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

In the grand tradition of sprite flipping: In The Secret of Monkey Island, Bob’s pegleg would famously switch from the left to the right side depending on which direction he was facing. This was a result of the sprite being flipped in code as opposed to being properly redrawn. In Return to Monkey Island, Conrad, the museum curator, gets the same treatment – and, additionally, his “Melee” shirt flips, too. Fitting for a location that is a nod to the minuita of the previous games.

Hang out for a few seconds, and LeShip’s paintings will truly get animated.

If you let Herman talk, he’ll list the many treasures on Dinky Island. Note how the bottom dialogue choice changes throughout.

Note the difference between “Classic Mode” and the original’s superior MT-32 music.

If you both ”Look at” and ”Pick up” the bottle in The International House of Mojo, you will get a number of different responses.

Guybrush has many thoughts about his fortune – until Largo takes it all.

Many lines were changed for the Special Edition, mainly those that could’ve been seen as copyright infringement. (Or those that hadn’t aged well.) Here are a few of the more notable ones.

As revealed in Rapp Scallion’s crypt in Monkey Island 2, Bill Fettuccine likely died sometime during Part 2 of the game. This we know because Guybrush could win tickets to the Fettuccine Brothers’ show in the casino. (Note the dealer calls it the Linguini Brothers Circus, presumably mistaking it for a competitor.)

“Old Bill the acrobat, He lies in here dead. He died like we buried him, Propped up on his head.”

Guybrush can toot the ship horn in many locations, often to less than enthusiastic responses.

It’s not a million miles away from the original cover, but this version has Guybrush starting straight down the barrel. Source: Rogue Leaders: The Story of LucasArts.