Lilo Pelekai
Age	Varies (5-9)
Gender	Female
Appears in	all episodes, all movies
Performer	Daveigh Chase, Dakota Fanning

Lilo Pelekai (first name pronounced LEE-lo, last name pronounced Pay-lay-kai; IPA:[lˈiːləʊ]) is the co-star of the Disney animated film Lilo & Stitch and its subsequent sequels and animated series. She is a young Hawaiian girl who lives on the island of Kauaʻi with her older sister Nani and her extended family of alien visitors marooned on Earth. Image File history File links Lilo Pelekai, one of the two main prtagonists in the film Lilo & Stitch. This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Dakota Fanning (born Hannah Dakota Fanning on February 23, 1994) is an American actress. ... Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... For the television series, see Lilo & Stitch: The Series Lilo & Stitch is a 2002 Academy Award nominated animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution on June 21, 2002. ... Official language(s) English, Hawaiian Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area  Ranked 43rd  - Total 10,931 sq mi (29,311 km²)  - Width n/a miles (n/a km)  - Length 1,522 miles (2,450 km)  - % water 41. ... Kauai (Hawaiian IPA pron. ... Nani Pelekai is a character from the Lilo & Stitch film and TV show. ... This article is about Earth as a planet. ...

Her spirited and highly eccentric personality — especially in light of her parents' death — has somewhat alienated her from her fellow children, yet Lilo makes the perfect best friend for Stitch, an alien experiment whom she adopts as her dog. Lilo attends Hula school and her hobbies include the photography of obese people, talking about creatures from horror/sci-fi movies, and capturing and rehabilitating Jumba's evil genetic experiments. She idolizes Elvis Presley. This article is about the character from the Disney animated movie, Lilo & Stitch. ... Hula kahiko performance in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Hula is often performed as a form of prayer at official state functions in Hawaii. ... A hobby is a spare-time recreational pursuit. ... Photography [fÓ™tÉ‘grÓ™fi:],[foÊŠtÉ‘grÓ™fi:] is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or sensor. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer, musician and actor. ...

Description

Lilo is a young Hawaiian girl with long, straight black hair and brown eyes. She's most often seen wearing a muʻumuʻu and sandals, but also wears other warm-weather clothing as well as traditional hula costumes. In Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, her reflection in a mirror is compared to a picture of her young mother, suggesting that they look similar. In the episode "Skip" where an experiment is used to skip time 10 then another 10 years, it's mentioned that older Lilo looks a lot like her sister Nani. Official language(s) English, Hawaiian Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area  Ranked 43rd  - Total 10,931 sq mi (29,311 km²)  - Width n/a miles (n/a km)  - Length 1,522 miles (2,450 km)  - % water 41. ... The muÊ»umuÊ»u (more often spelled as muumuu or mumu) is a loose dress of Hawaiian origin that hangs from the shoulder. ... Modern multi-colored Sandalette Yoga sandals In some parts of the United States, this type of sandal is referred to in slang as the mandal in that it is worn primarily by men. ... Hula kahiko performance in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Hula is often performed as a form of prayer at official state functions in Hawaii. ...

Lilo ages throughout the series, which takes place over a time span of three years. In the first film she's five. In Stitch has a Glitch and Stitch! The Movie, she's 7. A Disney Adventures comic and "Amnesio" are both set during birthday parties. By Leroy & Stitch, she is nine. Her last name, Pelekai, is a little contradictory, seeing as 'Pele' is the Hawaiian volcano goddess, and 'kai' is the Hawaiian (and Japanese) word for ocean. To this effect, the family name means "Volcano of the Sea." Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch is a direct-to-video animated film produced by DisneyToon Studios. ... Stitch! The Movie is a direct-to-video animated spinoff of Lilo & Stitch, released on August 26, 2003. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Animated map exhibiting the worlds oceanic waters. ...

Lilo's Family

Lilo's parents died in a car accident some time before Lilo & Stitch, and they have not appeared in the series apart from three photographs: one of Lilo, Nani, and their parents having a picnic on the beach, a photograph of Lilo's mother winning the Hula school's May Day celebration, and a photo of Nani with her parents when she graduated to intermediate Hula.

Lilo's mother is depicted as kind and loving (and perhaps eccentric like her younger daughter), as well as an excellent hula dancer. She would placate her children by holding a family night, singing lullabies, and making up funny constellations. Lilo's father played the ʻukulele and was the one who coined the phrase "ʻOhana means family, family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten." This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The ukulele (Hawaiian: , IPA pronunciation: ; Anglicised pronunciation usually IPA: ), sometimes spelled ukelele (particularly in the UK) or uke, is a chordophone classified as a plucked lute; it is a subset of the guitar family of instruments, generally with four strings or four courses of strings. ...

Lilo loves and misses her parents very much. Lilo keeps a picture of them under her pillow and initially would not allow Stitch to touch it (rejecting him when his fight with Jumba caused her house and the picture to become damaged). In the episode "Remmy", which takes place on the anniversary of the accident, Lilo is depressed and takes a nap to help deal with her sadness. The picture is used to turn Lilo's nightmares into a dream of the day the photograph was taken, which manages to make her happy again.

Lilo writes a thank-you note to an "Uncle Joe" in "Glitch/Woops". Otherwise, Lilo and Nani are the only known living members of the Pelekai family.

The development of Lilo's ʻohana (extended family) begins with the adoption of Stitch in Lilo & Stitch. Though Lilo technically owns Stitch by Hawaiian state law, the relationship between the two is more like siblings and best friends. By the end of the series, Lilo's ʻohana includes "Uncle" Jumba and "Aunt" Pleakley, David, Cobra Bubbles, the Grand Councilwoman, all 626 (627 is dehydrated, although it could be argued that he still counts) of Stitch's "Cousins", Victoria, Gantu, and finally, Mertle.