Big Brother

Big Brother is located in The Sea Monkees' Castle. He is unlocked after opening the bulkhead in the adventure Down at the Hatch at The Wreck of the Edgar Fitzsimmons.

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• Initial Visit:

"Hey, thanks a lot for rescuing me. While I was stuck in that hold I did find a couple of interesting things. This, for instance. It's a rock that makes bubbles. I don't have any use for it, and I doubt if I'll be able to sell it, so I guess you can have it as a reward for helping me out.

You acquire an item: bubblin' stone

I've got lots of other stuff, too. Wanna buy any of it?"

• Subsequent Visits:

"Oh, hey there. Wanna buy something?"

You've got X sand dollar(s).

• Intro text with the black glass available:

"Oh. H... hey. I found... I found this thing..."

You've got X sand dollar(s).

Item		Cost
	black glass	13
	dolphin whistle	1
	sea grease	5
	rusty valve wheel	10
	waterlogged bootstraps	10
	decaying wooden oar	20
	giant fishhook	20
	rusty old lantern	20
	folder (dancing dolphins)	25
	damp old boot	50
	map to Madness Reef	50
	map to the Marinara Trench	50
	map to Anemone Mine	50
	map to the Dive Bar	50
	map to the Skate Park	25
	sushi-rolling mat	50

• On buying the map to Madness Reef:

  Big Brother shows you the map, and you make a copy of the Reef's location on your own map. Then he rolls the map back up and puts it away to sell to the next sucker. I mean customer.

New Area Unlocked

Madness Reef, on The Sea Floor.

• On buying the map to The Marinara Trench:

  Big Brother shows you the map, and you mark the location of the Marinara Trench on your own map. He says "Pleasure doin' business with you" as he rolls the map up and stows it away somewhere out of sight.

New Area Unlocked

The Marinara Trench, on The Sea Floor.

• On buying the map to Anemone Mine:

  Big Brother shows you the map, and you mark the location of Anemone Mine on your own map. He says "Be careful out there!" as he rolls the map up and stows it away somewhere out of sight.

New Area Unlocked

Anemone Mine, on The Sea Floor.

• On buying the map to The Dive Bar:

  Big Brother shows you the map, and you mark the location of the Dive Bar on your own map. He says "Watch your back -- I hear that place gets pretty rowdy," as he rolls the map up and stows it away somewhere out of sight.

New Area Unlocked

The Dive Bar, on The Sea Floor.

• On buying the map to The Skate Park:

  Big Brother shows you the map, and you mark the location of the Skate Park on your own map. He says "You shouldn't go there unless you're a skate, or know how to skate, man. It's skate or die over there," as he rolls the map up and stows it away somewhere out of sight.

New Area Unlocked

The Skate Park, on The Sea Floor.

• On buying the black glass:

  Big Brother hands you the glass and takes your money. Then he furrows his brow.
  
  "Y'know what? Keep the money. Just get that thing away from me."

  You acquire an item: black glass

  You acquire 13 sand dollars

  You step outside the castle and peer through the glass -- it's so dark that it completely blocks out the already dim light on the sea floor. When you point to the west, however, you see a blinding circle of light.

New Area Unlocked

The Caliginous Abyss, on The Sea Floor.

• If you don't have any sand dollars, then the following message will be displayed instead:

  You haven't got any sand dollars...

• When making any other purchase:

You place your X sand dollars on the counter and buy yourself a new item.

• When attempting to make a purchase with inadequate sand dollars:

You don't have enough sand dollars to buy that item.

• When attempting to purchase something without first selecting an item:

That's not something Big Brother has for sale...

Notes

• Accordion Thieves and Disco Bandits cannot buy the map to the Dive Bar – they are granted free access by Little Brother.
• Pastamancers and Saucerors cannot buy the map to the Marinara Trench – they are granted free access by Little Brother.
• Seal Clubbers and Turtle Tamers cannot buy the map to Anemone Mine – they are granted free access by Little Brother.
• Maps are retained through ascension. You will regain access to the mapped areas upon opening the hatch in The Wreck of the Edgar Fitzsimmons.

• Gaining access to an Area via Little Brother does not count towards unlocking it for future ascensions.

• It used to be possible to buy only one sushi-rolling mat, but that restriction has been removed.
• The folder (dancing dolphins) only shows if an over-the-shoulder Folder Holder is equipped.
• The black glass only shows if you have rescued Grandma and then talked to Little Brother.

History

• The price of the sushi-rolling mat was reduced from 300 sand dollars to 100 on September 8, 2010, when rolling sushi was added to the new kitchen at The Campground, and then to 50 on March 8, 2013, as part of a series of Sea updates.
• The price of the damp old boot was halved on March 8, 2013.
• Maps were previously lost upon ascension, but this was changed in August 2025 in preparation for that year's autumn Seasonal challenge path.

References

• The phrase "skate or die" refers to an old NES game by the same name, or possibly to the arcade game 720° (which, beyond being a skateboard game, is unrelated), which used this catchphrase whenever time was running out on the main map.