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==Name==

The origin of the name "Guybrush" comes in part from [[Deluxe Paint]], the tool used by the artists to create the character [[Sprite (computer graphics)|sprite]]. Since the character had no name at this point, the file was simply called "{{mono|Guy}}". When the file was saved, [[Steve Purcell]], the artist responsible for the sprite, added "{{mono|brush}}" to the [[filename]], indicating that it was the Deluxe Paint "brush file" for the "Guy" sprite. The file name was then "guybrush.bbm", so the developers eventually just started referring to this unnamed 'Guy' as "Guybrush".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telltalegames.com/community/discussion/comment/224468/#Comment_224468 |author=Grossman, Dave |title=Guybrush Threefoot |publisher=[[Telltale Games]] |date=2009-10-11 |access-date=2009-12-01 |author-link=Dave Grossman (game developer) |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006075023/http://www.telltalegames.com/community/discussion/comment/224468 |archive-date=2013-10-06}}</ref><ref name="youtube.com">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6IYgWh-qnY&t=32m55s GameSpot, "Storytime with Ron Gilbert - PAX Australia 2013 Keynote"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307194540/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6IYgWh-qnY&t=32m55s |date=2016-03-07}}, ''Ron Gilbert'', 7 July 2013, accessed 22 March 2015</ref> Guybrush's surname "Threepwood" was decided upon in a company contest and is derived from [[P. G. Wodehouse]]'s family of characters including [[Galahad Threepwood]] and [[Freddie Threepwood]] (with whom he shares similar characteristics). "Threepwood" is also rumoured to have been the name of [[Dave Grossman (game developer)|Dave Grossman]]'s [[Role-playing game|RPG]] character.<ref name="youtube.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scummbar.com/resources/faq/ |title=Frequently asked questions about Monkey Island |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817214824/http://www.scummbar.com/resources/faq/ |archive-date=2007-08-17 |access-date=2006-08-27}}</ref>

==Incarnations==

Guybrush's age is not defined in the game, though he may be seventeen years old in ''[[The Secret of Monkey Island]]''; in the second game, ''[[Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge]]'', while obtaining fake identification (a library card) in the Phatt City library, a slip of the tongue ("nine....errr, twenty one") suggests that he may be nineteen.

He 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'' (she was in a poxed rage during this statement, and that Stan mentioned it was three months). ''[[Escape from Monkey Island]]'' takes place three months after ''Curse'', following Guybrush and Elaine's honeymoon, while it is stated in-game that ''Tales of Monkey Island'' takes place roughly ten years since Guybrush became a pirate, making him 27–28 years old.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13180&page=3 |title=How old is Guybrush exactly? - Page 3 - Telltale Games Forums |publisher=Telltalegames.com |access-date=2012-08-03 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009052420/http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13180&page=3 |archive-date=2012-10-09}}</ref>

==Appearances==