{"id":11344,"date":"2011-10-14T03:15:54","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T03:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/?p=11344"},"modified":"2011-10-15T22:53:11","modified_gmt":"2011-10-15T22:53:11","slug":"top-five-fictional-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/top-five-fictional-pirates\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Five Fictional Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Talk Like a\u00a0Pirate Day<\/a> may have been and gone, but pop culture\u2019s love affair with\u00a0pirates is still going strong (ew, a half rhyme). While there were a great\u00a0many awesome pirates throughout history that actually existed, you can\u2019t\u00a0deny that there are just as many equally cool ones who didn\u2019t. As such,\u00a0here is a list of what might possibly be the best pirates to never sail the\u00a0seven seas.<\/p>\n

5. Captain Pugwash<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Captain Pugwash first appeared in a comic strip all\u00a0the way back in 1950, securing his own BBC cartoon series seven years\u00a0later. Pugwash himself is perhaps not the most efficient pirate, but he is\u00a0certainly one of the more lovable. Bumbling, cowardly and more than a\u00a0little stupid, it\u2019s hard not to forgive him for his foolishness (even if it\u00a0is at the expense of long-suffering cabin boy Tom). If you want a whimsical\u00a0slice of nautical life with no anchors attached then you can\u2019t go far wrong\u00a0with a bit of Pugwash (which, while the majority of the double entendre\u00a0accusations are mere urban legend, just so happens to be a slang term for\u00a0oral sex in Australia).<\/p>\n

4. Captain Barbossa<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Despite Johnny Depp\u2019s now legendary portrayal, let\u2019s\u00a0forget Jack Sparrow for a moment. If you think about it (and look past Mr\u00a0Depp\u2019s seasickeningly good looks), Hector Barbossa really is the superior\u00a0pirate. He certainly knows how to dress to impress; replete with oversized\u00a0hats and bling (his coat buttons are apparently made from recast Incan\u00a0silver) he is certainly pretty pimpin\u2019 (as a person more hip than myself\u00a0might say, anyway). Skilled in all manner of piratey talents, he is a\u00a0worthy rival for Jack and an interesting spin on the stereotypical old sea\u00a0dog for us viewers.<\/p>\n

3. Guybrush Threepwood<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The protagonist of the Monkey Island series.\u00a0While not as good of a pirate as he might like to think, Guybrush Ulysses\u00a0Threepwood is still an undeniably worthy addition to this list. Fans of the\u00a0series watched him grow from gawky adolescent pirate wannabe (whose main\u00a0talent was being able to hold his breath for ten minutes) to a razor\u00a0sharp-witted swashbuckler (if you count Insult Swordfighting<\/a> as\u00a0buckling swash). With a multitude of highly memorable and funny\u00a0lines<\/a>, you\u2019ll be hard pressed to find an adventure game fan who\u00a0wouldn\u2019t want to set sail with Guybrush.<\/p>\n

2. Balthier<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sky pirate and all around badass, Balthier is the leading\u00a0man and he knows it. Having been compared to the likes of Pirates of\u00a0Caribbean\u2019s Jack Sparrow and even James Bond, he is easily one of the Final\u00a0Fantasy series\u2019 most widely acclaimed characters. Piloting his airship the\u00a0Strahl with Fran, his viera companion, he repeatedly insists – and appears\u00a0to prove – that his leading man status makes him invincible. During the\u00a0development of Final Fantasy XII he was, in fact, almost made the main\u00a0character. Additionally you have to admit: you\u2019d much rather go for a drink\u00a0with Balthier than Vaan.<\/p>\n

1. Long John Silver<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Arguably one of the best known pirates of all time.\u00a0Once quartermaster under the notorious Captain Flint (whom he subsequently\u00a0named his parrot after), the peg legged Silver acts as a mentor and father\u00a0figure to Treasure Island protagonist Jim Hawkins (which makes his eventual\u00a0mutiny all the more heart-wrenching). Responsible for establishing the\u00a0traditional pirate look with the aforementioned accessories (plus hat),\u00a0perhaps one of his more interesting contemporary portrayals is as a cyborg\u00a0in Disney\u2019s 2002 film Treasure Planet. The undisputed pirate king.<\/p>\n

Ella is in no way suggesting that you may meet a handsome pirate of your\u00a0own on a Kenwood\u00a0Caribbean holiday<\/a>, but it\u2019d never hurt to try.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Talk Like a\u00a0Pirate Day may have been and gone, but pop culture\u2019s love affair with\u00a0pirates is still going strong (ew, a half rhyme). While there were a great\u00a0many awesome pirates throughout history that actually existed, you can\u2019t\u00a0deny that there are just as many equally cool ones who didn\u2019t. As such,\u00a0here is a list of what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[10,211],"tags":[3237,3231,3236,989,3234,3232,3235,3238,3233,911],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","yoast_head":"\nTop Five Fictional Pirates 2023 | This Blog Rules<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Talk Like a\u00a0Pirate Day may have been and gone, but pop culture\u2019s love affair with\u00a0pirates is still going strong (ew, a half rhyme). 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