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

Run through the streets of Puerto Pollo before you talk to the Voodoo Lady, and you’ll find the town closed—though many of its denizens have opinions about curses.

“The joke here is a reference to an old series of commercials by American Tourister, a luggage company. The durability of their product was advertised by depicting a suitcase thrown into a cage with an angry gorilla, which attempts to destroy it to no avail. It was an oft-parodied pop culture image.” —Udvarnoky

The “CMI: The Monkeys Are Listening” opening in The Curse of Monkey Island is a play on the “THX: The Audience Is Listening” title card placed in front of THX-certified movies. Read more about THX over at Creative Bloq.

“Youch,” or, if you investigate the informative plaque in The Curse of Monkey Island, “pappapisshu!” The exclamation makes its comeback in Return to Monkey Island. (It also appears in Tales: here is a screenshot.)

A song called Plank of Love was intended to be recorded for The Curse of Monkey Island’s ending. It was left out because of time constraints. You can read what was supposed to be on our Lyrics page.

Keep hovering over the “Pair of dimes?” option, and Lemonhead will give you different responses.

Barbery Coast was originally supposed to be located on Skull Island, then, later, Blood Island. This piece of concept art shows what it could have looked like.

LeChuck’s ship was called the Death Starfish in The Curse of Monkey Island. This was, however, never mentioned in the game, just the script.

Sort of! Bonus: “Lemonhead” is a classic 'merican candy.

Interact with Wally to find that he is not just a dummy.

Visit Domingo in January and he will wish you a happy new year. (Note you can change your system date/time to January and this will still work.)

Press Shift+J during ship combat to hear lightsaber sounds during insult sword fighting.

Enter and exit Stan’s crypt 35 times to witness the spider from The Dig eat Maggie.

That is an often-heard line from the 1970s cop show Police Woman.

The Secret of Monkey Island stump joke returns in The Curse of Monkey Island.

Keep exiting the Goodsoup bar and the grog ad will change five times.

Cannibalism! Almost! Guybrush can tempt Lemonhead with Domingo's crispy flesh.

Try to pick up the sea water on Blood Island in The Curse of Monkey Island 25 times, and Guybrush will finally wander into the ocean, finding his former self.

Back in early 1997, we posted the possibility of a 3D acceleration mode in The Curse of Monkey Island. That turned out to be false, of course, but LucasArts put in a nod to the rumor on the options screen.

Type LAPOSTAL during the cannon fight to get unlimited cannon balls. This in-joke is a reference to a cheat from Dark Forces.

Press Shift+W to win the game.

Did you know Stan's theme and the SCUMM Bar theme in the Monkey Island games are based on pre-existing compositions? Witness Go Tell Aunt Rhody and O Good Ale Thou Art My Darling. One or more tune has appeared in every game.