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Rife with Harry Potter references

NimeniNimeni
edited November 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
Okay, there were a number of times when I just kind of laughed, and thought, "oh, like in Harry Potter, when . . ." And then it started to seem very, very intentional. Here are some of the highlights.

1
A crotchety old man with a mysteriously paralyzed cat. What was his name, Finch? And the cat was something ridiculous, Mrs. . . . something. Not the ToMI cat, the Harry Potter cat. Can't remember, too lazy to look it up. You get the idea.

2
The way LeChuck introduces the voodoo lady's journal. Something like, "I was being controlled by this journal! The journal of . . . the . . ." Tom Riddle!

3
wandering around a dark place looking for a monster. Like the basilisk? A plant-like basilisk? Whose not poisonous and apparently munches on lions? Anyone?

4
De Singe wearing a turban. I am just SO happy there wasn't a second face on his head when that hideous thing finally came off.

Anyone see any others?

Comments

  • darknessofheartdarknessofheart
    edited October 2009
    I really don't see the similarities. You can do this with many things in media.
  • bugzbunny90bugzbunny90
    edited October 2009
    lol interesting observations ..but i think they are more of conqie Ds
  • kevintrimkevintrim
    edited October 2009
    ya i thought there may have been an influence in this chapter when the marquis killed dumbledore.
  • balin2kbalin2k
    edited October 2009
    lol i can see where your coming from. the HP cat is called Mrs. Norris. yeah . de singe wearing that turban when i think about it seemd pretty pointless. maybe they where harry potter refrences XD
  • NimeniNimeni
    edited October 2009
    Nnnn . . . with the degree of specificity? I doubt it. Between the
    turban, petrified cat, and diary
    we're moving out of the realm of statistical coincidence. These are some very recognizable, unique Harry Potter references. It would be like finding a root beer, demon pirates, and a rubber chicken with a pulley in it in another game and trying to argue there was no Monkey Island connection.
  • GryffalioGryffalio
    edited October 2009
    Yeah, I got the cat-thing and the turban occurred to me, too. Missed the diary thing.

    Geez I got 2/3 and I don't even like HP. Bad signs. :-(
  • VickyLVickyL
    edited October 2009
    Finding root beer, demon pirates, and a rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle in another game WOULD be weird. Because they're major plot points in the original.
    I fail to see how the paralysed cat and the turban are major plot points in Harry Potter. Even the diary... it wasn't exactly CONTROLLING. It just talked back.
    Or maybe it's just because I think the HP series as a whole is a steaming pile of badly-written cliche and haven't read past the fourth book.
  • NexguyNexguy
    edited October 2009
    Those are really vague and you could make similar claims with any long series of books including the Chronicles of Narnia, Lemony Snicket, the LotR, etc. Those are all very typical icons.
  • TofuHeadTofuHead
    edited October 2009
    :| those were more like coincidences, and I think the paw in the plant was more of a gag based on the thorn in the lion's paw. And the cat's name was Mrs. Norris while the groundskeeper was Filch.. Not the other way around.
  • FuryFury
    edited October 2009
    TofuHead wrote: »
    :| those were more like coincidences, and I think the paw in the plant was more of a gag based on the thorn in the lion's paw. And the cat's name was Mrs. Norris while the groundskeeper was Filch.. Not the other way around.

    Maybe they were references.

    They're pretty subtle, but now you say it.....

    I'll put it down as a maybe for now, but good observations.
  • HaggisHaggis
    edited October 2009
    They're references to Asterix. The turban is a reference to Asterix and the Magic Carpet, the cat is obviously referring to the Egyptians with all their cat statues (not to mention the Sphinx) in Asterix and Cleopatra, and the diary is a reference to Getafix with his magic books.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited October 2009
    I'll have to take your word for it I'm not into Harry Potter...
  • MajusMajus
    edited October 2009
    Haggis wrote: »
    They're references to Asterix. The turban is a reference to Asterix and the Magic Carpet, the cat is obviously referring to the Egyptians with all their cat statues (not to mention the Sphinx) in Asterix and Cleopatra, and the diary is a reference to Getafix with his magic books.

    Haha :D
  • darknessofheartdarknessofheart
    edited November 2009
    Well all I know is that LeChuck would totally own Voldemort. And now I sound like a nerd.
  • ZhadnostZhadnost
    edited November 2009
    I did however notice a lot of references to previous MI games, really a lot.
  • Lennie MelvinLennie Melvin
    edited November 2009
    darknessofheart wrote: »
    Well all I know is that LeChuck would totally own Voldemort. And now I sound like a nerd.

    I need to see that!
  • darknessofheartdarknessofheart
    edited November 2009
    Lennie Melvin wrote: »
    I need to see that!

    Well at the risk of sounding more like a nerd, what would Voldemort do? The killing curse? LeChuck is already dead so that wouldn't work.
  • GryffalioGryffalio
    edited November 2009
    Tortured-Latinae!
    Oh no, you snapped my wand!

    Yar! What were that, you slovenly mummies-boy?! *hurls Voldemort through a table*
  • hplikelikehplikelike
    edited November 2009
    2 and 3 are kind of a stretch. The Voodoo's diary was not controlling LeChuck, it just "explained" how the Lady was controlling him.

    I don't believe it, but why did the Voodoo lady make Stan defend LeChuck?
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited November 2009
    LeChuck and Guybrush NEED to continue their confrontation... for reasons we do not yet understand but the Voodoo lady does?

    It probably has something to do with the Secret of Monkey island.
  • Guybrush ThreepwoodGuybrush Threepwood
    edited November 2009
    Haggis wrote: »
    They're references to Asterix. The turban is a reference to Asterix and the Magic Carpet, the cat is obviously referring to the Egyptians with all their cat statues (not to mention the Sphinx) in Asterix and Cleopatra, and the diary is a reference to Getafix with his magic books.

    Haha, this post made me happy, not only for the Asterix references.
  • TacobobTacobob
    edited November 2009
    Wow, that's really stretching it.
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