Lilo Pelekai

Lilo Pelekai
Background information
Feature films	Lilo & Stitch Stitch! The Movie Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch has a Glitch Leroy and Stitch
Television programs	Lilo & Stitch: The Series Stitch! A Poem Is... It's A Small World: The Animated Series (cameo)
Video games	Lilo & Stitch (PS1) Lilo & Stitch (GBA) Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise Lilo & Stitch 2: Hämsterviel Havoc Meteos: Disney Magic Kinect Disneyland Adventures (mentioned only) Disney Magical World Disney INFINITY 2.0 (townsperson)
Park attractions	It's A Small World Fantasmic! Celebrate a Dreams Come True Parade Disney Stars and Motorcars Parade World of Color Lilo's Luau & Fun Stitch Encounter Celebrate the Magic
Animators	Lilo & Stitch: Andreas Deja Lilo & Stitch 2: Kevin Peaty (supervising animator)
Voice	Daveigh Chase (2002-2006) Dakota Fanning (Stitch Has a Glitch and Disney Magical World) Madison Pettis (2007-2013) Mariel Sheets (2014-present) Miley Cyrus (singing) Melissa Fahn (child, Stitch! English dub) Tara Strong (adult; in the episode "Skip") Gwendoline Yeo (in Stitch!, adult; English)
Honors and awards	15 greatest Disney Heroine (Ultimate Disney) Annie Award for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (Daveigh Chase)
Character information
Full name	Lilo Alina Pelekai
Other names	Little Girl (referred to by Jumba) Weirdlo (referred to by Mertle Edmonds and her friends) Earth Girl (referred to by Hamsterviel and Gantu) Lulu (referred to by Ashley Spinelli; briefly)
Personality	(before) Bored, sad, depressed (after) Heroic, sweet, polite, courageous, brave, bold, spirited, clever, highly eccentric, lovable (both) cute, beautiful
Appearance	Small and slender, slightly plump, 4½ (later 5 to 6 to 7 to 8) years old, tan skin, long shiny black hair, brown eyes (in her traditional form) red or mint-green muumuu with white patterned leaves, white panties, either barefoot or dark blue sandals, sometimes wears a pink flower in her hair (in her hula form) red or seafoam bandeau top, green grass skirt, leaf wristlets, and anklets, pink flower, barefoot (in her bedtime form) turquoise short-sleeved nightgown, barefoot (in her swimming form) yellow one-piece swimsuit with orange hairlines, barefoot (in her reunion form with Stitch) seafoam glittering tank dress, barefoot (as a princess) royal seafoam ball gown, shoes, silk gloves, and bloomers, both gold tiara and necklace
Birthday	September 1996
Occupation	Ambassador to Earth Sole guardian of Stitch and his "cousins"
Affiliations	Minnie Mouse, Alice Liddell, Wendy Darling, Olivia Flaversham, Kairi, Amy Rose, Kilala Reno, Susan Test, Namine, Viper, Rapunzel, Jim Crow, Fat Crow, Preacher Crow, Straw Hat Crow, Timothy Q. Mouse, Glasses Crow, Dumbo, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Sunset Shimmer, Spike, Danny Cat, Gideon, Peter Pan, Fievel Mousekewitz, Stitch, Ventus, Knuckles the Echidna, Rei, Gil Nexdor, Sora, Crane, Flynn Rider
Goal	To stay with Nani (first film) To save Stitch from himself (sequel) To save Jumba's first 625 experiments and redeem them (TV series)
Home	Her house in Kauai, Hawaii
Relatives	Unnamed parents (deceased) Nani (older sister) David Kawena (presumed brother-in-law; Stitch! only) Ani Pelekai (daughter; Stitch! only)
Pets	Stitch ("dog")
Allies	Minnie Mouse, Alice Liddell, Wendy Darling, Olivia Flaversham, Kairi, Amy Rose, Kilala Reno, Susan Test, Namine, Viper, Rapunzel, Jim Crow, Fat Crow, Preacher Crow, Straw Hat Crow, Timothy Q. Mouse, Glasses Crow, Dumbo, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Sunset Shimmer, Spike, Danny Cat, Gideon, Peter Pan, Fievel Mousekewitz, Stitch, Ventus, Knuckles the Echidna, Rei, Gil Nexdor, Sora, Crane, Flynn Rider, Nani, David, Jumba Jookiba, Pleakley, Pudge, Reuben, Angel, Captain Gantu, Sparky, Victoria, Elena, Teresa, and Yuki (sometimes)
Minions	Minnie Mouse, Alice Liddell, Wendy Darling, Olivia Flaversham, Kairi, Amy Rose, Kilala Reno, Susan Test, Namine, Viper, Rapunzel, Jim Crow, Fat Crow, Preacher Crow, Straw Hat Crow, Timothy Q. Mouse, Glasses Crow, Dumbo, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Sunset Shimmer, Spike
Enemies	Dr. Hämsterviel, Leroy, Captain Gantu (formerly), Reuben (formerly), Jumba Jookiba (formerly), Pleakley (formerly), Mertle Edmonds (usually), Elena, Teresa and Yuki (usually), Evile (627) Dr. Drakken, Shego
Likes	Friends, her "ohana", Elvis Presley, Regis Philbin, hula dancing, horror/sci-fi movies, movie monsters, her doll Scrump, anything that can be considered weird
Dislikes	Bad luck, rules, clowns, broccoli, haunted houses, Mertle's treachery, Gantu (formerly), Stitch's destructive behavior, Nani scolding her, being too young for something, being considered weird, being doubted, being alienated by her friends, being told that she's crazy, being told that she'll never be like her mother
Weapons	Broom, tribal spears
Fate	Stays with Stitch and his cousins as a huge "ohana" Grows up, goes off to college, and raises her daughter (in Stitch!)
Quote	"Ohana means family and family means no one gets left behind or forgotten." "Put him down, you big dummy!" "My friends need to be punished." "I'm sorry I bit you...and pulled your hair...and punched you in the face."

Lilo Alina Pelekai (first name pronounced LEE-loh) is the main deuteragonist of Disney's 2002 animated film Lilo & Stitch and its subsequent sequels and television series. Lilo (meaning "lost" in Hawaiian) is a young Hawaiian girl who lives on the island of Kauai with her big sister Nani and her extended family of alien visitors marooned on Earth.

She is voiced by Daveigh Chase in most of her appearances, Dakota Fanning in Stitch Has a Glitch, Tara Strong as an adult in the TV series episode "Skip", then Madison Pettis, and now Mariel Sheets, who also voiced Sally Brown in "Peanuts (2015 film)".

Background

Lilo is an adorable, sweet and very beautiful 4½-year-old (5 at the end of Lilo & Stitch) Hawaiian girl with long, straight black hair and brown eyes. She's most often seen wearing a red and white muumuu, white panties and sandals, but also wears other warm-weather clothing as well as traditional hula costumes. She also appears to be a little on the chubby side. In Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, her reflection in a mirror is compared to a picture of her mother when she has her age, suggesting that they look similar. In the episode "Skip", where an experiment is used to skip time, it's mentioned that the older Lilo looks a lot like her sister Nani. By the end of Leroy & Stitch, Lilo is almost 8 years old.

Personality

Despite her cuteness and beauty, Lilo's spirited and highly-eccentric personality, especially in light of her parents' death, has alienated her from her fellow children (whom she still considers to be her friends, despite them maltreating her), yet she makes the perfect best friend for Stitch, an alien experiment whom she adopts as her dog. Lilo attends Hula school and her hobbies include the photography of obese people, talking about creatures from horror/sci-fi movies and capturing and rehabilitating Jumba's evil genetic experiments. She also idolizes the king of Rock and Roll: Elvis Presley.

Friends

Lilo's friends are mostly Stitch, Victoria and Keoni. Lilo's ex-friends were Mertle Edmonds, Yuki, Tracey, and Elena. The reason why Lilo's friends became her ex-friends is because her parents died and they didn't seem to show sympathy when she was explaining it to them. Victoria and Lilo's ex-friends are all students in their hula class. Reuben and Gantu became friends with Lilo by the end of Leroy and Stitch.

Family

Lilo's parents died in a car accident some time before Lilo & Stitch (it is suggested that rain made road conditions treacherous) and, therefore, they have not appeared in the franchise apart from three photographs: one of Lilo, Nani and their parents having a picnic on the beach; a photograph of Lilo's mother winning the Hula contest at her school's May Day celebration and a photo of Nani with her parents when she graduated to intermediate Hula.

Lilo's mother is depicted as beautiful, kind and loving (and perhaps eccentric like her younger daughter), as well as an excellent hula dancer. She would placate her children by holding a family night, singing lullabies and making up funny constellations. Lilo's father played the ukulele and was the one who coined the phrase "Ohana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten"—that phrase becomes a sort of family motto for his daughters and their intergalactic adopted clan.

Lilo loves and misses her parents very much. She keeps a picture of them under her pillow and initially would not allow Stitch to touch it (rejecting him when his fight with Jumba caused her house and the picture to become damaged). In the episode "Remmy", which takes place on the anniversary of the accident, Lilo is depressed and takes a nap to help deal with her sadness. The picture is used to turn Lilo's nightmares into a dream of the day the photograph was taken, which manages to make her happy again.

Lilo writes a thank you note to an "Uncle Joe" in "Glitch/Woops". Otherwise, Lilo and Nani are the only known living members of the Pelekai family.

The development of Lilo's ohana (extended family) begins with the adoption of Stitch in Lilo & Stitch. Though Lilo technically owns Stitch by Hawaiian state law, the relationship between the two is more like siblings and best friends. By the end of the series, Lilo's extended ohana includes Nani, "Uncle" Jumba , "Aunt" Pleakley, David, Cobra Bubbles, the Grand Councilwoman, all 627 (627 and 628 was shown dehydrated in the episode of 627, although it could be argued that he still counts) of Stitch's "Cousins" and Gantu.

Appearances

Lilo & Stitch

Lilo is first seen in the film running late for her hula class. After causing some of her classmates to slip and explaining her strange reasons for being late (feeding Pudge), she gets into a fight with Mertle Edmonds and classes are ended early for the day as a result, to her dismay. Rejected again by Mertle and her friends, she heads back home by herself and, feeling depressed, starts listening to "Heartbreak Hotel". Nani arrives trying frantically to get ready for a visit from social worker Cobra Bubbles that ends up turning out disastrously. Lilo and Nani get into a fight, make up and Lilo spots a shooting star (Stitch's starship) and makes a wish for "an angel" to be her friend. The next day, Lilo and Nani visit the local animal shelter, where Lilo meets and adopts Stitch.

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch has a Glitch

Lilo is preparing for an important Hula recital just as Stitch's behavior becomes darker to the point where they have a serious argument. Oblivious to Lilo, Stitch is dying and Jumba and Pleakley are working on a solution with a machine. After yet another argument, Lilo abandons Stitch and decides to do her hula alone. At the recital, she begins to fear for Stitch and leaves to search for him, with Nani, David, Pleakley and Jumba following behind. They search and communicate with him via phone. He's taken Jumba's ship to leave for an unknown galaxy, but crashes during one of his glitches. Lilo finds him unconscious on the peak of a mountain. Stitch is placed in the machine, but is believed to be dead. Lilo mourns for her departed friend, but out of nowhere, Stitch is revived. Lilo and her Ohana have their own hula recital centered on how love is more powerful than death.

Stitch! The Movie

In this film, Lilo teaches Stitch about cousins but during a day at the beach, Stitch is unable to befriend anyone. Back at the house, Lilo tries to cheer up Stitch right before Jumba is kidnapped by Gantu. Lilo and Stitch learn why he was captured—Gantu's new boss Dr. Hämsterviel wants the other 625 experiments (as Stitch is the 626th) who have been dehydrated into the form of pods. Lilo refuses to give the experiments, as they are Stitch's family. Jumba still needs to be saved, so Lilo and Stitch unleash one of the experiments. Experiment 221 is activated through the use of water—the lightning bolt-like experiment runs loose, prompting Lilo and Stitch to chase after him. They give up for the night, but the next morning, they set off again, finally retrieving and befriending him. Lilo names him "Sparky" and heads to the lighthouse where Cobra Bubbles and Pleakley are about to trade the other experiments for Jumba's freedom. While Jumba is freed, the experiments are taken, but Lilo, Stitch and Sparky board Hämsterviel's ship. They rescue the other experiments, who are now scattered all over Hawaii. Back on Earth, Sparky re-powers the old lighthouse and claims it as his home while Lilo and Stitch become experiment-hunters, setting out to find all the remaining experiments so they too can be turned from bad to good and given a place where they belong.

Lilo and Stitch: The series

Lilo and Stitch have become full-time experiment-hunters. In the series, Lilo has decided to name all the experiments. They meet various experiments along the way, some having large impacts on their lives while others are a grab and go. Nearly everyday, they battle Gantu for the experiments. Aside from the hunting, Lilo falls in love with a local boy named Keoni Jameson (throughout the course of the series, she sometimes uses the experiments to impress him in some way). She also meets a new friend named Victoria who had just moved to town. Despite being a human with no powerful abilities, Lilo is viewed as a large threat to the plans and ambitions of the series' villains. She often refers to Gantu as "The Big Dummy", whilst he refers to her as "The Little Earth Girl".

The series also depicts Lilo as being rather mischievous as well, often resulting in her and Stitch getting into trouble with Nani and other adults around the island.

Leroy and Stitch

Lilo, Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley are being awarded by the Grand Councilwoman as they have successfully retrieved all of the genetic experiments and turned them from bad to good. Lilo becomes the caretaker of the experiments in Hawaii, Pleakley is given a position at the Galactic Alliance Community College, Jumba is given access to his lab again and Stitch becomes the captain of the Big Red Battleship. The friends are now given the choice to fulfill their dreams or stay together. Unfortunately for Lilo, the aliens depart, leaving Lilo and Nani. After a few days, Jumba is held captive by Dr. Hamsterviel to finish an experiment, who Hamsterviel names "Leroy". Lilo tries to communicate with Stitch, but he, Pleakley and Jumba have been captured by Leroy. Lilo goes to the only one who has the technology to reach her friends—625, who is soon named "Reuben". Together, they learn about Leroy and head to the Grand Councilwoman, who has been demoted to Hämsterviel's secretary. Lilo and Reuben are imprisoned by Gantu, but later freed when Gantu has a change of heart. They reunite with Stitch and set off to Earth in order to save the captured experiments. A battle ensues between the experiments and Leroy and his clones. Lilo, Stitch, Reuben and other experiments rally together to defeat the villains by singing "Aloha 'Oe" (during Leroy's creation, the song was playing and if heard again, Leroy and the clones would be shut down). The plan is successful. Back at the Galactic Alliance, Lilo and her friends reunite, choosing to give up their awards and return to Hawaii together. There, they, along with Nani, David, Mertle and all the other experiments come together to take a family photo.

Kingdom Keepers

Lilo has yet to appear in the books, though she is mentioned in the fifth book. Here, when Finn is at Typhoon Lagoon, a cast member gives him a surf board and tells him Lilo told her to give it to him.

Disney Parks

Lilo posing for a photo at Hong Kong Disneyland

Lilo appears along with Stitch at Disney parks around the world as a meetable character, as well as on the Disney Cruise Line ships.

Lilo is also featured in Disneyland Paris' Disney's Stars 'n' Cars parade and Merlin and the Witch Academy during Halloween. Lilo is also present on the Disney Fantasy cruise ship were she and Stitch hula to Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride in the show "Wishes". Lilo appears with Stitch on a surfboard in the tropics scene of the Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland versions of Its a Small World. In the Disney's Hollywood Studios version of Fantasmic!, Lilo is seen in the finale onboard the Steamboat Willie riverboat.

Lilo appears briefly with Stitch and Nani during the finale of World of Color.

Lilo makes a brief vocal appearance in the attraction Stitch Live. When she hears reports of Gantu's space cruiser being stolen by Stitch, she gives him a call on his cell phone to make sure. However, with the help of the audience, Stitch is able to trick her.

Gallery

Lilo with Stitch.

Trivia

• Despite not appearing in the show itself (as the show was out one year before the movie came out), Lilo was featured in some online games for the television series House of Mouse.
• Lilo is the second female child to have black hair. The first being Melody, the third being Vanellope von Schweetz.
• Lilo is the fourth heroine to be seen praying. The first was Snow White, the second was Penny, and the third was Esmeralda. However, the movie has her instead saying that she is "making a wish" instead of praying, though this may have been a ruse to get Nani out of her room.
• On Lilo's easel a toy Dumbo can be seen.
• Lilo shares several similarities with Belle from Beauty and the Beast, as both are considered outcasts by other people because they have different beliefs and interests. Both also befriended something that was considered a vicious monster (Stitch and Beast) and gradually developed a close bond. Both were also locked up by the antagonist (Gantu and Gaston) who saw their friends as monsters until they were freed later. Both also share a love for certain fiction (Belle's love for books and stories, Lilo's love for movies and sci-fi). However, Lilo was not the love interest/lust object of the villain character, primarily because she is much too young in her movie and he was a different species.
• She is also similar to Vanellope for the same reasons.