
Barbossa then yelled at them to go back to work. Dog Ear and the rest of the crew laughed when Barbossa scared Elizabeth and caused her to run screaming back into the cabin. When Elizabeth stumbled out of the cabin, she was scared by the cursed pirates. After this was done, they worked around the ship in the moonlight, which caused their skeletal form to show. He and the rest of the crew carried dishes of exotic food into the captain's cabin as Ragetti chased his wooden eye across the floor. Later on, Dog Ear helped to prepare a dinner table for Elizabeth and Captain Barbossa.

The pirates, however, thought this was finally a chance to lift their curse, and so began to make their way back to the Isla De Muerta. In reality, unbeknownst to any of the pirates, she actually just fancied Bootstrap's son, Will Turner. They boarded the Black Pearl with the prisoner, who claimed to be related to Bootstrap Bill Turner. By the time fellow pirates Pintel and Ragetti kidnapped the Governor's daughter, Elizabeth Swann, the rest of the crew were making their way back to the longboats. Shortly after, around half of the crew including Dog Ear made their way into the town with swords, cutlasses, pistols and torches.

Dog Ear and the rest of the crew manned the cannons and fired them on Port Royal as they attacked the town. The Black Pearl immediately set out to regain the last piece of gold. In 1728, the last piece of Aztec gold sent out a signal from Port Royal, having fallen into the harbor. They then set out on a desperate quest to find the last piece of Aztec gold, as well as Bootstrap Bill or one of his relatives. Once they had returned eight hundred and eighty-seven coins out of eight hundred and eighty-eight and had all payed the blood sacrifice, they realised that they still needed Bootstrap Bill's blood to lift the curse. In addition, they had to each pay a blood sacrifice to Hernan Cortes. The crew soon discovered that the Aztec gold had laid a terrible curse upon them, and that the only way to lift the curse was to return every piece of gold to the chest from which it had come.

And, at night, they found that in the moonlight all of their skin disappeared to show their true skeletal form. However, they would soon realise that they could no longer die, nor feel pain, or eat or drink anything. Afterwards, they strapped Bootstrap Bill's bootstraps to a cannon and sent him tumbling overboard. Soon after, they uncovered the cursed Aztec gold belonging to Hernan Cortes, and sold and traded all of the gold. They soon carried out this devious plan, marooning Jack at Black Sam's Spit. However, the entire crew, save for Bootstrap Bill Turner, planned to mutiny upon Jack, and elect the first mate Hector Barbossa as Captain.

Dog Ear was a pirate serving under Captain Jack Sparrow aboard the Black Pearl.
