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In jokes and references to past episodes etc (will contain spoilers)

jp-30jp-30
edited July 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
Chuck the Plant!

Shrine to Ron Gilbert in the Voodoo Shack.

Guybrush's Wallace-style excited hand-wave animation when he used the cheese. Priceless.

"I'm selling these fine leather jackets"

The Indy Jones quip when looking at the inscribed pillars.

A few skulls are referenced "Murray?"

What did you find / notice...?
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  • flipperthepriestflipperthepriest
    edited July 2009
    At the very start he begins to say "you fight like a c..." and gets cut off. The ingredients sheet also has "ultimate insult" written on it. I thought there were some more, but I honestly can't remember them through all the awesome.
  • broodwarsbroodwars
    edited July 2009
    Apparently Jimmy Two-Teeth met a bad end after Sam & Max - Season 2, because he's hanging quite dead in the Voodoo Lady's shack.
  • broodwarsbroodwars
    edited July 2009
    I'm honestly surprised there weren't a few jokes around "rub my unicorn" considering the glassblower on Flotsom Island is trying to sell some very familiar unicorns (Sam & Max - Season 1).
  • jp-30jp-30
    edited July 2009
    I was half expecting some jokes related to "Lost", but I guess current pop-culture dates badly in games.
  • adventureaddictadventureaddict
    edited July 2009
    The plaid wearing, arm waving lunatic. Ahh, classic.
  • NiterainNiterain
    edited July 2009
    The ever useful U-tube. Most humorous.

    We also heard about the Deadly Piranha Poodles.
    Did we hear they're origin from the doctor? I wasn't sure...
  • jp-30jp-30
    edited July 2009
    "Look behind you, a three-headed monkey" to try and distract the glassblower.
  • Johnny UnderJohnny Under
    edited July 2009
    The bottle of root beer: "I haven't seen one of these since before I had a beard"

    Good stuff.
  • dumpling321dumpling321
    edited July 2009
    lol i was a bit dissapointed that they didnt referance the fact that guybrush already had a beard once... mabie in another episode
  • QwanQwan
    edited July 2009
    Not ingame but I liked:
    "A reliable source has told me that the bird is apparently the word."
  • mbaconmbacon
    edited July 2009
    "That's the 6th or 7th largest printing press I've ever seen."
  • PlaneforgerPlaneforger
    edited July 2009
    flipperthepriest wrote: »
    At the very start he begins to say "you fight like a c..." and gets cut off. The ingredients sheet also has "ultimate insult" written on it. I thought there were some more, but I honestly can't remember them through all the awesome.
    The others were 'a voodoo doll' (the goal of Monkey Island 2, in a way) and 'the midas diamond' (a reference to the goal of Monkey Island 3). :p

    Oh, another reference - when you pick up the cheese wheel, Guybrush makes a quip about hungry rats (you use cheese to trap a rat in MI2).

    Anything else? Hm...can't really remember...there was the porcelain phobia, and...uh...
  • JunaidJunaid
    edited July 2009
    When talking to the treasure hunting guy, he says he got his map from a guy in a jacket, waving his arms around...
    Sounds an awful lot like Stan :)
  • MarzhinMarzhin
    edited July 2009
    Elaine uses the word "scumm" - written with two "m" in the subtitles :)

    One of the books in Lady Vaudoo's bookshelf in about Monkey Robot Maintenance.

    Guybrush wants to call Joaquin D'Oro (the treasure hunter / action figure collector) D'Oro the Explorer (Dora the explorer...)

    Various references to Indy : "the stuff that dreams are made of", "X marks the spot", etc...

    The Ninja action figure is a reference to the classic Internet meme "Pirates vs Ninjas" (and also a reference to GI Joe, I guess)
  • Mad MaryMad Mary
    edited July 2009
    The name of the pirate hunter, "Morgan Le Flay", is a double-reference, LOL...
    I also loved the last words written on the poster at the courthouse: "...or else."
    Some stuff lying around at the beach. You can't click at it, but there were eyeballs, a syringe, a paddle...
    I'm pretty sure there will be more.
  • PlaneforgerPlaneforger
    edited July 2009
    Marzhin wrote: »
    Various references to Indy : "the stuff that dreams are made of"
    That's the final line of The Maltese Falcon - I'm not sure if Indy ever said it, though.
  • FuryFury
    edited July 2009
    There were HEAPS of in joke references.

    I thought they did an awesome job at it.

    The "and your little dog too" (but he says hand in this game) is another reference.
  • MarzhinMarzhin
    edited July 2009
    Planeforger wrote: »
    That's the final line of The Maltese Falcon - I'm not sure if Indy ever said it, though.

    I believe it is a variation of a line from Shakespeare in the first place :

    We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.
    (The Tempest Act 4, scene 1)

    Indy DID say it... in Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis :D Seeing the item which prompted the line, though, it was obviously a reference to the Maltese Falcon.

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  • Mad MaryMad Mary
    edited July 2009
    "Something about this shack shivers me timbers."
  • PlaneforgerPlaneforger
    edited July 2009
    Oh yes, the Voodoo Lady also had a vision about 'the skull'.
    ...which could be a reference to the greatest RPG ever, but there are more likely options. :p
  • adventureaddictadventureaddict
    edited July 2009
    flipperthepriest wrote: »
    The ingredients sheet also has "ultimate insult" written on it. I thought there were some more, but I honestly can't remember them through all the awesome.

    After a few people mentioning this I went and took a look at the sword in-game, and I seem to be able to place all the ingredients except for the ultimate insult. Well, more specifically, the silver monkey head, the other pieces are there. Anyone care to look into it?
  • fwed1fwed1
    edited July 2009
    Guybrush going to his 'happy place' if I remember correctly when picking up the porcelain.
  • DangerzoneDangerzone
    edited July 2009
    most of the references are in the beginning...

    aside from the ones already mentioned (plus a rehash of the fizzy root beer puzzle)

    look at his hold (Lazy crewmen that he wasted a lot of time recruiting)
    look at his cabin door (full of a decades worth of booty)
    and look at his ships wheel ("options" :D )

    Clicking on the rock of gelato also gives a funny line about another one of LeChuck's plans taking place in a nondescript location.
  • Dark ByteDark Byte
    edited July 2009
    Qwan wrote: »
    Not ingame but I liked:
    "A reliable source has told me that the bird is apparently the word."

    That actually is ingame when talking to the voodoo priestes guessing the words
  • SmokestormXSmokestormX
    edited July 2009
    I liked the 4th wall breaking:
    "I can't open this chest, at least not in this episode " *looks towards screen*
  • PlaneforgerPlaneforger
    edited July 2009
    adventureaddict wrote: »
    After a few people mentioning this I went and took a look at the sword in-game, and I seem to be able to place all the ingredients except for the ultimate insult. Well, more specifically, the silver monkey head, the other pieces are there. Anyone care to look into it?

    Perhaps the ultimate insult is the handle between the whopping great diamond and the LeChuck voodoo doll? If not...eh, perhaps it was just created 'using' the ultimate insult...or it's just an in-joke and they didn't get around to fixing that. :p

    Hm, one thing I don't get is where Guybrush was hiding that shovel...
  • Astro GnocciAstro Gnocci
    edited July 2009
    Hm, one thing I don't get is where Guybrush was hiding that shovel...

    None of your damn business !
  • flautzeflautze
    edited July 2009
    Qwan wrote: »
    Not ingame but I liked:
    "A reliable source has told me that the bird is apparently the word."

    What you mean by "not ingame" ? I heard that after trying to get in the shack the third or fourth time... Reference to song + Family Guys S07E02 Jesus episode...greatest episode ever!
  • Astro GnocciAstro Gnocci
    edited July 2009
    i guess he meant that's not a reference to something from the games... an "out-game" reference...

    Shame i didn't try to enter the shack to hear it, i love that song :D
    One more reason to play it again tonight !
  • flautzeflautze
    edited July 2009
    Ye well, I found the shack before I completed the 3 tasks, so I tried to enter... judging by some MI riddles it might've worked by just trying several times, but well it didnt ;) But some nice "word-guesses" ;)
  • ChazFoxChazFox
    edited July 2009
    I loved the "U Tube" reference, but did nobody catch "Would you like to buy a vowel?"

    I also just saw the Wallace Animation, which entertained me to no end. XD
  • Astro GnocciAstro Gnocci
    edited July 2009
    Shame on me, i didn't realize the vowel joke while playing :eek:
    I was somehow disapointed by the youtube joke... It was great by itself, but for some reason i thought the joke would carry on when you'd finally use the damn thing...
    Also, i kept trying it on everything, maybe that's why the actual puzzle it was involved in felt kinda obvious.
  • padpad
    edited July 2009
    I'm not 100% sure, but I think there was a subtle DOTT reference in there.

    In the Voodoo ladies house, as you examine the freezer, guybrush mentions a bunch of animals in there.

    You have to freeze the hamster in DOTT.

    At any rate, I thought DOTT as soon as I saw it!
  • capnpadfootcapnpadfoot
    edited July 2009
    The Marquis de Singe = the Marquis de Sade (sadism is called that because of him)

    Not a reference to past games, but a reference nonetheless. :D
  • Duster W.Duster W.
    edited July 2009
    Reading the newspaper it says something like "this is the 1138th day of wind". 1138 is a number hidden in most George Lucas films, hinting at his student film "1138", later remade as "THX 1138".
  • tevezisgodtevezisgod
    edited July 2009
    The hand being possesed by a demon is an obvious refference to Evil dead 2. I also think that Guybrush looks a little like Bruce Campbell this time around, especially in the chin area.
  • lv99squalllv99squall
    edited July 2009
    Also, singe in french means monkey
  • Astro GnocciAstro Gnocci
    edited July 2009
    and "zut alors" is one of those things i love to say when acting retarded :p

    Hmm bruce campbell and the evil dead ? Hadn't thought about that... It's kind of true, but i wouldn't call it a reference (at least not the "looks a bit like campbell" part, the possessed hand thing pretty much became a classic now but it might come from there).
  • jp-30jp-30
    edited July 2009
    capnpadfoot wrote: »
    The Marquis de Singe = the Marquis de Sade (sadism is called that because of him)

    Not a reference to past games, but a reference nonetheless. :D

    Ahh, and his monkey is a masochist. Thanks for that reference.
  • LogicDeLuxeLogicDeLuxe
    edited July 2009
    - When you ask the Voodoo Lady about your future, her lines sound awfully familiar. I think, those are the same lines as in MI1.

    - You have a self-reloading cannon aboard. Quite unusual, but also available in CMI.

    - The jail cells remind Guybrush of Melee Island.

    - There is a boat with a hole in it. You had to fix such a one in CMI.
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