Scroop

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“	Cabin boys should learn to mind their own business.	„
	~ Scroop to Jim Hawkins during their first interaction.

“	Oh, yes. Do say hello to Mr. Arrow.	„
	~ Scroop's last words before his death.

Scroop is the true main antagonist of Disney's 43rd full-length animated feature film Treasure Planet, which is loosely based on the 1883 book Treasure Island by the late Robert Louis Stevenson.

He is a crab/spider-like extraterrestrial who was a crew member of John Silver. He joins Silver's crew in their attempt to find Captain Flint's lost treasure on Treasure Planet, but becomes an enemy of Jim Hawkins, the protagonist, during the voyage.

He was voiced by Michael Wincott, who also played Armand Dorleac in The Count of Monte Cristo, Top Dollar in The Crow, Michael Korda in Metro, Philo Gant in Strange Days, Guy of Gisbourne in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and Gary Soneji in Along Came a Spider.

Personality[]

Scroop is cruel, murderous, manipulative and devious. He is an intimidating and treacherous pirate who was preparing to kill Jim Hawkins when he was eavesdropping. One of his most despicable plans is when he kills others in a stealthy and surreptitious manner. Despite his dangerous and bloodthirsty nature, he is also very obedient and cooperative when helping Mr. Arrow tie the lifelines, so that the crew members will never float away into space. If given the chance, he would most likely take everything for himself and remove anyone else from his way, as he is seen to have a rivalry with Silver.

Despite being the film's secondary antagonist, Scroop has proven to be even more villainous, ruthless, cold-blooded, sadistic, bloodthirsty, murderous, and dangerous than the main antagonist, John Silver. Unlike John Silver, who has redeemable qualities, Scroop has no redeemable qualities whatsoever. His actions, such as killing Mr. Arrow, disturbed even Silver himself. Scroop usually disobeys Silver's orders as he cares only about himself. It is also clear that he has a secret agenda to even betray John Silver, take over his crew, and take the treasure for himself, if given the chance as well.

Appearance[]

Scroop has an insect-like face with large, bulbous yellow eyes bearing star-like pupils, two large white fangs, and a lower jaw with slim red fangs. Scroop also has long gray hair, which is possibly an attribute that he is elderly. Scroop attributes a spider-like lower body complete with six slender legs which grow from an abdomen with a black shell and a red underbelly and no cephalothorax, unlike real spiders. Scroop also has fang-like red spikes at the tips of his legs. In place of a spider's head is Scroop's hunched and muscular upper body with red claws. His claws also bear a strong resemblance to a scorpion or a crustacean. He wears a tethered purple jacket, a purple sash, and a brown bandanna.

Biography[]

Scroop was one of the many space pirates of Long John Silver's crew hired by Dr. Delbert Doppler on a mission to find the treasure of Captain Nathaniel Flint hiding on Treasure Planet.

Scroop makes his first appearance when he catches Jim Hawkins eavesdropping on three of Silver's crew planning a mutiny. He crawls down from one of the ships maps and threatens Jim into minding his own business. When Jim calls him "bright eyes", Scroop grabs him by the throat and states that his ears possibly don't work so well. When Jim says that his nose works perfectly, Scroop raises his grip as the rest of Silver's crew come to watch. One of the crew members named Krailoni encourages an argumentative and quarrelsome brawl between Scroop and Jim. However, Silver intervenes and forces Scroop to drop Jim by squeezing his arm. When Captain Amelia's right-hand man and best friend named Mr. Arrow, arrives, he reprimands Scroop for threatening Jim. Before Scroop can respond, Silver aims his cyborg eye at him and silently orders him to avoid blowing their cover. When Arrow leaves, Scroop glares at him, foreshadowing his fate.

Scroop later appears when the RLS Legacy enters a black hole and appears to help Mr. Arrow tie the lifelines so that the crew members do not float away into space. When Arrow falls overboard but is saved by his lifeline, Scroop kills him by cutting it in half out of spite for being reprimanded by him, sending him into the black hole. He takes Arrow's hat and reports his death to Captain Amelia, and frames Jim Hawkins for it by removing Arrow's entire lifeline to make it seem as if Jim failed to secure it. Amelia and the rest of the crew blame Jim for Arrow's death. But, when Silver and his sidekick Morph notice Scroop's evil smile, Silver figures that it must have been him who cut Arrow's lifeline.

Scroop, later on, appears spying on Silver and Jim, while looking down at them as Silver tries to tell Jim that Arrow's death was not his fault. Hence, Scroop learns Silver has a soft spot for Jim.

Later, inside the ship, Scroop appears with Silver when he suggests to kill all of the non-pirates aboard (consisting of Jim Hawkins, Captain Amelia and Delbert Doppler), only to be stopped by Silver, who threatens to make Scroop join Arrow if he ever disobeys him again, and violently throws him into a barrel of purps. Scroop then grabs a purp with one of his claws and starts to harass Silver about his weakness for Jim Hawkins in front of the rest of his crew. Silver then tells his crew that he was pretending to like Jim to protect them both from the crew, unaware that Jim was hiding in the purp barrel at the time. Scroop mocks Silver's comforting words only to be silenced by him.

When the crew finally arrive at Treasure Planet after their semi-successful mutiny, Scroop stays behind on the ship. When he catches Jim, the robot B.E.N., and Morph sneaking on board the ship to disable the ship's laser cannons that Silver had threatened to use against them earlier, Scroop begins to chase Jim while B.E.N. tries to disable the laser cannons. Morph turns himself into a pie and throws himself at Scroop's face, but Scroop throws Morph into the ship's pipes. Jim hides behind a corner and points a gun at Scroop which forces him to stop. But, when B.E.N. accidentally disconnects the ship's lights, Scroop takes advantage of this and hides on the ceiling, preparing to attack Jim. However, Morph comes out of one of the pipes just in time, turns himself into a glove and pokes Scroop in the eyes which blinds him temporarily, Jim notices Scroop and is punched to the floor, causing him to lose grip of his gun. The two start a physical fight until B.E.N. accidentally deactivates the ship's artificial gravity, which causes both Scroop and Jim to float through the ceiling and onto one of the ship's masts.

Jim then grabs onto the flag and loses his gun as Scroop climbs to the rope, which the flag is tied to. When Scroop reaches the top, he begins to cut the rope, threatening to send Jim to space and suffer the same fate as Mr. Arrow, sadistically advising him to "say hello" to the latter in the process. However, the mention of Mr. Arrow actually backfires on him, as it incites Jim to move forward and trick Scroop into lunging at him. Jim tells him to greet Mr. Arrow himself and kicks him into the flag, causing the rope to break entirely. When Scroop notices that he is floating upwards in space, he screams in horror and floats off into space while still tangled in the flag. He eventually suffocates to death in the vacuum of space. (Albeit offscreen.) This, in turn, avenges Mr. Arrow, whom Scroop had sent into a black hole to his death.

Quotes[]

“	Maybe your ears don’t work so well.	„
	~ Scroop insulting Jim Hawkins.

“	Why, you impudent little--	„
	~ Scroop before attempting to kill Jim Hawkins.

“	Any last words, cabin boy?	„
	~ Scroop threatening to kill Jim Hawkins.

“	Transparently.	„
	~ Scroop faking remorse for his actions after being reprimanded by Mr. Arrow.

“	Scroop: I say we kill 'em all now. Silver: "I say?" What's this "I say?" Disobey my orders again, like that stunt you pulled with Mr. Arrow, and so help me, you'll be JOININ' HIM!!! Scroop: Strong talk, but I know otherwise. Silver: You got somethin' to say, Scroop? Scroop: It's that boy. Methinks you have a soft spot for him.	„
	~ Scroop suggesting to kill the remaining non-pirates aboard (consisting of Jim Hawkins, Captain Amelia and Delbert Doppler) and mocking Silver.

“	The boy was SNIFFING ABOUT.	„
	~ Scroop attempting to justify his actions when Silver scolds the crew for almost blowing the cover.

“	I’m afraid Mr. Arrow has been lost. His lifeline was not secured.	„
	~ Scroop spitefully pinning the blame for Mr. Arrow's death on Jim Hawkins. (Who had been assigned to secure the lifelines)

Trivia[]

Scroop is the only Disney villain who rises to his death instead of falling to his death, which is ironic, as falling is the usual way in which Disney villains meet their fates to exit from the story.
Scroop's supervising animators are Ken Duncan and Glen Keane.
In promotional wallpapers of Treasure Planet, Scroop is shown eating a purp with his tongue impaled. However, in the final film, it was cut to Silver explaining his crew about Flint’s Trove possibly due to the scene.
In the book Treasure Planet: A Voyage of Discovery, it's mentioned that Scroop has known John Silver and Turnbuckle long before the film's events, serving as Silver's muscle, but that their dynamic changes once Silver starts looking after Jim.
Scroop only interacts with Jim, Amelia, Delbert, Silver, Morph and Mr. Arrow in every scene. He interacts with Mr. Arrow by cutting his lifeline. He also interacts with Captain Amelia by giving Mr. Arrow his hat and speak to her that his lifeline he cut and also interacts with Morph throwing the pie in his face and poking his eye with a glove. He never interacted with Delbert Doppler at all. The only scene he interacted where he heard the shout that Delbert said that the last wave is coming.
This is Michael Wincott’s first animated voice-over film.

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