Monkey Island

There I was on Mêlée Island, a town that sat on the docks. I had never been here before but I knew that this was where I needed to be. The place that would help me fulfill my dream. My dream of becoming a pirate! In order to do this I had to go to the toughest and most pirated filled place on this island- The Scumm Bar. If you could make it here you were well on your way to becoming a true pirate, which is just what I wanted. I learned many things at The Scumm Bar like what the pirate drink Grog is made of and how you should never enter the kitchen while the cook is in there. I was even able to talk to three important looking pirates who told me to complete three tests so I could become a pirate. Yes! Now I could prove that I am pirate material. I had to learn how to swordfight, steal something and then go on a guest for the treasure of Mêlée Island, which just happens to be lost.

Now that I knew what to I decided to go around town and see what I could get to help me on my quests. While doing this I entered a strange building with many strange and probably unsanitary things hanging from the walls and ceiling. That’s when I saw it just sitting there; I could help but to take it. Besides how often do you get to see a real rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle? Walking in a little further a met a strange lady who knew exactly who I was and what I needed to know. This is how I met the Voodoo Lady. Don’t let her name fool you she’s actually quite nice and helps me out when ever I’m in a bind.

After exploring the town some more and pocketing everything that would fit into my pants pocket, including a full size shovel and the sword I would use in training, I decided I should start my trails. I went to the great Captain Smirk who taught me the basics of sword fighting. However my task was to master this skill and the only way I could do that was to study under the Sword Master Carla. From her I learned the secret behind winning against pirates in a duel. That secret that I had to master was insults. That’s right in order to beat my teacher of five minutes I had to out wit her in a battle of insult sword fighting. I knew at this moment that I had a long and difficult road ahead of me. I had to fight many wandering pirates to learn enough to survive a battle. Soon I was able to fight with the best of them. “You fight like a dairy farmer” My swashbuckling opponent would exclaim. “How appropriate. You fight like a cow” I would retort without hesitation. With a new arsenal of wit on my side I was able to defeat Carla and move on to my next task.

I made my way to the Governor’s mansion to steal the requested idol when yet again I was stopped in my tracks with awe. Strangely it wasn’t because I was captured by the butler but it occurred when I met Governor Elaine Marley. I knew we were meant to be from the second I saw her. She knew too, even if she did call me names and out rightly hate me. I could tell though, she totally was into me. She let me go but her butler who had caught me decided to dispose of me and throw me in the sea with the idol tied to may leg weighing me down. However, I, the might Guybrush Threepwood, can hold my breath for ten minutes so this was just a minor set back. By tying the idol to me he just guaranteed that my second task was now complete.

My final task was stealing finding the lost treasure of Mêlée Island. After getting lost in the woods I found the giant “X” on the ground. Using the shovel I had pocketed earlier I began to dig. Many hours later I managed to find reach the treasure which turned out to be a T-shirt saying that I had found the treasure. I had completed the task and could now attempt to save the gorgeous Elaine Marley who had been kidnapped, while I was underwater, by the evil-ghost-pirate LeChuck who had been in love with Elaine from before he was dead.

Not knowing what to do, I went back to the Voodoo Lady who told me about the famed Monkey Island. I managed to get a crew and buy a ship from an eccentric salesman named Stan. I didn’t know what to pay attention to his incoherent speech or his non stop over the top gestures. I finally got to Monkey Island after I did all that the Voodoo Lady told me to do. Once on the island, my crew was still being on the ship, I met Herman Toothrot who had been on the island for some time. I decide to go out and explore this famed island. On a hill I found a catapult and I decided to randomly move it just for fun. I move higher up the cliff where I spotted a rock that was close to the edge for even more fun I pushed it off to the ledge below where the catapult was. What I didn’t expect to see was my ship sink due to my previous actions…. I hoped my crew was all right. Realizing I should leave the scene of the crime I once again set off to explore. I ended up in a village where I saw some bananas, I took them. I was immediately captured by the Cannibals of Monkey Island, who would have been far more terrifying if they didn’t wear such strange masks. Once I escaped, I made my way to the Great Monkey Head that the Cannibals worship. I noticed an idol that was made by the cannibal Lemonhead, I don’t know why but there is just something about that guy that I just couldn’t hate.

I managed to unlock the Great Monkey Head with a key that resembled a giant cotton swab. Inserting it into the Great Monkey Head’s ear I realized that a cleaning was long overdue. The opening led me to catacombs that would lead me to LeChuck’s ship, but getting lost was far too easy, I needed help. I went back to the cannibals and talked to them for a bit. They gave me the head of a navigator that had a necklace of eyeballs that would make me invisible to LeChuck’s ghoulish crew.


I made it to the ship and did what my non-cannibalistic cannibal friends told me to do. However LeChuck decided to marry my dear Elaine back at Mêlée Island. It was here that I come face-to-face, sort of, with the evil ghost pirate. I pretty much got my but kicked all over the island until I end up at Stan’s boat shop once again. Scared to the bone I shook a bottle of root beer I had found and used it on LeChuck. Words can not describe my shock and horror as I saw him dissolve into a puddle at my feet. Who would have guessed that root beer was the only way to get rid of ghost?

At last it was over, Elaine could now stop worrying about LeChuck’s beyond the grave love for her and go back to being Governor, and think of your truly of course. I on the other hand had just defeated the most terrifying pirate to ever roam the seas, both while he was living and dead. I was officially a pirate in my mind and could roam free and do what any other pirate would do. That’s right I was going to look for the legendary treasure of Big Whoop.