/2'' and a role in the ''KingdomHearts'' video game series.