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Flah · 10/31/2009, 12:37 pm

Something has been bugging me. And it's shaped like Morgan Leflay. She claims that she's been following Guybrush Threepwood's piratey exploits all her life, ever since she was a little child. Though, to be honest Morgan doesn't look incredibly young, compared to Guybrush.

I would guess that Guybrush is, at most, in his early twenties. And he likely started pirating on Melee Island at age sixteen at the earliest (the standard age for a callow youth with a fantastic destiny ahead of him). He's certainly not scarred nor grizzled enough to have been a pirate for that since then. And he's still got his boyish good looks. In the Monkey Island continuity, we can be fairly sure that the events that have taken place so far have spanned over a period of no more than ten years. Likely even less than that.

So the question I have to ask is... Isn't Morgan a little bit well-developed for someone in her early teens?

PecanBlue · 10/31/2009, 12:40 pm

I figured he was 19 in MI2 (due to slip of the tongue to the librarian) and 22 in MI3. (though I could be wrong about that) I assumed if several years passed from there he would in his late twenties or early thirties in Tales.

I'm sure there's a better way to explain it though, I just assume things from hints in the games.

Ash735 · 10/31/2009, 12:44 pm

I thought Guybrush is suppose to be around 30 in Tales, he's 20 in CMI, EMI takes place three months later and Tales, in joke or not, refers to them being on adventures for the past decade, so he's close to 31.

We can actually map this out, His card says he's 20 in CMI, he lies and says 21 in MI2 (Legal Drinking Age), so if we go from that twenty in CMI, take off Three Months (according to Stan in TOMI) to lead back to MI2. If he's still 20 in MI2, then he must be around 21 in EMI, plus that decade makes him 31.

Flah · 10/31/2009, 12:47 pm

Huh, I guess I missed the bit that mentioned they've been swashbuckling for the past decade. I stand corrected. The world makes sense again.

PecanBlue · 10/31/2009, 12:49 pm

Oh, I don't remember the card in CMI at all. I just took Elaine's "he abandoned me for three years" in Tales to mean she was talking about what happened after Guybrush fell into the pit in MI2 and went missing.

Ash735 · 10/31/2009, 12:58 pm

The SCUMM Actors Guild Card

, that three years would more likely explain the time between MI1 and MI2, as time has obviously past quite a bit between those games, Stan says the time between MI2 and CMI is Three Months "The guy who locked me in my own coffin for Three Months!" and the time between CMI and EMI is also Three Months (as mentioned by the catapult operator about why Elaine was declared dead).

Taking into account his 19 slip in MI2, Three Months pass to make him 20 in CMI, another Three Months in EMI makes him nearly 21 in a way. That would make Guybrush just 16 years old in MI1!

Mataku · 10/31/2009, 12:59 pm

in MI3 he says he's 20, and has a card that states that, so there.

Guinea · 10/31/2009, 01:15 pm

Guybrush might be in his mid twenties or approaching 30.
He looks a bit older in this game than in the previous ones, too.

Rather Dashing · 10/31/2009, 01:17 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ash735

I thought Guybrush is suppose to be around 30 in Tales, he's 20 in CMI, EMI takes place three months later and Tales, in joke or not, refers to them being on adventures for the past decade, so he's close to 31.

I thought this too, but I think Jake said that the comment actually was referring to the events from Secret of Monkey Island onward.

*Irishmile* · 10/31/2009, 01:21 pm

late 20s He was in his late teens when we first saw him and as others mentioned at the start of ToMI he mentions a decade of pirating..... So roughly my age now..... how cool is that?

eatonjb · 10/31/2009, 01:36 pm

Just an FYI, Stan mentioned that he was wearing that coat for 20 YEARS!

wonder what that means..

Ash735 · 10/31/2009, 01:40 pm

That he's clearly a liar as he doesn't wear it in MI2 or EMI but variants of them instead

balin2k · 10/31/2009, 02:07 pm

i thonk im TOMI he is around 30. MI1 i think he is 19 and MI2 is 21 and MI3 about 23 and 23 in EMI and 7 years apss till TOMI. well that is my guess.

pilouuuu · 11/01/2009, 03:43 pm

32 just like me :-D

**Jake** · 11/01/2009, 03:47 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

I thought this too, but I think Jake said that the comment actually was referring to the events from Secret of Monkey Island onward.

That was my read on it at least, that their "decade together" was an approximation of their total time knowing each other. I don't think Guybrush is 30, for instance.

Spadge · 11/01/2009, 04:04 pm

For me, he's no more than 24 in TOMI. And he was 17/20/20/21 in previous games. Not based on anything but my gut feeling and common sense. Someone mentioned 7 years passed between EMI and TOMI, but I think that was more of a joke, because TOMI was 7 years late.

32? That's way too old for Guybrush. By the time he's 32 he'd probably be retired and have a couple of kids.

*GuruGuru214* · 11/01/2009, 04:08 pm

The only explicit references to his age are in the second and third games. He was 19 in Monkey Island 2 (Phatt City Library, trying to get a card), had a birthday during the three months he was trapped in the Carnival of the Damned, and was 20 in Curse (SCUMM Actor's Guild card, Carnival of the Damned).

As Curse starts at night and the daylight in each area loops around through a full day and back to morning at the end, it's possible that the events of that game unfolded over one day, but perhaps not. Either way, I doubt the events of that game took 9 months, so if Guybrush and Elaine were on their three month honeymoon for the duration of the time between Curse and Escape, Guybrush must have still been 20 in Escape.

Now, if Telltale is pulling an Indiana Jones and making the amount of time that passed in the real world between games the same as the amount of time that passed in-game between games (and they seem to be), that would make Guybrush 29 now.

Also, if Elaine's reference to leaving her for three years is indeed an indication to the time between the first and second games, that would make him 16 in Secret and might also explain why she was so pissed off at him in Monkey 2.

Miaharpy · 11/01/2009, 04:23 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by GuruGuru214

The only explicit references to his age are in the second and third games. He was 19 in Monkey Island 2 (Phatt City Library, trying to get a card), had a birthday during the three months he was trapped in the Carnival of the Damned, and was 20 in Curse (SCUMM Actor's Guild card, Carnival of the Damned).

As Curse starts at night and the daylight in each area loops around through a full day and back to morning at the end, it's possible that the events of that game unfolded over one day, but perhaps not. Either way, I doubt the events of that game took 9 months, so if Guybrush and Elaine were on their three month honeymoon for the duration of the time between Curse and Escape, Guybrush must have still been 20 in Escape.

Now, if Telltale is pulling an Indiana Jones and making the amount of time that passed in the real world between games the same as the amount of time that passed in-game between games (and they seem to be), that would make Guybrush 29 now.

Also, if Elaine's reference to leaving her for three years is indeed an indication to the time between the first and second games, that would make him 16 in Secret and might also explain why she was so pissed off at him in Monkey 2.

.... That actually makes sense! Good job!

*GuruGuru214* · 11/01/2009, 05:20 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miaharpy

.... That actually makes sense! Good job!

Thanks. I seem to have a real talent for overthinking things.

Epic Kiwi · 11/01/2009, 06:39 pm

I wonder how old Elaine is, then. She was the governor of Melee Island in MI1, and if Guybrush was only 16... robbing the cradle, anyone?

10/31/2009, 12:37 pm	#1
Flah Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 62	How old is Guybrush exactly? Something has been bugging me. And it's shaped like Morgan Leflay. She claims that she's been following Guybrush Threepwood's piratey exploits all her life, ever since she was a little child. Though, to be honest Morgan doesn't look incredibly young, compared to Guybrush. I would guess that Guybrush is, at most, in his early twenties. And he likely started pirating on Melee Island at age sixteen at the earliest (the standard age for a callow youth with a fantastic destiny ahead of him). He's certainly not scarred nor grizzled enough to have been a pirate for that since then. And he's still got his boyish good looks. In the Monkey Island continuity, we can be fairly sure that the events that have taken place so far have spanned over a period of no more than ten years. Likely even less than that. So the question I have to ask is... Isn't Morgan a little bit well-developed for someone in her early teens?

11/01/2009, 03:43 pm	#14
pilouuuu Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Deep at the World's End Posts: 314	32 just like me :-D __________________ Monkeying around since 1990

11/01/2009, 06:39 pm	#20
Epic Kiwi not a coconut Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: I accidentally the entire city of Boston Posts: 331	I wonder how old Elaine is, then. She was the governor of Melee Island in MI1, and if Guybrush was only 16... robbing the cradle, anyone? __________________ Status: Epic Now Playing: Telltale Texas Poke 'Em 2

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10/31/2009, 12:40 pm	#2
PecanBlue I warned you about stairs Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Not telling, I don't want rocks thrown at my house Posts: 743	I figured he was 19 in MI2 (due to slip of the tongue to the librarian) and 22 in MI3. (though I could be wrong about that) I assumed if several years passed from there he would in his late twenties or early thirties in Tales. I'm sure there's a better way to explain it though, I just assume things from hints in the games.

10/31/2009, 12:44 pm	#3
Ash735 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 1,147	I thought Guybrush is suppose to be around 30 in Tales, he's 20 in CMI, EMI takes place three months later and Tales, in joke or not, refers to them being on adventures for the past decade, so he's close to 31. We can actually map this out, His card says he's 20 in CMI, he lies and says 21 in MI2 (Legal Drinking Age), so if we go from that twenty in CMI, take off Three Months (according to Stan in TOMI) to lead back to MI2. If he's still 20 in MI2, then he must be around 21 in EMI, plus that decade makes him 31.

10/31/2009, 12:47 pm	#4
Flah Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 62	Huh, I guess I missed the bit that mentioned they've been swashbuckling for the past decade. I stand corrected. The world makes sense again.

10/31/2009, 12:49 pm	#5
PecanBlue I warned you about stairs Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Not telling, I don't want rocks thrown at my house Posts: 743	Oh, I don't remember the card in CMI at all. I just took Elaine's "he abandoned me for three years" in Tales to mean she was talking about what happened after Guybrush fell into the pit in MI2 and went missing.

10/31/2009, 12:58 pm	#6
Ash735 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 1,147	The SCUMM Actors Guild Card , that three years would more likely explain the time between MI1 and MI2, as time has obviously past quite a bit between those games, Stan says the time between MI2 and CMI is Three Months "The guy who locked me in my own coffin for Three Months!" and the time between CMI and EMI is also Three Months (as mentioned by the catapult operator about why Elaine was declared dead). Taking into account his 19 slip in MI2, Three Months pass to make him 20 in CMI, another Three Months in EMI makes him nearly 21 in a way. That would make Guybrush just 16 years old in MI1!

10/31/2009, 12:59 pm	#7
Mataku <obscure reference here> Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 542	in MI3 he says he's 20, and has a card that states that, so there.

10/31/2009, 01:15 pm	#8
Guinea Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 436	Guybrush might be in his mid twenties or approaching 30. He looks a bit older in this game than in the previous ones, too.

10/31/2009, 01:21 pm	#10
Irishmile The Skipping Dead Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: WI, its a paradise 3 months of the year Posts: 6,542	late 20s He was in his late teens when we first saw him and as others mentioned at the start of ToMI he mentions a decade of pirating..... So roughly my age now..... how cool is that?

10/31/2009, 01:36 pm	#11
eatonjb Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 20	Just an FYI, Stan mentioned that he was wearing that coat for 20 YEARS! wonder what that means..

10/31/2009, 01:40 pm	#12
Ash735 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 1,147	That he's clearly a liar as he doesn't wear it in MI2 or EMI but variants of them instead

10/31/2009, 02:07 pm	#13
balin2k Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: eastbourne Uk Posts: 334	i thonk im TOMI he is around 30. MI1 i think he is 19 and MI2 is 21 and MI3 about 23 and 23 in EMI and 7 years apss till TOMI. well that is my guess.

11/01/2009, 04:04 pm	#16
Spadge Not a Guru Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 832	For me, he's no more than 24 in TOMI. And he was 17/20/20/21 in previous games. Not based on anything but my gut feeling and common sense. Someone mentioned 7 years passed between EMI and TOMI, but I think that was more of a joke, because TOMI was 7 years late. 32? That's way too old for Guybrush. By the time he's 32 he'd probably be retired and have a couple of kids.

11/01/2009, 04:08 pm	#17
GuruGuru214 Crazy Windmill Mod Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kakariko Windmill Windmill Status: Going Around Posts: 6,357	The only explicit references to his age are in the second and third games. He was 19 in Monkey Island 2 (Phatt City Library, trying to get a card), had a birthday during the three months he was trapped in the Carnival of the Damned, and was 20 in Curse (SCUMM Actor's Guild card, Carnival of the Damned). As Curse starts at night and the daylight in each area loops around through a full day and back to morning at the end, it's possible that the events of that game unfolded over one day, but perhaps not. Either way, I doubt the events of that game took 9 months, so if Guybrush and Elaine were on their three month honeymoon for the duration of the time between Curse and Escape, Guybrush must have still been 20 in Escape. Now, if Telltale is pulling an Indiana Jones and making the amount of time that passed in the real world between games the same as the amount of time that passed in-game between games (and they seem to be), that would make Guybrush 29 now. Also, if Elaine's reference to leaving her for three years is indeed an indication to the time between the first and second games, that would make him 16 in Secret and might also explain why she was so pissed off at him in Monkey 2.