History Trivia / PiratesOfTheCaribbean

* GeniusBonus: At the Magic Kingdom queue area, guests can see two skeletons at a table with a chess board between them. Those with chess knowledge can realize the game is set up so there can never be a winner, meaning the pair are locked in an unwinnable contest.

* DeletedScene: Scenes were left out of ''At World's End'' which establish that, if the captain of the ''Flying Dutchman'' has someone to come home to at the end of his ten years, he can vacate the post to another. Leaving this scene on the cutting-room floor strips important CharacterDevelopment from Tia Dalma, who knowingly condemned Davy Jones to a FateWorseThanDeath by not waiting for him, and Jones himself, whose fury is now more sympathetic. It also downgrades TheStinger from full-on BabiesEverAfter to a BittersweetEnding.

* CreatorBacklash: After the bad experience that was [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales the fifth movie]] Johnny Depp has gone on record that he has no plans to return to the franchise.

* CreatorBacklash: After the bad experience that was [[Film/PiratesOfTheCarribeanDeadMenTellNoTales the fifth movie]] Johnny Depp has gone on record that he has no plans to return to the franchise.

* CreatorBacklash: After the bad experience that was filming ''Dead Men Tell No Tales'' and subsequently being unceremoniously fired by Disney after his ex-wife Amber Heard's disputable claims that Depp was a domestic abuser without any investigation whatsoever (with mountains of evidence that ''she'' was the one abusing ''him''), Depp vowed to never return to the franchise in 2022.

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Disney decided to part ways with Depp after the fifth film's TroubledProduction and underperformance at the box office. Behind the scenes drama on the film included legal trouble between Depp and then wife Creator/AmberHeard and the Australian government over smuggling their dogs into the country without filing the proper paperwork with the agricultural ministry which embarrassed Disney. Then the two of them had a drunken blowout in which the tip of Depp's finger got severed that caused him to have to fly home to the US to see a specialist, costing untold precious time and money. In 2020 they started moving forward with a spin-off starring Creator/MargotRobbie but any hope of his returning to the planned reboot of the main continuity was probably quashed when he lost a high profile libel lawsuit against a tabloid that November that resulted in him being legally permitted to be called a "wife beater" since he was subsequently let go from the ''Film/FantasticBeasts'' series and his planned return to television in a prestige Creator/HarryHoudini miniseries after the verdict. [[note]] The judge found the 12 of 14 instances the tabloid used in court to meet the civil case requirements for domestic violence. His attempt to get a retrial was dismissed on the grounds it was highly unlikely to change the verdict. He has aslo revealed in his lawsuit against Heard that he has no intention of coming back to the franchise. [[/note]]

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Disney decided to part ways with Depp after the fifth film's TroubledProduction and underperformance at the box office. Behind the scenes drama on the film included legal trouble between Depp and then wife Creator/AmberHeard and the Australian government over smuggling their dogs into the country without filing the proper paperwork with the agricultural ministry which embarrassed Disney. Then the two of them had a drunken blowout in which the tip of Depp's finger got severed that caused him to have to fly home to the US to see a specialist, costing untold precious time and money. Disney had already grown tired off dealing with his drinking and seized on the situation to move on. In 2020 they started moving forward with a spin-off starring Creator/MargotRobbie but any hope of his returning to the planned reboot of the main continuity was probably quashed when he lost a high profile libel lawsuit against a tabloid that November that resulted in him being legally permitted to be called a "wife beater" since he was subsequently fired from the ''Film/FantasticBeasts'' series and his planned return to television in a prestige Creator/HarryHoudini miniseries after the verdict. [[note]] The judge found the 12 of 14 instances the tabloid used in court to meet the civil case requirements for domestic violence. His attempt to get a retrial was dismissed on the grounds it was highly unlikely to change the verdict.[[/note]]

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Disney decided to part ways with Depp after the fifth film's TroubledProduction and underperformance at the box office. Behind the scenes drama on the film included legal trouble between Depp and then wife Creator/AmberHeard and the Australian government over smuggling their dogs into the country without filing the proper paperwork with the agricultural ministry which embarrassed Disney. Then the two of them had a drunken blowout in which the tip of Depp's finger got severed that caused him to have to fly home to the US to see a specialist, costing untold precious time and money. Disney had already grown tired off dealing with his drinking and seized on the situation to move on. In 2020 they started moving forward with a spin-off starring Creator/MargotRobbie but any hope of his returning to the planned reboot of the main continuity was probably quashed when he lost a high profile libel lawsuit against a tabloid that November over his alleged abuse of Heard since he was subsequently fired from the ''Film/FantasticBeasts'' series and his planned return to television in a prestige Creator/HarryHoudini miniseries after the verdict. [[note]] The tabloid had called him a "wife beater" but the judge ruled it wasn't libelous to call him such since he found 12 of the 14 instances to meet the civil bar of domestic violence. His attempt to get a retrial was dismissed on the grounds it was highly unlikely to change the verdict.[[/note]]

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Disney decided to part ways with Depp after the fifth film's TroubledProduction and underperformance at the box office. Behind the scenes drama on the film included legal trouble between Depp and then wife Creator/AmberHeard and the Australian government over smuggling their dogs into the country without filing the proper paperwork with the agricultural ministry which embarrassed Disney. Then the two of them had a drunken blowout in which the tip of Depp's finger got severed that caused him to have to fly home to the US to see a specialist, costing untold precious time and money. Disney had already grown tired off dealing with his drinking and seized on the situation to move on. In 2020 they started moving forward with a spin-off starring Creator/MargotRobbie but any hope of his returning to the planned reboot of the main continuity was probably quashed when he lost a high profile libel lawsuit against a tabloid that November over his alleged abuse of Heard since he was subsequently fired from the ''Film/FantasticBeasts'' series and his planned return to television in a prestige Creator/HarryHoudini miniseries after the verdict. [[note]] The tabloid had called him a "wife beater" but the judge ruled it wasn't libelous to call him such since he found 12 of the 14 instances to meet the civil bar of domestic violence.[[/note]]

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Disney, already tired of dealing with Creator/JohnnyDepp's drinking, and deeply angered over the completely avoidable fight with the Australian government, seized on the widespread failure of the fifth film as an excuse to cut him out of a potential reboot series. Accusations of domestic abuse also influenced the decision to have him cut from the reboot series. However it has since come out that his ex-wife Creator/AmberHeard lied about the abuse and in fact physically abused Depp. As a result a petition has been created to have him re-cast.

* the first and third Pirates of the Caribbean movies are two of the [[https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-complete-list-of-movies-and-tv-shows-on-the-interna-1782918945 533 listed movies and Tv shows on board the International Space Station.]]

* Pirates of the Caribbean 1 and 3 are two of the [[https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-complete-list-of-movies-and-tv-shows-on-the-interna-1782918945 533 listed movies and Tv shows on board the International Space Station.]]

* Pirates of the Caribbean 1 and 3 are two of the 533 listed movies and Tv shows on board the International Space Station.

* FakeBrit: American Creator/JohnnyDepp as Captain Jack Sparrow, Australian Creator/GeoffreyRush as Captain Hector Barbossa and Swedish Creator/StellanSkarsgard as Bootstrap Bill.

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Disney, already tired of dealing with Creator/JohnnyDepp's drinking, and deeply angered over the completely avoidable fight with the Australian government, seized on the widespread failure of the fifth film as an excuse to cut him out of a potential reboot series. Then, when it was revealed that he'd been abused by his ex-wife Creator/AmberHeard, a petition was created to have him re-cast.

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Disney, already tired of dealing with Creator/JohnnyDepp's drinking, and deeply angered over the completely avoidable fight with the Australian government, seized on the widespread failure of the fifth film as an excuse to cut him out of a potential reboot series.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Planning for the second film began in June 2004, but by November, the script was still not finished which forced Gore Verbinski to start planning some sequences without it. By January 2005 there was still no script, and with that on top of the rising costs for the film, Disney almost cancelled it. Around this time they started shooting...with the writers on hand, ''still'' writing the script. The same happened with the third film. Explains a lot, doesn't it?

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/OrlandoBloom, while never outright bashing Will Turner, had for some time made it bluntly clear that he wanted nothing to do with the character, and Creator/KeiraKnightley seems to hold Elizabeth Swann in a similar regard. Predictably, neither returned for [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides the fourth installment]]. These dispositions, however, appear to come not from the characters themselves, but the [[RomanticPlotTumor romance story]] that took over the trilogy. Bloom, meanwhile, seems to have since [[http://www.fandango.com/movieblog/orlando-bloom-open-to-pirates-of-caribbean-5-return-684391.html had a change of heart]].

* FakeNationality:
** The Scottish-accented Davy Jones is played by the English Creator/BillNighy (though Nighy himself claimed Jones is Welsh.)
** English Bootstrap Bill is played by Swedish Creator/StellanSkarsgard.

* SpiritualLicensee: The films have a great deal in common with the seafaring horror stories of Creator/WilliamHopeHodgson, especially "The Ghost Pirates" and "The Derelict".

** Music/AlanSilvestri was originally supposed to score ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' but producer Creator/JerryBruckheimer fired him after he included flutes in his demo. Bruckheimer then replaced him with Music/HansZimmer's people.

** Former Batman actors Creator/MichaelKeaton and Creator/ChristianBale were reportedly both considered for the roles of Captain Jack Sparrow and Will Turner, respectively, before Creator/JohnnyDepp and Creator/OrlandoBloom were cast.
** Supposedly, Creator/TomHiddleston also auditioned for Will.

** The Scottish Davy Jones is played by the English Creator/BillNighy (though Nighy himself claimed Jones is Welsh.)

* FakeNationality: The Scottish Davy Jones is played by the English Creator/BillNighy (though Nighy himself claimed Jones is Welsh.)

* ActorAllusion:
** Music/KeithRichards, an inspiration for Creator/JohnnyDepp's portrayal of Jack, as Jack's father.
** There's more than a little [[Series/{{Deadwood}} Al Swearengen]] in Blackbeard, both of whom are played by Creator/IanMcShane.
** Angelica's claim at the end that she is pregnant. Also doubles as a real life ShoutOut to Anne Bonney and Mary Read, two of the most famous female pirates who avoided the death sentence by (claiming at least) to being pregnant.