In the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Captain Jack Sparrow repeatedly found himself stranded on uninhabited islands, demonstrating amazing ingenuity in escaping.
In the first film, The Curse of the Black Pearl, Jack tells the story of his escape: he allegedly rode two sea turtles, tied them together with a rope made of his own hair, and thus reached civilization. However, in reality, everything was not so simple. Naturally. He made a deal with smugglers who had a stash on the island, and they helped him get out.
In the fourth film, On Stranger Tides, Jack is again stranded on a desert island, this time with Angelique. Realizing that she may be seeking revenge for the death of her father, Blackbeard, Jack abandons her on the island with a pistol with one bullet and sails away. Jack Sparrow thus uses both fictional stories and real deals to explain his escapes from desert islands.
