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[[File:He_has_to_remember_to_pick_his_nose_with_his_right_hand.jpg|link=Peter Pan (Disney)|
{{quote|''Watch out for The Hook!<br />
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A character replaces their hand with a hook or similar object. [[Peter Pan|Bonus points if a Crocodile is somehow involved.]]
This is an example of [[Fashionable Asymmetry]], and [[Sub
See also [[Hooks and Crooks]].
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* In ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'', Count Olaf's associate {{spoiler|Fernald}} has two hooks for hands (and in fact is generally referred to by the narration as "the hook-handed man"). It is never told how he lost his hands, but since he works for a [[Pyromaniac]] (and has also few traits of it) he probably acidentally spilled gasoline to his hands, and lit a match withouth wiping it off...
* Panamon Creel from ''[[The Sword of Shannara Trilogy (Literature)|The Sword of Shannara Trilogy]]''.
* ''[[The Areas of My Expertise]]'': According to John Hodgman, most (well, at least 9) of the U.S. presidents, though [[George W. Bush]] has a chainsaw instead. He also claims that in the original Hollywood script for the 2008 election, John McCain would win, Sarah Palin would remove her rubber hand and reveal that she had a hook hand as well as [[Grindhouse|an assault rifle for a leg]], become the de facto president, and change the title of President to "The American Huntress". Admit it, that sounds pretty cool.
* Captain van [[Meaningful Name|Hoek]] in [[Neal Stephenson]]'s ''[[The Baroque Cycle]]'' ends up with one of these.
* {{spoiler|Eugenides}} in Megan Whalen Turner's ''[[The Queens Thief|King of Attolia]]'' uses a hook as a replacement for his right hand. It seems mostly useful in battle, since the inner edge is described as knife-sharp.
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* The ghost story in the second season of Nickelodeon's summer reality show ''Scaredy Camp'' involved a female counselor who was so astoundingly clumsy that she somehow managed to ''chop her own hand off while cooking'' and had it replaced with a hook. She felt so ashamed after the accident that she pushed her fiancé away, and it was the campers' task to reunite the two spirits.
* One of the Master's vampires in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' has multiple blades where one of his hands used to be.
* ''[[
** [[Gentle Giant|Condo]] has one to replace the arm [[Mad Scientist|Solon]] has [[Organ Theft|stolen from him]] in the serial "[[Doctor Who
** And Captain Pike from "[[Doctor Who
* As of season four, Drew from ''[[30 Rock (TV)|Thirty Rock]]''. Both hands. Poor, dumb bastard. So much for life in The Bubble being so awesome.
* ''[[Married With Children]]'': When Kelly auditions for Miss Weenie Tot, all the judges had hooks. She aced the audition by saying she thought guys with hooks for hands were cool.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShZBnqdb9AI Private investigator J.J. Armes.] (He even had an action figure!)
* '60s garage rock group The Barbarians had a one-armed drummer, Victor "Moulty" Moulton, who sported one of these.
* Rock climber [
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