| “ | Oh, I hate being disappointed, Smee. And I hate living in this flawed body. And I hate living in Neverland. And I hate... I hate... I HATE PETER PAN! | „ |
| ~ Hook |
Captain James Bartholomew Hook is the titular main antagonist in the 1991 film Hook, which serves as a sequel of sorts to the original Peter Pan story by J.M. Barrie.
He is a pirate captain from Neverland who seeks revenge on his old arch-nemesis Peter Banning (known as Peter Pan) by kidnapping his kids and then resolving to eventually turn them against their father.
He was portrayed by Dustin Hoffman.
His Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
- Has been killing Lost Boys and Indians for years.
- Gutted another pirate captain and set fire to his ship.
- Kidnaps Peter Banning's children.
- Has a pirate thrown into a tiny box and filled the box with scorpions because the pirate doubted him.
- When Peter shows up to Hook's ship, he tries to give him a check to bribe him, but Hook shoots his check book and the bullet goes through it and kills a pirate.
- Forces Peter, who now has a fear of heights, to climb up the mast and touch his children's fingers. When Peter fails, Hook is prepared to have him and his children all killed until Tinker Bell convinces him to give her three days to train Peter so Hook can have a proper challenge.
- Attempts to manipulate Jack and Maggie into hating their father and loving him.
- He briefly succeeds in making Jack his protégé, but he doesn't actually care for him, only doing nice things like throwing a baseball game for him in order to manipulate him.
- When a pirate gets shot during the baseball game, he only calls out the other pirates because they are playing the game according to Jack's rules and not out of any actual standards.
- Is about to pierce Jack's ear with his hook when Peter arrives.
- Has his henchmen attack Peter Pan when he finally shows up again.
- Kills Rufio, who is only in his early teens at most.
- When Peter tries to leave, he threatens he will continue to torment Peter and his children, as well as their children.
- During the final battle, he slashes Peter's arm with his hook when he gives him his sword back.
- He pretends to let Peter and his children go after seemingly defeating him, but he gets out another sword and tries to kill Peter one last time.
- Despite the mentions of Good Form, he himself has little to no good form at all.
- There are children in raggedy clothes that can be seen around the Pirate Village, implying that Hook kidnaps Lost Boys and makes them work around the village.
- While he does have PTSD from the crocodile, as he does freak out when he hears clocks ticking, it is not really treated sympathetically and the Lost Boys even use it against him during the final battle and his actions outweigh it since he also killed those who had nothing to do with the incident.
What Prevents Him from Being Pure Evil?[]
- Some of his worst crimes of killing Lost Boys and Indians and burning down a pirate's ship after killing him are offscreen,
- There are times when he's played for laughs, like the scene where he tries to commit suicide and has Smee try and stop him and his last words where he childishly begs for his mother.
Trivia[]
- His novelization counterpart may or may not be Near Pure Evil, as there's an scene in which Captain Hook is played for sympathy when Maggie asks him if he doesn't have a mother or family, to which Hook responds that due to his role as captain of his own ship, he doesn't have time for such things, leading Maggie to set her hand on his and express her sympathies to him, leading Hook to look at her sadly but then angrily shoving her hand and leaving, perhaps because he doesn't want to be pitied.
- It is unknown if the original novel by JM Barrie can qualify him as Near Pure Evil or not.
[]
 Near Pure Evils
| ||
|
Animated Features Live-Action Features Animated Television Literature Comics Fanon See Also | ||
 Near Pure Evils
| ||
|
Animated Features Live-Action Features Animated Television Fanon See Also | ||