Loom
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Loom (alternatively LOOM) is a 1990 fantasy adventure game by text-adventure veteran Brian Moriarty (formerly of Infocom) and released by LucasArts.
References in the Monkey Island series.
- In The Secret of Monkey Island, in the Scumm Bar there is a character from LOOM named Cobb, wearing a pirate hat and a button that reads "Ask me about LOOM". If asked, he describes the game with much enthusiasm.
- The same game also features the seagull from LOOM, which would return in LeChuck's Revenge.
- When the Fettucini Brothers launch Guybrush out of a cannon, one of his dialogue options is "I'm Bobbin, are you my mother?". Bobbin Threadbare is LOOM's protagonist.
- In The Curse of Monkey Island Guybrush laments on that turning Elaine back from having become a gold statue will be difficult. The Voodoo Lady replies: "Be glad she wasn't turned into a swan." This is another reference to Bobbin's mother who was turned into a swan.
- In Escape from Monkey Island, Act III when Guybrush enters the lava plunge he says: "Loom. Loooooom... What kind of name is LOOM?"
