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* While on Monkey Island itself, there is one scene where the sun is a selectable object. Instructing Guybrush to walk to it results in him turning to you and saying "Oh, sure. Walk to the sun". Even in the original non-voice version, the sarcasm is absolutely unmistakable.
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--->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' You dare to come here and confront me? I can't believe your audacity!
--->'''Guybrush:''' Well, I can't believe your stupidity!
--->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' Yeah? Well, I can't believe your frivolity!
--->'''Guybrush:''' Well, I can't believe your enormity.
--->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' Yeah? Well, I can't believe your mobility.
--->'''Guybrush:''' Well, I can't believe your atrocity.
--->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' Yeah? Well, I can't believe your fragility.
--->'''Guybrush:''' Well, I can't believe your alacrity.
--->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' I grow tired of you!
--->'''Guybrush:''' ''<gets punched>''

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--->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' -->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' You dare to come here and confront me? I can't believe your audacity!
--->'''Guybrush:''' -->'''Guybrush:''' Well, I can't believe your stupidity!
--->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' -->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' Yeah? Well, I can't believe your frivolity!
--->'''Guybrush:''' -->'''Guybrush:''' Well, I can't believe your enormity.
--->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' -->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' Yeah? Well, I can't believe your mobility.
--->'''Guybrush:''' -->'''Guybrush:''' Well, I can't believe your atrocity.
--->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' -->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' Yeah? Well, I can't believe your fragility.
--->'''Guybrush:''' -->'''Guybrush:''' Well, I can't believe your alacrity.
--->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' -->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' I grow tired of you!
--->'''Guybrush:''' -->'''Guybrush:''' ''<gets punched>''



--->'''Meathook:''' Wanna see something ''really'' funny?
--->'''Guybrush:''' What, a picture of your whole bald family?

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--->'''Meathook:''' -->'''Meathook:''' Wanna see something ''really'' funny?
--->'''Guybrush:''' -->'''Guybrush:''' What, a picture of your whole bald family?
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--->'''Meathook:''' Wanna see something ''really'' funny?
--->'''Guybrush:''' What, a picture of your whole bald family?
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* When Guybrush confronts [=LeChuck=], the two instantly drop into a childish spat of insult one-upsmanship that quickly ceases to make sense and can easily go into OverlyLongGag territory should the player allow it to.
--->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' You dare to come here and confront me? I can't believe your audacity!
--->'''Guybrush:''' Well, I can't believe your stupidity!
--->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' Yeah? Well, I can't believe your frivolity!
--->'''Guybrush:''' Well, I can't believe your enormity.
--->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' Yeah? Well, I can't believe your mobility.
--->'''Guybrush:''' Well, I can't believe your atrocity.
--->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' Yeah? Well, I can't believe your fragility.
--->'''Guybrush:''' Well, I can't believe your alacrity.
--->'''[=LeChuck=]:''' I grow tired of you!
--->'''Guybrush:''' ''<gets punched>''
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* One of the answers you can give give to the cannibals as a reason for them to not eat you is "Look! A three-headed monkey!", and it works for a second before they notice you are trying to run away and soon a three-headed monkey DOES appear behind them but they really won't fall for that twice.
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* Guybrush repeatedly calling Meathook "cannonballhead" and then ramping up to chrome-dome after feigning an apology.

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* Guybrush repeatedly calling picking on Meathook "cannonballhead" and calling him "cannonball-head" and then ramping up to chrome-dome "chrome-dome" after feigning an apology.
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* Guybrush repeatedly calling Meathook "cannonballhead" and then ramping up to chrome-dome after feigning an apology.

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* The very first character you meet in the game is Mêlée Island's lookout... who's half-blind. It instantly sets the tone, letting you know you should throw logic away and prepare for a hilarity-first adventure.* The two sequences in which you try to steal the Idol of Many Hands. Much of the action takes place automatically in a room that you can't see; all you can see is dialogue and the actions that Guybrush is doing, many of which you can't normally do in the game. The highlight is perhaps "Hypnotize quarrelsome rhinoceros".

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* The very first character you meet in the game is Mêlée Island's lookout... who's half-blind. It [[EstablishingSeriesMoment instantly sets the tone, letting you know you should throw logic away and prepare for a hilarity-first adventure.tone]].
* The two sequences in which you try to steal the Idol of Many Hands. Much of the action takes place automatically in a room that you can't see; all you can see is dialogue and the actions that Guybrush is doing, many of which you can't normally do in the game. The highlight is perhaps "Hypnotize quarrelsome rhinoceros".

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* The two sequences in which you try to steal the idol in the first place. Much of the action takes place automatically in a room that you can't see; all you can see is dialogue and the actions that Guybrush is doing, many of which you can't normally do in the game. The highlight is perhaps [[spoiler:"Hypnotize quarrelsome rhinoceros"]].

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* The very first character you meet in the game is Mêlée Island's lookout... who's half-blind. It instantly sets the tone, letting you know you should throw logic away and prepare for a hilarity-first adventure.* The two sequences in which you try to steal the idol in the first place.Idol of Many Hands. Much of the action takes place automatically in a room that you can't see; all you can see is dialogue and the actions that Guybrush is doing, many of which you can't normally do in the game. The highlight is perhaps [[spoiler:"Hypnotize "Hypnotize quarrelsome rhinoceros"]].rhinoceros".



-->''Push Red Button''\\

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-->''Push --->''Push Red Button''\\



* After [[spoiler:sinking the Sea Monkey with a giant rock]]:

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* After [[spoiler:sinking While solving the catapult puzzle, the player might accidentally (or [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential deliberately]]) sink the Sea Monkey with a giant rock]]:rock. This is Guybrush's reaction:



* The "rubber tree" remark, as both a subversion and a TakeThat to TheManyDeathsOfYou in the Sierra adventure games.
* Cannibals with strange eating habits.
* Repeatedly [[spoiler:escaping from the vegetarian cannibals' hut]] causes them to [[spoiler:increase security until the hut has a steel vault door]], yet the obvious [[spoiler:escape route is apparently not noticed]].
* The revelation that [[spoiler:Herman actually has a ''ship'']].

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* The "rubber tree" remark, as both a subversion of and a TakeThat to TheManyDeathsOfYou in the Sierra adventure games.
* Cannibals The cannibals with strange eating habits.
* Repeatedly [[spoiler:escaping escaping from the vegetarian cannibals' hut]] hut causes them to [[spoiler:increase increase security until the hut has a steel vault door]], door, yet [[MyopicArchitecture the obvious [[spoiler:escape escape route is apparently not noticed]].
repeatedly goes unnoticed]].
* The revelation that [[spoiler:Herman Herman actually has a ''ship'']].''ship''.



* The underwater idol puzzle, possibly the most hilarious example of CuttingTheKnot in all entertainment. Guybrush has been dumped off a pier, tied to a heavy golden idol. You have ten minutes to solve the puzzle before Guybrush drowns, one of the rare genuine deaths in a [=LucasArts=] adventure game. There are swords, scissors, knives, razors, shears and all manner of sharp cutting things ''just'' out of arm's reach. If you wait long enough, two guys walk onto the pier, [[HopeSpot lengthily debate]] tossing a sword into the ocean directly over your head...[[YankTheDogsChain then decide against it and walk off again]]. The solution, ladies and gentlemen: [[spoiler:''pick up the idol and walk out with it''.]]

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* The underwater idol puzzle, possibly the most hilarious example of CuttingTheKnot in all entertainment. Guybrush has been dumped off a pier, tied to a heavy golden idol. You have ten minutes to solve the puzzle before Guybrush drowns, one of the rare genuine deaths in a [=LucasArts=] adventure game. There are swords, scissors, knives, razors, shears and all manner of sharp cutting things ''just'' out of arm's reach. If you wait long enough, two guys walk onto the pier, [[HopeSpot lengthily debate]] tossing a sword into the ocean directly over your head...[[YankTheDogsChain then decide against it and walk off again]]. The solution, ladies and gentlemen: [[spoiler:''pick ''pick up the idol and walk out with it''.]]



* Shish [=KeBob=], Shish [=KeJoe=], and Shish [=KeLarry=].

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* On Monkey Island, Guybrush finds the unfortunate impaled heads of three dead pirates, labelled Shish [=KeBob=], Shish [=KeJoe=], and Shish [=KeLarry=].



* The very first character you meet in the game is Mêlée Island's lookout... who's blind. It instantly sets the tone, letting you know you should throw logic away and prepare for a hilarity-first adventure.
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* The very first character you meet in the game is Mêlée Island's lookout... who's blind. It instantly sets the tone, letting you know you should throw logic away and prepare for a hialrity-first adventure.

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* The very first character you meet in the game is Mêlée Island's lookout... who's blind. It instantly sets the tone, letting you know you should throw logic away and prepare for a hialrity-first hilarity-first adventure.
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* The very first character you meet in the game is Mêlée Island's lookout... who's blind. It instantly sets the tone, letting you know you should throw logic away and prepare for a hialrity-first adventure.
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-->''Push Red Button''
-->'''Sheriff:''' No! Not the red button!

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-->''Push Red Button''
-->'''Sheriff:'''
Button''\\
'''Sheriff:'''
No! Not the red button!



* The underwater idol puzzle, possibly the most hilarious example of CuttingTheKnot in all entertainment. Guybrush has been dumped off a pier, tied to a heavy golden idol. You have ten minutes to solve the puzzle before Guybrush drowns, one of the rare genuine deaths in a [=LucasArts=] adventure game. There are swords, scissors, knives, razors, shears and all manner of sharp cutting things ''just'' out of arm's reach. If you wait long enough, two guys walk onto the pier, lengthily debate tossing a sword into the ocean directly over your head...[[HopeSpot then decide against it and walk off again]]. The solution, ladies and gentlemen: [[spoiler:''pick up the idol and walk out with it''.]]

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* The underwater idol puzzle, possibly the most hilarious example of CuttingTheKnot in all entertainment. Guybrush has been dumped off a pier, tied to a heavy golden idol. You have ten minutes to solve the puzzle before Guybrush drowns, one of the rare genuine deaths in a [=LucasArts=] adventure game. There are swords, scissors, knives, razors, shears and all manner of sharp cutting things ''just'' out of arm's reach. If you wait long enough, two guys walk onto the pier, [[HopeSpot lengthily debate debate]] tossing a sword into the ocean directly over your head...[[HopeSpot [[YankTheDogsChain then decide against it and walk off again]]. The solution, ladies and gentlemen: [[spoiler:''pick up the idol and walk out with it''.]]



-->'''Guybrush:''' You're a bunch of foul-smelling grog-swilling pigs!
-->''[Music stops]''
-->'''Pirate leader:''' To be a pirate, ye must also be a foul-smelling grog-swilling pig.
-->''[Music resumes]''

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-->'''Guybrush:''' You're a bunch of foul-smelling grog-swilling pigs!
-->''[Music stops]''
-->'''Pirate
pigs!\\
''[Music stops]''\\
'''Pirate
leader:''' To be a pirate, ye must also be a foul-smelling grog-swilling pig.
-->''[Music
pig.\\
''[Music
resumes]''
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** What made the ''Loom'' guy even funnier was the fact that shortly after the Special Edition rerelease, ''Loom'' was rereleased on Steam as part of a LucasArts adventure pack.

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** What made the ''Loom'' guy even funnier was the fact that shortly after the Special Edition rerelease, ''Loom'' was rereleased on Steam as part of a LucasArts Creator/LucasArts adventure pack.
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* Guybrush criticizing the pirate leaders.
-->'''Guybrush:''' You're a bunch of foul-smelling grog-swilling pigs!
-->''[Music stops]''
-->'''Pirate leader:''' To be a pirate, ye must also be a foul-smelling grog-swilling pig.
-->''[Music resumes]''
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* Two words: Rubber tree.

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* Two words: Rubber tree.The "rubber tree" remark, as both a subversion and a TakeThat to TheManyDeathsOfYou in the Sierra adventure games.
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* The fight between Guybrush and the Sheriff in the Governor's Mansion. It starts out pretty funny and then keeps getting more and more insane.

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* The fight between Guybrush and ** This gem from the Sheriff in the Governor's Mansion. It starts out pretty funny and then keeps getting more and more insane.first of those two sequences:
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* Shish KeBob, Shish KeJoe, and Shish KeLarry.

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* Shish KeBob, [=KeBob=], Shish KeJoe, [=KeJoe=], and Shish KeLarry.[=KeLarry=].
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* Shish KeBob, Shish KeJoe, and Shish KeLarry.
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* "[[AndYourRewardIsClothes I found the legendary lost treasure of Melee Island and all I got was this stupid t-shirt!]]"
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** I've just started playing the game and I ''laughed'' at that part! I honestly didn't think it would be as funny as it was!
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** I've just started playing the game and I ''laughed'' at that part! I honestly didn't think it would be as funny as it was!
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* ''Secret Of Monkey Island'' has the option to let Guybrush greet [[TheBigGuy Meathook]] with the non-sequitur "I'm [[{{Loom}} Bobbin]] [[ShoutOut Threadbare]], are you my mother?" His response: "No, your mother was a duck."

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* ''Secret Of Monkey Island'' has the option to let Guybrush greet [[TheBigGuy Meathook]] with the non-sequitur "I'm [[{{Loom}} [[VideoGame/{{Loom}} Bobbin]] [[ShoutOut Threadbare]], are you my mother?" His response: "No, your mother was a duck."
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* The "Ask Me About ''{{Loom}}''" bloke.

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* The "Ask Me About ''{{Loom}}''" ''VideoGame/{{Loom}}''" bloke.
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* The underwater idol puzzle, possibly the most hilarious example of CuttingTheKnot in all entertainment. Guybrush has been dumped off a pier, tied to a heavy golden idol. You have ten minutes to solve the puzzle before Guybrush drowns, one of the rare genuine deaths in a [=LucasArts=] adventure game. There are swords, scissors, razors, shears and all manner of cutting things ''just'' out of arm's reach. If you wait long enough, two guys walk onto the pier, lengthily debate tossing a sword into the ocean directly over your head...[[HopeSpot then decide against it and walk off again]]. The solution, ladies and gentlemen: [[spoiler:''pick up the idol and walk out with it''.]]

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* The underwater idol puzzle, possibly the most hilarious example of CuttingTheKnot in all entertainment. Guybrush has been dumped off a pier, tied to a heavy golden idol. You have ten minutes to solve the puzzle before Guybrush drowns, one of the rare genuine deaths in a [=LucasArts=] adventure game. There are swords, scissors, knives, razors, shears and all manner of sharp cutting things ''just'' out of arm's reach. If you wait long enough, two guys walk onto the pier, lengthily debate tossing a sword into the ocean directly over your head...[[HopeSpot then decide against it and walk off again]]. The solution, ladies and gentlemen: [[spoiler:''pick up the idol and walk out with it''.]]

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