Why are Captain Barbossa's eyes yellow?

When asked about some of the characters' health, screenwriter Terry Rossio said the likeliest cause of the yellow eyes is jaundice, a close cousin to scurvy; or, in the case of pirate captains Hector Barbossa and Chevalle, both considered ladies men, hepetitis.
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How is Barbossa alive in Dead Man's Chest?

Dead Man's Chest and At World's End

While the crew of the Black Pearl visits Tia Dalma's shack, Sparrow's crew sees Barbossa's corpse lying there, with only his boots visible. However, the closing scene of the film shows that Tia Dalma brought Barbossa back from the dead, with the resurrected captain biting an apple.
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Why does Barbossa like apples so much?

When they fell under the Aztec Curse, Barbossa and his crew suffered a living death, feeling and tasting nothing: "... drink would not satisfy; food turned to ash in our mouths." The pirate captain himself was tormented by flavorless apples. He longed to be mortal so that he can once more taste the flesh of the fruit.
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What was Barbossa's curse?

Geoffrey Rush as Captain Barbossa: The captain of the Black Pearl, he was Captain Jack Sparrow's first mate before he led a mutiny ten years before. He and his crew stole cursed Aztec gold, for which they are cursed to walk the earth forever.
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Is Barbossa a good or bad guy?

Hector Barbossa is the only Pirates of the Caribbean villain who has appeared in all five movies. On a similar note, he is one of only four characters who has appeared in every Pirates of the Caribbean movie in some capacity so far along with Jack Sparrow, Joshamee Gibbs, and Jack the Monkey.
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Why does Barbossa hate Jack?

Barbossa hates Jack so much because Jack is sort of like a pirate White Prince compared to him: (1) His father's already a powerful pirate, (2) Jack's spoiled and probably didn't start out by the "sweat of his brow" and all that and (3) Jack got a top-rate ship for nothing while Barbossa lost everything he had in ...
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Why does Barbossa want the Black Pearl?

Barbossa thought himself to be the only survivor of the attack, being forced to cut off his leg to escape the doomed Pearl. Believing the Black Pearl to be sunk, Barbossa had revenge as a goal and pursued Blackbeard ever since, with an obsessive passion.
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Why does Barbossa wear a wig?

Following his return to piracy Barbossa wore a very old-fashioned wig, clinging to the baroque style, believing that it gave him importance. Even officers of the British Royal Navy and East India Trading Company wore wigs, like James Norrington, Theodore Groves, Gillette, and Cutler Beckett.
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Why does Jack Sparrow walk funny?

Since Sparrow spends more of his time being tussled by the waves on board a moving ship, he's not accustomed to walking on dry land and is therefore ironically unbalanced when on solid ground.
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What is Jack Sparrow's curse?

His most powerful curse, the Black Spot, infuses his arm in uncontrollable cursed magic, but Captain Jack Sparrow was never one to let such a thing hold him back. After all, no self-respecting swashbuckler leaves the cabin without their captain's hat, pirate coat, and…
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Why did Calypso revive Barbossa?

Each has their respective "Pieces of Eight", the talismans necessary to free Calypso. She resurrected Barbossa to obtain his piece, and rescued Jack because his Piece went with him to Davy Jones' Locker.
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Did Barbossa respect Jack?

Even after all they have been through, Barbossa was secretly an admirer of Jack's incredible escapes. Sometime after his first mutiny on the Black Pearl, Barbossa kept a capuchin monkey, which he named "Jack" after his old captain Jack Sparrow.
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What is Captain Barbossa's accent?

Hector Barbossa spoke with a West Country accent. The West Country is a loosely defined area of south west England, usually taken to include the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Bristol, and often extended to include Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.
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Why did Davy Jones betray Calypso?

However, when Jones returned to shore after ten years, Calypso failed to appear. Believing Calypso had betrayed him, a heartbroken and enraged Davy Jones turned the Pirate Brethren against her, saying that if she were removed from the world, they would be able to claim the seas for themselves.
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Why did Tia Dalma give Jack a jar of dirt?

User(s) Tia Dalma gives Captain Jack Sparrow a jar of dirt so that he will always be near land and safe from Davy Jones. She explained that, as Davy Jones was unable to set foot on land but once every decade, Jack would carry land with him at all times.
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Is Captain Barbossa really dead in pirates 5?

Captain Barbossa sacrificed his life in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, but there's always a chance he could return in future installments of the franchise– though it may be best if he didn't.
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Why does Jack Sparrow say savvy?

In the film, main character Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) uses the question Savvy? to punctuate threats, jokes, and other swashbuckling statements. This savvy calls back to its roots for “do you understand?” with the sharp bark of a “Do you hear what I'm saying?”
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Why does Jack Sparrow wear eyeliner?

Johnny Depp's research for his role in PotC led him to discovering that pirates wore kohl (along with grease and soot) to shield their eyes from the sun, and this is why we see Jack Sparrow wearing "eyeliner" in the PotC series.
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Why does Jack Sparrow have ax on his face?

The X scar on Jack Sparrow's face is as enigmatic as the Captain himself, and the idea actually came from Johnny Depp himself. He and the make-up team decided to add the scar to Sparrow's cheek, which, like many mentions of Jack's past, is designed to hint at an event - even if it's unknown what it actually is.
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What was Barbossa's tattoo about?

Hector Barbossa's tattoo of the constellation from Galileo's diary. At some point prior to the search for the Trident of Poseidon, the pirate Captain Hector Barbossa had a cluster of five stars, a constellation from the cover of Galileo Galilei's diary, tattooed on his right arm.
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Why did Barbossa need Bootstrap Bill's blood?

The pirates seek out the last of Bootstrap Bill's bloodline so that they can use a drop of it to break the curse when they return the last piece of gold to the chest.
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Why does Barbossa have one leg?

By the end of Blackbeard's attack on the Black Pearl, Hector Barbossa lost not only his ship but also his leg. Through mysterious circumstances, Barbossa became a privateer in King George II's court, where he acquired this wooden leg. Barbossa soon met again with Jack Sparrow during Jack's meeting with the King at St.
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Why did Jack push Will off the ship?

Jack throws Will off the ship as part of a plan to seize control of the Dutchman.
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Who really owns the Black Pearl?

The Price of Freedom

Originally named the Wicked Wench, the ship was registered to the East India Trading Company and owned by Cutler Beckett, the EITC Director for West Africa.
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Why did they need Bootstrap blood?

Barbossa reacted to the name "Turner", which seemingly confirmed what he had suspected: she was the child of Bootstrap Bill Turner and that she had Turner blood, the blood they needed to lift their curse.
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