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Chapter 4: Favorite One-liners and Jokes (spoilers)

ShaggEShaggE
edited November 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
With all the talk about the more serious moments, perhaps a nod toward our favorite jokes is in order.

I have three that I found particularly funny:

1. "I thought there would be three!" - Random pirate reacting to the number of charges. Great self-parody. (Telltale tends to do things in threes. Three acts, three puzzles per act, etc. Rarely do they deviate.)

2. The lion's paw in the plant's thorns. This game must take place in Soviet Russia. :p

3. Guybrush putting himself on the stand. "Threeeeeep..." "Seeeeep..." I was in hysterics.

Honorable mention to the harmonized insult with LeChuck devolving into giggles. At that moment, I was really hoping that LeChuck was on the up-and-up.
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  • pluizigpluizig
    edited October 2009
    The monkey in my pocket song.
  • ByakkoByakko
    edited October 2009
    Guybrush constantly doing the double-act with himself was hilarious, both in the courtroom and inside his jail cell.

    Elaine's intro made me break down, first with calling Guybrush a 'bonnie lass' and while I was distracted from laughing, something about her captain's quarters and ravishing. Plus with her like molesting a terrified GB. The double-triple innuendo! The involuntary mental image of GB in a dress! The constant reference to who gets whose pants afterwards! Dear gawd chapter 4 is randy!

    Okay, Guybrush Q. Threepwood. Suddenly I would very much like to play the exploits of this mysterious but equally intriguing pirate who apparently, unlike GB, sings karaoke very well! Maybe he has a mullet instead...
  • doggansdoggans
    edited October 2009
    The reference to every adventure game in history's tendency to do things in threes was great. Aside from that, the lines that have already entered my personal quote lexicon are "That's so preposterous, it's practically postposterous!" and "THE DEFENDANT WILL STOP PRETENDING HE KNOWS HOW TO SPEAK LATIN!"
  • feverfewfeverfew
    edited October 2009
    Less plunder, more bunny.
  • FriarFriar
    edited October 2009
    "That is the second largest monkey head i have ever observed"
    "He can't even get my catchphrases right."
  • Giant TopeGiant Tope
    edited October 2009
    I loved when he whistled the Strong Bad style song while in the bathroom, though I only caught wind of what he was whistling the second time I heard it.
  • KenifKenif
    edited October 2009
    "That rug really tied the shack together"
  • ConCon
    edited October 2009
    "I got a monkey in my pants."
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited October 2009
    One of the most epic lines dating back from episode 1:

    Unholy THIS!
  • SoWhySoWhy
    edited October 2009
    pluizig wrote: »
    The monkey in my pocket song.

    Absolutely :D
  • MunkyMunky
    edited October 2009
    Not a joke, or a one liner...but...

    I loved the Arnold Schwarzenegger voice coming out of the Guybrush doll...so unexpected.
    I also loved De Singe sing "Alouette, I will live forever"..made me LOL...literally.
  • KromsKroms
    edited October 2009
    All of these great moments, but my personal favourite was the judge saying "Don't be so formal in here, lad." Great use of the repetitive character models. I hadn't even suspected it was him, and that it was, and that it makes sense....hehe.

    Loads of great moments in this chapter, really. I had one I wanted to mention right now...but I've forgotten what it was.
  • JohanShogunJohanShogun
    edited October 2009
    I cracked up when you ask the glass dude about seeing Elaine and he then describes her down to the mole on her left thigh and then says "no".
  • JunaidJunaid
    edited October 2009
    "Feed him to the jungle beast!"
  • bobdevisbobdevis
    edited October 2009
    When you
    use the monkey on the ironed up cat while the wrong witness is sitting
    Guybrush will say something like;
    "I have learned not to whip out my monkey until the most dramatic moment"
    I almost chocked on my dinner....
  • NovotnusNovotnus
    edited October 2009
    Aloute, I will live forever, aloute immortalite...
  • XDarkAngelXXDarkAngelX
    edited October 2009
    "Where did you get all this gold."
    "What gold?"
    "The one that's in your chest."
    *slap*
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited November 2009
    ShaggE wrote: »
    1. "I thought there would be three!" - Random pirate reacting to the number of charges. Great self-parody. (Telltale tends to do things in threes. Three acts, three puzzles per act, etc. Rarely do they deviate.)

    2. The lion's paw in the plant's thorns. This game must take place in Soviet Russia. :p

    3. Guybrush putting himself on the stand. "Threeeeeep..." "Seeeeep..." I was in hysterics.

    1. actually videogames in general use the three rule... every kid new playing their 8bit nintendo that you could beat the boss with three hits.

    2 Yeah it was totally a reverse on the old lesson story of the grumpy tiger with a thorn in its paw.... the mouse pulls it out and proves small people can do mighty things too.

    3 me too I loved all the GT talking to himself scenes.
    XDarkAngelX wrote: »
    "Where did you get all this gold."
    "What gold?"
    "The one that's in your chest."
    *slap*

    I kept on expecting animated Black eyed peas to come out any second singing
    ♫♫Whatcha gonna do with all that gold, All that gold, inside your chest ♫♫
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited November 2009
    Irishmile wrote: »
    actually videogames in general use the three rule... every kid new playing their 8bit nintendo that you could beat the boss with three hits.

    But it's never been as blatantly obvious as it is in Telltale's games. (Not that that's a bad thing, just something that's been repeatedly noted on these forums)
  • Sir Jonathan VanBradfordSir Jonathan VanBradford
    edited November 2009
    Kenif wrote: »
    "That rug really tied the shack together"

    This! :D

    I really laughed out loud.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited November 2009
    Any time Guybrush talked to his lawyer, I was in stitches.

    One joke that I found perhaps unduly hilarious with the ATM in DeSinge's lab.
  • CaptnDanCaptnDan
    edited November 2009
    My favourite has to be when Guybrush is asking Morgan why she isn't infected. Something along the lines of...

    "Gotta love a Pox that respects minor semantic differences.."
  • HamkaasHamkaas
    edited November 2009
    I really liked that detail of the skeleton in DeSinge lab. It made me really laugh after
    the terrible loss of Morgan.
    click for image
  • MystyxMacMystyxMac
    edited November 2009
    I liked the scenes where guybrush talk to him self and the fugu jolokia phrase (the hottest pepper contest). Jolokia from Naga Jolokia (the hottest pepper) and Fugu meaning pufferfush in Japanese (it's also the name of the dish and nice).
  • lord darkstormlord darkstorm
    edited November 2009
    If you have subtitles on for the ending, Elaine calls Lechuck an "evil sack of scumm".

    The best thing.
  • BeeKay84BeeKay84
    edited November 2009
    Guybrush talking to his lawyer was definitely the most hilarious thing ever!! :D

    I also cracked myself up after the second time he escaped from prison, when Guybrush mumbled: "He's not getting any smarter."

    Then, of course, "Oh, there's a monkey in my pocket, he's attracting all my change,..." *lol*

    And another one that hasn't been mentioned so far:
    "But I don't have any heirs! ...at least none that I know of." :D
  • MaxilyahMaxilyah
    edited November 2009
    If you make Guybrush all static-y a second time, he tells you to "stop doing that".
    I also liked "What? What did the monkey tell you?" even though it was during a sad scene.
    Oh, and I like how when you use the weird machine in DeSinge's lab to numb Guybrush's tongue, he walks around with his tongue hanging out of his mouth.
    My absolutely favorite part was when Guybrush starts arguing with himself in the jail-cell. That was pure gold.
  • BeeKay84BeeKay84
    edited November 2009
    Maxilyah wrote: »
    Oh, and I like how when you use the weird machine in DeSinge's lab to numb Guybrush's tongue, he walks around with his tongue hanging out of his mouth.
    *lol* Yeah, that was awesome! :p
    My absolutely favorite part was when Guybrush starts arguing with himself in the jail-cell. That was pure gold.
    It was even funnier when he did that in court! *roflmao* :D
  • MaxilyahMaxilyah
    edited November 2009
    BeeKay84 wrote: »
    It was even funnier when he did that in court! *roflmao* :D

    Does he actually punch himself in court, too? I don't remember.
  • OCKiOCKi
    edited November 2009
    Many hilarious things mentioned here! ;D
    I really laughed out loud when Guybrush went to the toilet; after some whistling, a random voice asks him; "Do you want some toiletpaper?"

    The mere thought of a creepy man standing in the corner with toiletpaper really cracked me up for 15 minutes! Silly and random, I know.. But that's why I love Monkey Island! ;)
  • BeeKay84BeeKay84
    edited November 2009
    Oh, I also loved it when Guybrush and LeChuck said to the Voodoo Lady simultaneously: "Oh yeah? Well, you fight like a cow!"
    Maxilyah wrote: »
    Does he actually punch himself in court, too? I don't remember.
    Hmm.... no.
    But how he always misspelled his own name on purpose cracked me up the most! :D
  • ChemBroChemBro
    edited November 2009
    BeeKay84 wrote: »
    Hmm.... no.

    He DID punch himself. You may not have seen this funny scene. :o
  • RandulfRandulf
    edited November 2009
    To me it's a severely cheerless episode. Guybrush's courtroom dialogues with himself make me cringe. The only thing that made me smile a bit was the three-gender toilet sign (a Sam and Max throwback)
  • AdmonisherAdmonisher
    edited November 2009
    The slaw cravings amongst the poxed pirates was a nice touch. :P
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited November 2009
    Yeah it was now that I understand it
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited November 2009
    I just loved Guybrush walking out of the cell after having a row with himself, cracked me up something awful
  • MeemsMeems
    edited November 2009
    DeSinge's little song, which I have had stuck in my head since last night.

    Elaine calling Guybrush a "bonnie lass" and threatening to ravish him was pretty funny in a perverse sort of way.
  • LowMoralFiberLowMoralFiber
    edited November 2009
    I actually liked Elaine a lot better when she was poxed. Rape threats aside, she was a lot funnier...
  • ObiWanThreepwoodObiWanThreepwood
    edited November 2009
    Just when I thought my opinion of the legal proffession couldn't get any lower, along comes Stan.
  • Terr002Terr002
    edited November 2009
    At the start of ToMI4, De Singe says:
    "I'm as happy as a penguin sliding on its belly."

    That line along with the brilliant voice actor for De Singe made me laugh out loud.
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