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Sheeta
"No matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology may be, the world cannot live without love."
The first protagonist of the story, Sheeta is a young girl who used to live on a farm with her grandmother. Although living an ordinary life, she secretly holds a mysterious amulet connected to the legendary city of Laputa, making her a target of the army and sky-pirates wishing to locate the city for themselves. Luckily, she meets up with Pazu, who helps her make her own search.
- Badass Adorable: The badass part becomes gradually clear, unlike the adorable part.
- Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Averted in the very end when Muska shoots off her pigtails.
- Blessed with Suck: She's the legitimate heir to Laputa and possesses incredible powers courtesy of her crystal. Unfortunately, this makes her a seemingly endless number of enemies who all wish to use her to find the city and the treasures found within.
- Bonding over Missing Parents: With Pazu, obviously.
- Break His Heart to Save Him: Sheeta makes a deal with Muska to save Pazu's life. It involves telling Pazu to return to his home town and forget about her and Laputa, which he reluctantly does. Until Dola points this out, at which point he opts to rescue her.
- Broken Bird: She's a little cold and hesitant around other people after losing her grandmother and being kidnapped by the military, not to mention everything that happens afterwards.
- Combat Pragmatist: A bottle will do just fine to knock out the technically defenseless man with his back turned to her.
- Conveniently an Orphan: Her mother and grandmother are established as having both passed on, and it's never stated what became of her father.
- The Cutie: The photo speaks for itself. Her behaviour makes her qualify even more though.
- Damsel out of Distress: Does this twice. Once in the beginning to escape Muska's airship, and again breaking free of her bonds to stop him from unleashing Laputa's powers.
- Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Her spells, but mostly the destruction spell.
- Declaration of Protection: She is immediately very protective of Pazu, although it takes her a while to put words into action.
- Defiant Captive: People may complain she is a bit "whinier" than other Ghibli heroines, but she did knock out Muska in her first scene and later stood up to him quite gloriously in the throne room.
- Establishing Character Moment: She's introduced as a kind of Damsel in Distress, but quickly manages to free herself when opportunity strikes.
- Expressive Hair: Her braids tend to stand out to the side whenever she's afraid for Pazu's safety.
- Gaining the Will to Kill: It's more like "gaining the will to hurt", but she still visibly shows nervousness at blindsiding Muska with a bottle in the film's prologue.
- Girl in the Tower: She's briefly seen in a lavishly decorated room in a tower after being recaptured and brought to the army base.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Using the destruction spell to stop Muska and destroy Laputa. She knew it was most likely going to kill her, but she did it anyway, together with Pazu. Subverted when they live through it.
- I Am Who?: She's a descendant of the Laputian royal family, making her a princess.
- Important Haircut: Muska shoots off her pigtails when she defiantly refuses to cooperate with him. While this would be more of a Traumatic Haircut under most circumstances, Sheeta barely flinches when he does it, and her shorter haircut afterwards symbolizes her newfound resolve.
- Improvised Weapon: She uses a bottle to hit Muska over the head and later a shovel to knock out two of Dola's boys.
- Memento Macguffin: Her necklace. It's an heirloom of the Laputean royal family from which she is directly descended.
- Minor Living Alone: She explains to Pazu that after her parents died, she simply carried on living by herself on her family's farm. It didn't last, as soon she was captured by Muska and his men.
- Overly Long Name: Her full name. LuSheeta Toel Ul Laputa.
- Puppy Love: With Pazu.
- Really Royalty Reveal: She's a Laputian princess, and the direct heir to the throne. She's not at all happy to learn this.
- Silk Hiding Steel: While she's usually soft-spoken and not as action-oriented as some of Miyazaki's other heroines, she still shows a lot of resolve during tense situations, especially in her first scene and the climax.
- Sleep Cute: She isn't any less cute when she is awake.
- Sweet Polly Oliver: She disguises herself as a boy to escape the Dola gang.
- Taking You with Me: To Muska. "We will die here together."
- Tragic Keepsake: Her crystal necklace, which was passed down to her by her deceased parents and acts as her protector in times of need. However, upon witnessing the kind of death and destruction it is capable of she is determined to rid herself of it.
- Troubled, but Cute: Considering her past and the fact that both the military and pirates are after her.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Alone in her room after being recaptured by the army, she absently recites a spell her grandmother taught her to use in times of trouble. This awakens the robot, which proceeds to inflict devastating damage on the army base as it tries to get to her. What's worse, she doesn't realize the robot is trying to protect her until just before the army manages to destroy it. The poor girl is left in horrified tears after the fact.
Pazu
"If my head were any harder, you could use it as a cannonball."
Voiced by: Mayumi Tanaka (JP), Barbara Goodson (US '89 dub), James Van Der Beek (US '03 dub)Other Languages
The second protagonist of the story, a young boy working in a mining town whose father died after a lifetime of fruitlessly seeking the legendary flying city, Laputa. Wishing to clear his name, he jumps at the chance to find Laputa after rescuing a girl named Sheeta, who possesses a connection to the city.
- Ace Pilot: He takes after his father in that regard, flying a number of vehicles under extreme stress.
- Adorably Precocious Child: He's a skilled mechanic despite his age, earning him the respect of the Dola gang's mechanic.
- Badass Adorable: He does a pretty decent job of holding off pirates pretty much single-handedly, not to mention surviving an entire army's attempts to kill him.
- Big Eater: Which makes him a fitting dinner partner with the pirates.
- Boisterous Bruiser: Seems to get it from his Boss, even standing the same way before a fight. But he's still a kid so he can't do quite as much damage.
- Bonding over Missing Parents: With Sheeta, obviously. "We orphans gotta stick together."
- Break the Haughty: He takes Muska's money, somewhat realizing it's wrong and upset over Sheeta telling him to forget about Laputa. Cue Dola rubbing it in his face, resulting in a short Heroic BSoD.
- Cassandra Truth: The existence of Laputa, even more so for his father.
- Children Are Innocent: He is quite precocious for his age, but also quite naturally ignorant of many things.
- Chronic Hero Syndrome: In the climax, where he refuses to leave Sheeta alone even though it could mean a swift resolution of Muska's entire gamut. Muska plays him like a fiddle because of this.
- Clear Their Name: He is trying to clear his father's, who was ridiculed for his belief in Laputa.
- Conveniently an Orphan: His father died after being ridiculed and there's no mention of his mother. Consequently, no one in his life to stop him from going on a quest to discover an ancient flying city.
- Determinator: In his quest to find Laputa. Up until the moment he takes Muska's bribe, of course - but after he gets in with Dola's gang, it comes right back up.
- Didn't Think This Through: His escape plan from the mines.
- Generation Xerox: Not unlike his dad, he builds flying machines and has an obsession with Laputa.
- Hard Head: The reason he doesn't get any lasting injuries from his fall early in the movie.Pazu: If my head were any harder, you could use it as a cannonball.
- Heroic Sacrifice: With Sheeta in the end, saying the spell knowing it'll most likely end in his death. It doesn't though.
- Honor Before Reason: Attempts to take on the entire military by himself for Sheeta.
- Hot-Blooded: Is willing to stand up to and fight of sky pirates and the military alone for Sheeta.
- Indy Ploy: His plan to escape from the pirates and the military by catching on to the collapsing train rails, counting on the chance that Sheeta's crystal will save them.
- Jumped at the Call: "Are you kidding? This is the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me!"
- Made of Iron: He falls straight through a brick floor and sustains no injuries whatsoever.
- Minor Living Alone: When he takes Sheeta back to his home, it's made clear that he's the only one who lives there. It's possible that people check up on him from time to time, as his hometown seems fairly close-knit.
- Nerves of Steel: Being shot at and nearly killed doesn't slow him down at all.
- Parental Abandonment: There is no mention of his mother. His father is implied to have gone missing during attempts to prove Laputa's existence.
- Le Parkour: He moves like a frickin' monkey, and he's definitely not afraid of heights since he leaps large distances, swings from vines and clings to ledges on Laputa pretty high in the sky.
- Puppy Love: With Sheeta.
- You Can't Go Home Again: The military bomb his home after his rescue of Sheeta, leaving him with no choice but to keep going with her and the pirates.
Dola
"Oh, well, ya can't be a sensitive woman like me without learnin' a few things."
Voiced by: Kotoe Hatsui (JP), Rachel Vanowen (US '89), Cloris Leachman (US '03)Other Languages
The captain and mother of the sky-pirates; she's another of the people on the hunt for Sheeta and her amulet, pursuing her along with the military.
- Action Mom: All of the other pirates call her mom, likely all being her actual sons—she's still a badass captain though.
- Anti-Hero: While still a pirate and reckless with other people's safety to get what she wants, she and her sons are not nearly as bad as the actual military.
- Apron Matron: She keeps all her 'boys' close at hand to serve as pirate crew. Not that most of them can be trusted with even the simplest tasks on their own.
- Big Bad Ensemble: At the beginning of the movie, Dola VS Muska. Until it becomes clear Dola is really a good guy.
- Braids of Action: Wears her hair this way.
- Cool Airship: Her ship, Tiger Moth.
- Cool Old Lady: She's a sky pirate, aged about 70.
- Deadpan Snarker: Dola is perhaps the single driest-witted character in the whole film. She suggests in a deadpan tone that Sheeta "keep practicing" her pirate lingo, and when her sons get into a brawl early on, she quips to herself, "Leave it to my little idiots to start a riot."
- Defeat Means Friendship: Once Pazu manages to outrace Dola and her boys, she respects him enough to take him onto her crew.
- Drives Like Crazy: In the chase scene while in the automobile. Holy cow.
- Enemy Mine: Teams up with Pazu and Sheeta because of their mutual enemy, Muska, as well as their mutual interest/need for Laputa.
- Everybody Has Standards: She calls out Pazu when she mistakenly believes he sold Sheeta to Muska in exchange for a payoff. When he explains that Sheeta told him to leave her behind, she reprimands him for being a gullible coward instead.
- Girlish Pigtails: A trait she shares with Sheeta, which is why she empathizes most that Muska shot Sheeta's pigtails off. The photograph of her when she was younger shows that she's kept this hairstyle for a long time.
- Good Is Not Soft: She's gruff, doesn't go out of her way to help other people, and steals whatever she can get her hands on, but she is a good person at heart.
- Happily Married: Implied with her husband, Motro, who's also the ship's engineer. They have a good relationship, with him even teasing her about her hidden soft side, and play chess together.
- Insistent Terminology: She's a captain, not just Dola or "mom."
- I Was Quite a Looker: Take a look at the photograph of her inside her personal quarters. She looks exactly like a red-haired Sheeta.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Although Dola and her crew was invading Pazu's home, she wasn't wrong about him leaving behind Sheeta just for a few coins. He successfully convinces her to give him a chance to make up for it.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Pazu even points it out, she isn't as mean as she pretends to be.
- Large Ham: Very loud and very upfront. At one point, she is even eating a very large ham, which would count as a Lampshade Hanging had this film been made later.
- Lovable Rogue: A pirate, but in the bottom she is nicer than you think.
- A Mother to Her Men: Quite literally, since she is their mother.
- My Beloved Smother: Dola is such a domineering matron that each of her children is still a Momma's Boy despite being full-grown. Only Pazu—an orphan—gains her respect and acknowledgment when he rescues the gang on the way to rescuing Sheeta.Dola: The boy has become a man!
- Never Mess with Granny: She is one of the most capable and tough as nails adults in the film.
- Noble Demon: She tries to paint herself as a ruthless pirate out for nothing but treasure, but it becomes clear to Sheeta and Pazu that she's much nicer than she appears, despite her claims to the contrary.
- Not in This for Your Revolution: She only wanted to loot Laputa.
- Pet the Dog: Taking Sheeta under her wing, giving her clothes and letting her sleep in her room.
- Pink Means Feminine: Her hair is pink and, despite her gruffness, she does play up her femininity occasionally.
- Pragmatic Villainy: She chooses to take Pazu with her pirate crew to rescue Sheeta to encourage Sheeta. It turns out this move saves his life.
- Sky Pirate: She's the leader of a band of sky pirates.
- Smart People Play Chess: With her husband.
- Surrounded by Idiots: Most of her sons are pretty goofy or easy to distract. She lampshades it in the car chase scene.
- Took a Level in Kindness: She gets a lot nicer when it's made more apparent that Muska's the true Big Bad.
- Victoria's Secret Compartment: She stuffs a lot of jewelry in her bra.
Colonel Muska
"Laputa will live. I will return it to life! Laputa's power is the dream of all mankind!"
Voiced by: Minori Terada (JP), Jeff Winkless (US '89), Mark Hamill (US '03)Other Languages
A colonel who acts as a covert operative in the military; he takes control of the government's effort to discover Laputa. He's the movie's Big Bad and another person trying to use Sheeta to find the city, having lead the soldiers who kidnapped her before the start of the plot. Unbeknownst to the rest of the military, he seems to have his own motives for finding Laputa.
- Ambition Is Evil: As a descendent of Laputa itself, he's determined to achieve his birthright-said birthright being to rule over the lost kingdom and use its power to conquer the world!
- Ax-Crazy: By the end he is reduced to this, once subtlety isn't really a necessity.
- Bad Boss: Not only does he kill all the soldiers who helped him find Laputa, he also traps his two loyal bodyguards in the bowels of the castle while he goes on alone to seize the control room for himself.
- Beauty Is Bad: He's admittedlly quite handsome, particularly compared to the General. He's also a raging megalomaniac who finds killing his comrades fun.
- Badass Normal: For all his despicable qualities, Muska is one of the few Ghibli antagonists (alongside Lady Eboshi) to be a human, and isn't even that much of a fighter. Nonetheless he plays his military superiors for fools and ultimately succeeds in assuming control of an ancient high-tech floating fortress populated by giant robots. If he wasn't so horrible it'd be impressive.
- Big Bad: He is the head villain here. The one with the Evil Plan that Sheeta and Pazu have to stop.
- Blinded by the Light: What happens to him when Sheeta and Pazu activate the spell of destruction. Sheeta's pendant explodes in a brilliant flash of light that shatters Muska's glasses and destroys his eyesight.
- Colonel Kilgore: He's a colonel and proves himself to be a total maniac when he murders the soldiers who accompanied him to Laputa and expresses psychotic glee at the prospect of using the floating city as a weapon of war to conquer the world.
- Disney Villain Death: He's blinded and stumbles around the crumbling Laputean floors. Though attention isn't called to it, his body can be seen falling among Laputa's debris as part of a Freeze-Frame Bonus.
- Dragon with an Agenda: He's working as a covert operative for the government, but he really wants to use Laputa to conquer the world.
- Drunk on the Dark Side: The massive violent episode he goes through after gaining control of Laputa's powers.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: He has no idea why his ancestors, the Laputeans abandoned their city and all their advanced technology to live as humans. Even when Sheeta spells it out for him, Muska either doesn't get it or doesn't care.
- Evil Counterpart: He's a twisted fusion of both Sheeta’s royal line and Pazu’s obsession with Laputa.
- Both him and Pazu are obsessed with finding the long lost kingdom of Laputa for personal reasons, but while Pazu wants to prove his father wasn't insane for searching for it, Muska is only motivated by his selfish dream of ruling the floating city and destroying the lesser non-believers.
- Both him and Sheeta are both relatively soft spoken and calm, but where Sheeta’s kindness is genuine and stays with her throughout the entire movie, Muska’s…isn’t, and once he gets his hands on Laputa, it all gets thrown out the window.
- Evil Is Hammy: Especially with Mark Hamill's hammy voice work.Muska: The same technology that kept Laputa airborne also made it a major power that once dominated the entire planet!
- Evil Is Petty: For someone as grandstanding as him, Muska spends a good deal of time at Laputa loudly complaining about the overgrown plantlife growing through "his" palace.
- Evil Laugh: Especially with Mark Hamill as his voice.
- Evil Plan: Using Laputa to rule the earth once again. Which is unfortunately an entirely plausible plan due to the enormous capabilities of the Laputean machinery and technology.
- Eviler than Thou: He proves himself to be far more evil than the pirate Dola, who turns out to be pretty nice, and his associate, General Muoro, whom he murders when his usefulness is at an end.
- Expy: Muska is, almost beat-for-beat, a successor to Lepka, the Big Bad of Future Boy Conan (Hayao Miyazaki's directorial debut). Alongside similar designs, the two both start out as unscrupulous businessmen who betray and overthrow their ostensible superiors in an Evil Plan to conquer the world with an airborne superweapon. Most tellingly, Lepka and Muska have the odd distinction of being completely and totally irredeemable, a form of moral storytelling that Miyazaki hates. Supplementary materials like the album draw the connection even closer by claiming Lepka is a modern-day descendant of Muska.
- Fantastic Nuke: How he uses Laputa, especially after he gains control of the (usually benevolent) robots.
- Faux Affably Evil: As Sheeta's captor, he is quite courteous and polite, also toward Pazu. Once he gains control of Laputa, however, he sheds the facade.
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul: His Sinister Shades are a trademark of his appearance, and he has absolutely no redeeming qualities.
- Freudian Excuse: Miyazaki himself described Muska as a man with "a serious complex about something". And it turns out his violent ambition and ruthless actions are fueled by knowledge that he's descended from a long-dead civilization nobody knows exists, something he probably discovered at a very young age and gave him a serious inferiority complex from trying to regain his birthright. But then again, see the below trope.
- Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: Considering he's a descendant of the surviving Laputans, his evil actions stem from rage and resentment that his culture is dead and he was cheated out of his destiny. And given Sheeta's background, it's quite possible he suffered the same abandonment issues as her. However, Sheeta also tells him that what he's doing is not what his ancestors wanted, and that they realized they had to let go of the past and adapt to normal life on Earth. Muska shoots this down (almost literally), proving that in the end he's just a petty, power-hungry slime.
- Hate Sink: Muska initially comes off surprisingly charismatic, level-headed, and intelligent (due to his wicked behavior), but upon arriving at Laputa he quickly shows himself to be a grandstanding, self-entitled, sociopathic bastard who just wants to bully the world into worshipping him. This is especially emphasized by the childish tantrum he throws over wanting to burn down all of Laputa's plants out of annoyance and the joy he gets in slaughtering his men and threatening Sheeta. Even when Sheeta tells him just why the Laputans gave up their power, Muska refuses to listen like the stubborn brat he is and rants that he's going to make Laputa powerful again. Nobody sheds a tear (or even notices for that matter) when he dies pathetically in his collapsing kingdom. Muska is an especially notable example since Hayao Miyazaki abhors Black-and-White Morality, making his entitled, power-hungry self stick out among Ghibli's more morally ambiguous and oddly likable antagonists.
- Improbable Aiming Skills: "Your ears are next", he tells Sheeta after shooting off her pigtails.
- Ink-Suit Actor: An accidental and
somewhat prophetic example, as he actually looks a bit like Mark Hamill. - Interservice Rivalry: He's a covert operative for the government who butts heads with General Muoro over who's in charge of their operation.
- It's All About Me: Muska's ultimate goal is to use Laputa to conquer the world for himself. All he wants is to hailed as king, and he's willing to kill anyone to make that happen.
- Kneel Before Zod: He threatens to shoot of Sheeta's ears if she doesn't "kneel before her king."
- Lack of Empathy: Doesn't care about anyone's feelings, and the children are also included.
- Long-Lost Relative: In a dark version of this trope, Muska is one to Sheeta.
- Luke, I Am Your Father: He reveals to Sheeta that they're both descended from Laputa's royalty, though it's downplayed since they're distant relations. It helps that he's voiced by Mark Hamill in the 2003 Disney dub.
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: See Hate Sink above.
- Mask of Sanity: On the surface, he appears calm and collected. Once he gains control of Laputa's power, the "calm and collected" act goes out the window.
- Meaningful Name: Musca is the Latin word for "fly", an insect often associated with the dead, which it feeds off of. Muska is obsessed with the long-dead civilization of Laputa.
- The Neidermeyer: Not openly as obnoxious as other examples but one of the most uncaring and disloyal towards his subordinates.
- An Offer You Can't Refuse: Makes one to Sheeta. Albeit with his Faux Affably Evil facade still going, but the threat is still there; either she helps them find Laputa or they will kill Pazu.
- Outranking Your Job: Subverted. Muska is a colonel and Mouro is a general. But he is a special government agent. This means the military rank is irrelevant since they are technically in two different organizations (Mouro being army, Muska being Government Intelligence). There is typically a rivalry between such branches of government, especially when one (intelligence) may technically be surmised have a bit more authority over another (rank and file military), hence why Muoro despises him so much.
- Overly Long Name: His full name is RoMuska Palo Ul Laputa.
- Overt Operative: He acts as one in the military, and has a higher authority over General Mouro.
- Person of Mass Destruction: When he takes over control of Laputa.
- Pragmatic Villainy: When General Muoro suggests torturing Sheeta to get her to help find Laputa, Muska disagrees. Not for moral reasons but because it's easier to just manipulate her into helping them by threatening the life of her friend. Later on, he proves more than willing to would hurt a child.
- Royal Blood: Like Sheeta, he is the heir to the Laputean throne. Although it's likely he's from a lesser branch, considering it was Sheeta's family that inherited the royal crystal.
- Scary Shiny Glasses: Doubles as an example of Sinister Shades.
- Social Darwinist: Which means that he deems everyone else apart from himself as too weak to be worthy to live, even Sheeta who's also Laputian.
- The Sociopath: Possibly the vilest and most monstrous Hayao Miyazaki antagonist. He is manipulative, greedy, vicious, power hungry and boy does he fly off the handle when he goes mad with power.
- Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: Having a higher status above General Muroro's military and in control of their operations to find Laputa, he's single-handledy responsible for all of the grave danger in the film, in contrast with the comical Dola Gang who never pose a threat to anyone's lives.
- Villainous Breakdown: Moments before the collapse of Laputa.
- Villain with Good Publicity: Having governmental ties and being above a General hierarchically is a good start.
- Would Hurt a Child: Towards Sheeta and Pazu. He threatens to kill the latter to get the former to cooperate, and threatens to shoot Sheeta's ears off near the end of the movie.
- Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: One of the hints that something's off about him.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: As soon as Muska arrives on Laputa, he destroys all the radios so the army can't report their success, then abandons his two loyal bodyguards to be trapped in the city. When General Muoro tries to arrest him, Muska lures him and his men into a trap then kills them all. Though Muoro tries to kill Muska first, it's clear Muska planned to dispose of all his allies from the beginning.Muska: I have really had enough of your incredible stupidity.
General Muoro
A general in the army who is one of the leaders behind the effort to find Laputa. He works with Muska only reluctantly, suspicious of his covert operations.
- Armies Are Evil: He's brutal and even advocates torturing Sheeta to get her to show them how to use the amulet. Despite all that, he's still not as bad as Muska.
- Disney Villain Death: An Asshole Victim along with many other soldiers.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Probably led to his decision to try and kill Muska. Notably, Muoro only tries to kill Muska after Muska fired Laputa's weapons as a display of his power.
- Evil Is Hammy: Not as much as Hamill and Leachman in the Disney dub, but Jim Cummings does get to have fun with the character in places.
- Eviler than Thou: He's on the receiving end at the hands of Muska, who kills Muoro and his entire army to prove himself as the real threat.
- Fat Bastard: He's a cruel general who's also very fat.
- Glory Seeker: And he's too easily distracted by glitter to see any further.
- Greed: The second he and his men arrive on Laputa, they begin looting the place of all its treasures.
- Interservice Rivalry: He's a general who's at odds with Muska, a secret agent for the government.
- Too Dumb to Live: Shooting bullets at a projected image of Muska.
- Would Hurt a Child: He casually suggests torturing Sheeta to get her to help them find Laputa. For pragmatic reasons, Muska prefers a more honeyed touch.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: The other reason he likely tried to kill Muska at the end, considering that he demonstrated Laputa's true potential (he does compliment Muska for doing a service for their country immediately before trying to kill him). Unfortunately, Muska feels the same way, and has him and his men promptly killed via a massive trap door.
Uncle Pom
Voiced by: Fujio Tokita (JP), Ed Mannix (US '89), Richard Dysart (US '03)Other Languages
An old man living in the caves beneath the city. He possesses knowledge of Laputa and its resources, such as the aetherium that helps it to fly.
- Cool Old Guy: Pazu seems to think so.
- Hermit Guru: But he lives underneath the ground instead of a cave or other secluded area.
- Mr. Exposition: He has one scene in the whole movie, and most of it is devoted to him explaining about aetherium and the nature of Sheeta's pendant.
Dola's Crew
Six of Dola's sons and Motro the engineer
Dola's crew, composed almost certainly of all her sons. While occasionally bumbling and incompetent, they're all incredibly loyal to her and a formidable force in numbers.
- Big Eater: They need much to sustain themselves after all.
- Boisterous Bruiser: Especially the one that can make his shirt explode by flexing his muscles.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Some of them are pretty competent in spite of their goofiness.
- The Ditz: Some are a little better about this than others—the ones with beards are the goofiest.
- The Engineer: Motro acts as the engineer for the Tiger Moth. He's also Dola's husband.
- Ephebophile: All of Dola's sons are adult men, but attempt to flirt with and are infatuated with the preteen Sheeta when she works on their ship. One even brings a flower and outright states he loves her.
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: "All good pirates listen to their mom."
- Eyepatch of Power: The one member with darker complexion sports one.
- Five-Token Band: There are more than five, but they fit the trope. Some of them are black-skinned, others have distinctly Asian features. Most of the other characters look Caucasian (which figures since the movie is set in a fantasy version of Wales). There is some debate as to whether the different-looking pirates are crew instead of family, Dola's adopted children or her children by different fathers. They all call her Mom.
- Happily Married: Motro, the ship's engineer, is also Dola's husband, and it's clear they care about each other from their few interactions. He teases her about her hidden soft side, and the two play chess together.
- Informed Flaw: One of the pirates warns Pazu that Motro is even harder to get along with than Dola. In reality, he's actually the mellower of the two, and teases Dola about her Hidden Heart of Gold.
- Jabba Table Manners: They don't bother with savoir vivre.
- Large Ham: Mandy Patinkin, Mike McShane, and Andy Dick were clearly having a lot of fun with their roles.
- Manchild: All of Dola's sons are grown men but they still act immature and childish.
- Punch-Clock Villain: In the first act.
