Jake

**Jake** (later known as **Captain Jake**) is a young pirate boy who is taken under the wing of Peter Pan and serves as the titular protagonist of the Disney Junior 2011 animated television series, *Jake and the Never Land Pirates*.

## Appearance

Jake is a young boy who carries a very slender figure. He has hazel eyes, spiky black hair, rosy cheeks, light olive skin, and thick black banana-shaped eyebrows. He always wears a red bandanna around his head.

In seasons 1-3, his outfit consists of a blue waistcoat with a collar and gold trims and buttons, over a white ripped V-neck T-shirt with a black crossed lace on his neckline. He also sports a gray waistband, indigo trousers, and brown bucket-top boots with gold buckles and "J" insignias on the bucket tops. His sword is also with him at all times.

Following the season 3 finale special, "The Great Never Sea Conquest", Jake now wears a navy blue captain's hat, a matching blue jacket, black trousers, and a black belt with a gold buckle. He still wears his red bandanna and brown boots, while wielding his Mighty Captain Sword with him at all times.

## Personality

Jake is a young pirate who was given the task to protect Never Land with his crew while Peter Pan left the island to explore the outside world. Before he left, Jake was given a wooden sword made from the Forever Tree in Never Land with special abilities so he can be a good leader. In the special *Jake's Never Land Rescue*, the sword mysteriously disappeared with the threat of Never Land disappearing as well. Later during his adventure to save Never Land, Jake is bestowed with the Sword of Destiny by the newly grown Forever Tree.

Jake treats Cubby much like a little brother and Izzy like a sister and more than a friend. In addition, he also has a pet sidekick, his parrot Skully, and is the captain of a buccaneering ship named Bucky which sails to different places with his crew.

Jake is a natural-born leader, handsome, fearless, caring, and daring who cares very much for his crew and ship and is easily annoyed by Captain Hook's schemes as is the rest of his crew. In spite of their rivalry, however, Jake has saved Hook's life a few times. most notably in "Captain Hook is Missing!", where he saved Hook from falling to his death in Belch Mountain's lava pit, showing his good, honorable and compassionate side.

Jake also has a mermaid friend named Marina, who has a crush on him (according to her voice actress Ariel Winter).﻿ In the episode "Jake's Starfish Search", Captain Hook kidnaps Marina's pet starfish, and unlike most of the other times, Hook's nabbed certain things.

## Trivia

* Jake can play the guitar, as revealed in the episodes "Escape From Belch Mountain", "Pirate Rock!", and the special "Peter Pan Returns")

* Jake is the sixth character to have a solo song in the series (in "A Feather in Hook's Hat"). The first being Izzy (in "Surfin' Turf"), the second being Cubby (in "The Golden Twilight Treasure!"), the third being Captain Hook (in "Treasure Show and Tell"), the fourth being Peter Pan (in the special "Peter Pan Returns"), and the fifth being Marina (in "Undersea Bucky!").
* Colin Ford voiced Jake from the beginning of the series until the episode "Cookin' with Hook". Cameron Boyce began voicing the character in the episode "Pirate Putt-Putt" as Ford's understudy. It was not until the episode "Sail Away Treasure" that Cameron Boyce took over the voice role of Jake due to Colin Ford's voice changing. Starting with the episode "Smee-erella" Sean Ryan Fox became the understudy for Boyce to voice Jake. Fox became the primary voice after Boyce left and beginning with the special "Battle for the Book", Riley Thomas Stewart became Fox's understudy. Gabe Eggerling served as Stewart's understudy as the voice of Jake, and later took over the role sometime within mid-season four.
* In the episode Captain Hook's New Hobby, it is revealed Jake's hobby is sail wagon construction.

* In "Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates: The Great Never Sea Conquest", Jake is officially made a captain.

* In "The Great Never Sea Conquest" reveals that Jake is a big fan of Captain Colossus and wishes to be a great pirate captain just like him. Jake wouldn't meet Captain Colossus until the episode "The Legion of Pirate Villains!"

* In the episode "Jake's Home Run!", reveals that his favourite baseball team is the Tortuga Manatees and even receives a baseball from the team off-screen.