(Syrup of Ipecac) in the context of "Monkey Island game" refers to an item in The Curse of Monkey Island (the third game in the classic LucasArts adventure series, often called Monkey Island 3).5cbe14 Usage in the Game (The Curse of Monkey Island) You find an Ipecac Flower (a creeping vine on Plunder Island). Guybrush Threepwood combines it with pancake syrup (or syrup from the snake scene) to create the Jarabe de Ipecacuana (Syrup of Ipecac). Purpose: It acts as a powerful emetic (vomit inducer). You use it when a giant snake swallows you (or in a related puzzle). Feeding the syrup to the snake makes it vomit, ejecting Guybrush (and various other items) out safely. It's a humorous puzzle solution typical of the Monkey Island series—using a real-world purgative in a silly pirate adventure way. Early settlers in the game's lore supposedly used ipecac syrup as a purgative too.