History Heartwarming / PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl

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* After [[spoiler: Barbossa is shot]] and Elizabeth and Will had reunited.

* Norrington saying out loud that asking Elizabeth's hand in marriage makes him nervous, is Heartwarming combined with Funny. Especially since everything else we see om him is being a firm, strict and upright military man--this proves he really does have a softer side.

* Jack saving Elizabeth from drowning at the start of the movie. He has literally no selfish reason to at all, in fact it slows him down on getting what he wants, and he doesn't even know her or that she's the governor's daughter. He just sees that she's in trouble and jumps in to save her without a second thought. Though his silly antics worked as an EstablishingCharacterMoment for the classic nonsensicalness that defines him, this acts as an EstablishingCharacterMoment to show that deep down (and though he'd never admit it), he is a good person.
** After Jack saves Elizabeth, Murtogg and Mullroy immediately rush in to help pull her onto the pier. Even if they're a bit incompetent, they still want to help save this woman.

* Jack's drunken monologue to Elizabeth.
-->'''Jack:''' Wherever we want to go, we ''go'', that's what a ship is ya know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship ''needs''. But what a ship ''is'', what the ''Black Pearl'' really is... is ''freedom''.
* Watch Norrington during Jack's hanging--he's completely stone-faced, and when Elizabeth says it's wrong and her father responds, Norrington doesn't say a word, but just looks at his boots. He agrees with her, but as Swann says, "Commodore Norrington is bound by the law."
** And during the same scene, the simple sight of Cotton's parrot, foreshadowing that they've come back for Jack after all.
--->'''Jack:''' I though you were to keep to the Code?\\
'''Gibbs:''' We figured they was more like ''guidelines''.

* In a small way, Jack revealing that he knew Will's father, giving Will the first truthful description of Bill Turner he's ever heard.
-->'''Jack:''' Good man. Good pirate. I swear, you look just like him.
* While sailing into Port Royal, Jack removes his hat in respect for the hanged pirates he passes.
* When Pintel and Ragetti take the time to tell a jailed up Will more about his father. They could have ignored Will's question, but instead they take the time to tell Will about Bill. Comes to show how much Bill is respected among the pirates.
* When the Marines are about to board the ''Dauntless'', Murtogg and Mulroy share a brief handshake before they jump into the fray.

** A minor one but after Jack saves Elizabeth, Murtogg and Mullroy immediately rush in to help pull her onto the pier. Even if they're a bit incompetent, they still want to help save this woman.

* A small moment, but when Pintel and Ragetti take the time to tell a jailed up Will more about his father. They could have ignored Will's question, but instead they take the time to tell Will about Bill. Comes to show how much Bill is respected among the pirates.

* A more minor moment, but after Elizabeth makes it clear she chooses Will at the end, Norrington tells Will that he expects him to take care of her properly and does it by acknowledging that Will was the one to make the sword, after Will had to watch someone else get the credit for it at the beginning of the movie.

** Jack himself was so flattered that when it came time to say goodbye, all he could tell Will was [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "Nice hat"]].

** Jack himself was so flattered that when it came time to say goodbye, all he could tell Will was [[FunnyMoments "Nice hat"]].

* "It couldn't hurt to give him one day's head start."

-->'''Jack:''' ''(to Will)'' [[MomentKiller If you were waiting for the opportune moment, that was it.]]

-->'''Commodore Norrington''': You forget your place, Turner.\\
'''Will Turner''': It's right here, between you and Jack.

-->"Wherever we want to go, we ''go'', that's what a ship is ya know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship ''needs''. But what a ship ''is'', what the ''Black Pearl'' really is...is ''freedom''."
* Watch Norrington during Jack's hanging -- he's completely stone-faced, and when Elizabeth says it's wrong and her father responds, Norrington doesn't say a word but just looks at his boots. He agrees with her, but as Swann says, "Commodore Norrington is bound by the law."

--> '''Jack''': I though you were to keep to the Code?
--> '''Gibbs''': We figured they was more like ''guide lines''.

* A small moment, but when Pintel and Ragetti take the time to tell a jailed up Will more about his father. They could have ignored Will's question, but instead they take the time to tell Will about Bill. Comes to show how much Bill is respected among pirates.
* When the Marines are about to board the Dauntless, Murtogg and Mulroy share a brief handshake before they jump into the fray.

-->"Wherever we want to go, ''go'', that's what a ship is don't ya know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship ''needs''. But what a ship ''is'', what the ''Black Pearl'' really is...is ''freedom''."

** Jack himself was so flattered that when it came time to say goodbye, all he could do was tell Will was [[FunnyMoments "Nice hat"]].