Story
The game begins with Guybrush Threepwood and Elaine Marley returning to Mêlée Island from their honeymoon, which they embarked on in the epilogue of The Curse of Monkey Island. Here they find that Elaine has been declared officially dead, her position as governor has been revoked and her mansion is scheduled to be demolished. The governorship is up for election, and suddenly a person known as Charles L. Charles presents himself as the lead candidate. As Elaine begins her campaign to recover her position, Guybrush hires navigator Ingacius Cheese in a game of insult arm-wrestling, meets again with three of his old "friends", Meathook, Otis and Carla, (see Minor characters in Monkey Island) and heads out to recover the Marley family heirlooms and obtain the legal documents to save her mansion. During his trip, Guybrush learns of the Marley family's greatest secret: a voodoo talisman known as the Ultimate Insult, which contains an insult so insidious, it destroys the spirit of those who hear it. He also winds up being framed for bank robbery by crook Peg-Nosed Pete at the hiring of the Australian land developer Ozzie Mandrill, but manages to prove his innocence.
After acquiring the legal deeds and returning to the manor, Guybrush and Elaine soon discover that Charles L. Charles is really the Demon Pirate LeChuck, having been freed from his ice prison of the last game and seeking the Ultimate Insult. As Elaine continues her campaign, Guybrush searches the Caribbean and recovers all but one of the pieces of the Ultimate Insult. Upon returning home, he is ambushed by LeChuck and Ozzie Mandrill, who steal the pieces from him. The two villains are revealed to be working together, Ozzie to rid of all pirates and turn the area into a resort and LeChuck out of debt to Ozzie for freeing him and to use the Ultimate Insult to break Elaine and marry her. Feeling they might need Guybrush as a hostage, the two decide to dump him back on Monkey Island.
Despite temporary discouragement, Guybrush sets about making his escape, learning the art of Monkey Kombat from the elder monkey and discovering Herman Toothrot is Elaine's grandfather, having contracted amnesia twenty years prior due to being pushed into a whirlpool by Ozzie. After discovering a giant monkey robot on the island, Guybrush manages to disable an Ultimate Insult amplifier made by Ozzie before returning to Melee. During this time, Ozzie has managed to capture Elaine and assemble the Ultimate Insult. When it appears to fail due to the lack of the amplifier, LeChuck takes matters into his own hands and possesses a statue of himself he had built shortly after his gubernatorial victory. Before Guybrush can stop him, Ozzie uses the Ultimate Insult to take control of LeChuck's statue form and engages the monkey robot in Monkey Kombat. During the duel, Guybrush forces LeChuck to perform the move invoking by repeated ties, causing LeChuck to smack his head in exasperation, crushing Ozzie and destroying the Ultimate Insult. LeChuck explodes in defeat, Guybrush and Elaine are reunited and Grandpa Marley resumes being the governor of Melee Island, so the two can go back to being pirates.
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