The Telephone Room (Japanese: 電話の部屋 Telephone Room) is a room that can be accessed by Luigi only in the fourth area of Luigi's Mansion.
Story[]
As Luigi approached the West Hallway on the Balcony (3F), the door was unsealed. However, a bolt of lightning struck the house, causing what every ghost-hunter hates: a Blackout. Thus, with the ensuing darkness, the ghosts were free to cause mayhem throughout the Mansion.
Luigi used his Key to open the door, then proceeded through the West Hallway. In the end, he came across two choices, east or west. The plumber chose the east door because the other one was locked and ended up in the Telephone Room.
Luigi receives a phone call from one of the Toads in the Mansion (Luigi has the choice of stating his identity as either himself or Bowser, the latter of which causes the Toad to freak out and hang up before calling back), informing him that the Toads had fled because of the blackout. The Toad also mentioned a breaker in the Basement that could be used to turn the power back on. Unfortunately, the previously accessible Breaker Room was now mysteriously locked.
Luigi received another phone call, this time from Professor E. Gadd, who told Luigi of a Portrait Ghost named Uncle Grimmly who was now on the loose. Luigi went off in search of Uncle Grimmly so that he could turn the power back on. He is in the Wardrobe Room from Area 1.
After successfully doing so, Luigi returned to the Telephone Room, only to find it was still dark. Opening some of the chests in the room, Luigi awakened two Skeleton Ghosts whom he captured, finally lighting the room.
Appearance[]
The Telephone Room is the largest room in the Mansion, not including outdoor areas like the Balcony and the Courtyard. As such, it is filled with quite a variety of objects. On the west wall, there is a large cabinet in front of which is a small table and curiously, a small sofa. The middle of the room is empty except for a large chest on the north wall. Along the south wall, there are three small rotary telephones, side-by-side. Finally, on the east wall is a cabinet identical to the first and two additional large chests.
Ghosts differences[]
| Ghost Normal Mansion | Ghost Hidden Mansion PAL and 3DS | Ghost Blackout | Ghost Blackout Hidden Mansion PAL and 3DS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Mr. Bones | 2 Blue Blazes 4 Bowling Ghosts |
1 Gold Ghost 1 Purple Puncher 1 Blue Twirler |
2 Gold Ghost 2 Purple Puncher 2 Blue Twirler |
Names in Other Languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 電話の部屋 Denwa no heya |
Phone room |
| Spanish | La sala de los teléonos | The telephone room |
Trivia[]
A Luigi's Mansion Suicide - What it actually is
Luigi's shadow seen from another angle.
- When Luigi is talking to Professor E. Gadd, when lightning strikes, Luigi's shadow appears suspended in the air. Though it is just a lighting glitch due to the camera angle, it resulted in numerous creepypastas surrounding the game's development, with many believing the glitch to be an easter egg.
- Currently, it has already been confirmed that this shadow is a glitch because Luigi's shadow has the same pose while talking on the phone, but from another angle, and with the shadow disconnected, it simulates Luigi's shadow hanging from the ceiling. In the 3DS remake, they fixed this bug.
- One does not need to enter the Telephone Room when the blackout happens. It's entirely possible to walk to the Wardrobe Room, capture Uncle Grimmly, and turn on the lights, thus saving time and unwanted tangles with ghosts.
- This is the only indoor room with Skeleton Ghosts in the regular mansion; in the PAL and 3DS Hidden Mansion, however, they instead appear in the Astral Hall.
- In the clue that Professor E. Gadd gives you about the location of Uncle Grimly, the clue that he gives you to find him is that he loves mirrors, a useless clue since many rooms have mirrors. In the 3DS version, the hint for Professor E. Gadd has changed to become more specific, adding that the ghost prefers rooms "with clothes and a mirror." This makes it easier to find it in the Wardrobe Room, as it is the only room in the mansion to have clothes and a mirror.
- It's one of the few rooms to have a difference in ghosts during the blackout in Hidden Mansion, along with the Kitchen.
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