Biff Atlas, the Bodybuilder (Japanese: マッディー Maddī), is one of the portrait ghosts featured in Luigi's Mansion. He is the second optional portrait ghost featured in the game, and is found in the mansion's Rec Room. Biff is unique for being a ghost that has to be provoked in order to expose his heart.
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Physical description[]
Biff is incredibly strong, his chest and biceps bulging with muscle. He has blue skin, green eyes and is blond.
He wears a red muscle shirt, blue pants that fit around his tail, two sweatbands around his wrists, and a belt that looks similar to one a pro wrestler or boxer receives.
Personality and traits[]
While he does boast about himself a little and ask if Luigi if he'd like to be his punching bag is his heart is scanned, Biff is actually a pretty nice guy and one of the less violent ghosts when not provoked, and he will simply ignore Luigi if he enters the Rec Room, where Biff resides lifting a barbell, and Luigi can do likewise. Biff also likes lilies because "they symbolize purity".
Abilities[]
- Invisibility: Before the battle, when Luigi is looking in Biff's direction, he will become invisible.
- Strength: Biff Atlas is very strong.
- Punch-Out!!: Biff Atlas can punch Luigi, dealing 20 HP of damage if successful.
- Poison Mushroom: While being captured, Biff Atlas will drop a Poison Mushroom.
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Battle[]
In order to provoke Biff into attacking him, Luigi must smack one of the three nearby punching bags, avoiding its backswing, before it hits him. If aimed correctly, it hits Biff and causes him to come at Luigi swinging his fists in a furious rage. One punch from the bodybuilder and the green plumber loses a whopping 20 HP. One hit with a punching bag still doesn't expose Biff's heart, so Luigi must pound Biff two more times with any punching bag. Before the third hit, he gets even angrier and starts whirling his arms like a runaway windmill. If Luigi smacked a bag but misses, he'll have to avoid both it and Atlas. After taking the hits, Biff got knocked out and vulnerable to Luigi's attack. Unfortunately, this attack wakes Biff up and causes him to pull against the Poltergust 3000. If Luigi fails to catch him on the first go, Biff will return to weightlifting and Luigi must hit him with one more punching bag to resume capturing him.
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | マッディー
Maddī|| | |
| Spanish | Borja, El Culturista | Borja, The bodybuilder |
| French | Bob Atlas, Le Culturiste | Bob Atlas, The bodybuilder |
| German | Mister Astral-Universum | |
| Italian | Big Tozzo |
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Trivia[]
- His first name is a pun on "biff", slang meaning to hit.
- His last name is based on Atlas, a titan from Greek Mythology who was punished by Zeus to hold up the Sky.
- His last name may also be a reference to Charles Atlas, another bodybuilder who ran an exercise program that was advertised in old comic books.
- His last name is based on Atlas, a titan from Greek Mythology who was punished by Zeus to hold up the Sky.
- A bust of Biff Atlas can be found in The Artist's Studio.
- The way to defeat him is similar to Slim Bankshot, as they both require being hit three times to expose their heart, but if not caught after one suction, only need to be hit once.
- He and Melody Pianissima share some similarities. They're both blond and are 26 years old.
- His favorite flower is the white lily, which not only represents beauty and innocence, but coincidentally it also represents grief and death, a reason why they are often used in funerals.
- His platinum frame in Luigi's Mansion (3DS) has white lillies on it.
