The Devil's Playhouse Speculation Thread

[Detective]

So! With the deluge of information that came about today, there's tons of stuff to speculate about in regards to the new season.

On thing that really piqued my interest was that shot of the game's main villains.

http://i40.tinypic.com/ndalg8.jpg

Obviously in the middle is General Skunkape, and next to him is the insect man/thing that was seen in the trailer. To the right of Skunkape is a small man wearing what I assume to be a tophat. No idea who he could be. Next to him looks like what could possibly Brady Culture due to the afro and the prominent nose.

Next to him, is what appears to be Stinky of all people! And even more interesting is that next to him there appear to be four figures that look remarkably like Sam! And then, there's the two giant pillars in the background, that upon closer inspection, appear to resemble Max's legs! There also seem to be 3 different versions of molepeople to the left of the smaller figure next to insect man!

[light_rises]

Not to mention the apparent Sam clones on the right. Yowzah!

Glad to see a thread like this up already! I'll try to come back with more coherent thoughts once I've had time to mull over all these new details. Now, let's see ...

[Zeek]

Unless my eyes are playing tricks on me, it looks like BOTH Stinkys are in that picture!

[Avistew]

Yeah, I can see girl Stinky on the left and old Stinky on the right (ours).

[Randulf]

And then, there's the two giant pillars in the background, that upon closer inspection, appear to resemble Max's legs!
The 50-feet tall lagomorph. The growth formula seems to be working.

[Cheri]

The figure nearby the Sam clones, just behind the first one..looks like a girl. At first, I thought of Sybil, but she seems to be wearing a skirt, and Sybil wears pants..

New females are always good anyways c8

[Lena_P]

That's a nice lookin' frame there. Is it oak, you think?

[Avistew]

You should ask Superball. His experience with doors give him that kind of knowledge.

[Lena_P]

Too bad he's not going to be in this season, as revealed in the Peter Barto interview which was totally serious and definitely one million percent factually true. I'm going to miss seeing Superball and Flint Paper ... :(

[Avistew]

Too bad he's not going to be in this season, as revealed in the Peter Barto interview which was totally serious and definitely one million percent factually true. I'm going to miss seeing Superball and Flint Paper ... :(

Flint is listed as one of the characters that appear in this season. Just saying.

[OzzieMonkey]

Flint is listed as one of the characters that appear in this season. Just saying.

Yeah, Flint's in the trailer (albeit a quick shot) and Superball is in the gameplay video.

[Randulf]

In the trailer Flint Paper has no voice. Presumably they haven't done his voice yet and so Peter Barto is honestly in the dark. That also means that Flint is unlikely to be in Episode 1 though.

[Kroms]

Yeah, Flint's in the trailer (albeit a quick shot) and Superball is in the gameplay video.

Use spoiler tags! Some people like me are avoiding stuff (except for watching the first cutscene).

[OzzieMonkey]

Use spoiler tags! Some people like me are avoiding stuff (except for watching the first cutscene).

Sorry. How do you do the spoiler tags again? I keep forgetting what amount of commas and /s I have to use.

[Avistew]

[ spoiler] spoilerish thingie[/spoiler ]

(without the spaces)

[Rather Dashing]

Nobody forget Telltale VIP (http://vip.telltalegames.com/)! The site has the usual assortment of really awesome screenshots and concept art that I'm not seeing on Telltale's Devil's Playhouse page or the annoucement blog post.

[Spadge]

I guess Sal the giant roach is a security guard at the crazy dragon skeleton museum.

[Shwoo]

I notice that the picture for episode four in the trailer has a freaked out Sam who isn't wearing a hat or a shirt. The first three depict characters from the character lineup. Maybe that's one of the dogs? They don't appear to be wearing clothes either. And the episode is called Beyond The Alley of the Dolls...Hmm.

Also, I think the brain is secretly evil. Just a feeling, so it's probably wrong.

I also have the feeling that Skun-ka'pe brainwashed Stinky or something.

[Rather Dashing]

I notice that the picture for episode four in the trailer has a freaked out Sam who isn't wearing a hat or a shirt. The first three depict characters from the villain picture. Maybe that's one of the dogs? They don't appear to be wearing clothes either. And the episode is called Beyond The Alley of the Dolls...Hmm.
I'm pretty sure the general consensus is that they're clones.

[Shwoo]

I'm aware of that.

There's a better picture of the character lineup in the VIP area. You need Photoshop or GIMP to open it, though.

The person with the afro has red eyes. I think their hair is smoother than Brady's. I think I can also see fangs, but I may be imagining it. But I don't think it's Brady Culture.

[Ribs]

So, let's do the math!

First episode - http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/1429/96670672.png Skunkape appears to be main villain
Second episode - http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/2712/13769816.png Papier Waite (http://vip.telltalegames.com/files/thedevilsplayhouse/concepts031010/sm301_papierwaite.jpg)
Third episode - http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/600/62863527.png Sal. Stinkys, perhaps? (I really like the name of this one. THEY STOLE MAX'S BRAIN!)
Fourth episode - http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/1803/76823365.pngSomeone does cloning. Icon shows stupid Sam.
Fifth - http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1751/11861529.pngI have no idea whatsoever. You meet Narrarator and fight at end I bet.

[Randulf]

Fifth - http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/1751/11861529.pngI have no idea whatsoever. You meet Narrarator and fight at end I bet.

A Lovecraftian Eldritch abomination?

[Spadge]

Well, if you increase the gamma of that image, the characters become rather clear. The lineup is as follows:
- Two molemen with brownish robes. The robes have a yellow :) smiley symbol;
- Another moleman with a hardhat and white shirt (likely Harry);
- A doll-faced kid of unknown gender wearing strange headgear and suspenders;
- Stinky in her waitress uniform;
- Sal, the security guard giant roach;
- The guy with the Fez, in a white suit;
- Skunkape;
- Huge-headed short guy with big white mustaches and tophat;
- Female(?) Hugh Bliss with red eyes dressed as a mariachi. Another sentient bacteria?
- Grandpa Stinky;
- Incredibly ugly and deformed male in a vest and hat;
- 4 Sams in underwear;
- Giant Max;

[Remolay]

in the bigger one I see Girl Stinky and a Soda Popper. Q: How the heck would the soda poppers be able to come back?

[Spadge]

Nope, I don't see any Soda Poppers.

[Shwoo]

A Lovecraftian Eldritch abomination?

Tentacle monster!



Here's what the lineup looks like to me. Spadge got in first while I was writing this but I'll post this anyway because I said some different things.

From left to right:
A moleman with pigtails and a retainer. Female, I guess. Wearing a robe with a smilely face that's cut off at the knees.

A moleman wearing a round hat and a full length robe with a smilely face. Cult members?

A moleman wearing a shirt with a nametag, boots, and a hardhat. I think it's Harry.

A child or short adult wearing suspenders and maybe one of those hats with the flatps and goggles. Reminds me of a doll.

Girl Stinky.

Sal. His nametag is even readable.

A black and white man. A little transparent, maybe he's a ghost?

Skun-ka'pe.

A short man with a grey moustache and a top hat. Also transparent.

I can definitely see fangs, and the thing on the head is definitely not hair. Looks like a vampire wearing a helmet, and the legs make me think it's a woman. Definitely not Brady, unless he's in heavy disguise. Doesn't look like Hugh Bliss, either.

Grandpa Stinky.

A short man with a long neck, high cheekbones, a red nose and huge ears. It's a freakishly long neck. It's disturbing.

Four characters who look exactly like Sam and are wearing nothing but loincloths. They have belly buttons so they can't be clones. Hah. No, I'm joking, that wouldn't prevent them for being clones at all. In fact I hope they are.

I agree that the pillars are probably Max's legs. They're the right shape and height in proportion to the feet.

[taumel]

I like the Papier Waite (http://vip.telltalegames.com/files/t...apierwaite.jpg (http://vip.telltalegames.com/files/thedevilsplayhouse/concepts031010/sm301_papierwaite.jpg)) guy but with this nose... If he ever gets a cold he better wears a swimsuit, raincoat or some sort of latexsuit he can use somewhere else as well.

Oh and of course the tentacle lifeform is very interesting.

The ape looks odd to me, nah, i prefer living in another solar system instead *eating a banana*.

[Spadge]

Papier Waite is seen behind the narrator dressed as a pharaon standing on top of the devil's Toybox (the box with the smiley logo) and being worshiped by molemen. Interesting.

[Shwoo]

So... Sam is standing in a ghostly frying pan when Max uses his future vision. Why is that? I don't think it signifies what you can use it on. That's probably the sparkles.

[OMA]

BTW, fifth chapter has the caption "Finale" instead of "August". Does that mean that they'll take a break there and release the final episode in like September, leaving two months between episodes 4 and 5?

[GinnyN]

Whoa! I love been in the beggining =P.

Anyway, the only thing I get it in the Trailer was the fact Sam was scared while they were walking in the weird hallway. Far I remember "They were too ignorant to be afraid", so maybe, Sam knows something about what's going on here? (Or maybe is a clone =P).

BTW, fifth chapter has the caption "Finale" instead of "August". Does that mean that they'll take a break there and release the final episode in like September, leaving two months between episodes 4 and 5?

Probably is because they don't want to make any promises. But, if its released September 8, I'll not complain ^^!

[Harald B]

I've taken the liberty of hideously overexposing the character lineup. This should help greatly.
http://i41.tinypic.com/wlcgzm.png
Giant-size here: http://i42.tinypic.com/2wecbrq.png

[The Gentleman]

*gasp* It's Jurgen! With an afro? Perhaps Jurgen, Culture and Hugh Bliss were rolled into one person?

[Harald B]

Do we know anything about the guy between him and Skun-ka'pe? Seems to be dressed like Professor Layton.

[Hayden]

Nope, I don't see any Soda Poppers.

Ha, I hope to never see another Soda Popper again :D.

[GinnyN]

Do we know anything about the guy between him and Skun-ka'pe? Seems to be dressed like Professor Layton.

He remain me the mascot of the Monopoly Board Games.

I was wondering about the guy who's between Grampa Stinky and Sam's Clones: It's just my idea or his neck is really long?

[Harald B]

His neck is a bit longer than normal, but mostly it looks weird because the neck is absurdly thin and the head is huge.
edit:hm, that head looks a lot like the puppet president.

[The Gentleman]

Now that I look more closely, it looks like Jurgen from the past. Flashback?

[Harald B]

I think the person in the lineup is too tall to be Jurgen. How about Ms Bosco?

[Harukuro]

Man this game has got me so pumped!! I can't wait until it comes out! As for the 'rouges gallery' I'm interested in all of them but I'm really curious about the little person between the molemen and Girl Stinky. I wonder what her/his role is. I also think that despite all of the images and videos I've seen I still can't get a good grasp at the basic plot, which I think is a huge imporvement from previous seasons which followed a fairly conventional story-line. Any way, long story short I can't wait to order this game!! :D

[GinnyN]

His neck is a bit longer than normal, but mostly it looks weird because the neck is absurdly thin and the head is huge.
edit:hm, that head looks a lot like the puppet president.

I have to watch the Big version to figure out what are you telling me. Yes, looks like the Puppet President, but also looks like it has a clown makeup.

The Jurgen-Bliss-Brady combination looks like a woman to me :P

[Harald B]

Something else to realize: in the trailer the narrator is standing in front of a different toy each time we see him. This gives us a good shot at five of them.
http://i40.tinypic.com/2igyk35.png
The gameplay vid showed that the goggle-like things are precognition. With that eliminated, the telephone must be teleportation. No idea about the rest.

[Cheri]

I think rhinoplasty is shapeshifting. A dangerous tool in Max's hands.

[GinnyN]

http://i40.tinypic.com/2igyk35.png

By the way, here's our puppet president

[Wapcaplet]

BTW, fifth chapter has the caption "Finale" instead of "August". Does that mean that they'll take a break there and release the final episode in like September, leaving two months between episodes 4 and 5?
ToMI had this problem, where episodes were released in July, August, September, October, and December -- Chapter 4 was released on October 30, and Chapter 5 came out on December 8. Technically, there was no episode in November, but we didn't have to wait two full months between releases.

[Captain Viku]

Something else to realize: in the trailer the narrator is standing in front of a different toy each time we see him. This gives us a good shot at five of them.
http://i40.tinypic.com/2igyk35.png
The gameplay vid showed that the goggle-like things are precognition. With that eliminated, the telephone must be teleportation. No idea about the rest.

For what I can guess:

-Goggles = Precognition
-Puppet = Mind Control
-Rhinoplasty = Shapeshifting
-Phone = teleportation
-Cards = ??????

[GinnyN]

The gameplay vid showed that the goggle-like things are precognition. With that eliminated, the telephone must be teleportation. No idea about the rest.

Goggle like? That's a View Master! (I remember the name =P)

[light_rises]

On a hunch, I'd say the cards are the mind-reading enabler. ("Pick a card, any card!")

Goggle like? That's a View Master! (I remember the name =P)

Indeed. And don't any of you here forget it! ;P

[PressidentMax]

Must get when I have the cash!

[Avistew]

The cards make me think of Gambit, but it might just be me.

[GinnyN]

The cards make me think of Gambit, but it might just be me.

I think the same. But I don't get how that can be related to physic powers. Maybe I'll do a wiki attack when I were at home.

[Avistew]

Well, Gambit can make matter explode, but Max being able to do that is a very scary thought.

[GinnyN]

Max doing anything is a very scary thought.

[Secret Fawful]

Yeah, Flint's in the trailer (albeit a quick shot) and Superball is in the gameplay video.

Another thing I notice in the trailer is the continuous appearance of BoscoTech Labs. I think the voice actors might have been sworn to secrecy on their roles.

[Remolay]

Do we know anything about the guy between him and Skun-ka'pe? Seems to be dressed like Professor Layton.

Looks like Santa in a suit to me

[Shwoo]

Anyway, the only thing I get it in the Trailer was the fact Sam was scared while they were walking in the weird hallway. Far I remember "They were too ignorant to be afraid", so maybe, Sam knows something about what's going on here? (Or maybe is a clone =P).
They also look frightened when they approach the spaceship in the demo. Maybe they're freaked out because they saw it in their vision? I thought it was a bit uncharacteristic.

[Zonino]

Don't know if anyone else noticed... in the picture that shows off the Mass Effect-esque dialogue option, the cashier says 25.05... The 25th of May is a Tuesday.

Possible release for Episode 2? :P

[Ribs]

Don't know if anyone else noticed... in the picture that shows off the Mass Effect-esque dialogue option, the cashier says 25.05... The 25th of May is a Tuesday.

Possible release for Episode 2? :P

Thursday releases due to PSN methinks.

Anywho, from FAQ:
Sam and Max face a mysterious otherworldly power for controlling matter and space that calls to the strongest and strangest who might wield it - intergalactic warlords and eldritch gods, under-dwellers and scholars of the arcane. It's Sam's and Max's biggest case yet.

Warlord- Skunkape (Episode One)
God - Papier (Episode Two)
Underdweller - Sal (Episode Three)
Scholar of Arcane - ? (Episode Four?)

[Harald B]

The 15th of April is not a Tuesday.

[Zonino]

Oh phooey neither it is.

What sort of day is Thursday to release a game anyway?!

[JJoyce]

Scholar of Arcane - ? (Episode Four?)

I call vampire zombie Brady Culture....Heard it here first.

[Shwoo]

I call vampire zombie gender bent Brady Culture....Heard it here first.
That's what you meant to say, isn't it?

And the deck of cards is definitely mind reading. Turns out Harry's favourite colour is taupe.

[JJoyce]

I think grammatically it would be gender-bent vampire zombie Brady Culture, but point taken.

Either that or the off-spring of some weird breeding program involving Brady Culture and Jurgen.

But the vampire zombie's cooler, so I'll go with that, gender-bent or just cross-dressing.

[Zeek]

Can anyone tell me why the kid from Psychonauts is in the villian's line up?

[Shwoo]

He's not. They look nothing alike except in silhouette.

Did anybody actually say it was a villain lineup? Harry's not a villain, except for that one time.

[Remolay]

and I don't think Grandpa Stinky is a villain. I am pretty sure that Girl Stinky is from the videos I've seen though

[Ribs]

He's not. They look nothing alike except in silhouette.

Did anybody actually say it was a villain lineup? Harry's not a villain, except for that one time.

He says something like 'a cast of rogues from across the universe'

[Shwoo]

and I don't think Grandpa Stinky is a villain. I am pretty sure that Girl Stinky is from the videos I've seen though
She doesn't give them away when they get out of the cage, though.

[GinnyN]

and I don't think Grandpa Stinky is a villain. I am pretty sure that Girl Stinky is from the videos I've seen though

Remember Grandpa Stinky is a Black Magician, so, probably he need Max's Brain for something. Maybe. Appart, he hates everything and probably he hates Sam and Max over everything.

[JedExodus]

My guess is that Hell has been taken over by the narrator guy (corporate takeover from Satan :p) and that's why he has Brady Culture on his side. Afterall he does say "Welcome to my playhouse" or something similiar and it is the Devil's playhouse


...or am I really behind and everyone's gonna go. Duh!

[Shwoo]

It's not Brady Culture.

[Sausy Gibbon]

Yeah, I also doubt it's Brady Culture. Mainly because he wasn't a very popular character and also I'm lead to believe that The Devils Playhouse will have few references to previous seasons.

[Shwoo]

Linking to Harald B's earlier post because I think some people missed it. (http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=270262&postcount=32)

If you look at the giant version, you can see that the edges of the afro looking thing look like molded plastic, which is what makes me think it's a helmet.

[JJoyce]

It's not Brady Culture.

Of course it's not Brady Culture.

It's vampire zombie Brady Culture. :D

EDIT:

Ok, after seeing the enhanced shot, I guess I'm back to the product of an unspeakable genetic experiment involving splicing Brady Culture's DNA with Jurgen. But that wasn't horrific enough, so they added a dash of Hugh Bliss too.

[Avistew]

Linking to Harald B's earlier post because I think some people missed it. (http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=270262&postcount=32)

If you look at the giant version, you can see that the edges of the afro looking thing look like molded plastic, which is what makes me think it's a helmet.

I did miss it.
The guy in the top hat looks like Monopoly Guy now.

[Ribs]

I did miss it.
The guy in the top hat looks like Monopoly Guy now.

Is it weird I believe that would be the best villain ever?

'You'll never catch me, Sam and Max! *throws money* *gets in monopoly car and drives away*'

[Shwoo]

That's not weird, it's perfectly normal. That would be the best villain ever.

So here are the characters other than Sam and Max that we know are returning:

Flint Paper
Mama Bosco (didn't she die?)
Both Stinkys
Harry Moleman
Superball
The COPS (Didn't see Bluster Blaster, but there's an option about him when you talk to them)
The boxes piled up in front of Bosco's belong to Sybil

Anyone I missed?

[JJoyce]

I did miss it.
The guy in the top hat looks like Monopoly Guy now.

Maybe Monopoly Guy if he had a knife.

Maybe it's just the shading and it's nothing more than the edge of his hand, but it looks suspiciously like the dude has a butcher knife in his right hand.

[The_Hamburgaler]

Wait I'm confused... How do you people know that the bugs name is "Sal" and the gorilla thing is "Skun - kape"? I dont remember them from any other sam and max thing. Also how do you know about the opening cutscene and stuff. I must know!

I didnt see Bosco.
What. The. Hell.
He was definetly one of my favorite charecters.

[JJoyce]

Wait I'm confused... How do you people know that the bugs name is "Sal" and the gorilla thing is "Skun - kape"? I dont remember them from any other sam and max thing. Also how do you know about the opening cutscene and stuff. I must know!

I didnt see Bosco.
What. The. Hell.
He was definetly one of my favorite charecters.

The Skunkape thing is in the official trailer on the site.

The opening cutscene and more can be found here (http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/adventure/samandmaxthedevilsplayhouse/index.html?tag=related-game;title;gdc2010) if you're willing to tolerate spoilers.

[GinnyN]

Wait I'm confused... How do you people know that the bugs name is "Sal" and the gorilla thing is "Skun - kape"? I dont remember them from any other sam and max thing. Also how do you know about the opening cutscene and stuff. I must know!

Skunka pe appears in the first hints for season 3. First in a Newsletter. Sal's name comes from his tag. Appart, he was the cook at Stinky's in the second season, but we never see him before

I didnt see Bosco.
What. The. Hell.
He was definetly one of my favorite charecters.

No idea. But, only Telltale knows

[splash1]

No idea. But, only Telltale knows

Actually, according to the actor who plays Bosco, said that "Bosco was not needed for Season 3", it's a tragedy for every Bosco lover out there.

[GinnyN]

Actually, according to the actor who plays Bosco, said that "Bosco was not needed for Season 3", it's a tragedy for every Bosco lover out there.

Or maybe he wasn't called yet. Not all the episodes are taped already. So, still exist hope my friend!

[Shwoo]

There's a Bosco Tech Labs in the game, so maybe?

[GinnyN]

Mama Bosco (didn't she die?)

She lost her Token and Sam and Max use it to go to hell. So, yes, she's dead, but, she's haunting Bosco's. I think

[GinnyN]

The cards are mind reading capable. I really shouldn't be telling you this though!

Am I hallucinating?

No wait, I'm not.

Let's me start again. I was hallucinating aftershocks the whole day, so, probably I'm still hallucinating...

(I'll go to hide my fan arts)

And, oh yeah, I love your work! ^^!

[splash1]

Well I do know that Mama B. is in the game, she gave S&M a beacon apparently.

[Shwoo]

So here are the characters other than Sam and Max that we know are returning:

Flint Paper
Mama Bosco (didn't she die?)
Both Stinkys
Harry Moleman
Superball
The COPS (Didn't see Bluster Blaster, but there's an option about him when you talk to them)
The boxes piled up in front of Bosco's belong to Sybil

Anyone I missed?
Just posting this again, because I said the same thing as you just did.

[GinnyN]

Ok, I was totally hallucinating, because no one noticed , except me, who recently post here.

Or maybe I have to give to the people some time?

[Shwoo]

I'll react once I find out if they're genuine or not.

By the way, the word hallucinating starts with a h.

[GinnyN]

I'll react once I find out if they're genuine or not.

mmmm.... oh, good point... mmm???

By the way, the word hallucinating starts with a h.

Edited =P And thanks

[Avistew]

I'm not reacting because I don't know how to react.

...
I love your work too! We all do here.

[Zeek]

No, that's him. He had to create an account for the Hardcover Tracking thread so he could tell us that his family got all the single-diget ones.

...or at least someone in his family did...

[JJoyce]

Geeze...

Way everybody's acting all of a sudden, you'd think Steve Purcell popped in or something....

[Secret Fawful]

Pssh! As if that would ever happen. Yeah right!

(It's probably him. He'd have to make an account to post in the Dispatch.)

[The Highway]

I'm not convinced. His name in this forum is spelled "Spudnoggin" while on the blog it's "Spudnoggen". Still, even great men make mistakes, so there is a small chance.

Also, Steve Purcell wouldn't give away crucial game information before its even realeased without spoiler tags!

[Harald B]

And Steve Purcell already made a post or two on the monkey island forums under the name "Steve Purcell"...

On-topic, TinyPic downsized my exposed character lineup a bit, so I'm able to give you this cutout in bumped-up res. This is as large as I have though.
http://i41.tinypic.com/k4xjk7.png
It does look like a helmet, and I definitely see vampire teeth.

[Cyrus7]

By the way, in this video (http://gdc.gamespot.com/video/6253461/) Max says that "Skunkape is only a tool". So I think the space gorilla is actually manipulated by the main bad guy (some secondary character that we don't expect to be evil, like Hugh and Poppers in previous seasons).

[OzzieMonkey]

By the way, in this video (http://gdc.gamespot.com/video/6253461/) Max says that "Skunkape is only a tool". So I think the space gorilla is actually manipulated by the main bad guy (some secondary character that we don't expect to be evil, like Hugh and Poppers in previous seasons).

Yeah. By bets are on the narrator being similar to the voodoo lady in that he's pulling the strings of sam and max, causing all these things to happen. After all, it is his playhouse.

[Shwoo]

He said "Skunkape may be a tool, but...". He was just calling him an unpleasant person.

So I think the space gorilla is actually manipulated by the main bad guy
I vote for the alien brain.

[Avistew]

By the way, in this video (http://gdc.gamespot.com/video/6253461/) Max says that "Skunkape is only a tool". So I think the space gorilla is actually manipulated by the main bad guy (some secondary character that we don't expect to be evil, like Hugh and Poppers in previous seasons).

You might want to spoiler that in case some people are playing season 3 first.

[Chuck]

He said "Skunkape may be a tool, but...". He was just calling him an unpleasant person.
Yeah, I don't want to squash any of you guys' speculation, but "tool" is vulgar slang for "jerk." Nothing more than that.

[JJoyce]

It does look like a helmet, and I definitely see vampire teeth.

I don't know about a helmet. Ears aren't covered nor are her (I'm assuming) temples.

Maybe some kind of a hat of some sort. Looks like maybe some kind of a sunhat or something with a widebrim? And definitely medium length green hair.

Definitely fangs of some sort, too. Just hope they voice her well, keeping to the standard set by Jurgen (if she is a vampire.)

[Avistew]

I can't tell if it's a male or a female. From the silhouette I thought female but now I'm not sure anymore.

[Leak]

Yeah, I don't want to squash any of you guys' speculation, but "tool" is vulgar slang for "jerk." Nothing more than that.
How's that saying go again? "A tool with a fool is still a tool"? :p

np: Contriva - Spätverkauf (8 Eyes ('96 - '99))

[JJoyce]

I can't tell if it's a male or a female. From the silhouette I thought female but now I'm not sure anymore.

Going by the long(ish) hair and the skirt, I'm tentatively going with female.


...Or Jurgen in drag with his hair dyed. And with a different skin tone. And what may or may not be breasts.

...

On second thought, I'll stick with the new vampire chick theory. Or space vampire, vampire zombie or any combination thereof. :D

[GinnyN]

I can't tell if it's a male or a female. From the silhouette I thought female but now I'm not sure anymore.

Now we're 2. I was sure, but now, probably is the pants...

[Avistew]

Now we're 2. I was sure, but now, probably is the pants...

Yeah, from the silhouette I thought "the thighs are female", but now I'mm all "looks like it's golf pants" and, well, they're all bulgy so it doesn't mean anything.
And I can't find other characterstics. The face really looks like Jurgen's... I can't see breasts but that doesn't mean anything as they could be small...

Oh, by the way, I'm going with "hair+hat" for what we're seeing. And the hair seems "longish" on the neck, sure but that doesn't mean much either. I mean if all vampires are emo, semi-long hair sounds pretty normal to me.

Anyway, at this point I'm thinking it could be either. I don't really see anything definite either way.

EDIT: I meant riding pants, not golf pants. Like this: http://www.monarch-garments.com/MG6697.jpg

[JJoyce]

Good call on the riding pants.

I still wonder, particularly with what looks like a kilt/skirt worn on top of them.

As for the breasts bit, it's very much speculative, but once I started thinking female, I saw suggestions.

Most prominent is probably if you follow the contour of the torso down from the arms. There's a small swell that would, to me, suggest breasts and tends to point toward the female.

There are a few subtle indications in the chest area that suggest it as well, but not nearly as blatant and more things you have to already be thinking along those lines to link, probably.

[Avistew]

Most prominent is probably if you follow the contour of the torso down from the arms. There's a small swell that would, to me, suggest breasts and tends to point toward the female.

Once again, in silhouette that made me thought "female!" but now I'm thinking that while it could be breasts, it could also be the front flaps of the jacket causing that shape.

What would be funny is if it turned out that the character is supposed to be of ambiguous gender. Then we'd never settle this :P

But I'm sure we'll be able to tell when we see that character more.

[GinnyN]

What would be funny is if it turned out that the character is supposed to be of ambiguous gender. Then we'd never settle this :P

After Spinner Cay Mermaids...

I'll laugh the whole day if it Jurgen's Parent or something like that.

[JJoyce]

What would be funny is if it turned out that the character is supposed to be of ambiguous gender. Then we'd never settle this :P.

I would fully expect Telltale to do something almost exactly along those lines, honestly.

[Avistew]

After Spinner Cay Mermaids...

Honestly, I still have trouble thinking of Anemone as of ambiguous gender. It's totally biases, due to the fact that it's a female name in French, and that she reminds me of an actress whose stage name is that.
http://www.cinema-francais.fr/images/acteurs/foto_acteurs_a/anemone01.jpg

But I just can't picture Anemone as anything but female.

[GinnyN]

Honestly, I still have trouble thinking of Anemone as of ambiguous gender. It's totally biases, due to the fact that it's a female name in French, and that she reminds me of an actress whose stage name is that.


But I just can't picture Anemone as anything but female.

To be serious, me neither. But I'm traumatizated by Chief Beluga portrait. He's supposed to be male, right?

[Cyrus7]

Yeah. By bets are on the narrator being similar to the voodoo lady in that he's pulling the strings of sam and max, causing all these things to happen. After all, it is his playhouse.
+1. By the way, it seems strange to me that it's the Devil's playhouse: the narrator can't be the Devil, since we've already met Satan in episode 5.

[GinnyN]

By the way, it seems strange to me that it's the Devil's playhouse: the narrator can't be the Devil, since we've already met Satan in episode 5.

I think is just the name of the place, or something like that. Not really the playhouse which belong to Satan. Still can be the Devil's Playhouse if just belonged to Satan.

But, anyway, that you are saying probably is true. Just like Satan said about he will see Sam and Max again soon maybe he will appear again this season.

[Astro Gnocci]

By the way, it seems strange to me that it's the Devil's playhouse: the narrator can't be the Devil, since we've already met Satan in episode 5.

Not really.
Ain't Satan supposed to be able to change form to seduce people or something ?
Plus, i guess Devil could have a broader meaning as well.

[The Highway]

And Steve Purcell already made a post or two on the monkey island forums under the name "Steve Purcell"...

On-topic, TinyPic downsized my exposed character lineup a bit, so I'm able to give you this cutout in bumped-up res. This is as large as I have though.
http://i41.tinypic.com/k4xjk7.png
It does look like a helmet, and I definitely see vampire teeth.

Who sees Jurgen and Dangly Deever?

[Zeek]

Dangly Deever if he looked like Mortimer Snerd, maybe...

[Harald B]

Here's something I don't think has been brought up yet: in the following screenshot, you can see The Bug in the background. Click for larger.
http://i39.tinypic.com/2428roj.jpg (http://www.adventuregamers.com/images/db/12108.jpg)

[Avistew]

Well, seeing bugs around Stinky is nothing surprising.
And that could be another bug completely.

On the other hand, it might be totally relevant. Satan did hire the bug in the end of season 2, didn't he?

[Harald B]

He at least offered the opportunity. And Stinky still has those tattoos that say Satan(g) in Futhark runes, so they may be in on it together (edit: or more likely, Satan may be using The Bug to keep tabs on Stinky).

[Randulf]

Well, seeing bugs around Stinky is nothing surprising.
And that could be another bug completely.

On the other hand, it might be totally relevant. Satan did hire the bug in the end of season 2, didn't he?

If you freeze frame on Flint Paper in the trailer, you'll see a bug too. Another one is seen scurrying at the back when Max yells "Giant talking dog!!"

This being Stinky's diner, I suppose cockroaches to Season 3 are flies to Season 2.

[seson3churious]

The little doll looking female is giving me a hunch that she will be an enemy in episode 4, "Beyond the alley of the dolls", Duh! And that all those Sam clones will be dolls! Double Duh!

[GinnyN]

I just been wondering when the Moustashoided Sam with Bouler Hat come in.

Just saying, I think is the only thing from the original teaser page we have no idea about it.

[Ribs]

I just been wondering when the Moustashoided Sam with Bouler Hat come in.

Just saying, I think is the only thing from the original teaser page we have no idea about it.

I think the second episode will feature Sam and Max throughout the ages.

[GinnyN]

I think the second episode will feature Sam and Max throughout the ages.

Sooo... that's mean I'm probably the only one who think he's probably a Sam relative?

[Hassat Hunter]

Am I the only one who has no idea of what pic you guys are talking about? My memory isn't that great (which is a good thing for one, since I will forget most of the stuff mentioned here before 301) so a link to said pic would be nice.

[Harald B]

I'm thinking mental time travel, where they possess ancestors of themselves who happen to hang out with each other in much the same way.

[Harald B]

This should refresh your memory.
http://www.mixnmojo.com/galleries/518/full20100130125900.png

[Hassat Hunter]

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /galleries/518/full20100130125900.png on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[Harald B]

Weird. It works for me right now. I'll just try this then:
http://www.mixnmojo.com/galleries/518/full20100130125900.png

[Remolay]

nope, borken image

[Rather Dashing]

So wait, we're looking for Mustache Sam (http://imgur.com/HIOpS.jpg)?

[Leak]

Weird. It works for me right now.
Try holding shift (or was it ctrl) and click on your browser's reload button after posting a hot-linked image - that'll make sure it gets reloaded from the server instead of from your browser cache, and you'll see if the site dislikes other people leeching their bandwidth for some other site... ;)

np: Robert Babicz - Thank You For Travelling (Immortal Changes)

[Harald B]

I'm telling you, it's still working for me. Even with hard refresh. But it's indeed mustache Sam, so if you can't see it just follow RD's link.

[GinnyN]

So wait, we're looking for Mustache Sam (http://imgur.com/HIOpS.jpg)?

Exactly. Him.

I have the weird impression he probably has something to do with the mummy =P. I mean, it's too easy to think he has something to do with the 4th chapter, with the Sam clones/dolls/whathever. And I still think he's a Sam Relative. An uncle or something like that.

[Hassat Hunter]

I'll give my vote to time-travel, and that's how "old London" Sam looks like.

[Remolay]

My vote is alternate Universes. wouldn't that be awesome

[Hassat Hunter]

Yeah, but then whatever they do there wont affect the "real world" like time-travel would.

So in that regard time-travel suits an adventure game better...

[Ribs]

Yeah, I believe it'll be like this:

'We have to go back to the BCs to save Stinky!'
'But we won't fit in!'
'Here's a bat, we'll beat our ancient ancestors to a pulp and pretend to be them to correct history!'
'But we can only time travel if we get the three emeralds of Anteoc! One is in Egypt, one is on Baker Street, and the other is at Bosco's!'

[Leak]

I'm telling you, it's still working for me. Even with hard refresh.
If it does you're not refreshing hard enough, obviously. :D

Make sure it actually takes its time to reload the image, or clear your browser cache and restart the browser...

np: Zarah Leander - Davon Geht Die Welt Nicht Unter (Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds Motion Picture Soundtrack)

[Shwoo]

I'm thinking mental time travel, where they possess ancestors of themselves who happen to hang out with each other in much the same way.
I hope it is. Or something even more awesome.

[GinnyN]

I hope it is. Or something even more awesome.

Seconded!

[Irishmile]

Is there anyway treasure crab can make an appearance? Possibly walking in the background sideways holding booty in his little claws?

[Spadge]

Is there anyway treasure crab can make an appearance? Possibly walking in the background sideways holding booty in his little claws?

Oh, I hope we see the little fellow hanging around Stinky's sea-themed diner.

[Shwoo]

What's a treasure crab?

I was watching the trailer again, and I noticed that the narrator says "Use Sam and Max's strange psychic gifts...". Does that mean Sam gets psychic powers at some point too?

And I think the place with the computer that can't get rid of Max's stuff is in BoscoTech Labs, or whatever it's called.

[Zeek]

I was watching the trailer again, and I noticed that the narrator says "Use Sam and Max's strange psychic gifts...". Does that mean Sam gets psychic powers at some point too?

One of the demos I watched showed Sam's notebook, and the description for Max's Future Vision. All it say is that Sam somehow is able to see what Max sees, but they never give a direct explination of it.

So here! Have a glazed MacGuffin!:D

[Shwoo]

I noticed that, but I can't tell if it's just there for gameplay reasons and doesn't have an explanation, or if there's a reason for it.

Sam can definitely see Max's visions. The opening to the game is a vision, and they both saw. Max's one had credits.

[Irishmile]

Is that a Bacon tree I see in this concept art?

If so I want one.
http://vip.telltalegames.com/files/thedevilsplayhouse/concepts031010/sm301_museum.jpg

[GinnyN]

I want the Dinosaur Unicorn with Fly Wings, but hey, we can loot them when the episode which feature the museum is done, right?

[Remolay]

my guess is that that one is in The Tomb od Sammun-Mac

[The Highway]

The museum is in The Penal Zone, because the file name says it is concept art for 301.

[Shwoo]

Maybe this is obvious and I'm just slow, but isn't Sal the name of the cook at Stinky's?

[Avistew]

Maybe this is obvious and I'm just slow, but isn't Sal the name of the cook at Stinky's?

Yes.

[pwblaine]

And Steve Purcell already made a post or two on the monkey island forums under the name "Steve Purcell"...

On-topic, TinyPic downsized my exposed character lineup a bit, so I'm able to give you this cutout in bumped-up res. This is as large as I have though.
http://i41.tinypic.com/k4xjk7.png
It does look like a helmet, and I definitely see vampire teeth.

alright i got this: it looks female, definately think you're right with the fangs, and if you look at the fingernails it looks like they're sharp. i don't think it's an afro, but rather a pilgrim hat, to go with the buckled shoes. her eyes are red, her hair is aqua marine, facially she looks more like jurgen than brady culture, so i propose instead that it is a vampire pilgrim witch, possibly burned back in the days in salem... or jurgens mom.

[seson3churious]

The only thing that doesn't add up is grandpa Stinky being a villain, he's one off my favorite characters (after sam and max) with all the insults and grumpy attitude ;)

[Ribs]

What's a treasure crab?

I was watching the trailer again, and I noticed that the narrator says "Use Sam, and Max's strange psychic gifts...". Does that mean Sam gets psychic powers at some point too?

And I think the place with the computer that can't get rid of Max's stuff is in BoscoTech Labs, or whatever it's called.


fix'd

[splash1]

The only thing that doesn't add up is grandpa Stinky being a villain, he's one off my favorite characters (after sam and max) with all the insults and grumpy attitude ;)

You can't see him as the villain, wow.... I totally see him being a full Episode antagonist.

[Randulf]

The only thing that doesn't add up is grandpa Stinky being a villain, he's one off my favorite characters (after sam and max) with all the insults and grumpy attitude ;)
Attempting to create a race of Uber-mensch by dishing out life-threatening infectious diseases is very cool villainy, very Sam and Maxish.

[Cyrus7]

BTW, the Penal Zone mentions Bosco and Bluster Blaster going to Las Vegas. Perhaps we'll be visiting the great city of gambling in one of the future episodes?