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Entry #42 in the [[Disney Animated Canon]], this 2002
▲{{quote| ''"Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind, or forgotten."''}}
▲Entry #42 in the [[Disney Animated Canon]], this 2002, 2-D animated film was critically acclaimed when it came out, though its box office performance suffered due to competition with ''[[Minority Report (Film)|Minority Report]]'' and the [[Live Action Adaptation]] of ''[[Scooby Doo (Film)|Scooby Doo]]''. Set mainly in the lush Hawaiian island of Kauai, this movie was a significant breakaway for Disney on many counts, including an unconventional protagonist, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|"inter-STITCH-al"]] trailers, the lack of a real villain and the score drawn from home-grown Hawaiian songs and artists - and, of course, Elvis. Unlike other Disney animated films, Disney was hands-off the creative development and did not interfere with the story- director Chris Sanders wanted the film to reflect his own drawing style, and he wrote the entire draft along with his directing partner Dean DeBlois.
[[Parental Abandonment|Recent orphans of a car accident]], sisters Nani and Lilo are practically alone in the world except for each other. [[Cloudcuckoolander|Lilo, often lost in her own world]], neither understands nor is understood by her hula classmates, and [[Promotion to Parent|Nani, trying to be responsible]], wants to strangle Lilo about as often as hug her. Unbeknownst to them, Dr. Jumba Jookiba, [[Mad Scientist|the maddest scientist to splice genetics this side of the Milky Way]], stands trial for having created, illegally, a new life form (actually 626 life forms, but it is the 626th that we're concerned with). Stitch has a vast capacity for knowledge, spectacular combat abilities, and a programmed instinct to destroy anything he comes across. Escaping from the United Galactic Federation, Stitch takes a shortcut to the closest planet, which is 70% water (important because he is too dense to swim) - and miraculously lands on the bitty archipelago in the middle of the Pacific, the island of Kauai. He adopts Lilo as readily as Lilo adopts him; however, while Lilo wants a companion, Stitch wants a human shield to deter Dr. Jumba, who is hot on his trail, with the help of neurotic Agent Pleakley. However, Stitch [[Becoming the Mask|inadvertently learns]] the meaning of'' 'ohana'': "''[[No One Gets Left Behind|Ohana]]'' [[No One Gets Left Behind|means]] ''[[No One Gets Left Behind|family]]''. ''[[No One Gets Left Behind|Family]]'' [[No One Gets Left Behind|means, no one gets left behind or forgotten]]." In other words, [[True Companions]].
The film was both a massive critical and financial success - [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Stitch]] quickly skyrocketed into being one of the most popular characters in the [[Disney Animated Canon]], and it launched the directorial career of Chris Sanders and Dean
The idea of 625 other experiments by Jumba was inevitably too tempting ''not'' to develop into ''[[Lilo
During the creation of the series another DTV film was made. This one was called ''Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch Has A Glitch''. This movie takes place shortly after the original film, effectively acting as a direct sequel, and before ''Stitch! The Movie''. In it, we discover that Stitch was never fully charged during his creation and suffers fits that revert him to his original programming. Unless he is recharged, he will shut down permanently. ''Lilo and Stitch 2'' was originally slated for a theatrical release, but the poor returns from ''Jungle Book 2'' made Disney reconsider just as the movie was complete and had it released straight to video. The fact that none of the other experiments are mentioned nor Gantu is shown as well as the high production values make this pretty obvious that it was meant to be theatrical. Also included on the DVD was a short film, ''The Origin of Stitch'', which also takes place before ''Stitch! The Movie''.
Stitch's habit of sneaking into other shows and platforms resulted not just in the movie's teaser trailers, but also in a short cameo in ''[[
An [[Anime]] series, ''[[Stitch!
▲[[Lilo and Stitch (Disney)/Characters|Now has a character sheet]].
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=== The original film provides examples of: ===
* [[Adult Fear]]:
** Cobra Bubbles has this for most of the movie. He says that he was brought in to assess if Nani is a competent guardian for her little sister because other social workers apparently raised concern about the sisters following their parents' fatal accident. What he sees, which you can assess in his gaze and body language, terrifies him: Lilo locked herself inside the house using nails on the front door, Nani left the stove on, and the house is a mess. Despite this, all he does is order Nani to make some changes, and promises to check up on them regularly.
** With hours to spare until Cobra comes to pick up Lilo and place her in a foster family, David finds Nani a job near the house. She orders Lilo to stay put, ''not'' do anything rash, and runs for the interview. Just as Nani secures the job, she sees a firetruck on the road. Her first words are, "Don't turn left." It does, causing her to go [[Oh Crap]] and run back home in the same direction, shouting for her sister.
** When {{spoiler|Lilo is taken away by Cobra Bubbles - it's gutwrenching. Even worse is she manages to run away into the wilderness, as Cobra is calling for her to stop}}.
* [[A Boy and His X|A Girl And Her Alien Bioweapon]]
* [[Air Vent Passageway]]: Part of Stitch's escape from the prison transport ship. [[Justified Trope|Justified]], because Stitch is small enough to fit into them and he can squeeze into impossibly tight places.
* [[Aliens Speaking English]]
* [[Ambiguous Disorder]]: Lilo's mix of eccentricities, behavioral issues, social inappropriateness, and unusual interests (not many six-year-old girls these days are obsessed with Elvis).
* [[American Accents]]: Hawaiian Creole -- American English as spoken in Hawai'i -- is found throughout the film, and consensus among native speakers is that it was done well.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: A fairly lighthearted take on it, but Stitch is programmed to destroy buildings, back up sewers, reverse road signs, and steal everyone's left shoe.
* [[Area 51]]: While finding Stitch's exit from hyperspace to be Earth, the aliens refer to our planet as being "Quadrant 17, section 005, area 51. A planet called [[It Is Pronounced "Tro
** {{spoiler|Cobra met the high chancellor-type alien in Roswell, they recognise each other.}}
* [[Author Vocabulary Calendar]]: "Abomination!"
** Used to draw early parallels between Lilo and Stitch; both have the word abomination applied to them early on (Stitch by the Galactic Councilwoman, and Lilo hypothetically by herself). The two "Does this look infected to you?" lines serve a similar purpose.
** Related to: [[Fantastic Racism]] against genetically engineered lifeforms. See [[Inspector Javert]] below.
* [[Awesome McCoolname|Awesome]] [[Fail O'Suckyname|O'Suckyname]]: Cobra Bubbles.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Calling Lilo crazy or bringing up her dead mom in disparaging conversation. In the second case she gets so mad not even Stitch bothers to stop her.
* [[Big Bad]]: The most unique variant on this from Disney - the character closest to this role is the Grand Councilwoman, who is the [[Big Good]] of the whole galaxy.
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Lilo has a sign on her door that says "Kapu," which is Hawaiian for "forbidden" (related to the word "taboo")
* [[Blatant Lies]]: During Jumba's trial when he denies creating new lifeforms. --> "I would ''never'' '''ever'''" (Stitch is presented as evidence) "[[Foreshadowing|...make more than one!]]"
* [[Bluffing the Advance Scout]]: {{spoiler|At the end it's revealed that Cobra did this.}}
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* [[Blunt Yes]]
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'''Stitch:''' Ih.
''<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Beat]]]''
'''Jumba:''' Fine!
'''Pleakley:''' "Fine?" You're doing what he says?!
'''Jumba:''' He is very persuasive. }}
* [[Bowdlerization]]: On the theater and home video version of this movie in the United Kingdom, the scene of Lilo hiding in a clothes dryer was redrawn so that way Lilo's hiding in a strange cupboard with a pizza box for a door (The UK -- no matter what the rating of the movie -- always edits out scenes of harmful, dangerous, and illegal activities that younger, more impressionable viewers will think is okay to imitate). When the film is aired on TV, this part is just outright removed.
** The climactic aerial spaceship battle was originally planned to feature Jumba, Pleakley, Nani and Stitch hijacking a Boeing 747. A good chunk of it was also supposed to happen in a city area with tall buildings. [[Justified Trope|You can imagine how well audiences would have taken that when the movie was released the very summer after the 9/11 attacks.]]
* [[Brick Joke]]: {{spoiler|Earth is a wildlife reserve for the endangered species mosquito. It's a throwaway joke at the beginning of the film, it gets a follow-up throwaway joke in the middle of the film and the brick hits you right in the face at the end}}.
* [[Car Fu]]: Stitch is easily strong enough to pick up a car and use it as a [[Improvised Weapon|blunt object]]. He hits Jumba with it during Jumba's attack at Lilo's house.
* [[Call a Smeerp
* [[Casual Danger Dialog]]
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Ohana means family. And family means no one gets left behind ...or forgotten."
* [[Cel Shading]]: All the spacecrafts and automobiles in the film.
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* [[Clark Kenting]]: Stitch, who is believed to be a dog (although a lot of people are incredulous, and Nani notes that he looks more like "an evil koala"), and more notably Jumba and Pleakley masquerading as humans. Could be related to [[Weirdness Censor]].
** It could also be related to people being too polite to bring up the fact that Jumba and Pleakley look like deformed people. When Nani worries about how "swollen" Pleakley's head is and Jumba casually says "Actually, she's just ugly", Nani looks rather uncomfortable.
* [[Come Back, My Pet]]: Lilo tells Stitch to go away after she discovers that he's an alien, and that he's the reason that they were being pursued by Jumba and Pleakley. Right after, however, she gets captured by Gantu, and Stitch rescues her. During this whole time, Lilo is more worried about Stitch than herself, screaming out his name as Gantu tosses him off his ship and shoots him at point-blank range.
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: Stitch lands on a small island in the middle of the ocean with no large cities; this renders about 90% of his destructive programming moot. Lilo gives it an unwitting [[Lampshade Hanging]].
** It's lampshaded even earlier by the [[Genre Savvy]] Grand Councilwoman with a very deadpanned "of course".
* [[Creator Cameo]]: Chris Sanders voices Stitch in all animated incarnations of the character, except for the anime. This includes ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep]]'', which was released a few years after he left Disney for [[Dreamworks Animation]].
* [[Creepy Changing Painting]]: A fairly mellow version. As a [[Freeze
* [[Cut His Heart Out
* [[The Dog Is an Alien]]: Stitch pretends to be a dog despite looking more like a blue koala.
* [[Disney Death]]: The employee at the dog kennel believes Stitch to be dead after he was hit by a truck...or three of them. However, it turns out he wasn't dead, he was simply knocked unconscious. Of course, the audience figures out the truth before they do since it cuts to him waking up.
* [[Don't Split Us Up]]: Lilo and Nani, and later, {{spoiler|Lilo and Stitch.}}
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]] {{context}}
* [[Embarrassing First Name|Embarrassing Last Name]]: Cobra Bubbles.
* [[Endangered Species]]: Averted: mosquitoes. {{spoiler|[[The Men in Black]] convinced the Galactic Federation that mosquitoes were endangered to prevent alien interference. Apparently, this is the only thing that stopped them from gassing the entire planet when Stitch escaped here.}}
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Stitch gets two of these. The first is when he says "Mega nata qweetsa!" (declaring his destructive nature) and later when he says "Hello" to Lilo, which is the first indication that he is not a normal dog.
* [[Fan Service]]: David is a [[Walking Swimsuit Scene]].
* [[The Federation]]: United Galactic Federation or [[The Alliance|Alliance]] depending on the movie/episode.
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* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]: Lilo before meeting Stich.
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Jumba does not appreciate being called an "idiot scientist".
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* [[Inspector Javert]]: Captain Gantu, the closest thing to a villain in the story, who is initially only trying to recapture a dangerous, escaped experiment. A mixture of his callous tactics (he knows he's captured Lilo in the same container as Stitch and implies that he
* [[Logo Joke]]: The Disney castle is supposedly abducted by a flying saucer.
* [[Loud Gulp]]: Pleakley gives a very visible gulp after dodging a door-piercing [[Improvised Weapon]] thrown by Jumba (who was aiming at Stitch but missed).
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* [[Only Six Faces]]: All Hawaiian girls look alike. Most noticeably in the dance scene during the opening credits, where if you watch carefully, you'll notice one and the same girl is used for other dancers.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Agent Pleakley. See [[Wholesome Crossdressing]] below.
* [[Pardon My Klingon]]: The line "Meega nala kweesta" is an alien insult so vile that it makes ''mechanical'' species throw up in horror. Naturally, Stitch uses it once or twice throughout the movie and its spinoffs.
** It's been established that the phrase actually translates into "I will destroy" or "I'm going to destroy" (contrast with "Meega naga kweesta/kreesta" - "I will not destroy"), which doesn't seem bad enough to provoke that kind of reaction. Granted, the phrase was used so much in a humorous context in promotional material that its meaning was likely an added afterthought for the spinoffs. Or they didn't think anyone would bother translating it in the movie.
** During the fight with Jumba Stitch says something in the alien language and Jumba tells him to leave his mother out of it.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: As usual, for a Disney movie; they died in a car crash before the story began.
*[[Papa Wolf]]: It doesn't end well, and he arrives too late to deal with the ''actual'' alien threat, but Cobra Bubbles arrives to the Pelekai household in a flash when Lilo calls him and says that there's a home invasion with aliens attacking her "dog". You can't blame him for {{spoiler|attempting to take Lilo into foster care while she's trying to explain to the firemen about what caused the blaze}} and yelling at Nani. Later, {{spoiler|the Grand Councilwoman takes Stitch into custody and Cobra tells Lilo not to fight the guards handcuffing him, but find Stitch's adoption papers}}.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: {{spoiler|When the Grand Councilwoman announces Stitch's sentence to permanent exile, she says it shall be "a sentence that shall henceforth be served on Earth" when Lilo proves that Stitch belongs to her. To seal the deal, she has the Grand Council sponsor the "caretakers," which solves the whole social services problem. Bonus points for Stitch being mistaken for a dog early in the film.}}
** A moment which {{spoiler|Cobra Bubbles and Pleakley join in on - Pleakley is the first to ask if Stitch ''really'' couldn't just be left with them after cursing Stitch and the planet for causing him so many problems, while Cobra Bubbles is the first to realize the ownership loophole and helps Nani and Lilo get back on their feet during the credits}}.
* [[Photo Montage]]: The ending credits.
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* [[Promotion to Parent]]: Nani, who struggles to balance out her job, social workers, the loss of her parents, Lilo's strange coping methods, and Stitch. Lilo admits that she likes her more as a sister than a mom (done realistically. Nani is young, she has an [[Annoying Younger Sibling]] and is trying to balance it all out.)
* [[Putting a Hand Over His Mouth]]: Nani does this to Lilo near the beginning, and shortly after wraps her entire arm around her mouth as well.
*[[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: There are three in the movie, and it's revealed {{spoiler|two know each other}}.
* [[Retractable Appendages]]: Stitch's antennae, back spikes and extra arms. ▼
**The Grand Councilwoman; while technically Experiment 626 is illegal, she gives the being a chance to speak for itself at Jumba's trial. Later, while she cannot change his sentence after 626 reveals that his name is Stitch and he has a family, she accepts a loophole in his exile that makes it a fair compromise for everyone involved.
**Cobra Bubbles. While he is hard on Nani during the visit to the sisters' house, all of his points are legitimate that the current status quo isn't healthy for either her or Lilo. She can't leave the house with the stove on, and Lilo nailing the front door shut and making voodoo of classmates is a huge red flag of her lashing out of grief. All he asks is for Nani to make changes to improve the situation, and for Lilo to call him if she ever gets in trouble or is left home alone again. Even Nani admits that while the visit went terribly, Cobra was completely right to judge them both and they need to work together. It's only when Nani loses her job that Cobra gives her an ultimatum, and he follows the sisters around to make sure she is keeping to her word. He's apologetic when Nani's last attempt falls through, and Lilo nearly drowns with Stitch when they attempt to get their minds off while surfing, saying that he doesn't want to break them apart but will if it's better for Lilo. {{spoiler|When he finds a loophole to keep Stitch on Earth, Cobra merely remarks he'll have to cover up for the family at headquarters after they become wards of the Grand Council}}.
**Lilo's dance instructor doesn't ''want'' to play the bad guy to a little girl that has just lost her parents. He asks Lilo matter-of-factly why she arrived to hula class late and sopping wet to boot, and hears out her explanation that she was feeding a fish a peanut butter sandwich. It's only when Lilo attacks Mertle for calling her "weird" that he breaks them up, calls Nani, and tells Lilo she can't behave like that.
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: Stitch is absolutely adorable.
* [[Road Sign Reversal]]: One of the things Stitch is programmed to do.
* [[Rule of Three]]: After a failed social counseling inspection, Cobra Bubbles gives Nami three days for a second one to prove herself a competent guardian to Lilo.
* [[Running Gag]]: The guy whose ice cream always falls off its cone before he can eat it.
* [[Scary Black Man]]: Cobra Bubbles, who is voiced by none other than [[Pulp Fiction|Ving Rhames]]. Nani is certainly intimidated, and Lilo asks if he killed anyone. He says she's getting off the topic.
** Played with. At first, he looks ''very'' imposing and acts rather uncaring. However later on, he shows himself to be a lot more than that. He does indeed want Lilo to be safe, but he doesn't want to split Lilo and Nani up because they're all they have in the world, mentioning he'll take Lilo away only because he ''has'' to if Nani cannot make sure the house is clean and she has a job. {{spoiler|The end credits show him hanging out with them, watching movies and having Thanksgiving dinner}}.
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: It's said that Stitch can't survive in water since "his molecular density is too great". This would mean simply that he has a higher density than water--I.E, even if he were, for example, to hold his breath, he would not be able to displace enough water to increase his buoyancy enough and he'd still be too dense to ''swim''. In
* [[Shout-Out]]: When Stitch rips up a drawing of Lilo's, she exclaims, [[Pablo Picasso|"No! That's from my blue period!"]]
** Many of the background aliens have designs based on [[Winnie the Pooh]] characters. The alien who says "He's loose on deck C" appears to be
** [[Mulan]] Wok. Also, there is a Mulan poster hanging on Nani's wall.
** In Lilo's room, on the shelf on her easel there's a small [[
** During the end credits, the photo around the dinner table is staged like [[Norman Rockwell|"Freedom From Want"]]
* [[Social Services Does Not Exist]]: Averted in the most traumatizing way - the contrast of wacky alien hi-jinks with the reality of a teenage orphan trying and failing to support her baby sister is a main plot point.
* [[Source Music]]: The opening chant, "He Mele No Lilo", is also the song being performed by Lilo's hula class, for which she is late.
* [[Standard Snippet]]: Given that this movie is set in Hawaii, ''Aloha O'e'' naturally makes an appearance. However, it's not the silly instrumental steel guitar version that shows up most times this song is used as a [[Standard Snippet]]--the lyrics (about saying goodbye to someone) show up, too, in the most utterly heartbreaking fashion.
* [[Superior Species]]: The aliens compared to "primitive humanoid life forms".
** Kinda justified though, from the point of view of a galactic-spanning alien empire, Humans are primitive.
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: When Lilo meets Cobra, she says that he doesn't look like a social worker, and asks if he ever killed anyone. Cobra says they're getting off-topic and he wants to hear about her.
* [[There's No B in Movie]]: Stitch sees an actual [[B-Movie]] on TV, ''Earth vs. The Spider''.
* [[Trailer Spoof]]: Nearly all the trailers appeared to be a trailer for some other Disney movie at first, only to be interrupted by Stitch, partly to make it clear it was a lighter, wackier film than the company's usual output.
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** He also ends up wearing a lot of Nani's clothes in the series and other movies.
* [[Your Mom]]: "Do not bring my mother into this!"
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=== The sequel ''Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' provides examples of: ===▼
* [[Art Shift]]: Reverted back to the art style of the original movie.
* [[Berserk Button]]: "You'll never be like your mom!"
** Also a real [[Jerkass]] moment for Mertle. One thing to be childishly snobby, but really, the audience can't blame Lilo for beating her down for that one.
*[[Chekhov's Gag]]: Nani trying to hide the hovercraft from Lilo; her best hiding place turns out to be {{Spoiler|the car's engine, allowing Lilo to reach Stitch in time before he shuts down.}}
* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Stitch.}}
** {{spoiler|The [[Tear Jerker]] moment when everyone thinks Stitch is dead is surprisingly long and drawn out for a Disney movie, so that even snarkers who think Disney would never kill Stitch off begin to have their doubts.}}
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* [[Interquel]]
* [[Retcon]]: The fact that Jumba was apprehended immediately after Stitch's creation retcons the events of some of the [[Disney Adventures|Comic Zone]] [[Prequel|prequels]], the events of the ''Experiment 626'' video game and Experiment 621 out of existance, though 621 theoretically could've been captured during the series.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Daveigh Chase was busy voicing Lilo for [[Lilo
* [[The Power of Love]]: The subject of Lilo's hula. {{spoiler|Also what saves Stitch at the end.}}
* [[Wasted Song]]: When {{spoiler|Stitch "dies"}}, a very sad reprise of 'Always' sung by Hayley Westenra plays, but it was never released on the CD.
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=== The short film ''The Origin of Stitch'' provides examples of: ===
* [[Art Shift]]
* [[Call Forward]]: At the end.
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Some of the experiments shown appear in ''[[Lilo
* [[Freeze
* [[Interquel]]
* [[Series Continuity Error]]: Almost all of the experiments are displayed with incorrect numbers. Particularly obvious at the beginning, which shows #617 Plasmoid as #001 (Shrink), #609 Heat as #002 (Doubledip), and #601 Kixx as #003 (Howcome).
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* [[Art Shift]]: The movie has a simpler and thicker lined style than the original film.
* [[Big Bad]]: Dr. Jacques Von Hamsterviel, also revealed to be the [[Bigger Bad]] behind Jumba and his experiments in the first place.
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=== The final movie ''Leroy and Stitch'' provides examples of: ===▼
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* [[Ambadassador]]: Lilo to the Galactic Federation.
* [[Art Shift]]: The movie has a simpler and thicker lined style than the original film.
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* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: Played straight with Lilo in the opening scene.
* [[Series Fauxnale]]
* [[Ten
* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]: "Aloha 'Oe".
** Actually an ''inversion'', believe it or not - {{spoiler|if Leroy hears the song, he shuts off, a switch that also applies to his clones. Naturally, Lilo, Stitch, and co. perform a rockin' concert to accomplish this. So it's really more of a Theme Music Power Down for the villains.}}
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=== ''[[Stitch!
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