Do you guys feel Guybrush has changed?

[Stellar Duck]

Originally Posted by The Commissioner

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Incidentally, if Stan calls Guybrush "kid" how old does that make Stan?

Isn't that just Stan being Stan? Wanting to appear more experienced and worldly in order to better make a sale and all?

[Jake]

Originally Posted by Laserschwert

By the way, it looks like Guybrush has magically learned how to throw properly (the sponge in the end).

After missing once and handing it to DeSinge, and nearly bouncing off the rim the second time...

[serializer]

Originally Posted by The Commissioner

Incidentally, if Stan calls Guybrush "kid" how old does that make Stan?

Guybrush WAS a kid when he first met Stan... presumably, Stan has also aged since then. So he still maintains that relationship...

[Gryffalio]

Let's not have Stan really aging. I'd guess he was about 40 so that'd now make him 50. A bald, gray Stan would be depressing.

[Ash735]

Stan's put on a bit of weight and let his hair go wild a bit, so he's older compared to his previous appearances.

[Friar]

Originally Posted by Arodin

You have a point. For instance, I don't think anyone in TMI has gotten the name "Threepwood" wrong. In the classic MI games, he gets called Peepgood or Weephood or whatever, but now people show him enough respect to get his name right. Worse yet is Morgan who is like his biggest fan, which is kind of a continuation of EMI where they randomly decided to make him famous with a restaurant chain named after him -- perhaps one of the worst ideas in that game. At least they've played down the "Guybrush is famous" thing a little bit.

I think his character is still basically the same goofy guy, though. The pose you are talking about with the hand on the coat and the pride in the face reveals how he sees himself -- as "a mighty pirate." He's always thought of himself as a mighty pirate, even if in reality he's a goof.

Another thing to consider is that unless the series exists in a time vacuum, he's older now than he was in MI1 and MI2. Back then I'd say he was 19, 20... now he'd be closer to 30 maybe. So people would take him a little more seriously now.

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[Karl]

Originally Posted by Arodin

You have a point. For instance, I don't think anyone in TMI has gotten the name "Threepwood" wrong. In the classic MI games, he gets called Peepgood or Weephood or whatever, but now people show him enough respect to get his name right. Worse yet is Morgan who is like his biggest fan, which is kind of a continuation of EMI where they randomly decided to make him famous with a restaurant chain named after him -- perhaps one of the worst ideas in that game. At least they've played down the "Guybrush is famous" thing a little bit.

I think his character is still basically the same goofy guy, though. The pose you are talking about with the hand on the coat and the pride in the face reveals how he sees himself -- as "a mighty pirate." He's always thought of himself as a mighty pirate, even if in reality he's a goof.

Another thing to consider is that unless the series exists in a time vacuum, he's older now than he was in MI1 and MI2. Back then I'd say he was 19, 20... now he'd be closer to 30 maybe. So people would take him a little more seriously now.

Don't know if anyone has mentioned this but Lechuck did in the opening scene.

[Everlast]

When i read the post about Guysbrush lame throw in chapter 2, that made me feel there is still some things that are goofy about him, and the awkward dance he did when dancing in the intro. So that kinda takes me back. I think TTG did portray a mature Guybrush but it also reflects their experience in making this game.

Some1 said something about the sexy voice Guybrush does as an alternate curse of action which was also funny. I thing that oughta be kept in his personality more and more as a joke tool. I dont think that staying onto the same formula would have turned eventually lame since its one of the reasons for the success of Monkey Island, but i do agree that the changing formula of a more mature Guybrush has enriched more his character.

[Thriftweed Fancy Pants]

I liked it better when nobody believed him about defeating LeChuck.

[Jazzy]

His personality matches more with his MI2 persona than his SoMI and CoMI personas, which I welcome. In SoMI he was a new pirate, but now he's experienced. In MI2 he was often sarcastic and downright rude to people, just like he is in ToMI now, and in both appears to be more 'Indiana Jones' than some goof. Just my piece o' eight.