History WesternAnimation / LiloAndStitch

Of course, ''ʻohana'' did not stop there. The idea of 625 other experiments by Jumba was inevitably too tempting for Disney to ignore, and they quickly developed a franchise out of this film's success. [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch Head to this page]] to read more about the sequels and spin-offs.

* 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.

* BlackSheep: {{Invoked|Trope}}; Stitch was such an unusual character for Disney at the time that they decided to play up this trope with him as much as possible, leading to these trailers and the film's theatrical release poster.

* MaliciousMisnaming: The Grand Councilwoman calls Jumba and Pleakley "Jumbo and Blinkey" [[spoiler:after firing them for not recovering Stitch quickly enough for her.]] Gantu corrects her, and she reacts with "Whatever!"

[[Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes A live-action/CGI adaptation]] of the film made for Creator/DisneyPlus is in the works. It will be directed by Dean Fleischer Camp (director and co-writer of the ''WebVideo/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn'' short films and [[Film/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn2021 their 2021 feature film adaptation]]), written by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright (writer of the unproduced script ''Conviction'', which made the 2018 edition of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_List_(survey) The Black List]]), and produced by Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich (producers of the 2019 ''Film/{{Aladdin|2019}}'' remake). Cast members for this adaptation will include Creator/ZachGalifianakis, Creator/BillyMagnussen, Creator/CourtneyBVance, Sydney Agudong, Kaipo Dudoit, and Maia Kealoha, along with original animated franchise cast members Tia Carrere and Creator/AmyHill (who voiced Mrs. Hasagawa) playing new characters, and Chris Sanders himself is expected to reprise his iconic voice role as Stitch.

[[Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes A live-action/CGI adaptation]] of the film made for Creator/DisneyPlus is in the works, with filming set to run from March 13 to June 16, 2023. It will be directed by Dean Fleischer Camp (director and co-writer of the ''WebVideo/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn'' short films and [[Film/MarcelTheShellWithShoesOn2021 their 2021 feature film adaptation]]), written by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright (writer of the unproduced script ''Conviction'', which made the 2018 edition of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_List_(survey) The Black List]]), and produced by Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich (producers of the 2019 ''Film/{{Aladdin|2019}}'' remake). Cast members for this adaptation will include Creator/ZachGalifianakis, Creator/BillyMagnussen, Creator/CourtneyBVance, Sydney Agudong, Kaipo Dudoit, and Maia Kealoha, along with original animated franchise cast members Tia Carrere and Creator/AmyHill (who voiced Mrs. Hasagawa) playing new characters, and Chris Sanders himself is expected to reprise his iconic voice role as Stitch.

* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Dueling ones with Gantu and Stitch.

[[caption-width-right:300:♫ ''Let's get jumpin', surf's up and pumpin'\\
Coastin' with the motion of the ocean'' ♫]]

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The scene of Lilo hiding in a clothes dryer was redrawn specifically for the United Kingdom release, where Lilo is instead hiding in a commode with a pizza box for a door. The reason for the change is due to the UK's stance of displaying imitable and dangerous behaviour that younger, more impressionable viewers may attempt. This edit was also either removed from TV broadcasts (side-stepping the problem with an adbreak) or altered as above. In an interesting move, Creator/DisneyPlus would later use this version of the scene for the film in all regions, as do many of the physical reprints. As strange as this change seems, it's hard to blame Disney or the [=UK=] for doing this, as [[https://www.fatherly.com/news/disney-changed-lilo-stitch/ an estimated 2,000 kids a year]] get into clothes dryer accidents, [[https://us.blastingnews.com/news/2018/04/boy-dies-in-clothes-dryer-during-deadly-game-of-hide-and-seek-002540287.html some of which turn fatal]], so [[{{enforced|Trope}} enforcing this trope]] wasn't a bad idea.

Set mainly in the lush UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}an island of Kauai, sisters Nani (voiced by Creator/TiaCarrere) and Lilo Pelekai (Creator/DaveighChase), [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan recent orphans of a car accident]], are practically alone in the world except for each other. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Lilo, often lost in her own world]], neither understands nor is understood by her hula classmates. Nani loves her little sister, but [[PromotionToParent the stress of responsibility]] makes her a bit short-tempered and resentful. [[FromBadToWorse To make matters worse]], a disastrous visit from social worker Cobra Bubbles (Creator/VingRhames) means that unless things shape up in the Pelekai household, the sisters will be separated for good.

Escaping from the United Galactic Federation and the clutches of Captain Gantu (Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson), 626 takes a hyperdrive-fueled shortcut to the closest planet, which is 70% water (important because [[SuperDrowningSkills he is too dense to swim or float]]) -- and miraculously lands on the bitty Hawaiian archipelago in the middle of the Pacific, crashing on the island of Kauai. An unfortunate encounter with an Earth truck led to him getting taken to a dog shelter, where by coincidence, Lilo and Nani have come to adopt. Happily, he adopts Lilo as readily as Lilo adopts him. However, while Lilo wants a companion, Stitch, as she named the alien, wants a human shield to deter Dr. Jumba, who has been released from his sentence to capture 626, and is now hot on his trail with the help of the neurotic Earth "expert" Agent Pleakley (Creator/KevinMcDonald). As this mutualistic partnership develops, Stitch [[BecomingTheMask inadvertently learns]] the meaning of ''ʻohana'': "''ʻOhana'' means [[TrueCompanions family]]. Family means [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind nobody gets left behind — or forgotten]]."

* MotileVehicularComponents: Captain Giantu's ship has extremely mobile engine mountings.

'''Lilo:''' Good! Then you'll be happy 'cause it'll be smarter than me, too!\\

* KarmaHoudini: And far as we know, Lilo and Stitch don't suffer any repercussions for stealing Mertle's tricycle. Not only that, considering they're seen riding the tricycle in some episodes of ''The Series'', Mertle never got it back, either. (Although considering that she has one of the same model and color scheme in ''Stitch! The Movie'', it's just as likely that her mother [[SpoiledBrat just bought her a new one]].)

* CallBack: When he first emerges from his ship on Earth, Stitch encounters a frog and nearly shoots it because of his homicidal tendencies. During the climax, he saves another one from being collateral when Gantu shoots at him.

->''"[[ArcWords ʻOhana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind -- or forgotten.]]"''

* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: From what little we learn of them, the Pelekais were loving parents and the father was the person behind the ''ʻohana'' motto. The sisters are struggling to cope with the loss.

* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Very much averted. From what little we learn of them, the Pelekais were loving parents and the father was the person behind the ''ʻohana'' motto. The sisters are struggling to cope with the loss.

* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Lilo and Nani's family was a lot happier when their parents were alive, and their father was the person behind the ''ʻohana'' motto.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Rather unusually for a Disney film, there are no straightforwardly evil characters. Gantu is a jerk, but he ''is'' also a law enforcement officer pursuing a dangerous criminal. Cobra Bubbles is [[ScaryBlackMan sinister]], but also genuinely concerned for Lilo's well-being. The Grand Councilwoman fulfills the ''role'' of a BigBad (in terms of sending her [[TheDragon lieutenant Gantu]] to Earth to hunt down the protagonist), but in terms of personality, she's closer to a ReasonableAuthorityFigure. The most straightforwardly dislikable characters in the movie are [[HateSink Mertle and her friends]], and their presence in the film is minimal compared to the sequel material.

** The name 'Lilo"' means "generous one" in Hawaiian. It can also be interpreted as "lost" and this would give the song title "He Mele No Lilo" a loose translation as "Lullaby of the Lost".

* AliensStealCable: The Federation seem to be mostly ignorant of Earth and its culture, but there are a few examples of this in the film. Pleakley has a View-Master which he uses to learn about Earth, Jumba has apparently heard "Hound Dog" before (he recognizes it and declares, "I love this song!" when it starts playing), and Stitch knows the Punch Buggy game (though he, at least, has been on Earth a few days and could have picked it up during that time).

* OffModel: Jumba's head in some of the scenes, especially near the end. Mainly because the ending had to be changed at the last minute, and they had to rush it through animation to make their deadline.

->''"ʻOhana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind -- or forgotten."''

Set mainly in the lush UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}an island of Kauai, sisters Nani (voiced by Creator/TiaCarrere) and Lilo Pelekai (Creator/DaveighChase), [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan recent orphans of a car accident]], are practically alone in the world except for each other. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Lilo, often lost in her own world]], neither understands nor is understood by her hula classmates. Nani loves her little sister, but [[PromotionToParent the stress of responsibility]] makes her a bit short-tempered and resentful. To make matters worse, a disastrous visit from social worker Cobra Bubbles (Creator/VingRhames) means that unless things shape up in the Pelekai household, the sisters will be separated for good.

** Jumba can't open fire on Stitch because of his close company with Lilo. He enjoys reminding Stitch of it though, when he revealed the handle of his plasma weapon from inside a paper sack. This is because Cobra Bubbles once convinced some aliens that humans should be protected (he claimed that mosquitoes are an endangered species, and that humans are their primary food source).

* FallingChandelier: The ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' "Inter-Stitch-al" trailer features the ballroom scene, with Stitch watching from the chandelier--until it crashes to the ground from his weight, almost crushing the two.

* ProductionForeshadowing: ''The Lion King'' one has Timon and Pumbaa present at the presentation of Simba. It’s easy to handwave it as simply using two of the film’s most famous characters for the “Inter-Stitch-al”, but ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'' was well in production by the time of the trailer’s release, meaning this may have been foreshadowing how that film revealed the two were present at the ceremony.

->"His name... is Stitch. And he's heading into our galaxy next/this summer."

-->--The Pelekais' family motto