Maniac Mansion Wiki

Key[]

The key is perhaps the first item taken in the game. It is found under the door mat. It is used to open the door to the Mansion.

Flashlight[]

It is found in the kitchen. It needs batteries to operate, and helps you when you enter dark rooms. It can work with the Old Batteries but only briefly. You need new ones.

Cheese[]

Found in the kitchen, inside the refrigerator. Green Tentacle will accept it as part of the food needed to let you pass.

Old Batteries[]

Can be used in the Flashlight, but they don't last long.

Lettuce[]

Found in the kitchen, inside the refrigerator. Green Tentacle will accept it as part of the food needed to let you pass.

Can of Pepsi[]

Found in the kitchen, inside the refrigerator. You need it to cause indigestion to the large man-eating plant.

Broken Bottles of Ketchup[]

Found in the kitchen, inside the refrigerator. Green Tentacle will accept it as part of what is necessary to let you pass.

Old Rotting Turkey[]

Found in the dining room. Green Tentacle will accept it as part of the food needed to let you pass.

Week Old Roast[]

Found in the dining room. Green Tentacle will accept it as part of the food needed to let you pass.

Tentacle Chow[]

Found in the storage room. Green Tentacle will accept it as part of the food needed to let you pass.

Canned Goods[]

Found in the storage room. Green Tentacle will accept it as part of the food needed to let you pass.

Fruit Drinks[]

Found in the storage room. It is the favourite drink of the Green Tentacle.

Glass Jar[]

Found in the storage room. Used to carry water.

Paint Remover[]

Found in the painting room. Used to remove the paint blotch and reveal the door behind it.

Paint Brush[]

Found in the painting room. Used to apply de paint remover (in the original 1987 version you don't need this item).

Bowl of Wax Fruit[]

Found in the painting room, it is the favorite food of the Green Tentacle.

Old Record[]

A sound effects record found in the music room.

Dime[]

One it is found in Fred Edison's room. You can find three more inside Ed's piggy bank.

Record[]

A record with Tentacle mating calls, found in the Green Tentacle's room.

Yellow Key[]

Found in the Green Tentacle's room. It opens the trunk to the car and operate the car itself.

Package[]

Is brought via post to Weird Ed. Once it arrives, Ed comes down to take it and a kid had limited time to get it. If you try to open it you get the stamps.

Silver Key[]

It is found in the basement near to the fuse box and the door to the dungeon. It is used to unlock the door to the backyard.