Continuity mistake: At Skull Rock, after the crocodile has nipped off a good bit of Hook's clothing, sock and shoe, when Hook rushes toward Smee in the boat the crocodile opens his mouth, and just as he swallows Hook he's nearly fully clothed and wearing both socks and both shoes.
Continuity mistake: In the duel at Skull Rock, after Peter leads Captain Hook onto thin air, Hook drops his sword and scrambles to grab hold of the cliff again. But when we see Hook's reaction to the approaching crocodile, you can see his sword back in its sheath. (00:51:50)
Other mistake: At Skull Rock, when Peter Pan mimics Captain Hook's voice while talking to Smee, just as he says, "Oh, and one more thing," note the handle of Peter's dagger. The animation of his dagger is bizarre, the handle's grip is separated from its pommel, as if it's going through Peter's forearm. (00:41:50)
Continuity mistake: At Skull Rock, when Captain Hook is swallowed by the crocodile Smee conks him on the head, and while Hook is underwater note that he has a left hand and his hook is at his right side, but it should be the opposite way. (00:45:00)
Continuity mistake: Before Smee gives Hook a shave they hear Tick-Tock Croc approaching, and when Hook nervously spins around to look at the water, note that he has a left hand and his hook is at his right, but it should be the opposite way. (00:24:20)
Continuity mistake: After the mermaids splash Wendy with a ton of water, her hair is wet and you can tell because it is sort of hanging down and drooping. Then they cut away, then when they cut back to Wendy, her hair is perfectly dry. (00:37:55)
Continuity mistake: In the mermaid scene, Wendy lands on a rock barely large enough to stand on. A few moments later, when she's being splashed by the mermaids, the rock has expanded to about four times its original size, and a seashell has appeared on it.
Continuity mistake: During the song "You Can Fly", Michael picks up Tinker Bell because he wants to make Nana fly. When he does so, she is right side up with her head by Michael's thumb. However, in the next shot when he shakes Tinker Bell over Nana, she is upside down with her legs by Michael's thumb.
Continuity mistake: When Peter Pan and Hook are fighting on Skull Rock, Peter puts his knife in his mouth. However one shot later it is safely in his sheath. (00:43:30)
Continuity mistake: When the lost boys are going into their hiding place, Hangman's Tree, the trapdoor is opened by one of them pulling on a noose. However, when Hook and his minions show up later, the noose has vanished.
Continuity mistake: As Wendy is singing 'Your mother and mine' she lays Michael down. As she is laying him down, her nightgown turns white. The next time you see her, her nightgown is blue again, also her bow changes colour too.
Continuity mistake: When the pirates attack the crow's nest where the kids are, one of them cuts his moustache with his sword. Later on his moustache grows back.
Continuity mistake: After Peter cuts the rope around the mast where the kids are tied, there's a brief shot of Peter standing sideways on the mast. Look below and you'll notice that the ropes have vanished.
Continuity mistake: During the bomb present scene, Peter Pan's dagger is missing.
Continuity mistake: During a sword fight between Peter Pan and Captain Hook, the dagger is in Peter's hand and when he flies towards the rope ladder, the dagger is suddenly back in its sheath. (01:06:57)
Continuity mistake: After Peter Pan saves Wendy, the dagger sheath switches sides. (01:05:07)
Deliberate mistake: After Captain Hook pushes away the boat, Mr. Smee loses the oars, and in the next shot, the oars are back.
Continuity mistake: When Wendy reminds Peter about Tiger Lily, as he rescues her from the water Tiger Lily is wearing low brown moccasins, but as they're flying out of the cave at Skull Rock, she's wearing green boots. Also, Peter's sheathed dagger is now at his left. (00:45:35)
Continuity mistake: In the first few shots on the Jolly Roger, the pirate with red long hair has a wooden leg on his right side, which then switches to his left side. This switch continues in later shots. (00:20:45)
Continuity mistake: While Tiger Lily is being held at Skull Rock by Captain Hook, her dress has red and purple stripes around the neckline, with the purple closer to her neck. When Smee is rowing the boat, the two colors near Tiger Lily's neckline have switched in this shot, with the red now closer to her neck. (00:39:30 - 00:41:05)
Answer: In the original stage play by J.M. Barrie, he was a bank clerk. I don't think what he did for work was brought up in the 1953 film.
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