History VideoGame / MI2LeChucksRevenge

''[=M:I-2: LeChuck's Revenge=]'' is a 2003 [[FanGame fan remake]]/AffectionateParody of ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland2LeChucksRevenge'', made in [[UsefulNotes/ClickteamFusion Klik & Play]] by Chris Ushko aka Datadog. It is also largely inspired by the 2000 movie ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'', and features tons of cameos and references to the pop culture of 1990s and early 2000s.

The game can be downloaded [[https://boxofmystery.com/games/lechucks-revenge/ here]], and the old game website, along with a full walkthrough, [[https://web.archive.org/web/20030628182712/http://www.freewebs.com/mi2complete/ is available on Wayback]].

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:[=LeChuck=], who intends to use the Big Whoop theme resort for his evil plans (see WorthlessTreasureTwist), has also mined the resort's buildings out of sheer stupidity. The resort explodes, leaving him with nothing.]]

-->No gold... no jewels... not even a lousy [=McDonalds=] toy. Eons of legend surrounding the fabled treasure had been greatly misleading. In truth, Big Whoop was not a cave of riches, or a mystic fountain of great power and youth... It was a valuable piece of real estate manifested in the form of a tropical theme resort.

* WorthlessTreasureTwist: The fabled treasure of Big Whoop turns out to be [[spoiler:a tropical theme resort. It was built by a voodoo practicioner who cursed it, so that vacationers would waste all their money there and never leave. [=LeChuck=] intends to use it to become rich, capture Elaine with the curse and recruit the trapped people for his army of the undead, but Guybrush is visibly disappointed.]]

* SoundtrackDissonance: The scenes of [=LeChuck=] plotting nefarious plans with his henchmen are shown against the backdrop of cheerful lounge music from ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry5PassionatePattiDoesALittleUndercoverWork''.

** Later on in Part 4, Guybrush finds a bottle with WesternAnimation/{{Jeannie}} on Dinky Island.

** Enemies and bosses encountered in Part 3 include a monster similar to the Balrog from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'' ([[IronicName ironically named "Poochie"]]), [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy on a broomstick]], Goombas from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', Bub and Bob from ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble'', and Kitty from ''Franchise/HelloKitty'', dressed up as the GrimReaper.

** In Part 1, Guybrush inserts a coin into a fortune-teller machine, and the machine turns him into a fully hand-drawn character from the pixelated sprite he was in the original ''Monkey Island 2'' and in ''The Devil's Triangle''. This is a reference to the movie ''Film/{{Big}}'', in which a fortune-teller machine turns a small boy into an adult.

* AdaptationalBadass: This game's version of Guybrush is ''much'' tougher than Guybrush from the original ''Monkey Island'' games, up to single-handedly defeating [=LeChuck=]'s entire army of the undead in chapter 3.

** In Chapter 2, you can meet Creator/ChrisTucker under the Big Tree on Booty Island.
** Enemies and bosses encountered in Chapter 3 include a monster similar to the Balrog from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'' ([[IronicName ironically named "Poochie"]]), [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy on a broomstick]], Goombas from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', Bub and Bob from ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble'', and Kitty from ''Franchise/HelloKitty'', dressed up as the GrimReaper.
** In Chapter 4, Guybrush finds a bottle with WesternAnimation/{{Jeannie}} on Dinky Island.

** In Chapter 1, Guybrush inserts a coin into a fortune-teller machine, and the machine turns him into a fully hand-drawn character from the pixelated sprite he was in the original ''Monkey Island 2'' and in ''The Devil's Triangle''. This is a reference to the movie ''Film/{{Big}}'', in which a fortune-teller machine turns a small boy into an adult.

** In Chapter 1, Guybrush inserts a coin into a fortune-teller machine, and the machine turns him into a fully hand-drawn character from the pixelated sprite he was in the original ''Monkey Island 2'' and in ''The Devil's Triangle''. This is a reference to the movie ''Film/{{Big}}'', in which a fortune-telling machine turns a small boy into an adult.

* RedHerring: The Big Tree on Booty Island. Unlike the original ''Monkey Island 2'', the location plays no role in the story, and the only thing you can do there is talk to Creator/ChrisTucker.

** Enemies and bosses encountered in Chapter 3 include a monster similar to the Balrog from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'' (ironically referred to as "Poochie"), [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy on a broomstick]], Goombas from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', Bub and Bob from ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble'', and Kitty from ''Franchise/HelloKitty'', dressed up as the GrimReaper.
** In Chapter 4, Guybrush finds a bottle with WesternAnimation/Jeannie on Dinky Island.

** Enemies and bosses encountered in Chapter 3 include a monster similar to the Balrog from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'' (ironically referred to as "Poochie"), Goombas from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', Bub and Bob from ''VideoGame/BubbleBobble'', and Kitty from ''Franchise/HelloKitty'', dressed up as the GrimReaper.

* RedHerring: The Big Tree on Booty Island. Unlike the original ''Monkey Island 2'', the location plays no role in the story, and the only thing you can do there is talk to Creator/ChrisTucker.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Governor Phatt's mansion in chapter 2 was originally intended to have nine rooms, filled with RedHerring rooms and stuff. The final version has only six rooms, with none of the red herrings.
** In the same chapter, Governor Elaine's mansion on Booty Island was originally intended to be a series of booby traps, similarly to the Three Trials in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', except that one trap was to be based on the Ride/IndianaJonesAdventure ride at Disneyland, and another was based on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kfyp-qC5t8 that Indiana Jones Diet Coke commercial]].

* RedHerring: The Big Tree on Booty Island. Unlike the original ''Monkey Island 2'', the location plays no role in the story, and the only thing you can do there is talk to Creator/ChrisTucker.

* AdaptationalBadass: This game's version of Guybrush is ''much'' tougher than Guybrush from the original ''Franchise/MonkeyIsland'' games, up to single-handedly defeating [=LeChuck=]'s entire army of the undead in chapter 3.

The storyline takes place right after Datadog's previous ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' fangame, ''VideoGame/MonkeyIslandTheDevilsTriangle'', and revolves around Guybrush Threepwood's attempts to locate the fabled treasure of Big Whoop and once again defeat his nemesis, the GhostPirate [=LeChuck=], who has now returned to life as a zombie.