History Awesome / PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest

* A random sailor gets a crowning moment, bravely defying Jones and gladly taking death rather than take Jones' DealWithTheDevil, facing certain death with nary a hint of fear.

'''Sailor:''' I'll take my chances, sir.

** In Tortuga, and even while two sheets to the wind, he draws a pistol on Jack and manages to keep a lock on him even when he's ducking about.

** As awesome as the swordfight itself is, it's an even bigger Moment of Awesome for the film editor. Six different parties (Jack, Will, Norrington, Elizabeth, Ragetti/Pintel and Davy Jones's men), two different PlotCoupons (the chest and the key), as well as several other variables (the waterwheel, and often the weapons and who has them) and somehow it's still easy to tell what's going on.

--->'''Bootstrap:''' ''Twelve'' fives!... ''(to Davy)'' or up the bid.

* Jack's return to the ''Black Pearl'' after [[spoiler: it is attacked by the Kraken before shooting the gunpowder and rum to damage the Kraken's tentacles.]]

* Norrington, formerly the completely straight-laced navy man, manages to con ''[[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame Jack Sparrow]]''--and everyone else--and make it look like an act of heroic self-sacrifice to boot, [[spoiler: escaping with the heart while getting Jack and Davy Jones to each believe that ''they'' have it.]] Probably the finest act of trickery in the films, and done by the last person you'd expect.

* Elizabeth gets one in this film that only becomes apparent in the next. Jack notes that everyone that came to rescue him from Davvy Jones' locker has tried to kill him at one point and they're not the only ones. Jack has a ''lot'' of enemies from the British Navy to the East India Company to other pirates and they all failed to kill him. [[ProperLady Elizabeth]] is the one that succeeded.

* Do gotta give the Kraken credit in how effortlessly it destories the first two ships. Espically the small one, which it literary drags down like a toy boat.

** The best part? This was a case of EnforcedMethodActing. The cast had ''no idea'' that Barbossa would be appearing, so the looks of shock on their faces are completely genuine.

-->'''Barbossa:''' So tell me... what has become of my ship?

* He takes a bite on an apple and laughs as if enjoying the shock from the audience.

* Norrington, formerly the completely straight-laced navy man, manages to con ''[[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame Jack Sparrow]]'' - and everyone else - and make it look like an act of heroic self-sacrifice to boot, [[spoiler: escaping with the heart while getting Jack and Davy Jones to each believe that ''they'' have it.]] Probably the finest act of trickery in the films, and done by the last person you'd expect.

* The final scene. The battered heroes and pirates are in mourning but soon fired up by the idea of finding Jack and saving him. Tia Dalma says they're going to need a guide who knows that world. As the music slowly swells, a pair of boots are seen slowly walking down the stairs. The group all slowly look up as the figure comes down, their faces turning into utter shock...as a very much alive and well ''BARBOSSA'' steps down.
-->'''Barbossa''': So tell me...what has become of my ship?
* He takes a bit on an apple and laughs as if enjoying the shock from the audience.

* A deleted scene expanded upon Beckett and Jack's past.
--> '''Beckett''': ...I contracted you to deliver cargo on my behalf. You chose to liberate it.
--> '''Jack''': [[spoiler:People aren't cargo, mate.]]

* The final scene. The battered heroes and pirates are in mourning but soon fired up by the idea of finding Jack and saving him. Tia Dalma says they're going to need a guide who knows that world. As the music slowly swells, a pair of boots are seen slowly walking down the stairs. The group all slowly look up as the figure comes down, their faces turning into utter shock...as a very much alive and well ''BARBASSOA'' steps down.

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* Jack Sparrow sailing majestically into Port Royal, despite his boat sinking rapidly under him, and gaining the dock with one perfectly timed step. This is widely regarded as one of the best character entrances in recent cinema.
** ''Any'' one of Jack's big entrances (and the exits) [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt3Eq_Z0mPg tend to contain a fair degree of awesomeness]].
* Jack rescuing Elizabeth from drowning:
-->'''Jack:''' ''(to the British soldiers beside him)'' Will you be saving her then?\\
'''Soldier:''' I can't swim!\\
'''Jack:''' ''(takes off his weapons and hands them to the soldier)'' [[SarcasmMode Pride of the King's Navy you are]]. Do ''not'' lose these!
* Jack escaping Norrington near the beginning.
* This exchange:
-->'''Norrington:''' You are without doubt the worst pirate I've ever heard of.\\
'''Jack Sparrow:''' But you ''have'' heard of me.
** And then...
-->'''Lt. Groves:''' [[AdmiringTheAbomination That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen]]!\\
'''Norrington:''' So it would seem.
* When [[spoiler:both Jack and Barbossa have been made immortal by the curse:]]
--> ''"That's'' interesting." (Grinning:) Couldn't resist, mate.
-->'''Barbossa:''' So, what now, Jack? Are we to be two immortals locked in an epic battle until Judgment Day and the trumpets sound?\\
'''Jack:''' Or you could surrender.
* And then later on, in the same battle: [[spoiler:Jack fires his single shot into Barbossa's chest right before Will drops the final coin into the chest.]]
-->'''Barbossa:''' Ten years you carry that pistol... And now you waste your shot.\\
'''Will:''' He didn't waste it.
** The [[OOCisSeriousBusiness cold, steely glare]] from Jack completely makes this scene.
* Commodore Norrington, when Jack Sparrow asks him how he can forfeit the prestige he'd get by capturing the Black Pearl. "By remembering that I serve ''others'', Mr. Sparrow, not only ''myself''." Yes, the strait-laced Royal Navy man beat [[DeadpanSnarker Jack Sparrow himself]] in a verbal fencing match.
* Barbossa standing under the falling mast, while other pirates scramble out of the way around him.
* One of the film's last lines, and one that sums up Jack perfectly: "Now... bring me that horizon."
* Will's attempt to set Jack free at the end. Their flawless teamwork completely makes the scene.
* Governor Swann's battle with the still-animate severed skeletal hand during the climactic fight sequence.
* "Gents... take a walk."
* Elizabeth shows a lot of raw nerve in her response to Barbossa's instruction that she dine with him, considering that, at the time, she has no reason to think that she won't simply be chucked overboard for refusing:
-->'''Elizabeth:''' You may tell the captain that [[IronicEcho I am disinclined to acquiesce to his request.]]
* Pintel and Ragetti's reaction to being OutGambitted by Jack's crew:
--> "They're stealing our ship!"
--> "[[HypocriticalHumor Bloody pirates]]!"