Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta
1986
Pazu: A girl just fell from the sky, boss!
Louis: (sing-song tease) Pazu loves Sheeta! Dola: Be quiet! Louis: Sorry, Mom.
Charles: Sheeta, can you make pudding? I *love* pudding! Louis: I get to lick the spatula! Henri: And I like chocolate cake with that. Oh, what's that frosting? It's kinda pink and swirly with... Dola: Will you shut up? (to Pazu and Sheeta) Ah, what can I tell ya? They just really like dessert.
Dola: (as Laputa soars away) That tree's gettin' away with our treasure!
General: Muska! Just don't forget that the government put *me* in charge of finding Laputa! Col Muska: Don't forget that as the government's secret agent, I am in charge of *you*, General. General: (growling contemptuously) Blast! I really hate that man.
Louis: (clinging to the automobile in the chase sequence) I'd really prefer to be in the car, Mother!
Sheeta: (hugging Dola) Dola! Dola: Thank goodness you're alive! Pazu: So are you. This is great! Papa: No it's not! My poor little ship is gone forever! Boo hoo hoo hoo! Dola: Stop with the cryin', ya big baby! I'll get you another ship! Papa: (stops crying) Okay. Dola: (to Sheeta, softhearted) Oh, poor little thing. There's nothin' worse than having your pigtails shot off! Sheeta: (reacting to a sharp object beneath Dola's blouse) Or having your eye poked out. What have you got under there? Dola: Oh, my fault! (takes out shining gem) You must've hurt yourself on these! Now, how'd they get inside my blouse? Charles: (as pirates take out their hidden jewels) *All* good pirates listen to their Mom! Louis: That is so true, huh?
Col Muska: (after being blinded) My eyes! I can?t see!
Louis: Poor kids. I'll really miss them. (sniff)
Louis, Henri: (encouraging Charles to fight Boss) He said Mom was ugly, now go get him!
(climactic showdown) Col Muska: How appropriate that we've ended up in the throne room. (forcefully) Now get over here! Sheeta: This is no longer a throne room. This is a tomb for the both of us. You see, a king without compassion does not deserve a kingdom. You will *never* possess the crystal! You and I will die here, together. Now I understand why the people of Laputa vanished. This is a song from my home in the valley of Gondoa that explains everything. It says, "Take root in the ground, live in harmony with the wind, plant your seeds in the Winter, and rejoice with the birds in the coming of Spring." No matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology might be, the world cannot without love. (Muska shoots off Sheeta's pigtail) Col Muska: Laputa will live. I will return it to life! Laputa's power is the dream of all mankind! (he shoots off her other pigtail) Col Muska: Your ears are next... unless you get on your knees and obey me! (menacingly) I command you, (shouts) give me that stone! Pazu: Stop right there, Muska! (appears with a cannon in hand) I've hidden the stone. If you do anything to harm Sheeta, you'll never get it back. Sheeta: No, Pazu, listen! Run away before he kills you as well as me! Col Muska: Look who's here. Why don't you give me the stone, and the girl will live. Otherwise, I'll kill her! (mockingly) Are you planning on fighting me? Go ahead, use that cannon you can hardly lift! Pazu: You can have the stone if you let me talk to Sheeta. Sheeta: (with desperate pathos) No, Pazu! Get out of here, and (shouts) throw the crystal away! Col Muska: I'll give you one minute, starting now.
Charles: Pazu likes Sheeta! Dola: Be Quiet!
(when Pazu and Sheeta are preparing to launch in the kite) Dola: Are you up there, Sheeta, my dear? Sheeta: Yes. Dola: Best ya come down right now! Sheeta: But why? Dola: Uh? 'Cause you're a GIRL! A FEMALE! That's MAN'S work! Sheeta: But YOU'RE female captain! And I was born up in the mountains, I can do this. Pazu: No, Sheeta! Sheeta: (to Pazu) Be quiet! (to Dola) And Pazu agrees with me! Dola: (laughing hysterically)
Sheeta: The tree! We protected it so it protected us!
Dola: (as she watches a fight between her sons and the townspeople) Leave it to my little idiots to start a riot...
(as Sheeta falls from the airship in the opening chase scene) Dola: Oh, no! There goes my crystal!
Uncle Pomme: (in the underground caverns; has troubling recognizing Pazu) I can't see you clearly yet, goblin, but you sound like Pazu. And is that a she-goblin with you?
Col Muska: (fascinated by Sheeta's glowing pendant) It's the Sacred Light! The ancient documents were true! It's not just a legend! Sheeta: What are you talking about? Col Muska: (reaches out to touch Sheeta's crystal; screams as its rays burn his hands) Sheeta: (backs away with a gasp) Col Muska: (forcefully) Tell me the spell! What are the secret words?
Col Muska: (as the robot climbs the stairs) Yes, I understand! Sheeta: (gasps as Muska pulls her close) Col Muska: (showing his true colors) It's your crystal! The force of the Sacred Light has brought the robot back to life! The way to Laputa has been opened! Sheeta: (screaming) Let me go!
General: (when soldiers have gathered in observatory room on Laputa; Muska appears before them as a hologram) General: What's going on? Col Muska: Hold your tongue, commoner! You are in the presence of the king of Laputa. General: The man has gone *crazy*! Col Muska: I thought I would show you an example of Laputa's power. We are about to celebrate the rebirth of the Laputian kingdom. (lowers crystal over the Black Stone) Col Muska: Prepare yourself for the thunder of Laputa! (unleashes tremendous explosion from underside)
(soldiers observe the blast from the observatory) Col Muska: The fire of Heaven that destroyed Sodom and Gamorrah in the Old Testament. The Ramanayah referred to it as "Indra's Arrow." The entire world will once again kneel before the power of Laputa. General: I can only say, "Well done, Muska. You're a credit to our country." As such, you deserve this reward! (shoots at hologram, to no avail) Huh? (his gun runs out) Col Muska: (menacingly) I have really had enough of your incredible stupidity. Sheeta: (to the soldiers) Run, everyone! Col Muska: (knocking Sheeta aside) You little brat! (glares with fiendish glee as he raises the crystal over Black Stone) Goodbye! Enjoy the ride! (Observatory floor opens; General and his soldiers fall to their deaths) Col Muska: (laughing maniacally)
Dola: (escorting Sheeta toward the galley) Gotta start talkin' like a real pirate! Sheeta: (nervously) I've been practicing! Um... Harrrrr, matey! Shiver me timbers! Dola: (not impressed) Keep practising...
(Louie and Pazu are in Tiger Moth's engine room) Louis: Hey, Pop! I've finally found ya an assistant! Papa: (disgruntled) Stop yelling at me! I can hear you. Believe me, sometimes I wish I couldn't. (to Pazu) Come on, assistant! Let's see what you can do! Louis: (whispering in Pazu's ear) Uh, hurry up. He is even tougher than my mother. Papa: I need someone who's *mechanically* minded, not some half-baked, swashbuckling Casanova wannabe!
(on the Tiger Moth, Louie is escorting Pazu to the Tiger Moth's engine room) Louis: Work, work, work. Busy, busy, busy, busy. Left, right, left, right. You're not here to have fun. (inside the engine room; we see the gears turning) Louis: As you can see, this room is loaded with all sorts of gears and gizmos! Pazu: (fascinated) Wow, this engine room is amazing! Louis: (dumbfounded) Is *that* what it's called?
(after Dola decides to let Pazu and Sheeta become pirates) Louis: (overjoyed) YES! No more swabbin' the decks! Hooray! Henri: I won't have to wash the dishes! Charles: I've peeled my last potato! YEE-HAW! Louis: WHOOPIE! Henri: WHEE! (they all fly around and start celebrating)
Dola: All right, me hearty, once you've taken off, you'll have to use the phone to communica... (a phone rings, Dola answers it) Sheeta: You mean *this* phone? Louis: She *is* good...
Pazu, Sheeta: Balus.