If Boybrush Is Guybrush's Real Son Then Is He In Love With His Mom?

[Hazy_Maze_Cave]

I really don't like Boybrush.

Number one, what a dumb name.

Number two, it is kind of creepy, like Mini Me or something, to have a kid that is a clone of you, and who worships at your feet everything you do.

Number three, Boybrush is introduced as if the events of MI2 are ongoing, indicating that the events of MI2 and MI1 never happened, they were the fantasies of Boybrush, who was imagining himself as Guybrush, his IRL father.

However, in real life, his mother is IRL Elaine.

And the "fantasy" MI1/2 version of Elaine is based on the real life version of Elaine.

Does this mean Boybrush is in love with his mother, the IRL Elaine in the real world, who he fantasizes about as a beautiful governor named Elaine and is visually the same as his IRL mother?

It's a disturbing implication that this game brings up. I wonder if it ever occurred to Ron...

[Anthiflo]

Only the end of MI2 is Boybrush fantasy, all the parts where Guybrush is adult in those games are (more or less) cannon.

I don't think Boybrush is his real name. Except if you actvate the name option, it's not seen anywhere in the game, no character calls him by his name. I think the name was chosen so it doesn't spoil the twist at the beginning of the game that you are actually not playing Guybrush, but still make you believe it (like a boy version of Guybrush).

So to answer the question, I would say no.

[lukeeez85]

i don't think it is weird to look up to your father as a role model

[Master_Skywalker]

What if Boybrush and Guybrush are one and the same?

I noticed that when he sees Guybrush sitting on the bench the other kids don't seem to notice him sitting there.

Maybe he's just a representation of Guybrush's lost childhood.

[Joe_monsters]

Originally posted by Cris_Skywalker:

What if Boybrush and Guybrush are one and the same?

I noticed that when he sees Guybrush sitting on the bench the other kids don't seem to notice him sitting there.

Maybe he's just a representation of Guybrush's lost childhood.

I love this theory.
This is actually one of Dominic Armato's theories, the voice of Guybrush. He talked about it on a forum.