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Lilo & Stitch
A sun-drenched collision of tropical melancholy and interstellar chaos, where the splintered wreckage of childhood grief is tenderly mended by the feral, stubborn warmth of an alien embrace.
Lilo & Stitch
Lilo & Stitch

"Hold on to your coconuts."

17 May 2025 United States of America 108 min 7.2 (2,268)

Director: Dean Fleischer Camp

Cast: Maia Kealoha, Sydney Agudong, Chris Sanders, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Magnussen

Family Comedy Science Fiction ʻOhana, Chosen Family, and Community Care Grief, Trauma, and Unprocessed Loss Nature vs. Nurture and Redemption Youth, Sacrificed Potential, and Sisterhood
Budget: $100,000,000
Box Office: $1,038,027,526

Lilo & Stitch — Characters & Cast

Character Analysis

Lilo Pelekai

Maia Kealoha

Archetype: The Orphan / Wounded Innocent Key Trait: Fierce, idiosyncratic imagination and unyielding loyalty.

Motivation

To find an unwavering friend who will never abandon or misunderstand her.

Character Arc

Moves from bitter social isolation, ostracization by her peers, and paralyzing grief toward trust, emotional grounding, and community security.

Stitch / Experiment 626

Chris Sanders

Archetype: The Wild Card / Trickster transitioning into Protector Key Trait: Hyper-kinetic physical chaos combined with an emergent capacity for deep tenderness.

Motivation

Initially to evade capture; later, to protect Lilo and earn a place in her family.

Character Arc

Awakens from a hardwired destructive instrument of galactic warfare into a sentient creature capable of guilt, self-sacrifice, and filial love.

Nani Pelekai

Sydney Elizebeth Agudong

Archetype: The Stressed Guardian / Martyr Key Trait: Relentless grit masking vulnerable, raw anxiety.

Motivation

To provide a safe roof for Lilo and honor her parents’ legacy.

Character Arc

Transitions from suffocating terror of losing legal custody to accepting external community help and pursuing her personal future.

Dr. Jumba Jookiba

Zach Galifianakis

Archetype: The Mad Scientist / Primary Antagonist Key Trait: Boastful megalomania fueled by twisted intellectual arrogance.

Motivation

To secure his pardon from the United Galactic Federation at all costs.

Character Arc

Portrayed here with a darker edge than in animation, remaining obsessed with recapturing or neutralizing his rogue science experiment.

Agent Wendy Pleakley

Billy Magnussen

Archetype: The Comic Relief / Flamboyant Observer Key Trait: Fastidious neuroticism paired with an uninhibited penchant for fashion.

Motivation

To prevent Earth’s destruction while avoiding intergalactic disciplinary action.

Character Arc

Sent as a bureaucrat, Pleakley becomes entranced by human pop culture, earth couture, and everyday terrestrial oddities.

Cast

Maia Kealoha as Lilo
Sydney Agudong as Nani
Chris Sanders as Stitch (voice)
Zach Galifianakis as Jumba
Billy Magnussen as Pleakley
Courtney B. Vance as Cobra Bubbles
Amy Hill as Tūtū
Tia Carrere as Mrs. Kekoa
Kaipo Dudoit as David
Hannah Waddingham as Grand Councilwoman (voice)
Jason Scott Lee as Lū'au Manager
Celia Kenney as AJ
Brutus LaBenz as Kumu Hula
Skyler Bible as Agent Foster
Judy Nguyen as Agent Huynh

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