SPOILER ALERT! The ending of 1991’s Monkey Island 2 was somewhat controversial, as we’re sure you recall. Protagonist Guybrush Threepwood, mighty pirate and master of insult sword fighting, and his nemesis the ghost pirate LeChuck were revealed to be brothers playing in the maintenance area of an amusement park, told to clear out by a workman and running out to meet their parents. The whale thing had been in their imagination all along.
This reveal didn’t stop the series from expanding to five games, though creator Ron Gilbert ceased being involved after the first two, but did leave a convenient jumping-off point for another sequel. is that game and Gilbert is back at