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

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.

The Secret of Monkey Island demo is very different from what you see in the final game. Here is a full playthrough—no commentary—showing off the many differences.

You can rootbeer Bob by making the threat followed by “I think I’ll sap you anyway.” Additionally, this changes up your subsequent dialogue with Herman.

The EGA version of the first Monkey Island game differs from the other versions in one major way—color palette aside: At the beginning of the game, you can see the sunset from the Mêlée docks. Later in the game, the sun will have set.

In The Secret of Monkey Island you can board LeChuck’s ship without wearing the voodoo necklace and get a set of dialogue options with Bob. Also, the “lido deck” is a cruise ship’s pool area.

In Episode IV: The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood, portraits of Telltale co-founders Dan Connors and Kevin Bruner can be seen in the courtroom.

Or, Mutiny on Monkey Island even? In this early concept sketch from Gary Winnick we see who likely is Guybrush on the left and Governor Fat on the right. In the middle? Who knows—maybe an early, goofy LeChuck? Or, more likely, just a random pirate. Source: Heritage Auctions. Update! As posted by Sushi, the characters are indeed from Mutiny on Monkey Island: Captain Smear West, the lookout on Mêlée and Governor L. Fat.

Oh, it’s just a figure of speech! For those who haven’t played “Casual” mode: It’s easy to get Locke’s key, and Guybrush is willing to trade a lot for it. Here’s a supercut. Credit: LGH.