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FAQ/Walkthrough for
GRIM FANDANGO

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| GUIDE INFORMATION |
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AUTHOR : Tom Hayes
E-MAIL : tomhayes83(at)hotmail(dot)com
SYSTEM : PC
UPDATED : 22nd May, 2004
VERSION : 2.0

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| CONTENTS |
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1. Introduction
2. Walkthrough
2.1. Year 1
2.2. Year 2
2.3. Year 3
2.4. Year 4
3. Item List
3.1. Year 1
3.2. Year 2
3.3. Year 3
3.4. Year 4
4. Copyright Information

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| VERSION HISTORY |
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VERSION 2.0 : 22nd May, 2004
Updated the format.

VERSION 1.0 : 2nd November, 2003
First version.


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1. Introduction

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Grim Fandango tells the story of a travel agent named Manny Calavera that works
for the Department of Death in the Land of the Dead, selling travel packages to
the the dead on their way to the underworld. The atmospheric 3D locations from
the town of El Marrow to the creepy petrified forest are well designed, and the
characters in the game are so well visualised it is a pleasure to interact with
them. Overall, GF is an interesting, hilarious and well thought out game which
I definitely recommend to fans of adventure games.


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2. Walkthrough

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2.1. Year 1
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| DEPARTMENT OF DEATH |
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The game starts in Manny's office in the Department of Death. Open the message
tube to receive a message from Don Copal about a mass poisoning. Get the pack
of cards from the desk at the other side of the office and walk to the door to
arrive in the hallway. Walk to the left side of the desk at the corner of the
hallway and use the pack of cards on the hole punch to punch holes in the card.
Enter the left elevator to enter the garage, where Domino's car will already be
driving through the tunnel to the Land of the Living.

Run to the other side of the garage and knock on the door of the hut to meet
Glottis. Say "I'm Calavera, Manny Calavera.", say "Come on, Glottis. I need you
to be my driver.", and Glottis will say that he is too big to drive a car. Say
"You're not too big. The cars are just too small.", and Glottis will agree to
work on the car if the work order is signed. Enter the elevator to return to
the hallway. Walk into the elevator at the end of the hallway to arrive in the
lobby and then walk through the doors to exit the Department of Death.

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| FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD |
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Run right at the bottom of the steps to see the festival of the dead. Talk to
the clown who says he is practicing and say "Practicing what?", say "Twist me
up one of them, eh fella?", say "Bet ya can't do a cat." and say "A
dingo." to
get the balloon dingo. Talk to the clown and say "My kid wants another balloon
animal.", and say "A dead worm" to receive the balloon worm.

Talk to the clown again and say "My kid wants another balloon animal.", say "Do
you have any more dead worms back there?" to receive a second balloon worm. Get
a loaf of bread from the stall left of the clown, then walk away from the
festival. Run down the alley leading off to the left and climb the rope made of
ties up to the ledge of the building.

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| DEPARTMENT OF DEATH |
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Climb through the open window to enter Don's office and use the computer to see
that Don has a selection of automatic responses for when Eva calls his office.
Change the response to "Ah, cripes, Eva! Just sign it yourself, will ya? I'm
busy!", then walk back out the window to return to the ledge. Return to the
Department of Death and use the elevator. Talk to Eva and say "Eva, I really
need the boss to sign this work order.", and Glottis will drive Manny to the
Land of the Living.

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| LAND OF THE LIVING |
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Use the scythe to open the bag and Glottis will drive Manny and Bruno back to
the Department of Death.

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| DEPARTMENT OF DEATH |
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Use the elevator to go do down to the lobby. Turn left near the doors at the
end of the lobby and walk through the doorway to the packing room. Walk to the
table and use one of the balloon worms on the blue handle and the other balloon
worm on the red handle, then exit the packing room. Use the elevator and enter
Manny's office. Use both chemical balloons with the message tube to block the
switcher in the communications hub.

Exit the office and use the elevator to return to the lobby. Run to the top of
the lobby to see the tube switcher demon and enter the right doorway to enter
the communications room. Get the fire extinguisher and walk over to the door of
the hub. Turn the deadbolt and then exit the room. When the tube switcher demon
leaves the room the door to the hub will remain open as the deadbolt is set.

Return to the communications room and turn the wheel on the door. Use the card
with holes on the message tube in the hub, and in the cutscene Manny will bring
Meche Colomar to his office. Say "Excuse me, but I have to go straighten this
business out.", then exit the office. Walk up the hallway to talk to Don Copal
in his office, where we discover that Meche left fifteen minutes ago to walk
through the petrified forest alone. After the cutscene, Manny will taken to the
hut in the garage. Knock on the door and a mysterious character will talk to
Manny at the window.

Say "I'm thinking about getting out and getting even. That's it.", say "The
DOD
runs a crooked game, and I intend to prove it.", say "I'm gonna blow the lid
off this place!", and Salvador will take Manny to the headquarters of the Lost
Souls Alliance. Talk to Salvador and say "Okay, I'm in. What do I have to do?",
say "You want me to be your messenger?", say "If I grab some carrier pigeons
off the roof, will will you let me go?", say "You're keeping me here because
you need the eggs?". Enter the elevator to arrive in the alley.

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| CLIMBING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEATH |
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Climb up the rope to the ledge, and run around the corner in the ledge to enter
Domino's office. Walk over to the punchbag and hit it three times to knock the
mouthpiece down to the floor. Get the mouthpiece and walk to the other side of
the office. Open the drawer near the computer and get the coral, then walk out
the window to return to the ledge. Run around the corner in the ledge and get
the rope, and drop the rope so that it lands on the ledge. Use the coral on the
rope, then throw it at the ladder to create a bridge across the gap.

Climb up the rope, then climb up the ladder to the roof of the building to see
a group of pigeons. Run to the other side of the roof and put the balloon dingo
in the dish vent, then use the bread in the dish vent. All the pigeons will fly
away from the roof after they explode the balloon by pecking at the bread. Walk
over to the vent at the corner of the roof and get the pigeon eggs, then climb
down the rope to return to the alley.

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| GARAGE |
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Walk through the open garage doorway and enter the hut at the other side of the
garage. Use the mouth-piece on the Fil-a-Dent machine, then use the mouthpiece
on Manny to create an impression of Manny's teeth. Exit the garage through the
doorway and talk to the blue eye to enter the LSA headquarters.

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Give the pigeon eggs to Salvador and the impression of Manny's teeth to Eva.
Salvador will guide Manny through a secret tunnel to the edge of the forest.

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Run south to find Glottis, who is so upset at being fired from his job that he
throws his heart into the spider lair behind him. Run into the lair to see the
heart in a big spider web. Run to the other side of the web and get four bones
from the pile. Put one of the bones in the web, then use the scythe on the web
to catapult the heart near to Glottis. Exit the lair, get the heart and use it
on Glottis to wake him up. After the cutscene where Don gets sprouted by Hector
in the Department of Death, Glottis will reverse his car into the sign post.

Ignore the sign post, and drive along the right path to arrive in an area with
a tree with four pumps moving at different times. Get the wheelbarrow and move
over the wires until the two left and two right pumps are moving at different
times. Drop the wheelbarrow and lower the switch on the control panel, and then
raise the lever when Glottis climbs up to the wheel to get the pumps. Back in
the main area of the forest, exit the car and get the sign post.

Run to the top-left corner of the forest to an area with twelve exits. There is
a light patch near the middle of the area with a tiny dark patch in it. Put the
sign post in the small dark patch to open a secret tunnel. Run down the slope
at the start of the tunnel and shake the warning sign to get the key, then run
up the right path to arrive in an area with a spiked fence. Move closer to the
fence and open the door to find the demon beavers.

After being chased out of the area, walk back through the doorway and run down
the path at the left side of the bridge. Throw one of the bones in the tar and
select the fire extinguisher. When the beaver roars, use the fire extinguisher
to put out the flames on the beaver as it jumps. Repeat this method to put out
the flames on the remaining two beavers, then exit the area. Use the key on the
padlock, and Glottis will drive Manny to Rubacava.

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| RUBACAVA |
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Run up the steps and enter the cafe to meet Celso Flores. Talk to him and say
"What are you doing here?" to discover that he has come to Rubacava looking for
his wife, say "You must love her very much, Celso.", say "How do you know your
wife hasn't gone ahead of you?", say "I'll help you find your wife. What did
she look like?" to receive a photograph of his wife. Say "Well, I'd better go
see how my other clients are doing...", then exit the cafe.

Run down the set of steps at the bottom of the area and run over to the mist on
the right to fall in the water. After being rescued, run down the steps toward
Glottis and show the photograph of Celso's wife to Velasco the dockmaster, who
will say that she sailed away from Rubacava two weeks ago. Say "How do you know
she sailed out of here? I don't believe it!" and Velasco will give you the port
log. Say "Well, don't let me interrupt your car talk.", run back up the steps
to the cafe and give the log book to Celso to complete the year.


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