Captain Hook

Captain Hook (in English Captain James Hook) was a fictional character from Peter Pan, created by J. M. Barrie as an intrepid pirate captain. of the Jolly Roger and nemesis of the homonymous protagonist. Captain Hook is described as a man with a thin, almost ghastly face and deep, melancholy blue eyes, capable of turning fiery red when rage possessed him. J.M. Barrie claimed in the novel that James Hook was a highly educated man who had studied at Eton College. In addition, he used to sport a curly wig and used an iron hook where his right hand (left in some adaptations) should be, which was cut off by Peter Pan and thrown as food to a crocodile, which also swallowed a watch.. And if there is something that the captain truly fears, it is that ferocious crocodile that was bewitched by the taste of his blood. So much so that since then he has not stopped chasing him.

Barrie paid tribute to the great piracy novels by hinting that Captain Hook had worked for Blackbeard, and paid tribute to Robert Louis Stevenson by commenting that Hook was the only man John Silver (character in the novel The Island) feared of the Treasury).

Barrie claimed that the character was based on Captain Ahab from the novel Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville. Although there are several theories that J.M.Barrie was inspired by historical figures to create the character your character. One of those theories states that the author was based on Christopher Newport, a 17th century privateer who worked for the Queen of England herself. He is described as a somewhat infamous and braggart person who from a very young age starred in fierce confrontations attacking Spanish freighters. In one of these confrontations Newport lost an arm, and it is also known that on one occasion he arrived at the British court with two baby crocodiles. In turn, some historians claim that perhaps Barrie was based on James Cook to create the antagonist of Peter Pan. The eighteenth-century navigator and explorer has a surname with a sound similar to that of Hook. It is also known that James Cook was assassinated by the natives of Hawaii in 1779, a fact that for many was used by Barrie to create the "lost boys". Creatures that reacted against “Western or civilized man”, a father figure to oppose and defend themselves against, as those who murdered the English explorer also did in some way.

In most plays performed since the time of J.M.Barrie, the actor who plays Hook is usually the same actor who plays Wendy Darling's father.^{[citation needed]}

Actors on screen

Actors who have played Captain Hook on the big screen or in television series.

Character Adaptations

Disney version

Captain Garfio's Disney version as a character to meet at Disney Parks.

In the 1953 Disney animated film Peter Pan, Captain James Hook is a much more comic villain than the original character: he is seen as a vain coward with a childish temperament who tends to scream in terror Still being equally cruel, as shown by shooting a member of his crew for bothering him by singing. During the early development of the film, the story department analyzed the character of Hook as "a dandy...yet very mean-spirited, to the point of being murderous." This combination of traits should cause a lot of fun every time he speaks or acts. He is hell-bent on finding the location of Peter Pan's hideout in order to get revenge on him, and after tricking Tinkerbell into finding out, he kidnaps Wendy, her siblings., and the Lost Boys, leaves a bomb pretending it's a gift from Wendy to finish off their enemy when Pan opens the package. Fortunately, he is saved in time by Tinkerbell, and after Peter flies to Hook's ship to rescue his friends, he begins a fight against the Captain, who ends up being thrown into the sea, and being chased by the crocodile.

The character returned in the sequel Return to Never Land (2002), where he intends to kidnap Wendy to throw her into an area of the sea where an octopus lives, so that she can kill Peter Pan when he tries to attack her However, he mistakenly kidnaps Wendy's daughter, Jane, and his plan backfires when Tinkerbell blows up the octopus, and after throwing it onto Hook's ship, where it gets a taste of the Captain, it begins to chase him for the rest of the movie just like he did. did the crocodile. Seeing that Jane wants to return to her home, Hook makes a deal with her, saying that he will help her if she can find out for him where is the treasure that Peter hid somewhere in Neverland. Finally, after finding the treasure, he also kidnapped Peter and the Lost Boys, who end up being rescued thanks to Jane and Tinkerbell. After fighting Hook, he ends up once again being thrown into the sea, where he and his crew flee in a boat from the hungry octopus.

Captain Hook often appears in the series House of Mouse (2001-2003), and appears in the movie based on it, Mickey's House of Villains (2002), as one of the main villains of the story. He also appears briefly in the other film based on the series, Mickey's Magical Christmas (2001).

In the series Jake and the Never Land Pirates (2011-2016), Captain Hook is the main villain, rivaling the protagonists. In this version he has different types of multipurpose hooks.

A young James appears in the Disney Fairies franchise film The Pirate Fairy (2014). In the story, James pretended to be the cabin boy on a pirate ship and befriended a rogue fairy, Zarina, who had left Pixie Hollow after being fired as a fairy dust keeper when her unauthorized experiments with the dust led to a disaster. James saw the great potential of pixie dust and let Zarina think that she had authority over pirates. After obtaining the pixie dust needed to fly his ship for a long time to steal wealth around the world, he locks up Zarina and takes his place as captain of the crew. However, he and his pirates are defeated by Zarina and her fairies friends, ending up in the sea, and Hook being bitten by a small crocodile from which he flees, being the same one that in the future would eat the hand her. Continuing to drift at sea, Hook stumbles upon a ship sailed by Mr. Smee, who rescues him.

Captain Hook appears in the Disney Parks as a meet and greet character.

Occasionally, Captain Hook appears in comics from the Scrooge McDuck universe as the nemesis of Moby Duck, a whaler relative of Donald Duck.

Jude Law will play Hook in an upcoming Disney live-action film, Peter Pan & Wendy, which will serve as a remake of the 1953 film.

Joshua Colley will play a young Hook in the live-action film, Descendants: The Rise of Red, of the Descendants franchise. In the previous films of the franchise Descendants 2 (2017) and Descendants 3 (2019) his teenage son Harry (Thomas Doherty) appears, with Captain Hook being mentioned only.

Video Games

Captain Hook is one of the main villains of the video game Disney's Villains' Revenge, where the player must face him in a sword duel.

In the video game series Kingdom Hearts, Captain Hook appears as a recurring villain, appearing in Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. He is one of the Villains who act as Maleficent's allies.

An animatronic version of Captain Hook appears as an enemy in Epic Mickey. In the spin-off Epic Mickey: Mysterious World, Captain Hook is the first boss enemy.

Captain Hook is a playable character in the world-building video game Disney Magic Kingdoms, being a premium character that is achieved by purchasing him through in-game Gems.

Hook (1991)

Captain Hook is the titular antagonist of the film Hook, played by Dustin Hoffman. Hook kidnaps the children of the now adult Peter (Robin Williams) to lure his archenemy back to Neverland, disappointed to see that his once great enemy is now a simple man, and gives the middle-aged man three days to revive his spirit and fight him. Hook has been somewhat depressed ever since Peter Pan left Neverland to become Peter Banning, and worries that he has nothing else to do; He long ago killed the crocodile with a cannon and made a quiet clock tower out of its stuffed body. Despite killing the crocodile, he remains terrified whenever he hears a clock tick.

At the suggestion of Smee (Bob Hoskins), Hook tries to persuade Peter's children that their father never loved them, in order to force them to stay in Neverland. He is successful with Peter's son Jack, who soon sees Hook as the attentive father figure Peter has never been, and Hook eventually sees Jack as a potential heir. But Peter's daughter Maggie is immediately wary of Hook and refuses to be swayed.

When the deadline days end and a fight begins between Hook and his pirates against Peter and the Lost Boys, Hook ends up stabbing Rufio, one of the Lost Boys, making Peter even more angry with him. After a duel, Jack realizes how much his father cares for him, and after rejecting Hook, Peter leaves the ship with his children and the Lost Boys, but Hook orders him to return and finish their fight. Hook threatens Peter by vowing to kidnap future generations of children from his family, so Peter and Hook have a final duel. Having Hook cornered, Peter spares his life at the request of his daughter, ordering 'Hook to leave Neverland and not return in exchange for his life. However, Hook treacherously attempts to attack Peter, but the crocodile's clock tower seemingly comes 'alive'. and apparently "eats" to Hook when he falls on top of him.

Peter Pan (2003)

In the 2003 film adaptation Peter Pan, Captain Hook is played by Jason Isaacs (who also plays the role of George Darling, Wendy's father, following the tradition of the original play). He carries the hook in his right hand, supported by a shoulder harness. Hook is feared and ruthless, but also chivalrous. In the climactic duel, he learns to fly from pixie dust, nearly defeating Peter Pan, but the taunts of the Lost Boys saps his enthusiasm for flight, and he falls into the crocodile's mouth, being eaten by it.

Shrek version

Captain Hook is a recurring character in the Shrek franchise. He first appears in the movie Shrek 2 (2004), as a pianist in the tavern & # 34; The Poisoned Apple & # 34;. He has a bigger role in the movie Shrek the Third (2007), being one of the fairytale villains who join Prince Charming to dominate Far Far Away and have their own happy endings, but just like the rest of the villains end up leaving him aside, mentioning that he wants to fulfill his dream of growing daffodils.

Captain Hook also appears as a contestant on the Far Far Away Idol feature on the Shrek 2 DVD, where he begins singing "Hooked on a Feeling& #3. 4; until the Tinkerbell fairy asks Simon Cowell to remove him from the stage. In the video game Shrek the Third he appears as an enemy boss.

Captain Hook does not appear in Shrek Forever After (2010), but he makes a cameo appearance in a picture at the opening of the book at the beginning of the film, holding some daffodils.

Once Upon a Time (2012-2018)

Captain Hook appears as one of the main characters in the television series Once Upon a Time. He made his first appearance in the second season episode "The Crocodile". The character is played by Colin O'Donoghue.

His real name is Killian Jones, who became captain of the Jolly Roger after his brother's death. His hand is cut off by the dark trickster Rumpelstiltskin as revenge for Hook running off with his wife. Hook travels to Neverland to find a way to kill Rumplestiltskin, where he spends over 100 years before escaping back to the Haunted Forest.

During the series, he begins to forget his revenge over time, and ends up in a relationship with the protagonist, Emma Swan, becoming one of the main heroes of the series.