Jack the Monkey

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Jack the Monkey
Theme:	Pirates of the Caribbean
Years:	2011
Appearances
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game

Jack is Barbossa's pet capuchin monkey, named after Jack Sparrow to mock him after Sparrow got marooned on a deserted island.

Backround

During The Curse of the Black Pearl, Jack, like the rest of the crew, is cursed, turning undead in lunar light and bestowed with indestructibility. Jack temporarily becomes mortal again when Will lifts the curse, though he later steals another coin and becomes cursed again (he seems to not mind being cursed). During Dead Man's Chest, he resides on the Black Pearl and torments the crew (and gets tormented back, if Jack Sparrow didn't start it first) until he is bartered to Tia Dalma for the location of the Flying Dutchman and the jar of dirt she gives to Jack Sparrow. He is shown wandering near a boot, which with hindsight is revealed as Barbossa's, and later rejoins the resurrected captain. In At World's End, Jack serves mainly as a comic relief character. It is shown throughout the 2nd and 3rd movie that the crew of the Black Pearl, particularly Jack Sparrow, like to shoot at Jack the monkey. Jack has stolen several objects, such as: Will Turner's Medallion and Ragetti's wooden eye, though their owners were able to get them back. Most of the crew are not partial to Jack, with the exception of Lord Hector Barbossa, who is also the person he is most loyal to.

Its unknown if Jack returns for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Barbossa has become a privateer and is no longer in charge of the Black Pearl. He may have stayed with the rest of the Black Pearl crew, although one thing is for certain is that because he cannot die, it can be assumed he is alive and well.

In Curse of the Black Pearl, Jack is played by Tara, a ten-year-old female capuchin, and Levi, an eight-year-old male. The skeletal monkey was added in post-production by Industrial Light and Magic. In Dead Man's Chest and At World's End, Jack is played by Boo Boo, a twelve-year-old male and Mercedes, a ten-year-old female. Keira Knightley stated that the capuchins were very difficult to work with because of their short attention spans, adding "Oh, and that monkey! I want...to stuff...the monkey!". Geoffrey Rush would often have to wait for them to look in his direction before delivering his lines, and they often had to spray them with squirt guns to grab their attention. Rush was accidentally struck a few times as well.

See Also

• Jack Sparrow
• Lord Hector Barbossa
• Tia Dalma