History Trivia / LiloAndStitchTheSeries

* VideoSource: FreakyFridayFlip ("Swapper")

** In her first appearance, Victoria is voiced by Creator/DaveighChase, which lead to TalkingToHerself with Lilo, and in her second appearance, Alyson Stoner voiced her.

* TalkingToHimself: [[AllStarCast Lots of them]], including Creator/JeffBennett, Creator/NancyCartwright, Creator/GreyDeLisle, Creator/TressMacNeille, Creator/RobPaulsen, Creator/ChrisSanders, Creator/TaraStrong and Creator/FrankWelker.
** [[Creator/DaveighChase Lilo and Victoria]], though only in the latter's first appearance.

* TrollingCreator: To some extent; that [[spoiler:pod of Experiment 628]] seen at the end of "627"? That was just a joke added in.[[note]]While Disney outside of the U.S. sometimes treats WesternAnimation/{{Leroy|AndStitch}} as [[spoiler:being Experiment 628]], he actually wasn't [[spoiler:given a number]] in his sole animated appearance, and most fans treat him as [[spoiler:being Experiment 629]] instead, which was [[AscendedFanon eventually canonized]] by ''Tono & Stitch''.[[/note]]

** In the episodes where Cobra Bubbles appear, Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson voiced him. Creator/VingRhames does voice the character though, but only as one of Experiment 300's shapeshifted forms in "Spooky" and not for the actual Cobra Bubbles.

* CommonKnowledge: That Angel was a fan-submitted design by a kid dying of cancer. This is a false claim from users on Reddit in response to a memetic Tumblr post criticizing Angel's character design. What proves it this isn't true is that the show never accepted fan submissions for anything and that Angel was designed by Jose Zelaya, a character designer and animator for the show.
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: The DISH Network summary for "Dupe" misgenders Stitch, stating that "she has cloned herself".
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Creator/JessWinfield stated on his TV Tome Q&A thread (partial fan archive [[http://lilo-andstitch.tripod.com/tvtome/page03.html here]]) that his favorite episode was "Yin-Yang", saying that the episode's experiments, story, and theme worked well together. "Angel" and "Bonnie & Clyde" were also his other favorites. However, he stated this in December 2004, during the early days of the second season, so it's unknown if his opinions have changed afterward.

* ImageSource:
** JoinUsDrone (fan art)
** SweetieGraffiti ("[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E30Angel Angel]]")

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As detailed under NoExportForYou below, only a handful of episodes received some form of home video release in the United States. [[https://www.change.org/p/walt-disney-release-lilo-stitch-on-dvd A petition exists on Change.org to give the show a DVD]]. Digitally, illegal uploads of the show usually used the 4:3 standard-def versions; the high-definition originals were not as easily accessible and usually came from PAL region-based recordings, which meant that, just like with most illegal uploads of ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', episodes were slightly sped-up and are higher-pitched compared to the normal NTSC versions. Eventually, ''The Series'' was finally made legally available to watch online in the United States nearly twelve years after it ended, first in 2018 for a four-month run on [=DisneyNow=], then Creator/DisneyPlus launched the following year with the show available on day one, finally putting an end to this trope for American ''Lilo & Stitch'' fans.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As detailed under NoExportForYou below, only a handful of episodes received some form of home video release in the United States. [[https://www.change.org/p/walt-disney-release-lilo-stitch-on-dvd A petition exists on Change.org to give the show a DVD]] (and, to a lesser extent, Blu-ray) release, but as of February 28, 2019, it's at least two years old and has only a little over 600 supporters. Digitally, illegal uploads of the show usually used the 4:3 standard-def versions; the high-definition originals were not as easily accessible and usually came from PAL region-based recordings, which meant that, just like with most illegal uploads of ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', episodes were slightly sped-up and are higher-pitched compared to the normal NTSC versions. Eventually, ''The Series'' was finally made legally available to watch online in the United States nearly twelve years after it ended, first in 2018 for a four-month run on [=DisneyNow=], then Creator/DisneyPlus launched the following year with the show available on day one, finally putting an end to this trope for American ''Lilo & Stitch'' fans.

* BadExportForYou: When the show ran in the PAL region, it was sped up from the NTSC standard 24 FPS to the PAL standard 25 FPS, which caused the audio to pitch up by about a semitone.

* The DISH Network summary for "Dupe" misgenders Stitch, stating that "she has cloned herself".

** According to Jess Winfield, the episode "Ace" was supposed to have a scene where Lilo, Stitch and some of the experiments create a tidal wave to impress the head of E.G.O. with Pleakley playing a victim until, thanks to the episode's titular experiment, he unintentionally ''becomes'' the victim. Winfield and his staff thought it was insensitive to the victims of the tragedy, so they turned the episode into a ClipShow in which Jumba shows the head of E.G.O. videos of the experiments. You can the storyboards [[http://www.ersoz.com/storyboard/sb_pages/ls_ace.htm here]] or retrieve them from the Website/InternetArchive over [[https://archive.org/details/liloandstitchacestoryboards here.]]

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Along with what's written under TechnologyMarchesOn above, the episode "Drowsy" has the titular duo prevent Gantu and Reuben from kidnapping... Regis Philbin. And yes, ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' got a ShoutOut, even though Philbin had already left the American primetime version of the show [[AnimationLeadTime by the time this show debuted]].

** According to Jess Winfield, the episode "Ace" [[http://www.ersoz.com/storyboard/sb_pages/ls_ace.htm was supposed to have a scene where Lilo, Stitch and some of the experiments create a tidal wave]] to impress the head of E.G.O. with Pleakley playing a victim until, thanks to the episode's titular experiment, he unintentionally ''becomes'' the victim. Winfield and his staff thought it was insensitive to the victims of the tragedy, so they turned the episode into a ClipShow in which Jumba shows the head of E.G.O. videos of the experiments.

* TrollingCreator: To some extent; that [[spoiler:pod of Experiment 628]] seen at the end of "627"? That was just a joke added in.[[note]]While Disney outside of the U.S. sometimes treats WesternAnimation/{{Leroy|AndStitch}} as [[spoiler:being Experiment 628]], he actually wasn't [[spoiler:given a number]] in his sole animated appearance, and most fans treat him as [[spoiler:being Experiment 629]] instead.[[/note]]
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Along with what's written under TechnologyMarchesOn above, the episode "Drowsy" has the titular duo prevent Gantu and Reuben from kidnapping... Regis Philbin. And yes, ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' got a ShoutOut.

** According to Jess Winfield, the episode "Ace" [[http://www.ersoz.com/storyboard/sb_pages/ls_ace.htm was supposed to have a scene where Lilo, Stitch and some of the experiments create a tidal wave]] to impress the head of E.G.O. with Pleakley playing a victim until, thanks to the episode's titular experiment, he unintentionally ''becomes'' the victim. Winfield and his staff thought it was insensitive to the victims of the tragedy, so they turned the episode into a ClipShow in which Jumba shows the head of E.G.O. videos of the experiments.* DoingItForTheArt: The show makers had to push for the ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' crossover because execs didn't want to use a series that had been cancelled for five years.

* DoingItForTheArt: The show makers had to push for the ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' crossover because execs didn't want to use a series that had been cancelled for five years.

* TooSoon: Both involving the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami 2004 Indian Ocean Boxing Day earthquake and tsunami:]]
** Re-runs of the episode "Cannonball" were pulled because said episode revolved around the titular experiment causing tsunamis. It was put back in rotation two months later.
** According to Jess Winfield, the episode "Ace" [[http://www.ersoz.com/storyboard/sb_pages/ls_ace.htm was supposed to have a scene where Lilo, Stitch and some of the experiments create a tidal wave]] to impress the head of E.G.O. with Pleakley playing a victim until, thanks to the episode's titular experiment, he unintentionally ''becomes'' the victim. Winfield and his staff thought it was insensitive to the victims of the tragedy, so they turned the episode into a ClipShow in which Jumba shows the head of E.G.O. videos of the experiments.

* DevelopmentGag: Experiment 258 was an early pitch idea of Stitch himself where he was an alien living alone in a forest in the Midwest and having the ability to imitate natural sounds.

* FanNickname:
** 627 is given the name "Evile" by fans (and, previously, even [[TheWikiRule wikis]]) due to "evil" being [[PokemonSpeak the only word he said]], [[Anime/{{Stitch}} at least initially]]. He was never named by anyone in the franchise proper. Interestingly, this nickname has been getting less popular with the fans in recent years as they find the name to be rather silly and trite. They are hoping to find a better name for him, but inertia and a lack of general agreement has kept the "Evile" nickname intact.
** On the flip side, Leroy from ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'' is also called Experiment 629 by fans and wikis. Although some commercials that aired before his debut and some Japanese merchandise number him 628, there was already an Experiment 628 as seen in pod form at the end of 627's episode. 628 was never activated, and Leroy was never officially numbered by Jumba. (Jumba tried to number him 627, but Gantu reminded him that he already made Experiment 627.)

** 627 is given the name "Evile" by fans (and, previously, even [[TheWikiRule wikis]]) due to "evil" being [[PokemonSpeak the only word he said]], [[Anime/{{Stitch}} at least initially]]. He was never named by anyone in the franchise proper. Interestingly, this nickname has been getting less popular with the fans in recent years as they find the name to be rather silly and trite. They are hoping to find to better name for him, but inertia and a lack of general agreement has kept the "Evile" nickname intact.

* UsefulNotes/HighDefinition: Although it was made during an era where most households still had standard-def [=TVs=], all sixty-five episodes of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' were produced in HD.

** JoinUsDrone (fanart-related)

** 627 is given the name "Evile" by fans (and, previously, even [[TheWikiRule wikis]]) due to "evil" being [[PokemonSpeak the only word he said]], [[Anime/{{Stitch}} at least initially]]. He was never named by anyone in the franchise proper.

* ActorAllusion: In one episode Pleakley claims he and Jumba are "Canadians from Canadia." Kevin [=McDonald=] is Canadian.

* ImageSource: A crop from "[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E30Angel Angel]]" currently provides the page image for SweetieGraffiti.

* QuoteSource: This series provides the page quote for ABirthdayNotABreak.

** The aforementioned original storyboards of "Ace".

** In a [[http://www.ersoz.com/storyboard/sb_pages/ls_ace.htm conceptual storyboard for "Ace"]] by Sahin Ersöz, Jumba was supposed to be expelled from E.G.O. for saving Pleakley from a tidal wave staged by Lilo, Stitch, and some of the other experiments. Unfortunately, [[ExecutiveMeddling Disney's Standards and Practices didn't approve of this]], hence why it was changed to Jumba showing the head of E.G.O. [[ClipShow footage of the experiments]] instead.
*** According to a ''Lilo & Stitch'' fan who claimed to have seen Winfield's TV Tome thread, the tidal wave portion was actually cut because of a real-life major tsunami that happened at the time (presumably the infamous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami 2004 Indian Ocean Boxing Day tsunamis]]); having Lilo and the experiments make a massive tidal wave of their own [[TooSoon would have been seen as insensitive and disrespectful to the victims of the tsunami]].

* BigInJapan: Sparky and Angel were popular enough to appear in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts''[[note]]Sparky was in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth By Sleep]]'', Angel currently has only appeared as TheCameo in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX X]]''[[/note]] and ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'', as well as numerous Japanese merchandise based on ''Lilo & Stitch'', despite debuting in ''WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie'' and the American animated series.

* UsefulNotes/HighDefinition: Although it was made during an era where most households still had standard-def [=TVs=], all sixty-five episodes of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' were produced in HD. Not many fans know that, however, but thankfully reruns on Disney Junior and later Creator/DisneyXD have used the HD versions, so fans may be increasingly aware of this show's HD origins.

** "Slugger", "Bad Stitch", and "Drowsy" were not initially available on Disney+, but were later added.

** "Slugger", "Bad Stitch", and "Drowsy" are not available on Disney+.