The Monkey Island SCUMM Bar: Thimbleweed Park Trivia

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.

In the original Thimbleweed Park, the town’s elevation is fourteen feet. In the sequel’s announcement header, it is fifteen, the same as in Delores.