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Jack with Captain Hector Barbossa.
- "We named the monkey "Jack"."
- ―Hector Barbossa to Jack Sparrow
Jack was the monkey belonging to Captain Hector Barbossa eight years after the finding of the treasure of Cortés. He was apparently named for Captain Jack Sparrow, as something of an insult to Sparrow.
History
Jack became cursed along with the rest of the crew of the Black Pearl, and helped Barbossa's men track down all 882 coins that would free them from the curse. Jack stole the final piece of treasure from Will Turner aboard the Interceptor and returned it to Barbossa. He was present at Barbossa's death on Isla de Muerta, and was, at this point, free of the curse. However, Jack deliberately stole a coin from the treasure chest, thus ensuring he became cursed once more.
Return to Barbossa
- "I brought payment. Look. An undead monkey! Top that!"
- ―Jack Sparrow to Tia Dalma
After this, Jack found his way back onboard the Black Pearl when it returned to Isla de Muerta to find the island had been claimed by the sea. Jack remained onboard the Pearl, now under Jack Sparrow's command, and attempted to steal a drawing of the key to the Dead Man's Chest held by Sparrow. The pirate captain shot Jack, though the undead monkey escaped unscathed, though lost the drawing in the process. Later, Sparrow's crew managed to capture the monkey, and Sparrow used him to barter with Tia Dalma for information on the whereabouts of the Dead Man's Chest. Jack remained in the vicinity of Dalma's shack, perhaps due to the presence of his former master, returned from Purgatory. When Tia finally introduced the reborn Barbossa to Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann and Joshamee Gibbs, Jack returned to his rightful place on his master's shoulder.
Jack accompanied his master on the quest to rescue Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' Locker. The monkey admitted, with a raised hand, that he had missed Sparrow after returning from World's End.
Jack as a skeleton.
Behind the scenes
- Jack was played by two capuchin monkeys in The Curse of the Black Pearl; a ten-year old female named Tara, and an male-year old male named Levi. He was portrayed by Chiquita (female) or Pablo (male) in the following two films. There are several sub-species of capuchin monkey, and judging by Jack's white face and lower brown fur, he is likely a White-Fronted Capuchin (Cebus albifrons).
- Jack appears in an additional scene found after the credits of The Curse of the Black Pearl, showing how he becomes cursed once more after Barbossa's death, explaining his undead status in Dead Man's Chest.
- The "Jack the Monkey" card in the Pirates of the Caribbean Trading Card Game states that he was the only member of Barbossa's crew not to put his blood on the Aztec coins, hence why he remains cursed. However, this directly conflicts with the post-credits scene in The Curse of the Black Pearl, which sees him purposely take a coin from the chest to become cursed again.
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Appearances
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (First appearance)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End