Pegnose Pete

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Pegnose Pete, tied up, as he is about to be unmasked by Inspector Canard

A major character in Escape from Monkey Island. A career criminal, at the time the game was set Pegnose was wanted in connection with approximately three hundred Lucre Island thefts, and had never been caught. His home was a tiny shack in the heart of the Mysts o' Tyme Marshe. Until Guybrush Threepwood arrived on Lucre Island, Pegnose was the only person capable of navigating around the Marshe. His one weakness was a crippling fear of ducks, rumoured to be due to a duck nibbling off his nose. When Guybrush asks Pegnose whether a duck really did nibble off his nose, Pegnose refuses to answer.

Ozzie Mandrill hired him to rob the Second Bank of Lucre wearing a Guybrush Threepwood mask, thus framing Guybrush. Pegnose stole the Marley Heirlooms, which he hid in his Booty Showcase. Unfortunately for Pegnose, Guybrush was able to track him through the Mysts o' Tyme Marshe and overhear Ozzie and Pegnose plotting. He found the hidden heirlooms, located evidence placing Pegnose at the crime scene, and with the help of a nearby duck delivered Pegnose into Inspector Canard's custody.

Soon after Pegnose escaped, and joined Ozzie and LeChuck on Mêlée Island, where he captured Elaine Marley. Once Ozzie assembled the Ultimate Insult, however, he felt he no longer needed Pegnose, and tested its power on him. The power of the Ultimate Insult left him a shivering, whimpering wretch, and he ran off into the night, never to be seen again.