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Based on a [[Disney Theme Parks|theme park ride]] -- a course initially considered dubious both by filmgoersfilm-goers and by fans ''[[Cult Classic|of the ride]]'' -- ''The Curse Ofof Thethe Black Pearl'' was a swashbuckling film which returned [[Pirate|pirates]] to the big screen. After its spectacular success, sequels were made.

''The Curse Ofof Thethe Black Pearl'' begins when [[Straight Man|Will Turner]], the sole survivor of a shipwreck, is found by a ship carrying his future love interest, [[The Governors Daughter|Elizabeth]], who takes a [[Plot Coupon|medallion]] from him. Eight years later, Will is a [[The Blacksmith|blacksmith]] in Port Royal. The pirate captain, [[Loveable Rogue|Jack Sparrow]], arrives in a crowning entrance high on the mast of a sinking... dinghy, only to be arrested after a fateful run-in with Will and Elizabeth. That night, the town is [[Rape, Pillage and Burn|attacked by more pirates]], but Elizabeth persuades them to call off the attack in exchange for the medallion.

The pirates, led by [[Anti-Villain|Captain Barbossa]], sail off with Elizabeth and tell her the [[Backstory]]. They have been [[ThePromethean Punishment|cursed]] for stealing [[Mayincatec|Aztec gold]], doomed to forever exist as undead creatures who can not gain satisfaction from eating, drinking, or even the simple pleasure of a warm breeze; even the final peace of death is denied to them. Now they must [[Gotta Catch Them All|collect all the coins]] and return them, along with [[The Power of Blood|blood from each pirate]]. Since Will turns out to be the son of their missing crewmember, this means they [[Magic A Is Magic A|need his blood]].

Plans for a fifth and sixth film, possibly filmed back-to-back, are currently{{when}} being considered. With certain actors, Depp included, being told to set aside a decent amount of time in the near future, more sequels seem certain.

** In the first movie, after tossing their cannonballs and excess weight overboard in an attempt to lighten the ship and evade the Black Pearl in shallower waters, Will orders the Interceptor's crew to load their cannons with "everything ... anything we have left". This is known as "langridge", a [[Truth in Television|real combat tactic]] utilizing whatever nails, screws, chunks of wood, broken glass, and other useless bits are left over after fixing and maintaining a ship. Mister Gibbs even uses the term. (Usually it's what you did when you wanted to take out the other guys but keep their ship). Ammunition specially designed to do this is called "grape shot", and consists of many, many tiny iron balls.

** First film: 17th-century curled wigs, 18th-century panniered skirts, 19th-century teacups and, strangely, the young Elizabeth saying "okay"!<ref> "Okay" is older than many people think -- there are arguably recorded uses as early as 1790 -- but that's still fifty years after the film is set.</ref> Oh, and [[Doomed Hometown|Port Royal was destroyed in an earthquake]] in 1692 (and subsequently rebuilt, but not as the bustling metropolis seen in the movies). And it wasn't a clean, proper little English town. (Aa deleted scene reveals their Port Royal is only civilized from the sheltered, upper-class perspective.).

*** The whole series, given the presence of cursed pirates, undead, and other mysticism, smacks of [[Alternate Universe]] / [[Alternate History]].

** "A touch... of destiny."

** "... [[The Long List|arson; kidnapping; perjury; piracy; pilfering; depravity, general lawlessness ... impersonating an officer of the Royal navy; impersonating a cleric of the Church of England]]..."

* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Captain Jack Sparrow.

* [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]]: Nearly every major character in the series has been killed at some point. But {{spoiler|Barbossa, Jack, and Will are the ones who get to come back from their deaths}}. See [[Killed Off for Real]] below for the ones that didn't.

** In ''On Stranger Tides'', when {{spoiler|Captain Teague}} shoots {{spoiler|the redcoat}} who had cornered {{spoiler|Jack.}}.

** Also in the fourth movie, {{spoiler|Barbossa}}'s entire convoluted plan counts: In order to {{spoiler|get his revenge on Blackbeard for sinking the ''Pearl'', he joins up with the King's navy as a privateer, uses his well-trained crew and the King's considerable resources to travel to the Fountain of Youth, then takes his revenge on Blackbeard, claims Blackbeard's ship and crew, and uses them to return to piracy.}}.

** Jack's {{spoiler|[[Poisoned Chalice Switcheroo]] at the end of ''On Stranger Tides''.}}.

'''Barbossa:''' I'M A LITTLE BUSY AT THE MOMENT! }}

** Jack and Angelica in the fourth film. {{spoiler|It doesn't end well.}}.

* [[Battle-Interrupting Shout]]: Frequently. For instance, in ''On Stranger Tides'', he halts a row between Blackbeard's and Barbossa's crews to point out that none of them have any real quarrel with one another even if their leaders do. This sways exactly one pirate, while everyone else goes back to fighting.

** {{spoiler|Bootstrap}} seeing {{spoiler|Will get stabbed by Davy Jones. [[The Dog Bites Back|He then proceeds to tackle]] Jones in a flying rage, allowing Captain Jack and Will to stab Davy's heart.}}.

** In the fourth film, Jack lunges for Barbossa's throat and has to be restrained when he learns that {{spoiler|the ''Black Pearl'' has sunk while Barbossa was its captain.}}.

** In ''On Stranger Tides'', the fateful kiss, at the end, between {{spoiler|Philip and Syrena.}}.

** Done in ''On Stranger Tides'' by the Spanish navy {{spoiler|with the intention to ''destroy'' the Fountain of Youth.}}.

* [[Big Scary Black Man]]: Captain Barbossa's Bo'sun in ''Curse Ofof Thethe Black Pearl''- he's even got ritual scars and terrible teeth. Also, one of Blackbeard's zombie officers in ''On Stranger Tides''.

** {{spoiler|Barbossa gets the ''Pearl'' back at the end of the third movie, as Jack sails off in a dinghy.}}.

** Even more applicable to what {{spoiler|Elizabeth's ''son'' is singing in the third film's Stinger, as he's about the same age his mom was at the start.}}.

** In the first film, it's mentioned that Jack was marooned on a remote island by Barbossa with only a pistol with a single shot. In the fourth film, Jack does the exact same thing to {{spoiler|Angelica.}}.

* [[Breakout Character]]: Jack Sparrow. <ref>"'''''Captain''''' Jack Sparrow.</ref> And ''how''. In the original film, Will is the supposed to be the star (he's [[The Hero]] of the [[HerosHero's Journey]]) and continues to be the access character throughout the next two, but Jack not only stole the show, he made off with the franchise! (''Pirate''.) They even added him (or at least animatronic duplicates) to the original Disneyland/ Disneyworld ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' rides.

** In the beginning first film, Will Turner is working on a sword to present to the governor, who remarks on its unique quality. In the third film, {{spoiler|James Norrington stabs Davy Jones with the same weapon, who then calmly removes it and remarks, "mmm... nice sword." Later, Davy Jones uses the exact same sword to stab its creator, Will Turner.}}.

** {{spoiler|Former}} Commodore Norrington introduces his story to Gibbs in ''Dead Man's Chest'' as "Same as you, just a chapter behind." At the end of the scene, once he's been knocked out by Man!Elizabeth, he's heaved into the pigsty, where Gibbs woke up at the end of [[Cot''Curse BP]]of the Black Pearl'', making him truly just a chapter behind Gibbs.

** First film: Elizabeth says she's Elizabeth Turner, to keep the pirates from kidnapping the governor's daughter. They happen to be looking for Bootstrap Turner's child. {{spoiler|The last thing Barbossa says to her in the third film is "Miss Turner", seeing as she's married Will.}}.

** ''On Stranger Tides'' is filled with these to the first movie, in different subtle sorts of ways that you have to have an eagle eye to spot.

*** Jack {{spoiler|gives his compass to Mr. Gibbs}} telling him it will lead him to freedom. In the first movie, Jack tells Elizabeth that what the Black Pearl really is is freedom. Cut to the end of ''On Stranger Tides'' and {{spoiler|Mr Gibbs is sitting on a beach with the Black Pearl in a bottle, waiting for Jack.}}.

*** Likewise, the [[Sequel Hook]] at the end of the film is a [[Call Back]] to the various accounts of Barbossa's mutiny prior to ''Curse Ofof Thethe Black Pearl''.

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Many ''[[Monkey Island]]'' fans believe that Barbossa in the first film and Davy Jones in the sequels are ersatzen of LeChuck, Tia Dalma is the Voodoo Lady, and Will Turner may also derive from Guybrush Threepwood, regardless of whether anyone involved in the films has [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|ever known anything]] about ''Monkey Island''. (It has been [https://web.archive.org/web/20121016064714/http://www.worldofmi.com/comments.php?type=news&id=1259&action=read reported] that Ted Elliott worked on a proposed ''Monkey Island'' film some time before becoming co-writer of the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' series). It's also worth noting that ''Monkey Island'' derived inspiration from both the original ''Pirates of the Caribbean' ride, and the original ''On Stranger Tides'' novel.

* [[The Cat Came Back]] / [[Clingy MacGuffin]]: Norrington's sword returns to its rightful owner.

** Davy Jones: "Do you fear death?" (Therethere's a much longer poetic verse after it that he doesn't use after the first time.).

** Most of Blackbeard's crew when they attempt a mutiny in OST''On Stranger Tides''.

** The knife Bootstrap Bill gives to will is the same one that {{spoiler|Will uses to kill Davy Jones.}}.

** Jack actually proposes that {{spoiler|Barbossa and Blackbeard}} do this while the pirates and troops stand back and lay bets, in the fourth film. {{spoiler|The suggestion doesn't go down so well.}}.

'''Jack:''' Pirate. }}

** Astonishingly, also Commodore Norrington, to some extent. He kicked Will in the chest, kicked sand in Will's face and tripped Jack {{spoiler|during the fight over the key.}}.

** Blackbeard's sword, which {{spoiler|controls the rigging of the ''Queen Anne's Revenge'', and can apparently control the rigging of other ships as well. It also controlled the wind when pointed, as shown at the end when Barbossa lets down the sails with it, then throws the boat forward by the wind, catching everyone off guard, including Barbossa. Before duellingdueling Blackbeard he claims the sword is nothing to fear away from the ''Revenge''}}.

** In the second movie, someone even states "you don't need everyone, six would do"."

** Jack in the third film, right after he's shoved into Beckett's cabin. (Wewe don't actually see the cuffs before removal, but since he's a prisoner it's strongly implied he had 'em.).

** In the second film, Jack is revealed to have made one with Davy Jones to float the Black Pearl earlier. "You owe me a ''soul'', and its time to pay up."

** In the third film, it's kinda hard to tell who's supposed to be the devil and who the mortal sucker.

** In the first movie, Jack delivered a formidable one when he {{spoiler|shot and killed Barbossa}}. It's all the more effective since, up 'til that moment, the generally-cheerful pirate hadn't sported any expressions [https://web.archive.org/web/20111217184949/http://www.deppimpact.com/gallery/albums/caps_pirates/pirates1096.JPG remotely like it.]

** {{spoiler|Jack (who was retrieved from Davy Jones' Locker)}}.

** {{spoiler|Will (who was made captain of the Flying Dutchman after being killed by and then killing Jones)}}.

** {{spoiler|Bootstrap (who was sent to the bottom of the ocean while undead)}}.

** {{spoiler|Barbossa (whom Tia Dalma resurrected)}}.

'''Jack:''' No. ''You'' want you to find this. Because the finding of this finds you incapacitorially finding and/or locating in your discovering the detecting of a way to save your dolly belle ol' what's-her-face. Savvy? }}

*** And then the [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|chose... poorly.}}.

** In ''Curse of Thethe Black Pearl'', Will and then Norrington both end up having to make deals with Jack (who they hate) to track down Barbossa, and Barbossa makes a deal with Jack (he hates Jack, too) after finding out Norrington is waiting off shore to ambush them.

**** Also #2: Jack cooks up a plan with Will, who had betrayed Jack to Beckett earlier, because Will wants to stab Jones' heart to free Bootstrap and Jack wants to stab Jones' heart {{spoiler|and become immortal.}}.

** Philip and Syrena in the fourth film.

*** Where we find Jack, believed to be a god by island natives who attempt to release him from his human form. {{spoiler|Tia Dalma is later revealed to be the sea goddess Calypso, and released from her human form.}}.

** Evidently, Jack also forgave Elizabeth for {{spoiler|abandoning him to be eaten by the Kraken. He could easily have treated her the same when the ''Flying Dutchman'' started to flounder; instead he unhesitatingly rescued her.}}.

** The last love scene between Syrena and Philip has him asking her forgiveness for {{spoiler|him getting her captured.}}.

* [[Fountain of Youth]]: The [[Trope Maker|original]] Fountain of Youth, purportedly discovered by Ponce de León, is mentioned as a [[Sequel Hook]] at the end of the third movie, and is a central plot elemental of the fourth. {{spoiler|Unlike most depictions, its use involves [[Human Sacrifice]].}}.

* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: Jack = Sanguine; Will = Choleric; Barbossa = Melancholic; Elizabeth = Phlegmatic. Although a case could be made that Will and Elizabeth [[Character Arc|switch places]] in the end -- [[Elemental Powers|conveniently]] in Will's case, given his change of profession in the end: from one associated [[The Blacksmith|with fire]] (Choleric) [[Flying Dutchman|to water]] (Phlegmatic). And Elizabeth's corresponding [[Took a Level Inin Badass|change]] of profession ([[She Is the King|more Choleric]] to say the least).

* [[A Friend in Need]]: Jack, when it really matters. {{spoiler|He sacrificed his chance at immortality to save Will's life. And then he does it ''again'' to save Angelica.}}.

** Earlier in ''On Stranger Tides'', Jack Sparrow attempts to take a map from the hands of [[wikipedia:Juan Ponce de Le%C3%B3n|Juan Ponce de León's]] corpse, curious as to why the Spaniards didn't take it for themselves, Barbossa stops him as it appears Juan isn't [[Skeleton Crew|quite dead]].

** When Jack is brought to the palace in ''On Stranger Tides'', George II and his guards consider it perfectly safe to unchain him, since there's [[Tempting Fate|no way he could possibly escape]]. When Barbossa - who knows Jack rather better - arrives, he immediately asks why Jack isn't in chains, only to have his objection dismissed. Naturally, {{spoiler|Jack pulls off a characteristically implausible escape moments later}}.

** "You took advantage of our hospitality last time, it holds fair now you return the favourfavor", and Barbossa tosses Elizabeth to his men who begin pawing at her.

** Also in the fourth film:

'''Angelica:'''How is it we can never meet without you pointing something at me? }}

** We also get this exchange from ''Curse of the Black Pearl'', after Annamaria joins their crew. Note that both Will ''and'' Gibbs take a few seconds to reflect upon Jack's viewpoint, as well. (Notnot really, this is just part of a [[Running Gag]] throughout the film of other characters straining to see whatever Jack sees when he stares randomly off into the middle distance during some form of pronouncement.).

'''Jack:''' It'd be far worse not to have her. }}

'''Jack''': It's my front I'm worried about. }}

'''Jack:''' Mistook it for a brothel. Honest mistake. }}

** Since the movies revolve around pirates, there isn't much of this flavor, but if you pay attention, the movies include a surprisingly great amount of [[Pimped-Out Dress|pimped out dresses]]. Elizabeth is guilty of this in the first two movies, before she [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]. And while we're on the subject, Norrington's uniform got pimped when he got promoted to admiral between the second and third movies.

** In ''Dead Man's Chest'', Jack freefallsfree-falls what looks like several hundred feet down a canyon and lands little more than dazed at the bottom. We're expected to believe that falling through a few flimsy rope bridges on the way down slowed him up enough.

* [[Grin of Audacity]]: "Now ''bring'' me that horizon!". ''Captain'' Jack Sparrow is very excited {{spoiler|he got his ship back}}. Of course there's a lot more of those throughout the trilogy: it's a swasbuckingswashbuckling action show about ''pirates'', what did you ''expect?''

* [[Ham-to-Ham Combat]]: Any time any of the following are onscreen at the same time: Barbossa, Jack Sparrow, Captain Teague, Davy Jones, Elizabeth (in the third movie), Angelica and Blackbeard (in the fourth movie).

** Jack claimed to escape the island Barbosas marooned him on by creating a raft made of sea turtles {{spoiler|he actually bartered his way onto a smuggler's vessel with someone else's rum cache.}}.

** When Will arivesarrives on the island where Davy Jones stashed his heart and Jack asked how he got there, he replied, " Sea Turtles! I strapped a pair of them to my feet!" {{spoiler|He was hiding on the Flying Dutchman.}}.

** Pintel and Ragetti (the paired comic relief pirates).

** Barbossa.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Both played straight and subverted: {{spoiler|Norrington as a straight example in the third film and Jack as a subversion in the second (as Elizabeth rightly doubts his courage and "helps him" act appropriately).}}.

** Tia Dalma.

** {{spoiler|Blackbeard}}.

** In the second movie, Elizabeth {{spoiler|lures Jack into kissing her}}, but this is to allow {{spoiler|her plans of chaining Jack against a nearby mast, so the Kraken kills only him, and not all the crew.}}.

** In the fourth film's London [[Chase Scene]], Jack takes cover inside [[Judi Dench|a wealthy older lady]]'s carriage, and immediately leans over to smooch her behind the ear before resuming his escape. She's apparently not displeased by this event... until she realizes that {{spoiler|he's just fled with her jewelledjeweled earring in his mouth!}}!

'''Gibbs:''' ''Reason's'' got nothin' to do with it. }}

'''Jack:''' You know, for all that pirates are clever clogs, we are a terribly unimaginative lot when it comes to naming things. }}

** In the fourth film, Jack knocks down several Spanish soldiers, while armed only with {{spoiler|a coconut on the end of a rope.}}.

** In ''On Stranger Tides'', {{spoiler|from Barbossa's account of the ''Pearl's'' capture, the audience can assume that Jack, Barbossa, Gibbs, and [[We Named the Monkey "Jack"|Jack the Monkey]] are the only survivors left of the ''Pearl's'' crew. Granted, Jack the Monkey was alive aboard the bottled ''Pearl'', but he's immortal anyway.}}.

*** {{spoiler|We also see Cotton's Parrot, which might mean that the rest of the crew is still alive on it. Or that the parrot survived on its own.}}.

** In DMC''Dead Man's Chest'', Jack, Will and Norrington's three-way swordfightsword-fight on Isla Cruces, which moves from beach to bell-tower to runaway mill-wheel.

** In AWE''At World's End'', Jack and Davy Jones' battle in the rigging.

** In OST''On Stranger Tides'', Jack fighting a duplicate of himself, {{spoiler|which turns out to be Angelica in disguise.}}.

'''Tia Dalma:''' Then it helps. }}

* [[Karma Houdini]]: Barbossa in the fourth movie. Not so much in the first movie.

** Cutler Beckett earns the ignominious honor of being the first Disney villain {{spoiler|to kill a ''child'', '''onscreen'''. In the first scene of the third movie, no less.}}.

** There's another example from Beckett later. To ensure Jones's loyalty (and to make sure he wouldn't turn against them), Beckett forced and ordered him {{spoiler|to kill The Kraken. Judging from his reaction, Jones was quite attached to the giant ship-eating monster, with Beckett even referring to it as his "pet".}}.

** Blackbeard. {{spoiler|[[Large Ham|Gleefully so]]. [[Subverted]] when he appears to kill Philip, but only uses poison to knock him out. Said subversion is the [[Justified]] by his using Philip to get Syrena's [[Chekhov's Gun|tear]].}}.

** Barbossa in the fourth film. {{spoiler|When his ship and crew are being swarmed by mermaids, he refuses to help or even ''recognize'' their plight, passing it off as "seagulls nesting" when the officers point out their crew's screams of terror. Admittedly, it's not like he could have actually saved them, but it was still pretty cold.}}.

* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|Norrington, Beckett, Governor Swann, Sao Feng, Davy Jones, and the poor Kraken. Debatable whether or not Tia Dalma fits the bill. Many assume that Tia Dalma was killed, but that Calypso ascended. And now Blackbeard. Although you can never know with him.}}.

* [[Knight, Knave, and Squire]]: In the first movie, Jack is the Knave, Will is the Knight and Elizabeth is the Squire. A defining moment of both Jack and Will's characters is during the sword fight between the two. By the second movie, the dynamic is more or less dropped and they all become Knaves, especially in the third movie.

* [[Lodged Blade Reveal]]: In the first movie, Barbosa does this with the knife Elizabeth used on him. Also doubles as [[The Reveal]] of the Black Pearl's curse. He then does this again at the end of the movie. {{spoiler|This is [[The Reveal]] for the fact that ''Jack'' is now cursed.}}.

** In a slightly roundabout way; it's pretty much a given that Will's love for Elizabeth is what leads him to accept his new duties of ferrying the souls of the dead on the ''Flying Dutchman''. This frees the crew from the corruption that Jones had caused with his actions and they also seem to lose their mindless bloodlustblood-lust.

* [[Madness Mantra]]: "Part of the ship, part of the crew." Repeated by Davy Jones' crew near the end of the third film {{spoiler|and, earlier, by Bill Turner when he fully joined Jones' crew.}}.

* [[The Magic Goes Away]]: [[Zig-Zagging Trope|Zig-ZaggedZigzagged]] across the series:

** Further invoked by Beckett in ''At World's End'' as he doesn't bat an eye to anything on the Flying Dutchman and forces Davy Jones to dispose of the Kraken. [[Defied]] by the pirates, who {{spoiler|release Calypso specifically so expansion and progress by man across the seas will be more difficult.}}.

** In ''On Stranger Tides'', defied by Blackbeard, but invoked by the {{spoiler|Spanish, whose actual goal is to destroy the Fountain of Youth, not use it.}}.

* [[Meaningful Echo]]: "You are different. Are you not?" Said first by Syrena to Philip when she explains why {{spoiler|she saved him during the mermaid attack}}; later said by Philip to Syrena when he explains {{spoiler|why he came to save her after Blackbeard had tied her up in an attempt to get one of her tears.}}.

** Syrena is Greek for [[wikipedia:Siren|"siren"]] and, in the movie, is pronounced as the Spanish word for mermaid, "sirena." (Couldcould count as a [[Bilingual Bonus]]).

** After rescuing Jack in ''At World's End'', the crew quickly devolves into one of these over who gets the Pearl and who gets the map. Just about every main character starts pointing a pair of pistols at different characters, [[Those Two Guys|Pintel and Ragetti]] join in because everyone else is, and pistols change targets about a dozen times over the course of the standoff. Then finally, someone fires... {{spoiler|only for it to fail. Cue everyone pulling their triggers and failing. Turns out that all the guns had gotten waterlogged after the fall off the [[Inevitable Waterfall]]. That defuses the situation pretty quickly.}}.

** Jack, Angelica, and Scrum over the {{spoiler|mermaid's tear.}}.

** My the waterfalls and mountains of the Florida Everglades are beautiful. Here's what the place [http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/florida/images/s/florida-everglades.jpg really] [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2297266934_ef2b86f983.jpg looks] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130613142319/http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/SouthFlorida/images/everglades.JPG like].

* [[Mythology Gag]]: When Jack and Barbossa find Ponce, he's a skeleton lying on a bed surrounded by treasure examining a jewel with a magnifying glass, reminiscent of the {{spoiler|Captain's Quarters in the introduction segment of the original ride.}}.

''(Jack leans his head back, smirking from ear to ear)'' }}

** Just what sort of run-in are Beckett and Jack referring to, when they talk about "each leaving his mark on the other"? We do know how Beckett marked Jack; Cutler made the above statement whilst displaying the metal 'P' he used to brand Jack as a pirate. Sparrow's mark on Beckett, however, was never explained- the look on Beckett's face when Will asked about it suggests it's a touchy subject. (Seesee the WMG list for a couple fan theories.).

** Jack has a conspicuous new scar in OST''On Stranger Tides''; [[X Marks the Hero|a small red X on his right cheekbone.]] Such a distinct shape suggests a deliberate infliction, but no explanation is given for it.

** Port Royal.

** Tortuga.

** Shipwreck Cove.

'''Elizabeth:''' '''''HARD TO STARBOARD!!''''' }}

** Blackbeard upon being told {{spoiler|he drank from the wrong chalice.}}.

** Towards the end of the first movie, when Jack {{spoiler|shoots Barbossa}} and Barbossa thinks that {{spoiler|Jack wasted his shot}}. Clever viewers can tell from Jack's cold, steely glare that this is not the case; it's the one time in the entire movie that he's not doing something eccentric.

'''Will:''' ''At the moment?'' }}

* [[Outlaw Town]]: Shipwreck and Dry Tortugas.

* [[The Plan]]:

** Elizabeth ends up in a few in the first couple films, given her position. (Whatwhat a shame that so many of those pretty frocks met untimely ends.).

* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]: ''Inverted''. Elizabeth gets into all sorts of trouble throughout the trilogy for forgetting that most of the people she hangs out with (a) are not particularly nice, (b) want to get paid, and (c) have no interest in fighting or dying in a noble fashion because of (a) &and (b).

** Barbossa is killed, but by the next movie is [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]].

* [[Polly Wants a Microphone]]: Mr. Cotton's pet parrot (actually a macaw) doesn't just talk; it speaks on behalf of its owner. See [[Voice for The Voiceless]] below.

** Port Royal.

** Tortuga.

** Barbossa himself does it walking to {{spoiler|his new ship, ''Queen Anne's Revenge''.}}. With a peg leg to boot!

** Barbossa becomes one in ''On Stranger Tides'', after {{spoiler|encountering Blackbeard, who deprives him of both the ''Black Pearl'' and his leg. He "sold out" to the Crown only to get a chance to make even with his nemesis, and he tears his letter of marque at the end.}}.

'''Barbossa:''' No, what ''AAAHHRRR'' you doing!? }}

** The first film contains numerous highly specific Shout Outsshout-outs to [[The Theme Park Version|the theme park ride]] on which the film is loosely based.

** In AWE''At World's End'', one of the Boats Of Deceased Souls contains two identical, stoic-faced little girls- rather reminiscent of the [[Creepy Twins]] in ''[[The Shining]]''.

** In the fourth film, Blackbeard remarks on how he has to [[You Have Failed Me...|shoot one of his own crew]] every so often, so they don't forget who he is. This line is a direct reference to the [[Tim Powers]] ''[[On Stranger Tides]]'' novel, in which Blackbeard justified shooting Isreal Hands (a [[Real Life]] crew member) in the knee this way.

** In a scene in ''On Stranger Tides'', Jack and Angelica threaten each other with [[Peter Pan|meat hooks.]]

** In ''On Stranger Tides'', {{spoiler|when [[Our Mermaids Are Different|Syrena]]'s glass coffin breaks, she is forced to walk on land. Her tail changes to legs, and every step causes her agonizing pain. These details are obviously borrowed from [[The Little Mermaid|Andersen's fairy tale]].}}.

** The scene in ''On Stranger Tides'' where Jack blows up the lighthouse is very similar to Ezio's destruction of Borgia towers in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''.

** The climax of ''On Stranger Tides'' evokes recollection of a dilemma from [[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade|another adventure film.]]

'''Jack:''' No survivors? Then where do the stories come from, I wonder? }}

* [[Slash Fic]]: At one point the number of hits on Google for "Sparrabeth", "Willabeth", and "Norrabeth" combined were less than the number of hits for [[Foe Yay|"Sparrington"]]. You may now go [[Brain Bleach|bleach your brain]].

* [[Spinoff Babies]]: Disney has been publishing a line of pre-teenpreteen-orientated novels about Jack's teenage years since 2006.

* [[Summer Blockbuster]]: The whole franchise, with the 2ndsecond and 4thfourth becoming two of only a handful of films to cross the Billion-dollar mark, making this franchise the first to have more than one movie to have earned a Billion worldwide.

* [[Talking Your Way Out]]: What ''can't'' Jack bribe, negotiate, trick or otherwise "parley" his way out of? Thanks to Elizabeth, {{spoiler|a kraken's lunch menu, apparently.}}.

** Beckett has a brilliantly-executed villainous BSOD in the third movie, walking down from the quarterdeck in slow motion while his ship is being shot to pieces around him, saying his [[Catch Phrase]]: "It's just... good business..."

** {{spoiler|Blackbeard when Jack reveals that he gave the the chalice with the mermaid's tear to Angelica instead of him.}}.

** And in the third movie, Davy Jones' Locker is filled with crustaceans that normally appear as stones, or in other words, "Rock Crabs".

* [[Weapon Stomp]]: In ''Dead Man's Chest'', {{spoiler|Elizabeth goes for the rifle, only for Jack to stomp on it. He then kicks it up so he could be the one to fire it.}}. Norrington also did this with one of Davy Jones' [[Mooks]].

** A rare example of a ''closing'' Wham Line: {{spoiler|"So tell me, what's become of my ship?"}}

** {{spoiler|When called upon to cast his vote for the Pirate King, after all the others have voted for themselves, as expected, Jack hesitates for a moment and answers: "Elizabeth Swann.". Elizabeth is shocked, and the other Pirate Lords are not very happy with Jack.}}.

** {{spoiler|'''Elizabeth''': (''after kissing Jack'') "It's you ''(the Kraken)'' wants, don't you see?" She then proceeds to chain him to ship so he can't run away.}}.

** From ''Curse Ofof Thethe Black Pearl'': "You'd best start believin' in ghost stories, Miss Turner. Yer ''in'' one!

** In the fourth film, {{spoiler|it turns out that Blackbeard is the '''only''' character who honestly wants the Fountain's promised immortality for himself. Angelica wants it to prolong her time with her father; the Spanish want to destroy the Fountain, to protect God's exclusive right to dispense eternal life; King George's men, not realizing this, want to stop the Spanish king from claiming immortality; and Barbossa really only wants revenge on Blackbeard. Even ''Jack'' decides he'd really rather be ''remembered'' forever than actually live that long.}}.

** Angelica in ''On Stranger Tides'', who Jack seduced in the past and then left behind. {{spoiler|Things don't get any better when Jack uses the chalices to give a dying Angelica immortality rather than her father Blackbeard--whose life is sacrificed for hers--and then maroons her on an island with nothing but a pistol with a single bullet.}}.

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: twoTwo straight examples: Jack Sparrow allowed himself to be shackled in the first movie so he could use them to take Elizabeth hostage: Either they let him escape or she becomes a distraction for his escape. Then taking one of the Azetc coins: Barbosaa can no longer win because he himself cannot be killed, but once Will dispells the curse, he can finish Barbosa off with his pistol.

'''Norrington:''' Because it was Mr. Sparrow who said it. }}

'''Jack:''' That would be the French. }}

* [[He's Dead, Jim]]: {{spoiler|Barbossa, as he is shot through the chest, says "I feel... cold." and collapses.}}.

'''Will:''' "And a good man." }}

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: From ''Curse of the Black Pearl'':

** Props for slipping that into a ''Disney'' movie. Oh, and also using the word "strumpet". And "eunuch". And... just the way that Jack ''is'', feels like it shouldn't be in a Disney movie.

* [[ThePromethean Punishment]]: Steal the Aztec Gold and you'll become immortal and impossible to kill (downside: but you won't enjoy a moment of it).

'''Jack:''' Nobody! He's nobody! [[Hurricane of Excuses|Distant cousin of my aunt's nephew, twice removed]]. Lovely singing voice, though. ''[[Running Gag|Eunuch]]''. }}

* [[Amazon Brigade]]: The [[MerOur MaidMermaids Are Different|mermaids]].{{context}}

* [[Mission Fromfrom God]]: Well, for him, as far as the Spaniards are concerned.