Editing Jim Crocodile Cook

{{For|other versions of this character|Jim Crocodile Cook (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox character
| headers              = yes      
| image                = JimCookYuGiOhDuelMonstersGX.jpg
| en_name              = Jim Crocodile Cook
| ja_name              = ジム・クロコダイル・クック
| romaji_name          = Jimu Kurokodairu Kukku
| other_names          = 
* James Crocodile Cook
* Jim "Crocodile" Cook<ref name="Yugioh">{{citeweb|url=http://www.yugioh.com/characters/jim-cook|title=Jim Cook|date=May 16, 2015}}</ref>
| manga_debut          = {{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|37|ref}}
| anime_debut          = {{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|106|ref}}
| video_game_debut     = ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 2]]''
| appears_in_manga     = ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (manga)|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''
| appears_in_anime     = ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''
| appears_in_psp       =
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 2]]''
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3]]''
| appears_in_xbox      = ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Duels]]
| gender               = Male
| relatives            = [[Shirley]] (pet crocodile)
| school               = [[South Academy]]
| manga_deck           = [[Alligator]]
| anime_deck           = [[Fossil]] Dragon (化石竜デッキ ''Kaseki Ryū Dekki'')<ref name="TVTokyo">{{citeweb|url=http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/yugioh2004/chara.html|title=''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' Characters|date=May 6, 2015}}</ref>
| gx04_deck            =
* Paleozoic Dragon
* Mesozoic Dragon
* Cenozoic Dragon
* Fossil Hunter
* Magnet Warrior
| ja_voice             = {{voice actors|ja|Naoya Iwahashi}}
| en_voice             = {{voice actors|en|Erik Singer}}
}}

'''James "Jim" Crocodile Cook''' is a student hailing from [[South Academy]] who enters [[Duel Academy]] in the third year. Well-versed in earth science and Dueling, Jim serves as an ally to Jaden Yuki and the others.

In the manga, [[Atticus Rhodes]] revealed Jim's full name as "James Crocodile Cook" (ジェームス・クロコダイル・クック). In this version, James is possessed by [[Tragoedia (character)|Tragoedia]] and serves as an antagonist.

==Biography==
Jim is an expert geologist and paleontologist, having taken part in an excavation of a Tyrannosaurus in the past and has a crocodile named [[Shirley]], initially believed to be a fake by [[Vellian Crowler]] and [[Jean-Louis Bonaparte]], who he carries around in a specially made backpack wherever he goes. Jim regards Shirley as "family" and does not consider her to be a pet. He places great trust into Shirley and often uses her as a judge of good character, which started his friendship with [[Jaden Yuki]]. Jim wields a Duel Disk in the shape of a boomerang.

[[File:Young Jim.jpg|thumb|left|Young Jim.]]
After saving Shirley from an animal trap, Jim injures his right eye. After regaining consciousness, he is imbued with the [[Eye of Orichalcum]] by a man who was touched by Jim's devotion to Shirley. The man who gave it to Jim told him it was supposed to have incredible powers when in the presence of a special comet. Afterward Jim kept his right eye bandaged.

<div style="float:right;">[[File:JimCrocodileCookFull.png|thumb|right|Full body view of Jim]]</div>
During the Duel between [[Jaden Yuki|Jaden]] and [[Axel Brodie]], Shirley began acting strangely due to electromagnetic waves coming from within the jungle. Meeting up with Jaden and his friends after Shirley inadvertently attacks [[Tyranno Hassleberry]] the next day, he and the group venture deep into the woods to investigate. Seeing another opportunity to claim Duel Energy, [[Thelonious Viper]] reactivates the signals, causing [[Hassleberry]] to act wildly and face Jim in a [[Survival Duel]]. Hassleberry quickly regains his senses and lashes out at Jim for disturbing his dinosaur monsters but is eventually defeated.

[[File:Jim's Eye of Orichalcum.jpg|thumb||left|Jim using the [[Eye of Orichalcum]]]]
After Viper's defeat, Jim is one of the few students that aren't turned into [[Duel Ghoul]]s when the academy is transported into a desert. Jim accompanies Jaden and co. to an alternate dimension and assists them in defending Duel Academy from the [[Duel Ghouls]]. After their journey into a third alternate world, Axel and Jim face Jaden, who has turned evil and begun calling himself "[[The Supreme King]]". Jim Duels him in a desperate attempt to bring back his friend from the dark side, using his Orichalcum Eye to see into his heart, where it is revealed that he was depressed over the Duelist's burden that he does not have but needs, according to previous Duelists he has fought, and over the fact that he feels he needs to be evil in order to fight evil. Despite his discovery and attempts to free Jaden, Jim loses and both he and Shirley disappear, leaving the Eye of Orichalcum to fall into Axel's hands.

Although Jim disappeared he used the [[Eye of Orichalcum]] to communicate with Axel, helping him to regain courage and to defeat The Supreme King's power over Jaden. He is later discovered to be alive and held prisoner with everyone else who was defeated in a Duel (or "sent to the stars"), in the [[Duel Monsters Spirit World|Duel Spirit World]] in an alternate dimension by [[Yubel (character)|Yubel]] and subsequently returns to his academy in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 157|episode 157]].

==Voice and mannerisms==
In the Japanese version, he speaks frequently in English and gives nicknames to his companions such as "Dino Boy" and "Tomorrow Girl" for [[Tyranno Hassleberry|Hassleberry]] and [[Alexis Rhodes|Alexis]], respectively. He has a habit saying "What" in English when he is surprised. In the English dub, Jim has a stereotypical Australian accent, Jaden even makes a comment about, much to Jim's dismay.

Jim's name is based on Captain [[wikipedia:James Cook|James Cook]], the English explorer who was the first European to discover the east coast of Australia and Hawaii, the first to record circumnavigation, and mapped out Newfoundland and New Zealand. Jim is also one of the few characters who retains their original name in the dub.

Jim's character is loosely based on the late Australian wildlife expert [[wikipedia:Steve Irwin|Steve Irwin]], as evidenced from his attitude and sense of humour.

In the manga, Jim is a lot more malicious than his anime counterpart, favouring use of the [[Shadow Game]]s.

==Other appearances==
In the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (manga)|''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' manga]], Jim is one of several Duelists controlled by [[Tragoedia (character)|Tragoedia]].

<gallery>
Tragojim.jpg           | [[Jim Crocodile Cook (manga)]]
Jim-TFSP.png           | [[Jim Crocodile Cook (Tag Force)|Jim Crocodile Cook (''Tag Force'')]]
JimCrocodileCookMD.png | [[Jim Crocodile Cook (Legacy of the Duelist)|Jim Crocodile Cook (''Legacy of the Duelist'')]]
JimCrocodileCookMD.png | [[Jim Crocodile Cook (Millennium Duels)|Jim Crocodile Cook (''Millennium Duels'')]]
</gallery>

==Deck==
Jim plays a '''"[[Fossil]]" Deck'''. His strategy relies heavily on the use of "[[Fossil Fusion (anime)|Fossil Fusion]]" to [[banish|remove from play]] the [[monster]]s in both his own and his opponent's [[Graveyard]]s to Summon creatures of varying strengths dependent on the [[Level]]s and [[Type]]s of the [[Fusion Material Monster]]s used for the merger. The monsters created by "Fossil Fusion" follow "reverse evolution" through the Cenozoic, Mesozoic, and Paleozoic eras; the more ancient the monster, the more powerful it is.

{{Decklist|Fossil Deck
|effect monsters =
* [[Flint Cragger (anime)|Flint Cragger]]
* [[Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo (anime)|Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo]]
* [[Gaia Plate the Earth Giant (anime)|Gaia Plate the Earth Giant]]
* [[Sample Fossil]]
* [[Shell Knight (anime)|Shell Knight]]
* [[Uluru's Guardian]]
* [[Weathering Soldier (anime)|Weathering Soldier]]
|fusion monsters =
* [[Fossil Dragon Skullgar (anime)|Fossil Dragon Skullgar]]
* [[Fossil Dragon Skullgios (anime)|Fossil Dragon Skullgios]]
* [[Fossil Machine Skull Buggy (anime)|Fossil Machine Skull Buggy]]<ref group=Notes name=travel>This card is used to travel through [[Duel Monsters Spirit World]] in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 138|episode 138]].</ref>
* [[Fossil Machine Skull Convoy (anime)|Fossil Machine Skull Convoy]]
* [[Fossil Machine Skull Wagon (anime)|Fossil Machine Skull Wagon]]
* [[Fossil Warrior Skull Bone (anime)|Fossil Warrior Skull Bone]]
* [[Fossil Warrior Skull King (anime)|Fossil Warrior Skull King]]
* [[Fossil Warrior Skull Knight (anime)|Fossil Warrior Skull Knight]]
|spells =
* [[Dowsing Burn]]
* [[Fossil Fusion (anime)|Fossil Fusion]] x2
* [[Fossil Hammer]]
* [[Half Life]]
* [[Miracle Rupture (anime)|Miracle Rupture]]
* [[Pot of Avarice (anime)|Pot of Avarice]]<ref group=Notes name=hand>This card is seen in his [[hand]] in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 110|episode 110]].</ref>
* [[Sacred Defense Barrier (anime)|Sacred Defense Barrier]]
* [[Specimen Inspection (anime)|Specimen Inspection]]
* [[Time Stream (anime)|Time Stream]] x2
|traps =
* [[Call of the Haunted (later anime)|Call of the Haunted]]<ref group=Notes name=fd>This card is [[Set]] in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 110|episode 110]], but is [[destroy]]ed via the [[effect]] of [[Tyranno Hassleberry|Hassleberry]]'s "[[Volcanic Eruption (anime)|Volcanic Eruption]]".</ref>
* [[Sakuretsu Armor (anime)|Sakuretsu Armor]]
* [[Uluru the Guardian Spirit]]
}}

==Duels==
{| class="wikitable card-list"
|-
! scope="col" | Opponent(s)
! scope="col" | Episode(s)
! scope="col" | Outcome
|-
| [[Tyranno Hassleberry]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 110|110]] || Win
|-
| [[Duel Ghouls]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 123|123]] || Win
|-
| [[Three Masked Knights#Anger Mask|Anger Mask/Teraoka]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 124|124]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 125|125]] || Win
|-
| [[Duel Ghouls]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 129|129]] || [[DRAW]]
|-
| [[Battle Footballer (character)|Battle Footballer]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 138|138]] || Win
|-
| [[Kozaky (character)|Kozaky]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 138|138]] || Win
|-
| [[The Supreme King]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 139|139]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 140|140]] || Lose
|}

==References==
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==Notes==
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{{Jim Crocodile Cook pages}}
{{Characters/GX/Anime}}

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 | [[Tyranno Hassleberry]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 110|110]] || Win
 |-
-| [[Duel Ghoul]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 123|123]] || Not shown
+| [[Duel Ghouls]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 123|123]] || Win
-|-
-| [[Duel Ghoul]]s || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 123|123]] || Not shown
 |-
 | [[Three Masked Knights#Anger Mask|Anger Mask/Teraoka]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 124|124]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 125|125]] || Win
 |-
-| [[Duel Ghoul]]s || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 129|129]] || Not shown
+| [[Duel Ghouls]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 129|129]] || [[DRAW]]
-|-
-| [[Syrus Truesdale]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 129|129]] || Draw
-|-
-| [[Chazz Princeton]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 129|129]] || Draw
-|-
-| [[Vellian Crowler]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 129|129]] || Draw
-|-
-| [[Jean-Louis Bonaparte]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 129|129]] || Draw
-|-
-| [[Duel Ghoul]]s || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 129|129]] || Draw
 |-
 | [[Battle Footballer (character)|Battle Footballer]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 138|138]] || Win