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"A friend of Prince Eric's who helps to defend against the wicked Mouse King."
– Official website

Captain Candy is a character in Barbie in the Nutcracker. He is voiced by Ian James Corlett.

Story[]

Captain Candy is an army officer, presumably from the Parthenian Military. His backstory was that he used to be friends with Prince Eric, who disappeared when the Mouse King began to rule. Captain Candy was still concerned about the Prince's disappearance. He helps Major Mint try to defeat the Mouse King, and the pair also look after the Parthenian locals (or the remaining locals). He and the Major appear to be the only soldiers left that don't work for the Mouse King or hadn't been turned to stone.

When Clara and the Nutcracker are being chased with the Peppermint Girl and the Gingerbread Boy, Captain Candy shouts for them to climb up a ladder to the Treetop Village. He holds a sword to the Nutcracker and calls him a "wooden spy" but the children insist the two are not enemies, so the Captain asks Clara and the Nutcracker to speak with him and the Major in private. The Nutcracker tells him and the Major about why he and Clara were in the forest and that they were looking for the Sugar Plum Princess. The captain is the one who manages to convince the Major that the Sugar Plum Princess is worth finding especially since Prince Eric had always talked about her. Major Mint decides that he will be leading their expedition. So, Captain Candy, Major Mint, Clara and the Nutcracker travel together. First, they must cross the stepping stones. The Major unknowingly knocks Captain Candy off the rocks and, without Nutcracker's help, the Captain would have died. However, the Major blames the Captain "for his sloppy footwork" and is more concerned that half of their supplies are gone than the fact that the Captain could have died.

Next, they have to cross the Sea of Storms. Captain Candy and Major Mint build a boat while Clara and Nutcracker look for supplies. A rock giant sent from the Mouse King comes and tries to kill them, the Captain points it out as it comes over the hill. The giant destroys their boat and the Major insults the giant and the Captain says that Major should invite him to tea. The Giant approaches and almost stomps them but the snow fairies come and turn the sea into ice. With help from Marzipan, Major Mint steers the carriage, and Clara, Nutcracker, and Captain Candy get in. The Nutcracker stays behind to crack the ice and the rock giant falls through. They are safe and continue through the snow and fog to the island.

The group finally reach the Sugar Plum Princess' island but Captain Candy thinks that Nutcracker should lead them instead. The Major is not happy with this decision but goes along with it. Later, when the group thinks they've found the princess' castle, the Captain, Major Mint and the Nutcracker are kidnapped. Clara is left alone but gets help from the flower fairies and reaches the Palace of Sweets. The men have been put in a dungeon behind an invisible barrier. They can see Clara but she can't see or hear them. Clara uses logic ("why would the mouse king post guards on an empty room?") and smashes the barrier. She hugs the Nutcracker (and humorously, Captain Candy doesn't know where to look). After Clara tells them what she saw and heard, they hurry upstairs.

The group goes down to fight the Mouse King and defeat him. Then he is shrunk by his own magic. The Captain and Major Mint do not appear much during the fight but they have their swords drawn, so it can be assumed they participated. Captain Candy is happy when the Nutcracker is turned back into Prince Eric, from a kiss from Clara (the Sugar Plum Princess). Everyone starts to celebrate and Captain Candy dances with Major Mint. Everyone is happy but the Mouse King returns and snatches Clara's locket. He opens it, and the owl in the beginning told her that it had to be opened for her to come home, even though Clara had decided to stay). She disappears.

Personality[]

The Captain is much friendlier than his superior officer. Once he realizes Clara and the Nutcracker aren't going to hurt anyone, he is civil towards them and even helps convince the Major that the Sugar Plum Princess exists. He listens to them on the expedition and he insists the Nutcracker has earned the right to lead them.

Captain Candy is also a loyal friend to Prince Eric - so loyal, in fact, that he still defends him. When the Major insults him, Candy objects. When the Nutcracker tells him that Prince Eric was destroyed by the Mouse King, the Captain looks genuinely upset. Later on, the Nutcracker saves his life after Major Mint accidentally knocks him off a bridge ("least I could do for an old friend", he tells Clara later). At the end of the movie, Candy is the one who encourages the other people to cheer for Prince Eric.

The Captain's relationship with Major Mint is more of a friendship than anything else, even if the Major doesn't realize it. Captain Candy follows his orders, but he doesn't always show respect (he rolls his eyes and shrugs - although he never does this to Major Mint's face). However, he does know when to stand up to Major Mint and he does care about his welfare. Even though he and Major Mint were trying to stop the Mouse King, they were dismissed as gullible idiots when the Mouse King found out that they were also looking for Sugar Plumb Princess

Physical Appearance[]

Captain Candy appears to be slightly short. He's a stocky, dark-skinned man with dark hair and a round face.

The Captain's uniform is similar to that of an Indian soldier in the Victorian Era. It is almost entirely white, with the exception of his cyan blue sash (which comes across his torso from his right shoulder to his left hip and around his waist), matching cyan blue-and-gold boots and cyan and white turban. His trousers are loose fitting and gather at his boots and his turban has a rainbow feather on it. He has a gold button on the collar of his uniform and the opening is at the front.

Trivia[]

Tommy holding gifts

Tommy holding Captain Candy.

  • One of Tommy's Christmas gifts is a toy of Captain Candy, which Tommy refers to as a "bengal lancer".
  • On Barbie.com and on the packaging for his doll, he is referred to as Colonel Candy.

Quotes[]

  • "If you have nothing to hide, you won't mind answering a few questions."
  • "Why don't you go invite him for tea and cakes while you're at it!"
Barbie in the Nutcracker
Barbie in the Nutcracker Digital Copy

Media: Barbie in the Nutcracker

Characters: Clara | King Eric | Mouse King | Pimm | Major Mint | Captain Candy | Peppermint Girl | Gingerbread Boy | Marzipan | Rock Giant | Faeries | Elizabeth Drosselmayer | Owl | Grandfather Drosselmayer | Tommy | Barbie | Kelly | Mouse King's Army | Maid

Locations: Ballet Studio | Grandfather Drosselmayer's House | Parthenia

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