History VideoGame / TalesOfMonkeyIsland

* MouthCam: Two of them (in the mouths of manatees), one when Guybrush is approaching the cave guarded by a female manatee, and one near the end of Chapter 3, [[spoiler:as the Giant Manatee approaches to swallow De Cava and his crew in the Howler Monkey]].

* MouthCam: Near the end of Chapter 3, [[spoiler:as the Giant Manatee approaches to swallow De Cava and his crew in the Howler Monkey]].

* ItsWhatIDo: Guybrush says this to Morgan in Chapter 3 when she doesn't believe that he can talk to De Cava's crew for the manatee cochlea and she just wants to attack them for it.

** Morgan: Gomez... not on the carpet!

* HeelFaceTurn: [=LeChuck=]. [[spoiler:(OrIsIt ?)]] Unfortunately, the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Phlebotinum]] discharge that accompanies it is causing everyone else in the Caribbean to undergo a gradual FaceHeelTurn!

* TheOtherDarrin: [=LeChuck=]. In episode 4, [[spoiler: [=LeChuck=]'s original voice actor Earl Boen returns as Demon [=LeChuck=], while his new voice actor, Kevin Blackton, plays [=LeChuck=] in human form. It's a full-circle effect, sort of like what happened with Elaine: Demon [=LeChuck=] in episode 1 was originally played by actor Adam Harrington (who was replaced in later episodes), but Telltale rerecorded [=LeChuck=]'s episode 1 dialogue with Boen for the DVD release.]]
** Also, the voices for the Spoon Isle Trio (Pirates Bill, Ted, and Kevin) in Chapter 2 seem to have been rearranged in Chapter 5 somehow. For example, Pirate Bill (Swordfighter) seems a bit tough and rough-voiced in Chapter 2, while in Chapter 5 he sounds like a moderately low-pitched guy with pirate-speak. Also, Pirate Ted (Treasure Hunter) sounds like a bit of a Trenchfoot sound-alike in Chapter 2, but he now sounds like an Irish-accented dude in Chapter 5; and Pirate Kevin's (Thief) like a very tough dude with a British accent in Chapter 2, while in Chapter 5 he speaks like a redneck in a [[AmericanAccents low-voiced]] [[DeepSouth Southern drawl]]. Different voice actors, perhaps?
** And Joaquin D'Oro is voiced by David Boyll in Chapter 1, but in Chapter 4, he has a different voice actor: Andrew Chaikin (a.k.a. Kid Beyond).

--> '''Voodoo Lady:''' [[SureLetsGoWithThat Er,]] [[SureWhyNot sure. Why not?]]

* ItsALongStory: Near the end of Chapter 4, Guybrush says this to Elaine [[spoiler:after curing her and everyone else of the Pox of [=LeChuck=], and she doesn't remember how she got here or why her mouth tastes like coleslaw. He also says that he'll explain once they figure how to get out of the clamshell traps. [=LeChuck=]'s arrival unfortunately turns it into a YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle!]]

* ItsALongStory: Near the end of Chapter 4, Guybrush says this to Elaine [[spoiler:after curing her and everyone else of the Pox of [=LeChuck=], and she doesn't remember how she got here or why her mouth tastes like coleslaw. He also says that he'll explain once they figure how to get out of the clamshell traps. [=LeChuck=]'s arrival unfortunately turns it into a NotSoFastBucko!]]

* NotSoFastBucko: Chapter 4 seems to wrap everything up...until you realize there's a fifth chapter. It involves [[spoiler: getting killed and wandering around the afterlife which includes several rehashed elements disguised as portals. Naturally, you have to enter the real world, return to your body and face the BigBad again at the end.]]

* ContinuityNod: It's unusual to see this trope in practice in this series, [[{{Discontinuity}} all things considered,]] but ''Tales'' likes it. There are several references to previous Monkey Island games, particularly in a lot of optional dialogue in part 4. Example: ask Elaine to vouch for your character, and she'll give a long list of your deeds. [[spoiler:Just don't expect her to emphasize the positive, as heavily Poxed as she is.]]

* MysteriousBacker: The Voodoo Lady, naturally.

* SentientCosmicForce: Voodoo is implied to be this.

* ShrineToTheFallen: In Chapter 5, [[spoiler:Club 41 becomes a shrine to Guybrush, whose MartyrdomCulture is due to his [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic]] (or rather [[StupidSacrifice Stupid]]) Sacrifice for saving the entire Gulf of Melange from the [[HatePlague Pox of [=LeChuck=]]]. The Club even has barrels of Grog, [[SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Banang]], and root beer, along with votive candles, Guybrush's commemorative photo, and a wreath to be used as kindling next to [[DeadGuyOnDisplay Guybrush's corpse]] [[DueToTheDead for cremation]]... unless his [[GhostPirate spirit]] can repossess his body in time, that is.]]

* ContestWinnerCameo: Lizink's Wig of Foppery, [[spoiler:which Bailiff Killick Hardtack is compelled to wear after losing his case against Guybrush]] in Chapter 4, is named after the [[http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-498 screen name of Liz Johnston, Telltale Games' winner of the "How Has Guybrush Wronged You Competition" in the "Game Designer for a Day" contest]] ([[http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-474 which started on July 14, 2009, a week after the release of Chapter 1]]); her winning line, "He dug up my perfectly good X!", appears in Hardtack's accusation against Guybrush. Not only that, but her name also appears on the list of "Designer for a Day Finalists" in the end credits of Chapter 4.

* MusicalNod: Blink and you'll miss it, but the diving music in Chapter 3 (also used in the pulling of the lion's paw from the Jungle Beast in Chapter 4) is a quieter version of the "Captain Kate's Boat Dive" music from ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland2LeChucksRevenge''.

* RockPaperScissors: Parodied in Chapter 5, when Reginald Van Winslow has been working on a game he calls "Rock, Paper, Fountain Pen", and describes to Guybrush how the game is played: "Well, paper beats rock. And then the player must shame the paper into defeat by [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean filling it full of lewd phrases using the pen]]." Of course, this is little less of a game to this troper.