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Pintel and Ragetti
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| Pintel and Ragetti | |
| Type | {{{type}}} |
| Gender | Male |
| Profession | Pirates, cannoneers |
| Ship(s) Commandeered |
Mainly: Black Pearl Formerly: Hai Peng |
| Weaponry | Pistols, Cutlasses, Cannon |
| Appearance(s) | The Curse of the Black Pearl Dead Man's Chest At World's End |
| Portrayer | Mackenzie Crook And Lee Arenberg |
Pintel and Ragetti are recurring pirate characters in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean series of films, primarily providing comic relief throughout each film. Pintel portrayed by Lee Arenberg and Ragetti portrayed by Mackenzie Crook. Their first appearance was in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, serving under Hector Barbossa upon the Black Pearl. It is revealed that Pintel and Ragetti are regretful of their mutiny against their captain, Jack Sparrow and their involvement in sending William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner to Davy Jones's Locker attached to a cannon. Pintel and Ragetti, along with Barbossa and the crew of the Black Pearl share in the Aztec curse and are immortal for the majority of the film.
In the second film, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pintel and Ragetti serve under Captain Jack Sparrow, again providing comic relief and additionally the occasional important insight into other characters. They join the ever-lengthening list of people who want the Dead Man's Chest, but they don't know what's in it, and don't have the key.
In Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Ragetti and Pintel's roles have a bit more importance to the plot although primarily providing comic relief. In this latest installment they serve under both Barbossa and Sparrow however not consecutively nor at the same time. Ragetti's wooden eye is used by Barbossa as his "Piece of Eight" (one of a group of nine Pieces of Eight used to free Calypso).
In the video game Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow Pintel and Ragetti are both voiced by Greg Ellis.
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Little is known about their background. Prior to the release of Dead Man's Chest, actor Lee Arenberg maintained that Ragetti is Pintel's nephew and the son of a prostitute, probably Pintel's sister, although this has not been confirmed in the movies.
According to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide, prior to serving as cannoneers aboard the Black Pearl, Ragetti and Pintel spent a year as naval sailors, press-ganged into service for the British Royal Navy before deserting to escape the bad food and abusive treatment.
The two pirates served aboard the Black Pearl under Captain Sparrow and later Captain Barbossa. They are first seen in The Curse of The Black Pearl when they invade the governor's house and take Elizabeth Swann prisoner. In the sea battle between the Black Pearl and the H.M.S. Interceptor, they fired the chainshot that smashed the H.M.S. Interceptor's foremast, making escape impossible. They also facilitated the cursed pirates boarding the doomed ship. Their characters also provide comic relief during the movie's more intense scenes and provide storyline information. Once the curse is broken and the pirates defeated, they are captured and jailed.
A running gag throughout the first movie involves characters surrendering themselves to Ragetti and Pintel while invoking the right of "parley." Under the Pirates' Code, parley guarantees a prisoner will be escorted unharmed to the captain in order to conduct negotiations. At one point, Pintel snarls at his captives, "If any of you so much as thinks of the word 'parley', I'll have your guts for garters!" Ironically, after they are captured, Pintel (in vain) attempts to invoke parley himself.
There are also frequent gags about Ragetti's false wooden eye, which causes him discomfort and is often knocked out of its socket and has him frantically searching for it; one of Ragetti's professed desires is to get a real glass eye. It is not known how he lost his real eye, though in At Worlds End, it is revealed that the wooden eye is one of the nine items that imprisons Calypso in her human form. It is probably more believable that the eye was already missing, and after using the wooden one to imprison the goddess, Barbossa gave it to Ragetti as a temporary replacement.
There are also funny bits about the two characters sharing feelings of closeness. Whenever they do, they become embarrassed or angry, and the moment quickly passes; therefore director Gore Verbinski jokingly described the two as more of a "married couple."
In the sequel, the pair have escaped jail and are rowing a boat to Pelegosto island, along with the dog who holds the keys to the jail cells. Ragetti has become somewhat religious, telling Pintel, "Since we're not immortal no more, we gotta take care of our immortal souls." When they find the Black Pearl run aground on the island, Pintel convinces Ragetti that taking the ship would be salvage, and salvaging would be saving it. Although they attempted to steal the Black Pearl, Jack magnanimously, if unintentionally, allows them to rejoin his crew. Although they become more or less loyal members of his crew, the writers state, in the DVD commentary, that Jack considers them, and also James Norrington, as the most expendable crew members.
Later, when Jack is searching for Davy Jones's heart and a fight breaks out between himself, Norrington and Will Turner, Pintel and Ragetti once again have an opportunity to steal something valuable. Pintel tells Ragetti they will be, "removing temptation from their paths" by stealing the Dead Man's Chest. They take it, but do not get far before Elizabeth catches up to them. Pintel greets Elizabeth the way he greeted her when they first met by saying, in a creepy tone, "ello poppet". Before they can do anything to her, however, Davy Jones's crew attacks and they drop the chest. When the Flying Dutchman's crew overtakes them, they fight alongside Elizabeth, tossing around the two swords that Ragetti and Pintel had.
Despite their fighting success, they quickly hand off their swords to Elizabeth and take off with the chest again, which they promptly lose. When cornered by Jones's men, they still fight with various objects used as improvised weapons. The two pirates are not without loyalty or humanity. When the Kraken attacks the Black Pearl, Ragetti saves Elizabeth from one of its deadly tentacles. Both Ragetti and Pintel shed genuine tears of respect and grief over Jack's demise and join the pledge to resurrect their fallen captain; ironic considering they supported and participated in Barbossa's mutiny against Jack and marooned him on the island (although possibly not as much as initially thought, considering their later admissions of regret and unease).
The comic duo (especially Ragetti) can unexpectedly engage in erudite and intelligent discussions. In these discussions, Ragetti often proves that he's more educated than he appears. When Tia Dalma says that something vexed Davy Jones so much that he abandoned land for an eternal life at sea, Ragetti speculates it was because of, "The dichotomy of good and evil?" causing Pintel and Joshamee Gibbs to give astonished looks. The two also engage in a lengthy discussion over the proper pronunciation of "Kraken," with Pintel saying he believes the correct pronunciation is "kray-ken" while most say "krack-en." Ragetti explains that the derivation of the word is from original Scandinavian, and thus should be pronounced "kraw-ken". Pintel points out they are not Scandinavians, to which Ragetti retorts, "It's a mythological creature, I can calls it what I wants!" Ragetti also displays a knack for knowing things he should have no clue about, such as why Jack, Will, and James each want the heart of Davy Jones.
Before the movie was released, the actors announced that the characters of Ragetti and Pintel would play roles of some importance to the plot. In an interview with Empire magazine (Australia) Mackenzie Crook says "You sort of discover that Lee (Arenberg) and I are there for more than just comic relief in the third movie. It turns out that we do have a purpose in the grand scheme of things." As seen in the trailer and in the movie itself, the two throw swords through floorboards from below to Elizabeth and Barbossa above, allowing them to defend themselves when both Sao Feng and the East India Trading Company attacked them. They also pause to look through the floorboards at Elizabeth, who was forced to take off her pants before entering. In Davy Jones' Locker, when Jack is "choosing" his crew members, he refuses Ragetti, saying, "Not you, you scare me." When Jack angrily asks the crew who saved him "just because they miss [him]" and not to serve their own ends, they are part of a small group (including Jack the Monkey) to raise their hands. Later on in the movie, when Barbossa and Sparrow are arguing over who should be the captain of the Black Pearl, Pintel yells at the two to stop arguing, leaving the two briefly silent in surprise. A moment later, he apologizes, saying he'd just like to put his name in for consideration if there was going to be an argument over who will be captain. Sparrow and Barbossa leave without saying a word, but Ragetti consoles his old friend by saying "I would have voted for you." Ragetti's eye is used to help free Calypso, but when Barbossa fails in his attempt to release her, Ragetti steps in, correctly delivers the incantation "as if to a lover," and triggers the spell in something of a well-deserved 'shining moment' for his character.
The two now serve on the Black Pearl which Barbossa stole again. Pintel: "We feel kinda bad about leaving Captain Jack behind, we may feel better if you show us those charts." (This mirrors Barbossa asking for the coordinates of the Chest of Cortes while planning a mutiny suggesting that Pintel still wants to be captain.) When Barbossa shows them the charts, there is a big hole where Sparrow stole the important parts. Ragetti is now seen making a new wooden eye for himself.
In the third installment Ragetti continues to prove that he's more educated than he appears as he says "Actually, it's a cephalopod." when Pintel calls the dead Kraken a "stupid fish." (Even when the word "cephalopod" wasn't around in the time period)
Pintel and Ragetti appear and act nearly always together, therefore their roles in the film series have been compared with those of Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd in Diamonds Are Forever. Several scenes that feature them became reoccurring jokes/motifs in the series with the release of the sequel. For example:
- In the first movie, during a scene where Ragetti and Pintel are manning a cannon, Ragetti's removable eye was hit by a fork (which is being used as a replacement for a cannonball by the Interceptor's crew), Ragetti and Pintel look at the fork and then slowly look out the cannon gunport at the Interceptor. This scene is repeated in the second movie (with the exact same camera angles), as Ragetti and Pintel look out at the Kraken's tentacle, which is pressed against the Pearl.
- The scene where Ragetti looks frantically for his eye (the first movie it is during the fight against Norrington's fleet, and in the second it is as they are attempting to steal the Pearl) is repeated with the same camera angles.
- In the first movie, when Ragetti and Pintel find Elizabeth, Pintel says "'ello Poppet." This scene is repeated in the second movie when both turn on Elizabeth for the treasure, Pintel once again, repeats that same line. Towards the end of At World's End, Pintel says "Goodbye, Poppet." to Elizabeth as she leaves the ship.
They are the counterparts to the two Royal Marines Murtog and Mullroy. [1] Amusingly enough, the two comic relief pairs are united at the end of the movie, where Murtog and Mullroy, disguised as pirates, celebrate the victory of the pirates after running away from their posts after they failed to keep Davy Jones' heart safe.
By the second movie, Ragetti becomes very religious. He says to Pintel, "We ain't immortal no more. We gots to start taking care of our immortal souls." You can also see his new look on life in the scene in Tia Dalma's Swamp, where they are discussing what vexs all men and Ragetti replies, "The dichotomy of good and evil?" Again, we can see his religious/philosophical/intellectual side in the third movie, when the crew is frost-covered and he calmly contemplates aloud, "There must be a good reason for our suffering." This may have also been a sarcastic complaint/question to Barbossa.
Like most Pirates, Pintel and Ragetti wear old, threadbare clothes. According to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide, Ragetti's green jacket was stolen from a French nobleman, Pintel's trousers are washed with urine to get bloodstains out and Ragetti's trousers are covered with tar to make them water-proof. It also was mentioned in The Visual Guide that Pintel spends hours in front of a mirror in order to practice his famous gloomy face expression.
Pintel and Ragetti are skilled fighters. In the first film, they killed numerous Royal Marines in the battle aboard the H.M.S. Dauntless (although it wasn't a fair fight, since they were immortal) and in its sequel they fight the Flying Dutchman crew, although they abandon Elizabeth, leaving her to fend them off alone as they attempt to escape with the chest. Normally, they both fight with cutlasses, but in a scene in Dead Man's Chest, when Elizabeth had taken their swords from them, they continue fighting with incredible efficiency using only the chest, an oar and a net. They also use flintlock pistols, while it should be noticed that Pintel uses a double-barrelled one, which you can see clearly as he points it at Jack Sparrow in the Black Pearl. In At World's End, Ragetti uses the butt of a pistol as a club. They are skilled gunners, therefore, during sea battles, like the battle between the Black Pearl and the H.M.S. Interceptor, they serve at the cannons.
Both Pintel and Ragetti were made into Action Figures in NECA's Series 2 of the Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Series. NECA will make them into Action Figures once again in Series 1 of the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Series.
- Ragetti was made as a plush toy in the Dead Man's Chest M&M plush assortment. He was the Orange M&M.
- In 2006, the duo were part of an ad campaign for VISA credit cards, in which they try multiple ways to "get treasure" from out of a VISA card.
- Ragetti was mentioned in an M&M's commercial where he plays himself, suggesting to the Yellow M&M that he use the other hand to eat the white M&M's (as his right one was a hook), but it is a peg leg.
- The duo also appear on the Disney website game "Talk Like A Pirate" both Mackenzie Crook and Lee Arenberg reprise their roles.
- In a commercial for Wal-Mart, a fighting sequence from the film involving a battle between the crew of the Black Pearl and an unidentified group of pirates begins. During the fight, Jack, Captain Barbossa's pet monkey, takes possession of Captain Jack Sparrow's enchanted compass, to which Pintel utters the quote, "You bring that back or I'll use your guts for garters!", to which the monkey drops to the deck. As this occurs, a young boy, along with his mother and father, enters the scene in real time, picks up Captain Sparrow's toy compass, and with his mother's approval, places inside a Wal-Mart shopping cart.
- Ragetti and Pintel appear as playable "Chamber Card" characters in the Pirates of the Caribbean Trading Card Game, acting together as one composite character.
- Ragetti and Pintel appear as boss characters in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow for the Playstation 2 and PC platforms; both are voiced by Greg Ellis.
- Pintel and Ragetti appear on the same card in the Top Trumps deck for Pirates of the Caribbean.
- Pintel and Ragetti appear as cameos in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End for the Nintendo DS. Pintel teaches new sword moves and Ragetti gives tips about the current level.