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7	[[caption-width-right:350:[-''Capture of the Pirate Blackbeard, 1718'' by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1920)-]]]
8	Whether they're sailing the high seas, soaring the wild blue yonder, or charting the depths of outer space, whenever there are ships and commerce, there's {{Pirate}}s.
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10	Compare with SeaborneAndSubmersibleVehicles. Contrast with NinjaTropes.
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12	!!Tropes:
13	[[index]]
14	[floatboxright:
15	'''Main topic:'''
16	* {{Pirates}}
17
18	'''Media index:'''
19	* PirateStories
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21	'''UsefulNotes:'''
22	* UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy
23	* UsefulNotes/TalkLikeAPirateDay
24	]
25	[[AC:Types of pirates]]
26	* BarbarousBarbaryBandits: Pirates from North Africa and the Middle East.
27	* CaptainColorbeard: A pirate has a name referring to the color/type of beard they have (e.g. a pirate with a black beard named {{UsefulNotes/Blackbeard}}).
28	* CaptainNemoCopy: An {{Expy}} of [[Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea Captain Nemo]].
29	* FriendlyPirate: A pirate who is actually quite nice and lacking any villainous behavior.
30	* GhostPirate: An undead pirate; includes both literal ghosts as well as reanimated corpses.
31	* HornyVikings: Vikings (essentially medieval Scandinavian pirates) are often depicted wearing helmets with horns.
32	* LongJohnShoutout: A pirate's name references Long John Silver from ''Literature/TreasureIsland''.
33	* APirate400YearsTooLate: Anachronistic pirates from the distant past are somehow still around in modern times.
34	* PirateGirl: A female pirate out to plunder in the male-dominated field of sailing.
35	* {{Privateer}}: A naval mercenary hired by governments to engage in state-sanctioned piracy against enemy nations.
36	* RuthlessModernPirates: Modern-day pirates whose crimes are not at all romanticized.
37	* SalvagePirates: Thieves who steal scrap and junk from abandoned ships.
38	* SemiaquaticSpeciesSailor: Semiaquatic {{Funny Animal}}s tend to be pirates.
39	* SkyPirate: Pirates who plunder aircraft.
40	* SpacePirates: Pirates who plunder {{spacecraft}}.
41	* SubmarinePirates: Pirates who plunder from a submersible ship.
42	* VenturousSmuggler: Aside from hijacking and robbery of ships, pirates may also transport illegal contraband through the seas.
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44	[[AC:Other piracy-related tropes]]
45	* AccordionToMostSailors: Pirates are likely to play the accordion or other similar free-reed instruments.
46	* BoardingParty: When pirates prepare to jump and climb onto a passing ship they've targeted.
47	* CutlassBetweenTheTeeth: Pirates may sometimes hold a sword in their mouth when their hands are full.
48	* DressedToPlunder: The stereotypical pirate costume.
49	* EyepatchOfPower: Many pirates wear eyepatches.
50	* GangplankGalleon: A [[VideoGameSettings video game level]] set onboard a pirate ship.
51	* HackedByAPirate: A [[HollywoodHacking computer hacker]] likes to use pirate symbols as their calling card.
52	* HangingAround: If a pirate is set to be publicly executed, it will likely be by hanging.
53	* HookHand: Another common staple is for pirates to use hooks as prosthetic hands.
54	* JollyRoger: A flag indicating a ship belongs to pirates.
55	* MadeASlave: A possible fate for some people who get kidnapped by pirates is to be treated as chattel, either forced to serve the pirates directly or be sold at coastal slave markets.
56	* NotSoSafeHarbor: A coastal seaport infested with pirates and other shifty scumbags.
57	* PirateBooty: Pirates love to bury hoards of their stolen treasures.
58	* PirateEpisode: An episode of a series that has the main cast become pirates.
59	* PirateParrot: Many pirates have pet parrots sitting on their shoulders.
60	* PirateSong: Sea shanties about living a pirate's life.
61	* PiratesVersusNinjas: Pirates and {{ninja}}s are mortal enemies for some reason.
62	* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: A character is said to have a specific career (like piracy), but is never shown or otherwise indicated to do anything that has to do with their profession.
63	* RapePillageAndBurn: Pirates will attack coastal settlements and take whatever the hell they want from civilians.
64	* SeadogBeard: Many sailors (including pirates) tend to grow very ([[BeardOfEvil wickedly]]) impressive beards.
65	* SeadogPegLeg: If pirates have {{eyepatch\|OfPower}}es and {{hook hand}}s, then expect them to also have wooden legs as well.
66	* SwordAndGun: Many pirates favor a cutlass and flintlock pistol as their main weapons, often simultaneously.
67	* TalkLikeAPirate: Pirates are usually heard speaking with very thick Southwest English accents.
68	* TreasureMap: A document that reveals the location of wherever the [[PirateBooty pirate treasures]] have been buried.
69	* WalkThePlank: Pirates send people to their watery graves by making them leap off the ship's plank.
70	* WoodenShipsAndIronMen: Most pirates live in a setting based on or inspired by the Age of Sail in the 16th to 19th centuries.
71	[[/index]]

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