History VideoGame / TalesOfMonkeyIsland

*** "You said if I beat you in a pirate face-off I'd be [[OurManFlint in like]] [[labelnote:Flynn.]]Flint.[[/labelnote]]"

*** Hardtack and D'Oro have an auction called [[labelnote:Ye Bay]]{{Ebay}}[[/labelnote]].

* BloodlessCarnage: Especially evident in Chapter 4, when a couple of people get impaled but the swords stay clean.

* WithACapitalT: In Chapter 5, Guybrush can ask W.P. Grindstump if [[spoiler:he's hidden the Voodoo Lady]]:
-->'''Grindstump:''' Absolutely not! That witch is nothing but [[Theatre/TheMusicMan trouble with a capital T, and that rhymes with V, and that stands for Voodoo]].

*** "That witch is nothing but [[TheMusicMan trouble with a capital T, and that rhymes with]] [[labelnote:V,]]P,[[/labelnote]] [[TheMusicMan and that stands for]] [[labelnote:Voodoo.]]pool.[[/labelnote]]"

* CivilianVillain: [[spoiler:After [=LeChuck=] gets transformed into a human, he appears to turn over a new leaf. Guybrush still doesn't trust him, though, despite Elaine's urges for him to let bygones be bygones. Finally, once things come to a head, [=LeChuck=] tries it with the voodoo.]]

* LamePunReaction: Given the series, these are unavoidable, but of note is Guybrush's "[[DoraTheExplorer D'Oro the Explorer]]" in Chapter 1. His left hand actually slaps him for it.

* ArtImitatesArt: In Chapter 1, there is a Desingeograph of the "Vitruvian Pirate", which Guybrush calls "Pirate Da Vinci", on the Illuminopictoscreen; this "Vitruvian Pirate" is definitely a spoof of ''Vitruvian Man'' by LeonardoDaVinci.

*** "It's a beautiful rendering of the classic '[[labelnote:Pirate]]Leonardo[[/labelnote]] [[LeonardoDaVinci Da Vinci]].'"

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: [[spoiler: [=LeChuck=] just impales Guybrush, rather than go for an overtly elaborate DeathTrap.]] Possibly {{foreshadow|ing}}ed in a way, in the second episode, when he says that [[spoiler: if he wanted to kill Guybrush, he would just throw him off a cliff]].

** Also in Episode 1, you meet a pirate who has become a glassblower. In [[{{Ultima}} Ultima V]], in Buccaneer's Den, there's a pirate named Sven, who used to be a glassblower.

** While the game has no shortage of [[TheDitz ditzes]], the Marquis De Singe is the rare sort who can devise a brilliant EvilPlan for {{Immortality}} but also fall for the LookBehindYou gag any number of times.

''Tales of Monkey Island'' is a 2009 video game, developed by TelltaleGames. It is a five-part episodic game and the fifth in the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series. The game begins at the conclusion of Guybrush's latest, [[NoodleIncident unseen]] adventure - the player guides him as he once again defeats [=LeChuck=] with an improvised piece of voodoo weaponry, only to turn the villain human again, release his concentrated evil as "The Pox of [=LeChuck=]" (which infects Guybrush's own hand) and maroon himself on Flotsam Island. All in the first chapter!

* OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe: In the PS3 version, one of the bronze trophies obtained in Chapter 1 (when Guybrush sees the effects of the Pox of [=LeChuck=] on the inhabitants) is labeled, "Is That a Pox on Your Face, or Are You Just Angry to See Me?"

*** In Chapter 4, if the player has Guybrush use one of the severed legs on the altar without dipping it in sugar water, he will quote a few lines in a spoof of "Alas, poor Yorick" from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' (V.i) (this is done in the PS3 version in order to net the player a "Guybrush Goes Classy" silver trophy).
*** Speaking of PS3 trophies, there are a few trophies that are shout-outs too ("What's in a Name?" from the balcony scene of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' (II.ii), and "Adieu, Adieu..." which is a reference to Hamlet's father's written line, "Adieu, adieu, remember me," from ''Hamlet'' (I.v)).

* DeggansRule: Followed. Winslow, the Voodoo Lady, and Bugeye are all apparently Black. Morgan [=LeFlay=] is AmbiguouslyBrown.

* ShoutOut: Clicking on some stone pillars will prompt Guybrush to point out that he doesn't have the [[IndianaJones jacket or fedora]] required to decode the symbols engraved on it.

->''I've sailed the seven seas in search of archaic charms and curiosities; I've raided the sunken smelters of Popgowatu for the finest of tools; and I've worked by candlelight in the yawing quarters of my ship to forge together the raw materials into the finest of blades, all to finally put a bloody end to my undead rival and stealer of spouse. It is now that this sword is more than just a sword; it is a covenant! I'm not exactly sure what that word means, but it sounds right. The seas will sleep soundly tonight, for [=LeChuck's=] time is up!''
-->--Excerpted from ''The Memoirs of Guybrush Threepwood: The VideoGame/MonkeyIsland Years''

*** Two of the books in the Vaycaylian Library are "{{A|TaleOfTwoCities}} [[labelnote:City]]Tale[[/labelnote]] [[Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities of Two]] [[labelnote:Tails]]Cities[[/labelnote]]" and "Literature/{{The Old Man and the|Sea}} [[labelnote:Seagull]]Sea[[/labelnote]]".

*** Two of the books in the Vaycaylian Library are "{{A|TaleOfTwoCities}} [[labelnote:City]]Tale[[/labelnote]] [[ATaleOfTwoCities of Two]] [[labelnote:Tails]]Cities[[/labelnote]]" and "Literature/{{The Old Man and the|Sea}} [[labelnote:Seagull]]Sea[[/labelnote]]".

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* 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]], [[http://pc.ign.com/articles/102/1027699p1.html a native of British Columbia]], {{Canada|Eh}}, and 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.
* ContinuityNod: It's unusual to see this trope in practice in this series, 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.]]

* DevelopmentGag: According to the commentary, episode 1's bar fight had to get trimmed down to an offscreen cutscene in order to fit the episode in the Wii's 40 MB size limit. As a result, the bar was named Club 41 as in the 41st MB of content.

* TwoWordsObviousTrope: If Guybrush asks Hemlock [=McGee=] what happened to his legs in Chapter 1:

* KangarooCourt: Guybrush is tried by one in Chapter 4. But then, what did you expect of Pirate Court?
** Pirate Court or not, is there any justification in attempting to sentence someone to death by keelhauling ''before they've been charged with anything?''
** Yes, if they all have been infected by a powerful HatePlague that makes them mad.

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: In Chapter 3, De Cava needs 100,000 larvae to escape, and they can only be produced one at a time. However, it is possible to "[[LevelGrinding grind]]" the grubs until you actually do get all 100,000(!) that it would take to "solve" the missing cochlea puzzle, and the game even has specialized dialogue for some of the steps (specifically, the 50,000th, 99, 900th, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRl-1txp0tQ 100,000th]] grubs). Then the game skips ahead to where you would've been by solving it the intended way (and the other characters treat you as if you did). For the record, this task would take at least ''seventy days'' without breaks to accomplish.

* AmericanAccents[=/=]DeepSouth: In Chapter 5, the Thief in the Crossroads speaks in a deep voice with some sort of Southern Hillbilly accent. And he seems to have some [[SacredHospitality Southern hospitality]], despite the fact that he is a thief from the start.

* [[SurferDude Surfer Pirate Dude]]: Moose in Chapter 3. [[AmericanAccents And this dude talks in Surfer Slang, bra.]]

* BlackComedyRape[=/=]DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Or rather, attempted rape. In Chapter 4, [[spoiler:a poxed Elaine almost goes down this route with Guybrush, before she catches Morgan's scent on his jacket and assumes they were having an affair.]]