Lilo & Stitch (franchise)

Lilo & Stitch / Disney Stitch
Above:Lilo & Stitch logo used since the 2002 original film Below:Disney Stitch logo used since 2021, primarily used when only the character Stitch is emphasized
Created by	Walt Disney Animation Studios Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois
Original work	Lilo & Stitch (2002)
Owner	The Walt Disney Company
Years	2002–present
Print publications
Book(s)	Agent Stitch series (2022–present) [1]
Comics	Stitch & the Samurai (2020) Lilo & Stitch (Dynamite; 2024)
Comic strip(s)	Comic Zone: Disney's Lilo & Stitch (2002–2006)
Films and television
Film(s)	Lilo & Stitch (2002; animated) Lilo & Stitch (TBA; live-action)
Short film(s)	The Origin of Stitch (2005)
Animated series	Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003–2006) Stitch! (2008–2011, 2012, 2015) Stitch & Ai (2017)
Television special(s)	Stitch and the Planet of Sand (2012) Stitch! Perfect Memory (2015)
Television short(s)	"Stitch Meets High School Musical" (2007)
Television film(s)	Leroy & Stitch (2006)
Direct-to-video	Stitch! The Movie (2003) Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005)
Games
Video game(s)	Disney's Lilo & Stitch (Game Boy Advance; 2002) Disney's Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise (2002) Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626 (2002) Lilo & Stitch Pinball (2002) Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc (2004) Kingdom Hearts II (2005) * Disney Friends (2007) * Disney Stitch Jam (2009) Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (2010) * Motto! Stitch! DS: Rhythm de Rakugaki Daisakusen (2010) Disney Universe (2011) * Kinect: Disneyland Adventures (2011) * Disney Magical World (2013) * Disney Infinity 2.0 (2014) * Disney Magical World 2 (2015) * Disney Magic Kingdoms (2016) * † Kingdom Hearts III (2019) * Disney Mirrorverse (2022) * † Disney Dreamlight Valley (2023) * † Disney Speedstorm (2023) * †
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	Lilo & Stitch (2002) Lilo & Stitch Island Favorites (2005) Lilo & Stitch Hawaiian Album (2006) Stitch!: Original Soundtrack (2010)
Miscellaneous
Toy(s)	Disney Tsum Tsum *
Theme park attraction(s)	Stitch's Great Escape! (2004–2018) Stitch Encounter/Stitch Live! (2006–present) The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai! (2008–present) Stitch's Supersonic Celebration (2009)
* Work where this franchise's characters or settings appeared as part of a crossover. † Franchise-related content added to crossover work via update(s).

Lilo & Stitch, also marketed as Disney Stitch or simply Stitch, is an American media franchise created by Disney that commenced in 2002 with the release of the animated feature film of the same name written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois. The combined critical and commercial success of the original film, which was a rarity for the company's feature animation studio during the studio's post-Renaissance downturn in the early 2000s, led to three direct-to-video and television sequel feature films, a short film, three animated television series, several video games, theme park attractions, comics, literature, and various merchandise.

The franchise, primarily the original 2002–2006 animated continuity, mainly focuses on the adventures of the titular eccentric and mischievous duo: an orphaned Hawaiian girl named Lilo Pelekai and an artificial extraterrestrial creature originally named Experiment 626, whom she adopts and names Stitch. Stitch was created via genetic engineering by alien mad scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba to cause chaos and destruction across the galaxy but was rehabilitated by Lilo thanks to ʻohana , the Hawaiian concept of extended family. The duo's ʻohana mainly consist of themselves; Lilo's older sister and legal guardian, Nani Pelekai; Jumba; and Jumba's Earth-loving partner, Agent Wendy Pleakley. Most of the sequel and spin-off material of the franchise also involves many genetic experiments similar to Stitch, whom he treats as his "cousins", Captain Gantu, a giant militaristic alien from the original film who becomes an antagonist to the main ʻohana in later works, and Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel, Jumba's diminutive former partner-in-crime who desires the experiments he funded the creation of to use them for intergalactic domination. Additionally, the franchise's films and first television series make frequent references to American musician Elvis Presley, using his music and sometimes his imagery in the films.

The later spin-off material released from 2008 through 2020—the Japanese anime Stitch! , the Chinese animated series Stitch & Ai , and the Japanese manga Stitch & the Samurai—emphasize Stitch by separating him from Lilo and putting him into other regions of Earth (primarily in the countries where these works are produced), replacing her with different humans who take him, along with Jumba and Pleakley, in with their families. The original Japanese version of the anime was produced by an entirely different crew from the original franchise, while the Chinese series was partially produced by American animators; crew members from Lilo & Stitch: The Series worked on both shows, although the anime only involved them in the international edit (which includes the English dub). The two Asian series replace the original voice cast of the four films and the first TV series. Later spin-offs beginning from 2022, including the children's detective book series Agent Stitch and a Lilo & Stitch comic book series that began in 2024, resumed Lilo's involvement as a main character and Stitch's best friend but continued the post-Leroy trend of the alien and his extended family going on adventures in places outside Hawaii. Both of them also serve as continuations after only the original film rather than continuations after Leroy & Stitch.

A live-action/CGI adaptation of the original film is in production.

Films and television

Overviews

Films

Film	U.S. release date	Director(s)	Screenwriter(s)	Story by	Producer(s)
Original series
Lilo & Stitch	June 21, 2002 (2002-06-21)	Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois		Chris Sanders (based on an idea by)	Clark Spencer
Stitch! The Movie	August 26, 2003 (2003-08-26)	Tony Craig and Bobs Gannaway	Bobs Gannaway and Jess Winfield		Tony Craig, Bobs Gannaway, and Jess Winfield
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch	August 30, 2005 (2005-08-30)	Tony Leondis & Michael LaBash	Tony Leondis & Michael LaBash and Eddie Guzelian and Alexa Junge		Christopher Chase
Leroy & Stitch	June 23, 2006 (2006-06-23)	Tony Craig and Bobs Gannaway	Bobs Gannaway and Jess Winfield		Igor Khait and Jess Winfield
Live action adaptation
Lilo & Stitch	TBA	Dean Fleischer Camp	Chris Kekaniokalani Bright		Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich

Television series

Series	Season	Episodes		Originally aired			Country of origin	Production company(ies)
				First aired	Last aired	Network
Lilo & Stitch: The Series	Pilot film			August 26, 2003 (2003-08-26)		Direct-to-video	United States	Walt Disney Television Animation
	1	39		September 20, 2003 (2003-09-20)	February 28, 2004 (2004-02-28)	Disney Channel ABC (ABC Kids)
	2	26 (28 segments)		November 5, 2004 (2004-11-05)	July 29, 2006 (2006-07-29)
	Finale film			June 23, 2006 (2006-06-23)		Disney Channel
Stitch! [lower-alpha 1]	1 [lower-alpha 2]	26 [lower-alpha 3]		October 8, 2008 (2008-10-08)	June 26, 2009 (2009-06-26)	TV Tokyo	Japan	Madhouse
	2 [lower-alpha 4]	30 (31 segments) [lower-alpha 3]		October 13, 2009 (2009-10-13)	August 8, 2010 (2010-08-08)	TV Asahi
	3 [lower-alpha 5]	30 [lower-alpha 3]		July 6, 2010 (2010-07-06)	July 19, 2011 (2011-07-19)			Shin-Ei Animation
	Post-series specials [lower-alpha 6]	2 specials		June 16, 2012 (2012-06-16)	August 7, 2015 (2015-08-07)	Disney Channel Japan
Stitch & Ai [lower-alpha 7]	1	13		March 27, 2017 (2017-03-27)	April 6, 2017 (2017-04-06)	CCTV-1 CCTV-14	China	Anhui Xinhua Media Panimation Hwakai Media

Main continuity

Lilo & Stitch (2002)

Main article: Lilo & Stitch

An extraterrestrial mad scientist named Dr. Jumba Jookiba (voiced by David Ogden Stiers) is put on trial for illegally creating creatures to cause chaos and destruction. His latest experiment is Experiment 626 (Chris Sanders): a little blue alien with four arms, two legs, and antennae who is deceptively strong and indestructible. 626 (pronounced "six-two-six") is sentenced to exile, while Jumba himself is jailed. However, 626 escapes custody, steals a police cruiser ship, and heads to the planet Earth. Jumba gets sent on a mission to retrieve his creation along with a partner on board, self-proclaimed Earth expert Agent Pleakley (Kevin McDonald), who is forced to go along to keep an eye on him.

Masquerading as a dog, 626 is adopted by a little girl named Lilo Pelekai (Daveigh Chase) who is living with her 19-year-old sister Nani (Tia Carrere). Lilo is lonely and a bit of an outcast until she finds a new friend in 626 whom she names "Stitch".

Stitch! The Movie (2003)

Main article: Stitch! The Movie

Ex-Captain Gantu (Kevin Michael Richardson) is hired by the evil Dr. Hämsterviel (Jeff Bennett) to retrieve the remaining 625 experiments. Meanwhile, on Earth, Stitch is still not fitting in, but when trouble comes calling through the form of Experiment 221 (Frank Welker), he and Lilo must band together to stop his electrical rampage. Meanwhile, Gantu ends up with a new ally, Experiment 625 (Rob Paulsen), but is displeased by his lazy behavior and love of sandwiches.

Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003–2006)

Main article: Lilo & Stitch: The Series

Continuing where Stitch! The Movie left off, Lilo and Stitch are given the task of collecting the rest of Jumba's missing experiments, changing them from bad to good, and finding the one place where they truly belong. Meanwhile, the former Captain Gantu and his reluctant partner, Experiment 625, try to capture the experiments for the imprisoned Dr. Hämsterviel.

Running for a total of 65 episodes over two seasons, The Series ended with the television film Leroy & Stitch .

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005)

Main article: Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

Set at a time between the original film and Stitch! The Movie, Lilo (voiced by Dakota Fanning in this film) and her classmates are preparing for a hula competition where the winner gets to perform at the local May Day festival. Each student is required to create an original dance. While preparing for the competition, Stitch's past comes back to haunt him. It seems that after Stitch was created, Jumba did not get a chance to fully charge Stitch's molecules before they were both arrested. At first, this glitch causes Stitch to revert to his old destructive programming, but it will ultimately destroy him if Jumba cannot create a charging pod before Stitch's energy runs out.

The Origin of Stitch (2005)

Main article: The Origin of Stitch

In this short film included on the Lilo & Stitch 2 DVD, serving as a bridge between it and Stitch! The Movie, Stitch discovers Jumba's computer and is scared to find out what a monster he is, only for Jumba to come and explain how he found family and love when he met Lilo. The other experiments are also hinted at.

Leroy & Stitch (2006)

Main article: Leroy & Stitch

After three years, their mission to capture all 624 experiments and repurpose them on Earth has been completed, so Lilo and her family are honored as heroes by the Galactic Alliance. Despite originally turning down their new offered positions to stay with Lilo, Stitch and the crew separate to live out their ambitions. However, after Gantu frees Hämsterviel from his prison, they create a new experiment of their own, Leroy (Chris Sanders). Lilo and Stitch must reunite and unite every single experiment they have to fight Leroy and his army of duplicated clones.

Spin-off releases

Stitch Meets High School Musical (2007)

Stitch and a number of Lilo & Stitch characters play a friendly game of basketball and then dance to "We're All in This Together" from High School Musical . This anime short aired on Disney Channel Japan on June 18, 2007^{[ citation needed ]} and was later released internationally on September 23, 2008 on the High School Musical 2: Deluxe Dance Edition 2-disc DVD set. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Stitch! (2008–2011, 2012, 2015)

Main article: Stitch!

The anime series features a Japanese girl named Yuna Kamihara (voiced by Eden Riegel in the English dub) in place of Lilo and is set on a fictional island off the shore of Okinawa instead of Hawaii. The first two seasons were animated and co-produced by the Japanese animation house Madhouse, ^{[6] [7] [8]} while the third season and two post-series television specials were animated by Shin-Ei Animation. 86 episodes (including three specials) aired from 2008 to 2011, while two post-series specials aired in 2012 and 2015.

Set years after the events of Leroy & Stitch, the anime sees Stitch (now voiced by Ben Diskin) having left Lilo after she went to college. He ends up on the fictitious Izayoi Island where he meets Yuna, a tomboyish girl who lives with her grandmother (Gwendoline Yeo) and practices karate. Stitch befriends Yuna, Jumba (Lilo & Stitch: The Series screenwriter and executive producer Jess Winfield) and Pleakley (Ted Biaselli) later rejoin Stitch, and the three aliens move in with Yuna's family. In the first two seasons, Stitch tries to do 43 good deeds to appease the Chitama Spiritual Stone, a magical stone that can grant wishes, with Stitch wanting to become the strongest being in the universe. He and Yuna also meet various yōkai, with them befriending Kijimunaa (Colleen O'Shaughnessey), a little yōkai with long red hair who has a powerful sneeze. Meanwhile, Hämsterviel (Kirk Thornton), who is at large along with Gantu (Keith Silverstein) and Experiment 625/Reuben (Dave Wittenberg), wants to defeat Stitch and take his good deeds to gain ultimate power.

The first season sees Stitch doing good deeds while enjoying his new life with Yuna on Izayoi, with them befriending various yōkai. Three of Stitch and Reuben's fellow experiments also make appearances, namely Experiment 221/Sparky, Experiment 010/Felix (both Steve Blum), and Experiment 624/Angel (Kate Higgins), the last of whom becomes a more recurring character compared to Lilo & Stitch: The Series and has—since her last Western appearance in Leroy & Stitch—remained Stitch's girlfriend while also having become a popular singing sensation in the years since.

The second season, titled Stitch! ~The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure~, sees Stitch continuing to live his life with Yuna and completing his goal of doing good deeds for his wish to be granted. More characters join the cast during this season, including BooGoo (Blum), a purple insect-like alien who becomes the aliens' new pet, Sasha (Melissa Fahn), a transfer student who becomes Yuna's newest friend, and Tigerlily Sakai (Laura Bailey), Yuna's beautiful but mean cousin who bullies her and Stitch. Additionally, more experiments, both originating from Lilo & Stitch: The Series and newly introduced to the franchise, appear from this season onward, with most of them now inexplicably under Hämsterviel's possession. By the end of this season, however, Stitch loses his motivation to have his wish granted, deciding that living with Yuna is better than being the strongest in the universe.

In the third season, titled Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~, Yuna, Stitch, Tigerlily, Jumba, Pleakley, and BooGoo move to a city called Okinawa New Town. Meanwhile, Hämsterviel partners with an alien woman named Delia (Mary Elizabeth McGlynn), who desires to retrieve a power cell within Stitch, eventually making a powerful experiment of her own—Dark End (Roger Craig Smith)—to do so. Lilo (Yeo) also returns in one episode of this season for a brief reunion with Stitch.

Stitch & Ai (2017)

Main article: Stitch & Ai

Taking place in Huangshan in Anhui, this 13-episode Chinese animated series stars Stitch (voiced by Ben Diskin in the English version, reprising his anime role) and a local girl named Wang Ai Ling (Erica Mendez). Produced in English with the partnership of American animators, the series was animated by Anhui Xinhua Media and Panimation Hwakai Media and was broadcast on CCTV-14 with a Mandarin Chinese dub from March 27 to April 6, 2017. ^{[9] [10]} The original English version later aired in Southeast Asia in February 2018 and released in the United States on the DisneyNow service on December 1, 2018, streaming on the service until June 2019.

Set after Leroy & Stitch but on a separate timeline from the Stitch! anime, the Chinese series shows Stitch having been captured by a warring alien faction called the Jaboodies who wants to use him as their own destructive genetic experiment, but he escapes when a rival faction also wanting him, the Woolagongs, attacks the ship he was held in. Ending up in the Huangshan mountains, Stitch meets Ai, a spirited girl whose aunt Daiyu (Laura Post) wants to move Ai from her sister Jiejie (Post) and their mountain home to a city. Stitch joins Ai's family as her new "dog", with Jumba (Jess Winfield, also reprising his role from the anime) and Pleakley (Lucien Dodge) also joining them after initially being sent to rescue Stitch. Stitch helps Ai stay in the mountains and she helps him ward off the Jaboodies and the Woolagongs, both of whom desire to make use of a secret metamorphosis ability Jumba programmed in Stitch that turns the experiment into a destructive giant.

Live-action adaptation

Main article: Lilo & Stitch (upcoming film)

In October 2018, Walt Disney Pictures announced that a live-action adaptation of Lilo & Stitch was in development. With a script written by Mike Van Waes, Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich were announced as producers. ^[11] In November 2020, Jon M. Chu entered early negotiations to serve as director on the project. ^[12] Filming was announced to take place in Hawaii, while Van Waes's script was rejected by Disney. ^[12] In July 2022, Dean Fleischer Camp signed on to replace Chu as the film's director. ^{[13] [14]} Chris Kekaniokalani Bright, a Hawaiian-born-and-based writer whose script Conviction made the 2018 edition of the Black List, will write the film's script. ^{[13] [14] [15]} Zach Galifianakis will star as Jumba. ^[15] In late March 2023, was announced that Maia Kealoha will play the lead role as Lilo Pelekai. ^[16] Courtney B. Vance will play Cobra Bubbles. ^[17] Filming began by late April/early May 2023 ^[18] but was suspended in July 2023 due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. ^[19]

Cast and characters

List indicator(s)

This section includes characters who have appeared in the franchise.

• An empty, dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the work.
•  ^C indicates a cameo role.
•  ^O indicates an older version of the character.
•  ^U indicates an uncredited appearance.
•  ^Y indicates a younger version of the character.

•  ^P indicates an appearance in onscreen photographs or graphical pictures.
•  ^S indicates an appearance in silhouette only.

Characters	Films					Television series			Short film	Video games
	Lilo & Stitch (2002)	Stitch! The Movie	Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch	Leroy & Stitch	Lilo & Stitch (live-action adaptation)	Lilo & Stitch: The Series	Stitch!	Stitch & Ai	The Origin of Stitch	Disney's Lilo & Stitch	Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise	Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626
Principal characters
Stitch Experiment 626	Chris Sanders						Benjamin Diskin		Chris Sanders U	Chris Sanders
Lilo Pelekai	Daveigh Chase		Dakota Fanning	Daveigh Chase	Maia Kealoha	Daveigh Chase Tara Strong O	Gwendoline Yeo Melissa Fahn Y	Flashbacks	Silent cameo P	Daveigh Chase
Nani Pelekai	Tia Carrere				Sydney Agudong	Tia Carrere Grey DeLisle Y	Flashbacks				Vanessa Marshall
Dr. Jumba Jookiba	David Ogden Stiers				Zach Galifianakis	David Ogden Stiers Jason Marsden Y	Jess Winfield		David Ogden Stiers U		David Ogden Stiers
Agent Wendy Pleakley	Kevin McDonald				Billy Magnussen	Kevin McDonald Tommy Widmer Y	Ted Biaselli [lower-alpha 8]	Lucien Dodge	Silent cameo P		Kevin McDonald
Captain Gantu	Kevin Michael Richardson			Kevin Michael Richardson	TBA	Kevin Michael Richardson	Keith Silverstein	Richard Epcar U			Kevin Michael Richardson
Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel	Silent cameo S	Jeff Bennett		Jeff Bennett		Jeff Bennett	Kirk Thornton	Silent cameo
Reuben Experiment 625		Rob Paulsen		Rob Paulsen		Rob Paulsen	Dave Wittenberg		Silent cameo P
Angel Experiment 624				Tara Strong		Tara Strong	Kate Higgins
Minor characters
David Kawena	Jason Scott Lee	Dee Bradley Baker	Jason Scott Lee	Dee Bradley Baker	Kaipo Dudoit	Dee Bradley Baker			Silent cameo P		Dee Bradley Baker
Mertle Edmonds	Miranda Paige Walls	Liliana Mumy			TBA	Liliana Mumy					Miranda Paige Walls
Cobra Bubbles	Ving Rhames			Ving Rhames C	Courtney B. Vance	Kevin Michael Richardson		Richard Epcar U			Terrence C. Carson
Grand Councilwoman	Zoe Caldwell			Zoe Caldwell	TBA	Zoe Caldwell	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	Laura Post		Silent cameo		Deleted role [lower-alpha 9]
Moses Puloki Kumu	Kunewa Mook				TBA	Kunewa Mook
Elena	Unknown	Jillian Henry				Jillian Henry
Teresa [lower-alpha 10]	Unknown	Kali Whitehurst	Holliston Coleman	Kali Whitehurst		Kali Whitehurst
Yuki	Unknown	Lili Ishida	Unknown	Lili Ishida		Lili Ishida
Mrs. Lynne Hasagawa	Amy Hill			Silent cameo	TBA	Amy Hill
Sparky Experiment 221		Frank Welker		Frank Welker		Frank Welker	Steve Blum		Silent cameo P
Yuna Kamihara							Eden Riegel
Wang Ai Ling								Erica Mendez

Crew and details

Crew/detail	Films					Television series			Short film
	Lilo & Stitch (2002)	Stitch! The Movie (2003)	Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005)	Leroy & Stitch (2006)	Lilo & Stitch (TBA)	Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003–2006)	Stitch! (2008–2011, 2012, 2015)	Stitch & Ai (2017)	The Origin of Stitch (2005)
Director(s)	Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois	Tony Craig Bobs Gannaway	Michael LaBash Tony Leondis	Tony Craig Bobs Gannaway	Dean Fleischer Camp	Victor Cook Don MacKinnon (season 1) Rob LaDuca (season 2) Tony Craig ("Spike" and "Shoe")	Masami Hata (seasons 1 and 2) Tetsuo Yasumi (season 3)	Tony Craig Marc Handler (voices)	Mike Disa Tony Bancroft (co-director)
Producer(s)	Clark Spencer	Tony Craig Jess Winfield Bobs Gannaway	Christopher Chase	Igor Khait Jess Winfield	Dan Lin Jonathan Eirich	Jess Winfield Tony Craig Bobs Gannaway (all executive producers)	Yasuteru Iwase (season 1) Michiyo Hayashi (season 2) Yoshiie Ayugai (seasons 2 and 3) Takahiro Kishimoto (season 2) Satoshi Kubo (season 3) Matsuhisa Tomoharu (season 3)	Cao Jie Wu Wensheng Wang Gang (exec.) Pei Duo (exec.) Tian Tian (exec.) Tony Craig (exec.) Marc Handler (exec.)	Ben Chambers
Writer(s)	Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois	Bobs Gannaway Jess Winfield	Michael LaBash Tony Leondis Eddie Guzelian Alexa Junge	Bobs Gannaway Jess Winfield	Chris Kekaniokalani Bright	List of episode writers Thomas D. Hart Henry Gilroy Kevin D. Campbell Madellaine Paxson Jim Peronto Catherine Lieuwen Brian Swenlin John Wray Laura McCreary Kenneth Koonce Robert Martin Chad F. Rogers Jan Strnad Heather Lombard Evan Gore John Behnka Rob Humphrey David Warick Amy Debartolomeis Brandon Sawyer Mark Drop Jess Winfield	Yūko Kakihara (seasons 1 and 2) Shōji Yonemura (season 1) Ayako Katō (season 2) Mio Aiuchi (season 3)	Marc Handler	Eddie Guzelian Michael LaBash
Composer(s)	Alan Silvestri	Michael Tavera Alan Silvestri (themes)	Joel McNeely	J. A. C. Redford Alan Silvestri (themes)	TBA	Michael Tavera	Yoshihisa Suzuki (seasons 1 and 2) Kōtarō Nakagawa (season 3) Thorsten Laewe (international edit, all seasons)	Michael Tavera [22] Stephen James Taylor [23]	Christopher Tin
Editor(s)	Darren T. Holmes	Tony Mizgalski	William J. Caparella	Tony Mizgalski		N/A			Robert Cole
Production company(ies)	Disney Feature Animation Florida [24]	Walt Disney Television Animation [25]	Disneytoon Studios [25] Disney Animation Australia [26]	Walt Disney Television Animation [27]	Walt Disney Pictures Rideback Blue Koala Pictures, Inc.	Walt Disney Television Animation [28]	Madhouse (seasons 1 and 2) Shin-Ei Animation (season 3 and post-series specials)	Anhui Xinhua Media Panimation Hwakai Media	Toonacious Family Entertainment
Distributor	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution	Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment		Buena Vista Television Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment	Disney+	N/A			Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Runtime	85 minutes	64 minutes	68 minutes	72 minutes	TBA	22 minutes per episode	22 minutes per episode (international edit; regular episodes only)	22 minutes per episode	4 minutes
Released	June 21, 2002	August 26, 2003	August 30, 2005	June 23, 2006		September 20, 2003 – July 29, 2006	Series: October 8, 2008 – June 19, 2011 Specials: June 16, 2012, and August 7, 2005	March 27 – April 6, 2017	August 30, 2005

Comics

Comic Zone: Lilo & Stitch

From 2002 to 2006, Disney Adventures released a number of comic strip tie-ins to the franchise. These include prequel comics set before the original film (which include the first appearances of later major character Experiment 625/Reuben, who has a teal coloration in these comics), additional comics set around the time of the film, comics set during the events of Lilo & Stitch: The Series, comics set around the time of Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, and comics set during the events of Leroy & Stitch. On March 7, 2006, Disney Press published a collection of Lilo & Stitch comic strips that were originally published from 2002 to 2005 as Comic Zone, Volume 1: Disney's Lilo & Stitch, ^[29] the first of four volumes compiling various strips that featured in the "Comic Zone" section of Disney Adventures.

Stitch & the Samurai (2020)

Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc

Aggregate scores

Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	71.67% [42]
Metacritic	66/100 [43]

Review scores

Publication	Score
GameZone	7.5/10 [44]
Nintendo Power	3/5 [45]

Disney's Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc (titled simply Disney's Lilo & Stitch 2 in Europe and Disney's Lilo and Stitch in Japan) ^[46] is an action-platform game developed by Climax Studios and published by Disney Interactive Studios for Game Boy Advance on October 12, 2004. Hämsterviel Havoc is the sole tie-in game for Lilo & Stitch: The Series and a standalone sequel to the Lilo & Stitch game released on the same platform in 2002. While the game is primarily a platform game, the player has the chance to play as other characters and vehicle segments. The game was met with average to mixed reception, as GameRankings gave it 71.67% based on 6 reviews, ^[42] while Metacritic gave it 66 out of 100 based on 4 reviews. ^[43]

Disney Stitch Jam (2009)

Cover of Disney Stitch Jam for Nintendo DS.

Disney Stitch Jam, known in Japan as Stitch! DS: Ohana to Rhythm de Daibouken (スティッチ！DS オハナとリズムで大冒険（だいぼうけん）, Stitch! DS: A Great Adventure of Ohana and Rhythm), is a rhythm video game developed by Cattle Call and published by Disney Interactive Studios. The first video game based on the Stitch! anime series, it was released in Japan on December 3, 2009, in North America on March 23, 2010, and in Europe on March 26. Different from past Lilo & Stitch adaptations, Disney Stitch Jam has players taking control of Stitch and some of his cousins in a variety of missions set in space, out on the seas, and in a variety of areas by touching musical notes and exclamation marks. In the game's story, Angel (X-624) gets kidnapped by Gantu and Hämsterviel, and Stitch has to rescue her by traveling into ten worlds. Stitch is the main playable character, while Angel, Reuben (X-625) and Felix (X-010) are unlockable.

NGamer gave the game a review score of 44% in their May 2010 issue. ^[47] Common Sense Media's Chad Sapieha gave the game 4 out of 5 stars, calling the gameplay "polished and fun", and praising the game's visuals and sound, but criticizing the game's short length. ^[48] On release week, Famitsu scored the game a 28 out of 40 across all four reviews. ^[49]

Motto! Stitch! DS: Rhythm de Rakugaki Daisakusen (2010)

Cover of Motto! Stitch! DS: Rhythm de Rakugaki Daisakusen for Nintendo DS.

Motto! Stitch! DS: Rhythm de Rakugaki Daisakusen ♪ (もっと！スティッチ！DS リズムでラクガキ大作戦♪, lit.More! Stitch! DS: Great Mission to Doodle in Rhythm), is a rhythm video game and a sequel to Disney Stitch Jam. It was developed by Cattle Call (the developer of the first game) and published by Disney Interactive Studios. Like the first game, it is also based on the Stitch! anime series, although this game is based on the show's third season, Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~. It was released in Japan on November 18, 2010. This game was not released in North America or Europe.

This game has the same gameplay as its prequel, Disney Stitch Jam, and has more new features, characters, and experiments. This game is a modified engine of its prequel. Players can enjoy the rhythmic action of Stitch, who has a magic microphone that can draw his drawings on the air for decorations and traveling (which resembles and is a parody of Doraemon's secret tool, "Air Crayon"). Players can also dress up characters like Stitch and Angel. On release week, Famitsu scored the game a 30 out of 40 across all four reviews. ^[50]

Bomberman: Disney Stitch Edition (2010)

Bomberman: Disney Stitch Edition (ディズニー スティッチ ボンバーマン, lit. Disney Stitch Bomberman) is a spin-off of the Bomberman franchise for the i-mode mobile internet platform developed by Hudson Soft and distributed by D2 Communications. ^{[51] [52] [53]} Based on Stitch!, it was released for free under the DoCo DeMo Game banner in 2010 exclusively in Japan. ^{[51] [52] [53]}

Other appearances

• A 2004 EyeToy party game called Disney Move included a Lilo & Stitch-themed minigame.
• The franchise has been used in the Kingdom Hearts series:
  • In Kingdom Hearts II (2005) and III (2019), ^[54] Stitch may be summoned alongside Sora to aid him in battles.
  • Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (2010) features characters and the outer space environment from the franchise.
• In Disney Friends (2007), players can voice and touch to control the actions and emotional behaviors of the game's characters, which includes Stitch.
• In Disney Universe (2011), Stitch costumes are available in the game.
• Stitch appears in the Tomorrowland area of Disneyland in Kinect: Disneyland Adventures (2011) as a meet-and-greet character, and like other characters in the game, he gives the player character quests to complete.
• Lilo & Stitch is referenced in the Disney Infinity series (2013–2016):
  • In the first game (2013), two Lilo & Stitch-themed power discs were released in which players can use Stitch's plasma blasters and the "Hangin' Ten Stitch with Surfboard", a hoverboard with a miniature Stitch figure in front.
  • In Disney Infinity 2.0 (2014), Stitch is a playable character, while the Lilo & Stitch franchise is tied into a Toy Box Expansion Game; a tower defense titled Stitch's Tropical Rescue, which features Agent Pleakley in cutscenes and voice-over. Several in-game toys related to the franchise were also added to the game series. He is part of the non-Marvel 2.0 Edition Toy Box starter pack, alongside Merida from Pixar's Brave . ^[55] As with other playable characters in the series, Stitch can also be used in Disney Infinity 3.0 (2015).
• Both title characters of the franchise appear in the Nintendo 3DS life simulation game Disney Magical World (2013) and its sequel (2015), with the latter game also featuring Jumba, Pleakley, and a world based on the franchise.
• In an April 2017 update to Disney Crossy Road , Lilo & Stitch became a playable world. Over fifteen original film characters are featured in the game. ^[56]
• In Disney crossover games developed and published by Gameloft:
  • In an April 2018 update to Disney Magic Kingdoms , seven Lilo & Stitch characters (Lilo, Stitch, Nani, Jumba, Pleakley, Cobra Bubbles, and Angel), several attractions based on franchise-related locations and other elements were added to the game as part of a limited time event. ^[57] The event features an original storyline based on the films and Lilo & Stitch: The Series that involves the Lilo & Stitch characters.
  • In Disney Dreamlight Valley , Stitch (who was added in a December 2022 update during the game's early access period) ^[58] appears as one of the villagers of the titular Dreamlight Valley. It's revealed after completing a series of quests that takes ten days to complete that he fled the valley during "the Forgetting" to find help. After he returns to the valley, he resides in a house that resembles his and Lilo's bedroom dome on the outside but resembles a condensed version of the Pelekais' home on the inside. Various Lilo & Stitch-themed furniture, design motifs, and other items can also be unlocked.
  • Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, Captain Gantu, and Angel were added to Disney Speedstorm as playable characters on August 1, 2023, for the game's third season of content updates, its last season in early access. ^[59] The season also added a track environment based on the franchise's depiction of Kauaʻi and several other characters, all of whom apart from Reuben originally debuted in the original film, as crew members.

Theme park attractions

Various Lilo & Stitch-themed attractions have opened in Disney theme parks.

Stitch's Great Escape!

Stitch's Great Escape! was a "theatre in the round" show that opened on November 16, 2004, in Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort as a replacement for the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter. It last operated on January 6, 2018, and confirmed by Disney officials to be closed on July 16, 2020.

Stitch's Supersonic Celebration

Stitch's Supersonic Celebration was a short-lived stage show that ran from May 6, 2009, to June 27, 2009, at Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort.

Stitch Encounter

Stitch Encounter is an interactive show similar to Turtle Talk with Crush that opened in 2006 at Hong Kong Disneyland at the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. Other versions of the attraction opened Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris (as Stitch Live!) in 2008, Tokyo Disneyland at Tokyo Disney Resort in Spring 2015, and Shanghai Disneyland Park at Shanghai Disney Resort in 2016. The original version in Hong Kong closed in 2016, and no versions of this attraction have ever opened at either American Disney resort.

The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai!

The Enchanted Tiki Room: Stitch Presents Aloha e Komo Mai! is a "theatre in the round" Audio-Animatronics show that opened in 2008 in Tokyo Disneyland at Tokyo Disney Resort, and is the fourth incarnation of The Enchanted Tiki Room.

In other media

Both Lilo and Stitch appeared in Once Upon a Studio (2023).

Reception

The original Lilo & Stitch film received positive critical reviews, while the direct-to-video and television sequels received mixed to negative reception.

Each film is linked to the "Critical reception" section of its article

Film	Critical		Public
	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore
Lilo & Stitch	86% (147 reviews) [60]	73 (30 reviews) [61]	A [62]
Stitch! The Movie	20% (5 reviews) [63]	—	—
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch	40% (10 reviews) [64]	—	—
Leroy & Stitch	40% (5 reviews) [65]	—	—

Notes

1. Japanese: スティッチ!, Hepburn: Suticchi!
2. In this series' native Japan, only the first season is titled Stitch!; internationally, all three seasons carry the singular Stitch! name.
3. Episode counts for each of the Stitch! anime's three seasons include their post-season special episodes, which are treated as regular episodes in the international edit and on Disney+ in Japan.
4. Titled Stitch! ~The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure~ (スティッチ! ～いたずらエイリアンの大冒険～, Sutitchi! ~Itazura Eirian no Daibōken~) in its native Japan.
5. Titled Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~ (スティッチ! ～ずっと最高のトモダチ～, Sutitchi! ~Zutto Saikō no Tomodachi~) in its native Japan.
6. Known collectively as Stitch! New Specials, which features Stitch and the Planet of Sand (スティッチと砂の惑星, Sutitchi to Suna no Wakusei) and Stitch! Perfect Memory (スティッチ！パーフェクト・メモリー, Sutitchi! Pāfekuto Memorī), the latter also called Stitch! A Perfect Memory in English promotional material.
7. Chinese :安玲与史迪奇; pinyin :Ān líng yǔ shǐ dí qí; lit.'An Ling and Stitch'
8. Except for Stitch! Perfect Memory; Pleakley's English voice actor in that special is unknown, as the special used the original Japanese credits for all regions.
9. Zoe Caldwell was listed as a voice talent in the game's credits, ^[20] having provided the Councilwoman's voice. The character and Caldwell's lines would have been used in the game's final cutscene, ^[21] but they were ultimately cut from the final release.
10. Named "Aleka" in Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch; Elena, Teresa, and Yuki all received different names in the film, but only Teresa's differing name was revealed.

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