| 1 | !Spoilers for ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' and ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' will be left unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned. |
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| 3 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/piratesofthecarribbean3.jpg]] |
| 4 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"World's still the same, mate. There's just less in it."'']] |
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| 6 | ->''"You know the problem with being the last of anything; by and by there be none left at all."'' |
| 7 | -->-- '''Barbossa''' |
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| 9 | ''At World's End'' (2007) is the third movie in the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' franchise. |
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| 11 | The third installment chronicles the adventures of Will, Elizabeth, and a [[BackFromTheDead newly resurrected]] Captain Barbossa in their journey to retrieve Jack from the afterlife. It resolves with the final showdown between the forces of Cutler Beckett (now with Davy Jones and the ''Flying Dutchman'' as their flagship), and the assembled pirate forces of the world, with an angry sea goddess thrown into the mix. |
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| 13 | This installment was the most expensive film ''ever'' made at the time, costing $300 million before marketing, a record it held until its TrilogyCreep, ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'', came out in 2011, with a cost of $378.5 million. |
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| 15 | The film’s events are adapted into a world for ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''. |
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| 17 | Unrelated to the 2013 movie ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'' or the video game ''VideoGame/WorldsEnd'' (though this movie ''did'' receive its own video game adaptation, by Creator/{{Eurocom}} and Creator/DisneyInteractiveStudios). |
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| 20 | !!''Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' provides examples of: |
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| 22 | * AbnormalAmmo: During the climactic battle in the maelstrom, Pintel and Ragetti stuff Jack the undead monkey into a cannon and fire him towards the ''Flying Dutchman''. |
| 23 | * ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: A surprising number of them. Davy Jones' very emotional reunion with Tia Dalma and Barbossa's conversation with Jack next to the dead Kraken are several good examples, as is Jack's brief discussion with his father, Captain Teague. |
| 24 | * AggressiveNegotiations: This is played with. Captain Teague, Jack's father, shoots another for questioning the pirate code. However, nothing really major happens -- the dead pirate is a nobody, and none of the assembled pirates really want a fight to break out at their meeting -- despite a fight having broken out minutes before over the course of action to be taken in response to Beckett's declaration of war. |
| 25 | * AndStarring: The cast roll here ends "with Creator/ChowYunFat and Creator/GeoffreyRush". |
| 26 | * AppealToInherentNature: Calypso justifies her failure to meet Davy Jones after his ten-year sojourn aboard the ''Dutchman'' with this trope. She then points out that it was her tempestuous, flighty nature that had led him to fall in love with her in the first place, so he's being a hypocrite to condemn her for not remaining true to that. |
| 27 | * ArcSymbol: |
| 28 | ** Will/Bootstrap's knife. |
| 29 | ** Jack's compass. |
| 30 | ** The pieces of eight. |
| 31 | * ArcWelding: Downplayed, but co-screenwriter Ted Elliot's [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130511212731/http://boxofficemojo.com/features/?id=2323&p=.htm stated]] Davy Jones calling Calypso a heathen god was meant to subtly tie her to the previously established divine elements from the first movie: |
| 32 | -->'''Ted Elliot:''' One thing I'm really happy with—and it's a small, subtle thing—[relates to] one of the criticisms we've had with all the movies: [the assertion that] death has no meaning [because] nobody stays dead. In ''At World's End'', there's a little thing that Davy Jones says that ties these escapes from death to the same source—Calypso, from the original Aztec curse, which refers to Calypso as one of the heathen gods, a callback to how Barbossa describes the effects of the curse in the first movie. It's one of those things that's there for somebody who might notice it. It's not necessary to get to understand but that was actually our intent—to make this temporary death state have a singular cause. [[spoiler:Of course now that Calypso is free, that may not exist.]] |
| 33 | * ArcWords: |
| 34 | ** "The ''Dutchman'' must have a captain." |
| 35 | ** "It's just good business." |
| 36 | ** "Part of the crew, part of the ship." |
| 37 | ** "Hoist the colours." |
| 38 | * ArgumentOfContradictions: Jack and Barbossa get into one after Jack expresses support for Elizabeth's desire to fight. |
| 39 | -->'''Barbossa:''' You've always run away from a fight!\ |
| 40 | '''Jack:''' Have not!\ |
| 41 | '''Barbossa:''' You have so!\ |
| 42 | '''Jack:''' Have not!\ |
| 43 | '''Barbossa:''' You have so!\ |
| 44 | '''Jack:''' Have not!\ |
| 45 | '''Barbossa:''' You have so and you know it!\ |
| 46 | '''Jack:''' Have not, slander and calumny! I have only ever embraced that oldest and noblest of pirate traditions. I submit now that here, now, that is what we all must do; [[AttackAttackRetreatRetreat we must fight... to run away!]] |
| 47 | * ArmourPiercingQuestion: When Will and Davy Jones meet up, Will manages to shoot down Jones's angry ranting about Calypso (tellingly, Jones doesn't even try responding to the question). |
| 48 | -->'''Davy Jones:''' She ''pretended'' to love me. ''She'' betrayed '''''me!'''''\ |
| 49 | '''Will:''' And after which betrayal did you cut out your heart, I wonder? |
| 50 | * ArtisticLicenseHistory: The film's portrayal of Singapore is both fantastic and inaccurate. At the time the story is set, Singapore was a small village within the Malayan Sultanate of Johor, not a decrepit port-city full of Chinese imagery like we see in the film. This last point is rather baffling, as it makes the same sense as if they had portrayed Shanghai as a city full of mosques and people with beards and turbans. |
| 51 | * ArtisticLicenseMilitary: |
| 52 | ** Norrington is promoted to Admiral (from Commodore, a temporary position appointed to or held by the most senior post-Captain, made a substantive rank in 1997). Promotion to Admiral was [[LimitedAdvancementOpportunities based strictly on seniority]] (hence the later change in the rank of Commodore), so short of murdering every Captain above him and at least one Admiral, there is no way the East India Trading Company could "influence" such a promotion (having a dismissed Captain reinstated is within the realm of possibility, though, albeit unlikely). |
| 53 | ** At the end of the film, [[spoiler:the ''Endeavour'' is destroyed at will by the ''Pearl'' and the ''Dutchman'' because Becket freezes on sheer VillainousBSOD and his second-in-command will not break the chain of command to order to fire back.]] In real life, while proper command was certainly a big deal in the uptight Royal Navy (and we could expect [[spoiler:Becket]] to be fussy about it), there were basic circumstances where lieutenants would not only be allowed, but expected to take initiative on the best interests of his ship, as they are today. Being under direct attack and watching his immediate superior issue no orders at all (and looking visibly unable to do so) would have been considered a textbook example of a situation mandating the guy to take command and order to fire himself. In fact, the same official later breaks the chain of command anyway to order the crew to abandon the ship, begging the question of what impeded him to do the same minutes earlier to avoid its destruction. [[TropesAreTools On the other hand]], one could argue that, taking previous scenes into consideration, it falls in line with Beckett wanting to control ''everything'' with an iron grip, to the point that that even such standard liberties among those under his command would be considered unacceptable for him; they wouldn't dare act without ''his'' command. And this scene shows ''why'' his ways ultimately wouldn't work, and why such liberties ''do'' exist. |
| 54 | * ArtisticLicensePhysics: When the ''Black Pearl'' and [[spoiler:the newly allied ''Flying Dutchman'']] charge the ''Endeavor'', the opposing ships rush each bow-first with all their sails at full billow. This would require the wind to be blowing from two directions at once. |
| 55 | * AssShove: [[ImpliedTrope Hinted at]] (though a bit tongue-in-cheek, given the size of the damn thing) when Elizabeth pulls a really big gun from her TrouserSpace. |
| 56 | * TheAtoner: Elizabeth's motive for joining the "Save Jack from the Locker" mission. While sacrificing Jack to the Kraken was the only way to save everyone aboard the ''Pearl'', Elizabeth was visibly conflicted and she's been guilt-ridden in the months since. Ironically, none of the others realize this (Will especially since he's spent the interim mistakenly thinking his fiancee's fallen for Jack and that's her actual motive). |
| 57 | * AttemptedRape: While holding her captive, Sao Feng tells Elizabeth he'll give her his "desire" if she consents. When she asks him what he'll do if she refuses, he states he'll have her fury and forcefully kisses her. [[spoiler:Had the ship not been hit, it's not unlikely he would've forced himself on her.]] |
| 58 | * AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: For the King of the Brethren Court, [[spoiler:''Captain'' Elizabeth Swann]]. |
| 59 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: For all his selfishness and scheming, you've got to "Awww" at the look on Jack's face when [[spoiler:Will gets stabbed.]] |
| 60 | * BabiesEverAfter: TheStinger shows that [[spoiler:Elizabeth and Will conceived a son during his one day on shore before he left to captain the ''Dutchman''. She reared the boy and they return to meet him after ten years]]. |
| 61 | * BarehandedBladeBlock: During the FinalBattle, Davy Jones intercepts Jack's sword with his crab claw arm, [[WreckedWeapon then breaks it]]. |
| 62 | * BathtubMermaid: Negotiations are taking place on a sandbar, but since Davy Jones is cursed to be unable to set foot on land, he's standing in a big wooden bucket of seawater, with several others visible behind him. |
| 63 | * TheBeastMaster: Tia Dalma, who used crab pieces in a few of her magic rituals in the previous film, is shown in this film to have some control over crabs. [[spoiler:Since she's actually the Goddess of the Sea it's not too surprising. When she's released from human form, she breaks up into millions of crabs]]. |
| 64 | * BeatStillMyHeart: Davy Jones' heart (and [[spoiler:Will's,]] at the end) continues to beat from inside the Dead Man's Chest. |
| 65 | * BigBookOfWar: The Pirate's Code. Amusingly, the actual book itself is apparently only a few pages of actual code -- the rest is discussion on what the code ''should'' be. |
| 66 | * BlatantLies: |
| 67 | ** A given whenever Jack is involved. |
| 68 | --->'''Barbossa:''' Isla de Muerta, remember? You shot me.\ |
| 69 | '''Jack:''' No I didn't. |
| 70 | ** Barbossa tells Tia Dalma he never reneges on a bargain once struck. This is as he's trying to weasel through their bargain. |
| 71 | * BoatsIntoBuildings: [[https://pirates.fandom.com/wiki/Shipwreck_City Shipwreck City]] is an Exaggerated example. The town itself is built out of of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz1U0MUA6F0 hundreds of scuttled ships piled haphazardly atop each other]] in a Shipwreck Cove, an inlet found within the dormant volcano known as Shipwreck Island. The structure of Shipwreck City easy reaches over a dozen stories into the air. No-one knows precisely how old the city is, though according to legend its foundations consist of Greek triremes, Roman galleys, and dragon-prowed longships. |
| 72 | * BowelBreakingBricks: Pintel and Ragetti each grab a cannonball, planning to drop them on the bodies floating in the water while escaping Davy Jones' Locker. As they're about to, they see Tia Dalma standing there. The camera cuts to their lower bodies, as they drop the cannonballs on the deck. |
| 73 | * BrickJoke: |
| 74 | ** Jack (and monkey-Jack's) quest for peanuts. |
| 75 | ** Once again, Jack makes a comment about Will and groins -- this time angrily referring to him as a "codpiece". |
| 76 | ** The compass which shows you your heart's desire -- at the end, it first points to the rum. |
| 77 | ** After the (failed) MexicanStandoff, Pintel suggests [[CombatPragmatist using the defunct pistols as clubs]]. In the climactic battle, Jack notices one of Jones' soldiers has his pistol, and hits him on the head with it before shooting Jones. |
| 78 | * BroughtDownToNormal: In the backstory, the sea goddess Calypso ([[spoiler:Tia Dalma]]) was trapped in mortal form by the first Brethren Court to make it easier for pirates to rule the seas. |
| 79 | * TheBusCameBack: After sitting out ''Dead Man's Chest'', Murtogg and Mullroy and Grove all return as part of the EITC armada. Justified, as Norrington's disgrace and resignation in the last film meant the British Navy lost its POV character (with Beckett, Mercer, and the EITC filling in during the interim). Norrington's return to grace now means the British Navy's presence in the narrative's fully restored and thus Murtogg and Mullroy and Grove are all along for the ride again. |
| 80 | * CallBack: Jack escapes from the ''Dutchman's'' jail using the same trick that Will used in the first film to free him, after repeatedly telling himself "Think like [Will]." |
| 81 | * CantKillYouStillNeedYou: |
| 82 | ** More like, "You can't stay dead, still need you." Barbossa is back, and eventually so is Jack, but they have been resurrected from the dead because they were Pirate Lords when they died, and failed to name a successor before they died. Tia Dalma brings both of them back so they can attend the Brethren Court, otherwise they probably would've stayed dead. [[spoiler: As a Pirate Lord, Jack was also carrying one of Nine Pieces of Eight when he died; retrieving it along with Jack is necessary for the "Free Calypso" gambit.]] |
| 83 | ** Also, Beckett wants to find the location of Shipwreck Cove in order to destroy The Brethren Court, but he knows that the only option he has is to use Jack's Compass that can lead him to his hearts' desire -- which unfortunately for him in this moment is seeing Jack dead. He attempts to invoke CuttingTheKnot, thinking that if he kills Jack here-and-now, the Compass might then lead him to the Court. Only for Jack to say that Shipwreck Cove is well-fortified and that the other Pirate Lords could shelter there for years waiting for Beckett to eventually give up. But with Jack as a Pirate Lord on the inside, he could convince the other Pirate Lords to leave. |
| 84 | * CelebCrush: As part of their BatmanGambit, the pirates must enact a ritual involving words spoken as if to a lover, but the pirates are {{Large Ham}}s who've never known a love they didn't pay for... except one: |
| 85 | -->'''[[spoiler:Ragetti]]:''' ''[whispers tenderly]'' Calypso... I release you from your human bonds. |
| 86 | * ChekhovsGun: |
| 87 | ** Wyvern's rambling from the previous movie becomes important in this one, particularly the one about the ''Dutchman'' needing a captain. |
| 88 | ** Jack's sword, which gets broken during his fight with Davy Jones. |
| 89 | * ClippedWingAngel: Calypso's transformation. She's not completely powerless, summoning a whirlpool on command, but she has no physical body anymore because it turns into a mass of crabs, which promptly fall into the ocean. |
| 90 | * ContinuityNod: While imprisoned on the ''Dutchman'', Jack and his illusionary counterparts alternate between muttering "think like Will" and "think like the whelp", as Barbossa referred to Will at one point during ''Curse of the Black Pearl''. |
| 91 | * ContrivedCoincidence: Invoked by Sao Feng in the opening scuffle. Will, Barbossa, and the others show up in Singapore...and the EITC shows up at ''exactly'' the same time? Sao Feng calls bullshit -- though ironically, it really ''was'' a coincidence. |
| 92 | * CosmopolitanCouncil: The Court of the Brethren is made up of pirates from around the world, including French, Spanish, Arab, Chinese, and African contingents. |
| 93 | * CueTheFallingObject: After a short scuffle between the EIC and the pirates and Jack Sparrow's daring escape from the ship, Beckett order the ''Endeavour'' to pursue the ''Black Pearl''... only for the main mast, damaged by a cannonball fired by Jack earlier, to crack and fall in the background, delaying the pursuit. |
| 94 | * CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:The ''HMS Endeavour'' had absolutely no chance against fighting both the ''Black Pearl'' and the hijacked ''Flying Dutchman'' at once]]. |
| 95 | * DangerouslyLoadedCargo: Subverted and enforced. When Jack figures out how to escape [[EldritchLocation Davy Jone's locker]], he starts running from one side of the ''Black Pearl'' to the other with the crew accompanying him to get it to capsize. Barbossa heads below deck and orders the rest of the crew to unstow the heavy cargo and cut the gun deck's cannons loose, since everything being properly stored and tied down was preventing the ship from capsizing. With the additional shifting weight from the loose cargo and cannons, the ''Black Pearl'' is able to fully capsize, although two crew members are killed in the process; one of whom is crushed by one of the main deck's cannons as it careens across the ship. |
| 96 | * DarkerAndEdgier: Not only is it darker than its predecessor films, it is a very strong contender for being the darkest film Disney has ever (directly) released. The film [[DownerBeginning opens]] with the extrajudicial hanging of hundreds of people, including [[WouldHurtAChild a child]]. It doesn’t let up from there either, with nightmarish imagery matching the previous films and a plot that focuses on the [[EndOfAnEra end of piracy and freedom on the sea]]. Several sympathetic characters bite the dust in sudden and heartbreaking ways, and much of the movie has a somber and tragic feeling. The final battle, while awesome, has an almost apocalyptic tone, and includes the [[spoiler: violent onscreen death of a main character]]. This movie is not the same fun adventure as the first two, it’s a true epic with incredibly high stakes and moments of extreme tragedy |
| 97 | * DeathGlare: Captain Teague gives a deathly cold, silent one to the other Pirate Lords in response to Jack asking them if they intend on breaking the Code by refusing Elizabeth's elected authority as Pirate King. |
| 98 | * DeathIsCheap: Deconstructed. Jack's resurrection is a unique instance because he was taken body and soul to the Locker. No one else has ever gone into the Locker, rescued a prisoner, and escaped (and the film makes it clear the ''Black Pearl'' characters got lucky and that duplicating this jailbreak would be all but impossible). With Barbossa, his resurrection in the last film likewise turns out to also be unique because Tia Dalma [[spoiler:is actually the goddess Calypso. Even bound, she still had enough divine juice to pull him out of the afterlife -- and she has no problem revoking Barbossa's second lease on life unless he fulfills her terms (summoning the Brethren Court, destroying the Nine Pieces of Eight, and releasing her from her bindings).]] As Barbossa and Jack discuss later, yes they both beat the odds and came back -- but they're still ultimately an exception to the rule. There's never a guarantee of coming back, but passing on ''is'' dead certain [[spoiler:(and indeed, Barbossa will prove this with his final death in ''Dead Men Tell No Tales'').]] |
| 99 | * DeathOfTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Norrington's Death by UnrequitedLove]]. |
| 100 | * DefiantToTheEnd: The pirates that are to be hung at the beginning of the movie start singing "Hoist the Colours" to call the Brethren Court to rally, but the song is also a warning to Beckett that the way of pirates will never die. |
| 101 | * DelayedReaction: When Tia Dalma uses [[spoiler:her sand crabs]] to locate and bring Jack back to the crew of the ''Black Pearl'', it takes a while for [[SarcasmMode Witty Jack]] to figure out that his ship has been suddenly ferried, without effort, across Davy Jones' Locker, after he himself was trying his damnedest to move it with a piece of rope. It takes even longer for him to realize that the ship is moving at breakneck speed, and he will soon be left behind if he does not catch up. |
| 102 | * DemotedToDragon: Davy Jones has been coerced into following orders from Lord Cutler Beckett, as Beckett possesses Jones' SoulJar, delivered to him by Norrington at the end of ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest Dead Man's Chest]]''. That being said, he is not happy at all with this situation, and tries to revert it any time he gets, while being as unhelpful as he can to the EITC. Also, he is still the most powerful individual on the field, and the only reason Beckett has now the higher ground in the war against piracy, making him border on DragonInChief. |
| 103 | * DentedIron: Downplayed, but going into the climax of the FinalBattle, [[spoiler:this is the ''Pearl'''s situation when it looks like it's just her alone against the ''Endeavor'' (and before the ''Flying Dutchman'' resurfaces on their side). The ''Pearl'' just fought Davy Jones' ship ''and'' the natural forces of the Maelstrom for the last half an hour. She's damaged, her armaments have been all but depleted, and our heroes are exhausted (and dealing with the emotional turmoil of Will's apparent death). By contrast, Beckett and his flagship are rested, undamaged, and fully armed and ready to rock.]] |
| 104 | * {{Descriptiveville}}: The Brethren Court meets in the town of Shipwreck, in Shipwreck Cove, on Shipwreck Island. As one might imagine, it's easy for a ship to run aground there, and the town is made up of dozens of foundered ships. Lampshaded: |
| 105 | -->'''Jack:''' For all that pirates are clever cobs, we are an unimaginative lot when it comes to naming things.\ |
| 106 | '''Gibbs:''' Aye.\ |
| 107 | '''Jack:''' I once sailed with a geezer, lost both of his arms and part of his eye.\ |
| 108 | '''Gibbs:''' And what'd you call him?\ |
| 109 | '''Jack:''' Larry. |
| 110 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: |
| 111 | ** Upon escaping the Locker, Jack refuses to join up with the rest of the Pirate Lords. While the characters argue the EITC will hunt them all down one by one unless they unite, Jack admits he actually ''likes'' this outcome. After all, think of what this would mean for his own legend: Captain Jack Sparrow, the Last Pirate. An irate Barbossa then asks Jack how he, said Last Pirate, will feel about having to face Davy Jones ''alone'' and with no backup or allies. Jack sheepishly admits he's still working on that plan. |
| 112 | ** Beckett tightens the leash on Jones by having the Dead Man's Chest returned to the ''Flying Dutchman'', with guards ready to destroy it on command. He clearly doesn't expect the chain of command to be disrupted by an active combat situation. |
| 113 | ** Similarly, after learning that [[spoiler:Jones was the one who helped the original Pirate Lords bind Calypso, it doesn't occur to Beckett to reach the obvious conclusion from the revelation. If Jones was working with the First Court, then he ''must'' know Shipwreck Cove's location and the EITC doesn't actually need Will's assistance at all (not to mention that Jones has known this all along and intentionally withheld it from Beckett out of spite).]] |
| 114 | * DidYouActuallyBelieve: It appears for a moment that Jack expects Beckett to honor their bargain; Beckett, preparing to attack the ''Black Pearl'', can't believe Sparrow is actually that naïve. |
| 115 | -->'''Beckett:''' It's NothingPersonal, Jack. It's just good business. |
| 116 | * DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: [[spoiler:James Norrington]] stabs Davy Jones with his final breath instead of accepting his offer. |
| 117 | * DismantledMacguffin: [[spoiler:The Nine Pieces of Eight]] turn out to be the [[GottaCatchThemAll missing ingredients]] in a spell to [[SealedGoodInACan free Calypso]]. Jack's resurrection is required because he was carrying his when the kraken got him. |
| 118 | * DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:After getting stabbed in the heart, Davy Jones falls over the side of the ship and plummets into the maelstrom during the final battle.]] |
| 119 | * TheDogBitesBack: Davy Jones moves to regain control of the ''Flying Dutchman'' at every possible opportunity, eventually throttling Mercer with his tentacle beard as soon as they're alone. |
| 120 | * DopeSlap: When in need of [[spoiler:his Piece of Eight]], Barbossa asks it from Ragetti, to whom he entrusted it. [[spoiler:It happens to be his wooden eye, and Barbossa makes it pop out of his eye socket]] with a dope slap. |
| 121 | * DoubleMeaningTitle: ''At World's End'' refers to both the edge of the world, which the group fall off of to reach Davy Jones' Locker, and the end of the world of piracy as orchestrated by Beckett. |
| 122 | * DragonLady: Mistress Ching. We do not see much of her dragon ways but additional sources show her to be a formidable and rather vile example. |
| 123 | * TheDreaded: Captain Teague, Keeper of the Pirate Code. Even the Pirate Lords, all hardened men and women, are visibly nervous in his presence, while Jack looks absolutely scared shitless. [[spoiler:If Teague was your father, you'd understandably be scared shitless too.]] |
| 124 | * DynamicEntry: Jack's cannonball stunt, except no-one gets hurt in the process and it doubles as a Dynamic Exit. |
| 125 | * EmergencyTransformation: |
| 126 | ** Subverted when Davy Jones makes an implied offer to save [[spoiler:Norrington]]'s life in exchange for his joining the crew of the ''Flying Dutchman''. [[spoiler:Norrington]] replies by spearing Jones with his sword. |
| 127 | ** Toward the end, [[spoiler:Will Turner]] becomes the Captain of the ''Flying Dutchman''. [[spoiler:Jack]] gives up his own chance at immortality to save [[spoiler:Will by helping him stab Jones' heart. The crew then cuts Will's heart out to replace it]]. |
| 128 | %%* EpicMovie |
| 129 | * EurekaMoment: |
| 130 | ** Jack figures out how to escape Davy Jones' Locker when he's fiddling with the map and his [[GoodAngelBadAngel bad angel]] makes a remark that causes him to realize he has to capsize the ship so it will be upside down when the sun sets. |
| 131 | ** Will manages to determine Davy Jones was in love with Calypso when the two are in Beckett's office, and Jones is grumbling about Calypso. |
| 132 | * EvilIsPetty: Beckett and Davy Jones (the latter even more compared to the last film due to his resentment and rage at being leashed by Beckett). Their mutual preference for this trope also is why they both make a critical mistake going into the final battle: [[spoiler:Taking Jack alive and imprisoning him aboard the ''Dutchman'' instead of killing him. Given how dangerous and unpredictable Jack is, the wiser course of action would be to just shoot him and be done with it. But because Beckett and Jones both ''hate'' Jack, they need ''and'' want him to suffer. This of course, backfires, as Jack inevitably gets loose, gets the Heart, and helps Will kill Jones (which turns the ''Dutchman'' against the EITC and allows them to finally sink ''Endeavor'' with Beckett aboard).]] In the case of Davy Jones, his previously established love for this trope is also what [[spoiler:kills him in the climax. Despite Jack literally holding his life in the palm of his hand if he harms Will, Jones just ''can't'' stop himself from stabbing Will in the heart out of spite.]] |
| 133 | * EvilVersusEvil: |
| 134 | ** Beckett and Jones clearly do ''not'' get along, even with Jones under Beckett's thumb. On the two occasions Jones sees a chance of breaking free, his crew immediately start killing Norrington and Mercer's soldiers. |
| 135 | ** The whole conflict of the movie, which is between thieving, murdering pirate outlaws and a thieving, murdering Company. The two main factors which distinguish the pirates as being the lesser of two evils is their willingness to compromise under specific conditions, along with the fact that they are rarely -- if ever -- [[WouldNotShootACivilian seen killing unarmed combatants or civilians]] (unlike the crew of the ''Black Pearl'' in the first film). Both of these are in contrast to [[BigBad Beckett]]'s utter lack of ethics, and borderline sociopathic willingness to lie, cheat, extort, manipulate, and mass murder ''anyone'' (including innocent civilians) who dare to impede him in his quest to obtain even more power for himself. |
| 136 | * ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask: [[MarriedAtSea Elizabeth and Will Turner are getting married]] by Captain Barbossa while ''in the middle of a furious melee'' against the cursed fish people of the ''Flying Dutchman''. |
| 137 | -->'''Barbossa:''' You may now kiss the-- ''[turns and chops up an opponent]'' You may now kiss-- ''[interrupted by another enemy]'' You may now kiss-- ''[and again]'' Just kiss! |
| 138 | * ExplainExplainOhCrap: There's a moment in the Singapore bathhouse when [[spoiler:Sao Feng holds a man he suspects to be on the side of Barbossa at sword point]]. |
| 139 | -->'''Sao Feng:''' Drop your weapons [[spoiler:or I kill the man!]]\ |
| 140 | '''Barbossa:''' [[spoiler:Kill him, he's not ''our'' man!]]\ |
| 141 | '''Will:''' ''[realising]'' [[spoiler:If he's not with you ''[nods to Sao Feng]'' and he's not with us, who's he with?! ''[cue EIC soldiers storming the place]'']] |
| 142 | * ExposedToTheElements: The journey to Davy Jones' Locker features the crew sailing through a frozen ocean. One unnamed Chinese crewmember's foot is frozen through, to the point that he accidentally snaps his big toe off. The rest of the crew are still wearing the same clothes they had in Singapore, yet suffer no ill effects apart from Pintel and Ragetti shivering. |
| 143 | * ExpositionAlreadyCovered: PlayedForLaughs. Mr. Gibbs, the series resident MrExposition, begins explaining to Will what a green flash of light at sunset means, commenting that he's seen his fair share despite the rarity of the event. Cue Pintel, somewhat excitedly, blurting out that it just means a soul has returned from the land of the dead. Pintel notices Gibbs glaring at him and he apologizes. |
| 144 | * ExtendedDisarming: Elizabeth is stripped of weapons before being allowed into Sao Feng's sanctum. It takes a while. The scene starts with some degree of realism -- sure, she's carrying a lot of guns, but that was standard practice in those days because you got only one shot out of each of them, and [[OfCorsetsSexy female clothing]] of that time period had [[VictoriasSecretCompartment lots of places]] to conceal things. Then she pulls out ''a blunderbuss''. The gun's size along with her gestures while taking it out and Barbossa's confused look lend to some rather disturbing theories as to ''[[AssShove where]]'' exactly she was hiding it. |
| 145 | * FanDisservice: While sneaking into Sao Feng's bathhouse under the floorboards, Ragetti manages to find himself a spot where he can [[AllMenArePerverts look up Elizabeth's skirt, and offers Pintel the spot.]] Unfortunately for Pintel, by the time he gets in position, Elizabeth has moved and there is now a very overweight, shirtless Chinese man standing above him instead. |
| 146 | * FantasticRacism: PlayedForLaughs, when Jack's recovering his stuff (and the Heart), and encounters the two incompetent marines again. One of them blames the breakdown of discipline on "the fish people" (rather than the ''pitched battle'' going on outside). |
| 147 | -->'''Mullroy:''' Ohhh, so fish people, by dint of being fish people, automatically aren't as disciplined as non-fish people, is that it?\ |
| 148 | '''Murtogg:''' Seems contributory, 's all I'm saying. |
| 149 | * FascinatingEyebrow: Davy Jones does this when facing off against Jack, Barbossa, and Elizabeth on the sandbar. |
| 150 | * {{Fauxshadowing}}: During the EIC's raid on Sao Feng's lair, one of Sao Feng's henchwoman is unceremoniously shot in the head. Her identical twin sister catches her, briefly laments her loss, and turns to give a DeathGlare to her killer. The way the camera lingers on her [[ChekhovsGunman suggests she'll become important, possibly a supporting character]], but the ''very next time we see her,'' [[KilledOffscreen she's dead too]]. |
| 151 | * FiveSecondForeshadowing: |
| 152 | ** Sao Feng threatens to kill a mole (spotted by his fake tattoos) in his hideout, and Barbossa shrugs and tells him to go ahead; he's not with them. But as Will notes, "If he's not with you, and he's not with us... who's he with?" Cue the soldiers of the East India Company smashing down the wall. |
| 153 | ** A subtle one near the climax happens when the ''Black Pearl'' and the ''Endeavour'' have a face-off. Gibbs notes that the wind is with them, and two minutes later Beckett (from his own ship) makes the same remark, which should be contradictory -- except a maelstrom is forming, so both ships actually do have the wind behind them. |
| 154 | * FlatWhat: Elizabeth's reaction to Jack using his vote to make her the [[spoiler:Pirate King]]. |
| 155 | * ForegoneConclusion: Downplayed, but if and when the characters reach the Locker and rescue Jack, the truth about what really happened aboard the ''Black Pearl'' at the end of the last film (i.e. Elizabeth sacrificing Jack rather than Jack's "Heroic Sacrifice") ''is'' gonna come out. The dramatic tension lies in knowing it's coming and wondering how bad the inevitable damage is gonna be (''especially'' between Will and Elizabeth). Indeed, the damage leads to a loss of trust and schism between the two characters until late in the film. |
| 156 | * FreezeFrameBonus: The Pirate Lord Eduardo Villanueva, in the "Hoist the Colours" scene, appears to have a flag very reminiscent of [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bR6jwDPKQGU/TTCbVoozrNI/AAAAAAAABsY/33iSgKKORio/s1600/Blackbeard%2Bflag%2Bc%2B1718.png Blackbeard's]] real-life flag. (However, in ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides On Stranger Tides]]'' Blackbeard's flag is different.) |
| 157 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: In Jack's hallucination in Davy Jones' locker, one of the Jacks can be seen suffering some strange, pants-related malady, which soon involves two more Jacks trying to help. |
| 158 | * GambitPileup: Comes to a head in the movie. Jack, Will, and Barbossa make and break deals willy-nilly with friend and foe alike in order to accomplish their separate goals. |
| 159 | * GenreBlindness: [[spoiler: After the First Brethren Court bound her, Calypso never considered or realized the obvious implication: These pirates and mere mortals ''couldn't'' have done it on their own. ''Somebody'' showed them how to bind a sea goddess. Who in her inner circle would have had the tools and knowledge? Who else could have betrayed her, ''but'' Davy Jones? Could be justified by Calypso being a deity and not thinking in human terms and perceptions. It's also possible Calypso was blinded by her love for Jones. Indeed, her muted, almost ''desperate'' aggressiveness when Will reveals the truth implies that on some level, Calyspo ''knew''. She just couldn't accept her lover would do that to her (or perhaps hoped she was wrong and that there was an alternate explanation) until Will's revelation.]] |
| 160 | * GenreShift: After beginning in the previous film, ''At World's End'' completes the transition from the LowFantasy of the first film to epic HighFantasy. |
| 161 | * GhostlyDeathReveal: Elizabeth finds Governor Swann among the lost souls in Davy Jones's Locker, despite him being alive before she set off on the journey to revive Jack, revealing that Cutler Beckett really did follow up on his DeadlyEuphemism about him. |
| 162 | * GodzillaThreshold: Implied to be such with the singing of the "Hoist the Colours" song. The way it's treated throughout the movie is that it's sung as a warning to all pirates regardless of allegiance. Lord Beckett is pleased when the threshold is reached, as he knows it means that the Brethren Court will be convened and he can eliminate the last great pirates at a stroke. It's even implied that the song is a magical summons to the Court itself, which can be heard through coins at a distance like through a conch shell, helping it spread. |
| 163 | * GoneHorriblyRight: |
| 164 | ** At the end of the previous film, Norrington stole the Heart of Davy Jones to present to Beckett in order to get his life and Naval position back. If anything, it worked better than he could've been expected; Beckett's not only restored his old commission, but promoted him from Commodore to Admiral. However, it's ''not'' a win for Norrington, because his new flag rank leaves him commanding the EITC's armada and stuck as TheDragon (or at least CoDragons with Jones) to a sociopath who wants the love of his life dead instead. |
| 165 | ** Jack spends much of the film manipulating events to ensure he winds up on the ''Dutchman'' and have a shot at stabbing Davy Jones' heart and becoming its new immortal Captain. It works and he ''does'' indeed end up on the ship going into the Final Battle...only to instead be locked in the brig with no way out. The Multiple Jacks naturally lampshade the trope (not that being locked in the brig keeps Jack down for long). |
| 166 | * GondorCallsForAid: From the [[MisfitMobilizationMoment Pirate Lords]] of the Seven Seas, using the Nine [[MembershipToken Pieces of Eight]]. Calypso isn't too happy with their request, but since she's even more pissed at Davy Jones, the maelstrom she whips up helps them out more than their foes. |
| 167 | * GoodAngelBadAngel: Jack has one of these moments when trying to make sense of the map: |
| 168 | -->'''Jack Sparrow:''' ''[reads the map]'' "Up is down." Well, that's just maddeningly unhelpful. Why are these things never clear?\ |
| 169 | '''Left Mini-Jack:''' Clear as mud, Jackie.\ |
| 170 | '''Jack:''' What?\ |
| 171 | '''Left Mini-Jack:''' Stab the heart.\ |
| 172 | '''Right Mini-Jack:''' Don't stab the heart.\ |
| 173 | '''Jack:''' Come again?\ |
| 174 | '''Right Mini-Jack:''' The ''Dutchman'' must have a captain.\ |
| 175 | '''Jack:''' Well, that's even more than less than unhelpful.\ |
| 176 | '''Left Mini-Jack:''' Sail the seas for eternity.\ |
| 177 | '''Jack:''' I love the sea.\ |
| 178 | '''Left Mini-Jack:''' What about port?\ |
| 179 | '''Jack:''' I prefer rum, rum's good.\ |
| 180 | '''Left Mini-Jack:''' ''Making'' port.\ |
| 181 | '''Right Mini-Jack:''' Well, we can get rum and salty wenches once every 10 years.\ |
| 182 | '''Left Mini-Jack:''' What'd he say?\ |
| 183 | '''Jack:''' Once every 10 years.\ |
| 184 | '''Left Mini-Jack:''' 10 years is a long time, mate.\ |
| 185 | '''Jack:''' Even longer, given the deficit of rum.\ |
| 186 | '''Left Mini-Jack:''' But eternity is longer still.\ |
| 187 | '''Right Mini-Jack:''' And how will you be spending it? Dead? Or not?\ |
| 188 | '''Left Mini-Jack:''' The immortal Captain Sparrow.\ |
| 189 | '''Jack:''' Ooh, I like that.\ |
| 190 | '''Right Mini-Jack:''' Come sunset, it won't matter.\ |
| 191 | '''Jack:''' Not sunset... ''[Jack re-examines the map]'' [[EurekaMoment "Sundown and rise up."]] |
| 192 | * GratuitousLatin: The Latin phrase that Jack quotes, "Res ipsa loquitur, tabula in naufragio." Literally for the first part, "The thing itself speaks", usually taken to mean "The thing speaks for itself" or "The facts speaks for themselves" in contemporary legal matters. Jack is trying to point out that, as difficult as it is for him to accept, Elizabeth's wanting to fight is the best option... for now. The second part means "plank in a shipwreck," and generally means something that will keep you from failing when in a terrible situation. |
| 193 | -->'''Jack Sparrow:''' [[AttackAttackRetreatRetreat We must fight... to run away.]] |
| 194 | * GrandFinale: Of the original ''Pirates'' Trilogy. |
| 195 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Davy Jones is revealed (among other things) as the one responsible for Calypso's binding, making him responsible for the whole's trilogy conflict. |
| 196 | * HandsLookingWrong: As Tia Dalma reminds Barbossa that she's the one who brought him back from the dead and could send him back if she chooses to, she grabs his wrist. Barbossa's hand shrivels and turns skeletal, as when he was cursed by the Aztec gold, before returning to normal, leaving the pirate quite unnerved. |
| 197 | * HeartInTheWrongPlace: When [[spoiler:Will Turner]] reappears after becoming captain of the ''Flying Dutchman'', the scar from his impromptu heart surgery is visible high on the left side of the chest. |
| 198 | * HiddenDepths: Ragetti points out the (dead) kraken is actually a cephalopod, not a fish, when Pintel taunts its corpse. He later releases Calypso from imprisonment by whispering to her as if to a lover. |
| 199 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: |
| 200 | ** You know Pirate Lord Mistress Ching? She's based on pirate Ching Shih, who was an absurdly successful Chinese pirate queen, who commanded the largest pirate fleet in history. She was so good, in fact, that the government allowed her to retire because they couldn't actually beat her. She's in [[AnachronismStew the wrong century]], but RuleOfCool. |
| 201 | ** The pirate lord of the Indian Ocean, Sumbhajee, [[http://www.thunting.com/smf/pirates/myth_or_unresearched_pirate_sumbhajee_angria-t20225.0.html;wap2= was a real person as well, though he's less time-displaced than Ching]]. |
| 202 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: |
| 203 | ** During the Brethren Court summit, Barbossa admits the First Court binding Calypso has ultimately backfired on the modern Pirate Lords. Yes, binding the Goddess of the Sea granted the Pirates control over all the oceans -- but with hindsight, it also opened the door to someone like Beckett and his ilk. |
| 204 | ** During the final battle [[spoiler: Will gets fatally stabbed by Davy Jones, who at this point's armed with the sword Will made for Norrington back in the first film (and which Jones claimed for himself after Norrington died).]] |
| 205 | ** Perhaps Beckett's single biggest mistake is relocating the Dead Man's Chest to the ''Flying Dutchman''. It's done out of frustration with Jones chafing at Beckett's orders and to keep him in line. [[spoiler:Instead, putting the Heart on the ''Dutchman'' backfires spectacularly and ultimately gets both Beckett and Jones killed. Beckett didn't account for actual combat conditions, which of course disrupts the guarding of the Chest. In the chaos of the Maelstrom battle, Jack's able to steal the Heart and help Will stab it -- thereby killing Jones, installing Will as the new Captain, and removing the EITC's control of the ''Dutchman''. Had the Chest remained aboard ''Endeavor'', the heroes would never have been able to get access to it and stop Beckett.]] |
| 206 | * HomageShot: The shot of the ship sailing on the night sky was an {{homage}} to ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen''. |
| 207 | * HostageHandlerHuddle: One such exchange takes place when Barbossa reveals his plan to unbind Calypso to the other pirate lords: |
| 208 | -->'''Pirate 1:''' Shoot him!\ |
| 209 | '''Pirate 2:''' CUT OUT HIS TONGUE!\ |
| 210 | '''Jack Sparrow:''' Shoot him AND cut out his tongue, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs and shoot his tongue]]... and trim that scraggly beard! |
| 211 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: Elizabeth's defense after Will learns the truth about Jack's "heroic sacrifice" at the end of ''Dead Man's Chest'' and confronts her. Interestingly, Will doesn't actually dispute this. He knows that Davy Jones had backed them into a no-win situation with the Kraken; if Jack had been with them, then they'd have all died on the open water in the longboat. Rather, Will's angry because Elizabeth lied to him (and because her deception left him thinking for months that she'd fallen for Jack rather than really being guilt-ridden over sacrificing him). |
| 212 | * IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Norrington]]'s reason for freeing Elizabeth and committing a HeroicSacrifice to effect her escape. |
| 213 | * ImminentDangerClue: Twice in one scene. The first is when Sao Feng sees a nearby pirate's fake tattoos melting off in the bathhouse and realizes he's a spy. The second is when Barbossa tells Sao Feng he's not ''their'' spy either, and both sides simultaneously realize whose spy he actually is, right before the EITC breaks down the doors. |
| 214 | * InstantlyProvenWrong: Barbossa tells Sao Feng he has nothing but peaceable intentions. ''Immediately'' afterwards, his crewmembers who are hiding under the floorboards toss swords up to him and Elizabeth, who catch the swords without missing a beat. |
| 215 | * InternalReveal: The ''Pearl'' survivors finally learn what really happened at the end of the previous film once they reach the Locker. Jack takes gleeful delight in outing Elizabeth's betrayal once he realizes Will and none of the others knew. |
| 216 | * InTheDoldrums: Davy Jones' Locker is a barren wasteland (for a while, anyways). Nothing but perfectly flat, white desert in every direction. It's called "The Doldrums" twice, and it is true to the original definition -- it is a sailor's hell, after all: no wind to sail on nor even ''water'' to sail ''in''; just Jack, his ship, and a bunch of crabs. |
| 217 | * InUniverseFactoidFailure: Jack admits to the wenches that he didn't know [[UsefulNotes/FranciscoPizarro Pizarro]], but he then claims to love Pizarro's pies. |
| 218 | * IronicEcho: |
| 219 | ** When they first met in ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'', Jack cut a deal that Elizabeth found underhanded and horrifying, especially as how it worked to her personal detriment. She protested, to receive only: |
| 220 | --->'''Jack:''' Pirate! |
| 221 | ** In this movie, Elizabeth cuts a deal with Beckett that Barbossa doesn't approve of. He protests. |
| 222 | --->'''Elizabeth:''' [[spoiler:King!]] |
| 223 | * IronicHell: For Jack, the ''Black Pearl'' has always represented the freedom to go anywhere and do as he pleases. InTheDoldrums of Davy Jones' Locker, he has his ship, but there's no sea to sail it on and nowhere to go. |
| 224 | * ItWorksBetterWithBullets: The pirates' guns don't work with wet powder. |
| 225 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Jack suggests not releasing Calypso mainly so he can advocate his own plan, but he points out Calypso isn't going to be thankful and will take her anger out on them. Indeed, she is plotting to violently kill them all at that very moment. |
| 226 | * KeystoneArmy: The ''enormous'' Imperial Armada Beckett brought with him to annihilate the pirates: they all [[InstantWinCondition turn tail and run]] when the ''Endeavour'' is sunk, despite it being heavily implied that they vastly outnumber the entire pirate fleet. This may simply be a case of LazyBackup, but on the other hand; 1. None of them even like Lord Becket, 2. They didn't want to be there and Were only there because they were under orders, 3. They ''are'' up against the ''Black Pearl'', which is pretty infamous for her actions and 4. They ''are'' up against the ''Flying Dutchman'', which would probably have made it a CurbStompBattle given how everyone keeps saying "Control the Dutchman, control the seas." |
| 227 | * KickTheDog: |
| 228 | ** Jack, while in Davy Jones' locker, "kills" another Jack for not doing a satisfactory job. |
| 229 | --->'''Captain Jack:''' Mister Sparrow! What say you of this tack iron?\ |
| 230 | '''Crewman Jack:''' It be proper to my eyes, sir.\ |
| 231 | '''Captain Jack:''' It is not proper, nor suitable, not adequate, nor acceptable. It is in fact an abomination.\ |
| 232 | '''Crewman Jack:''' Begging pardon sir, but p'rhaps if you gave a man another chance?\ |
| 233 | '''Captain Jack:''' Shall we? ''[runs him through with his sword]'' That sort of thinking is what got us into this mess. |
| 234 | ** Davy Jones really shows pride and craftmanship in exercising this trope every chance he gets. |
| 235 | * KingmakerScenario: In the vote for Pirate King, every pirate has voted for themselves as they always do... when it gets around to Jack. Jack realizes he isn't going to win and having the vote fail works against his interests, so he can essentially make whoever he wants king. [[spoiler:And since newly minted Pirate Lord Elizabeth Swann just seconded his plan...]] |
| 236 | * LargeHam: Barbossa was a little [[ColdHam more subdued]] in the previous film, but here he is ''clearly'' enjoying himself and living [[ChewingTheScenery LARGE]] after being brought back to life. |
| 237 | * LazyBackup: The final battle. The ''Black Pearl'' faces down the ''Flying Dutchman'', and then Beckett's ''Endeavour'', without any help from the pirate armada assembled behind them. {{Justified|Trope}} because the maelstrom prevents other ships from intervening. And once again, when the [[spoiler:''Dutchman'' does its HeelFaceTurn, Beckett's much-larger armada may be scarpering because the situation has just gotten too weird to cope with, or perhaps they just don't care for the man enough to continue fighting after his death.]] |
| 238 | * LivingForeverIsAwesome: Jack's motive for wanting to stab Davy Jones's heart. Jones is already enjoying the fruits of this trope as the immortal lord of the sea. |
| 239 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: |
| 240 | ** The ''Black Pearl'' survivors initially still believe Jack sacrificed himself to the Kraken to save them in the climax of the last film. Nobody knows or suspects that it was actually Elizabeth who sacrificed Jack. While feeling conflicted and guilt-ridden, Elizabeth has intentionally withheld the truth from Will and the others in the months since (and despite knowing that if they ''do'' reach the Locker and find Jack, the truth ''is'' going to come out). Will is ''not'' happy when he learns Elizabeth lied to them all (and to him in particular). |
| 241 | ** Beckett initially withholds details of Jack's escape from the Locker from Jones (as he needs Jack alive long enough to lead him to Shipwreck Cove and the news will only set off Jones). That plan goes down in flames after Will gleefully reveals the truth to Jones when he comes aboard the ''Endeavour''. |
| 242 | ** Downplayed, but the reunion between Davy Jones and [[spoiler:Calypso all but confirms he knew all along where Shipwreck Cove was and withheld its location from Beckett out of spite.]] |
| 243 | * LoopholeAbuse: Davy Jones can only touch land once every ten years... so when there's a truce being held on a small stretch of dry land, he attends the meeting by standing in a shallow bucket of water so he's [[ExactWords not technically touching the land]]. |
| 244 | * LossOfIdentity: |
| 245 | ** Already a problem for the ''Flying Dutchman'''s crew as established in the last film, it kicks into overdrive in this one, with the crew largely reduced to a single-minded hoard, who repeat each other's sentences. |
| 246 | ** After falling past the DespairEventHorizon, Bootstrap's been afflicted as well, merging with the ship, and becoming incapable of remembering things for very long. After meeting Elizabeth, he loses even that, becoming part of the ship. |
| 247 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: Davy Jones. When Calypso broke his heart, he said to hell with all of it and shirked his rightful duties, which led to him and his crew becoming corrupted and inhuman. |
| 248 | * MadnessMantra: The clearest sign of Bootstrap Bill losing his mind is when he starts repeating ''"Part of the crew, part of the ship."'' [[spoiler:After Davy Jones' death, the entire remaining crew of the ''Flying Dutchman'' start speaking that mantra in unison as Bill carves his son's heart out to make him captain]]. |
| 249 | * MagicMap: The charts acquired early in the movie can guide the reader to sites that will never appear on more accurate charts, and also bear vague warnings to aid in overcoming obstacles. |
| 250 | * MarriedAtSea: [[spoiler:Elizabeth and Will]] get married by [[spoiler:Barbossa]] in the middle of the climactic battle. |
| 251 | * MassOhCrap: The assembled pirate fleet at Shipwreck Cove starts to cheer as the first East India Company ship comes into sight. It then rapidly loses all of its bravado when ''dozens'' of other ships also appear. |
| 252 | * MauveShirt: A couple of them, the most prominent being Tai Huang, Sao Feng's mustachioed NumberTwo who sails with the heroes to Davy Jones' Locker, [[spoiler:outlives his employer]] and later escapes the ''Flying Dutchman'' with Elizabeth. |
| 253 | * MeaningfulEcho: |
| 254 | ** Elizabeth justifies not telling Will about leaving Jack for the Kraken, claiming "It was my burden to bear." Will repeats that phrase after revealing the secret deal he made with Sao Feng. |
| 255 | ** Elizabeth quotes Barbossa's speech to the Brethren Court when she's later addressing the crew of the ''Black Pearl''. |
| 256 | ** The MadnessMantra of Bootstrap Bill and the other ''Dutchman'' crew members. ''"Part of the crew, part of the ship..."'' |
| 257 | * MexicanStandoff: A particularly interesting one, involving five people (one of whom isn't even directly related to the argument and pulls out his guns because everyone else does), each with two guns pointing at two other people. During the course of a conversation, they constantly switch who they are pointing their guns at. The whole thing becomes moot when [[spoiler:Jack tries to shoot Barbossa, and the shot is a dud. This prompts everyone else to fire at each other, with the same result. Turns out that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome all the guns were waterlogged]]]]. |
| 258 | * MisfitMobilizationMoment: One after Elizabeth's RousingSpeech drives all the pirate crews to truly fight for their way of life. They raise their banners and prepare for the fight while most of the captains [[AssKickingPose stand motionless as the colors are raised]]. |
| 259 | * MistakenForSpecialGuest: When Barbossa details his plan to free Calypso from her mortal form, Sao Feng thinks he's talking about Elizabeth, turning her into a LivingMacGuffin for a brief round of [[GambitPileup pirate negotiations]]. |
| 260 | * MythologyGag: |
| 261 | ** The faint sounds that accompany the black screen just before cutting to Jack Sparrow's first scene in the film, is audio from the original Disney Parks POTC attractions. |
| 262 | ** The location of the Fountain of Youth shown on the mystical chart is the general location of Orlando, Florida. |
| 263 | ** Johnny Depp based many of his signature mannerisms for Jack Sparrow on Music/KeithRichards, reasoning that pirates were the rock stars of their time. Here, he plays Jack's father, Captain Teague. |
| 264 | * NeverBeHurtAgain: A variation with Jack after escaping the Locker. Having died and spent time in, for all intents, hell, Jack understandably does ''not'' want to wind up in that situation again. This is why he wants to kill Jones to claim that immortality and avoid death (the cost be damned). |
| 265 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: When Norrington frees Elizabeth and Sao Feng's crew, he leaves the cell unlocked, allowing Bootstrap to get free, resulting in his own death. |
| 266 | * NonIndicativeName: The Nine Pieces of Eight -- they're actually just bits of junk (a cup, a pince-nez, Ragetti's wooden eye, etc.) the first Brethren Court was carrying, because they were, to a man, flat broke. |
| 267 | -->'''Pintel:''' So change the name!\ |
| 268 | '''Gibbs:''' What, to "[[GottaCatchThemAll Nine-Pieces]]-of-[[ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest Whatever-We Happen-to-Have-in-Our-Pockets]]-at-the-Time"? [[SarcasmMode Ohhh, yes, that sounds]] ''[[SarcasmMode very]]'' [[SarcasmMode piratey.]] |
| 269 | * NoodleIncident: |
| 270 | ** What exactly Jack did to wind up on Sao Feng's shit list. All we learn is that Jack paid Sao Feng great insult (which, given this is Jack, could mean ''anything''). |
| 271 | ** Implied, albeit downplayed, with Barbossa and Jack the Monkey. But ''something'' must have happened during the decade Barbossa had the ''Black Pearl'' to convince him to train his undead pet and accomplice how to use firearms (let alone make him think that it was actually a good idea). |
| 272 | ** Jack's prior history with Beckett, which was set up in the previous film, ultimately remains this in the final cut of ''At World's End'' (as the ResolvedNoodleIncident portion of their first scene together was left on the cutting room floor). |
| 273 | * NothingPersonal: Beckett uses those exact words as he prepares to renege on his agreement with Sparrow. |
| 274 | * NuclearOption: Releasing Calypso is essentially a fantastical, non-nuclear version of this for the Brethren Court. It's their "Break Glass In Case of Emergency" option that *might* give them a chance against the EITC and the ''Dutchman''. But as Jack counter-argues, there's also a ''very'' good (if not high) chance arming and deploying the fantastical nuke's gonna blow up in all their faces. After all, Calypso's been bound for centuries by the Pirates and is understandably feeling more than a little ''pissed'' at her captors. |
| 275 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: |
| 276 | ** The Kraken is killed offscreen, with only a throwaway comment and a scene where they find the body afterward. |
| 277 | ** Immediately after the maelstrom fight ends, several ships from both pirate and East India Company fleets can be seen in the background either sinking or burning. |
| 278 | * OneWomanWail: [[spoiler:Heard when Davy Jones' heart is stabbed and he plummets off the ''Flying Dutchman'']]. |
| 279 | * OrbitalKiss: At the climax, after Will and Elizabeth's WartimeWedding [[MarriedAtSea at Sea]] while That One Theme plays. |
| 280 | * PapaWolf: [[spoiler:Watching Davy Jones stab his boy breaks Bootstrap Bill Turner out of his LossOfIdentity and he [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge furiously throws himself on his captain]]]]. |
| 281 | * PetTheDog: |
| 282 | ** A quick one for Davy Jones: seeing incoming cannon fire, he throws himself on Mercer to protect him from the blast. The fact that he quickly remembers he hates the man and promptly chokes him to death just reinforces the fact that he would have protected ''any'' member of his crew in the same way -- or he just wanted the pleasure of personally throttling Mercer. |
| 283 | ** Jack also gets one when he [[spoiler:helps the dying Will stab Davy Jones' heart, and thus gives up his chance at immortality (which he had been working for during the ''entire film'') [[AFriendInNeed to save Will's life]]]]. |
| 284 | * PirateSong: In the opening, "Hoist the Colors" is sung by several pirates being executed. |
| 285 | * PistolWhipping: Suggested by Pintel after a failed MexicanStandoff between Jack, Will, Elizabeth, and Barbossa. They fire their pistols, but the powder is wet. |
| 286 | -->'''Pintel:''' We can still use 'em as clubs! ''[Ragetti bonks him on the head with a pistol]'' |
| 287 | * PokingDeadThingsWithAStick: Upon discovering the kraken's massive carcass washed up on a beach, Pintel and Ragetti poke one of its tentacles with a branch and then climb on top of it after confirming it is dead. |
| 288 | * PowerHigh: When [[spoiler:Tia Dalma]] is released from her human form and regains her godly powers by becoming Calypso, she makes a familiar expression that makes her enjoyment very evident. |
| 289 | * ProperlyParanoid: |
| 290 | ** Beckett after Mercer returns from Singapore with the intel about the Nine Pieces of Eight. Mercer is dismissive, arguing that with the ''Dutchman'' under the EITC's control, nothing the Pirates have in their arsenal can possibly stand against it. However, because they're dealing with the supernatural, Beckett disagrees. He's savvy enough to recognize there are any number of potential x-factors out there the EITC didn't anticipate or foresee -- such as these mysterious Nine Pieces of Eight. |
| 291 | ** Given what happened in the backstory of the first film, [[spoiler: Jack correctly anticipates Barbossa's going to try to screw him over and steal the ''Pearl'' again after the final battle. He takes precautions this time by stealing Sao Feng's charts and leaving Gibbs aboard as his loyal ace in the hole. Unfortunatley for Jack, only the former precaution works. Jack didn't anticipate Gibbs would fall asleep at his post and that Barbossa would deposit the slumbering first mate on the Tortuga dock before running for the figurative hills.]] |
| 292 | %% * RashEquilibrium: Throughout the movie. |
| 293 | * RecoiledAcrossTheRoom: PlayedForLaughs when Marty charges up a ramp, fires a gigantic blunderbuss, and is thrown back down the ramp. |
| 294 | * RecordNeedleScratch: In the form of Teague snapping a string on the guitar he's playing in response to Jack questioning the other Pirate Lords if they intend on breaking the Code by refusing Elizabeth's election to Pirate King. |
| 295 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: For poor [[spoiler:James Norrington.]] Rescues Elizabeth from the ''Flying Dutchman'', and gets a wooden spear in the gut for his trouble. |
| 296 | * RescuedFromTheUnderworld: Barbossa, Will, and Elizabeth (each for their own reasons) lead an expedition to Davy Jones' Locker to rescue Jack Sparrow from his IronicHell. |
| 297 | * RidiculouslyDifficultRoute: Getting from the normal world to Davy Jones' Locker involves sailing through a frozen sea, into an ice cavern, and straight off the edge of the map. [[WaterfallIntoTheAbyss Literally.]] And getting back is harder. |
| 298 | -->'''Barbossa:''' We're good and lost now.\ |
| 299 | '''Elizabeth:''' Lost!?\ |
| 300 | '''Barbossa:''' For certain ye have to be lost to find a place as can't be found. Elseways everyone would know where it was. |
| 301 | * RousingSpeech: Barbossa gives one to the Brethren Court about reclaiming their roles as masters of the sea through honest work and not using someone like Davy Jones or Calypso to give them assistance. He really seems to mean it, too, and Elizabeth's repeating his words later convinces him to go all-in with helping. Though her version is the truly moving, awesome one. |
| 302 | -->'''Captain Barbossa:''' Revenge won't bring your father back, Miss Swann, and it's not something I'm intending to die for.\ |
| 303 | '''[[spoiler:Pirate King Captain]] Elizabeth Swann:''' You're right... ''[walks back a few steps towards the crew]'' Then what ''shall'' we die for?\ |
| 304 | ''[{{beat}}]''\ |
| 305 | '''Elizabeth:''' You will listen to me... '''''LISTEN!''''' The Brethren will still be looking here to us, to the ''Black Pearl'', to lead. And what will they see? Frightened bilge rats aboard a derelict ship? No... No, they will see free men! And ''FREEDOM''! And what the '''''enemy''''' will see is the flash of our cannons! They will hear the ring of our swords and '''''they will know what WE can do!''''' [[MeaningfulEcho By the sweat of our brows... And the strength of our backs...]] '''''And the courage of our hearts!''''' Gentlemen... ''Hoist the colors.''\ |
| 306 | '''Will:''' ''[nodding]'' Hoist the colors.\ |
| 307 | '''Ragetti:''' Hoist the colors.\ |
| 308 | '''Pintel:''' Hoist the colors!\ |
| 309 | '''Gibbs:''' Aye. The winds on our side, boys! That's all we need!\ |
| 310 | ''[all cheer]''\ |
| 311 | '''[[spoiler:Pirate King Captain]] Elizabeth:''' ''[screaming]'' '''HOIST THE COLORS!''' |
| 312 | * RuleOfCool: Given as the in-universe reason why the Brethren Court calls their "Pieces of Eight" by that name: |
| 313 | -->'''Pintel:''' Those aren't pieces of eight. They're just pieces of junk!\ |
| 314 | '''Gibbs:''' Aye, the original plan was to use nine Pieces of Eight to bind Calypso, but when the first court met the Brethren were, to a one, skint broke.\ |
| 315 | '''Pintel:''' So change the name!\ |
| 316 | '''Gibbs:''' What, to "Nine-Pieces-of-Whatever-We-Happen-to-Have-in-Our-Pockets-at-the-Time"? [[DeadpanSnarker Oh yes, that sounds very piratey!]] |
| 317 | * SadisticChoice: Jack realizes that Will is faced with one: he wants to save his father from Davy Jones, but the one who kills Davy Jones must take his place as captain of the ''Flying Dutchman'', meaning that Will would be separated from Elizabeth. Jack, who seeks Jones' immortality, offers Will [[TakeAThirdOption a third option]]: ''he'' be the one to kill Jones and become the Dutchman's captain, and then free Will's father. Will points out that if Jack takes Jones' place, ''he'd'' have to be the one to ferry souls to the afterlife, or else be mutated like Jones. |
| 318 | * SaharanShipwreck: The ''Black Pearl'', and Jack Sparrow with it, have been cast into Davy Jones' Locker, an endless, flat white desert. It's an IronicHell for Jack -- he has his ship, but no sea to sail it on. |
| 319 | * ScarsAreForever: Subverted. When the ''Black Pearl'' is revealed in the Locker, all of the damage the Kraken inflicted during the climax of the previous film has been repaired. Good be Handwaved away by the nature of the Locker and Jones ensuring the ship was intact as part of Jack's IronicHell. |
| 320 | * ScrewTheRulesTheyreNotReal: {{Justified|Trope}} and {{subverted}}. It turns out there is a good reason why, while all pirate characters [[LoopholeAbuse bend the ever-living hell out of the Pirates' Code to suit their needs]], they never actually violate the ExactWords, and that reason is [[TheDreaded Captain Edward Teague]], the Keeper of the Code. When one of the Indian pirates says "Hang the Code!" without knowing Teague is present, [[AppealToForce Teague immediately shoots him dead]] and asserts "The Code is the law", which makes all of the other pirates in the room, the so-called "Pirate Lords" included, [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership immediately ditch that train of thought]]. |
| 321 | * SequelHook: At the end, [[spoiler:Jack sets a course for the Fountain of Youth using Sao Feng's maps.]] |
| 322 | * SerialEscalation: With the shift from the LowFantasy of the first film to High Fantasy completed, the third film ups the stakes with a global scale and scope, divine entities, and otherwordly realms. |
| 323 | * ShaggyDogStory: Calypso's entire subplot actually adds nothing to the film except to have everybody running around for a while. The filmmakers suggest that the maelstrom scene was designed so that she would "Provide the arena," which pretty clearly translates to, "Yeah, we weren't really sure what she was doing in our script either." |
| 324 | * SheIsTheKing: [[spoiler:Elizabeth Swann, Pirate King]]. They're just ''giving'' the bloody title away! The Nine Pirate Lords themselves have two females among them. |
| 325 | * ShootTheMessenger: Making the scene where Teague shoots someone at the Pirate Lords' meeting for questioning the Code, it's ''not even the speaker's idea'' to question it: [[MouthOfSauron he's a mouthpiece for one of the Lords]], and was just saying what his boss wanted him to. |
| 326 | * ShoutOut: |
| 327 | ** The musical lockets representing the connection of Davy Jones with Tia Dalma is taken from the connection of the musical pocket-watches in ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore''. |
| 328 | ** The theme music during the sandbar parlay is near-identical to one during the final duel in ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest''. |
| 329 | ** The shots of Beckett as the [[DissonantSerenity serene]] center of the screen as his ship disintegrates around him are extremely similar to shots of Scorpius in a similar situation in the ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode "Into the Lion's Den". |
| 330 | * 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. |
| 331 | * ShrunkenHead: During a conversation with Captain Teague (his father), Jack asks, "How's Mum?" Teague shows him a shrunken woman's head. |
| 332 | -->'''Jack:''' She looks great... |
| 333 | * SinisterSuffocation: Davy Jones kills Ian Mercer by suffocating the man with his tentacles, all the while sporting a sinister grin on his face. This murder is meant to symbolize Jones' anguish and hatred after being forced to serve the East India Trading Company, and is uncharacteristically drawn-out and gruesome as a result. |
| 334 | * SlasherSmile: Tia Dalma sports one in Singapore when her booby trap blows up a dozen {{Mooks}}. |
| 335 | * SomeoneHasToDoIt: "The ''Dutchman'' must have a captain." And if the position is ever vacant, well, YouKillItYouBoughtIt. Though it's never made clear as to what happens if the Dutchman's captain [[DrivenToSuicide attempts to commit suicide]]. |
| 336 | * SquirrelsInMyPants: After [[spoiler:Calypso regains her powers and [[OneToMillionToOne transform into an enormous swarm of crabs]] washing over the pirates]], Ragetti ends up with a crab in his pants. |
| 337 | * TheStinger: After the credits, [[spoiler:a TimeSkip of ten years shows Elizabeth and [[BabiesEverAfter her son]] awaiting the reappearance of Will from his duties aboard the ''Dutchman''.]] |
| 338 | * StatingTheSimpleSolution: During the voyage to the Locker, Pintel asks a ''very'' good question which also addresses an obvious potential plot hole: Do they even ''have'' to go to the Locker? Why doesn't Tia Dalma just bring Jack back to life the same way she brought back Barbossa at the end of the previous film? Tia Dalma quickly shoots him down, explaining she ''can't''. Barbossa was only ''dead'', whereas Jack has been taken body ''and'' soul down to the Locker. Therefore, the ''only'' to way to bring Jack back is to go into the Locker and get him themselves. |
| 339 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: A MexicanStandoff instantly and ''literally'' fizzles out when everyone has just come up from underwater, so all their guns are completely waterlogged. |
| 340 | * SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Governor Swan is killed off-screen by Beckett's orders, after he learns too much. It even appears to be one in-universe, since when he sees Elizabeth in Davy Jones's locker, he actually seems confused as to whether he's dead. |
| 341 | * TaughtByExperience: |
| 342 | ** Played for levity after the climax when Jack and Elizabeth say goodbye to each other. Elizabeth starts to give Jack a parting hug. However, after what happened the last time Elizabeth gave him such a hug (i.e. sacrificing him to the Kraken), Jack understandably declines any more such physical contact with Elizabeth. |
| 343 | ** [[spoiler: Having had Barbossa mutiny and steal the ''Pearl'' from him once before, Jack correctly anticipates Hector's gonna try it again after the final battle and takes precautions (which only half-work).]] |
| 344 | * TensionCuttingLaughter: During the MexicanStandoff mentioned above, after a minute goes by they all start laughing... but then they remember that, yes, they ''do'' all have people to threaten. |
| 345 | * TimeSkip: In an aversion for the ImmediateSequel Trope usually associated with a TwoPartTrilogy, ''At World's End'' doesn't pick up right where ''Dead Man's Chest'' ended. Instead, several months have elapsed in-universe (which makes sense, as it would've taken the ''Black Pearl'' survivors time to arrange transportation and make the voyage to Singapore). |
| 346 | * TookALevelInKindness: In a weird way, Barbossa when [[spoiler:he steals the ''Pearl'' for the second time at the end of the film. Yes, he screws over Jack again -- but this time, Barbossa isn't vindictive about it. He doesn't maroon Jack on a deserted isle, but instead leaves him stranded in Tortuga and in the comforts of civilization. It may also alternately count as PragmaticVillainy from Barbossa; after all, being vindictive towards Jack last time set off the chain of events that ultimately got Barbossa killed at the end of the first film.]] |
| 347 | * TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: A non-sentient variation of sorts in the climax when [[spoiler:Will ends up getting fatally stabbed by his own sword -- or rather by the sword he made for Norrington's promotion to Commodore back in the first film (which Davy Jones claimed for himself after Norrington's death earlier in the film).]] |
| 348 | * TheUnintelligible: Calypso, when in 50-foot giant form, rants unintelligible things at the pirates after they set her free. WordOfGod says that she's cursing them, and basically telling them to go fuck themselves. This ties into what Jack said; no matter that they've freed her, she was still imprisoned before that, and is ''not'' happy about the time she spent confined in a human body. And she's not ''entirely'' unintelligible -- French speakers get a BilingualBonus in the form of two very familiar and vulgar syllables: "Va chier!" (a scatological version of "Go fuck yourself"). |
| 349 | * VaporWear: |
| 350 | ** After an ExtendedDisarming sequence in Singapore, Elizabeth is left wearing only a shirt. Ragetti, who is hiding under the floorboards, gets a peep up her dress and informs Pintel. During the interval, however, Elizabeth has moved forward, resulting in Pintel getting an eyeful of the privates of one of Sao Feng's male group. |
| 351 | ** Unlike Elizabeth's "corset", this is a rare (probably accidental) bit of authenticity: panties (and male underpants) haven't been invented yet -- nobody wore anything under between their undersides and their clothes but a "shift" (the garment Elizabeth spends most of the first film in) if they were female or a long shirt if they were male (or a cross-dressing female pirate, of course.) |
| 352 | * ViewersAreGeniuses: Those familiar with ocean weather patterns get an OhCrap moment when two captains facing off both claim the wind is on their side. [[spoiler:Cue the maelstrom.]] |
| 353 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Beckett]] goes completely lifeless when [[spoiler:both the ''Black Pearl'' and the ''Flying Dutchman'' are preparing to blow him to pieces.]] |
| 354 | -->[[spoiler:'''Beckett:''' [[MadnessMantra It's just... good business.]]]] |
| 355 | * VillainRespect: An ironic example played for BlackComedy after [[spoiler: a dying Norrington tries to stab Davy Jones. It doesn't work and Jones claims Norrington's sword for himself. After examining the weapon, Jones admits it's actually a nice sword. So, of course, Jones is complimeting its maker -- which means he's unknowingly complimenting Will Turner.]] |
| 356 | * VisualInnuendo: |
| 357 | ** Barbossa and Jack, feuding over who is captaining the ''Black Pearl'', both pull out their telescopes. Jack is disappointed when his is significantly smaller. Later, he steps up to the rail with an enormous, sagging spyglass. Barbossa gives him an AsideGlance. |
| 358 | ** At the gathering of the Brethren Court, Barbossa bangs on a table with a chain shot (two cannonballs connected by a chain) for emphasis. Later he stands up and we have a perfectly framed shot of his legs, with the two cannonballs dangling in between. |
| 359 | --->'''Jack:''' Whose boons? Your boons? |
| 360 | * VocalDissonance: One of the Pirate Lords has his underlings speak for him at the meeting, because his own voice is very high and squeaky. |
| 361 | * WartimeWedding: [[spoiler:Will and Elizabeth not only get married in the middle of a war, but in the middle of a battle. [[MarriedAtSea On a pirate ship]].]] |
| 362 | * WaterfallIntoTheAbyss: The secret entry to Davy Jones's locker apparently involves sailing right over the edge of the world -- once you get to a place where the Earth is no longer round. |
| 363 | * WeddingSmashers: Inverted -- [[spoiler:Will and Elizabeth interrupt the battle with their wedding, seeing how they could be about to die.]] |
| 364 | * WhamLine: Davy Jones gives one when Will reveals to him and Beckett that the Brethren Court intends to release Calypso. |
| 365 | -->'''Davy Jones:''' No! They cannot! The first Court promised to imprison her forever! ''That was our agreement!''\ |
| 366 | '''Beckett:''' ''Your'' agreement?\ |
| 367 | '''Davy Jones:''' I... showed them how to bind her. She could not be trusted. I... she gave me no choice! |
| 368 | * WhatWouldXDo: When Jack is imprisoned, he escapes by imagining what Will would do. |
| 369 | -->'''Jack:''' ''[muttering to himself]'' Think like the whelp. Think like the whelp. |
| 370 | * WomanScorned: If Calypso is released, as Jack points out during the Brethren Court, she would be an incredibly angry god who's just gotten all her powers back. He even mentions the trope by name. Not helping is that just as she is released, Will clues her in on the fact that only Davy Jones could've given the original court the means to betray her. |
| 371 | -->'''Jack:''' As my learned colleague so naively suggests, we can release Calypso, and we can pray that she will be merciful... I rather doubt it. Can we, in fact, pretend that she is anything other than a woman scorned, like which fury Hell hath no? We cannot. |
| 372 | * WrongGenreSavvy: During the parlay on the sandbar, Beckett is basking in his Chessmaster status and watching the Pirates squabble and eat each other alive as he expected they would do. He doesn't realize that while the bickering ''isn't'' entirely feigned, Elizabeth and company are playing him too. They get Will back (with both the compass and his intel about who betrayed Calypso) and Jack ends up aboard the ''Dutchman'' (where, knowing Jack, he'll eventually get loose and make a play for the Dead Man's Chest). |
| 373 | * WouldHurtAChild: The opening scene shows that Beckett is willing to execute ''children'' for being pirates or even associating with pirates, in order to draw out his real foes, the Court of the Brethren. |
| 374 | * XanatosGambit: The aftermath of the Parlay in theory leaves the Pirates with one on the board. [[spoiler:Jack's now a prisoner aboard the ''Dutchman'' where, knowing Jack, he'll get loose and make a play for the Heart. If he can stab it or at least get it off the ship, they can remove Beckett's leverage over the ''Dutchman'' and the big gun of the EITC Armada. Back on the ''Pearl'', they've got Jack's Piece of Eight and can now free Calypso and hopefully turn the tide of battle in their favor -- provided she doesn't kill them all first.]] This being ''Pirates'', of course, complications arise, ensue, and are overcome. [[spoiler:While neither side of the Gambit fully works out, both ultimately contribute to a Piratical victory (albeit not how Jack or company anticipated). Thanks to Will's intel about Davy Jones' betrayal, Calypso ''doesn't'' destroy the Brethern Court ''or'' the EITC Armada. Instead, she creates the Maelstrom to level the playing field and let both sides go at it and kill each other (battle conditions which ultimately do allow the ''Pearl'' characters to board the ''Dutchman''). Jack ''does'' get the Heart, but he ultimately has to let a dying Will stab it to save his life (which still ultimately gives the Pirates control of the ''Dutchman'' and allows them to take out Beckett.)]] |
| 375 | * YesNoAnswerInterpretation: Davy Jones likes to ask men about to die whether they fear death, as he can offer them servitude on his ship instead. When he asks [[spoiler:Norrington]], all he gets is a stab in response. He says he takes that as a "no". |
| 376 | * YouAreInCommandNow: When Sao Feng is mortally wounded while sailing to Shipwreck Cove, he uses his last moments to name Elizabeth his successor as Captain and a Pirate Lord, giving her his Piece of Eight. Of course, [[spoiler:he was under the impression that Elizabeth was Calypso, and she did nothing to disabuse him of this notion.]] |
| 377 | * YouKillItYouBoughtIt: Whoever kills Davy Jones has to take his place. Cue dilemmas for Will, who swore an oath to kill Davy Jones, and Jack, who thinks LivingForeverIsAwesome. But there's a catch -- do the job of [[{{Psychopomp}} ferrying souls to the afterlife]], or become a {{Cthulhumanoid}} like Jones. In the end, [[spoiler:Jack helps Will to kill Jones]] as an EmergencyTransformation. Ten years at sea is preferable to immediate death, for both [[spoiler:Will and Elizabeth]]. |
| 378 | * YouNeedABreathMint: Combined with WeaponizedStench. Jack ''weaponizes'' his bad breath to make Will fall off of the ''Black Pearl''. |
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