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What's the easiest way to tell someone is a {{Pirate}}? If he's named "Long John"! Pirates in fiction have a strong tendency to be named some variation of "Long John Silver", whether it's directly calling him "Long John X" or more of an indirect parody like "Short Jennie Barnacles."

This is a ShoutOut to the infamous pirate from ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', of course, although it doesn't have to be a WholePlotReference as such. Creator/RobertLouisStevenson's novel did a lot to [[TropeCodifier codify]] most of the PirateTropes we know and love today, not least the character's other attributes of a PirateParrot and SeadogPegLeg (despite Long John [[BeamMeUpScotty not having a peg leg]] in the original book). Even the TalkLikeAPirate trope can be traced directly to Creator/RobertNewton's iconic performance as Silver in [[Film/TreasureIsland1950 the 1950 film adaptation]]. As such, any callback to Long John's name makes the perfect piratical finishing touch.

SisterTrope to CaptainColorbeard. See also DressedToPlunder.

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[[folder: Anime & Manga]]
* ''Manga/OnePiece'': For a series all about pirates, this actually averted. The only character named after Long John Silver use the ''other'' part of the captain's name; the infamous [[RedBaron Dark King]] Silvers Rayleigh.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* In issue #16 of ''Cartoon Cartoons'', a ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' story featured a GhostPirate visiting the Bagge farm. His name was Captain Long John Longjohns.
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[[folder:Film - Live Action]]
* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', the writers clearly intended Jack Sparrow to be this, characterizing him as a TricksterMentor to Will (the film's actual protagonist) who was [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor constantly switching sides between heroes and villains]], and even shared the same initials as Cpt. Silver - J.S. Creator/JohnnyDepp ended up taking the character in more of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} direction, however, eschewing the obvious [[Film/TreasureIsland1950 Robert Newton]] [[TalkLikeAPirate influence]] that usually comes with this trope.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* The novelisation of the ''WesternAnimation/PuffTheMagicDragon'' animated movie had a pirate called Very Long John [[CaptainColorbeard Black and Bluebeard]] Kidd.
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[[folder:Music]]
* Early in Music/TheBeatles career they went by the name "Long [[Music/JohnLennon John]] and the Silvermen."
* Music/TheLongestJohns are best known for their renditions of sea shanties.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' has Long Drong Slayer, a mercenary Dwarf pirate captain who leads a band of piratical dwarf death-seekers festooned with every pirate cliche they can pack.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* The antagonist of ''VideoGame/DragonQuestTreasures'' is a skeletal pirate named Long John Silverbones, though he's usually just called "Silverbones" and the "Long John" part is rarely mentioned.
* ''VideoGame/FamilyGuyBackToTheMultiverse'': One of the bosses is a pirate version of Peter Griffin named Long John Peter.
* ''VideoGame/ShadowGambitTheCursedCrew'': The crew of the ''Red Marley'' includes John Mercury. Another name for the metal mercury is quicksilver.
* Short John Mithril from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''.
* ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeBeforeTheStorm'': Max's pirate nickname is "Long Max Silver." Ironically, she notes that she's always been shorter than her fellow pirate roleplaying friend Chloe.
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
* In ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', when Helix was excited about the idea of him and Sam becoming space pirates, Helix started to call himself "Long John Aluminium".
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'' episode "Ship of Ghouls" had a pirate named Long John Silverware among Jean [=LeFoot=]'s crew.
* ''WesternAnimation/DrZitbagsTransylvaniaPetShop'' featured a pirate named Short John Silver as a recurring villain.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' has the SpacePirate captain, Long John Silver the 23rd. Dodgers questions if this is copyright infringement to which the captain assures him that it's in the public domain.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In one episode, Peter somehow acquires a parrot and adopts the persona of “Long John Peter” as APirate400YearsTooLate.
* Long John Scarechrome was one of Prime Evil's mooks from ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters''.
* The ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' episode "The Legend of Long Jon" featured Jon's pirate ancestor, Long Jon Arbuckle, who was hated by all the people that lived in the village, [[spoiler: until the end, where it was discovered that he was actually a benevolent agent for UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'':
** Tigger imagines himself as the pirate "Long John Tigger", during a fantasy in the episode "Babysitter Blues".
** In the episode "Rabbit Marks the Spot", Rabbit claims that a false treasure map that he created belonged to his [[NinjaPirateRobotZombie rabbit pirate]] ancestor Long John Cottontail. [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, the real Long John Cottontail shows up, scaring Pooh and the others away, much to Rabbit's confusion.]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/SevenLittleMonsters'' episode "Ahoy, Me Monsters" had the seven monsters follow instructions leading them to a treasure that is sent by a person named Long John Shorty, [[spoiler:who is actually their mother arranging the treasure hunt to give her children something fun to do.]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/WildWestCowboysOfMooMesa'' episode "Cow Pirates of Swampy Cove" had the C.O.W.-Boys fight a gang of pirates led by Longhorn Silver.
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* Although not a character ''per se'', "Long John Silver's" restaurant is obviously a shout-out to the infamous Stevenson character.
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