Which supporting character(s) would you like to come back after Tales?

Spoiler Alert

Guybrush has had many supporting characters throughout the MI series. Of course Elaine, LeChuck, Stan and the Voodoo Lady always appear in every MI game so they're a given.

Which supporting characters would you like to see in the next MI game(s) (after ToMI,) and why?

You don't have to say Largo LeGrande or Murray because everyone knows they're both awesome. Nor do you have to say Morgan because the cliffhanger at the end of Ch5 involves her anyway.

Just maybe talk about which supporting characters were your favorite, and what you might see them doing if they came back... hopefully our ideas will be better than what they actually did to Murray and Herman in EMI.

[I know there probably is a similar thread like this on the forums, but because of possible Necromancy issues (replying to dead topics), and since RoTPG was released since then, I decided to open a new topic about it.]
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  • edited February 2010
    Bugeye. The more I think about it, the more he's one of my favorite characters from the game.

    Morgans a shoe-in, so instead I'll give my second most wanted to Winslow. As long as Anemone doesn't follow.
  • edited February 2010
    Outside of the regulars, Murray, and Morgan, I'd like to see Winslow return. And possibly Bugeye and/or DeCava.
  • edited February 2010
    Chyron8472 wrote: »
    Nor do you have to say Morgan because the cliffhanger at the end of Ch5 involves her anyway.

    All the same, I'm going to say Morgan anyway. ;) Besides Morgan, I'd love to see more of Winslow as well, and I'd also hope that Anemone would make a reapperance so that Guybrush can continue to be squicked by TMI about the whole Winslow/Anemone thing...
  • edited February 2010
    Wally, Dinghy-Dog, Walt the Prison dog ;).
  • edited February 2010
    Winslow seeing that so far he's been Guybrush's most loyal crew member to date and I would love to see Morgan obviously.

    But if I was to choose someone other than Morgan, it'd probably be Bugeye, I just love how Guybrush ridiculed him in chapter 5 :D
  • edited February 2010
    The cannibals and maybe Minnie Goodsoup and Charles de Goulash.
  • edited February 2010
    I honestly think they should bring back Bob the skeleton (voiced by Paulsen) and stick some kind of a side-story to him (like as if he was looking for his head in lava all this time).

    Also, I'd say one of the following should return: Elaine's father i.e. Herman (in his current governor state), Bugeye and Moose (maybe with De Cava again), and Galeb the creepy guy from the Crossroads.

    Other than that, they should definitely revive Largo and Wally. It's a must.
  • edited February 2010
    THE MEN OF LOW MORAL FIBER :eek:
  • edited February 2010
    THE MEN OF LOW MORAL FIBER :eek:

    How could I forget this! :eek:
  • edited February 2010
    cause they've been forgotten for three games now ?
  • edited February 2010
    Only by Lucasarts. I've been nagging about them since Tales came out.
  • edited February 2010
    Morgan and Winslow should join the regular cast of Guybrush, Elaine, LeChuck, Stan and the Voodoo Lady IMHO.

    I'd love to see Moose come back, because he was easily the funniest of the D.U.B.M.I members in my book, and one of the funniest characters of the entire season.

    Also, I know I'm being a traitor to my username, but I don't care if we don't see the Men of Low Moral Fiber or not. They're not especially compelling or even memorable if you ask me.
  • edited February 2010
    Herman Toothrot, no Tales supporting characters returns please. I don't like Winslow and Morgan. At all
  • edited February 2010
    Morgans a shoe-in, so instead I'll give my second most wanted to Winslow. As long as Anemone doesn't follow.

    I completely agree with this.

    Not so sure about Bugeye, though. He's a good character, but I'm not sure if he should make another appearance, I'd need some convincing.
  • edited February 2010
    thin029 wrote: »
    Herman Toothrot, no Tales supporting characters returns please. I don't like Winslow and Morgan. At all

    Well leave then. Don't come back, we don't want you here... just kidding :), you can like whoever you like, and dislike whoever you like... I mean, dislike, or like? I dunno, I'm foncusing myself.
  • edited February 2010
    thin029 wrote: »
    Herman Toothrot, no Tales supporting characters returns please. I don't like Winslow and Morgan. At all

    I read this and died a little inside.
  • edited February 2010
    I read this and died a little inside.

    Yeah, I sorta got the same feeling. I really love both of those characters and almost felt like someone had just insulted a friend or family member.

    I'm not completely serious about that.
  • edited February 2010
    Timmy.
  • edited February 2010
    jp-30 wrote: »
    Timmy.

    ...the monkey? Agreed.
  • edited February 2010
    Cannibals for sure, especially Lemonhead!
    Mort too!
    And just for continuity's sake (and to represent EfMI as not being a total flop) bring in Pegnose Pete and Largo LaGrande - part of a sinister gang...
  • edited February 2010
    Morgan. Her emotional arc is fascinating to follow. I also like Anemone, Hemlock, and Bosun Krebbs, though they need to be developed a little. Show me more of them. Write out a backstory - hint at it.

    Also, Winslow. But he also needs to be developed. The map's funny and all, but it's gotten old. The guy needs a new twist.

    I'd much rather see new, awesomely-written and well thought-out characters, though. Maybe hear a nice background story or two...

    Actually, something like barber pirates, or rock and roll pirates (Van Helgen), or whathaveyou, would be fun. So, maybe opera singing pirates? Ship builder pirates?

    It'd have to depend on the story. What kind of character fits this place? How do they contribute to the story? I like this take, from CMI co-leads Jonathan Ackley and Larry Ahern:
    Ackley wrote:
    We started by making a list of all the cool things about pirates that weren’t done in the first games: City sieges, ship battles, smuggler’s caves, volcanoes, “all-singing, all-dancing musical revues.” Then you see how they might fit into the story. You see if there’s a character from a previous game that fits with the new puzzle. If not, you create a new character. Then you add the inventory objects that give complexity to the original puzzles. Then at the very end, you go through and see if you have multiple inventory objects that can serve the same purpose. If so you throw one of them out.

    And:
    JA: We had some general ideas of chracter types that we wanted to see in an adventure game that we haden't seen before. And also, when we were inventing the puzzles, we were trying to come up with exotic and interesting locales and then we thought of chracters that might fit those locales.

    LA: Like, for example, we have a pirate barber shop called The Barbary Coast - y'know, pirate barbers: hey, that's fun!

    (Interviews from the SCUMM Bar).

    Everything feeds everything.

    Less of the angry pirate, I mean. It'd be nice. Goodsoup and the Barbershop Quartet come to mind as good examples.
  • edited February 2010
    I would bring back Santino, who is the coolest. He is the personification of a strong silent type who is better than others in everything.
  • edited February 2010
    And just for continuity's sake (and to represent EfMI as not being a total flop) bring in Pegnose Pete and Largo LaGrande - part of a sinister gang...

    Not a bad idea, that one. I like the idea of a fierce pirate gang.
  • edited February 2010
    Also, I know I'm being a traitor to my username, but I don't care if we don't see the Men of Low Moral Fiber or not. They're not especially compelling or even memorable if you ask me.

    But that's kinda the point, ain't it ?
    Part of the reason these guys were fun is that they were pretty much useles. Just a bunch of lazy butts sitting there doing nothing with a couple of funny lines and some junk you can use for a puzzle.
    I don't understand why they got scrapped, because it seems hard to screw them up. They can fit in pretty much any town and they don't have much of a special personality that a writer should respect to get them "right".
    Their presence or absence doesn't really change much as far as the whole game is concerned, but they'd still be a nice nod to the earlier ones.
  • edited February 2010
    Why all the Morgan love? Is it all about her breasts?
  • edited February 2010
    thin029 wrote: »
    Why all the Morgan love? Is it all about her breasts?

    Why would anyone love animated breasts? :confused:

    Maybe people like her, because the character is written to rather sympathetic.
  • edited February 2010
    She's evil, she's weak, she's not funny and she's ugly. I don't see why people like her, neither why she has to come back in future games
  • edited February 2010
    Coronado DeCava! As the Voodoo Lady's main minion!
  • edited February 2010
    Why woudl anyone love animated breasts? :confused:

    The simple fact that you're asking confuses me. Lots of people love animated (or otherwise drawn, sculpted and so on) breasts.

    This being said, I don't think her breasts are her main feature. She's a complex character and feels very human. I think a lot of people can relate to her. I personally think she's the more realistic character in the whole series (which I guess can be a good or a bad thing).
  • edited February 2010
    Avistew wrote: »
    The simple fact that you're asking confuses me. Lots of people love animated (or otherwise drawn, sculpted and so on) breasts.

    This being said, I don't think her breasts are her main feature. She's a complex character and feels very human. I think a lot of people can relate to her. I personally think she's the more realistic character in the whole series (which I guess can be a good or a bad thing).

    I don't know why he wanted to underline pleasantness or unpleasantness of Morgan's breasts, when the game isn't focused to her breasts. And when it comes to works of art, sure breasts can be aesthetically pleasing also in the art. But I doubt that people actually love animated breasts, not at least in same manner as they love real breasts.
  • edited February 2010
    thin029 wrote: »
    Herman Toothrot, no Tales supporting characters returns please. I don't like Winslow and Morgan. At all. Why all the Morgan love? Is it all about her breasts? She's evil, she's weak, she's not funny and she's ugly. I don't see why people like her, neither why she has to come back in future games.

    Since when did being evil qualify for anyone to hate a character?

    Also, seriously, Morgan doesn't have big animated boobs. Boobies. Bazongas. Pineapples. Bananas. Pointer sisters....cough.

    THESE are big animated boobs. Boobies. El Guapos. Atomic Bombs. Watermelons...cough.

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    Now compare that to this.

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    You tell me which characters win the overendowed, dependent on boobs for a fanbase category. And which characters have to depend on strong writing and being empathetic.
  • edited February 2010
    I don't hate her, I just can't see why all the obsession with her
  • edited February 2010
    Maybe some people go a bit overboard. I may be guilty of that myself. But she was a well developed (no pun intended) well made character. She had a connection with Guybrush that was strong and interesting, and her character evolved more than most of the characters in MI ever get to. It's not obsession. We're fans of her because we recognize what a well done character she was.
  • edited February 2010
    I still prefer Heman to come back, though
  • edited February 2010
    Bring back DeSinge!
    He could have discovered the secret of immortality, but it had to result in death (live as a ghost/zombie scientist). Or he didn't anticipate death and comes back because of discoveries as a ghost.

    That'd be awesome as "you can't stop science!"
  • edited February 2010
    thin029 wrote: »
    I don't hate her, I just can't see why all the obsession with her

    Well, she was all right character and I wouldn't mind seeing her again in future games, but there are also other good characters (like Santino) whom I would like to see again. Sometimes people get overexcited about something, but I don't see it as a good reason to dislike Morgan or Winslow.
    thin029 wrote: »
    I still prefer Heman to come back, though

    I would love to see him too, but I do like original Herman a lot more than I like EFMI's Herman.
  • edited February 2010
    I'm not obsessed by her, but she was my favourite new character. I'd be fine with her not coming back although I expect she will.

    I don't think she has big breasts. I think she wears a corset which flattens her breasts while showing more cleavage on top.
  • edited February 2010
    Next time I should count how many times variations of the word "breasts" appears in a topic or discussion about Morgan, just out of curiosity. My bet goes to OVER 9000!
  • edited February 2010
    Next time I should count how many times variations of the word "breasts" appears in a topic or discussion about Morgan, just out of curiosity. My bet goes to OVER 9000!

    BOOBIES!

    Seriously though, I don't think she's a character who particularly calls for that type of discussion.
  • edited February 2010
    Breaking news, a female character in a video game has breasts! Film at 11.

    Yeah, I wouldn't say Morgan has a particularly huge rack as far as cartoon boobs go, she just happens to show a bit more cleavage than most. It's probably a distraction technique.
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