| “ | Everyone's a hero in their own way. You and you, and mostly me, and you. | „ |
| ~ Captain Hammer |
| “ | I hate the homeless... ness problem that plagues our city. | „ |
| ~ Captain Hammer misreading his cue cards at a benefit to help the homeless. |
| “ | Well, it sure was nice to meet you... Doctor. You've got a little crush, don't you, Doc? Well, that's gonna make this hard to hear. See, later I'm gonna take little Penny back to my place. Show her the command center, Hammercycle, maybe even the Hamjet. You think she likes me now? I'm going to give Penny the night of her life, just because you want her, and I get what you want. You see, little Penny's giving it up, she's giving it up hard, 'cause she's with Captain Hammer. And these... are not the hammer, ...the hammer is my penis. | „ |
| ~ Captain Hammer taunting Dr. Horrible |
Captain Hammer is the main antagonist of the 2008 musical comedy-drama miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.
He was portrayed by Nathan Fillion, who also played Caleb in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gao the Lesser in Jade Empire, the Monstrous Inmate in Guardians of the Galaxy, Preston Northwest in Gravity Falls, Cornvelious Daniel in Rick & Morty, The Detachable Kid in The Suicide Squad and Karja in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Biography[]
Despite being technically a superhero, Captain Hammer is ironically more evil than his supervillain nemesis known as Dr. Horrible. He just acts like a hero so that he can have sex with women, and to spite Dr. Horrible.
He enters the film by attempting to thwart one of Dr. Horrible's heists, inadvertantly meeting Penny, Dr. Horrible's crush. As Penny starts to fall in love, Dr. Horrible becomes enraged and plans to assassinate Hammer in order to join the Evil League of Evil.
Meanwhile, Hammer is at a press conference, giving quite possibly the most insulting speech ever to the homeless. After Captain Hammer sings the song "Everyone's a Hero", Dr. Horrible appears and stops him with his Freeze Ray. However, Horrible cannot bring himself to kill Hammer, and the Freeze Ray shuts down. Hammer punches Horrible in the face, damaging the Death Ray in the process. Hammer is done in by his own arrogance when, refusing to listen to Horrible's warnings, attempts to fire the malfunctioning Death Ray, which explodes, causing Hammer to feel pain for the first time in his life.
The blast also kills Penny, gaining Dr. Horrible infamy, as well as entry into the Evil League of Evil. During the final song "Everything You Ever", Captain Hammer, now reduced to a crying mess, is seen with a psychiatrist.