History Main / Pirate

* The ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' story "Kitty's Fairy Tale" has Kitty Pryde spinning a bedtime story to Colossus' kid sister. It stars Kitty as a heroic girl pirate and her X-Men compadres in various roles.
* ''ComicBook/TheWarlordDC'': Captain Hawk, a.k.a. "the Sea Snake", is a fairly treacherous sometimes-ally of Travis Morgan.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'': Brigid, a playable character in the [[ArcherArchetype Sniper]] class led a group of Rogue Pirates before her crew mutinied. In the next game in the saga, ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776 Thracia 776]]'', Lifis, a playable character in the thief class, is a TokenEvilTeammate in the player's army.

* Both Foxy and Mangle from the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' series, although they both reach NinjaPirateZombieRobot levels due to being Animatronics, Foxy of which being a ArtificialZombie.

* The ''TabletopGame/PiratesConstructibleStrategyGame'' is all about pirates; Pirates are represented by a generic faction based on their traditional portrayal in media, and later sets have introduced variants such as Muslim Corsairs, HollywoodVoodoo practicing [[GhostPirate Ghost Pirates]], and even SubmarinePirates straight out of Creator/JulesVerne.

%%* ''Literature/{{Vampirates}}''

* ''[[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania 36]]'' in 2020 seems to be going "[[JustForPun full sail ahead]]" with the pirate theme having announced that their event will be hosted at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay (a stadium with a ''built-in pirate ship including pyrotechnic cannons'') whilst basing their logo on a pirate flag.

* The [[VideoGame/Shantae Shantae]] series has its big bad, the sexy pirate captain Risky Boots. Series star Shantae also becomes one herself, at least for a little while, in the third entry.

Dashing villains who lived free on the open sea, with a [[PirateParrot parrot]] on [[ParrotPetPosition their shoulder]], a cutlass in their hand and a chest full o' gold. Fond o' drinking and prone ta fights, out to live "a short life and a merry one." The pirates we know and love were greatly influenced by those of ''Literature/PeterPan'' and ''Literature/TreasureIsland''.

%%* LetsPlay/{{Mianite}} features the pirates of Ianaria, who are more Roguish.

%%* [[Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses How to Be a Pirate]]

Honored every September 19th with [[http://www.talklikeapirate.com/ International Talk Like A Pirate Day.]] Reading/watching/playing any of the below works, at least in p[[IncrediblyLamePun arrr]]t, would be a good way to celebrate.

SpacePirates occur in [[RecycledINSPACE the far future]], sailing the [[SpaceIsAnOcean ocean of space]]. They usually [[ThrownOutTheAirlock throw people out of the airlock]] rather than making them WalkThePlank, and may substitute [[CallARabbitASmeerp some alien flier]] for the parrot.

** Later remembered as the Russian RobinHood, especially during the Soviet era.

** A hat.

-->'''Hayes''': Are you saying in that book that I'm a pirate?\\
'''Clerk'''(hesitantly): I suppose I am.\\
'''Hayes''': Good. Because I am one, and a damn good one. Oh, I never flew the skull and crossbones, that's for your fictioneers. But I have sought pleasure and profit in every port known to man without regard to any man's law. That's not to say I lack morals and standards. I got morals and standards. I never killed a man who didn't deserve it, I never cheated an honest man, I never pillaged and I never raped.

** Any combination of peg leg, HookHand, and [[EyePatchOfPower eye patch]].

* Many, many of Emilio Salgari's books. The ''Black Corsair'' series, the ''[[Literature{{Sandokan}} Pirates of Malaysia]]'' series, the ''Pirates of Bermuda'' series… and the list goes on.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** The ''Decolora Adventure'' arc has an episode featuring a pirate gang of four Water-type Pokémon who were all released by their trainers for petty reasons.
** The main BigBad of the ninth movie, ''Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea'', was a pirate, complete with a Chatot, a parrot Pokemon.

** [[BootsOfToughness Cavalier or "bucket" boots]], shoes with large fancy buckles, [[DoesNotLikeShoes or going barefoot.]]

[[RuthlessModernPirates Not those ones]]. [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil Not these, either]]. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates And, uh -- not them]].

* ‘’WesternAnimation/MadJackThePirate’’ is a 13 episode series which basically asks “What if Series/{{Blackadder}} was a pirate?

* ''LightNovel/KyouranKazokuNikki'''s tenth episode is 21 minutes of pirate absurdity. This on top of the normal absurdity the show already has. Interestingly, the episode is about the differing ideals of shows like ''Manga/OnePiece'' where [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything the lead pirates don't do anything]] and the traditional view. [[spoiler:The traditional view wins.]]

* First episode of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}} REVOLUTION'' has Lina Inverse laying waste to a group of pirates.