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| “ | I'll get you for this, Pan! If it's the last thing I do! | „ |
| ~ Captain Hook |
| “ | SMEE! | „ |
| ~ Captain Hook when he is almost eaten by Tick Tock and the Octopus. |
| “ | Peter Pan will be blasted out of Neverland... Forever! | „ |
| ~ Captain Hook prepares Peter Pan will be blasted out of Neverland by bomb |
| “ | Great Scott! No sooner did I rid meself of that cursed crocodile and now this! | „ |
| ~ Captain Hook when seeing the Octopus coming to eat him. |
Captain James Bartholomew Hook, also better known as Captain James Hook and simply known as Captain Hook and even more simply known as Hook, is the main antagonist of Disney's Peter Pan franchise.
He is a pirate captain of the Jolly Roger in Neverland who seeks revenge against Peter Pan for cutting off his hand and feeding it to a crocodile. He is also the boss of his pirate crew including Mr. Smee and the arch-nemesis of Peter Pan and Zarina.
Portrayals[]
- In the original film, he was modeled and voiced by the late Hans Conried, who also voiced George Darling in the same film, portrayed Dr Terwilliker in The 5000 Fingers of Dr T, and voiced Snidley Whiplash in Dudley Do Right, one Sneetch by the bonfire in Dr. Seuss on the Loose, and the Grinch in Halloween is Grinch Night.
- Since 1977, he has been voiced by Corey Burton, who also played Count Dooku in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Onus in Disney's Treasure Planet, Quint in Disney's Timon & Pumbaa, Jones in Disney's Tarzan, and Shan Yu in Kingdom Hearts II.
- In the Disney Fairies film The Pirate Fairy, he was voiced by Tom Hiddleston, who also played Loki Laufeyson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Lord Nooth in The Early Man.
- In the live-action remake Peter Pan and Wendy, he was portrayed by Jude Law, who also played Billy Hanson in ''Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Harlen Maguire in Road to Perdition, Brad Stand in I Heart Huckabees, the second transformation of Tony Shepard in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Pitch Black in Rise of the Guardians, King Vortigern in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and Yon-Rogg in Captain Marvel.
Personality[]
Captain James Hook is a raucous, vengeful, cacophonous, manipulative, but sophisticated pirate. He used to simply enjoy treasure hunting, but along the way, he had a skirmish with Peter Pan, losing his left hand at one point, to Tick-Tock the saltwater crocodile and a giant octopus. This brought out two sides of Hook, him hating Peter Pan and relentlessly hunting him, but also developing paranoia of Tick-Tock and the Octopus that bordered on insanity; so as to be fair, Tick-Tock enjoyed the flavor of his hand and has been stalking Hook ever since, wanting to devour the rest of him. Hook is clearly psychopathic and demented, viewing his pirates as pawns, disposing of them if they so much as mildly annoy him . Such as during his introduction he shoots a crew-member off camera whilst studying a map as his shipmate is a poor singer. He is also shown to be very intelligent for the most part. He can often manipulate and think of his wicked plans, as well as psychologically and/or emotionally tricking people around him to lure Peter Pan into his trap. However, he doesn’t always think thoroughly throughout his plans as he gets foiled by Peter from time to time.
Despite his infanticidal declarations, Hook is partly devoid of human traits. He often commits acts of villainy that seem to stem from a deep-seated desire for respect and adulation. He also seems to genuinely enjoy having Smee around. Contrary to most main antagonists, Hook sees Smee as a true friend, talking with and relaxing with his assistant, and does not often use fear and intimidation to bully him. Smee (in turn) generally enjoys helping Hook, but if Hook is in over his head, Smee does tend to desert him. Hook also can be a bit of a vainglorious blabbermouth, and his short temper can and does cloud his better judgment as well.
Because of this, Peter Pan does not see Hook as much of a threat, but more of an object of ridicule. He also seemed to enjoy fighting Peter Pan, and while willing to kill him, Hook nonetheless took his hat off when he thought he had murdered him, with a moment of sadness, he stated Pan as being a worthy adversary and mourned his loss. Despite his shortcomings, Hook is still a very vile, arrogant, and unpropitious man, wanting to commit acts of terrorism and trying to blow Peter Pan up, cut him in half, or kill him in any gruesome way he can. He also lies, cheats, and back stabs others for his personal gain, and despite a few quirky mannerisms, he remains a loathsome and cruel person.
Despite his backstabbing and treacherous nature, he claims that he will never break a promise, but will sometimes find loopholes, such as a promise he made to Tinker Bell about not laying a finger (or a hook) on Peter if they find his hideout. This has been proven to be true as instead of harming him himself, Hook leaves a bomb for Peter.
Appearance[]
Captain James Hook is tall, slender, elegant, has long black hair, brown eyes (however, he did have green eyes in first film), a big chin, a Roman nose, thick black eyebrows, and is thinly mustachioed (he sometimes has a five-o-clock shadow). He always puts a lot of time into his appearance, has a crimson hat with a big lavender feather, and a long expensive-looking red coat. Under his coat, he wears a pink shirt. On his left arm is a sliver hook for a hand. Despite his skinny and frail appearance, Hook is actually physically much stronger than he looks, shown when he lifts the rather corpulent Smee and throws Gentleman Starkey off the ship, both using only his arm with the hook as well as lifting Tiger Lily with only his arm with the hook while she was tied to an anchor.
Biography[]
The Pirate Fairy[]
| “ | Fairies are gullible creatures, aren't they? | „ |
| ~ James to Zarina, revealing his true nature. |
In the movie, which is set before any of the Peter Pan films, he was simply referred to as James. Before the events of Peter Pan, James was originally first shown to be a cabin boy.
He was seen with a few pirates complimenting Zarina about her plan on stealing the blue pixie dust. At first, it appeared that Zarina was the captain of the pirate crew as well as James' best friend. However, after Zarina taught him how to fly, James revealed himself to be the true villain by locking Zarina in a glass lantern and that he was the real captain of the ship.
His goal was to use the Pixie Dust Tree to make his ship fly out of Never Land and pillage towns. While Tinker Bell and her friends recovered the blue pixie dust, James tells them to give it to him or that he'd drown Zarina in the ocean. After getting it back, he throws Zarina in the ocean anyway. During the final battle, Zarina overflows James with pixie dust, causing him to fly out of control, falling into the ocean, and getting bitten by Tick-Tock (as a baby). In the epilogue, he meets Mr. Smee for the first time and tells him to help him out of the water.
Peter Pan[]
| “ | Blast that Peter Pan! If I could only find his hideout, I'd trap him in his own lair. | „ |
| ~ Captain Hook's frustration at not being able to find his enemy. |
The best-known version of Captain Hook appeared in the 1953 Disney animated film Peter Pan, where he became one of Disney's most memorable villains. When Hook is first seen, he is plotting his revenge against Peter for the incident with his hand. Where Peter Pan cut hook’s hand and fed it to Tick Tock the Crocodile. He is seen looking for the location of Peter's hideout, and he (along with Mr. Smee) abduct the native princess Tiger Lily, believing that she may have such information. They interrogate her at Skull Island, but are thwarted by Peter and the crocodile that ate Hook's hand.
Later on, Hook finds out that Peter had banished Tinker Bell for her attempt on killing Wendy, and uses the situation to his advantage. He gets Smee to bring Tinkerbell to the ship, and Hook goads her into revealing Peter's hideout. However, Tinker Bell makes Hook swear he won't lay a hand (or hook) on Peter. After his crew abducts Wendy, John, Michael, and the Lost Boys, Hook places a time bomb disguised as a present in the hideout, initially breaking his promise. With the help of Tinker Bell, though, Peter survives, and he goes back to the ship to confront Hook and free the children. Hook and Peter engage in a long battle, but Hook and his crew are ultimately defeated, and Hook is seen swimming for his life from the crocodile.
Return to Never Land[]
| “ | Mr. Smee, be a good fellow and fix the plank; SO I CAN MAKE YOU WALK IT!!! | „ |
| ~ Captain Hook yelling at Mr. Smee. |
In the 2002 animated sequel Return to Never Land, Hook kidnapped Wendy's daughter Jane and took her as leverage to try and get what he wanted he knew where Peter Pan first met Wendy. When he found out that she did not want to be at Never Land, Hook promises her that if she would help him with what he wanted that he would help her with what he wanted. To do so, he made up a story in which he claims that he wants to see his "Dear Sweet Mother" back home so they would have common ground. After kidnapping Peter Pan and the Lost Boys, Jane and Tinker Bell (who was brought back to life) came in to retaliate. He and his crew are defeated by Peter and once again falls prey to an orange octopus, bizarrely familiar to the ticking crocodile from the first, and flees with the whole crew while the main protagonists celebrate their victory. It is unknown if Hook was eaten alive by the octopus or not.
Jake and the Never Land Pirates (Captain Jake and the Neverland Pirates)[]
Captain Hook as he appears in Jake and the Neverland Pirates.
Captain Hook is also the main antagonist as of the Disney Junior show Jake and the Never Land Pirates, acting as the archenemy of Jake. Like the movies, he is the boss of Smee and has two other henchmen named, Sharky and Bones. Unlike the movie version, however, Hook is seen as less of a cruel pirate and more of a playful and mischievous in this version for its preschool audience .
It is implied that after Peter Pan and Tinker Bell left Never Land, Hook stayed behind in order to take over the island, prompting Pan to leave 3 pirates, Jake, Izzy, and Cubby on Pirate Island to prevent his old foe from winning. Hook's most prominent (and darkest) role is in the final episode, Captain Hook's Last Stand where he obtains the Doom Stone and turns Peter Pan into stone. Unfortunately, the stone's side-effects involve Hook's heart turning to stone, molding him into a dark hearted pirate even more dangerous and powerful than his film counterpart. His plans on taking over Never Land are eventually thwarted by Captain Jake and his Never Land Pirates, who free Peter Pan, and revert Hook back to normal.
The series could be non-canon to the films, due to timeline issues and Hook being downplayed to being bumbling and playful instead of being elegant and murderous.
House of Mouse[]
Captain Hook appears in House of Mouse as a guest.
Mickey's House of Villains[]
Captain Hooks appears in the Halloween special Mickey's House of Villains, joining the other villains in the hostile takeover of the House of Mouse. However, he and the all of the other villains (except Jafar) immediately scatter out the House of Mouse after being defeated by the heroes.
Cameos[]
Hook made a guest cameo at the end of the second episode of Raw Toonage, in which Don Karnage was hosting a segment on treasure hunting. When Karnage finds the treasure chest in question, Hook appears and claims it as his own. They then engage in a swordfight, which Hook wins by pinning Karnage to a tree.
Hook makes a brief appearance in the animated short Electric Holiday, watching in the crowd as Cruella De Vil walked down the runaway in a fashion show.
A portrait of Hook can be seen in the first episode of the miniseries Descendants: Wicked World.
Other Media[]
Live Action Appearance[]
- Main article: Captain Hook (Once Upon a Time)
Kingdom Hearts series[]
| “ | Just remember, this is no pleasure cruse, it won't be a pleasant voyage. | „ |
| ~ Captain Hook in Kingdom Hearts. |
Captain James Hook as he appears in the Kingdom Hearts series.
Captain Hook appears in the Kingdom Hearts series, in cooperation with Maleficent and other villains.
He uses his pirate ship to get himself between worlds. He appeared in the original Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, the prequel to Kingdom Hearts, Chain of Memories, and 358/2 Days.
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep[]
Hook appears in the game series prequel, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, where he tricks Terra into attempting to kill Peter Pan for him. He later kidnaps Tinker Bell and takes Mickey Mouse's star fragment, but is defeated by Ventus and thrown into the water, where the crocodile chases him off. He eventually became one of the Disney villains to join Maleficent's group.
Kingdom Hearts[]
| “ | Hand over the Keyblade and I'll spare your lives. Glad I'm mercifull, unlike the Heartless. So, which will it be: The Keyblade or the plank. | „ |
| ~ Hook to Sora. |
He takes Riku along with him, where Kairi is being held. Hook does not like Riku's bossiness and regrets taking him along; nonetheless, he follows his orders, as Riku now has control over the Heartless and would most likely unleash them on him should he disobey. When Sora, Donald, and Goofy arrive in Never Land, Riku throws them in the hold where they meet and escape with Peter Pan, who is searching for his friend Wendy. Captain Hook believed that Wendy was a "Princess of Heart" and that is why he captured her. However, Riku reports to him from Maleficent that Wendy is not a Princess of Heart at all, irritating Hook (he hints that kidnapping Wendy was a very difficult task). After defeating the Heartless below deck, Sora fights a copy of himself summoned by Riku in Hook's office. After confronting Hook on the deck, learning that Riku took Kairi to Hollow Bastion, Sora and company are forced to surrender when Hook uses Tinker Bell as a hostage. When the crocodile appears, Hook flees to his office while telling Smee to have their prisoners walk the plank. However, Peter Pan returns to save Sora before using his Smee imitation to trick Hook out to the deck, resulting in the villain being thrown overboard and chased into the horizon by the crocodile.
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories[]
In Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Hook appears as a figment of Sora and Riku's memories and is absent in Kingdom Hearts II.
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days[]
Hook later reappears in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, finding a large amount of treasure maps all leading to boxes that are actually set to release Heartless once Hook opens the chest (unknown to Hook and Smee, however, is that these chests were set up to help build Pete's Heartless army).
His Japanese voice actor was the late Chikao Ōhtsuka up until Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, where Chikao Ōhtsuka was cast as Master Xehanort and Hook was thus voiced by Naoya Uchida. His English voice actor was Corey Burton.
Adventures in Neverland[]
| “ | Hook: 48, 49, 50, Mr. Smee, Are we walking in circles? Smee: Aah, well, Umm... Why do you say that, Captain? [Hook points at the skeleton down below at Skull Rock while searching] Hook: This Skeleton, you pleasuring idiot! |
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| ~ Hook's most famous quote in the game when he and Smee goes wrong ways at Skull Rock. |
In Adventures in Neverland, Hook first appears with the map, and while they spot the treasure map just before Peter Pan did, he tears the map in four shreds so that Peter Pan can find it. He finds it at the Pirate's Cove near the waterfall, but only finds one piece of the map. Captain Hook sends out Starkly to interrogate the mermaids at Mermaid Lagoon to find Peter Pan, but Peter Pan beats him and throws a knife as his new attack. The mermaids asks him to visit two of the lost boys, the twins, to help find the map, as Hook and Smee are still finding the map at Skull Rock before Smee traps over and nearly knocks out Hook. Planning to go west, it is revealed that they were walking in circles due to the skeleton used pointing the wrong way.
After visiting the twins for some help to find a piece of the map, he finds from them after the pirates kidnap the lost boys hidden them between Mermaid Lagoon, their hideout, Skull Rock, and the Indian Village just to trick Peter Pan. At Skull Rock, they saw Toodles in Skull Rock as they try to find Hook and Smee, but was blocked multiple times, so they want to Hangman's Tree to get pixie dust, only being stolen by Turk. but Peter beats him and gets the Pixie Dust, as they search for Hook and Smee, they get find a Bomber Ghost that nearly kills them. They ask for the Lost Boys' location, to which while they don't know, they know one of the map pieces is at towards their ship as he explains to Peter. Later on, Smee finally finds Hook while exploring Peter's base at Hangman's Tree, and starts counting incorrectly and gets knocked by Captain Hook. Thanks to The Lake, they find the last piece of the map, only for it to be stolen by Peter's Shadow. Peter rescues all the Lost Boys to fly faster and gets the last piece of the map as they search for the treasure. only to be stolen by Hook before they arrive. Peter and Tinker Bell arrives at the ship only to be battled by pirates, but Hook stops them. He battles Peter, only to lose by him and thrown to sea. After Hook is defeated, he hears the sound of a ticking clock, causing his eyes and mustache to twitch in rhythm (with the sound of the music Never Smile at a Crocodile). The Crocodile arrives to eat his favorite dish, as Hook flees from the hungry crocodile, while Smee rows the boat to follow and to rescue him.
Straight On Till Morning: A Twisted Tale[]
- Main article: Captain Hook (Straight On Till Morning)
Disney Villainous: The Worst Takes it All[]
- Main article: Captain Hook (The Worst Takes it All)
Vocals[]
Trivia[]
- He is ranked #7 in the Top 30 Disney Villains.
- To keep a classic tradition from the original Peter Pan play, the late Hans Conried, the actor who voiced Captain Hook in the film, also portrayed George Darling, the patriarch of the Darling family and the father of Wendy, John and Michael Darling. Through this way, it hints a connection between the two characters through the role of a "mean grownup", which lead the Darling siblings to fear growing up until they realize that it isn't a wrong thing.
- The late Hans Conried, who played Captain Hook in Peter Pan, was the same man that provided live action movesets and had also auditioned for Aurora’s father, King Stefan, in the deleted song for Sleeping Beauty.
- The extent of Captain Hook's villainy has varied over the years in the many installments of the Peter Pan franchise, going from a childish pirate to a bloodthirsty killer willing to kill even children. Nevertheless, Captain Hook is always depicted comically, yet he is still threatening and evil.
- In the original Peter Pan film, Captain Hook is shown to be an emotionally unstable pirate due to never giving up on his quest for revenge on Peter Pan and dealing with Tick Tock the Crocodile's desire to devour him, demonstrated when he shoots one of his own men for his annoying singing or when he viciously throws one overboard with his hook. While occasionally bumbling and comical, making a fool of himself quite often, Hook's actions during the film seem to have some evil deeds; attempting to leave Tiger Lilly to drown (incriminating the Lost Boys in the process), convincing a jealous Tinker Bell that he won't harm Peter if she reveals him their hideout to get rid of Wendy (to which he later locks her into a glass lantern and reveals that he has no intention to spare Peter), trying to kill Peter by sending him a bomb to his hideout that almost destroyed Neverland, and trying to force the Lost Boys and the Darling children to walk the plank. However, Hook seems to have a soft side as he considers Mr. Smee his friend (unlike most Disney Villains) and even offers the Lost Boys and the Darling children to pardon them if they join his crew.
- In Return to Never Land, however, Captain Hook is a lot more evil, nefarious, and sadistic than he was in the original film, despite still retaining a comical and cowardly trait, especially when he easily gets freaked out by the Octopus. After capturing Jane Darling (mistaking her for Wendy), he has her tied and tries to feed her to the octopus before Peter Pan arrives. As a result of all his years trying to hunt down Peter Pan and the Lost Boys and the octopus' desire to devour him, he realizes that Jane wants to return home and doesn't like Peter and his friends. So Hook offers to take back her to London in exchange she helps to find the treasure Peter stole from him yet promises to not harm Peter. But unfortunately, when Jane indirectly accomplishes her part of the deal after having a change of heart to Peter and the Boys, Hook double crosses her and captures Peter and the Lost Boys, trying to force them to walk the plank, and worst of all, he even tries to kill Jane after she returns to save them with Tinker Bell. This is Captain Hook's most evil moment in the franchise and certainly the only time in which he came very close to definitely cross the Moral Event Horizon.
- In Jake and the Never Land Pirates, unlike the films, Captain Hook is depicted in a more comical, if not ridiculous, way. Instead of being depicted as the typical vengeful pirate we all know, Captain Hook is depicted like a whining man-baby who is always focused on only get what he wants, acting like a spoiled brat at some sorts (unsurprisingly, as the series was intended for preschoolers). Rather than seeking to kill Peter Pan, Hook is obsessed to gather all treasure he can find, even if that means stealing it from others. However, to make audiences sympathize with Captain Hook more than in the films, Hook is revealed to have gone through a miserable childhood, aside that he proves to be honorable in some episodes (like when he teams up with Jake and his crew against Beatrice Le Beak or ShiverJack) and even shows to have feelings for Red Jessica, presenting the character in a more positive way (though they all died out by his cruel and murderous nature in the films and the rest of the franchise).
- In The Pirate Fairy, which is a prequel to the first Peter Pan film and shows Tinker Bell's first encounter with Captain Hook, a young James Hook is at first shown to be friends with the rogue fairy Zarina, who wants to steal the blue fairy dust and considers James his cabin boy and best friend, thinking that he and his crew appreciate her talents unlike the other fairies. However, after Zarina teaches him how to fly, James shows his true colors by locking Zarina into a glass lantern, showing that he was never her friend and forcing Tinker Bell and her friends to recover the blue fairy dust to spare Zarina. But after Tinker Bell and her friends fulfill their part of the deal, he betrays them and tosses Zarina into the ocean to drown anyway (though Tinker Bell and her friends ultimately save her), demonstrating that he was planning to get rid of her from the beginning once she had outlived her usefulness, making this Hook's second most evil moment in the franchise behind his role in Return to Never Land.
- Captain Hook was listed #24 in Empire Magazine's The 50 Best Animated Movie Characters, stating as his stroke of genius the gibbering panic that overtakes the otherwise snarling bad guy whenever the sound of ticking comes near.
- Captain Hook is one of the few Disney Villains to survive in their films and return in the sequels.
- Captain Hook is pictured on one of the 10 USA non-denominated commemorative postage stamps celebrating "Disney Villains", issued as a pane of 20 stamps on July 15, 2017. The set was issued in a single sheet of 20 stamps. The price of each stamp on day of issue was 49 cents. The other villains depicted in this issue are the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Honest John from Pinocchio, Lady Tremaine from Cinderella, the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland, Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmatians, Ursula from The Little Mermaid, Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, and Scar from The Lion King.
External Links[]
- Captain Hook on the Disney Wiki
- Captain Hook on the Kingdom Hearts Wiki
- Captain Hook on the Peter Pan Wiki
- Captain Hook on the Wikipedia
- Captain Hook on the Disney Villainous Wiki
- Captain Hook on the Descendants Wiki
- Captain Hook on the Disney Heroes: Battle Mode Wiki
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