Original film | Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch | Stitch! anime
- The climax. After malfunctioning and accidentally attacking Lilo, Stitch decides that it is too dangerous for him to live on Earth anymore and tries to escape to an uninhabited planet using Jumba's ship. Lilo ends up chasing after him with a hovercraft, and witnesses him crash into a mountain. Knowing the only way to save Stitch's life is to put him in Jumba's Fusion Chamber to recharge him, she activates the machine with Stitch inside, but he doesn't awaken. Lilo believes him to be dead and cradles his motionless body in her arms until Stitch suddenly grabs her arm, revealing that he did in fact survive.
- It should also be mentioned that Lilo had to take Stitch from Jumba's arms. Him cradling Stitch and holding him close is heart-wrenchingly akin to a father tenderly holding a son he just lost (in line with what another tearjerker point mentions).
- What Lilo says to Stitch, whilst holding him in the pieta position, having come to the realization that she'd been acting selfish:Lilo: Stitch, I'm so sorry. (sighs) I kept saying how I needed you... but you needed me more. (puts flower on Stitch's chest and sniffles) You're my ohana, Stitch. (shivers, then hugs him) And I'll always love you. (breaks down sobbing)
- Even if there was no way Disney would actually kill off Stitch for real, it still doesn't make anything less sad... In fact, Stitch actually did die and Lilo's love brought him back. Makes it more sad, doesn't it?
- "Stitch sorry." He says it so many times throughout the movie, but doing it right before he died... And before he says it one last time, as Lilo peers into the chamber, both hands on the glass, he reaches up and places his paw on the glass where Lilo's hand is. Possible Shout-Out to Spock's death, anyone?
- The fact that it was so drawn out. They did the scene very well.
- If you've ever lost your own dog, this scene can be especially difficult to watch.
- During the rehearsal, Stitch's glitch not only ruined his and Lilo's chances at winning the competition and made him attack the teacher and other students, but it also caused Lilo to get expelled from Hula school.Kumu: Lilo, you will never rehearse at this hula again!
- "I'm sorry, Mom..."
- While it's also hysterical there's still something very sad about Stitch's reaction when the map is destroyed. We've seen the little guy go through a lot and still not break down like that.
- Stitch's latest glitch causing him to accidentally scratch Lilo, just like he did in his nightmare sequence about turning bad again. This is what convinces him this his fears have been confirmed.
- Remember when Lilo angrily told Stitch he was bad? Her words come back to bite her when she searches the tree house for him and finds his Goodness Level Chart crossed out.
- Jumba's entire story in the film is fairly sad: he finds out early on that Stitch is malfunctioning and dying, and spends the entire movie unsure if he can truly do anything to save him but tries his hardest to do so anyway. Elsewhere in the series, Jumba rarely makes it as evident that he looks at Stitch as his own child, and his pain as his attempts to save him fail is heartbreaking - when it looks like the only machine that could fix things has exploded, he just shuts down entirely. Luckily Pleakley is there to re-encourage him, but still..."Jumba has failed family..."
- Sometime after Stitch trashes their bedroom from one of his glitches, Nani and Lilo have another small fight - which ends in a heartwarming way, but has this very tearjerking exchange; Nani finds Lilo laying face-first on her bed, once again frustrated and angry with Stitch for "breaking his promise" and ruining her chances to win the hula competition again. Nani tries to reassure her sister that it's just a contest, only for Lilo to rudely tell her to get out of the room, leading Nani to become increasingly agitated as she was just trying to help and cheer her up about everything (including Stitch). Unfortunately, Lilo's bad attitude, stubbornness, and blind ambition to win the hula contest like their mother had did, only makes matters worse.Lilo: (shouting) You're no help! I wish Mom were here!Nani: I'm doing the best I can!Lilo: (nastily) Well, it's not good enough!Nani: (voice breaking slightly) Don't you think I know that?
- Stitch literally spends the entire movie slowly dying and has no idea. Though he tries to tell his family there's something wrong and he's not in control, between Lilo's desperatation to win the contest to be like her Mom and Jumba and Pleakley not revealing that there's an issue at all in the end Stitch blames himself for all the trouble he's causing and is convinced he's bad and he'll always be bad and there's nothing he can do about it. It's heartbreaking to see him push Lilo away because he's too dangerous to be around because he wants her around but he loves her too much to risk hurting her.
