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7 | [[caption-width-right:350:[-''Capture of the Pirate Blackbeard, 1718'' by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1920)-]]] |
8 | Whether they're sailing the high seas, soaring the wild blue yonder, or charting the depths of outer space, whenever there are ships and commerce, there's {{Pirate}}s. |
9 | |
10 | Compare with SeaborneAndSubmersibleVehicles. Contrast with NinjaTropes. |
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12 | !!Tropes: |
13 | [[index]] |
14 | [floatboxright: |
15 | '''Main topic:''' |
16 | * {{Pirates}} |
17 | |
18 | '''Media index:''' |
19 | * PirateStories |
20 | |
21 | '''UsefulNotes:''' |
22 | * UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy |
23 | * UsefulNotes/TalkLikeAPirateDay |
24 | ] |
25 | [[AC:Types of pirates]] |
26 | * BarbarousBarbaryBandits: Pirates from North Africa and the Middle East. |
27 | * CaptainColorbeard: A pirate has a name referring to the color/type of beard they have (e.g. a pirate with a black beard named {{UsefulNotes/Blackbeard}}). |
28 | * CaptainNemoCopy: An {{Expy}} of [[Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea Captain Nemo]]. |
29 | * FriendlyPirate: A pirate who is actually quite nice and lacking any villainous behavior. |
30 | * GhostPirate: An undead pirate; includes both literal ghosts as well as reanimated corpses. |
31 | * HornyVikings: Vikings (essentially medieval Scandinavian pirates) are often depicted wearing helmets with horns. |
32 | * LongJohnShoutout: A pirate's name references Long John Silver from ''Literature/TreasureIsland''. |
33 | * APirate400YearsTooLate: Anachronistic pirates from the distant past are somehow still around in modern times. |
34 | * PirateGirl: A female pirate out to plunder in the male-dominated field of sailing. |
35 | * {{Privateer}}: A naval mercenary hired by governments to engage in state-sanctioned piracy against enemy nations. |
36 | * RuthlessModernPirates: Modern-day pirates whose crimes are not at all romanticized. |
37 | * SalvagePirates: Thieves who steal scrap and junk from abandoned ships. |
38 | * SemiaquaticSpeciesSailor: Semiaquatic {{Funny Animal}}s tend to be pirates. |
39 | * SkyPirate: Pirates who plunder aircraft. |
40 | * SpacePirates: Pirates who plunder {{spacecraft}}. |
41 | * SubmarinePirates: Pirates who plunder from a submersible ship. |
42 | * VenturousSmuggler: Aside from hijacking and robbery of ships, pirates may also transport illegal contraband through the seas. |
43 | |
44 | [[AC:Other piracy-related tropes]] |
45 | * AccordionToMostSailors: Pirates are likely to play the accordion or other similar free-reed instruments. |
46 | * BoardingParty: When pirates prepare to jump and climb onto a passing ship they've targeted. |
47 | * CutlassBetweenTheTeeth: Pirates may sometimes hold a sword in their mouth when their hands are full. |
48 | * DressedToPlunder: The stereotypical pirate costume. |
49 | * EyepatchOfPower: Many pirates wear eyepatches. |
50 | * GangplankGalleon: A [[VideoGameSettings video game level]] set onboard a pirate ship. |
51 | * HackedByAPirate: A [[HollywoodHacking computer hacker]] likes to use pirate symbols as their calling card. |
52 | * HangingAround: If a pirate is set to be publicly executed, it will likely be by hanging. |
53 | * HookHand: Another common staple is for pirates to use hooks as prosthetic hands. |
54 | * JollyRoger: A flag indicating a ship belongs to pirates. |
55 | * MadeASlave: A possible fate for some people who get kidnapped by pirates is to be treated as chattel, either forced to serve the pirates directly or be sold at coastal slave markets. |
56 | * NotSoSafeHarbor: A coastal seaport infested with pirates and other shifty scumbags. |
57 | * PirateBooty: Pirates love to bury hoards of their stolen treasures. |
58 | * PirateEpisode: An episode of a series that has the main cast become pirates. |
59 | * PirateParrot: Many pirates have pet parrots sitting on their shoulders. |
60 | * PirateSong: Sea shanties about living a pirate's life. |
61 | * PiratesVersusNinjas: Pirates and {{ninja}}s are mortal enemies for some reason. |
62 | * ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: A character is said to have a specific career (like piracy), but is never shown or otherwise indicated to do anything that has to do with their profession. |
63 | * RapePillageAndBurn: Pirates will attack coastal settlements and take whatever the hell they want from civilians. |
64 | * SeadogBeard: Many sailors (including pirates) tend to grow very ([[BeardOfEvil wickedly]]) impressive beards. |
65 | * SeadogPegLeg: If pirates have {{eyepatch|OfPower}}es and {{hook hand}}s, then expect them to also have wooden legs as well. |
66 | * SwordAndGun: Many pirates favor a cutlass and flintlock pistol as their main weapons, often simultaneously. |
67 | * TalkLikeAPirate: Pirates are usually heard speaking with very thick Southwest English accents. |
68 | * TreasureMap: A document that reveals the location of wherever the [[PirateBooty pirate treasures]] have been buried. |
69 | * WalkThePlank: Pirates send people to their watery graves by making them leap off the ship's plank. |
70 | * WoodenShipsAndIronMen: Most pirates live in a setting based on or inspired by the Age of Sail in the 16th to 19th centuries. |
71 | [[/index]] |
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