- “Captain Gizmo is here to help! What would ye like me to do? ”
- ―Captain Gizmo.
Captain Gizmo is a recurring character featured in the Disney Junior animated series, Jake and the Never Land Pirates. He is a mechanical pirate that was washed ashore on Pirate Island beach, where he was put together and became friends with Jake and his crew. He is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.
Background[]
History[]
Captain Gizmo was originally created by the evil mad scientist, Doctor Undergear, who plotted to use the mechanical pirate to lead his robotic forces in his quest to take over Never Land. But before Undergear knew it, the crate containing Gizmo was washed away from Gear Island and onto Pirate Island.
Personality[]
Captain Gizmo is very energetic and always happy-go-lucky. He is willing to help others with any task within his power. Equipped with various gadgets and features at his disposal he rarely finds any task he can't complete.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Stretching powers: Captain Gizmo has displayed the ability to stretch his limbs to do great fits.
- Super strength: Captain Gizmo displayed great fits of strength, such as lifting a massive boulder with ease.
- Endurance: Captain Gizmo appears to be both rustproof, withstanding the depths of Never Sea and the intense heat from the lava of Belch Mountain.
- Inventing: Captain Gizmo has displayed the ability to create other machines, such as when he built Clockwork Skully some time off-screen.
Weaknesses[]
- Power source: Captain Gizmo's only form of weakness is that he is powered by a wind-up key and needs to be wound-up again, or else he will shut down completely.
- Trustworthiness: Captain Gizmo is also very trustworthy, and this makes the mechanical pirate easy for Captain Hook to manipulate him into retrieving the treasure of Belch Mountain.
Role in the series[]
Captain Gizmo first appeared in the episode of the same name, confined within a crate that is washed onto Pirate Island, where he is found by Cubby, Jake and Izzy, who, by quickly following Gizmo's blueprint, construct the mechanical pirate. Jake and his crew quickly took a shine to their new matey and marvel at all the feats he could do while they played a game of catch. Unaware that they were not the only one taken by Gizmo, Captain Hook decides to take the mechanical pirate for himself while he was out of the young pirate crew's sight. Captain Hook orders Gizmo to bring him the treasure of Belch Mountain that lies deep within the volcano, which proved too dangerous for Hook's bumbling crew. Gizmo does as he is told, making his way through the bowls of Belch Mountain, reaching the treasure and making his way back across a lake of lava, until his power begins winding down when Jake and his crew catch up to Hook. Using her pixie dust, Izzy rescues Captain Gizmo from the lava, but before the pirates could go, Belch Mountain threatens to erupt, sealing them within the volcano. Cubby quickly winds Captain Gizmo to rescue both Hook and the rest of the crew. Captain Gizmo is last seen back on Pirate Island with Jake and his as they put the doubloons they gather from their adventure into the Team Treasure Chest.
Captain Gizmo reappears in "Jake's Awesome Surprise", where he attends Jake's birthday celebration with the rest of the pirate team's Never Land friends.
Captain Gizmo reappears in the episode "Captain Hookity-Hook!", when Captain Hook's Hookity-Hook proves too difficult and crafty that even Jake and Hook's forces cannot capture it. Jake and his friends end up summoning Captain Gizmo in order to stop the Hookity-Hook from reaching the treasure of Aviator Isle.
Captain Gizmo reappears in the episode "The Island of Doctor Undergear", where he was summoned by Jake and his crew to stop the flow of lava from Belch Mountain reaching Mermaid Lagoon. After successfully stopping the lava, Gizmo's gear that powers him is damage, leaving Jake and his crew with the task of repairing their mechanical matey. They then uncover a map inside Gizmo leading to Gear Island, in hopes of finding someone who can help Captain Gizmo. Once on the mechanical island, Jake and his crew are captured by the mechanical wildlife and brought to face their creator, the evil pirate mad scientist Doctor Undergear, who was not pleased to see Jake and his crew on his island. It was revealed that Doctor Undergear did not only know the means to repair Gizmo, but was his creator and that Gizmo was originally Undergear's loyal henchmen. Seeing that Gizmo had the wrong gear, he replaces it with a purple gear, making Gizmo evil. But Jake and his crew soon put a stop to Doctor Undergear's plot and return Gizmo back to his kind self by destroying the purple gear, preventing Undergear from ever using it again.
Video games[]
While Captain Gizmo himself does not appear in the Disney Junior online game "Super Pirate Powers", he is briefly mentioned when Jake discovers his gear, allowing him to use a robotic power suit resembling Gizmo's body. The suit allows Jake to safely cross streams of lava and push heavy metal crates with great ease.
Episode Appearances[]
Gallery[]
- For more pictures and screenshots of Captain Gizmo (character), click here.
Trivia[]
- Captain Gizmo is noticeably the second character in the series to take part in Jake and his crew's Team Treasure Chest song, the first being Peter Pan.