User:Kwenn/PotC Scene by Scene

A scene-by-scene run through of Pirates of the Caribbean, noting first appearances, information, trivia and anything else of relevance. Feel free to add anything I've missed.

001: The Crossing from England
"We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot. Drink up me 'earties yo ho. We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot. Drink up me 'earties yo ho. Yo ho, yo ho a pirate's life for me. We extort, we pilfer, we filch and sack. Drink up&hellip;"

- Elizabeth Swann

Synopsis
Governor Weatherby Swann and his daughter Elizabeth are crossing from England to take up residence in Port Royal in the Caribbean, accompanied onboard the HMS Dauntless by Lieutenant James Norrington and Joshamee Gibbs. Elizabeth spots Will Turner floating on a piece of driftwood in the water, and he is brought aboard. The crew then notice a burning merchant vessel, the one that had carried Will from England before it was attacked. While the crew are busy scouring the wreckage for survivors, Elizabeth is told by her father to watch over Will. The boy wakes from unconsciousness long enough to tell Elizabeth his name, after which she discovers a pirate medallion around his neck. She takes the medallion, hiding it from Norrington, and Will is taken below. Looking out over the ship's bow, Elizabeth is the only person aboard to witness the departure of the Black Pearl&mdash;the vessel responsible for the attack. She gasps in shock.

Trivia

 * Elizabeth sings lines from "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)", the theme song of the ''Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disneyland, written by George Bruns with lyrics by X Atencio. She later repeats the song with Jack Sparrow, who will himself sing a line of it at the end of the film.
 * On the DVD commentary, the scriptwriters reveal it was their intention to make this sequence ambigious in terms of whether it is an accurate retelling of events, or, as a dream sequence, only Elizabeth's version of what actually happened. Thus, elements such as the appearance of the Black Pearl may have been embellished by Elizabeth after the fact.

Appearances

 * HMS Dauntless
 * Elizabeth Swann
 * Joshamee Gibbs
 * James Norrington
 * Weatherby Swann
 * Will Turner
 * English merchant vessel
 * Captain of the HMS Dauntless
 * Will Turner's medallion
 * Black Pearl

002: The Governor's Mansion
"Commodore Norrington, as he's about to become! A fine gentleman, don't you think? He fancies you, you know."

- Weatherby Swann to Elizabeth Swann

Synopsis
Elizabeth wakes from her dream in bed in the Governor's mansion at Port Royal. She rises, and takes her medallion from a hiding place in a bureau drawer. She puts it on, but is interrupted by a knock at the door. She hides the medallion as her father enters, bearing a gift; a dress, which Weatherby hopes Elizabeth will wear to Norrington's promotion ceremony. As her maids help Elizabeth into the tight corset, her father muses that Norrington is taken with Elizabeth. He is informed he has a visitor.

Appearances

 * Governor's mansion
 * Elizabeth Swann
 * Will Turner's medallion
 * Weatherby Swann
 * London