History Headscratchers / Up

*** [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc Did said Yeti sound oddly familiar? Did he like snow cones?]]

** Ellie said that Paradise Falls was "a land lost in time". It has some kind of magical influence, which is how Muntz aged slowly and maintained good health. Just look at Carl in the beginning of the film: he has difficulty getting out of bed, getting down stairs, even just walking and running. As he spends more time in Paradise Falls, he gradually gets stronger and more fit. I mean, he sleeps on a * rock* and doesn't suffer any pain from it like he got from sleeping in a normal bed back home; he abandons his cane and seems to get along fine without it; he was running and climbing all over that zeppelin, even hanging off a ladder by one hand when he couldn't even get down stairs before! Clearly, there's something going on in Paradise Falls.

** [[IncrediblyLamePun Completely Missing The Point]].

* The ''Spirit of Adventure'' is incredibly valuable. How was Carl allowed to keep it/live on board? It's a Zeppelin that was probably worth around $50-$70 million in today's money when it was ''brand new,'' and is in near-perfect flying condition (minus a few biplanes). It contains tens of tons of priceless, untold historical treasures, fossils, gemstones and artifacts. Not to mention the super-high-tech talking collars and the genetically enhanced dogs. The sheer historical and scientific value of the airship and its cargo is nigh-incalculable, and apparently Carl gets to own ALL OF IT because he not-so-accidentally killed the ship's rightful owner in combat? What is this, the [[JustForPun law of the jungle?]] And how in the blue hell is he capable of ''piloting it?''

*** Well, bugger me. I felt like a really lame StarWars fan coming out and logging on to the page. Now I find there was all this to spot!

*** While not incredibly common in our timeline, dollar coins are a thing and if we assume that’s what the coins in the jar are, the amount in there would certainly be enough to pay for those things when taking into account the value of the dollar in the 1950s and 60s. It could be that the movie takes place in a timeline identical to our own except that dollar coins surpassed bills in popularity.

*** While not incredibly common in our timeline, dollar coins are a thing and if we assume that’s what the coins in the jar are, the amount in there would certainly be enough to pay for those things when taking into account the value of the dollar in the 1950s and 60s. It could be that Up takes place in a timeline identical to our own except that dollar coins surpassed bills in popularity.

*** That raises the question of why he didn't let go when the house started rising. In fact, why would he be clinging to it like that in the first place? Was his reaction to the house rising off the ground [[WhatAnIdiot to grab onto it]]?

** There was indeed something else to it that you missed. Earlier in the film, Russel tells Carl that if he's ever in danger to use the Wilderness Explorer cry for help, which is "Caw-caw! Rawr!" Although Carl didnt take it seriously at the time, but he knew Russel still would, and that it would be enough to encourage him to climb up the hose.

*** Since Carl is in his 70s,the construction supervisor probably gave him a pass because, as we all know, legal charges (including misdemeanor ones) against an elderly person are a migraine to deal with for both the police and the courts and trying to probably would have Carl argue that they're picking with him. Also, what exactly would they charge him for, anyhow? Vandalism? Property damage? Criminal Mischief?

*** [[InsistentTerminology Zeppelin!]]

*** [[Theatre/SweeneyTodd Mrs. Lovette would like to trade some recipes.]]

** It's implied that he only murdered people he had reason to believe were after the bird - when he saw that Carl and Russel were dragging an entire house along behind them, he decided that no one would've gone to such lengths just to try and fool him, and that they were innocent enough to be trusted. It wasn't until Russel mentioned Kevin later on that he changed his mind, and it's possible (as suggested on the NightmareFuel page) that similar circumstances were what befell his other victims, to whom he was initially trusting, until a perfectly innocent comment or remark sent him over the edge.

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* If Ellie actually got to go to paradise falls, [[spoiler:Isn't it likely that Muntz, her childhood hero, would have tried to kill her?]]
** No. Ellie is badass. She would've grown into a NeverMessWithGranny type and kicked his ass.
*** Really? Never are we shown that she's a master at martial arts. Just because she has an adventure-spirit it doesn't mean that she's an ActionGirl.
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** RuleOfFunny, or maybe he's got really [=WiFi=] and downloaded it.