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* Davy Jones. The man, the myth, [[TheDreaded the nightmare!]] His first scene shows just how ruthless he is and throughout the film he proves why he is the true terror of the sea.
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--->'''Gibbs:''' Well, if you believe such things, there's a beast does the bidding of Davy Jones: a fearsome creature with giant tentacles that'll suction your face ''clean off'', and ''drag an entire ship down to the '''crushing darkness'''''... The Kraken! They say the stench of its breath is like... imagine, the last thing you know on God's green Earth is the roar of the Kraken and the reeking odor of a thousand rotting corpses... If you believe such things

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--->'''Gibbs:''' Well, if you believe such things, there's a beast does the bidding of Davy Jones: a fearsome creature with giant tentacles that'll suction your face ''clean off'', and ''drag an entire ship down to the '''crushing darkness'''''... The Kraken! They say the stench of its breath is like... imagine, the last thing you know on God's green Earth is the roar of the Kraken and the reeking odor of a thousand rotting corpses... If you believe ''believe'' such thingsthings.
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** The deaths of the men in the second cage can be pretty unsettling, especially for anyone who has acrophobia. Whilst climbing the side of the ravine they're dangling over, one man accidentally grabs a (harmless) snake and panics, causing the other men in the cage to also panic and lose their grip. The cage falls and the force of the drop causes the rope holding it to snap. The men can only scream in helpless terror as they plummet to their deaths in the ravine below, with the heroes being visibly disturbed by the sight.

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** The deaths of the men in the second cage can be pretty unsettling, especially for anyone who has acrophobia. Whilst climbing the side of the ravine they're dangling over, one man accidentally grabs a (harmless) snake and panics, causing the other men in the cage to also panic and lose their grip. The cage falls and the force of the drop causes the rope holding it to snap. The men can only scream in helpless terror as they plummet to their deaths in the ravine below, with the heroes being visibly disturbed by the sight. To make matters worse, this also catches the attention of the guard who alerts the entire tribe.
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* The Pelegostos -- imagine an island full of people who can hide anywhere, can and ''will'' catch you, and once they find you, they will cook and eat you without a second thought. The lead in before we discover them is particularly tense, with Will running into Cotton's Parrot who echoes the dead crewmen's screams of "Don't eat me! Don't eat me!" while remaining totally oblivious of what was going on.

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* The Pelegostos -- imagine an island full of people who can hide anywhere, can and ''will'' catch you, and once they find you, they will cook and eat you without a second thought. The lead in before we discover them is particularly tense, with Will running into Cotton's Parrot who echoes the dead crewmen's screams of "Don't eat me! No! Don't eat me!" while remaining totally oblivious of what was going on.
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** The deaths of the men in the second cage can be pretty unsettling, especially for anyone who has acrophobia. Whilst climbing the side of the ravine they're dangling over, one man grabs a (harmless) snake and panics, causing the other men in the cage to also panic and lose their grip. The cage falls and the force of the drop causes the rope holding it to snap. The men can only scream in helpless terror as they plummet to their deaths in the ravine below, with the heroes being visibly disturbed by the sight.

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** The deaths of the men in the second cage can be pretty unsettling, especially for anyone who has acrophobia. Whilst climbing the side of the ravine they're dangling over, one man accidentally grabs a (harmless) snake and panics, causing the other men in the cage to also panic and lose their grip. The cage falls and the force of the drop causes the rope holding it to snap. The men can only scream in helpless terror as they plummet to their deaths in the ravine below, with the heroes being visibly disturbed by the sight.
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** The deaths of the men in the second cage can be pretty unsettling, especially for anyone who has acrophobia. Whilst climbing the side of the ravine they're dangling over, one man grabs a (harmless) snake and panics, causing the other men in the cage to also panic and lose their grip. The cage falls and the force of the drop causes the rope holding it to snap. The men can only scream in helpless terror as they plummet to their deaths in the ravine below, with the heroes looking pretty disturbed at the sight.

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** The deaths of the men in the second cage can be pretty unsettling, especially for anyone who has acrophobia. Whilst climbing the side of the ravine they're dangling over, one man grabs a (harmless) snake and panics, causing the other men in the cage to also panic and lose their grip. The cage falls and the force of the drop causes the rope holding it to snap. The men can only scream in helpless terror as they plummet to their deaths in the ravine below, with the heroes looking pretty being visibly disturbed at by the sight.
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** The deaths of the men in the second cage are pretty unsettling, especially for anyone who has acrophobia. Whilst climbing the side of the ravine they're dangling over, one man grabs a (harmless) snake and panics, causing the other men in the cage to also panic and lose their grip. The cage falls and the force of the drop causes the rope holding it to snap. The men can only scream in helpless terror as they plummet to their deaths in the ravine below, with the heroes looking pretty disturbed at the sight.

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** The deaths of the men in the second cage are can be pretty unsettling, especially for anyone who has acrophobia. Whilst climbing the side of the ravine they're dangling over, one man grabs a (harmless) snake and panics, causing the other men in the cage to also panic and lose their grip. The cage falls and the force of the drop causes the rope holding it to snap. The men can only scream in helpless terror as they plummet to their deaths in the ravine below, with the heroes looking pretty disturbed at the sight.
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** The deaths of the men in the second cage are pretty unsettling, especially for anyone who has acrophobia. Whilst climbing the side of the ravine they're dangling over, one man grabs a (harmless) snake and panics, causing the other men in the cage to also panic and lose their grip. The cage falls and the force of the drop causes the rope holding it to snap. The men can only scream in helpless terror as they plummet to their deaths in the ravine below, with the heroes looking pretty unnerved at the sight.

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** The deaths of the men in the second cage are pretty unsettling, especially for anyone who has acrophobia. Whilst climbing the side of the ravine they're dangling over, one man grabs a (harmless) snake and panics, causing the other men in the cage to also panic and lose their grip. The cage falls and the force of the drop causes the rope holding it to snap. The men can only scream in helpless terror as they plummet to their deaths in the ravine below, with the heroes looking pretty unnerved disturbed at the sight.
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** The deaths of the men in the second cage are pretty disturbing. Whilst climbing the side of the ravine they're dangling over, one man grabs a (harmless) snake and panics, causing the other men in the cage to also panic and lose their grip. The cage falls and the force of the drop causes the rope holding it to snap. The men can only scream in terror as they plummet to their deaths in the ravine below, with the heroes looking pretty unnerved at the sight.

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** The deaths of the men in the second cage are pretty disturbing.unsettling, especially for anyone who has acrophobia. Whilst climbing the side of the ravine they're dangling over, one man grabs a (harmless) snake and panics, causing the other men in the cage to also panic and lose their grip. The cage falls and the force of the drop causes the rope holding it to snap. The men can only scream in helpless terror as they plummet to their deaths in the ravine below, with the heroes looking pretty unnerved at the sight.
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** The deaths of the men in the second cage are pretty disturbing. Whilst climbing the side of the ravine they're dangling over, one man grabs a (harmless) snake and panics, causing the other men in the cage to also panic and lose their grip. The cage falls and the force of the drop causes the rope holding it to snap. The men can only scream in terror as they plummet to their deaths in the ravine below, with the heroes looking pretty unnerved at the sight.
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* The Kraken. A massive sea monster: half-whale, half-giant squid, and MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily.

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* The Kraken.Kraken deserves a section all its own. A massive sea monster: half-whale, half-giant squid, and MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily.



** What's worse, the RealLife East India Trading Company ''[[TruthInTelevision really was that bad]]''.

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** What's worse, the RealLife [[MegaCorp East India Trading Company Company]] ''[[TruthInTelevision really was that bad]]''.
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--->'''Survivor:''' No! Below us! Foul breath!

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--->'''Survivor:''' No! Below Beneath us! Foul breath!



*** A small one but connected to this; when the Black Pearl manages to get out of range of the Flying Dutchman's guns, Jones orders his crew to break off pursuit. Maccus asks the captain if he's giving up so easily, whereupon Jones turns to him and says nothing, just gives his subordinate a knowing smile. As Maccus realises what Jones is thinking, both of their faces light up with [[SlasherSmile truly evil grins]] at what's about to happen next.

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*** A small one but connected to this; when the Black Pearl manages to get out of range of the Flying Dutchman's guns, Jones orders his crew to break off pursuit. Maccus asks the captain if he's giving up so easily, whereupon Jones turns to him and says nothing, just gives his subordinate a knowing smile. As Maccus realises realizes what Jones is thinking, both of their faces light up with [[SlasherSmile truly evil grins]] at what's about to happen next.

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-->'''Survivor:''' No! Below us! Foul breath!

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* While minor only in comparison to what just entailed, Maccus asks Davy Jones what to do with the few miraculous surviving ''Edinburgh Trader'' crewmen of the Kraken's attack. Unlike how the scenario previously played out where Jones offers survivors the option to serve the ''Flying Dutchman'', Jones just says, "There are no survivors". Cue the Dutchmen crew simultaneously [[GoryDiscretionShot bludgeoning]] the survivors in the back of the head.
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--->'''Gibbs:''' If you believe such things, there's a beast does the bidding of Davy Jones: a fearsome creature with giant tentacles that'll suction your face ''clean off'', and ''drag an entire ship down to the '''crushing darkness'''''... The Kraken. Imagine, the last thing you know on God's green Earth is the roar of the Kraken and the reeking odor of a thousand rotting corpses...

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--->'''Gibbs:''' If Well, if you believe such things, there's a beast does the bidding of Davy Jones: a fearsome creature with giant tentacles that'll suction your face ''clean off'', and ''drag an entire ship down to the '''crushing darkness'''''... The Kraken. Imagine, Kraken! They say the stench of its breath is like... imagine, the last thing you know on God's green Earth is the roar of the Kraken and the reeking odor of a thousand rotting corpses...corpses... If you believe such things

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--->'''Gibbs:''' If you believe such things, there's a beast does the bidding of Davy Jones: a fearsome creature with giant tentacles that'll suction your face ''clean off'', and ''drag an entire ship down to the '''crushing darkness'''''... imagine, the last thing you know on God's green Earth is the roar of the Kraken and the reeking odor of a thousand rotting corpses...

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--->'''Gibbs:''' If you believe such things, there's a beast does the bidding of Davy Jones: a fearsome creature with giant tentacles that'll suction your face ''clean off'', and ''drag an entire ship down to the '''crushing darkness'''''... imagine, The Kraken. Imagine, the last thing you know on God's green Earth is the roar of the Kraken and the reeking odor of a thousand rotting corpses...



** The derelict ship that Will thinks is the ''Dutchman''. At first Will thinks it's run aground, but then one of the survivors reveals it's being held afloat by the Kraken so that Jones can have his pick of the survivors. Plus, the mentioned survivor is clearly shell-shocked.

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** The derelict ship that Will thinks is the ''Dutchman''. At first Will thinks it's run aground, but then one of the survivors survivor reveals it's being held afloat by the Kraken so that Jones can have his pick of the survivors. Plus, the mentioned survivor is clearly shell-shocked.
-->'''Survivor:''' No! Below us! Foul breath!
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** The moment Jack receives Bootstrap's warning, he immediately breaks out in panic and ''ScrewThisImOuttaHere orders a course towards any piece of land]]. The scene plays out comically enough, but Jack is ''not'' overreacting.

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** The moment Jack receives Bootstrap's warning, he immediately breaks out in panic and ''ScrewThisImOuttaHere [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere orders a course towards any piece of land]]. The scene plays out comically enough, but Jack is ''not'' overreacting.
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** The moment Jack receives Bootstrap's warning, he immediately breaks out in panic and ''ScrewThisImOuttaHere orders a course towards any piece of land]]. The scene plays out comically enough, but Jack is ''not'' overreacting.
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*** When it looks like they've defeated the Kraken, Gibbs makes this chilling remark, "No. We just made it angry."
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*** At one point Gibbs is desperately trying to hold on to a guy who's been caught by a tentacle. As he's ripped away, the guy screams ''"Shoot me!"'' clearly preferring to die by bullet than being ripped apart or eaten alive.

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*** At one point Gibbs is desperately trying to hold on to a guy who's been caught by a tentacle. As he's ripped away, the guy screams ''"Shoot me!"'' clearly preferring to die by bullet than being ripped apart or eaten alive. [[MercyKill Gibbs appears to grant his request seconds later.]]

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*** The final moments of the ''Edinburgh Trader'' when the Kraken brings its largest tentacles crashing down on the middle of the ship, snapping it clean in half, at which point the tentacles grab both halves of the ship and start shovelling any of the crew still aboard into its gaping mouth. The screams of terror as crewmen are swept or dropped into the open maw where the centre of the ship used to be are accompanied by what can only be described as a screech of glee as the Kraken stuffs itself.

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*** The final moments of the ''Edinburgh Trader'' when the Kraken brings its largest tentacles crashing down on the middle of the ship, snapping it clean in half, at which point the tentacles grab both halves of the ship and start shovelling shoveling any of the crew still aboard into its gaping mouth.mouth - essentially double-fisting the boat halves and the sailors on them. The screams of terror as crewmen are swept or dropped into the open maw where the centre of the ship used to be are accompanied by what can only be described as a screech of glee as the Kraken stuffs itself.


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** At one point, the heroes are suspended over a large ravine in hanging cages made from what look suspiciously like human bones. Gibbs confirms this by saying that the cages weren't built until ''after'' they arrived when asked what happened to the rest of the crew.
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*** The last time we see the Kraken, it's fighting a captive Jack aboard the ''Black Pearl''. The remaining crew can only watch as it tears the ''Pearl'' apart and pulls it under the surface.
*** A small one but connected to this; when the Black Pearl manages to get out of range of the Flying Dutchman's guns, Jones orders his crew to break off pursuit. Maccus asks the captain if he's giving up so easily, whereupon Jones turns to him and says nothing, just gives his subordinate a knowing wink. As Maccus realises what Jones is thinking, both of their faces light up with [[SlasherSmile truly evil grins]] at what's about to happen next.
* The crew of the ''Flying Dutchman'', particularly Wyvern. The guy's been on the ship so long, he's stuck in the wall. When he pulls away from the ship to talk, only the front half of his body pulls away, and you can see his brain... or possibly what used to be his brain and has now become a chunk of brain coral, in which case it's still horrifying as a VisualPun. They certainly take "Part of the crew, part of the ship" ''literally''.

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*** The last time we see the Kraken, it's fighting a captive Jack aboard the ''Black Pearl''. The remaining crew can only watch as it tears its tentacles envelop the ''Pearl'' apart and pulls finally pull it under the surface.
*** A small one but connected to this; when the Black Pearl manages to get out of range of the Flying Dutchman's guns, Jones orders his crew to break off pursuit. Maccus asks the captain if he's giving up so easily, whereupon Jones turns to him and says nothing, just gives his subordinate a knowing wink.smile. As Maccus realises what Jones is thinking, both of their faces light up with [[SlasherSmile truly evil grins]] at what's about to happen next.
* The crew [[BodyHorror crew]] of the ''Flying Dutchman'', particularly Wyvern. The guy's been on the ship so long, he's become stuck in the wall. When he pulls away from the ship to talk, only the front half of his body pulls away, and [[BodyHorror you can see his brain... or possibly what used to be his brain and has now become a chunk of brain coral, coral]], in which case it's still horrifying as a VisualPun. They certainly take "Part of the crew, part of the ship" ''literally''.



* The Pelegostans -- imagine an island full of people who can hide anywhere, can and ''will'' catch you, and once they find you they will cook you and eat you without a second thought. The lead in before we discover them is particularly tense, with Will running into Cotton's Parrot who echoes the dead crewmen's screams of "don't eat me! Please, don't eat me!" while remaining totally oblivious of what was going on.

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* The Pelegostans Pelegostos -- imagine an island full of people who can hide anywhere, can and ''will'' catch you, and once they find you you, they will cook you and eat you without a second thought. The lead in before we discover them is particularly tense, with Will running into Cotton's Parrot who echoes the dead crewmen's screams of "don't "Don't eat me! Please, don't Don't eat me!" while remaining totally oblivious of what was going on.
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** The worst part is, the audience gets to experience ''all of that.'' Even before we get that speech or even see the Kraken clearly, we see it pulling a ship full of innocent fishermen underwater to their deaths in an instant. When Will boards what he thinks is the ''Flying Dutchman'', he sees a man with ''no face,'' and what's left horribly warped -- the directors' best impression of a face suckered clean off. We only see the horrific image of its mouth clearly at the very end... but luckily we can't smell its breath.

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** The worst part is, the audience gets to experience almost ''all of that.'' Even before we get that speech or even see the Kraken clearly, we see it pulling a ship full of innocent fishermen underwater to their deaths in an instant. When Will boards what he thinks is the ''Flying Dutchman'', he sees a man with ''no face,'' and what's left horribly warped -- the directors' best impression of a face suckered clean off. We only see the horrific image of its mouth clearly at the very end... but luckily we can't smell its breath.



*** Captain Bellamy's death is just horrible. The Kraken doesn't even devour him immediately; he gets pulled underwater and played with like a ragdoll while the rest of the crew watches and listens to him scream at the top of his lungs before being dragged back underwater and ''then'' killed. The fact that the Kraken chose to keep the captain alive for a couple more agonizing seconds [[CruelAndUnusualDeath before finally eating him]] just to scare its prey shows that it's not only killing for food, but also [[{{Sadist}} for fun]].

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*** Captain Bellamy's death is just horrible. The Kraken doesn't even devour him immediately; he gets pulled underwater and played with like a ragdoll while the rest of the crew watches and listens to him scream at the top of his lungs before being dragged back underwater and ''then'' killed. The fact that the Kraken chose to keep the captain alive for a couple more agonizing seconds [[CruelAndUnusualDeath before finally eating ending him]] just to scare its prey shows that it's not only killing for food, but also [[{{Sadist}} for fun]].



* The crew of the ''Dutchman'', particularly Wyvern. The guy's been on the ship so long, he's stuck in the wall. When he pulls away from the ship to talk, only the front half of his body pulls away, and you can see his brain... or possibly what used to be his brain and has now become a chunk of brain coral, in which case it's still horrifying as a VisualPun. They certainly take "Part of the crew, part of the ship" ''literally''.
** Perhaps this is how the ''Flying Dutchman'' repairs itself when damaged - using mutated, still-living members of the crew [[HumanResources to patch the holes]]...

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* The crew of the ''Dutchman'', ''Flying Dutchman'', particularly Wyvern. The guy's been on the ship so long, he's stuck in the wall. When he pulls away from the ship to talk, only the front half of his body pulls away, and you can see his brain... or possibly what used to be his brain and has now become a chunk of brain coral, in which case it's still horrifying as a VisualPun. They certainly take "Part of the crew, part of the ship" ''literally''.
** Perhaps this is how the ''Flying Dutchman'' ''Dutchman'' repairs itself when damaged - using mutated, still-living members of the crew [[HumanResources to patch the holes]]...
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*** Another tentacle pulls a guy out of one of the cannon holes, basically breaking him in half to get him through, all while Pintel and Ragetti cower and wince.

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*** Another tentacle pulls a guy out of one of the cannon holes, basically breaking him in half to get him through, all while Pintel and Ragetti [[EvenEvilHasStandards cower and wince.wince]].
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*** A barely-alive man falls from the stricken rigging into the water near the ruined deck and just manages to crawl aboard. Will goes to investigate and discovers that he ''has no face''--just a mess of overstretched skin where the Kraken presumably latched on with a head-sized sucker and did ''who only knows what'' before letting go.

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