Guest King Andrei Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Okay, I think "Threepwood" actually comes from Threepio. (3PO) As for "Guybrush" I don't think it's a fictional name like in MI2 says. A few years ago I was watching Blinky Bill on Cartoon Network and in the end they'd showed Credits (the complete list of people who made the cartoon.) And on the credits list there were a lot of people called Guybrush. Isn't that actually an Australian name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoE GurL Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 Oh yeah sure my dads names Guybrush! [/sarcasm] It's as Australian as warm beer Andrei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grannen Posted July 7, 2002 Share Posted July 7, 2002 Guybrush got his name because that in DPaint you saved pictures in files with the last name "brush". Like "filename.brush" At the time they started Monkey Island they didn't have a name for the hero so they just named him "guy" so the file ended up with the name "guy.brush" After a while Ron Gilbert decided that it should be his name. "Threepwood" was decided by a company contest. Guybrush's last name "Threepwood" was in a 1965 book with a character called Galahad Threepwood. Galahad at Blandings (The Brinkmanship of Galahad Threepwood) by PG Wodhouse _____________________ and Grannen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Originally posted by Grannen Guybrush got his name because that in DPaint you saved pictures in files with the last name "brush". Like "filename.brush" At the time they started Monkey Island they didn't have a name for the hero so they just named him "guy" so the file ended up with the name "guy.brush" After a while Ron Gilbert decided that it should be his name. "Threepwood" was decided by a company contest. Guybrush's last name "Threepwood" was in a 1965 book with a character called Galahad Threepwood. Galahad at Blandings (The Brinkmanship of Galahad Threepwood) by PG Wodhouse ahem, coutesy of WOMI just in case you were going to take the credit for yourself, not that i'm saying you would do that of couse (no really, i know you wouldn't do that, this is just a link for people who want to know more about this.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grannen Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 Originally posted by Neil Joshi ahem, coutesy of WOMI just in case you were going to take the credit for yourself, not that i'm saying you would do that of couse (no really, i know you wouldn't do that, this is just a link for people who want to know more about this.) Of course I found the info on Internet! I made a search for "Guybrush Threepwood" and on "Blanding" (and author). But I admit I should have given credit to WOMI, sorry fot that. _____________________ and Grannen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted July 9, 2002 Share Posted July 9, 2002 well, i don't exactly work for womi or anything, so i guess i shouldn't've (can i do that to a word?) said that. never mind (this is how arguments are avoided on EFMI, a concept lost on some people here, but not us, mentioning no names at all **coughnamescough**) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjølen Posted July 10, 2002 Share Posted July 10, 2002 LucasArts is the only peoples that can really take credit I guess. hehehe I always wondered about Guybrush's name thanx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamNMax Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 I know that the Guy in Guybrush came from Lucasarts, they didn't know what to call him so they just named the first part guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted July 12, 2002 Share Posted July 12, 2002 yes, as explained above (or didn't you bother to read it?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjølen Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 LOL that might be the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. Toothroot Posted July 14, 2002 Share Posted July 14, 2002 Well, that´s an interesting fact! If I´ll have a kid someday I´ll call it guy (or brush or something...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsgood2slide Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Originally posted by Grannen Galahad at Blandings (The Brinkmanship of Galahad Threepwood) by PG Wodhouse Is this book good? Worth buying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamNMax Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 Originally posted by Neil Joshi yes, as explained above (or didn't you bother to read it?) Only part of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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