Editing Hanapēpē, Hawaii (section)

==In popular culture==
The town was the inspiration for Kokaua Town, the fictional hometown of the main characters in the Disney animated film ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]''<ref>{{cite web | first=Gary A. | last=Warner | title=Lilo and Stitch are alive and well in Hanapepe, Hawaii | website=SignOnSanDiego.com | date=April 26, 2009 | url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/apr/26/mz1t26hawaii183343-lilo-and-stitch-are-alive-and-w/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202092629/http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/apr/26/mz1t26hawaii183343-lilo-and-stitch-are-alive-and-w/ | archive-date=February 2, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Lilo & Stitch (franchise)|its related franchise]] (the town was not named until ''[[Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'').

All of the [[Queensland]] scenes in 1983's ''[[The Thorn Birds]]'' were filmed in [[Kauai]], with several of the scenes being shot in Hanapepe.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.parrishkauai.com/48071/movies-filmed-on-kauai/ | title=Location Guide to Movies Filmed on Kauai | work=The Parrish Collection Kauai | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925061024/https://www.parrishkauai.com/48071/movies-filmed-on-kauai/ | archive-date=September 25, 2022 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Hanapepe was the filming location for the Filipino city of Olongapo in ''[[Flight of the Intruder]]''.<ref>{{cite web | title=Hanapepe takes a walk on the historic side | website=Archives.starbulletin.com | date=November 27, 2005 | url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/11/27/travel/tsutsumi.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808222344/https://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/11/27/travel/tsutsumi.html | archive-date=August 8, 2010 | url-status=live }}</ref>

On August 27, 1980, [[Douglas Kenney]], a co-writer of the film ''[[National Lampoon's Animal House]]'', fell {{convert|30|ft}} to his death from the Hanapepe Lookout.