Term Paper Outline

Lilo and Stitch Physics

1. Introduction

• brief intro to the movie
• The laws of gravity do not always apply to the aliens
• weight and strength of the aliens are much different than humans
• laws of motion in relation to nature

2. The laws of gravity don’t always apply to the aliens

• Stitch falls out of the alien plane and then falls on another alien plane without a splat, an injury, or even a broken windshield
• Stitch later falls off of the second plane and lands off in the distance on a mountain, but bounces off of that mountain on to another, and then bounces on to the street in the foreground
• while underwater, the aliens air-tank is punctured and they get thrown out of the water into the sky, but they land by bouncing off into the distance on the surface of the water

3. Weight and strength of the aliens are greater than humans

• even though Stitch is small(almost the same size as Lilo) he appears to be very strong and heavy

-he drags the employee at the adoption store and climbs up on Nani and causes her to fall down.

-he can pick up extremely heavy objects--cars, big rig trucks, over-sized aliens

• Captain Gantu is about the height of a full grown palm tree and is very solid

-when he walks he does some damage, but something of his size would cause a lot more damage

• Jumba is really big too, but we never really see any damage caused by his size

-there is a part where he is straddling a palm tree as he spies on Stitch, but the tree only bends and does not break. When he gets off the tree it springs back into place

4. Laws of motion in relation to nature

• the trees and flowers do not move often

-only when being interrupted by someone

• the atmosphere by the ocean is usually breezy, but no sign of it
• clouds in the sky barely move-except for in a couple of scenes
• evidence of wind can be found in one scene where torch flames are blowing

5. Conclusion

• Summarize and connect the key points