# Lilo & Stitch

Lilo & Stitch in 108 minutes release is a 2002 American-Hawaiian animated science fiction comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 21, 2002, about a Hawaiian girl who adopts an unusual pet who is actually a notorious extraterrestrial fugitive from the law. The direct to video sequels were released in 2003 with Stitch! The Movie, 2005 with Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch and 2006 with Leroy & Stitch, while the animated spinoff series of the same title aired on ABC Kids and Disney Channel from September 20, 2003 to July 29, 2006. The live-action remake of the same name will be released on May 23, 2025.
    Written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois.
    Based on an original story by Chris Sanders.
Note: The number of Stitch's original name (Experiment 626) is pronounced by-digit as "Six-Two-Six". Tagline: His name... is Stitch. And he's coming to our galaxy next summer.

## "Inter-Stitch-al" trailers

* Belle: [after Stitch accidentally breaks the chandelier] I'll be in my room. [starts to leave, Stitch whistles] Get your own movie.
* Aladdin: [after Stitch steals Jasmine in the police cruiser] Hey! You get your own... movie.
* Ariel: [after Stitch almost crashes the waves on her] I was singing here! [throws a starfish at Stitch's nose and leaves]
* Timon or a random warthog (not Pumbaa): [sees Rafiki holding Stitch] Hey, that's not Simba!

## Dialogue

    [First lines; Galactic Federation Headquarters; Planet Turo]
    Grand Councilwoman: [stepping into the light] Read the charges.
    Captain Gantu: Dr. Jumba Jookiba, lead scientist of Galaxy Defense Industries, you stand before this council, accused of illegal genetic experimentation.
    [The experiment inside the machine is brought in]
    Grand Councilwoman: How do you plead?
    Jumba: Not guilty. My experiments are only theoretical, completely within legal boundaries.
    Grand Councilwoman: We believe you actually created something.
    Jumba: Created something? Ha! But that would be irresponsible and unethical. I would never, ever... [626 is revealed] ...make more than one.
    Grand Councilwoman: [storms in the base] WHERE IS HE?!
    Alien 1: He's still in hyperspace.
    Grand Councilwoman: Where will he exit?
    Alien 2: Calculating now. Quadrant 17, section 005, area 51. A planet called...E-arth.
    Grand Councilwoman: I want an expert on this planet in here now! [Monitor shows Experiment 626's police cruiser heading towards planet Earth] What is that?
    Alien 3: Water. Most of the planet is covered in it.
    Grand Councilwoman: He won't survive in water. His molecular density is too great. [other aliens watch as 626's police cruiser moves closer] No. [Experiment 626's police cruiser lands in the Hawaiian Island of Kauai] Of course. How much time do we have?
    Alien 2: We have projected his landing at three hours, 42 minutes.
    [In Jumba's cell after Experiment 626 escaped. Jumba is enraged while reading the newspaper, and tears it to shreds, just as the Grand Councilwoman and Pleakley enters]
    Jumba: [stops; pauses; chuckles] He got away?
    Grand Councilwoman: I'm sure this comes as no surprise to you.
    Jumba: I designed this creature for it to be unstoppable.
    Grand Councilwoman: Which is precisely why you must now bring him back.
    Jumba: What, me?
    Grand Councilwoman: And to reward you, we are willing to trade your freedom for his capture.
    Jumba: [sighs] 626 will not come easily. Maybe direct hit from plasma cannon might stun him long enough to--
    Grand Councilwoman: [interrupting, exasperated] Plasma cannon granted. Do we have a bargain, Dr. Jumba?
    [Jumba grunts in agreement]
    Pleakley: B-B-But it's a delicate planet! [in a sing-song voice] Who's going to control him?
    Grand Councilwoman: You will. [leaves]
    Pleakley: Very good, your highness. I-I didn't quite-- [realizes; scared] Uh, you're not joking!
    Jumba: [to Pleakley] So, tell me, my little one-eyed one. On what poor, pitiful, defenseless planet has my "monstrosity" been unleashed?
    [Shifts to the oceans of Kauai as the opening titles begin]
    [After Lilo shows up late for hula dance class, soaking wet, Mertle, Elena, Teresa, and Yuki slip in the puddles, one by one]
    Moses Puloki: Stop, stop. Lilo, why are you all wet?
    Lilo Pelekai: It's sandwich day. [Moses looks confused; sighs and confesses] Every Thursday, I make Pudge the Fish a peanut butter sandwich.
    Moses Puloki: [still confused] Pudge is a fish?
    Lilo Pelekai: [continuing] And today we were out of peanut butter! So, I asked my sister what to give him, and she said a tuna sandwich! I can't give Pudge tuna! [whispers] Do you know what tuna is?
    Moses Puloki: [hesitantly] Fish?
    Lilo Pelekai: It's FISH! If I gave Pudge tuna, I'd be an abomination! I'm late, because I had to go to the store, and get peanut butter, 'cause all we have is, is STINKING TUNA!!
    Moses Puloki: Lilo, Lilo. Why is this so important?
    Lilo Pelekai: [calmly] Pudge controls the weather.
    [Everyone exchanges surprised looks at each other]
    Mertle: You're crazy.
    [Lilo angrily jumps on her and punches her in the face, having to have heard that, then the other girls run away screaming]
    Moses Puloki: [worried] Please! Please! [picks Lilo up] Everybody calm down! [puts her down; Mertle cries] Girls. [in Hawaiian] It's okay. [in English; calmly] Shh. [to Lilo; sternly] Lilo--
    Lilo Pelekai: I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I won't do it again!
    Moses Puloki: Maybe we should call your sister.
    Lilo Pelekai: [worried] No! I'll be good! I want to dance. I practiced. I just want to dance. I practiced.
    Mertle Edmonds: [notices invisible bite mark on her arm] Ew, she bit me.
    Elena, Teresa, and Yuki: Ew!
    [Fade outside the hula school where Lilo is sitting on the porch and Mertle and her friends leave]
    Moses Puloki: [crouches down to Lilo's height] I called your sister. She said to wait for her here on the porch. We'll try again on Sunday. [gets up and heads back inside]
    [Nani heads back to the Pelekai house and finds the front door locked]
    Nani Pelekai: Oh, Lilo. Lilo! Open the door, Lilo!
    Lilo Pelekai: [from inside] Go away.
    Nani Pelekai: [pokes her head through the doggy door and finds her little sister, laying on the floor with a record player sitting next to her] Lilo, we don't have time for this.
    Lilo Pelekai: Leave me alone to die.
    Nani Pelekai: Come on, Lilo, the social worker's gonna be here any minute.
    Lilo Pelekai: [to Cobra as she's creating voodoo dolls of her rivals] My friends need to be punished. [Nani glares at her, and groans in annoyance]
    Cobra Bubbles: [hands his contact card to Lilo] Call me next time you're left here alone.
    Lilo Pelekai: [takes the card] Yep.
    Cobra Bubbles: [to Nani] In case you're wondering, this did not go well. [effortlessly pulls the door open hard, letting the nails clatter] You have three days to change my mind. [closes the door and leaves. Nani swiftly and storms turns around to Lilo who screaming in terror, then starts running and Nani starts chasing after her]
    Nani Pelekai: [tackles Lilo in the kitchen and Lilo licks her arm; disgustedly] EW!!! [angrily] Lilo! [then stops and points to the laundry room and goes into said room. She sets a blanket on the floor, climbs on top of the dryer, and opens the door and slams it shut with her boot. Lilo quietly comes out before getting caught and is brought back to the hallway in the blanket while snarling and hissing like a cat; she angrily grabs Lilo's arm] Why didn't you wait at the school?! You were supposed to wait bear! Lilo! [Lilo tries breaking free but fails] Do you not understand? Do you wanna be taken away? [Lilo doesn't answer with her eyes tearing up] Answer me!
    Lilo Pelekai: No!
    Nani Pelekai: No, you don't understand?
    Lilo Pelekai: No!
    Nani Pelekai: No, what?
    Lilo Pelekai: NOOOOO!!!!! [hits the floor; mumbles]
    Nani Pelekai: [annoyed] Ugh! You're such a pain!
    Lilo Pelekai: So, why don't you sell me and buy a rabbit instead?! [starts walking upstairs to her bedroom]
    Nani Pelekai: At least the rabbit would behave better than you!
    Lilo Pelekai: Go ahead! Then you'll be happy, because it will be smarter than me, too! [enters her bedroom]
    Nani Pelekai: And quieter!
    Lilo Pelekai: You'll like it, because it's stinky like YOU! [slams the door]
    Nani Pelekai: [angrily] GO TO YOUR ROOOOOM!!!!!!
    Lilo Pelekai: [opens door; angrily] I'M ALREADY IN MY ROOM!! [slams the door again. Nani angrily to the living room, grabs a pillow off her couch and angrily yelling in it, while Lilo is in her room shrieks into her pillow, as a dog barks. Later that night, Lilo is playing with Scruff in bed. Nani comes in with a plate of pizza.]
    Nani Pelekai: [comes in] Hey. I brought you some pizza, in case you were hungry.
    Lilo Pelekai: [sadly] We're a broken family, aren't we?
    Nani Pelekai: No. [places pizza slice on Lilo's nightstand] Maybe a little. Maybe a lot. I shouldn't have yelled at you.
    Lilo Pelekai: We're sisters, it's our job.
    Nani Pelekai: Yeah, well, from now on--
    Lilo Pelekai: I like you better as a sister than a mom.
    Nani Pelekai: Yeah?
    Lilo Pelekai: [voice breaking] And you like me better as a sister than a rabbit, right? [sniffles]
    Nani Pelekai: [picks up Lilo and gets on her bed; calmly] Oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Yes. Yes, I do.
    Lilo Pelekai: [sniffles] I hit Mertle Edmonds today.
    Nani Pelekai: You hit her?
    Lilo Pelekai: Before I bit her.
    Nani Pelekai: [shocked] You bit her? Lilo, you shouldn't--
    Lilo Pelekai: People treat me different.
    Nani Pelekai: They just don't know what to say. I'll tell you what. If you promise not to fight anymore, I promise not to yell at you, except on special occasions.
    Lilo Pelekai: Tuesdays and bank holidays would be good.
    Nani Pelekai: Yeah? Would that be good?
    Lilo Pelekai: [giggles and notices the camera] Oh, my camera's full again. [whispers] Aren't they beautiful? [they look at the pictures Lilo took. The lamp suddenly turns off, and they both head for the window to see a flaming police cruiser falling from the sky.] A falling star! [the space police cruiser crashes with an explosion] I call it! Get out! [the lamp turns back on] Get out! I have to make a wish! [tries to push Nani out of her room] Can't you go any faster?!
    Nani Pelekai: [dizzy; leanin' back] Oh, no! Gravity is increasing on me!
    Lilo Pelekai: No, it's not!?
    Nani Pelekai: Is too, Lilo. The same thing happened yesterday. [faints on top of Lilo]
    Lilo Pelekai: [angrily] YOU ROTTEN SISTER, YOUR BUTT IS CRUSHING ME! WHY DO YOU ACT SO WEIRD?! [furiously slams the door on Nani's head; Nani peeks in to hear her wish] It's me again. I need someone to be my friend, someone who won't run away. Maybe send me an angel. The nicest angel you have.
    [After Stitch is hit by a truck, the three guys get out of each to see what happened]
    Driver 1: What we when hit?! [he and the other men turn on their flashlights and investigate under the truck to see Stitch] There it is. It stay jammed under the fender.
    [Stitch passes out with his arm dangling, the drivers gasp.p]
    Driver 2: We better call somebody.
    [Nani and Lilo are at an animal shelter to adopt a pet dog]
    Nani Pelekai: [to shelter worker] We're looking for something that can defend itself. Something that won't die, something...sturdy, you know?
    Lilo Pelekai: Like a lobster.
    Nani Pelekai: Lilo, you lolo. Do we have a lobster door? No, we have a dog door. We are getting a dog.
    [626 sneaks out of the shelter, and avoids getting hit from plasma cannon]
    Jumba: [off-screen] Ah-ha! So nice to see your pretty face again!
    626: Jumba?
    Lilo Pelekai: Hi.
    626: Hoo, ha...Hi. [hugs her tightly]
    Lilo Pelekai: [amazed] Wow! [Later in the lobby]
    Rescue Lady: Oh, yes. Mmm-hmm. [Lilo comes back with Stitch] All of our dogs are adoptable. [sees 626; alarmed] EXCEPT THAT ONE! [runs and takes 626 away from Lilo]
    Nani Pelekai: [pulls Lilo away from 626] What is that thing?!
    Rescue Lady: A dog, I think. But it was dead this morning!
    Nani Pelekai: [confused] It was dead this morning?
    Rescue Lady: We thought it was dead; it was hit by a truck!
    Lilo Pelekai: I like him! Come here, boy!
    [626 forcefully, against the rescue lady's grip, walks himself forward to get to Lilo as she calls him to her, climbing up onto Nani and Lilo's laps]
    Nani Pelekai: [screams and pushes 626 away from her and Lilo; composes herself] Wouldn't you like a different dog?
    Rescue Lady: [a bit breathless] We have better dogs, dear.
    Lilo Pelekai: Not better than him. He can talk. Say "hello".
    626: He-Hel--
    Rescue Lady: Dogs can't talk, dear.
    [626 narrows his eyes and bares his teeth in frustration]
    Lilo Pelekai: He did.
    Nani: Does it have to be this dog?
    [626 pants a few times before rolling his tongue out, sticking it up his nose and putting it back in his mouth, smacking his lips]
    Lilo Pelekai: Yes. He's good. I can tell.
    [Later]
    Rescue Lady: [filling out paperwork at the front desk] You'll have to think of a name for him.
    [standing on a chair, 626 looks out the window]
    Lilo Pelekai: His name is Stitch.
    [626, now known as Stitch, looks at Lilo]
    Rescue Lady: Now, that's not a real name... [Nani shakes her head quickly and waves her hand as if saying "No! Don't say that!"] ...in...Iceland. But here, it's a good name. Stitch, it is. And there's a $2 license fee.
    Lilo Pelekai: I want to buy him! [whispers] Can I borrow $2?
    [With a semi-irritated look, Nani takes the money from the rescue lady and hands it to Lilo. Lilo then taps the money on her shoulder and hands it back to her, handing it to the shelter worker]
    Rescue Lady: [stamps the adoption papers and hands the paper to Lilo with a friendly smile] He's all yours.
    Jumba: [looking at Stitch through his scope] You're all mine.
    Agent Pleakley: Well, what's he doing?
    Jumba: Shh! Keep quiet. He's listening for us.
    Agent Pleakley: [whispering] How good is his hearing? [Stitch turns his head] I mean, can he-- [Jumba angrily chokes him]
    [Stitch opens the door and gets out]
    Jumba: [turns on the red laser pointer at Stitch] Why don't you run? [slowly squeezes plasma cannon's trigger]
    Stitch: Bark! Bark! Bark!
    Lilo Pelekai: I'm coming, I'm coming! [hugs Stitch]
    Agent Pleakley: [pushes Jumba's plasma gun away just as it fires] STOP! I have just determined the situation to be far too hazardous!
    Jumba: [pushes Pleakley out of his way] Don't worry, I won't hit her.
    Agent Pleakley: [plugs plasma cannon with his finger] NO! That girl is part of the mosquito food chain. [hands Jumba his View-Master] Here, educate yourself.
    Jumba: [incensed] Using that little girl for a shield. [angrily] THIS IS LOW, EVEN FOR YOU!
    Lilo Pelekai: [sees Mertle and her friends on the tricycles] My friends!
    [They scream and try to make a run for it, but Lilo approaches them]
    Mertle Edmonds: [annoyed] What do you want?
    Lilo Pelekai: I'm sorry I bit you, and pulled your hair, and punched you in the face.
    Mertle Edmonds: Apology not accepted. Now get out of my way before I run you over. [screams as she sees Stitch crawling towards her]
    Lilo Pelekai: I got a new dog. His name is Stitch.
    Mertle Edmonds: That is the ugliest thing I have ever saw.
    Teresa and Yuki: [simultaneously] Yeah.
    Mertle Edmonds ?
    [As Pleakley get themselves comfortable for the night, Jumba looks at Stitch through his binoculars]
    Jumba: [laughs in amusement] This little girl is wasting her time. 626 cannot be taught to ignore its destructive programming. Ooh! Push that over. [to Pleakley] What are you doing?
    Agent Pleakley: [quickly takes his wig off] Nothing!
    Jumba: Uh, say, I want to try it on.
    Agent Pleakley: No!
    Jumba: Share! Let me try it!
    Agent Pleakley: Hey! Ow! You're just jealous 'cause I'm pretty! [notices a mosquito] Don't move. A mosquito has chosen me as her perch. She's so beautiful. [more mosquitoes fly in] Look, another one. And another one! [a whole mosquito swarm flies in, covering him] Why, it is a whole flock, and they like me! They're nuzzling my flesh with their noses. Now, they're, um, they're-- [in alarm, he realizes the mosquitoes are sucking his blood; the scene cuts to a different shot as he screams painfully, offscreen]
    Lilo Pelekai: Nani? Nani.
    Nani Pelekai: [wakes up] Yeah?
    Lilo Pelekai: Look. [puts Stitch's claw on the record and opens Stitch's mouth to hear Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds", repeatedly opens and closes his mouth]
    Elvis Presley: [from Stitch's mouth; singing] ♪ We can't go on together / With suspicious minds / And we can't build our dreams / On suspicious minds ♪
    [Nani is surprised and confused about it, but hears a knock on the door, so she rushes out of her bed. She opens it to reveal Cobra Bubbles, gasps.]
    Cobra Bubbles: Heard you lost your job.
    Nani Pelekai: [as Stitch comes out with a dictionary] Well, uh, actually, I just quit that job because, you know, the hours are just not conducive to the challenges of raising a child. [Stitch growls and chucks the dictionary at Cobra's face.]
    Cobra Bubbles: [grunts] HEY!
    Nani Pelekai: [gasps; picks up Stitch] I am so sorry about that.
    Cobra Bubbles: What is that thing?! [Nani drops Stitch]
    Lilo Pelekai: That's my puppy.
    Cobra Bubbles: Really? [cracks his neck, to Nani; sternly] Thus far, you have been adrift in the sheltered harbor of my patience, but I cannot ignore you being jobless. Do I make myself clear?
    Nani Pelekai: [understanding] Perfectly.
    Cobra Bubbles: [to Lilo] And next time I see this dog, I expect it to be a model citizen. Capiche?
    Lilo Pelekai: [confused] Uh, yes?
    Cobra Bubbles: New job. Model citizen. [puts on his sunglasses and the lens comes off] Good day. [leaves]
    Lilo Pelekai: Elvis Presley was a model citizen. I've compiled a list of his traits for you to practice. Number #1 is dancing. [takes out a hula skirt]
    Lilo Pelekai: [as Stitch lifts her pillow, revealing the photo of her and Nani's deceased parents] That's us before. It was rainy and they went for a drive. What happened to yours? I hear you cry at night. Do you dream about them? I know that's why you wreck things and push me. Our family's little now and we don't have many toys. But if you want, you could be part of it. You could be our baby, and we'd raise you to be good. "O'hana" means family. Family means nobody gets left behind. But if you want to leave, you can. I'll remember you, though. I remember everyone that leaves.
    [Meanwhile, at the shore from miles to Lilo's house.]
    Pleakley: HELP! I don’t like the ocean! [cut to the waves of the ocean; off-screen] AH! Oh, look, a friendly little dolphin. [coughs] They helped sailors in the war. And, uh-- No, it's a shark! It's a shark, and it ain't friendly! It looks like a dolphin. Tricky fish! Tricky fish! Oh, octopus, come and help me? [gets out of the ocean, with small octopus on his face] An octo-octopus is worse than a shark! I hate this planet!
    [Pleakley pulls the octopus out of his face and throws it out, as he starts gasping for air. He lays next to Jumba, who had failed to capture Stitch.]
    Jumba: Little monster.
    [Pleakley's phone begins to ring, he gets it out, shakes water off and answers it.]
    Pleakley: Uh, Agent Pleakley here.
    Grand Councilwoman: I have lost patience with you both. Have you captured 626 or not?
    Pleakley: Um...uh...uh--
    Grand Councilwoman: Consider yourselves fired and prison bound. Your incompetence is nothing short of unspeakable. [hangs up]
    Pleakley: But, uh, mm-- [sobs]
    Jumba: We’re fired! Now we do it my way! [gets up to find Stitch]
    Pleakley: Your way? [sniffles] Oh, uh, wait!
    [cut to alien headquarters]
    Grand Councilwoman: It seems I have overestimated Jumber and Blinkley.
    Captain Gantu: Uh, Jumba and Pleakley.
    Grand Councilwoman: Whatever. The mission is in jeopardy. This could be your chance to redeem yourself, Captain Gantu. How soon will you be prepared to leave?
    Captain Gantu: Immediately.
    [Stitch wakes up in the jungle, hears a noise. He looks around. Then Jumba enters, and Stitch gasps.]
    Jumba: Don't run. Don't make me shoot you. You were expensive. Yes. Yes, that's it. Come quietly.
    Stitch: Mm, waiting.
    Jumba: For what? [notices the Ugly Duckling book]
    Stitch: Family.
    Jumba: Ah. You don't have one. I made you.
    Stitch: Oh, maybe I could--
    Jumba: You’re built to destroy. You can never belong. Now come quietly, and we will take you apart. [Stitch runs off] No, no, no, no, don’t, don’t run! Don’t run! Aye!
    [Stitch grabs Jumba's plasma gun, but Jumba plugs it with a carrot]
    Jumba: You shouldn't play with guns.
    Stitch: [giving it to him] Oh, okay.
    Jumba: Thank you. [hears the gun beeping, realizes it's overloading and throws it back to Stitch] Oh, I just remembered, it's your birthday! Happy birthday!
    Stitch: [throws it to him; grunts] Merry Christmas!
    Jumba: [throws it back] It's not Christmas!
    Stitch: [throws it back] Happy Hannukah!
    [As Jumba and Stitch play hot potato with the overloading gun, Pleakley grabs Lilo and runs out of the house]
    Jumba: [in background, overlapped by Lilo] It's not Hannukah!
    Lilo Pelekai: We're leaving Stitch?!
    Agent Pleakley: Trust me, this is not going to end well!
    [Back to Jumba and Stitch]
    Jumba: 1 potato!
    Stitch: 2 potato!
    Jumba: 3 potato!
    Stitch: 4!
    Jumba: 5 potato!
    Stitch: 6 potato!
    Jumba: 7 potato, more!
    Stitch: My...
    Jumba: ...mother...
    Stitch: ...told...
    Jumba: ...me...
    Stitch: ...you...
    Jumba: ...are...
    Stitch: ...it.
    Jumba: Ha! I win!
    [The gun explodes, destroying Lilo's house. One of the flying objects from the explosion hits Pleakley, and he screams and flies offscreen]
    [After the Pelekai house is destroyed, Nani quickly arrives at the scene while Lilo is explaining to Cobra about everything that happened]
    Lilo Pelekai: [describing Jumba and Pleakley] One of them had a giant eye in the middle of his face.
    Nani Pelekai: Oh, Lilo. [Cobra puts Lilo in his car and shuts the car door] Please, don't do this.
    Cobra Bubbles: You know I have no choice.
    Nani Pelekai: No! You're not taking her! I'm the only one who understands her! You take that away, she won't stand a chance!
    Cobra Bubbles: You're making this harder than it needs to be.
    Nani Pelekai: You don't know what you're doing! She needs me!
    Cobra Bubbles: [angrily points at her destroyed house] Is this what she needs?! It seems clear to me that you need her a lot more than she needs you. [Lilo gets out of his car on the other side and flees into the tropical forest] Lilo! LILO!
    Nani Pelekai: Lilo! [Stitch looks at Lilo's family portrait; Lilo then enters the tropic woods, where Stitch surprises her and hands her the portrait]
    Lilo Pelekai: [quietly and coldly] You've ruined everything. [Stitch hesitantly reveals his true alien form] You're one of them? [angrily shoves him away; quietly] Get out of here, Stitch.
    [She and Stitch then suddenly get captured by Gantu]
    Captain Gantu: Surprise! [laughs evilly] And here I thought you'd be difficult to catch. Ho-ho-ho. Silly me.
    Nani Pelekai: [searching for Lilo] Lilo? Lilo! [gets passed by Gantu, and she screams in horror; hears Stitch growling and gasps in shock]
    Captain Gantu: [heads to his ship and puts Lilo and Stitch in his traveling glass capsule] There you go, all buckled up for the trip. [puts his capsule on the back of his ship] And look, I even caught you a little snack. [gets on his ship and starts his engine]
    Nani Pelekai: [gasps] NO, STOP! [gets blown down to the ground; Stitch gets himself out of Gantu's capsule. Gantu's ship then takes off to the sky, leaving Stitch falling to the ground; but Lilo is still captured inside] Lilo. [Stitch gets up, but she smacks him with tree branch; angrily] Okay, talk. I know you had something to do with this. Now, where is Lilo? [Stitch doesn't answer] Talk! I know you can.
    Stitch: [shakes his head and sighs; annoyed] Okay, okay.
    Nani Pelekai: [screams and smacks Stitch with tree branch; Stitch groans] Where's Lilo?!
    Stitch: [sighs] Lilo-- [gets zapped by plasma cannon blast]
    Jumba: [after he captures Stitch] Ha-ha! Now all your washing is up!
    Agent Pleakley: [shows his ID] You're under arrest! Read him his rights.
    Jumba: Listen carefully. [starts laughing while beating up Stitch]
    [Nani gets up and sees Jumba and Pleakley]
    Agent Pleakley: Hello, Galactic command? Experiment 626 is in custody. We'll wait right here. [hangs up; sees Nani walks up to them; whispers to Jumba] Don't interact with her. [he and Jumba turn around]
    Nani Pelekai: Where's Lilo?
    Jumba: [turns around] Who? [Pleakley angrily slaps him] What?
    Nani Pelekai: Lilo. My sister.
    Jumba: Uh, sorry. We do not know anyone by this, uh--
    Nani Pelekai: [stressed out] Lilo! She's a little girl, this big! She has black hair and brown eyes, and she hangs around with that THING! [points to Stitch]
    Stitch: Uh-
    Jumba: [sighs; solemnly] We know her.
    Nani Pelekai: Bring her back.
    Agent Pleakley: Oh, we can't do that. Uh-uh. That would be a misuse of Galactic resources.
    Jumba: See, problem is...we are just here for him.
    Nani Pelekai: [sadly] So, she's gone?
    Agent Pleakley: Look at the bright side. You won't have to yells at anyone anymore. [chuckles nervously]
    [Nani then sadly kneels to the ground and starts sobbing in despair that she can't get her little sister back]
    Jumba: Come. [Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley turns to leaves]
    Stitch: [stops and walks back to Nani] O'hana.
    Nani Pelekai: Huh?
    Jumba: Hey! [snatches Stitch] Get away from her.
    Nani Pelekai: No! [quickly pulls Stitch back from Jumba; to Stitch] What did you say?
    Stitch: "O'hana" means family. Family means nobody...
    Nani Pelekai: Nobody gets left behind.
    Stitch: Or forgotten. Yeah. [to Jumba] Hey! [speaks alien language]
    Jumba: WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?! [angrily grabs Stitch] After all you put me through, you expect me to help you just like that?! JUST LIKE THAT?!
    Stitch: [nods] Ih.
    Jumba: Fine. [takes space handcuffs off of him]
    Agent Pleakley: "Fine"? You're doing what he says?
    Jumba: Uh, he's very persuasive.
    Agent Pleakley: "Persuasive"?! What exactly are we doing?
    Jumba: Rescue.
    Nani Pelekai: [delightfully] We're gonna get Lilo?
    Stitch: [happily] Ih!
    [Later, they're on the motorcycle towards Jumba's ship]
    Agent Pleakley: [sarcastically] Oh, good! I was hoping to add theft, endangerment, and INSANITY to my list of things I did today!
    Jumba: Ha! You too?!
    [Stitch laughs]
    Lilo Pelekai: Don't leave me, okay?
    Stitch: [worried] Okay. Okay. [hears truck horn and sees said truck; determined] Okay.
    David Kawena: [to Stitch] So, you're from outer space, huh? I heard the surfing's choice. [Stitch then gets captured by one of the intergalactic guards with the Grand Councilwoman, who showed up]
    Intergalactic Guard: We have 626.
    Grand Councilwoman: Take him to my ship.
    Lilo Pelekai: Leave him alone!
    Cobra Bubbles: [holds her back] Hold on.
    Captain Gantu: Grand Councilwoman, let me explain.
    Grand Councilwoman: Silence! I am retiring you, Captain Gantu.
    Agent Pleakley: Actually, credit for the capture goes to--
    Grand Councilwoman: Goes to me. You'll be lucky if you end up on a Fluff Trog farm after we sort this thing out.
    Jumba: Uh, I think I should--
    Grand Councilwoman: You! You're the cause of all this! If it wasn't for Experiment 626, none of this--
    Stitch: [interrupting] Stitch.
    Grand Councilwoman: What?
    Stitch: My name Stitch.
    Grand Councilwoman: Stitch, then. If it wasn't for Stitch-- [realizes what just happened, turns back to Stitch]
    Stitch: Does Stitch have to go in the ship?
    Grand Councilwoman: [shocked, hesitant] Yes.
    Stitch: Can Stitch say goodbye?
    Grand Councilwoman: Yes.
    Stitch: Thank you. [walks over to Nani and Lilo]
    Grand Councilwoman: [looks at Nani and Lilo] Who are you?
    Stitch: This is my family. I found it all on my own. It's little and broken, but still good. Yeah. Still good. [walks back to board the ship]
    Agent Pleakley: Does he really have to go?
    Grand Councilwomam: [sighs] You know as well as I that our laws are absolute. I cannot change what the Council has decided.
    Cobra Bubbles: [whispering] Lilo, didn't you buy that thing at the shelter?
    Lilo Pelekai: [takes out the adoption form, believing she can change the Grand Councilwoman's mind and runs up her] Hey! [Grand Councilwoman looks down at her] Three days ago, I bought Stitch at the shelter. I paid $2 for him. See this stamp? I own him. [Grand Councilwoman takes the adoption form] If you take him, you're stealing. [realizes Lilo is right, the Grand Councilwoman smiles with a change of heart]
    Cobra Bubbles: Aliens are all about rules.
    Grand Councilwoman: [sees Cobra] You look familiar.
    Cobra Bubbles: CIA. Roswell. 1973.
    Grand Councilwoman: [remembers] Ah, yes. You had hair then. Take note of this. This creature has been sentenced to life in exile, [takes space handcuffs off of Stitch] a sentence that shall be henceforth served out here...on Earth. And as caretaker of the alien life-form, Stitch, this family is now under the official protection of the United Galactic Federation. We'll be checking in, now and then.
    Cobra Bubbles: I was afraid you were going to say that. This won't be easy to explain back at headquarters.
    Grand Councilwoman: I know what you mean. [to her intergalactic guards] Don't let those two get on my ship. [leaves]
    [Jumba and Pleakley wave bye to her; later, the mothership takes off from Hawaii back to space]
    Nani Pelekai: [to Cobra] CIA?
    Cobra Bubbles: Former. Saved the planet once: convinced an alien race that mosquitoes were an endangered species. Now, about the house--
    [Cuts to Stitch playing the ukulele, but stops at the moment]
    Stitch: [last line] Wait. [performs the rock version of Elvis Presley's "Burning Love" by Wynonna Judd, as the others rebuild Lilo and Nani's house with a new look]

## Taglines

* There's one in every family.
* His name is Stitch.
* Meet Stitch. This Summer, He's Coming to OUR Planet.
* He's coming to our galaxy.
* On June 21, The tradition is under attack.
* May the Stitch be with you.

## Cast

* Daveigh Chase — Lilo Pelekai
* Christopher Michael Sanders — Stitch
* Tia Carrere — Nani Pelekai
* David Ogden Stiers — Dr. Jumba Jookiba
* Kevin McDonald — Agent Wendy Pleakley
* Ving Rhames — Cobra Bubbles
* Kevin Michael Richardson — Captain Gantu
* Zoe Caldwell — The Grand Councilwoman
* Jason Scott Lee — David Kawena
* Amy Hill — Lynne Hasagawa
* Miranda Paige Walls — Mildred Pearl "Mertle" Edmonds

## See also

* Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626, a 2002 prequel video game
* Lilo & Stitch: The Series, a sequel TV series that aired from 2003 to 2006
** Stitch! The Movie, the 2003 direct-to-video film pilot to the above series, the first released sequel in the franchise and the second sequel chronologically
** Leroy & Stitch, the 2006 TV film finale to the above series and the third and final sequel film to this film
* Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, a 2005 direct-to-video sequel film to this film, the second released sequel in the franchise and the first sequel chronologically
* Lilo & Stitch, a upcoming live-action film
* How to Train Your Dragon, a 2010 DreamWorks Animation film also written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
* The Croods, a 2013 DreamWorks Animation film also written and directed by Chris Sanders

## External Links

* Lilo & Stitch quotes at the Internet Movie Database
Lilo & Stitch  (2002) · Lilo & Stitch 2  (2005) · Lilo & Stitch  (2025) :
| Television films | Stitch! The Movie (2003) · Leroy & Stitch (2006) |
| Television series | Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003–2006) · Stitch! (2008-2015) |