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* The pirate cats in ''Animation/CatCity''. Other than having a Jolly Roger flag on their [[SubmarinePirates submarine]], there's nothing romantic about them.
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* The pirate cats in ''Animation/CatCity''. Other than having a Jolly Roger flag on their [[SubmarinePirates submarine]], there's nothing romantic about them.
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Unlike their [[{{pirate}} conventional counterparts]], there is nothing romantic about these modern-day pirates. They have no big, wooden ship with a skull-and-crossbones flag, peg-legs, parrots, eye-patches, booze, they don't order "Shiver me timbers!", nothing like that. They're usually just a few guys with guns in a skiff. Funny enough, this characterization of being honorless, psychopathic killers is ''exactly'' how pirates were viewed during the Golden Age of Piracy. Many of them lived up (or down) to this reputation. [[labelnote:Caveat]]Many golden-age pirates were defectors from British naval press-gangs, making them essentially escaped slaves and thus occasionally sympathetic in colonial and even British literature. Black escaped slaves sometimes became pirates as well, often because they had no real place to go after getting free. A number of the pirate crews were heavily black as a result.[[/labelnote]] [[NostalgiaFilter Perhaps another four hundred years from now, Somalian and Southeast Asian pirates will be viewed as romantic rogues]].

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Unlike their [[{{pirate}} [[{{Pirate}} conventional counterparts]], there is nothing romantic about these modern-day pirates. They have no big, wooden ship with a skull-and-crossbones flag, peg-legs, parrots, eye-patches, booze, they don't order "Shiver me timbers!", nothing like that. They're usually just a few guys with guns in a skiff. Funny enough, this characterization of being honorless, psychopathic killers is ''exactly'' how pirates were viewed during the Golden Age of Piracy. Many of them lived up (or down) to this reputation. [[labelnote:Caveat]]Many golden-age pirates were defectors from British naval press-gangs, making them essentially escaped slaves and thus occasionally sympathetic in colonial and even British literature. Black escaped slaves sometimes became pirates as well, often because they had no real place to go after getting free. A number of the pirate crews were heavily black as a result.[[/labelnote]] [[NostalgiaFilter Perhaps another four hundred years from now, Somalian and Southeast Asian pirates will be viewed as romantic rogues]].



* The main characters of ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' are shown hijacking a ship after Rock first joins them. Since the group's normal vessel is a torpedo boat, one assumes they engage in piracy when their "delivery" business is poor.
** The characters are first seen robbing and kidnapping Rock. They were hired specifically to steal a disk by Hotel Moscow. Later, they were hired by someone else to hijack the ship. Basically, they commit whatever crimes they are hired to do (smuggling drugs, et cetera.) Luak and his men were also pirates before getting wiped out by Revy.

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* The main characters of ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' are shown hijacking a ship after Rock first joins them. Since the group's normal vessel is a torpedo boat, one assumes they engage in piracy when their "delivery" business is poor.
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first seen robbing and kidnapping Rock. They were hired specifically to steal a disk by Hotel Moscow. Later, they were hired by someone else to hijack the ship. After Rock first joins them, they're shown hijacking another ship. Basically, they commit whatever crimes they are hired to do (smuggling drugs, et cetera.) cetera), though it might be that also engage in piracy when business is poor. Luak and his men were also pirates before getting wiped out by Revy.



* ''Manga/{{Jormungand}}'': Off of Somalia, a well equipped band of pirates with two boats and a helicopter tries to attack Koko Hekmatyar's ship. Unfortunately for them, she's an arms dealer, and her team of bodyguards puts her merchandise to good use.

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* ''Manga/{{Jormungand}}'': Off of Somalia, a well equipped well-equipped band of pirates with two boats and a helicopter tries to attack Koko Hekmatyar's ship. Unfortunately for them, she's an arms dealer, ArmsDealer, and her team of bodyguards puts her merchandise to good use.



* ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} and [[ComicBook/TheWarlordDC Travis Morgan]] in ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}: Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager''. While Deathstroke is given a bit of a pass because of his noble intentions (he's only turned to piracy as a means to rescue his kidnapped daughter) the rest of his crew are portrayed as remorseless bloodthirsty criminals who just happen to be on a boat.

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* ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} and [[ComicBook/TheWarlordDC Travis Morgan]] in ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}: ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}: Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager''. While Deathstroke is given a bit of a pass because of his noble intentions (he's only turned to piracy as a means to rescue his kidnapped daughter) the rest of his crew are portrayed as remorseless bloodthirsty criminals who just happen to be on a boat.



* In ''ComicBook/{{X 23}}'', Laura and Gambit run afoul of a band while on their way to Madripoor, with Gambit getting dumped into a shark pool for their trouble.

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* In ''ComicBook/{{X 23}}'', Laura and Gambit run afoul of a band while on their way to Madripoor, with Gambit getting dumped into a shark pool SharkPool for their trouble.



* Francesco Marciuliano's comic strip ''ComicStrip/MediumLarge'' featured "Talk Like a Real Pirate Day" - much more brutal than the 'Arrr' pirate talk.

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* Francesco Marciuliano's comic strip ''ComicStrip/MediumLarge'' featured "Talk Like a Real Pirate Day" - -- much more brutal than the 'Arrr' pirate talk.



* Lirh Sarkhan, of ''Fanfic/KingdomHeartsNewEpicTheFirst'' - despite sailing around in the classic old pirate ship, even previously owned by Captain Hook himself, Lirh is a ruthless young man who leads his forces through a healthy dose of respect and fear. His plunders are most often accompanied by massive casualty numbers, and he's one of the Most Wanted Pirates in the Worlds.

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* Lirh Sarkhan, of ''Fanfic/KingdomHeartsNewEpicTheFirst'' - -- despite sailing around in the classic old pirate ship, even previously owned by Captain Hook himself, Lirh is a ruthless young man who leads his forces through a healthy dose of respect and fear. His plunders are most often accompanied by massive casualty numbers, and he's one of the Most Wanted Pirates in the Worlds.
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Unlike their [[{{pirate}} conventional counterparts]], there is nothing romantic about these modern-day pirates. They tend to be completely ruthless, cold-blooded killers, devoid of honor and willing to stoop to any crime: [[TheSociopath sociopaths]] on the high seas. Bonus points if characters express disappointment at these pirates' failure to shiver timbers. Funny enough, this characterization of being honorless, psychopathic killers is ''exactly'' how pirates were viewed during the Golden Age of Piracy. Many of them lived up (or down) to this reputation. [[labelnote:Caveat]]Many golden-age pirates were defectors from British naval press-gangs, making them essentially escaped slaves and thus occasionally sympathetic in colonial and even British literature. Black escaped slaves sometimes became pirates as well, often because they had no real place to go after getting free. A number of the pirate crews were heavily black as a result.[[/labelnote]] [[NostalgiaFilter Perhaps another four hundred years from now, Somalian and Southeast Asian pirates will be viewed as romantic rogues]].

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Unlike their [[{{pirate}} conventional counterparts]], there is nothing romantic about these modern-day pirates. They tend to be completely ruthless, cold-blooded killers, devoid of honor and willing to stoop to any crime: [[TheSociopath sociopaths]] on the high seas. Bonus points if characters express disappointment at these pirates' failure to shiver timbers.have no big, wooden ship with a skull-and-crossbones flag, peg-legs, parrots, eye-patches, booze, they don't order "Shiver me timbers!", nothing like that. They're usually just a few guys with guns in a skiff. Funny enough, this characterization of being honorless, psychopathic killers is ''exactly'' how pirates were viewed during the Golden Age of Piracy. Many of them lived up (or down) to this reputation. [[labelnote:Caveat]]Many golden-age pirates were defectors from British naval press-gangs, making them essentially escaped slaves and thus occasionally sympathetic in colonial and even British literature. Black escaped slaves sometimes became pirates as well, often because they had no real place to go after getting free. A number of the pirate crews were heavily black as a result.[[/labelnote]] [[NostalgiaFilter Perhaps another four hundred years from now, Somalian and Southeast Asian pirates will be viewed as romantic rogues]].

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* And ''VideoGame/DangerousWaters'' often has rogue, "pirate" elements in speedboats. Fortunately, they go down to gunfire quickly. Unfortunately, they tend to be mixed in with civilian fishermen and other vessels, making it difficult to identify them.

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* And ''VideoGame/DangerousWaters'' often has rogue, "pirate" elements in speedboats. Fortunately, they go down to gunfire quickly. Unfortunately, they tend to be mixed in with civilian fishermen and other vessels, making it difficult to identify them.them.
* ''VideoGame/DaveTheDiver'' has a group of them who cause trouble for the heroes early on. Their encounter has Dave trying to free a dolphin they're trying to poach, then they try to fight him in revenge the next day. They later chase after a drunk Dr. Bacon and wind up sinking their boat during the chase.
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Malaysian and Indonesian pirates live up to their reputation in creative ways that would make British pirates of yore proud. Instead of walking the plank, for instance, they like to leave crewmembers stranded in shallow water coral reefs 50 miles off the coast, where they have to stand on tip-toes waiting for a passing ship. This is to ensure you don't call for help while the ship is still in the vicinity -- and that is if they don't [[LeaveNoSurvivors execute everyone on board]]. Somali pirates, on the other hand, make millions from ransom alone. In fact, ransom is the main point for them; collecting a ransom is quicker, easier, and usually safer than stealing property of similar value and holding onto it long enough to find a buyer.

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Malaysian and Indonesian pirates live up to their reputation in creative ways that would make British pirates of yore proud. Instead of walking the plank, making them WalkThePlank, for instance, they like to leave crewmembers stranded in shallow water coral reefs 50 miles off the coast, where they have to stand on tip-toes waiting for a passing ship. ship.[[note]]Again, this is more in keeping with historical practice as well -- actual Caribbean pirates were more known for marooning surviving victims, and would ''maybe'' LeaveBehindAPistol.[[/note]] This is to ensure you don't call for help while the ship is still in the vicinity -- and that is if they don't [[LeaveNoSurvivors execute everyone on board]]. Somali pirates, on the other hand, make millions from ransom alone. In fact, ransom is the main point for them; collecting a ransom is quicker, easier, and usually safer than stealing property of similar value and holding onto it long enough to find a buyer.
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* The SOS Brigade and the Anti-SOS Brigade [[EnemyMine team up]] to fight a crew of these (played by the ''Anime/LuckyStar'' characters) in ''Fanfic/YouGotHaruhiRolled''.

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* The SOS Brigade and the Anti-SOS Brigade [[EnemyMine team up]] to fight a crew of these (played by the ''Anime/LuckyStar'' ''Manga/LuckyStar'' characters) in ''Fanfic/YouGotHaruhiRolled''.
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* ''Roleplay/TheLastTrumpet'': Two pirate factions have emerged in the [[DividedStatesOfAmerica formerly United States]]. The first is the Pirate Republic of Nantucket, created by a [[Literature/IslandInTheSeaOfTime renegade Coast Guard officer named William Walker]]. The second are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, having taken inspiration from their team's name (and the large number of civilian watercraft in Tampa) to become actual buccaneers.
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-->-- '''Hank Venture,''' Venture''', ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros''
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-->-- '''Hank Venture,''' ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''

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-->-- '''Hank Venture,''' ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''
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* In 2013, a pensioners' group in the UK were informed that at their next meeting, they would be entertained by a man talking about pirates. Given the nature of the event, they assumed he would be some sort of musician or storyteller, or someone who performed in character as a pirate [[{{Pirate}} of the traditional kind]]. So some of the elderly regulars decided to dress up in pirate fancy dress costumes. [[FeeFiFauxPas Then it turned out]] that the man giving the talk about pirates was a captain who had been ''hijacked'' by Somali pirates, and was doing public speaking about his experiences. [[https://www.dailyedge.ie/pirate-costume-mixup-894486-May2013/ Read here.]]

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* In 2013, a pensioners' Womens' Institute group in the UK were informed that at their next meeting, they would be entertained by a man talking about pirates. Given the nature of the event, they assumed he would be some sort of musician or storyteller, or someone who performed in character as a pirate [[{{Pirate}} of the traditional kind]]. So some of the elderly regulars decided to dress up in pirate fancy dress costumes. [[FeeFiFauxPas Then it turned out]] that the man giving the talk about pirates was a captain who had been ''hijacked'' by Somali pirates, and was doing public speaking about his experiences. Fortunately, he found the mistake ActuallyPrettyFunny. [[https://www.dailyedge.ie/pirate-costume-mixup-894486-May2013/ Read here.]]
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* The first attacks by Somali pirates on ships passing through the Gulf of Aden date as early as 2000. However, their [[OriginStory origins]] can be traced way back to the '80s, when the former Somali government funded fishermen programs.

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* The first attacks by Somali pirates on ships passing through the Gulf of Aden date as early as 2000. However, their [[OriginStory origins]] origins can be traced way back to the '80s, when the former Somali government funded fishermen programs.
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* [[http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/Somalia/ Where can you find pirates? Off the coast of Somalia!]]

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* [[http://www.weebls-stuff.com/songs/Somalia/ Where can you find pirates? Off the coast of Somalia!]]Somalia!]] Kind of mix of this trope and APirate400YearsTooLate, given that they are DressedToPlunder.
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Modern pirates live up to their reputation in creative ways that would make British pirates of yore proud. Instead of walking the plank, for instance, they like to leave crewmembers stranded in shallow water coral reefs 50 miles off the coast, where they have to stand on tip-toes waiting for a passing ship. This is to ensure you don't call for help while the ship is still in the vicinity -- and that is if they don't [[LeaveNoSurvivors execute everyone on board]]. Also, modern pirates make millions from ransom alone. In fact, ransom is the main point for them; collecting a ransom is quicker, easier, and usually safer than stealing property of similar value and holding onto it long enough to find a buyer.

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Modern Malaysian and Indonesian pirates live up to their reputation in creative ways that would make British pirates of yore proud. Instead of walking the plank, for instance, they like to leave crewmembers stranded in shallow water coral reefs 50 miles off the coast, where they have to stand on tip-toes waiting for a passing ship. This is to ensure you don't call for help while the ship is still in the vicinity -- and that is if they don't [[LeaveNoSurvivors execute everyone on board]]. Also, modern pirates Somali pirates, on the other hand, make millions from ransom alone. In fact, ransom is the main point for them; collecting a ransom is quicker, easier, and usually safer than stealing property of similar value and holding onto it long enough to find a buyer.
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Modern pirates live up to their reputation in creative ways that would make British pirates of yore proud. Instead of walking the plank, for instance, they like to leave crewmembers stranded in shallow water coral reefs 50 miles off the coast, where they have to stand on tip-toes waiting for a passing ship. This is to ensure you don't call for help while the ship is still in the vicinity -- and that is if they don't [[LeaveNoSurvivors execute everyone on board]]. Also, modern pirates make millions on ransom alone. In fact, ransom is the main point for them; collecting a ransom is quicker, easier, and usually safer than stealing property of similar value and holding onto it long enough to find a buyer.

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Modern pirates live up to their reputation in creative ways that would make British pirates of yore proud. Instead of walking the plank, for instance, they like to leave crewmembers stranded in shallow water coral reefs 50 miles off the coast, where they have to stand on tip-toes waiting for a passing ship. This is to ensure you don't call for help while the ship is still in the vicinity -- and that is if they don't [[LeaveNoSurvivors execute everyone on board]]. Also, modern pirates make millions on from ransom alone. In fact, ransom is the main point for them; collecting a ransom is quicker, easier, and usually safer than stealing property of similar value and holding onto it long enough to find a buyer.
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Unlike their [[{{pirate}} conventional counterparts]], there is nothing romantic about these modern-day pirates. They tend to be completely ruthless, cold-blooded killers, devoid of honor and willing to stoop to any crime: [[TheSociopath sociopaths]] on the high seas. Bonus points if characters express disappointment at these pirates' failure to shiver timbers. Yet, this characterization of being honorless, psychopathic killers is ''exactly'' how pirates were viewed during the Golden Age of Piracy. Many of them lived up (or down) to this reputation. [[labelnote:Caveat]]Many golden-age pirates were defectors from British naval press-gangs, making them essentially escaped slaves and thus occasionally sympathetic in colonial and even British literature. Black escaped slaves sometimes became pirates as well, often because they had no real place to go after getting free. A number of the pirate crews were heavily black as a result.[[/labelnote]] [[NostalgiaFilter Perhaps another four hundred years from now, Somalian and Southeast Asian pirates will be viewed as romantic rogues]].

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Unlike their [[{{pirate}} conventional counterparts]], there is nothing romantic about these modern-day pirates. They tend to be completely ruthless, cold-blooded killers, devoid of honor and willing to stoop to any crime: [[TheSociopath sociopaths]] on the high seas. Bonus points if characters express disappointment at these pirates' failure to shiver timbers. Yet, Funny enough, this characterization of being honorless, psychopathic killers is ''exactly'' how pirates were viewed during the Golden Age of Piracy. Many of them lived up (or down) to this reputation. [[labelnote:Caveat]]Many golden-age pirates were defectors from British naval press-gangs, making them essentially escaped slaves and thus occasionally sympathetic in colonial and even British literature. Black escaped slaves sometimes became pirates as well, often because they had no real place to go after getting free. A number of the pirate crews were heavily black as a result.[[/labelnote]] [[NostalgiaFilter Perhaps another four hundred years from now, Somalian and Southeast Asian pirates will be viewed as romantic rogues]].
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Malaysian and Indonesian pirates live up to their reputation in creative ways that would make British pirates of yore proud. Instead of walking the plank, for instance, they like to leave crewmembers stranded in shallow water coral reefs 50 miles off the coast, where they have to stand on tip-toes waiting for a passing ship. This is to ensure you don't call for help while the ship is still in the vicinity -- and that is if they don't [[LeaveNoSurvivors execute everyone on board]]. The Somalis, on the other hand, make millions on ransom alone. In fact, ransom is the main point for them; collecting a ransom is quicker, easier, and usually safer than stealing property of similar value and holding onto it long enough to find a buyer.

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Malaysian and Indonesian Modern pirates live up to their reputation in creative ways that would make British pirates of yore proud. Instead of walking the plank, for instance, they like to leave crewmembers stranded in shallow water coral reefs 50 miles off the coast, where they have to stand on tip-toes waiting for a passing ship. This is to ensure you don't call for help while the ship is still in the vicinity -- and that is if they don't [[LeaveNoSurvivors execute everyone on board]]. The Somalis, on the other hand, Also, modern pirates make millions on ransom alone. In fact, ransom is the main point for them; collecting a ransom is quicker, easier, and usually safer than stealing property of similar value and holding onto it long enough to find a buyer.
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* In '''Film/VirginsOfTheSevenSeas'', a ship sailing in the pre-First Opium War South China Sea is attacked by pirates and five British maidens on board are kidnapped.

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* In '''Film/VirginsOfTheSevenSeas'', ''Film/VirginsOfTheSevenSeas'', a ship sailing in the pre-First Opium War South China Sea is attacked by pirates and five British maidens on board are kidnapped.
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* The Creator/AlistairMacLean novels ''When Eight Bells Toll'', ''Fear is the Key'' and ''The Golden Rendezvous'' (all adapted to film) involve the hijacking of bullion shipments by organized gangs of criminals.

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* The Creator/AlistairMacLean novels ''When Eight Bells Toll'', ''Film/WhenEightBellsToll'', ''Fear is the Key'' and ''The Golden Rendezvous'' (all adapted to film) involve the hijacking of bullion shipments by organized gangs of criminals.
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* The Alistair [=MacLean=] novels ''When Eight Bells Toll'', ''Fear is the Key'' and ''The Golden Rendezvous'' (all adapted to film) involve the hijacking of bullion shipments by organized gangs of criminals.

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* The Alistair [=MacLean=] Creator/AlistairMacLean novels ''When Eight Bells Toll'', ''Fear is the Key'' and ''The Golden Rendezvous'' (all adapted to film) involve the hijacking of bullion shipments by organized gangs of criminals.
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* ''Film/KidnappedInParadise''. A woman is kidnapped (and her fiancee is killed) by modern day pirates.

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* ''Film/KidnappedInParadise''. A woman is kidnapped (and her fiancee fiancé is killed) by modern day pirates.
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* ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} and ComicBook/TheWarlord in ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}: Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager''. While Deathstroke is given a bit of a pass because of his noble intentions (he's only turned to piracy as a means to rescue his kidnapped daughter) the rest of his crew are portrayed as remorseless bloodthirsty criminals who just happen to be on a boat.

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* ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} and ComicBook/TheWarlord [[ComicBook/TheWarlordDC Travis Morgan]] in ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}: Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager''. While Deathstroke is given a bit of a pass because of his noble intentions (he's only turned to piracy as a means to rescue his kidnapped daughter) the rest of his crew are portrayed as remorseless bloodthirsty criminals who just happen to be on a boat.

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