Captain Chaos

"This article is about the character from the Cannonball Run series of films. For the music group, please visit Captain Chaos (band)."

Captain Chaos is a fictional character in the Cannonball Run movie series. He is the alter-ego of mild-mannered Victor Prinzi (Dom Deluise). Whenever Victor or any of his friends are being threatened, Victor is instantly compelled to don his satin cape and mask to become..."Him". Doctors have diagnosed Victor with multiple personality disorder, even though Victor is convinced that he actually channels the true spirit of a living superhero who always arrives just in time to save the day.

Characteristics and abilities

Captain Chaos appears to have enhanced strength, perhaps fueled by Victor's rushes of adrenaline in times of danger or need. His appearances are always prefaced by the vocal fanfare "Dun dun DUNNNN!!" (to approximate Chaos' theme music)

When Victor transforms into Captain Chaos, he speaks very dynamically and deep like a stereotypical superhero. He laughs heartily when villains and foes fall beneath his heavy hand of justice, and he stands triumphantly akimbo when the danger has passed. Captain Chaos also appears to be fearless and to possess superhuman skills at driving an automobile.

"...Him."

While Victor is a friendly, childlike character, when situations arise that he is too afraid to handle himself, he becomes Captain Chaos. But the heroic Captain is seen more as an annoyance to Victor's best friend, J.J. McClure (Burt Reynolds). Because of this, Victor is explicitly forbidden from speaking the name of Captain Chaos in front of J.J., hence the reason Victor always cautiously refers to the hero simply as "...Him." (usually followed by a twinge of magical music).

Origin

In the first Cannonball Run film, Pamela (Farrah Fawcett) asks Victor how he came to know Captain Chaos. Victor explains as follows:

Trivia

*He was the inspiration for the name of the musical group "Captain Chaos".Fact|date=February 2008
*"Captain Chaos" is the nickname of Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley and professional basketball player Ruben Patterson. [ [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=482324 JS Online: Smith out, Patterson in ] ]

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