What name did you give to Ricki's Cakes store?

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I’ve played Thimbleweed Park many times now and although I’ve tried different names, most of the time when asked by Ricki Lee, I suggest “YouTube.” This is the name I gave the store on my very first play-through and I still think it’s the funniest.

Now, whenever I refer to Ricki’s Cakes store I typically just call it YouTube. How about you?

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I called it YouTube as well, not knowing it would stick, and frankly later on hated myself for having done that. It just took me out of the game´s enviroment, curiously more so than anything else that happens even later in the game(maybe because you´ll just read it a lot passing by).

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Same here. :slight_smile:

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I thought that was the best part of that joke, that it remained on the windows. :laughing:

That took me by surprise, but made me laugh every time I passed by the store. Hehehe.

dZ.

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I called it “YouTube” and to me it’s the funnier option.

In 1987 I would probably have chosen a different name.

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Ah well, I guess it´s okay considering there also was a facebook in 1987…

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It’s basically the same joke as the glassblower and his U Tubes from Tales of Monkey Island!

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I picked at random, not knowing it would stick, and frankly later on hated myself for having done that.

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I picked YouTube in English, “Valvolì Valvolà” in italian, it was so funny!

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Am I the only one who picked a sensible name, like TubeTown? :wink:

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no, I also picked TubeTown the first time . I think I saw Youtube on one of the spoilerish screenshots before, so I knew it was gonna end up on the store. But I also imagined I could go back and say: “Actually, I thought of a better name” and that you could change the store name over and over again, with ever more options to choose from or different things depending on the player character… (:reyes: would suggest lame stuff like TubeTastic, Tubelicious, Ricki’s Tubes, While :ray: does the sarcastic thing: Ye Big Old Lights, Transistor Museum,… and :ransome: would suggest things like Tubes ‘n’ Boobs, Throw-a-Rock Shack,…) ah, well maybe next time

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That’s not a sensible name. It’s a shop, not a town! :wink:

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I got six words for you pal: Cicruit City!

And four more words! :wink:

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And when people realized they weren’t actually cities, they all shut down.

(People will claim it was due to various financial mistakes, but that’s just a cover for the truth.)

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In total that makes 13 words. 13 words in your post. Ah-ah-ah-ah

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Yeah, well, all it takes is for one guy to blab his mouth and the secret is out… Tragic affair, really.