History Main / DressedToPlunder

* Buckles, [[BadassBandolier bandoliers]] and [[ScarfofAsskicking sashes]].

As can be seen in the FriendlyPirate trope, this look is sufficient to qualify someone as a Pirate even if they don't engage in any other piratical activity.

** Of the main characters, [[NumberTwo Zoro]] probably dresses closest to the (non-captain) stereotype, with the bandana he wears on his head while fighting. Though, series creator Creator/EiichiroOda uses the most famous elements ''very'' sparingly: thus far there's only been one HookHand (Crocodile), one SeadogPegLeg (Zeff - unless one counts Shiki, who replaced ''both'' his legs with swords), and one eyepatch (one of the {{piranha|Problem}} from Buggy's cover story; [[https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/One_Para Oda later said]] this was the element he most consciously avoided using throughout the series, because he planned to put it on a character at the ''very'' end).

** Guybrush's archnemesis, the undead pirate [=LeChuck=], plays the trope almost perfectly straight, with the exception of artificial limbs (he's undead, after all). His SeadogBeard -- which tends to flutter regardless of wind conditions -- actually becomes a quest item when Guybrush keeps it after defeating [=LeChuck=] for the first time. In the second game, Guybrush and [=LeChuck=] are dressed almost the same (with different colors and [=LeChuck's=] signature skull-and-crossbones bicorn notwithstanding) - possibly {{Foreshadowing}} the [[PlotTwist revelation]] that [[spoiler: they are brothers]].

* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'': Foxy is dressed like a traditional buccaneer, though not a captain (presumably Freddy being the leader of the animatronics means he outranks Foxy). Foxy features a hook for a right hand, an eyepatch, several gold teeth, and muzzle markings resembling stubble. His lower legs and left hand are damaged and bare, revealing the endoskeleton beneath, which also evoke either more artificial limbs on a person or the skeletal GhostPirate motif. It's not totally clear if Mangle in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' also adheres to the pirate theme despite being in the "Kids' Cove", as by the time of the game they're simply a mess of metal parts. Nonetheless, they are missing the white of one eye in an echo of an eyepatch (and the glowing yellow light within suggests [[GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath an undead appearance]]). Likewise, they feature a smaller, extra head that {{fanon}} speculates might belong to a PirateParrot when Mangle is in working order.

* ''WebVideo/PiratesSMP'': In the Twitter character announcement posters, most of the cast are decked out in various degrees of stereotypical pirate gear, including hats or bandannas, eyepatches, ruffles on shirts, longcoats or vests, buckles and belts, jewelry, and either swords or pistols as weapons.

* ''LetsPlay/PiratesSMP'': In the Twitter character announcement posters, most of the cast are decked out in various degrees of stereotypical pirate gear, including hats or bandannas, eyepatches, ruffles on shirts, longcoats or vests, buckles and belts, jewelry, and either swords or pistols as weapons.

* The ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials Garfield Halloween Special]]'' has him and Odie going out Trick-or-Treating dressed as pirates, Garfield [[HalfDressedCartoonAnimal wearing a pirate hat and sporting a peg leg]], while Odie has a bandana, single earring, and striped shirt, and [[TheFool being who he is]], starts off with a peg on every leg. Later they run into some ghostly pirates who show more of the usual fashion sense, just more dead and decayed.

** Of the main characters, [[NumberTwo Zoro]] probably dresses closest to the (non-captain) stereotype, at least pre-timeskip. Though, series creator Creator/EiichiroOda uses the most famous elements ''very'' sparingly: thus far there's only been one HookHand (Crocodile), one SeadogPegLeg (Zeff - unless one counts Shiki, who replaced ''both'' his legs with swords), and one eyepatch (one of the [[PiranhaProblem piranha]] from Buggy's cover story; [[https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/One_Para Oda later said]] this was the element he most consciously avoided using throughout the series, because he planned to put it on a character at the ''very'' end).

That's not to say it has ''no'' [[TruthInTelevision basis in reality]], with some notorious RealLife pirates wearing parts of the ensemble. Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, for instance, got his [[CaptainColorbeard trope-naming]] [[RedBaron moniker]] from his BeardOfBarbarism, and due to the primitiveness of medicine at the time it was common to see sailors with missing appendages (amputation being a comparatively safer solution to severe limb injuries than trying to let it heal in one piece). The eyepatch was also common, partly because actual eye injuries were not unheard of.[[note]]Even for those with no eye injuries, an eyepatch was handy for having one eye always adjusted to see in pitch-darkness, as there was often little in the way of lighting below deck.[[/note]] People who lived from plunder and had no fixed home were also expected to carry their ill-gotten wealth on themselves as gold coins and jewellery, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs or gold coins beaten into jewellery]].

In most cases, no one individual will have every trait -- they'll be spread around the whole crew, for variety. Expect the captain to get a fancier suit (perhaps a BadassLongcoat of the ''justacorps'' style) and the [[HatOfAuthority most impressive hat]]; crew members are more likely to wear a bandana, breeches, and a simple shirt (often striped). The most overt examples will be emblazoned with a skull and crossbones. Bonus points if they also TalkLikeAPirate.