Why do the pirates turn into skeletons?

Sometime after finding the treasure, the crew suffered under the Aztec curse; a curse they originally thought to be a ridiculous superstition and didn't believe to be true. Barbossa's crew were doomed to live forever as the undead, the moonlight eerily transforming them into living skeletons.
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Why does Jack turn into a skeleton?

Jack and Barbossa fought a fierce battle around the treasure cave until Jack stabbed Barbossa, who then pulled the sword out and stabbed Jack with it. However, once Jack stepped into the moonlight, he turned into a skeleton, revealing that he was cursed; having secretly palmed a piece of the Aztec gold.
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Why do the people on the Black Pearl turn into skeletons?

The Aztec gods cursed the treasure; Barbossa and any members of his crew who took the coins were cursed by extension, and became immortals whose true, skeletal forms are revealed in moonlight.
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How did Jack Sparrow become immortal?

Right before the film's climactic battle with the pirates at Isla de Muerta, Sparrow swipes a cursed coin from the treasure chest, making himself immortal and capable of dueling Barbossa.
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Why did the Dutchman crew become human?

With every year that passes, the crewmen become less human, their bodies taking on traits from the sea, until eventually they become part of the Flying Dutchman itself. After Jones' own death, the crew turned back to normal, with Will Turner as the new captain of the Dutchman.
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Why can't Elizabeth fly with the Will Dutchman?

Why couldn't Elizabeth just join Will's crew on the Dutchman? Because she's not dead. Yet. But the sailors who joined Davy Jones' crew were not dead at the time of joining.
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Why did Davy Jones turn into an octopus?

How did Davy Jones become a squid? After Calypso's betrayal, Davy Jones carved his heart and locked it in the Dead Man's Chest. He abandoned his duty and turned into an ugly monster with an octopus-like face, tentacle beard, and crab legs and hands.
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What God is Jack Sparrow?

Ted Elliott, one of the screenwriters for Jack Sparrow's character, said, “Jack Sparrow's character in Pirates of the Caribbean is one of the most integral parts of the film.” “The characterisation of Sparrow is based on Lord Krishna, who is a major deity in Hinduism.
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Why does Jack Sparrow's hand turn black?

In the Disney feature film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Captain Jack Sparrow is presented with a "black spot" by Davy Jones as a marker that the Kraken can track; in the film, the black spot appears as a large black boil-like swelling on the palm of his hand.
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Why does Jack Sparrow have a scar on his chin?

There is a small scab on Jack Sparrow's jawline that gets bigger and bigger throughout the movie. The make-up artist and Johnny Depp did it on purpose as a prank.
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Why does Elizabeth not turn into a skeleton?

Well according to the tale which Captain Barbosa tells Elizabeth, any mortal who removes even a single piece of gold from the chest is cursed,as we see it was Will's father Bootstrap who actually removed the coin from the stone chest, neither Will nor Elizabeth did. so they were not cursed.
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Is the Black Pearl crew immortal?

After Will and Jack put their blood on their respective pieces and return them to the chest of Cortés, the Aztec curse was lifted. With the crew no longer immortal, Jack used his single shot - which he had carried for ten years - to kill Barbossa.
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Why are 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 Hector Barbossa and Chevalle, both ladies men, hepetitis.
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Who was Jack the skeleton before he died?

Jack Skellington is first chronologically seen in The Pumpkin King, many years before the events of the film. He is a king noted as the king of Halloween Town, and its most frightening inhabitant.
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Is Jack a pumpkin or a skeleton?

Jack Skellington is a character and the main protagonist of the 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is a Living Skeleton who is the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, a fantasy world based solely on the Halloween holiday.
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Why can Jack breathe underwater?

Since he is a Devil Fruit user, he has lost the ability to swim, but because he is a fish-man, he can breathe underwater.
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What mental illness does Jack Sparrow have?

Sparrow experienced some very traumatic events as a child which might require him to receive therapy to address and help him through there experiences. Sparrow could have undiagnosed mental illnesses like depression or anxiety.
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Why does Jack Sparrow have a swallow tattoo?

The swallow tattoo is symbolic of a safe return home.
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Who was Jack Sparrow's child?

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. When she finally finds him, she can't te him the thruth instead works as part of the crew on his ship.
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Why is Sparrow called Jack?

Jack Sparrow was born to Edward Teague and an unknown woman on a pirate ship caught in the middle of a typhoon. He was named Jack after his uncle and Teague's brother, Jack. Jack grew up in a tumultuous household full of outlaws at Shipwreck Cove.
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Is Jack Sparrow still a pirate lord?

Pirate Lords tended to be the most powerful captains of their respective regions and commanded the respect of their fellow pirates. However, some Pirate Lords, such as Jack Sparrow and Barbossa, retained their titles even when they didn't have so much as a single ship to their name.
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Why is God's Eye on the Sparrow?

God's provision is on display all around us

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. It is here where Jesus appeals to nature and it's a true eye-opener for anyone willing to listen.
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Why did Calypso turn into crabs?

As a heathen goddess, Calypso was able to take many forms. But since the crab was attributed as her symbol, most notably by pirates, she chose that form. When Tia Dalma was transformed back into Calypso, she grew to ten times her normal size and crashed to the deck of the Black Pearl as thousands of little crabs.
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Why was Davy Jones heart not in the jar?

After Jack uncovered the Dead Man's Chest, he placed the heart of Davy Jones within his jar of dirt, in order to hide it from his companions. James Norrington, however, discovered the heart, and took it from the jar, leaving nothing but dirt inside.
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Why did Will Turner get barnacles?

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before him, Will has gone astray due to losing the love of his wife, Elizabeth Swann. Turning to “the dark side” would likely curse Will Turner as it did Davy Jones, causing the barnacles to grow all over his face.
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