She also idolizes Elvis Presley and often does not seem to understand that her eccentricities cause her to be an outcast from most of the other children. She attends hula school and her hobbies include the photography of obese tourists, talking about creatures from horror/sci-fi movies, and capturing and rehabilitating Jumba's evil genetic experiments. But when the Pelekais' house got destroyed, Lilo was about to be taken to foster care and her family photo got ruined, Lilo became so bitter towards Stitch that she wanted him to get out of her life, showing that she has breaking points as well. Lilo was patient and faithful towards Stitch throughout the film, even after he causes Nani to lose her jobs and nearly drowns her. Lilo is emotionally sensitive and usually cries whenever she's really hurt or if something bad happens to someone she loves and cares for (mainly Nani or Stitch), having been emotionally scarred by losing her parents at such a young age. Lilo's spirited and highly eccentric personality, especially in light of her parents' death, has alienated her from her fellow children (whom she oddly still considers her friends despite them mistreating her and openly admitting that they hate her and don't want her around), yet Lilo makes the perfect best friend for Stitch, an alien experiment whom she adopts, initially believing he is a "dog" (although he actually bears more of a resemblance to a koala, which is pointed out several times). With Nani being of age by the time of the tragedy, she was dubbed Lilo's legal guardian. On a rainy night, Lilo and Nani's parents were killed in a car accident, leaving the two sisters orphaned. Lilo is a seven-year-old girl living on the island of Kauai with her older sister, Nani.
2.2 Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch.Bubbles plays the bigger role throughout the story, even though he face heel turns at the end (bizarrely, I might add), he's the movie's primary villain. He's more like a reason for an action-climax.
Now you might argue that it's Captain Gantu, since he's the guy they fight at the end, but he doesn't play any active role as an obstacle. The theme is belonging, and that's illustrated by the person who's preventing them from getting what they want: Agent Cobra Bubbles. What do they want? Lilo wants to be accepted, and so does Stitch, once he learns he has no purpose. But with a little observation and deduction, we can figure out a villain.įirst, who is the protagonist? We got two: Lilo and Stitch. No Maleficents or Ursulas here folks, just good, clean family values. Lilo & Stitch seems to be the start of a trend of Disney movies without a clear antagonist, to be followed by "Brother Bear" and "Chicken Little". Or when Stitch speaks for the first time. Which is a shame, because there are some nice moments, like when Lilo throws her doll on the ground, but then runs back and hugs it. There's long periods of nothing but surfing, characters that don't have an impact on the plot, and convenient coincidences.
The film feels like a cartoon for the Disney Afternoon, not a full feature picture. I got no damn idea who the villain is supposed to be in this movie.