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Weatherby was a pirate serving aboard the Black Pearl under Captain Hector Barbossa during the attempt to lift the curse of the Aztec Gold.
Biography[]
Weatherby was presumably recruited as member of the Black Pearl's crew by Captain Jack Sparrow prior to the search for Isla de Muerta, and would have supported the mutiny that saw Sparrow's First Mate, Hector Barbossa, take command of the Pearl. The entire crew became cursed upon taking the treasure of Hernán Cortés from the island, and spent the next ten years reclaiming all 882 gold coins to lift the curse.[1]
Weatherby and his shipmates during the raid.
During the Attack on Port Royal, Weatherby joined Pintel and Ragetti in raiding the governor's mansion. He smirked as Pintel greeted and shot the mansion's butler, and later chased after one of the maids while his crewmates pursued the final piece of the gold.
Weatherby, like most of the other pirates from Barbossa's crew, fought against the British Royal Navy onboard the HMS Dauntless when Commodore Norrington's men launched an assault on the island. Weatherby battled the Navy crew until the curse was lifted, and, upon seeing Koehler dead, dropped his weapon and was taken back to Port Royal to be hanged.
Behind the Scenes[]
D.P. FitzGerald as Weatherby.
- Weatherby was played by D.P. FitzGerald in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
- After playing Weatherby in The Curse of the Black Pearl, D.P. FitzGerald went to play Bonesy the Pirate in the 2004 live-action/animated film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. In the film, he sailed aboard the HMS Bounty, which would portray the Edinburgh Trader in the 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean sequel Dead Man's Chest.[citation needed]
- Weatherby's name appears in the Black Pearl crew roster book at Walt Disney World's Tortuga Tavern restaurant.[2]
- Weatherby's image was used for the "Shipmate" piece in the board game, Stratego Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.[3]
Appearances[]
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (First appearance)
Notes and references[]
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