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Captain James Hook is the (so-called) villain of J. M. Barrie's play and novel Peter Pan. Hook is a pirate captain and Peter Pan's nemesis. It is said that he was Blackbeard's bosun, and that he was the only man Long John Silver ever feared. He wears an iron hook in place of his left hand, which was cut off by Peter Pan and eaten by a crocodile; the crocodile liked the taste of him so much that it follows him around constantly, hoping for more. Hook hates Peter obsessively, and lives for the day he can make Peter and all his Lost Boys walk the plank.

(Lest anyone think Hook's name too convenient, Barrie notes that "Hook was not his true name. To reveal who he really was would even at this date set the country in a blaze." Barrie also suggests through several clues that the Captain was an Old Etonian - in Barrie’s short story “Jas Hook at Eton,” Hook’s final words before jumping overboard are “Floreat Etona” (115).

In Barrie's play and novel, Hook kidnaps Wendy, the girl who loves Peter and whom Peter views as his surrogate mother, and challenges the boy to a final duel. When Hook is bested and must choose between surrender and death, he commits suicide by throwing himself into the waiting jaws of the crocodile. Just before dying, however, he takes a final jab at Peter by taunting him about his "bad form". Peter, with the callousness of youth, quickly forgets Hook and finds a new nemesis, but as Hook made a stronger impression on the public, most sequels brought him back one way or another.

The symbolism of Peter Pan's fight with Captain Hook (traditionally played by the same actor as Wendy's father), combined with Hook's fear of time in the form of the ticking crocodile, possibly hints at Jungian subtext.

It is hypothesized that Captain Hook was modeled after the famous English captain Christopher Newport. Both were dark-haired captains of dubious pasts, and both were missing their right hands which were replaced by metal hooks. Newport commanded the ships that landed the settlers at Jamestown in Virginia. He also seems to have a distinctive similarity to Bartholomew Roberts, especially regarding his choice of clothes and his impeccable manners, although Barrie specifically associates his dress and hairstyle with that of King Charles II of England.

Another hypothesis claims that Captain James Hook could represent Captain James Cook, the British captain who discovered both Australia and New Zealand. The Lost Boys symbolize the Maoris, who inhabit New Zealand, or the Aborigines, who inhabit Australia.

Smee is Captain Hook's bosun and right-hand man, so to speak.

Disney

The version of Captain Hook who appeared in the Disney animated film adaptation of Peter Pan was a cowardly fool, prone to crying out for help as well as being called a codfish and having his clothes repeatedly ruined (always starting with his hat), and had the hook in place of his left hand instead of his right (supposedly, the animators wanted Hook to be able to do things that are usually simpler to do with the right hand). However, he is also dignified - he promises Tinker Bell that he will not lay a finger (or a hook) on Peter; he just doesn't say that he won't try to have the boy blown up by a bomb. In the film, Hook was voiced by and modelled after Hans Conried, who provided the same talents for Mr. Darling. In a piece of irony, Hook is the more sympathetic character.

The crocodile, though not referred to by name in the film, was named Tick-Tock the Croc in early press material.

Occasionally, Hook appeared in the Scrooge McDuck universe of comic books as the nemesis of Moby Duck, a whaler cousin of Donald Duck.

Hook subsequently appeared in a number of other Disney productions, such as the 2002 film Return to Never Land. There, for some reason, Tick-Tock was replaced by a just-as-hungry octopus with no apparent explanation. Hook also appeared frequently on House of Mouse, and was one of the main villains of Mickey's House of Villains. In modern animation, Hook is voiced by Corey Burton.

A Captain Hook-like character appears briefly in the animated film Shrek 2, where he plays the piano in a tavern.

Kingdom Hearts

One of the Kingdom Hearts villains, Hook is an ally of Maleficent and plans to use the Heartless to take over Neverland. In his boss fight, he uses his sword as a weapon to fight Peter Pan, Donald Duck, Sora, and Goofy. He also has a Heartless ship flying around the battlefield shooting at the good guys. He also attacks by dropping bombs disguised as presents (reminiscent to the scene in the film where he delivers a similar gift to Peter Pan). Additionally, if you hit him with a Fire spell, his pants will catch fire and he'll run around uncontrollably and if he runs into Sora, he can inflict damage that way, too. He can be knocked into the water, but he'll jump right back out again ready to fight. Once the final blow is struck, Hook is knocked into the water. The crocodile confronts him, and Hook runs away, screaming like a girl, the crocodile hungrily snapping at his heels as they vanish into the night.

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