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*# The film outright states that Bubbles was called in to deal with Lilo's case because things have gone wrong before.
*# There's also the fact that, near the end when their house has been completely destroyed and Bubbles tries to take Lilo away, Nani protests that Lilo needs her, and Bubbles replies sharply, indicating the trashed house, "Is THIS what she needs?" and that, "You need her a lot more than she needs you."
*** It's an attempt to show Social Services in a positive light for once while they are still a definite problem. Social Services understands that even this caring sibling just can't handle her little sister on her own, and that Lilo has to go somewhere she can be taken care of.
* In ''[[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|The Parent Trap]]'' ripoff ''[[It Takes Two]]'', Kirstie Alley's character Diane seems to be the only competent Child Service worker in the movie: her superiors won't let her adopt Amanda despite both their wishes because the former doesn't make enough money yet foist Amanda (who unbeknown to them, was switched with her doppleganger Alyssa) on a couple of yokels who have already adopted about half a dozen other kids with the purpose of forcing them to work in their junkyard. And Diane manages to figure this out ''simply by talking to one of their neighbors.''
* Occurs in ''[[Lackawanna Blues]],'' when the (white) social services agent comes to question the living conditions of the (black) main character. [[Positive Discrimination|The social services agent is portrayed entirely unsympathetically.]]
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