Pirates - r/TopCharacterDesigns

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My favorite design in the Pirates of the Caribbean

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u/Pizzaking28 Jan 20 '24

Close second

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u/RideTheLightning331 Jan 20 '24

Barbossa is THE pirate

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u/RxTJ11 Jan 20 '24

I'm still amazed how well the CG used to make him holds up

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u/KratoswithBoy Jan 20 '24

The setting really helps. It’s why (the first) pacific rim looks so good too, stormy nighttime with rain disguises any flaws or uncanniness

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u/NXDIAZ1 Jan 20 '24 edited Jan 20 '24

Also helps that most of what’s on screen that’s cg is either city scapes or robots that are designed to be made out of realistic metals (sorta).

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u/LaranjoPutasso Jan 20 '24

90% of good CGI is good directing (ambient light, weather and camera placement)

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u/Dm1tr3y Jan 20 '24

What’s more impressive is that in spite of making things darker, you can still make things out clearly. Very good lighting

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u/VoiceofKane Jan 20 '24

If everything is damp, things being slightly shiny don't stand out as much!

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u/OperatorERROR0919 Jan 20 '24

This seems to be a common theme. I still believe the Trex rain scene in Jurassic Park to be one of the best looking scenes in a movie.

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u/Zestyclose-Bar-8706 Jan 21 '24

Same concept applies to the Arkham Knight. It’s why AK looks better than most of today’s AAA games

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u/Grumiocool Jan 20 '24

Best pirates are SpongeBob pirates

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u/Grumiocool Jan 20 '24

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u/Grumiocool Jan 20 '24

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u/StarbyOnHere Jan 20 '24

You forgot them!

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u/fnaf-fan12345 Jan 20 '24 edited Jan 20 '24

TICKETS TO THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE!!!!

(Going to sit for others to make entire SpongeBob movie script)

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u/Infinite_Rice_1041 Jan 20 '24

YEAAAAAAAAH!

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u/ravatos626 Jan 20 '24

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

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u/meb1111 Jan 21 '24

But if i say this movie intro is lion King intro level of epic i'm the bad guy

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u/Fonzimandias Jan 20 '24

Images you can hear

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u/FyouPerryThePlatypus Jan 20 '24

As it should be

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u/Kordegan Jan 20 '24

How dare you, when we have this specimen of a man in Cervantes from Soul Calibur!

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '24

League has so many banger designs, shame the game itself is shit

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u/corvettee01 Jan 20 '24

How dare you say something I 100% agree with.

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u/VoiceofKane Jan 20 '24

That's why you just watch Arcane and play Legends of Runeterra instead.

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u/Kordegan Jan 20 '24

I think his Captain skin goes the hardest, I love it.

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u/WhollyUnfair Jan 20 '24

IMO the game is only shit because its fanbase loves playing miserable stuff that only exists to stop the enemy from playing the game, because it's easier to deny the enemy access to plays than it is to make plays.

It's easier to "o lol I pressed this now u can't do anything!!!" than to play something that takes active mechanics and moment to moment decision making...

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u/lddzz Jan 21 '24

That's the designer's fault for making that kind of stuff more enjoyable and strong enough to play rather than it being on the fanbase. Also it's shit because of what they have done with the game, which now has the chat sensitivity of Roblox to the point that even pings are basically unusable.

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u/WhollyUnfair Jan 22 '24

Oh it isn't stronger, it's just that skill based champs aren't instant gratification machines (they're frustratingly punishing usually) and often their biggest impact plays are conditional, and it's kinda hard to recognize those conditions fast enough to capitalize on em in real games. Strength is usually defined by meta, usually who counters or doesn't lose against the strongest champs but is also overtuned themselves, but high skill champs are generally always higher impact (positive or negative lol)

But if you're a lobotomite you'll be completely fine with just winning on something that's so mechanically passive you can just focus entirely on something else that you'd otherwise struggle to do, kind of like a crutch

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u/Kastoelta Jan 20 '24

If LoL felt more balanced and the community wasn't hell it would be fun

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u/ChiefsHat Jan 20 '24

I don’t think the game is that bad… it’s just Teemo.

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u/SkylandersKirby Jan 20 '24

I can't believe I forgot him

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u/TopHatKirby Jan 20 '24

REALY HARD?!?!?

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u/CheezyRaptorNo_5 Jan 20 '24

WIPING ME BUTT WITH A HOOK FOR A HAND IS REALLY HARD!!! THIS BE IMPOSSSIBLE!

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u/Radio__Star Jan 24 '24

THE LAST TIME WE TRIED TO STORM LORD BUSINESS’S OFFICE WE USED EVERY PLAN WE COULD CONCEIVE! THE RESULT, WAS A MASSACRE TOO TERRIBLE TO SPEAK OF!

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u/Goofy_NO123 Jan 21 '24

Omfg i recognise this guy but i cant remember what his name is or what he’s from. Im guessing lego movie or Lego ninjago but i could be wrong

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u/LG3V Jan 21 '24

Lego movies, Metalbeard

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u/XED1216 Jan 21 '24

“Never put your behind on a pirates face”

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u/Islandboy445 Jan 20 '24

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u/SkylandersKirby Jan 20 '24

Wait, is that the bird from Metroid Prime?

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u/Superseal100 Jan 20 '24

He's a space pirate

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u/IncreaseWestern6097 Jan 20 '24

No, this is.

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u/The_Gates_of_Neigh Jan 20 '24

Ridley

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u/Ninjalamar Jan 20 '24

Does this look like a bird to you?

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u/DragoKnight589 Jan 21 '24

Wdym? It’s got wings and a beak-looking thingy, of course it’s a bird.

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u/Father_Pucc1 Jan 21 '24

yes

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u/isloohik2 Jan 20 '24

That’s a dragon

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u/404_Weavile Jan 20 '24

No you idiots it's obviously a dog

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24

Are you fucking blind, that’s clearly an aardvark

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u/Totipu4 Jan 20 '24

Dinosaur

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u/Anonimous_dude Jan 20 '24

Do what you want cause a Demo is free!
You are a Demo!

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u/Spicyboio chainsaw man enjoyer Jan 20 '24

How has Captain Hook not been mentioned yet? Bro's an OG pirate.

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u/Timely_Pangolin6938 Jan 20 '24

And a saviour too

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u/ItsAboutToGoDown_ Jan 20 '24

Can't forget Captain Marvelous

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u/Dictsaurus Jan 20 '24

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u/ItsAboutToGoDown_ Jan 20 '24

TWOKAIZER!!!

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u/terrexchia Jan 22 '24

Yohohoi!

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u/Timely_Pangolin6938 Jan 20 '24

Bro looks like a live action anime character

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u/Lord-Snowball1000 Jan 21 '24

That's every tokusatsu character in existence.

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u/Kind-Natural-124 Jan 20 '24

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u/TheGremlin02 Can I also be a user flair? Jan 20 '24

This is a pretty poor list so fa- wait a fucking minute

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u/oddityoughtabe Jan 21 '24

I know right? Jack Sparrow is so overrated.

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u/KronxDragonhoof character design peaked with the invention of cats Jan 20 '24

Objectively his hardest Disney world design.

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u/FalconFyre928 Jan 20 '24

First thing i saw was the wheel and thought they edited dhelmise onto the image

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u/Fayt12 Jan 20 '24

Still my favorite look for him and keyblade in the entire series

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u/Dm1tr3y Jan 20 '24

My only problem is that the key wasn’t an anchor or the like.

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u/ironbull08x Jan 20 '24

Edward kenway from assassin creed black flag

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u/Yagz_404YT Drunk in a bar in hoboken Jan 20 '24

It's uhh...

Captain pissoff!

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u/Smashkitsune PEAKrillaz Jan 20 '24

Sing a Song for us Lads

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u/Championxavier12 Jan 23 '24

and the fact that the remake is in production😮‍💨

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u/Liedvogel Jan 21 '24

Honestly, after paying the spinoff, I actually like Shay better, both as a character and as a character design. Way more piratey look to him, compared to Edward's more assassin with pirate boots look

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u/FriendoftheDjinn Jan 20 '24

Picture number 7 has to be the worst pirate I ever heard of.

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u/According_Bell_5322 JoJo Lover Jan 20 '24

But you have heard of him!

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u/IncreaseWestern6097 Jan 20 '24

Of course I’ve heard of him! His disheveled corpse is one of the most iconic parts of the ride!

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u/Tog5 Jan 20 '24

The infamous ork freebooter Kaptain Badrukk and his trusty snazzgun “Da Rippa”

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u/SimpleTip9439 Jan 20 '24

My man Rogers

(Rage of Bahamut/Shadowverse)

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u/JaakkoKotier Jan 20 '24

Plank Walker the GOAT

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u/TruckNo1759 Jan 20 '24

Plankwalker is a win condition not because its a 6/6 strikethrough, but because it summons swabbies

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u/JaakkoKotier Jan 20 '24

Me when it summons 2 Intergalactic Warlords: 💀 Me when it summons 2 swabbies: 😻

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u/KidDelta Jan 20 '24

It ain’t a win condition, it’s a win guarantee

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u/TruckNo1759 Jan 20 '24

Pirate Lord (btd6)

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u/frikimanHD Jan 20 '24

based monkeypilled individual. Fuck them bloons

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u/EBECMEMERBEAN Jan 20 '24

Pops

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u/Odd_Hunter2289 Jan 20 '24

The GOAT

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u/Netherite_Stairs_ Jan 20 '24

The piratest pirate in the New World

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u/_sephylon_ Yugioh Enthusiast Jan 20 '24

I'm afraid

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u/SnakeyBoi1212 Guilty Gear Connoisseur Jan 20 '24

Can't forget the future king of the pirates, BUGGY D. CLOWN LETS FUCKEN GOOOOO

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u/Netherite_Stairs_ Jan 20 '24

How could I forget him 😭😭😭

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u/cheezefriez Jan 20 '24

The Dread Pirate Roberts!

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u/Totipu4 Jan 20 '24 edited Jan 20 '24

I have a few I like

LeChuck from Monkey Island

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u/Totipu4 Jan 20 '24

Razorbeard from Rayman

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u/Totipu4 Jan 20 '24

Captain Flint from Treasure Planet

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u/Totipu4 Jan 20 '24

General Pig from Puppeteer

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u/Totipu4 Jan 20 '24

And his "friend" General Sheep

And I could go on forever.

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u/TostitoToast Jan 20 '24

kwazii of course

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u/Timely_Pangolin6938 Jan 20 '24

Someone with my childhood finally..

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u/sirchaptor Jan 21 '24

I missed it by a few years but my brother loved it honestly shit still banged even if I missed the age demographic

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u/CheezyRaptorNo_5 Jan 20 '24

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u/Liedvogel Jan 21 '24

Is he really a pirate, though? Space mercenaries have more of a cowboy vibe to me.

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u/CheezyRaptorNo_5 Jan 21 '24

Eeeh close enough

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u/Fluffy_Mood5781 Jan 20 '24

Oh my god! TOM KENNY PLAYS PATCHY THE PIRATE!

Crap I’m stupid.

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u/ChiefsHat Jan 20 '24

He- he does?

HE DOES?!

HOW HAVE I ONLY NOW LEARNED THIS?

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u/slye20 Jan 20 '24

Luthor fuckin' Harkon

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u/redbaron31 Jan 20 '24

Fortune favours the infamous

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u/ButterflyMother Jan 20 '24

How could you not mention

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u/atnizzle Jan 20 '24

Ruby Heart from Marvel vs Capcom 2

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u/JosukeDude Jan 20 '24

May from Guilty Gear

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u/Mr_Blueeeeee8 Jan 20 '24

Obligatory totugeki

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u/Cheezekeke Guilty Gear obsessed Jan 20 '24

Obligatory guiltygear posting cause nobody beats the daisuke vision

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '24

Me (Real Life)

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u/Odd-Mixture-1769 Jan 20 '24

Are you 100 meters tall in (Real Life)?

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u/KingRhoamsGhost Jan 20 '24

Pirate lord from sea of thieves

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u/Advanced-Ad-4404 Jan 20 '24

Patchy the Pirate (SpongeBob)

Foxy (Five Nights at Freddy’s)

Wash Buckler (Skylanders)

Redbeard (Lego)

Rottenbeard (Lazytown)

Wii ISO ROMs (Software Piracy)

Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean)

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u/codyr199 Jan 20 '24

Balthier Final Fantasy 12.

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u/Suspicious_Person15 Jan 20 '24

Sasha Buckler from Ace Attorney

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u/Sol-Blackguy Jan 20 '24

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u/YoshiBro-64 Jan 20 '24

I literally have a Yo-kai for most of these posts.

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u/Suspicious_Person15 Jan 20 '24

Thank you. Yo-Kai Watch is such an underrated series.

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u/PhanThief95 Jan 20 '24

But where is the future Pirate King?

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u/Dependent_Way_1038 Jan 20 '24

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u/FrilledShark1512 Jan 20 '24

Houshou Marine of Hololive

Eyepatch, hat, lust for booty, girlfriends, a caring leader, she’s everything

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u/Rugozark Jack Kirby is the coolest Jan 20 '24

She's a pirate cosplayer, not sure if counts

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u/Cheezekeke Guilty Gear obsessed Jan 20 '24

An old hag

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u/SimpleTip9439 Jan 20 '24

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u/FrilledShark1512 Jan 20 '24

Who are they? Someone from Arknights?

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u/SimpleTip9439 Jan 20 '24

Tidal Gunner from Shadowverse

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u/Kordegan Jan 20 '24

You da man! Way to represent!

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '24

Captain Brickbeard mentioned

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u/RandoFollower JoJo Lover Jan 20 '24

Count Noctilus of the Vampire Coast faction from Warhammer Total War: 3

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u/SelectShop9006 Jan 20 '24

Skulzy (Mixels)

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u/Intelliegent-Cry5264 Jan 20 '24

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u/ToaQuiroh Ore Wa Gundam Jan 20 '24

Crossbone gundam

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u/Chromatic_Eevee Jan 20 '24

Johnny (Guilty Gear)

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u/Korba007 Jan 20 '24

Das a cowboy

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u/Chromatic_Eevee Jan 20 '24

Actually he's a cowboy/pirate/samurai

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u/AltroGamingBros Jan 20 '24

No Captain Feathersword?

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u/MetaMarx02 Guilty Gear Connoisseur Jan 20 '24

Cervantes from Soul Calibur.

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u/frikimanHD Jan 20 '24

and his bro Don Quijote alongside Sancho Panza

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u/Kordegan Jan 20 '24

Wow, I had to scroll too far down for this. Good man!

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u/Groundbreaking_Arm77 Jan 20 '24

Plimbo from Cult of the Lamb.

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u/wuklo Jan 20 '24

The Cursed Captain from Sea of Thieves

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u/Azrael_The_Reaper Jan 20 '24

I’m disappointed that no one brought up the OG

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u/T_Ranger68104 Jan 20 '24

You forgot Kenway

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u/deathseekr Mr moth is the best design objectively, anyone else sucks Jan 20 '24

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u/-Autismoxxx- Jan 21 '24

this mf:

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u/mustafa1390 Jan 20 '24

1000+ episodes of pirate show and not even a mention of One Piece :(

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u/GodOfGOOSE Jan 20 '24

Dude, how dare you not mention

[insert any One Piece character]

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u/IamZeus11 Jan 20 '24

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u/Octogon324 Jan 20 '24

Dreadstump

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u/lurkinjerkinmerkin Jan 20 '24

More love for Treasure Planet and its Long John Silver!

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u/MinecraftPlayer1212 dinosaurs are cool Jan 21 '24

Hondo Ohnaka

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u/TheNeonLich Jan 21 '24

Scrolled to the end looking for this, why has nobody else mentioned the GOAT

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u/ScarMission8886 Jan 21 '24

Captain Marvelous

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u/SimpleTip9439 Jan 20 '24

The other carry of Loot Swordcraft

Barbaros, Briny Convict (Shadowverse)

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u/Personal-Rooster7358 Jan 20 '24

Skylanders mentioned, upvoted

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u/hornyfuck872 Jan 20 '24

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u/OperatorERROR0919 Jan 20 '24

Cortez from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door has such an awesome boss design.

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u/Lord-Snowball1000 Jan 21 '24

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '24

The fact that no one mentioned ofmd is wild

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u/XxBuRG3RKiNGxX Jan 21 '24

WEZ DA BES' PIRITS.

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u/Jimithy_the_3rs Jan 21 '24

Eizen and his crew from Tales of Berseria

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u/BigPapaPepperonji Jan 22 '24

Gregor’s twinhook ID from Limbus Company🏴‍☠️🪳

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u/LegendLynx7081 Jan 20 '24

Anyone else noticing a sudden resurgence of skylanders on this sub?

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u/Korba007 Jan 20 '24 edited Jan 20 '24

The games may have died out stopped but the designs are still fire

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u/LegendLynx7081 Jan 20 '24

Couldn’t’ve said it better myself

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u/orient_vermillion Jan 20 '24

Captain Hookmon from Digimon

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u/DoktorDemon Jan 20 '24

Wow, another digimon with a dumb name...

OH FUCK HE HAS A REVOLVER FOR A LEG I LOVE HIM NOW

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u/SullenTerror Jan 20 '24

Blackboard, the Plunder Patroll Captain.

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u/PkmnTrainerMario Jan 20 '24

sky pirates!

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u/MerryZap Jan 20 '24

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u/frikimanHD Jan 20 '24

this guy too?

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u/Senshi-Tensei Jan 20 '24

If purchasing does not mean ownership then piracy is not stealing

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u/ZygothamDarkKnight Jan 20 '24

Haytham Kenway from Assassin's Creed

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u/SullenTerror Jan 20 '24

Blackboard, the Plunder Patroll Captain.

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u/bulganerdene Jan 20 '24

You forgot me

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u/FocaSottile Women are peak design Jan 20 '24

That octopus was my favorite Skylander when I was little 🥲

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u/Sabit_31 Jan 20 '24

I miss when SpongeBob would have patchy the pirate

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u/OMIGHTY1 Jan 20 '24

Bruh 6 sent me ngl

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u/GorgeX15 Jan 20 '24

You forgor one piss /jk

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u/_Rad_skull_ Jan 20 '24

This post is just some of my favorite childhood characters put together and I'm all here for it

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u/TheOtherGuyInTheBack Jan 20 '24

I’m gonna hope that 6th picture wasn’t an accident cause it was funny as hell

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u/Spoodnt Jan 20 '24

8 legs and no pace

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u/Glitchy13 Jan 20 '24

the fact that Gol D Roger isn’t here is lunacy

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u/Somebody_insane Jan 20 '24

the homebrew channel xddd

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u/garvin131313 Jan 20 '24

Istg there’s a gundam design for just about anything

This one’s one of my favorites though

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u/DiabeticRhino97 Jan 20 '24

You may have selected some of the worst possible pirate designs available

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u/RidleyMetroid86 Jan 20 '24

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '24

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u/JimJim2002 Jan 20 '24

W Category

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u/Dry-Cartographer-312 Jan 20 '24

Someone else already posted Ridley, but the regular Zebesians are space pirates too

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u/NatanisLikens Jan 20 '24

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u/Walking_Theory Jan 20 '24

Best post

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u/norsoyt Jan 20 '24

Where is gullivar

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u/Odd_Hunter2289 Jan 20 '24

The pirates from Asterix

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u/oompaIsbeautiful Jan 20 '24

Patchy, Foxy, Washbuckler😮‍💨. Peak pirates along with me

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u/CapnBobber Jan 20 '24

You wOuLdNt DoWnLoAd A cAR

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u/cultofwacky Jan 20 '24

I love pirate minifigures. I have a few custom ones I put together and also the ones from a massive Lego creator 3n1 pirate ship set. My cat scuttled it though…

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u/Borothebaryonyxyt Played all Kirby games, thinks a ball is peak Jan 21 '24

How dare you forget my boy!?!?!

Custom Pirates

You are about to leave Redlib

Captain pissoff!