Call it Stitch’s vindication. For 23 years, the rowdy blue agent of chaos lived as a second-class citizen at Disney. The animated Lilo & Stitch, released in 2002, was made in near secret, partly because the character and art style didn’t fit the Disney mould. One poster for the movie depicted classic Disney characters such as Pinocchio, Aladdin’s Jasmine and Beauty and Beast’s Belle recoiling from Stitch in horror.

Ticket sales were so-so. Stitch got a couple of direct-to-video sequels and a TV cartoon in the 2000s. A modest Disney World ride opened in 2004 and closed in 2018, leaving the snaggle-toothed character to scamper along as a consumer products property.