History Characters / MonkeyIsland

* AntiHero: The definitive video game example. He's clumsy, unethical and mostly just does what he does to get the girl (Elaine) in the end.

* ProtagonistWithoutAPast: He is the main character and has a MysteriousPast.

* WomenAreWiser: Even when she's captured, she's always portrayed as smarter and more capable than Guybrush. Most famously seen in the first game, when Guybrush's attempt to save her ruins a plan she'd set up that would have defeated [=LeChuck=] far more easily. A deleted scene from ''Curse'' (alluded to in dialogue) would have shown her [[spoiler: escaping her ropes and re-routing the roller coaster so Guybrush doesn't die.]] Despite this, she genuinely loves Guybrush and the two of them work well together.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Both in his attention to Guybrush, and in a far more literal sense in that [[spoiler:the person he ends up with is of indeterminate gender, making whether he is gay truly ambiguous, even to him! The latter also makes him overlap with AmbiguouslyBi]].

* AmbiguouslyGay: Both in his attention to Guybrush, and in a far more literal sense in that [[spoiler:the person he ends up with is of indeterminate gender, making whether he is gay truly ambiguous, even to him!]]

* PimpedOutDress: There are two of them. One is at the end of ''Curse'', [[spoiler:when Elaine is in a FairytaleWeddingDress similar to WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'s from Disney, with a white flower tiara instead of a wedding veil on her head, as she and Guybrush are now HappilyMarried and [[RidingIntoTheSunset sailing off into the sunset]]]]. The other is in ''Tales'' Chapter 5, [[spoiler:when she willingly becomes [=LeChuck=]'s demon bride and gets a {{Goth}}ic version of a LittleBlackDress (complete with a [[{{Stripperific}} revealing]] GemEncrusted [[ImpossiblyLowNeckline black bustier/corset]] worn under a see-though sheer black fabric sleeveless blouse with a 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]]), which she wears through the remainder of the game, even when she is reverted to her no-longer demonic self.]]

* SolitarySorceress: Fits the bill in three games: in ''[[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland2LeChucksRevenge [=LeChuck=]'s Revenge]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland Curse]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland Tales]]'', she lives in a place remote enough that Guybrush will find her somewhere around the end of the first act, around when he gains the [[OpeningTheSandbox freedom to move around the game world]]. However, in the original ''[[VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland Secret]]'' and ''VideoGame/{{Escape|FromMonkeyIsland}}'', she lives right in the middle of Mêlée town and is accessible right away.

** In one of the optional [[TheStinger post credit scenes]], we also see her giving Guybrush theme park tickets]]

* TheBeard: When she poses as Guybrush's wife in the manatee.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: [=LeChuck=] has, by the end of ''Tales'', been a human pirate, a ghost pirate, a zombie pirate, a demon pirate, a living statue pirate, a giant walrus pirate (not shown in any game yet, but mentioned in ''Tales''), a demon pirate again, a human pirate again, and a demon pirate ''god''.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Partly. The locals of Flotsam aren't ''happy'' about all the lost body parts, but don't seem to be aware that de Singe amputation obsession isn't normal nor that they shouldn't be allowing him to cut them apart for any illness, and as such rarely blame ''him'' for it. Guybrush gets the blame more than once because some incident he caused led to someone having to see le Singe (and thus lose s limb) for a minor injury.

* EyepatchOfPower: Captain Lila wears an eyepatch, and is both a superb swordfighter and a [[WickedWitch]].

* [[EyepatchOfPower]]: Captain Lila wears an eyepatch, and is both a superb swordfighter and a [[WickedWitch]].

The best swordfighter on Mêlée Island. Guybrush must best her as one of his trials to become a pirate; she later joins his crew to sail to Monkey Island, where she is canonically stranded after the first game. She returns in ''Escape'', where she once again joins Guybrush's crew, and in ''Return'', where she is the newest mayor of Mêlée Island.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Zig-zagged, while he is portrayed as a rather bad salesman in the earlier games (to the point, that he goes on a vacation when he finally sells a ship in ''Secret''), in the later games, he seems to be seen as more competent. Plus, somehow he always has enough finances to set up a new business. A more literal example in ''Tales'', when he's the prosecutor in "The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood".

* AchievementsInIgnorance: When confronted on his Porcelain Pirate treasure maps in Tales of Monkey Island, he seemed to genuinely believe that [[HonestJohnsDealership he was selling fakes that only led people in circles]] -- even trying to keep them from being exposed in court. However, earlier when following one of the maps (and solving a few puzzles along the way) Guybrush actually ''was'' able to find a treasure -- and at least one other person was as well, as the treasure was already taken by then.

->'''Voiced By''': Denny Delk (''The Curse of Monkey Island'', ''Escape from Monkey Island'', ''Tales of Monkey Island'', ''Return to Monkey Island''))

** Played a bit more straight in ''Return'', where he comes around to help Guybrush of his own volition, even though it is somewhat in spite of himself:

* DistressedDude: In both games he appears in he gets kidnapped, chained to the ceiling, blown up, and subsequently forgotten about.

* AFoolForAClient: When he is accused of marketing fraud in ''Return'', he chooses to present himself in court, since he is, after all, a former lawyer himself. It works about as well as expected, and he finds himself setenced to hard labor at the Brrr Muda Ice Mines.

->'''Voiced By''': Creator/SScottBullock

* AmbiguouslyEvil: In ''Tales''[[spoiler:[=LeChuck=] claims that [[GreaterScopeVillain she has been manipulating him and Guybrush all these years (including his obsession with voodoo power and Elaine) for some nefarious purpose]], and the end of ''Tales'' has her chuckling evilly after gaining a jar containing [=LeChuck=]'s voodoo essence. Elaine certainly believes [=LeChuck=]'s claim, but Guybrush isn't so sure]]. ''Return'' reveals [[spoiler: she is benevolent, but has been holding the Secret of Monkey Island and was sworn not to tell anyone]].

* [[ToBeAMaster To Be a Pirate]]: In the first game, his main objective (at first) was to become a mighty pirate and was told he had to do three trials to become one: the first was to steal an priceless artifact, the second one is to become [[MasterSwordsman an expert swordsman]], and the last was to search for buried treasure.

* HangingJudge: Downplayed. Plank is not particularly ruthless or overzealous, but he is ''very'' strict and a stickler for proper court protocol, citing you for contempt of court if you give him even the pettiest of reasons. He also makes it no secret, both in person and in the official papers, that he was extremely disappointed that he could only sentence Stan to one month of hard labor for his marketing crimes, due to a lack of evidence. When Guybrush manages to recover additional evidence that allows him to increase Stan's stentence to 10 years, he is positively elated.

* NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering: They are indecisively harmless, debating forever wether to eat Guybrush and leaving random notes and memos around the island addressing their grievances, in hopes they would be found and answered.

* TheRival: In ''Secret'', they are at odds with Herman , the only other (living) human being on Moneky Island™.

[[folder:Judge Plank]]

* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Starts off as a used ship dealer, before switching to used ''coffins'', then insurance, timeshares, and memorabilia. A throw away from Rapp Scallion also reveals that Stan used to sell used kitchen utensils.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His character has changed throughout the games, with varying amounts of ComedicSociopathy and IdiotHero, but ultimately, as big of a jerk as he can be, he will stand against evil and does genuinely love his family.