User:Kwenn/Plot holes

This page is designed to provide something of a FAQ concerning various events and alledged inconsistencies in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. They are not necessarily plot holes, but some may be misconscrued as such. Feel free to add your own suggestions, questions and answers. Work in progress - \\Captain Kwenn// &mdash; Ahoy! 12:57, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

FAQ

 * What has Jack been doing in the ten years since the mutiny? Why didn't he attempt to get the Pearl back or visit Isla de Muerta in this time?
 * What we know of this timeframe: Jack was marooned for three days, at which point he bartered passage off the island with a group of rumrunners. Three years after, he bartered his compass from Tia Dalma. At some point prior to Curse, presumably in the final year, he "borrows" the Jolly Mon from Anamaria in Tortuga, and ends up in Port Royal.


 * It is not known if Jack actually knew the location of Isla de Muerta (it can only be found by those who already know where it is), as he gave up the bearings to Barbossa three days into the voyage&mdash;meaning he did not actually reach the location. He also did not receive his compass until three years later, which he presumably uses in Curse to follow the Black Pearl, not to find the island.


 * As Gibbs reminds Jack, going after the Pearl is "a fool's errand", and Jack knows "better'n me the tales of the Black Pearl". As evidenced in the film, a single man cannot crew a ship of the Pearl's size alone, so Jack would not only need a crew to help commandeer the Pearl, but would also need a ship to transport the crew to Isla de Muerta in the first place. Those seven years are presumably spent doing just that, with Jack's failed efforts eventually leaving him with the Jolly Mon.


 * He may also have visited Singapore in this time: he learned his corset trick there; he will apparently turn up in Singapore "sure as the tide"; Lian and Park recognise and giggle at his name; and Sao Feng was greatly insulted by Jack in the past. He was likely already a Pirate Lord by this point (he certainly is as of Curse as he is wearing his piece of eight), as it is doubtful a pirate without a crew or ship would have been given the title. Additionally, he seems to have been keeping a low profile as none of Barbossa's crew are aware he is alive.


 * Ragetti's wooden eye is Barbossa's piece of eight, yet Ragetti appears to be carving it as he arrives in Port Royal, plus he and Pintel muse on getting a glass eye
 * Obviously the importance of Ragetti's eye was retroactively heightened for AWE, but it is possible that Ragetti would have continued to keep the eye even if he did get a glass one...or else he and Pintel would leave the crew upon being free of the curse ("we'll be free men") and so the eye wouldn't be an issue. It may also be that Ragetti has more than one eye, and simply any wooden eye serves as Barbossa's piece of eight.