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7. Norrington Cleans The Black Pearl With His Old Wig - Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
James Norrington (Jack Davenport) was introduced in the original Pirates of the Caribbean as a major foil for the roguish heroes, the wig-wearing commodore attempting to capture Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) while "rescuing" the object of his affections, Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley).
By the time the first sequel, Dead Man's Chest, rolls around, a disgraced Norrington has resigned from the Navy and disappeared to parts unknown, until he's discovered boozing it up in the dirty remnants of his uniform in Tortuga.
A desperate Norrington eventually joins the crew of Sparrow's ship the Black Pearl, where we briefly see him scrubbing away at the ship's deck.
But look again - Norrington isn't merely using any old rag to clean the ship, he's using his old commodore's wig, which is naturally now a ratty, sodden mess.
If nothing else, it's a slyly amusing indication of just how far Norrington has fallen, using a symbol of his former status to scrub the scum off his enemy's ship.