Fridge Brilliance
- At first it seemed strange that Sheeta's necklace would allow her to float down to the ground, even though she was unconscious and clearly not controlling it. But when it's revealed that the necklace was worn by Laputian royalty it suddenly makes sense. The necklace was meant to act as a safety net for people who accidentally fell off of Laputa!
- Presuming his word can be trusted Muska unintentionally outed that he isn't a legitimate successor to Laputa. Lusheeta Toel Ul Laputa, Sheeta's old familial name, includes Toel Ul which translates to true ruler. Muska meanwhile carries the familial name Romska Palo Ul Laputa meaning ruler without the word Toel. Most likely he's from an offshoot of the royal family not it's direct lineage or is from a group that overthrew the original rulers at some point hence why he needed access to Sheeta and an activated atherium crystal. Muska couldn't have reclaimed the city on his own even with the crystal because it would never respond to him until someone else brought it back to an active state in the first place.
- Muska's eventual fate. Imagine falling thousands and thousands of feet to your death— while completely blind.
- Guy deserved it.
- Don't forget the hundreds of soldiers plus General Moro falling to their deaths from the Goliath.
- At the film's climax, after Muska has taken control of Laputa, he tells a captive Sheeta, "You and I will be spending quite a lot of time together." Keep in mind that these two - a grown man and a young girl - are the last of Laputa's royal family, very likely the last two Laputians alive. If Muska's aim is to bring Laputa back to power, that likely includes repopulating its people.
- As mentioned on this film's main page, several creatures from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind make appearances in this movie, so it seems reasonable to assume that they take place in the same universe, Which would mean that the world below Laputa is either doomed to be covered in a toxic forest, or already was one once.
- If Sheeta immediately surrendered to Dola's gang at the beginning of the movie, she would never meet Pazu, but Muska would NEVER find Laputa to use it for evil, and it would never be destroyed.
