A Pirate's Life
(This profile holds spoilers for the fourth POTC movie. Don't read if you want to see it)
"You know that feeling you get when you're standing in a high place... sudden urge to jump?... I don't have it."
Quest for immortality
Years of searching
"What about you, Jack? Last I heard, you were hell bent to find the Fountain of Youth. Any luck?"
"Circumstances arose, and forced a compelling insight regarding discretion and valor."
"Meaning, you gave up."
"I did not! I am just as bent as ever, hellishly so. I shall taste those waters, Master Gibbs. Mark my words."
―Joshamee Gibbs and Jack Sparrow
For the next several years, after the events of his previous adventures, Jack Sparrow would attempt to find the Fountain of Youth, where he would memorize the exact route to it with the help of his compass and the Mao Kun map. His many attempts to find it led him through the dense jungle island where the Fountain was located. Although he was very close into finding the Fountain, Jack had no luck in finding it.
London
"Then I hear a rumor. Jack Sparrow's in London, with a ship, and looking for a crew."
"Am not."
―Joshamee Gibbs and Jack Sparrow
Jack would later sail to London to save Joshamee Gibbs from an appointment with the gallows. However, while Gibbs was set to being put on trial for piracy, he was being mistaken for Jack Sparrow himself. Upon arriving to London, he headed to the Old Bailey courthouse to save Gibbs. He bribed the driver of a prison carriage to transport him and Gibbs to shore when the trial was over.
Jack tied and gagged the real Judge and put him in a closet, after which Jack resumed as disguising himself as the Judge of Gibbs' trial. Being known as Judge Smith, he had Gibbs pronounced guilty of being innocent of being Jack Sparrow. Much to the surprise of the crowd, Jack had Gibbs condemned to life in prison, rather than a hanging, and allows Gibbs to be transferred to the Tower of London under minimum security.
"Now...what do we have here?"
"Jack?" [The Jailor hits Gibbs with a club]
"Not necessary! You were saying?"
"Jack...Sparrow is not my name. My name is Joshamee Gibbs."
"Is that so? It says Jack Sparrow here."
"I told 'em, I'm not Jack Sparrow, who I would be happy to identify to the court, if it would help my case."
"I think that it would be a poor defense, unless you want to be bludgeoned again like a harp seal."
―Jack Sparrow and Joshamee Gibbs
After the trial, Jack took off the Judge disguise as he made his way to signal the prison carriage driver, shortly before joining Gibbs in the prison carriage. Throughout the ride, Gibbs informed Jack about the rumors of him recruiting a crew in the Captain's Daughter pub, in which Jack renounced as completely false and quite insulting. But Jack also thought to find the imposter, because of the needed a ship to escape from England. The carriage stopped, making Jack believe that they can continue with their escape from London. However, when Jack and Gibbs walked out of the carriage, they discovered that the Royal Guards had them completely surrounded in front of St. James's Palace.
Jack was forcibly brought inside for an audience with King George II. Because of the King's sudden interest in the Fountain of Youth, Jack was offered to lead an expedition to find the Fountain. Jack refused and made a daring escape from the palace, which led to a chase through London's streets where Jack was riding on top of moving carriages.
After being saved by his father, Captain Teague, Jack took refuge in the Captain's Daughter tavern. After the brief conversation with Teague, Jack met with Angelica, the Jack impostor he'd been searching for, who both engaged in a huge duel in the Captain's Daughter's storeroom. During the duel, King George's men burst in and fought both Jack and Angelica. In the confrontation, Jack and Angelica escaped the storeroom by jumping into the Thames river.
After the escape, Jack was drugged by Angelica's assistance and taken aboard Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge.
Mutiny on the Queen Anne's Revenge
"Captain, I wish to report a mutiny! I can name fingers and point names."
"No need, Mr. Sparrow. They are sheep. You, their shepherd."
―Jack Sparrow and Blackbeard, while Jack hangs upside down
During the journey, Jack was forced to work as a deckhand, like any ordinary sailor aboard. While doing his duties, he befriended Scrum, a fellow crewman aboard. He also learned that Angelica is the ship's First Mate and the daughter of Blackbeard. Not satisfied with his new status, Jack persuaded some of the crewmen to join in a mutiny against Blackbeard by telling them the dangers which lies before those who sail to find the Fountain of Youth.
Shortly before the mutiny started, not wanting Angelica to be in the middle of the fight, Jack went to Angelica's cabin to make sure she was safe. Jack then warned her that he was taking the ship. Angelica then cursed Jack as he was leaving to lock her in her cabin. After Jack closed the door, Angelica stabbed her sword through the door, almost hitting Jack. The mutiny began well for Jack and his co-conspirators, fighting well against the other members of Blackbeard's crew, and they almost took control of the ship. However, at the moment of Jack's triumph, Blackbeard appeared on the deck and used the powers of his magical sword to crush the mutiny. A few moments later, Jack witnessed the punishment of the Cook, whom Blackbeard burned alive with the ship's Greek fires.
After the mutiny, Jack was brought by Quartermaster to the captain's cabin for a conversation with Blackbeard. Sparrow tried to convince Blackbeard that Angelica isn't his true daughter but an imposter. But Blackbeard didn't believe him, and asked him to lead him to the Fountain of Youth. Though Sparrow initially refused, Blackbeard quickly made a voodoo doll of Jack, and stabbed it with a dagger. Sparrow immediately felt heavy pain in his chest, and after Blackbeard put the doll over the fire from a candle, Sparrow instantly agreed to take a look at the charts.
Whitecap Bay
Later that night, Angelica and Jack had a dance on deck, during which Angelica revealed to Jack that the ritual at the Fountain requires a sacrifice, which instantly softened his willingness to find the Fountain. But to bribe him, Angelica showed him a closet full of shrunken ships in bottles, Blackbeard's trophies, and the Black Pearl among them.
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POTC On Stranger Tides
The Spanish's Discovery
"No, I told you, Ponce de León died two hundred years ago..."
"Aye, but he died searching for something, didn't he?"
"The Fountain of Youth...How soon can you sail?"
"With the tide."
―Captain, Fisherman, King Ferdinand and the Spaniard
Off the coast of Spain, two fishermen find a man in their nets who claims to be a member of the crew of Juan Ponce de León, a Spanish Conquistador who was supposed to have died two hundred years previously while on an expedition in search for the Fountain of Youth. The man is brought to Cádiz before King Ferdinand and before dying gives the king Ponce de León's logbook. Ferdinand orders his most trusted man, known only as The Spaniard, to find the Fountain.
London
"I am informed you have come to London to procure a crew for your ship."
"Vicious rumor. Not true."
―King George and Jack Sparrow
Meanwhile in London, Joshamee Gibbs, being mistaken for Jack Sparrow, is being put on trial in the Old Bailey courthouse for piracy. A mysterious Judge Smith condemns Gibbs to life in prison, rather than a hanging, much to the surprise of the crowd, and allows Gibbs to be transferred to jail under minimum security. The Judge is revealed to be Jack Sparrow, who has come to save his former First Mate, and bribed the carriage driver to transport them to shore. Gibbs informs Jack about the rumors of him recruiting a crew, which Jack renounces as completely false, and quite insulting. But he also decides to find the imposter, because he needed a ship to escape from England.
But instead to the shore, their carriage leads them to the Royal Palace, where they are arrested by the British Royal Guards, who have also bribed the driver. Jack is brought before King George Augustus, who asks him to guide a British expedition to find the Fountain of Youth. Jack is then introduced to the leader of the expedition; Hector Barbossa, now a privateer in the King's service and missing a leg. Barbossa reveals to Jack that the Black Pearl was lost in battle, which also cost him his leg. Jack angrily reacts at hearing the loss of his beloved Pearl, which leads to him causing enough disruption and havoc to make one of his legendary escapes. He robs a noblewoman in the process, and was saved from a King's soldier by his father, Captain Teague. At the Captain's Daughter pub, Teague informs Jack about the items he'll need for the ritual needed to perform at the Fountain.
Jack then confronts the impostor, who engages him in a stalemate duel in the storeroom of the Captain's Daughter. After a while of fighting, the impostor is turns out to be Angelica, his former love interest. Angelica reveals to Jack that she needs him to guide her to the Fountain. Suddenly, the King's soldiers arrive, and after a fierce fight Jack and Angelica escape by jumping to the river Thames. Angelica's assistant drugs Jack with a dart and he is then taken aboard a ship.
Aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge
"You've nay been informed of the destination. Death lies before us, as we sail...for the Fountain of Youth."
―Jack Sparrow
Five days later, Jack wakes up and discovers that he's on the Queen Anne's Revenge, a ship of the infamous pirate Blackbeard. He also discovers that Blackbeard is Angelica's father and that his quest for the Fountain is an attempt to break a prophecy, foreseen by the quartermaster, that reveals his death at the hands of a one legged man. The same night, Jack raises a full-scale mutiny aboard the Revenge, which was successful until foiled by Blackbeard who uses his sword to hang the crewmen with the ship's rigging. Later, in Blackbeard's cabin, Blackbeard reveals that he must reach the Fountain of Youth before the prophecy of his death, told by the Quartermaster, comes true. Blackbeard's manipulation over a voodoo doll of Jack forced Jack to reconsider leading him to the Fountain. Later, Angelica reveals to Jack that the Black Pearl was captured by Blackbeard, who shrunk it and put it in a bottle, and placed in a cabinet full of a dozen other ships. Much to Jack's chagrin, Jack the monkey has also been shrunk into the bottle.
Aboard the Providence
"We've fallen behind!"
―Hector Barbossa to Joshamee Gibbs
Back in England, Barbossa forces Joshamee Gibbs to join his crew on the HMS Providence, after Gibbs burns the Mao Kun map to avoid hanging. Now Gibbs is the only one besides Jack who knew the way to the Fountain. During the journey, Barbossa faces a great deal of skepticism from his officers, yet manages to placate them all. The Providence encounters the Spanish fleet, commanded by the Spaniard. Though Barbossa prepares him men for the battle, the Spanish ships just pass them by without opening fire. Barbossa is alarmed by this, as it is clear the Fountain is the prize and they aren't even worth the time to sink. He then orders full sails ahead to Whitecap Bay.
Mermaid hunt at Whitecap Bay
"Mermaid waters, that be our path!"
―Hector Barbossa to the crew of the HMS Providence
One of the items needed for the ritual was the mermaid's tear, so Blackbeard leads the Queen Anne's Revenge to Whitecap Bay, a mermaid nesting place. During the hunt, the crew suffers heavy casualties, but they manage to capture a young mermaid, Syrena, thanks to Philip, a young missionary who despises Blackbeard.
Later, the Providence arrives at the same place. Barbossa and the part of the crew go ashore, but angry mermaids attack and sink the Providence, killing the rest of the crew in the process, leaving Barbossa, Gibbs, Gillette, Groves, and a handful of officers left.
The search
"Clergyman. On the off chance that this does not go well for me, I would like you to note it–hearing now–that I am fully prepared to believe in whatever I must, so that I may be welcomed into that place where all the "goody-goodies" get to go. Savvy?"
"We have a word for that, Jack. You can convert."
"I was thinking more of an as-needed basis."
―Jack Sparrow and Philip Swift
Blackbeard and his men search for the Fountain through the jungle-infested island, guided by Jack's compass, and carrying Syrena in a glass tank. When they arrive to the river and the broken bridge, Blackbeard sends Jack to find the Santiago, Ponce de León's ship, and the mythical silver Chalices which he needed for the ritual. The rest of the crew continues the journey to the Fountain. When Blackbeard obtains Syrena's tear by heavily wounding Philip, he leaves her tied up at the pools to slowly die.
Jack finds the Santiago, and Barbossa inside. They discover that the chalices were taken by the Spanish. They decide to join forces. Under the cover of the night, Jack and Barbossa steal the chalices from the Spanish, and though they were captured for a brief time, they manage to escape. Jack rejoins Blackbeard's men, while Barbossa sets an ambush for them at the Fountain.
Battle at the Fountain of Youth
"Kill them all!"
―Blackbeard
Blackbeard's men arrive at the Fountain, where a huge battle begins between them and Barbossa's crew. Suddenly, the Spanish arrive too, and the Spaniard claims the Fountain a heathen place and orders it destroyed. Using the moment of distraction, Barbossa stabs Blackbeard with his poisoned sword. Angelica tries to help her father, and accidentally cuts her hand on the poisoned blade. The Spanish start to destroy the temple around the Fountain, because they saw the Fountain as the abomination of the God's laws. Barbossa takes Blackbeard's sword as his own, and Blackbeard's men join him, and they all leave. While the remaining zombies attempt to stop the Spanish, the Spaniard throws the Chalices in the deep well and departs, but Syrena, who was saved by Philip, brings the Chalices back to Jack. Jack fills the Chalices with the water from the Fountain and pours Syrena's tear into one of them. Blackbeard asks Angelica to sacrifice herself for him, and though she was willing to do that, Jack tricks Blackbeard to drink from the wrong chalice, which saves Angelica and kills Blackbeard, deeply angering her.
Epilogue
Back on the shore, Barbossa takes full command of the Queen Anne's Revenge and sails for Tortuga, with the power of his new sword, turning to piracy once again. Jack then takes a row boat to a island. Angelica tells Jack she is pregnant with his child, but he refuses to listen, and they both declare their love for each other. However, just before they kiss, Jack maroons a very ungrateful Angelica on a deserted island, unable to trust her, and leaves her with a pistol with one shot, which she uses to fire at Jack but misses. Jack rejoins Joshamee Gibbs, who managed to steal the shrunken Pearl in a bottle, along with the other shrunken ships, from Blackbeard's cabin. While they have no idea how to get it back to normal, both the pirates are happy to have the beloved ship back in safe hands.
Later, an angry Angelica finds Jack's voodoo doll as it washed up ashore.
"Did everyone see that? Because I will not be doing it again."
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