Cotton

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Cotton
Biographical information
Gender	Male
Hair color	White
Statistics
Weapon(s) owned	Pistol
Ship(s) captained or crewed	HMS Interceptor Black Pearl Hai Peng
Affiliation	Jack Sparrow Hector Barbossa
Behind the scenes
First appearance	The Curse of the Black Pearl
Latest appearance	At World's End
Portrayer	David Bailie
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"He's a mute, sir. Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him. No one's yet figured how."

―Joshamee Gibbs to Jack Sparrow^[src]

Cotton was a sailor and pirate operating in the Caribbean. At some point in the past, due to an encounter with the cannibal tribes on Pelegosto, Cotton had his tongue cut out, and subsequently trained his pet parrot to speak for him—though how he, as a mute, achieved such a feat remains unknown. He often served as the helmsman aboard the Black Pearl.

[edit] Biography

Cotton was at Tortuga the day Jack Sparrow arrived seeking a crew to journey with him to Isla de Muerta, when William Turner set out to rescue Elizabeth Swann from Hector Barbossa and his cursed pirates. Cotton signed up for service aboard Jack's ship, the commandeered Royal Navy vessel HMS Interceptor, accompanied as ever by his parrot.

Cotton served faithfully throughout the adventure that followed, and continued to serve after Jack's crew commandeered the Black Pearl. He accidentally destroyed a merchant vessel carrying St. Piran's Blade, though Jack later retrieved the item and handed it over to Will Turner. Approximately one year later, Cotton was captured on Pelegosto along with the rest of the crew, and helped his comrades escape the cannibalistic natives and return to the Pearl. He was also one of the few to survive the Kraken's attack on the Pearl, during which Captain Sparrow sacrificed himself to save his men.

Through his parrot, Cotton voiced his agreement to join the quest to World's End, endeavouring to bring Jack back from Davy Jones' Locker. The crew first infiltrated Sao Feng's bath house, where Cotton took control of the steam controls while the others set bombs. He later fought against East India Trading Company soldiers in the streets of Singapore, sniping at them from inside a barrel. He took the wheel of the Pearl during the battle around Calypso's maelstrom, after fighting Morey with part of the wheel. He continued to serve aboard after Barbossa's second mutiny.

[edit] Appearances

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (First appearance)
• The Accidental Pirate!
• Revenge of the Pirates!
• The Capture of Jack Sparrow!
• Going Overboard!
• The Eye of Dispair!
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

[edit] Sources

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide

The motley crew
Captain: Jack Sparrow HMS Interceptor Anamaria – Cotton – Cotton's parrot – Crimp – Duncan – Joshamee Gibbs – Kursar Ladbroc – LeJon – Marty – Matelot – Moises – Quartetto – Tearlach – William Turner Captain: Joshamee Gibbs HMS Interceptor/Black Pearl Anamaria – Cotton – Cotton's parrot – Crimp – Duncan – Kursar – Ladbroc LeJon – Marty – Matelot – Moises – Quartetto – Elizabeth Swann – Tearlach – William Turner Captain: Jack Sparrow Black Pearl Anamaria – Cotton – Cotton's parrot – Crimp – Crippled man – Hendry Cutts – Duncan – Joshamee Gibbs – Gordon Greer – Doc Grog – Gunner – Irish man – Jack – Kursar – Ladbroc – Leech – LeJon – Marty – Matelot – Moises James Norrington – Nill Ofrill – James Pidgeley – Scary Mary – Giladoga – Pintel – Quartetto – Ragetti – Skinny man – Spencer Sinclair – John Smith Elizabeth Swann –Sweepy – Tearlach – William Turner – Very old man
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The rescue crew
Captain: Hector Barbossa Hai Peng Cotton – Cotton's parrot – Tia Dalma – Joshamee Gibbs – Tai Huang – Jack Marty – Pintel – Ragetti – Elizabeth Swann – William Turner Captains: Jack Sparrow / Hector Barbossa Black Pearl Cotton – Cotton's parrot – Tia Dalma – Joshamee Gibbs – Tai Huang – Jack Marty – Pintel – Ragetti – Elizabeth Swann – William Turner Captain: Hector Barbossa Black Pearl Cotton – Cotton's parrot – Jack Marty – Mullroy – Murtogg – Pintel – Ragetti
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