Line #98 Film/Hook


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} What if Peter Pan grew up?]]]]
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4	->'''Tootles:''' Have to fly. Have to fight. Have to crow. Have to save Maggie, have to save Jack! ''Hook is back.''\
5	'''Peter Banning:''' Who?
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7	''Hook'' is a [[TheNineties 1991]] Creator/StevenSpielberg film featuring an AllStarCast, and is an unofficial sequel to ''Literature/PeterPan''.
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9	In the present day, Peter Banning (Creator/RobinWilliams) is a workaholic mergers and acquisitions lawyer [[WhenYouComingHomeDad whose job keeps him from his wife Moira and his two kids, preteen Jack and little Maggie]]. The family travels to London, England to attend the dedication of a new wing of the Great Ormond Street Hospital, to be named after "Granny" Wendy Darling (Creator/MaggieSmith) - Moira's grandmother and the woman who raised the orphan Peter before placing him with American parents. While most of the adults are at the dedication ceremony, the children are kidnapped -- and the ransom note left behind is a scroll pinned to the door with a dagger, requesting Peter's presence and signed by one James Hook.
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11	Wendy reveals to Peter that she and her brothers were not only the ones who gave James M. Barrie the inspiration to write ''Peter Pan'', [[ATrueStoryInMyUniverse but that the story was based on true experiences]]. Peter is the now-grown-up Pan, and Captain Hook still wants revenge upon him, so he kidnapped the kids. Having no memory of life before he was twelve years old, he does not believe this -- but later that night, he is approached by Tinker Bell (Creator/JuliaRoberts) herself, and she hauls him off to Neverland (as he has no happy thoughts to make the fairy dust work).
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13	Hook himself (Creator/DustinHoffman) is horrified to discover what's become of his nemesis -- Peter hasn't just [[ForgotAboutHisPowers forgotten how to fly]], but has a ''fear of heights'' -- and Tinker Bell makes a deal with him to straighten Peter out in three days so that the war the villain always wanted can take place. Peter is taken back to the hideout of the Lost Boys, now led by the cunning Rufio (Creator/DanteBasco), to relearn his old ways. As his skills slowly return to him, he comes to remember both why he left Neverland and what he lost ''and'' gained in doing so. But in the meantime, Hook discovers and plays upon Jack's resentment towards his dad to prepare the ultimate revenge...
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15	The film was released in North America on December 11, 1991 and received mixed reviews from critics. While it was a commercial success, its box office take was lower than expected. It has gained a strong cult following in the years since its release. The film was nominated in five categories at the 64th Academy Awards and also spawned merchandise, including video games, action figures, and comic book adaptations.
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17	In 2017, a fan made a Kickstarted unofficial short prequel titled "Bangarang" which details Rufio's life before he came to Neverland with Dante Basco even having a role as a principal. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2PPS4CNI_A Watch it here.]]
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19	Compare and contrast with ''Film/ReturnToOz'', ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'', and ''Film/ChristopherRobin'', which all have a similar premise.
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21	The film has a [[Characters/{{Hook}} character sheet]].
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23	!!This film contains examples of:
24	* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Wendy tells Peter that she was in love with him as a young woman and even wished that he had come and broken up her wedding.
25	* {{Abusive Parent\|s}}: Implied with Rufio, [[spoiler:if his dying words are anything to go by.]]
26	* {{Acrofatic}}: Thudbutt is amazingly flexible, at one point bending his body to form a perfectly spherical boulder against Hook's pirates.
27	* ActionDad: Peter becomes one to rescue his children. He even has a dirk/sword fight with Hook.
28	* ActorAllusion:
29	** Tootles shouts "Seize the day!" in the final scene, a reference to ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'' and Robin Williams' character.
30	** And also Smee shouting "GOOD MOOOOOOOORNING NEVERLAND!", in reference to ''Film/GoodMorningVietnam''.
31	* AdaptationalHeroism: The mermaids. In the original book they were rather sinister and amoral. Here they save Peter's life when he falls off Hook's ship and send him up to land in a giant shell.
32	* AdaptedOut: More like glossed over, but the book ends with establishing that Wendy's daughter and then granddaughter [[GenerationXerox go to Neverland]] with Peter in turn after Wendy gets too old. The film includes Wendy's granddaughter in its story as Peter's wife, but Wendy's daughter (or son) never figures into the story beyond necessarily existing. In a key flashback sequence, the young Peter meets the young Wendy, then he keeps meeting her while she ages, until it's finally older Wendy and her granddaughter (in the 1960s, due to the Beatles posters on the walls). In the equivalent scene in the book, it's just Wendy and her daughter.
33	* AffablyEvil: Smee wants to see Hook beat his nemesis just as much as Hook does, but doesn't seem to have any real hatred of Peter. He's also well-liked among the pirate community and is better at connecting with Peter's kids than ObviouslyEvil Hook. Assuming that [[spoiler:the street cleaner at the end is Smee]], he's something of a PunchClockVillain.
34	* AllJustADream: Hook invokes this to psyche Peter out during their duel.
35	-->'''Hook:''' You know you're not really Peter Pan, don't you? This is only a dream! When you wake up, you'll just be Peter Banning--a cold, selfish man who drinks too much, is obsessed with success, and runs and hides from his wife and children!
36	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Played straight, with Tinkerbell finally confessing her love for Peter only for Peter to say that he loves his wife, Moira. Also played straight with Wendy's confession that she loved Peter so much that she wanted him to swoop in and forbid her marriage on her wedding day.
37	* AllMythsAreTrue: As much as Mr. Pan[=/=]Banning would like you to not believe in such silly things, the Wendy Lady's totally telling the truth.
38	* AllThereInTheManual:
39	** The novelization explains that the nature of Neverland messes with one's memories, and staying in one world or the other will result in memories of the other fading. This is why Peter has forgotten his past as Peter Pan, and why he initially forgets his adult memories once he regains his Neverland memories. It's also why Jack is so easily swayed by Hook; his emotional detachment from Peter made it easy for Hook to manipulate him and get him to immerse himself in the pirate life to speed up the process, and by the third day his memories had begun to fade and he really thought he was Hook's son. Maggie talking about her parents and singing to herself on the ship's bow are her ways of keeping her memories of them fresh. All this is accurate to how Neverland was depicted in Barrie's novel.
40	** Despite being the most featured Lost Boy (next to Rufio), Thudbutt's name is rarely mentioned. It is, however, in the credits and novelization. His name is mentioned once or twice, but it's difficult to notice without subtitles on. First time is during the dinner scene; when he sits on the bench and causes other Lost Boys to slide towards him, one of them calls him "Thudbutt", although given the context, one could mistake it for a remark on his girth. The second time is when Thudbutt requests a talk with Peter and gives him Tootle's marbles, in which Peter refers to him as "Thud". His name is also carved into a piece of cheese in front of him during the dinner scene.
41	* AllWorkVsAllPlay: Peter embodies both. As an adult he is all work (to the point that he neglects his children), as a boy he is all play (to the point that [[spoiler:remembering being in Neverland briefly wipes his memory of being an adult with kids]]). A huge part of his character development is learning to find a happy middle ground.
42	* AmbiguousSituation:
43	** It's unclear how exactly Tick-Tock the Crocodile springs back to life after spending god-knows-how-long supposedly dead and stuffed.
44	** Is the groundskeeper who shows up after Peter leaves Neverland Smee? Or just a guy who looks exactly like him?
45	* AndThisIsFor: Hook tells Jack to take his anger out on clocks with a hammer, invoking this trope.
46	** "This is for... never letting me blow bubbles in my chocolate milk!"
47	*** "...not letting my jump on my own bed!"
48	*** "...making promises and breaking them!"
49	*** "For never doing anything with me."
50	** A more heroic one for Pan.
51	--> '''Peter:''' [[spoiler:You killed Rufio. You kidnapped my children. [[PrepareToDie You deserve to die]].]]
52	* AndYouWereThere: When Peter wakes up back in London, he looks up and is startled by a street sweeper [[spoiler:who is a dead ringer for Smee in every regard (and played by Bob Hoskins)]]. The true nature of this appearance is left ambiguous.
53	* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Tinkerbell obviously has feelings for Peter despite him being married to Moira and tearfully declares her love for him before she returns to Neverland.
54	* AntagonistInMourning: While Peter Pan isn't dead, the Crocodile is, and in the absence of his two archenemies Hook has become a despondent mess whose greatest remaining pleasure is making empty suicide threats. He wants one last glorious war with Peter Pan, to the death, and is genuinely shaken when he discovers that Peter is now an out-of-shape middle aged coward with no memory of Neverland.
55	* AntagonistTitle: Rather than Peter Pan lending his name to the story, this time it's Captain Hook.
56	* AntiHero: Rufio. He's openly antagonistic to Peter until he starts to show elements of his old self, and also tries leading the boys away from Peter before that happens. Unlike the other Lost Boys, who use non-lethal methods to subdue the pirates, Rufio is seen running pirates through with his sword and killing them.
57	* AsideGlance: At one point, Peter looks over at the camera when his shadow moves after he does.
58	* AsYouKnow: Comedically averted when Peter returns home and answers his cell phone. He tells his partner all about the fantastic adventures in Neverland he just had assuming that any of it would make sense.
59	* AudibleSharpness: The Pan's sword hasn't gone dull in the several decades since Peter left Neverland, and it even makes noise when ''[[AudibleGleam light]]'' hits it.
60	* AwesomeButImpractical: Hook's ornate jeweled rapier, which looks stunning and probably handles like a tree branch. Hook himself knows this, and when preparing to duel Rufio he immediately trades it for a plain, efficient dueling blade.
61	* BackFromTheDead: In the climax, [[spoiler:the crocodile temporarily comes back to life to eat Hook.]]
62	* BackToBackBadass: Peter and Rufio during the climax.
63	* BadassDecay: Invoked as a plot point; Lost Boys and pirates alike are horrified and depressed to see that the legendary hero Peter Pan has grown into a pudgy middle-aged FallenHero {{Jerkass}} ChildHater who can't fly, fight, or crow. The plot of the movie is all about [[HesBack reversing the Decay]].
64	* BadBoss: Captain Hook insults his men to their faces, has one who displeased him tortured with scorpions, and blows away another simply standing in the wrong place. They seem to love him for it.
65	---> '''Mr. Smee:''' See how greatly the men favor you, sir?
66	---> '''Captain James Hook:''' The puling spawn, how I despise them.
67	* BallroomBlitz: The hospital dedication is interrupted by a big gust of wind, created by Hook. [[SubvertedTrope He bypasses the party, and goes after Peter's kids.]]
68	* BambooTechnology: The Lost Boys make some pretty sophisticated devices out of sticks and twine, such as the machines in their hideout and the squirt guns and slingshots they use in the big fight with the pirates.
69	* BashBrothers: Peter and Rufio during the final battle.
70	* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Part of the fun of this film's depiction of Peter and Hook's dynamic is that both characters ironically have swapped places. The adult Peter is for all intents a modern pirate (an ambitious, cutthroat lawyer). Hook by contrast has remained stuck in Neverland, refusing to grow up or move on (just like the younger Peter).
71	* BecomingTheMask: Implied with Hook once he begins corrupting Jack. While it started as a RevengeByProxy ploy against Peter, Hook ''does'' seem to take genuine joy in indulging Jack, encouraging his behavior and accomplishments, and exulting in his triumph at the ball game.
72	* BetweenMyLegs:
73	** Rufio is seen framed by Peter's legs after he regained his memories and ability to fly.
74	** Thudbutt between a pirate's legs, right before he [[GroinAttack hit a plank at his groin]].
75	* BigFun: Thudbutt. [[spoiler:This is probably why, after Rufio's death, Peter chooses him to lead the Lost Boys.]]
76	* BigNo:
77	** Gutless, when Hook sentences him to the "Boo Box".
78	** [[spoiler:Peter, when Rufio is mortally wounded by Hook.]]
79	* BigShutUp: Combined with AbusiveParents and KickTheDog. This shows how severe and serious Peter's distant relationship with his children are besides missing his son's ballgame.
80	-->'''Peter:''' Moira, get (the kids) out of here, will you? I'm on the phone call of my life!
81	* BigStupidDoodooHead: Peter and Rufio's competition of VolleyingInsults over dinner already has elements of this throughout, but when Peter starts winning the crowd's approval, Rufio loses his cool and comes up with this:
82	-->You... YOU ''MAN!'' YOU STUPID, ''STUPID '''MAN!'''''
83	* BloodlessCarnage: For all the swordplay, there isn't much blood, except for two occasions: look closely on the bones of Rufio's armor [[spoiler:when he is killed]] and you can see only a stain of blood. On the second occasion, there's visible blood on Peter's left wrist during the duel with Hook.
84	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Peter, kicked in the balls, exclaims the name of the actress playing Wendy.
85	* BurpOfFinality: [[spoiler:What ultimately confirms Hook's demise. When the Lost Boys examine the open jaws of the dead crocodile where Hook used to be, they found nothing. Then they hear a loud, satisfied burp coming out of its mouth.]]
86	* TheCameo: Several.
87	** Music/PhilCollins as the UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard inspector.
88	** Creator/GeorgeLucas [[Franchise/StarWars and]] Creator/CarrieFisher as the kissing couple sent into the air by pixie dust.
89	** Creator/GlennClose (in drag) as Gutless, the pirate sent to the "Boo Box". Other pirates include David Crosby, Music/JimmyBuffett, and even Spielberg himself.
90	* CardCarryingVillain: Smee refers to the upcoming war as a battle between good and evil, which causes the crew to cheer.
91	* CassandraTruth: While being tucked in for bed, Maggie insists she saw a scary man at the window, who took Jack's baseball and claimed he was a "window washer". Guess who turns up with Jack's baseball in Neverland?
92	* CelebrityParadox: In this universe, ''Peter Pan'' is the same much-loved story it is in ours; it just happens to be based on actual events.
93	* CharacterCatchphrase:
94	** "Bangarang!", the Lost Boys' rallying cry.
95	** "Rufio! Rufio! RU! FI! OHHHHHHHHHHH!" Which earns a DarkReprise from Hook to goad him into a fight.
96	** Hook has "Bad Form!" Also, [[WorthyOpponent "Good Form!"]]
97	* CharacterDevelopment: In a meta sense between the original Literature/PeterPan story and this, Tink surprisingly. For one she's accepted the fact that Peter may love someone else other than her whereas if she were like the original, [[{{Yandere}} she'd try to kill Moira]] [[ClingyJealousGirl for sharing her first real kiss with him.]] Even after [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove she confessed her love for Peter]] she decided [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy to help him, despite his feelings for his wife.]]
98	* CheerfulChild: Maggie. It's probably her optimism that allows her to see through Hook's claim that her parents don't love her, whereas it works on MouthyKid Jack.
99	* ChekhovsBoomerang: [[spoiler:Clocks. Hook's terrified of them. Every time he even thinks he hears one ticking, he flips his wig. And what did the dumb old man turn the hand-eating crocodile into? A GIANT CLOCK TOWER. Not that that's gonna be important... ever.]]
100	* ChekhovsGun: Jack can't hit a curve ball. [[spoiler:He does in the Pirates' game for him that brings back Peter's memories of his youth.]]
101	* ChewOutFakeOut: Peter looks like he is about to scold Jack and Maggie for opening the window, a CallBack to an earlier scolding. Instead he tells them, "Always leave it open!" showing that he has been truly changed by his time in Neverland.
102	* ChickMagnet: It seems like Peter was and still is appealing to female characters. Wendy in her youth, her granddaughter Moira, Tinkerbell, and the three mermaids in the lagoon all had some kind of attraction to him. However, Wendy married another man and was disappointed that Peter didn’t come back to marry her. Tinkerbell was left yearning for Peter in his adult years, even declaring in the end that she will always love him.
103	* ChildHater: Unfortunately, Peter becoming so preoccupied with his adult life causes him to initially head to this route [[AbusiveDad towards his own children]] and the Lost Boys upon returning to Neverland.
104	* TheChosenZero: Peter Banning, it seems at first.
105	* ChromaticArrangement: The three mermaids have red hair, blue hair, and green hair respectively.
106	* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Not exactly played straight -- during their initial meeting in Wendy's house, Peter says he ''doesn't'' believe in fairies and finds himself having to clap when Tinkerbell fakes her death throes. Also referenced when Hook warns her that if she doesn't hold up her end of the deal, "[No] amount of clapping will bring you back from where ''I'' will send you."
107	* ClockTower: Hook not only killed "Tick-Tock", the giant crocodile while Peter was away, but had it stuffed and turned into this, albeit one that doesn't actually tell time and certainly doesn't tick.
108	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}:
109	** Elderly Uncle Tootles in London appears to be this to most of the other characters, and he admits he's "lost [his] marbles." But as anyone familiar with Barrie's original work could guess, he's one of the original Lost Boys who went with Wendy and her brothers back to London to grow up. [[spoiler:He's been scatterbrained ever since because he left a bag of ''real'' marbles, his happy thought, behind in Neverland.]]
110	** To those who don't know her well, Wendy could seem like this; she's a 92 year old woman prattling on about a place that no one would believe exists!
111	* CombatPragmatist: When allowed by Peter to get up and fight after being disarmed midway in their duel, Hook slashes him across the arm when Peter offers him his sword back. [[LampshadeHanging Jack is quick]] [[IronicEcho to call him out on this.]]
112	* CostumePorn: This movie makes the cast, especially Hook, look ''[[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2a/f2/c2/2af2c290b2898a1cf15597bfa23d00d0.jpg good]]''. Even Peter Pan's visually unremarkable clothes become cool when you find out that, according to the novelization, his clothing is made from the leaves of the Nevertree, making his tunic the Neverland equivalent of WearingAFlagOnYourHead.
113	* CoveredInGunge: Some of the Lost Boys' weapons are designed to result in this. Peter also suffers this when he first tries to fly, and then there's the food fight.
114	* CrosscastRole: For her cameo, Creator/GlennClose donned a beard to play one of Hook's crew.
115	* CrowdChant:
116	** "Ru-fi-o! Ru-fi-o!"
117	** Banning! Banning! Banning is Bangarang!
118	** HOOK! HOOK! Show us the Hook! HOOK! HOOK! Give us the Hook!
119	** Run Home Jack! Run Home Jack!
120	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The "Boo Box", in which the unfortunate victim is locked [[CreepyCrawlyTorture with live scorpions]], all while being taunted by their fellow pirates via a peephole.
121	* CrushTheKeepsake: Hook tries to hurt Peter by turning his son to his side. He starts out by encouraging Jack to smash a watch that his father gave him.
122	* CulturalTranslation: When Tinker Bell is fighting and defeating a bunch of pirates by herself, Peter asks her "Are you related to WesternAnimation/MightyMouse?" In the Canadian French dub, he instead asks her "Did you drink some magic potion?" This is a reference to ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'', whose title character is known for gaining SuperStrength whenever he drinks the magic potion made by the druid Getafix.
123	* CuttingTheElectronicLeash: Moira throws Peter's cell phone out the window early on; Nana buries it. At the end, Peter retrieves it but subsequently throws it away himself.
124	* DamselInDistress: Maggie winds up serving as this; justified in that she's too young and small to help herself.
125	* DarkReprise: Hook hauntingly chants "Ru-fi-oooohhh" to taunt Rufio into fighting him. [[spoiler:It doesn't end well for Rufio.]]
126	* DeadpanSnarker: Hook, on the few occasions he isn't being a LargeHam.
127	-->'''Smee:''' I've had an [[{{Malaproper}} apostrophe]]!\
128	'''Hook:''' [[YouKeepUsingThatWord I think you mean an epiphany.]]\
129	'''Smee:''' Lightning has just struck my brain!\
130	'''Hook:''' That must hurt.
131	* DeathByLookingUp: [[spoiler:The defeated Hook looks up only to see the clock tower crocodile falling towards him, jaws first. He has only time to say [[IWantMyMommy his last words]] before it swallows him]].
132	* DefeatedAndTrophified: Hook kills the crocodile that long hunted him and has him turned into a clock. [[spoiler:Turns out the crocodile was OnlyMostlyDead.]]
133	* DefeatEqualsFriendship: Peter becomes fast friends with the Lost Boys after they almost kill him and even stand behind him when he chews out Rufio. Rufio in return becomes his second in command when he finally flies and humiliates Rufio the same way Rufio did him in training.
134	* DeathSeeker: While Hook doesn't exactly ''want'' to die -- all his suicide threats are just attempts to relieve his boredom in the absence of a nemesis -- he is adamant that his FinalBattle with Peter Pan end with one of them dead. [[spoiler:When Peter, instead of killing Hook while he's completely at his mercy, orders him to leave Neverland and never come back, Hook goes ballistic.]]
135	* DemotedMemories: Peter Pan grew up in the real world and refuses to believe that he used to be Peter Pan, even when Captain Hook leaves him a note. Justified in that his adventures were actually recorded in the form of the Peter Pan mythos we know so he could more easily write it off as something he just picked up or read about.
136	* DemotedToDragon: A rare heroic example. As stated above, Rufio becomes Peter's right-hand man.
137	* DestinationDefenestration:
138	** Moira throws Peter's cell phone out of a window to show her displeasure that he's more focused on his career than his family. At the end of the film he finds it and then throws it away himself.
139	** One of the pirates throws himself out of a window after realizing that his opponent is Peter Pan.
140	* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:At the end of Peter and Hook's duel, the crocodile begins to act almost lifelike again as it falls atop Hook and "eats" him. It's never explained how or why this happens.]]
141	* DidIMentionItsChristmas: Peter and family go to London over Christmas vacation. However, there's not too many Christmas decorations around town to indicate it.
142	* DisappearedDad: Peter Banning is the emotionally absent type who never does anything with his children, [[ParentsAsPeople won't pay them any attention]], and [[ChildHater treats them like nuisances rather than beloved]].
143	* DisneyVillainDeath: Inverted [[spoiler:by the Crocodile falling on Captain Hook, rather than Hook falling to his death. But like the standard trope, Hook’s actual death [[KilledOffscreen is not shown]].]]
144	* DisproportionateRetribution: Don't steal a base during a Neverland baseball game. [[BlackComedy It gets you shot.]]
145	** Want to die a CruelAndUnusualDeath in the "Boo Box"? Bet against your captain.
146	* TheDreaded: The pirates are all pretty afraid of Peter Pan, with the exception of Hook himself. One [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere jumps out a window rather than facing him in combat.]]
147	* DrivingQuestion: Why did Peter leave Neverland all those years ago? What happened that would tempt and/or force him to abandon his friends, fantastical life, and ideals and to finally grow up?
148	* DubNameChange:
149	** As always, Smee is called "Mouche" ("Fly", the insect) in French.
150	** In French again, the Boo Box is called "le coffre à bobos" ("bobo" in this context is childspeak for "hurt", so it translates as "the Hurt Chest").
151	* DutchAngle: When Mr. Smee has his "apostrophe" (i.e. his epiphany) that they could get Peter's kids to love Captain Hook, the camera suddenly tilts into a Dutch angle. Then as Smee begins walking toward Hook, it cants back and forth with each step, like the rocking of a boat.
152	* DynamicAkimbo: Peter momentarily strikes this pose when he returns to Wendy’s house, [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowing]] his true identity. Later, when he remembers he’s Peter Pan and [[ShowdownAtHighNoon goes to confront Hook]], he cuts out a silhouette of himself from Hook's sails in this pose and then appears above Hook in the same pose.
153	* EasyAmnesia: It seems to have something to do with transitioning between Neverland and the "real world", and indeed the novelisation and the original Peter Pan novel explain it like that. Even in the movie, Maggie says that Neverland makes you forget.
154	** Peter has forgotten all about being Peter Pan. After he does remember, he needs to be reminded he also has children and stuff.
155	** After a while of being "adopted" by Hook, Jack eventually forgets about his real father until he's reminded again.
156	* EatenAlive: [[spoiler:How Hook ultimately meets his end, after he accidentally brings the Crocodile to life.]]
157	* EvenEvilHasStandards: As much as the pirates despise Peter Pan, they can’t bring themselves to enjoy the sight of him pathetically clinging to the beam trying to save his children, once they realize it isn't a game he's playing.
158	* EverybodyHatesMath: One of the insults Peter calls Rufio over dinner is "math tutor."
159	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Despite Maggie's accusations, Hook isn't lying when he attempts to convince her and Jack that parents hate their children for taking time away from themselves and each other: he really does think that families are built on resentment and deception and Maggie's protests are coming from childish naivety. Love in general, let alone familial love, is in fact so alien to Hook that Smee needs to remind him of what ''his own dysphemism for it'' ("the L-word") refers to.
160	* EvilDetectingDog: Nana is the first to notice that Hook is about to arrive at Wendy's house. Amusingly, her bark even sounds like, "Hook! Hook! Hook!" which tips Tootles off. This is especially ironic when we see Wendy stumble too. At the moment she stumbles, Hook has just blown open the window to her house. The magic of Neverland must be very strong if Nana 9, the descendant of the ORIGINAL Nana, Tootles, who hasn't been to Neverland in eighty years, and Wendy, who's 92, can feel it.
161	* EvilIsHammy: Dustin Hoffman is playing one of the most infamous pirates in fiction, not to mention one of Disney's iconic villains. He doesn't waste the chance with a subdued performance.
162	* EvilIsPetty: Hook flunks Maggie out of his "class". She doesn't take it well.
163	-->'''Hook''': Smee, flunk the maggot.
164	-->'''Smee''': Abso-floggin'-lutely! scrawls an F on Maggie's paper
165	-->'''Maggie (incredulous)''': AN F?! ''AN F?!'' HE GAVE ME AN F!
166	* EvilLawyerJoke
167	-->'''Rufio''': We kill pirates.
168	-->'''Peter Banning''': I'm not a pirate. It so happens I am a lawyer.
169	-->(beat)
170	-->'''Rufio''': Kill the lawyer!\
171	'''Lost Boys''': KILL THE LAWYER!\
172	'''Peter Banning''': I'm not ''that'' kind of lawyer!
173	** [[SelfDeprecation Peter even tells one during his speech at the hospital.]]
174	* FaceDeathWithDignity: Zig-zagged by [[spoiler:Hook, who when beaten by Peter calmly tells him, “Strike, Peter Pan. Strike true.” But when Peter then tells him to leave Neverland and never come back, [[ISurrenderSuckers Hook attacks Peter]]. When trying to attack Peter, Hook accidentally brings the Crocodile back to life, and this time Hook’s reaction is [[IWantMyMommy far less dignified]].]]
175	* FailedASpotCheck:
176	** Played for drama when Peter, Moira, and Wendy arrive home in the aftermath of the kidnapping. Peter and Moira are so frantic to reach the Nursery and their kids that they completely miss the dagger-pinned ultimatum Hook left behind on the door (at least until Wendy, right behind them, spots it).
177	** Played for black comedy in the climax when an disbelieving, enraged Hook can't believe Peter is just leaving and won't give him the final battle the Captain so desperately craves. He orders Smee (who's just come out of Hook's quarters) to follow him...and is so caught up in his focus on Peter that he completely misses that Smee has stolen all his valuables and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere is in the midst of running for the hills]].
178	* {{Fainting}}: The thought of her great-grandchildren being captured is bad enough... but when Tootles reveals the letter and dagger and Peter reads the name "Jas Hook", Wendy realizes just what in the name of Neverland has happened and gives more than an appropriate reaction. She faints.
179	* FairySexy: Tinkerbell is played by the sexy Creator/JuliaRoberts. Her crush on Peter is also maintext, since she outright says that this is why she became his FairyCompanion, and kisses him after assuming human size near the end.
180	* FakeHairDrama: Because Hook is going bald, and probably has been since before arriving in Neverland.
181	* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Zig-zagged. Most of the combat is slapstick where nobody is killed, as expected in a family film... but a few instances show the pirates being killed in combat. Peter's second arrival on Hook's ship is a good example... [[spoiler:Rufio's death]] as well.
182	* FantasyForbiddingFather: Peter at first becomes absolutely against anything fantasy and childish and loathed anything childish expected from his children, wanting them to mature much quicker than expected at their age. He is also initially in disbelief and denial upon seeing Tinkerbell and returning to Neverland. Also see FlatEarthAtheist.
183	* FauxAffablyEvil: As much as he is LaughablyEvil and a LargeHam, Captain Hook is able to put on a smile and still be the evil and sadistic man that he is. [[spoiler:Killing Rufio]], for starters had the captain taunting him before stabbing him.
184	* FinalBattle: Between Peter and Hook. In fact, this is the purpose of Hook's plot; tired of his life in Neverland, he wishes to have his final glorious battle against Pan.
185	-->'''Hook''': I want my war!
186	* FireForgedFriends: Rufio, after doubting Peter throughout much of the movie, accepts him after he rediscovers himself. Towards the end, before Rufio [[spoiler:dies]], he tells Peter, "You know what I wish? I wish I had a dad like you...".
187	* FirstKiss: Tinkerbell has her first kiss ever with Peter, and at first he seems to ask for “more,” but right as she goes in for her second (ever) kiss, he says, “Moira!” [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Tink takes it surprisingly well.]]
188	* {{Flashback}}: To Peter's life as Pan, from originally choosing not to grow up to the moment he decided to do so after all, once he regains his memory.
189	* FlatEarthAtheist: Peter at first. He tells a fairy that he doesn't believe in fairies, ''to her face,'' for crying out loud!
190	* FlightIsTheFinalPower: Peter Banning spends the first two-thirds of the movie struggling to remember his past as Peter Pan to help rescue his kids from Captain Hook. When he finally finds his happy thought (the love he felt holding his children for the first time), he regains his ability to fly and becomes the Pan again.
191	* FloweryInsults: "You lewd, rude, crude bag of pre-chewed food dude!"
192	* FlyingDutchman: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with:]] Peter comes back to Neverland as an adult, and the crux of the film is his search for a niche (cf., GrowingUpSucks or StrangerInAFamiliarLand) in a Neverland he doesn't remember.
193	* {{Flynning}}: The swordplay choreography in the film is completely this.
194	* FoodFight: Which turns out to mark a breakthrough for Peter, because Neverfood is imaginary and doesn't even exist to those who don't pretend it's there.
195	* FoodPorn:
196	** The imaginary food becoming real.
197	** The feast on Hook's personal table, though [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich he doesn't eat any of it]] because he's too busy angsting.
198	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
199	** After Smee prevents Hook from killing himself (again), the gun accidentally hits a model of the ''Jolly Roger''. The model catches fire and sinks into the model sea, a clear sign that the upcoming battle will not go well for the pirates.
200	** Jack's picture on the plane. "How come I didn't have a parachute, Jackie?" "Take a wild guess." The intention was that Jack wanted his father to drown and die, but it takes on a whole new meaning when it turns out the latter is Peter Pan.
201	** Several times early in the movie, Peter stands in the signature Peter Pan hands-on-hips stance. This comes to a head when Wendy reveals Peter's origins to him, where Peter peers into the book while standing in the Peter Pan stance and sees the illustration depicting himself, who is standing in the same position.
202	** Notice that while Wendy and Tootles both feel the strong surge of Neverland magic during Hook's abduction of the kids, Peter doesn't react at all. It's another early clue that Peter's completley forgotten Neverland and his past.
203	** When Jack and Maggie are tucked into bed before the adults leave for the benefit, Jack says his baseball is missing, and Maggie chimes in that the old man at their window had taken it, claiming he was a window washer. It's played off-handedly like a young girl's babbling until they're kidnapped, and near the end of the second act, Hook produces that very baseball back to Jack.
204	* FormerlyFit: The pudgy, alcoholic businessman Peter Banning is a far cry from the trim, lithe hero he once was.
205	* FreezeFrameBonus: When Wendy is telling the children the story of Peter Pan, she's actually holding one of the original printings of the book - identified by the olive colour and gold gilt design on the front.
206	** In the scene where Peter remembers his past, John and Michael can briefly be seen during the shot where Peter flies into the Darling's window looking for his shadow.
207	* FriendToAllChildren: Granny Wendy who has made it her life's work to help homeless children and orphans, and is established to still have a close bond with granddaughter Moira. She quickly forms a warm bond with her great-grandchildren, especially Maggie.
208	* GenerationXerox: "Boy who dislikes home life ends up in Neverland, forgets his semi-neglectful family and decides to stay, [[spoiler:only to come to his senses once he realizes that the outside world is more important]]" certainly describes both Peter and Jack pretty well. There's also a few dropped hints that Maggie would have been the perfect successor of her great-grandmother Wendy.
209	* GenreSavvy: Maggie. She was just in the play at school, so she knows Neverland makes you forget and fights it when Hook tries to brainwash them.
210	* TheGhost: The Indians are mentioned but do not appear.
211	* GoFetch: Having been safely tucked into her bed after fainting, Wendy tells Moira that in trying circumstances, "we English" rely on the soothing powers of a cup of tea. Moira ''is'' English, being Wendy's granddaughter and raised in England. And so was Peter for a while until his adoption by the American Banning family.
212	* GoneHorriblyRight: Hook wanted the Ultimate War? He gets it and then some.
213	* GroinAttack: Peter gets hit with one of the Lost Boys' fruit-tipped arrows, and cries "I've been shot!" in a falsetto voice. Thudbutt delivers this to one of the pirates in the climactic "war".
214	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Notably present in all the Darling women. Wendy's younger self is shown to be blonde, as are Moira and Maggie. Notably Maggie keeps her faith in her father throughout the movie, while brunette Jack doubts him.
215	* HamToHamCombat: Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman, each gleefully biting off as much of the scenery as they can cram into their gullets. Bob Hoskins also gleefully throws his hat into the ring as well, especially in his scenes opposite Hoffman.
216	* HesBack: The whole point of the movie.
217	* HookHand: Naturally. Presenting the captain with a new hook is a big deal in Pirate Town (Hook even has his own grindstone to sharpen it on). He also has items he can swap the hook out for as needed, including a baseball glove, and a wine goblet.
218	* HopeSpot:
219	** "Run Home, Jack!"
220	** In the climax after [[spoiler:Rufio's death]], Jack has come to his senses and Peter's finally got his kids back. He's ready to leave Neverland and deny Hook the final battle he so desperately craves. But as he, his children, and the Lost Boys walk away, Hook starts threatening Peter's family. Hook pledges to come after him, his children, and all his descendants (a threat he can make good on thanks to Neverland making him functionally immortal). A resigned Peter stops, realizing he doesn't have a choice now: he ''has'' to fight his nemesis one more time (and kill him), or else this insanity will never end.
221	* {{Hypocrite}}: For someone constantly talking about "good form" and honorable combat, Hook sure does a lot of sneaky and underhanded things when he does fight.
222	* IAmTheNoun: Near the end of the film, when Peter [[spoiler:allows Hook to live but tells him he is to take his ship and leave Neverland forever.]]
223	-->'''[[YouFool Fools]]''', James Hook ''is'' Neverland!
224	** Rufio insists "I've got Pan's sword; I'M the Pan now!". Indeed, "The Pan" having become a legendary figure/concept among the Lost Boys is an enduring plot point throughout the film. Much later, when [[spoiler:Rufio witnesses the restored Peter Pan actually flying, he falls to his knees, presents the sword to Peter and proclaims "You ''are'' the Pan."]]
225	* InterspeciesRomance: Tinkerbell really wants one with Peter. She takes his rejection with good grace, though.
226	* ISurrenderSuckers: After Hook is disarmed a second time (with Peter deciding to leave him instead of finishing him off), Hook pulls out a knife and tries to take out Peter.
227	** Overlaps with IAmTheNoun: [[spoiler:''Fools! James Hook'' '''''IS Neverland!''''']]
228	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Right after Tinkerbell kisses Peter and professes her [[AllLoveIsUnrequited long love for him]], she still encourages Peter to fight for his kids and return to his wife after Peter chooses Moira over her.
229	* IWantMyMommy: Maggie's initial demand; [[spoiler:[[IronicEcho Hook's last words.]]]]
230	* IdentityAmnesia: Peter for a good chunk of the movie. Only [[spoiler:[[TapOnTheHead Jack's home run ball]]]] manages to help him get back on his feet.
231	* InstantCostumeChange: Peter changes into his traditional green-leaf tights costume mid-flight. The novelization implies that, as he begins his first flight shooting through the branches of the Never Tree, the green costume was formed from the leaves of the tree as he flew through them.
232	* InstantExpert: Once Peter remembers that he is Peter Pan, he automatically remembers how to fly and how to fight.
233	-->'''Rufio:''' You can fly, you can fight, and you can—\
234	'''Peter:''' ''<<Crows!!>>''
235	* InvoluntarySmileOfIncapacitation: Crossed with a BrickJoke; after seeing Jack hit a home run at the pirates' baseball game (and sending the ball into the stratosphere), Peter goes back to the Lost Boys' island in despair... and the ball falls out of the sky and conks him in the head. Peter laughs and falls on his face.
236	* ItsPersonal: The only reason this whole story happened. Hook wanted to continue the feud, and essentially forces Peter to participate.
237	* {{Jerkass}}:
238	** Peter in the first act, bordering on being a ChildHater and an emotional-inflicting AbusiveDad.
239	** Rufio is initially a pretty big BrattyHalfPint one too, probably because Peter threatens his seat of power.
240	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Hook, remember the crocodile? For good measure, he trips over the giant clock as well.]]
241	* KidHeroAllGrownUp: The premise of the story, naturally.
242	* LackOfImagination: This is one of Peter's biggest problems once he returns to Neverland, as he's forgotten how to imagine and make-believe. Luckily, the Lost Boys help him with this with the imaginary banquet.
243	* LargeHam: Most of the pirates, but especially Hook. Dustin Hoffman is clearly enjoying the chance to play one of the most infamous pirates in fiction in live-action.
244	-->"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'''''!"
245	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The very first memory Peter remembers (after all memories of Neverland disappeared) is being cared for by Wendy in a hospital, and Wendy getting him adopted. Wendy stated that he was 12 then, "almost 13".
246	* LaymansTerms: Done when Hook relays the deal with Tink to the other pirates:
247	-->'''Cpt. Hook''': Hear me, men. For reasons of good form, I have decided that the so-called Pan will return in three days to commit the arbitrament of the sword. Smee, translate.
248	-->'''Smee''': In three days, we're gonna have a war! A battle between good and evil to the death!
249	* LeastIsFirst: The lost boys have a new leader and are unwilling to recognize the adult Peter Pan as their erstwhile friend until the littlest hesitantly walks over, touching his face and looking into his eyes, until the kid sees Peter in him, and then everybody rushes over to see for themselves.
250	* LegacyCharacter: Rufio has claimed the title of "The Pan" in Peter's absence. [[spoiler:After the battle, Peter passes it on to Thud]].
251	* LegFocus: When Peter first meets Tinker Bell (again) one of the things he comments on is her "really lovely legs".
252	* LicensedPinballTable: Released by Creator/DataEast in 1992. [[Pinball/{{Hook}} Click here.]]
253	* LineageLadder: Exploited. When Peter tries to return home with his children, Captain Hook threatens that if the score between them is never settled, he will keep chasing after him and his descendants, even so far as his "children's children's children". It's enough to convince Peter to fight him. [[spoiler:Hook's death to the crocodile clock tower prevents his threat from coming into fruition]].
254	--> '''Hook''': Peter! I swear to you, wherever you go, wherever you are, I vow there will always be daggers bearing notes signed James Hook. They will be flung at the doors of your children's children's children. Do you hear me?!
255	* LiteralMetaphor: Tootles is a doddering old man who appears very lost and confused. When we first see him, he tells everyone he's "lost his marbles", which is a metaphor for people that have gone insane/senile. [[BrickJoke Later on]], one of the Lost Boys gives Peter a bag of marbles, saying that they belong to Tootles. They laugh because, "He really did lose his marbles!"
256	* LivingShadow: Another sign of Peter regaining his abilities is his shadow separating from him again, leading him to the old Hangman's Tree hideout.
257	* LostInImitation: The movie is significantly more effective if you're familiar with Barrie's original novel/play as opposed to, say, the [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Disney adaptation]], with lines and scenes directly lifted from the original story. That said, the movie itself feels more like a sequel to the Disney version due to many elements introduced by Disney that has become part of the Peter Pan mythos in popular culture:
258	** The location of Neverland is literally at the second star to the right rather than some vague, childish direction that only Peter knows.
259	** Captain Hook's hook is on his left hand rather than his right.
260	** The whole premise of ''Hook'' was based James V. Hart's son, Jake, making a drawing of a crocodile attempting to eat Hook but then insisting that Hook got away. In the original story, the crocodile unambiguously ate Captain Hook, but the Disney adaptation simply has [[ExitPursuedByABear Hook being chased away by the crocodile]], thus leaving the possibility that Hook managed to survive and can return to enact his revenge on Peter Pan.
261	* LoveAtFirstSight: This happened to Peter when he first saw Moira.
262	* LoveFloats: As Tinker Bell flies the grown-up Peter Pan to Neverland, she leaves a trail of pixie dust in her wake. We see it fall on a couple embracing on the tower bridge, and they begin to rise.
263	* {{Malaproper}}: Smee says "apostrophe" instead of "epiphany", among other things.
264	* MarqueeAlterEgo: Tinkerbell has one scene where she is human-size, allowing Creator/JuliaRoberts to physically share a scene with Creator/RobinWilliams.
265	* AMatchMadeInStockholm: Captain Hook tries to invoke this on Peter (Pan) Banning's children. It works on Jack but not Maggie, and even then Jack realizes that his father ''does'' love him whereas Hook is a murdering asshole.
266	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane:
267	** [[spoiler:Tick-Tock, the taxidermy crocodile seemingly comes back to life for a moment at the climax to eat Hook, but it may have simply fallen over on him. It's never made clear]].
268	** The pirates' invasion of the Darling home.
269	* MenOfSherwood: The Lost Boys have much greater numbers and combat skills than in past versions and handily help win the final battle, [[spoiler:although their new leader dies fighting Hook.]]
270	* MindScrew: [[spoiler:The groundskeeper at the end who may or may not be Smee.]]
271	* MissingChild: Peter, Moira and Wendy return home from the hospital gala to find the house has been broken into and Jack and Maggie are missing. To make things even scarier, Liza the housekeeper has a bloody gash on her head and tells them that "the children were ''screaming''!"
272	* MoodWhiplash:
273	** [[spoiler:The battle between the pirates and Lost Boys is largely lighthearted and triumphant -- then Hook kills Rufio.]]
274	** [[spoiler:You can't help but laugh when Jack is making his shadow big while Peter was talking on the phone. You stop when Peter [[AbusiveDad screams at his kids to]] [[BigShutUp be quiet]].]]
275	* MoreThanMindControl: While it's clear that the magic of Neverland has an effect on people's memories, Hook also invokes genuine psychological techniques on Jack to help him fall under the spell faster. He coaxes all of Jack's resentment and anger toward Peter out and provides him with everything he wants, helping brainwash the child further and make him believe that Hook is his "real" father. It's especially telling because Maggie doesn't receive this treatment and, as such, is able to resist the memory alterations.
276	* MortalityPhobia: Peter deduces that Captain Hook is still in Neverland trying to hunt him and the Lost Boys after so many years because after having killed the giant crocodile that tried to eat him, Hook's great fear has been replaced by time itself. Indeed, without his wig, he is revealed to be a white-haired old man.
277	* MotiveDecay: Peter originally left Neverland and grew up to become a loving father, however, by the time of the film in the first act, Peter has completely lost sight of his initial goal to a point that not only he became a DisappearedDad and a FantasyForbiddingFather not unlike Wendy's father in the original story, but seems to go down the route of being a ChildHater and an emotional-type AbusiveDad if his heartbreaking BigShutUp is any indication. However, when trying to rescue his kids, Peter eventually regains sight of his goal and redeems himself.
278	** [[spoiler:Briefly happens in reverse when he remembers being Peter Pan; he thinks he's still a little boy and has forgotten he's an adult with kids. He quickly gets better.]]
279	* MythologyGag:
280	** At one point, Peter says to the Lost Boys "It's Hook or me this time". This is the name of one of the chapters from the original ''Peter and Wendy'' novel.
281	** It's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it, but Peter mentions his adoptive parents, Hank and Jane Banning. So, we have Wendy --> Jane --> Moira --> Margaret (Maggie), recalling the books.
282	** Peter repeats one of his best-known lines during the climax: "To die would be a great adventure."
283	** The housekeeper Liza is one to the Darlings' oft-forgotten housekeeper from the play.
284	** Before regaining his youthful spirit, Peter is wearing a black tuxedo, which Mr. Darling is often depicted as wearing before his children leave for Neverland in the story.
285	** Hook telling Peter to "strike... strike true" is taken from one of the Lost Boys telling Peter to execute him after he apparently kills Wendy by mistake.
286	** Really, there are far too many to count. ''Hook'' is basically one giant mythology gag to ''Peter and Wendy.''
287	* TheNativeRival: Rufio, to Peter.
288	* NeverendingTerror: Aside from the obvious {{Pun}}, this trope is invoked by Hook to make Peter confront him in the final battle: if Peter leaves, Hook will just keep coming after him, his children, and his children's children, and Peter will never stop worrying of the day he will come home and find another note nailed to his door with a dagger.
289	* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: The pirates managed to kill the dreaded crocodile and turned it into a clock. It still gives nightmares to Hook, [[spoiler:and gets briefly revived to collapse on him and swallow him whole after he's defeated]].
290	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[ArcWords What would the world be like without Captain Hook?]] It would have one more dysfunctional family. Peter would never have gotten the wake-up he needed toward his fatherly duties, and his worth would be slowly diminished in the eyes of his children.
291	** A more direct example is the fact that Peter doesn't start trying to actively remember his past until after seeing Hook claim Jack as his son during the baseball game.
292	** Hook's corruption of Jack as compensation for believing Peter won't be ready to fight before the deadline. He's so focused upon it and it works so well that Hook doesn't bother having his men prepare for the Ultimate War just in case Tinkerbell ''does'' fulfill her pledge. So, when the Lost Boys finally launch their attack in the Third Act, the Pirates ''not'' ready to fight at all and are caught off guard. It ends up contributing to their defeat and surrender.
293	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Creator/DustinHoffman based his portrayal of Captain Hook on Creator/TerryThomas.
294	* NonLethalWarfare: A somewhat odd example. Hook mentions early on that he's killed many Lost Boys and Indians over the years and Rufio offhandedly mentions killing pirates, but the actual ending battle mostly follows this trope straight. The exceptions are Rufio slashing a man across the gut on his way to confronting Hook, and Hook's duel with Rufio, where Hook having the bad form to actually kill his opponent is treated as being a shocking and completely unforeseen breach of protocol.
295	* NotAfraidToDie: In this version of the story, Hook has more or less achieved everything ''but'' killing Peter Pan, which leaves him with an existential crisis. [[spoiler:When Peter regains his identity, Hook is ecstatic and has his sense of purpose reinvigorated.]]
296	* NotGrowingUpSucks: While it's vital that Peter rediscover his inner child to save his own children, [[spoiler:it's also vital that he remember ''why'' he chose to grow up in the first place: only a grown-up could experience falling in love, getting married, and having kids. The memory of becoming a father turns out to be the happy thought that restores his ability to fly.]]
297	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Since growing up, Peter has become a workaholic preoccupied with amassing wealth and prestige for himself, working as a lawyer to facilitate corporate hostile takeovers. As pointed out to him by Granny Wendy, he's become a ''pirate''.
298	* NotSoSafeHarbor: The pirates' harbor is, of course, a dangerous place to be for Peter, especially when he's not yet recovered his true persona and powers.
299	* NotWorthKilling: Despite Hook's hopes, this seems to be the now-adult Peter's view of him personally, with going back home with his kids taking a much higher priority. Hook [[spoiler:killing Rufio]] and threatening to come after every generation of Bannings briefly changes his mind, but [[spoiler:Maggie and Jack pleading for the life of his now-utterly beaten foe softens his disgust to [[CruelMercy denying him the lethal culmination to their duel he wanted]].]]
300	* OhCrap:
301	** Peter starts to panic when Hook seems to be pointing right at him. But he was actually pointing at the pirate next to him.
302	** "Woof! Woof! Hook! Hook..."
303	** Wendy, at the party, stumbles and knocks over her glass of wine. While ''that'' is an Oh Crap moment of itself - she's feeling powerful Neverland magic that she's not felt for eighty years and it's hit her by surprise; why in god's name would it be back after so long? - the window blowing open at her house, followed by screaming Maggie and Jack is enough to make us realize that lots of shit is about to go down.
304	** Hook after the Lost Boys join Peter in the final battle and begin overwhelming his own forces. Hook slowly starts to realize that the Pirates might actually be in trouble this time.
305	* OhNoNotAgain: Smee lets one such phrase out verbatim as Hook attempts suicide, meaning this is not the first time he's prevented his boss from killing himself out of lack of purpose since the true empowered Peter Pan has yet to manifest for him to fight.
306	* OneOfTheKids: Peter after he regains his memories. Inverted with Rufio.
307	* PapaWolf: While Peter is a workaholic and a cynic, not only does he care about his kids and wants to get them out of Neverland as quick as possible, what really sets him off is when Hook vows to threaten future generations of Pans/Bannings, which eventually causes him to relent and fight Hook.
308	* ParentsAsPeople: Peter in the first act starts out like this, focusing more on the obligations of work to the point of neglecting his responsibility as a father.
309	* ParentalBonus: The three women (who build up to the third wearing makeup as thick as stage paint) who are happy to see Smee are, to an adult, quite obviously prostitutes (in ~20th century parlance, [[{{Pun}} hook]]ers), and likely happy to see one of their best customers. If Bob Hoskins' intended portrayal of Smee as Hook's [[HoYay life partner]] or PetHomosexual is taken into account, this adds a [[FagHag deeper]] layer of ParentalBonus to the characters.
310	* ParentalNeglect: While not intentionally abusive Peter is often absent in his children's lives, and misses many important moments (such as Jack's baseball game at the beginning) by putting his work before his family and angrily telling Jack at one point to grow up. Eventually he lets out an angry BigShutUp against his children playing while he is having a phone call.
311	* PintsizedPowerhouse: Tinkerbell is a tiny fairy, but she's shown to be able to beat the crap out of human-sized opponents. When Peter gets accosted by a group of pirates, she single-handedly wrecks them in a classic bar room brawl.
312	* PunishmentBox: Pirates who [[YouHaveFailedMe disappoint their captain]] are put into the "Boo Box", a chest which the other pirates quickly start filling with scorpions (harmless Emperor Scorpions).
313	* QuizzicalTilt: Hook has several of these, notably when he hears Maggie singing and another when [[spoiler:he sees the crocodile begin to break free of its bonds]].
314	* RaceAgainstTheClock: Tinkerbell striking her bargain with Hook to temporarily spare Peter and postpone the Ultimate War for 3 days. She now has 72 hours to somehow whip Peter back into a semblance of fighting shape and get him to recover his memory and abilities. Complicating matters is that the Lost Boys don't initially believe this middle-aged adult is their one-time beloved leader (not to mention Hook corrupting Jack and Neverland's magic causing Peter's son to slowly forget him).
315	* RapidFireDescriptors: When Peter Banning finally learns to both defend himself and unstopper his imagination in a battle of insults with Rufio, he uses several adjectives in a row:
316	-->'''Peter Banning:''' You lewd, crude, rude, bag of pre-chewed food dude.\
317	'''Thud Butt:''' ''[with the rest of the Lost Boys]'' Bangarang, Peter!\
318	'''Rufio:''' You... you man! Stupid, stupid man!\
319	'''Peter Banning:''' Rufio, if I'm a maggot burger why don't you just eat me! You two-toned, zebra-headed, slime-coated, pimple-farmin' paramecium brain, munchin' on your own mucus, suffering from Peter Pan envy!
320	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "You know you're not really Peter Pan, don't you? [[AllJustADream This is only a dream!]] When you wake up, you'll just be Peter Banning: a cold selfish man who drinks too much, is obsessed with success, and runs and hides from his wife and children!"
321	** Peter gives an epic one to Rufio during VolleyingInsults and even tops it by using one of [[InsultBackfire Rufio's insults against him]].
322	-->'''Peter:''' Rufio, if I'm a maggot burger, why don't you just EAT ME!!! You Two-toned, Zebra-headed, slime-coated, pimple-farming Paramecium brain. MUNCHING ON YOUR OWN MUCUS, SUFFERING FROM [[GreenEyedMonster PETER PAN ENVY]]!!!\
323	'''Don't-Ask:''' What's a Paramecium brain?\
324	'''Peter:''' I'll tell you what a Paramecium is, THAT'S A PARAMECIUM. IT'S A ONE-CELLED CRITTER WITH NO BRAIN, THAT [[PunctuatedForEmphasis CAN'T FLY]]!!! DON'T MESS WITH ME, MAN! [[MundaneMadeAwesome I'M A LAWYER!!!]]
325	* RecycledTrailerMusic: The trailer reused Music/JohnWilliams's music from ''Literature/TheWitchesOfEastwick''.
326	* ReplacementGoldfish: If you look at it from the perspective of the ''very'' young Peter, his parents were pretty cold, forgetting all about their lost baby when they have another kid. On the other hand, since Peter doesn't seem to notice decades passing by during his infrequent visits to Wendy, a ''lot'' of time could have passed between his parent's devastation at the loss of Peter and the birth of their other child.
327	** Their story also takes place in the Victorian (or possibly Edwardian) era, when infant mortality was high and even wealthy families often lost children to illness. Having a second baby soon after losing the first one would have been common practice.
328	** Also remember that this is a case of POV. Having been just an infant when he disappeared and returning what is obviously only a few years later, it's not like Peter was going to take the time to logic through the possibility that his parents still mourned his disappearance. He leapt to the first conclusion that came to him, which is natural for that age even if it's not correct.
329	* RevengeByProxy: What Hook promises to Pan if he just leaves with his children and ignores Hook's demand for a duel. Hook promises that he will come after Pan's descendents forever if he doesn't stay and fight, and Pan knows he can make good on this threat by virtue of Neverland making him [[EternalVillain functionally immortal]].
330	* RoyalRapier: Hook wears a rapier at his hip as ornate as his pirate garb, laid with gold to symbolize his rule over the pirate population of Neverland. Turns out he only wears it as an accessory. In the final battle, he trades it away for a more generic and practical sword.
331	* ScaryBlackMan: One pirate is this. He says "Boo!" as another pirate drops scorpions on Gutless in the "Boo Box".
332	* ScatterbrainedSenior: Elderly Uncle Tootles has lost his marbles. Figuratively and literally.
333	* SchoolPlay: The film opens at an elementary school production of ''Peter Pan'' in which Maggie is playing Wendy.
334	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: One pirate when he realizes exactly who he's about to fight.
335	* SeekingTheIntangible: Played with. At the start of the movie, Tootles is looking for "his lost marbles", but it's implied this is a description of his senility. Once Peter is back amongst the Lost Boys, one of them gives Peter a bag which contains Tootles' actual marbles, which he lost when he left Neverland.
336	* ShoutOut:
337	** One scene has Tinker Bell fighting and defeating a bunch of pirates by herself, causing Peter to ask her if she's related to WesternAnimation/MightyMouse.
338	** Peter asks of the Lost Boys, "What is this?! Some sort of ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'' preschool?!"
339	* ShowWithinAShow: Maggie plays Wendy in a school production of ''Peter Pan'', and even sings a song from the play while in Neverland.
340	* SignatureMove: Once Banning transforms back into Peter Pan, he does a triangle flight [[FullMoonSilhouette up to and then down from the sun]], and when he arrives to fight Hook, he floats above Hook's ship in the DynamicAkimbo pose.
341	* SkewedPriorities: When Tinker Bell suddenly and inexplicably grows to human size, Peter first notices "you broke your house" and ''then'' "you're humongous."
342	* SmoochOfVictory: Maggie gives Peter a peck after he rescues her.
343	* StaircaseTumble: Peter telling Tinker Bell he doesn't believe in fairies in the first half of the film causes the latter to fall down the stairs of his dollhouse.
344	* StealthPun: The plane scene. How? [[spoiler:'''Peter''' is flying on '''Pan''' Am Airlines.]]
345	** The pirates playing baseball. It's the "Pirates" vs... "Pirates."
346	** Tinker Bell has a ''pixie'' cut.
347	* SuicideAsComedy: Having no nemesis since Peter's departure and the Crocodile's slaying, Hook (apparently frequently) feigns being suicidal to restore a smidgen of excitement to his and Smee's lives - Hook puts a loaded pistol to his head and threatens to kill himself to force Smee to take the gun from him.
348	-->'''Hook:''' My finger's on the trigger. Don't try to stop me, Smee.\
349	'''Smee:''' Oh, not again...\
350	'''Hook:''' This is it. Don't try to stop me this time, Smee! ''Don't'' try to stop me this time, Smee! Don't you ''dare'' try to stop me this time [[BreathlessNonSequitur Smee try to stop me]].
351	* TaxidermyTerror: [[spoiler:Hook meets his end when Tick-Tock the Crocodile he had stuffed and turned into a village clock appears to come back to life at the end of the movie, and swallows him alive.]]
352	* TechnicolorBlade: The Pan's sword. A bronze sword that appears to be an ancient Greek Xiphos.
353	* TemptingFate: [[spoiler:Rufio]]'s claim that he has the upper hand during his fight with and [[spoiler:right before his death at the hands of Hook]].
354	* ThisIsWhatTheBuildingWillLookLike: Aside from the future tense, we see the miniature of the children's hospital with the wing dedicated to Wendy attached.
355	* ThrowingDownTheGauntlet: Hook to Peter when he tries to leave with his kids without finishing the fight.
356	-->'''Hook:''' Peter! I swear to you, wherever you go, wherever you are, I ''vow'' there will always be daggers bearing notes signed "James Hook"! They will be flung at the doors of your ''children's children's children'', do you hear me?
357	-->'''Peter:''' ''[slowly sets Maggie down, turns around]'' What do you want, old man?\
358	'''Hook:''' Just you.
359	* TimeShiftedActor: Creator/GwynethPaltrow portrayed Wendy Darling as a child/young woman, while Creator/MaggieSmith portrays Wendy as an old lady; Peter Pan was portrayed by three different actors as a baby, a younger boy and a twelve-year-old, before his adult self was portrayed by Creator/RobinWilliams.
360	* TomatoInTheMirror: Maggie experiences her own version of this when she realises that her ''father'' is the real ''Peter Pan''.
361	-->'''Maggie:''' '''Peter Pan's''' my... '''dad?'''
362	* TotallyRadical: These Lost Boys ride skateboards, play basketball in a makeshift court with (Neverland-specific) graffiti on the walls, etc. They also usually refer to Peter Pan as "The Pan" -- even "Pan the Man" at one point. This was a ''major'' complaint in negative reviews of the film.
363	* TrainingMontage: The Lost Boys put Peter through the wringer, trying to get him in shape for the duel. It doesn't seem to help much, except maybe increasing his physical fitness. The attempts to teach him flying and sword-fighting are complete duds.
364	* TroubledAbuser: Despite starting out as an unintentionally AbusiveDad, it's clear Peter just lost sight of his initial goal of being a father, which was why he left Neverland and at first has a HiddenHeartOfGold that he never really shows towards his kids despite actually caring for them. By the end of the film, Peter redeems himself and becomes the loving father he should be toward his children.
365	* ATrueStoryInMyUniverse: In this universe Wendy and her brothers recounted their adventures with Peter to their neighbour J.M. Barrie, and the book and play we know was the result.
366	* VisibleToBelievers: At the banquet, everyone starts gorging themselves around Peter, and he can't understand it. When they tell him to simply imagine the food, it finally appears and, actually, judging by everyone's surprise after it happens, ''his imagination overrides '''theirs'''''.
367	* VolleyingInsults: Peter versus Rufio during the Lost Boys' dinner scene.
368	* WaifProphet: Tootles is of the "elderly old guy" breed.
369	* WeaksauceWeakness: Hook's fear of ticking clocks, which dates back to his being chased by a giant crocodile that had swallowed one. [[spoiler:Subverted when Peter points out that, with the croc long dead, that can't be what Hook is really afraid of; rather, Hook is now afraid of ''time'' slipping away from him. Sure enough, when Peter knocks the captain's wig from his head, it's revealed that his hair's white with age underneath it, thus making his stay in Neverland-despite claiming to hate the place-make more sense.]]
370	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Wendy's brothers, John and Michael, who were both major characters in the original tale, are completely absent here and are not even mentioned until the last third of the film, and only in the context of the past.
371	** Smee disappears after leaving Hook and Peter to their final duel, but the novelization confirms that he managed to escape with most if not all of Hook’s personals and a mermaid for a girlfriend.
372	* WhenYouComingHomeDad: A favorite trope of Creator/StevenSpielberg. Jack is so bitter about his dad missing baseball games, not letting him jump on his bed, etc. that he has become convinced that his father feels he's more of an inconvenience than someone he loves. Hook uses this to turn him to the bad guys' side.
373	* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Peter realizes the downsides of his eternal youth when he sees that Wendy has grown into an old woman while he hasn't aged at all, so he gives up his immortality to live a normal life with his family.
374	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Hook has a phobia of crocodiles, misophonia, and chronomentrophobia due to his experiences with Tick-Tock the Crocodile. Whenever he hears a clock, he assumes the crocodile is still alive and he runs to a safe space to unwind and destroy every clock he finds to assure himself that Tick-Tock is still dead.
375	* WorthyOpponent: Peter, to Hook. When Peter Pan makes his dramatic return, Hook is so overjoyed you'd swear he was meeting a long-lost friend instead of his arch-nemesis.
376	** Hook's obsession with battling Peter is shown in greater depth when Peter flies Jack away from the site of the final battle (while it's still in progress) following the latter's declaration that he wants to go home. Hook looks confused, lost, disappointed, and even slightly hurt as he asks Peter where he's going.
377	* WouldHurtAChild: Hook has fought Peter and his friends multiple times and he has wanted to kill Peter for decades.
378	** It's implied that during Peter's time in Neverland and after Peter left, Hook killed several of the Lost Boys.
379	* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Hook, when Peter says he has a problem with heights.
380	-->'''Hook''': You '''must''' be joking...
381	* YouHaveFailedMe: A variation of this when Hook has Gutless put in the Boo Box [[FelonyMisdemeanor for betting against Hook succeeding in kidnapping Jack and Maggie]].
382	* YouWillBeSpared: After winning the duel, Peter gives Hook an opportunity to concede defeat and leave Neverland with his life. [[ISurrenderSuckers Hook seems to go for it until...]]
383	* YouWontFeelAThing: Inverted when Hook is about to pierce Peter's son's ear and tells him "Brace yourself lad, because this is REALLY going to hurt."

Context Film / Hook