Automoderated users, Autopatrolled users, Bureaucrats, Comment administrators, Confirmed users, Moderators, Rollbackers, Administrators
214,382
edits
m (Mass update links) |
mNo edit summary |
||
(30 intermediate revisions by 9 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{work}}
{{Multiple Works Need Separate Pages}}
[[File:pirates-of-the-caribbean.jpg|frame]]
{{quote|''This is the tale of Captain Jack Sparrow,
''Pirate so brave on the seven seas!
''A mystical quest to the isle of Tortuga,
''Raven locks sway on the ocean's breeze!''
|'''[[The Lonely Island]] ft. [[Michael Bolton]]''', "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}GI6CfKcMhjY Jack Sparrow]"}}
Based on a [[Disney Theme Parks|theme park ride]] -- a course initially considered dubious both by
''The Curse
The pirates, led by [[Anti-Villain|Captain Barbossa]], sail off with Elizabeth and tell her the [[Backstory]]. They have been [[
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.
Line 25 ⟶ 27:
The fourth installment, ''On Stranger Tides'' ([[Suggested By]] [[On Stranger Tides|the novel of the same name]], which was also an inspiration for the ''[[Monkey Island]]'' series) sees Captain Jack unwillingly joining forces with the notorious Blackbeard to seek out the Fountain of Youth, racing the English navy (led by Barbossa, who has turned [[Privateer]]) ''and'' the Spanish (who have found a map made by [[wikipedia:Juan Ponce de Leon|Juan Ponce de Leon]]). The situation is complicated by the presence of Angelica, a woman from Captain Jack's past (who, unlike all the ''other'' women in his past, still seems to mean something to him).
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.
[[Pirates of the Caribbean/Characters|Here we present the rogues gallery (so far) of the this epic series of yarns, me hearties!!]] [[Evil Laugh|YarrHarrHarrHarrHarr!!]]
----
{{franchisetropes}}
* [[Abnormal Ammo]]:
** 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
** Using {{spoiler|an undead monkey}} as ammo may have been pushing the trope beyond [[Truth in Television]]...
** At several points, there are cannons that fire two balls chained together. This is [[Truth in Television]] as well, as chain shot was designed to cripple a ship by destroying the mast.
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: Based on a theme park ride, albeit Disney's [[Cult Classic|fan favorite]] theme park ride since the '60s. It has since become a case of recursive adaptation: the ride now features Captain Jack Sparrow.
* [[Agent Peacock]]: Jack Sparrow.
Line 49 ⟶ 43:
* [[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
** Second film: Lord Cutler Beckett's flagship ''HMS Endeavour''.
** Third film: Until the mid-early 19th century Singapore was a fairly minor fishing village. There's a teddy bear at the end.
Line 57 ⟶ 51:
*** This is slightly odd, seeing as in the first one (and probably the second and third as well; I specifically remember seeing it in the first though) used the correct flag. I suppose that's what happens when you have a new director...
*** Also it features Blackbeard as a pirate and Barbossa as a British privateer. Blackbeard didn't become a pirate until after Britain outlawed the practice of privateering.
*** The whole series, given the presence of cursed pirates, undead, and other mysticism, smacks of [[Alternate Universe]]
* [[Animal Theme Naming]]: Present in the leads- Jack ''Sparrow'', Elizabeth ''Swann''. And ''William Turner'' was the name of a [[wikipedia:William Turner (naturalist)|16th century naturalist]] who did extensive studies of birds.
** And, of course, 'turner' is actually found in the name of a bird species in its own right - the Turner's Eremomela (''Eremomela turneri'').
Line 68 ⟶ 62:
** [[Madness Mantra|"Part of the ship, part of the crew."]]
** "The ''Dutchman'' must always have a captain."
** "A touch... of destiny."
** "Mermaids are tough."
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]:
{{quote|
** "...
** "You are charged with piracy, treason, and the theft of a hairy, well-used right leg!"
* [[Artistic License Ships]]: The amount of this in the films could fill a small book. A quick rundown:
Line 80 ⟶ 74:
** The East India Trading Company had no authority in the West Indies. The name is a clue.
** The stunt near the start of the first film, with the upturned boat would not work.
** Full-rigged sailing ships cannot be steered simply by spinning the wheel like a car. It takes a lot of trimming of sails etc for even a small course change.
** The Maelstrom Battle. How do the ships avoid water entering their gunports and sinking them in seconds?
** The seamanship during that battle is impossible.
** [[Even Evil Has Standards]], and even the Royal Navy would not simply have hanged captured pirates without a semblance of a trial, such as at the beginning of the first film.
* [[An Axe to Grind]]
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Captain Jack Sparrow.
* [[Back
* [[Bad Guy Bar]]: [[Wretched Hive|Tortuga]] and the Captain's Daughter. [[Inverted]] in that pirates are the good...er...not-so-bad guys in this world.
* [[Bait and Switch Gunshot]]:
** During the final battle in ''Curse of the Black Pearl''.
** In ''On Stranger Tides'', when {{spoiler|Captain Teague}} shoots {{spoiler|the redcoat}} who had cornered {{spoiler|Jack
*** Though this isn't quite played straight, as the smoke and flash from the actual shot is clearly visible in the background. It's only really a proper bait-and-switch from {{spoiler|Jack}}'s POV.
* [[Balancing Death's Books]]:
Line 98 ⟶ 92:
** Jack through nearly all of ''Curse of the Black Pearl''. Once he sees the medallion and is shown proof that the curse is real, his entire role in the film is hatching a plot to kill Barbossa and get his ship back. His initial idea backfires ''horribly'' when [[Spanner in the Works|Will doesn't cooperate,]] but rather than give up, Jack just [[Xanatos Speed Chess|keeps adjusting his plans]] to fit new developments until he manages a successful execution without interference.
** In the fourth movie, {{spoiler|Angelica has Philip apparently killed in front of Syrena in an attempt to [[MacGuffin|make her cry]]. She knows Syrena's "too tough" to do so under those circumstances, but crying tears of joy when she later finds out that the man she's fallen in love with is still alive, however...}}
** 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''
* [[Battle Couple]]: Elizabeth and Will in the third film. Taken to ludicrous extremes when the two actually get ''{{spoiler|married}}'' during a balls-out ship-boarding sword/gun fight.
{{quote|
'''Elizabeth''': I don't think now's the best time!
[''a bit later'']
'''Elizabeth:''' Barbossa! {{spoiler|Marry us}}!
'''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.
* [[Berserk Button]]:
** {{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
** This seems to be Captain Teague's reaction to anyone who questions the Pirates' Code or proposes they ignore it for the sake of their own interests. An unfortunate [[Mook]] of one of the Pirate Lords learned this the hard way.
** 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
** Falling victim to any one of Jack's [[Indy Ploy|Indy Ploys]], or [[Plan|plans]], or [[Batman Gambit|Batman Gambits]] will be a surefire way to set the unwilling victim off.
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: Or rather "Brian and Vincent", with Will as the Brian and Jack as the Vincent with Norrigton supplying the [[Third Option Love Interest]].
Line 118 ⟶ 112:
* [[The Big Damn Kiss]]:
** Will and Elizabeth in ''At World's End'', {{spoiler|after their marriage at sea. Surrounded by an epic battle, trading blows while exchanging vows, and culminating in an [[Orbital Kiss]] a few minutes before Will is killed and comes back from the dead}}. EPIC.
** In ''On Stranger Tides'', the fateful kiss, at the end, between {{spoiler|Philip and Syrena
** [[The Big Damn Kiss]] on the edge of the sea at the end of the first and third movie, while the camera goes up and out.
** [[The Big Damn Kiss]] between [[Mood Whiplash|Liz and Jack]] at the end of the second film.
** [[Subverted]] at the end of ''On Stranger Tides'', when one is about to happen between {{spoiler|Jack and Angelica, until Jack turns and mutters "I need to go."}}
* [[Big Damn Villains]]: The crew of the Dutchman in the wake of {{spoiler|Norrington's [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}} as Elizabeth's crew makes their getaway.
** 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
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]:
** Sao Feng and one member of Davy Jones' crew have lines in Cantonese.
Line 134 ⟶ 128:
* [[Boarding Party]]: Several boardings by means of swinging ropes, and one less conventional boarding: walking out to the ship in question. Also less conventional is Davy Jones and crew's ability to teleport between ships, which apparently has a fairly narrow minimum and maximum range.
* [[Book Ends]]:
** {{spoiler|Barbossa gets the ''Pearl'' back at the end of the third movie, as Jack sails off in a dinghy
** Listen to the song Elizabeth sings (as a child) at the beginning of the first movie, and Jack singing at the end of the third. Seem familiar?
** 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
** The first time we meet piratical Mr. Gibbs, Jack is waking him with a bucket of water. At the close of ''At World's End'', Mr. Gibbs is once again, passed out and Jack wakes him with a cup of... [[Wild Mass Guessing|Grog?]]
** 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 [[
* [[Brick Joke]]:
** 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
** Captain Teague summons a dog to bring the key for the Pirate Codex book (the dog itself is a bit of a brick joke, showing up out of nowhere after appearances in the first two movies). When Pintel and Ragetti wonder aloud how the dog managed to get there, Teague responds, [[Running Gag|"Sea turtles, mate."]]
* [[Broad Strokes]]: The films' plotlines are a gumbo of different nautical legends.
* [[Call Back]]:
** "Goodbye, Poppet." Perhaps the most tear-inducing callback ever.
** 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.
*** In the first movie, Jack was charged with "impersonating an officer of the Royal navy" and "impersonating a cleric of the Church of England". ''On Stranger Tides'' opens with Jack impersonating a judge. A Judge by the name of Smith. Perhaps he might go by 'Smithy' on occasion?
*** 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
*** The cut on {{spoiler|Angelica's}} hand looks just like the cuts the characters in ''Curse of the Black Pearl'' get to bleed on the medallions.
** In ''At World's End'', one of the patrons of Sao Fang's bathhouse can be seen with barnacles littered across his face, neck, and across his arms, just like a [[Red Shirt]] crew member of The Flying Dutchman.
*** 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
** While visiting Elizabeth in her jail cell in ''Dead Man's Chest'', Governor Swan leans on one of the candelabras next to him. He then trips, proceeding to break a piece of said candelabra, in a similar fashion to Will's introductory scene in ''Curse of the Black Pearl'', where he inspects one of the candelabras in Governor Swann's mansion, but accidentally breaks a piece of it.
* [[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.
** As if hammering this home, Philip from ''On Stranger Tides'' has an ever closer resemblance to Guybrush.
* [[The Cat Came Back]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Several.
** Jack Sparrow: [[So Long, Suckers!|"This is the day you will always remember as the day you ''almost'' caught Captain Jack Sparrow"]], "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow!", "It's ''[[Insistent Terminology|Captain]]''; ''Captain'' Jack Sparrow", "Savvy?", "But why is the rum gone?!"
** Davy Jones: "Do you fear death?" (
** Cutler Beckett: "It's just good business."
** Pintel: "Hello, Poppet."
* [[Caught in a Snare]]:
** Will, early in the second movie.
** Most of Blackbeard's crew when they attempt a mutiny in
* [[Character Development]]:
** Elizabeth, who goes from [http://www.costumersguide.com/pirates_gold/ref1.jpg this] to [http://www.costumersguide.com/potc3/hires19.jpg this].
Line 173 ⟶ 167:
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]:
** Subverted -- when Elizabeth attempts to defend herself with one of the swords displayed above the mantle, she finds it is permanently attached to its decorative shield. Played straight with Elizabeth's bedwarmer; she uses it to dump hot coals on the pirates invading her room. Also Jack Sparrow's confiscated effects, including his one-shot pistol and curious compass, all serving a vital purpose. The compass gains even more importance in the second film. Used again in the second movie in Tia Dalma's shack (the locket and the boots). In the third movie, Ragetti's ''wooden eye'' turns out to be Barbossa's Piece Of Eight. Jack's own Piece of Eight is debatable, being present in the first two movies before the sequels were even written.
** The knife Bootstrap Bill gives to will is the same one that {{spoiler|Will uses to kill Davy Jones
* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: It may be easier to list who isn't.
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: Just about every character.
Line 179 ⟶ 173:
* [[Combat by Champion]]:
** Basically the climax of the third movie; the ''Black Pearl'' for the pirates, vs. the ''Flying Dutchman'' for the EITC.
** 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
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]:
** Jack Sparrow, along with most of the more intelligent pirate characters. Perhaps best summed up by this exchange from the first film, when Jack uses a gun to win a sword fight:
{{quote|
'''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
** Barbossa is not above punching/kicking people during a sword fight.
* [[Combat Tentacles]]: The Kraken, obviously, and also the ones on Davy Jones' face and the rigging of Blackbeard's ship.
Line 197 ⟶ 191:
* [[Cool Sword]]:
** The small sword that Will Turner makes for Norrington. Everyone who [[Memento MacGuffin|comes into contact with it]] agrees that it is, indeed, nice. This gets one nameless British marine killed as he picks up the sword in the middle of a battle and spends the same requisite amount of time staring at it rapturously before Davy Jones shows up, kills him and retrieves the sword.
** 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
** It seems as if the only redeeming quality of working on the ''Flying Dutchman'' under the command of Davy Jones is that you get a really kick-ass sword. Just look at Hadras's.
* [[Crew of One]]: Subverted and lampshaded in the first film.
** In the second movie, someone even states "you don't need everyone, six would do
* [[Cryptic Conversation]]: 90% of what Tia Dalma says is this.
* [[Cuffs Off, Rub Wrists]]:
** Governor Swann in the second film.
** Jack in the third film, right after he's shoved into Beckett's cabin
* [[Cursed with Awesome]]:
** Literally for Barbossa's crew, in the first movie.
** {{spoiler|Will}} in the finale of ''At World's End''. Although Jack views it more as [[Blessed with Suck]] due to the absence of port... er, making port.
* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Will makes one with Jack in the first film. "Spring me from this cell and I will take you to the Black Pearl ''and'' your bonny lass."
** 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.
* [[Death Glare]]:
** 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.]
** Davy Jones has a killer stare when he snarls "Do you fear death?" ''Everybody'' takes him seriously.
** The look one of Sao Feng's bath attendants gives Beckett's Dragon after he shoots the other should've ''incinerated'' the man, by all rights.
** Captain Teague has a mighty fearsome one that cows the entire Brethren Court when it's suggested in his presence that they ''won't'' keep to the Code.
* [[Death Is Cheap]]:
** {{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)}}.
** So common, in fact, that Tia Dalma has to justify the ''aversion'' with {{spoiler|Governor Swann}}. "Him at peace."
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]:
** ''Dead Man's Chest'':
{{quote|
'''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?
** ''On Stranger Tides'':
{{quote|
* [[Deserted Island]]:
** Jack is marooned on one, twice, the second time with Elizabeth. Fortunately, he escaped off-screen (subverted in that he [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee|explains how he did it]]).
Line 235 ⟶ 229:
** When Barbossa calls the brawling Pirate Court to order, he steps onto the table with a pistol in one hand and, curiously, [[wikipedia: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]].
*** And then the [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|chose... poorly
* [[Drop the Hammer]]
* [[The Drunken Sailor]]: Virtually everyone, [[Memetic Mutation|unless all the rum is gone]]. Though, in interviews, the scriptwriters revealed Jack's inebriation is usually an act; he fakes being tipsy to throw his (numerous) enemies off their guard.
Line 241 ⟶ 235:
** Elizabeth and Jack.
** Jack and Angelica in the fourth film.
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: {{spoiler|According to [[Word of God]], Will is freed from his curse during the Post-Credits scene because Elizabeth remained faithful to him
▲* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: {{spoiler|According to [[Word of God]], Will is freed from his curse during the Post-Credits scene because Elizabeth remained faithful to him.}}
▲** Also, {{spoiler|Philip and Syrena in the 4th movie. And boy, did they earn it.}}
* [[End of an Age]]: The films are set at the end of the golden age of piracy. Several times through all three films, characters make note of how difficult it's become to make a living as a pirate, with no sign of the change slowing down.
** Though possibly somewhat averted at the end of the third movie, with Calypso being returned to her proper place as goddess of the sea. And it's obvious in the fourth movie that if an end is coming to the age of piracy and sea magic, Blackbeard never got the memo.
* [[Enemy Mine]]. When your protagonists and antagonists have the same goals and profession, good and bad are "a matter of perspective":
** In ''Curse of
** A variation in ''Dead Man's Chest'', where during a three-way sword-fight between Will, Jack and Norrington, as the latter is curb-stomping Jack for all of the misfortune he's endured since the last film, Jack points out that since Will; freed him from jail, convinced Norrington to let him go, ''and'' took Elizabeth for himself, that makes ''him'' more responsible. Norrington pauses for a moment to consider this, turns and immediately begins attacking Will instead.
{{quote|
** In ''At World's End'', Barbossa feigns [[Enemy Mine]] at first to cover up his true motive, the fact that he needs to call to order the Brethren Court just to get their Pieces of Eight, which he needs to {{spoiler|free Calypso, who brought him back, else she'll withdraw her power and let him die again}}. But by the end, Barbossa plays the trope straight.
*** Also, the Brethren Court seems to be made up of rival Lords who can't stand each other and will break out in a fist-fight at the slightest provocation. They're only united by a common enemy.
**** 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
** In the fourth film, Jack and Barbossa briefly team up to screw over Blackbeard.
* [[Enemy Rising Behind]]: The Kraken.
** And in the fourth film, the entrance to {{spoiler|the Fountain of Youth}} provides ample opportunity for characters to rise up ominously through the mist. Happened with both {{spoiler|Barbossa, to Blackbeard}} and {{spoiler|the Spanish, to everyone}}.
* [[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]: ''[[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Zombie pirate]]'' monkeys.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]:
Line 268 ⟶ 256:
** In the first film's commentary, Barbossa is called "the dark side of Jack Sparrow" by Ted and Terry.
** Also, in the fourth film, Blackbeard is arguably this to Barbossa.
* [[Fainting]]: Elizabeth does this three times in the first two films. The first instance is genuine (see [[Of Corset Hurts]] below), and sets the plot into motion. The second is faked, and accomplishes its purpose. The third is also faked, and is completely ignored (seems you've shot your bolt, Liz).▼
▲* [[Fainting]]: Elizabeth does this three times in the first two films. The first instance is genuine (see [[Of Corset Hurts]]), and sets the plot into motion. The second is faked, and accomplishes its purpose. The third is also faked, and is completely ignored (seems you've shot your bolt, Liz).
* [[Fantastic Romance]]: A lot. See also [[Interspecies Romance]].
** Davy Jones and the goddess Calypso in the second and the third movie.
** {{spoiler|Will after removing his heart and becoming the captain of the Flying Dutchman}} and Elizabeth at the end of the third movie.
** Philip and Syrena in the fourth film.
* [[Fixed Forward-Facing Weapon]]:
** The Flying Dutchman is equipped with a pair of forward facing [[Gatling Good|gatling cannons]]. Not bad for a time when cannons were still loaded manually.
Line 280 ⟶ 267:
* [[Flying Dutchman]]: Rather literally in the case of Davy Jones.
* [[Flynning]]: ''[[Up to Eleven|holy crap]]''.
* [[Foreshadowing]]:
** In ''Dead Man's chest'', the sailor's mention of the long pork on the island of Peligostos, which we learn later on is home to a cannibal tribe.
*** 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
** In ''Stranger Tides'', the pub where not-Jack {{spoiler|actually Anjelica}} is hiding is named ''The Captain's Daughter''.
* [[Forgiveness]]:
** Davy Jones and Tia Dalma can't; Will and Elizabeth manage to.
** 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
* [[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
* [[Gambling Game]]: In ''Dead Man's Chest'', the characters play a game of Liar's dice, betting their servitude on the Flying Dutchmen as their wager.
* [[Gatling Good]]: The Triple Guns on the ''Flying Dutchman''.
* [[Genre Deconstruction]]: Of the pirate/swashbuckler genre. None of the pirates are shown in a truly positive light. Sparrow may not prefer killing indiscriminately but that's because he would prefer to con and swindle people instead.
* [[Genre Savvy|Genre,]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|savvy?]]:
** These films generally end with a hook for the next film in the franchise. Angelica tries to use this to her advantage in ''On Stranger Tides'' when pitching possible new adventures to Jack to prevent him from deserting her, all of which Jack can see through.
** 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]].
** Gibbs, being a superstitious old salt, knows how to stay alive.
** One of the Spaniard's men's first reaction to seeing a tree suddenly bending is "The prisoner is escaping."
** Pintel and Ragetti also show traits of this trope.
** 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,
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]:
** Note Jack clearly stating that '''four''' of his rescuers have tried to kill him in the past: Elizabeth, Will and Barbossa in the classic way and Tia Dalma, in a sexual way. There are also many hidden sexual innuendos throughout the trilogy; it may be rated PG-13, but it's still a Disney film.
** "You took advantage of our hospitality last time, it holds fair now you return the
** In the fourth film, Jack stating that he "support(s) the missionary's [[Don't Explain the Joke|(Philip)]] position."
** Also in the fourth film:
{{quote|
'''Jack:''' I'm still bent! Hellishly so!
'''Angelica:'''How is it we can never meet without you pointing something at me?
** Jack also slips in a masturbation joke when he says, "My eyesight's as good as ever, just so you know" in reference to the Black Spot on his hand.
** In the third film, Beckett finds his way to Shipwreck with Jack's compass, which Will gave Beckett, so naturally, Barbossa assumes Will's the one who betrayed them. Beckett says Will is "merely the ''tool'' of your betrayal" and singles Jack out as it's grand architect. Will says he acted alone. And Jack says, "Listen to the tool." The grin on Jack's face says it all.
** ''"Waste not."'' That one was particularly creepy.
** 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
{{quote|
'''Jack:''' It'd be far worse not to have her.
** This exchange in the second film as the crew are entering Tia Dalma's shack:
{{quote|
'''Jack''': It's my front I'm worried about.
** There were a couple of [[Get Thee to a Nunnery]] moments throughout the film slipped in for this purpose. There was Tia Dalma's introduction:
{{quote|
'''Tia Dalma:''' You want to know me.
'''Jack Sparrow:''' There'll be no knowing here!
And then Jack's exchange with Angelica, which hinted at an actual nunnery pun:
'''Angelica:''' What were you doing in a Spanish convent, anyway?
'''Jack:''' Mistook it for a brothel. Honest mistake.
* [[Ghost Pirate]]:
** The villains of the first movie.
Line 330 ⟶ 318:
* [[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-Out Dress|pimped out dresses]]. Elizabeth is guilty of this in the first two movies, before she [[Took a Level
** 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]]:
Line 337 ⟶ 325:
** The keys to the Fountain of Youth.
* [[Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress]]:
** In ''Dead Man's Chest'', Jack
** In the fourth film, Jack is exceptionally leery of jumping off a cliff in order to get the silver chalices. It takes Blackbeard threatening to shoot Angelica and one of the zombies throwing the Jack voodoo doll over the ledge to get him to jump.
* [[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
* [[Ham
* [[Hand Wave]]: In-universe example. Whenever something improbable happens, the character insists Sea Turtles were involved
** Jack claimed to escape the island Barbosas marooned him on by creating a raft made of sea turtles
** When Will
** The dog that carries the written version of the Pirate Code. Pintel and Ragetti ask where it came from and Teague says "Sea turtles, mate."
* [[Heel Face Return]]:
** Pintel and Ragetti (the paired comic relief pirates).
** Barbossa.
* [[Held Gaze]]:
** Will and Elizabeth of have this quite regularly between them in the first movie and the sequel as their romance blossoms.
Line 353 ⟶ 341:
* [[Heroic BSOD]]:
** 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)
* [[Hilarious Outtakes]]: The first three movies include these on their DVDs. It seems probable the forth shall, too.
** It does.
* [[Hollywood Voodoo]]:
** Tia Dalma.
** {{spoiler|Blackbeard}}.
* [[Honey Trap]]:
** 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
* [[Honor Among Thieves]]: [[Playing with a Trope|Toyed]] with constantly. The pirates' code is supposed to enforce this notion, but it's viewed as only "guidelines" when it suits them.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: At first, just Will, and to a lesser extent Norrington. Later on, even Jack embodies this trope. In Jack's case, though, it's hard to tell where (and whether) he's using reason in the first place.
{{quote|
'''Gibbs:''' ''Reason's'' got nothin' to do with it.
* [[Hooks and Crooks]]
* [[Humanity Ensues]]
Line 372 ⟶ 359:
** Also with [[Those Two Guys|Pintel and Ragetti]]'s introductory exchange in ''Dead Man's Chest''. Summarized, and properly dashed, when Ragetti says [[It Makes Sense in Context|"It's the Bible. You get points for trying."]]
* [[I Don't Like the Sound of That Place]]: Isla De La Muerta; Shipwreck Cove.
{{quote|
'''Jack:''' You know, for all that pirates are clever clogs, we are a terribly unimaginative lot when it comes to naming things.
* [[Immortality Seeker]]: Jack. Which is the plot of the fourth movie.
* [[Immortal Life Is Cheap]]
Line 379 ⟶ 366:
* [[Improv]]: Half of Depp's lines, in the first film at least.
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Will uses a red-hot poker as an impromptu sword midway through his duel with Jack in the first film.
** In the fourth film, Jack knocks down several Spanish soldiers, while armed only with {{spoiler|a coconut on the end of a rope
* [[Incoming Ham]]:
** Jack Sparrow's and Davy Jones's grand entrances in the first and second films establish their mystique.
** [[Hammy Herald|Davy Jones even provides one for the (not so articulate) Kraken]]:
{{quote|
** While he starts out a little understated, you know Blackbeard's about to unleash when he first enters.
* [[Indy Ploy]]: Most of Jack's plans, though he maintains a certain [[Gambit Roulette]] mystique about them just to keep people on their toes.
Line 389 ⟶ 376:
* [[Inferred Holocaust|Inferred Massacre]]:
** In ''Dead Man's Chest'', it's strongly implied this happened to most of the ''Pearl's'' crewmen, when {{spoiler|Will Turner finds Cotton's parrot, and it squawks "Don't eat me!"}}
** 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
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: ''Captain'' Jack Sparrow.
{{quote|
* [[Interesting Situation Duel]]: Several.
** In ''Curse of the Black Pearl'', Sparrow and Turner's first-meeting fight in the blacksmith's shop. Also Jack and Barbossa's clash in the treasure cave, with the tactical use of immortality.
** In
** In
** In
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: A lot. See also [[Fantastic Romance]].
** Davy Jones and the goddess Calypso in the second and the third movie.
Line 407 ⟶ 394:
* [[It May Help You on Your Quest]]:
** Jack's jar of dirt.
{{quote|
'''Tia Dalma:''' If you don' want it... give it back.
'''Jack:''' (''tentatively'') No...
'''Tia Dalma:''' Then it helps.
** The Nine Pieces of Eight. The Pirate Lords were, to a man, ''skint broke''.
{{quote|
** Bootstrap's grungy knife as well. It seems [[It Was a Gift|an odd gift]], but Bootstrap gives it to Will as if he knows he will need it and may never see him again. Will assumes he needs it to stab the heart. Ironic in hindsight.
* [[It's the Journey That Counts]]: [[Discussed]] and paraphrased in every movie.
Line 420 ⟶ 407:
** Lord Beckett's motive for reining in Davy Jones, in the first part of ''At World's End''. Jones had been exterminating the crews of the pirate ships he attacked; Beckett couldn't have that. "I need prisoners to interrogate. This tends to work better if they're alive."
* [[Kangaroo Court]]: The trials in the third and fourth movies are hinted to be this.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Barbossa in the fourth movie. Not so much in the first movie.
* [[Karmic Transformation]]: Davy Jones, prior to the events of the movies.
* [[Kick the Dog]]:
** 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
** "Someone make a note of that man's bravery."
* [[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
* [[Kiss of Death]]: Elizabeth and {{spoiler|Jack}} in ''Dead Man's Chest''. Elizabeth and {{spoiler|Sao Feng}} in ''At World's End''. Elizabeth and {{spoiler|Norrington}} in ''At World's End''. Elizabeth and {{spoiler|Will}} in ''At World's End''. Those who got kissed by Elizabeth all died by Davy Jones's hands (directly or indirectly).
* [[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.
* [[Large Ham]]: [[World of Ham|Many]].
** Jack Sparrow himself.
Line 438 ⟶ 425:
** Blackbeard.
* [[Leave Behind a Pistol]]
* [[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
* [[Lost in Translation]]: The Italian version of the first movie was titled "''La Maledizione Della Prima Luna''" ("''The Curse of the First Moon''"), which is completely unrelated to the plot. Particularly ominous because the ''Black Pearl'' is not just some random cursed piece of jewelry, but an actual cursed ship.
* [[Love Redeems]]:
** 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
** Angelica ''attempts'' to do this for Blackbeard. But he's a bad man.
* [[Love Triangle]]: Love Quadrangle between Will, Jack, Norrington and Elizabeth.
Line 451 ⟶ 438:
** ''On Stranger Tides'' had the chalices of Ponce de León and a mermaid's tear.
** 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|
** 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.
** 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
{{quote|
** 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
* [[Malignant Plot Tumor]]: Cutler Beckett and the East India Trading Company. The company is more-or-less mentioned in passing in the first film, before becoming much more of a threat in the following two films. By the time ''At World's End'' rolls around, the combined threat of Beckett and Jones was enough to ultimately unite the world's pirate forces, who up until then were crossing and betraying each other on a regular basis.
* [[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
** Pintel saying "Goodbye, Poppet", and Barbossa saying "Farewell, ''Mrs.'' Turner" as Elizabeth walked away from the crew of the Black Pearl for the final time in ''At World's End'' definitely counts.
* [[Meaningful Name]]:
Line 465 ⟶ 452:
** Tia Dalma's name is an anagram for Dalmatia, a famous haven for pirates.
** Barbossa's name is rather close to Barbarossa, another famous pirate.
** Syrena is Greek for [[wikipedia:Siren|"siren"]] and, in the movie, is pronounced as the Spanish word for mermaid, "sirena
*** Which made the Spanish dub sound like "The mermaid's name will be... [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Mermaid]]".
* [[Membership Token]]: In the first film, the cursed gold coins, in the third film, the nine Pieces of Eight.
Line 473 ⟶ 460:
** Bootstrap Bill's knife. It's given to Will [[It Was a Gift|as a gift]] from the no-longer-dead Bootstrap.
* [[Mexican Standoff]]:
** 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
** Will, Norrington, and Jack over the Dead Man's Chest.
** Jack, Angelica, and Scrum over the {{spoiler|mermaid's tear
* [[Mobile Shrubbery]]: One rather successful instance with a canoe, and another much less successful one with a potted plant.
* [[The Mountains of Illinois]]:
** Port Royal was not built on a cliff. Jamaica has plenty of cliffs, but not anywhere near the site of Port Royal.
** Singapore isn't mountainous.
** 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].
*** Who says they're in Florida? It could have been some other island in the Caribbean, after all no one has found the Fountain of Youth in Florida have they?
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Pretty much the entire male cast, excepting perhaps some of the minor characters.
Line 486 ⟶ 473:
** Several instances, most importantly the pre-''Curse of the Black Pearl'' one which cost Sparrow his ''Black Pearl''.
** In ''On Stranger Tides'', Jack attempts to incite a mutiny aboard the ''Queen Anne's Revenge''. After this insurrection fails spectacularly, Jack claimed he did it just to gain an audience with the until-then-unseen Blackbeard.
* [[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
** In the first film, when Jack is captured by the Port Royal guards and is undergoing his [[Heroic BSOD]] in his jail cell, a group of recently-detained pirates are trying to coax the guard dog into giving them the keys. Jack, in a gloriously [[Deadpan Snarker|snarky]] allusion to the original ride, tries to convince the pirates to give up. In the following exchange, however, we can see that it has no effect whatsoever:
{{quote|
'''[[Red Shirt]] Pirate #1:''' Well, excuse ''me'' if we haven't resigned ourselves to the gallows just yet.
''(Jack leans his head back, smirking from ear to ear)''
* [[Nautical Knockout]]: Jack intentionally does this to Will in the first movie.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Apparently, the only way to be a truly [[Badass]] [[Pirate]] is to have a ''really'' nice hat.
Line 500 ⟶ 487:
** 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]].
Line 508 ⟶ 495:
* [[Noodle Incident]]:
** "Clearly you have never been to Singapore."
** 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
** The "trick we perfected in new Guinea" Gibbs uses to take care of the guards on board the ''Queen Anne's Revenge'' in ''On Stranger Tides''.
** Jack has a conspicuous new scar in
** "What were you doing in a Spanish convent?"
*** 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-So-Safe Harbor]]:
** Port Royal.
** Tortuga.
** Shipwreck Cove.
* [[Oh Crap]]:
** In ''Curse of the Black Pearl'', Barbossa's expression upon realising he's about to die is pretty comical, if you're in a cruel mood ("I feel... cold.")
Line 523 ⟶ 510:
** Likewise, Bootstrap's realizing that he was fighting over control of the mooring line with his son upon the ''Flying Dutchman''.
** Jack's reaction upon seeing the ''Flying Dutchman'''s guns:
{{quote|
'''Elizabeth:''' '''''HARD TO STARBOARD!!'''''
** A minor example, but just ''watch'' Jack's expression change during ''At World's End'' when Barbossa calls for Captain Teague.
** In ''On Stranger Tides'', the mutineers when Blackbeard makes his appearance.
** When Jack Sparrow looks out at the water to see a massive swarm of mermaids swimming towards everyone.
** Blackbeard upon being told {{spoiler|he drank from the wrong chalice
* [[Once an Episode]]: Every movie has a [[The Stinger|stinger]] and mentions parley.
* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]:
** 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.
** Speaking of Jack acting OOC; it can be hard to tell what is and isn't out of character for [[The Unfettered|a guy whose methods are so mercurial]]. The only certainty is that ''anything'' he does is (virtually) always with the ultimate goal of [[Wild Card|furthering his own interests.]]
{{quote|
'''Will:''' ''At the moment?''
** Jack gets one at the climax of ''At World's End'' when Jones {{spoiler|stabs Will through the heart}} and Jack, who has has his self-serving objective ''literally'' in the palm of his hand, goes from cruelly gloating over his imminent victory to looking mind-screwed by despair, almost [[Heroic BSOD|HBSODing]]. It's brief, but is big enough to make his sacrifice afterward make perfect sense without hefty foreshadowing.
* [[Order Versus Chaos]]: In the first movie, there is no particular moral component to the sides -- the three major players are the ruthless Barbossa, the largely self-interested Jack and [[Inspector Javert|Norrington]], while Will and Elizabeth are mostly neutral. The second and third movie side more fully with Chaos, as all the protagonists become fairly chaotic, while the role as main villain is taken over by [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Cutler Becket]].
* [[Orphan's Plot Trinket]]: The Aztec gold piece and Bootstrap's carving knife are both taken from Will who kept them as [[Memento MacGuffin|mementos]] from his left-for-(un)dead father. Their ultimate purpose becomes [[Harsher in Hindsight]].
* [[Outlaw Town]]: Shipwreck and Dry Tortugas.
* [[The Plan]]:
** It's lampshaded in the third movie that a major part of Jack's mystique is if he [[Gambit Roulette|somehow plans every detail in advance]][ or [[Indy Ploy|just wings it]].
** It can be argued that the entire third movie is [[Gambit Pileup|a series of interlocking plans]], because although all of the plans (except Jack's) are straightforward, they interact in unexpected ways.
Line 545 ⟶ 532:
* [[Phrase Catcher]]: "Sea Turtles".
* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]:
** Elizabeth ends up in a few in the first couple films, given her position
** In ''On Stranger Tides'', [[Cool Old Lady|Judi Dench]]'s gown. [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!|With cleavage]].
* [[Pirate Parrot]]: and ''[[Everything's Better with Monkeys|monkey]]'' too. Then they [[Up to Eleven|join forces]] to [[They Fight Crime|defeat evil]] [[Incendiary Exponent|using explosives]].
* [[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)
* [[Plot Armor]]:
** Barbossa is killed, but by the next movie is [[Back
** Of course when Jack is killed off and the sequel was inevitable, they had no intention of killing off their fan favorite character.
* [[Plot Coupon]]: You need the [[Treasure Map|map]]... To get the key... to open the [[Treasure Chest|chest]]... to stab the [[Beat Still My Heart|heart]]... with the [[It May Help You on Your Quest|knife]] [[Memento MacGuffin|your old man]] [[It Was a Gift|gave you]] ([[It May Help You on Your Quest|you hope]]).
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: Pintel and Ragetti.
* [[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 Town]]:
** Port Royal.
** Tortuga.
* [[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''
* [[Prisoner of Zenda Exit]]: Jack. Repeatedly.
* [[Privateer]]:
** In ''Dead Man's Chest'', Cutler Beckett sends Will to offer Jack Sparrow a Letter of Marque in exchange for his compass.
** 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
* [[Public Execution]]:
** What Will rescues Jack from at the end of the first movie.
Line 581 ⟶ 568:
* [[Roll Your Rs|Roll Your Arrrrs-ah]]:
** Davy Jones.
** Captain Barbossa does this as well especially in his [[Ham
{{quote|
'''Sparrow:''' What are ''you'' doing?
'''Barbossa:''' No, what ''AAAHHRRR'' you doing!?
* [[Running Gag]]:
** "Sea turtles, mate."
Line 595 ⟶ 582:
* [[Sequel Escalation]]: The second and particularly the third movie featured [[Serial Escalation|more and more insanely over-the-top CGI and action sequences]], epic plotlines and 300-million budgets. The fourth movie, however, was intentionally scaled back, returning to the more modest and character-driven style of the first film.
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Played with in Jack's/Barbossa's crew; all of them speak like this, including the captains themselves, but it doesn't always indicate intelligence.
{{quote|
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** The first film contains numerous highly specific
** The ending of ''Dead Man's Chest'' has Will rowing in a coffin to a skull-shaped hut in a swamp, in a scene that's an almost exact duplicate of a scene in ''[[Monkey Island]]'', although the writers [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|insist they've never heard of it]].
** There are a number of references to ''[[Treasure Island]]'', including:
Line 606 ⟶ 593:
** The musical locket owned by the villain (Jones) with an identical one owned by a good guy with a history with the villain ({{spoiler|Tia Dalma, aka Calypso}})? Straight from ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'', though the relationship between the corresponding characters is quite different.
** The scene in the first movie, with the upper class lady getting rid of the alcohol after the lower-class wild man got drunk and started singing the previous night while they're stranded together? Yeah, [[The African Queen|happened in more than just this movie.]]
** In
** Sparrow's ad-libbed "And then they made me their chief" was a running gag [[Orphaned Punchline]] from ''The Goon Show'', of which Depp is a fan.
** 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]] ''
** At the end of ''On Stranger Tides'', Jack quips to Mr. Gibbs 'It's a pirate's life for me, mate', like the song that plays in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
** 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.]]
** The Fountain of Youth looks suspiciously like the [[Star Trek|Guardian of Forever]], surrounding scenery (and fog!) included.
** The scene of pirates walking along the seabed with an air-filled upside-down boat held over them is based on an incident in ''The Crimson Pirate'', a 1952 pirate flick with a similar tongue-in-cheek attitude.
Line 623 ⟶ 610:
** Jack Sparrow's past. Including the [[Just-So Story|sea turtles]]... his past relationships with [[Noodle Incident|Beckett]] and Tia Dalma... and raising the ''Black Pearl'' from a [[Deal with the Devil|watery grave]].
** At times, this is subverted:
{{quote|
'''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.
** Broken with Blackbeard.
* [[Spinoff Babies]]: Disney has been publishing a line of
* [[The Stinger]]: All four films feature an extra scene after the final credits.
* [[Strolling Through the Chaos]]: {{spoiler|Lord Cutler Beckett's}} death scene in the third movie was very much the serious version. He's walking down the stairs, which are blowing up behind him with chunks of wood flying around, when he finally dies.
Line 637 ⟶ 624:
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JImcvtJzIK8 "Why is the rum gone?"]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRcj6CAhe7s "I've got a jar of dirt!"]
* [[Summer Blockbuster]]: The whole franchise, with the
* [[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
* [[Talk Like a Pirate]]: Barbossa and Blackbeard in particular.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: In two flavors! Pirate ''and'' Navy!
Line 646 ⟶ 633:
* [[Villainous BSOD]]:
** Davey Jones tried to avoid this by [[Beat Still My Heart|removing his heart]].
** 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..."
** Barbossa's in the first movie is nicely understated. The apple may be a bit much, though.
** {{spoiler|Blackbeard when Jack reveals that he gave the the chalice with the mermaid's tear to Angelica instead of him
* [[Visual Pun]]: In the first movie, Jack is attempting to pick a lock with a bone. It's a skeleton key.
** And in the third movie, Davy Jones' Locker is filled with crustaceans that normally appear as stones, or in other words, "Rock Crabs".
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Jack Sparrow and Will Turner are Type 2.
** Jack and Barbossa begin to show shades of this in ''On Stranger Tides''.
* [[Voice for The Voiceless]]: The pirate Cotton had his tongue cut out, so he taught his parrot to speak for him. It speaks entirely in nautical [[Stock Phrases]], though, so the pirates then have to interpret what the parrot says. Gibbs mentions that "nobody's yet figured how" he taught the parrot to do that in the first place.
* [[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
** Also done in ''On Stranger Tides'' during Jack's attempted mutiny, which fails regardless.
* [[Wham! Line]]:
** A rare example of a ''closing'' Wham Line:
** {{spoiler|[[Ironic Echo|"The Dutchman must have a captain."]]}}
** {{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
** {{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
* [[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|
** 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.
** 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
* [[Wooden Ships and Iron Men]]: At least as far as visual aesthetics go.
* [[World of Ham]]: Aside from [[Dull Surprise|Orlando Bloom]] and [[Knight of Cerebus|Blackbeard]], everyone is hamming up accordingly to such a project.
Line 676 ⟶ 663:
* [[World of Snark]]
* [[Wretched Hive]]: Tortuga.
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]:
* [[You Fight Like a Cow]]: Almost every fight scene. "You're not a eunuch, are you?"
{{tropelist|Tropes found in individual movies:}}
__TOC__
== The Curse of the Black Pearl ==
* [[An Aesop]]: Just because a man is an outlaw doesn't mean he isn't a good person in his own ways.
* [[Anti-Advice]]:
{{quote|
'''Norrington:''' Because it was Mr. Sparrow who said it.
* [[As You Know]]: First movie, "You're the Governor's Daughter."
* [[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|
* [[Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys]]:
{{quote|
'''Jack:''' That would be the French.
* [[Chekhov's Boomerang]]: Will's sword throwing is first used to stop Jack from escaping, but at the end he saves Jack from the gallows with it. Although this looks like it would be a [[Chekhov's Skill]], Will's skill at throwing swords was part of the screenplay before the scene at the gallows was even created.
* [[Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are]]: "We know you're 'ere, poppet..."
Line 696 ⟶ 684:
* [[Dem Bones]]: The Black Pearl was really run by a skeleton crew under Barbossa.
* [[Derelict Graveyard]]
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Jack Sparrow heroically sailing his sunken boat into port (physics be damned), and getting on the dock without breaking stride.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: It is said that "the Black Pearl is crewed by the damned and captained by a man so evil that Hell itself spat him back out."
* [[Fairytale Wedding Dress]]: Elizabeth Swann has one. Things don't go to plan.
Line 702 ⟶ 690:
* [[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
* [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...]]:
{{quote|
* [[Improvised Zipline]]: Captain Jack Sparrow did this with the chain on his handcuffs.
* [[Mayincatec]]: The cursed Aztec gold is in a chest decorated with an illustration of an Inca god, as pointed out by Ruy Platt in ''[[Cracked.com]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_1104_27-movie-details-that-research-proves-are-b.s._p4 27 Movie Details That Research Proves Are B.S.].
* [[Meaningful Echo]]: Jack says to Will "you can accept that your father was a pirate, and a good man, or you can't." At the end of the film this exchange occurs about Jack.
{{quote|
'''Will:''' "And a good man."
* [[Mercy Lead]]: At the end of the film, Norrington grants the escaped Jack a day's head start.
* [[Misplaced Names Poster]]: [http://www.razorfine.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/pirates-curse-of-the-black-pearl-poster.jpg This] poster for the first movie.
Line 718 ⟶ 706:
* [[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.
** In the audio commentary Keira Knightley says her cleavage was painted on.
* [[Ominous Fog]]: Follows the cursed ''Black Pearl'' around.
* [[Orphaned Punchline]]: "...And then they made me their chief."
* [[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-Strike]]
{{quote|
** 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.
* [[
* [[Sarcastic Confession]]: Jack.
{{quote|
* [[Sense Loss Sadness]]: Barbossa's motivation to undo the curse.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Several very nice ones to pirate films, and to Disney movies as well:
** ''[[Peter Pan]]'': In the very first scene, Governor Swann's costume looks exactly like Captain Hook. Also, in the final fight, Jack cuts off some of the feathers on Barbossa's hat, just like Peter does to Hook.
** ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White]]'': When Elizabeth refuses Barbossa's apple, believing it's poisoned.
* [[Squick]]: In-universe example when Jack finds out that Cotton has no tongue.
* [[Stepping Stone Sword]]: Will throws a sword under Jack's feet to save him from a hanging.
Line 739 ⟶ 727:
* [[Tell Me About My Father]]: Will.
* [[Undead Author]]: With regards to the ''Pearl''.
{{quote|
* [[Using You All Along]]: As Jack is bargaining with Barbossa for Will's life, and to destroy the men of the ''Dauntless'' (more or less), plus getting to sail the ''Pearl'' again as captain, Will bursts out "You've been planning this from the beginning!"
* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: Elizabeth stores the Aztec gold piece.
Line 745 ⟶ 733:
* [[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|
'''Jack:''' Nobody! He's nobody! [[Hurricane of Excuses|Distant cousin of my aunt's nephew, twice removed]]. Lovely singing voice, though. ''[[Running Gag|Eunuch]]''.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Naval officer Lt. Groves seems to hold this view of Captain Sparrow. At the least, he openly admires the pirate's ingenuity. "That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen!"
== Dead Man's Chest ==
* [[Artificial Limbs]]: Davy Jones has two legs as a human, but his mutated form turns one of them into a lobster/crab leg that evokes the image of the stereotypical pirate peg leg. While we're at it, his lobster claw hand evokes the image of the stereotypical pirate hook hand.
* [[Attack! Attack! Retreat! Retreat!]]: In the trailer:
{{quote|
Though the second line is a blooper from one take as the actual is "Time to go." }}
* [[Attack of the Monster Appendage]]: The Kraken is the "whole body seen later" example.
Line 765 ⟶ 752:
* [[Deal with the Devil]]: How Jack originally raised the ''Black Pearl'' ([[All There in the Manual|nee]] ''[[Shout-Out|Wicked Wench]]'') from a watery grave. He reneged on his end of the bargain, then [[Rules Lawyer|Rules Lawyered]] his way out of [[Psychopomp|Davy Jones]]' clutches.
* [[Elite Mook]]: Agents of the East India Co. We only see one of them (Mercer) but Jack "vanished from under the eyes of seven agents of the East India Company" and this is listed as an impressive feat.
* [[Flaming Sword]]: Will sets his sword on fire with some oil from a lantern in an attempt to ward off the zombies.
* [[Foil]]: In a more tragic example, Davy Jones and {{spoiler|Calypso}} whilst in Tia Dalma's body. Davy Jones has become the embodiment of an evil monster, having an [[Eldritch Abomination]] of a body, abandoning all emotions and developing a convincing range of reactions, both facial and verbal; and taking delight in putting the lost souls he captures through torment and pain. Tia Dalma, however, has retained all her emotions, and will not hesitate to help those in need, and does not require a steep price in return.
Line 778 ⟶ 764:
* [[Leitmotif]]: Davy Jones takes the inspiration for his from a [[Memento MacGuffin|music box]], all minor keys.
* [[Life Isn't Fair]]:
{{quote|
* [[Living Forever Is Awesome]]: Jack's motive for wanting to stab Davy Jones's heart.
* [[MacGuffin Melee]]: A long extended sequence in the middle of the movie involved this, as almost all of the regulars competed for control of the chest containing Davy Jones' heart.
Line 788 ⟶ 774:
* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|The resurrected Captain Barbossa at the end}}.
* [[Say My Name]]:
{{quote|
* [[Skyward Scream]]: Davy Jones. See [[Say My Name]], above.
* [[Tempting Fate]]: "Actually, you don't need ''everyone.'' About six of us will do. ''([[Beat]])'' [[Oh Crap|Ohhh, dear...]]"
Line 812 ⟶ 798:
* [[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|
* [[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-Wing Angel]]: Calypso's transformation.
Line 819 ⟶ 805:
* [[Denouement]]: After the credits.
* [[Descriptive Ville]]: Lampshaded.
{{quote|
'''Pintel:''' You heard him. Step lively!
'''Jack:''' For all that pirates are clever clogs, we are an unimaginative lot when it comes to naming things.
'''Gibbs:''' Aye. }}
* [[Did You Actually Believe?]]:
{{quote|
* [[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]].
Line 850 ⟶ 836:
* [[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-Indicative Name]]: The Nine Pieces of Eight. In more ways than one.
{{quote|
'''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. }}
* [[Nothing Personal]]: Beckett uses those exact words as he prepares to renege on his agreement with Sparrow.
* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: The Kraken is killed offscreen, with only a throwaway comment and a scene where they find the body afterward.
* [[Orbital Kiss]]: At the climax while That One Theme plays.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: A quick one for Davy Jones: seeing incoming cannon fire, he throws himself on Mercer to protect him from the blast. The fact that he quickly remembers he hates the man and promptly chokes him to death just reinforces the fact that he would have protected ''any'' member of his crew in the same way.
* [[Power High]]: When {{spoiler|Tia Dalma}} is released from her human form and regains her godly powers by becoming Calypso, she makes a familiar expression that makes her enjoyment very evident.
* [[Prepare to Die]]: "I shall ''pry'' the chest away from your cold, dead fingers."
Line 862 ⟶ 848:
* [[Rescued From Purgatory]]: Saving Jack.
* [[Rousing Speech]]: A truly moving, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|awesome]] one.
{{quote|
'''{{spoiler|Pirate King Captain}} Elizabeth Swann:''' You're right...
[''Walks back a few steps towards the crew'']
'''Elizabeth:''' Then what ''shall'' we die for?
[[[Beat]]]
'''Elizabeth:''' You will listen to me... '''''LISTEN!''''' The Brethren will still be looking here to us, to the Black Pearl, to lead. And what will they see...? Frightened bilge rats aboard a derelict ship? No... No, they will see free men! And ''FREEDOM''! And what the '''''enemy''''' will see is the flash of our cannons! They will hear the ring of our swords and '''''they will know what WE can do!''''' [[Meaningful Echo|By the sweat of our brows... And the strength of our backs...]] '''''And the courage of our hearts!''''' Gentlemen... ''[[Tranquil Fury|Hoist the colors.]]'' }}
* [[Saharan Shipwreck]]
Line 884 ⟶ 870:
* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: One of Blackbeard's zombified officers laughs at Jack's "Missionary's Position" quip. Which gives said Missionary the distraction he needs to help Syrena.
* [[Adipose Rex]]: King George II.
* [[Amazon Brigade]]: The [[
* [[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.}}
Line 896 ⟶ 882:
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: The mermaids - for such sexy, harmless-looking creatures, they sure are vicious.
* [[California Doubling]]: Location shooting on the previous films was in the real Caribbean. To keep the budget lower, this one was mostly in Hawaii, with some scenes also in Puerto Rico and... California.
** And Greenwich, London.
* [[The Cameo]]: [[Judi Dench]].
* [[The Corrupter]]: Angelica claimed that Jack was this towards her.
Line 916 ⟶ 902:
* [[Godiva Hair]]: Syrena the mermaid.
* [[Gosh Darn It to Heck]]: {{spoiler|Blackbeard's}} [[Last Words]] to Jack Sparrow are "Trickster!" and "Devil!".
* [[Hide Your Pregnancy]]: [[
▲* [[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.
Line 929 ⟶ 914:
* [[Love At First Sight]]: Possibly between Philip and Syrena.
* [[Mermaid Problem]]: Averted. The mermaids are heavily implied to be mammals, not fish, given that they have lungs and need to breathe to live, and their tails are horizontal, which is indicative of aquatic mammals, not vertical, indicative of fish (not uncommon in media portrayals of mermaids, however - see [[Our Mermaids Are Different]]). On top of this, the [[Mermaid Problem]] is solved by Syrena having her tail turn into legs when she is taken completely out of water, if only temporarily.
* [[Mission
* [[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.}}
Line 942 ⟶ 927:
* [[Poisoned Weapons]]: The vengeful Barbossa coats his sword with tree frog venom, so if he so much as scratches Blackbeard he'll be dead within minutes. Unlikely as it may seem, this ploy is [[wikipedia:Poison dart frogs|Truth In Television.]]
* [[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|
* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: Jack: "Oh I understand everything. Except that wig." Spectacular escape ensues.
* [[
▲* [[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."
** And then handed her the compass, possibly implying he did.
* [[Record Needle Scratch]]: Even though the actual sound isn't used, the effect of this trope is definitely present at the end of the movie.
Line 956 ⟶ 940:
* [[Suggested By]]: This movie is officially "suggested by" the novel ''[[On Stranger Tides]]''.
* [[Take That]]: (Apparently) in-universe example regarding a dilapidated lighthouse with its whale-oil reservoir intact:
{{quote|
'''Gunner:''' It's made by the English, let's not get our hopes up. }}
* [[Throw a Barrel At It]]: Angelica and Jack fight each other in a room full of barrels in the forth film. The barrels are quickly utilized as potential weapons during the fight.
Line 965 ⟶ 949:
* [[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.
== Dead Men Tell No Tales ==
----
Line 970 ⟶ 956:
{{reflist}}
{{Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time}}
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Films of the 2010s]]
[[Category:Epic Movie]]
Line 976 ⟶ 964:
[[Category:Hugo Award]]
[[Category:Sea Stories]]
[[Category:Film]]
|