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Well, if Cracked says it... 03 Oct, 2011 / 2 comments

By Rémi

Cracked, a site for anything humorous, has proclaimed that Pirates of the Caribbean was, indeed, a rip-off of Monkey Island. An excerpt:

Cracked

The video game The Secret of Monkey Island came out in 1990 and follows the adventures of Guybrush Threepwood, a bumbling swashbuckler who must gather a crew of pirates to rescue the woman he loves while dealing with a mysterious supernatural curse. Sound familiar? That's also the plot of the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, except Threepwood is called William Turner there. Both characters even dress alike.

Rip-off or not? Does anyone really care anymore? Either way, it's a fun little read anyway.

Source: Cracked

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    Alex IDV on 04 Oct, 2011, 19:31…
    And then there's the whole undead curse thing in PotC 1, which also can be found in the cancelled MI movie.
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    Kroms on 04 Oct, 2011, 18:59…
    There's another pretty interesting parallel. I can't remember if it was in Pirates 2 or 3, but in the movie (probably Pirates 2) there was an almost shot-by-shot lift of The Curse of Monkey Island scene where the two pirates fish-out LeChuck's boots from the sea. I haven't seen the second and third movies since they came out and don't plan on re-living those unfortunate experiences to find the one scene, but it's there.

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