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"No fair!"
―Jacoby's last words[src]

Jacoby was a pirate serving among Captain Hector Barbossa's crew aboard the Black Pearl, and was one of those cursed by the Aztec Gold found in the treasure of Cortés.

Biography[]

"I'm gonna teach you the meanin' of pain!"
―Jacoby to Will Turner[src]

Jacoby was presumably recruited by Captain Jack Sparrow in Tortuga, prior to the mutiny that saw Barbossa lead the quest to Isla de Muerta. There, the crew became cursed, and spent the following nine years tracking down all 882 Aztec coins to lift the curse. Jacoby joined the assault on Port Royal to find the final piece.[1]

Jacoby cursed

Jacoby cursed concept art.

During the siege, Jacoby caused damage to the town's structures by throwing several hand grenades, but was hindered by Will Turner, who threw a hatchet into his back. Later, Turner came face-to-face with Jacoby once more, who had survived by dint of the immortality that came with the curse. Jacoby threw a grenade, but it turned out to be a dud. Will was summarily knocked out and Jacoby made his escape with the rest of the crew back to the Pearl.[1]

Jacoby in Isla de Muerta

Jacoby in Isla de Muerta.

Jacoby confronted Will once more in Isla de Muerta, during the attack on the HMS Dauntless. There, he cornered Will and was about to kill him when Elizabeth Swann knocked him off his feet with a gaffe. Turner and Swann teamed up to spear Jacoby along Monk and Weatherby together on the gaffe. Will placed a grenade inside Jacoby's skeletal form, and pushed him out of the moonlight, trapping it in his flesh-and-blood body. Jacoby exploded, his last words a comment on the unfairness of the situation.[1] The explosion killed Jacoby once and for all before the curse was lifted.[2] Sometime later, Jacoby's remains were swallowed by the waters when Isla de Muerta was retaken by the sea.[3]

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Jacoby, shortly before his death.

Behind the scenes[]

  • Jacoby was portrayed by Vince Lozano in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.[1] John DiMaggio provided the character's voice in Kingdom Hearts II.
  • In Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's first screenplay draft for The Curse of the Black Pearl, Jacoby's role was slightly larger. Jacoby replaced Pintel as the one who was shot by Barbossa, and replaced Bo'sun as the one who said "You brought us the wrong person!".[4] In a production draft for The Curse of the Black Pearl, Jacoby's head and spine crashes down in a pool of moonlight after the explosion, and protests to Will Turner that he was cheating, before being picked up and flung into the water by Elizabeth Swann.[5]
  • Although Jacoby exploded along Weatherby and Monk at Isla de Muerta, it has been debated frequently if Jacoby perished in the explosion or if he died because he didn't manage to put his bones back together before the curse was lifted. Vince Lozano, however, eventually confirmed that Jacoby actually died before the curse was lifted.[2]
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Jack fighting Jacoby in The Legend of Jack Sparrow.

Appearances[]

Non-canon appearances[]

Notes and references[]

vdeCursed Crew
Captain: Jack Sparrow
Black Pearl
Hector BarbossaBo'sunClubbaDog EarGrappleHawksmoorJacoby
KatrachoKetchumKoehlerMallotMaximoMonkNipperkinPintelRagetti
ScarusScratchSimbakkaTwiggBootstrap Bill TurnerWeatherby
Captain: Hector Barbossa
Black Pearl
Bo'sunClubbaDog EarGrappleHawksmoorJack the MonkeyJacoby
KatrachoKetchumKoehlerMallotMaximoMonkNipperkinPintelRagetti
ScarusScratchSimbakkaTwiggWeatherby
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