Editing Big Boo's Haunt

{{course infobox
|image=[[File:BigBoosHaunt.png|200px]]<br>''Super Mario 64''<br>[[File:SM64DS Big Boo's Haunt.png|200px]]<br>''Super Mario 64 DS''
|unlock=Collect 12 [[Power Star]]s (15 in the DS remake) and defeat the Big Boo in the castle's courtyard.
|missions='''''Super Mario 64'''''<br>[[Go on a Ghost Hunt]]<br>[[Ride Big Boo's Merry-Go-Round]]<br>[[Secret of the Haunted Books]]<br>[[Seek the 8 Red Coins]]<br>[[Big Boo's Balcony]]<br>[[Eye to Eye in the Secret Room]]<br>'''''Super Mario 64 DS'''''<br>[[Go on a Ghost Hunt]]<br>[[Ride Big Boo's Merry-Go-Round]]<br>[[Secret of the Haunted Books]]<br>[[Seek the 8 Red Coins]]<br>[[Big Boo's Balcony]]<br>[[Eye to Eye in the Secret Room]]<br>[[Switch Star in the Basement]]
|boss=[[Big Boo (character)|Big Boo]], [[Big Mr. I.]]
|stars='''''Super Mario 64'':'''<br>[[File:Star SM64.png]][[File:Star SM64.png]][[File:Star SM64.png]][[File:Star SM64.png]][[File:Star SM64.png]][[File:Star SM64.png]]<br>'''''Super Mario 64 DS'':'''<br>[[File:Star SM64DS.png]][[File:Star SM64DS.png]][[File:Star SM64DS.png]][[File:Star SM64DS.png]][[File:Star SM64DS.png]][[File:Star SM64DS.png]][[File:Star SM64DS.png]]
}}
{{quote|[[Mario|You]] don't stand a ghost of a chance in this house. If you walk out of here, you deserve...a Ghoul Medal...|[[Sign]] outside the haunted house|[[Super Mario 64]]}}
'''Big Boo's Haunt''', also known as '''Big Boo's Mansion''',<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|date=1996|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=6|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> '''Boo's Haunted Mansion''',<ref name="PG84">{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|date=1996|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=84|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> '''Big Boo's Haunted House''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) issue 49|page=26|date=April 1997}}</ref> and the '''Haunted House''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) issue 48|page=26|date=March 1997}}</ref> is a three-story mansion owned by the [[Big Boo (character)|Big Boo]], located in a small birdcage (also identified as a "carousel").<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|date=1996|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=48|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> It is the fifth course in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. Instead of accessing the course via a [[painting]], the player must travel to the [[Peach's Castle|Mushroom Castle]]'s [[Courtyard (Peach's Castle)|courtyard]] after they have collected 12 [[Power Star]]s (15 in the DS remake) and defeat the [[Big Boo]] containing the cage. When near the cage, the player's character shrinks down and enters it. This is the only course (in the original game) that does not share its theme with another course and has the most encounters with enemies containing Stars, with the Big Boo being fought three times and [[Big Mr. I.]] being fought once. The background is that of a moonlit night in a dark forest as well as howling wind.

In the remake, Big Boo's Haunt is the only main course that [[Yoshi]] cannot access entirely, since he can neither defeat nor eat [[Boo]]s; this is also the only course to have a [[level]] inside it required to free another playable character, and it is one of two levels to have a secret level inside it (the other being [[Behind the Waterfall]] in the [[Hazy Maze Cave]]).

==Layout==
[[File:SM64DS Big Boos Haunt Map 1.png|frame|left|Map of the area outside the haunted house in ''Super Mario 64 DS'']]
Big Boo's Haunt takes place within the cage. There are two buildings in the course: the main [[Ghost House|haunted house]] and a wooden shack off to the side (also known as the "'''House of Fun'''").<ref>{{cite|author=Prima Bath|title=''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=86|date=April 7, 1999|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-2103-8}}</ref> Around the haunted house are several [[Scuttlebug|Scuttle Bug]]s, and an entrance to a secret room with a couple of Boos is at the back of the haunted house.

[[File:Big Boo's Haunt SM64 shack exterior.png|thumb|left|200px|The shack leading to the haunted house's basement]]
The haunted house consists of three floors, though only the first floor is accessible during the [[Go on a Ghost Hunt|first mission]] (unless the player has unlocked [[Luigi]] in the DS version, in which case the player can easily [[jump]] to the next floor). The rooms of the first floor consist of, from left to right, a room with the [[Mad Piano]], a room with a library, a room with a dungeon, a room with a collapsing bridge, and a room with a black pit and some platforms. If the player falls into the pit, it will lead them to the merry-go-round underneath. Once all the Boos and the Big Boo on the first floor are defeated, a staircase to the second floor appears.

The second floor has the same number of rooms as the first, as well as the course's [[Star Marker]]. The second door from the left leads to a library with books flying out of the shelves, trying to attack the player. The end of the library leads to the first room from the left, which contains a Power Star. The third room has a wire-frame grate floor above the dungeon room, the fourth room has several [[casket]]s that rise when the player approaches them, and the fifth room contains a bookcase with [[Bookend]]s and a large [[seesaw|tilting platform]] that will drop the player into the merry-go-round if they stand on it for too long. The door in the back of the fifth room leads to a [[Cap Block|blue block]] (or red in the DS version), and a door above on a ledge leads to the third floor.

The third floor consists of a small hall with doors to the balcony and a secret room containing Big Mr. I. In the DS version, a Luigi painting that brings [[Mario]] to the [[Big Boo Battle]] stage is also present in the hall. To access the room with Big Mr. I., the player has to be [[Vanish Mario]] or Vanish Luigi and enter through the large picture of a Boo before the power wears off. On the balcony lies the Big Boo, and the player can [[Long Jump|long-jump]] from the platform to access the roof.

The shack on the grounds of the haunted house leads to an elevator that brings the player to large halls when stepped on. At the end of the halls is a room with [[water]] and a merry-go-round in the center, accessed by doors on either side. The merry-go-round has a large spinning platform in the center and several portraits of Boos. One of the portraits has actual Boos come out of it, and another acts like a [[flamethrower]].
<gallery>
SM64DS Big Boos Haunt Map 2.png|Map of the first floor
SM64DS Big Boos Haunt Map 3.png|Map of the second floor
SM64DS Big Boos Haunt Map 4.png|Map of the merry-go-round
SM64DS Big Boos Haunt Map 5.png|Map of the secret room
</gallery>
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==Missions==
{|class="wikitable"style="text-align="center"
!Mission
!Appears in
!Summary
|-
![[File:Go_On_A_Ghost_Hunt.PNG|200px]]<br>[[Go on a Ghost Hunt]]
|''[[Super Mario 64]]''<br>''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|This mission's objective is to defeat all the [[Boo]]s followed by the [[Big Boo (character)|Big Boo]] on the first floor.
|-
![[File:Ride Big Boo's Merry-Go-Round.PNG|200px]]<br>[[Ride Big Boo's Merry-Go-Round]]
|''[[Super Mario 64]]''<br>''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|The mission's objective is similar to that of the previous mission, with the Boos and Big Boo located within the merry-go-round in the basement.
|-
![[File:Secret of the Haunted Books.png|200px]]<br>[[Secret of the Haunted Books]]
|''[[Super Mario 64]]''<br>''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|This mission's goal is to collect the [[Power Star]] behind the library on the second floor.
|-
![[File:Seek the 8 Red Coins.PNG|200px]]<br>[[Seek the 8 Red Coins]]
|''[[Super Mario 64]]''<br>''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|This mission involves collecting the eight [[Red Coin]]s scattered throughout the haunted house.
|-
![[File:BigBooSM64.png|200px]]<br>[[Big Boo's Balcony]]
|''[[Super Mario 64]]''<br>''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|This mission's objective is to defeat the Big Boo (for the third and final time) on the balcony.
|-
![[File:SM64 Big Mr. I.png|200px]]<br>[[Eye to Eye in the Secret Room]]
|''[[Super Mario 64]]''<br>''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|This mission involves defeating [[Big Mr. I.]] in the third floor's secret room with the [[Vanish Cap]].
|-
![[File:SM64DS Big Boo's Haunt Star Switch.png|200px]]<br>[[Switch Star in the Basement]]
|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|This mission's objective is to collect the Switch Star near the merry-go-round by breaking a [[Block (Super Mario 64)|Black Brick]].
|}
{{br}}

==Enemies==
<gallery>
Boo 64.png|[[Boo]]s
Mr I.png|[[Mr. I|Mr. I.]]'s
MadPianoSM64.png|[[Mad Piano]]
BookendSM64.png|[[Bookend]]s
Scuttlebug.png|[[Scuttlebug|Scuttle Bug]]s
KillerChair64.jpg|[[Chair]]s
SM64 BBH Flamethrower.png|[[Flamethrower]]
BigBooSM64.png|[[Big Boo (character)|Big Boo]] (boss)
SM64 Big Mr. I.png|[[Big Mr. I.]] (boss)
</gallery>

==Statistics==
*'''Total Number of [[Coin]]s''': 151 (160 in ''Super Mario 64 DS'')
*'''[[Cap]]s Found''': [[Vanish Cap]] (3)
*'''[[Spinning Heart]]''': (none)
*'''[[Cannon]]s''': (none)
*'''[[1-Up Mushroom|1UP Mushroom]]s''' (2):
**''Static Mushroom'': '''#1''' On the top of the shack.
**''Box Mushroom'': '''#2''' On the top of the haunted house.
*'''[[Warp]]s''': (none)

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Spooky Forest & The Moon BG.png|Background 
SM64 Asset Model Birdcage.png|The cage
BBMArtworksm64.jpg|Map artwork
SM64-Facing Big Boo's Haunt.png|The cage leading to Big Boo's Haunt in the N64 version
Haunted Mansion Front Lawn SM64.png|The starting area in the N64 version
Blue Block SM64.png|The room with a blue block in the N64 version
SM64DS Facing Big Boo's Haunt.png|The cage leading to Big Boo's Haunt in the DS version
SM64DS Big Boo's Haunt Outside.png|The starting area in the DS version
SM64DS Luigi Portrait.png|The entrance to [[Big Boo Battle]]
Big Boo's Haunt side image SMKun.png|''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' (side image)
</gallery>

==Other appearances and references==
*''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'': The haunted house makes an appearance on Hole 2 of [[Bowser Badlands]] in ''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour''.
*''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'': In ''New Super Mario Bros.'', the minigame [[Hide and Boo Seek]] is set in the main lobby of the haunted house. An arrangement of the merry-go-round theme from this course is also used in the minigame [[Lakitu Launch]], which returns from ''Super Mario 64 DS''.
*''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'': A remix of the merry-go-round's theme is in ''Mario Strikers Charged'' as Boo's theme whenever he scores a goal.
*''[[Mario Kart 8]]'': The merry-go-round music is also used near the Aqua Cups area in ''Mario Kart 8''{{'}}s [[Water Park]].

==Media==
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=テレサの ホラーハウス
|JapR=Teresa no Horā Hausu
|JapM=Boo's Horror House
|Ger=Big Boos Burg
|GerM=Big Boo's Castle
|Fre=Manoir de Big Boo (''64'')
|Fre2=Manoir du Roi Boo (''DS'')
|FreM=Big Boo's Manor
|Fre2M=King Boo's Manor
|Ita=Rifugio di Re Boo
|ItaN=''Super Mario 64 DS''
|Ita2=Casa Infestata<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=88}}</ref>
|ItaM=King Boo's Den
|Ita2M=Haunted House
|Kor=부끄부끄의호러하우스
|KorR=Bukeubukeu ui Horeo hauseu
|KorM=Boo's Horror House
|ChiS=大嘘嘘鬼的城堡<ref name="iQue">From the {{file link|SM64DS course list in Chinese.png|score sheet}} and the star menu of ''Super Mario 64 DS'' as localized by [[iQue]].</ref>
|ChiSR=Dà Xūxūguǐ de Chéngbǎo
|ChiSM=Big Boo's Castle
|Spa=Mansión Encantada
|SpaM=Haunted Mansion
}}

==Trivia==
*If the player activates first-person view when Mario is close enough to enter the course, the player can still move the camera for a bit before the screen transitions to the mission-selection screen.
*In the DS version, a [[Luigi Cap|green cap]] appears on the Boo in the back room of the first floor. By using hacks to enter the course as Yoshi, it can be shown that Yoshi is able to tongue the cap off the Boo and turn into Luigi as if the cap were on a normal [[Goomba]].
*The music for this level samples "46 - Untitled" by Zero-G.<ref>{{cite|url=www.whosampled.com/Koji-Kondo/Haunted-House-(SM64)|title=Haunted House (SM64) by Koji Kondo - Samples, Covers and Remixes|publisher=WhoSampled|accessdate=May 21, 2024|language=en}}</ref>
*The name of the 100-Coin Star is '''Beat the Boos!'''<ref name="PG84"/>

==References==
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