History Headscratchers / TreasurePlanet

*** On the crew: A) Maybe most/all of his crew died along the trip due natural hazards, and Flint's ship was for some reason too damaged to escape, so he starved to death in that cave B)[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Or Flint is just that jealous with his treasure]] and stood there and starved to death ''on purpose'' because of how damn protective with his treasure he was ("[[MadnessMantra No one will have my treasure, no one]]!"). On the Ball: A) Maybe some did survive, but were too scared of [[TheDreaded Cap'n' Flint]] and his memory to even try, and so they purposefully buried everything they knew (including the ball). B) Maybe B.E.N (who was a member of his crew) was the only survivor of the trip, and left with the ball (not knowing what it was ''for'' since his memory was ripped off), after a series of unrelated events the ball got lost (one also needs to note you need to know ''how'' to use the ball for it to work, see Silver messing with it to no avail in one scene).

** My idea on this one is that Billy Bones was Flint's most loyal man. I think that either Flint asked him to take the orb and leave him in the core before setting up the trap, or, some time after Flint 's death, Bones returned to the planet and tried to take the orb to safety. The rest of the crew propably died, but we don't know how long these lizard people live, and there's no way Bones was just a random sailor who just happened to stumble into the map, because a random sailor wouldn't know the orb is important, and would just give it away to the cyborg who is interested.

** Since the ''Legacy'' was captained by Amelia who was in full uniform, the RLS was a government ship and the expedition had to be authorised by the government. Since it was stolen pirate booty, some of it would have been returned to those who could prove it was theirs, otherwise stolen antiques and the like would have been donated to museums or put up for auctions, Jim and Doppler, who discovered the map and financed the initial expedition, would have shared anything unclaimed - which would be a lot - with Captain Amelia receiving a fat paycheck, a big bonus, and a promotion. The crew would have received their agreed pay plus a bonus back at port, if Doppler felt like it. Nobody was quite sure how much treasure there would be to share - but after a mutiny they could take every penny.

** I think he's just meant to be a mostly-human-looking alien, like a lot of other characters in the film. (Worth noting is that they intentionally made Silver look like a round, soft, squishy guy to make him look like a friendlier "good guy", in contrast with Scroop, who is all red and black, spider-legs and pinschers and all, and is obviously the more evil and vile of the two.)

* When they went to the ship to disable the Cannons, B.E.N did so with difficulty. After the fight with Scroop, B.E.N emreges wrapped in sparking wires and declaring the cannons disabled. What else B.E.N may have disabled? (though maybe this should go in FridgeLogic or FridgeHorror)

** This question makes no sense. Gold isn't invincible. The conservation of energy doesn't mean objects always survive explosions. It's like asking why you can't drink a glass of water after you blow it up. If the gold is scattered into molten droplets or reduced to atoms, then it ceases to be a recognisable object.

** At the age of 15, Jim has already been in trouble with the law often enough to have at least one law memorized that he can recite at the drop of a hat. Captain Amelia and Mr. Arrow may have known about that, either by Jim's own reputation among law enforcement or possibly thanks to Dr. Doppler's blabbermouth.
** Amelia seems to pick up very quickly that Jim has an attitude problem; she could probably tell by the way that he threw the map at her when she requested to see it. Whether he deciphered the map or no, she has her reasons for wanting to whip him into respectable shape if he's going to be coming on the voyage. It's a pretty fair rule that everyone on the ship should have to pull their own weight.

** Also, the tech encountered on Treasure Island is noted to be ahead of its time. The pirates might not have thought that a laser-sensor security system was possible; ergo, they were looking out for more primitive traps like trip wires and such.

** The last time he's seen is the morning that Jim discovers Silver and the rest are pirates. During the meeting where this is revealed to him, one of the goons is heard saying "There's only three of 'em left," and he could only be referring to Jim, Doppler, and Amelia. Either Mr. Snuff was in on the mutiny all along, he was convinced to join the pirates at some point during the voyage, or he was an honest crew member who was killed shortly before the meeting took place. Presumably one of the former two, since killing him runs the risk of arousing Amelia's suspicions, which should've been Silver's concern, if not anyone else's. Snuff was also shown among the bystanders who were egging Scroop on when he threatened Jim early in the film, which is evidence toward him being aligned with them from the start.

** The last time he's seen is the morning that Jim discovers Silver and the rest are pirates. During the meeting where this is revealed to him, one of the goons is heard saying "There's only three of 'em left," and he could only be referring to Jim, Doppler, and Amelia. Either Mr. Snuff was in on the mutiny all along, or he was an honest crew member who was killed shortly before the meeting took place. Probably the former, since killing him runs the risk of arousing Amelia's suspicions, which should've been Silver's concern, if not anyone else's. Snuff was also shown among the bystanders who were egging Scroop on when he threatened Jim early in the film.

*** On the crew: A) Maybe most/[[KillEmAll all]] of his crew died along the trip due natural hazards, and Flint's ship was for some reason too damaged to escape, so he starved to death in that cave B)[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Or Flint is just that jealous with his treasure]] and stood there and starved to death ''on purpose'' because of how damn protective with his treasure he was ("[[MadnessMantra No one will have my treasure, no one]]!"). On the Ball: A) Maybe some did survive, but were too scared of [[TheDreaded Cap'n' Flint]] and his memory to even try, and so they purposefully buried everything they knew (including the ball). B) Maybe B.E.N (who was a member of his crew) was the only survivor of the trip, and left with the ball (not knowing what it was ''for'' since his memory was ripped off), after a series of unrelated events the ball got lost (one also needs to note you need to know ''how'' to use the ball for it to work, see Silver messing with it to no avail in one scene).

** Because they're the good guys. It wasn't a waste of time, anyway, as they still had to wait to pick up Jim and Silver before they could escape.

** The last time he's seen is the morning that Jim discovers Silver and the rest are pirates. During the meeting where this is revealed to him, one of the goons is heard saying "There's only three of 'em left," and he could only be referring to Jim, Doppler, and Amelia. Either Mr. Snuff was in on the mutiny all along, or he was an honest crew member who was killed shortly before the meeting took place.

** Putting aside that he wanted to do it before anyone could stop him, it's possible, especially for such a rudimentary surfer, that Jim needed the extra distance to pick up speed so that he would reach the button in time. Keep in mind he needed to get to the button ''before'' the ship did, and probably didn't want to risk being too slow and letting his friends sail into a melting inferno. It's also in-character for him to act first and think later.

*** Amelia being in uniform and RLS ''Legacy'' being a government ship but ''not'' on a government mission is an accurate reflection of how things worked in the [[WoodenShipsandIronMen Age of Sail]], particularly the Royal Navy. Ships were commissioned by the government but then operated as mercantile operations in order to earn back their cost of construction. Similarly, Royal Navy officers were trained in service but once commissioned were expected in many ways to supplement their operations with their own funds (since they were usually, but not always, upper class) and when not on Royal Navy orders merely kept on with half pay, which lead many of them to have to run side gigs if the Navy didn't need them for anything official. As such, it was not uncommon for people with enough means to hire a Royal Navy ship and staff her with Royal Navy officers and whatever crew they could find in port to make whatever voyage they could afford (a good example would be the ''Challenger'' expedition of 1872). Obviously, things haven't worked that way in a very long time.

In short, how the Royal Navy worked at the time is that it basically contracted its own assets for missions; when not on such missions, those assets could be contracted by anyone else willing to pay up. Since ''Treasure Planet'' features quite literally the Royal Navy [[RecycledINSPACE]], and that's basically how the IRL Royal Navy worked in Stevenson's time... no official government sanction required, and no guaranteed paycheck except what Dr. Doppler provided.

* Why didn't Jim remain on the ship a little longer before activating his makeshift surfer at the climax? It would've been a lot safer and meant less chance of something going wrong. Why not let the ''Legacy'' carry him a little closer and then make a run for the portal?