Smee

Widgeon or pochard

Smee is the bumbling, loyal first mate to Captain Hook in J.M.

Barrie's *Peter Pan*.

The name has become shorthand for a devoted but incompetent sidekick—someone who follows orders without question but rarely executes them well.

In nautical slang, smee is also a type of wild duck, the smew.

character

pirate

Maritime thief or bootlegger

loyal · Neverland · comical · henchman · first mate · cowardly · servile · obsequious · dim-witted · sycophant

Peter Pan

Neverland

Fictional eternal youth realm

Jolly Roger · J.M. Barrie · Captain · lagoon · fairy dust · flight · youth · fantasy · adventure · island

nautical

bosun

Ship's deck crew chief

sailing · seafarer · mariner · quartermaster · cabin boy · galley · anchor · rigging · swabbing · gunner

Opposites
narrative role in peter pan

SmeePeter Pan

Eternal child who flies

Tinker Bell · Wendy Darling

pirate hierarchy/competence

SmeeCaptain Hook

Pirate with metal appendage

Blackbeard · Long John Silver · Captain Ahab · commanding officer

WATERFOWL TYPE (as smew)

Smeemallard

Common dabbling waterfowl

domestic duck · goose · swan

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