Crimp

Crimp was a pirate operating in the 1720s around Tortuga. In 1728, he was recruited in Tortuga by Captain Jack Sparrow prior to the pursuit of the Black Pearl as part of his motley crew, assembled to go after Sparrow's enemy Hector Barbossa. Crimp sailed the HMS Interceptor to Isla de Muerta during Will Turner's attempt to rescue Elizabeth Swann from Hector Barbossa's cursed crew, but was soon imprisoned with the other crewmen in the brig of the Black Pearl. After taking the Black Pearl, Crimp served under Jack Sparrow's command, embarking on several misadventures until the crew eventually began to doubt Sparrow's leadership. When the crew eventually docked the Pearl at the Isla de Pelegostos, they were captured by the cannibalistic Pelegostos Tribe who killed and devoured most of the crew, including Crimp

Biography

Quest to Isla de Muerta

In 1728, Crimp joined the motley crew of a commandeered British Royal Navy vessel, the HMS Interceptor, under notorious pirate Captain Jack Sparrow and rogue blacksmith Will Turner. He had been hired by Sparrow's first mate, Joshamee Gibbs, in Tortuga alongside eleven other crewmen, and was inspected by Sparrow, Gibbs and Turner there before agreeing to join them on their quest to regain Sparrow's beloved former ship, the Black Pearl, from his mutinous former first mate Hector Barbossa. They first sailed through a treacherous storm, during which Crimp and the other crewmen were soaked in the rain as several members of the crew began to doubt Sparrow's apparently broken compass. The following morning, Crimp and the rest of the crew looked over the railing of the Interceptor into the sea as the ship passed through a dangerous passageway, watching several sharks and other fish below them as the ship moved slowly onwards with the parrot of one member, Cotton, singing eerily. The pirates soon snapped back to work on orders from their captain. They later arrived at their destination, Isla de Muerta, where Sparrow and Turner went into the island alone, leaving the crew behind, ordering them to keep to the Pirate's Code.^[1]

Will later came back out without Jack, instead with a rescued Elizabeth Swann, but the crew kept to the code and went on without him. When the Black Pearl attacked the Interceptor, Crimp and fellow crewman Duncan were stationed atop the mast, climbing up the rigging as the Pearl chased their ship. At one point during the chase, Crimp returned to the main deck and aided Quartetto and another pirate in loading the ship's cannons with everything they had. The Interceptor later turned around to fight the Pearl and its crew, but at this point Crimp returned to the crow's nest with Duncan. However, they were sent flying off when the rigging was knocked down by a cannonball, their hats tumbling off their heads as they screamed towards the main deck. Both survived and were taken prisoner, along with the other crewmen, by Barbossa's cursed crew to be imprisoned, left under the watch of two cursed pirates, Mallot and Grapple. However, they were later freed from their cell by Elizabeth and, despite the latter's futile attempts to convince them to go back for Will and Jack, took over the Black Pearl, leaving her on a longboat. Though they refused to help her rescue Will and Jack from Isla de Muerta, the pirates, now under Gibbs and crewman Anamaria with ten new recruits, later rescued Jack from the gallows and allowed him to become captain once more.^[1]

Further adventures

Crimp continued to serve under Sparrow for the next year. Several crewmen, however, were unhappy with Jack's leadership, and felt they needed to do more "pirate" things. Crimp was present as Jack arrived aboard the ship in a coffin using the leg of a skeleton as an oar, having escaped from the Turkish prison, and showed his crew their next goal, to locate a mysterious key apparently leading to something "shiny". When Jack suddenly woke everybody up in the middle of night, they rushed to their stations, shocked at their Captain's strange behavior, especially when he ordered them not to retrieve his hat when it was thrown overboard by Jack the monkey. Later, when they made port at the nearest land on demands from a desperate Jack and were captured by the cannibalistic Pelegostos Tribe, many of the crew including Crimp were killed, with their bones being used to construct cages for the survivors.^[2]

Behind the scenes

• Crimp was portrayed by Craig Thomson in The Curse of the Black Pearl and Dead Man's Chest,^[1][2] in Thompson's first two acting roles.^{[citation needed]}
• "Crimp" is pirate slang referring to a swindler or a member of a naval press gang.^{[citation needed]}
• Crimp's name appears in the Black Pearl crew roster book at Walt Disney World's Tortuga Tavern restaurant.^[4]

Appearances

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (First appearance)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Notes and references

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
3. ↑ The timeline established by Dead Men Tell No Tales (which takes place in 1751) sets the events of Dead Man's Chest around 1729.
4. ↑ Photo of the Tortuga Tavern book

Motley Crew
Captain: Jack Sparrow HMS Interceptor Anamaria – Cotton – Cotton's Parrot – Crimp – Duncan – Joshamee Gibbs – Kursar Ladbroc – Marty – Matelot – Moises – Quartetto – Tearlach – Will Turner Captain: Joshamee Gibbs HMS Interceptor/Black Pearl Anamaria – Cotton – Cotton's Parrot – Crimp – Duncan – Kursar – Ladbroc Marty – Matelot – Moises – Quartetto – Elizabeth Swann – Tearlach – Will Turner Captain: Jack Sparrow Black Pearl Anamaria – Cotton – Cotton's Parrot – Crimp – Duncan – Joshamee Gibbs – Ladbroc Marty – Matelot – Moises – Quartetto – Tearlach Captain: Jack Sparrow Black Pearl Cotton – Cotton's Parrot – Crimp – Duncan – Joshamee Gibbs – Ho-Kwan – Jack the Monkey – Leech – Lejon – Marty – Matelot – Moises Captain: Jack Sparrow Black Pearl Cotton – Cotton's Parrot – Joshamee Gibbs – Jack the Monkey – Lejon – Marty – Pintel – Ragetti – William Turner Jr. Captain: Jack Sparrow Black Pearl Cotton – Cotton's Parrot – Crippled man – James Norrington – Joshamee Gibbs – Irish man – Jack the Monkey – Lejon – Marty – Pintel – Ragetti – Elizabeth Swann – Skinny man – Very old man – William Turner Jr. Captain: Hector Barbossa Hai Peng Cotton – Cotton's Parrot – Tia Dalma – Joshamee Gibbs – Tai Huang – Jack the Monkey Marty – Pintel – Ragetti – Elizabeth Swann – Will Turner Captains: Jack Sparrow / Hector Barbossa Black Pearl Cotton – Cotton's Parrot – Tia Dalma – Joshamee Gibbs – Tai Huang – Jack the Monkey Marty – Pintel – Ragetti – Elizabeth Swann – Will Turner Captain: Hector Barbossa Black Pearl Cotton – Cotton's Parrot – Jack the Monkey – Marty – Mullroy – Murtogg – Pintel – Ragetti Captain: Jack Sparrow Dying Gull Bollard – Cremble – Joshamee Gibbs – Marty – Pike – Scrum Captain: Joshamee Gibbs Dying Gull Bollard – Cremble – Marty – Pike – Scrum Captain: Jack Sparrow Dying Gull Bollard – Cremble – Joshamee Gibbs – Marty – Pike – Scrum – Carina Smyth – Henry Turner Captains: Jack Sparrow / Hector Barbossa Black Pearl Bollard – Cremble – Joshamee Gibbs – Jack the Monkey – Marty – Mullroy – Murtogg – Pike – Scrum – Carina Smyth – Henry Turner Captain: Jack Sparrow Black Pearl Bollard – Cremble – Joshamee Gibbs – Jack the Monkey – Marty – Mullroy – Murtogg – Pike – Scrum
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