- "Ah! My leg! You blooming cockroaches! You've broken me leg!"
"Dreadful sorry. I know the name of a good peg leg man. Uses whale bone. Top quality. Best in Tortuga." - ―Pequeño and Jack Sparrow
A peg leg, also referred to as a wooden leg, was a prosthesis, more specifically an artificial limb of carved wood fitted to the remaining stump of an amputated leg. Several individuals, some mainly being pirates, wore peg legs.
History[]
- "Have you ever had a peg leg?"
- ―Spencer Sinclair to Jack Sparrow
In his life, Davy Jones had two legs until he abandoned his duty to ferry souls aboard the Flying Dutchman, in which he mutated into a fish-like being in which his right leg was replaced with a lobster/crab leg, that acted as a peg leg.[1][2] Jack Sparrow claimed to have known the name of a good peg leg man, who used whale bone.[3]
When Hector Barbossa lost his right leg after an attack on the Black Pearl, he replaced his missing limb with a wooden leg that had a hidden rum supply. Barbossa would wear the peg leg throughout the quest for the Fountain of Youth, where he served as a privateer until returning to piracy.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
- In real-world history, pirates rarely worn a peg leg, if not wearing them at all.
- In an M&M's commercial, starring Ragetti, one of the M&Ms has a peg leg for a hand.[5]
Appearances[]
- Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean
- Climb Aboard if you Dare!: Stories from the Pirates of the Caribbean
- Jack Sparrow: Silver
- Jack Sparrow: City of Gold
- The Price of Freedom
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (First appearance)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow (Mentioned only)
- The Sidekick! (Mentioned only)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Non-canon appearances[]
- The Trouble With Pirates! (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
Sources[]
- Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: The Visual Guide