NO. They are not pirates. They are ZOMBIE pirates. The captain is pumpkin head guy man thing who digs em up and uses the zombies to his gain. At one time he was an all mighty pirate. But on halloween night his ship was sunk to the depths of the sea. Now every halloween he comes back with his zombies for some fun. Some of them have there guts hanging out and 1 has no eyes and another the side of his face is blown off. I used some sharp stuff like needles ect. and set em on fire so I could cut through the plastic. On the dude in the blue if you look part of his face is skeletal. So ya. Hope you like them.