what's the secret of monkey island
So guys what do you think it is? It really could be anything. I think Guybrush and his brother Chuckie went to an amusement park named Big Whoop. Then Guybrush ran away and found a ride named Monkey island. Chuckie and Guybrush then started playing there and imagined that they were pirates.
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If I said "Let me tell you the secret of my magic ring" and I went on to explain that I had a ring that was magic, you would not be wondering about some ADDITIONAL secret about it, the secret is that the ring itself exists and I obtained it.
Likewise: The Secret of Monkey Island is referencing the fact that Monkey Island is a secret island that people cannot get to, and Guybrush must go after this secret island to rescue Elaine. The secret is that the island exists and cannot be reached by conventional means.
Additionally: Tales of Monkey Island as a title is suggesting that the game itself is unravelling the tales it is referring to. The events in game ARE the tales. Not some stories or tales that guybrush could MAYBE discover about the island as a plot element, it is describing the game. So Secret of Monkey Island is describing the game rather than suggesting there is an in-game secret.
Everyone started taking it out of context though and rather than disappoint everyone and say "wow you's all stoopid", Gilbert just decided to keep quiet and let our minds roam free and nuture our obsession with the series.
Preheat pot to 450 degrees
Add the following ingredients:
* 1 Cinnamon stick
* 4 Leaves of Mint
* 1 Human Skull (pressed)
* 1 squirt Squid Ink
* 2 pts Monkey Blood
* 1 Live Chicken
* 3 oz. Brimstone
* 1 or more of the following:
pyridoxine hydrochloride,
zinc oxide, yellow 8
mine mononitrate and BHA
Let bubble over low flame until thickened. Serves crew of four.
Of course Guybrush still makes it, even if he does ad-lib the ingredients.
^this is what I always assumed the title was referring to
I'd like to see those two universes meet one day...
Ron Gilbert just got his hands on some early writings of that show and based monkey island off it
I hate the attitude that some fans of Curse have, i.e. "Curse gave us an explanation, so therefore there's no point in debating it!"
While Curse is possibly my favourite game in the series, I absolutely hate the way it ties up every ambiguity from the first two games, making the wonderfully surreal last few hours of LeChuck's Revenge into nothing more than "LeChuck built an unfunny Disneyland parody and used it to curse Guybrush. And Big Whoop is the gates of hell."
Anyone seen the show Life on Mars? The whole series is based around the idea that a man has an accident and wakes up in the 70s, and throughout there is ambiguity as to whether he's in a coma, time travelling or simply mad. The ending is satisfying, partly because it still leaves in a bit ambiguous (unlike the American remake, which explains everything).
It wouldn't have been that difficult to make Curse a bit like that. Keep it unclear as to whether Guybrush is still a kid relapsing back into his fantasy, or whether that was some kind of curse. But no, we have a long chapter of retconning courtesy of LeChuck, and the game takes a nosedive from perfection to embarrassment.
That would then eliminate:
1. The secret is finding the island.
2. The secret is Guybrush is a kid pretending to be a pirate.
3. The secret is an "army of the undead" creator.
"You will learn a terrible truth about our world" or something. I think that's when you talk to her after Elaine is gone.
But in neither SMI nor MI2, I can remember a terrible truth or anything about Guybrush's world... Maybe I'm misinterpreting that line or I am missing something obvious that I forgot in that moment.
The most likely answer is that the second game WAS the actual secret of Monkey Island as the series ended with MI2. When MI was reborn 6 years later, they killed the "Guybrush is a kid" secret in favor of "The carnival made Guybrush think he was a kid and he escaped on a bumper car".
Gilbert himself probably doesn't know the secret of Monkey Island right now. He would need to sit down and think of one that would both amaze everyone and be accepted by everyone(unlike The Ultimate Insult).
well the ultimate insult was so retarded
you wish
or Guybrush actually is Winslow and because his life on Flotsom was so boring waiting on the narwhal for someone who kicks him down, he images to be a mighty pirate - namly guybrush - who actually set him free of his duty to guard the narwhal and releases him of this unforsaken and eternal duty. hows that?!
hmpfff
Am I evil?
Yes I am.
hahaha i would put a stick in his ass and ask him ,,What is brown and sticky??!!,,... almost nobody knows the anwser is stick
RG: Yes, oh yes! And it will...blow...you...away.
Is the idea for Monkey Island 3 just in your head or do you have the script lying in a drawer somewhere?
RG: It's mostly in my head, but I did write out the basic story line, which I've probably lost by now. But it's still in my head.
Some fans would like to see MI1 remade with today's graphic and voices. Is that something you think is a good idea or do you feel it should be left as it is, for nostalgic reasons.
RG: Remaking MI1 would be a huge mistake and wouldn't add anything to the game. Having recently played the game again, it's just fine.
RG:aaaaagh noooo pleaaase.
Now tell me! I will put that thing out if you tell me what is brown and sticky!
RG:aaam shit?
You're talking SHIT! That's the wrong answer now make the game!!!!(use finger with mouth.... use wet finger with RG's ear).
RG: aaaaagh
ok yeah i'm bored
I also heard in an interview of one of the MI creators in the 2009 edition of the video game world records(monkey island got a full page in dedication with rewards like most debated ending and first game to get a play bassed after, sam and max got the first episodic point n click award) that the secret of monkey island was
It's just like "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"... the movie has nothing to do with Roger actually being framed (this is just a VERY small part in the story), the title is more of a catchphrase than an actual refference to the entire story.
the exact same can be said for "Three Kings", "Shanghai Noon", "The Black Gauldron", "Ronin" and many many more movies and other stories
basicly... that's the ending of MI2 then.
If that was true than why did guybrush ask lechuck what the secret is... and if he knew it would he then say to guybrush: It's you a few years back.... nonono it's not that there is a secret connected to the story.
That is what's called a story-tellers JOKE, a Joke I found hilarious by the way... like the stump-joke in SoMI... or did you actually look for Disc 12 and disc 144????
and what ever happened to that attacking BEAR in CoMI
Or that drowned character off the coast of Blood Island???
Or the gorilla from Monkey Island 2.
Who killed the guy selling the "Grim Fandango" pitch???
And why were the voodoo-lady's cousins playing with a voodoo doll of the crypt keeper???
Where did Ol' Pegbiter go to???
Whatever happened to the cook of the bloody lip??? he's nowhere to be found on the island.....
How did you even arive at Scabb with all that cash, and on what did Largo spend it all???
all those things are not relevant or are meant as jokes and are in the same line as the title of the first game.