%%
%% Image selected via crowner in the Image Suggestion thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php?crowner_id=5nl5l52l
%% https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1452266899092104700
%% Please don't change or remove without starting a new thread.
%%
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/capture_of_the_pirate_blackbeard.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[-''Capture of the Pirate Blackbeard, 1718'' by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1920)-]]]
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.

Compare with SeaborneAndSubmersibleVehicles. Contrast with NinjaTropes.
----
!!Tropes:
[[index]]
[floatboxright:
'''Main topic:'''
* {{Pirates}}

'''Media index:'''
* PirateStories

'''UsefulNotes:'''
* UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy
* UsefulNotes/TalkLikeAPirateDay
]
[[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: Types of pirates ]]

* BarbarousBarbaryBandits: Pirates from North Africa and the Middle East.
* 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}}).
* CaptainNemoCopy: An {{Expy}} of [[Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea Captain Nemo]].
* FriendlyPirate: A pirate who is actually quite nice and lacking any villainous behavior.
* GhostPirate: An undead pirate; includes both literal ghosts as well as reanimated corpses.
* HornyVikings: Vikings (essentially medieval Scandinavian pirates) are often depicted wearing helmets with horns.
* LongJohnShoutout: A pirate's name references Long John Silver from ''Literature/TreasureIsland''.
* APirate400YearsTooLate: Anachronistic pirates from the distant past are somehow still around in modern times.
* PirateGirl: A female pirate out to plunder in the male-dominated field of sailing.
* {{Privateer}}: A naval mercenary hired by governments to engage in state-sanctioned piracy against enemy nations.
* RuthlessModernPirates: Modern-day pirates whose crimes are not at all romanticized.
* SalvagePirates: Thieves who steal scrap and junk from abandoned ships.
* SemiaquaticSpeciesSailor: Semiaquatic {{Funny Animal}}s tend to be pirates.
* SkyPirate: Pirates who plunder aircraft.
* SpacePirates: Pirates who plunder {{spacecraft}}.
* SubmarinePirates: Pirates who plunder from a submersible ship.
* VenturousSmuggler: Aside from hijacking and robbery of ships, pirates may also transport illegal contraband through the seas.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Other piracy-related tropes ]]

* AccordionToMostSailors: Pirates are likely to play the accordion or other similar free-reed instruments.
* BoardingParty: When pirates prepare to jump and climb onto a passing ship they've targeted.
* CutlassBetweenTheTeeth: Pirates may sometimes hold a sword in their mouth when their hands are full.
* DressedToPlunder: The stereotypical pirate costume.
* EyepatchOfPower: Many pirates wear eyepatches.
* GangplankGalleon: A [[VideoGameSettings video game level]] set onboard a pirate ship.
* HackedByAPirate: A [[HollywoodHacking computer hacker]] likes to use pirate symbols as their calling card.
* HangingAround: If a pirate is set to be publicly executed, it will likely be by hanging.
* HookHand: Another common staple is for pirates to use hooks as prosthetic hands.
* JollyRoger: A flag indicating a ship belongs to pirates.
* 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.
* NotSoSafeHarbor: A coastal seaport infested with pirates and other shifty scumbags.
* PirateBooty: Pirates love to bury hoards of their stolen treasures.
* PirateEpisode: An episode of a series that has the main cast become pirates.
* PirateParrot: Many pirates have pet parrots sitting on their shoulders.
* PirateSong: Sea shanties about living a pirate's life.
* PiratesVersusNinjas: Pirates and {{ninja}}s are mortal enemies for some reason.
* 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.
* RapePillageAndBurn: Pirates will attack coastal settlements and take whatever the hell they want from civilians.
* SeadogBeard: Many sailors (including pirates) tend to grow very ([[BeardOfEvil wickedly]]) impressive beards.
* SeadogPegLeg: If pirates have {{eyepatch|OfPower}}es and {{hook hand}}s, then expect them to also have wooden legs as well.
* SwordAndGun: Many pirates favor a cutlass and flintlock pistol as their main weapons, often simultaneously.
* TalkLikeAPirate: Pirates are usually heard speaking with very thick Southwest English accents.
* TreasureMap: A document that reveals the location of wherever the [[PirateBooty pirate treasures]] have been buried.
* WalkThePlank: Pirates send people to their watery graves by making them leap off the ship's plank.
* WoodenShipsAndIronMen: Most pirates live in a setting based on or inspired by the Age of Sail in the 16th to 19th centuries.
[[/index]]
----