History Trivia / PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd

* TorchTheFranchiseAndRun: Director Gore Verbinski was getting so fatigued by the ever-expanding scope of the trilogy's subplots that he eventually [[https://collider.com/bioshock-movie-ending-gore-verbinski/ intended for this movie to resolve all the characters' stories so conclusively that there would not be another movie.]] Two more movies happened anyway, but Verbinski refused to do the fifth one because he believed it existed solely to make money.

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: The supposed deleted scenes that explain that [[spoiler: once Will Turner stays as the Flying Dutchman's captain for 10 years he's freeded from duty]]. There's many claims and rumors around such scenes existing but there's no official information around them. Futhermore, neither the original script nor the novelization makes mention of this, much less do they appear among the deleted scenes included as BonusMaterial in the DVDs or Blu-rays, so is very unlikely they are real.

* ShrugOfGod: The creators flip-flopped regarding [[spoiler: Will Turner's final fate. The ending left it vague whether, after serving his 10 years replacing Davy Jones, Will was freed from the curse or not. The fifth film, ''Dead Man Tells No Tales'' has Will still as the {{Psychopomp}}, and his son now teenage-aged.]]

* QuoteSource:
** LastOfHisKind

%%* PermanentPlaceholder: The nine Pirate Lords use the "Nine Pieces of Eight" to demonstrate their position as pirate lords. The "Pieces of Eight" are really random bits of things the previous Pirate Lords had when they bound Calypso in human form. It is {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d that the pirates aren't very creative when it comes to naming things.

* PermanentPlaceholder: The nine Pirate Lords use the "Nine Pieces of Eight" to demonstrate their position as pirate lords. The "Pieces of Eight" are really random bits of things the previous Pirate Lords had when they bound Calypso in human form. It is {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d that the pirates aren't very creative when it comes to naming things.

* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Ghassan Massoud, who appears as one of the pirates at the Council meeting, previously starred in ''Film/KingdomOfHeaven'' with Creator/OrlandoBloom.

* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Ghassan Massoud, who appears as one of the pirates at the Council meeting, previously starred with Creator/OrlandoBloom in ''Film/KingdomOfHeaven''.

* ShrugOfGod: The creators flip-flopped regarding [[spoiler: Will Turner's final fate. The ending left it vague whether, after serving his 10 years replacing Davy Jones, Will was freed from the curse or not. The fifth film, ''Dead Man Tells No Tales'' will have Will still as the {{Psychopomp}}, and his son now teenage-aged.]]

* YouLookFamiliar: Reggie Lee plays one of Sao Feng's crew. He had previously played one of Davy Jones' crew in the second film. He appears as the same character [[ActingForTwo during the final battle]].

** One lengthy sequence showing Governor Swann learning about Davy Jones's heart. Swann would’ve attempted to stab Jones’s heart after one taunt too many, and Jones would gleefully explain the cost of doing so, and convincing Swann to stand down. This scene appeared in the novelization, and most of it was completed bar most of the effects on Jones, suggesting it was cut rather late in development.

* ShownTheirWork: The Green Flash is a very rare optical illusion, caused by refraction of light in the atmosphere. It is indeed best glimpsed at sea.

* ThrowItIn: On commentary for the second film, Johnny Depp joked that Barbossa's first name was Hector. Filmmakers had not planned to give him a first name, but fans took it as canon so they made it so in this - making it AscendedFanon too.

** The novelisation has a few differences from the finished film. Namely Bootstrap Bill doesn't appear at all, and [[spoiler: Governor Swan and James Norrington]] don't die. There's also no mention of the multiple Jacks trying to run the Pearl in Davy Jones's Locker.

* YouLookFamiliar: Reggie Lee plays one of Sao Feng's crew. He had previously played one of Davy Jones's crew in the second film. He appears as the same character [[ActingForTwo during the final battle]].

** One lengthy sequence showing Governor Swan learning about Davy Jones's heart.

* ShrugOfGod: The creators flip-flopped regarding [[spoiler: Will Turner's final fate. The ending left it vague whether, after serving his 10 years as Davy Jones, Will was freed from the curse or not. The fifth film, ''Dead Man Tells No Tales'' will have Will still as Davy Jones, and his son now teenage-aged.]]

* AwesomeDearBoy: Chow Yun Fat had this reaction to his role as Sao Feng. He frequently worked with the crew on set to get into character as a ship's captain.

** An extended conversation between Jack and Beckett, where it would be revealed that Beckett had contracted Jack to ferry some cargo - which turned out to be slaves. When Jack freed them, Beckett responded by branding him and sinking the Black Pearl. This explains why Jack had to raise the Pearl from the depths in the first place.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film originally ran three hours, but twenty minutes were cut. WordOfGod is that the extra footage served as better build-up for the final battle.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The film originally ran three hours, but twenty minutes were cut. WordOfGod is that the extra footage served as better build-up for the final battle.