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

Dead Cousin Ted appeared in Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick’s Maniac Mansion – the game Delores “loves.”

A Zak McKracken poster can be found in the arcade, albeit under a different name: Jason the Newsguy.

The “wanted” meteor is the same one seen in Maniac Mansion. The piece above is from a Gary Winnick piece of concept art.

Delores’s copy of Graphics BASIC is real and was indeed written by Ron Gilbert and Tom McFarlane. HESware released it for the Commodore 64 in 1984 (some sources claim it was 1983). (Image nabbed from eBay.)

In the hotel elevator, you’ll see a Guybrush + Elaine declaration of love.

In the grand tradition of The Secret of Monkey Island, Thimbleweed Park gently mocks the frequent deaths seen in Sierra adventure games.

It’s more than suggested that the coroner’s office is a replica of Dr. Fred’s office in Maniac Mansion.

Guybrush Threepwood might never have been accused of being a hooker, but the three other professions have prominently been featured in the Monkey Island games.

One Guybrush Threepwood famously got shot out of a circus cannon. Note, too, that Guybrush’s coat can be found in Ransome’s dressing room.

That “foolproof disguise” originally appeared in David Fox’s Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.

Diner proprietors Sandy and Dave originally appeared in Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick’s Maniac Mansion.

Razor and the Scummettes was a band featured in designers Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick’s first collab, Maniac Mansion.

Cogg aside, one other island was cut from the original design: Mire Island, which Dave Grossman described as “basically a trash dump.” The team’s favorite puzzles from that location would later be incorporated into Terror Island. If “Mire Island” sounds familiar, it’s because Elaine mentions it in her last line to Guybrush: “I found the lost map to the treasure of Mire Island. It's going to be a fun adventure.” Souce: Returning to Monkey Island - Noclip Documentary.

According to Dave Grossman, the end goal of Cogg Island’s puzzle chain was to find Locke Smith’s mother’s golden key. Mother Smith had, apparently, been one of the island’s designers. Cogg was originally located on the south-east part of the map. Source: Returning to Monkey Island - Noclip Documentary.