Dola

'''""Call me captain!"" ' Dola '''is the tritagonist and formerly villain before she turns to protagonist in Laputa: Castle in the Sky.

In film
Early in the film viewers find that Dola is a pirate and in search of the crystal that Sheeta owns. At the start, she and her pirates board the airship and attempt to capture Sheeta. Instead, the latter slips and falls off the airship, enabling Pazu to find her floating down.

The next day Dola and the pirates disguise themselves and search for Sheeta; after a wild chase across railroad tracks, Pazu and Sheeta falls into an abandoned mine, saved again by the crystal. Dola is seen again after Pazu returns Tedis Fortress, having been told by Sheeta to "forget about Laputa". Dola then accepts Pazu into her team after he learns that Sheeta just saved his life. After the rescue of Sheeta, Dola and her pirates, along with Sheeta and Pazu, return to the "Tiger Moth" (Dola's airship) and set off for Laputa.

In the end the Tiger Moth is demolished, but Dola and her gang somehow manage to loot some of Laputa's treasures just before the castle's artificial black dome is destroyed..

Personality
Initially, Dola comes across as bossy, greedy (because she was a pirate) and selfish. Later on, though, she is revealed to be a soft-hearted person and even (grudgingly) grows fond of Sheeta and Pazu. (The former, in particular, reminds her of herself as a child.)

Behind the Voices
Dola was voiced by Kotoe Hatsui in Japanese (before she died in 21 September 1990) and then Cloris Leachman in the Disney English version.

Gallery
see: Dola/Gallery