Captain Cruel

“	If you drop one single slice of my booty, I'll have, your booty!	„
	~ Captain Cruel threatening his crew.

Captain Cruel, also known as the Head Pirate, is a minor antagonist in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise. He is a pirate captain who is greedy, manipulative, and as implied by his name, cruel.

He is usually voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, but in The Patrick Star Show episode "Sea Haw", he is instead voiced by Tom Kenny.

Biography[]

SpongeBob SquarePants[]

In "Dying for Pie", Squidward sees him and his crew on their pirate ship, which is filled with exploding pies. Squidward asks if he can borrow one, however, one of the crew members tells him that the pies are actually bombs. After hearing that Squidward was gonna pay, Captain Cruel lies to Squidward by telling him that they were just joking about the pies being bombs just so he can get Squidward's money, and he proceeds to give him a pie. Because of his actions, Captain Cruel is indirectly responsible for the rest of the episode's events.

In "Sailor Mouth", he is seen at the Krusty Krab along with one of his crew members. He confirms to his crew member that SpongeBob cursed when he walked into the restaurant.

In "Boss for a Day", he and his crew attack the Krusty Krab and get kicked out by Mr. Krabs.

In "Pinned", Patrick invites him and the other pirates to a surprise party at SpongeBob's house.

The Patrick Star Show[]

In "The Commode Episode", he and his crew are seen charging into Patrick's bathroom, holding a map and saying "The treasure be through here!".

In “Sea Haw”, he appears as the main antagonist of the episode. He and the other pirates stole Granny Tentacles’ porch. Everyone chases the pirates and succeeded at getting the porch back using corn grenades.

Video Games[]

In SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty, he and his crew join the Flying Dutchman in stealing Mr. Krabs' treasures during the "Save Me Money!" minigame.

In SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!, he and Incidental 64 appear as ghost pirates and members of the Flying Dutchman's crew who try to stop Mermaid Man because he stole something from the Dutchman. They appear as enemies in worlds 2 and 4.

Find a Missing Star[]

SpongeBob and Squidward get kidnapped by pirates in the Eyepatch 'N Peg Leg and are taken to their secret hideout where they come fact to face with their leader, Captain Cruel. Cruel demands them to hand over their treasure, not believing them when they claim to not be pirates.

When they reveal that they're actually detectives, Captain Cruel orders his crew to attack the duo, and gets increasingly annoyed when they fail. SpongeBob and Squidward manage to escape and lock Cruel and his crew in their own hideout.

External Links[]

Captain Cruel on the Encyclopedia SpongeBobia Wiki

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