While in Davy Jones's Locker, Jack Sparrow tries to logically prove that Will can't be real, finishing with "Q.E.D., you're not really here!" QED is a Latin acronym for "Quod Erat Demonstrandum", literally meaning "what was to be shown". It is often used at the end of an argument to say "and thus has been demonstrated". During his monologue to the Pirate Brethren Court, Jack employs a combination of two Latin phrases used in law. "Res ipsa loquitur" literally means "The thing speaks for itself", and is used when the circumstances are so obvious that they need no further evidence or explanation. "Tabula in naufragio" literally means "A plank in a shipwreck", and relates to priorities in loans and mortgages provided by separate lenders, such that the third mortgagee obtains the first mortgage, thus squeezing out the second mortgagee's priority for debt satisfaction. Metaphorically, it refers to the last option that may prevent failure or catastrophe in dire straits.

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