History Trivia / LiloAndStitchTheSeries

** Jess Winfield 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 "[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E9YinYang Yin-Yang]]", saying that the episode's experiments, story, and theme worked well together. "[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E30Angel Angel]]" and "[[Recap/Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E36BonnieAndClyde 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.

** Jess Winfield 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.
** Series screenwriter John Wray commented on the Lilo & Stitch [[Website/{{Reddit}} subreddit]] that he believed "[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E23MrsHasagawasCatsAce Ace]]" was his best script, although he clearly stated that it was the original version of the script he wrote that he prefers before it was converted into the final ClipShow version that was produced.

** [[AllStarCast Lots of them]], including Creator/JeffBennett, Creator/NancyCartwright, Creator/GreyDeLisle, Creator/TressMacNeille, Creator/RobPaulsen, Creator/ChrisSanders, Creator/TaraStrong and Creator/FrankWelker.

* ActorAllusion: In one episode Pleakley claims he and Jumba are "Canadians from Canada." Kevin [=McDonald=] is Canadian.
* BetterExportForYou: In the show's native United States, a few episodes of the show were only featured as bonus material on [=DVDs=] relating to its parent franchise, including a DVD game called ''Island of Adventures'' and the ''Leroy & Stitch'' DVD, and as part of Game Boy Advance Video paks featuring other Disney Channel shows, before being fully available on Disney+ at launch years later. In Japan, however, where Stitch is huge, they got the entire series in DVD box set format.

* BonusEpisode: "Link" was this for the DVD release of ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'', and it aired as the last episode of ''The Series'' a month later.

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Jess Winfield 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.

* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Pleakley is voiced by Kevin [=McDonald=] from ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall''; when his family came to visit in "[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E14Fibber Fibber]]", his former castmates provided their voices. [[CrossDressingVoices Scott Thompson was his mom, Bruce McCullough was his sister]] and Creator/MarkMcKinney was his brother. Creator/DaveFoley [[ItMakesSenseInContext was the priest]].
* 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 possibly Blu-ray) release]] in the West, but it's never even reached 1,000 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.

* BetterExportForYou: In the show's native United States, a few episodes of the show featured only featured as bonus material on [=DVDs=] relating to its parent franchise, including a DVD game called ''Island of Adventures'' and the ''Leroy & Stitch'' DVD, and as part of Game Boy Advance Video paks featuring other Disney Channel shows, before being fully available on Disney+ at launch years later. In Japan, however, where Stitch is huge, they got the entire series in DVD box set format.

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

* TalkingToHimself:
** [[AllStarCast Lots of them]], including Creator/JeffBennett, Creator/NancyCartwright, Creator/GreyDeLisle, Creator/TressMacNeille, Creator/RobPaulsen, Creator/ChrisSanders, Creator/TaraStrong and Creator/FrankWelker.
** Both Mrs. Edmonds and Aunt Stacy are voiced by Creator/AprilWinchell.

** Creator/TressMacNeille, Creator/TaraStrong, Dionne Quan, Creator/NancyCartwright and Creator/FrankWelker for several experiments.

* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: Creator/ChrisSanders did not create this show, nor was he involved in the creative process outside of voice acting. He even had to state that he did not make [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch his film]] with the intention of making a TV series out of it.

* 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, giving it some future-proofing.

* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: The show primarily used a "With the Voice Talents Of" list throughout its run, not identifying the voice actors with their characters. Season two did credit the main cast with their specific roles but still didn't identify voice actors for minor roles.

** Subverted, sort of. Some fans believe that Disney canceled the show, but in actuality, the show was planned to be a SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon from the start. Never mind the fact that Disney did produce ''[[WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch a finale film]]'' for the show.
** Disney ''did'' botch the airing of new episodes throughout its second season, however. There were some months-long hiatuses between airings of new episodes during that season, taking nearly ''two years'' to get through season two has as a result, despite having a third fewer episodes than season one.

* 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 ''Manga/StitchAndTheSamurai''.[[/note]]

* WorkingTitle: The show was first announced as ''Stitch! The TV Series'', which explains the title for ''Stitch! The Movie''.

* BetterExportForYou: It mainly had episodes of the show featured as bonus material on [=DVDs=] relating to its' parent franchise, a DVD game called ''Island of Adventures'', and Disney+. In Japan, however, where Stitch is huge, they got the entire series in box set format.

* BetterExportForYou:

** On the other hand, Keoni Jameson was mandated by Disney execs as an [[AudienceSurrogate audience avatar]]. [[TheScrappy The fans]] [[CreatorsPest and the writers hated him for it.]]

* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: Creator/ChrisSanders did not create this show, nor was he really involved in the creative process outside of voice acting. He even had to state that he did not make [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch his film]] with the intention of making a TV series out of it.

** ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'' cast members Scott Thompson and Bruce [=McCulloch=] voice Pleakley's mother and sister Pixley, respectively.

* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Pleakley is voiced by Kevin [=McDonald=] from ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall''; when his family came to visit in "[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E14Fibber Fibber]]", his former castmates provided their voices. [[CrossDressingVoices Scott Thompson was his mom, Bruce McCullough was his sister]] and [=Mark McKinney=] was his brother. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Dave Foley was the priest]].

** The executives did not like [[LoveInterest Angel]] and didn't want her to appear again. After finding out about [[BreakoutCharacter her popularity among fans]], they relented, but only for [[GrandFinale the last episode]]. Of course, nowadays, Disney is all too willing to give her some regular promotion and merchandise, and they made sure to make up for screwing her out of this show by giving her several more appearances through the following ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' anime. She's even a meetable character at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks (notably at Tokyo Disney Resort and Disneyland Paris).

** The executives did not like [[LoveInterest Angel]] and didn't want her to appear again. After finding out about [[BreakoutCharacter her popularity among fans]], they relented, but only for [[GrandFinale the last episode]]. Of course, nowadays, Disney is all too willing to give her some regular promotion and merchandise, and they made sure to make up for screwing her out of this show by giving her several more appearances through the following ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' anime.

* 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.

See also the [[Trivia/LiloAndStitch Trivia page]] for the whole franchise and the original film, and the Trivia pages of this show's [[Trivia/StitchTheMovie pilot]] and [[Trivia/LeroyAndStitch finale]] films.

* ImageSource:
** FamilyOfChoice ("[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS2E16WishyWashy Wishy-Washy]]")
** SweetieGraffiti ("[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E30Angel Angel]]")

* QuoteSource:
** ABirthdayNotABreak ("[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E12Amnesio Amnesio]]")
** CloningSplitsAttributes ("[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E28Dupe Dupe]]")

* VideoSource:
** AfraidOfNeedles ("[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E34Sample Sample]]")
** BriarPatching ("[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E28Dupe Dupe]]")
** CloningSplitsAttributes ("Dupe")
** FreakyFridayFlip ("[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS2E3Swapper Swapper]]")
** FlushingToiletScreamingShower ("Sample")
** GrowlingGut ("[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS2E9Ploot Ploot]]")
** PracticalJoke, with CashLure, ElectricJoybuzzer, and PieInTheFace depicted ("[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS2E8PJ PJ]]")
** SuckECheeses ("[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS1E2Phantasmo Phantasmo]]"; two clips)

** 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 view 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.]]
* 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.

* QuoteSource: The episode "Amnesio" provides the page quote for ABirthdayNotABreak.

** FamilyOfChoice ("[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS2E16WishyWashy Wishy-Washy]]")

** FamilyOfChoice ([[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS2E16WishyWashy Wishy-Washy]]")

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

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Along with what's written under TechnologyMarchesOn above, the episode "Drowsy" has the titular duo prevent Gantu and Reuben from kidnapping Creator/RegisPhilbin, who had already left the American primetime version of the ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' (which got a ShoutOut in the episode) [[AnimationLeadTime by the time this episode debuted in February 2004]].[[note]]However, Philbin did host a ''Millionaire'' spin-off earlier that month called ''Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire''.[[/note]] This was cemented in July 2020 when he died.

* CommonKnowledge: That Angel was a fan-submitted design by a kid dying of cancer. This is a false claim from users on Website/{{Reddit}} in response to a memetic Website/{{Tumblr}} post criticizing Angel's character design. What proves that this isn't true is that the show never accepted fan submissions for anything--executive producer and screenwriter Creator/JessWinfield even stated on his TV Tome thread that company policy forbids him from taking any outside suggestions--and that Angel was designed by Jose Zelaya, a character designer and animator at Disney Television Animation.

* 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.

* 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 possibly Blu-ray) release]] in the West, but it's never even reached 1,000 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.

** GrowlingGut: ("[[Recap/LiloAndStitchTheSeriesS2E9Ploot Ploot]]")

** Disney ''did'' botch the airing of new episodes throughout its second season, however. There was some months long hiatuses between airings of new episodes during that season, taking nearly ''two years'' to get through season two has as a result, despite having a third less episodes than season one.