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* EvilIsPetty: 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.
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* HateSink: Muska initially comes off surprisingly charismatic, level-headed, and intelligent, 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 [[IRejectYourReality 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 Creator/HayaoMyazaki abhors BlackAndWhiteMorality, making his entitled, power-hungry self stick out among Ghibli's more [[AntiVillain morally ambiguous]] and [[AffablyEvil oddly likable]] antagonists.
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* DamselOutOfDistress: Does this twice. Once in the beginning to escape Muska's airship, [[spoiler:and again breaking free of her bonds to stop him from unleashing Laputa's powers.]]
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* JerkassHasAPoint: 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.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: [[spoiler: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!]]
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* HairDecorations: Her headband.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: [[spoiler:Deconstructed - Sheeta is the legitimate heir to the throne of Laputa, but this brings her a ''lot'' of unwanted attention from those who want to get their hands on its fabled riches and power.]]
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* KnightOfCerebus: A particularly notable case for a Hayao Miyazaki film. Colonel Muska has no comical traits, being a FauxAffablyEvil government agent treated very seriously by the protagonists. But Muska gets ''much worse'' after he [[spoiler: massacres an entire army that helped him conquer Laputa, laughing maniacally at their deaths.]]
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: The other reason he likely tried to kill Muska at the end, considering that he demonstrated Laputa's true potential. Unfortunately, Muska feels the same way, and has him and his men promptly killed via a massive trap door.]]
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: The other reason he likely tried to kill Muska at the end, considering that he demonstrated Laputa's true potential.potential (he does [[FalseReassurance 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.]]
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* GainingTheWillToKill: [[DownplayedTrope 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.
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* {{Ephebophile}}: All of Dola's sons are adult men, but attempt to flirt with and are infatuated with with the preteen Sheeta when she works on their ship. One even brings a flower and outright states he loves her.
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* BlindedByTheLight: [[spoiler: 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.]]
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* MrExposition: 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.
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* MaskOfSanity: On the surface, he appears calm and collected. [[spoiler:Once he gains control of Laputa's power, the "calm and collected" act goes out the window.]]
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Characters who appeared in the film, ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: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. [[TogetherInDeath together with Pazu]]. Subverted when they live through it.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: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. anyway, [[TogetherInDeath together with Pazu]]. Subverted when they live through it.]]
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* InformedFlaw: One of the pirates warns Pazu that Motro is even harder to get along with than Dola. In reality, he's actually the [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure mellower of the two]], and teases Dola about her HiddenHeartOfGold.
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* BadBoss: [[spoiler: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.]]
* ColonelKilgore: He's a colonel and proves himself to be a total maniac when he [[spoiler: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.]]
* DragonWithAnAgenda: He's working as a covert operative for the government, [[spoiler:but he really wants to use Laputa to conquer the world.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He has no idea why [[spoiler: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.
* EvilerThanThou: He proves himself to be far more evil than the pirate Dola, who turns out to be pretty nice, and his associate, General Muoro, [[spoiler:whom he murders when his usefulness is at an end.]]
* InterserviceRivalry: He's a covert operative for the government who butts heads with General Muoro over who's in charge of their operation.
* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler: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.]]
* KneelBeforeZod: [[spoiler:He threatens to shoot of Sheeta's ears if she doesn't "kneel before her king."]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler: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.]]
* KneelBeforeZod: [[spoiler:He threatens to shoot of Sheeta's ears if she doesn't "kneel before her king."]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: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 [[ActorAllusion voiced]] by Creator/MarkHamill in the dub.
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* OverlyLongName: [[spoiler: His full name is [=RoMuska=] Palo Ul Laputa]]Laputa.]]
* PragmaticVillainy: 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 [[WouldHurtAChild would hurt a child.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: Towards Sheeta and Pazu. He threatens to kill the latter to get the former to cooperate, and threatens to shoot Sheeta's ears off at one point.near the end of the movie.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: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 FreezeFrameBonus.]]
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* OvertOperative: He acts as one in the military, and has a higher authority over general Mouro.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:The general tries to pull it on him. He then proceeds to kill the general and his men.]]
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:The general [[spoiler: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 pull it on him. He arrest him, Muska lures him and his men into a trap then proceeds kills them all. Though Muoro tries to kill Muska first, it's clear Muska planned to dispose of all his allies from the general and his men.beginning.]]
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: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.]]
* EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler: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.]]
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* {{Greed}}: The second he and his men arrive on Laputa, they begin looting the place of all its treasures.
* InterserviceRivalry: He's a general who's at odds with Muska, a secret agent for the government.
* {{Greed}}: The second he and his men arrive on Laputa, they begin looting the place of all its treasures.
* InterserviceRivalry: He's a general who's at odds with Muska, a secret agent for the government.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: The other reason he likely tried to kill Musuka at the end, considering that he demonstrated Laputa's true potential. Unfortunately, Musuka feels the same way, and has him and his men promptly killed via a massive trap door.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: He casually suggests torturing Sheeta to get her to help them find Laputa. [[PragmaticVillainy For pragmatic reasons]], Muska prefers a more honeyed touch.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: The other reason he likely tried to killMusuka Muska at the end, considering that he demonstrated Laputa's true potential. Unfortunately, Musuka Muska feels the same way, and has him and his men promptly killed via a massive trap door.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: The other reason he likely tried to kill
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* EverybodyHasStandards: 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.
* HappilyMarried: 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.
* NobleDemon: 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.
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* TheEngineer: Motro acts as the engineer for the Tiger Moth. He's also Dola's husband.
* HappilyMarried: 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.
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* GirlishPigtails: A trait she shares with Sheeta, which is why she empathizes most that [[spoiler:Muska shot Sheeta's pigtails off.]]
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Pazu isn't 13; he's 14, according to my Miyazaki book from Helen Mc Carthy. On the other hand, there's no major confirmation of his age in the film.
* DawsonCasting: Rather eccentrically, a then 21-year-old James van der Beek is cast as this character in Disney's dub, [[VocalDissonance resulting in him sounding considerably more mature than his intended age.]]
** On the flipside, both Mayumi Tanaka and Barbara Goodson were in their ''thirties'' when they voiced this character in the Japanese and JAL dubs, respectively. It remains debatable on whose take on this character is preferable.
** On the flipside, both Mayumi Tanaka and Barbara Goodson were in their ''thirties'' when they voiced this character in the Japanese and JAL dubs, respectively. It remains debatable on whose take on this character is preferable.
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* LeParkour: 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.
* LeParkour: 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.
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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Makes one to Sheeta. Albeit with his FauxAffablyEvil facade still going, but the threat is still there; either she helps them find Laputa or they will kill Pazu.
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Makes one to Sheeta. Albeit with his FauxAffablyEvil facade still going, but the threat is still there; either she helps them find Laputa or they will kill Pazu.
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* EyepatchOfPower: The one member with darker complexion sports one.
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No, not official, unfortunately. Take the shipping googles off please.
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* BigEater: They need much to sustain themselves after all.
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