10 Facts About Guybrush Threepwood

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Guybrush Ulysses Threepwood is a fictional character who serves as the main protagonist of the Monkey Island series of computer adventure games by LucasArts.

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The origin of the name "Guybrush Threepwood" comes in part from Deluxe Paint, the tool used by the artists to create the character sprite.

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Guybrush Threepwood is twenty years old in The Curse of Monkey Island as he proves to Dinghy Dog when he tries to guess Guybrush's age and Guybrush proves it with his SCUMM Actors Guild Membership Card, although, in Tales of Monkey Island, Elaine states it was three years between Monkey Island 2 and 3.

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Guybrush Threepwood is paid homage in the Naughty Dog video game, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, where a pirate with major similarities is featured as one of the twelve pirate captains that founded Libertalia.

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In Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine, Guybrush Threepwood can be accessed as a playable character via a cheat code; in addition, a secret room hidden in the game's final level temporarily transforms the player into Guybrush Threepwood.

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Guybrush Threepwood is mentioned in Sea of Thieves in journals aboard a wrecked ship.

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Symbiote Studios and LucasArts have made a statue which features Guybrush Threepwood facing off against LeChuck in a fight.

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IGN thought Guybrush Threepwood was one of the few characters that would be strong enough to carry their own movie franchise, calling him "delightfully amusing" and noting that humour was one of his defining traits.

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Guybrush Threepwood was included in GameSpot's vote for the all-time greatest video game hero.

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Guybrush Threepwood was listed in the Guinness World Records as the 38th top video game character.