World of Monkey Island
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The Monkey Island series takes place in a fictional world
supposedly located deep within the Caribbean Sea
and set roughly during the Golden Age of Piracy
, some time in the late 17th century. The current article describes in-game elements present in one or more of the series' five main installments.
The Tri-Island Area appears in the first four Monkey Island installments. It consists of a dozen of small to mid-sized islands, three of which ("Mêlée", "Booty", and "Plunder") are ruled by Governor Marley, four ("Phatt", "Blood", "Skull" and "Jambalaya") are ruled by some other authority, while the final two ("Scabb" and "Lucre") are independent, presenting their own forms of government. "Spittle" and "Pinchpenny" are the only known islands within the Tri-Island Area not to be visited in-game.
The Gulf of Melange is the primary island archipelago appearing only in Tales of Monkey Island
. It is the first group of islands—besides Monkey Island and Dinky Island—outside the Tri-Island Area to be featured in-game.
causing all three of them to live various adventures.
Later marries Guybrush
) is an old, ragged castaway hermit residing on Monkey Island from the first up to the fourth installment. He suffers from a partial memory loss
and, possibly, severe dementia
. Herman accepted his new life on the island and, instead of trying to escape, enjoys his solitude by meditating
and often plays mind game
s with those whom he encounters.
In Secret of Monkey Island, Herman tells Guybrush that about twenty years ago he and his crew mate set sail to find the "secret" of Monkey Island, but got stranded on the island with no means to escape. After his mate died, Herman spent years in vain await of rescue, arguing with Monkey Island's resident tribe of cannibals, and surprisingly, building his own ship (which he couldn't sail all by himself).
In Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, Herman resides on Dinky Island in a hammock shack and meditates about life philosophy.
The character had no "live" role in The Curse of Monkey Island other than cameo
ing as a "dynamo-monkilectric" roller coaster diorama figure at LeChuck's Carnival of the Damned.
Herman returns for the last time in the series in Escape from Monkey Island. Still suffering from severe amnesia, he gradually begins to remember his past with help from Guybrush. His life story, however, turns out different than what was presented in Secret: Herman remembers being in fact Horatio Torquemada Marley, the former governor of the Tri-Island area and Elaine's grandfather (whom the name "Herman Toothrot" borrowed "H.T." initials from), who was en route to uncover the Ultimate Insult before the artifact turns into the evil hands of Ozzie Mandrill. Mandrill, regrettably, had beaten Marley in their race (with LeChuck's help) and was the first to possess the Insult, sending Marley's ship and crew into a whirlpool at the same time. Marley alone survived the wreck, but was marooned on Monkey Island ever since with no memory of these events.
This story was largely criticized by the fan community as being inconsistent with the main storyline of events presented in LeChuck's Revenge. According to it, LeChuck and Horatio were both looking for the treasure of Big Whoop, each of them setting sail to find it about three years ago. LeChuck was the first to reach Big Whoop and stepped in, turning himself undead. Marley tried to stop him, but failed, and disposed of the map to Big Whoop instead, ripping it to four pieces, one of which he kept for himself. When LeChuck confronted the governor in his undead form, he offered him life in exchange for the map piece, but double-crossed him instead and sent Marley's ship into the whirlpool. LeChuck then killed the crew members one by one in search for the other pieces.
Smilin' Stan S. Stanman, or simply Stan, is a fast-talking, fast-moving salesman who always waves his arms as he speaks. Stan appears in every installment and is depicted as a huckster
running different independent
marketing businesses, often with a dubious origin and the only purpose of confusing his buyers. Stan's trademark appearance includes black tap dance
loafers, a bluish-purple checked jacket (which also appears grayish-black in LeChuck's Revenge) and a white Mexican sombrero
. His method of overwhelming potential customers usually consists of interrupting them by shouting long phrases filled with commercial terms that sometimes even Stan himself doesn't know the meaning of. He also often addresses Guybrush as "kid" or "kiddo" and never admits cheating with his customers.
Stan's jacket features a pattern that stays at the same place (in reference to the background) while he moves. Originally this was due to technical limitations but it has since been continued in later games, becoming a source of in-game jokes as well as a running gag. In Tales, this pattern even becomes one of the plot elements. In the special edition re-release of Monkey Island, Stan's jacket is a neatly painted purple jacket in the same style as the rest of the artwork, but thin, straight, teal lines remniscent of a video card malfunction are overlaid.
Stan was initially conceived as a parody of Southern American
car sellers and first appeared as a used boat salesman on Mêlée Island in The Secret of Monkey Island, who sells Guybrush a ship he sails to Monkey Island on. Stan's past was uncertainly explained at the moment and never really elaborated since in the other installments. Near the end of the game, LeChuck arrives at the harbor and punches Stan across the Caribbean for trying to sell him a ship.
Turning up again in Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge as the proprietor of "Previously Owned Coffin
s" shop on Booty Island, Stan explains his choice of business as having no negative consequences since dead customers are unable to come back and complain. In between the first and second games, he also operated "Stan's Previously-owned Restaurant Supplies", and sold an ineffective flame-retardant apron to Rapp Scallion, who burned to death in a flash fire staged by LeChuck. In the course of the second game, Guybrush traps Stan inside one of his own coffins by convincing him to lie down in it as to prove that it has enough room.
Stan ends up in a crypt on Blood Island and manages to survive by feeding on the remains of a previous corpse until Guybrush frees him in The Curse of Monkey Island about three months later (as indicated in Tales of Monkey Island). Supposedly given "a new lease on life", Stan immediately begins selling death insurance (which is a play on life insurance
explained by Stan as "making sure that if you are dead, you stay dead") from his new office in the crypt. Stan then explains the death insurance policy in the following terms: "When you die, whoever holds that policy gets a lot of money." Guybrush then scams Stan once again by purchasing a policy in his name, faking his own death afterward, and winding up collecting a large payout upon his return, much to Stan's disappointment.
Guybrush's scam convinces Stan to get out of the insurance industry and he resurfaces once more in Escape from Monkey Island as the owner of an emporium selling timeshare
d real estate
on Jambalaya Island to all those who fall asleep during his three-hour long campaign presentations. Guybrush, however, manages to stay awake during the whole speech, forcing Stan to provide him with financial damage coverage consisting of a meal voucher at a restaurant on the island.
In Tales of Monkey Island, Stan appears as the prosecuting lawyer
as the Pirate Court places Guybrush on trial for various crimes, all of which carry the death penalty. Stan claims to have attended law school between "Escape" and "Tales", which he funded by being a part time exotic dancer. He also sets up a stall selling "crime of the century" novelty items depicting himself and his case victims: Guybrush, the Voodoo Lady and LeChuck.
The voice of Stan was provided by Patrick Pinney
in Curse and the Special Editions of the first two games, Pat Fraley
in Escape, and Gavin Hammon in Tales.
in all of the games except for Tales of Monkey Island, where Alison Ewing had the role instead. The Voodoo Lady's role in The Secret of Monkey Island is to provide Guybrush with a rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle on Mêlée Island and to predict Guybrush's future, which involves sailing to Monkey Island, entering a giant monkey, and either being helped or eaten by the Monkey Island cannibals. In Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, she opens a voodoo shop in a swamp on Scabb Island. In addition to providing much helpful information, she creates a voodoo doll of Largo LaGrande and gives Guybrush a book on the legend of Big Whoop.
By The Curse of Monkey Island, the Voodoo Lady has moved to Plunder Island, setting up another shop in a ship half-sunk in a swamp and spends time playing with "the Voodoo Kids". The Voodoo Lady helps explain some of the plot between the second and third games, and tells Guybrush how to lift a curse placed on Elaine by a cursed diamond engagement ring, directing him to Blood Island to do so. In Escape from Monkey Island, she returns to Mêlée Island. She informs Guybrush about the "Ultimate Insult", a powerful and dangerous voodoo talisman, and helps him find its components. In that game it is revealed that the Voodoo Lady uses her business to sell voodoo products which, do to the issues in that game, she is low on. The Voodoo Lady emerges again in Tales of Monkey Island, in which she is an informant for a local newspaper on Flotsam Island, using her powers to get stories from the other islands, as Flotsam's winds stop ships from leaving. She tells Guybrush how to cure the voodoo pox that has afflicted his hand. In the penultimate chapter of the ToMI storyline LeChuck exhibits a journal, proving that the Voodoo Lady has masterminded every single event in the Caribbean since The Secret of Monkey Island, thus contributing to unleash LeChuck's menace on the world. Voodoo Lady doesn't deny this, hinting at deeper motivations beneath her seemingly malevolent actions. Guybrush and Elaine lose their trust in the Voodoo Lady and after killing the again-evil LeChuck, they believe they are free from the endless loop of killing LeChuck. However, the Voodoo Lady pays dead pirate hunter Morgan LeFlay for giving her LeChuck's remains by returning her the mortal world. It is suggested that the Voodoo Lady plans to continue the cycle.
Both Guybrush and LeChuck have noted that no one knows the Voodoo Lady's name. When confronted, she states that it is not important, although later she admits that names have power. Guybrush asks if his name has power, which she answers with "Sure, Why not?"
In Tales of Monkey Island, it is revealed that the Voodoo Lady once had a boyfriend named Coronado De Cava who was a world explorer, who searched for La Esponja Grande on her behalf.
Fictional universe
A fictional universe is a self-consistent fictional setting with elements that differ from the real world. It may also be called an imagined, constructed or fictional realm ....
supposedly located deep within the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
and set roughly during the Golden Age of Piracy
Golden Age of Piracy
The Golden Age of Piracy is a common designation given to one or more outbursts of piracy in maritime history of the early modern period. In its broadest accepted definition, the Golden Age of Piracy spans from the 1650s to the 1730s and covers three separate outbursts of piracy:the buccaneering...
, some time in the late 17th century. The current article describes in-game elements present in one or more of the series' five main installments.
Monkey & Dinky Island
- Monkey Island is the key location to all of the series (from which its name is taken). It is thought not to be part of any other island agglomeration (see below); however, its exact coordinates on the map are unknown. The south end of the island is mainly covered by jungle, the west end is home to a volcanoVolcano2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...
, at the east end lies the famous Giant Monkey Head and located at the north end of the island is the cannibal village. Guybrush winds up on Monkey Island twice while surviving a shipwreck, once via the underground canal underneath Dinky Island and once by being brought there as part of LeChuck's plan. Tales of Monkey Island is the first and only installment not to feature the island itself in any way. - Dinky Island is first revealed in LeChuck's Revenge as a small island which is inhabited by Herman Toothrot, and believed to be the hiding-place of the legendary treasure of Big Whoop. The Curse of Monkey Island establishes 'Big Whoop' as the name of the Carnival of the Damned on Monkey Island, placing Dinky Island as a small atoll off the coast of Monkey Island, connected to the latter by a series of tunnels. However, Escape from Monkey Island also depicts Dinky Island as a small island off the north-west coast of Lucre Island.
Tri-Island Area
- Blood Island has been inhabited by the Goodsoup Family for generations. It is home to the fading Goodsoup Family Resort, once known as the "finest hotel in the Caribbean." Blood Island also has a lighthouseLighthouseA lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
, which plays a part in the tragic tale of the Lost Welshman, a grave-yard featuring the Goodsoup family cryptCryptIn architecture, a crypt is a stone chamber or vault beneath the floor of a burial vault possibly containing sarcophagi, coffins or relics....
, and Mount Acidophilus, an active volcano. The island is now very desolate due to the Cannibals of Monkey Island constantly trying to appease the Sherman the Volcano God, which causes the resort to lose business due their famous barbecue built over a continuous stream of lava being unavailable. Skull Island is a small island off the coast of Blood Island. It is home to the infamous smugglers cove led by King Andre. The island is only reachable via a small dinghy operated by the ghostly "Flying Welshman". Although the legend states that the island is shaped like a skull, Guybrush finds it resembling a duck head or a bunny. - Booty Island celebrates Mardi GrasMardi GrasThe terms "Mardi Gras" , "Mardi Gras season", and "Carnival season", in English, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after Epiphany and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday...
all-year-round. The governor's mansion is located on a secluded island on the Northwest part of Booty. There are a number of businesses on the island: Stan's Previously Owned Coffins, an Antique store, and a costume shop. Local activities include a pirate "spitting contest" and attending the governor's Mardi Gras ball. There is also a strange treehouse located at the Eastern end of the island, while the southern end is lined with steep cliffs. - Jambalaya Island is supposedly the location of the pieces of a powerful Voodoo talisman called The Ultimate Insult, though pirates inhabiting the island have been driven off by tourists. Jambalaya's town holds: Planet Threepwood, a restaurant that tributes Guybrush, though they never recognize him; Starbuccaneer's; a micro-groggery which also has a mechanical manateeManateeManatees are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows...
ride; and the largest artificial plank-dive in the world. The island is governed by the crazed Admiral Casaba, who became paranoid of any pirate activity to the point of being unaware of Mandrill's taking over. Knuttin Atoll is a small atollAtollAn atoll is a coral island that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.- Usage :The word atoll comes from the Dhivehi word atholhu OED...
off the coast of Jambalaya Island. It is a dark and decaying place where pirates are afraid to amass in groups of three or more for fear that Casaba might suspect a conspiracy and fire a cannonball at them. Knuttin also houses a school founded by Ozzie Mandrill to train pirates into productive members of society. The atoll also holds the Bronze Hat of Tiny Lafeet, a section of the Ultimate Insult. - Lucre Island is home to the Second Bank of Lucre and smaller businesses such as a Bait Shoppe, a Cane Shop, and a Prosthesis shop. Ozzie Mandrill owns a mansion on the island, and it is also home to the villain Pegnose Pete. Lucre Island became self-governed after Mandrill made it into his home, however the island authorities still recognize the gubernatorial seal of its former ruler, Governor Marley.
- Mêlée Island is the capital island of the Tri-Island Area and the home of Elaine Marley. Mêlée is largely covered by a thick forest of pinePinePines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...
trees and it is sparsely populated. Apart from Mêlée Town, the island features a used ship lot run by Stan, a small traveling circusCircusA circus is commonly a travelling company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists...
, a swordfighting school run by Captain Smirk, and the Swordmaster's house. Mêlée town itself is home to the SCUMM Bar, which is later replaced by the tourist-friendly place Lua Bar (The SCUMM scripting languageSCUMMScript Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion is a scripting language developed at LucasArts to ease development of the graphical adventure game Maniac Mansion....
was replaced by the Lua programming languageLua programming languageLua is a lightweight multi-paradigm programming language designed as a scripting language with extensible semantics as a primary goal. Lua has a relatively simple C API compared to other scripting languages.- History :...
in "Escape to Monkey Island"). The town also houses a general store, a church, a jail, a voodoo shop run by the Voodoo Lady, and the governor's mansion. Hook Island is a tiny annex to Melée which consists of a residence to the pirate named Meathook. - Phatt Island is run as a fascist dictatorshipDictatorshipA dictatorship is defined as an autocratic form of government in which the government is ruled by an individual, the dictator. It has three possible meanings:...
by Governor L. Phatt, a morbidly obese man, who lives in a mansion on the south side of the island. The island's law enforcement consists of a single large, muscular guard armed with a sword, a pistol, and a large helmet which obscures his eyes, and his dog Walt, the jail-keeper. Phatt Island has the Tri-Island Area's only libraryLibraryIn a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
, which is located in Phatt City, a coastal town on the northern part of the island. There is a waterfall containing a secret passage to a smaller island to the west of Phatt, where the drunkard Rum Rogers Jr lives in a cottage. - Pinchpenny Island is located roughly halfway between Lucre Island and Phatt Island.
- Plunder Island is one of the primary islands of the Tri-Island Area, under the rule of governor Elaine Marley. It has a seaside fortress in the island's port, Puerto Pollo, on the south-eastern side of the island. The town's barbershop, Barbery Coast has its own barbershop trio currently consisting of Haggis McMutton, Cutthroat Bill, and Edward Van Helgen. The town also has a Shakespearian theatre, the shady young businessman Kenny Falmouth, and Blondebeard's Chicken Shoppe. The islands also houses Voodoo 'n' Things, the Voodoo Lady's latest establishment, the Brimstone Beach Club and Smorgy, a members beach reserved for retired, rich pirates, a large field where the caber tossCaber tossThe caber toss is a traditional Irish athletic event practised at the Irish Highland Games involving the tossing of a large wooden pole called a caber. It is said to have developed from the need to toss logs across narrow chasms to cross them. In Irishtown the caber is usually made from a Larch tree...
is held, and Danjer Cove, a small bay where some local pirates have dropped anchor. - Scabb Island is inhabited by an anarchistic yet peaceful community of pirates. It was first settled as a quarantine island for skin diseases. It later became a haven for pirates because of its distinctive lack of authority figures. The island is terrorized by Largo LaGrande, who bullies the other pirates for their money and prevents any ships from leaving the island. Scabb is always covered in darkness. The capital town of Scabb is Woodtick, located on the island's north coast. Much of Woodtick is formed from ships which have been wrecked on the rocks. The island also holds "Steamin' Weeinie", a hot dog shack owned by Rapp Scallion, the "International House of Mojo", run by the Voodoo Lady, a graveyard, and the houseboat of Captain Dread.
- Spittle Island is located slightly to the south-east of Jambalaya Island.
Gulf of Melange
Tales of Monkey Island
Tales of Monkey Island is a 2009 graphic adventure video game developed by Telltale Games and LucasArts. It is the fifth game in the Monkey Island series, released nearly a decade after the previous installment, Escape from Monkey Island. Developed for Windows and the Wii console, the game was...
. It is the first group of islands—besides Monkey Island and Dinky Island—outside the Tri-Island Area to be featured in-game.
- Boulder Beach is an island that features only a small rocky beach area.
- Brillig Island features only a small beach area, with some coconuts.
- Flotsam Island is named after the island's unique winds, which cause various sailors and debrisFlotsam and jetsamIn maritime law, flotsam, jetsam, lagan and derelict describe specific kinds of wreck.The words have specific nautical meanings, with legal consequences in the law of admiralty and marine salvage....
to become marooned there. Flotsam features a small local town in its southwest portion, and the rest of the island is covered in a jungle that contains ancient ruins dedicated to the wind gods. Besides the strong winds preventing anyone from leaving the island, the waters surrounding the island are filled with razor-sharp coral that tear nearby ships. By Tales of Monkey Island the voodoo lady has relocated her shack to Flotsam. - The Isle of Ewe features only a small beach area.
- The Jerkbait Islands contain: Roe Island; Spinner Cay; and Spoon Isle. Spinner Cay is the epicenter of the Vaycaylian race of mer-folk within the Gulf of Melange. The Vaycaylians are the original inhabitants of Flotsam when a small section of their population left the water to worship wind gods; they are also aware of the location of "La Esponja Grande". Roe Island is a small beach island and primary home of Coronado de Cava during his search for "La Esponja Grande". Spoon Isle is similar to Flotsam Island and mostly consists of jungle and Vaycaylian ruins.
- The Rock of GelatoGelatoGelato is the italian word for ice cream and sorbet. Italians use the word gelato to mean a sweet treat that is served frozen. Indeed, gelato, just like ice cream, is made with Milk, cream, various sugars, flavoring including fresh fruit and nut purees....
is a small island rock with a sandy beach.
Common elements
- Big Whoop is featured in Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge and Curse of Monkey Island. It is supposedly the greatest of pirate treasures, but is not directly revealed in either of the games. In LeChuck's Revenge, Guybrush is seeking Big Whoop as part of some legendary quest that winds him up inside the "Carnival of the Damned". In Curse, however, LeChuck explains that Big Whoop is rather a gateway to Hell located on Monkey Island, than the Carnival itself. According to his story, it is what turned LeChuck into a ghost.
- The giant monkey head is featured in the first, third and fourth installments. It is a famous landmark of Monkey Island, worshiped by the Cannibals. Secret depicts it as the gateway to the Caverns of Meat, which originally lead to LeChuck's hideout. In Curse, the head is part of the rigged "Roller coasterRoller coasterThe roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first coasters on January 20, 1885...
of Death" attraction, which transforms people into undead skeletons by dropping them into pools of lava. In Escape, however, it is revealed to be the head of a Giant Monkey Robot, powered by a combination of steam and pedaling monkeys inside the control room, and fueled with the power of the Ultimate Insult. - GrogGrogThe word grog refers to a variety of alcoholic beverages. The word originally referred to a drink made with water or "small beer" and rum, which British Vice Admiral Edward Vernon introduced into the Royal Navy on 21 August 1740. Vernon wore a coat of grogram cloth and was nicknamed Old Grogram or...
is mentioned multiple times as a pirate's choice of drink. The Monkey Island version of grog is acidic enough to dissolve a pewter mug and solid metal bars, and is also sold in bottles through vending machines. It is said to be "a secret mixture that contains one or more of the following: KeroseneKeroseneKerosene, sometimes spelled kerosine in scientific and industrial usage, also known as paraffin or paraffin oil in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Ireland and South Africa, is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid. The name is derived from Greek keros...
, Propylene GlycolPropylene glycolPropylene glycol, also called 1,2-propanediol or propane-1,2-diol, is an organic compound with formula C3H8O2 or HO-CH2-CHOH-CH3...
, Artificial Sweeteners, Sulfuric AcidSulfuric acidSulfuric acid is a strong mineral acid with the molecular formula . Its historical name is oil of vitriol. Pure sulfuric acid is a highly corrosive, colorless, viscous liquid. The salts of sulfuric acid are called sulfates...
, RumRumRum is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses, or directly from sugarcane juice, by a process of fermentation and distillation. The distillate, a clear liquid, is then usually aged in oak barrels...
, AcetoneAcetoneAcetone is the organic compound with the formula 2CO, a colorless, mobile, flammable liquid, the simplest example of the ketones.Acetone is miscible with water and serves as an important solvent in its own right, typically as the solvent of choice for cleaning purposes in the laboratory...
, Battery Acid, red dye#2Amaranth (dye)Amaranth, FD&C Red No. 2, E123, C.I. Food Red 9, Acid Red 27, Azorubin S, or C.I. 16185, is a dark red to purple azo dye once used as a food dye and to color cosmetics, but since 1976 it has been banned in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration as it is a suspected carcinogen. It...
, ScummSCUMMScript Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion is a scripting language developed at LucasArts to ease development of the graphical adventure game Maniac Mansion....
, Axle greaseGrease (lubricant)The term grease is used to describe semisolid lubricants. Although the word grease is also used to describe rendered fat of animals, in the context of lubrication, grease typically applies to a material consisting of a soap emulsified with mineral or vegetable oil...
and/or pepperoniPepperoniPepperoni is a spicy Italian-American variety of salami usually made from cured pork and beef, but poultry may be added, if labeled correctly, for less expensive versions. Pepperoni is characteristically soft, slightly smoky, and bright red in color...
". - Pieces o' eight are common coins used in Monkey Island series as currency. The name comes from the "piece of eight" – real-world historical silver coin existing throughout the 18th century. In the games, however, the coin was graphically represented as being made of gold. Because of this, the Spanish translation of the game refers to pieces o' eight as doubloonDoubloonThe doubloon , was a two-escudo or 32-reales gold coin, weighing 6.77 grams . Doubloons were minted in Spain, Mexico, Peru, and Nueva Granada...
s, i.e. golden coins used as currency in the same century, but having had a higher value.Insult swordfighting is a duel that consists of a series of call and responseCall and responseCall and response is a form of "spontaneous verbal and non-verbal interaction between speaker and listener in which all of the statements are punctuated by expressions from the listener."...
exchanges, in which an insult must be countered with a witty retort. One example of an exchange—referenced in almost all games in the series—is "You fight like a dairy farmer!" to which the correct response would be "How appropriate, you fight like a cow!" The insults need to rhyme in The Curse of Monkey IslandThe Curse of Monkey IslandThe Curse of Monkey Island is an adventure game developed and published by LucasArts, and the third game in the Monkey Island series. It was released in and followed the successful games The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge...
. Escape from Monkey IslandEscape from Monkey IslandEscape from Monkey Island is a computer adventure game developed and released by LucasArts in 2000. It is the fourth game in the Monkey Island series....
features Insult Arm-Wrestling, while Tales of Monkey Island features a battle similar to the insult swordfighting, except that the Swordfighter's insulting call is accompanied by Morgan LeFlay's claim of dejection, and a response needs to be both an encouragement to Morgan and a witty retort to the Swordfighter at the same time. Monkey Kombat (a wordplay on Mortal Kombat) is a similar game mechanic found in Escape, operating akin to Rock, Paper, ScissorsRock, Paper, ScissorsRock-paper-scissors is a hand game played by two people. The game is also known as roshambo, or another ordering of the three items ....
, where combatants move from one battle stance to another in order to beat each other, and each battle stance beats two other, and is beaten by two others. Pirate Face-off, found in Tales of Monkey Island, is another fighting mini-game variation in which contestants need to scare each other with a combination of facial expressions. In all of the games, the player needs to make an in-game research (such as letting himself being beaten in order to learn new insults/moves, for example) to progress in the duel. - The rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle is a famous inventory item was first featured in The Secret of Monkey IslandThe Secret of Monkey IslandThe Secret of Monkey Island is a graphic adventure game developed by Lucasfilm Games and published by the same company after its name was changed to LucasArts. The game spawned a number of sequels, collectively known as the Monkey Island series...
. It was used as a means of transport between Mêlée Island and Hook Island, which were connected by a cable. This item was later turned into a running gagRunning gagA running gag, or running joke, is a literary device that takes the form of an amusing joke or a comical reference and appears repeatedly throughout a work of literature or other form of storytelling....
in the games' fan community. - The secret of Monkey Island is another running gag in the series, presenting itself as a definition nobody is aware of. In the first, third and fourth installments, Guybrush would mention looking for the "real secret of Monkey Island", despite finding none. It is unknown whether the secret is actually one of the key elements of each installment or if it is yet to be revealed in the future.
Primary characters
There are three primary characters in Monkey Island: Guybrush Threepwood, Elaine Marley and Captain LeChuck. They define the plot of every game and are tightly related to each other: both LeChuck and Guybrush are in love with Elaine, but she only shows feelings for Guybrush, which creates a love triangleLove triangle
A love triangle is usually a romantic relationship involving three people. While it can refer to two people independently romantically linked with a third, it usually implies that each of the three people has some kind of relationship to the other two...
causing all three of them to live various adventures.
Guybrush Threepwood
Guybrush Threepwood is the protagonist of all five games. On a quest to become a pirate, he encounters the love of his life, Elaine Marley, and repeatedly fends off the evil LeChuck.Elaine Marley
Elaine Marley is the heroine and primary foil of the series as the object of Guybrush and LeChuck's affection.Later marries Guybrush
LeChuck
LeChuck is the main villain of the series, an undead pirate who takes on different forms throughout the series. He is intent on marrying Elaine and gaining ultimate voodoo power to assume control over the seas.Secondary characters
Secondary characters are those recognized as the series' trademark, most of them appearing in every installment. They are not so tightly related to the plot, but often guide Guybrush or help him achieve his in-game goal (whether willingly or not).Herman Toothrot
Herman Toothrot (Voiced by Wally WingertWally Wingert
Wallace E. "Wally" Wingert is an American actor and voice artist. He is originally from Des Moines, Iowa but he currently works and lives in Los Angeles, California. He is the current announcer for the second incarnation of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and the current voice of Jon Arbuckle in...
) is an old, ragged castaway hermit residing on Monkey Island from the first up to the fourth installment. He suffers from a partial memory loss
Amnesia
Amnesia is a condition in which one's memory is lost. The causes of amnesia have traditionally been divided into categories. Memory appears to be stored in several parts of the limbic system of the brain, and any condition that interferes with the function of this system can cause amnesia...
and, possibly, severe dementia
Dementia
Dementia is a serious loss of cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging...
. Herman accepted his new life on the island and, instead of trying to escape, enjoys his solitude by meditating
Meditation
Meditation is any form of a family of practices in which practitioners train their minds or self-induce a mode of consciousness to realize some benefit....
and often plays mind game
Mind game
The term mind games refers to three main categories:* a largely conscious struggle for psychological one-upmanship, often employing passive–aggressive behavior to specifically demoralize or empower the thinking subject, making the aggressor look superior - 'mind games or power games'.* 'the...
s with those whom he encounters.
In Secret of Monkey Island, Herman tells Guybrush that about twenty years ago he and his crew mate set sail to find the "secret" of Monkey Island, but got stranded on the island with no means to escape. After his mate died, Herman spent years in vain await of rescue, arguing with Monkey Island's resident tribe of cannibals, and surprisingly, building his own ship (which he couldn't sail all by himself).
In Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, Herman resides on Dinky Island in a hammock shack and meditates about life philosophy.
The character had no "live" role in The Curse of Monkey Island other than cameo
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
ing as a "dynamo-monkilectric" roller coaster diorama figure at LeChuck's Carnival of the Damned.
Herman returns for the last time in the series in Escape from Monkey Island. Still suffering from severe amnesia, he gradually begins to remember his past with help from Guybrush. His life story, however, turns out different than what was presented in Secret: Herman remembers being in fact Horatio Torquemada Marley, the former governor of the Tri-Island area and Elaine's grandfather (whom the name "Herman Toothrot" borrowed "H.T." initials from), who was en route to uncover the Ultimate Insult before the artifact turns into the evil hands of Ozzie Mandrill. Mandrill, regrettably, had beaten Marley in their race (with LeChuck's help) and was the first to possess the Insult, sending Marley's ship and crew into a whirlpool at the same time. Marley alone survived the wreck, but was marooned on Monkey Island ever since with no memory of these events.
This story was largely criticized by the fan community as being inconsistent with the main storyline of events presented in LeChuck's Revenge. According to it, LeChuck and Horatio were both looking for the treasure of Big Whoop, each of them setting sail to find it about three years ago. LeChuck was the first to reach Big Whoop and stepped in, turning himself undead. Marley tried to stop him, but failed, and disposed of the map to Big Whoop instead, ripping it to four pieces, one of which he kept for himself. When LeChuck confronted the governor in his undead form, he offered him life in exchange for the map piece, but double-crossed him instead and sent Marley's ship into the whirlpool. LeChuck then killed the crew members one by one in search for the other pieces.
Stan
Huckster
A huckster is a seller of small articles, who tricks others into buying cheap imitation products and then bargains them as if they were the real thing...
running different independent
Self-employment
Self-employment is working for one's self.Self-employed people can also be referred to as a person who works for himself/herself instead of an employer, but drawing income from a trade or business that they operate personally....
marketing businesses, often with a dubious origin and the only purpose of confusing his buyers. Stan's trademark appearance includes black tap dance
Tap dance
Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by using the sound of one's tap shoes hitting the floor as a percussive instrument. As such, it is also commonly considered to be a form of music. Two major variations on tap dance exist: rhythm tap and Broadway tap. Broadway tap focuses more on the...
loafers, a bluish-purple checked jacket (which also appears grayish-black in LeChuck's Revenge) and a white Mexican sombrero
Sombrero
Sombrero in English refers to a type of wide-brimmed hat originating in Mexico. In Spanish, however, it is the generic word for "hat", which originates from "sombra", meaning "shade"....
. His method of overwhelming potential customers usually consists of interrupting them by shouting long phrases filled with commercial terms that sometimes even Stan himself doesn't know the meaning of. He also often addresses Guybrush as "kid" or "kiddo" and never admits cheating with his customers.
Stan's jacket features a pattern that stays at the same place (in reference to the background) while he moves. Originally this was due to technical limitations but it has since been continued in later games, becoming a source of in-game jokes as well as a running gag. In Tales, this pattern even becomes one of the plot elements. In the special edition re-release of Monkey Island, Stan's jacket is a neatly painted purple jacket in the same style as the rest of the artwork, but thin, straight, teal lines remniscent of a video card malfunction are overlaid.
Stan was initially conceived as a parody of Southern American
Southern United States
The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive area in the southeastern and south-central United States...
car sellers and first appeared as a used boat salesman on Mêlée Island in The Secret of Monkey Island, who sells Guybrush a ship he sails to Monkey Island on. Stan's past was uncertainly explained at the moment and never really elaborated since in the other installments. Near the end of the game, LeChuck arrives at the harbor and punches Stan across the Caribbean for trying to sell him a ship.
Turning up again in Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge as the proprietor of "Previously Owned Coffin
Coffin
A coffin is a funerary box used in the display and containment of dead people – either for burial or cremation.Contemporary North American English makes a distinction between "coffin", which is generally understood to denote a funerary box having six sides in plan view, and "casket", which...
s" shop on Booty Island, Stan explains his choice of business as having no negative consequences since dead customers are unable to come back and complain. In between the first and second games, he also operated "Stan's Previously-owned Restaurant Supplies", and sold an ineffective flame-retardant apron to Rapp Scallion, who burned to death in a flash fire staged by LeChuck. In the course of the second game, Guybrush traps Stan inside one of his own coffins by convincing him to lie down in it as to prove that it has enough room.
Stan ends up in a crypt on Blood Island and manages to survive by feeding on the remains of a previous corpse until Guybrush frees him in The Curse of Monkey Island about three months later (as indicated in Tales of Monkey Island). Supposedly given "a new lease on life", Stan immediately begins selling death insurance (which is a play on life insurance
Life insurance
Life insurance is a contract between an insurance policy holder and an insurer, where the insurer promises to pay a designated beneficiary a sum of money upon the death of the insured person. Depending on the contract, other events such as terminal illness or critical illness may also trigger...
explained by Stan as "making sure that if you are dead, you stay dead") from his new office in the crypt. Stan then explains the death insurance policy in the following terms: "When you die, whoever holds that policy gets a lot of money." Guybrush then scams Stan once again by purchasing a policy in his name, faking his own death afterward, and winding up collecting a large payout upon his return, much to Stan's disappointment.
Guybrush's scam convinces Stan to get out of the insurance industry and he resurfaces once more in Escape from Monkey Island as the owner of an emporium selling timeshare
Timeshare
A timeshare is a form of ownership or right to the use of a property, or the term used to describe such properties. These properties are typically resort condominium units, in which multiple parties hold rights to use the property, and each sharer is allotted a period of time in which they may use...
d real estate
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
on Jambalaya Island to all those who fall asleep during his three-hour long campaign presentations. Guybrush, however, manages to stay awake during the whole speech, forcing Stan to provide him with financial damage coverage consisting of a meal voucher at a restaurant on the island.
In Tales of Monkey Island, Stan appears as the prosecuting lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
as the Pirate Court places Guybrush on trial for various crimes, all of which carry the death penalty. Stan claims to have attended law school between "Escape" and "Tales", which he funded by being a part time exotic dancer. He also sets up a stall selling "crime of the century" novelty items depicting himself and his case victims: Guybrush, the Voodoo Lady and LeChuck.
The voice of Stan was provided by Patrick Pinney
Patrick Pinney
Patrick Pinney is an American voice actor. He attended college at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, where he had many friends including assistant director Michele Panelli Venetis and San Francisco Bay area costumer Alison Barnwell Morris , with whom he costarred in "The...
in Curse and the Special Editions of the first two games, Pat Fraley
Pat Fraley
Patrick "Pat" Fraley is an American voice actor, who is best known as the voice of Krang, Casey Jones and numerous other characters from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...
in Escape, and Gavin Hammon in Tales.
Voodoo Lady
The Voodoo Lady appears in all five games as Guybrush's guide. The proprietor of the voodoo shop chain International House of Mojo, she is a voodoo priestess. She is voiced by Leilani Jones WilmoreLeiLani Jones
LeiLani R. Jones is a pageant titleholder from Tacoma, Washington who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2007....
in all of the games except for Tales of Monkey Island, where Alison Ewing had the role instead. The Voodoo Lady's role in The Secret of Monkey Island is to provide Guybrush with a rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle on Mêlée Island and to predict Guybrush's future, which involves sailing to Monkey Island, entering a giant monkey, and either being helped or eaten by the Monkey Island cannibals. In Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, she opens a voodoo shop in a swamp on Scabb Island. In addition to providing much helpful information, she creates a voodoo doll of Largo LaGrande and gives Guybrush a book on the legend of Big Whoop.
By The Curse of Monkey Island, the Voodoo Lady has moved to Plunder Island, setting up another shop in a ship half-sunk in a swamp and spends time playing with "the Voodoo Kids". The Voodoo Lady helps explain some of the plot between the second and third games, and tells Guybrush how to lift a curse placed on Elaine by a cursed diamond engagement ring, directing him to Blood Island to do so. In Escape from Monkey Island, she returns to Mêlée Island. She informs Guybrush about the "Ultimate Insult", a powerful and dangerous voodoo talisman, and helps him find its components. In that game it is revealed that the Voodoo Lady uses her business to sell voodoo products which, do to the issues in that game, she is low on. The Voodoo Lady emerges again in Tales of Monkey Island, in which she is an informant for a local newspaper on Flotsam Island, using her powers to get stories from the other islands, as Flotsam's winds stop ships from leaving. She tells Guybrush how to cure the voodoo pox that has afflicted his hand. In the penultimate chapter of the ToMI storyline LeChuck exhibits a journal, proving that the Voodoo Lady has masterminded every single event in the Caribbean since The Secret of Monkey Island, thus contributing to unleash LeChuck's menace on the world. Voodoo Lady doesn't deny this, hinting at deeper motivations beneath her seemingly malevolent actions. Guybrush and Elaine lose their trust in the Voodoo Lady and after killing the again-evil LeChuck, they believe they are free from the endless loop of killing LeChuck. However, the Voodoo Lady pays dead pirate hunter Morgan LeFlay for giving her LeChuck's remains by returning her the mortal world. It is suggested that the Voodoo Lady plans to continue the cycle.
Both Guybrush and LeChuck have noted that no one knows the Voodoo Lady's name. When confronted, she states that it is not important, although later she admits that names have power. Guybrush asks if his name has power, which she answers with "Sure, Why not?"
In Tales of Monkey Island, it is revealed that the Voodoo Lady once had a boyfriend named Coronado De Cava who was a world explorer, who searched for La Esponja Grande on her behalf.
Ancillary characters
- Bob the Ghost Pirate (Voiced by Rob PaulsenRob PaulsenRobert Fredrick "Rob" Paulsen III , sometimes credited as Rob Paulson, is an American voice actor, best known as the voice behind Raphael from the 1987 cartoon of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Yakko Warner and Dr...
) is LeChuck's right hand man in The Secret of Monkey IslandThe Secret of Monkey IslandThe Secret of Monkey Island is a graphic adventure game developed by Lucasfilm Games and published by the same company after its name was changed to LucasArts. The game spawned a number of sequels, collectively known as the Monkey Island series...
. He warns LeChuck of Guybrush Threepwood's arrival on Mêlée Island and discusses Guybrush's progress with LeChuck throughout the game. Bob's head often comes loose from his body and is often seen bouncing around like a hackysack. Near the end of the game, Guybrush gets Bob to tell him that LeChuck has gone to the Mêlée Island church to marry Elaine. The player can also have Guybrush destroy him with his voodoo root beer. - Captain Dread (Voiced by Phil LaMarrPhil LaMarrPhillip "Phil" LaMarr is an American actor, comedian and voice actor. One of the original cast members on the sketch comedy series MADtv, he is also known for his small, but memorable role as Marvin in Pulp Fiction...
) is a supporting character in the second game of the series. He is a dread-locked pirate that lives in a house-boat docked at the peninsula on Scabb Island. Guybrush uses Dread's House Boat to get to the other islands. - Carla (Voiced by Pamela Tyson in Escape and by Leilani Jones Wilmore in Secret: Special Edition) is the famed Swordmaster of Mêlée Island, living in secret isolation. The Storekeeper of Mêlée Island is known to have a huge crush on Carla and mistakenly leads Guybrush right to her. She joins his crew after he defeats her at insult swordfighting, though she and her crew mates mutiny afterward. They are left stranded on Monkey Island, though she later escapes and rejoins Guybrush in exchange for a "cushy" government job.
- Coronado De Cava (Voiced by Andrew Chaikin) is an explorer in Tales of Monkey IslandTales of Monkey IslandTales of Monkey Island is a 2009 graphic adventure video game developed by Telltale Games and LucasArts. It is the fifth game in the Monkey Island series, released nearly a decade after the previous installment, Escape from Monkey Island. Developed for Windows and the Wii console, the game was...
who searches for the Legendary La Esponja Grande as a gift for his former girlfriend, the Voodoo Lady. However, when Guybrush meets him, he has been swallowed by a giant manatee, along with his ship, the Howler Monkey. De Cava's crew are trapped with him; he believes they are dead, but they are in fact alive elsewhere within the manatee. - Ignatius Cheese (Voiced by W. Morgan SheppardW. Morgan SheppardWilliam Morgan Sheppard , sometimes credited as Morgan Sheppard or W. Morgan Sheppard, is a British actor.Sheppard was born in London to an Anglo-Irish family but was educated in Ireland. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 1956-58 before spending 12 years as Associate Artist with...
) is one of Guybrush's crew in Escape from Monkey IslandEscape from Monkey IslandEscape from Monkey Island is a computer adventure game developed and released by LucasArts in 2000. It is the fourth game in the Monkey Island series....
as well as the owner of the Scumm Bar. He became Guybrush's navigator and went with him to Lucre and Jambalya Island. - Largo LaGrande (Voiced by Dominic ArmatoDominic ArmatoDominic Armato is a voice actor who is known primarily for his work on LucasArts games.Dominic had been a fan of adventure games, specifically LucasArts game such as the Monkey Island games...
in a fansite prank and by James Arnold TaylorJames Arnold TaylorJames Arnold Taylor is an American voice actor, Impressionist, and Announcer. He is the current voice provider for Fred Flintstone as well as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and also the movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Johnny Test in Johnny Test...
in LeChuck's Revenge: Special Edition) is the local bully on Scabb Island, who prevents any ships from leaving. The situation is known as the "Largo Embargo". He is universally loathed, with many island inhabitants playing tricks on him. He is initially one of LeChuck's followers, but after his demise, he goes in search of a living piece of LeChuck in order to restore him. - The Marquis De Singe (Voiced by Jared Emerson-JohnsonJared Emerson-JohnsonJared Nathaniel Emerson-Johnson is an American video game music composer, sound designer, voice director and voice actor, and protégé of veteran video game music composer Clint Bajakian...
) is the only practicing physician on Flotsam Island. He is the former court physician to King Louis, who has exiled De Singe to Flotsam due to alleged crossbreeding experiments on the Queen's prized pet poodles. His work mostly consists of amputating body parts from unlucky pirate patients who seek his expertise. He wants to research the Pox of LeChuck as a way to discover immortalityImmortalityImmortality is the ability to live forever. It is unknown whether human physical immortality is an achievable condition. Biological forms have inherent limitations which may or may not be able to be overcome through medical interventions or engineering...
(due to the undead-related abilities it grants to its victims), especially the variety ravaging Guybrush and Elaine. Due to De Singe's mad obsession, Guybrush is forced to kill him in self-defence to prevent him from perfecting his elixir at their expense. - Meathook (Voiced by Cam ClarkeCam ClarkeCameron Arthur "Cam" Clarke is a prolific American voice actor and singer, well known for his work in animation and video games. Clarke is well known for providing the voices of Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Shotaro Kaneda in the 1989 original English-dub of Akira. He often voices...
) is a bald man who lost both of his hands, which have been replaced by hooks, and an eye to a "ferocious beast". It is revealed that the beast is actually a parrot. Meathook also has a skull-shaped tattoo on his chest that he can manipulate so that it appears to be talking, using his ventriloquistVentriloquismVentriloquism, or ventriloquy, is an act of stagecraft in which a person manipulates his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered "dummy"...
skills. He joins Guybrush's crew, and later takes up wax painting on Hook Isle. - The Men Of Low Moral Fiber are three pirates, who tell long tall tales to Guybrush when pressed for information. Frank (Voiced by Wally WingertWally WingertWallace E. "Wally" Wingert is an American actor and voice artist. He is originally from Des Moines, Iowa but he currently works and lives in Los Angeles, California. He is the current announcer for the second incarnation of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and the current voice of Jon Arbuckle in...
) is the tallest of the three, and he has a pegleg due to an accident (Guybrush saws it off in the second game.) He should have left Fin and Fred to bake a cherry pie. Fred (Voiced by Roger L. JacksonRoger L. JacksonRoger Labon Jackson is an American voice actor. He is best known for voicing the killer Ghostface in the Scream films, leaving him to keep an unknown identity to withhold the mystery of Ghostface...
) is a heavy-set, balding pirate who says little and laughs a lot. Fin (Voiced by Patrick Hallahan), who has a goatee and headband, is rather fond of rats. - The Monkey Island Cannibals, Red Skull (Voiced by S. Scott BullockS. Scott BullockStuart Scott Bullock , best known as S. Scott Bullock, is an American actor Bullock is best known for his role as Eddy "Edgar" the Jersey Cow in Barnyard: The Original Party Animals and Back at the Barnyard, Mr...
), Sharptooth (Voiced by Patrick Hallahan), and Lemonhead (Voiced by Bullock in The Curse of Monkey IslandThe Curse of Monkey IslandThe Curse of Monkey Island is an adventure game developed and published by LucasArts, and the third game in the Monkey Island series. It was released in and followed the successful games The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge...
, and by David W. Collins in The Secret of Monkey Island: Special EditionThe Secret of Monkey IslandThe Secret of Monkey Island is a graphic adventure game developed by Lucasfilm Games and published by the same company after its name was changed to LucasArts. The game spawned a number of sequels, collectively known as the Monkey Island series...
), lock Guybrush up for stealing a banana. They later help him defeat the pirates by brewing up ghost-killing root beerRoot beerRoot beer is a carbonated, sweetened beverage, originally made using the root of a sassafras plant as the primary flavor. Root beer, popularized in North America, comes in two forms: alcoholic and soft drink. The historical root beer was analogous to small beer in that the process provided a drink...
. They eventually decide to become vegetarians and move to Blood Island. Their names are derived from the large masks they wear. - Morgan LeFlay (Voiced by Nicki Rapp) is a bounty hunter specializing in pirates. She is hired by the Marquis de Singe to capture Guybrush Threepwood in order to retrieve Guybrush's cursed hand. However, her great admiration for Guybrush and his past adventures, along with burgeoning affection, constantly clash with her job. Her affection turning into love, Morgan attempts to redeem herself by recovering Guybrush's lost limb, a task that costs her life and grants her a measure of Guybrush's affection. Her ghost ends up helping Guybrush in his final battle against Demon Pirate God LeChuck, but unbeknown to Guybrush, she recovers LeChuck's essence, and delivers it to the Voodoo Lady in exchange for being resurrected as "Ghost Pirate Hunter" Morgan LeFlay.
- Murray (Voiced by Denny DelkDenny DelkDenny Delk is an American actor and voice actor. He is best known for providing the voice of Murray in the Monkey Island series as well as a range of voices in LucasArts games.-Background and career:...
) is a member of LeChuck's skeleton crew until he is blown out of the water by Guybrush. He is separated from his body, so he is left as a skull. He constantly attempts to spread evil and occasionally helps Guybrush (albeit unwillingly). He later becomes a greeter at "Planet Threepwood", in which his arm is also visible on display. Murray later appears trapped in a treasure chest swallowed by a manatee, and Murray's skull is placed onto the skeleton body of Coronado De Cava's deceased crewman, Santino, until extenuating circumstances force Guybrush to separate Murray's head once more, sending it to the ocean floor. - Otis (Voiced by S. Scott BullockS. Scott BullockStuart Scott Bullock , best known as S. Scott Bullock, is an American actor Bullock is best known for his role as Eddy "Edgar" the Jersey Cow in Barnyard: The Original Party Animals and Back at the Barnyard, Mr...
) is most often seen locked up in jail, frequently for picking protected flowers, though he constantly protests his innocence and claims to be a "victim of society." People often attempt to help him escape by giving him food with files concealed inside, though he doesn't realize it. He has also been known to suffer from halitosis and claims to despise rats. In "The Secret of Monkey Island", Otis joins Guybrush's crew and is left on Monkey Island with Carla and Meathook. When he escapes he is slightly crazy when around Guybrush and, as it is implied, other people too. He holds an intense fear that "the bad man will take us back to the island." - Ozzie Mandrill (Voiced by Nick TateNick TateNicholas John "Nick" Tate is an Australian actor best known for his role as Eagle pilot Alan Carter in both seasons of the 1970s science fiction television series Space: 1999, as well as for playing the role of Gordon Hamilton's errant brother James in the 1980's soap opera "Sons and...
) is a land developer from SydneySydneySydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
who plans to buy out the entire Caribbean. Due to his deeply-rooted hatred of pirates, he wants to eradicate them entirely and make the area tourist-friendly. He utilizes cryptic insults composed almost entirely of Australian slang to intimidate people into signing their deeds over to him. He wishes to find "The Ultimate Insult", so that he can transform the pirate population into "productive members of society". Ozzie is likely based on Rupert MurdochRupert MurdochKeith Rupert Murdoch, AC, KSG is an Australian-American business magnate. He is the founder and Chairman and CEO of , the world's second-largest media conglomerate....
, the Australian Media Magnate with whom he shares similar "dubious" business practices. - Pegnose Pete (Voiced by Tom KaneTom KaneTom Kane is a prominent American voice actor with over 25 years of experience. He is most widely known for his animation work...
) is one of the secondary villains in Escape from Monkey IslandEscape from Monkey IslandEscape from Monkey Island is a computer adventure game developed and released by LucasArts in 2000. It is the fourth game in the Monkey Island series....
. He is hired by Ozzie Mandrill to steal the Marley family heirlooms and frame Guybrush for the crimes. He resides in a shack located in the Mysts o' Tyme Marshe on Lucre Island. He was turned into a coward after Ozzie Mandrill used the Ultimate Insult on him. - Reginald Van Winslow (Voiced by Roger L. JacksonRoger L. JacksonRoger Labon Jackson is an American voice actor. He is best known for voicing the killer Ghostface in the Scream films, leaving him to keep an unknown identity to withhold the mystery of Ghostface...
) is Guybrush's latest crewman. He is the previous captain of the Screaming Narwhal, later commandeered by Guybrush. He arrived on Flotsam after chasing a pirate who made off with his booty. Whilst sailing, he tries his best to look after Guybrush and help out; along the way he catches the Pox of LeChuck. - Wally B. Feed (Voiced by Neil RossNeil RossTheodoric Neilson "Neil" Ross is an English voice actor and announcer, born in London, England and now resident and working in Los Angeles, in the United States. He has provided voices for in many American cartoons, particularly those based on Hasbro products and Marvel Comics, and numerous...
) is a short, red-haired and meek character, who acts as a sidekickSidekickA sidekick is a close companion who is generally regarded as subordinate to the one he accompanies. Some well-known fictional sidekicks are Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, Sherlock Holmes' Doctor Watson, The Lone Ranger's Tonto, The Green Hornet's Kato and Batman's Robin.-Origins:The origin of the...
to Guybrush in some of the games in the Monkey Island series. He is a cartographer whom Guybrush enlists to help assemble a treasure map. He uses a monocle, and he is nearly blind without it. He is later brainwashed into becoming a pirate under LeChuck, known as "Bloodnose."
External links
- Monkey Island Wiki
- The World of Monkey Island – Islands and their contents
- Complete list of books found in the Phatt City Library, as well as Guybrush ThreepwoodGuybrush ThreepwoodGuybrush Ulysses Threepwood is the main character of the Monkey Island series of computer adventure games by LucasArts. The voice of Guybrush is actor Dominic Armato in the third, fourth and fifth games, as well as the enhanced remakes of The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's...
's comments on them. - The Legend of Monkey Island – Characters