why is the game titled "Grim Fandango"??

[rush]

Ive got a question:

Who or what is Grim Fandango as its not mentioned throughout the game?

[Tall Guy]

First off, the Fandango is a dance

 

the fact that souls are trapped in the 8th underworld untill they pay their dept means that they are 'forced to dance this grim fandango...' as olivia would say

 

get to the blue casket and make olivia do a poem...eventually she will say something along the lines off..

 

Grim Fandango

 

With bony hands I hold my partner,

on soulless feet we cross the floor.

The music stops as if to answer,

an empty knocking at the door.

It seems his skin was sweet as mango,

when last I held him to my breast.

But now we dance this grim fandango,

and will four years before we rest.

 

Olivia Ofrenda

 

so grim fandango basically means sad dance/journey

 

go here --> http://mausoleum.grimfandango2.com/poetry/ for info on the poetry in GF

[GendoTheGreat]

What he said.

[Darth Eggplant]

(can not remember

song or performer)

there is an old tune

swing jazz, big band,

film noir era singing

of tripping the Light Fandango

which really echoes into

Gendo's dito

and Tall Guy's explanation

and Olivia does wax poetically

as such.

plus it just sounds

so good doesn't it?

Grim Fandango.

[Darth Eggplant]

oh yes rush,

we forget ourselves

greetings and welcome to

the GF forums,

I am the round purple one

and Tall Guy is the coolest Brit

in the UK and one of the

Mod's of our forum,

and Gendo;

well words fall short

of describing his greatness.

 

these two souls

you have just encountered

are two of the great supreme deities

of the Underworld.

myself I am just court vegetable

but Hey! it's a start.

 

anyhow welcome aboard,

mayhaps you will stay a while

and dance a grim fandango

with the rest of us here

in the 8th Underworld.

[death_hip_cats]

I thought the Grim was something to do

with either the game's take on the fact

everyone apart from the Collages in the game

are dead, or something to do with the early

'50s environment.

[Tall Guy]

well yeah, it probably does have something to do with the fact that everyone is dead...it works on so many levels

[rush]

well thanks for the thorough answer!

btw, is GF2 expected?

[Darth Eggplant]

most soul's here want one

but Lucasarts most likely

will not make one.

so it has been said

and spoken and thought

[MeddlingMonk]

Originally posted by DarthEggplant

of tripping the Light Fandango

 

'Tripping the light fantastic' is the phrase.

[Tall Guy]

Originally posted by rush

well thanks for the thorough answer!

btw, is GF2 expected?

There's hope yet, LEC are remaking a few of the originals so I think theres a good chance yet :D:D

[Thrik]

...the hell? You mean I'm not the best Brit?

[Darth Eggplant]

I said Tall Guy was

the coolest Brit.

You Thrik can be

the Best Brit.

 

(your little island is big enough

for the two of you I think.)

[Thrik]

Woohoo!

[Tall Guy]

[Erwin_Br]

I always thought Fandango meant Destiny.

 

Can't remember where I read or heard that, though.

 

--Erwin

[Darth Eggplant]

Tall Guy and Thrik

in a grudge match

to see Who Will

Rule Britannia.

[crikes5]

can anyone think of a new title for the game?

ie. the 9th underworld

but yours has to be better

[Darth Eggplant]

GF stands for Grim Fandango

the name is cool so,

why name it something else?

*okay a new name with theme song*

La LA La

La La LA

Metallus World

[Guest bobo]

because Manny looks like the Grim Reaper?

[amadeus]

The name is so awesome! Don't change it! I bought the game on the basis of it's name, and I loved it. Isn't Grim Fandango an oxy-moron? Since fandango is like a celebratory dance I think. It contradicts itself which makes it have all the more meanings.

[Dawidos]

Fandango is spanish dance. Grim means something sad, unlucky etc.

[Sanspoof]

Grim Fandango's such a cool name! I knew what it meant first time I saw it and it turned out to be the best adventure game!

[Thrik]

Dawidos, I appreciate your efforts to contribute to the discussion and all, but please don't bump age-old posts. This one for example originates from over a year ago - just start a new discussion. It's downright confusing to read what people (including me) said so long ago.

[Dawidos]

I'm sorry. I won't do this again.I promise. I am new at the forum, so I wanted to read old topics -some of them are very interesting for me. But you are moderator, so you decide.