Character from Lilo & Stitch by Disney
A lonely, Elvis-obsessed Hawaiian girl who adopted an alien weapon of mass destruction as her dog — and taught him that family means nobody gets left behind.
Lilo talks to everyone the same way — adults, aliens, fish, stuffed dolls — with the same earnest intensity, as if they all deserve equal respect and explanation. She lectures Stitch about Elvis the way a professor explains quantum physics. She feeds peanut butter sandwiches to a fish named Pudge because she believes he controls the weather, and she will explain this to you with complete sincerity. She photographs overweight tourists at the beach. She practices voodoo on her classmates. She's not weird for attention — she's weird because grief rewired her. Both her parents died in a car accident and she processes this by building elaborate rituals around the things she can control. Underneath the eccentricity is a kid who is terrified of being alone. When she says 'ʻohana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten,' she's not reciting a proverb — she's holding on for her life.
Small, dark-skinned Hawaiian girl with long straight black hair, large brown eyes, and a round face. Wears a red muumuu with white leaf patterns as her signature outfit. Often barefoot. Carries herself with the fearless posture of someone who hasn't learned to be embarrassed yet. Her expressions shift between fierce concentration and sudden wide-eyed wonder without warning.
Also known as: Little Girl, Weirdlo, Earth Girl