History Film / PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest

* {{Redshirt}}: The ''Pearl'' is staffed by a whole bunch of them at the beginning. They all die. Later on, after a visit to Tortuga, they're replaced by different redshirts. The Kraken gets them.

* IdiotBall: Jack Sparrow's attempt to douse some burning sparks by blowing into them turns out to be, as expected, counter-productive.

-->'''Ragetti:''' It's a mythological creature, I can calls it what I wants!

** Marty and Cotton exchange this [[spoiler: just before the Kraken launches its second-and far more effective- attack on the ''Black Pearl''.]]

* UnderequippedCharge: Captain Jack Sparrow, after being [[spoiler: handcuffed to the ship the crew was abandoning by Elizabeth Swann]], decides that he won't be killed by the Kraken without a fight, and chooses to charge the behemoth with nothing but his cutlass. [[spoiler: It doesn't end well for him, but he returns from the dead in the sequel.]]

* HiddenDeapths: Pintel and Ragetti have an argument on the pronunciation of "kraken", with Ragetti pointing out its Scandinavian origins, where it is pronounced "krah-ken". When Tia Dalma mentions something vexed Davy Jones to the point of abandoning land for a life at sea, Ragetti asks if it was "the dichotomy of good and evil", much to the confusion of Pintel and Gibbs. Not bad for someone who is apparently illiterate.

* HeelFaithTurn: Discussed and PlayedForLaughs. In their first scene in the movie, Ragetti talks about repenting, "Since we're not immortal no more, we gotta take care of our immortal souls" and become "good men" while hold Literature/TheBible (upside down). Pintel reminds him he is illiterate ("It's the Bible! You get points for trying!") They revert to their piratical ways pretty soon.

The movie begins with the arrival of Lord Cutler Beckett, the head of the East India Trading Company, who blackmails Will Turner into hunting Captain Jack Sparrow and his [[PlotCoupon magic compass]] to spare Elizabeth Swann's life for treason (since they helped Jack escape). Beckett's ultimate target is the [[SoulJar chest containing the heart]] of Davy Jones, captain of the ''Flying Dutchman'' and immortal lord of the oceans, who controls the dreaded monstrous {{Kraken}}. Holding the [[PlotCoupon heart]] will allow Beckett to control Davy Jones, and hence all the seas of the world.

* ForbiddenZone: The island of the [[ImAHumanitarian Peligostos]]. They make the most delicious [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/long_pork long pork]]. Their ride dumps Will overboard to get there.

* GrievousBottleyHarm: Elizabeth knock out Norrington during the BarBrawl in Tortuga by breaking a bottle over his head.

* HeelFaithTurn: Discussed and PlayedForLaughs. In their first scene in the movie, Pintel and Ragetti talk about how they are going to read Literature/TheBible and become "good men". They revert to their piratical ways pretty soon.

** The Peligostos. According to Gibbs, they believe that eating Jack's body will allow his soul to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence.

'''Jones:''' Then you were a poor captain, but a captain nonetheless! Have you not introduced yourself all these years as ''[[InsistentTerminology Captain]]'' Jack Sparrow?

-->'''Jack''': "Alas, my children, this is the day you will always remember as the day you almost--" *SPLOOSH!* "...Cap'n Jack Sparrow."

-->''Jack Sparrow'': "Alas, my children, this is the day you will always remember as the day you almost--" *SPLOOSH!* "...Cap'n Jack Sparrow."

* CameraAbuse: A subtle example. As Jack is sailing away from the Island of the Peligostos and is giving his [[CatchPhrase standard farewell speech]], the wave that smacks Jack in the face and cuts his sentence also manages to hit the camera as well.

* ChasedByAngryNatives: Jack's famous scene where he runs from hundreds of angry Peligostos barbarians.

->''"[[CatchPhrase Do you fear death?]]"''
-->-- '''[[BigBad Davy Jones]]'''

* ADateWithRosiePalms: PlayedForLaughs when Gibbs, Ragetti, and Pintel freak out at the sight of the Black Spot on Jack's hand. Jack responds with, "My eyesight's as good as ever."
* DealWithTheDevil: How Jack originally raised the ''Black Pearl'' ([[AllThereInTheManual née]] ''[[ShoutOut Wicked Wench]]'') from a watery grave. Thirteen years later, he reneges on his end of the bargain, then {{Rules Lawyer}}s his way out of [[{{Psychopomp}} Davy Jones]]' clutches.
* DoomedAppointment: Governor Swann's friend, with whom Swann had agreed to meet so they could smuggle Elizabeth out, is killed just as they arrive.

* GuttedLikeAFish: Will kills one of the Dutchman's crewmen by doing this, and fish comes out.

* HopeSpot: The ''Black Pearl'' is faster than the Flying Dutchman when against the wind. However, as Will notes, the Dutchman isn't falling back just because of that...

** The trader that points Will to the island as well, judging by the "long pork" comment.
* KissOfDistraction: Elizabeth on Jack in order to shackle him to the deck of the ''Pearl''.

* LossOfIdentity: The ultimate fate of anyone on-board the Flying Dutchman, eventually ending with them becoming a literal part of the ship.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The resurrected Captain Barbossa at the end]].

* ATasteOfTheLash: Will is whipped by his own father, on Davey Jones' orders. It's either that, or the bosun does it--and he has a reputation for "cleaving flesh from bone with every swing."

* ATruceWhileWeGawk: The pirates momentarily pause battle to watch the strange sight of the mill wheel go by.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: Norrington. Several times.

-->'''Marty''': [[Understatement Not good!]]

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* PirateCrab: The crew of Davy Jones have features resembling aquatic animals, some of them being crabs. Davy Jones himself has a massive crab claw in place of one of his hands, and a crab leg resembling a peg leg.

* AppealToInherentNature: Calypso justifies her failure to meet Davey 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.

* CharacterDerailment: After the entire first movie repeatedly invoked the theme of Jack Sparrow being "a pirate...and a good man," and showing him rescue Elizabeth from drowning and risk his life to prevent good guys from dying even in his selfishly motivated schemes, the second movie suddenly has Jack completely [[TookALevelInJerkass indifferent to Elizabeth being sentanced to hang for helping rescue him]], and the entire movie revolving around Jack not wanting to "admit" he's secretly a good man who would ever stick his neck out for anyone.

* ZeroPercentApproval: As the film begins, the entire ''Black Pearl'' crew, Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Cotton's parrot included, are growing increasingly discontented with Jack's leadership method.