Captain Hook Captain Hook Captain James Hook is a fictional character, the main antagonist of J. M. Barrie's play "Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up" and its various adaptations, in which he is Peter Pan's archenemy. The character is a pirate captain of the brig "Jolly Roger." His two principal fears are the sight of his own blood (supposedly an unnatural colour) and the crocodile who pursues him after eating the hand cut off by Pan. An iron hook replaced his severed hand, which gave the pirate his name. Hook did not appear in early drafts of the play,
Hook (Blues Traveler song) The chord progression of "Hook" is very similar to the basic structure of Pachelbel's "Canon in D", (D-A-Bm-F#m-G-D-G-A, or I-V-vi-iii-IV-I-IV-V), but transposed to the key of A major. This chord progression is very widely used in popular music, often as the hook, leading to other satirical takes on the use of this chord structure. There are several allusions in the song, one to the story of Peter Pan and his nemesis Captain Hook "no matter how much Peter loved her, what made the Pan refuse to grow, was that the Hook brings you back". The song's lyrics, aimed directly at