Mr. Gibbs It's bad luck to have a woman on board. Even a miniature one.
7th most-quoted character in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003): in 8 of its 96 quotes
Most scenes with: Captain Jack Sparrow (4), Will Turner (4)
Everyone's thinking it, I'm just saying it: pirates!
More lines from Mr. Gibbs
2 quotes Mr. Gibbs Mr. Gibbs Curse ya for breathin', ya slack-jawed idiot!
Scenes with Mr. Gibbs
5 scenes Mr. Gibbs [Jack throws a bucket of water on the sleeping Gibbs.]
Curse ya for breathin', ya slack-jawed idiot! [coughs, regains consciousness, and recognizes Jack] Mother's love. Jack! You should know better than to wake a man when he's sleepin'. It's bad luck!
Fortunately, I know how to counter it: The man who did the waking buys the man who was sleeping a drink; the man who was sleeping drinks it while listening to a proposition from the man who did the waking.
Mr. Gibbs [pauses, looks confused]
Aye, that'll about do it.
Mr. Gibbs [Will throws more water on Mr. Gibbs.]
Blast, I'm already awake!
That was for the smell.
That is the child of Bootstrap Bill Turner. His only child. Savvy?
Mr. Gibbs Is he now? 'Leverage,' says you. 'I think I feel a change in the wind,' says I. I'll find us a crew. There's bound to be some sailors on this rock crazy as you.
One can only hope. Take what you can.
Mr. Gibbs Give nothin' back.
You, sailor.
Mr. Gibbs Cotton, sir.
Mr. Cotton. Do you have the courage and fortitude to follow orders and stay true in the face of danger and almost certain death? [Pause] Mr. Cotton! Answer, man!
Mr. Gibbs He's a mute, sir. Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him... no one's yet figured how.
Parrot
[squawk]
Wind in the sails! Wind in the sails!
Mr. Gibbs [pause]
Mostly, we figure that means 'yes.'
Of course it does. [to Will] Satisfied?
Well, you've proven they're mad.
How can we sail to an island that can't be found, with a compass that doesn't work?!
Mr. Gibbs Aye, the compass doesn't point north- but we're not trying to find north, are we?
How is it that Jack came by that compass?
Mr. Gibbs Not a lot's known about Jack Sparrow 'fore he showed up in Tortuga with a mind to go after the treasure of the Isla de Muerta. That was before I met him, back when he was captain of the Black Pearl.
What!? He failed to mention that.
Mr. Gibbs He plays things closer to the vest now, a hard-learned lesson it was. You see, three days out on the venture, the first mate tells him that everything's in equal share. That should mean the location of the treasure too, so Jack gives up the bearings. That night, there was a mutiny. They marooned Jack on an island and left him to die, but not before he'd gone mad with the heat.
Oh... so that's the reason for all the...[Imitates Jack's odd moves]
Mr. Gibbs Reason's got nothing to do with it. Now Will, when a pirate's marooned, he's given a pistol with a single shot. One shot. Well, that won't do much good hunting or to be rescued. But after three weeks of a starving belly and thirst, that pistol will start to look real friendly. But Jack, he escaped the island, and he still has that single shot. Oh, but he won't use it though, save on one man. His mutinous first mate.
Barbossa?
Mr. Gibbs Aye.
How did Jack get off the island?
Mr. Gibbs Well, I tell ye. He waded out in the shallows and he waited there three days and three nights, 'til all manner of sea creatures 'came acclimated to his presence. And on the fourth morning, he roped himself a couple of sea turtles, lashed 'em together, and made a raft.
Mr. Gibbs Aye, sea turtles!
...What did he use for rope?
