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The Voodoo Lady is a recurring character from the Monkey Island series of adventure games by LucasArts. She, Stan and Herman Toothrot are the only three "non-major" characters to have been featured in all four games. She usually runs a voodoo shop called the "International House of Mojo". She has managed stores on Mêlée, Scabb and Plunder Islands.

Though she has been featured in every game, her name has never been revealed; she is usually referred to simply as "The Voodoo Lady".

Appearances

The Voodoo Lady is a very minor character in The Secret of Monkey Island. For the most part, she provides a bit of "spooky" atmosphere early in the game. Although speaking directly to her is not required to complete the game, Guybrush must enter her shop to acquire a rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle. Optionally, she can predict Guybrush's future, which involves sailing to Monkey Island, entering a giant monkey, and either being helped or eaten by the Monkey Island cannibals.

In Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, she has opened the International House of Mojo on Scabb Island. In addition to providing much helpful information, she creates a voodoo doll of Largo LaGrande and gives Guybrush a book on the legend of Big Whoop.

Her shop in The Curse of Monkey Island is in a ship half-sunk in a swamp on Plunder Island. The Voodoo Lady is slightly less helpful in this game: she tells Guybrush that the curse on Elaine can only be lifted by replacing the cursed diamond engagement ring with an uncursed diamond ring. She does, however, mention that a suitable diamond is in the possession of pirates on Blood Island.

In Escape from Monkey Island, she again runs a business on Mêlée Island. She tells Guybrush about the "Ultimate Insult", a powerful and dangerous voodoo talisman, and helps him find its components.

Trivia

In The Curse of Monkey Island, The International House of Mojo is located inside a ship that was thrown into a swamp by a typhoon.
Although the Voodoo Lady's store is called "The International House of Mojo" in most of the games, her business had no name in The Secret of Monkey Island. (A sign across the street read "Ye Olde Rubber-Chicken-with-a-pulley-in-the-middle-shoppe", but this was for a different business that Guybrush never entered.)
The Voodoo Lady seems to have a tendency to exaggerate her involvement in past games.
Her voice was provided by Leilani Jones Wilmore in The Curse of Monkey Island and Escape from Monkey Island.
In EMI, the Voodoo Lady hints that she has an unbreakable five-game contract with LucasArts. Although many fans hold out hope that this means there will be a fifth Monkey Island game, this is far from certain. Hardcore fans' lukewarm response to EMI, LucasArts' recent cancellation of sequels to Sam & Max Hit the Road and Full Throttle, and the current status of adventure games in general tend to indicate that the future of the Monkey Island series is questionable at best.

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