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Maniac Mansion Hints

How do I get past Green Tentacle?

  • 1 of 11: What does he want?
  • 2 of 11: Well give him something to eat!
  • 3 of 11: He still wants more?
  • 4 of 11: Perhaps, not being a normal person, he wants something that is not normal food.
  • 5 of 11: Like some strange fruit.
  • 6 of 11: Wax fruit!  It's in the studio.
  • 7 of 11: Now he's thirsty?
  • 8 of 11: Well give him something to drink.
  • 9 of 11: Hmmm, maybe some more fruit?
  • 10 of 11: Give him the fruit drinks.
  • 11 of 11: They're in the pantry.