History VideoGame / TalesOfMonkeyIsland

* AmbiguousGender: The Merfolk in Chapter 2. The gender for two of the three on-screen samples is suggested, but never stated outright. Their leader is classified as male at one point by Elaine (she calls Chief Beluga and Captain McGillicutty "Gentlemen"), but even that does not stop it from remaining ambiguous (Chief Beluga has a female voice).

* AmbiguousGender: The Merfolk in Chapter 2. The gender for two of the three on-screen samples is suggested, but never stated outright. Their leader is classified as male at one point by Elaine, but even that does not stop it from remaining ambiguous.

* PimpedOutDress: [[spoiler:Elaine gets one when she willingly becomes [=LeChuck=]'s demon bride in Chapter 5, and she wears it through the remainder of the chapter, even when she reverts to her normal, no longer demonic form. Her [[LittleBlackDress black bridal dress]] comes with a [[{{Stripperific}} revealing]] GemEncrusted [[ImpossiblyLowNeckline black bustier/corset]] worn under a see-though sheer black fabric sleeveless blouse with a black sash belt, a dark gray broomstick skirt and black dress boots, along with gem encrusted black OperaGloves, and an [[HypnoTrinket eerie-glowing black]] [[RequisiteRoyalRegalia tiara]].]]

* IllBeYourBestFriend: Elaine says it to Guybrush when convincing him to help LeChuck in the quest for the {{Summoning Artifact}}s. Spoofed as Elaine is Guybrush's wife.

* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Guybrush can hold his breath for ten minutes. Of course, [[spoiler: he’s in even less danger when he's a ghost or undead]].

*** Hardtack and D'Oro have an auction called [[labelnote:Ye Bay]]Website/EBay[[/labelnote]].

* YouGotSpunk: In Chapter 1, after Guybrush completes the three pirate newsmaking tasks, Davey Nipperkin becomes impressed and says, "You know, Threepwood, you've got spunk. Pirate spunk." Guybrush: "[[{{Squick}} Ew.]]"

* LargeHam: Where to start? Most notably there's [=LeChuck=], Judge Grindstump, any character voiced by [[VoiceActors Roger L. Jackson]] (Such as Winslow, and Hemlock "FEED 'IM TO THE JUNGLE BEAST!!!" [=McGee=]), and, while [[DemotedToExtra she didn't have a very big role in Curse]], Alexandra Boyd brings the house down in ''Tales'' with every line as [[spoiler:poxed]] Elaine and as [[spoiler:Demon-Bride Elaine]].

* AluminumChristmasTrees: A weird example to be sure -- if you examine Morgan's flyer in Chapter 1, Guybrush will reveal that he has a third nipple. Though this sounds like it could easily fit amongst all of Guybrush's other impossibly cartoony traits, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernumerary_nipple third nipples are actually pretty common, especially with men.]]

* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: Hemlock [=McGee=] introduces himself in this way in Chapter 1:
-->'''Hemlock:''' It's Hemlock. Hemlock [=McGee=].

** And the variant IBangedYourMom as one of episode 4's {{Courtroom Antic}}s:

* CourtroomAntic: Episode 4 in a nutshell.

The original creator Creator/RonGilbert returns to the saga as a consultant, 17 years after his final work in ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland2LeChucksRevenge''. He is credited as "Visiting Professor of Monkeyology"

** Also, in Chapter 3, [[spoiler:Guybrush demanding a vote from Bugeye and getting into a Poxed rage]] gives a nod to when Bruce Banner would get angry so much that he would transform into the Comicbook/IncredibleHulk in his self-titled comic book series.

* DeadGuyOnDisplay: [[spoiler:Guybrush in Chapter 5. His entire corpse is standing on display wearing a [[NiceHat party hat]] and holding a dartboard during a wake in Club 41 when Bugeye and W.P. Grindstump are considering [[DueToTheDead burning the corpse in effigy]]; Guybrush eventually [[InhumanHuman repossesses his own decaying corpse]], though.]]

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Out of all the new characters you meet in the storyline, only Van Winslow, Anenome, Bugeye and Judge Grindstump definitely survive until the end of episode 5. It's heavily implied that absolutely all of the other characters you meet in the game are killed]]. Yes, this is indeed a dark tale.

* ContinuityNod: The cemetary in [[spoiler: the afterlife Guybrush goes through in Chp. 5 includes the graves of characters from previous chapters, including the real Santino (from Chp. 3) as well as Noogie and Nipperkin who died during the events of Chp. 3 and Chp. 4 respectively.]]