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Dumbo influenced Lilo & Stitch
Added by Media Influence Map · 6 October 2026
The evidence
Chris Sanders named Dumbo as one of the two biggest influences on Lilo & Stitch for its focused story and simple art direction, and chose watercolour backgrounds, unused at Disney for sixty years, to match its look.
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