Editing Big Lantern Ghost

{{about|the boss from ''[[Paper Mario]]''|the enemy from ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''|[[Mega Kantera]]}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Big Lantern Ghost.png]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario''
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|species=[[Lantern Ghost]]
}}

{{quote|So... I'll take you with me... ...to the deep dark...|Big Lantern Ghost|Paper Mario}}

The '''Big Lantern Ghost''' is the mid-boss of [[Shy Guy's Toy Box]] from ''[[Paper Mario]]''. He is a giant [[Lantern Ghost]] with a bandage on his forehead who resides in a dark room. After being defeated in battle, Mario learns that the Big Lantern Ghost had been holding [[Watt]] prisoner inside of his lantern.

At the start of the battle, the Big Lantern Ghost cannot be attacked directly. In order to target him, the player must repeatedly attack the lantern that he holds in order to spread light through the room and render him visible for attack. Once the lantern's light is large enough, he will occasionally blow into the lantern to extinguish it and become unavailable to target again. The Big Lantern Ghost is also capable of casting a ring of light from his lantern, dealing two damage to [[Mario]] and incapacitating his partner for several turns unless guarded against. Once the player defeats him, he flees and drops his lantern, which Watt is trapped in. After freeing her by breaking the lantern, Watt joins Mario's party as his sixth partner.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Paper Mario''===
{{:Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Big Lantern Ghost|image=[[File:PM Big Lantern Ghost idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}

===''Super Mario-kun'' flavor text===
*「{{hover|大|おお}}きなおしりでヒップドロップとかカンテラフラッシュとかいろいろ{{hover|攻撃|こうげき}}してくるけど、{{hover|暗|くら}}やみの{{hover|攻撃|こうげき}}は{{hover|少|すこ}}しひきょうじゃないですか。だから、かぶりものをとってピカピカにしてやったのだ。」 ''(He'll [[Ground Pound|Hip Drop]] you with his big butt or use the Lantern Flash attack, but the Darkness attack is a little unfair isn't it? That's why his headdress was taken away and he was made sparkly.)''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
PM Biglanternghost.png|''[[Paper Mario]]''
Big Lantern Ghost Defeated.png|''Paper Mario''
LanternGhost SuperMarioKun.jpg|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
LanternGhost Stats SuperMarioKun.jpg|''Super Mario-kun''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ビッグカンテラくん
|JapR=Biggu Kantera-kun
|JapM=Big [[Lantern Ghost]]
|Spa=Fantasma Candela
|SpaM=Candle Ghost
|Fre=Fantô-lampe
|FreM=From "fantôme" (ghost) and "lampe" (lamp)
|Ger=Jack Laterna
|GerM=Pun on "Jack-o'-lantern"
|Por=O grande Fantasma da lanterna
|PorM=The Great Lantern Ghost
|Chi=大灯笼鬼
|ChiR=Dà Dēnglóngguǐ
|ChiM=Big Lantern Ghost
}}

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