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David Kawena is a supporting character in the Lilo & Stitch franchise. He is Nani's on-and-off boyfriend and a good friend to Nani's little sister Lilo.
Abilities and talents[]
Fire juggling:
Surfing:
Swimming:
Bodybuilding and muscle growth: David is shown to have huge muscles, and seems to get bigger and huge each time they are displayed, and growing at almost pure will.
Trivia[]
- David is a minor supporting character; he is Nani's best friend and her love interest. David hopes to someday be her boyfriend, and Nani clearly reciprocates his feelings, but she has her hands full, and for now he is content with helping her and Lilo in whatever way he can. David is nice – a bit goofy, as you would expect from a surfer in basically any movie – but it is good to see that the sisters have some sort of support system beyond each other. With the family drama cleared up and the Pelekais finally having some space to breathe again, Nani and David are finally allowed to be together at the end of the film.
- Even though David acts like a general big-brother figure to Lilo throughout the whole surfing montage, he does act so fatherly and protective to her when a few instances:
- He clenches his fist, so Lilo grabs his forearm, and he carries her to his surfboard before placing her on it.
- When they reach up in the air, Lilo was excitedly open for his arms and they both dive in the water together.
- The moment when Nani grabs Lilo and tosses her to David in his arms, he tosses her in the air and rocks her body like a baby, even tickling her in the belly from her one-piece swimsuit.
- He and Nani play with Lilo by swinging her back and forth on the beach just like actual parents, and they build an impressive sandcastle over her body.
- After Nani notices Cobra Bubbles approaching them, she hands Lilo to David as he becomes so worried about her, and when he holds her in his arms, he felt like she is hugging him in sadness.
- David Kawena displays big brother instinct with Lilo, and Stitch, as a spear counterpart to Nani, diving into the ocean to rescue Lilo and Stitch from drowning after Jumba unsuccessfully tries to capture Stitch, and making at least two trips to bring Lilo's ʻohana and the aliens to the mainland after Stitch defeats Gantu.
- Just like Lilo was late for hula class in the beginning while soaking wet in her one-piece swimsuit, David got himself covered in soot while accidentally let the stage go on fire.
- In the first Lilo & Stitch movie, Nani's love interest David doesn't put on a shirt until the epilogue, and even then only because it was snowing.
- David surfs in his downtime, and when he sees how gloomy Nani and Lilo are after the failure montage, he cheers them up by asking if they want to join him. They do, and Stitch tags along as well.
- As a supporting character, David has been known to be helpful to the Pelekai sisters:
- He supports Nani and Lilo through thick and thin because he knows she's struggling, he never pushes Nani into a relationship, respects her decision when she rejects him because she has to provide for Lilo, he saves Stitch even after he believes the latter almost drowned Lilo, and he finds Nani a job at nearly the last minute, all without expecting anything in return. He's such a general nice guy.
- Lilo actually supports the relationship between David and Nani. In any other movie, David would see Lilo as a threat and try to get rid of her so he can be with Nani or he would be turned off by Nani once he learns she's a guardian. Instead, David fully accepts that Lilo is Nani's top priority and he maintains a positive relationship with Lilo because he understands it's a package deal and he won't insert himself into either of their lives without their permission or comfort. This makes it clear that he understands Nani's struggle and wants to help her as much as he can.
- The credits actually reveal that Nani and David did eventually go out together and they appear to be having a good time. So, it's not only nice to see that David and Nani are enjoying each other's company, but it's also nice to see Nani actually socializing in her free time after handling the responsibility of raising Lilo at the ripe old age of 19. In fact, when David asked her out at the Luau, he phrases it in a way that implies that he's doing this both as a romantic gesture and a friendship gesture, implying very early on that should Nani have accepted the offer, he would have been happy to have just taken her away from the stresses of her life, even if just for a little while.
- After Lilo lifted his spirits by saying that "Nani likes your butt and fancy hair", David was pleased when Nani thinks his hair is fancy, which carries the implication that David knows his butt looks good but was worried if she would like his hair.
- In the TV series episode "Cannonball", we learn in this episode that both David and Lilo had frequently snuck into the Birds of Paradise Hotel swimming pool numerous times.