Voodoo Lady
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She is a voodoo priestess who refuses to disclose her true name to anyone. She is also claims to be a fashion consultant in the third game.
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Role in Games
The Secret of Monkey Island
As mentioned above, meeting or talking to the Voodoo Lady is not necessary for completing the game, but if the player chooses to visit her, she will tell the future to the player. Although, visitng the Voodoo Lady's shop is a necessity for the Rubber Chicken.
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
She plays a more vital role in the second game where she has relocated her place of business to the swamp on Scabb Island. In this game she helps Guybrush put together a voodoo doll of Largo LaGrande in order to drive him off the island. She also sets Guybrush on his search for Big Whoop when Largo snatches LeChuck's beard in hopes of resurrecting him as a zombie. Her final involvements include the resurrection of Rapp Scallion and giving Guybrush a bag of voodoo goods intended for Wally.
Though she tells Guybrush that finding Big Whoop is the only way to prevent LeChuck's revenge she seems to (rather) unwittingly set in motion the events that lead to the games bizarre ending.
The Curse of Monkey Island
In the third game she has once more relocated to a new island, this time Plunder Island. Her new place of business, Voodoo and Things (formerly just Voodoo), is located on a ship that has mysteriously ended up hanging from the trees of the swamp (Guybrush suggest it was thrown there by a typhoon). She also seems to be friends to a local group of unseen voodoo kids who make paper Voodoo Dolls at her house. She once again assists Guybrush by giving him vital information, but doesn't supply him with any inventory items.
Escape from Monkey Island
In the fourth game she has moved back to Mêlée Island and this time sits upon a mysterious rotating throne to hide from the people in the shop. She once more gives advice to Guybrush and helps to find Grandpa Marley's wedding gifts from amongst the junk in the safe-deposit chest.
Trivia
- Though her place of business is continually referred to as The International House of Mojo she did not use this name until Monkey Island 2. None-the-less, her place of business on Mêlée Island is referred to as the original House of Mojo in the fourth game. Her business on Plunder Island was called Voodoo and Things (formerly just Voodoo).
- She has a tendency of exaggerating her role in previous games. In the second game she told Largo LaGrande that she was the one who defeated LeChuck. In the third game she also takes credit for preparing Guybrush's antiroot in the first game (this was done by the Cannibals). She also says she's the one who prepared the voodoo doll of LeChuck in the second game, and though she did do one of Largo it was actually Guybrush who makes the doll (though it is only through the Voodoo Lady that he learns the art of doll-making).
- Some MI fans argue that the character Tia Dalma from Pirates of the Caribbean movies was inspired by the Voodoo Lady.
Famous quotes
- "I am known by many names on many different islands. But names have very little importance. You should know this more than anyone, Guybrush Threepwood."
- "True evil can never be destroyed completely."
