"Oh, that's just wonderful. I finally rid myself of twenty years of amnesia and the first thing I learn is that my granddaughter has married the sorriest excuse for a pirate in the seven seas. Someone get a coconut so I can go back to being blissfully ignorant."

Horatio Torquemeda Marley (also called Captain Marley, Grandpa Marley or H. T. Marley and later revealed to be the same person as Herman Toothrot) is a recurring character in the Monkey Island series. As Herman Toothrot he is the hermit of Monkey Island, although his tale of how he came to be on the island has been revised at least once. He makes appearances in the first four games, though his appearance in the third is more of a cameo (in the form of an electronic puppet on the Rollercoaster of Death).

In the fourth game Herman is revealed to be the grandfather of Elaine Marley, who until that point had been considered a separate character. This plot-twist is accompanied by a large retcon of the character's previous history which is at odds with previously established canon. Herman's character was initially based on Ben Gunn from Treasure Island.