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* PrayerIsALastResort: After [[spoiler: writing a letter to Governor Johnson pleading for clemency]] and exhausting his last chance of freedom, Bonnet gets on his knees and prays.
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* VerbalTic: Almost all of David Herriot's sentences end with "innit" no matter the situation.situation.
* WhenHeSmiles: The quartermaster is usually stoic and calm. But when Bonnet finally calls him "Quartermaster" after being called one-eighthmaster for the past few months, he responds a flustered "''Quartermaster?!''", Bonnet gives him a WinkDing, and the quartermaster responds with a faint and brief hearty smile.
* WhenHeSmiles: The quartermaster is usually stoic and calm. But when Bonnet finally calls him "Quartermaster" after being called one-eighthmaster for the past few months, he responds a flustered "''Quartermaster?!''", Bonnet gives him a WinkDing, and the quartermaster responds with a faint and brief hearty smile.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Despite being all about pirates, the pirate accent shows up inconsistently among characters. The only characters who do the accent consistently are Lieutenant Richards and Blackbeard. Even experienced pirates like the quartermaster never speak pirate-like.
** On a more meta level, the film has Englishmen voicing Barbadians, Americans voicing Englishmen, New Zealanders voicing colonial Americans, etc. All without trying to hide their accents.
** On a more meta level, the film has Englishmen voicing Barbadians, Americans voicing Englishmen, New Zealanders voicing colonial Americans, etc. All without trying to hide their accents.
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* IWarnedYou: The quartermaster warns Bonnet about Blackbeard early on. [[spoiler: When Bonnet’s crew is left marooned on a sandbar, the quartermaster says to them, “Well, that’s what we get for trusting Blackbeard, ey men?”]]
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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Stede Bonnet = blue, Quartermaster = yellow, Ignatius Pell = red, David Herriot = green, Blackbeard = [[EvilWearsBlack you guess]].
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*** Most notably, the model for Blackbeard is Blackbeard from VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag. Other models from the game appear as well, with Assassin’s Creed’s Stede Bonnet appearing very briefly when Bonnet is [[spoiler: initially jailed.]]
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*** Most notably, the The model for Blackbeard is Blackbeard from VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag. Other models from the game appear as well, with Assassin’s Creed’s Stede Bonnet appearing very briefly when Bonnet is [[spoiler: initially jailed.]]
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*** The pirate that robs the bank in the beginning is depicted as Jack Sparrow from the Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean.
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* LikeFatherLikeSon: Stede Bonnet jr. dresses like a pirate just like his father.
* LimitedWardrobe: Almost all characters wear the same clothes throughout the film. The exception is Bonnet, who has pajamas and funeral wear. But most of the time, Bonnet is in his blue pirate clothes.
* LimitedWardrobe: Almost all characters wear the same clothes throughout the film. The exception is Bonnet, who has pajamas and funeral wear. But most of the time, Bonnet is in his blue pirate clothes.
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* SameClothesDifferentYear: Downplayed. Since he was young, Stede Bonnet has always dressed up as a pirate, a habit that carried into his adult years.
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*** David Herriot's character model is Ragetti from the Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean franchise.franchise.
*** When the quartermaster tells Bonnet about his time on the ''Quintessential'', the pictures used to portray his story are edited stills from Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean.
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*** From the deleted lyrics to The Captain Montage, a lyric says “Oh look, a friendly bee!” The same line Honey Man uses in ''Exploring the Japanese Kitkat Forest''. Which, in and of itself, is a ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' reference.
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*** From the deleted lyrics to The Captain Montage, a lyric says “Oh look, a friendly bee!” The same line Honey Man uses in ''Exploring "Exploring the Japanese Kitkat Forest''.Forest". Which, in and of itself, is a ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' reference.
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*** The “old man” in ''The Swedish Job'' appears briefly. His hook hand nicks Bonnet’s contract the same way he nicks the map in The Swedish Job.
*** Two of the paintings stolen in ''The Swedish Job'' are featured in the backgrounds. One on Bonnet's ship and one in the bank teller's office.
*** From the deleted lyrics to ''The Captain Montage'', a lyric says “Oh look, a friendly bee!” The same line Honey Man uses in ''Exploring the Japanese Kitkat Forest''. Which, in and of itself, is a ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' reference.
*** Two of the paintings stolen in ''The Swedish Job'' are featured in the backgrounds. One on Bonnet's ship and one in the bank teller's office.
*** From the deleted lyrics to ''The Captain Montage'', a lyric says “Oh look, a friendly bee!” The same line Honey Man uses in ''Exploring the Japanese Kitkat Forest''. Which, in and of itself, is a ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' reference.
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*** The “old man” in ''The "The Swedish Job'' Job" appears briefly. His hook hand nicks Bonnet’s contract the same way he nicks the map in The "The Swedish Job.
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*** Two of the paintings stolen in''The "The Swedish Job'' Job" are featured in the backgrounds. One on Bonnet's ship and one in the bank teller's office.
*** From the deleted lyrics to''The The Captain Montage'', Montage, a lyric says “Oh look, a friendly bee!” The same line Honey Man uses in ''Exploring the Japanese Kitkat Forest''. Which, in and of itself, is a ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' reference.
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* GreatEscape: Bonnet and Herriot devise a plan to escape from the home of Town Marshal Nathaniel Partridge. [[spoiler: They succeed and set sail on a small boat, but bad winds force them to Sullivan's Island.]]
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Bonnet leaves his family, commissions a whole ship to be built, and gathers a crew... only to realize he has ''no idea'' how to captain a pirate ship.
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*** Bonnet’s dead father comes to speak to Stede. As he's fading away, he says “I’m going through a tunnel" and abruptly leaves. This is a reference to how Internet Historian occasionally ends his ''In the Field'' videos.[[note]]The [[https://twitter.com/NetHistorian/status/1309355547561394179 trailer]] posted in September 2020 states that ''The Gentleman Pirate'' had been in production for 6 months at that point. This possibly means it was in production since March 2020. The first instance of the “I’m going through a tunnel” ending was in “art.” posted in March 2020. There’s a probability that the ''In the Field'' endings were actually ProductionForeshadowing for ''The Gentleman Pirate'', rather than the other way around.[[/note]]
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* DreamSequence: Stede Bonnet has a semi-nonsensical dream that begins on a [[SkyPirate flying pirate ship]]. He flies up into the ocean and becomes a mermaid.
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* DreamSequence: After wishing he was a pirate, Stede Bonnet has a semi-nonsensical dream that begins on a [[SkyPirate flying pirate ship]]. He flies up into the ocean and becomes a mermaid. Talking seagulls begin cheering his name.
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* DreamSequence: Stede Bonnet has a semi-nonsensical dream that begins on a [[SkyPirate flying pirate ship]]. He flies up into the ocean and becomes a mermaid.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Bonnet dreams of himself as a pirate captain. At the end of the dream, seagulls begin chanting "Captain Bonnet! Bonnet! Bonnet!" [[spoiler: Later, Bonnet's crew ''does'' end up chanting "Bonnet! Bonnet!" but Stede interrupts them.]]
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Bonnet dreams of himself as a pirate captain. At the end of the dream, seagulls begin chanting "Captain Bonnet! Bonnet! Bonnet!" [[spoiler: Later, Bonnet's crew ''does'' end up chanting "Bonnet! Bonnet!" but Stede interrupts them.]]
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* LameLastWords: [[spoiler: After being read Governor Johnson's letter wishing him good luck on the execution, Bonnet responds an awkward "Uh... thanks."]]
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* HellIsThatNoise: Mary Allamby-Bonnet’s “STEEEEEEEEEEEEDE!” and "''DAVID!''"
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** Id: Stede Bonnet — impulsive and emotion-driven
** Ego: Ignatius Pell — the balance between rational and emotional
** Superego: Quartermaster — the voice of reason, always calm, cautious
** Id: Stede Bonnet — impulsive and emotion-driven
** Ego: Ignatius Pell — the balance between rational and emotional
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** References to other works by WebVideo/InternetHistorian:
*** Bonnet’s father comes to speak to Stede. As he's fading away, he says “I’m going through a tunnel" and abruptly leaves. This is a reference to how Internet Historian occasionally ends his ''In the Field'' videos.[[note]]The [[https://twitter.com/NetHistorian/status/1309355547561394179 trailer]] posted in September 2020 states that ''The Gentleman Pirate'' had been in production for 6 months at that point. This possibly means it was in production since March 2020. The first instance of the “I’m going through a tunnel” ending was in “art.” posted in March 2020. There’s a probability that the ''In the Field'' endings were actually ProductionForeshadowing for ''The Gentleman Pirate'', rather than the other way around.[[/note]]
*** The “old man” in ''The Swedish Job'' appears briefly. His hook hand nicks Bonnet’s contract the same way he nicks the map in The Swedish Job.
*** Two of the paintings stolen in ''The Swedish Job'' are featured in the backgrounds. One on Bonnet's ship and one in the bank teller's office.
*** From the deleted lyrics to ''The Captain Montage'', a lyric says “Oh look, a friendly bee!” The same line Honey Man uses in ''Exploring the Japanese Kitkat Forest''.
** References to other media:
*** Most notably, the model for Blackbeard is Blackbeard from VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag. Other models from the game appear as well, with Assassin’s Creed’s Stede Bonnet appearing very briefly when Bonnet is [[spoiler: initially jailed.]]
*** David Herriot's model is Ragetti from the Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean franchise.
*** “I missed the part where that’s my problem” comes from ''Film/SpiderMan1''.
** References to other works by WebVideo/InternetHistorian:
*** Bonnet’s father comes to speak to Stede. As he's fading away, he says “I’m going through a tunnel" and abruptly leaves. This is a reference to how Internet Historian occasionally ends his ''In the Field'' videos.[[note]]The [[https://twitter.com/NetHistorian/status/1309355547561394179 trailer]] posted in September 2020 states that ''The Gentleman Pirate'' had been in production for 6 months at that point. This possibly means it was in production since March 2020. The first instance of the “I’m going through a tunnel” ending was in “art.” posted in March 2020. There’s a probability that the ''In the Field'' endings were actually ProductionForeshadowing for ''The Gentleman Pirate'', rather than the other way around.[[/note]]
*** The “old man” in ''The Swedish Job'' appears briefly. His hook hand nicks Bonnet’s contract the same way he nicks the map in The Swedish Job.
*** Two of the paintings stolen in ''The Swedish Job'' are featured in the backgrounds. One on Bonnet's ship and one in the bank teller's office.
*** From the deleted lyrics to ''The Captain Montage'', a lyric says “Oh look, a friendly bee!” The same line Honey Man uses in ''Exploring the Japanese Kitkat Forest''.
** References to other media:
*** Most notably, the model for Blackbeard is Blackbeard from VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag. Other models from the game appear as well, with Assassin’s Creed’s Stede Bonnet appearing very briefly when Bonnet is [[spoiler: initially jailed.]]
*** David Herriot's model is Ragetti from the Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean franchise.
*** “I missed the part where that’s my problem” comes from ''Film/SpiderMan1''.
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[[caption-width-right:400:''You took me / From a boy / And mer-maid me into a man / To a man''[[note]]These lyrics come from [[https://youtu.be/0htFsqjX9YM a cut version of The Captain Montage]] and don't actually appear in the video.[[/note]]]]
->''"The great pirate Stede fears no fleet, nor a puny vessel that dareth approach me!"''
-->--'''Stede Bonnet''', ''The Gentleman Pirate''
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrGf4nJWVOU The Gentleman Pirate]] is an animated docu-comedy produced by WebVideo/InternetHistorian and uploaded on his second channel, [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Q7XEy86Q7T-3kNpNjYgwA Internet Historian: Incognito Mode]]. It’s the eighth addition of Internet Historian’s ''Sundance Rejects'' collection, and is currently the longest single video produced under his name.
The video tells the true story of [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy early eighteenth-century]] Barbadian Stede Bonnet (WebVideo/OrdinaryThings), a man who had an early mid-life crisis and decided to go [[{{Pirate}} a-pirating]]. When his [[AwfulWeddedLife wedded life leaves him miserable]], Bonnet decides to take to the seas with his own ship and crew despite his lack of experience. He’s nicknamed “The Gentleman Pirate” due to coming from a wealthy background. On his journeys, he meets infamous pirate UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}}, who Bonnet appoints as a temporary shadow captain. But when Bonnet’s crew grows to favor Blackbeard’s leadership, Bonnet soon realizes pirating isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
The project was formally announced with [[https://twitter.com/NetHistorian/status/1309355547561394179 a trailer]] in September 2020 and debuted on [=YouTube=] in November 2020.
It primarily stars WebVideo/OrdinaryThings, WebVideo/InternetHistorian, and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2gv4MSAlvzjwZ8xXQYtfiQ SumitoMedia]], along with [[https://www.twitch.tv/selmacashmoney Selmacashmoney]] and WebVideo/{{Pyrocynical}} as non-voicing “actors.”
The video is heavily stylized with Internet Historian’s CreatorThumbprint, utilizing LimitedAnimation, crudely edited stock photos, and outsourced media. ''The Gentleman Pirate'' includes backgrounds and models from, but not limited to, VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag, Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean, and Series/GameOfThrones.
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!!The Gentleman Pirate contains examples of:
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Combined with RevisedEnding and SurprisinglyHappyEnding, [[spoiler: Internet Historian presents the historically accurate DownerEnding, then presents his own fictionalized HappyEnding.]]
* AnachronismStew: Downplayed as it’s usually limited to one-off gags and jokes. Most notably, the use of photographs (some colored, but mostly black-and-white) more than a century before the first successful photo.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: A few instances in ''The Gentleman Pirate'', not including fictionalized characterization.
** There’s no sources that state Allamby Bonnet was wheelchair-bound. He also didn’t die via [[Film/MacAndMe rolling off a cliff into a body of water.]] In fact, Allamby was at most 2 at the time of his death and not the child as shown in the ''Sundance Reject'', [[RuleOfFunny but reality is much less funny.]]
** According to Ignatius Pell’s testimony, the quartermaster, named Robert Tucker, wasn’t [[spoiler: killed in the Battle of Cape Fear]], but was captured with Bonnet's crew and hanged in November 1718.
** Lampshaded in this piece of dialogue:
--->'''Stede Bonnet''' (''after re-encountering the son of a bank teller he let get robbed at the beginning of the video''): Wait, wasn't that in Barbados? How did you get here?\\
'''Bank Teller's son''': Whatever, Bonnet. It's a ''mostly'' true story! We just conflated a few of the details to keep the audience engaged.
* BaitAndSwitch: It seemed that Governor Johnson would grant the pardon to Bonnet when his letter got to gallows just in time... [[spoiler: only for it to be an explicit approval of the execution order.]] Given historical contexts, it's a ForegoneConclusion.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Bonnet [[spoiler: attempts to blow up the Royal James instead of surrendering and being taken prisoner.]] [[InterruptedSuicide This is interrupted by Ignatius Pell.]]
* BigNo: Three instances:
** When Bonnet says he's done mopping, the crew says "I think you missed a spot" and dumps water all over the deck while laughing. Bonnet exclaims "Noooo!"
** When [[spoiler: the quartermaster says his final words and dies in his arms, Bonnet yells "NOOOO!" to the sky.]]
** When [[spoiler: David Herriot is lethally shot by authorities, Bonnet screams a long and drawn out "NOOOOOOOOO!" complete with slow motion.]]
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: The inexperienced Stede Bonnet asks the quartermaster what the pirates do in their spare time when told that the voyage would take weeks.
-->'''Quartermaster''': Oh, there's plenty to do. Sing shanties, tie knots, get scurvy…
* ButNowIMustGo: PlayedForLaughs. The spirit/ghost of Bonnet's father appears in the moon to speak before him. Bonnet asks for guidance. His father abruptly says "I must go now" and spouts some stock words of wisdom and gives no actual advice, then promptly leaves.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Stede Bonnet = blue, Quartermaster = yellow, Ignatius Pell = red, David Herriot = green, Blackbeard = [[EvilWearsBlack you guess]].
* ComicallyIneptHealing:
-->'''Stede Bonnet''': [[spoiler: ''[holding the upper half of Quartermaster’s body, blood and organs pouring all over the deck]'' Hold on! I’ll just push it all back in!]]
* {{Corpsing}}: The quartermaster ends up corpsing in his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech before the Battle of Cape Fear River.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Bonnet leaves his family, commissions a whole ship to be built, and gathers a crew... only to realize he has ''no idea'' how to captain a pirate ship.
* DressCodedForYourConvenience: Bonnet's crew dresses in blue stripes while Blackbeard's crew dresses in black stripes.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Mary Allamby's first line establishes how she feels about her husband and what's she's most concerned about.
-->'''Stede Bonnet''': Mary, could you pass the syrup?
-->'''Mary Allamby''': You can have syrup when you fix up this house!
** Bonnet's first plundering shows how unready he is for life at sea, panicking at the sight of a ship and shouting vaguely-nautical-sounding jargon, looking like a fool among his crew. The quartermaster distracts Bonnet so he could instruct the men and do most of the captaining work, informing the audience he's the HyperCompetentSidekick.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The quartermaster is only referred to as "Quartermaster" throughout the film, even in the credits. When his title changes to one-eighthmaster, he's referred to as such by the other characters and the {{Narrator}}.
* FreezeFrameBonus: The small boat Bonnet and Herriot [[spoiler: use to escape the prison]] is named the ''Revenge Two''. When pausing to see the boat, the full name reads the ''Revenge Two (Now It's Personal).''
* HatDamage: At one point, Bonnet shoots the quartermaster's hat off.
* HellIsThatNoise: Mary Allamby-Bonnet’s “STEEEEEEEEEEEEDE!” and "''DAVID!''"
* HilariousOuttakes: A blooper reel plays over the ClosingCredits (in this case, Patreon outro).
* HollywoodCostuming: Zig-zagged. The film contains inaccurate pirate and military costumes, but none of the "costumes" were designed for the film. In fact, a number of characters are actually Halloween costume models.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: Crushing under debts and with the farmstead in desperate need of repair, Bonnet solemnly says:
-->'''Stede Bonnet''': Well, at least it can't get any worse.
-->'''Narrator''': But two weeks later, it did get much worse.
** There's also this moment:
-->'''Stede Bonnet''': ''[to audience]'' And now we're about to plunder our first vessel since Blackbeard left and we're just so excited. It's going to go ''very'' well.
-->'''Narrator''': But it didn't go very well at all.
* InVinoVeritas: When drunk, Bonnet opens up and reveals to Blackbeard that he's in a lot of pain but can't let his crew see him weak.
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: [[spoiler: The quartermaster says a variant of this right before he dies in the Battle of Cape Fear River.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Quartermaster''': It has been a pleasure serving you, Mr. Bonnet.]]
* KickTheDog: In a fit of rage, Mary Allamby throws out the miniature pirate ship that Bonnet's had since childhood. It accidentally causes [[spoiler: the death of their son, Allamby.]]
** Blackbeard's crew, under the leadership of Lieutenant Richards, force Bonnet to mop. When Bonnet says he's done, the crew says "I think you missed a spot" and dumps water all over the deck while laughing, forcing Bonnet to clean up again.
** The bank teller's son teases Ignatius Pell with what he presumed to be Bonnet's pardon. Theoretically, if he wanted the pardon to not get to Bonnet, he could've just ripped it up, but he decided to be an ass about it.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Bonnet fails to get his revenge on Blackbeard, but it turns out that Blackbeard was killed during the period of time while Bonnet was in prison awaiting his execution.]]
* MeaningfulEcho: The pirate that robs the bank early in the video threatens the bank teller with the line "Your money or your life!" Later, Bonnet uses the same line when plundering to show how he's become a more ruthless pirate.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: After ratting on Bonnet, Pell testified against him. Only when at the docket, he actually defended Bonnet's character and said that the quartermaster holds the decisions. The judge ignored it, saying that Pell said otherwise in writing and sentenced Bonnet to death anyways. Pell became distraught, and after catching wind of a letter from Governor Johnson, rushed to deliver it to the executioner before Bonnet would die in the gallows... [[YankTheDogsChain only for the said letter to not be a pardon, but approval of the execution]].]]
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Despite being all about pirates, the pirate accent shows up inconsistently among characters. The only characters who do the accent consistently are Lieutenant Richards and Blackbeard. Even experienced pirates like the quartermaster never speak pirate-like.
** On a more meta level, the film has Englishmen voicing Barbadians, Americans voicing Englishmen, New Zealanders voicing colonial Americans, etc. All without trying to hide their accents.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Bonnet leaves his family for piracy with a custom ship. He names her the ''Revenge''. A note reads “A bit on the nose, but the ''Revenge'' really was the name of the ship.”
* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: The alternate good ending includes Stede, his kids, and the quartermaster riding into the distance on a speedboat filled with gold.
* ParentNeverCameBackFromTheStore: A note mentions Bonnet pulled a "going out for a pack of smokes" on his family, although it isn't depicted in the film.[[note]]In reality, he told his family he was going on a business trip overseas... and never came back.[[/note]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Bonnet abandons his wife and 3 remaining children, leaving them all with his debts.
* PlotArmor: Explicitly mentioned since RealityIsUnrealistic. When the authorities catch up to Stede Bonnet following his escape from prison, they kill one of his remaining companions and injure the other two, but manage to catch Bonnet himself completely unharmed. That's not even getting into his numerous TooDumbToLive decisions that he inexplicably survived the fallout of to get to that point.
* PresentDayPast: Upon hearing the news of [[spoiler: Bonnet's escape from jail]], Governor Johnson exclaims "This dude is ''absolutely'' canceled!" Slang which [[CaptainObvious did not exist in 1718.]]
* PublicExecution: Bonnet is sentenced to the gallows due to acts of piracy against the British Crown.
* {{Pun}}: Bonnet initially names his ship ''[[Music/BackstreetBoys The Backstreet Buoys]]''
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Three instances; all directed at Bonnet, go figure.
** Just before [[spoiler: taking Bonnet hostage in Nassau]], Blackbeard gives one, decrying Bonnet's choosing to be a pirate while under a privileged background.
** Combined with possibly the most comedic example of OOCIsSeriousBusiness ever put to film, the quartermaster gives one just before Stede decides (unwisely) to engage in the Battle of Cape Fear River.
--->'''Quartermaster''': Captain, I don't want to have to break this moment but I'm gonna need you to trust me, I've had your back since day one and we've been on a lot of adventures together now and I know you don't listen to my advice too often, but to be fair, Stede... oh my god, you get everything wrong, how did you— how can you do this? [[SanitySlippage (breaking composure out of sheer absurdity)]] ''Every time! You just fuck shit up! (laughs) You dumb— You dumb boy!''
** It's said that Judge Nicholas Trott gave one to Bonnet in court, chastising him on his privileged upbringing and the stupidity of throwing it all away.
* RedHerring: It's heavily hinted that [[spoiler: Blackbeard]] is going to take advantage of Bonnet bringing him on as a shadow captain to take over Bonnet's ship and crew. [[spoiler: As soon as the crew take over a ship that's more impressive than ''The Revenge'', Blackbeard takes control of it, hands control of Bonnet's ship and crew back to him, and the two promptly part ways. Blackbeard does take control of Bonnet's ship and crew later, but only after said crew had already abandoned Bonnet due to his being unable to match Blackbeard's success.]]
** Later, King George of England passed "The Act of Grace", which promised a full pardon and a possible position as a privateer to pirates who turned themselves in. It's hinted that this is likely to be a trick, and Bonnet is portrayed as naive for letting [[spoiler: Blackbeard]] talk him into accepting the offer. It turns out to be completely legitimate. [[spoiler: Except that Blackbeard stole all of the valuables from Bonnet's ship and marooned his crew while he was occupied, forcing Bonnet to continue pillaging in defiance of his side of the agreement in order to resupply.]]
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Bonnet's big "''{{Gasp}}''"
** Bonnet says "pew, pew, pew" as he [[spoiler: guns down his enemies]] in the alternate good ending.
* ScyllaAndCharybdis: Bonnet is forced to choose between the quartermaster’s suggestion to gamble on one more victory and Pell’s suggestion to dock. Failure of the former might result in a violent mutiny, while the latter will result in Bonnet’s crew abandoning him.
* ShootTheRope: In Internet Historian's alternate ending, [[spoiler: Bonnet escapes his faith by putting on "anti-rope neck cream" and shooting his noose with an AR-15.]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: The ''Sundance Rejects'' episode did give Bonnet [[spoiler: the quick drop and sudden stop... only to survive it to give him a more upbeat ending. Same goes for the quartermaster and Allamby Bonnet.]]
* SpiritAdvisor: Parodied. Bonnet's dead father comes to him at a time of hardship, but gives no useful advice.
* SuddenDownerEnding: A large struggle takes place to get the governor's letter to Bonnet's execution [[spoiler: but it turns out that said letter didn't actually call for a stop to said execution, and Bonnet is promptly hanged.]]
* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: PlayedForLaughs after Internet Historian sadly notes that in reality, Bonnet [[spoiler: was hung for piracy anyway after the HopeSpot of a supposed pardon from the governor.]] So to alleviate it, Internet Historian comes up with a new ending where [[spoiler: Bonnet escapes from his execution]], guns down his enemies and ex-wife, reunites with his estranged children who forgave him for abandoning them, and sails off on a speedboat filled with gold into the horizon with them and the quartermaster who is inexplicably alive again.
* TalkLikeAPirate: The pirate accent slips in and out between characters, but it's most prominent in Lieutenant Richards and Blackbeard.
* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry:
-->'''David Herriot''': ''[crying]'' Oh, I feel sad, innit.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: "Eat lead, bitches!"
* TimePassesMontage: A montage shows Bonnet's slow degrading state as he listens to his wife screaming "STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDE!"
* TrainingMontage: A montage shows the quartermaster training Bonnet to be a proper pirate captain.
* VerbalTic: Almost all of David Herriot's sentences end with "innit" no matter the situation.
[[caption-width-right:400:''You took me / From a boy / And mer-maid me into a man / To a man''[[note]]These lyrics come from [[https://youtu.be/0htFsqjX9YM a cut version of The Captain Montage]] and don't actually appear in the video.[[/note]]]]
->''"The great pirate Stede fears no fleet, nor a puny vessel that dareth approach me!"''
-->--'''Stede Bonnet''', ''The Gentleman Pirate''
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrGf4nJWVOU The Gentleman Pirate]] is an animated docu-comedy produced by WebVideo/InternetHistorian and uploaded on his second channel, [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Q7XEy86Q7T-3kNpNjYgwA Internet Historian: Incognito Mode]]. It’s the eighth addition of Internet Historian’s ''Sundance Rejects'' collection, and is currently the longest single video produced under his name.
The video tells the true story of [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy early eighteenth-century]] Barbadian Stede Bonnet (WebVideo/OrdinaryThings), a man who had an early mid-life crisis and decided to go [[{{Pirate}} a-pirating]]. When his [[AwfulWeddedLife wedded life leaves him miserable]], Bonnet decides to take to the seas with his own ship and crew despite his lack of experience. He’s nicknamed “The Gentleman Pirate” due to coming from a wealthy background. On his journeys, he meets infamous pirate UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}}, who Bonnet appoints as a temporary shadow captain. But when Bonnet’s crew grows to favor Blackbeard’s leadership, Bonnet soon realizes pirating isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
The project was formally announced with [[https://twitter.com/NetHistorian/status/1309355547561394179 a trailer]] in September 2020 and debuted on [=YouTube=] in November 2020.
It primarily stars WebVideo/OrdinaryThings, WebVideo/InternetHistorian, and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2gv4MSAlvzjwZ8xXQYtfiQ SumitoMedia]], along with [[https://www.twitch.tv/selmacashmoney Selmacashmoney]] and WebVideo/{{Pyrocynical}} as non-voicing “actors.”
The video is heavily stylized with Internet Historian’s CreatorThumbprint, utilizing LimitedAnimation, crudely edited stock photos, and outsourced media. ''The Gentleman Pirate'' includes backgrounds and models from, but not limited to, VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag, Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean, and Series/GameOfThrones.
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!!The Gentleman Pirate contains examples of:
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Combined with RevisedEnding and SurprisinglyHappyEnding, [[spoiler: Internet Historian presents the historically accurate DownerEnding, then presents his own fictionalized HappyEnding.]]
* AnachronismStew: Downplayed as it’s usually limited to one-off gags and jokes. Most notably, the use of photographs (some colored, but mostly black-and-white) more than a century before the first successful photo.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: A few instances in ''The Gentleman Pirate'', not including fictionalized characterization.
** There’s no sources that state Allamby Bonnet was wheelchair-bound. He also didn’t die via [[Film/MacAndMe rolling off a cliff into a body of water.]] In fact, Allamby was at most 2 at the time of his death and not the child as shown in the ''Sundance Reject'', [[RuleOfFunny but reality is much less funny.]]
** According to Ignatius Pell’s testimony, the quartermaster, named Robert Tucker, wasn’t [[spoiler: killed in the Battle of Cape Fear]], but was captured with Bonnet's crew and hanged in November 1718.
** Lampshaded in this piece of dialogue:
--->'''Stede Bonnet''' (''after re-encountering the son of a bank teller he let get robbed at the beginning of the video''): Wait, wasn't that in Barbados? How did you get here?\\
'''Bank Teller's son''': Whatever, Bonnet. It's a ''mostly'' true story! We just conflated a few of the details to keep the audience engaged.
* BaitAndSwitch: It seemed that Governor Johnson would grant the pardon to Bonnet when his letter got to gallows just in time... [[spoiler: only for it to be an explicit approval of the execution order.]] Given historical contexts, it's a ForegoneConclusion.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Bonnet [[spoiler: attempts to blow up the Royal James instead of surrendering and being taken prisoner.]] [[InterruptedSuicide This is interrupted by Ignatius Pell.]]
* BigNo: Three instances:
** When Bonnet says he's done mopping, the crew says "I think you missed a spot" and dumps water all over the deck while laughing. Bonnet exclaims "Noooo!"
** When [[spoiler: the quartermaster says his final words and dies in his arms, Bonnet yells "NOOOO!" to the sky.]]
** When [[spoiler: David Herriot is lethally shot by authorities, Bonnet screams a long and drawn out "NOOOOOOOOO!" complete with slow motion.]]
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: The inexperienced Stede Bonnet asks the quartermaster what the pirates do in their spare time when told that the voyage would take weeks.
-->'''Quartermaster''': Oh, there's plenty to do. Sing shanties, tie knots, get scurvy…
* ButNowIMustGo: PlayedForLaughs. The spirit/ghost of Bonnet's father appears in the moon to speak before him. Bonnet asks for guidance. His father abruptly says "I must go now" and spouts some stock words of wisdom and gives no actual advice, then promptly leaves.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Stede Bonnet = blue, Quartermaster = yellow, Ignatius Pell = red, David Herriot = green, Blackbeard = [[EvilWearsBlack you guess]].
* ComicallyIneptHealing:
-->'''Stede Bonnet''': [[spoiler: ''[holding the upper half of Quartermaster’s body, blood and organs pouring all over the deck]'' Hold on! I’ll just push it all back in!]]
* {{Corpsing}}: The quartermaster ends up corpsing in his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech before the Battle of Cape Fear River.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Bonnet leaves his family, commissions a whole ship to be built, and gathers a crew... only to realize he has ''no idea'' how to captain a pirate ship.
* DressCodedForYourConvenience: Bonnet's crew dresses in blue stripes while Blackbeard's crew dresses in black stripes.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Mary Allamby's first line establishes how she feels about her husband and what's she's most concerned about.
-->'''Stede Bonnet''': Mary, could you pass the syrup?
-->'''Mary Allamby''': You can have syrup when you fix up this house!
** Bonnet's first plundering shows how unready he is for life at sea, panicking at the sight of a ship and shouting vaguely-nautical-sounding jargon, looking like a fool among his crew. The quartermaster distracts Bonnet so he could instruct the men and do most of the captaining work, informing the audience he's the HyperCompetentSidekick.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The quartermaster is only referred to as "Quartermaster" throughout the film, even in the credits. When his title changes to one-eighthmaster, he's referred to as such by the other characters and the {{Narrator}}.
* FreezeFrameBonus: The small boat Bonnet and Herriot [[spoiler: use to escape the prison]] is named the ''Revenge Two''. When pausing to see the boat, the full name reads the ''Revenge Two (Now It's Personal).''
* HatDamage: At one point, Bonnet shoots the quartermaster's hat off.
* HellIsThatNoise: Mary Allamby-Bonnet’s “STEEEEEEEEEEEEDE!” and "''DAVID!''"
* HilariousOuttakes: A blooper reel plays over the ClosingCredits (in this case, Patreon outro).
* HollywoodCostuming: Zig-zagged. The film contains inaccurate pirate and military costumes, but none of the "costumes" were designed for the film. In fact, a number of characters are actually Halloween costume models.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: Crushing under debts and with the farmstead in desperate need of repair, Bonnet solemnly says:
-->'''Stede Bonnet''': Well, at least it can't get any worse.
-->'''Narrator''': But two weeks later, it did get much worse.
** There's also this moment:
-->'''Stede Bonnet''': ''[to audience]'' And now we're about to plunder our first vessel since Blackbeard left and we're just so excited. It's going to go ''very'' well.
-->'''Narrator''': But it didn't go very well at all.
* InVinoVeritas: When drunk, Bonnet opens up and reveals to Blackbeard that he's in a lot of pain but can't let his crew see him weak.
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: [[spoiler: The quartermaster says a variant of this right before he dies in the Battle of Cape Fear River.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Quartermaster''': It has been a pleasure serving you, Mr. Bonnet.]]
* KickTheDog: In a fit of rage, Mary Allamby throws out the miniature pirate ship that Bonnet's had since childhood. It accidentally causes [[spoiler: the death of their son, Allamby.]]
** Blackbeard's crew, under the leadership of Lieutenant Richards, force Bonnet to mop. When Bonnet says he's done, the crew says "I think you missed a spot" and dumps water all over the deck while laughing, forcing Bonnet to clean up again.
** The bank teller's son teases Ignatius Pell with what he presumed to be Bonnet's pardon. Theoretically, if he wanted the pardon to not get to Bonnet, he could've just ripped it up, but he decided to be an ass about it.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Bonnet fails to get his revenge on Blackbeard, but it turns out that Blackbeard was killed during the period of time while Bonnet was in prison awaiting his execution.]]
* MeaningfulEcho: The pirate that robs the bank early in the video threatens the bank teller with the line "Your money or your life!" Later, Bonnet uses the same line when plundering to show how he's become a more ruthless pirate.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: After ratting on Bonnet, Pell testified against him. Only when at the docket, he actually defended Bonnet's character and said that the quartermaster holds the decisions. The judge ignored it, saying that Pell said otherwise in writing and sentenced Bonnet to death anyways. Pell became distraught, and after catching wind of a letter from Governor Johnson, rushed to deliver it to the executioner before Bonnet would die in the gallows... [[YankTheDogsChain only for the said letter to not be a pardon, but approval of the execution]].]]
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Despite being all about pirates, the pirate accent shows up inconsistently among characters. The only characters who do the accent consistently are Lieutenant Richards and Blackbeard. Even experienced pirates like the quartermaster never speak pirate-like.
** On a more meta level, the film has Englishmen voicing Barbadians, Americans voicing Englishmen, New Zealanders voicing colonial Americans, etc. All without trying to hide their accents.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Bonnet leaves his family for piracy with a custom ship. He names her the ''Revenge''. A note reads “A bit on the nose, but the ''Revenge'' really was the name of the ship.”
* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: The alternate good ending includes Stede, his kids, and the quartermaster riding into the distance on a speedboat filled with gold.
* ParentNeverCameBackFromTheStore: A note mentions Bonnet pulled a "going out for a pack of smokes" on his family, although it isn't depicted in the film.[[note]]In reality, he told his family he was going on a business trip overseas... and never came back.[[/note]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Bonnet abandons his wife and 3 remaining children, leaving them all with his debts.
* PlotArmor: Explicitly mentioned since RealityIsUnrealistic. When the authorities catch up to Stede Bonnet following his escape from prison, they kill one of his remaining companions and injure the other two, but manage to catch Bonnet himself completely unharmed. That's not even getting into his numerous TooDumbToLive decisions that he inexplicably survived the fallout of to get to that point.
* PresentDayPast: Upon hearing the news of [[spoiler: Bonnet's escape from jail]], Governor Johnson exclaims "This dude is ''absolutely'' canceled!" Slang which [[CaptainObvious did not exist in 1718.]]
* PublicExecution: Bonnet is sentenced to the gallows due to acts of piracy against the British Crown.
* {{Pun}}: Bonnet initially names his ship ''[[Music/BackstreetBoys The Backstreet Buoys]]''
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Three instances; all directed at Bonnet, go figure.
** Just before [[spoiler: taking Bonnet hostage in Nassau]], Blackbeard gives one, decrying Bonnet's choosing to be a pirate while under a privileged background.
** Combined with possibly the most comedic example of OOCIsSeriousBusiness ever put to film, the quartermaster gives one just before Stede decides (unwisely) to engage in the Battle of Cape Fear River.
--->'''Quartermaster''': Captain, I don't want to have to break this moment but I'm gonna need you to trust me, I've had your back since day one and we've been on a lot of adventures together now and I know you don't listen to my advice too often, but to be fair, Stede... oh my god, you get everything wrong, how did you— how can you do this? [[SanitySlippage (breaking composure out of sheer absurdity)]] ''Every time! You just fuck shit up! (laughs) You dumb— You dumb boy!''
** It's said that Judge Nicholas Trott gave one to Bonnet in court, chastising him on his privileged upbringing and the stupidity of throwing it all away.
* RedHerring: It's heavily hinted that [[spoiler: Blackbeard]] is going to take advantage of Bonnet bringing him on as a shadow captain to take over Bonnet's ship and crew. [[spoiler: As soon as the crew take over a ship that's more impressive than ''The Revenge'', Blackbeard takes control of it, hands control of Bonnet's ship and crew back to him, and the two promptly part ways. Blackbeard does take control of Bonnet's ship and crew later, but only after said crew had already abandoned Bonnet due to his being unable to match Blackbeard's success.]]
** Later, King George of England passed "The Act of Grace", which promised a full pardon and a possible position as a privateer to pirates who turned themselves in. It's hinted that this is likely to be a trick, and Bonnet is portrayed as naive for letting [[spoiler: Blackbeard]] talk him into accepting the offer. It turns out to be completely legitimate. [[spoiler: Except that Blackbeard stole all of the valuables from Bonnet's ship and marooned his crew while he was occupied, forcing Bonnet to continue pillaging in defiance of his side of the agreement in order to resupply.]]
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Bonnet's big "''{{Gasp}}''"
** Bonnet says "pew, pew, pew" as he [[spoiler: guns down his enemies]] in the alternate good ending.
* ScyllaAndCharybdis: Bonnet is forced to choose between the quartermaster’s suggestion to gamble on one more victory and Pell’s suggestion to dock. Failure of the former might result in a violent mutiny, while the latter will result in Bonnet’s crew abandoning him.
* ShootTheRope: In Internet Historian's alternate ending, [[spoiler: Bonnet escapes his faith by putting on "anti-rope neck cream" and shooting his noose with an AR-15.]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: The ''Sundance Rejects'' episode did give Bonnet [[spoiler: the quick drop and sudden stop... only to survive it to give him a more upbeat ending. Same goes for the quartermaster and Allamby Bonnet.]]
* SpiritAdvisor: Parodied. Bonnet's dead father comes to him at a time of hardship, but gives no useful advice.
* SuddenDownerEnding: A large struggle takes place to get the governor's letter to Bonnet's execution [[spoiler: but it turns out that said letter didn't actually call for a stop to said execution, and Bonnet is promptly hanged.]]
* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: PlayedForLaughs after Internet Historian sadly notes that in reality, Bonnet [[spoiler: was hung for piracy anyway after the HopeSpot of a supposed pardon from the governor.]] So to alleviate it, Internet Historian comes up with a new ending where [[spoiler: Bonnet escapes from his execution]], guns down his enemies and ex-wife, reunites with his estranged children who forgave him for abandoning them, and sails off on a speedboat filled with gold into the horizon with them and the quartermaster who is inexplicably alive again.
* TalkLikeAPirate: The pirate accent slips in and out between characters, but it's most prominent in Lieutenant Richards and Blackbeard.
* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry:
-->'''David Herriot''': ''[crying]'' Oh, I feel sad, innit.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: "Eat lead, bitches!"
* TimePassesMontage: A montage shows Bonnet's slow degrading state as he listens to his wife screaming "STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDE!"
* TrainingMontage: A montage shows the quartermaster training Bonnet to be a proper pirate captain.
* VerbalTic: Almost all of David Herriot's sentences end with "innit" no matter the situation.
