Pirates of the Caribbean is a canon and multibillion-dollar franchise derived from a movie series, which was in turn derived from a Disney theme park ride. The fact that the series is good (or maybe just the first movie is good, depending on who you ask) is a small miracle, given that unlikely origin story. Various supplemental novels and games have been released as well.
It is set in an indeterminate time in the Golden Age of Piracy, in a universe where the myths and legends sailors tell are actually true. This includes things like ghost/zombie pirates, cursed Aztec gold, Davy Jones, the Kraken, the Edge of the World, and the Fountain of Youth.
The mini for PotC is the Misspelled Monkey. They appeared in the Official Fanfiction University of the Caribbean Islands. The only surviving chapters can be read here and here.
Installments[]
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
Fanfic Explosion[]
Girl meets man.
Girl meets boy.
Girl meets the passage of time.
Man proposes to girl, despite an age difference that would have even a fairly liberal modern audience flinging their hands up in horror. Girl takes death-defying plunge to escape said proposal.
Girl is rescued from both ocean and bodice by scurrilous pirate.
Girl is kidnapped by scurrilous undead pirates with a hankering for really tacky jewelry.
Boy and scurrilous pirate set off to rescue girl.
Girl meets undead monkey. Fangirls swoon.
Plot happens, yada yada, blah blah blah, implausible fight scenes, etc., etc.
Boy declares undying love for girl. (Boy's actions, however, suggest undying love for scurrilous pirate—or so say the slash fans.)
Scurrilous pirate sails into sunset, boy and girl snog, spurned man is woeful but honorable in defeat. Cue funky theme tune and the creation of approximately seventeen million rabid fangirls.
Missions in this Continuum[]
All reports are listed alphabetically by agent name in the case of agents with multiple missions or by mission name.
Agents Specialized in this Continuum[]
Agents are considered specialized in a continuum when they have handled at least three missions in the canon. Most of these agents are also active/specialized in other continua. It is often not the agents who decide where their specialty lies, but the Flowers that keep assigning missions to them.
- "'Piratates' of the Caribbean: When Stories Run Amok" (archival link), Isaiah with Rosie Cotton Bomull (DMO), January 2004
- "The Most Beautiful Women" (archival link), February 2004
- "Imposter" (archival link), with Quen (DoP), April 2004
- "Shay Leigh Turner," Part 1, Part 2 (archival link), June 2004
- "A Visit to OFUCI" (archival link), August 2004
- "The Smiting Ceremony" (archival link), August 2004
- "All About You" (archival link), August 2004
- "The Monkeys of Doom," with Quen (DoP) and trainee Tiranel, January 2006
- "Mara-thon," July 2006
- "Skylar James," August 2006
- "Caribbean Ding-Dong," July 2008
- "Unpaid in Full," March 31, 2010
- Agents Jira Foley and Shmuckleigh (DMS - PotC)
- "Salina Rose," September 4, 2003
- "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Terror of the Sea," September 15, 2003
- "Pirates of the Caribbean: Secrets of the Caribbean," September 26, 2003
- "Caribbean Sisters," October 12, 2003
- "Lonely Sparrow meets a tiger?", November 27, 2003
- Agents Lothloriel Elhyn and Rowyn (DMS - PotC)
- "The First Assignment: Who Is She Really," June 2004
- "Love At First Sight," September 2004
- "Love Conquers All," with Agent Jeanlily (DMS - LotR), January 2005
Agents Not Yet Specialized in this Continuum[]
Agents with fewer than three missions in this continuum are not specialized, yet. They probably soon will be.
- Agents A. Gallowglass and Lena Montrose (DMS - PotC)
- "I Just Met a Sue Named Maria . . .", c. October 2004
- "The One With the Fried Chicken" (ctrl+F for "pirates"; incomplete), October 2010?
- Others
- "Belle and the Pirate" Agent Vaniela (DMS), January 2005
- "Department of Big Trouble," Agent Mercuria Stardust (FicPsych), c. August 2003
- "Her So-Craved Adventure," Agents Night Shade and Rose Thorn (DMS - PotC), April 2005
- "In Other News, Water is Wet" (crossover with The Little Mermaid and Disney Fairies), Agents Stephanie Podd and Chakkik (DMS) with Agents Cupid Carmine and Lapis Lazuli (DIC), August 2, 2015
- "Love in a Storm," Part 1, Part 2 (alternative link), Agents Marcus Langston (DF) and Luke Celinus (DMS), April 1, 2009
- "Of Pirates and Annoyed Partners," Agents Ian Nahinu and Lee Keaton (DMS), June 2010
- "Once Bitten, Twice Shy," Agents Rina and Zeb (DMS), June 2015
- "'Twas Many and Many a Year Ago, in a Nondescript Random Town by the Sea," Agents Suicide and Ithalond (DMS), c. February 2006