Why didnt the curse affect Elizabeth?

Elizabeth didn't get cursed because she didn't take the coin from its original chest, the coin got passed on to Will Turner and then Elizabeth, Bill Turner was the one that took that same coin from the chest and he got cursed. Quote from conversation between Barbossa
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Why didn't Elizabeth stay with Will on the Dutchman?

Why couldn't Elizabeth just join Will's crew on the Dutchman? Because she's not dead.
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Why did they need Will's blood to lift the curse?

In addition to putting all of the coins back, the blood must be "repaid" for the curse to be broken. Precisely what that means is unclear, but it sounds as though the cursed person must actually die. Since "Bootstrap" Bill Turner was one of the crew who stole the treasure, they need his blood.
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Was Jack Sparrow cursed the whole time?

Show activity on this post. Jack was not cursed, to begin with, but once he persuaded Barbossa to ally himself and not kill Will, he picked up 4 coins and threw back 3 to dramatically say "every" (throws down coin) "last" (throws down coin) "One" (throws down coin).
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Was Will Turner's curse broken?

He was freed from the curse and reunited with his family approximately two decades later when his son Henry broke the Trident of Poseidon in 1751, ending all curses of the sea.
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Who cursed the Flying Dutchman?

The heartbroken and bitter Davy Jones abandoned his duty and returned to the seven seas. As a result, the Flying Dutchman itself became cursed, just as Jones was.
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Why did Will Turner have barnacles?

Will's barnacles

So Davy Jones became ol' squidface specifically because he chose to take a few centuries of vacation time. TL;DR: Will has barnacles because of extended time in the ocean. Not because he didn't ferry around the dead people.
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Why was the monkey still cursed?

The "Jack the Monkey" card in the Pirates of the Caribbean Trading Card Game states that he was the only member of Barbossa's crew not to put his blood on the Aztec coins, hence why he remains cursed.
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Why does Davy Jones crew look like that?

A curse was placed upon Jones, and his body gradually changed to look more like that of an octopus; his beard was replaced by tentacles along with his right hand, while his left hand became a crab claw. His crew also became cursed, taking on the appearance of various sea creatures.
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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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Why did they throw bootstrap overboard?

In response to Bootstrap Bill's treachery, Barbossa had a cannon strapped to "Bootstrap's bootstraps," and thrown overboard. The last the crew saw of Bill Turner, he was sinking to the "crushing, black oblivion of Davy Jones' Locker," and was left to suffer a life at the bottom of the ocean.
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Why is Jack the monkey still undead?

According to the official Pirates of the Caribbean Trading Card Game, Jack remains cursed because he was the only member of Barbossa's mutinous crew not to place his blood upon the Aztec gold.
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Why is Bootstrap Bill on the Flying Dutchman?

Bill confided in his son about the Dead Man's Chest and what it holds (Davy Jones' heart). He helped Will the best he could to retrieve the key. But, his eagerness to protect his son forced him into a game of Liar's Dice that cost Bill an eternity of service aboard the Dutchman.
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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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Will Will Turner be free from Flying Dutchman?

Bookmark this question. Show activity on this post. In Dead Men Tell No Tales, when the trident is finally divided, every curse in the sea disappears. So, Will Turner doesn't have to be in the Flying Dutchman forever.
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Why did Will Turner leave Elizabeth?

Will is ultimately revived by his father "Bootstrap" Bill (Stellan Skarsgård) and Jack Sparrow, but as a consequence he is bound to serve eternally as the captain of the Flying Dutchman, leaving Elizabeth to guard the Dead Man's Chest that holds his heart and raise their child, Henry, alone.
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Why did 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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Is Davy Jones the Kraken?

In the hugely popular “Pirates of the Caribbean” film series, the fabled Davy Jones is portrayed as a supernatural sea captain whose job is to ferry drowned sailors to the afterlife. His most famous minion is the mythical kraken, a deadly leviathan roughly the length of 10 ships.
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Why was Will Turner turning into a fish?

It's explained in the film that Davy Jones' octopus-like appearance was because he strayed from his task of ferrying dead sailors to the afterlife. His ship and crew were slowly transformed into monstrous fish-like creatures bent on terrorizing the seven seas.
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Who is the real captain of the Black Pearl?

The true edgy bad boy deserving of attention, and the command of the Black Pearl, was Captain Hector Barbossa. Along with Jack Sparrow and Jack's friend and first mate, Joshamee Gibbs, Barbossa is one of only three main characters to appear in all five Pirates movies.
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Why did Elizabeth leave Jack to the Kraken?

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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Why did Tia Dalma bring Barbossa back?

Tia Dalma/Calypso needed all the Pirate Lords in order to assemble the Brethren, so they could release her from her human bonds. She resurrected Hector Barbossa and tricked him to retrieve Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' Locker and summon a fourth meeting of the Brethren.
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Why is Davy Jones heart in a chest?

Jones carved out his heart in order to no longer feel the grief and guilt at what he had done or any emotion of love again. Because of the pain, Davy Jones would lock the heart away in the Dead Man's Chest and buried it on Isla Cruces, hiding it from the world.
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What happened to Calypso after she was freed?

After being freed from her human bonds, Calypso yelled in her native tongue, seemingly as insults to the pirates but in reality it was an incantation, before exploding outwards in a shower of crabs.
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What happens if Davy Jones steps on land?

It is shown in Dead Men Tell No Tales. In DMTNT we see what happens to undead when they set foot on dry land. They essentially turn to ash, and vanish.
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