| The Pirate Captain | |
|---|---|
| The Venture Bros. character | |
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| First appearance |
Ghosts of the Sargasso |
| Last appearance |
Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart |
| Voiced by |
Christopher McCulloch |
| Information | |
| Aliases |
The Pirate Captain Captain Pirate Captain Ghost Pirate Sir Reginald Von Pirate Guy |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation |
Pirate Sailor |
| Notable characteristics |
Seamanship Photography Corporate Management Eyepatch over missing left eye |
| Current Alliances |
Venture Industries Ven-Tech Industries |
| Prior Alliances |
Ghost Pirates, Jonas Venture Jr. (former employer) |
The Pirate Captain is a minor recurring character on The Venture Bros. He is voiced by Christopher McCulloch
Character History[]
The Pirate Captain's origins, real name, and how and why he is a pirate are unknown. He was originally the captain of a pirate crew on a pirate ship that lost its ability to move, and were stuck in the Sargasso Sea in the Bermuda Triangle for nearly ten years. In order to survive, the crew resorted to pretending to be ghosts and tricking other ships in to giving up their possessions. Eventually, he and his crew encountered the Venture Family while the Ventures were trying to locate the wreckage of the TVC-15, an experimental craft built by Dr. Jonas Venture. The pirates attempted to scare the family off in hopes of stealing their boat to finally escape the triangle, but, when the plan failed, the Captain instead asked Brock to give them a ride back to shore, which Brock allowed. During Twenty Years to Midnight, he encounters Brock and the Venture brothers again, to their mutual dismay. He explains to them once back on land, he and the crew were unable to find proper jobs and so slept on the ship until they were approached and employed by Jonas Venture Jr. at his base on Spider-Skull Island. The Pirate Captain accepted and became the new captain of the X-2 once it was given to JJ. The Captain became good friends with his employer, to the point where he referred to JJ as "Chairman" and was even allowed to control the right arm of the latter's giant robot Ventronic, which was used to battle the Monarch. When Mr. Cardholder and Mr. Doe visited Spider-Skull Island they shot the Captain with tranquilizer dart guns which made him develop an addiction to tranquilizers. The addiction became so bad, he would go around anywhere seeking out tranquilizers, even demanding people shoot him with tranquilizers to get a fix.
Despite being close to JJ, the Captain and his crew had grown tired of working as JJ's catering staff and longed for the pirate life again. As a result, they soon revolted during the grand opening of a museum on Spider-Skull Island to commemorate the memory of the late Dr. Jonas Venture, Sr. They changed their minds after seeing clip shows of Jonas Venture, Sr. and hearing JJ reveal that the whole point of the museum was to honor his late father. The touched crew grew to respect their employer and continued to work for him.
During All This and Gargantua-2, the Captain takes to running most of the details around the station and later tells JJ that an unidentified object was found orbiting space. When the space station is about to be destroyed, the Captain speaks with JJ for the last time asking where he was and JJ tells him he intends to stay and tells the latter he should leave and the two parts on friendly terms. At Jonas' funeral, the Captain gives a touching speech about his employer before performing a song (per JJ's last wishes).
In Hostile Makeover Rusty Venture, makes The Captain the COO Venture Techno Industries to be the public face of the company. When the Captain leaves for another work assignment, he overhears a disguised Henchman 21 tell a disguised Monarch he stole an I.D card. Before the Captain can confront them over this, he is tranquilized by the Monarch causing the Captain to relapse into his former addiction to tranquilizers. He spends most of the episode begging the The Monarch and 21 to tranquilize him.
In Maybe No Go, it is shown that the Captain's addiction to tranquilizers has become so severe, that he goes to the zoo and sneaks into the polar bear exhibit in order to have himself tranquilized. While unconscious, he is found by Brock Samson who went to retrieve him on Dr. Venture's orders. In the form of an intervention, the Venture family handcuffs the Captain to a bed in order to beat his addiction. The Captain spends most of the episode suffering from hallucinations until he is back to his regular self. Once back to normal, the Captain proceeds to continue helping Dr. Venture with running the company. They come into conflict when he warns Rusty that focusing the entire company on unprofitable super-science would lead to major losses. They find a middle ground at Dean's suggestion that the company will continue to make consumer products that The Captain will oversee while Rusty, Pete White, and Master Billy Quizboy focus on the super-science. In The High Cost of Loathing, The Captain angrily warns Rusty that the failed super-science inventions on top of the disaster on Gargantua 2 and the costs incurred to repair the Ventech Tower after Jonas Venture Sr. tried to make the building 'run away' caused losses so bad for the company, and that they are facing bankruptcy. In The Unicorn in Captivity he becomes the first known person to be successfully teleported by a teleportation device.
In Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart, he assists Rusty with the product launch of the Helper Pod, although he warns him that the Helper Pods will sell at a loss anyway, and won't stop VenTech's bankruptcy. Rusty proceeds with the product launch anyway and responds to The Pirate Captain's advice by increasing the price of the Pod.
Appearances[]
Season 1[]
Season 2[]
Season 3[]
Season 4[]
Season 6[]
Season 7[]
Movie[]
Trivia[]
- His real name was never revealed.
- He is revealed to be a fan of Degrassi: The Next Generation in the episode The Silent Partners, and has named his boat "Manny's Song" after the character Manuela "Manny" Santos from the show.
- Following the Venture family relocation to New York in Season 6, The Pirate Captain begins dressing similarly to former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, in his signature blue jeans and black turtleneck outfit.
- The intervention scene, including being handcuffed to a bed and hallucinating is taken straight from a similar scene in the film, Trainspotting.
- He is a fan of alternative rock bands such as Jesus Jones.
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