"You're without a doubt the worst Pirate I've ever heard of" "But you have heard of me" My favorite Captain Jack Sparrow quote

"Imagine feeling groggy, like you just woke up, but all the time" I'm something of a pirate myself

A neat detail to denote: Jack can only be seen wobbling around as he walks on land. At sea he always walks normally, almost like its inverted.

"He essentially boiled his brain. Doesn't sound like a big deal?" In WHAT WORLD do you think BOILING YOUR BRAIN ISNT A BIG DEAL

This gets crazier when you remember that Jack is a pirate lord, really he’s probably the weakest of the pirate lords when it comes to ships and crews but he genuinely seems to be the only one who almost always wins

The fact that jack is the only character to never sweat is really surprising.

I went into this video expecting it to be a theory about how Jack never got off the island he was left marooned on and hallucinated the entire series as he died of dehydration. I'm leaving this video concerned that I could very well be severely dehydrated because I've had a lot of these symptoms for years.

just a little thing : they didn't recognize him thanks to his tattoo, they guessed his name with the tattoo. The bird is a Sparrow, and the sun apparently is an old way to represent the name Jack

The fact that Jack literally never sweats AT ALL makes me respect the people who made those movies even more, whether it was intentional or not

Some Jack Sparrow words to live by: “The problem is not the problem, the problem is your attitude about the problem.” “Why fight when we can negotiate?” “Crazy people don’t know they’re crazy. I know I’m crazy therefore I’m not crazy. Isn’t that crazy?” Jokes aside, I’m glad Johnny Depp played the character and not Hugh Jackman.

"I got a jar of dirt! I've got a jar of dirt, and guess what's inside it!" I will always love that line. Fun fact: that scene was improvised by Johnny Depp because he forgot his lines and it was so good that they decided to keep it in the movie. Even the other actors were confused. You can see the confusion on their faces in the scene.

The fact that MatPat called him “Captain Jack” throughout the entire episode is legendary.

Just thinking of the fact that he was dehydrated the whole time, it makes all of his feats even more impressive than they already were.

Wait... is this seriously the first time MatPat has done a Film Theory on the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise? We need more of these.

The hallucinations are from being in Davy Jones' Locker. Being alone does funny things to ya, and ya can't die in the Locker.

I think Calypso took such a liking to Captain Jack Sparrow (not romantically but because she found him humorous and interesting), that, she granted him excessive luck, longevity and bits and pieces of quasi-immortality (he can die from old age, etc., but not from ill health and luck keeps him safe from accidents and fighting and such).

Not to say that he wouldn't start getting hallucinations regardless of what happened, I think one of the main reasons that he started having them in Pirates 3 was because he was in Davy Jones' Locker, which is supposed to mess with a person's mind. The fact that the hallucinations continue even after he's out of the Locker is probably a result of the dehydration making the Locker's effects worse than they would normally be.

Isn't the whole point of Jack Sparrow that he uses his 'madness' as a front to hide the fact that he's actually genius? I think it's perfectly shown in the On Stranger Tides scene where he escapes from the British by acting mad and yet actually perfectly setting up his escape. I don't think Jack is actually mad or sick at all but he uses it to make life easier

I feel like this is the only theory I can think of that would make the portrayal of Jack even remotely acceptable to me in the fifth film. I really hated what they did with him in Dead Men Tell No Tales. My favorite thing about him is how people underestimate him because of his wackiness, but he's actually incredibly smart and knows exactly how to manipulate situations to get what he wants. He's always plotting and scheming --- especially in the first three films, and a bit in the fourth one. Sadly, in the fifth movie it seems like he's just stumbling through situations and has no idea what he's doing 90% of the time.

Hi, MatPat! I was recently watching a video where Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow went to a hospital to meet ill children- titled: "Johnny Depp as “Captain Jack Sparrow” sails into Vancouver to visit patients at BCCH [FULL VIDEO}"- at 7:14 in the video Jack says he's been out in the sun too long and cooked his brain! Even the actor behind the babbling genius has confirmed your theory to be completely true! Cheers!

Correction, it's *Captain* Jack Sparrow!

Jack Sparrow is the best, but I really feel like Davy Jones is a super well potrayed character as well. Idk if it's the actor, writer, director or the team as a whole that necessarily makes him so great, but lines like that "No you don't" or any of the lines during Liars Dice. From the Calm "I accept your challenge" to the humored "You're free to leave, THE VERY NEXT TIME WE MAKE PORT" That character is just so well done.

Me told a month ago by my doctor that I need to drink a lot more: "Alright, I'll try" Me after watching this video: "I need a much bigger water bottle."

I’ve seen these movies more times than I can count, and while I agree that he probably is dehydrated, I think it’s a real combination of genius, madness, and illness. They say there’s a fine line between genius and insanity and I think his dehydration makes his jump rope with that line. Though some of Matt’s points aren’t in good context. Two I immediately noticed are when jack stabs his double to intimidate the others and the scene where Will says Jack thinks they’re a hallucination, and when he can’t hop a fence. The first was while jack was dead, it’s the 3rd movie when Barbossa captains a crew to retrieve jack from what is probably a purgatory. This movie is filled with supernatural elements and at this point they are “beyond the edges of the map” so it only makes sense he’s stuck in a purgatory filled with copies of himself, a ship with no sea in sight, and yes even a goat. The second, when he falls flat on a fence, was in the 5th movie. This is after we see him getting turned away at a bar because the bartender says he’s had enough. So he’s not just drunk, he’s wasted. He also seems to be more capable walking on a ship than on land, which checks out with sailors even today. To wrap this up, I’m not dismissing this theory entirely, I think it holds a lot of good points, I’m just a nerd who really likes these movies and the characters.

I like the way Davy Jones pronounces Jack’s name better. “Jack Sparrah!!!”

The fact that Jack's character was inspired by Keith Richards, and that Keith portrays Jack's father was just awesome.

I think that his curse of the first movie also help him survive all his water problems in some way and when he got rid of it the symptoms started to appear faster (Kinda like the mutant powers of deadpool helps him survive his cancer)

He will always be our Captain Jack Sparrow. With or without heatstroke.

you can physically see the physical strain being a pirate has on jack's body since the youngest we saw him was when he out smarted salazar the one who almost wiped out all the pirates but was tricked by jack, in the scenes where we could see him he was nimble on his feet and his mind was fast hence why he got the name sparrow.

This had a LOT of old-school film theory energy and I mean that in the best way possible. Nice.

I have been highly dehydrated once because of alot of factor. And it was for 2-3 hours: I was loosing balance, confused all the time, not able to speak properly and had a terrible headache. So, I can beleive that being in a state of dehydration for years can cause many many damage.

Only MatPat can say "and what we're most interested in today: heat injuries." and no one blinks

this sounds like a classic game/film theory. looking at an event in something and saying "hey, that shouldnt happen" instead of weird lore and random stuff about scary movies

Most historians focus on starvation during these times, so they frequently forget about dehydration, which was as big as a killer as starving. One other factor, is that fresh food on wooden vessels during the age of sail, could and did get contaminated by seawater, anyone devouring this food will get dehydration, so fresh water remains the lifeline of any ship at sea, historic and current.

My dog stepped on a bee

In Pirates 4, there actually had a scene where they talked about Jack's escape plans. In the scene, Barbossa said he was planning an escape route and asked Jack "Isn't that how you do it?" To which Jack answered with a fake/hesitant yes and then followed by "Or sometimes I just improvise" I think Jack said what he said because he likes being thought of as a genius and the greatest Pirate Captain in the world, but deep inside he knows that for the most part he was really just making things up as he go along. :)

I never understood the “ruining my childhood” part of film/game theory, showing me that waterbending is more realistic than I originally thought, bringing vg mechanics into the real world, if anything it just makes those beloved shows, movies, and games even better w/the knowledge they just might be real

The reason he went to Port Royal in the first movie is his ship wouldnt last long enough to make it to anywhere else. The point he steps onto the dock his ship is completely underwater aside from the mast meaning if he went anywhere else he would have to swim the rest of the way

I feel like this isn't just a theory but just a pure fact in the movies, I mean the guy literally emits every trait of being drastically dehydrated haha

This video was on point, Johnny Depp actually mentions a bit of this when talking about his take on Jack Sparrow. Captain

It never occurred to me that dehydration is the source of Captain Jack’s odd behavior. I consider it a miracle that he was able to make it to his 50s.

The thought of him being dehydrated is smart and logical, but I still think that some of us just still want to believe that the reason for everything he does is just because hes a crazy drunk person that doesn't think of consequences to his actions or in other words, he is an awesome person we want to have the skills of.

I think pirate talk is the one accent all people can just naturally slide into, and the most fun. Sorry, Jack's hallucinations were because at that time he was a maybe alive maybe not prisoner in Davy Jones' private purgatory, with no one to talk to BUT himself, who he could never con.

It wouldn't surprise me if heat stroke got to captain JS, but I believe that another reason of why he walks the way he does also involves the fact that he's almost always on a boat that is swaying back and forth all. day. long. And him walking like that helps keep his balance.

"Imagine feeling groggy, like you just woke up, but all the time" Isn't that just adulthood?

There's just one teeny Tiny Detail that completely derails this Theory: Jack stops Wobbling when he's on a ship. When he's on land he Sways and Stumbles around all the time, But as soon as he's on a ship, that stops and he Suddenly becomes the only person standing Straight with no risk of loosing his balance.

7:41 at this point in the movie Captain Jack is dead and is in Davy Jones’ locker, because of this the hallucinations may not be because of his dehydration but because he is stuck in some kind of purgatory and these hallucinations may have continued after he left because he is meant to be dead so the torture is following him.

The people have spoken. We need more pirates of the Caribbean theories !! ( please ? )

Honestly I think Johnny Depp playing captain Jack Sparrow is the best casting in film history and is the most believable an actor could get with a fictional character.

Honestly I really want to know the more historically accurate things about pirates because pirates are so romanticized that most people don’t really know too much. Why are pirates looked at in history classes because they were a big part of the time period when everything was done on ships crossing continents and going from port to port.

Jack: Does anything Matt: DEHYDRATION!!!!!

Kind of ironic considering Captain Jack is basically almost always surrounded by water…

8:20 I couldn't tell you where but during an interview with him years ago Johnny Depp said one of the ways he prepared for the character was by wearing his costume in a sauna for an extended period. He described how you started to think different and moved like Jack does instead of normally. After watching this video I am now pretty sure Johnny Depp gave himself IRL heatstroke preparing the character. But hey, can't argue with the results. edit - 13:48 Should learn to watch before commenting lol

Praying that Depp wins his case. He didn't deserve what happened to him. Edit: yes I Know. I followed the trial. #AmberHeardisabrokeLiar

Some people think he could predict all his enemies moves. But no he just risked and all times he was successful. I think that makes him more humane

I watch every single film theory video. I watch at least three and night. Whatever either way you’re down to go to bed there’s something about the vibe of Star Wars, Lord of the rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney and their theories. I’m just laying down solid content. Love your work keep it up.

Honestly Matt, this is a serious wakeup call for me. I am not even joking. Even the other day I blacked out while cooking. Now luckily nothing was in the oven so there was no fire, but it was a close call. But I had even been dealing with hallucinations, along with my speech and writing ability going down the shitter. I wish I was joking. I’m grabbing myself several water bottles and downing them.

The navy: "He managed to get away from us again. Clearly, no strategy we can create will compare to the mind of Jack Sparrow." Captain Jack's mind: "LMAO gottem! I just make it up as I go and it keeps working! This heat is killing me, where's the rum?"

This theory kind of fits with another theory that the entire 5 movie franchise is just Jack's hallucination after his first time being stranded on the island. All the stories we are watching are just live hallucinations for Jack. That's why he's getting more slurred as the movies go on. Jack is getting closer to his inevitable death of dehydration on the island so the motor skills of his hallucinated self stagger also. It explains why he's so lucky because Jack is creating the story he's always going to come out on top in the end. It would explain why his character in all the hallucinations doesn't sweat because he isn't currently capable of doing it so he doesn't imagine himself sweating in his hallucination.

Poor Sparrows brain is both dehydrated and pickled at the same time. Did everyone see that because I won't be doing it again

It is my competly serious headcannon that some characters, notably Jack and Barbosa subconsiously understand that having very extreme personality traits put them on par with the supernatural forces of the world they inhabit. Jack needs to be crazy, and Barbosa needs to be overdramatic, or they would be just as killable as any random crewmember.

Just want to say, I think this was one of your better episodes lately. A firm theory with plenty to back it up, a bit of good biology science, and not much fluff or tangents. Really stuck to your point and kept it going at a steady pace. A+

I don't think I've drank more water watching a video than this one 🌊😅

The dehydratiom makes ALOT of sense actualy. At my work during the summer (i work in a cookies factory with ovens on 24/7 and in the summer it can get at area's between 30-40 degrees celcius.) There have been multiple cases of people being dehydrated and falling unconcious or losing stability when walking easily.

I'm still convinced that he is also a bit of a genius, almost always drunk, and has a severe case of sea legs. I guess I'll just add being constantly dehydrated to the list of things wrong with him... Honestly, considering he's always dehydrated makes everything he does all the more impressive than it already was. *Forgot to add that he is also extraordinarily lucky.

He may be going crazy from dehydration and rum, I love him as he is. Also, another thing is I always considered Jack to be hiding more secrets (whether he knows of them or not). He has such incredible luck and endurance - it's beyond human. It's why I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Jack was still lingering across the seas somewhere, seeking entertainment and treasure years after he would logically last. And even if he dies, I think he'd just manage to stumble back again to the land of the living. So with all this, the legend of Jack Sparrow would be like an urban legend, that people don't know to be true.

I showed my mom this and she was completely denying it the whole time saying "its just acting" like, yes i know but its looking deeper into the actual character.

Can we get more Pirates theories? This was very interesting

Okay but I pose to you this- alcohol withdrawal. Minus the sweating, it does cause people to act and sound drunk when they are actually sobering up. I've worked in the Emergency Department before and I can tell you that the "Jack Sparrow" sorts do come around, and are most prevalent when they claim they had a life long drinking habit that they either couldn't substain or tried to quit, which lands them in the ED because of how sick it can make you. But it also explains why Jack is how he is even when sober. I've also seen dehydration before. Dehydrated people lack energy. They'd pass out to sleep before they needed to sweat if they were doing hard laborous tasks like Jack does. I would except a mix if drunkenness/withdrawal and dehydration though.

These movies are so good. I remember when the first one came out and went to the theaters to see it with my family. The only reason my grandmother took us was because she thought it was just another Disney movie with pirates in it. Man was my little brother terrified for days😂

Honestly, I don't think the film writers thought of it, but I like how it certainly looks that way. Nice video btw

And this, world, is why I love Film Theory. The science behind content that makes you want to watch said content.

I love these films, well the first three anyway. When I was younger I used to watch 1-3 almost religiously. Nothing will change my mind on them, and it’s a shame how they, and Depp, have been treated by Disney.

Man I love this series. Pirates all day. Everything said here makes sense to me (including the previous notions of sea legs and drunken-ness). It's amazing how Captain Jack even keeps up with remembering that there's a pirate code (actually just loose guidelines) to follow whilst on his adventures. This diagnosis also gives credence to why it's so easy for Jack to believe in the legends he hears about and seeks them out only to become involved with said legends to the point of them having disdain for him. Makes for wonderful and adventurous times though. .... Drink up me hearties Yo ho!

Matpat has such a hot take here. Potc wasn't just popular because of Jack. The CGI is good, the writing is funny when it wants to be but also extremely tense and scary, Will Smith is extremely likable, Barbosa is a likable antagonist, the sequels are also amazing. Every ounce of popularity Potc has is 100% deserves

actually matpat got it right since Johnny depp actually said that his mind is fried in his description of jack sparrow in his trial

Personally I believe all the theories are true and work in tandem. He's a very lucky drunken genius who's half mad.

Ah yes nothing like starting a day with a theory about your favorite character dying out of *dehydration*

He is probably the best pirate I ever herd of

Honestly this is awesome I love this theory

When I was younger I loved the show Danny Phantom, and while watching film theory I had wondered if you did one on that show. Which I think would be super interesting! Like finding the amount of volts it took to fuse ectoplasm into Danny’s DNA or even what ectoplasm is or the closest known thing to it. Just an idea😊

It's amazing that they seemingly put this level of detail into these movies.

I myself can confirm some of this stuff because I was severely dehydrated 2 years ago so much so that it was hard to catch a full breath, I get to the hospital and I basically drink 2 and 1/2 bags of iv fluid

14:12 you aren't a gamer if this hasn't happened to you at least once

I've watched the original trilogy hundreds of times and never noticed Jack is the only one who didn't sweat, that's interesting maybe the dehydration theory is actually a fact?

I absolutely love these movies and I'm delighted to see matpat do a theory for it!

2:13 He is not wondering if Jack is lucky 🍀 or a genius He is in awe, asking to his superior officer if Jack is a logistical genius (every possibilities planned in advance) or a tactical genius (adapt/makes it up as he goes)

I thankful I watched this while drinking so I could be reminded to hydrate. Thank you for your service, Matpat!

My take away from this is that although Johnny Depp's portrayal of Jack Sparrow is world renowned, it's still underrated

But in dead men tell no tales, they showed a young jack sparrow before he became a pirate, say probably before the story of the heat madness and although he was a bit sane then , they still showed signs of his charisma,his destructive but genius thinking, I really do think Jack is a genius but he has lost his senses not because of the heat but something else

He's so good at acting that these logical theories makes totally sense!! He really looks like someone that study a lot before give life to the character so they can be cooler that it was supposed to!

All this video did is tell me I’m likely dehydrated a lot 😂

Me to MatPat: “You’re mad!” MatPat to Me: “Thank goodness for that, 'cause if I wasn't this would probably never work.” Funny that I was rewatching At World’s End yesterday. Honestly, despite some confusion, I still love the main trilogy.

I think the hallucinations were more on account of the Locker itself than Jack’s brain getting boiled. I’m pretty sure Jack was just really drunk and/or hungover during the fifth movie scene.

I’m happy to here someone talk about the pituitary gland, I lost mine due to a tumor when I was 6 and not a lot of people know what it is

A good part of pirates 3 that you mention is in davy jones’s locker aka jack is dead when pulling the pearl, seeing other versions of himself, and will saying he thinks they are hallucinations. Also the on land swaying is just sea legs, whenever he is on a ship he doesnt sway

This would have been amazing character acting on Johnny’s part if he has taken this into his character and done research of pirates. Well done to Disney and the directors. And well done to Mat Pat for this interesting theory

Yeah, I heard this one years ago. Something that wasn't mentioned in the video was that not only was Jack marooned, but that island was a hideout for rum runners. He'd found their stash and drank nothing but rum for some days until he got picked up by another ship.

Love this video!

This video made me drink a bunch of water lol. Stay hydrated!