Labyrinth (1986) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Jareth is the ruler of the labyrinth who appears after Sarah wishes that Toby be taken away. He offers Sarah her dreams in exchange for Toby, sets her a thirteen-hour challenge, manipulates Hoggle, an...
Sarah is a sixteen-year-old girl whose rash wish causes Toby to vanish. She enters the labyrinth, gains help from Hoggle, Ludo, and Didymus, overcomes its traps and illusions, and defeats Jareth by re...
Toby is Sarah's infant half-brother, whose constant crying and possession of Sarah's treasured teddy bear contribute to her frustrated wish. Jareth takes him to the labyrinth's palace, where Toby rema...
Sarah's stepmother confronts her at home before going out for the night with Father. She leaves Sarah responsible for babysitting Toby, placing Sarah in the situation that leads to the desperate wish...
The credited role includes Didymus, who guards the swamp and joins Sarah's quest after meeting her group. It also includes a Firey member of the creatures that harass Sarah, while the listed guard and...
Sarah's father goes out for the night with Stepmother while Sarah remains at home to care for Toby. He returns with Stepmother after Sarah's journey, when she has already rescued Toby and resumed her...
Hoggle is a dwarf whom Sarah meets in the wasteland after Jareth sends her into the labyrinth. He helps her enter it, is ordered to mislead her with an enchanted peach, later rescues her from the gate...
Ludo is a troll tormented by goblins whom Sarah frees and befriends. He later reunites with Sarah and Hoggle in the swamp, joins the journey with Didymus, summons rocks to save Sarah and drive away th...
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Jareth orders Hoggle to give Sarah an enchanted peach and questions Hoggle's loyalty after Hoggle was supposed to return her to the labyrinth's beginn...
After Sarah's wish, Jareth takes Toby to his palace and offers Sarah a thirteen-hour deadline before Toby becomes a goblin.
The opening establishes Stepmother as an adult in the household where Toby is being babysat.
Toby is Sarah's infant half-brother, and Sarah's father returns home with the Stepmother after Sarah's quest.
Sarah is confronted by her stepmother before the stepmother goes out with Sarah's father.
Sarah's father leaves home with the Stepmother for the night, while Sarah remains responsible for babysitting Toby.
The plot identifies Toby as Sarah's infant half-brother. Sarah initially wishes that the goblins take him, then undertakes the labyrinth journey to re...
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Ludo is found being tormented by goblins, and Jareth later sends his goblin army to stop Sarah's group.
Hoggle returns to Sarah's group, where he is welcomed alongside Ludo before they enter the Goblin City together.
Sir Didymus joins Sarah and Ludo as they leave the Bog of Eternal Stench and continue toward the castle.
Sarah meets the swamp guard Sir Didymus and leaves the bog with him after he joins her group.
Sarah frees Ludo after finding him tormented by goblins, and later reunites with him in the Bog of Eternal Stench.
Hoggle helps Sarah enter the labyrinth, later rescues her from the gate guard, and rejoins her group after his betrayal.
Jareth sends Sarah into the labyrinth, places obstacles in her path, and confronts her at the castle while trying to keep Toby.
A frightened teenager matures by confronting the fantasy power she once invited into her life and reclaiming her brother.
Directed by Jim Henson
Labyrinth (1986) · 7.3/10 · adventure, family, fantasy
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