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* DavyJones: Davey Jones' Locker has a skeletal pirate at the entrance, ostensibly Old Davey himself.
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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has no relation]] with either a 2013 [[FreewareGames freeware]] horror game ''VideoGame/BlackRose'', or another freeware horror game named ''VideoGame/TheBlackRose''. It is also unrelated to the [[Webcomic/BlackRose steampunk webcomic]] of the same name.

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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has no relation]] with either a 2013 [[FreewareGames freeware]] horror game ''VideoGame/BlackRose'', or another freeware horror game named ''VideoGame/TheBlackRose''. It is also unrelated to the [[Webcomic/BlackRose steampunk webcomic]] of the same name. Also has no connection to the character from ''Franchise/DotHack''.
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[[caption-width-right:350:I'd avoid making any [[DoubleEntendre "seamen" jokes]]...tis a jolly good way to get yer [[DoubleEntendre cannonballs]] blasted off!]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:I'd avoid making any [[DoubleEntendre "seamen" jokes]]...tis a jolly good way to get yer [[DoubleEntendre cannonballs]] [[GroinAttack cannonballs blasted off!]]off!]]]]



[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has no relation]] with either a 2013 [[FreewareGames freeware]] horror game ''VideoGame/BlackRose'', or another freeware horror game named ''VideoGame/TheBlackRose''. It is also unrelated to the 1992 [[Webcomic/BlackRose steampunk webcomic]] of the same name.

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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has no relation]] with either a 2013 [[FreewareGames freeware]] horror game ''VideoGame/BlackRose'', or another freeware horror game named ''VideoGame/TheBlackRose''. It is also unrelated to the 1992 [[Webcomic/BlackRose steampunk webcomic]] of the same name.
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* EverythingsBetterWithCows:
** The jet bumper display can show cows fencing instead of men.
** Starting the Unlimited Millions Round can sometimes start "Cow Millions" instead; the dot-matrix display shows many small cows, and the table moos for every ramp hit.
** Getting a Combo Shot can prompt a cow to walk across the screen, mooing.
** The last sound clip in the SoundTest is a moo.
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* ChainReactionDestruction: Sunken ships go out in a series of explosions.
--> '''Black Rose:''' "Beautiful!"


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* PostDefeatExplosionChain: When you sink a ship, it explodes several times before sinking for good.
--> '''Black Rose:''' "Beautiful!"
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Though the game has SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, it was overlooked due to being released around the same time as ''Pinball/TheAddamsFamily''. Nonetheless, it's often praised today as a great game, combining smooth, fast gameplay, gorgeous artwork, and a captivating theme.




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* ActionGirl: Captain Rose, with lots of action and ''all'' girl.

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\n* ActionGirl: Captain Rose, with lots of action and ''all'' girl.a woman who leads a pirate crew in sinking rival ships.



** You can also do this to [[EasterEgg kill Polly]].
* CaptainColorbeard: Black Rose is a variation.
* ChainReactionDestruction: Sunken ships go out like this.

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** You can also do this mash the flipper buttons to [[EasterEgg kill Polly]].
* %%* CaptainColorbeard: Black Rose is a variation.
* ChainReactionDestruction: Sunken ships go out like this.in a series of explosions.



* ChainmailBikini[=/=]OfCorsetsSexy[=/=]{{Stripperiffic}}: Captain Rose's completely impractical red corset.



* CutlassBetweenTheTeeth: One crewmate does this on the backglass.
* DemBones: [[DavyJones Davey Jones]] appears to be an actual skeleton who demands that you sink ships for him.
* EasterEgg: Mashing the Fire button when getting "Polly says" can kill Polly for 2 million points.

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* %%* CutlassBetweenTheTeeth: One crewmate does this on the backglass.
* DemBones: [[DavyJones Davey Jones]] appears to be as an actual animated skeleton who demands that you sink ships for him.
* EasterEgg: Mashing the Fire button ButtonMashing when getting "Polly says" can kill Polly for 2 million points.



* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: The Whirlpool ramp, which whipsaws pinballs around to the left inlane. A weak shot will drop down to the bumpers beneath.
* {{Flynning}}: Done by two men when your ball hits the pop bumpers.

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* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: The Whirlpool ramp, which whipsaws pinballs around to the left inlane. A weak shot will drop down to the bumpers beneath.
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%%* {{Flynning}}: Done by two men when your ball hits the pop bumpers.



* GuideDangIt: The "Walk The Plank" video mode instructs you to use the Fire button to swim, although you can also use the flipper buttons which make the mode much easier since they allow faster ButtonMashing.
* HotterAndSexier: Exaggerated by the unproduced X-rated backglass, intended for interested European markets.
* KickTheDog: The ''player'' can do this by [[EasterEgg killing Polly]].

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* GuideDangIt: The "Walk The Plank" video mode instructs you to use the Fire button to swim, although swim. It doesn't tell you that you can also use the flipper buttons which make the mode much (which may be easier since they allow faster ButtonMashing.
* HotterAndSexier: Exaggerated by the unproduced X-rated backglass, intended
for interested European markets.
* KickTheDog: The ''player'' can do this by [[EasterEgg killing Polly]].
ButtonMashing).



* PaintingTheMedium: The ball is used as a cannonball to sink ships (among other things).
* {{Pirate}}: Dur.
* PirateBooty: Among the player's goals.
* PirateGirl: Black Rose, natch.
* PirateParrot: Polly, who calls out a random Video Mode award. You can [[EasterEgg kill her]] by ButtonMashing for 2 million points.

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* OfCorsetsSexy: Captain Rose wears a red corset that enhances her sex appeal, as impractical as it might be for a pirate.
* PaintingTheMedium: The Sinking a ship requires shooting the ball is used at it with a "cannon" firing mechanism as though it were a cannonball to sink ships (among other things).
cannonball.
* {{Pirate}}: Dur.
* PirateBooty: Among
The game centers on pirates, with the player's goals.
goal being to sink other crews' ships.
* PirateBooty: One of the goals of the {{pirate}} player character is to amass treasure.
* PirateGirl: Black Rose, natch.
Rose is a female pirate captain.
* PirateParrot: Polly, a parrot who calls out a random Video Mode award. You can [[EasterEgg kill her]] by ButtonMashing for 2 million points.award.



* TalkLikeAPirate: The crew
* ThreateningShark: One shows up in one of the {{Video Mode}}s.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Killing Polly, which nets you 2 million points.
* VideoMode: Three of them, depicting a crewmate throwing a knife at a target, swinging from riggings, and walking the plank.
* WalkThePlank: The focus of one VideoMode, where a crewmate does this and has to outswim a shark.

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* ThreateningShark: One shows up in one of VideoMode has the {{Video Mode}}s.
player swim away from an advancing shark.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Killing Polly, which nets you An EasterEgg allows the player to kill [[PirateParrot Polly]] for 2 million points.
* VideoMode: Three of them, depicting a them. Two require the player to hit the Fire button at the right time (a crewmate throwing a knife at a target, target and swinging from riggings, riggings), and walking the plank.
last has them [[ButtonMashing mash buttons]] to escape a ThreateningShark.
* WalkThePlank: The focus of one VideoMode, where a crewmate does this walks off the ship's plank and has to outswim must subsequently escape from a shark.
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* DemBones: Davy Jones appears to be an actual skeleton who demands that you sink ships for him.

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* DemBones: Davy Jones [[DavyJones Davey Jones]] appears to be an actual skeleton who demands that you sink ships for him.

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* BadassCrew

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* SexSells

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A digital version of this table is available for ''Williams Pinball Classics'' by Encore Inc. It was also available for ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' by [=FarSight=] Studios before their WMS license expired on July 1, 2018.

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A digital version of this table is available for ''Williams Pinball Classics'' by Encore Inc. It was also available for ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' by [=FarSight=] Studios before their WMS license expired on July 1, 2018.
2018. Another version is currently available for ''[[VideoGame/ZenPinball Pinball FX3]]'', along with a remastered version that includes the typical Zen Studios flair.
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Digital versions of this table is available for ''Williams Pinball Classics'' by Encore Inc. It was also available for ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' by [=FarSight=] Studios before their WMS license expired on July 1, 2018.

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Digital versions A digital version of this table is available for ''Williams Pinball Classics'' by Encore Inc. It was also available for ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' by [=FarSight=] Studios before their WMS license expired on July 1, 2018.
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A digital Digital versions of this table is available for ''Williams Pinball Classics'' by Encore Inc. It was also available for ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' by [=FarSight=] Studios before their WMS license expired on July 1, 2018.

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* ButtonMashing: "Walk the Plank" requires you to mash the Fire button (or the flipper buttons) to outswim a shark.

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"Walk the Plank" requires you to mash the Fire button (or the flipper buttons) to outswim a shark.



* WalkThePlank: The focus of one VideoMode, where a crewmate does this and has to outswim a shark.

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* WalkThePlank: The focus of one VideoMode, where a crewmate does this and has to outswim a shark.shark.
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Digital versions of this table are available for ''Williams Pinball Classics'' by Encore Inc. and ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' by [=FarSight=] Studios.

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Digital A digital versions of this table are is available for ''Williams Pinball Classics'' by Encore Inc. and It was also available for ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' by [=FarSight=] Studios.
Studios before their WMS license expired on July 1, 2018.
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* GoldenSnitch: Sinking a ship awards 20 million, but this is just the beginning. For every other ship sunk, that's an ''additional 10 million'' on top of that. By the 9th ship, they're worth 100 million. The value doesn't stop until the game ends.

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