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In the original play that Hook takes off from the crocodile is very active (and funny!). Years before the stage story begins the crocodile managed to snatch off Hook's hand and eat it. He liked the flavor so much that ever after he craved the rest of the captain. At some point in their history Hook managed to get a clock down into the crocodile's belly. The ticking of the clock makes it difficult for the crocodile to sneak up on Hook, and Hook lives in dread of that ticking sound. Ol' Croc shows up at all kinds of unexpected moments through out the play and keeps trying to catch a meal. In the end the wicked Captain Hook gets his just deserts. and so does the crocodile

My research is that I own a copy of Hook, I've seen the movie a few times and I watched it again somewhat recently. I remember what I saw, and I know the original Peter Pan story very well because it's one of my very favorite childhood reads. There are parallels and correspondences between the original story and Hook, and there are many liberties taken. I think that the crocodile wasn't stuffed so much as he was preserved. He was thought to be dead, but he was not. Not actually. He was more like in a state of magical hibernation. Playing possum. Sleeping, and dreaming, and waiting, until the precise moment he could, at long last, finally get his hungry, craving jaws on the rest of the oh-so-tasty Captain Hook that the one morsel he'd snatched, Hook's hand, had left him longing for.

The ultimate fate of Hook is that he dies at the hands, or rather the jaws, of the crocodile, when it eats him, as per the original canon. There's no exposition offered as to why the crocodile awakens, but clearly it was still alive, in a magical coma. Like Sleeping Beauty.

My research is that I own a copy of Hook, I've seen the movie a few times and I watched it again somewhat recently. I remember what I saw, and I know the original Peter Pan story very well because it's one of my very favorite childhood reads. There are parallels and correspondences between the original story and Hook, and there are many liberties taken. The thing to understand is that the crocodile wasn't stuffed so much as he was preserved. He was thought to be dead, but he was not. Not actually. He was more like in a state of magical hibernation. Playing possum. Sleeping, and dreaming, and waiting, until the precise moment he could, at long last, finally get his hungry, craving jaws on the rest of the oh-so-tasty Captain Hook that the one morsel he'd snatched, Hook's hand, had left him longing for.

In the original play the crocodile is very active (and funny!). Years before the stage story begins the crocodile managed to snatch off Hook's hand and eat it. He liked the flavor so much that ever after he craved the rest of the captain. At some point in their history Hook managed to get a clock down into the crocodile's belly. The ticking of the clock makes it difficult for the crocodile to sneak up on Hook, and Hook lives in dread of that ticking sound. Ol' Croc shows up at all kinds of unexpected moments through out the play and keeps trying to catch a meal. In the end Ol' Croc slithers away with a nice full belly and a happy memory of a good meal.

In the original play that Hook takes off from the crocodile is very active (and funny!). Years before the stage story begins the crocodile managed to snatch off Hook's hand and eat it. He liked the flavor so much that ever after he craved the rest of the captain. At some point in their history Hook managed to get a clock down into the crocodile's belly. The ticking of the clock makes it difficult for the crocodile to sneak up on Hook, and Hook lives in dread of that ticking sound. Ol' Croc shows up at all kinds of unexpected moments through out the play and keeps trying to catch a meal. In the end the wicked Captain Hook gets his just deserts. and so does the crocodile

My research is that I own a copy of Hook, I've seen the movie a few times and I watched it again somewhat recently. I remember what I saw, and I know the original Peter Pan story very well because it's one of my very favorite childhood reads. There are parallels and correspondences between the original story and Hook, and there are many liberties taken. I think that the crocodile wasn't stuffed so much as he was preserved. He was thought to be dead, but he was not. Not actually. He was more like in a state of magical hibernation. Playing possum. Sleeping, and dreaming, and waiting, until the precise moment he could, at long last, finally get his hungry, craving jaws on the rest of the oh-so-tasty Captain Hook that the one morsel he'd snatched, Hook's hand, had left him longing for.

My research is that I own a copy of Hook, I've seen the movie a few times and I watched it again somewhat recently. I remember what I saw, and I know the original Peter Pan story very well because it's one of my very favorite childhood reads. There are parallels and correspondences between the original story and Hook, and there are many liberties taken. The thing to understand is that the crocodile wasn't stuffed so much as he was preserved. He was thought to be dead, but he was not. Not actually. He was more like in a state of magical hibernation. Playing possum. Sleeping, and dreaming, and waiting, until the precise moment he could, at long last, finally get his hungry, craving jaws on the rest of the oh-so-tasty Captain Hook that the one morsel he'd snatched, Hook's hand, had left him longing for.

My research is that I own a copy of Hook, I've seen the movie a few times and I watched it again somewhat recently. I remember what I saw, and I know the original Peter Pan story very well because it's one of my very favorite childhood reads. There are parallels and correspondences between the original story and Hook, and there are many liberties taken. The thing to understand is that the crocodile wasn't stuffed so much as he was preserved. He was thought to be dead, but he was not. Not actually. He was more like in a state of magical hibernation. Playing possum. Sleeping, and dreaming, and waiting, until the precise moment he could, at long last, finally get his hungry, craving jaws on the rest of the oh-so-tasty Captain Hook that the one morsel he'd snatched, Hook's hand, had left him longing for.

In the original play the crocodile is very active (and funny!). Years before the stage story begins the crocodile managed to snatch off Hook's hand and eat it. He liked the flavor so much that ever after he craved the rest of the captain. At some point in their history Hook managed to get a clock down into the crocodile's belly. The ticking of the clock makes it difficult for the crocodile to sneak up on Hook, and Hook lives in dread of that ticking sound. Ol' Croc shows up at all kinds of unexpected moments through out the play and keeps trying to catch a meal. In the end Ol' Croc slithers away with a nice full belly and a happy memory of a good meal.