developed and published by LucasArts
. It is the sequel to the 1987 game Maniac Mansion
. The game's plot follows Bernard Bernoulli and his friends Hoagie and Laverne as they attempt to stop the evil Purple Tentacle—a sentient, disembodied tentacle—from taking over the world. The player takes control of the three and solves puzzles while using time travel to explore different periods of history.
Dave Grossman and Tim Schafer
co-led the game's development, their first time in such a role.
"I feel like I could... like I could... TAKE ON THE WORLD!!"
"Soon we'll all be speaking... Well, English I guess."
"Get me out of here! I feel like I'm pupating!"
(After his Chron-O-John's first attempt) " Cheap-Mail-Ordered Jewel! I'd knew I should've bought a real diamond.
"Step one. Find plans. Step two. Save world. Step three. Get out of my house! Let's get cracking."
"We may not live to see yesterday... "
"Bernard, float over here so I can punch you. "
"Dude! You're, like, George Washington, man!"
"You know what they say: "To save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs."
(Bernard is talking to Dead Cousin Ted, a mummy.) "Boy, I haven't seen you since I was here five years ago. You know, I bet you'd really like my friend Hoagie. He's a roadie for a heavy metal band. You could hit him over the head with a bowling ball and it wouldn't faze him. He can pass out standing up and not drop anything." (pause) "The two of you have a lot in common."