Frakes

Frakes is the main antagonist in the 2001 Disney Channel original movie, Jumping Ship. He, along with his partners, Jonas & Dante, were pirates who specialized in kidnapping rich people for ransom and then feeding them to the sharks when they had no further use of them. He was portrayed by Anthony Brandon Wong.

Personality
Frakes is an extremely conniving, greedy, and dangerous man. He is ruthless in his actions as he was willing to hurt/kill anyone, even if the person in question was a child. He also refused to let his victims go when he got what he wanted and would instead kill them with no remorse at all. And it's even implied that Michael and Tommy weren't his first victims. He is also an unfair man as he pointed his gun at Michael rather than accepted his deal to let Tommy go in exchange for the "gold". He only accepted the deal because Michael convinced him it wouldn't get him anywhere. He displays little care for his henchmen as well as a terrible temper, considering he would often push them around and insult them when things didn't go as planned and abandoned Jonas in a hole so he could shoot Michael dead for tricking him. He also shows some amount of intelligence as he figured out that Jake scuttled the boat in an attempt to lose them and began searching the islands for them. He is also able to figure out that Michael and Jake had hidden somewhere in an underwater cave when Dante was unable to find them in the ocean. He is considerably dark as he is currently the only Disney villain to be a serial killer and his actions and character are played completely seriously, with absolutely no trace of comedy or sympathy at all.

Biography
When Michael Woods took his cousin, Tommy Biggs, on a summer vacation to Australia, Frakes had discovered Michael was very rich after one of his partners in crime, Jonas, stole Michael's wallet. He then began following them with the intention of kidnapping them, taking them for ransom, and then feeding them to the sharks when he had no further use of them.

After they follow their ship, the captain, Jake Hunter, discovers them and has Michael and Tommy jump ship and swim to a deserted island while he scuttles the boat and does the same thing. After Frakes and his partners, Jonas and Dante, discover their location on the island after a few days of searching, they manage to kidnap Tommy and plan to use him to get to Michael. When Tommy asks what makes them think they'll be back for him, Frakes grabs him by the chin and replies: "When they hear you screaming in pain, they'll be back. Trust me!"

Michael comes up with a plan to use Jake's golden coin to trick them into thinking there was more inside a cave he had encountered earlier, which he would lead them to and get them to fall into a hole. When Michael makes the deal with Frakes to show them where the "gold" is in exchange for letting Tommy go, Frakes pulls his gun on him and asks why he shouldn't just tell them where it is, to which Michael replies that threatening him will get them nowhere because if he kills them, he would just be putting them out of their misery. Therefore, Frakes lets Tommy go while they follow Michael. He has Dante watch over their speedboat while he and Jonas leave to follow him.

After they let Tommy go, he encounters Jake and they manage to beat Dante off the boat and steal it. As Frakes and Jonas follow him to the cave, Jonas is afraid to go in, referring to it as a "death cave", though Frakes simply grabs her by the arm and forces her to come, telling her she won't get her share unless she cooperates. Michael's plan works but while Jonas falls into the hole and breaks her leg, Frakes climbs out and abandons his partner to chase Michael and try to shoot him in rage for being tricked.

After Michael jumps off of a cliff and swims to the boat, Frakes tries to shoot him but fails due to his firearm being gunked up with quicksand he had gotten trapped in earlier while chasing him. As the boys escape, they call the Australian Coast Guard for help. The pirates are arrested and their speedboat is seized.

Trivia

 * Frakes is one of the few Disney Channel villains to hold a handgun.
 * Frakes is somewhat similar to Bill Sykes from Oliver & Company:
 * Both are complete monsters, control freaks, and psychotic villains who carry a handgun.
 * Both are motivated by greed.
 * Both are willing to hurt a child in order to achieve their goals, and even kidnap one towards the end of the film.
 * Both usually sit back and let their partners in crime, Roscoe and DeSoto/Jonas & Dante, do their dirty work for them until the end when they go through a breakdown and decide to finish the protagonists off themselves.
 * Both display little care for their henchmen and are willing to abandon them.
 * Both have attempted to take the main character, Oliver/Michael (who are both played by Joey Lawrence), for ransom.