Jack Sparrow's crew

For other uses, see Jack Sparrow's crew (disambiguation)

Jack Sparrow's crew
General information
Leader	Captain Jack Sparrow
Notable members	Arabella Smith Robert Greene First Mate Joshamee Gibbs Marty Cotton Anamaria Stubb Pintel Ragetti Murtogg Mullroy Scrum Garheng Salaman Pike Cremble Bollard
Ships	Barnacle Fleur de la Mort Wicked Wench/Black Pearl Jack Sparrow's galleon Interceptor Queen Anne's Revenge Dying Gull
Head­quarters	Tortuga Saint Martin
Other information
Affiliation	Crew of the Barnacle Crew of the Wicked Wench Crew of the Black Pearl Crew of the Queen Anne's Revenge Crew of the Dying Gull
Behind the scenes
First appearance	The Curse of the Black Pearl
Latest appearance	Dead Men Tell No Tales

"You seek the legend. You seek Captain Jack Sparrow. But heed this warning: only a true pirate be fit to sail with Captain Jack. And that methinks is a perilous voyage for even the bravest of seafarers. So, then, who among you thinks ye has what it takes to join Captain Jack's ruddy crew?"

―Talking Skull

Jack Sparrow's crew, also referred to as Jack's crew, was a group of sailors led by Captain Jack Sparrow. On several occasions in his pirate life, Jack Sparrow would steer a course for the pirate island of Tortuga to look for a crew crazy enough to join him on his dangerous adventures. Despite the moniker, the crew would be led by other individuals, like Arabella Smith, Joshamee Gibbs, and Will Turner, among others.

In his first year at sea as a teenage stowaway, young Jack Sparrow had assembled a ragtag crew, known as the fearless crew of the mighty Barnacle, that he shared his early adventures with. Jack had a crew serve under him aboard the Wicked Wench when he pursued a legitimate career as a merchant seaman for the East India Trading Company, until he was branded as a pirate. Afterwards, Jack had only pirate crews join him in his further adventures, whether he was a captain with or without a ship. While his pirate crews managed to operate during the Age of Piracy, Captain Jack Sparrow's crew occasionally dissolved, notably under circumstances such as mutiny, leaving Sparrow to continue to work in his own, rather eccentric, company.

History

Early adventures

The Mighty Barnacle

The crew of the Barnacle.

"And oh, from now on, please remember...it's Captain Jack Sparrow!"

―Jack Sparrow

In his first year at sea, young Captain Jack Sparrow was a teenage stowaway since running away from home. Jack's first assembled crew was comprised of himself, Arabella Smith, Fitzwilliam P. Dalton III, Tumen, Jean Magliore and his sister-turned-cat, Constance. Known as the fearless crew of the mighty Barnacle, Jack's crewmates had embarked on many adventures, first setting out on the quest for the Sword of Cortés, a weapon with unearthly power. Throughout their quest, the Barnacle crew encountered sea beasts, cursed pirates, and the cunning and vicious merfolk. Near the end of Jack's early adventures, the Barnacle was destroyed, and Jack briefly took command of the Fleur de la Mort, the ship captained by Arabella's mother, Laura.

The Wicked Wench

Jack Sparrow receives a tribute from the crew of the Wicked Wench.

Following his teenage adventures, Jack joined the crew of the Wicked Wench, serving under Captain Morgan and finally becoming a pirate through and through. In a battle off the shores of the mysterious Devil's Triangle the captain was killed by the Spanish pirate hunters led by Armando Salazar. Jack took command of the crew, successfully tricking the Spaniards into sailing into the Triangle where their ship, the dreaded Silent Mary, was destroyed in a series of explosions which killed the entire crew. Following the sinking of the Spanish vessel several pirates gave Jack a tribute.

East India Trading Company

The Fair Wind

"This half-empty cask, which as of last night was full of rum bound for England, rum entrusted to this vessel to be carried in her hold until we reach our destination, rum intended to be sold to the taverns and cellars of England, to slake English thirsts, is gone because, several members of this crew that stands before me, this same crew of misbegotten scurvy sea dogs, crept down into the hold and drank it!"

―Jack Sparrow to the crew of the Fair Wind

In his young adult life, Jack Sparrow entered into the employ of the East India Trading Company. After five years of hard and honest service he was awarded with the rank of First Mate aboard the merchant brig Fair Wind under Captain Nathaniel Bainbridge. The encounter with the pirate frigate Venganza in the waters of the Caribbean resulted in the death of Captain Bainbridge. As the highest ranking officer aboard the Wind, Jack took command of the crew, sailing the ship to England and back to Africa, successfully completing the voyage.

The Wicked Wench

"If we succeed in our mission, it could mean a tidy bonus for every member of this crew. I know I can count on you all to do your duty, mates."

―Jack Sparrow to his crew

The EITC's Director for West Africa, Cutler Beckett, was so impressed with Jack Sparrow that he promoted Jack to the rank of captain and gave him command of the square-rigger Wicked Wench. Jack's friend Robert Greene served as Jack's first mate, while the rest of the Wench's crew mostly consisted of men coming from Great Britain, though some sailors were Irish, French, and African. Jack became very attached to the Wicked Wench, though refused to continue working for the Company when Beckett ordered him to transport slaves. For his betrayal, Jack was branded a pirate and his ship was burned and sunk. However, Jack was not ready to lose his ship and so he made a deal with the ghostly captain Davy Jones: in return for being captain for thirteen years, Jack would offer his soul and service aboard Jones' ship, the Flying Dutchman. Jones agreed and raised the ship from the depths of the ocean, and gave it to Jack. After renaming the ship the Black Pearl, Jack Sparrow began a new life devoted to piracy.

Pirate adventures

The Black Pearl

"Come to join my crew, lad? Welcome aboard!"

―Jack Sparrow

While he was captain of the Black Pearl, Jack Sparrow had several different crews serving under his command. The first known crew sailed with Jack to Tortuga after he made the deal with Davy Jones. Prior to the quest for the Shadow Gold, Jack was joined by Hector Barbossa, who became his first mate. Jack and Barbossa would then assemble a new crew in Tortuga that included Billy Turner and a sailor named Jean, who Jack had known since they were both kids. Also on board was the Spanish princess Carolina and her partner-in-crime Diego; the truly fearsome Catastrophe Shane; Jean's cousin, Marcella; and Tia Dalma's mysterious zombie servant, Alex. But it didn't take the crew long to find trouble—in the form of the Shadow Lord and his army of shadows. Throughout the quest, Jack and his new crew sailed the Seven Seas, encountering the Pirate Lords that control them, while finding all vials of Shadow Gold. At the end of the quest, the Shadow Lord was defeated and several crewmembers abandoned Jack to join the royal pirate Carolina on her own, newly acquired ship, named the Sparrow.

The crew of the Black Pearl.

Two years after becoming captain of the Black Pearl, Jack Sparrow recruited another crew at Tortuga to serve aboard his beloved vessel in finding the cursed Treasure of Cortés. Among the crewmembers were Pintel, Ragetti, and Bootstrap Bill Turner. Three days after starting the voyage towards finding the treasure at Isla de Muerta, Barbossa led the second crew of the Pearl in a mutiny against Jack. Captain Barbossa's crew marooned Jack on a desert island and left him to die, though Jack was able to escape days later. Ten years later, Jack was able to get his revenge on Barbossa—resulting in the treacherous captain's death. With the help of Will Turner, who wanted to save Elizabeth Swann from Barbossa, Jack commandeered the HMS Interceptor and sailed for Tortuga, where Sparrow negotiates with first mate Joshamee Gibbs to find a crew. Among the motley crew Gibbs had gathered were was Marty, Cotton, Cotton's Parrot, and Anamaria, who slapped Sparrow for "borrowing" her boat, the Jolly Mon. Following the defeat of Barbossa's crew, Jack regained the Black Pearl and became its captain once again.

The crew led by Jack Sparrow and Hector Barbossa.

For the next year, Jack's crew embarked on many adventures, with Sparrow's continued freedom drawing the attention of the East India Trading Company, and Turkish corsairs are hired to capture him. Under as-yet-unrevealed circumstances, Jack loses a valued member of his crew, Anamaria. Jack's crew participated in the search for the Dead Man's Chest, which Jack needed to settle his debt with Davy Jones. The search would end with the Kraken attacking the Black Pearl and dragged the ship to the depths along with her captain. After escaping Davy Jones' Locker with the help of his crew, led by a resurrected Hector Barbossa, Jack Sparrow sailed the Pearl to Shipwreck Cove to take part in the fight against Lord Cutler Beckett's Armada. Jack Sparrow was later crew-less after his crew joined Barbossa, who stole the Black Pearl from Jack, again. Luckily, Jack had already stolen Barbossa's map to the Fountain of Youth and set off toward the Fountain by himself.

The Queen Anne's Revenge

Jack with the crew of the Queen Anne's Revenge.

"The topic, gentlemen...is mutiny. Mutiny most foul."
"Aye. I signed up to sail under Jack Sparrow, not some pretender."
"And a lady at that."
"And mention was failed to made of this uncanny crew."

―Jack Sparrow, Salaman, Ezekiel and Cook

In the quest for the Fountain of Youth, Jack Sparrow was shanghaied aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the world-renowned vessel of infamy manned by zombie officers and captained by the legendary pirate Blackbeard. Among the newly-recruited crew members, Jack befriended Scrum. While the Revenge sailed through the ocean, Jack used his lowly position as mere crewman to rustle up support in every quarter, which soon brought him enough from the crew members to lead a mutiny. However, while Jack's mutineers defeated the zombies and Angelica, Blackbeard himself appeared on deck and used his sword to crush the mutiny relatively easy. Jack remained as a member of Blackbeard's crew until the end of the quest, where Blackbeard met his death at the Fountain of Youth.

The Dying Gull

The crew of the Dying Gull.

"All of us are starving."
"We will no longer follow a captain without a ship."

―Pike and Bollard to Jack Sparrow

Prior to the search for the legendary Trident of Poseidon, Jack Sparrow brought together a new pirate crew to serve aboard the Dying Gull, including Gibbs, Scrum, and Marty. They embarked on several unsuccessful misadventures, most notably the bank robbery in Saint Martin. Jack's crew eventually abandoned their captain, though they saved Sparrow from the British authorities when the young sailor Henry Turner hired them with a few silver coins. The Dying Gull then sailed in search for the legendary Trident of Poseidon, with Jack taking Henry Turner and Carina Smyth as prisoners to lead them to the Trident before Capitán Armando Salazar and his ghostly crew of dead men who were seeking revenge on Sparrow. However, the crew abandoned Jack for the second time upon learning that he was being hunted by the dead. Although the Dying Gull crew initially considered killing Jack, Henry, and Carina, they went with their captain's suggestion that they mutiny, sending the three away on a longboat.

A new crew

Following the death of Hector Barbossa, Jack has a new crew of the Black Pearl.

Near the end of the search for the Trident of Poseidon, the crew of the Dying Gull reunited with Jack Sparrow aboard the now-restored Black Pearl, now sailing with Hector Barbossa's crew, formerly of the Queen Anne's Revenge. After Salazar was defeated by Barbossa's sacrifice to save Carina, the two crews mourned over the latter's death before happily serving under the command of Captain Jack Sparrow once again. As Jack set sail towards a rendezvous beyond his beloved horizon, his crew immediately went to work, as the Pearl sailed off into the sunset.

Behind the scenes

• The term "Jack Sparrow's crew", or more commonly "Jack's crew", was used in a number of Pirates of the Caribbean-related media, from film credits like The Curse of the Black Pearl and Dead Man's Chest, to shows and events at Disney Parks, such as the sneak peek of On Stranger Tides and the 2012 attraction The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow.
• In Terry Rossio's 2012 screenplay draft of the Dead Men Tell No Tales script Jack Sparrow revealed that he once lost his whole crew when they sailed through the mermaid-infested waters, the siren song enchanting all the crewmembers and forcing them to jump overboard and drown. Jack escaped that fate only because he was tied to the mast.

Appearances

• The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow
• Jack Sparrow: The Coming Storm
• Jack Sparrow: The Siren Song
• Jack Sparrow: The Pirate Chase
• Jack Sparrow: The Sword of Cortés
• Jack Sparrow: The Age of Bronze
• Jack Sparrow: Silver
• Jack Sparrow: City of Gold
• Jack Sparrow: The Timekeeper
• Jack Sparrow: Dance of the Hours
• Jack Sparrow: Sins of the Father
• Jack Sparrow: Poseidon's Peak
• Jack Sparrow: Bold New Horizons
• Jack Sparrow: The Tale of Billy Turner and Other Stories
• The Price of Freedom
• Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean
• Legends of the Brethren Court: Rising in the East
• Legends of the Brethren Court: The Turning Tide
• Legends of the Brethren Court: Wild Waters
• Legends of the Brethren Court: Day of the Shadow
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (First appearance)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow
• 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
• LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (Non-canonical appearance)
• Disney Infinity (Non-canonical appearance)
• Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life (Non-canonical appearance)
• Disney Speedstorm (Non-canonical appearance)

Sources

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: The Visual Guide