Captain Tangent is a villain who made his debut in Season Three of WordGirl in his self-titled episode, voiced by John Henson. He is a misguided teenager who was fired from Blackbeard's Buffet all-you-can-eat resturant for continually telling stories that kept going off on tangents (such as "running around in circles" or "giving an inch and taking a mile") instead of serving customers their meals. When he was fired, he was ordered to give up the Hook and Parrot (Oscar) that he carried around, but he ran instead. He wound up coming upon 'the treasure of old Nobeard,' which suddenly 'cursed' him by magnetizing his hook, and enabling his Oscar to speak.