Lilo Pelekai
Portrayed by
Maia Kealoha (2025 film)
Voice
Daveigh Chase Dakota Fanning (Stitch Has a Glitch ) Tara Strong (as an adult; in the episode "Skip") Melissa Fahn (as a child; in Stitch! English dub) Gwendoline Yeo (as an adult; in Stitch! English dub episode “Lilo”)
Animators
Lilo & Stitch : Andreas Deja (supervising animator) Gregg Azzopardi Darko Cesar Caroline Clifford Ron Cohee Amy Drobeck James W. Elston Trey Finney Daniel A. Gracey John E. Hailey Seung Beom Kim Merritt F. Andrews Branko Mihanovic Phil Morris Steve Quentin Peter Raymundo Danny R. Santos Carol Seidl Rusty Stoll Chad Thompson John Webber Ron ZeitlerLilo & Stitch 2 : Kevin Peaty (supervising animator)
Accolades
Annie Award for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (Daveigh Chase)
Other names
Little Girl (by Jumba) Weirdlo/Freaklo (by Mertle Edmonds and her friends) Earth Girl (by Hamsterviel and Gantu) Lulu (by Spinelli; briefly) Little Nani (by Lona)
Personality
High-spirited, bright, clever, short-tempered (on occasions), stubborn, mischievous, compassionate, curious, perplexing, emotional, hyper, creative, sensitive, friendly, kind-hearted, innocent, insecure, remorseful, optimistic, outright, independent, idealistic
Appearance
Small, tubby, olive skin, long shiny black hair, brown eyes
Occupation
Ambassador to Earth Sole guardian of Stitch and his "cousins"
Goal
To stay with Nani (first film)
To save Stitch from dying and win the hula contest (
Stitch Has a Glitch )
To save Jumba's first 625 experiments and redeem them (TV series; succeeded)
Try to make friends with Mertle and her friends (formerly)
Home
Her house in Kokaua Town, Kauai, Hawaii
Parents
Mr. and Mrs. Pelekai †
Partner(s)
Keoni Jameson (crush)
Children
Ani Pelekai (daughter; non-canon)
Allies
Nani , Stitch , David , Jumba Jookiba , Pleakley , Pudge , Cobra Bubbles , Reuben , Angel , Captain Gantu , Sparky , Elena, Teresa, and Yuki (sometimes and rarely),Victoria , Keoni Jameson , Penny Proud , Kim Possible , Ron Stoppable , Rufus , Jake Long , Trixie Carter , Arthur Spudinski , Fu Dog , T.J. Detweiler , Vince LaSalle , Ashley Spinelli , Gretchen Grundler , Mikey Blumberg , Gus Griswald
Enemies
Gantu (formerly),
Dr. Hämsterviel ,
Leroy ,
Mertle Edmonds (sometimes),
Elena, Teresa, and Yuki (sometimes),
627 ,
Dr. Drakken ,
Shego ,
Chugag
Likes
Her ʻohana, Stitch, having friends, Elvis Presley, Regis Philbin, hula dancing, surfing, horror/sci-fi B movies, having fun, being messy, her doll Scrump, photographing obese tourists, Keoni, feeding Pudge with peanut butter sandwiches, anything weird, the color orange
Dislikes
Bullies, bad luck, rules, clowns, broccoli, haunted houses, Mertle, Gantu (formerly), being yelled at, Stitch's destructive behavior, Nani scolding her, being too young for something, being considered a freak, being doubted and alienated, being called crazy, hearing that she'll never be like her mother, being alone, the color pink, being reminded that she's an orphan, being told that she is not a normal person, the photo of her parents getting touched, broken dolls, ballet, her parents' death, overprotectiveness
Fate
Stays with Stitch and his cousins as a huge ʻohana .
Quote
"It's sandwich day." "ʻOhana means family, and family means no one gets left behind or forgotten." "Rock a hula!"
Source
“Lilo! She's a little girl this big, she has black hair and brown eyes and she hangs around with that THING ! ”
―Nani about Lilo
Lilo Pelekai is the female protagonist of the Lilo & Stitch franchise. She is a young, orphaned Hawaiian girl who lives on the island of Kauai with her older sister, Nani , and her extended yet unconventional family of alien visitors marooned on Earth.
Biography [ ]
Lilo & Stitch [ ]
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch [ ]
Stitch! The Movie [ ]
Leroy & Stitch [ ]
Personality [ ]
Trivia [ ]