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Long John Silver is the ship's treacherous cook and the main antagonist in the 1950 film Treasure Island, an film adaptation of the book Treasure Island, He is also the deuteragonist of the Disney film Treasure Planet which is loosely based on the book Treasure Island.

Personality[]

Long John Silver is two-sided; he can be a pompous, manipulative, deceitful, greedy and cunning individual, similar to his original counterpart, as he is bent on finding the lost treasure of Captain Nathaniel Flint, even exerting a level of brutality and deception towards his crew-mates. However, despite his villainy, Silver does seem to have a caring, rapturous and enthusiastic side, as he became a fatherly figure to Jim Hawkins over the mysterious journey, even telling stories to his fellow crew-mates for amusement. He even comforts Jim following Mr. Arrow's death, and even threatens Scroop (who was the one responsible for Arrow's death) for it.

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