Guybrush Threepwood wants to be a pirate. To do so, he must prove himself to three old pirate captains. During the perilous pirate trials, he meets the beautiful governor Elaine Marley, with whom he falls in love, unaware that the ghost pirate LeChuck also has his eyes on her. When Elaine is kidnapped, Guybrush must form a crew, hunt down LeChuck, and save his Plunder Bunny!