The Monkey Island SCUMM Bar: Easter Eggs, Trivia, and Secrets

(And Otis does, too.) The Cook will have many thoughts about the IOUs that do not benefit him.

A common misconception is that the Phatt Island jail’s dog, Walt, is named after Walt Disney. Rather, he’s named after Steve Purcell’s dog. (Who at one point bit Dave Grossman. The dog did. Not Steve Purcell.)

Strangely, voices were recorded for the deleted LeChuck/Largo scene in Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge Special Edition. The scene doesn’t appear in that version of the game, either, but through the magic of reconstruction, here’s what it would have sounded like. (Video taken from VGHF’s fireside chat video.)

Another (very) early piece of The Secret of Monkey Island concept art, courtesy of Gary Winnick. Source: Heritage Auctions.

While never mentioned (or visited) in Monkey Island 2, the top-right island off Booty is called “The Mysterious Island of Cleptomaniac Parrots.” Source: The Mojo Forums.

At some point, Booty Island featured a nighttime setting and was known as Crooked Island. Source: Various pieces of concept art.

When Guybrush chooses to go by “Captain Loogie” in the Booty spitting contest, it is not just another random name. Going by the Phatt Library, Captain Loogie is already a published spitting champ. “Great Expectorations” isn’t a random title, either. Other than the obvious “Great Expectations” reference, “expectorations” means “to spit,” and when Guybrush examines the book, he’ll describe it as ”thick.” Much like how he describes the green drink from The Bloody Lip that thickens his spit. Also, the book is green—another hint.

Guybrush famously tells us you should never pay more than $20 for a computer game. Earlier in the game, though, the suggested limit is $60.

Within Return to Monkey Island’s resource files, you can find unused voice assets, including some alternate takes from Murray. Here’ what they sound like.

As revealed by Ron on Mastodon, the secret internal code name for Return to Monkey Island was WeirdCogs. That goes hand-in-hand with Cogg Island which incidentally only showed up as an easter egg.

The former Pirate Leaders go with the classic mouth-to-mouth method. Guybrush, meanwhile, chooses mouth-to... well...

In both “The Secret of Monkey Island” and “Return to Monkey Island,” you can press the Escape or skip key to get an alternate “Loom” sales pitch from Cobb.

Hand Madison her book—“Ship-to-Ship Combat Strategies”—from Carla’s collection, and she’ll sign a personalized inscription for Guybrush.

The carved heart reveals a disturbing romantic profession. Luckily, you can stab it. Sort of.

Chester, the less-than-friendly helpline technician in the Dinky forest, was modeled after Khris Brown who got her nickname from Tim Schafer. According to the Special Edition commentary, the in-game character’s to-the-point attitude was based on Tabitha Tosti, who Tim sat next to at LucasArts.

Chester was replaced by a male technician in the Special Edition.