16 Pirates Of The Caribbean Easter Eggs You Probably Missed
7. The Fast Show
In a strangely personal reference to Johnny Depp's appreciation for cult British comedy show The Fast Show - which he famously cameoed on - two of Sparrow's lines are catchphrases lifted from the show.
Both "...And then they made me their chief" and "I'll get me coat" were made popular by the sketch show.
There's also a second personal Depp reference in the third film. During the pirate council sequence, Sparrow's monologue includes the Latin phrases "Res ipsa loquitur", which was used frequently by Hunter S Thompson in his writing. Thompson was a close friend of Depp's up to his death.
So including Keith Richards, two of Depp's famous friends helped build Jack Sparrow as a character.