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BeeKay84 · 11/11/2009, 03:40 am

According to the MI Wiki, the names of Guybrush's parents are Dwayne and Bertha. Where the heck did we ever hear their names? Or is this just some kind of joke I don't understand?

I left the thread title neutral like this, so we could maybe discuss any other questions concerning Guybrush's parents. Like, are they really dead, did they really abandon him, and why did they name him "Guybrush" etc.?

LordofDead · 11/11/2009, 03:43 am

Guybrush's first name was born by accident when his initial sprite was saved under the file-name "guy". The filetype attachment spelled the name "guy.brush", which became his name

Woodsyblue · 11/11/2009, 03:51 am

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Originally Posted by LordofDead

Guybrush's first name was born by accident when his initial sprite was saved under the file-name "guy". The filetype attachment spelled the name "guy.brush", which became his name

Actually, there is more to the story!

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Where the heck did we ever hear their names? Or is this just some kind of joke I don't understand?

It is possible they found the names in the script of MI2 or some of the files. I don't really know. It could just be a fraud.

BeeKay84 · 11/11/2009, 03:54 am

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Originally Posted by LordofDead

Guybrush's first name was born by accident when his initial sprite was saved under the file-name "guy". The filetype attachment spelled the name "guy.brush", which became his name

*lol* I know about that!

I was just trying to be funny.

Well, while I was checking out the MI Wiki for further info, I learned that the names of Guybrush's parents were mentioned at some point in EMI (which I never played, though I do know many partly disturbing facts about it). Doesn't sound like they have to be their real names, though.

unicornfoal · 11/11/2009, 04:26 am

While Guybrush is trying to convince the waitress in Planet Threepwood he's the real deal, she asks him what his parents' names are... and as he can only answer wrong, she goes all "Well duh, everyone knows it's Dwayne and Bertha!"

... some of Guybrush's guesses are funny, too. xD

StarEye · 11/11/2009, 05:10 am

Threepwood was taken from a book, wasn't it? I haven't read "On Stranger Tides" (yet) but was it from that?

That Dwayne and Bertha part was probably just a joke on how media makes stuff up. Guybrush was also supposedly this big bulky pirate as well, according to the "lore" in Planet Threepwood.

coolsome · 11/11/2009, 05:24 am

i think it was in planet threepwood where the fake elaine askes him what his parents names are he dont know and she gives an annswer that might be it lol cant rember

Alcoremortis · 11/11/2009, 08:08 am

The name Threepwood was taken from one of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster books (I forget which one). One of the minor characters had the last name, Threepwood.

FitzoliverJ · 11/11/2009, 08:15 am

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Originally Posted by BeeKay84

According to the MI Wiki, the names of Guybrush's parents are Dwayne and Bertha. Where the heck did we ever hear their names?

MI2, I think. Probably at the bit where Guybrush finds their skeletons in LeChuck's stronghold - or does he?

FitzoliverJ · 11/11/2009, 08:18 am

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The name Threepwood was taken from one of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster books (I forget which one). One of the minor characters had the last name, Threepwood.

Um... *no*!!!

The Threepwood family are the protagonists of the Blandings Saga, even longer-running and even better than the Bertie Wooster stories.

*GuruGuru214* · 11/11/2009, 01:55 pm

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Originally Posted by unicornfoal

While Guybrush is trying to convince the waitress in Planet Threepwood he's the real deal, she asks him what his parents' names are... and as he can only answer wrong, she goes all "Well duh, everyone knows it's Dwayne and Bertha!"

... some of Guybrush's guesses are funny, too. xD

This. I just did this a couple nights ago and was actually specifically looking for it. Also, when the waitress (whose name is Elayne) says "Wrong, their names are Dwayne and Bertha. Everyone knows that!", Guybrush replies "Well, I didn't." Maybe Guybrush also suffered a couple coconuts to the head?

coolsome · 11/12/2009, 01:19 am

I think the name was made up by ozzie and shouldnt be taken as canon

*GuruGuru214* · 11/12/2009, 01:21 am

It's possible, especially considering how many other inaccuracies there are about Guybrush in Planet Threepwood, but at the same time, the four dialogue options, all of which are wrong, indicates to me that it's entirely possible that Guybrush actually has forgotten his own parents' names, so maybe we've never even heard their names for real at all.

coolsome · 11/12/2009, 01:26 am

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Originally Posted by GuruGuru214

It's possible, especially considering how many other inaccuracies there are about Guybrush in Planet Threepwood, but at the same time, the four dialogue options, all of which are wrong, indicates to me that it's entirely possible that Guybrush actually has forgotten his own parents' names, so maybe we've never even heard their names for real at all.

he says they abandoned him in 2 but if you look at a feather or somthing he says its like the one dad had at his wedding mabey implying they got marryed after he was born and he never names then in MI 2 Im seriously hopeing there in land of the dead

Gryffalio · 11/12/2009, 10:56 am

I hope that it turns out Guybrush changed his surname to Threepwood because his dad was called "Dwayne Dibbley". That'd be awesome.

*GuruGuru214* · 11/12/2009, 03:31 pm

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I hope that it turns out Guybrush changed his surname to Threepwood because his dad was called "Dwayne Dibbley". That'd be smegging awesome.

Fix'd.

Gryffalio · 11/15/2009, 12:56 pm

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Fix'd.

Thanks

11/11/2009, 03:40 am	#1
BeeKay84 fights like a cow Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Freilassing, Germany Posts: 382	Guybrush's parents? According to the MI Wiki, the names of Guybrush's parents are Dwayne and Bertha. Where the heck did we ever hear their names? Or is this just some kind of joke I don't understand? I left the thread title neutral like this, so we could maybe discuss any other questions concerning Guybrush's parents. Like, are they really dead, did they really abandon him, and why did they name him "Guybrush" etc.?

11/11/2009, 05:24 am	#7
coolsome Sam D Coolsome Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: England Posts: 5,966	i think it was in planet threepwood where the fake elaine askes him what his parents names are he dont know and she gives an annswer that might be it lol cant rember __________________

11/12/2009, 01:19 am	#12
coolsome Sam D Coolsome Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: England Posts: 5,966	I think the name was made up by ozzie and shouldnt be taken as canon __________________

11/12/2009, 10:56 am	#15
Gryffalio The Orphanage Attacked ME Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: York Posts: 668	I hope that it turns out Guybrush changed his surname to Threepwood because his dad was called "Dwayne Dibbley". That'd be awesome. __________________ We'll drink beyond the boundaries of sense We'll drink 'til we start to see lovely pink elephants Inside our heads, inside our beds, inside the threads of our pyjama legs So don't shoot 'til you see the reds of our eyes And an army of elephants marching behind From the day I was born 'til the night I will die All my lovers will be pink and elephantine!

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11/11/2009, 03:43 am	#2
LordofDead Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 45	Guybrush's first name was born by accident when his initial sprite was saved under the file-name "guy". The filetype attachment spelled the name "guy.brush", which became his name

11/11/2009, 04:26 am	#5
unicornfoal Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 135	While Guybrush is trying to convince the waitress in Planet Threepwood he's the real deal, she asks him what his parents' names are... and as he can only answer wrong, she goes all "Well duh, everyone knows it's Dwayne and Bertha!" ... some of Guybrush's guesses are funny, too. xD

11/11/2009, 05:10 am	#6
StarEye Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 895	Threepwood was taken from a book, wasn't it? I haven't read "On Stranger Tides" (yet) but was it from that? That Dwayne and Bertha part was probably just a joke on how media makes stuff up. Guybrush was also supposedly this big bulky pirate as well, according to the "lore" in Planet Threepwood.

11/11/2009, 08:08 am	#8
Alcoremortis Lonely Ruffian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ankh-Morpork PD Status: Killjoy Extraordinaire Actual Posts: Lots! Posts: 4,229	The name Threepwood was taken from one of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster books (I forget which one). One of the minor characters had the last name, Threepwood.

11/12/2009, 01:21 am	#13
GuruGuru214 Crazy Windmill Mod Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kakariko Windmill Windmill Status: Going Around Posts: 6,357	It's possible, especially considering how many other inaccuracies there are about Guybrush in Planet Threepwood, but at the same time, the four dialogue options, all of which are wrong, indicates to me that it's entirely possible that Guybrush actually has forgotten his own parents' names, so maybe we've never even heard their names for real at all.

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