#if they did though it wouldn't be much harder than caring for kid-Lilo! less experiments to catch and less of a troublemaking kid in Ani

[stitchandani]

Hi! I wanted to ask

How difficult was it for Jumba and Pleakley to look after Ani or Kai when they were little and there was no one else to look after them? If it never happened, how would it play out?

Doverstar

Hi! This is a bit of a sad answer because - Jumba and Pleakley were not in Ani and Kai's lives when they were little. They showed up back on Kauai when Ani was 7 and Kai was 11, so the two kids aren't actually technically 'little' anymore. But alternatively, Jumba and Pleakley rarely looked after Ani and Kai on their own when they were 7 and 11! The Ohana got bigger over time; now there's Nani and David to look after their son, and if they're not available, there's Aunt Lilo and Stitch, and then there's Jumba and Pleakley. The same is true for Ani - if Lilo can't look after her, Aunt Nani and Uncle David will, and if they're unavailable, Stitch is there to look after Ani, and if he's not available (very rare), then there's Jumba and Pleakley. But of course, Jumba is having his own problems in the main S&A story, and he may not be as available as you'd think...