Caribbean Curses and Creepy Capuchins: D23 Pin Celebrates 20 Years of Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

By Peyton Liebler

You will always remember this as the day YOU could catch this sinisterly simian pin! In celebration of 20 years of Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, D23: The Official Disney Fan Club is bringing the yo-ho to your pirate life with this exclusive glow-in-the-dark treasure. Made especially for D23 Gold Members, this pin features an eclectic pirate named Jack... and we mean Jack as in the undead monkey “matey” of the Black Pearl, of course!

This pin is, obviously, inspired by the hit 2003 feature Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl—the blockbusting release that smashed box-office records and sparked numerous sequels. The film itself was inspired by the classic Disney Parks attraction Pirates of the Caribbean, and featured countless nods to the beloved watery adventure throughout. In the film, the roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow’s (Disney Legend Johnny Depp) idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis—the wily Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush)—steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal, kidnapping the governor’s beautiful daughter Elizabeth (Keira Knightley). In a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl, Elizabeth’s childhood friend Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) joins forces with Captain Jack... what Will doesn’t know is that a cursed treasure has doomed Barbossa and his crew to live forever as the undead.