History Main / SeadogPegLeg

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* Captain [=LeFwee=] from ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves''.

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An [[StockCostumeTraits iconic trait]] of seamen of all kinds, be they pirates, sailors or fishermen, is to have a wood (might also be metal, bone or some other material) stump in place of one of their missing legs, which they probably lost to a [[ThreateningShark shark]], whale, [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile crocodile]] or other aquatic hazard somewhere. Expect those characters to be badass (as would be expected of any character that lives a dangerous life at the sea), often of the [[RetiredBadass retired]] variant.

* On ''Series/BlackSails'', John Silver loses the lower part of his leg at the end of season 2. In season 3 he is using a metal peg leg to move about. He is warned that he should be using a crutch instead since the amputation is still too recent for him to use a peg leg. He risks reopening the wound and losing the rest of his leg.

* Captain Barbossa loses his leg between sometime after the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third]] ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' movie, and has a peg leg in ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides On Stranger Tides]]''. Fitting, since he's been the most stereotypical pirate throughout the series. Then, just to take that stereotype UpToEleven, he had it hollowed out and ''uses it as his personal bottle of rum''. You can't get more pirate-y than that.

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* In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', as the Doc [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/2p30/ gleefully slaughters a pirate ship]], he proclaims, "Oooh, sorry. You're going to need a second peg leg. Woaah! And you're going to need a peg ''face!'' Haha! ''Peg faces for everyone!''"

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* François Le Clerc, the French corsair who led the first French privateering fleet to the New World and in 1553-1554 sacked several Spanish ports in the Carribean, was nicknamed ''Jambe de Bois'' ('Wooden Leg', i.e. Peg Leg) after he had lost a leg in a sea-fight with the English at Guernsey in 1549.

An [[StockCostumeTraits iconic trait]] of seamen of all kinds, be they pirates, sailors or fishermen, is to have a wood (might also be metal, bone or some other material) stump in place of one of their missing legs, which they probably lost to a [[ThreateningShark shark]], whale, [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile crocodile]] or other aquatic hazard somewhere. Expect those characters to be {{Badass}} (as would be expected of any character that lives a dangerous life at the sea), often of the [[RetiredBadass retired]] variant.

* Captain Barbossa loses his leg between sometime between the third and fourth ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' movies, and has a peg leg in ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides On Stranger Tides]]''. Fitting, since he's been the most stereotypical pirate throughout the series. Then, just to take that stereotype UpToEleven, he had it hollowed out and ''uses it as his personal bottle of rum''. You can't get more pirate-y than that.

* Parodied with the character of Seamus from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. He's a fisherman with a typical pirate getup who has pegs replacing ''all'' his limbs, including his arms.

* Captain Barbossa loses his leg between sometime the third and fourth ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' movies, as he has a peg leg in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides''. It's hollow and Barbossa smuggles rum in it.

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* Captain Kidd steals "The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg" in the 1936 Characters/FelixTheCat cartoon. He duels ably with Felix at first, until his peg gets stuck in a knothole on the pirate ship's deck.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': SpacePirates are featured in the episode "Godfellas". Their captain is a four-legged alien dressed in [[DressedToPlunder typical pirate attire]], including peg legs for three of his legs.

* Shorty Leg from ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark2'', who lost one of his legs to the recoil from two cannons he fired. Notable because his peg leg is the first hint the enemies you're fighting, who up to that moment look like mere 1920s gangsters (even if their skin colour just looks weird), are more than they seem.

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. The Demoman's "Swashbuckler's Swag" outfit includes a peg leg.

* In ''CaptainMorganeAndTheGoldenTurtle'', Morgane's childhood home has a rack of them, left from prominent pirate ancestors. She doesn't have one herself, although Simpkins, one of the villains, does.

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* Triple-Patte (Three-Legs), originally from the French comic ''BarbeRouge'' but [[WeirdAlEffect far better known for his appearances]] in ''{{Asterix}}''. In both cases he functions as the SmartGuy, giving out appropriate Latin quotes and hitting people with his crutch.

* Captain Barbossa loses his leg between sometime the third and fourth ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' movies, as he has a peg leg in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides''. It's hollow and Barbossa smuggles rum in it.

* ''TheFarSide'' has a comic where an old sailor is pointing at his peg leg and saying "Well, that's not such a bad story... But wait 'til you hear how I lost this!" to a man with a peg ''head.''

* WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} had one at the time of ''WesternAnimation/AliceComedies'' (where he played the role of a pirate once), but it was later removed from his design. He still gets one when typecast in a pirate role in more recent works, however.

'''Indexes''': {{Indexitis}}, DisabilityTropes, TheseTropesAreMadeForWalking, OlderThanRadio

'''Indexes''': TropesAtSea, PirateTropes, AutonomousAndArtificialAppendageIndex, {{Indexitis}}, DisabilityTropes, TheseTropesAreMadeForWalking, OlderThanRadio

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': SpacePirates are featured in the episode "Godfellas". Their captain is a four-legged alien dressed in [[DressedToPlunder typical pirate attire]], including peg legs for three of his legs.