History WesternAnimation / ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists

* BitchGirlfriend: Cutlass Liz can barely even walk across a room without stabbing someone. Apparently, this just makes her even more attractive.

* BigBad: Queen Victoria.
* BigBeautifulWoman: Queen Victoria. Darwin certainly seems to think so.

-->"[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments This is a leper boat!]]" [[BodyHorror *arm falls off*]] "[[CrossesTheLineTwice See?]]"

* AccordionToMostSailors: One of pirates is simply known as "The Pirate with an Accordion".

* SceneryCensor: The naturist boat makes use of this to hide the naturists' nudity. For example, one female naturist has her body covered with a cello while the other has her breasts obscured by a tray with two wine glasses and her nethers covered by a railing.

* {{Mooning}}: As stated above in GettingCrapPastTheRadar, the Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate's tattoo of the Pirate Captain is on her backside, so she shows it off by baring her ass in the quick scene where we see the crew's tattoos of the Pirate Captain.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Again, Aardman. While it is noted above in {{Bowdlerise}} that some scenes from the original UK version were edited in the American release, some of the questionable jokes still made it to the American version somehow.
** When reminiscing about an adventure in Madagascar, the Pirate Captain has this to say about the lemurs he and the other pirate were with: "[[BestialityIsDepraved I could have sworn they were girls]]."
** When the crew is showing Pirate Captain their tattoos of him, Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate's tattoo is on her naked backside.
** The scientist lecturing about his airship and its main purpose, which is for "looking down ladies' tops". The American release changes it to being a "girl magnet".
** Mr Bobo's written on cards to The Pirate Captain after he runs off near the end, which include SymbolSwearing.
** As Darwin is about to walk the plank, he writes down in his diary:
-->'''Charles Darwin:''' Dear diary, am about to meet a watery grave. Will die without getting to second base with a lady[[note]]The American release changes it to saying that he'll die without kissing a girl[[/note]].
** When the Pirate Captain is shamed by his crew for selling Polly to the Queen, he mentions that the gold he was given in exchange can enable them to go to tropical islands where they can find "native girls that don't leave much to the imagination".

** Many, ''many'' science issues in the film, including the (albeit limited) public use of electricity in 1837.

** The Pirate King resembles Music/ElvisPresley.

* {{Adorkable}}: The Albino Pirate.
** Charles Darwin. Terribly mild mannered, is charmingly smitten with the Queen, and writes in his journal as though he were a confused teenage boy.

[[caption-width-right:350:The Pirate Captain[[note]]Yes, that's his actual name[[/note]] and his [[LivingMacGuffin very]] [[RuleOfFunny odd]] [[TeamPet parrot]], Polly.]]

''The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!'' (also called ''The Pirates! Band of Misfits'' outside of the UK) is a {{Claymation}} film directed by Peter Lord and created by Creator/AardmanAnimations, their first stop-motion feature since ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'', based on the pirate stories of Gideon Defoe.

The film features a nameless crew of pirates (who are [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep only referred to by description]], as in "The Pirate With Gout," "The Albino Pirate," and "The Pirate Who Likes Sunsets and Kittens") [[ThePiratesWhoDon'tDoAnything who aren't very good at piracy]] but are incredibly enthusiastic about it. The Pirate Captain is obsessed with winning the Pirate of the Year Award so he can at last earn the respect of his peers, but his incompetence renders this almost impossible.

** When depressed about being mocked at the Pirate of the Year Award signups, The Pirate Captain makes a crack about "getting into baby clothes" instead. [[spoiler: Guess what he's doing after being cast out of pirate society?]]

*** [[spoiler: The endangered species Victoria was going to have cooked and eaten are trying to eat her [[ParachuteInATree as she dangles from a tree]] at the end]].
** [[spoiler: Darwin is the one who opens the shaft that Victoria gets knocked down in the climax.]]

* ExoticEntree: A recreational hobby [[spoiler: ''for all the world's leaders''. Queen Victoria somewhat uses this]] in an EvilerThanThou speech aimed at the Pirate Captain.

** She hates pirates for the same reason as [[spoiler: endangered animals]]- they're outdated remnants of the past.

** She also wasn't a member of a society [[spoiler: that ate rare animals]]. [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2003/mar/09/foodanddrink.features15 Darwin was]], [[HistoricalVillainDowngrade though]].

--->'''The Pirate King''': VILLAINOUS TREACHERY! TREACHEROUS VILLAINY!

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: The Pirate Captain's crew consistently fails to board a ship worth stealing from, though not for lack of trying. It's implied that they have engaged in actual piracy in the past, though; one of them says his favorite bit about being a pirate is the looting. (Plus, they've been at this for over twenty years; they must have been doing something to stay in the black.) In the end they do manage to steal one very valuable thing -- [[spoiler:Polly, who the captain had sold to Queen Victoria for all the gold in London Tower]] -- and even [[spoiler:sink a ship]] in the process. Also, since the Pirate King had [[spoiler: confiscated The Pirate Captain's gold when he was discharged]], one can assume that he got that one back at the end as well.

* SymbolSwearing: When The Pirate Captain decides to [[spoiler: board the [=QV1=] and save Polly]], Mr. Bobo responds by running off and leaving behind a series of cards reading "Are you out of your [SymbolSwearing] mind?!" The Captain reads them out loud as "Are you out of your... oh my!" -- and an elephant sounds in the pause after "your", acting as a SoundEffectBleep.

** The crew also has one when [[spoiler: The Pirate Captain sold [[TeamPet Polly]] for Victorias gold. The crew never ''really'' cared about the award and leave when finding out that their beloved dodo is gone. Even [[UndyingLoyalty Number Two]] leaves him behind with disappointment in his face and voice.]]

The film features a nameless crew of pirates (who are [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep only referred to by description]], as in "The Pirate With Gout," "The Albino Pirate," and "The Pirate Who Likes Sunsets and Kittens") [[ThePiratesWhoNeverDoAnything who aren't very good at piracy]] but are incredibly enthusiastic about it. The Pirate Captain is obsessed with winning the Pirate of the Year Award so he can at last earn the respect of his peers, but his incompetence renders this almost impossible.

The film features a nameless crew of pirates (who are [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep only referred to by description]], as in "The Pirate With Gout," "The Albino Pirate," and "The Pirate Who Likes Sunsets and Kittens") who aren't very good at piracy but are incredibly enthusiastic about it. The Pirate Captain is obsessed with winning the Pirate of the Year Award so he can at last earn the respect of his peers, but his incompetence renders this almost impossible.

* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:The Pirate Captain becomes this for his crew when they discover that he sold Polly to Victoria. He wins back their approval by saving her.]]

* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon: Or in this case, ''digital'' 3D effects in a ''[[StopMotion live-action 3D]]'' cartoon. The technology required to add so much digital water and other computerized effects was the reason this film spent so much time in DevelopmentHell.

''The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!'' is a {{Claymation}} film directed by Peter Lord and made by Creator/AardmanAnimations based on the pirate stories of Gideon Defoe. It's Aardman's first full-length stop-motion film in seven years.

Outside the UK, the film was marketed under the title of ''The Pirates! Band of Misfits''.

* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon: The CGI sea monster sticks out like a sore thumb, even among the CG water and environment.

* EvilAlbino: Averted. Apart from his skin condition, the Albino Pirate is a normal guy (for a pirate, anyway) and probably one of the more good-natured pirates on the crew.

* ConspicuousCG: The sea monster sticks out like a sore thumb, despite all the CG water and environment.

* HeroicAlbino: The Albino Pirate, whilst not a technical 'hero', is definitely a positive and upbeat character.