If you remember, Disney's 2002 classic "Lilo & Stitch" was all about family. The line "Ohana means family," delivered in the titular alien Stitch's signature voice, ranks up there with "Hakuna Matata" as one of the most beloved quotes in the Disney canon.
Well, according to Reddit user kapu_koa there's a bigger conspiracy behind why Lilo and Nani were orphaned at a young age. The Redditor has pieced together a compelling fan theory that explains what happened to their parents of the Pelekai family.
The theory: Lilo and Nani's parents were actually CIA agents.
OK, OK, hold on. Hear us out before you write this theory off as far-fetched.
Remember Cobra Bubbles? He was a social worker and a close friend to Lilo and Nani's parents who wanted to put Lilo in a foster family after doubting Nani's parenting capabilities. Bubbles was also a CIA agent, who admitted to being involved in the Roswell UFO incident.
Redditor kapu_koa believes that there has to be more to Bubbles' story. Who goes from secret agent to social worker without a good explanation?
In the movie, when the Galactic Council comes to collect Stitch, the leader mentions she recognized the social worker Cobra Bubbles. He then tells her he was with the CIA at Roswell. Now, we're led to believe a CIA agent who was involved in alien contact just walked away to become a social worker? I think not. Not without a damn good reason.
The reason behind Bubbles' abrupt career switch was that he was partners with Lilo and Nani's parents, who were also agents, and promised to look after the girls after they died. This is why he takes so much interest in their lives and tries his best to protect them from harm.
Also, as the Redditor points out, any real social worker would have taken Lilo out of her chaotic home environment years ago -- she's constantly left on her own, has some serious behavioral problems and issues with authority.
The theory goes so far as to include Lilo in her parents' spy game, citing the youngster's obsession with taking photos of some of the island's larger members as a major piece of evidence.
I think Lilo's father may have brought her on a low risk surveillance assignment there on the island, knowing that no one would look twice at a father and daughter taking pictures together he used her as a cover of sorts. The target was an overweight person, something Lilo distinctly remembers, and now she takes the same pictures as a way of remaining close to her deceased father.
This also might explain why Lilo had such a large collection of eclectic books with titles like Oyster Farming: Is It For You? and Practical Voodoo and Fire Eating for Fun and Profit. Spies have got to do their research, too!
The Redditor thinks Lilo's father used these books on his undercover assignments, and Lilo, being an impressionable youngster, tried to emulate dear old dad.
Now that we think about it, Lilo was pretty smooth.
Yup, we're convinced.
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