Captain Hammer is the main antagonist of the 2008 musical comedy-drama miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.

He was portrayed by Nathan Fillion, who also played Caleb in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gao the Lesser in Jade Empire, Johnny Worthington III in the Monsters, Inc. franchise, the Monstrous Inmate in Guardians of the Galaxy, Preston Northwest in Gravity Falls, Cornvelious Daniel in Rick & Morty, The Detachable Kid in The Suicide Squad and Karja in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

Personality[]

Captain Hammer as being presented as an, narcissistic, selfish, overconfident and despite being a Superhero he is also sociopathic due to having no trouble trying to kill his nemesis in other violent ways notably a steel girder or attempting to use the latter’s Ray against the latter in front of volunteers and being warned by a stuttering Horrible, which ended in Karma. And to add the fact he is lazy with his “Heroic” work due to wasting time on his interest with Penny other than Dr. Horrible who escaped with the plutonium. he is shown to be a manchild when his ego is broken as he pushes a random civilian along the way, in both the miniseries and Dark Horse Comics, he is shown to be a womaniser as he mentioned “sleeping with the same girl twice” this implies he has an unknown past of relationships towards his charm towards women, he even inappropriately slapped an young female’s butt after signing her autograph before being brainwashed by Dr. Horrible into temporarily a nice person.

Biography[]

Despite being technically a superhero, Captain Hammer is ironically more evil than his supervillain nemesis known as Dr. Horrible. He just acts like a hero so that he can have sex with women, and to spite Dr. Horrible.

He enters the film by showcasing himself twarting Dr. Horrible's heists on top of the moving black van and damages the gadget, he then jumps off towards a random women in a trenchcoat as being the one to “save her any anyone around the area, as he sings “a Man’s gotta do” while leaving the van recklessly driven towards inadvertantly meeting Penny which after swooping in a comical “super heroic timing of an entrance”, Penny who was the Billy’s crush he mentioned during the first song about his freeze ray. As Penny began to feel lovestruck for the hero despite being pushed by Hammer on top of garbage with much aggressive force to stop the Van hitting, but the vehicle was quickly halted. Dr. Horrible. becomes enraged and plans to assassinate Hammer in order to join the Evil League of Evil.

Meanwhile, Hammer is at a press conference, giving quite possibly the most insulting speech ever to the homeless. After Captain Hammer sings the song "Everyone's a Hero", Dr. Horrible appears and stops him with his Freeze Ray. However, Horrible cannot bring himself to kill Hammer, and the Freeze Ray shuts down. Hammer punches Horrible in the face, damaging the Death Ray in the process. Hammer is done in by his own arrogance when, refusing to listen to Horrible's warnings, attempts to fire the malfunctioning Death Ray, which explodes, causing Hammer to feel genuine pain for the first time in his life as he breaks down to the verge of tears along the way to a Therapist during the aftermath and refutes answering to make a statement.

The blast also kills Penny, gaining Dr. Horrible infamy, as well as entry into the Evil League of Evil. During the final song "Everything You Ever", Captain Hammer, now reduced to a crying mess, is seen with a psychiatrist.

Trivia[]

• In the Comics, He is a fan of Dear Chris Hansen.
• Despite feeling extreme emotion after experiencing pain for the first time, it is unknown if captain hammer begun with his invulnerable state.