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How did Stan get off Flotsam?

RibsRibs
edited August 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
Alright, so at the beginning of the game, D'oro (The Explorer) say he saw a
salesman with flailing arms
that sold him the
map
. However, this would mean this salesman (who is Obviously Stan) was still on the island due to the winds. So, how is it "Stan" got off the island?

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  • BrainiacBrainiac
    edited August 2009
    Obviously, Stan just flew out from Flotsam...and boy, are his arms tired!

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  • DjNDBDjNDB Moderator
    edited August 2009
    StLouisRibs wrote: »
    Alright, so at the beginning of the game, D'oro (The Explorer) say he saw a
    salesman with flailing arms
    that sold him the
    map
    . However, this would mean this salesman (who is Obviously Stan) was still on the island due to the winds. So, how is it "Stan" got off the island?

    What makes you think he did get off the island?
    Just because we didn't see him?
  • Toothless GibbonToothless Gibbon
    edited August 2009
    Did he say he got sold the map whilst on Flotsam? Could he not have brought it with him?
  • DjNDBDjNDB Moderator
    edited August 2009
    Toothless Gibbon wrote: »
    Did he say he got sold the map whilst on Flotsam? Could he not have brought it with him?

    Good Point. Maybe the map was his motive to get there in the first place, to find his ninja something doll.

    This thread deserves a spoiler icon. I added that.
  • Toothless GibbonToothless Gibbon
    edited August 2009
    DjNDB wrote: »
    Good Point. Maybe the map was his motive to get there in the first place, to find his ninja something doll.

    Thats the assumption I made when playing, makes sense.
  • ivan11111ivan11111
    edited August 2009
    there were also some Stan-Brand bombs, weren't there? Stan is obviously magical and can teleport, hence how he gets from one end of the pier to the other in SoMI so quickly.
  • Toothless GibbonToothless Gibbon
    edited August 2009
    ivan11111 wrote: »
    there were also some Stan-Brand bombs, weren't there? Stan is obviously magical and can teleport, hence how he gets from one end of the pier to the other in SoMI so quickly.


    D'oro could have brought those with him too!
  • RibsRibs
    edited August 2009
    Why in the world would a doll action figure collector need bombs?
  • Toothless GibbonToothless Gibbon
    edited August 2009
    The treasure could have been sealed behind a rockface? :)

    Why would anyone on Flotsom need bombs?

    What I mean is that just becuase Stan-Brand bombs on the island doesn't mean Stan was there or ever has been. They could be the only brand of bombs in the whole Caribbean for all we know.
  • DjNDBDjNDB Moderator
    edited August 2009
    Toothless Gibbon wrote: »
    Why would anyone on Flotsom need bombs?

    Have you played the game? :D
  • zmallyzmally
    edited August 2009
    Maybe he's the judge in the courthouse?
  • MarzhinMarzhin
    edited August 2009
    zmally wrote: »
    Maybe he's the judge in the courthouse?

    Stan's Previously Rendered Justice !
    Plaid guilty and get a 50% discount on your time in jail !
  • SpadgeSpadge
    edited August 2009
    Duuuh, everybody knows "Stan" is actually Baron Stanedi - a powerfull voodoo deity.
  • Y Cymro CollY Cymro Coll
    edited August 2009
    StLouisRibs wrote: »
    Alright, so at the beginning of the game, D'oro (The Explorer) say he saw a
    salesman with flailing arms
    that sold him the
    map
    . However, this would mean this salesman (who is Obviously Stan) was still on the island due to the winds. So, how is it "Stan" got off the island?

    Trade secret, son. :p

    I think that Stan has never been to Flotsam - he could have easily sold the various wares to those involved from other islands (or offshore, perhaps, to capitalize on the duty-free). That, and the
    endless supply of bombs
    could have been from a washed-up cargo ship...
  • Toothless GibbonToothless Gibbon
    edited August 2009
    Marzhin wrote: »
    plaid guilty and get a 50% discount on your time in jail !

    Genius! :D :D :D
  • MarzhinMarzhin
    edited August 2009
    Toothless Gibbon wrote: »
    Genius! :D :D :D

    Behold the amazing power of pun ! (or maybe just Freudian slip)
  • NabaDwANabaDwA
    edited August 2009
    I was under the impression that D'oro bought the map's from some dude with waving arms and THEN came to flotsam to find it, he didn't and now he can't leave due to the winds. Or am i mixing this up with someone else's story?
  • MonkeybuttonMonkeybutton
    edited August 2009
    Mebbe the bombs were left over from when Stan did his Panto explosion-smoke entrance? Like King Rat or the Fairy Godmother - *pfft* 'Now's the time to ask yourself: "Are you covered?" '
  • alexonfyrealexonfyre
    edited August 2009
    Let us not forget that Stan can sell anything to anyone. It is possible that he sold the safety floatation bombs to the marquis de singe as a bonus feature of his lightly used key to the temple of the wind gods.
  • FuryFury
    edited August 2009
    I'm pretty sure Doro said he bought the map, came to Flotsam and was then stranded.

    The bombs are a bit iffy, but the map isn't a plothole, you just weren't paying enough attention.
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