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Based on a [[Disney Theme Parks|theme park ride]] -- a course initially considered dubious both by filmgoers and by fans ''[[Cult Classic|of the ride]]'' -- ''The Curse Of The Black Pearl'' was a swashbuckling film which returned [[Pirate|pirates]] to the big screen. After its spectacular success, sequels were made.
''The Curse Of The 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
Jack Sparrow, Will, Elizabeth, the pirates, and Elizabeth's military fiance Norrington, a Royal Navy commodore, all converge on the island, double crossing each other along the way. After a final battle, the curse is broken, Barbossa is killed, Will and Elizabeth are together, and Jack goes free, given a [[Mercy Lead|day's head start]] by Norrington.
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* [[All There in the Manual]]:
** Lt. Groves was not named in canon until ''On Stranger Tides'' and either was confirmed to have that name either in the credits or by his actor.
** A lot of [[Magic
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Too many to list completely, but here's a quick rundown:
** 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. (A deleted scene reveals their Port Royal is only civilized from the sheltered, upper-class perspective.)
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** "A touch...of destiny."
** "Mermaids are tough."
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]:
{{quote| '''Jack:''' Shoot him, cut out his tongue, then shoot his tongue. And trim that scraggly beard.}}
** "... [[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]]..."
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** The titular Dead Man's Chest is housed on another.
* [[Distracted By the Shiny]]: If he didn't take the time to stop rummaging through every nook and cranny for things that could be of value, Jack would have made a ''lot'' more effective escape attempts.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]:
** When Barbossa calls the brawling Pirate Court to order, he steps onto the table with a pistol in one hand and, curiously, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_shot chain shot] in the other. During his speech, we get a shot of Jack peering through his legs, where you can clearly see a pair of [[Visual Pun|huge, cast-iron balls]].
** ''On Stranger Tides'' is about [[Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade|an adventurous scoundrel who must form an uneasy alliance with his foes in a race to find the secret key to immortality]].
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** Will and Elizabeth's reaction to Jack's little "I've got a jar of dirt" song.
** Will's reaction to witnessing Elizabeth's kiss of death at the end.
* [[
* [[Evil Counterpart]]:
** [[Those Two Bad Guys|Pintel and Ragetti]] vs. [[Those Two Guys|Mullroy and Murtogg]] in the first film.
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** 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
* [[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.}}
* [[Gatling Good]]: The Triple Guns on the ''Flying Dutchman''.
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* [[Good Is Boring]]
* [[Gorgeous Period Dress]]:
** 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
** A bit more of this in the fourth film, which includes some scenes of British and Spanish court officials and dress-uniformed officers.
* [[Gotta Catch Them All]]:
** The Aztec gold.
** The aforementioned [[Non
** The keys to the Fountain of Youth.
* [[Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress]]:
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** Norrington in the second movie.
* [[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).}}
* [[Hey
* [[Hilarious Outtakes]]: The first three movies include these on their DVDs. It seems probable the forth shall, too.
** It does.
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** Jack Sparrow himself.
** Barbossa all the way, who looks like he's having an absolute blast whenever he shows up.
** Davy Jones, helped by [[What the Hell Is That Accent?|the weird accent]] and enunciation.
** Elizabeth alternates between understated and quite loud (mostly in the second and the third movies).
** Blackbeard.
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** Jack also becomes one between ''Dead Man's Chest'' and the first portion of ''At World's End''.
* [[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.}}
* [[Magic
* [[The Magic Goes Away]]: [[Zig Zagging Trope|Zig-Zagged]] across the series:
** In the second film, Isla de Muerta is wiped off the proverbial map by a hurricane. [[Invoked]] by Lord Beckett, who believes in the supernatural, but sees progress and expansion as the overriding force in the world.
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* [[Membership Token]]: In the first film, the cursed gold coins, in the third film, the nine Pieces of Eight.
* [[Memento MacGuffin]]:
** The paired set of [[Star
** The Aztec gold talisman itself is an [[Orphan's Plot Trinket]] which Elizabeth takes from Will.
** Bootstrap Bill's knife. It's given to Will [[It Was a Gift|as a gift]] from the no-longer-dead Bootstrap.
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** Jack is recaptured because he enlisted the Navy's help to save Will. And in a karmic turnabout, Norrington decides that this is unjust, gives him a [[Mercy Lead]] after the first movie's over, and loses his ship and his commission because of it. ''Man''.
** Philip the Missionary, the only '''unambiguously''' good and decent human being in the entire fourth movie, is basically the plot's punching bag, firmly setting the deeply-cynical tone of the film and the (supposed) new trilogy.
* [[No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine]]:
** Barbossa's hospitality to his captive, Elizabeth, in the first movie.
** ''[[At Worlds End|At World's End]]'' features Beckett and Will having tea together to discuss alliances, with Davy Jones [[Did You Just Have Tea With Cthulhu|spoiling the mood]].
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*** He mistook it for a brothel. It was a usual practice for some Spanish kings (namely Philip III and Philip IV) to send their former lovers to convents once they got them pregnant. So, it was not so strange to find some hot women in convents.
*** Not just royal mistresses- it was a valid way of getting rid of any unmarried woman who had somehow disgraced herself.
* [[Not
** Port Royal
** Tortuga
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** The wild shifting is lampshaded in ''On Stranger Tides''.
* [[Phrase Catcher]]: "Sea Turtles".
* [[Pimped
** Elizabeth ends up in a few in the first couple films, given her position. (What a shame that so many of those pretty frocks met untimely ends.)
** In ''On Stranger Tides'', [[Cool Old Lady|Judi Dench]]'s gown. [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!|With cleavage]].
* [[Pirate Parrot]]: and ''[[
* [[Pirates]]: Take a wild guess.
* [[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) & (b).
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* [[Power Walk]]:
** A particularly badass one occurs in the third movie, as Jack, Elizabeth and Barbossa approach the Parlay.
** Barbossa's crew manages an [[Walk, Don't Swim|even more badass one]] in the first movie, when they walk along the bottom of the sea to ambush the ''Dauntless''.
** Barbossa himself does it walking to {{spoiler|his new ship, ''Queen Anne's Revenge''.}} With a peg leg to boot!
* [[Prisoner of Zenda Exit]]: Jack. Repeatedly.
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** Bunches of people show up for the trial and (presumed) subsequent hanging of one Captain Jack Sparrow in the opening of ''On Stranger Tides''.
* [[Rage Judo]]: Captain Jack Sparrow, naturally.
* [[Rape, Pillage and Burn]]: The pillage and burn parts, at least; no raping takes place -- these are Disney movies, after all.
* [[Reality Ensues]]: The first film ends with Will Turner making a daring broad-daylight rescue of Jack Sparrow as he's about to be hanged. The second film opens with Will Turner having been arrested for it.
* [[Red Shirt|Red Shirts]]: [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Incredibly Lame Puns]] aside, you can write off nearly every English sailor and soldier that appears, even officers and characters with speaking parts. Also, towards the ends of every movie the pirate crews are usually so diminished they should be unable to sail their vessels. At least twice (the ends of the third and fourth movies) these two trends coincide and the surviving British join the surviving pirates.
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'''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]].
* [[Sliding Scale of Antagonist Vileness]]: Barbossa is [[Affably Evil]], Davy Jones is [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]], Beckett is a [[Complete Monster]], Blackbeard is a bigger [[Complete Monster]].
* [[So Long Suckers]]: Jack's famous line "You will always remember this as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow", and nicely lampshaded in the end.
* [[Sorting Algorithm of Villain Threat]]: Barbossa < Jones < Beckett.
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** {{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 Of The Black Pearl'': "You'd best start believin' in ghost stories, Miss Turner. Yer ''in'' one!
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Anamaria's actress could not reprise her role in the second film, but her character's disappearance was never explained to ever-wondering viewers. See the WMG list for a couple theories.
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]:
** Stabbing Davy Jones's heart will make the person who did it become immortal. Will wants to do this, which is bad in his father's eyes as he will choose his fiancée over his father. Not to mention the whole step on land once every 10 years, and having to ferry souls to the afterlife or be turned into a fishman.
{{quote| "It's not just about living forever, Jackie. The trick is living with yourself forever."}}
** 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.}}
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]
* [[Woman Scorned]]:
** Subverted in ''At World's End''. {{spoiler|Calypso}} fits this trope to a T, but in all technicality she started the whole thing in the first place.
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* [[Catchphrase Interruptus]]: The only time Jack ever finishes his [[Catch Phrase]] "You will always remember this as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!" is when he actually gets captured.
{{quote| '''Norrington:''' "Well, I'm sure you will remember this as the day that Captain Jack Sparrow ''almost'' escaped."}}
* [[Cheese
{{quote| '''Pintel:''' Damn to the depths whatever man invented ''parley!''<br />
'''Jack:''' That would be the French. }}
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* [[Gilligan Cut]]: Used with Elizabeth's would-be [[Rousing Speech]] in the first movie.
* [[Go Through Me]]: Elizabeth and Will to Jack.
* [[He's Dead, Jim]]: {{spoiler|Barbossa, as he is shot through the chest, says "I feel... cold." and collapses.}}
* [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her]]:
{{quote| "I expect the man who made this sword would put the same care and dedication into every aspect of his life."}}
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* [[Myopic Architecture]]: And that, my friends, is why one shouldn't build prison cells with half-pin hinges.
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: Pirate zombies.
* [[No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine]]: The scene where Elizabeth is forced to dine either with Barbossa or with the crew and she reluctantly decides to dine with Barbossa.
* [[Of Corset Hurts]]: Elizabeth complains mightily when trussed up in a corset for Norrington's ceremony...
* [[Of Corsets Sexy]]: But one can't deny it gives her some excellent cleavage.
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* [[Powder Trail]]: How the cursed ''Black Pearl'' crew destroys the ''Interceptor''.
* [[The Power of Blood]]: The blood of those who took coins from the Chest of Cortez (or that of their children)is required in order to end the curse.
* [[Precision F
{{quote| '''Will:''' Barbossa you lying bastard!}}
** 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.
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* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: Elizabeth stores the Aztec gold piece.
* [[Walk the Plank]]: To be marooned on a [[Desert Island]]... twice.
* [[Walk, Don't Swim]]: The strategy used by the undead pirates to reach Norrington's ship undetected.
* [[Who Are You]]: From Barbossa to Will Turner. It features a mild subversion, with Jack trying very hard to keep Will from answering, since it will [[Kansas City Shuffle|derail his plans]].
{{quote| '''Barbossa:''' Who ''are'' you?<br />
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* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]: Norrington in ''Dead Man's Chest''.
* [[Wacky Wayside Tribe]]: The Peligostos.
* [[What the Hell Is That Accent?]]: The two [[Red Shirt]] fishermen who stumble upon Jack's hat, and, subsequently, become the Kraken's first victims. It sounds vaguely Russian, but it is too difficult to tell since it is spoken at such a fast pace.
** DVD subtitles imply that it's meant to be Turkish.
* [[Wheel of Pain]]: The kraken-summoning machine.
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* [[Ass Shove]]: Hinted at with a really big gun.
* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]: For the King of the Brethren Court, {{spoiler|''Captain'' Elizabeth Swan}}.
* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: For all his selfishness and scheming, you've got to "Awww" at the look on Jack's face when {{spoiler|Will gets stabbed.}}
* [[Beat Still My Heart]]: Davy Jones' heart (and {{spoiler|Will's, at the end}}).
* [[Big Book of War]]: The Pirate's Code. Amusingly, the actual book itself is apparently only a few pages of actual code -- the rest is discussion on what the code ''should'' be.
* [[Bowel
* [[Brought Down to Normal]]: The sea goddess Calypso ({{spoiler|Tia Dalma}}).
* [[Celeb Crush]]: As part of their [[Batman Gambit]], the pirates must enact a ritual involving words spoken as if to a lover, but the pirates are [[Large Ham|Large Hams]] who've never known a love they didn't pay for... except one:
{{quote| '''{{spoiler|Ragetti}}:''' {{spoiler|[whispers tenderly] Calypso... I release you from your human bonds.}}}}
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: Jack escapes from the ''Dutchman's'' jail using the same trick that Will used in the first film to free him.
* [[Clipped
* [[Cosmopolitan Council]]: The Court of the Brethren.
* [[Death of the Hypotenuse]]: Death By [[Unrequited Love]].
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* [[Did You Actually Believe]]:
{{quote| '''Beckett:''' (preparing to violate his deal with Sparrow by attacking the ''Pearl'') It's nothing personal, Jack. It's just good business.}}
* [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]]: {{spoiler|James Norrington stabbing Davy Jones with his final breath instead of accepting his offer.}}
* [[Dismantled MacGuffin]]: {{spoiler|The Nine Pieces of Eight}} turn out to be the [[Gotta Catch Them All|missing ingredients]] in a spell to [[Sealed Good in A Can|free Calypso]].
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: {{spoiler|After getting stabbed in the heart, Davy Jones falls over the side of the ship and plummets into the maelstrom during the final battle.}}
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* [[Misfit Mobilization Moment]]: One after Elizabeth's [[Rousing Speech]] drives all the pirate crews to truly fight for their way of life. They raise their banners and prepare for the fight.
* [[Mistaken for Special Guest]]: Elizabeth for Calypso in the third film, turning her into a [[Living MacGuffin]] for a brief round of [[Gambit Pileup|pirate negotiations]].
* [[Non
{{quote| '''Pintel:''' Change the name.<br />
'''Gibbs:''' What, to "[[Gotta Catch Them All|The Nine Pieces]] of [[It May Help You On Your Quest|Whatever we happened to have in our pockets]] at the time"? Ohhh, yes, that sounds ''very'' piratey. }}
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* [[Ambiguous Situation]]: The fate of {{spoiler|Philip. Syrena pulls him into the water, but we never find out what happened to him. She claims to be able to cure him, and earlier it's said that a mermaid's kiss prevents drowning, but all we have to go on is her word and rumors? Is she reverting to man-eating, or was she genuine in her claims?}}
** {{spoiler|It appears he survived, as his eyes are still open and he's seen swimming alongside her.}}
* [[Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?]]: During an escape sequence, Jack finds himself in a carriage opposite an older woman who looks startled and terrified. He leans over and nibbles the woman's ear, then ducks out of the carriage, to which she utters "That's it?" in a disappointed tone.
** Then finds out too late that he nibbled off her earring in the process.
* [[Artificial Limbs]]: This wouldn't be a proper pirate movie series without at least one wooden leg. It shows up in ''On Stranger Tides'', {{spoiler|attached to Barbossa. Kind of appropriate, since he's the most stereotypical (yarr!) pirate of the bunch.}}
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* [[Death Equals Redemption]]: As Jack says, maybe for {{spoiler|Blackbeard.}}
* [[Dirty Old Woman]]: The old lady that Jack fondles in the London carriage.
** [[Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?|"Is that it?"]]
* [[Dropped a Bridge On Him]]: According to Barbossa, Blackbeard captured the ''Black Pearl'' and likely killed her crew. Pintel, Ragetti, Cotton, Marty? All probably dead.
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Angelica poses as Jack because he was the only (male) pirate she thought she could pass for.
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* [[Ermine Cape Effect]]: George II.
* [[Equivalent Exchange]]: {{spoiler|The fountain will only give you youth if you take the years off of someone else. Someone has to die.}}
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The quartermaster of the ''Queen Anne's Revenge'' is never addressed as anything but "Quartermaster".
** Likewise the gunner, though Gunner (Or Gunnar) is an actual name as well.
** [[Hometown Nickname]]: The Spanish commander is simply called the Spaniard.
* [[Family
** {{spoiler|Blackbeard's death}}.
* [[Fire Breathing Weapon]]: Blackbeard's ''Queen Anne's Revenge'' has flamethrowers.
* [[Godiva Hair]]: Syrena the mermaid.
* [[Gosh Darn It to Heck]]: {{spoiler|Blackbeard's}} [[Last Words]] to Jack Sparrow are "Trickster!" and "Devil!".
* [[Hey
* [[Hide Your Pregnancy]]: [[Penelope Cruz]]. Thank God for elastic corsets and puffy shirts. (The scene where her character seeks clemency by claiming to be pregnant may have been added as [[Reality Subtext]].)
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: It features Blackbeard, with smaller appearances by King George II of England and some of his ministers, and a brief cameo by King Ferdinand VI of Spain.
* [[Hotter and Sexier]]: To the franchise and Disney in general; it's the very first Disney film to mention sexual content (though not in those words) in the MPAA's reason for giving it a PG-13 rating.
* [[In That Order]]: The mermaids will take you to the bottom of the sea, drown you, then eat you. Sometimes, however, they will do it the other way around.
* [[Killed Mid
* [[Kangaroo Court]]: Strongly implied to be what Gibbs' trial was intended to be before Jack Sparrow posed as a judge and gave him a life sentence instead.
* [[Left the Background Music On]]: Invoked - Scrum is playing a particularly authentic Spanish tune when Jack and Angelica dance.
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* [[Mission From God]]: Well, for him, as far as the Spaniards are concerned.
* [[Motive Misidentification]]: The Spanish aren't looking for the Fountain of Youth {{spoiler|to attain immortality. They wish to destroy this place of pagan sorcery in the name of God}}.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Philip, when he realizes that {{spoiler|Syrena was pulling him to safety, not attacking him, when he captured her.}}
* [[Naughty Nuns]]: Angelica was about to take her vows, when Jack arrived. He was there because [[Get Thee to A Nunnery|he'd mistaken the convent for a brothel]]. Honest mistake.
* [[No Name Given]]: The Spaniard.
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* [[Positive Discrimination]]: The Spaniards are almost [[Purity Sue|ridiculously flawless and bold hero-types]], unswerving and incapable of being tempted, working with amazing precision and utter respect for their foes.
{{quote| "Someone make a note of that man's bravery."}}
* [[Pre
* [[Prop Recycling]]: The ''Queen Anne's Revenge'' was built atop the ship used for the ''Black Pearl'' in the previous films.
* [[Prove I Am Not Bluffing]]: Blackbeard tries to coerce Jack into helping him by threatening to shoot his love interest, who happens to be Blackbeard's daughter. When Jack calls him out on it, Blackbeard orders the Quartermaster to bring him six pistols, four unloaded. Jack gets the message fairly quickly. After he leaves, Angelica asks Blackbeard if he knew which guns were loaded. His answer is a not-very-reassuring "Of course, my love."
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* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Philip, who {{spoiler|rushes back to Syrena as soon as he regains consciousness.... and thus rewards Blackbeard with Syrena's tear and gets her tied up to die.}}
* [[Voodoo Doll]]: Blackbeard has one of {{spoiler|Jack.}}
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]: Jack and his first mate discuss this trope at the end of the movie. Jack feels that the thrill of death encourages one to live to the fullest. He also speculates he may live forever in history as the man who discovered the Fountain of Youth.
* [[Your Approval Fills Me With Shame]]: When Blackbeard compliments Philip's capture of Syrena with a hearty "Well done, sailor", this trope is written all over Philip's face.
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