Pirate Profiles: Ragetti

Welcome to Pirate Profiles!  Everyone knows Jack Sparrow and Barbossa, but here on Pirate Profiles every buccaneer, privateer and scallywag gets equal billing.  Who will our first profile be on?  Well how about that lovably murderous scamp, Ragetti?

The goal of this series is to give each Pirates of the Caribbean character their own write-up, but it's also a fun chance to guess what they might be up to for Pirates 5 when it comes out amost three years from now.

So without further explanation.  Let's get started!

The Personality

Ragetti is a mischevious and often villainous pirate who plays more of a comic-relief role in any pirate group he's in.  He is, however, still a semi-important pirate, as you will see in the other sections of this profile.

Skills?

Has a knack for piracy (of course,) theology, and is extremely proficient at pronouncing the names of mythological creatures.  He knows his way around a cannon, and can even sword fight when the need arises.

Faillings?

A few failings come to mind.  Ragetti has a problem keeping track of his splintering wooden eye, he is rarely very honest and is a coward to boot.  He's also not the fastest tractor on the farm, and That's just skimming the surface of his flaws and grievances. 

The Film Roles

In POTC1?

In the Curse of the Black Pearl Ragetti is one of Barbossa's cursed crew, and sales, along with his frenemy Pintel.  He was one of the Pirates who first found Elizabeth Swan during the early parts of the film, and in the end of the film he and Pintel are used as distractions while Barbosa's immortal crew raid the British ships that were lying in wait for them.  He was also used as a source of comedy throughout the film.

In POTC2?

Through an unknown adventure involving the prison dog Ragetti has escaped the British with his mate Pintel by his side, and arrived at Pelegosto island with the intentions of stealing The Black Pearl from Jack Sparrow.  Ragetti fails of course, and joins the crew of The Black Pearl.

Later in the film he again tries to double cross Jack Sparrow by attempting to steal the "Dead Man's Chest" right out from under his nose.  He, again, fails, and by the end of the film he swears to help bring back the dead Sparrow from Davy Jones locker.

In POTC3?

Ragetti joins up with Barbossa, Turner and crew to save Jack Sparrow from the dreaded locker.  He and Pintel are responsible for a few sight gags here and there, but have little influence on the films plot as a whole with one major exception.  Ragetti is somehow the only one who knows how to speak to Calypso "as if to a lover," thus freeing her from her human bonds.  Without him there would have been no watery vortex for the POTC3 finale.

In POTC4?

Unfortunately Ragetti did not make it into this particular Pirate film.

Best Scene?

Pirates of the Caribbean 5? (Conjecture)

At the end of Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End Ragetti was, presumably on the Black Pearl as captained by Barbossa.  Is it possible that he died at the hands of Blackbeard's crew when The Pearl was taken?  Or were he and Pintel sucked into that glass bottle along with Jack the monkey?  Will we find out in POTC5?  Probably not.  But I still hope that this Iconic character makes a come back!