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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Howl's Moving Castle
Sophie. Sophie Hatter is the eldest daughter of the deceased owner of a hat shop in Market Chipping. She's the heroine of the story. She is turned into a ninety year old woman by the Witch of Waste because the Witch thinks she's in league with Howl. The character Sophie is voiced by Emily Mortimer.
As many as he needs. It's never really explained why Howl doesn't use his own last name. We see he uses Jenkins and Pendragon, but Howl tells Sophie that he has as many names as he needs, when she asks him. He says he uses them to get out of messes and hide.
Markl. Markl is Howl's apprentice who, when dealing with customers, disguises himself as an old man to practise his magic. Markl is studing to become a wizard like Howl.
Silver/ Starlight. It starts out an ordinary brown. When she is placed under the curse, her hair turns silver. She complains about her ordinary appearance in the beginning, but we aren't told why it stays that color. Howl calls it "Starlight".
Red. Howl's uncle gave it to him as a gift to practise his wizardry. He goes there when he needs to think and to practise his magic. That's also where he meets Calcifer.
Blue and Pink. His pink and blue jacket looks sort of like a jester's jacket. When Sophie first meets Howl, she doesn't know who he is. Some guards are harassing her and he uses his magic to help her out. He's being chased by The Witch of Waste's goons. To escape, he takes Sophie roof walking, and drops her off on the balcony of her destination.
The Prince. When Sophie kisses him, Turnip-head turns into the missing Prince. The Prince is the reason the whole war started. He was turned into the scarecow by the Witch, and his own country accused Sophie's home country of kidnapping him.
A steam train. An old-fashioned steam train, billowing smoke, goes past Sophie's window at the beginning. When Howl redecorates the castle and Sophie ends up in a room similar to her hat shop working room, it goes past again. At the start, we can see Howl's castle in the distance but it doesn't actually go past the window.
Mouse. The soldiers try and chat Sophie up but she just wants to get around them. They call her "mouse" because she's being quiet. Just as she starts losing her temper with them, Howl arrives. He casts a spell and sends the soldiers marching away. He then tells Sophie that he's being chased and when the monsters appear, he and Sophie escape by flying up into the air.
The tackiest thing here. The Witch of the Waste thinks of herself as beautiful and is very scornful of Sophie's hat shop, calling everything in it "tacky". She knows that Sophie has recently met Howl and wants to know where he is.
Sophie, who doesn't even realise it was Howl she met in the first place, gets understandably angry and demands that the Witch leave. She does, but not before putting a spell on Sophie that changes her into an old woman. How mean!
| Sophie sets off to find the Witch of the Waste to make her remove the spell. On her way, she helps a scarecrow, who brings her a walking cane in thanks. What does the top of the cane look like? | Were You Moved By 'Howl's Castle'?
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A bird. The scarecrow, or "Turnip Head" as Sophie likes to call him, brings her a walking stick with a handle that looks like a duck's head. This is just what she needs as, being an old woman now, she's finding it hard to climb up the hill. Turnip Head pops up all over the place during the film. Initially, Sophie tries to get rid of him by sending him off to find her a place to stay, but he returns with Howl's moving castle! It seems that he too has a spell on him.
| Sophie soon settles in to the castle and makes friends with Markl and Calcifer, the other inhabitants. There are two portals from the front door that open into wizard's shops. What two wizard names does Howl use? | Were You Moved By 'Howl's Castle'?
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Jenkins and Pendragon. These are just two of Howl's aliases. When Sophie asks how many he has, he replies "as many as I need to keep my freedom". He gets in a bit of a fix when both wizards are requested to report to the Palace! Sophie ends up going in his place, as his mother, Mrs. Pendragon!
Another 2 pieces of bacon and 6 eggs. They sure can eat a lot of food! Calcifer, the fire demon, controls the moving of the castle and all the every day things, like heating water. Howl is the only person he obeys so Markl is just used to having bread and cheese as Howl is often away. Sophie soon sorts Calcifer out with some straight talking, leaving Howl and Markl very impressed.
Blue. He also grows a super-fast beard and puts on a deep voice as he's only a child. It's quite funny when he goes grocery shopping with Sophie, all he does is say "I hate potatoes", "I hate fish", in his old man voice.
Howl's childhood. She sees how Calcifer and Howl made their bargain when Howl was younger and understands that to help them both she needs to return Howl's heart to his body. Calcifer had been keeping Howl's heart for him which had ended up enslaving them both. She starts falling back through the portal, so she shouts at them to find her in the future. Which they do.
Heen the dog. Heen takes a liking to Sophie from the start and follows her as a loyal friend. He only reports back to his mistress, Madam Suliman, at the very end, when all the spells are broken and the missing Prince (Turnip Head) is restored to his true self. With his return, the war, which started because he went missing, can finally end.
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Heen. While Sophie did refer to him as "Dog", his name "Heen" was mentioned a couple of times. The first time Sophie went into see Madame Suliman, Sophie asked her if he was her dog, and Madame Suliman said yes and mentioned his name.
Calcifer. Calcifer was actually a fallen star. Voiced by Billy Crystal, his name was Cal for short. "I'm a scary and powerful fire demon named Calcifer!"
The King. Madame Suliman's assistants looked like Howl might have as a child, and until she got in to see Madame Suliman, Sophie thought that Heen (who was actually Madame Suliman's dog) was Howl. Howl did disguise himself as the King. However, the real King came in shortly after Howl arrived.
Lettie. Her sister was the woman Sophie went to see at the bakery. Her name was mentioned more than once.
The King's Head Sorceress. When she introduced herself to Sophie, at the castle, Madame Suliman said, specifically that she was in fact the King's Head Sorceress.
Josh Hutcherson. Markl was Howl's apprentice. Josh Hutcherson ("Zathura", "Bridge to Terabithia") was the voice of Markl. Billy Crystal was the voice of Calcifer, Christian Bale was the voice of Howl, and Crispin Freeman was the voice of Prince Turnip.
Cleaning Lady. Though she did cook, and she was with Markl a majority of the time, her main job was to clean. Howl was his own beautician. When she met Howl for the second time and he asked who she was, she specifically said, "I'm your new cleaming lady. I just started work today."
She was his true love. She was in fact his true love. Right after he changed back, the Witch of the Waste specifically mentioned that . Then she told the prince, "It seems that you true love is in love with someone else."
| Who said "You who swallowed a falling star, o' heartless man, your heart shall soon belong to me."? | Howl's Moving Castle
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Howl. Though it was a message from the Witch of the Waste, it was Howl who said or read it aloud. After he was done reading it he said "That can't be good for the table."
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