Headless Monkey
The Headless Monkey, formerly the Mad Monkey, is the former ship of Kate Capsize found shipwrecked on the outskirts of Sailor's Grave during the A Pirate's Life Tall Tale. The ship's interior can be unlocked with the Headless Monkey Key, where five Tall Tale Journals can be found.
It is later encountered again in The Quest for Guybrush and The Lair of LeChuck Tall Tales as a ghost galleon.
Lore
Early History
Before its days in the Sea of the Damned, the Mad Monkey was a legendary ship active somewhere in the Caribbean, likely in the waters of the Tri-Island Area. It's unknown when exactly the ship was active, only that by the time of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge the ship had been sunk long enough for its wreckage to be catalogued in the book Great Shipwrecks of Our Century by an unknown author.
Eventually, the pirate Guybrush Threepwood, with knowledge gained from the aforementioned book, would visit the ship's wreckage and pry the solid-gold head off the ship's namesake figurehead. Kate Capsize, a sailor and former proprietor of a ship chartering service, would eventually raise and restore the wreckage of the Mad Monkey with intent to use the ship to track down and likely kill Guybrush in the Sea of Thieves. Upon discovering Guybrush had quite literally defaced the ship's prized figurehead, Kate renamed the freshly raised ship the Headless Monkey.
The details of when or how the Headless Monkey would come to meet its final resting place are unknown, but neither Kate or her ship ever reached The Sea of Thieves. The ship, or Kate's memory of the ship, would become shipwrecked on the rocky outskirts of Sailor's Grave, and Kate would abandon the wreck for her prized Glass-Bottom Boat.
The Legend of Monkey Island
Over at Stan's Previously Owned Vessels on Mêlée Island, the Headless Monkey appears as a ghost ship galleon with its monkey figurehead restored. However, it was owned by Meathook of Hook Island. But after helping Meathook find The Beast and putting it back in its cage, pirates have been given the Bill of Sale for The Headless Monkey, becoming the new owners of the ghost galleon.
Commendations
| Commendations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Image | Commendation | Requirements | Rewards |
 | The Crew of the Headless Monkey | Discover the Journals of the Headless Monkey's Captain. | n/a |
Notes
- While in the area around the Headless Monkey, a rendition of the title theme from The Secret of Monkey Island can be heard on loop.
Cosmetics
- Mad Monkey Ship Bundle - The Headless Monkey is featured in its own ship set available to purchase from the Pirate Emporium.
Trivia
- The Headless Monkey first appeared in The Secret of Monkey Island as a shipwreck called the Mad Monkey.
- Despite being mentioned extensively within the Headless Monkey Journals, the ship's figurehead cannot be found anywhere near the ship.
- However, the ship's figurehead is seen in The Quest for Guybrush Tall Tale, fully restored.
- In The Quest for Guybrush, the Headless Monkey has twin front-mounted cannons or "chase cannons", a feature that isn't on all player ships yet.
Gallery
The interior of the Headless Monkey.
The map of the Tri Island Area found within the Headless Monkey.
The Mad Monkey, as it appeared in Monkey Island 2
The Headless Monkey as a ghost ship.
The chase cannons of the Headless Monkey.
External links
- The Mad Monkey on the Monkey Island Wiki