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Guybrush's parents?

BeeKay84BeeKay84
edited November 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
According to the MI Wiki, the names of Guybrush's parents are Dwayne and Bertha. Where the heck did we ever hear their names? Or is this just some kind of joke I don't understand?

I left the thread title neutral like this, so we could maybe discuss any other questions concerning Guybrush's parents. Like, are they really dead, did they really abandon him, and why did they name him "Guybrush" etc.? ;)

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  • LordofDeadLordofDead
    edited November 2009
    Guybrush's first name was born by accident when his initial sprite was saved under the file-name "guy". The filetype attachment spelled the name "guy.brush", which became his name
  • WoodsyblueWoodsyblue
    edited November 2009
    LordofDead wrote: »
    Guybrush's first name was born by accident when his initial sprite was saved under the file-name "guy". The filetype attachment spelled the name "guy.brush", which became his name

    Actually, there is more to the story!
    BeeKay84 wrote: »
    Where the heck did we ever hear their names? Or is this just some kind of joke I don't understand?

    It is possible they found the names in the script of MI2 or some of the files. I don't really know. It could just be a fraud.
  • BeeKay84BeeKay84
    edited November 2009
    LordofDead wrote: »
    Guybrush's first name was born by accident when his initial sprite was saved under the file-name "guy". The filetype attachment spelled the name "guy.brush", which became his name
    *lol* I know about that! :D I was just trying to be funny. ;)

    Well, while I was checking out the MI Wiki for further info, I learned that the names of Guybrush's parents were mentioned at some point in EMI (which I never played, though I do know many partly disturbing facts about it). Doesn't sound like they have to be their real names, though.
  • unicornfoalunicornfoal
    edited November 2009
    While Guybrush is trying to convince the waitress in Planet Threepwood he's the real deal, she asks him what his parents' names are... and as he can only answer wrong, she goes all "Well duh, everyone knows it's Dwayne and Bertha!"

    ... some of Guybrush's guesses are funny, too. xD
  • StarEyeStarEye
    edited November 2009
    Threepwood was taken from a book, wasn't it? I haven't read "On Stranger Tides" (yet) but was it from that?

    That Dwayne and Bertha part was probably just a joke on how media makes stuff up. Guybrush was also supposedly this big bulky pirate as well, according to the "lore" in Planet Threepwood.
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited November 2009
    i think it was in planet threepwood where the fake elaine askes him what his parents names are he dont know and she gives an annswer that might be it lol cant rember
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited November 2009
    The name Threepwood was taken from one of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster books (I forget which one). One of the minor characters had the last name, Threepwood.
  • FitzoliverJFitzoliverJ
    edited November 2009
    BeeKay84 wrote: »
    According to the MI Wiki, the names of Guybrush's parents are Dwayne and Bertha. Where the heck did we ever hear their names?

    MI2, I think. Probably at the bit where Guybrush finds their skeletons in LeChuck's stronghold - or does he?
  • FitzoliverJFitzoliverJ
    edited November 2009
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
    The name Threepwood was taken from one of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster books (I forget which one). One of the minor characters had the last name, Threepwood.

    Um... *no*!!!

    The Threepwood family are the protagonists of the Blandings Saga, even longer-running and even better than the Bertie Wooster stories.
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited November 2009
    unicornfoal wrote: »
    While Guybrush is trying to convince the waitress in Planet Threepwood he's the real deal, she asks him what his parents' names are... and as he can only answer wrong, she goes all "Well duh, everyone knows it's Dwayne and Bertha!"

    ... some of Guybrush's guesses are funny, too. xD

    This. I just did this a couple nights ago and was actually specifically looking for it. Also, when the waitress (whose name is Elayne) says "Wrong, their names are Dwayne and Bertha. Everyone knows that!", Guybrush replies "Well, I didn't." Maybe Guybrush also suffered a couple coconuts to the head?
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited November 2009
    I think the name was made up by ozzie and shouldnt be taken as canon
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited November 2009
    It's possible, especially considering how many other inaccuracies there are about Guybrush in Planet Threepwood, but at the same time, the four dialogue options, all of which are wrong, indicates to me that it's entirely possible that Guybrush actually has forgotten his own parents' names, so maybe we've never even heard their names for real at all.
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited November 2009
    GuruGuru214 wrote: »
    It's possible, especially considering how many other inaccuracies there are about Guybrush in Planet Threepwood, but at the same time, the four dialogue options, all of which are wrong, indicates to me that it's entirely possible that Guybrush actually has forgotten his own parents' names, so maybe we've never even heard their names for real at all.

    he says they abandoned him in 2 but if you look at a feather or somthing he says its like the one dad had at his wedding mabey implying they got marryed after he was born and he never names then in MI 2 Im seriously hopeing there in
    land of the dead
  • GryffalioGryffalio
    edited November 2009
    I hope that it turns out Guybrush changed his surname to Threepwood because his dad was called "Dwayne Dibbley". That'd be awesome.
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited November 2009
    Gryffalio wrote: »
    I hope that it turns out Guybrush changed his surname to Threepwood because his dad was called "Dwayne Dibbley". That'd be smegging awesome.

    Fix'd.
  • GryffalioGryffalio
    edited November 2009
    GuruGuru214 wrote: »
    Fix'd.

    Thanks :)
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