History Fridge / PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd

!!Fridge Brilliance

!!Fridge Horror

---> ''Others sail on the sea'' [[note]]Referring to pirates as a whole. The third line ''may'' refer to pirates who are neither dead nor fully alive - examples being the cursed crew in the first movie and Davy Jones's henchmen in the second and third... and perhaps foreshadowing (if unintentionally) Blackbeard's zombies in Movie 4. Alternately, it may refer to the nine Pirate Lords' roles as LegacyCharacter bearers of the "keys" mentioned next.[[/note]]

---> ''Others sail on the sea'' [[note]]Referring to pirates as a whole. The third line ''may'' refer to pirates who are neither dead nor fully alive - examples being the cursed crew in the first movie and Davy Jones's henchmen in the second and third... and perhaps foreshadowing (if unintentionally) Blackbeard's zombies in Movie 4.[[/note]]

** as discussed above, Ragetti’s wooden eye is one of them and was actually given to Barbossa by Boris Palachnik, the pirate lord who came before him.

** More Fridge for Ragetti: it's ''his'' lover-like recitation of the ritual's words in Tia Dalma's ear that enables her to revert to Calypso. When Calypso ends her giant-sized rant by breaking up into thousands of scuttling crabs, one of the crustaceans winds up down Ragetti's ''pants'' ... which is either her pincer-inflicted retaliation for him getting fresh with Tia without an invitation, or some ''really'' unsubtle GettingCrapPastTheRadar.

* As first viewing, many considered Beckett's VillainousBreakdown to be the biggest AssPull in the series' history to justify how two frigates (The Black Pearl and The Flying Dutchman) can outgun a Ship of the line (Endeavor) even when the latter is outflanked, to the extent that it has become a meme. Upon rewatching, a few major details that got overlooked can justify why he didn't just order his crew to fire.

** He is too used to being the one in control. When he found out that the Flying Dutchman is no longer in control, he froze. A person who always put their career in the highest priority will freeze if their plans fail because they are more concerned about how this mess will affect their standing rather than the overall situation.

* When the pirates first see the massive armada, Cotton's parrot says "abandon ship!" and flies away. He returns when the battle is won and says "Wind in the sails!" as the pirates are celebrating. Way back in Curse of the Black Pearl, Gibbs said that phrase is assumed to mean "Yes". The parrot was cheering!

* While in Davy Jones' Locker, the crew of the ''Black Pearl'' had to flip their own ship upside down to escape. The picturesque scene of the inverted ''Pearl'' in the water is a clever ShoutOut to one of the explanations of the real life ''Flying Dutchman'' legend, which is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_Morgana_(mirage)#The_Flying_Dutchman Fata Morgana superior mirage]] of a ship seen at sea. Fitting that the only way to escape from the purgatory controlled by the captain of the ''Flying Dutchman'', the ''Black Pearl'' has to invert itself just like how the 'real' ''Dutchman'' would look like.

** Think over it, who was really worse? Governments kept slaves, took high taxes (and probably took payment in various disgusting ways), executed people with other ideals, religions and opinions… if you look carefully is one of Blackbeard's men wearing a turban, so, in that case shows that he's okay with other religions as long as they don't try to force it onto him, like the priests did. But then the Spaniards destroy anything related to other beliefs, and the English wasn't probably much better. I think the only good people at the time where farmers and fishermen whom kept the others alive while being treated like crap.
** It's simple really: we live in a society that A) [[CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority idolizes rebellion against all logic]], and B) [[CommonKnowledge couldn't get a single historical fact right if their damn lives depended on it]]. Really the pirates aren't much different than famed explorers like Colombus, Pizarro, etc., only because the Pirates' crimes weren't [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad committed only against a single race]], people have romanticized them to an outright ludicrous degree.

*** They probably all knew it wouldn't work, they were just too pissed at each other to realize until they pulled the trigger.

---> ''' ''And bound her in her bones'' '''[[note]]Sealed Calypso into her human form, Tia Dalma[[/note]]

** Think over it, who was really worse? Governments kept slaves, took high taxes(and probably took payment in various disgusting ways), executed people with other ideals, religions and opinions… if you look carefully is one of Blackbeard's men wearing a turban, so, in that case shows that he's okay with other religions as long as they don't try to force it onto him, like the priests did. But then the Spaniards destroy anything related to other beliefs, and the English wasn't probably much better. I think the only good people at the time where farmers and fishermen whom kept the others alive while being treated like crap.

*** Strictly speaking, the trapdoor methods used in all POTC hanging scenes indicate a form of long-drop hanging is in operation, though Norington's early comments about a 'short drop and a sudden stop' suggest otherwise. The trapdoor hangings in the start of World's End seem to be instantaneous: they drop, feet shake, next row. And they put the boy on a barrel (or something similar) to get him up to the noose, increasing the distance his smaller frame has to drop when the barrel and the trapdoor drop out from under him so if anyone dies quickly in that scene: it would be him.

*** They probably all knew it wouldn't work, they were just too pissed at each other to realise until they pulled the trigger.

* Aside from the fact that the Flying Dutchman under Will's command has sided with the Black Pearl, there's another good reason why the [[MegaCorp British East India Company]] armada simply [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere turned tail]]: they were following the "rules of engagement." With the Endeavor gone sunk and Lord Beckett certainly blown up with the ship, the fleet had just lost their commander and flagship in one go, reducing it into a disorganized mess. Leaving it easy pickings for the pirates.
* In At World's End when the pirates first see the massive armada, Cotton's parrot says "abandon ship!" And flies away. He returns when the battle is won and says "Wind in the sails!" as the pirates are celebrating. Way back in Curse of the Black Pearl, Gibbs said that phrase is assumed to mean "Yes". The parrot was cheering!

* The first time I wondered why Davy Jones was so hell bent on getting Jack's soul... to the point where he wants 100 souls in exchange for it. It's not like he has any trouble find desperate sailors willing to crew his ship and it seems rather petty for someone as powerful as him. Then I realize there are two very good reasons why he might want Jack in particular trapped in the Locker
** Jack is a Pirate Lord and holds one of the 9 Pieces of Eight. If Jack is trapped in the Locker along with the piece then there is no way to release Calpyso. Jones still loves Calypso but he also hates her for betraying him. This way Jones can keep Calypso trapped forever if he wants to and if at some point he chooses to release her it would be simple enough for him to take the piece from the Locker. Noone (least of all Jones) expected Barbossa & Co would go to save Jack... or that they would succeed

* Is it only me that has noticed the inherent horror of rooting for the pirates in Worlds End. Yes, the English are being led by a dick, but most of them are innocent and honest sailors, and when you think about it, the pirates are basically all just thieving and murdering scum! I say this, of course, but I still can't stop myself rooting for the pirates at the end.

** Think over it, who was really worse? Governments kept slaves, took high taxes(and probably took payment in various disgusting ways), excecuted people with other ideals, religions and opinions… if you look carefully is one of Blackbeard's men wearing a turban, so, in that case shows that he's okay with other religions as long as they don't try to force it onto him, like the priests did. But then the Spaniards destroy anything related to other beliefs, and the English wasn't probably much better. I think the only good people at the time where farmers and fishermen whom kept the others alive while being treated like crap..!

*** they probably all knew it wouldn't work, they were just too pissed at eachother to realise until they pulled the trigger

* ''Hoist the Colours'', the song played throughout ''At World's End'', at first sounds like a generic pirate tune. But watch the film a second time and you suddenly realise ''why'' singing that song in particular heralds a meeting of the Brethren Court. [[spoiler: It's about the sealing of Calypso.]]

---> ''' ''And bound her in her bones'' '''[[note]][[spoiler:Sealed Calypso into her human form, Tia Dalma]][[/note]]

* The mid-battle wedding's dialogue from ''At World's End'' is pretty funny the first time through, but when you view it again, knowing that Will [[spoiler: is about to be killed and revived as the ''Dutchman'''s new captain]], you realize that the parts they ''omitted'' from a traditional marriage ceremony were just as important as the wisecracks. Why? Because none of them -- not Will, not Elizabeth, not Barbossa -- had the chance to say [[spoiler: till death do us part/as long as you both shall live]], meaning that their married state persists even after [[spoiler: Jones kills Will]].
* Aside from the fact that [[spoiler:the Flying Dutchman under Will's command]] has sided with the Black Pearl, there's another good reason why the [[MegaCorp British East India Company]] armada simply [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere turned tail]]: they were following the "rules of engagement." With [[spoiler:the Endeavor gone sunk and Lord Beckett certainly blown up with the ship]], the fleet had just lost their commander and flagship in one go, reducing it into a disorganized mess. Leaving it easy pickings for the pirates.

* The inspiration Jack has in ''At World's End'' to use a bench as "leverage" to lift the brig door off its hinges seems pretty arbitrary unless you watch the first movie right before it. [[spoiler: It's how Will breaks Jack out of Port Royal Jail!]]
** Not so much fridge as it is a subtle CallBack, considering Jack is muttering [[WhatWouldXDo "think like the whelp"]] over and over before discovering that the hinges on the Dutchman's brig are the same kind (half-barrel hinges) [[spoiler: that Will busted him out of]].

!!Fridge Logic
* At World's End- When William sets sail and proceeds to leave Elizabeth behind in a bittersweet ending, his father assures him that she cannot go with them. No explanation is given for why this has to happen, merely that it must be this way. Which leaves the audience to wonder- given that Elizabeth successfully navigated to Davy Jones' locker at the beginning of the movie, and that Will and his father can both apparently survive the journey intact, what exactly is preventing this from happening? Is there some as yet unexplained aspect to the bargain of the Dead Man's Chest? Is Will's father just a big believer in the old adage that it is bad luck to bring a woman on board a ship? Does he secretly not approve of the marriage and want to make his daughter in law miserable?
** WordOfGod is that if the wife stays faithful for the ten years, the captain can elect to leave and become mortal again, and appoint someone else. Meeting up before ten years isn't staying true to the rules, and that would turn Will into a sea monster.
* So... at the end of the first film, Captain Barbosa is dead, and Ragetti isn't. And Ragetti has the wooden eye that was Barbossa's "piece of eight". Wouldn't that have made Ragetti the new Pirate Lord of the Caspian Sea?
** Given how Sao Feng actively tells Elizabeth about her being a Pirate Lord and hands it to her, it could be that Pirate Lords need to be outright named as successors, rather than it just coming down to who ends up with the Piece of Eight if the Pirate Lord dies.

** Let's be honest. Elizabeth is a ManipulativeBastard , which makes her the only known predator of [[spoiler: Jack's MagnificentBastard]].