QWhat happened to Pintel, Ragetti, Marty, Cotton and the rest of Jack's crew that helped Barbossa steal the Black Pearl?
ANone of them return in this film, it's likely they were all killed when Blackbeard attacked them. Another possibility is that they were in Tortuga, as Barbossa mentions at the end of this film that's where he's headed. In the last scene before the credits, Cotton's parrot can be seen inside the bottle with Jack, which could be a strong hint that at least Cotton (and the others as well) are trapped with the miniature Black Pearl and might return in a sequel.
QDoes anyone actually drink from the fountain?
AYes. Angelica drinks from the fountain. As Blackbeard and Angelica are both dying, Jack fills both the chalices with water and puts the tear into one, without revealing which. He then asks Blackbeard to save Angelica by giving up his own life, and seemingly directs him to the chalice without the tear. However, Blackbeard grabs the one that Sparrow had offered to Angelica and drinks from it, demanding instead that Angelica save him. Angelica complies, but Jack, anticipating this, had actually put the tear in the other cup - the one Angelica drinks from. Blackbeard, furious, is swept away by the waters of the fountain and killed.
QWhat is each character's/country's motivation for finding the fountain of youth?
AJack Sparrow: It was revealed in the previous film that Sparrow is afraid of death after his experience in Davy Jone's Locker. Thus he set off at the end of At World's End in search of the Fountain of Youth. Jack seems to have actually been to the cave housing the fountain before (the one with the water on the ceiling), but not to the fountain itself, as he didn't have the chalices of Ponce de Leon. Barbossa: Barbossa doesn't want the fountain at all - he merely desires it as a way to get his revenge against Blackbeard. Blackbeard: Blackbeard's quartermaster has forseen Blackbeard's death, and Blackbeard wants the extra years to prolong or perhaps eternally prevent this from happening. King Ferdinand of Spain: The King is a Catholic and wants to destroy the Fountain of Youth because he believes only God can grant eternal life. King George of England: The English monarch doesn't want the Spanish king to have possession of the fountain of youth, for fear of the power that might bring him.
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