Ruthless Modern Pirates: Difference between revisions

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[[File:tla-pirates.jpg|link=The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou|frame| What [[A Worldwide Punomenon|ARRRRRRRRRR]] they, hijackers? ]]

{{quote|''"Those guys were ''pirates?'' Admit it, you chased [[A Pirate 400 Years Too Late|much cooler pirates]] when you were on our team."''

~~{{quote|''"Those guys were ''pirates?'' Admit it, you chased [[A Pirate 400 Years Too Late|much cooler pirates]] when you were on our team."''~~|'''Hank Venture,''' ''[[The Venture Brothers]]''}}

|'''Hank Venture,''' ''[[The Venture Brothers]]''}}

[[Truth in Television]]: Pirates, or more politically correctly, maritime terrorists, still roam the waters today (mostly in regions of high political instability or weak military resolve to stop them, such as [[Somalia]], West Africa and the Straits of Malacca). This trope is about them.

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See also [[Sky Pirates]] and [[Space Pirates]] for specific types of modern-day/future pirates that still retain their romanticism.

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== Anime and Manga ==

* The main characters of ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' are shown hijacking a ship after Rock first joins them. Since the group's normal vessel is a torpedo boat, one assumes they engage in piracy when their "delivery" business is poor.

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== Fan ~~Fiction~~ ==

== Fan Works ==

* In ''[[Light and Dark - The Adventures of Dark Yagami]]'', Dark's boat is attacked by "moden pirates with guns and rockets and [[Ripped from the Headlines|taking over oil tanks lick those guys on tv]]" ... Who inexplicably still [[Talk Like a Pirate|talk like traditional fictional pirates]].

== Film ==

* [[Made for TV Movie]] ''Desperate Voyage''. A modern-day pirate hijacks private yachts, steals the valuables on board, and sends the passengers to the bottom of the ocean.

* In the [[Made for TV Movie]] ''Desperate Voyage'', a modern-day pirate hijacks private yachts, steals the valuables on board, and sends the passengers to the bottom of the ocean.

* ''Kidnapped in Paradise''. A woman is kidnapped (and her fiancee is killed) by modern day pirates.

* A major plot point in ''[[Six Days Seven Nights]]''.

* A major plot point in ''[[Six Days, Seven Nights]]''.

* In ''[[Clear and Present Danger]]'', an act of piracy leads to an attempt by the U.S. government to systematically assassinate the leaders of drug cartels in revenge.

* ''[[Captain Ron]]'' features some real life ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]''. This is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by Martin Short's incredulous, "Pirates? Of the Caribbean? Really?"