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Luigi is the younger twin brother of Nintendo's famous mascot, Mario, and ordinarily the "Player 2" of the franchise. This time, however, the green plumber serves as the lead protagonist. Normally clumsy and cowardly, Luigi must put aside his fears and navigate a series of diabolical, labyrinthine complexes in search of his big brother, to rescue him and eliminate the heinous spirits that lurk within their walls.
As the titular protagonist, Luigi appears in every entry in the Luigi's Mansion series as the main playable character.
Physical appearance
Luigi has the same physical characteristics as his brother Mario, having light skin and blue eyes, though there's several notable differences. Luigi is taller and slimmer than Mario. His trademark cap sports a green coloration, with a green "L" on the white circle. His hair and mustache is colored a darker brown, and his mustache is much less bushy than Mario's.
Luigi wears the same white gloves, blue overalls, and brown boots as Mario, though the overalls and boots are a darker color. His shirt and cap are green with a green L on the cap.
Personality traits
Luigi is a kind man who loves his brother, friends and is an overall nice guy. He's ambiverted, optimistic, caring and sweet. He can fight when needed, but is very easily frightened, especially when encountering ghosts, contrary to Mario.
Due to his easily scared and shy nature, he's often assumed to be a frightened weakling. Fortunately, however, he has shown that he can push his fears aside and is more than capable of standing on his own. For instance, in the Luigi's Mansion (Series), he will do almost anything to rescue Mario and his friends out of King Boo's possession, regardless of his fear of ghosts.
While Luigi is portrayed to be sweet and kind, he can be extremely sassy about certain things such as how Mario does his laundry, interior design and cleanliness, by "checking" things in the Mansion, Luigi will voice his opinions about it.
Luigi is a huge animal lover, not even ghosts can stop that! Luigi cares very deeply for Polterpup despite him being a ghost and how troublesome he is, Luigi also admits in the first game when you scan the birdhouse in the Courtyard that he would someday like to train carrier pigeons, not to mention his horrified reaction to the cheetah skin rugs and deer heads in the Safari Room, Luigi also does his best to be kind to less friendly animals such as Polterkitty, when the feline steals an elevator button, Luigi will attempt to be gentle and not provoke her.
Biography
Exploring his mansion
- Main article: Luigi's Mansion
Luigi Screaming in terror from the ghosts
In the first installment of the series, Luigi wins a mansion in a contest he never even entered. After telling his brother, Mario, to meet him there, he sets off to his newly won mansion. While traveling there, he encounters a much creepier place than he expected. Despite the contrast between the cheery map he received and the spooky setting he found himself in, this mansion was undeniably the one which he was looking for. Upon entering the mansion, Luigi runs into a Gold Ghost, causing him to fall to the ground and back away in terror. Before he can be harmed, he is saved by Professor E. Gadd, an old inventor. The Professor tells Luigi that he must return the ghosts to their portraits, and that by doing so, he can save his brother Mario. Luigi undergoes some basic training to learn how to use the Poltergust 3000 in order to capture ghosts, and then the adventure truly begins. After sucking up all the portrait ghosts who live in the mansion, Luigi defeats King Boo and frees Mario from his painting. The mansion will then be reconstructed upon victory over the evil King Boo.
Crisis of Evershade Valley
- Main article: Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Luigi is sleeping in his chair, when all of a sudden his TV goes to static. Professor E. Gadd appears on his television, giving Luigi a fright before being pixelated and sent to Evershade Valley to go on an adventure.
With the ghosts of Evershade Valley gone hostile after King Boo has destroyed the Dark Moon, Luigi is first sent to the Gloomy Manor to retrieve the Poltergust 5000, Strobulb and Dark-Light Device, in order to fight many Boos and ghosts within the manor (including three Poltergeists). Later on, the manor becomes infested with spider webs, but they are cleared out. He then heads to the Cellar to confront the Grouchy Possessor, who is possessing a large spider. After the battle, he collects the second Dark Moon piece. Luigi later returns to the manor to capture more ghosts.
Luigi heads to the Haunted Towers. He encounters more Boos and different types of ghosts (including The Three Sisters). He also finds a Toad assistant, who brings an image of Boos and ghosts with a special key, to access the top of the tree and find the third Dark Moon piece. After finding the key, however, the Polterpup runs off with it, forcing Luigi to chase him down. Afterwards, he climbs up to the Tree House to find the Harsh Possessor possessing a staircase. After collecting the third Dark Moon piece, he captures more ghosts who have suddenly returned to the towers.
Luigi then heads to the Old Clockworks. To get to the Belfry Clock, he needs to find the Clock Hands, which are in possession of the Ancient Poltergeist and the Polterpup. After retrieving both clock hands, he finds a Strong Sneaker handling the rotor. Whilst finding him, he also escorts another Toad assistant. After claiming the rotor, Luigi confronts the Overset Possessor for the fourth Dark Moon piece. Afterwards, Luigi clears the factory of more ghosts.
Next, Luigi heads to the Secret Mine. He escorts another Toad assistant, who reveals information that the Boos have been up to suspicious activity in the Crystal Quarry. Luigi finds out that Boos are making the ghosts stronger using the crystals. While searching for the next Dark Moon piece, he is forced to fight three paranormal chained ghosts. Eventually, he confronts the Shrewd Possessor for the fifth Dark Moon piece. He then clears out more ghosts in the mine.
Luigi's final destination is at the Treacherous Mansion. He chases the Polterpup who stole the front door key. As he enters the mansion, he finds two Toad assistants. They reveal an image of Boos and King Boo in the Train Exhibit, as well as Mario's painting. Luigi fights the Strong Poltergeist first to gain access to the Train Exhibit. Luigi is pixelated into the diorama, only to fight Big Boo instead of King Boo. Afterwards, King Boo unleashes almost every ghost Luigi has encountered on his journey. Afterwards, he fights the Tough Possessor and claims the final Dark Moon piece. More ghosts have returned to the mansion, which are sooned cleared out.
Finally, Luigi confronts King Boo in his own illusion, defeats him, saves Mario and restores the Dark Moon, returning the ghosts back to their friendly and peaceful states.
The Last Resort
- Main article: Luigi's Mansion 3
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In the third installment in the series, Luigi and his friends, including Mario, Princess Peach, Polterpup, Toad, Yellow Toad and Blue Toad, all get an invitation to stay at a luxurious hotel called "The Last Resort". After arriving in Princess Peach's tour bus, Luigi and his friends are greeted by the owner of the hotel, Hellen Gravely, and checks himself in a room after saying good night to his friends. Luigi then proceeded to unpack and read his book in bed before instantly falling asleep seconds after. However, in the middle of the night, Luigi hears Princess Peach's scream, and jumped at the sound of it. Noticing that the hotel had gotten creepier, he picks up his flashlight and heads outside his room, only to discover that the hotel's golden glow was nothing more but a cover used by dark magic. He then tip-toes towards the elevator and finds the hotel owner, Hellen Gravely, once again, this time looking much more ghost-like. That's when King Boo reveals himself, and shows Luigi that his friends had been imprisoned in frames once again. Luigi darts out towards the other end of the hallway and escapes through the laundry chute.
Trivia
- As seen in the third game, Luigi doesn't really know how to swim as seen by Polterpup dragging him over to the surface at the Boilerworks. This contrasts his appearance in several other games and media, where he could swim with no issues (except for the comic Super Mario Adventures, where he flat-out stated he couldn't swim). However, since Luigi was carrying the Poltergust, which weighed him down to the point that he was unable to jump like in other games, it may show that he struggles to swim when carrying something heavy.
- In the first game, Luigi attempts to be sneaky when entering the mansion. This highlights Luigi's anxious nature, and how he was afraid of what he could encounter inside, even though he had not yet entered the mansion.
- According to the scans of the Game Boy Horror, we get more insight into his thoughts.
- He likes to be neat and clean, often ridiculing most of the mansion's furniture and decorations for being so filthy and can't stand the sight of broken things.
- He's finicky when it comes to what to wear, especially hats.
- According to himself, hats should be hand-washed, believing that just putting them in the washer like Mario does would be careless.
- He doesn't care about anything with a pointed tip such as swords, darts, etc.
- He could never play the piano, but he does have an ear for music.
- He likes art, sometimes "taken" by some of the mansion's paintings.
- However, he sometimes notices if a painting is actually a photograph and wouldn't call other paintings "art".
- He seems self-conscious of his own weight. When scanning the punching bags, he feels as he "should put in a few jabs" while he's there.
- On the subject of exercise, he states that he's always been a good runner.
- He appears to be conservative of resources, as when scanning running water, he says "Didn't anyone tell these Boos not to waste water?"
Gallery
- Main article: Luigi/Gallery
