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Pigs.

Pigs.

"I guess...I guess I'd want to be back on a farm. There is enough money for me to buy a little farmstead of my own. I'd get some geese, and ducks, maybe some turkeys...chickens, of course. Couple of pigs. I love bacon and ham. And a mule for plowing, and some milk cows."
―Robert Greene to Jack Sparrow[src]

The pig, also called swine, was an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It was considered a subspecies of the wild boar by some authorities, but as a distinct species by others. Pigs were domesticated both in East Asia and in the Near East. When domesticated pigs arrived in Europe, they extensively interbred with wild boar but retained their domesticated features. While some of the animals were kept as pets, pigs were farmed primarily for meat, called pork, often cured as bacon. The pig's skin or hide was also used for leather.

History[]

"Do you have any idea how difficult it was to catch that filthy pig? Not the big one. The four-legged one."
―Jack Sparrow to Blackbeard, on Joshamee Gibbs[src]

During the pirate raid on Zaragona Josiah Smith found one of Smilin' Jack's lieutenants lying on the ground, drinking rum, surrounded with pigs.[1] Robert Greene was press-ganged into the British Royal Navy in Bristol when he accompanied his father to market to sell some pigs.[2] Years later, when Greene and Captain Jack Sparrow became sailors of the East India Trading Company and were imprisoned in Calabar, Greene stated that in case they managed to escape, he would have liked to go back to farming, and buy some geese, ducks, turkeys, chickens, a couple of pigs, a mule for plowing, and some milk cows.[3] During the quest for the Shadow Gold, when Captain Jack Sparrow found the Spanish Pirate Lord Eduardo Villanueva tied up in the captain's cabin of his galleon, the Centurion, the Spaniard threatened to feed Jack to his pigs.[4]

Joshamee Gibbs was Jack Sparrow's first choice for a reliable and loyal first mate, though he was a scallywag and an affable ne'er-do-well who did have some faults—he was prone to rum-drinking and idleness, and had even been found sleeping in a pigpen.[5] At the Faithful Bride, one of Tortuga's many taverns, Jack Sparrow led Will Turner to the back of the tavern,[6][7] where they look up Gibbs, the old sailor was lying in the mud and wallowing with the pigs.[8] Gibbs also smelled of pig and ale.[7] Sparrow quickly found a loyal first mate, sleeping in a pig-sty,[9][10] before entering the Faithful Bride tavern.[11][12] Many years later, near the end of the quest for the Fountain of Youth, while negotiating with Blackbeard on an island, Jack Sparrow referred to a wild boar that Gibbs was holding back as a "filthy pig", before saying "Not the big one. The four-legged one."[13]

At some point, Jack Sparrow stole a roasted pig from a pirate in Tortuga.[14] After fighting drunken pirates in a brawl at a cantina, James Norrington was on the losing side and ended up thrown in the gutter with the pigs.[15][9][10]

Behind the scenes[]

Pigs first appeared in Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean, which opened at Disneyland in 1967,[16] where a rum-swilling souse lies in the mud with the only creatures in town that would consort with him: a trio of squealing pigs, their legs twitching in soporific contentment.[17] This scenery was later used as Joshamee Gibbs' first appearance in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,[11][8] which was first published in Irene Trimble's junior novelization in 2003 and later in Elizabeth Rudnick's junior novelization in 2006.[6][7] The term "pig" was first used in the 1996 book Climb Aboard If You Dare!: Stories From The Pirates of the Caribbean,[1] while "swine" was first used in the 2006 video game Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow.[12]

In the non-canon video game LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game, a pig is present at James Norrington's promotion ceremony. Pigs also appear in different parts of the game for comedic purposes.[18]

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Climb Aboard If You Dare!: Stories From The Pirates of the Caribbean, p. 55
  2. ↑ The Price of Freedom, Chapter Eleven: Pirates and Rogues
  3. ↑ The Price of Freedom, Chapter Nineteen: Freedom's Price
  4. ↑ Legends of the Brethren Court: Day of the Shadow, Chapter Fourteen
  5. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: The Visual Guide, pp. 10-11: "Joshamee Gibbs"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003 junior novelization)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2006 junior novelization)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: "Spirit of the Ride"
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Complete Visual Guide
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow
  13. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
  14. ↑ Disney Adventures: "Double Duel!"
  15. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  16. ↑ Disneyland: From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow
  17. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies
  18. ↑ LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
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