The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling (also known as The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab and The Pirates! In an Adventure with Moby Dick) is the second book in "The Pirates!" series by Gideon Defoe, published in 2005 by The Orion Publishing Group. After "The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists", the pirates felt that their ship was in need of some repair. So they go to see Cutlass Liz, the beautiful yet ferocious pirate boat yard owner, where, after much showing off, the Pirate Captain buys the most expensive boat,
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! the film has been retitled to "The Pirates! Band of Misfits". The official explanation from Aardman was that Defoe's books don't have "the same following outside of the United Kingdom," so it was not necessary to keep the original title. Hugh Grant, the voice of The Pirate Captain, said that the studio "didn't think the Americans would like the longer title." Response from the director of the film, Peter Lord, was that "some people reckoned the United Kingdom title wouldn't charm/ amuse / work in the United States. Tricky to prove eh?" Quentin Cooper of the BBC analysed the change