History Film / PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales

** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Martin Saint Martin]] is portrayed as a British colony in this film. While there were a few British settlements in the 1600s, the island was split between the Dutch and French by the time of the film's indeterminate 1700 time-frame.
** This is compounded by, if we assume the film is set after 1735, 'witchcraft' not actually being a crime in England and its territories. It had been decriminalised in 1735 and prosecutions moved into the vagrancy act (i.e. if you claimed you could do magic, you were a con artist).

* DamselOutOfDistresa: with Corina Smith, but also played frequently with the male character Henry Turner, as both spend the majority of the film being captured, bound, escaping or being rescued, before getting captured again.

** The name of the ship which Jack captains in Salazar's flashback is called ''Wicked Wench'', the name of the ship in the original ''Ride/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' attraction. This was previously revealed in commentary regarding the ''At World's End'' and in the ''The Price of Freedom'' novel.

** While an AmbiguousSituation, the ending of ''At World's End'' hinted that [[spoiler:Elizabeth had remained faithful to Will for ten years, meaning he could finally return.]] And then we see Will's new look, due to the the curse of being captain of the ''Flying Dutchman''.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} The final adventure begins]].'']]

* ArtisticLicenseMarineBiology: The zombie sharks Salazar sends to kill Jack show a complete rib cage, whereas sharks are cartilaginous fish whose only bony tissue is their jaws.

** On Saint Martin, when Carina lays a hand on the town astronomer's telescope, he exclaims [[DoubleEntendre "No woman has ever touched my Herschel!"]] If the telescope was made by the notable 18th-century astronomer Sir William Herschel, it was probably indeed handled by his sister [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Herschel Caroline]], who was his lifelong partner in his scientific endeavours.

* NerdsAreVirgins: A pun is made of this, with a squeamish astronomer yelling that [[DoubleEntendre "no woman has ever touched his Herschel"]] when he sees Carina handling his telescope.

* WalkOnWater: Salazar and his crew can walk and run on water.

* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Salazar seems more than a bit inspired by real life captain UsefulNotes/AntonioBarcelo, another mid-18th century Spanish pirate hunter with some ugly scars and a grudge due to the death of his father (the main difference being that Barceló operated in the Mediterranean rather than the Atlantic). Bardem even has a passing resemblance to him and would make a quite credible Barceló.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine The final adventure begins]].'']]
->''"Find Sparrow for me and relay a message from Capitán Salazar, and tell him ''[{{beat}}]'' Death will come straight for him! Will you say that to him, please?"''

* TheRedBaron: Salazar is also known as "El Matador del Mar" (TheButcher Of the Sea), gained from his ruthless campaign of slaughter against pirates[[note]]Although any Spanish speaker will notice this is an incorrect translation. In Spanish, "The Butcher of the Sea" would be "El ''Carnicero'' del Mar". "El Matador del Mar" translates in English to "The ''Killer'' of the Sea"[[/note]].

* PlayingGertrude: [[spoiler:Despite playing Henry's parents, Orlando Bloom is actually twelve years older than Brenton Thwaites, who plays his son, and Keira Knightley, who plays his mom, is only FOUR years older! It doesn't help that both of them don't look like they're in their 40s! Although, to be fair, Orlando Bloom himself is [[OlderThanTheyLook older than he looks,]] being 40 as of the film's release, which is not too far off the age Will's character would have been chronologically (Henry's about 19 or 20, and his parents were about 20-22 when Henry was born). Also, the curse of the ''Dutchman'' in all likelihood would have slowed Will's aging, if not stopped it altogether.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The pirate fleet that attempted to take on the ''Silent Mary'' in the flashback numbered around six or seven frigate-sized ships. But the ''Silent Mary'', even before getting a supernatural upgrade, was a 100-gun floating fortress, and annihilated the pirate fleet despite having a massive numbers disadvantage. This is absolutely TruthInTelevision, as ships with less than 74 guns were considered too small and too weak to engage real Ships of the Line.

* HangingAround: Carina Smith is set to hang publicly after being accused as a witch. She is saved by Henry Turner and the crew of the Black Pearl.

** There's also the question of exactly when [[spoiler:Barbossa fathered Carina]]. Since Henry is the son of Will and Elizabeth and Carina is around the same age as him, she should have been born around the same time as him, the events of ''At World's End'' or shortly after. However, Jack and Barbossa knew Carina's mother Margaret as a mutual friend, [[spoiler:implying Carina would have been born sometime before ''Curse of the Black Pearl'' when Barbossa was on Jack's crew, which should make her likely several years older than Henry, possibly as old as Will and Elizabeth themselves]]. While it's not impossible that [[spoiler:Jack and Barbossa initially met Margaret while Barbossa was serving with Jack and Barbossa reconnected with her after ''At World's End'']], that's still a tight timeframe for pregnancy to occur, and for it Carina ought to be a little younger than Henry.[[note]]For what it's worth, Kaya Scodelario ''is'' a few years younger than Brenton Thwaites.[[/note]]

* NerdsAreVirgins: A pun is made of this, with a squamish astronomer yelling that [[DoubleEntendre "no woman has ever touched his Herschel"]] when he sees Carina handling his telescope.

* {{Spexico}}: "Salazar" is a Spanish-born surname, but it became very rare to hear in Spain after the Conquest of the Americas. Why? Because most people with that name migrated there.

* TorosYFlamenco: Salazar is a Spanish captain with a bullfighting-related nickname, El Matador del Mar ("matador" translates literally as "killer", but it is rarely used in Spanish language outside of bullfighting lingo).

* AbortedArc: TheStinger from ''On Stranger Tides'' receives no follow-up in this movie. Additionally, Jack and Gibbs are left only with the Black Pearl in the bottle, while they had a whole bag of ships in the bottles. What happened to them? It is never mentioned. It may be speculated that Barbossa's fleet destroyed by Salazar were those ships, but, again, it is never stated in the movie. Also, with a reboot announced one year later, the movie [[spoiler:and its Sequel Hook]] are on the receiving end of this trope.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Barbossa starts as captain of the ''Queen Anne's Revenge'' and wielding the ''Sword of Triton'', but the only time he used it was to break Blackbeard's curse that trapped the Black Pearl in a bottle. It was not even seen in his hands during his fight with Salazar.

* MassOhCrap: the crews of the Black Pearl and the Silent Mary both have this reaction towards the end of the film when they realize that they're [[spoiler:heading straight into the island where the trident is hidden.]]

* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy:
** Carina [[StellarName was supposedly named after the "brightest star in the sky"]], but that would be Sirius. Carina is a constellation (that incidentally contains the ''second'' brightest star in the sky, Canopus).
** On Saint Martin, when Carina lays a hand on the town astronomer's telescope, he exclaims [[DoubleEntendre "No woman has ever touched my Herschel!"]] If the telescope was made by the notable 18th-century astronomer Sir William Herschel, it was probably indeed handled by his sister [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Herschel Caroline]], who was his lifelong partner in his scientific endeavours.