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* {{MacGuffin}}: No less than four macguffins play a role in the film and end up getting shuffled around throughout the story:
** Jack is after the Key to the Dead Man's Chest so he can aquire Davy Jones's Heart and clear his debt.

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* {{MacGuffin}}: MacGuffin: No less than four macguffins [=MacGuffins=] play a role in the film and end up getting shuffled around throughout the story:
** Jack is after the Key to the Dead Man's Chest so he can aquire acquire Davy Jones's Heart and clear his debt.



** There's the Letters of Marque, a full pardon for Will and/or Jack of all their crimes should they cooperate with him. Elizabeth steals the signed Letters to save Will, but it's ultimately Norrington who wins them.

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** There's the Letters of Marque, a full pardon for Will and/or Jack of all their crimes should they cooperate with him. Elizabeth steals the signed Letters letters to save Will, but it's ultimately Norrington who wins them.



* MacGuffinMelee: A long extended sequence in the middle of the movie involves this, as almost all of the regulars compete for control of the chest containing Davy Jones' heart.

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* MacGuffinMelee: A long extended sequence in the middle of the movie involves this, as almost all of the regulars compete competing for control of the chest containing Davy Jones' heart.Heart.



* MeleeATrois: The standoff at Isla Cruces over the Dead Man's Chest provides the page image. To recap: Will wants to set his father free, Jack wants to save his own hide, and Norrington wants his life back, and all three of them need the Chest and promptly come to blows. And to further complicate the issue, Pintel and Ragetti want the chest for themselves to get rich (and remove the temptation from the others), Elizabeth chases after them to get it back because she was told to watch it, and Davy Jones's crew shows up to make sure it doesn't fall into anyone else's hands.

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* MeleeATrois: The standoff at Isla Cruces over the Dead Man's Chest provides the page image.Chest. To recap: Will wants to set his father free, Jack wants to save his own hide, and Norrington wants his life back, and all three of them need the Chest and promptly come to blows. And to further complicate the issue, Pintel and Ragetti want the chest for themselves to get rich (and remove the temptation from the others), Elizabeth chases after them to get it back because she was told to watch it, and Davy Jones's crew shows up to make sure it doesn't fall into anyone else's hands.

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