History Anime / Stitch

* CutAndPasteTranslation: The international version, which includes the English dub, heavily re-edited the episodes and shortened them to Western syndication lengths. Notably, eight season one episodes and a season two episode were heavily edited down to ten-to-eleven-minute segments and combined into TwoShorts episodes.

* EasterEgg: This show has a lot of Hidden WesternAnimation/{{Mickey|Mouse}}s.

* GenerationXerox[=/=][[IdenticalGrandson Identical Daughter]][=/=]UncannyFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:[[ShesAllGrownUp Lilo]]'s daughter looks just like Lilo when she was [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch a]] [[WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie little]] [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries girl]] complete with red flowered dress and Scrump doll]]!

* RealAfterAll[=/=]AllMythsAreTrue: The "Spiritual Stone" zaps Sparky, removing the mind controlling device, thus proving to Gantu (who dismissed it as an Earth legend) they exist in the fifth episode. Then there are the yōkais, one of which lives with Yuna and co. There also was a [[UndeadChild boy vampire]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent who likes candy instead of blood]], a [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent werecreature]] if not [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] and what looks like the FrankensteinsMonster.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute[=/=]{{Expy}}:

* IdealHero: Yuna. Even after she accosts the bullies who hurt her friend--and ''forcefully'' makes them return his game--she still offers to help them, and gives the Mertle {{Expy}} some sugar cane.

While Yuna is taking Stitch back through the forest, he sees the Spirit Stone. Yuna explains that the stone holds immense power and can grant any wish. Stitch wants to be the strongest thing in the galaxy, and so tries to wish on the stone only to get zapped. Yuna then explains that only those who do good deeds will have their wishes granted. Stitch then makes it his mission to do 43 good deeds to have his wish, to be the most powerful creature in the galaxy, granted. However, all of Stitch's old nemeses are on his heels...

Yuna Kamihara is a young girl who lives on Izayoi, a tiny (fictional) island off the coast of Okinawa, with her father and grandmother. Much like Kaua'i in the original film and series, Izayoi is a tropical island full of pineapples, sugar cane, and hibiscus, [[TruthInTelevision all of which are native to both the Hawaiian and Ryukyu Islands]]. Yuna practices UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} every day with her friends down at a run-down old dojo, and considers herself to be a "protector" of sorts for the local kids. Her mother took off for parts unknown, and she worries for her father's safety. One day, while visiting the "Spirit Stone" in the Spiritual Forest, she sees an explosion in the distance, and reports start coming in of "blue monster" running amok in town.

Apart from being part of the same franchise with the same characters, it is not related to the [[PilotMovie pilot]] [[WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie movie]] for ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'', which had the same name though with TheMovie followed by it. The English dub (which debuted in Australia in 2009) attempts to connect ''Stitch!'' to the film conclusion of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'', in the first episode, which wasn't attempted in the original Japanese version [[SheIsAllGrownUp until a third season episode brought her back for a brief reunion with her old friend]]. Due to this it's often believed that the series was originally intended to be an [[AlternateUniverse Alternative Universe]] until they finally cemented it as a [[StealthSequel Stealth Sequel]], possibly due to fan demand.

Three years after its initial debut in Japan, two years after it was first broadcast in English, and a few months after the last season ended in Japan, it aired in the United States on Creator/DisneyXD, but was pulled off after five episodes. The three seasons and two post-series specials have already been dubbed [[NoExportForYou but have only aired in full outside of the U.S.]]

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The international re-versioning, which includes the English dub, has two different openings; one for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltQBBjaXTCk the Madhouse seasons]] and another for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a74ngmvVb6g the Shin-Ei season.]]

* IKnowKarate: Yuna.
%%* HalloweenEpisode
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the original movie and, to a certain extent, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. However, the violence in this show is, while still fantasy violence, greater compared to ''The Series''. The English dub/international re-versioning actually toned this down, but apparently the edits there were apparently not enough to prevent it from being taken off the air in the U.S. (assuming that it was taken down there because of the violence).[[note]]Japanese children's programming have looser standards compared to the United States.[[/note]]

* TwoShorts: ''The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure'' has "A Little Hamster Love / Pleakley Loves Hollywood". The international re-versioning also does this to ten Madhouse episodes, turning them all into five episodes of two segments each.

* TruthInTelevision: Okinawa and the rest of the Ryukyus are pretty much [[JustForFun/XMeetsY the Hawaii of Japan]]: pineapples, hibiscus, floral patterned clothing, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryukyuan_languages their own language]], a rich cultural history... A perfect analog for ''Lilo & Stitch'' [[RecycledInSpace IN JAPAN]] though replace Lilo with Yuna.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Lampshaded in the English dub of "Stitch and the Stitches"; Stitch's first scene in the episode shows him reading a book on physics, which he apparently finds to be funny.

** Sparky (Experiment 221), Felix (Experiment 010) and Angel (Experiment 624) had on these mind control devices placed there by Hämsterviel, though Sparky had it twice.

* {{Flanderization}}: Oddly enough, a case of ''reverse'' flanderization. The end of the original movie (and ''Stitch Has a Glitch'') see Stitch speaking in more or less complete sentences, while in ''The Series'', he speaks his alien tongue Tantalog and only scattered fragments of English. Here, he's taken the next logical step and speaking increasingly fluent English/Japanese, even losing his famous [[ThirdPersonPerson illeism]].

* CutAndPasteTranslation: The international re-versioning, which includes the English dub, heavily reedited the episodes and shortened them to Western syndication lengths. Notably, eight season one episodes and two season two episodes were heavily edited down to ten-to-eleven-minute segments and combined into TwoShorts episodes.

* DubNameChange: Certain characters, mainly Yuna's classmates, have received Western names in the dub (Piko is Penny, Sae is Sasha, Reika is Jessica, etc). It's business as usual for an English dub of a kids' anime, what makes it more glaring is that there's no attempt to hide that the series is set in Japan otherwise. Surely they could have kept the names as is?

-->''Protect the weak!''
-->''Love everybody!''
-->''When we meet,''
-->''We become family!''

* NameAndName: The German dub is the only version of this show to maintain the "Person & Stitch" naming convention (and the last one to use that order).
* NextSundayAD: The show takes place approximately two decades after the events of ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'', but it looks completely identical to mid-to-late 2000s society, before the proliferation of smartphones.

''Stitch!'' has been succeeded in the franchise in 2017 by the Chinese animated series ''Animation/StitchAndAi'', which shares a similar premise with the anime.[[note]]Once again, Stitch is separated from Lilo, ends up in a different region of Earth, and becomes best friends with a young local girl over there in a ScienceFantasy series involving creatures based on a region's mythology.[[/note]] But unlike the anime, ''Stitch & Ai'' had the assistance of American animators during production and was produced in English first before being dubbed into its local language.[[note]]Also, Stitch didn't deliberately leave Lilo this time around; he was kidnapped by a space gang.[[/note]]

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The English version has two different openings; one for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltQBBjaXTCk the Madhouse seasons]] and another for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a74ngmvVb6g the Shin-Ei season.]]

* {{Flanderization}}: Oddly enough, a case of ''reverse'' flanderization. The end of the original movie (and ''Stitch Has a Glitch'') see Stitch speaking in more or less complete sentences, while in ''The Series'', he speaks his alien tongue Tantalog and only scattered fragments of English. Here, he's taken the next logical step and speaking increasingly fluent English/Japanese.

* GenreShift: The first two seasons (which themselves are a Genre Shift for the entire franchise) were set on the fictional island of Izayoi off the coast of Okinawa Island where most episodes focused on {{yokai}} and UrbanLegends. Season 3 shifted the location to Okinawa New Town and focused SliceOfLife with a focus on the episodic hijinks by Hämsterviel and his plans, often involving Gantu.

* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the original movie and, to a certain extent, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. However, the violence in this show is, while still fantasy violence, greater compared to ''The Series''. The English dub actually toned this down, but apparently the edits there were apparently not enough to prevent it from being taken off the air in the U.S. (assuming that it was taken down there because of the violence).[[note]]Japanese children's programming have looser standards compared to the United States.[[/note]]
* LimitedAnimation: Well, it is an anime, but that's not why this trope is listed. Rather, it's the fact that the Western-made characters from the previous works are now in a series that doesn't animate them as fluidly as before, even though they maintain their original designs.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: In the final non-special episode, there was Dark End, an experiment created by the anime-only villain Delia to defeat Stitch. Not only was it an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j974lSZcW6M adorable (arguably more so than Stitch), long-eared, rabbit-like experiment with androgynous voice and features]], but it was powerful enough to cause a giant fissure in a soccer ball field just by stamping its foot and breaking open a giant containment pod containing Gantu, 625, and Hämsterviel by lightly tapping its claw on the glass. And finally, completely [[CurbStompBattle stomped]] Stitch till he lost consciousness twice, though not without making him undergo a {{humiliation conga}} first and wiped the floor with Stitch's nine other cousins. It wasn't until, through some contrived power gained from the love and support of Yuna and her friends that he was able to stand a fighting chance against Dark End.

''Stitch!''[[note]]スティッチ! ''Suticchi!''; also known as ''Yuna & Stitch'' in the German dub[[/note]] (yes, the [[ExcitedShowTitle exclamation mark]] is mandatory) is an {{anime}} series from Creator/DisneyChannel Japan that serves as the second TV series in the ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise. Three seasons and two post-series TV specials have been produced; the first two seasons--''Stitch!'' and ''Stitch! ~The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure~'';[[note]]スティッチ! ～いたずらエイリアンの大冒険～ ''Suticchi! ~Itazura Eirian no Daibōken~''[[/note]] yes, with those tildes--were produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}} for a total of 54 episodes and two specials.[[note]]25 episodes for the first season, 29 for the second season, and an after-season special each.[[/note]] Creator/ShinEiAnimation produced the 29 episode[[note]]and one after-season special[[/note]] third season--''Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~'';[[note]]スティッチ! ～ずっと最高のトモダチ～ ''Suticchi! ~Zutto Saikō no Tomodachi~''[[/note]] tildes still included--as well as the post-series specials, which are known as the ''"Stitch! New Specials"'' series. It ran regularly from 2008 to 2011, while the TV specials--''Stitch and the Planet of Sand''[[note]]スティッチと砂の惑星 ''Suticchi to Suna no Wakusei''[[/note]] and ''Stitch! Perfect Memory''[[note]]スティッチ！パーフェクト・メモリー ''Suticchi! Pāfekuto Memorī''[[/note]]--were broadcast in 2012 and 2015, respectively.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The English version has a different [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI8dtsJT6Hs opening.]]

** Also, Bragg/Twang/Flute.

* CanonForeigner: In addition to the main cast, new experiments, such as Bragg/[[SeriesContinuityError Flute/Twang]] (Experiment 145/021), were added with along with the ones from the original series.

%%* ChristmasEpisode[=/=]ChristmasSpecial
* ContinuityNod: The {{recurring extra}} that is [[HawaiianShirtedTourist Ice Cream Man]] from the original series with the ice cream cone returns. And ''he '''still''' doesn't get his ice cream''!

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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the original movie and, to a certain extent, ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. However, the violence in this show is, while still fantasy violence, greater compared to ''The Series''. The English dub actually toned this down, but apparently the edits there were apparently not enough to prevent it from being taken off the air in the U.S. (assuming that it was taken down there because of the violence).[[note]]Japanese children's programming have looser standards compared to the U.S.[[/note]]

* NameAndName: The German dub is the only version of this show to maintain the "Person & Stitch" naming convention.

** There was also Bragg/Flute/Twang, another flute-carrying cat/rabbit-looking experiment who grew stronger the more attention and sympathy it got from those around it. This included framing Stitch in a {{wounded gazelle gambit}} so Yuna and her family would take its side. Databases suggested that with enough attention it would have become a hulking not-so-cute monster.

* SequelSeries: A sequel series to a sequel series, no less. This status is fully cemented in an episode in the third season, where it is revealed [[spoiler:that Stitch ran away from Lilo after he thought she abandoned him, with them being finally reunited in that episode.]]

* TakeOverTheWorld: Apparently Stitch's plan in this series.

* TruthInTelevision: Okinawa and the rest of the Ryukyus are pretty much [[JustForFun/XMeetsY the Hawaii of Japan]]: pineapples, hibiscus, floral patterned clothing, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryukyuan_languages their own language]], a rich cultural history... A perfect analog for ''Lilo & Stitch'' [[RecycledInSpace IN JAPAN]] though replace Lilo with Yuna.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: Done by Twang/Bragg/Flute (Experiment 021/145), on Stitch so it could feed on the attention and sympathy from Yuna and her family.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Dark End's first and final appearance of the episode of the same name, he is permanently taken off the show, and a lot of fans wondered what happened to him.

Not related to the [[PilotMovie pilot]] [[WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie movie]] for ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'', which had the same name though with TheMovie followed by it. The English dub (which debuted in Australia in 2009) attempts to connect ''Stitch!'' to the film conclusion of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'', in the first episode, which wasn't attempted in the original Japanese version [[SheIsAllGrownUp until a third season episode brought her back for a brief reunion with her old friend]]. Due to this it's often believed that the series was originally intended to be an [[AlternateUniverse Alternative Universe]] until they finally cemented it as a [[StealthSequel Stealth Sequel]], possibly due to fan demand.

''Stitch!''[[note]]スティッチ! ''Suticchi!''; also known as ''Yuna & Stitch'' in the German dub[[/note]] (yes, the [[ExcitedShowTitle exclamation point]] is mandatory) is an {{anime}} series from Creator/DisneyChannel Japan that serves as the second TV series in the ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise. Three seasons and two post-series TV specials have been produced; the first two seasons--''Stitch!'' and ''Stitch! ~The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure~'';[[note]]スティッチ! ～いたずらエイリアンの大冒険～ ''Suticchi! ~Itazura Eirian no Daibōken~''[[/note]] yes, with those tildes--were produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}} for a total of 54 episodes and two specials.[[note]]25 episodes for the first season, 29 for the second season, and an after-season special each.[[/note]] Creator/ShinEiAnimation produced the 29 episode[[note]]and one after-season special[[/note]] third season--''Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~'';[[note]]スティッチ! ～ずっと最高のトモダチ～ ''Suticchi! ~Zutto Saikō no Tomodachi~''[[/note]] tildes still included--as well as the post-series specials, which are known as the ''"Stitch! New Specials"'' series. It ran regularly from 2008 to 2011, while the TV specials--''Stitch and the Planet of Sand''[[note]]スティッチと砂の惑星 ''Suticchi to Suna no Wakusei''[[/note]] and ''Stitch! Perfect Memory''[[note]]スティッチ！パーフェクト・メモリー ''Suticchi! Pāfekuto Memorī''[[/note]]--were broadcast in 2012 and 2015, respectively.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: At one point, Reuben produces a tropical drink for Angel, announcing "Hey, look what I found! Right here between my legs." How they got away with that one is a mystery for the ages.

Not related to the [[PilotMovie pilot]] [[WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie movie]] for ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'', which had the same name though with TheMovie followed by it. The English dub (which debuted in Australia in 2009) attempts to connect ''Stitch!'' to the film conclusion of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'', in the first episode, which wasn't attempted in the original Japanese version [[SheIsAllGrownUp until a third season episode brought her back for a brief reunion with her old friend]].

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: They say Frenchfry's food makes people fat, but it's more like inflation, what with the body shape and the ''floating.''

''Stitch!'' has been succeeded in the franchise in 2017 by the Chinese animated series ''Animation/StitchAndAi'', which shares a similar premise with the anime.[[note]]Once again, Stitch is separated from Lilo, ends up in a different region of Earth, and becomes best friends with a young local girl over there in a ScienceFantasy series involving creatures based on a region's mythology.[[/note]] Unlike the anime however, ''Stitch & Ai'' had the assistance of American animators during production and was produced in English first before being dubbed into its local language.[[note]]Also, Stitch didn't deliberately leave Lilo this time around; he was kidnapped by a space gang.[[/note]]

* AlternateTimeline: Possibly, thanks to ''Animation/StitchAndAi'' years later, since the events and certain elements of that show contradicts what was established in this show, such as [[spoiler:Stitch having abilities not previously revealed in the original continuity]].

Yuna Kamihara is a young girl who lives on Izayoi, a tiny (fictional) island off the coast of Okinawa, with her father and grandmother. Much like Kaua'i in the original film and series, Izayoi is a tropical island full of pineapples, sugar cane, and hibiscus, [[TruthInTelevision all of which are native to both the Hawaiian and Ryukyu Islands]]. Yuna practices karate every day with her friends down at a run-down old dojo, and considers herself to be a "protector" of sorts for the local kids. Her mother took off for parts unknown, and she worries for her father's safety. One day, while visiting the "Spirit Stone" in the Spiritual Forest, she sees an explosion in the distance, and reports start coming in of "blue monster" running amok in town.

While Yuna is taking Stitch back through the forest, he sees the Spirit Stone. Yuna explains that the stone holds immense power and can grant any wish. Stitch wants to be the strongest thing in the galaxy, and so tries to wish on the stone only to get zapped. Yuna then explains that only those who do good deeds will have their wishes granted. Stitch then makes it his mission to do enough good deeds to have his wish, to be the most powerful creature in the galaxy, granted. However, all of Stitch's old nemeses are on his heels...

!!This {{anime}} contains examples of:

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Or Japanese.

* AscendedExtra: Due to their [[EnsembleDarkhorse extreme popularity]] in Japan, [[ShockAndAwe Sparky]] (Experiment 221) and [[DistaffCounterpart Angel]] (Experiment 624) made prominent appearances in the show, the latter not having to prove herself to Yuna near as much as she did Lilo, nor did she have to be [[ExecutiveMeddling locked away until the end of the series]]. As a result, she's gotten much more screen time.

* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Stitch and all the other alien characters are drawn using the same style from the films and ''The Series''. All the new human characters, however, are done in a more traditionally {{Animesque}} fashion. Also, [[spoiler:Lilo and her daughter]] are drawn in the same style as the films.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: In the final non-special episode, there was Dark End, an experiment created by the anime-only villain Delia to defeat Stitch. Not only was it an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j974lSZcW6M adorable (arguably more so than Stitch), long-eared, rabbit-like experiment with androgynous voice and features]], but it was powerful enough to cause a giant fissure in a soccer ball field just by stamping its foot and breaking open a giant containment pod containing Gantu, 625, and Hämsterviel by lightly tapping its claw on the glass. And finally, completely [[CurbStompBattle stomped]] Stitch till he lost consciousness twice, though not without making him undergo a {{humiliation conga}} first and wiped the floor with Stitch's nine other cousins. It wasn't until, through some contrived power gained from the love and support of Yuna and her friends that he was able to stand a fighting chance against Dark End.

* ProtagonistTitle: Only Stitch's name is in the title this time around, except in certain dubs.

[[caption-width-right:350:Pictured: [[Disney/LiloAndStitch Sti]][[Franchise/LiloAndStitch tch]] having fun with his friends [[{{Youkai}} Kijimunaa]] and [[{{Deuteragonist}} Yuna]]. [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Wait a minute, where's Lilo?]]]]

Meanwhile, [[Disney/LiloAndStitch Stitch]], who left Earth shortly after Lilo went to college and has since fallen off the wagon, is on the run from several Galactic Federation officials when he and Jumba are sucked into a [[NegativeSpaceWedgie Space Storm]] that deposits them outside Earth. Stitch, confused, hungry, and thirsty, then runs amok looking for food. He attracts the eye of the locals, who are rather fearful of him, but Yuna goes to confront him. After they square off in a [[GoodOldFisticuffs pseudo-karate match]], they bond and become friends.

* GenerationXerox[=/=][[IdenticalGrandson Identical Daughter]][=/=]UncannyFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:[[ShesAllGrownUp Lilo]]'s daughter looks just like Lilo when she was [[Disney/LiloAndStitch a]] [[WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie little]] [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries girl]] complete with red flowered dress and Scrump doll]]!

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: One of Stitch's cousins, Checkers, could sit like a crown on people's heads and give the wearer the ability to hypnotize those around them into thinking they were royalty to be obeyed. When it landed on Yuna (and later her snobby rival, Pico), everyone was hypnotized into seeing her as a princess.

''Stitch!''[[note]]スティッチ! ''Suticchi!''; also known as ''Yuna & Stitch'' in some dubs[[/note]] (yes, the [[ExcitedShowTitle exclamation point]] is mandatory) is an {{anime}} series from Creator/DisneyChannel Japan that serves as the second TV series in the ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise. Three seasons and two post-series TV specials have been produced; the first two seasons--''Stitch!'' and ''Stitch! ~The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure~'';[[note]]スティッチ! ～いたずらエイリアンの大冒険～ ''Suticchi! ~Itazura Eirian no Daibōken~''[[/note]] yes, with those tildes--were produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}} for a total of 54 episodes and two specials.[[note]]25 episodes for the first season, 29 for the second season, and an after-season special each.[[/note]] Creator/ShinEiAnimation produced the 29 episode[[note]]and one after-season special[[/note]] third season--''Stitch! ~Best Friends Forever~'';[[note]]スティッチ! ～ずっと最高のトモダチ～ ''Suticchi! ~Zutto Saikō no Tomodachi~''[[/note]] tildes still included--as well as the post-series specials, which are known as the ''"Stitch! New Specials"'' series. It ran regularly from 2008 to 2011, while the TV specials--''Stitch and the Planet of Sand''[[note]]スティッチと砂の惑星 ''Suticchi to Suna no Wakusei''[[/note]] and ''Stitch! Perfect Memory''[[note]]スティッチ！パーフェクト・メモリー ''Suticchi! Pāfekuto Memorī''[[/note]]--were broadcast in 2012 and 2015, respectively.

* MarketBasedTitle: Some non-English dubs, such as [[https://bilder.wunschliste.de/sendung/hr/v15580.png the German dub,]] title the show ''Yuna & Stitch'' in their languages, which also maintains the NameAndName tradition of past entries.