History Main / DavyJones

* "The First Flying Fish" short of the {{Creator/Terrytoons}} collection depicts a hammerhead shark and a sawfish working for the Davy Jones Building Corp. The corporation's business model appears to be renovating sunken ships to rent out as apartments.

** GhostPirate: Davy Jones would be a former human who for whatever reason died and became some manner of [[TheUndead undead]]. It depends on the story how powerful this leaves him. Whereas other versions are usually found on the bottom of the ocean, this Davy Jones roams the surface. Expect the ''FlyingDutchman'' and/or its captain to show up alongside him.

'''This page is only for instances in which Davy Jones has a role as a character. It is not for instances in which the idiom or a variant of it is used.'''

** TheBartender: Rarely, Davy Jones' locker is interpreted as an eating establishment, of which Davy is the proprietor. It's essentially his role as devil re-imagined neutrally into the host any seafarer's ghost.

* "Mother Carey (As told Me by the Bo'sun)" by Creator/JohnMasefield is foremost about Mother Carey, but Davy is mentioned several times as her partner. Notably, they're said to [[ToServeMan eat the sailors]] that fall victim to them.

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* In ''Literature/ThePhantomShip'', Davy Jones and a ghostly woman sail a phantom ship to hunt down a captain who somehow caught their attention. They kill him and his daughter.

Because Jones is a folkloric invention and by people who spend most of their lives away on a boat, it's uncertain when and how he came to be. The earliest known mention of him and his locker, at that time an established term, is in ''Four Years Voyages of Capt. George Roberts'' from 1726. As for Davy's origins, the leading theory regarding "Jones" is that it's based on the [[Literature/BookOfJonah Biblical Jonah]]. "Davy" is of less certain origin, with the three primary suggestions being "duffy" ("duppy"; "evil spirit"), "devil", and Saint David of Wales. Alternatively, Davy Jones is named after someone. Traditionally, he resides on the bottom of the ocean, specifically at the Equator. A ship that passes the line is likely to catch his attention and be visited.

** Meta-wise, Dayna's unorthodox design probably came to be because there already was an ocean-embodying pirate ghost character, Vandala Doubloons, introduced about 1.5 years prior. It was a popular fan theory that Davy was Vandala's father prior to Dayna's introduction.[[note]]For the record, Vandala and Dayna are from the same designer, Rebecca Shipman.[[/note]]

* For the most part, references to Davy Jones's locker in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' are about the guy from Music/TheMonkees (who even makes a cameo appearance on "[=SpongeBob=] vs. The Big One"). Two appearances, however, seem to be the entity. In "The Curse of Bikini Bottom", Davy Jones's locker is where the FlyingDutchman stores his clothes. A skeleton, addressed as "Davy", also is inside. The Flying Dutchman speaks to him as if alive, but he doesn't appear to be so. In "Krusty Kleaners", [=SpongeBob=] pogo-sticks through an office and lands in Davy Jones's cubicle, occupied by a skeleton. It's just as unlife as the previous time, but this episode he wears pirate clothes (and a mustache).

** LordOfTheOcean: Sometimes, Davy Jones is the big man of the ocean himself, up to being nothing more than another name for Neptune or Poseidon. In this context, Davy is more of a loose cannon than the usual ocean god, who already is temperamental, but he's not "evil". This version may be accompanied by other sea spirits, [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent mermaids]] in particular.

* Davy Jones is the BigBad of ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean: [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest Dead Man's Chest]]'' and ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd At World's End]]''. In the past, he was a mortal pirate until he fell in love with the sea goddess Calypso. For her, he became the captain of the ''FlyingDutchman'' and the [[{{Psychopomp}} ferryman for the souls lost at sea]]. In return, she'd be waiting for him every ten years to spend a day on land together. She didn't show up, so Davy arranged for her to be trapped in mortal form. However, because he still loved her and could't bear the emotional turmoil, he carved out his own heart and locked it away in the Dead Man's Chest, whose key he kept in his beard. Becoming corrupted, Davy and his crew transformed into sea creature-human hybrids, and went on to gather more heads for the crew by offering lost souls the choice of enlisting or truly dying. Eventually, his heart came into the possession of Cutler Beckett, who could order the demon pirate around with it. Then Calypso was set free and, learning of Davy Jones's betrayal, unleashed her powers on the sea until his heart was pierced and he died.\\\

->"Like a devil's tattoo from Death's drum! Fi! Fo! Fum! These be very parlous times for old legends of the sea. Vanderdecken is taboo'd, the Sea Sarpint is pooh-pooh'd, but 'tis plain as any pikestaff they can't disestablish Me!"
-->-- Davy Jones, ''{{Magazine/Punch}}'' (Vol. 103, December 10, 1892)

If he's not the most prestiguous face of Western Myth/NauticalFolklore, Davy Jones[[note]]Alternatively Davie Jones, Davey Jones, and Old Davy[[/note]] is giving the other entrants a run for their money. His character is fluid, but always a powerful ocean entity best to be avoided, notwithstanding the occasional AdaptationalHeroism that's inevitable with over 300 years worth of material. He's primarily known from the idiom Davy Jones' locker, which refers to {{Hell}} or the ocean floor as a final resting place for ships and sailors.

Because Jones is a folkloric invention and by people who spend most of their lives away on a boat, it's uncertain when and how he came to be. The earliest known mention of him and his locker, at that time an established term, is in ''Four Years Voyages of Capt. George Roberts'' from 1726. As for Davy' origins, the leading theory regarding "Jones" is that it's based on the [[Literature/BookOfJonah Biblical Jonah]]. "Davy" is of less certain origin, with the three primary suggestions being "duffy" ("duppy"; "evil spirit"), "devil", and Saint David of Wales. Alternatively, Davy Jones is named after someone. Traditionally, he resides on the bottom of the ocean, specifically at the Equator. A ship that passes the line is likely to catch his attention and be visited.

** TheBartender: Rarely, Davy Jones' locker is interpreted as an eating establishment, of which Davy is the proprietor. It's essentially his role as devil reimagined neutrally into the host any seafarer's ghost.

* Davy Jones became part of the ''{{ComicStrip/Popeye}}'' universe in the 1941 storyline ''Davy Jones and the Sea Goon''. Initially presented as an evil entity even King Neptune feared, he turned out to be pretty friendly. He is a sea spirit who looks like an old pirate wearing a Phrygian cap and who inhabits the ocean floor, living in his locker located in a wreck.

* Davy Jones is the BigBad of ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean: [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest Dead Man's Chest]]'' and ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd At World's End]]''. In the past, he was a mortal pirate until he fell in love with the sea goddess Calypso. For her, he became the captain of the ''FlyingDutchman'' and the [[{{Psychopomp}} ferryman for the souls lost at sea]]. In return, she'd be waiting for him every ten years to spend a day on land together. She didn't show up, so Davy arranged for her to be trapped in mortal form. However, because he still loved her and could't bear the emotional turmoil, he carved out his own heart and locked it away in the Dead Man's Chest, whose key he kept in his beard. Becoming corrupted, Davy and his crew transformed into sea creature-human hybrids, and went on to gather more heads for the crew by offering lost souls the choice of enlisting or truly dying. Eventually, his heart came into the possession of Cutler Beckett, who could order the demon pirate around with it. Then Calypso was set free and, learning of Davy Jones's betrayal, unleashed her powers on the sea until his heart was pierced and he died.
** ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' utilizes a patchwork of different stories to create its own for Davy Jones. His origin story is primarily based on the captain from the opera ''Theatre/TheFlyingDutchman'', with [[TheFerryman Charon's shtick]] thrown in. His present self is based on the legend of Davy Jones, looking like an [[{{Cthulhumanoid}} Cthulhu-fied]] UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}} and with a SoulJar named after the song "Dead Man's Chest" from ''Literature/TreasureIsland''. He commands a [[KrakenAndLeviathan kraken]], and his consort, Calypso, is the sea nymph from ''Literature/TheOdyssey''.

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* Dayna Treasura Jones was one of the last characters created for G1 of ''Toys/MonsterHigh'', but released as part of G2. This means that whatever background information created for her was never published, because G2 ditched the diaries that used to come with the core and default dolls. Dayna's theme is "searching for treasure", as her dress is a map, she herself appears to be made of gold, and her lower limbs are covered in stars for navigation. How this reflects on her father is ambiguous, not in the least because it's relatively common for the characters not to be biologically related to their parent(s), either because they were adopted or manmade.

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* Played with starting Chapter 5 of ''{{Webcomic/Paranatural}}''. A "local business owner" named Dave Jones makes an appearance. He has a hook hand. Despite his name and aesthetic, [[spoiler:he's a vampire who may or may not be the ''actual'' Davey Jones. He's also the chief of police with the entire force [[TheRenfield in his thrall]], and using crooked means to buy land all across the city for some nefarious purpose]].

* He's not named, but it follows that the pirate living on the ocean floor in "Davy Jones' Locker" from the ''WesternAnimation/WillieWhopper'' series is Davy Jones. Willie and Mary are on a boat, which get sunk by King Neptune when they accidentally harrass him. The wreck gets collected by a lobster, whom the duo follows to the wreck that serves as the home of Davy Jones: a drunk, rotund, peg-legged pirate. They try to appease him with music and dance, but when he gets handsy with Mary, Willie is forced to fight him.

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* Played with starting Chapter 5 of ''{{Webcomic/Paranatural}}''. A "local business owner" named Dave Jones makes an appearance. He has a hook hand. Despite his name and aesthetic, [[spoiler:he's a vampire who may or may not be the ''actual'' Davey Jones. He's also the chief of police, and using crooked means to buy land all across the city for some nefarious purpose]].

* Davy Jones is the BigBad of ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean: [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest Dead Man's Chest]]'' and ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd At World's End]]''. In the past, he was a mortal pirate until he fell in love with the sea goddess Calypso. For her, he became the captain of the ''FlyingDutchman'' and the [[{{Psychopomp}} ferryman for the souls lost at sea]]. In return, she'd be waiting for him every ten years to spend a day on land together. She didn't show up, so Davy arranged for her to be trapped in mortal form. However, because he still loved her and could't bear the emotional turmoil, he carved out his own heart and locked it away in the Dead Man's Chest, which key he kept in his beard. Becoming corrupted, Davy and his crew transformed into sea creature-human hybrids, and went on to gather more heads for the crew by offering lost souls the choice of enlisting or truly dying. Eventually, his heart came into the possession of Cutler Beckett, who could order the demon pirate around with it. Then Calypso was set free and, learning of Davy Jones's betrayal, unleashed her powers on the sea until his heart was pierced and he died.

* Saviour Pirotta's ''The Buccaneering Book of Pirates'' contains the ShortStory "Davey Jones' Locker". In it, Captain Marriott orders an attack on a schooner [[SchmuckBait which decks hold many treasure chests out in the open]]. The pirate is told that this has to be the ''Flying Dutchman'', but he doesn't believe in superstition and [[TooDumbToLive ascribes the fact that no one can be seen manning vessal and its red glow]] to a very capable captain. Just as his crew is about to attack, a vicious storm kicks up. The last thing Marriott sees before drowning is the other ship's captain: a shrouded figure in tattered rags. Thereafter, he finds himself on the ocean floor, where Davy Jones -- a pirate skeleton [[TheDeadHaveEyes with glaring eyes]] sitting on a chest -- greets him.

* For the most part, references to Davy Jones's locker in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' are about the guy from Music/TheMonkees (who even makes a cameo appearance on "[=SpongeBob=] vs. The Big One"). Two appearances, however, seem to be the entity. In "The Curse of Bikini Bottom", Davy Jones's locker is where the Flying Dutchman stores his clothes. A skeleton, addressed as "Davy", also is inside. The Flying Dutchman speaks to him as if alive, but he doesn't appear to be so. In "Krusty Kleaners", [=SpongeBob=] pogo-sticks through an office and lands in Davy Jones's cubicle, occupied by a skeleton. It's just as unlife as the previous time, but this episode he wears pirate clothes (and a mustache).

** LordOfTheOcean: Sometimes, Davy Jones is the big man of the ocean himself, up to being nothing more than another name for Neptune. In this context, Davy is more of a loose cannon than the usual ocean god, who already is temperamental, but he's not "evil". This version may be accompanied by other sea spirits, [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent mermaids]] in particular.

* Davy Jones is the BigBad of ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean:[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest Dead Man's Chest]]'' and ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd At World's End]]''. In the past, he was a mortal pirate until he fell in love with the sea goddess Calypso. For her, he became the captain of the ''Flying Dutchman'' and the [[{{Psychopomp}} ferryman for the souls lost at sea]]. In return, she'd be waiting for him every ten years to spend a day on land together. She didn't show up, so Davy arranged for her to be trapped in mortal form. However, because he still loved her and could't bear the emotional turmoil, he carved out his own heart and locked it away in the Dead Man's Chest, which key he kept in his beard. Becoming corrupted, Davy and his crew transformed into sea creature-human hybrids, and went on to gather more heads for the crew by offering lost souls the choice of enlisting or truly dying. Eventually, his heart came into the possession of Cutler Beckett, who could order the demon pirate around with it. Then Calypso was set free and, learning of Davy Jones's betrayal, unleashed her powers on the sea until his heart was pierced and he died.
** ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' utilizes a patchwork of different stories to create its own for Davy Jones. His origin story is primarily based on the captain from the opera ''Theatre/TheFlyingDutchman'', with [[TheFerryman Charon's shtick]] thrown in. His present self is based on the legend of Davy Jones, looking like an [[{{Cthulhumanoid}} Cthulhu-fied]] UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}} and with a SoulJar named after the song "Dead Man's Chest" from ''Literature/TreasureIsland''. He commands a [[KrakenAndLeviathan kraken]], and his consort, Calypso, is the sea nymph from ''Literature/TheOdyssey''.

* ''VideoGame/RealmOfTheMadGod'' has him as mid-game dungeon boss of Davy Jones' Locker. He'll chase you around the room periodically with highly damaging shots which can make you bleed, and the only way to make him vulnerable is to attack all of the lanterns in his room in a short amount of time. He has plenty of minions to slow you down and there are quite a few ways for the fight to go sour- if he catches up to you, you'd better have a trigger finger on the Nexus button, or you're toast. He's dangerous to solo, but in a group (which will often happen) his attention is divided enough and there's usually enough people to weather him down and activate the lanterns quickly. Upon death, he can drop some niche items for the Trickster class.

* ''{{VideoGame/RealmOfTheMadGod}}'' has him as mid-game dungeon boss of Davy Jones' Locker. He'll chase you around the room periodically with highly damaging shots which can make you bleed, and the only way to make him vulnerable is to attack all of the lanterns in his room in a short amount of time. He has plenty of minions to slow you down and there are quite a few ways for the fight to go sour- if he catches up to you, you'd better have a trigger finger on the Nexus button, or you're toast. He's dangerous to solo, but in a group (which will often happen) his attention is divided enough and there's usually enough people to weather him down and activate the lanterns quickly. Upon death, he can drop some niche items for the Trickster class.

* Davy Jones is the BigBad of ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest Dead Man's Chest]]'' and ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd At World's End]]''. In the past, he was a mortal pirate until he fell in love with the sea goddess Calypso. For her, he became the captain of the ''Flying Dutchman'' and the [[{{Psychopomp}} ferryman for the souls lost at sea]]. In return, she'd be waiting for him every ten years to spend a day on land together. She didn't show up, so Davy arranged for her to be trapped in mortal form. However, because he still loved her and could't bear the emotional turmoil, he carved out his own heart and locked it away in the Dead Man's Chest, which key he kept in his beard. Becoming corrupted, Davy and his crew transformed into sea creature-human hybrids, and went on to gather more heads for the crew by offering lost souls the choice of enlisting or truly dying. Eventually, his heart came into the possession of Cutler Beckett, who could order the demon pirate around with it. Then Calypso was set free and, learning of Davy Jones's betrayal, unleashed her powers on the sea until his heart was pierced and he died.

* Played with starting Chapter 5 of ''{{Webcomic/Paranatural}}''. A pirate named Davey Jones makes an appearance. Despite his name and aesthetic, [[spoiler:he's a vampire who may or may not be the ''actual'' Davey Jones]].

* In "Literature/TheFigurehead", Davy Jones is a sea god and has a mermaid daughter. They reside at the Equator. When the titular figurehead refuses to acknowledge her and her love for him, the mermaid has Davy sink the ship with a summoned hurricane so she can take the figurehead home with her.

* In ''Davy Jones, or, Harlequin and Mother Carey's chickens'' by W. Barrymore, Davy Jones is Mother Carey's NumberTwo. They have three guests over for dinner at the sea floor just off the coast of North Foreland, those guests being a mermaid named Finny Fanny, the fishmonger [[Theatre/TheMayorOfGarret Major Sturgeon]], and the pirate [[Literature/JohnDory John Dory]]. Fanny nearly gets abducted by [[Theatre/BlackEyedSusan Captain Crosstree]], enraging Mother Carey and Davy Jones, but their ire hits the wrong person: William. He, however, is under protection of the Polar Star, forcing the duo to call upon their guests for aid. They lose and the quintet has to return to the sea.

* Davy Jones became part of the ''{{Franchise/Popeye}}'' universe in the 1941 storyline ''Davy Jones and the Sea Goon''. Initially presented as an evil entity even King Neptune feared, he turned out to be pretty friendly. He is a sea spirit who looks like an old pirate wearing a Phrygian cap and who inhabits the ocean floor, living in his locker located in a wreck.

* "Mother Carey (As told Me by the Bo'sun)" by John Masefield is foremost about Mother Carey, but Davy is mentioned several times as her partner. Notably, they're said to [[ToServeMan eat the sailors]] that fall victim to them.

* For the most part, references to Davy Jones's locker in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' are about the guy from Music/TheMonkees. Two appearances, however, seem to be the entity. In "The Curse of Bikini Bottom", Davy Jones's locker is where the Flying Dutchman stores his clothes. A skeleton, addressed as "Davy", also is inside. The Flying Dutchman speaks to him as if alive, but he doesn't appear to be so. In "Krusty Kleaners", [=SpongeBob=] pogo-sticks through an office and lands in Davy Jones's cubicle, occupied by a skeleton. It's just as unlife as the previous time, but this episode he wears pirate clothes (and a mustache).

->"Like a devil's tattoo from [[TheGrimReaper Death]]'s drum! Fi! Fo! Fum! These be very parlous times for old legends of the sea. [[FlyingDutchman Vanderdecken]] is taboo'd, the [[SeaMonster Sea Sarpint]] is pooh-pooh'd, but 'tis plain as any pikestaff they can't disestablish Me!"

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* The protagonist of ''[[Film/DavyJonesLocker Davy Jones' Locker]]'' is a boy named Joey, who [[AllJustADream hallucinates]] that he's joined a pirate crew and has to get a treasure from the ocean floor for them. He dives and ends up in a bar of sorts called Davy's Place, where ghosts and one mermaid wander. Davy himself drops by just in time grant to Joey the ability to breathe under water. Referred to as the Ghost King, the Pirate King, and the King of the Undersea, Davy looks like an old sailor with a net cape and is fairly jolly. He also has a shell chariot pulled by hippocamps. At first he tries to get the pirates to accept books as the [[WorthlessTreasureTwist true treasure]], but when they won't take that he gives them his gold so they'll leave Joey alone. Then they want the books after all, which Davy lets them pay for with the gold.