Joshamee Gibbs Joshamee Gibbs , called Mr . Gibbs in the video game , is a Minifigure in the Pirates of the Caribbean theme . Gibbs used to serve the imperial force with Admiral Norrington , but later joined Jack Sparrow as the first mate on " The Black Pearl " . He has large mutton chop sideburns and aged grey hair . The theme and Minifigure were released in May 2011 . Description . Joshamee has the same hair as Will Turner , but in grey . He has large sideburns and a double sided face , one side with a serious expression and the other has a scared expression . He has a dark gray sleeveless jacket with silver buttons and a dark tan shirt with a white / grey necktie and brown belt . His legs are light grey . Background . Joshamee Gibbs is a recurring character in all five Pirates of the Caribbean movies . Gibbs was a member of the royal navy and crossed from England to the Caribbean with Governor Weatherby Swann and Admiral Norrington . He gives the ship ' s crew insight into pirates . In Later , he has been dismissed from the navy and lives in Tortuga . His close friend , Jack Sparrow gets him to find a crew , which he makes Gibbs his first mate , to pursue Hector Barbossa . After the crew are captured by the undead crew of the Black Pearl , they are imprisoned in the ship . Elizabeth Swann later frees them but cannot pursuade them to rescue Jack and Will Turner . They leave Isla De Muerta with the Pearl . They later rescue Jack from Port Royal after he was to be hanged . Later , he and the crew feel as though they are not earning the plunder they deserve as a crew . After escaping from Pelegosto and Jack ' s deal with Davy Jones , he organises to gather the 99 souls Jack requires , among them being a disgraced Norrington . After the Kraken attacks the Black Pearl , Gibbs is unsure about sacrificing the ship , however agrees . After Jack ' s death , he is the first to agree to go rescue him . He later assists Barbossa and his plans to acquire Sao Feng ' s navigational charts , a ship and a crew . He informs Jack about his predicament in the Locker , which the hallucinated Jack is unaware of . He joins Jack ' s crew again during the meeting of the Brethren Court and the battle of Calypso ' s Maelstrom . After Barbossa commits a second mutiny , he leaves Gibbs behind in Tortuga , where he resides again after a farewell to Jack . Later he is sentenced to hang in London but escapes with Jack . When Barbossa is sent out in pursuit of Jack , he forces Gibbs to come along , as he has knowledge of Jack and his plans in relation to the The Fountain of Youth . He follows Barbossa from London , to Whitecap bay , where their ship is destroyed by mermaids , then to the Spanfish camp where he leaves Barbossa to go with Jack , but later ends up on the Queen Anne ' s Revenge where he steals the Black Pearl in a bottle . He later abandons Jack Sparrow after a failed bank robbery . He and the rest of the crew , however , still end up accompanying Sparrow on his quest for the trident of Poseidon , as Henry Turner pays them to rescue him from the gallows . They end up abandoning Jack again when they find out that the undead are chasing Sparrow , however they are captured by the British Royal Navy . They manage to ecape the Navy ship , the Essex , before it is blown up by Salazar , and they row to the Black Pearl . Accepted into Jack ' s crew again , they rescue him from the undead Silent Mary crew and end up remaining with Jack . Gibbs is last seen with Jack as they sail into the horizon .