Jacoby

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Jacoby was a pirate serving among Captain Hector Barbossa's crew aboard the Black Pearl, and was one of those cursed by the Aztec Gold found in the treasure of Cortés.

Biography

Jacoby was presumably recruited by Captain Jack Sparrow in Tortuga, prior to the mutiny that saw Barbossa lead the quest to Isla de Muerta. There, the crew became cursed, and spent the following nine years tracking down all 882 Aztec coins to lift the curse. Jacoby joined the assault on Port Royal to find the final piece.^[1]

During the siege, Jacoby caused damage to the town's structures by throwing several hand grenades, but was hindered by Will Turner, who threw a hatchet into his back. Later, Turner came face-to-face with Jacoby once more, who had survived by dint of the immortality that came with the curse. Jacoby threw a grenade, but it turned out to be a dud. Will was summarily knocked out and Jacoby made his escape with the rest of the crew back to the Pearl.^[1]

Jacoby confronted Will once more in Isla de Muerta, during the attack on the HMS Dauntless. There, he cornered Will and was about to kill him when Elizabeth Swann knocked him off his feet with a gaffe. Turner and Swann teamed up to spear Jacoby along Monk and Weatherby together on the gaffe. Will placed a grenade inside Jacoby's skeletal form, and pushed him out of the moonlight, trapping it in his flesh-and-blood body. Jacoby exploded, his last words a comment on the unfairness of the situation.^[1] The explosion killed Jacoby once and for all before the curse was lifted.^[2] Sometime later, Jacoby's remains were swallowed by the waters when Isla de Muerta was retaken by the sea.^[3]

Behind the scenes

Jacoby was portrayed by Vince Lozano in the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.^[1] John DiMaggio provided the character's voice in the 2005 non-canon video game Kingdom Hearts II.^{[citation needed]}

In Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's first screenplay draft for The Curse of the Black Pearl, Jacoby's role was slightly larger. Jacoby replaced Pintel as the one who was shot by Hector Barbossa and replaced Bo'sun as the one who said "You brought us the wrong person!".^[4] In a production draft for The Curse of the Black Pearl, Jacoby's head and spine crashes down in a pool of moonlight after the explosion, and protests to Will Turner that he was cheating, before being picked up and flung into the water by Elizabeth Swann.^[5]

Although Jacoby exploded along Weatherby and Monk at Isla de Muerta, it has been debated frequently if Jacoby perished in the explosion or if he died because he didn't manage to put his bones back together before the curse was lifted. Vince Lozano, however, eventually confirmed that Jacoby actually died before the curse was lifted.^[2]

When The Curse of the Black Pearl was shown on BBC, as the movie was edited to remove its violence, the sound of the impact when Will Turner threw his axe into Jacoby's back as Jacoby's scream of agony were taken out for censorship reasons.^{[citation needed]}

Jacoby's skeleton appearance, clothing and preferred weapon, grenades, is similar to that of Jolly Roger's Undead Grenadiers from Pirates of the Caribbean Online.^[6]

Jacoby's name appears in the Black Pearl crew roster book at Walt Disney World's Tortuga Tavern restaurant.^[7]

Jacoby's gimmick of lighting fuses in his beard was shared and inspired by Edward "Blackbeard" Teach,^{[citation needed]} who later went to appear in the 2011 film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.^[8]

Appearances

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003 junior novelization) (First appearance)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2006 junior novelization)
  • Fluch der Karibik
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow

Non-canon appearances

• Fantasmic!
• Kingdom Hearts II
• LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Gods and Ghosts M

Notes and references

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} @vincelozano Vince Lozano on Twitter
3. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
4. ↑ Wordplayer.com: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio
5. ↑ PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN Production Draft by Jay Wolpert, Revisions by Stuart Beattie, Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio
6. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean Online
7. ↑ Photo of the Tortuga Tavern book
8. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

v • d • eCursed Crew

Captain: Jack Sparrow Black Pearl Hector Barbossa – Bo'sun – Clubba – Dog Ear – Grapple – Hawksmoor – Jacoby Katracho – Ketchum – Koehler – Mallot – Maximo – Monk – Nipperkin – Pintel –Ragetti Scarus – Scratch – Simbakka – Twigg – Bootstrap Bill Turner – Weatherby Captain: Hector Barbossa Black Pearl Bo'sun – Clubba – Dog Ear – Grapple – Hawksmoor – Jack the Monkey – Jacoby Katracho – Ketchum – Koehler – Mallot – Maximo – Monk – Nipperkin – Pintel –Ragetti Scarus – Scratch – Simbakka – Twigg – Weatherby