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roberttitusroberttitus
edited July 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
Where exactly does Tales of Monkey Island place in the overall story of the Monkey Island series. All I know is that it takes place after Secret of Monkey Island.

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  • Super BoscoSuper Bosco
    edited July 2009
    I think its the next one in the series. Its a continuation. Otherwise it'd be weird to have Guybrush looking so much older.
  • Captain VikuCaptain Viku
    edited July 2009
    Well. it's also obvisly aftre Curse of Monkey island since Guybrush and Elaine are married...

    Also in one of the lines he says at the beggining of Tales of Monkey island:

    -Guybrush: "Didn't you use to be a ghost? or a zombie? or a demon?
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited July 2009
    10 years after SoMI.
  • LuigiHannLuigiHann
    edited July 2009
    It takes place an unspecified number of years after Escape From Monkey Island.
  • Javi-Wan KenobiJavi-Wan Kenobi
    edited July 2009
    10 years after the Battle of Yavin... Oops, wrong saga
  • smashingsmashing
    edited July 2009
    A long time ago in a galaxy far away...
  • MolokovMolokov
    edited July 2009
    And here I thought this was a thread about the auto reload/fire canon on the Screaming Narwhal...
  • smashingsmashing
    edited July 2009
    Molokov wrote: »
    And here I thought this was a thread about the auto reload/fire canon on the Screaming Narwhal...

    Isn't that Cannon?
  • PariahKingPariahKing
    edited July 2009
    smashing wrote: »
    Isn't that Cannon?
    He has little faith in people's ability to spell.
  • bigdondoobigdondoo
    edited July 2009
    smashing wrote: »
    Isn't that Cannon?

    He's been on the forums for a while.
  • turingmachine604turingmachine604
    edited July 2009
    It's like everyone already said, it takes place after Escape from Monkey Island, and roughly 10 years since he became a pirate (Secret of Monkey Island). All the games in the series, so far, take place in order.
  • MolokovMolokov
    edited July 2009
    bigdondoo wrote: »
    He's been on the forums for a while.

    Yeah, I'll take that excuse for not immediately spotting the spelling errors.

    When I see a thread entitled "ToMI - dont lauching" or something similar, I figure the contents are likely to be just as poorly spelled/written (possibly due to English not being the poster's first language) and I generally just skip those threads :)

    But with a title like "canon" the thread could be about anything.... (well, anything canon/cannon related)
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited July 2009
    turingmachine604 wrote: »
    It's like everyone already said, it takes place after Escape from Monkey Island, and roughly 10 years since he became a pirate (Secret of Monkey Island). All the games in the series, so far, take place in order.

    He must be getting up in years. The ol' biological clock is a ticking. I'd guess he's in his what, thirties?
  • quickficsquickfics
    edited July 2009
    Secret Fawful wrote: »
    He must be getting up in years. The ol' biological clock is a ticking. I'd guess he's in his what, thirties?

    If it's another ten-ish years until the next game, then Guybrush may very well start looking like William Conrad.

    (I crack myself up.)
  • PariahKingPariahKing
    edited July 2009
    Secret Fawful wrote: »
    He must be getting up in years. The ol' biological clock is a ticking. I'd guess he's in his what, thirties?
    He could've been 18 or even 16 years old in Secret. He looks more like he's in his late 20s to me.
  • ShwooShwoo
    edited July 2009
    He was probably eighteen or nineteen. I read that the manual for Lechuck's Revenge gives the time since the first game as "months". And in Lechuck's Revenge he's nineteen, and in Curse he's twenty.
  • turingmachine604turingmachine604
    edited July 2009
    He's 17-18 in SoMI, 19 in MI 2, 20 in CoMI, EfMI takes place three months after CoMI, and ToMI is 10 years since he became a pirate making him around 27-28.
  • TheMandingoTheMandingo
    edited July 2009
    Where are we told it's 10 years after SMI? I don't remember that part. I'm guessing the Voodoo Lady says something?
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited July 2009
    TheMandingo wrote: »
    Where are we told it's 10 years after SMI? I don't remember that part. I'm guessing the Voodoo Lady says something?
    On Guybrush's ship in the intro, he says he has "nearly a decade's worth" of piratey treasures or something along those lines. Basically, almost 10 years since Secret.
  • SpadgeSpadge
    edited July 2009
    That doesn't make sense. He lost his treasures a couple of times in previous adventures. And just because he has a decade's worth of treasure it doesn't mean he spent a decade collecting it. It could be anyone's.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited July 2009
    Spadge wrote: »
    That doesn't make sense. He lost his treasures a couple of times in previous adventures. And just because he has a decade's worth of treasure it doesn't mean he spent a decade collecting it. It could be anyone's.
    I'm not exactly sure what the line is(it's been nearly a month since I heard it), but I mentioned it and how I thought it was due to the time between Escape and Tales being ten years. Telltale's Jake chimed in saying that the line referred to the time between Secret and Tales.
  • SpadgeSpadge
    edited July 2009
    Oh, I see. Must replay the game myself.
  • Armand1880Armand1880
    edited July 2009
    Well in MI2 he is 21...remember getting a library card?
  • Javi-Wan KenobiJavi-Wan Kenobi
    edited July 2009
    In MI2, at Phatt Island's library, he lied, ir order to be able to buy drinks on Scabb Island's tavern. I think he's actually 19 in that moment, because of one of lines you can choose. I don't know how is the line in english, since I played it in spanish, but it's something like that: "Diecinue... digo veintiuno" ("Ninete... er, twenty-one")
    But in CMI he shows his SCUMM Actor Syndicate card, with his REAL age (fooling Dinghy dog that way), and he's 20 or 21 then, I don't exactly remember.
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