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Does anyone know why the game is dedicated to Bret Barret? All I know he was one of the programmers for the first two games. Did he pass away at some point? It would be helpful if the guy at least had his own page at Wikipedia. (Hannu Mäkinen)
I've removed the following from the Trivia section:
Unless this has actually been alluded to by one of the writers or something, it's a huge stretch. "Beat it" is a common phrase and is what one would expect the pirates to have said anyway, and just because someone with a similar name happens to have played the guitar part in a Michael Jackson song with that title doesn't make it a reference. It's pure speculation at best, and downright absurdity at worst. I see that this is duplicated on Edward Van Helgen -- I'm leaving that one there because it's slightly more relevant on that page, and it is kind of interesting. But it doesn't need to be here.
--Chrismith 00:56, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Removed reference to an apparent novelization until someone gives source indicating it exists.--TheHande 19:23, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Near the end of the game in the Carnival of the Damned, you win a prize by prooving that Guybrush is 20 years old. In Monkey Island 2 when you get the Library card, one of the options when asked for your age is "Nintee- Er... Twenty-One" implying that he was 19 years old. So there couldn't have been a 5 year gap. 143.239.130.8 10:12, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
(originally absent header inserted by docpi 22:08, 3 August 2007 (UTC))
The trivia section is incorrect - Monkey Island is not based on the Pirates of the Caribbean. It's based on the book On Strange Waters'". Ron Gilbert has said this a number of times.
At one point in the first discussion round with the Voodoo Lady in the zombie ship in the swamp on Plunder Island, she states to have sensed "A great disturbance in the force," or similar. She then proceeds to explain that it was of hatred and despise (or similar) by Elaine.
This is close enough to clearly parodize Obi Wan Kenobi's sensing of the destruction of Princess Leia's home Planet Alderaan and the annihilation of her people, the inhabitants of the planet, in Star Wars IV - A New Hope Since I am currently playing the (pretty good) German translation of the game, I am unable to provide more accurate information.
Would someone please check this, get the verbatim quote and insert this significant reference, please? Thank you.
docpi 22:08, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
(Where does a significant pop culture reference end and merely common culture reference humor begin? Where do you draw the line? The discussion on this is hereby officially opened.)
This is another culture reference which however only works in the US. Food coloring is mostly numbered in the United States as regulated by the FD&C while in Europe, an E-number coding scheme applies. For your reference, there is also a comprehensive list of food coloring designations.
The German translators missed this minor and obscure reference to the color of the vats between the lemonade stand and the restaurant in the city on Plunder Island.
Oh, it appears that (Citrus) Red No. 2 (cf. the third section The Red Scare of the article in this external link) is actually a food coloring dangerous to your health (actually intended only for marking oranges which are unfit for processing or human consumption). How appropriate for pirates, especially for those selling lemonade nearby.
docpi 22:08, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Please, please, pretty please, would you be so kind as not add any more trivia items. Instead try to incorporate them to the main body of the article directly. Remmeber, we are all striving for feature articles here (in theory), and its good Wikipedia practice not to have a trivia section.--Wormsie 10:49, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
I removed the line about the verb coin interface: Full Throttle was the first SCUMM game to use the verb coin interface. 81.58.34.171 11:55, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
According to WP:WAF: "All included information needs to be attributable to reliable sources, and all sources (including the primary sources) need to be appropriately cited in the article (...)" FightingStreet (talk) 15:44, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I remember this game was one-of the first, if not THE first game to extensively use MP3 audio. The codec was relatively new to consumers at the time, almost unknown. This should go into the article when a reference is found. - Roidroid (talk) 13:25, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
[1] --MASEM (t) 12:56, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
I would be very grateful to a person who can tell me the page numbers and the name of the author of this PC Gamer article about CMI. Electroguv (talk) 18:36, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
Here's what I've found:
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suggested) (help)More later. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 02:42, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
I couldn't find any connection between the two. "Curse of Monkey Island" is mentioned in the Hollywood Monsters page, but only as an arbitrary "comparable" game.
I've gone ahead and removed it.
Guybrush Threepwood engages in a banjo duel with a pirate known as Edward Van Helgen, which ends with Van Helgen playing very fast and demonstratively. This scene refers to a famous scene in the movie Deliverance. Van Helgen's character alludes to Edward Van Halen, known for fast guitar playing.
The name of the fourth chapter, The Bartender, the Thieves, His Aunt, and Her Lover, alludes to the title of the movie The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover.
The shape of skull island alludes to Rabbit–duck illusion.
Unsure if this would fit in the article. David.Monniaux (talk) 22:19, 7 January 2024 (UTC)