History Trivia / MonkeyIsland

** Alongside Elaine, Boyd voices is the [[FakeAmerican American-accented]] [[CrossDressingVoices Son Pirate]] at the very end of ''Curse''.

*** In ''Tales...'', she is once again voiced by Boyd and once again has a British accent. Also, Boyd plays Elaine in the ''Special Edition'' remakes of ''Secret'' and ''Revenge'', which among other improvements add voice acting to the previously silent originals.

** Turns out an animated film called ''[[http://monkeyisland.wikia.com/wiki/The_Curse_of_Monkey_Island_Movie The Curse of Monkey Island]]'' was planned, with Creator/StevenSpielberg as producer and a script written by Ted Elliott. However, several ideas from it would later be used in ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', also written by Elliott. It should be noted that the first Monkey Island game was loosely based on both the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, and the novel ''Literature/OnStrangerTides''. Nowadays Monkey Island and Pirates of the Caribbean have referenced each other so much that it goes into MindScrew territory.
* TheWikiRule: The [[http://monkeyisland.wikia.com/wiki/Monkey_Island_Wiki Monkey Island Wiki]].

* TalkingToHimself:
** Dominic Armato, Guybrush's voice actor, also does the Duck in ''Escape'' and the Pyrite Parrot of Petaluma in ''Tales''.
** Besides Elaine, the only other character Boyd has voiced is the [[FakeAmerican American-accented]] [[CrossDressingVoices Son Pirate]] at the very end of ''Curse'', though both characters have never met each other.
** Adam Harrington, TheOtherDarrin for [=LeChuck=] in the PC download version of Chapter 1 of ''Tales'', also does the voice for "Moose" Muszalski in Chapter 3, though the two characters have never met each other.
** The Voodoo Lady's voice actress, Leilani Jones-Wilmore, does the voice for Carla the Swordmaster in the Special Edition of ''Secret'', while her other voice actress, Alison Ewing, does the voice for Bosun Kathryn Krebbs in ''Tales'', though all three of these characters have never met each other.
** Besides Stan, his voice actor Pat Pinney does the voices of Elaine Marley's grillcook and the moose in the Special Edition of ''Revenge'', though neither character has met with each other.
** Neil Ross, Wally's voice actor, does the voices of Rum Rogers, Jr. and Filbert the Gardener in the Special Edition of ''Revenge'', and Hugo the Perfume-Spritzer and Pirate #4 in ''Escape'', though neither characters have talked to each other.
** Besides Murray, his voice actor does Skully and the Father Pirate in ''Curse''; Mister Santiago in ''Escape''; one of the Pirate Leaders, the Narrator, and the Citizen of Mêlée in the Special Edition of ''Secret''; and Fred (the Man of Low Moral Fiber), Bruno, Larry, the Narrator (again) and the Voodoo Priest in the Special Edition of ''Revenge''. Neither character has ever met each other.
** Besides Herman, his voice actor Creator/WallyWingert does the voices of two other pirates in ''Escape''; Biff the Ghost and one Insult Swordfight opponent in the Special Edition of ''Secret''; the Potman and Greg in the Special Edition of ''Revenge''; and Franklin (the Man of Low Moral Fiber) in both latter games. Neither of them have ever met each other, however.
** In the Special Edition, we hear Largo [=LaGrande=] berate Mad Marty after the Bucket of Mud incident, which is very odd because both characters are voiced by James Arnold Taylor; in other words, it sounds more like Taylor is chiding himself! Besides these two, Taylor has also provided voices for the Spitmaster and the Fisherman, and that's pretty much it.
** Jared Emerson-Johnson, De Singe's voice actor, has also provided the voice of one of [=McGillicutty=]'s crew members of the Spoon Isle Trio, though the two have never met.
** We hear De Cava speak with Bugeye in Chapter 3, and both characters are voiced by Chaikin, who also provides the voices for Joaquin D'Oro (Chapter 4), Murkel Trenchfoot, [=McGillicutty=] and two of his crew members of the Spoon Isle Trio.
** Besides Winslow, his voice actor Roger Jackson provides the voices of Hemlock [=McGee=], one unnamed bartender of Club 41, and Galeb in ''Tales''; the troll, one of the Pirate Leaders, Fred (the Man of Low Moral Fiber) and his rat, Jojo Sr., Spiffy the Dog, the Piranha Poodles and Meathook's parrot in the Special Edition of ''Secret''; and Bart, Governor Phatt, the rat (again) and Toothrot's parrot in the Special Edition of ''Revenge''. Neither of them have talked with each other, though.

* AcclaimedFlop: The first two games didn't sell well, but became among the most acclaimed point-and-click games of all time. Inverted with ''Escape'', which sold well but was met with mixed reviews.

* AprilFoolsDay:
** A couple years after ''Escape'' but well before ''Tales'' was even in planning, a couple large fan sites began an elaborate, months-long prank where they promoted a fictional ''Monkey Island 5'' complete with "leaked" concept art and audio clips of some of Guybrush's dialogue (including a fictional fake blooper reel), voiced by Dominic Armato! It culminated in a clip of Guybrush talking to the "Little [=LeChuck=]" and "Little Guybrush" puppets from ''Escape''...
--->'''Guybrush''': Hey, Little Lechuck, will you be my Valentine?\\
'''Little [=LeChuck=]''': What are ye, daft? It ain't even Valentine's Day!\\
'''Little Guybrush''': That's right, it's April 1st! And- hey... does that mean all this ''Monkey Island 5'' talk was an April Fool's joke?!
** When Ron Gilbert announced on his Grumpy Gamer blog on April 1, 2022, that he was working on a new ''Monkey Island'' game, most readers of the blog at first took as another April Fools joke. But what some more observant fans of Ron's work noticed was that he had previously frequently publicly proclaimed his dislike of April Fool jokes and that the post was basically a BrickJoke referring to [[https://twitter.com/grumpygamer/status/380819751208902656 a tweet]] of his from September 2013, where he said that if he ever made another ''Monkey Island'' game he would announce it on April 1. Indeed, on April 4, Ron and his collaborators would loudly and proudly confirm that his previous announcement was indeed not a joke and reveal that ''Return to Monkey Island'' was in development.

** When Ron Gilbert announced on his Grumpy Gamer blog on April 1, 2022, that he was working on a new ''Monkey Island'' game, most readers of the blog at first took as another April Fools joke. But what more observant fans of Ron's work noticed was that he had previously frequently publicly proclaimed his dislike of April Fool jokes and that the post was basically a BrickJoke referring to [[https://twitter.com/grumpygamer/status/380819751208902656 a tweet]] of his from September 2013, where he said that if he ever made another ''Monkey Island'' game he would announce it on April 1. Indeed, on April 4, Ron and his collaborators would loudly and proudly confirm that his previous announcement was indeed not a joke and reveal that ''Return to Monkey Island'' was in development.

** When Ron Gilbert announced on his Grumpy Gamer blog on April 1, 2022, that he was working on a new ''Monkey Island'' game, most readers of the blog at first took as another April Fools joke. But what more observant fans of Ron's work noticed was that he had frequently publicly proclaimed his dislike for April Fool jokes and that the post was basically a BrickJoke referring to [[https://twitter.com/grumpygamer/status/380819751208902656 a tweet]] of his from September 2013, where he said that if he ever made another ''Monkey Island'' game he would announce it on April 1. Indeed, on April 4, Ron and his collaborators would loudly and proudly confirm that his previous announcement was indeed not a joke and reveal that ''Return to Monkey Island'' was in development.

* AprilFoolsDay: A couple years after ''Escape'' but well before ''Tales'' was even in planning, a couple large fan sites began an elaborate, months-long prank where they promoted a fictional ''Monkey Island 5'' complete with "leaked" concept art and audio clips of some of Guybrush's dialogue (including a fictional fake blooper reel), voiced by Dominic Armato! It culminated in a clip of Guybrush talking to the "Little [=LeChuck=]" and "Little Guybrush" puppets from ''Escape''...
---> '''Guybrush''': Hey, Little Lechuck, will you be my Valentine?
---> '''Little [=LeChuck=]''': What are ye, daft? It ain't even Valentine's Day!
---> '''Little Guybrush''': That's right, it's April 1st! And- hey... does that mean all this ''Monkey Island 5'' talk was an April Fool's joke?!

* SequelGap: Six years between 2 and 3, three years between 3 and 4, a whopping ''nine'' between 4 and ''Tales'', and a very lengthy ''thirteen'' years between ''Tales'' and ''Return''. The only games that didn't suffer any significant gap were the first two, released only a year apart.