User Avatar Image  Monkey Island ripped off Pirates of the
Caribbean!  posted by Thriftweed Fancy Pants on - last edited -
Viewed by 1.1K users  Just kidding...:p  I've read here and
there on this forum that Pirates of the Caribbean ripped off
Monkey Island, but I have yet to hear the whole story on this.
Anybody know?  (Actually, I think I read somewhere that Ron
Gilbert was inspired by Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean ride,
so maybe Monkey Island wasn't the original...?)  53 Comments -
Linear Discussion: Classic Style   • from what i've heard PotC
the ride inspired Ron Gilbert when he was making the first MI
game; however, the storyline was not in existance and that was
completely Ron Gilberts mind...      i think the general
consensus is that since monkey islands STORY came before PotC
the movie (even though the ride was in existance before MI) and
since alot of the PotC movies' plot elements are extremely dead
on similar to MI (ghost pirates, voodoo ladies, smart-ass main
characters, the heroine is the