Lilo & Stitch

An extra-terrestrial mad scientist named Dr. Jumba Jookiba (David Ogden Stiers) is put on trial by a galactic governing body, headed by a Grand Councilwoman, for illegally creating creatures to cause chaos and destruction. His latest experiment is Number 626 (Chris Sanders): a cute little blue alien with four arms, two legs and antennae who is deceptively strong, fast, intelligent, destructive and indestructible. 626 is judged impossible to redeem, and sentenced to exile, while Jumba himself is jailed.

Captain Gantu (Kevin Michael Richardson), a huge shark-like alien, is assigned to take 626 to a penal colony, but during the trip, 626 manages to escape in a smaller spacecraft, and crash lands on the small Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi, on Earth. Masquerading as a dog, 626 is adopted by a little girl named Lilo Pelekai (Daveigh Chase) who is living with her 21-year-old sister Nani (Tia Carrere) after their parents died in a car accident. Lilo is lonely and a bit of an outcast until she finds a new friend in 626, whom she names "Stitch." She identifies with Stitch's strong antisocial tendencies, and the two form a bond immediately. Stitch initially attempts to escape the island but finds that it is impossible because he is afraid of the water and cannot swim because his body is too dense. Stitch resigns himself to stay with Lilo when he spots that he is being watched by Jumba and Galactic Agent Pleakley (Kevin McDonald), who have been assigned to recapture Stitch without being detected by humans. Lilo notes Stitch's violent tendencies and attempts to teach him to relax, holding up her favorite musician Elvis Presley as a model example of behavior.

Nani and Lilo are visited by social worker Cobra Bubbles (Ving Rhames), who tells Nani that unless she finds employment and improves their living conditions, he will have to take Lilo into foster care. She has three days to change his mind. Nani, with the help of her boyfriend David, tries several times to find employment, but is unable to secure a position, as Lilo's attempts to tame Stitch by having him behave as Elvis Presley generally lead to disaster. After one such tiring day, David offers Nani and Lilo a day of surfing at the beach. While the three of them are trying to help Stitch learn how to surf, Jumba and Pleakley capture Stitch from underwater, leading Stitch to grab onto Lilo, dragging her under. David manages to rescue both Lilo and Stitch, but Nani believes that Stitch was attacking Lilo. Unfortunately, Cobra Bubbles saw the entire event, and tells Nani (not without sympathy) that it's time to separate Lilo from her and that he'll return the next morning. Stitch realizes that it was his fault and returns to Lilo's house alone. After seeing Lilo and Nani express affection as sisters, and discuss the importance of their culture and being together as a family, he experiences an identity crisis and decides to leave, hiding in the woods feeling completely lost.

The following morning, Jumba and Pleakley are fired for not capturing Stitch. The Grand Councilwoman assigns Captain Gantu to capture Stitch. This leads Jumba, no longer bound by Galactic Code, to aggressively chase Stitch in one last effort. He finds Stitch in the woods and finds out that Stitch is waiting for "family" to arrive. Jumba says that Stitch doesn't have one and that he can never belong. Stitch runs from Jumba and a chase ensues. Meanwhile, Lilo discovers that Stitch left, while David arrives with a job offer for Nani. Nani tells Lilo to stay at home and not to answer the door. Stitch comes back to Lilo's home, followed by Jumba, and the two begin to fight while Lilo calls Cobra Bubbles for help. The house is ultimately demolished, with Nano and Agent Bubbles arriving just after. Seeing Nani and Cobra arguing, Lilo runs off into the woods and encounters Stitch. He reveals his true alien form, and Lilo is furious that he had deceived her. Before Lilo can say any more, Gantu captures both of them. Stitch manages to escape but is then confronted by Nani. At this point, Stitch finally speaks to her in (pidgin) English and shows that he is an alien and does understand the meaning of ohana, which means "family" and "that nobody gets left behind or forgotten". Jumba is able to capture Stitch during this moment of understanding, but Nani pleads with him to help save Lilo from Gantu, and he reluctantly does so.

Employing Jumba's spaceship, they and Gantu give chase around the Hawaiian mountains. Stitch manages to land on Gantu's ship and attempts to free Lilo, but Gantu reconfigures the angle of the afterburners to blast Stitch off the ship. After a moment of unconsciousness, Stitch wakes up just in time to save a frog from being run over by a gasoline truck. Hijacking the same truck, Stitch drives it straight into an active volcano, taunting Gantu and releasing the fuel into the lava. The explosion launches Stitch straight into Gantu's cockpit. Gantu tries to smash Stitch but ends up getting thrown off the ship. Stitch rescues Lilo moments before the ship explodes. When everyone lands in the ocean, David is coincidentally surfing nearby and helps transport everyone to shore.

The Grand Councilwoman arrives to arrest Stitch. Stitch, using his new name and broken English, asks to say good-bye to Lilo and Nani, telling the Grand Councilwoman: "This my family. I found it all on my own. It's little, and broken, but still good." Lilo presents the certificate of adoption from the dog pound which, as a legally binding document, makes her responsible for Stitch. The Grand Councilwoman sees that Stitch has reformed into a civilized creature under Lilo's care, and so Stitch's sentence of life in exile is altered: he's now considered a ward of Lilo and Nani's. Cobra Bubbles is revealed to be a former CIA agent who previously met the Grand Councilwoman at Roswell, and he promises to keep an eye on the family. The movie ends with both Jumba and Pleakley assigned to Earth (they help rebuild the demolished home with some of their alien technology), and with Stitch being fully accepted into Lilo's family.