Captain Chen

**Captain Chen** is a supporting character from the Disney Junior animated series, *Jake and the Never Land Pirates*.

## Appearance

Chen wears a green and gold Chinese armor suit that makes him look like he belongs more on a horse than on a ship with a group of pirates. He wears black boots with light green flames, referencing the green flames he breaths in his dragon form. He wears a helmet with the Chinese character for dragon written on it.

In dragon form, Chen has the serpentine body of a Chinese dragon with gold scales, wings, and a pair of horns.

## Personality

Chen is a responsible man, seen as a fearless warrior, leader, and beloved role model after his past mistakes. He tries to protect the other inhabitants of Never Land from his curse by always wearing the dragon tooth necklace.

While Captain Chen is a largely compassionate entity, The Golden Dragon is a heartless creature with a fiery disposition. Quick to malice aimed to burn everything in his path and will relentlessly pursue his target until they either depart or face a bitter end. However by the time of the episode "The Forbidden City" he has better control over his dragon form and willing changes into at the beginning of the episode and later to face off against Captain Hook when he falls under the effect of the dragon's curse.

## Powers and Abilities

Captain Chen natural abilities can be illustrated through the events of "The Forbidden City" as the demonstrated amazing skills in hand-to-hand fighting and other physical combat techniques as well as skilled use in the of a sword, as well as making tremendous leaps and bounds while fighting. Besides his combat proles he has a somewhat deep understanding of various magical creatures and items, even discovering the various aspects to cure his curse like the Dragon Fang Dust.

* **Shapeshifting:** Captain Chen can transform between human and dragon forms at will, by the time of the episode "The Forbidden City", during his debut initially had trouble completely controlling his dragon form, as he loses his reason and goes on a destructive rampage, however, Captain Chen eventually is able to completely transform into his dragon form retain some control.
	+ **Fire Breath:** In his dragon form, Captain Chen can breathe green fire.
	+ **Superhuman Strength:** In his dragon form, Captain Chen possesses superhuman strength.
	+ **Superhuman Senses:** In his dragon form, Captain Chen possesses superhuman senses.
	+ **Flight:** In his dragon form, Captain Chen is able to fly.

## History

Captain Chen used to serve a sorcerer and was tasked with guarding his treasure. But soon, Chen's greed played on him and he stole the treasure for himself. The sorcerer soon became aware of Chen's actions and punished him by turning him into a golden dragon. Chen soon returned the treasure, but it didn't make a difference in what was done. However, the sorcerer showed some form of mercy by giving Chen a magic necklace, preventing him from changing into the golden dragon as long as he wears it.

## Role in Sora’s Adventures

He appeared Sora’s Adventures in Never Land

## Trivia

* The fact that Chen was able to return the chest while in dragon form suggests that he can or once could control his actions in his dragon form without his necklace.
* The Chinese meaning on Captain Chen's helmet 龙 means "Dragon" or in transcription Lóng.