| “ | Fire! | „ |
| ~ Captain Nathaniel Flint ordering his crew to ambush a peaceful starship, as well as his only line in the movie. |
Captain Nathaniel Flint is the overarching antagonist of Disney's 43rd animated feature-length film Treasure Planet, an adaptation of the late Robert Louis Stevenson's 1882 adventure novel Treasure Island.
He was the most fearsome and legendary pirate in the galaxy who was infamous for his greed and the vastly amounts of loot that he had achieved through his raids throughout the galaxy and stashed up on a whole planet that became known as the titular Treasure Planet. Being known for stashing up the largest loot ever and being the richest pirate in the galaxy, Flint conveyed and dedicated himself to protect such title.
He was voiced by Peter Cullen.
His Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
- Sneakily pursuing merchant ships, he leads raids on them with his crew while shooting cannonballs at them and potentially endangering the passengers and his crew battles the passengers on board before stealing all the treasure with glee and leaving the ship burning in space, likely resulting in the ship's passengers being left for dead.
- He is conveyed to have regularly looted treasure in similar methods at least a good amount of times to the point of where he has amassed a treasure planet out of all his lootings, gaining him the title of a ruthless and fearsome pirate who was known for having the largest treasure in the galaxy.
- Wanting to protect his title as the richest pirate in the galaxy and ensure all his hard work does not go to waste, he sets up a trap that will rig his planet to blow whilst all the treasure gets burnt to ensure that no one steals either his title or his treasure. This would result in two of John Silver's crew dying later on.
- When he realized that his robotic crewmember B.E.N. would likely spill the beans of his self-destruct mechanism, he stripped B.E.N. from his memory chip by ripping it off from his head to ensure none of his pirates could warn others of his intentions to never share his loot, leading Ben to suffer from severe memory problems and forcing him to live alone at the Treasure Planet until he met Hawkins and his friends.
- While his first mate Billy Bones claims that the reason Flint gave him the map to the Treasure Planet was become he was his most trusted crewmate, but it's unknown if this means that Flint genuinely cared for Billy Bones or not, as he likely instructed Bones to hide the map well so no one would ever find Treasure Planet for eternity, which in turn led Bones to be targeted and mortally wounded by Silver's pirates, kicking off the film's plot.
- Ultimately, Flint gets away with his crimes as he died surrounded his treasure, succeeded in ensuring no one could ever claim it (mostly, as Silver did retrieve a few coins and jewels) and most of the film's plot was kicked off by his actions, as Silver and his crew (among them the bloodthirsty Scroop) were so consumed by the greed that they had no issues with burning down the Benbow Inn, killing Mr. Arrow and trying to kill Jim, Doppler and Amelia if that meant finding the treasure.
- Despite not having a lot of screen time nor dialogue, his greed and dedication to protecting his treasure and in turn his title of being the richest part of the galaxy are major highlights of his character and objectives, preventing him from being a Generic Doomsday Villain.
What Prevents Him from Being Pure Evil?[]
- While he is shown leading a raid in the opening for merchant ships' treasures and it's made clear he does this on the norm through his massive loots, there's not enough to convey a serious body count for him to be heinous enough. All that's emphasized is how cleverly and sneakily the raid was pulled off, how cool the battle between the pirates and merchant ship's security is and how much treasure he amassed from the raid and no talk about the deaths caused, the blood spilled or the like. The rest of the raids are offscreen, leaving Flint with nothing more than too nebulous of a kill count for him to make the cut. It's not implausible that the ships' passengers could have escaped be it by means of evacuation through lifeboats or the like, meaning that he relies on some Fridge Horror and his crimes lack weight.
- While the trap he rigged to cause Treasure Planet to explode did get two of Silver's crew killed, there's no way Flint could have guessed the specific amount of people he would get killed, having been long dead by this point, likely only having expected the trap to merely destroy the planet and claim his loot.
Trivia[]
- His original book version doesn't qualify as Near Pure Evil because of suffering a great lack of characterization, which the Treasure Planet version of Captain Flint avoided due to at least starring in an opening sequence displaying his crimes. In addition, the book's Flint did want his treasure to be found, implying some honor from his part, whereas the film's Flint didn't want anyone else to claim it out of pure greed.
External Links[]
- Captain Flint on the Villains Wiki
- Captain Flint on the Disney Wiki
- Captain Flint on the Magnificent Baddie Wiki
