Throughout the films, Jones uses the 46 tentacles of his 'beard' like fingers to manipulate objects, such as the Dead Man's Chest key (he shows this during a game of Liar's Dice), his hat (when his ship submerges), and the keys of his vast pipe organ while dueling Captain Jack Sparrow in the climactic maelstrom battle sequence of the third film, he waves, wags, and wiggles all of his 'beard-tentacles' at once while screaming in frightening fashion in an effort to scare Sparrow, which, in context, appears humorous.Ī prominent sac bulges from under the back of his barnacle-encrusted tricorne. Jones's most striking feature is his cephalopod-like head, with octopus-like tentacles giving the illusion of a thick beard, which is similar to the head of Cthulhu. tentacley?ĭavy Jones was designed by the films' producers to be a mixture of various aquatic flora and fauna features. Despite his tragic past Davy Jones is shown to being cruel just for the sake of it, meaning that Jones likely enjoys being cruel. He shows some love to his pet Kraken, as he was left crying after he killed it and he also showed a bit of honor when he congratulated Will on beating him at liar's dice for Bootstrap Bill's freedom in a deleted scene. Despite feeling betrayed by Calypso, he still holds a warm heart for her and tells her that his heart will always belong to her. However, despite being a literally heartless wretch, he's shown having moments of honor, and has a remorseful side. Why should the afterlife be any different?'. He regularly mistreated his own crew as well, believing that all humans should suffer through the afterlife with much pain this is backed up by his proclamation of 'Life is cruel. The only thing he seems to enjoy is to ensure the lives of those around him were as miserable and joyless as his own one. Very arrogant, dangerous, and manipulative, Jones is shown to be a malicious creature. Davy Jones is known for his sadistic and destructive ways. Towards his crew, he appeared to be cold, cruel and hateful. and so yourself.Īs the dark lord of the Seven Seas, Davy Jones is intelligent, tyrannical and heartless (both meanings). He was portrayed by Bill Nighy, who also played Viktor in the Underworld film series, Whitey in Flushed Away, Rattlesnake Jake in Rango (which also starred Johnny Depp), General Fallon in Jack the Giant Slayer, The Network from The World's End, Prince Naberius in I, Frankenstein, Leo Argyll in Ordeal of Innocence and Howard Clifford in Pokémon: Detective Pikachu. He is the cursed captain of the Flying Dutchman and the former lover of the sea goddess Calypso, who betrayed him and led him to cut out his heart in the first place, assigning him the role to ferry the souls of those who died at the sea into the afterlife, though Jones opted to recruit them into his immortal crew. He is a monster and the dark lord of the Seven Seas who is loosely based on the old seaman's legend of Davy Jones' Locker. He is the archenemy of Jack Sparrow and Will Turner. Davy Jones is one of the main antagonists of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean film series, serving as a mentioned character in The Curse of the Black Pearl, the main antagonist of Dead Man's Chest, the secondary antagonist of At World's End and a cameo antagonist in Dead Men Tell No Tales.

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