Why did Jack's compass not work?

Theory 3: The Compass Is Still Spinning Uncontrollably
So, the compass doesn't work for him. It spins out of control and can't give him the answers he needs. That's why he uses Elizabeth's desire to find Will as a map to lead them to Davy Jones' heart, where he can regain control over his life and call off the Kraken.
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Does Jack's compass still work?

He loses the compass to Lord Cutler Beckett in At World's End when he's captured by the East India Trading company. He gets it back, then gives it to Will before stranding him in the ocean. Beckett gets it from Will and gives it back to Jack later in that same film.
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How did Jack betray the compass?

Not only has Jack betrayed the compass before... In Dead Man's Chest, Jack gave away his compass to Elizabeth and convinced her that the only way to find Will Turner was to find the Chest.
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What's the deal with Jack's compass?

"... Where does it point?" Jack Sparrow's compass was an unusual navigational instrument most notably used by Captain Jack Sparrow, which he bartered from the voodoo mystic Tia Dalma and later inherited from his captain. For those who knew how to use it, the compass was the key to everything.
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Why does the compass point at Jack?

It's notable, then, that when Commodore James Norrington arrests Jack and takes his compass, it points straight at Jack. This is likely because he's got Elizabeth safe by his side, and the one thing he wants more than anything is to see Jack behind bars.
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Why is Tia Dalma mouth black?

The teeth were prosthetic teeth that you just clip in and out. Oh, and I also had to fill my mouth with vegetable dye before each take.
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Why does Jack Sparrow's compass not point north?

It's dismissed at the beginning of the first film as a "compass that doesn't point north," an indication that Jack Sparrow is something of a joke as a sailor. However, later we learn that the reason the compass doesn't point north, is that the holder isn't looking for north.
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Why can't Elizabeth go on the Flying Dutchman?

Why couldn't Elizabeth just join Will's crew on the Dutchman? Because she's not dead.
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Why does Beckett want the chest?

The heart was soon returned to the chest and stored in Beckett's quarters aboard the HMS Endeavour. But upon seeing the aftermath of the massacre of pirate ships led by the Flying Dutchman, Beckett had the chest transferred aboard the Dutchman in order to remind Jones who was in command.
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Does Jack Sparrow have a daughter?

Captain Jack Sparrow has a daughter. Birdie Sparrow has never met her father and her mother is dead, so she seeks to find her father.
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Why does Salazar's hair float?

The animated performances were driven by motion capture. “In this case, both hair and costumes had to behave like they were underwater,” said Ledda. “And the costumes rapidly disintegrate, so you see little particles floating like flakes of fish food in water.”
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Why are Elizabeth and Will not in Pirates 5?

Will and Elizabeth didn't return for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides because Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley wanted to pursue other projects.
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How did Salazar get cursed?

That's because when Salazar was younger and in command of a huge Spanish Navy on a mission to rid the seas of piracy, he crossed paths with a young Captain Jack Sparrow, which resulted in Salazar being trapped in a curse for all his “death”—not all his life, but death.
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What happened to Elizabeth Swann?

By the end, Elizabeth took part in a battle which led to her delivering Jack Sparrow to the Kraken in order to save Will and other members of Jack's crew. But guilt led to Elizabeth joining a resurrected Barbossa in saving Jack, now trapped in Davy Jones' Locker.
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Are Will and Elizabeth in Pirates of the Caribbean 5?

Will and Elizabeth's Cameo Was Too Brief. While Bloom's role was small (since the complicated story of Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales need to find time for its Barbossa and Carina plot hole), it was better than what the sequel afforded former series star Elizabeth.
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What happened Bootstrap Bill?

Near the end of the War Against Piracy, Bootstrap Bill lapsed into total dementia. After the final titanic battle of the war, Will Turner became the new captain of the Flying Dutchman, where Bootstrap remained willfully, but only for a short time, as he eventually left the crew through undisclosed reasons.
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Why is Davy Jones a squid?

But the pain of Calypso's betrayal caused him was too much to live with, so Davy Jones carved out his own heart and locked it away in the Dead Man's Chest. Abandoning his duty, Davy Jones turned into a hideous humanoid sea monster, with an octopus face, a tentacles beard, a claw of crab as a hand and a giant crab leg.
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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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Who broke Davy Jones heart?

Davy Jones' heart stabbed by the dying Will Turner.
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Does Tia Dalma know she is Calypso?

Tia Dalma tells the group the story of Davy Jones and Calypso, but does not reveal her identity. While caressing her locket, she reminisces that Jones was once human. Later, it is revealed that Tia Dalma is Calypso, bound into human form.
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Why did Lord Beckett not fire?

Becket didn't give orders to fire because he instantly realized what happened - that Davy Johns was gone and that it was done by the reason of William Turner being killed and revived as a new captain of a Dutchman (he knew well what was the only way it could happen), and that William's and Elisabeth's love have won ...
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What does Tia Dalma say when she became Calypso?

"Malfaiteur en Tombeau, Crochir l'Esplanade, Dans l'Fond d'l'eau!", the phrase Calypso yells out when she is freed from her bonds, roughly translates to "Across all the seas, find the path to he who wrongfully entombed me!" Tia Dalma appears in the video game Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned.
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Why was Will Turner floating in the ocean?

The Crossing from England

After his mother died, Will Turner began looking for his father while wearing the gold medallion, soon boarding a British merchant vessel that traveled to the Caribbean Sea. However, Hector Barbossa's cursed crew attacked Will's ship.
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Why is the Black Pearl so fast?

Her speed is partly derived from the large amount of sails she carries, and partly supernatural. She is noted in At World's End as being "the only ship that can outrun the Dutchman."
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