Entertainment
 

List of references to Pirates of the Caribbean

From PotC Wiki

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

Contents

[edit] Film

[edit] Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure

  • A Villain is able to summon the Kraken.

[edit] Doogal

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] The Fog

[edit] Jurassic Park

  • When commenting that nothing at Disney World worked on the first day, Ian Malcom says that Pirates of the Caribbean doesn't eat the tourist if it breaks down.

[edit] National Treasure

  • Sean Bean (Ian Howe) says "It's not like Pirates, is it?"

[edit] Once Upon Time in Mexico

[edit] Pirates

[edit] Television

[edit] Casper's Scare School

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

[edit] Celebrity Deathmatch

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

[edit] Entern oder Kentern

  • The show is inpired 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.

[edit] Family Guy

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] George Lopez

  • In the episode Fishing Cubans, George and Ernie refer to themselves as Pirates of the Caribbean while talking about smuggling George's uncle-in-law out of Cuba.

[edit] How I Met Your Mother

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

[edit] Ice Age-2

  • 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 (Whatch the performance at [1])

[edit] Life With Derek

[edit] Mind of Mencia

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] The New Paul O'Grady Show

  • In the Halloween 2006 edition, host Paul O'Grady|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.

[edit] One Tree Hill

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Martin Mystery: Pirates of Doom

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

[edit] Music

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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").

[edit] 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.

[edit] Alestorm

  • 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 tentacles. The cover of their second album, Black Sails at Midnight, features a zombie pirate crew on a ship with black sails. Also, Davy Jones is mentioned in their song Keelhauled on their second album.

[edit] Video games

[edit] 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.

[edit] Kingdom Hearts II

  • One of the game's "worlds" is Port Royal, complete with numerous Pirates of the Caribbean characters and references. See main article for more.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Pirates Vs. Ninjas Dodgeball

[edit] 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.

[edit] The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

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

[edit] Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates

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

[edit] Sid Meier's Pirates!

  • The Pirate captain in the pirate heaven looks similar to Jack Sparrow.

[edit] Literature and comics

[edit] 52

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Disneyland Line

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] El Atlas Furtivo

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Pirates of the Caribbean

"Aye, sea turtles!"

"What did he use for rope?" The factual accuracy of this article or section is disputed.

Please see this article's talk page to discuss possible changes.

  • The novel takes it's name from the movies of the same name, but actually deals with Hugo Chavez, former president of Bolivia.

[edit] The "E" Ticket

[edit] 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.

[edit] Theme Park Adventure

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

[edit] Other

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] UEFA Euro 2008

[edit] References

Retrieved from "http://pirates.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_references_to_Pirates_of_the_Caribbean"