We’ve always stanned trivia here at Mojo, even hosting an (admittedly stale) in-joke section. (The largest part is Monkey Island’s Star Wars references—did you know “I’m doomed!” was a famous C3PO line?)
When we started developing a replacement database using The SCUMM Bar as proof of concept, a couple of things occurred to me. One, we know more about the first few Monkey Island games than what is healthy—for heaven’s sake, somebody put us out of our misery. And, two, going by the socials, many have missed a lot of fun details in Return to Monkey Island. This, likely, because you live healthy, productive lives.
Thus, as a service to those who haven’t doven into the game to the perverse degree some of us have, I took a minute to put together a list of ten notable ReMI trivia pieces. Some you may know, some you may not have spotted.
And to start with a basic: