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05/19/2010, 10:24 am
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A thought that hit me while in the shower
For no particular reason, I was thinking about the singing puzzle aboard the Sea Cucumber in Curse of Monkey Island when I made a sudden connection in my head. Something about how Guybrush told them to stop with that annoying rhyming. I realized that Cutthroat Bill, Edward van Helgen, and Haggis McMutton share an unusual parallel to three notable characters in the film The Princess Bride.
Before I am drowned out by cries of "Inconceivable!" just hear me out. Bill is a murderous rogue obsessed with money, not unlike Vizzini. Van Helgen is a duelist who has trained his body so that it would never be bested by another man, similar to Inigo Montoya. And Haggis, the gigantic bruiser whose main asset is his abominable strength (process of elimination on who he resembles). Has this connection been made by others in the past? Does it sound valid? Or should I start seeing a specialist? |
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05/19/2010, 10:26 am
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Yeah, the weirdly polite but still potentially cutthroat pirates who can't stop rhyming has always seemed like a reference to (or influenced/inspired by) the Princess Bride. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP5-qJSzDUg
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05/20/2010, 07:20 pm
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05/21/2010, 05:39 am
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"A thought that hit me while in the shower"
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05/21/2010, 07:52 am
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05/22/2010, 07:54 am
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I'm pretty sure the line "My name is Guybrush Threepwood. Prepare to die!" from the original game was meant to be a Princess Bride reference. I also felt the same way about Guybrush's verification at the Crossroads that he wasn't "just mostly dead" in TMI was as well. Same goes for Harry Moleman's exclamation of "Inconceivable!" in Sam & Max 103 - especially in the delivery.
Or I could just be crazy. I've no doubt that The Princess Bride was on somebody's mind in the making of The Secret of Monkey Island though. Which is sensible, being that it's a great movie. Last edited by Udvarnoky; 05/22/2010 at 07:57 am. |
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