# Origin of a Quote from Grim Fandango

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**Created:** [December 19, 2014, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-a-quote-from-grim-fandango/707646 "2014-12-19T06:02:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Recusant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@Recusant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Recusant)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-a-quote-from-grim-fandango/707646/1 "2014-12-19T06:02:37Z")

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One of the game’s more memorable lines (in a game that doesn’t lack for them) was act 4’s “Through this dark portal, an innocent man shall pass. And arrive on the other side, innocent still, but colder of heart”. It sent chills down my spine in 1998, and still does now. I played through the game earlier this year, however, and for the first time had subtitles turned on, so I noticed the quotation marks- the only ones in the whole game. Naturally, I started wondering who- or what- Manny was quoting. My searches over the past few weeks have turned up nothing, so I turn to you good people. Anyone here know?

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-a-quote-from-grim-fandango/707646/2 "2014-12-19T06:55:19Z")

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I looked but couldn’t find anything either. Maybe he’s being poetic. Now you’ve got me thinking I need to replay it.

[Here’s a project](http://grimfandangodeluxe.blogspot.com/) to make an HD version. I don’t know if it is stalled, but look at the latest news for a more official version! Also a mod to make it point and click as GF/Monkey Island 4’s system was kinda obnoxious.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-a-quote-from-grim-fandango/707646/3 "2014-12-19T07:12:28Z")

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Forget the fan version; the fine folks at Double Fine have [the remastered version](http://www.polygon.com/2014/10/10/6960243/grim-fandango-remastered-ps4-pc) ready!

Plays on Windows, Mac, AND Linux!

I’ve already set aside some cash for 27 January 2015, natch. 😃

ETA: AFAIK, that quote was written by Tim Schafer.

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**Author:** ![Recusant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@Recusant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Recusant)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-a-quote-from-grim-fandango/707646/4 "2014-12-20T02:35:49Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> ETA: AFAIK, that quote was written by Tim Schafer.

So he was quoting his own creator? That raises all sorts of weird questions. Maybe it’s a line from a poem he wrote, or something.

I guess it’s back to hoping I run into him at a party or something. ☹