Pirates of the Caribbean

This article is about the franchise. For other, more specific uses, see Pirates of the Caribbean (disambiguation). For real pirates, see Piracy in the Caribbean.

Pirates of the Caribbean is a multi-billion dollar Walt Disney franchise encompassing a series of films, a theme park ride, and spinoff novels as well as numerous video games and other publications. The franchise originates with the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, which opened at Disneyland in 1967, the last Disney theme park attraction overseen by Walt Disney. Disney based the ride on ancient Spanish and Portuguese sailing legends and folklore. In turn, the first three movies serve as a reiteration of the legends while the fourth is a new rendition with some artistic license. As of August 2006, Pirates of the Caribbean attractions can be found at four Disney theme parks. Their related films have grossed almost US$4 billion as of 2011.^{[citation needed]}

Films

Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
2. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
5. Pirates of the Caribbean 5 (2013)

Video games

Main article: Pirates of the Caribbean video games

• Adventures in the Magic Kingdom by Capcom featured a stage in which the player had to rescue six civilians from pirates in an island resembling the attraction.
• Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour by Eidos Interactive included a level in which players can race water boats at the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction in Walt Disney World.
• Pirates of the Caribbean (Originally entitled Sea Dogs II) was released in 2003 by Bethesda Softworks to coincide with the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Although it had no relation to the characters, it features the movie's storyline about cursed Aztec gold and undead pirates, and it was the first of several games to be inspired by the attraction, prior to this exploring the stories that made Captain Jack Sparrow a legend.
• Pirates of the Caribbean Multiplayer Mobile for mobile phones
• Pirates of the Caribbean Online a massively multiplayer online role playing game which was released in Autumn 2007.
• Kingdom Hearts II features a world based on Pirates of the Caribbean, "Port Royal", taking place during the events of the first film, with movie characters such as Jack Sparrow, Elizabeth Swann, Will Turner, and Captain Barbossa making appearances. In the first visit, the story is directly copied from the film, but partially modified to fit the Kingdom Hearts II storyline, shown with the inclusions of Sora, Donald Duck, Goofy and Pete. The second visit focuses more on Organization XIII's activities in Port Royal, as well as Sora, Jack, Donald and Goofy's first encounter with Luxord.
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl for Game Boy Advance (Nintendo) and a few others. This game is based on Captain Jack Sparrow's misadventures in the pursuit of saving Ria Anasagasti with his shipmate Will Turner.
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, was released for the Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance and others.
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End was released on May 22, 2007 and was based on the film of the same name which was released on May 25, 2007. It was the first game in the series to be released for a seventh generation console.
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned, an action and role playing video game, was being developed by Propaganda Games but was cancelled in October 2010.
• Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game, released in May 2011, is the most recent Pirates game. It features all four films as well as over 70 characters and over 20 levels.
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Master of the Seas, a gaming app available on the iPad, iPhone, and the iPod Touch.

Books

Two series of young reader books have been made as prequel to the first film:

• Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow (12 books)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Legends of the Brethren Court (4 books so far)

In addition there is a novel written for adults:

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom by Ann C. Crispin

Adaptations

Several additional works have been inspired by the original attraction:

• Port Royal, a world including themes from the Pirates of the Caribbean films, appears in the Square Enix video game Kingdom Hearts II.
• In 2000, Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for Buccaneer Gold, opened at DisneyQuest at Florida's Walt Disney World Resort. The attraction allows up to five players to board a virtual pirate ship and attempt to sink other ships with water cannons.
• Ron Gilbert often has said that the Monkey Island computer game series was the inspiration for Pirates of the Caribbean (especially upon seeing the second movie), although he has said that he mainly got his inspiration from Tim Powers' book On Stranger Tides (which later inspired the fourth film in the franchise). Within both the film and the Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge adventure game is a key-carrying dog named Walt, whose name is a nod to Walt Disney and whose appearance is based on the jail scene from the rides.
• A Pirates of the Caribbean board game Monopoly is manufactured by USAopoly.
• A Pirates of the Caribbean version of the board game The Game of Life was developed.
• A Pirates of the Caribbean version of the board game Battleship is produced by Hasbro under the title of Battleship Command.
• Pirates of the Caribbean was the name of a team participating in the 2005–2006 Volvo Ocean Race. Their boat was named the "Black Pearl."
• A Pirates of the Caribbean multiplayer online game was released by Disney on Oct. 31, 2007.

Characters

Main article: List of Pirates of the Caribbean characters

• Jack Sparrow
• Will Turner
• Elizabeth Swann
• Hector Barbossa
• Joshamee Gibbs
• Cutler Beckett
• Davy Jones
• Weatherby Swann
• James Norrington
• Tia Dalma
• Pintel and Ragetti
• The Kraken

See also

• Geography of Pirates of the Caribbean

External links

• Pirates of the Caribbean Wiki – Pirates.wikia.com
• Official Disney Website For Pirates of the Caribbean
• Pirates' code of conduct referenced in Pirates of the Caribbean