Largo LaGrande
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Largo LaGrande is a short but a physically mighty henchman of LeChuck. He only appears in the second game. He is also often credited as being LeChuck's former right-hand man.
At the beginning of the second game, Largo is living on Scabb Island, tormenting its citizens and preventing anyone from leaving with his ferocious "Largo Embargo" which he enforces alone. He occupies the only room at the Swamp Rot Inn and, according to the innkeeper, "eats like thirty." When Guybrush enters Woodtick he inadvertently runs into Largo, who takes all of the newcomer's money, leaving nothing in his inventory (except the Woodtick sign's shovel, if he's already picked it up). In order to rid the island of Largo Guybrush must make a voodoo doll out of him. For it he needs "Something of the thread, Something of the head, Something of the body, and Something of the dead."
The items that player gathers are:
- A brassiere that Guybrush picks up from the cleaners (thread)
- A dandruff flake from Largo's wig (head)
- A sample of Largo's spit (body)
- A bone from Largo's grandfather (dead)
The Voodoo Lady informs Guybrush that the ingredients were not of the highest quality and thus in order for the voodoo doll to work, Guybrush must get close to Largo. Though Guybrush defeats Largo, he inadvertently helps Largo by recounting his defeat of LeChuck and showing his ghost beard as evidence. Largo immediately grabs the beard and uses it to resurrect LeChuck. Though Guybrush and Largo never meet each other again in the game Largo seems aware of Guybrush's progress towards discovering Big Whoop; whenever Guybrush finds another piece of the map Largo reports it to LeChuck. In order to frustrate his search for the treasure, Largo has the idea of kidnapping Wally, whom Guybrush needs to decipher the map.
At the beginning of Part 3 of the game, Largo tells off the delivery men who have delivered voodoo supplies to LeChuck's Fortress. Largo is not seen again until Guybrush, tied to a complicated death-trap, extinguishes the candle that would send the pirate to his doom. LeChuck screams at Largo to relight the candle, and he does so. This is Largo's final appearance; his fate thereafter is not specified, but it would appear that he is killed in the later dynamite explosion.
The Planet Threepwood restaurant chain references LaGrande with its Largo's Lemonade beverage in Escape from Monkey Island.
In Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 2, "The Siege of Spinner Cay," Guybrush whistles Largo's Theme from LeChuck's Revenge while waiting for Anemone to get some bait.
Name
Largo is Spanish for 'long' and Italian for 'wide'. La grande is French for '(the) big'. Together his name implies the opposite of Largo's actual physical appearance.
Personality
According to the Voodoo Lady, Largo is "a weak little man who bullies this whole island around". He is an aggressive bully who will attack unprovoked (he enjoyed mugging people). Although physically strong and a good fighter, most people fear him mainly because of his position as former right-hand man to LeChuck.
Although he resurrects LeChuck with help from the Voodoo Priest and serves under him for part of the game, Largo doesn't actually appear to like LeChuck. He calls LeChuck a creep when his back is turned and calls him an "old bloated fool" when he is first resurrected. His attitude is understandable, however, as LeChuck is very aggressive to him and threatens to kill him several times if he doesn't do as he's told and capture Guybrush.
