List of references to Pirates of the Caribbean

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References to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise in various media, notably films, television, music and videogames.

Film

Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure

• The villain Boogey tells his assistant, Creeper, to summon the Kraken. This is an obvious reference to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest where Davy Jones wakes the Kraken prior to the destruction of the Edinburgh Trader. Also the fact that Boogey's ship has black sails may also be a reference to the Black Pearl.

Captain America: The First Avenger

• Jim Byrkit got teased sometimes by friends who knew that he suggested the line "I can do this all day" for Will Turner to say while he's tied up fighting off the Pelegostos Tribe in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. They joke that Byrkit somehow triggered Captain America's biggest catchphrase. But in reality, he must have heard it somewhere as well. Byrkit thought Will needed a moment to show his undaunted spirit and signal to the audience why he wouldn't just give up after being trapped, and so he suggested it to Gore Verbinski as they storyboarded the scene and it made its way into the film's script.

Corpse Bride

• When Victor Van Dort (voiced by Johnny Depp) pulls out Emily's skeletal hand from the ground, the hand starts following him, dragging itself through the dirt only by the use of its fingers. This is reminiscent of Governor Weatherby Swann's fight with a severed skeletal hand in the captain's cabin of the HMS Dauntless in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Captain Ron

• The title character, Captain Ron, buys guns to keep away the "Pirates of the Caribbean". Martin Harvey tells him that he's spent to much time at Disneyland.

Dark Shadows

• Footage of the stolen HMS Interceptor sailing in the sea was reused for young Barnabas Collins' journey from England to the New World in the beginning of the film, though the flag was red instead of blue. Barnabas as an adult was also portrayed by Johnny Depp, who played Jack Sparrow in the Pirates franchise.

Doctor Who

• In the 2011 Season, episode "The Curse of the Black Spot" features numerous references, including the episode title, taking place on a pirate ship, characters being marked by a black spot, walking the plank, a sword-fighting heroine, and a "a stroppy, homicidal mermaid." The Doctor also says "Yo ho ho!" when meeting the ship's crew.

Doogal

• A skeleton refers to himself and his friends as Pirates of the Caribbean. Another skeleton tells him they agreed to no Disney jokes.

Epic Movie

• Spoofs several scenes in Dead Man's Chest, including the waterwheel battle.
• Jack Sparrow is spoofed as "Captain Jack Swallows", whose dialogue is purposely difficult to understand.

The Fog

• In the opening sequence the flag of the burning ship is shown for a short time, which resembles similar shots in The Curse of the Black Pearl and Dead Man's Chest.

Jurassic Park

• In the first film, John Hammond said all major theme parks have delays, using Disneyland as an example, saying nothing worked on the first day. Ian Malcolm then points out, "if the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists."

Justice Society: World War II

• During the final battle Wonder Woman breaks Aquaman's trident, freeing him from Psycho Pirate's control, reminiscing the scene from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. In some DC comics, Aquaman's weapon was called the Trident of Poseidon, like the trident featured throughout the Pirates franchise, notably the Jack Sparrow book series and Dead Men Tell No Tales.

The Lone Ranger

• In the second trailer officially released, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Gore Verbinski's contribution to the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy was noted on the trailer by the appearance of the film's skull logo. This is because of the cast and crew of the film were part of the filmmaking team that had participated in the Pirates franchise, including actor Johnny Depp, screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, and executive producers Mike Stenson, Chad Oman, and Eric McLeod.

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

• Agent Sands (who is portrayed by Johnny Depp) uses the word "savvy".

Pan

• While telling Peter to kneel, Bishop announces Blackbeard as the "pirate all pirates fear!"
• Blackbeard is portrayed by Hugh Jackman, who was initially considered for the role of Jack Sparrow.
• Like Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Blackbeard fears of a prophecy where he will meet his death.

Pirates

• The plot refers Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
• A character mentions going to see the "Pirates of the Caribbean".
• Movie poster is designed like the Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl poster.
• The HMS Bounty made an appearance in the film.

Puss in Boots

• The film is a spin-off relating to a swashbuckler, similar to Jack Sparrow, who meets an equal, similar to Angelica, in which they would either help each other or fight against one another. Rodrigo y Gabriela also play guitar music at points in the film. A trailer included a sample of "Too Many Notes - Not Enough Rests" from the soundtrack to Drop Zone, which was featured in The Curse of the Black Pearl trailer. An extended clip, released from Nick.com, had parts of "Walk the Plank" during the sword fight scene.

Rango

• The film was directed by Gore Verbinski, who directed the Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy, who also portrayed Sergeant Turley, a wild turkey; Crevice, Slim, a vulture; and Lupe, a member of the Mariachi band of owls. James Ward Byrkit, who was the conceptual consultant for Pirates Trilogy and director of the short film Tales of the Code: Wedlocked, helped Verbinski with the story as well as portrayed Waffles, a horned lizard; Gordy, Papa Joad, and Cousin Murt. Craig Wood was the editor, Hans Zimmer did the music, and Crash McCreery did character design work for the film.
• Johnny Depp, who portrayed Jack Sparrow in Pirates, voiced the title character, an eccentric but intelligent and heroic chameleon. In an interview, Depp said it was inspired by how he portrayed Sparrow's mannerisms: "I've always had an affinity for lizards. When (director) Gore (Verbinski) and I were doing Pirates 1,2, 3 and Captain Jack had to run, it was a very specific run that I wanted. I saw this footage of a lizard running across the water and it was the strangest thing I've ever seen. So I said, 'Gore it's gotta be like a lizard running,' and he said absolutely. So I feel that Rango was planted in Gore's brain from that lizard run. When he actually called me and said I want you to play a lizard I said, 'I'm halfway there!'"
• Bill Nighy, who portrayed Davy Jones in Pirates, as Rattlesnake Jake.
• The likeness of Benicio del Toro was briefly used to represent his character of Dr. Gonzo from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in a cameo appearance, alongside Johnny Depp as Raoul Duke. Although this may be coincidental, del Toro was one of the actors considered to portray Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
• The scene where Rango falls unconscious followed by hundreds of pillbugs carrying him away from the "other side" across the desert could be a reference to At World's End, where Jack Sparrow falls unconscious before hundreds of crabs carry the Black Pearl across the Land of the Dead.
• The music that plays during Rango and Jake's standoff is similar to "Parlay" track.

Star Wars

• In Solo: A Star Wars Story, Woody Harrelson portrayed Tobias Beckett. Early fan speculation was that Harrelson would be playing Garris Shrike—Han Solo's mentor in the Star Wars Legends continuity who first appeared in A. C. Crispin's The Han Solo Trilogy book series—but this was disproved when Harrelson revealed Beckett's name on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. According to screenwriters Lawrence Kasdan and Jon Kasdan, Beckett is based on Long John Silver, the main antagonist of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island. Although it is unconfirmed, it is possible that the name (Tobias) Beckett could be a reference to Cutler Beckett, as both characters had a hand in the backstories of both Han Solo and Jack Sparrow.
• Several Weequay characters were created for Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, specifically working for Jabba the Hutt and met their demise during the rescue of Han Solo. Two of the characters went unnamed for thirty-seven years until their names were revealed in other Star Wars media, identifying them by the full names of Rintel Aren and Pagetti Rook. With the first letters swapped, they share their first names with the pirate duo Pintel and Ragetti. The last names are based on the last names of their actors, Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Crook.

Suicide Squad

• Dr. June Moone, an American archaeologist, becomes possessed by the Enchantress, a witch who is virtually unstoppable with the only weakness being her heart, which is separated from her body. The Enchantress's magical heart is was obtained by intelligence officer Amanda Waller, who used the heart to control her. Although the Enchantress regained her heart, thereby becoming more powerful, Rick Flag crushes the heart, killing the Enchantress and releasing Moone.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

• The first trailer featured music that was heard in the beginning of the trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, though it could be a coincidence. Sweeney Todd also stars Johnny Depp as the title character.

Underworld

• Underworld: Rise of the Lycans featuring a relationship between Lucian and Sonja, a blacksmith and the ruler Viktor's beloved daughter, is similar to The Curse of the Black Pearl, which features blacksmith Will Turner and the governor's daughter Elizabeth Swann having feelings for each other. Lucian is a Lycan and Will is a pirate, both frowned upon in their respective films. Viktor was portrayed by Bill Nighy, though Nighy already portrayed the character in the previous two films before portraying Davy Jones in the Pirates franchise. Like Davy does to Will in Dead Man's Chest, Viktor orders Lucian to be lashed with a cat o' nine tails. Viktor also engages in a sword fight in the rain like At World's End, though fairly different as it was to his daughter rather than an enemy.
• In Underworld: Awakening, during the final battle the vampire warrior Selene punches a hole on the stomach of the giant werewolf Quint Lane and stuffs a silver grenade in it. When his wound instantly heals, he is unable to take the grenade out before it explodes. This is a possible reference to The Curse of the Black Pearl, when Will Turner puts a grenade between Jacoby's ribs and moves him away from the moonlight, making him unable to take the grenade out before it explodes.

Zombie Pirates

• A dangerous young woman offers up human sacrifices to a ghost ship crewed by the undead in return for an ancient treasure.

Zoolander 2

• Like Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the film stars Penélope Cruz (as Valentina Valencia) and there is a search for a so-called "Fountain of Youth".

Television

1899

• In the episode seven "The Storm" the ocean liner Kerberos sails into the maelstrom, goes through it, and emerges on the other side, which is also the surface of the sea, but positioned upside down from the 'regular' sea, reminiscing the Black Pearl's escape from Davy Jones' Locker.

American Dad!

• In the episode Spring Break-Up at the beginning of the party, a pirate skeleton from Disneyland's "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride is in the living room.
• When Roger is being taken away by the CIA, he asks Stan to send his love to the cast of Pirates of the Caribbean - especially Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom, but excluding Geoffrey Rush, although he wants it done in front of Rush.

Avengers Assemble

• The episode The Vibranium Coast features the piratical versions of Typhoid Mary and the Red Skull. Mary burns the treasure map she stole from the Red Skull, forcing him to keep her alive. When Mary, Miss Marvel, and Ant-Man escape from Skull's ship, they use a Pym Disc to enlarge a ship in a bottle into a fully operational seaworthy vessel identical to the Black Pearl.

Black Sails

• The series is set in the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy. The historical characters include Anne Bonny, Calico Jack Rackham, Edward Low, Blackbeard, and Mary Read. The main pirate base in the series is Nassau. The main character, Captain Flint, aims to become the Pirate King. A place called the Wrecks, similar to Shipwreck City, is located on New Providence. In Episode II. when Captain Flint, Mister Gates, and Billy Bones search for John Silver in Nassau everbody gives them different directions, a possible nod to Will Turner's search for Jack Sparrow at the beginning of Dead Man's Chest.

Casper's Scare School

• A portrait of Davy Jones appears on a wall of Scare School alumni.

Celebrity Deathmatch

• Characters from the series appeared in the episode "What Did Nick Do?", depicting a match between Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom.

Chibi Tiny Tales

• "Pirates of the Caribbean x Amphibia" is the ninth Amphibia Chibi Tiny Tales short, that premiered on October 21, 2022, on Disney Channel's YouTube channel. When the Calamity Box malfunctions, Anne and the Plantars are suddenly transported out of Amphibia and into the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction.

The Cleveland Show

• Cleveland Brown Jr. and Rallo role-play as Jack Sparrow and Blackbeard from Pirates of the Caribbean.

Conan the Adventurer

• The episode The Heart of Rakkir features a ghostly pirate ship crewed by the undead skeletons.

Crossbones

• The main villain of the series is Blackbeard who has survived the Battle of Ocracoke Inlet. Green Flash appears in one of the episodes.

Doctor Who

• In the episode The Curse of the Black Spot the pirate crew of Henry Avery is attacked by the Siren-like creature who marks her victims with the Black Spot.

Emirates Airlines Advertisement

• By the end of the advertisement for Emirates-to-America, Davy Jones and Jack Sparrow appear... saying Ahoy or something similar.

Entern oder Kentern

• The show is inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean
• Music from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies was used.
• The pirate ship was called Black Shadow as a reference to the Black Pearl.

Family Guy

• In one episode Peter and the Giant Chicken fight on top of the ferris wheel spinning out of control.

Family Matters

• An episode from Season 8 was titled "A Pirate's Life for Me". Pirates also sing "Yo Ho Ho (And a Bottle of Rum)".

Galileo

• An episode of the show concentrates on Henry Morgan, who is presented as the historical prototype of Captain Jack Sparrow.
• Footage from The Curse of the Black Pearl was used in the show.

George Lopez

• In the episode Fishing Cubans, George refers to himself as a Pirate of the Caribbean while talking with his friend Ernie and father-in-law Vic about smuggling Vic's brother out of Cuba.
• In the episode George Goes to Disneyland, George is seen sleeping after having gone to Disneyland for the first time in his life. He sings Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) in his sleep and suddenly wakes up saying "The dog has the keys!"

The Good Place

• Season 2 episode 10, "Rhonda, Diana, Jake, and Trent" a poster for Pirates of the Caribbean 6: The Haunted Crow's Nest or Whatever, Who Gives a Crap? can be seen in the background of a scene.
  • According to the creator and executive producer Mike Schur: "Oh, that's my favorite joke of the year. When they go to The Bad Place and the train pulls into the station, they get out and Michael's saying like, 'Keep walking, keep walking.' But on the wall there's a movie poster, and it says, 'Pirates of the Caribbean 6: The Haunted Crow's Nest or Whatever, Who Gives a Crap?' Then at the bottom it says, 'Playing in every theatre, everywhere, forever. I like it for many reasons, but the No. 1 reason I like it is that the implication is that that's where those movies are made, and then they're exported up here. That's where they come from; they're made in hell."

How I Met Your Mother

• Marshall (Jason Segal) dresses up as Jack Sparrow for special occasions.

iCarly

• In the first season, episode 20 "iStakeout", one of the cashier's pirate DVDs was titled Pirates of the Lima Bee-An.

Ice Age-2 (Dancing on Ice)

• In one of the shows of the Russian figurine skating celebrity show Ледниковый период-2 (Ice age-2), Alexei Yagudin and his partner, Valeria Lanskaya performed to the music from Pirates of the Caribbean, dressed as Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth Swann (Watch the performance at [1])

Kim Possible

• In the episode Cap'n Drakken, Dr. Drakken becomes possessed by the spirit of a pirate Captain Black-eye Brown. Drakken finds Brown's magical cutlass and summons a ghost ship crewed by pirates. He is also constantly talking about the Pirate Code. During the final fight, Shego calls him "Blackbeard".

Life's Too Short

• In one of the episodes, Johnny Depp visits Ricky Gervais so he can insult him. Gervais replied that Johnny's jokes were "longer than Pirates of the Caribbean 3".

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

• The season 3 episode "The Curse of the Earth Totem" has several references to the Pirates franchise:
  • The title is a reference to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Like the film and original Disneyland ride, there is a curse involved.
  • Edward Teach/Blackbeard and the Queen Anne's Revenge references the main antagonist and his ship which appear in On Stranger Tides, the fourth film in the film series. However, Edward Teach's mannerisms in this episode are more similar to those of Captain Jack Sparrow. The Revenge was also portrayed by the Lady Washington, which portrayed the Interceptor in The Curse of the Black Pearl.
  • As Blackbeard and Anne Queen are walking ashore onto Grace Island in the Bahamas 1717, Anne softly sings, "15 men on a dead man's chest, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum". That song comes from a real-world pirate shanty featured in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island which also appears in the second film, Dead Man's Chest.
  • In trying to hype up "Dread Pirate Jiwe", Ray Palmer claims that no one has heard of her as "dead men tell no tales", which is a phrase said throughout the franchise and is the title of the fifth film of the same name in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. It was also she lost her ship to a Kraken, and was spat back in hell by the devil himself, which were referenced in the earlier films.
  • When Gideon reports that the Waverider was parked in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle, Nate Heywood points out that sailors called it the Devil's Triangle, with Ray then saying the stories of ships disappearing are grossly exaggerated. In Dead Men Tell No Tales, Captain Salazar's ghostly crew were cursed to haunt the Devil's Triangle.
  • Lieutenant Robert Maynard led Damien Darhk, disguised as an admiral, straight to Blackbeard and his associates. Maynard comments on being promoted to commodore after beheading Blackbeard, which could be a reference to James Norrington.
  • As Rip Hunter attempts to have another drink, his flask appears to be empty. This could be a reference to Jack Sparrow with an empty bottle of rum in Dead Man's Chest.
• In the season 5 episode "The Great British Fake Off", Black Caesar makes an appearance with his compass, which serves as a reference to Jack Sparrow's compass in that the compass is used for tracking.

The Legend of Vox Machina

• In Season 1, Episode 2, Vax and Pike ask Shaun Gilmore if he knows anything about dragons, and he starts flipping the silver coin over his fingers like Jack Sparow did with a piece of the Treasure of Cortés in front of Hector Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
• In Season 1, Episode 8, Professor Anders calls his former student Percival de Rolo "whelp".
• In Season 2, Episode 3, on a quest to find a powerful weapon capable of killing a god, members of Vox Machina, with the help of Zahra Hydris and Kashaw Vesh, part the waters of lake Osysa, opening a way into the sunken tomb of Purvan Suul.

Life With Derek

• Derek sang Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) on episode "Show-Of Tune".

Lucifer

• Jerry Bruckheimer serves as an executive producer of the series.
• In the episode "The Would-Be Prince of Darkness", Lucifer Morningstar has a impostor ruining his name, with Lucifer himself saying "And never sully my name again." This could be reminiscent of Jack Sparrow dealing with an impostor in On Stranger Tides, with Jack asking Gibbs, "There is another Jack Sparrow out there sullying my good name?"

Luke Cage

• In Luke Cage: 2.06: The Basement, Pirates of the Caribbean was referenced in a conversation with Tom Ridenhour and Mariah Dillard.

Mad

• A parody called Pirates of the Neverland: At Wit's End has Jack Sparrow try to help Captain Hook defeat Peter Pan by teaching him his method of pirating. It ends with Jack helping Cap'n Munch with a squid cereal.
• A parody called Pirates of the Pair of Tweens uses elements from On Stranger Tides and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, another Johnny Depp film. After finding the Fountain of Youth, Angelica and Blackbeard drink its waters in the hopes of living forever. However, the waters work too well and the pair are regressed into children in their tweens. Much to Jack Sparrow's dismay, he was forced to take care of them. He reluctantly takes them to the mall, where they do nothing but shop and play without end. Eventually, Jack had enough and turned to Willy Wonka for help. Wonka had a formula made, disguised as milkshakes, which Jack gives to the kids. Unfortunately, the formula causes the kids to turn into anamorphic blueberries that swell up and explode. Wonka explains that there was a mix-up from his new workers.

Martin Mystery

• The Martin Mystery animated television series episode Pirates of Doom features a ship with tattered sails, ghostly fog, a boy who steals apples, a girl forced to walk the plank, a cave with a treasure chest, zombie pirates, and a supernatural gold medallion. Also, a music similar to the POTC soundtrack plays during the episode.

Mighty Max

• In the episode Bring Me the Head of Mighty Max, when Max fights against a zombie aboard an old sailing ship, he says:"Shiver me timbers, it's a pirate's life for me."

Mind of Mencia

• Features the skit "Curse of the Butt Pirates" in which Carlos Mencia portrays the homosexual character Captain John Swallow.

Modern Family

• In the episode Disneyland, Jay says that when he visited Pirates of the Caribbean he noticed "this angry animatronic wench with a rolling pin chasing some poor pirate around."

Monsters & Pirates

• In the Italian animated series Monsters & Pirates, the pirate ship Aurora has a mast in the middle of a capstan, just like the Black Pearl. The Maelstrom appears in one of the episodes.

The Muppets

• Over the years, both The Muppets and Sesame Street made many references to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

MythBusters

• MythBusters has done two episodes dealing with things done in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Among the things tested are whether a rowboat can be used as a submarine, what would make good ammunition for a cannon when the cannonballs are gone, whether you can use a knife in a sail to slow your fall, and how deadly the splinters from cannons really are.

NCIS

• In one episode Tony (Michael Weatherly) explains the difference of "pirate" and "pirated" to Ziva (Cote de Pablo) and uses Jack Sparrow as an example of a pirate only to get in trouble when trying to explain who Jack Sparrow is.

The New Paul O'Grady Show

• In the Halloween 2006 edition, host Paul O'Grady dressed up as Captain Jack Sparrow, although he claimed he felt more like Russell Brand—whose mannerisms and appearance have been compared to Sparrow elsewhere.

Once Upon a Time (ABC TV Series)

• The main character's name is Emma Swan, who share similarities with Elizabeth Swann, who was the protagonist of the overarching story of the Pirates trilogy, with screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio stating that it's always been her story. Similar parallels between the two characters include:
  • They share the same initials; Emma Swan and Elizabeth Swann.
  • Everyone they love die or being taken from her.
  • Both having a hard time committing to their girly side. Emma wore jeans and a leather jacket most of the time throughout the series, and Elizabeth hates the corset which was the "lastest fashion in London" according to her father.
  • Pirates being in their group of friends and caring for them.
• Having previously appeared as Pintel in the Pirates franchise, Lee Arenberg stars as Grumpy in the TV series. He is also the only cast member to appear in all seven seasons of Once Upon a Time and its spin-off.
• On an Entertainment Weekly interview with showrunners Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, when asked about characters they'd consider adding to the show, including Jack Sparrow: "We loved [Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl] so much. But unless we get Johnny Depp, how could we do Jack Sparrow?"
• Captain Killian Jones aka Captain Hook had a guest-starring role starting with second season before becoming a series regular until the seventh and final season. Since his appearance, the series made references to the Pirates franchise as a whole:
  • While the character shares more than a few similarities to Captain Jack Sparrow, the name "Killian Jones" could be a reference to Davy Jones.
  • Captain Hook's ship, the Jolly Roger, was portrayed by the Lady Washington, the same ship which portrayed the HMS Interceptor in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. The Jolly Roger was stolen from the royal navy, just like the Interceptor was. The Jolly Roger is said to be the fastest vessel in all the realms, whereas the Interceptor was the fastest ship in the Caribbean, with the Black Pearl being the faster. A real ship was used to shoot the episodes "The Crocodile" and "Queen of Hearts" because the production crew did not have time to build a ship set. However, the Lady Washington was unavailable for the rest of Season Two, because it had to go to "some tall ship's event", so the crew built a pirate ship set on a floating barge. The Lady Washington returned to portray the Jolly Roger in Season Six and the Season Seven episode "A Pirate's Life".
  • 2x06 Tallahassee: The way Emma distracts Hook (taking his hand) before chaining him up is similar to the scene in Dead Man's Chest, where Elisabeth distracts Jack by kissing him before chaining him up.
  • 2x10 "The Cricket Game": In the opening scene, Hook is shown from behind, standing on a yard while holding on to it with his left appendage, and looking at the town of Storybrooke while the camera zooms in on him. The camera then zooms in on his face as his hair is blowing in the wind. Hook then grabs a rope that was next to the mast, hangs on to it and jumps to the deck below. This is almost exactly like Captain Jack Sparrow's introduction in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
  • 2x22 "And Straight On 'Til Morning": after learning Baelfire is Milah's son, Captain Hook decides to keep Baelfire as part of his crew and tells Bae "It's a pirates life for you, mate," which references the song "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" from the Pirates franchise. Later Hook mentioned to Smee "Anyone who doubts me may walk the plank, and may the mermaids have mercy on their soul!" This may be a reference to the mermaids in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, as they eat men, and the "mercy on their soul" part may be a nod to Barbossa's quote: "Cling to your soul, Gibbs, for mermaids be given to take the rest. To the bone!"
  • 3x17 "The Jolly Roger": the title references Captain Hook's ship also features Black Beard temporarily stealing the Jolly Roger from Hook. Black Beard's clothing and appearance is also reminiscent of Disney's Peter Pan version of Captain Hook, though his tricorn hat was similar to Ian McShane's Blackbeard in On Stranger Tides.
  • 4x15 "Poor Unfortunate Soul": Hook seeing the Jolly Roger in a bottle is likely a reference to Jack seeing the Black Pearl as a ship in a bottle in On Stranger Tides.
  • 4x22 "Operation Mongoose Part 2": While trapped in Isaac's book, Emma calls Hook a "regular Jack Sparrow".
  • 6x12 Murder Most Foul: the episode's title could be a reference to Jack Sparrow's line in On Stranger Tides: "Mutiny most foul." Hook tells Robert, "Dead men tell no tales", a phrase famously quoted throughout the Pirates franchise.
• 3x01 "The Heart of the Truest Believer": the episode features a journey to Neverland, with Hook leading the characters, where they are greeted by a school of not-too-friendly mermaids. Having previously appeared as Cabin Boy in On Stranger Tides, Robbie Kay makes his first appearance as Peter Pan in the series.
• 4x22 "Operation Mongoose Part 1": At Isaac's book signing, there is a girl dressed up in a Jack Sparrow outfit.
• 7x02 "A Pirate's Life": the episode title could be a reference to "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" from the Pirates franchise or possibly the song of the same name from Disney's Peter Pan, where it is sung by Captain Hook's pirate crew.
• 7x16 "Breadcrumbs": Davy Jones is mentioned as an ancient pirate who gained the title of "Pirate King", and hides an ancient treasure chest buried at the bottom of the sea, Davy Jones' Locker, which also makes an appearance. Hook persuades Black Beard, Smee, and the rest of the Jolly Roger crew to take part in a ruse to give Henry a grand adventure, and in return, he will split the treasure with them three ways. After pretending to steal the map from Hook, Black Beard has the Jolly Roger sail to the Locker's location, where it's pulled up from underwater.

One Tree Hill

• Chad Michael Murray imitates Jack Sparrow in one episode.

Pro7

• After airing the first two films on March 22 and March 29 2009, the German TV channel started using various outtakes from all three movies in order to promote their program.

Saturday Night Live

• Michael Bolton's "Jack Sparrow" debuted as an SNL Digital Short on May 7, 2011.
• In Season 43 episode 10, hosted by Sam Rockwell, there is a skit based on Peter Pan. It features Rockwell as Captain Hook and the pirates sing The Elegant Captain Hook briefly.

Scooby-Doo

• Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights has the Sinbad the Sailor story, which features the "Stream of Precious Gems" log flume ride, a parody of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride at the Disney theme parks, including the sudden drop and a soundalike song.
• Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! features a ship with tattered sails crewed by skeletal pirates. In the ending scene, Scooby is sailing the ship into the horizon.

Shadow and Bone

• In the second season, Nikolai Lantsov is introduced as Sturmhond, initially mistaken by Jesper Fahey as a very rich pirate, which Sturmhond corrects by saying he's a privateer, a recurring joke throughout the season. In the second episode, "Rusalye", Malyen "Mal" Oretsev said one of his gadgets and weaponry "impossible," Sturmhond responds, "When people say 'impossible,' they usually mean 'improbable.'"

Spongebob Squarepants

• "A Pirate's Life For Me" is an instrumental track composed by Ron Goodwin, which is usually played during adventurous and heroic moments.
• Ian McShane voiced Gordon, the captain of a Viking crew, in the season 6 episode "Dear Vikings" which aired in 2008. This episode was prior to McShane's role as Blackbeard in the fourth Pirates movie, On Stranger Tides, which released in 2011.
• Johnny Depp was first seen in a "Back to School Season" commercial short in 2007, where a clip of Depp getting slimed at the 2005 Kids' Choice Awards was shown. Depp also provided the voice of Jack Kahuna Laguna in the season 6 special episode "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One" which aired in 2009. Jack Kahuna Laguna bears a striking resemblance to Depp, and the name could be a reference to Captain Jack Sparrow. The actor was also mentioned in "Truth or Square" when Triumph the Insulting Comic Dog thinks Patchy the Pirate is Johnny Depp in disguise.
• The season 12 episode "Escape from Beneath Glove World" featured cultural references to Disney Parks, including Pirates of the Caribbean. Hieronymus Glove is a parody of Walt Disney, and Glove being cryogenically frozen is a reference to a long-standing urban legend which maintains that Walt Disney was cryonically frozen in the Pirates of he Caribbean attraction. During the movie at the Glove World! Theater, three mice can be seen wearing matching ears and gloves that are reminiscent of Mickey Mouse's design. A group of animatronics in the Glove World jail references pirate inmates and the Prison Dog in the Pirates of the Caribbean, except it's a little green worm with the keys.

The Simpsons

• In Season 21 episode four "Treehouse of Horror XX", Captain Jack Sparrow is dressed up as a mummy.
• The Simpsons Ride in both Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood referenced both Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion, as "Captain Dinosaur's Pirate Rip-Off" and "Haunted Condo" (which is mentioned as being closed for "annual ghostbusting"), in the pre-show video loops. Pirates was referenced in the ride itself as Homer and Marge go on "Captain Dinosaur's" boat ride, where they go down a waterfall, see Sideshow Bob appear in a waterfall similar to Davy Jones in Dead Man's Cove, then enter scenes similar to the pirate attack on Puerto Dorado. However, when Homer tried to take a mug of beer away from one of the dinosaur animatronics, it creates a chain reaction that destroys the entire ride around them.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World

• In the episode The Pirate's Curse, the heroes find a pirate's skeleton and his cursed treasure chest filled with a fortune in booty. The Fountain of Youth appears in the episode The Source. A tribe of zombies led by a voodoo witch appears in the episode Voodoo Queen.

Smallville

• There is a character with the name "Edward Teague" though the character's name was first introduced in "Commencement", which aired two years before the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End video game was released. In the Season 7 episode "Veritas", Edward was revealed to be a member of a secret group formed by four powerful families, which include the Swann and Teague families.

Star Trek: Prodigy

• In episode 1 "Lost and Found" a part of Dal's escape attempt reminiscens Jack Sparrow's escape from the Port Royal docks in The Curse of the Black Pearl.
• In episode 5 "Terror Firma" while the motley crew of the USS Protostar is trying to escape from Murder Planet, Rok-Tahk proposes they name the planet "Larry".
• In episode 17 "Ghost in the Machine" the crew gets locked in a holographic simulation of a pirate ship which gets attacked by the Kraken.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

• The character Phee Genoa first appeared in "Spoils of War", the first episode of the second season. A rogue and swashbuckling character, Geona was described as a cross between Han Solo, Jack Sparrow, and the real-life pirate Anne Bonny. The creators even talked about the character—in code—while in line for the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland, executive producer/supervising director Brad Rau said with a laugh. "Intentionally, when we filmed her introduction, you get to meet her by her boots up on Cid's desk. And that tells you a lot about this character."

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

• Season One episodes "Dooku Captured" and "The Gungan General" features James Arnold Taylor and Corey Burton as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Count Dooku, as well as introduces pirate characters Hondo Ohnaka and Turk Falso voiced by Jim Cummings and Greg Ellis. In "The Gungan General", Ohnaka tells Falso, "As my sweet mother always said, 'Son, if one hostage is good, two are better. And three? Well, that's just good business.'" This is likely a reference to lines of dialogues said by Sao Feng and Cutler Beckett in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
• The Season Four episode "The Box" introduced a character named Kiera Swan, whose name is a reference to Pirates of the Caribbean actress Keira Knightley and her character Elizabeth Swann. Knightley previously portrayed handmaiden Sabé in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, where she was listed as "Kiera Knightley" in the film's end credits. Kiera Swan's accolade, "two-time winner of the Obsidian Sphere" is presumably a championship in the Star Wars canon, but the name actually derives from the Black Pearl from the Pirates franchise.
• In the Season Five episode "Revival", Hondo Ohnaka says line "Insolence? We're pirates! We don't even know what that means!" It is possible the line is a subtle reference to Captain Barbossa's line "A lot of long words there, Miss. We're not but humble pirates!" from The Curse of the Black Pearl.
• In the Season Five episode "To Catch a Jedi", a part of the fight between Ahsoka Tano and a mysterious assailant is reminiscent of the duel between Jack Sparrow and a mysterious impostor from On Stranger Tides. Both then-unidentified characters kick the protagonists (Ahsoka/Jack) before running to higher ground, then the protagonists deal with barrels rolling down at them from a ramp-like object.

Superman & Lois

• In the season 2 episode "Tried and True", while getting Lois and Lucy in the same room, Sam Lane compares Jordan Kent's long hair to the "pirates in the islands" movies. Lois corrects him with the Pirates of the Caribbean series and Lucy says that Sam isn't familiar with any movie not named Delta Force.

Taboo

• The fictional version of the East India Trading Company logo from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise appears frequently throughout the series. Jonathan Pryce also portrays the series' antagonist and leader of the East India Company.

Tales from the Cryptkeeper

• In the Ghost Ship episode Ben and his friend Mike go for a joyride on Ben's father's new yacht and sink it, leaving the two stranded in the ocean until a phantom ship haunted by pirates comes to their rescue.

Teen Wolf

• In Season Four, Episode One "The Dark Moon" Stiles Silinski and Lydia Martin visit Araya Calavera. When Araya tells them "Not smart to come alone." Stiles replies "What makes you think we came alone?", reminiscing Barbossa's appearance in Singapore in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse

• The episode "Untold Treasures" features crewmates Mickey and Minnie seek to find a buried treasure before Peg-Leg Pete uses it to become the most powerful pirate on the seven seas. When Pete retires to his bedchamber, it features a similar scenery to the skeletal Pirate Captain in the Captain's Quarters, in which Pete is the Captain looking at a map with a magnifying glass. A statue of Captain Hook also make an appearance. They later go to Hangman's Tree, where Mickey and Minnie find a locked door with a skull and crossed swords that talks to them.

Wednesday

• In episode seven "If You Don't Woe Me by Now" Marilyn Thornhill claims Enid Sinclair and Wednesday Addams were "thick as thieves". In episode eight "A Murder of Woes" on the night of the blood moon Laurel Gates resurrects the main villain Joseph Crackstone.

Yolanda, Daughter of the Black Corsair

• In the Spanish animated series Yolanda, Daughter of the Black Corsair, the Marigold, a ghost ship crewed by undead pirates appears in the fifth episode "The Sea Rocket". Davy Jones' Locker is mentioned several times and one of the undead pirates drinks wine like Hector Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Music

Alestorm

The cover of Captain Morgan's Revenge.

• The cover of the first album of the Scottish Pirate Metal band Alestorm, called Captain Morgan's Revenge, features a skeletal pirate with Davy Jones-like tentacle beard.
• The cover of the second album, Black Sails at Midnight, features a zombie pirate crew on a ship with black sails. Davy Jones is mentioned in the song Keelhauled. The main POTC music theme is incorporated into the song No Quarter.
• The cover of the third album, Back Through Time, features a ghost ship similar to the Flying Dutchman flying in the sky.
• The official video for the song P.A.R.T.Y. from the band's seventh album Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum shows a crew of undead skeletal pirates stealing treasure from other undead skeletal pirates. The video for the song The Battle of Cape Fear River shows Blackbeard dying at Ocracoke and coming back from the grave as a ghost.

Axel Rudi Pell

• The cover of Into the Storm, the sixteenth album of the German metal guitarist Axel Rudi Pell features a ghost ship sailing on the stormy sea full of sea monsters.

Blazon Stone

The cover of Down in the Dark.

• One of the songs on the band's debut album Return to Port Royal is titled Blackbeard.
• A group of the undead skeletal pirates in a treasure cave appear on the cover of the band's fourth album, Down in the Dark. One of the pirates is similar to Aaron McBride's artwork of the cursed Hector Barbossa for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. One of the songs is titled Merciless Pirate King.
• The song Black Sails on the Horizon from the album Damnation speaks of "A soulless gang of murderous crooks" who sail in a ship with black sails.

Bring Me the Horizon

• Oliver Sykes revealed the band's name was a "slight change of a line" from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, in which Captain Jack Sparrow says the final line, "Bring me that horizon."

Calico Jack

• The Italian death metal/folk metal band Calico Jack (and its debut album) is named after the notorious pirate Calico Jack Rackham. Davy Jones' Locker is mentioned in the song Devil May Care. One of the songs is named Where Hath th' Rum Gone?
• The second album is titled "Isla de la Muerte". One of the songs is named Queen Anne's Revenge.

Girls Lie Too

• Jack Sparrow appears as Terri Clark's fantasy lover in the music video to Girls Lie Too (2004). Jack is portrayed by Clark's producer.

Iced Earth

• A treasure chest similar to the Dead Man's Chest appears on the cover of the 2019 EP Enter The Realm.

Iron Mask

• Davy Jones and his chest are referenced in the song "Black Devil Ship" on the band's third album Shadow of the Red Baron.

Nox Arcana

The cover of Phantoms of the High Seas.

• Phantoms of the High Seas, the tenth album of gothic duo Nox Arcana is inspired by pirate lore and stories of ghost ships. The cover of the album features a ghostly vessel flying the Jolly Roger. The first song on the album is titled Dead men tell no tales.

Pirates of Metal

• The cover of the band's single Walk the Plank shows a group of undead skeletal pirates forcing their similarly cursed victim to walk the plank. The phrase "a pirate's life for me" is incorporated into the song Battle on the High Seas.

Saint Deamon

• A black pirate ship nearly identical to the Black Pearl appears in the video for the song At Break of Dawn.

Silverbones

• The band's second album is titled "Brethren of the Coast". One of the songs is named Dead Men Tell No Tales.

Ten

• The twelfth album of the British melodic hard rock band Ten is titled Isla De Muerta.

The Pirate

• Julia Rich's song makes numerous references to Johnny Depp ("I'm not hip to what's hep / but I can savvy Johnny Depp") and Jack Sparrow ("I'd consider nothing finer... than a pirate with eyeliner / overtaking me for purposes of plunder"), and Pirates of the Caribbean in general ("Midnight on a tropic beach... moonlight on his golden teeth / me and the scallywag, marooned / just a little rum'll do us... sends a little fire through us / pretty soon the moment's headed straight towards opportune").

The Sweet Escape

• In the video to the song Gwen Stefani is locked into a prison cell and lures a dog holding the keys for it.

Jack Sparrow

• The music group Lonely Island meet Michael Bolton who talks about seeing the series. Bolton sings with the group and gradually strays from the focus of the song by instead singing choruses about the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and its primary protagonist Captain Jack Sparrow, but also with other film references. The song and music video debuted on Saturday Night Live as an SNL Digital Short on May 7, 2011.

Visions of Atlantis

• The Flying Dutchman from the Pirates of the Caribbean series appears in the video for the song The Deep & The Dark.
• The cover of the band's seventh album Wanderers shows the Kraken's dead body lying on a beach, intertwined with the broken remains a of a ship.
• The cover of the 2023 live album Pirates Over Wacken features a human skull with a tricorne hat and Davy Jones-like tentacle beard.
• In the official video for the song Armada the band sails a pirate ship with dark hull and black sails. The topsail on the foremast is decorated with a white skull and crossed swords. The scenes of the gun ports opening are taken from the Black Pearl's pursuit of the HMS Interceptor in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. One scene with the cannons firing is taken from the Pearl's attack on Port Royal.

Video games

Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships

• The Flying Dutchman appears in the game.

Assassin's Creed

• The 2012 video game Assassin's Creed III features the voice talents of Nolan North as Desmond Miles, Kevin McNally as Robert Faulkner, and Robin Atkin Downes as George Washington. One of the concept artwork for the game shows a ship identical to the Black Pearl stuck in ice in the Northwest Passage.
• The 2013 video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is set primarily on and around the islands in the Caribbean Sea during the Golden Age of Piracy in the early 18th century, with the three major cities consisting of Havana, Nassau, and Kingston. Black Flag features the appearances of Mary Read, Anne Bonny, Jack Rackham, Bartholomew Roberts, as well as Edward "Blackbeard" Thatch and his ship Queen Anne's Revenge. Locations like El Dorado and the Fountain of Youth are mentioned. The British Royal Navy warship HMS Prince usually appears surrounded by a ghostly fog which, along with the Prince's black and tattered sails, gives it the appearance of a ghost ship. Ships similar to the Black Pearl can be seen in "True Golden Age of Pirates" trailer. Teo Yong Jin's concept art of a "Spanish Captain" and Spanish Officer" appear similar to The Spaniard and the Spanish Officer featured in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The phrase "Dead Men Tell No Tales" also makes an appearance in Black Flag, specifically written in the design for the "Black Chest Edition" of the game.

Fable

• A gravestone in the Lychfield Graveyard reads "Cpt. J. Sparrow: A wind at your back forever, sir", a line similar to that given in the toast Johnny Depp shares with his father while playing George Jung in Blow.

Goat Simulator 3

• There is an unlockable head piece called "Jake Swallows" which looks like Jack Sparrow's hat and hair. It has ability is summoning kraken tentacles to destroy the surroundings.

Heroes of the Storm

• One of the game's battlegrounds is called Blackheart's Bay. It features a pirate captain whose dialogue mentions a Dead Man's Chest closely followed by a question about where the rum has gone. On the northern edge of the map is a Kraken and parts of a wrecked ship.

Killer Instinct

• The character Spinal is an undead pirate skeleton with the ship's wheel stuck in his bones.

Kingdom Hearts

• In Kingdom Hearts II, one of the game's "worlds" is Port Royal, where Sora, Donald, and Goofy participate in the events of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
• In Kingdom Hearts III, one of the game's "worlds" is The Caribbean, where Sora, Donald, and Goofy participate in the events of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

Medievil Resurrection

• The cutscene at the beginning of the Dragon Island level is reminiscent of Jack Sparrow arrival to Port Royal on a sinking boat in The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Monkey Island 2

• When the main character is in jail, he uses a bone to lure a dog with the keys to him. Also, one of the items is called the E Ticket, a reference to the type of ticket used to get on Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland.

Nightmares from the Deep

• The first game in the series, The Cursed Heart, features a ghost ship similar to the Black Pearl crewed by undead pirates. The main villain is Henry Remington, a supernatural pirate captain who became immortal after making a deal with Davy Jones. Remington's still beating heart is locked in a chest similar to Dead Man's Chest. The wanted poster of Blackbeard appears on the wall of Remington's cabin.
• The second game, The Siren's Call, features mermaids, sirens, and the Kraken.
• The third game, Davy Jones, features Davy Jones himself. Originally a successful merchant, Davy Jones asks the Heaven for help when a gang of pirates kills his daughter. Now in possession of supernatural powers, Jones commands a crew of undead skeletons and roams the seas searching for a way to resurrect his daughter.

Pirates Saga

• The Facebook game Pirates Saga features a special quest entitled "On Stranger Waves" which is a clear parody to On Stranger Tides, the basis for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The quest also features a journey towards the Fountain of Youth and the quest master has a similar appearance to that of Angelica.

Pirates Vs. Ninjas Dodgeball

• Fernando Consuela is based on Jack Sparrow and Will Turner. He has a tricorne, strands of hair with beads, eye liner, and a beard and mustache like Jack. However, his hair color and long hair are based on Will Turner. Among his jewelry is a medallion similar to the one seen in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Port Royale 3

• In the trailer a pirate ship almost identical to the Black Pearl attacks a Royal Navy ship remarkably similar to the HMS Providence.

Sea of Dawn

• Sea of Dawn, a multiplayer role-playing online game from Chinese gaming company Changyou, released a short film featuring Johnny Depp as Phillip Artoosh, a shopkeeper affecting a seafaring lilt, who tells a "story of adventure" about "every precious trinket in his shop" to bill collector Anselm Rodriguez (Francisco Rodriguez), distracting his visitor from the task at hand. Among the stories, Phillip spoke about being on the deck of "the good ship Santiago." Philip's line, "I mean dead. Very, very dead." may be reminiscent to how Jack Sparrow described Captain Salazar in Dead Men Tell No Tales.

Sea of Thieves

• Many of the achievements in the game are named after lines from Pirates of the Carribean, such as "I am not obsessed with treasure" and "Bring me that horizon".
• The 2021 expansion titled A Pirate's Life is an official crossover with the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, featuring many characters from the films and references to the original Disneyland ride.

Sid Meier's Pirates!

• The Pirate captain in the pirate haven looks similar to Jack Sparrow.
• One of the pirate haven names in the portable version is "World's End."

Skull and Bones

• Davy Jones is mentioned in the sea chanty "Skull and Bones". The phrase "A pirate's life" is also in the lyrics.

Streets of Rage 2

• In level three, the player fights in an amusement park. Part of the level goes through a pirate ride, meant to represent Pirates of the Caribbean.

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

• In the opening sequence, the pirate Tetra is said to be savvy to the seas.

The Pirate: Plague of the Dead

• The player takes the role of Calico Jack Rackham who must use the arcane voodoo magic to raise several historical pirates from the dead.

Total War: Warhammer II

• A music similar to the opening part of Jack Sparrow plays at the beginning of the trailer for Curse of the Vampire Coast. The Vampire Lord Luthor Harkon sails on a ghost ship with black sails and leads an army of zombie pirates. Necrofex Colossus units are armed with the tripple guns similar to the Flying Dutchman's bow chaser.

Tropico 5

• One of the trailers for the game parodies Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, particularly Captain Jack Sparrow scenes in Port Royal. In the trailer, El Presidente salutes to skeletons hanging next to a "Dictators Ye Be Warned" sign before arriving to an island, stepping off a sinking ship before being declared "the worst dictator I have ever heard of" by British authorities.

Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates

• As a bonus for people who buy the boxed version of the game, a hat called the Savvy Hat was included. Based on Jack Sparrow's tricorne, it is a tricorne with a red bandanna beneath it. The name comes from Jack Sparrow's frequent use of the word "Savvy".

Literature and comics

52

• Jack Sparrow appears amongst a group of time-displaced pirates and robots in issue #24.

A Feast for Crows

• A courtesan named Black Pearl appears in the book. She is descended from a pirate queen who was also named Black Pearl.

Aléa Drumman, tel père telle fille

• The French comic book series Aléa Drumman, tel père telle fille (Aléa Drumman, Like Father, Like Daughter), features Aléa Drumman, a daughter of Blackbeard who joins the crew of Calico Jack Rackham to recover her father's severed head, which allegedly contains great magical power.

Archie's Buried Treasure

• In the Pirates Ahoy story Archie Andrews falls asleep in the movie theater while watching a pirate-themed movie. He dreams about being a heroic privateer sent by the governor of Jamaica to save his daughter Veronica Lodge who was kidnapped by the infamous pirate Red Reggie. During the pursuit one of Archie's crewmembers throws all the cannonballs overboard to increase the ship's speed, forcing the crew to fire hardtacks at the pirate ship. In the One Man's Treasure story Veronica stumbles upon a shooting of pirate-themed movie Pirates Ahoy! Part Deux and befriends the main actor Johnny Dredge who plays a pirate named Captain Zack. During the shoooting she accidentally takes a cursed pirate necklace, mistaking it for a movie prop.

Barracuda

• The 2013 French comic book features the Barracuda, a pirate ship with black sails whose captain, the infamous buccaneer Blackdog, searches for a cursed red diamond called the Kashar Diamond.

Blondie

• In the Halloween 2007 strip, Elmo and his friends Emory and Ron all dress up as Jack Sparrow for Halloween, though supposedly their costumes are different versions from each movie.

Capitaine Vaudou

• The French comic book series Capitaine Vaudou (Captain Voodoo), based on the roleplaying game of the same name, prominently features pirates in the Caribbean, voodoo, sea monsters, zombies, and heathen gods.

Dampyr

• Issue 113 (La Nave Fantasma) of the Italian comic book Dampyr features the Akron, a ghost ship crewed by pirate vampires led by the Master of the Night Akhar Nun. Issue 227 (Pirati!) shows Nun turning a rival pirate crew into vampires and burying them alive in an underground cave for centuries. When the pirates awake as the undead they try to raise a mutiny against their captain, blaming him for their misfortune, reminiscing a scene from The Curse of the Black Pearl where the cursed crew blames Hector Barbossa for being cursed.

Dead Men Tell No Tales

• Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, and Black Bart Roberts search for the supernatural treasure in this comic book. During the search they encounter zombies, demons, and all sorts of monsters.

Disneyland Line

• The March 2007 edition of Disneyland Line focused on Pirates of the Caribbean to celebrate the attraction's 40th anniversary.

Disney Villains: Maleficent

• The first issue of the 2023 Dynamite Entertainment comic book Disney Villains: Maleficent shows the evil sorceress Maleficent giving the young adventurer Reynard a magical compass which leads to what his heart desires.

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

• It mentions that Pirates of the Caribbean was changed to an AI-driven sim. It also mentions a version featured in the fictional Disneyland Beijing, featuring Cheng I Sao.

Earthdivers

• When a Native American time traveler from the year 2112 goes back in time to join Christopher Columbus' first voyage to the New World to change the course of history, when he sees Columbus' fleet docked in Gran Canaria he says Here there be monsters.

El Atlas Furtivo

• The cover features a key designed to look like the key to the Dead Man's Chest.

Hard Aground

• The cover of the 2012 edition of the book shows a sunken sailing ship with the figurehead of the Queen Anne's Revenge from the Pirates film series.

Iceberg

• The Pirates of the Caribbean ride appears in the novel.

Le diable des sept mers

• In the French comic book Le diable des sept mers (Devil of the Seven Seas) when the pirate ship Skull & Bones sails off the coast of South Carolina, the crew see the corpses of several pirates hanging on the gallows on the shore. The pirate captain Robert Murdoch takes off his hat to salute the dead, reminiscing the scene from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl when Jack Sparrow arrives in Port Royal.

Mad

• Jack Sparrow appears on the cover of Issue #439. He's at the lower right corner of the dart board.
• Issue #468 contains booty-licious outtakes from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
• The cover of issue #479 shows Alfred E. Neuman dressed as Jack Sparrow. It also includes things overheard at the premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as well as Arr-Rated outtakes.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope

• Tariq Ali's book takes its name from the movies of the same name, but actually deals with Hugo Chavez, former president of Bolivia.

Raven

• In issue #1 of Mathieu Lauffray's comic book series several parties search for the treasure of Cortés, hidden on an uncharted island. The infamous pirate Raven burns the treasure map, leaving him the only one who knows the way to the treasure, forcing Captain Darksee to accept him as her partner.

Redbeard

• Issue #6 features the Bloodhunt, the long lost pirate ship of Captain Morgan, sailing across the stormy seas, with Morgan's skeleton tied to the helm.

Red Sonja

• The Long Way Home storyline (#22, #23, and #24) features a ghost ship crewed by the undead mariners who force their prisoners to walk the plank to be sacrificed to an ancient demonic whale god.

Sea of Red

• The main character, the 16th century Spanish sailor Marco Esperanza, gets captured by the pirate vampires of the dreaded Black Galleon. When he kills one of the vampires during their attack on another ship, they turn him into an undead like themselves, chain him to the figurehead of a sinking ship, and leave him at the bottom of the ocean unable to die.

Storie da Altrove

• Issue 18 of the Italian comic book series Storie da Altrove/Stories from Elsewhere (a Martin Mystère spin-off) shows one of the secret exits from the Elsewhere base disguised as an amusement park, with the front of the Tunnel of Horror decorated with old ships, a skull similar to the Pirates of the Caribbean movie logo, and a pirate holding a sword in a pose similar to Blackbeard's when he crushed the mutiny on the Queen Anne's Revenge.

The Campbells

• The title font is the same as in Pirates of the Caribbean. Campbell resembles some of the depictions of Will Turner in the Disney Adventures comics. In issue 1, when Captain "Inferno" Campbell accepts a pardon and becomes a baron of England, he also becomes a superior to the governor and orders the governor's soldiers to arrest him. When the governor complains Inferno says "It's nothing personal. Just business." When Captain Carapepino and his crewman Haggins end up the last survivors on a raft surrounded with sharks, Carapepino orders Haggins to jump into the water, but Haggins calls upon the Pirate Code to elect a new captain. Both of them vote for themselves. In issue 2 when Carapepino introduces himself to the Campbell brothers, he says he sells his loyalty "to the highest bidder." Before falling in love with Campbell, Nancy Morgane spends some time as a pirate captain in her own right under the guise of "the formidable Captain Morgan". A brothel in issue 3 is named Shipwreck Island. During the battle Ambassador de Malenpis yells "Bloody pirates!" In issue 5 a crocodile bites off Carapepino's right hand and later he puts a hook in its place.

The Darkness: Black Sails

• The infamous pirate Miguel Estacado, captain of the Darkness, is said to sail from "Hell itself", his ship is "crewed by the damned", and never leaves any survivors.

The "E" Ticket

• Issue 32 was dedicated to the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction.

The Kingdom Keepers

• The pirates from Pirates of the Caribbean come to life every night. When the captain introduces himself as Blackbeard, Finn introduces himself as Jack Sparrow.

Theme Park Adventure

• One issue of the magazine Theme Park Adventure was dedicated to Pirates of the Caribbean.

Zagor

The cover of Zagor: La nave nera/The Black Ship

• Issue #200 "Il Tesoro Maledetto" (The Cursed Treasure) features the British warship HMS Discovery which carries a cargo of gold. When the captain and his officers slaughter the crew so they could keep the gold, the mysterious comet sinks the ship. More than fifty years later, when the comet appears again, the Discovery rises from its watery grave, and the slaughtered sailors come back to life as the undead to protect the cursed treasure.
• Issues #366 "Vendetta Vudu" (A Voodoo Vendetta) and #367 "La laguna dei morti viventi" (Lagoon of the Living Dead) show the Voodoo witch Marie Laveau summoning the Kraken (the physical form of the Voodoo spirit Maitre Carrefour) to raise the slaughtered members of Jean Lafitte's pirate crew as zombies.
• Issues #429 "La nave nera" (The Black Ship) and #430 "La dea della luna" (The Goddess of the Moon) feature a ghost ship with black sails called the Black Ivory. The Black Ivory was originally a slave ship, but its crew was turned into vampires, and the ship begun to haunt the waters of the Caribbean. The story also involves cannibals and the British Royal Navy.
• Annual issue #18 "La maledizione del Poseidon" (The Curse of the Poseidon) features a Dutch East India Company ship called the Poseidon. When the crew attacks and plunders the old Phoenician temple in India, the Indian holy man curses the crew and the ship ends up in a timeless limbo between life and death.

Zenescope Entertainment

One of the zombie pirates from the Seven Undead Seas ride and the character Keres dressed as Jack Sparrow.

• Zenescope's Grimm Tales of Terror Quarterly: 2021 Halloween Special features Dreamland Park, a haunted place which magically transforms into Nightmareland on Halloween, with the Pirates of the Caribbean-like ride Seven Undead Seas being full of bloodthirsty zombie pirates who kill and eat the visitors. During the ride, as the pirates attack a small town, reminiscing the battle of Puerto Dorado, the pirate captain sings Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
• The 2022 August Movie Club Collectible Cover by Sun Khamunaki is a homage to the poster of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, showing the Death goddess Keres in the role of Jack Sparrow.

Other

Dead Man's Chest

• The cover of the 2020 Frog God roleplaying game Dead Man's Chest shows a pirate fighting against a crew of undead skeletons on a ship caught in a storm, attacked by the Kraken.

Europa-Park

• The soundtrack of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl plays in the Atlantica SuperSplash ride in Europa-Park.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

• The Buccaneers have a pirate ship at the north end of their stadium. The ship has cannons which fire soft rubber footballs and confetti for each point the Buccaneers score. At certain times during the game, they play Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) on the loud speakers while guest on the ship throw prizes into the crowd.

Political demonstrations in Mexico

• On March 12, 2008 demonstrates protesting against several Mexican politicians, accusing them on bribery, nepotism and betraying the national interests of Mexico, showed a collage based on the promotional poster of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End with the faces of the main characters replaced by faces of Mexican politicians and the movie title replaced with the slogan "¡Ya vienen los piratas y van por el tesoro!" ("Here come the pirates and they come for the treasure!"). This was shown in the news worldwide.

UEFA Euro 2008

• He's a Pirate was played during the award ceremony after the final.

Jenny Lorenzo

• In one of her YouTube sketch videos, Jasleiney and her grandma look through her closest, which is full of dark clothes. When her grandma asks if she has anything in another color, Jasleiney's response includes, "This is 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' black. Not to be confused with 'Blackbeard the Pirate' black. Arrrrrg."

TMZ

• Marshawn Lynch turned into "Captain Black Sparrow" for a hilarious skit prior to Thursday Night Football.

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

• In The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, Drax and Mantis come across tourists having their photos taken with cosplayers in various costumes. While it was mostly a reference to The Avengers and other Marvel properties, Captain Jack Sparrow was also spotted among the costumed performers.

Sources

• Depp Impact: Pop Culture References
• In-jokes of Monkey Island 2