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[Cap'n. Jack Sparrow]

Y! ID:
Cap'n. Jack Sparrow

Name:

Jack Sparrow.

Nicknames:

Cap'n. Jack Sparrow. ]X[ Pirate.

Association:

None. Does being a Pirate count, or perhaps being a Captain. Captain of the Black Pearl, eh?

Number:

Sorry, mate. No number.

Complexion:




Notable features:

Sparrow has dark brown eyes and long, dark brown to black hair, which he wears mostly in braids and dreadlocks. He wears several strands of beads in his hair, a single ocean coin draped over his bandana, a silver chain-link charm, and a long bone needle; which is the shinbone of a reindeer. Sparrow's bandana is dark red in the first two films, although in the third film it contains a light shade of purple.
Jack's tricorne hat is brown. The back side of the hat is rolled up like a scroll. Jack also has a green frock coat. Jack usually only wears his hat and coat when sailing on the sea or perusing Tortuga, Port Royal, and other towns. He usually removes them when found on beaches or in lush island settings.
Six rings adorn Jack's hands. He wears a skull ring with a green emerald on his right index finger. He wears a black onyx flower ring on his left ring finger. In Dead Man's Chest, he steals an oval amethyst ring from Tia Dalma's shack and places it on his left index finger, moving the silver oriental dragon ring to his left thumb. This ring appears to be the same one Captain Barbossa wore in Curse of the Black Pearl. He also has two leather glove bands on his right middle and ring fingers which attach his leather glove.
Wrapped around Jack's waist is a red striped sash held up by a belt. In the first film, only his compass is attached to the belt. In the second film, a second belt and more trinkets were added such as a small animal skin, a monkey's paw, a single vertebra, and a miniature red siren sculpture. In the third film, a large tuft of gray hair has been added.
When Jack is made king of the Cannibals on Pelegosto Island, he wears a necklace of human toes, a green painted nose, a feathery headdress, and three pairs of bright blue eyes painted down his cheeks directly beneath his real eyes. He also has a fourth pair of eyes painted on his eyelids, allowing others to see him as being awake when in reality he is resting.



Weapons:

Jack's sword is a sabre, rather than a cutlass, a weapon preferred by most pirates. The sabre's longer blade allows him to keep his enemies a few inches further away than a cutlass.



Abilities:

Average in height and build, Jack relies more on his intelligence, agility, and quick wit to protect himself, rather than physical strength. He is proficient with a sword and can easily match other swordsmen such as Barbossa, Will and Norrington, but he will use deception and trickery to win. Given a choice, he prefers to escape a fight whenever possible. He is the only of crew, if not Pirate to have shown any proficiency with firearms, although presumably Commodore Norrington is a well trained in firearms.



Personality:

Unusually altruistic for a pirate, Jack will risk himself to save others, most notably Will and Elizabeth. In the first film, it's implied that Jack's benevolence is one reason his crew mutinied. Sparrow is an honourable, if self-serving, man who adheres to the "Pirates' Code." He believes there are pirates who can still be "good men," which was his evaluation of "Bootstrap" Bill Turner.

As often as Jack saves Elizabeth and Will, however, he also tricks them to serve his own purposes and even offers up Will to Davy Jones in exchange for himself. In a weak moment of cowardice, he deserts his ship and crew in the longboat to save himself from the Kraken. However, after checking his compass, he chooses to return and saves his few remaining shipmates. What or who the magical compass was pointing towards is not established.
Jack considers himself a ladies' man, explaining that he has a "tremendous intuitive sense of the female creature." However, he is seemingly unable to commit to a long-term relationship, although Elizabeth Swann appears to be the first woman Jack is unable to forget. Interestingly, in the novelization of the second film, Jack tells Elizabeth that he likes marriage because it is, "like a wager to see who will fall out of love first." Originally, this scene was in Dead Man's Chest; the commentators stated it was dropped for length reasons. Jack is adept at sweeping ladies off their feet, but his conquests seem to have a sour memory of him. His former flames, Giselle and Scarlett, slap him or anyone looking for him. However, Tia Dalma, whom he apparently has a history with, is rather pleased to see him when he visits her, although Jack's initial concern over their impending reunion indicates they may have parted on less than good terms.
Jack apparently suffers from extremely bad breath, although this may just be from drinking alcohol. Commodore Norrington had to take a step back when Sparrow got a little too close, and Governor Swann nearly gagged when face-to-face with him. When Jack attempts to romantically approach Elizabeth during Dead Man's Chest, she notes their various differences, including "personal hygiene." However, she seems unaffected by Sparrow's breath during later close encounters with him. Also in the second film, Sparrow tells Norrington that he smells funny after he was thrown into a pig sty; despite a disgusted expression, however, he merely shrugs and says "not so bad" when the Kraken regurgitates all over him.

Sparrow's most obvious physical characteristic is a slightly drunken stagger, accompanied by slurred speech and awkwardly flailing hand gestures that make him appear unfocused. At one point, Gibbs explains to Will Turner that Sparrow had been marooned on an island and managed to find a way off—but not before he'd "gone mad with the heat." Turner replies, "Ah, so that's the reason for all the..." while mimicking Sparrow's mannerisms; Gibbs then claims that "reason's got nothin' to do with it."

Jack sports a distinctive tattoo of a sparrow flying in front of a setting sun over the ocean on his right forearm. This is apparently a well-known identification mark of the infamous pirate as Commodore Norrington immediately recognized it. The letter "P" (for pirate) was also branded on his right wrist by the East India Trading Company. While handling a red-hot P branding iron, Cutler Beckett tells Will Turner that he and Sparrow each left their "mark" upon the other. Beckett branded Jack with the letter "P", but he refrains from saying just how Jack marked him.



Favorite Quote:

Sparrow's most commonly used words and phrases include "savvy?" ]x["Understand?"]x[ and "bugger", when something does not go to plan. He makes repeated references to using someone or something as "leverage" and to waiting for "the opportune moment", and immediately corrects anyone who omits "Captain" from his name.

As an endnote, Sparrow frequently says, "This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow." Twice in the first two films, the line is cut off to comedic effect; the only time he manages to complete the line uninterrupted, he is knocked out and arrested a short time later.
Sparrow often uses "eunuch" as an insult. During his first duel with Will Turner, he asks him if he is one, given his penchant for long hours practicing with swords rather than courting ladies. In an effort to hide Will's identity, Jack tells Barbossa—and later Davy Jones—that Will has a "lovely singing voice" and is a soprano; referring to the practice of castrating talented prepubescent choir boys. While addressing the natives about a hog-tied Will, he refers to him by saying, "Eunuchy, snip-snip."

Rum:

Sparrow is particularly fond of rum; Gibbs is the only other Pirate presented with a similar passion. After Barbossa maroons Jack and Elizabeth on the deserted island, Elizabeth burns the cache of smugglers' rum to create a smoke signal. Jack is so outraged that the rum is gone that he pulls out his pistol and is momentarily tempted to use his single shot on the oblivious girl. However, when Commodore Norrington spots the smokey cloud and rescues them, Jack grouses to himself, "There'll be no living with her after this." When Elizabeth boards the Pearl in Dead Man's Chest, Sparrow whispers to Gibbs, "Hide the rum," probably fearing she will try to get rid of it. In another nod to his fondness for the drink, upon finding his bottle of rum empty, Jack groans, "Why is the rum always gone?" Standing up, he staggers a bit and mutters smugly, "Oh, that's why."

When Jack is visited by "Bootstrap Bill" Turner, he wonders if it's a dream, but Bootstrap says no. Jack resignedly sighs, "I thought not. If it were, there'd be rum," to which Bootstrap proffers a bottle that Sparrow has to pry from his barnacle-encrusted hand.

Bio:

Jack Sparrow, is the son of Captain Grant Sparrow, was born in India and was once employed by the East India Trading Company. He helmed the Wicked Wench, an EITC merchant vessel, performing odd jobs for Cutler Beckett. When Jack refused to transport slaves and instead freed them in Africa, Beckett sanctioned the torching and sinking of the Wicked Wench, and literally branded Jack Sparrow a pirate. Jack came to embrace his outlaw status, becoming a successful pirate with no desire to return to life under the command of others. Later, Jack petitioned Davy Jones to raise his ship from the ocean floor. He rechristened her the Black Pearl.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

Jack Sparrow was searching for the legendary Chest of Cortez containing a cache of Aztec gold. First Mate Hector Barbossa convinced Jack to share the bearings to the treasure. When he did, Barbossa and the crew mutinied and marooned him on an island with only a pistol containing a single shot; allowing Jack Sparrow the option of suicide over starvation. After three days, Sparrow bartered passage off the island with rum runners who stored their cache there. Seeking revenge, Sparrow kept the pistol to kill his former first mate.

Approximately ten years later, Sparrow arrives in Port Royal to steal a ship. He is arrested for piracy after saving Elizabeth Swann, the governor's daughter, from drowning and is sentenced to hang. That night, the Black Pearl attacks Port Royal, seeking an Aztec gold medallion. During the rampage, Jack reencounters two of his treacherous former crew and learns they are cursed. The next morning, Will Turner, a blacksmith apprentice whom Jack fought in an escape attempt, seeks Sparrows help to rescue the kidnapped Elizabeth from Barbossa, who believes her blood will break the curse. Jack agrees only when he realizes Will is actually the crucial element needed to end the curse and that he can use him to get back the Black Pearl. Will frees Jack from jail, and the two hijack the royal navy ship, Interceptor.

After recruiting a crew in Tortuga, they head to Isla de Muerta where Jack knows the pirates will go to break curse. Once there, Sparrow and Will infiltrate the cave where a ritural is underway, but Will, having learned that Sparrow intends to betray him, knocks him unconscious. He rescues Elizabeth, and the two escape to the Interceptor, but the Black Pearl pursues them. After a fierce battle, the Interceptor is sunk, and the crew is captured. After learning Will's true identity, Barbossa maroons Sparrow and Swann on the same island Sparrow was previously stranded on. To Jack's horror, Elizabeth burns an abandoned rum stockpile as a signal fire that is spotted by Commodore Norrington. To save Will, Elizabeth accepts Norrington's previous proposal as a way to persuade him to attack Isla de Muerta.
Sparrow saunters into the cave and interrupts Will's sacrifice. He informs the stunned Barbossa that the navy is waiting outside to ambush them and proposes an alliance. When Barbossa agrees and sends the crew to fight the navy, Sparrow attacks him. Barbossa impales Jack with his sword, believing he is mortally wounded. But when Jack stumbles backwards into the moonlight, he is revealed to be an immortal skeleton—having sneaked a coin from the chest to curse himself. Sparrow and Turner lift the curse just after Sparrow fatally shoots Barbossa with the shot he has carried for ten years. The remaining now-mortal pirates are defeated. Sparrow is arrested and returned to Port Royal for execution, but with help from Will and Elizabeth, he escapes by accidentally falling off the rampart and into the bay. The Black Pearl is waiting, and Sparrow is captain once again. Will and Elizabeth declare their love for another, and Norrington graciously concedes her hand.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Thirteen years ago, Captain Sparrow obtained the Black Pearl from Davy Jones by bargaining his soul in exchange for 100 years service aboard the infamous ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman. Now the debt is due. One night, Jack's former shipmate, "Bootstrap Bill" Turner appears and marks him with the Black Spot, a sign the Kraken is hunting him. Meanwhile, Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company has forced Will Turner to search for Sparrow's compass and recruit him as a privateer. Otherwise, Will, Elizabeth Swann, and former Commodore James Norrington will be executed for aiding Sparrow's escape. Will finds Sparrow and the crew held captive by cannibals on Pelegosto. They escape, barely making it to the Black Pearl.
Rowing upriver, they visit Tia Dalma, a voodoo priestess with whom Sparrow hints he was once close. Jack shows her a drawing of a key; he does not know what it unlocks or where to find it, and his magical compass has failed. Tia Dalma says it will not work because Jack does not know what he truly wants. She tells them the legend of Davy Jones and the Dead Man's Chest. When Jones lost his true love, his pain was so deep that he carved out his heart and buried it in the chest. He keeps the key with him. Back at sea, the Pearl encounters Davy Jones who has come to claim his debt. Bartering a deal to exchange 100 souls in exchange for his own, the devious Sparrow deceives Will, and Jones keeps him as a "good faith payment."
In Tortuga, Sparrow and Gibbs recruit unsuspecting sailors. A fallen James Norrington also applies and, blaming Jack for ruining his life, wants to shoot him. A brawl erupts, but Elizabeth, who has escaped from jail, suddenly arrives and stops the fight by knocking out Norrington. Elizabeth and Norrington go to the Black Pearl. Confronting Sparrow, Elizabeth demands to know what happened to Will. Jack regrets to report he was press-ganged into Davy Jones' crew. Although he claims he is blameless, Norrington is skeptical. Jack reveals the compass' secret, telling Elizabeth that if she finds the Dead Man's Chest, she will save Will. The compass works at last. After setting sail for Isla Cruces, Elizabeth discloses it was Cutler Beckett who sent Will and shows Jack and Gibbs the Letter of Marque, which Jack takes from her. Norrington overhears the conversation and sets his own plan in motion. The captain then expresses an amorous interest in Elizabeth, who coyly rebuffs his attempts to woo her. He tries to kiss her, but when the Black Spot suddenly reappears on his palm, he hastily retreats. The Kraken is on the hunt again.
On Isla Cruces, Sparrow, Elizabeth and Norrington find the chest. Will arrives with the key having escaped from the Flying Dutchman and confronts Jack and Norrington; all claim the heart. Turner hopes to free his father from Davy Jones' servitude, Sparrow wants to escape his blood debt, and Norrington schemes to reclaim his career. Sparrow extricates himself from their three-way sword fight and gets the heart. However, Norrington steals it and the Letter of Marque and escapes while Jones' crew retrieves the chest, unaware it's empty. Back at sea, the Dutchman chases the Pearl, but they outrun her. Jones summons the Kraken. In a moment of cowardice, Sparrow deserts the Pearl as the crew valiantly fights the monster. However, Jack's underlying loyalty and honor compel him to go back and save his shipmates. Knowing the Kraken will return, he gives the order to abandon ship.
As the crew leaves the ship, Elizabeth tricks Sparrow by distracting him with a passionate kiss and cuffs him to the mast. Realising the Kraken is only after Jack, she says she isn't sorry for her actions; but a smirking Jack simply responds, "Pirate." Elizabeth climbs into the longboat and, unaware Will witnessed the kiss, tells the others Jack elected to stay behind. Sparrow frees himself and bravely battles the ferocious beast as the Pearl is dragged underwater. Davy Jones declares their debt settled, but is enraged when he discovers the chest is empty. Meanwhile, Norrington delivers the heart and the Letter of Marque to Lord Beckett, hoping to reclaim his career.
The saddened crew make their way to Tia Dalma's. As she consoles them, she asks if they would be willing to sail to Worlds End to bring back Sparrow and the Pearl, to which all agree. She says they will need a Captain who knows those waters. Just then, the very alive Captain Barbossa descends the stairs. The cast was told that the captain would be Anamaria to sustain looks of surprise on their faces.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Savvy?

Kingdom Hearts




YO HO (A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME)

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We pillage, we plunder, we rifle, and loot,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot,
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We extort, we pilfer, we filch, and sack,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
Maraud and embezzle, and even high-jack,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We kindle and char, inflame and ignite,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
We burn up the city, we're really a fright,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.

We're rascals, scoundrels, villans, and knaves,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
We're devils and black sheep, really bad eggs,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We're beggars and blighters, ne'er-do-well cads,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
Aye, but we're loved by our mommies and dads,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.