Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

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Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch

Cover art for the Lilo & Stitch 2 DVD
Directed by Michael LaBash
Anthony Leondis
Produced by Christopher Chase
Angi Dyste
Written by Anthony Leondis (screenplay)
Eddie Guzelian
Alexa Junge
Michael LaBash
Starring Dakota Fanning
Tia Carrere
Chris Sanders
Kevin McDonald
David Ogden Stiers
Jason Scott Lee
Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Release date(s) August 30, 2005
Running time 68 min.
Language English
Preceded by Stitch! The Movie (2003)
Followed by Leroy & Stitch (2006)
IMDb profile

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch is a direct-to-video animated film produced by DisneyToon Studios. The film is an interquel, being the direct sequel to the 2002 Disney feature film Lilo & Stitch and taking place before the events of Stitch! The Movie and subsequent additions to the franchise. Although originally slated for a theatrical release (like Return to Neverland), it was released to DVD and VHS on August 30, 2005. Like the original film, Lilo & Stitch 2 features the music of Elvis Presley and the original film's animation style. Despite always being labeled with the subtitle, "Stitch has a Glitch," this does not actually appear in the title card. However, a modified title card featuring it did show up in the preview for the film's Disney Channel airing.

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[edit] Synopsis

Lilo and her classmates are preparing for a hula competition where the winner gets to perform at the local May Day festival. Each student is required to create an original dance. While preparing for the competition, Stitch's past comes back to haunt him. It seems that after Stitch was created, Jumba did not get a chance to fully charge Stitch's molecules before they were both arrested. At first this glitch causes Stitch to revert to his old destructive programming, but it will ultimately destroy him if Jumba cannot create a charging pod before Stitch's energy runs out.

Meanwhile, Stitch's uncontrollable destructive behavior is driving a wedge between him and Lilo and ruining her chances for success at the hula competition. Eventually, the two devise a hula based on the legend of Hi'iaka. Lilo gets mad at Stitch and he sends himself away so he won't hurt anyone he loves. Ultimately, Lilo forfeits the competition to help Stitch. Unfortunately, Stitch dies at the end and Lilo's love revives him when Jumba's machine cannot.

Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch has a darker emotional tone partially due to the addition of Dakota Fanning voicing Lilo in Daveigh Chase's absence. The high quality animation and challenging plot echoes the sadness of much of the original movie. This stands in contrast to the easygoing feel and weaker animation of the other Lilo and Stitch offerings.

[edit] Continuity issues

The film seems to overlook the continuity established in the PlayStation 2 video game, Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626. In this game, set before the events of the first film, Stitch is apparently fully charged and wreaking havoc in outer space. This plot is also evident in the deleted scene entitled "Stitch's Trial" shown on the first Lilo & Stitch DVD.

It is also retconned with Disney Adventures Magazine, where Jumba created Stitch and 625 helps him, but in the movie how Jumba created Stitch is much different and when Jumba was caught, 625 and the other experiments are nowhere to be seen.

The layout of the house has changed, but this is because Lilo & Stitch: The Series was not created by Chris Sanders, it was created by Jess Winfield, who most likely did not know the layout they were giving it in Lilo & Stitch 2.

There are several other inconsistencies in the film, including the hula girl Teresa being referred to as Aleka (although it could be her Hawaiian name).

Despite these differences, it appears that Disney has retconned Disney's Stitch: Experiment 626 and that Lilo & Stitch 2 stands in continuity, appearing after the first installment, and prior to Stitch! The Movie.

[edit] Drawing Continuity Errors

  • Before Lilo went up to do the hula dance, Stitch scratched Lilo. However, after Stitch ran off, the scratch on Lilo's cheek is gone.
  • When Jumba creates the Fusion Chamber the first time, the switch was on one side (right). When Jumba re-made it the second time, the switch was on the other side (left). When Lilo was putting Stitch into it, the switch appeared on the right side again.
  • When Jumba sends Pleakley to the house for appliances, he picks up a toaster with no plug. Moments later, the toaster re-appears with a plug.
  • When Nani hits the brakes on her Volkswagen, right before they go over the edge, you can see that the gas pedal and the clutch pedal have reversed themselves. They are on the opposite sides even though Nani is in the drivers seat on the left side.

[edit] Production notes

  • MPAA rating: PG for some mild action
  • Runtime: 68 minutes

[edit] Credited voice cast

[edit] Production Crew

  • Directed by Michael LaBash and Anthony Leondis
  • Screenplay by Anthony Leondis
  • Produced by Chris Chase
  • CGI Animation by Simon Alberry
  • Music by Steven Gizicki (Supervisor) and Scott Erickson (Arranger)
  • Edited By William J. Caparella

[edit] References to Popular Culture

  • Early in the film, a Tigger slipper can be seen on one of Pleakley's feet.
  • Because the film was released around the same time that Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was released, one of the trailers poked fun at ROTS by using a Star Wars-themed intro & using the gag "Revenge of the Stitch".

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005) (V) - Trivia

[edit] External links

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