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 was Will Turner in the sea?

As The Curse of the Black Pearl opens, young Will Turner is pulled from the Caribbean Sea drifting amidst the murdered crew and burning wreckage of a British ship attacked by pirates. That day, aboard the H.M.S. Dauntless, he met young Elizabeth Swann, the daughter of Governor Weatherby Swann.
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Why was Will Turner covered in 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 can Will Turner go on land?

As you may recall, following the end of 2007's Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Will became the new captain of The Flying Dutchman and was cursed to sail the seas and ferry the dead to the other side. As part of his curse, he is only allowed to return to land for one day every ten years.
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Was Will Turner's curse broken?

Will's father cut out his son's heart and placed it in the Dead Man's Chest. Years later Henry succeeded in destroying the Trident - thus ending all curses in the sea and freeing Will from the curse of the Dutchman. Returning to dry land once more, Will was reunited with Henry who gave him back his necklace.
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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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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 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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Why can Davy Jones not go on land?

Eventually crew members lost their humanity in soul as well as in body. Jones wreaked havoc on the Seven Seas, and created an aura of fear wherever he sailed, only able to set foot on land once a decade.
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Why is Davy Jones an octopus?

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 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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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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Why did the crew of the Dutchman turn into fish?

He would save them from death if they served him for 100 years aboard the Flying Dutchman. Because he abandoned his sacred duties, Davy Jones slowly became consumed by aquatic fauna and flora, gaining monstrous features such as tentacles.
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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 must the Dutchman always have a captain?

After this betrayal, he carved out his heart, thereby leaving a geis cast upon it and the Dutchman: whoever stabs Jones' heart, theirs must take its place and captain the Dutchman, as the ship must have a captain. As a result, the Dutchman itself became cursed, just as Jones was.
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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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How does Davy Jones summon the Kraken?

Davy Jones' pet

The terrible beast could be summoned from aboard the Flying Dutchman, with the use of a giant capstan hammer that sent a shock wave through the ocean that served as a call to the creature. Jones would at times recite a chant while his crew summoned the beast.
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Why are Will and Elizabeth not talking in At World's End?

Part of the reason why they never worked is because both films were trying to recreate what the previous movies had lost with Will and Elizabeth's departure.
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Why did Will Turner have to cut out his heart?

Bookmark this question. Show activity on this post. However, in At Worlds End, after Davey Jones is vanquished and Will Turner is dying or dead, Will's heart is cut out so that he can become captain of the Flying Dutchman and take on Davey Jones' former role as psychopomp.
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What did Calypso say before turning into crabs?

Prior to dissolving into a swarm of crabs, Calypso shouts an incantation which in the script reads: "Malfaiteur en Tombeau, Crochir l'Esplanade, Dans l'Fond d'l'eau!". This roughly means "Across all the waters, find the path to he who wrongfully entombed me" in French, evidently referring to Davy Jones.
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What did Jack Sparrow do to Beckett?

Although not wantonly rebellious, Jack eventually defied Beckett on principle by refusing to reveal the location of the lost island of Kerma and freeing a shipful of slaves.
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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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Was Davy Jones real?

David Jones, a real pirate, although not a very well-known one, living on the Indian Ocean in the 1630s. Duffer Jones, a notoriously myopic sailor who often found himself overboard. A British pub owner who supposedly threw drunken sailors into his ale locker and then gave them to be drafted on any 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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