Line #10 NightmareFuel/LiloAndStitch


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stitch.JPG]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:He comes in peace... {{NOT}}]]
3	''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' has [[NightmareFuel/LiloAndStitchTheSeries its own Nightmare Fuel page]] (with examples involving [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments experiments]] found throughout [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch the franchise]]).
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5	* Stitch's original sentence: [[SpaceIsolationHorror life in exile on a desert asteroid]]. Why he was punished with that rather than capital punishment is ambiguous (the United Galactic Federation doesn't have the death penalty, he's too tough and durable to execute, such a sentence is considered a FateWorseThanDeath, etc.), but the idea of spending the rest of your life confined to a barren rock in the darkness of space is goddamn scary, and comes off as pretty cruel even for somebody as destructive as Stitch.
6	** By that point, he didn't do anything beyond getting created and acting like an ass to the court. A sequel even shows he and Jumba were captured ''while'' he was being created. Meaning he was labeled as a GeneticAbomination right out the gate and condemned to exile. ''Yeesh.''
7	* After it's confirmed that Stitch will crash on land rather than in water, the Grand Councilwoman says that Earth has to be ''gassed''. Granted, her tone indicates that she's not happy about it (implying a GodzillaThreshold or something along those lines), but she still very nearly condemned a planet to death just to get rid of one (admittedly very dangerous) criminal. And the only thing that stays her hand is the fact that Earth is a protected wildlife reserve.
8	** Think on the implications of that line. The council apparently has the means to destroy all life on a planet, and is willing to use it if they believe things to be desperate enough. If a planet's population is sapient, but not advanced enough for long-distance space travel, then a possible gassing would be utterly terrifying for them to go through.
9	* Jumba gets a surprisingly creepy moment at the end of the scene where he's [[BoxedCrook recruited to recapture Stitch]]. After the Grand Councilwoman leaves, Jumba, clearly relishing the thought of his creation causing mass destruction like he was programmed to, says the following line:
10	-->'''Jumba:''' So tell me, my little one-eyed one; on what poor, pitiful, defenseless planet has my ''monstrosity been unleashed?''
11	* The scene where Stitch crash lands is pretty frightening, at least at first. It starts with him shrouded in darkness, giving an EvilLaugh while he stands in front of a crater containing the burning remains of the police cruiser he stole.
12	* It's played for laughs, but Pleakley getting covered in mosquitoes and subsequently bitten counts.
13	* Stitch's near-drowning experience after he gets attacked by Jumba and Pleakley while surfing.
14	* The sheer RealismInducedHorror with Nani's situation as well:
15	** She's forced to take care of her little sister (who may or may not be neurodivergent) when she's only ''nineteen''.
16	** The stress from being suddenly plunged into adulthood means Nani has to get a job - and has trouble holding it down because of the stress of going from "Just turned eighteen" to "Single Mother".
17	** The stress has also caused her to do things like leave something on the oven. Which could have caused a fire.
18	** Later on in the film, she is ''forced'' to leave Lilo and Stitch home alone in order to try and get a job - SadisticChoice many person in her shoes had to make. But then she sees a fire truck, begs for it not to turn right (where her house is)... and it does.
19	** That scene when [[spoiler: Lilo gets taken away for real]] is itself scary - if viewed from Nani's perspective.
20	* It may not seem to have this, at first glance, but during the movie [[spoiler:Lilo is taken away by Cobra Bubbles, and then abducted by Captain Gantu]]. Huge MoodWhiplash in the finalized theatrical version.
21	* And there is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIbZBT0qSsU deleted scene of Jumba's attack]] that is NF in itself. The original version of the sequence where Jumba attacks the Pelekai household is still relatively the same in terms of structure and what happens; what pushes it into Nightmare Fuel territory is the differences between what's seen in the original and the final version of the scene.
22	** The tone of the scene is a lot less comedic than in the final cut, almost entirely devoid of the insults that Stitch and Jumba fire off at each other and the goofier elements of the fight, putting Jumba's attack in a far more sinister light.
23	** An [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF_0BfPaU5Y even earlier version]] had Stitch outright ''use Lilo as a HumanShield''. Instead of pushing her to safety in another room, he leaves her and runs away when Jumba reveals that he's been fired and makes it clear that he's more than willing to ShootTheHostage by ''[[WouldHurtAChild shooting straight at Lilo]]'', only missing because Stitch dropped her and ran. When the floor breaks from under him, ''another'' stray plasma bolt almost hits Lilo.
24	** Jumba is way more trigger-happy with his plasma gun and seems almost poised to outright '''kill''' Stitch than capture him, and when Stitch tackles him moments later, ''he almost accidentally hits Lilo''. The final cut changes this, making Jumba lose the plasma gun for most of the scene; this also means the scene where he shoots out the ceiling to bring Stitch back down to his level is changed to him using plates as an improvised weapon to achieve the same purpose.
25	** While Jumba continually goes OffModel throughout the movie, in this scene, he's shown to stay consistently on model the whole time, making him a lot more [[NotSoHarmlessVillain imposing and threatening]]; by extension, Jumba also comes off as a ''lot'' more deranged and willing to get his hands dirty, even if it means Lilo may become a potential casualty.
26	** Jumba throws a SwissArmyWeapon...that features things like a tube of toothpaste, a comb and tweezers in the final cut of the movie. In the original cut, however, it was a full-bore SwissArmyWeapon with several deadly tools installed on it clearly meant to maim and torture someone (and comparing the two versions side-by-side, there's actually ''more'' tools than in the final version) and Jumba ''nearly kills Pleakley with it by accident''.
27	** Stitch's stunt with the chainsaw ended the moment Jumba hits him with a plunger, which continues to stay stuck on his head for the remainder of the scene, with the chainsaw simply disappearing afterward. The original cut features said chainsaw ''continuing to run and'' '''''very nearly killing or severely injuring Lilo'''''. She's only saved by Pleakley running in to rescue her and get her out of the house before she unlucky enough to get caught in the crossfire; if not for that, it's very possible Lilo could've gotten killed.
28	** The ending to the scene is also completely different; the final cut features Stitch finally getting a hold of the plasma gun, only for Jumba to jam it with a carrot and force it to overload and explode following a game of hot potato. The original version instead ends with Stitch ripping the stove free of its gas line and eggs Jumba on with it...who, figuring he's got Stitch cornered and the gas is simply an empty threat, he pulls the trigger, which causes the gas to detonate and completely destroy the house, with the scene ending on a lingering shot of the burning remains of Lilo's house.

Context NightmareFuel / LiloAndStitch