Tales of Monkey Island (Main)

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Original Music in Monkey Island: Go Tell Aunt Rhody and O Good Ale Thou Art My Darling
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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.
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Marquis de Singe
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Marquis de Singe is a pun on Marquis de Sade. In addition “singe” is French for “monkey.”
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Club 41
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In episode one, a puzzle inside Club 41 was dropped. This because of WiiWare's 40 megabyte download restrictions. The location subsequently was named Club 41 as the club puzzle would have pushed the size to 41 megabytes.
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Chuck the Plant
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The plant on Elaine’s ship is Chuck the Plant—it first appeared in Maniac Mansion and various other old LEC games.
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Dora the Explorer
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Guybrush asks if he can call D’Oro “D’Oro the Explorer,” a reference to the Nickelodeon cartoon, Dora the Explorer.
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The Greatest Pirate of All Time
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In episode one: Make a wish to become the greatest pirate of all time and Guybrush will turn into LeChuck.
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Boen’s Return
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Originally, Adam Harrington voiced evil LeChuck. Earl Boen came on board during episode four to voice the character, and later re-recorded the earlier non-human LeChuck parts.
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The Hook
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The designers toyed with the idea of letting Guybrush replacing his hook with various inventory items.
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LeChuck’s Mask (or lack thereof)
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Guybrush can try to remove LeChuck’s (nonexistent) mask, just like in LeChuck’s Revenge.
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100,000 Grubs
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In episode three, you can solve the cochlea puzzle by collecting the proper number of ear grubs—100,000. DeCava makes a comment halfway through, too: Only 50,000 more to go. Credit: Kraentz’s YouTube channel.
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Fade-to-Theme-Park
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When you kill LeChuck in episode five and the screen fades to white, you can hear the sounds of a theme park bleed through in the soundscape.
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The Cursed Pappapisshu! Returns
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“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.)
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