We all have wondered why the heck LucasArts named the hero of the so called Monkey Island series Guybrush Threepwood. To say the least it's a totally weird name (for a rather peculiar character) but where that name really originates from? The actual reason was quite a practical one.
Contrary to popular belief, Guybrush's first name was not born by accident when his initial sprite was saved under the file-name "guy" or when the filetype attachment spelled the name "guy.brush". Instead, the true origin of the name "Guybrush" comes in part from Deluxe Paint, the tool used by the artists to create the character sprite. Since the character had no name at this point, the file was simply called 'Guy'. When the file was saved, Steve Purcell, the artist responsible for the sprite, added 'brush' to the file name, indicating that it was the Deluxe Paint "brush file" for the "Guy" sprite. The file name was then "guybrush.bbm", so the developers eventually just started referring to this unnamed 'Guy' as "Guybrush".
The last name is Threepwood and it was decided by popular vote during a company contest. Guybrush's last name was inspired by a book originated in 1965 called "Galahad at Blandings" (The Brinkmanship of Galahad Threepwood) by PG Wodhouse. its noteworthy that Guybrush shares somes characteristics to the protagonist of that book.
Source: World Of Monkey Island
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