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| |image=[[File:LM3DS Boolossus.png|250px]]<br> Artwork of Boolossus for ''Luigi's Mansion'' for Nintendo 3DS
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| |first_appearance=''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])
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| |species=[[Big Boo]]
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| |latest_appearance=''[[Luigi’s Mansion 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
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| {{Quote|That scaredy-cat [[Luigi]] has made it this far... Oh, we're so frightened! I guess it's our turn, then... All right, Boos, let's assume our real form... But first, how about giving him a little scare!|Boolossus|Luigi's Mansion}}
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| '''Boolossus, Jumbo Ghost''', is a [[Big Boo]] and one of the [[portrait ghost]]s in the game ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' and [[Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)|the 3DS remake of the game]], as well as the final boss of ''[[Luigi's Mansion 3]]''{{'}}s [[ScareScraper]] mode. This ghost is composed of a group of smaller [[Boo]]s. Although these Boos are normally timid and shy, when they form into Boolossus, all their fears disappear. The Boo is a servant of [[King Boo]], leader of the Boos, and is the guardian of the third area of [[Luigi's Mansion (location)|Luigi's Mansion]]. Its name is a portmanteau on the words "Boo" and "colossus", the latter referencing its massive size. Unlike other Boos, Boolossus has glowing yellow eyes. In the gallery, the portrait number of Boolossus is 22.
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| ==History==
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| ===''Luigi's Mansion'' series===
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| ====''Luigi's Mansion''====
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| {{LM portrait infobox
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| |icon=BooIcon.png
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| |image=LM Boolossus Screenshot.png | |
| |width=200px | | |width=200px |
| |full_name=Boolossus, Jumbo Ghost | | |fullname=Boolossus, the Jumbo Ghost |
| |age=Unknown | | |age=Unknown |
| |biography=When the shy, timid Boos get together, their body and their attitude get BIG! | | |biography=When the shy, timid boos get together, their body and their attitude get BIG! |
| |room=[[Balcony (3F)]] | | |room=Balcony |
| |hp=15 Boos | | |hp=150 (15 Boos) |
| }} | | }} |
| [[File:Boolossus1.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Original artwork, where Boolossus has two fangs.]]
| | '''Boolossus, the Jumbo Ghost''', is an enormous [[Boo]] and one of the portrait ghosts in the game ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''. This giant ghost is actually composed of fifteen regular Boos who can combine their entities to create the powerful Boolossus. Although these Boos are normally timid and shy, when they form into Boolossus, all their fears disappear. The massive Boo is a servant of [[King Boo]], leader of the Boos, and is the guardian of the third area of [[Luigi's Mansion (place)|Luigi's Mansion]]. Unlike other Boos, Boolossus has glowing yellow eyes. |
| Before the events of ''Luigi's Mansion'', Boolossus was captured by [[Professor Elvin Gadd|Professor E. Gadd]] during the professor's travels around the world. E. Gadd used his [[Ghost Portrificationizer|Portrificationizer]] to transform Boolossus into a painting and placed the painting in his gallery of other portrait ghosts. However, the capture of Boolossus greatly angered King Boo. In retaliation, King Boo led his Boo minions in an assault on Professor E. Gadd's laboratory. The Boos reversed the setting on E. Gadd's Portrificationizer and reverted Boolossus' state. King Boo then ordered that all the other portrait ghosts that Professor E. Gadd caught should be freed as well. Eventually, after all the portrait ghosts were released, King Boo created a mansion, right next to [[Professor Elvin Gadd's Lab|E. Gadd's laboratory]] in [[Boo Woods]].
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| In ''Luigi's Mansion'', Boolossus, along with the other Boos (including King Boo), rests in a secret area under the [[Storage Room (Luigi's Mansion)|Storage Room]]. When [[Luigi]] activates a hidden door in the Storage Room, the Boos spring out. However, when they notice E. Gadd's [[Poltergust 3000]], a ghost-catching vacuum device, on Luigi's back, the Boos decide to run off and hide in the mansion.
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| Eventually, as Luigi progresses through the mansion, he makes it to the [[Balcony (3F)|Balcony]]. However, if he has captured less than 20 Boos, he will be blocked in the hallway leading there by a particularly-transparent Boo, referring to itself as "the mysterious power of the Boos," which will then blow him back to the [[Foyer (Luigi's Mansion)|Foyer]]. If Luigi has captured at least 20 Boos, he can exit the mansion to the Balcony, where the [[Boo Radar]] on the [[Game Boy Horror]] starts flashing intensely, indicating a powerful Boo presence. To the left, fifteen [[Mini Boo|Little Boo]]s are circling each other. Once Luigi approaches, they taunt him, and begin to circle around him. They then transport him to an ethereal version of the Balcony, where the Boos merge into Boolossus and swoop down upon him.
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| During the battle, Boolossus attempts to slam into Luigi. To defeat Boolossus, Luigi must use his Poltergust 3000 to pull Boolossus into one of the two stationary unicorn ice sculptures located on the balcony. When Boolossus touches the statue's sharp horn, it pops, separating into the fifteen Little Boos. Luigi must then absorb an [[Elemental Ghost|Ice Elemental Ghost]] from the ice sculpture and spray frost at the Little Boos, freezing them. This enables him to suck them into his Poltergust 3000. Eventually, the remaining Little Boos will reform into a smaller and faster, but weaker Boolossus. As more and more Little Boos are caught, the other Little Boos become more wary of the Poltergust's icy spray and flee when Luigi gets too close to them.
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| After capturing Boolossus, Luigi acquires the key to the West Wing of the mansion. Defeating the boss counts as capturing a total of fifteen of the fifty released Boos. After the battle, Luigi visits Professor E. Gadd's lab and turns Boolossus into a portrait.
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| A picture of Boolossus that says "Get out of here!" appears in a poster in [[Washroom (2F)|the washroom on the second floor]], and in the projection screen in the [[Projection Room]] if the player tries to suck them with the Poltergust 3000. Pulling them for a long time makes Luigi fall on his back and lose five HP.
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| Boolossus's appearance in the 3DS remake of the game, both in-game and in stock artwork, is largely the same as in the original GameCube game, with the only notable difference being that Boolossus and his composite Boos have four teeth in the remake, instead of two like in the original game.
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| ====''Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon''====
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| [[File:LM2BigBoo.png|thumb|left|The Big Boo in ''Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon'']] | |
| Although Boolossus does not appear in ''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]'', a [[Big Boo]] comprised of ten regular Boos appears as a boss in the final mansion of the game, [[Treacherous Mansion]], in the mission [[Ambush Maneuver]]. It is similarly fought by splitting it back up into its individual Boos, then capturing them separately. Additionally, in the Japanese version, it shares its name, '''Jumbo Teresa''' (ジャンボテレサ), with that of Boolossus.<ref>{{cite|author=しゅーや|date=June 8, 2013|language=ja|url=youtu.be/QcF1azMOqyk?t=150|timestamp=02:30|title=【実況】ルイージマンション2をツッコミ実況プレイpart5-4|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=January 10, 2018}}</ref>
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| ====''Luigi's Mansion 3''====
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| [[File:Boolossus_LM3.png|thumb|Boolossus in ''Luigi's Mansion 3'']]
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| Boolossus reappears in ''[[Luigi's Mansion 3]]'' as the final floor's boss in [[ScareScraper]], this time comprised of sixteen normal Boos.
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| This incarnation of Boolossus borrows and alters many attacks from the main game's final boss ([[King Boo]]). These attacks include lightning bolts which strike glowing roof tiles, a long sweep of the tongue which can only be dodge with [[Burst]], a body slam shockwave avoided likewise, and a volley of [[Bomb]]s (including larger blue varieties depending on how many players participate). Boolossus may also phase through the roof's floor and move in a preset pattern, or may summon red-hot arrows to the roof's perimeter to target the players it battles. The smaller Boolossus shrinks, the faster its movement becomes and the more lightning bolts it summons, though its tongue becomes shorter and shockwaves smaller as a result.
| | Before the events of ''Luigi's Mansion'', Boolossus was captured by [[Professor Elvin Gadd|Professor E. Gadd]] during the professor's travels around the [[Mushroom World|world]]. E. Gadd used his [[Ghost Portrificationizer|Portrificationizer]] to transform the gigantic ghost into a painting and placed the ghoulish piece of art in his gallery of other portrait ghosts. Unfortunately, the capture of Boolossus greatly angered King Boo. As such, King Boo led his Boo minions in an assault on Professor E. Gadd's laboratory. The Boos reversed the setting on E. Gadd's Portrificationizer and turned the Boolossus painting back into their gigantic Boo comrade. King Boo then ordered that all the other portrait ghosts that Professor E. Gadd caught should be freed as well. Eventually, after all the portrait ghosts were released, King Boo magically created a mansion out of thin air, right next to [[Professor Elvin Gadd's Lab|E. Gadd's laboratory]] in [[Boo Woods]]. Boolossus and King Boo, along with all the other Boos and portrait ghosts, decided to inhabit the mansion and haunt its halls, eventually leading to the events of the game. |
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| As in the first game, Boolossus must be broken up into its component Boos before it can be sucked up. This is done by sucking up the bombs Boolossus expels and firing them back into its mouth with the [[Poltergust G-00]]. Once Boolossus explodes, the remaining Boos inside will fall onto the roof, able to damage players they land on but otherwise completely harmless. While these Boos are dazed, players must suck up their tongues and [[Slam]] each into the ground three times to defeat them individually. Unlike the main game's Boos, these Boos are invulnerable to the [[Dark-Light Device]] and [[Strobulb]], and once the surviving Boos wake from unconsciousness, they will fly to the far end of the roof and reassemble into a proportionally smaller Boolossus. Once all Boos on the roof are defeated, ScareScraper is completed.
| | [[File: Boolossus1.jpg|thumb|left|Boolossus and his Boos.]] |
| | In ''Luigi's Mansion'', Boolossus, along with the other Boos (including King Boo), has decided to take a rest in a secret area under the [[Storage Room]]. When Luigi activates a hidden door in the Storage Room while searching for his brother, the Boos spring out, enraged after being awakened. However, when they notice E. Gadd's [[Poltergust 3000]], a ghost-catching vacuum device, on Luigi's back, the Boos, including Boolossus and King Boo, decide to run off and hide in the mansion instead of challenging the novice ghost hunter. |
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| Boolossus shares its voice clips with [[King Boo]] in this game. | | Eventually, as Luigi progresses through the mansion, Boolossus attempts to capture the green-clad plumber on behalf of his leader, [[King Boo]]. When Luigi reachs the [[Balcony (3F)|Balcony]] on the third floor, the Boo decides to make his move. While on the Balcony, Luigi notices that the [[Boo Radar]] on his [[Game Boy Horror]] has started flashing, indicating a powerful Boo presence. Soon, the fifteen Boos that make up Boolossus appear before Luigi, circling and taunting the novice ghost hunter. After having their fun, they to get serious by forming into the gigantic Boolossus and whisking Luigi away to the balcony arena, starting the battle to capture the green-clad hero and turn him into a portrait, just like his brother Mario. |
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| | During the battle, Boolossus attempts to slam into Luigi and cause massive damage. To defeat the giant Boo, Luigi must use his Poltergust 3000 to pull Boolossus into one of the two conveniently placed unicorn ice sculptures located on the balcony. When Boolossus touches the sharp horn of the statue, he pops and separates into the fifteen normal Boos. Luigi may then absorb an [[Elemental Ghost|Ice Elemental Ghost]] from the ice sculpture and spray frost at the Boos, freezing the ghosts and enabling him to suck them up, one by one, into his Poltergust 3000. Eventually, Boolossus reforms with a lower number of Boos. Although smaller in size than before, he resumes the fight against the green-clad hero. He becomes faster every time some of the Boos are sucked up. However, if Luigi keeps popping the big Boo and freezing the small Boos, he can slowly drain Boolossus's power. As more and more Boos are caught, the other ghosts become more wary of the Poltergust's ice blasts. As such, they have to be carefully pulled closer to Luigi's position with the vacuum device before shooting them with a sudden stream of icy mist. |
| Boolossus' gold frame portrait makes a cameo on the walls of [[GCN Luigi's Mansion|Luigi's Mansion]] battle course of ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''. Aside from [[Chauncey]], a few gold frame portraits of Boolossus are shown in the mansion segment of the [[DS Luigi's Mansion|Luigi's Mansion]] course in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''. These cameos were removed when the course was ported to ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and remained missing in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', with both games instead using different artwork of Boos from various games. | |
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| ==Gallery==
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| ===Artwork===
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| <gallery>
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| LM 3DS Boolossus.jpg|''Luigi's Mansion''<br>(Nintendo 3DS)
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| </gallery>
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| ===Screenshots===
| | After capturing Boolossus, Luigi acquires the key to the West Wing of the mansion. Defeating the boss counts as capturing a total of fifteen of the fifty released Boos. After the battle, the ghost hunter visits Professor E. Gadd's lab, returning Boolossus to his portrait prison. Luigi also takes a break from ghost hunting for some time and has dinner with Professor E. Gadd in the laboratory. |
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| Boolossus Arena.png|''Luigi's Mansion'' | |
| Boolossus LM3DS photo.png|''Luigi's Mansion''<br>(Nintendo 3DS) | |
| Washroom 2F LM3DS.png|''Luigi's Mansion''<br>(Nintendo 3DS)
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| </gallery>
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| ===Frames===
| | ==Frames== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| BoolossusBronze.png|Bronze frame from ''Luigi's Mansion''
| | File:Boolossus1.PNG|<center>Bronze Frame |
| BoolossusSilver.png|Silver frame from ''Luigi's Mansion''
| | File:Boolussus-silver.jpg|<center>Silver Frame |
| BoolossusGold.png|Gold frame from ''Luigi's Mansion''
| | File:Boolossus, the Jumbo Ghost.png|<center>Gold Frame |
| Boolossus MKDD frame.png|''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''
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| Boolossus MKDS portrait.png|''Mario Kart DS''
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| Boolossus Bronze frame LM3DS.png|Bronze frame from ''Luigi's Mansion'' (Nintendo 3DS) | |
| Boolossus Silver frame LM3DS.png|Silver frame from ''Luigi's Mansion'' (Nintendo 3DS)
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| Boolossus Gold frame LM3DS.png|Gold frame from ''Luigi's Mansion'' (Nintendo 3DS)
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| Boolossus Platinum frame LM3DS.png|Platinum frame from ''Luigi's Mansion'' (Nintendo 3DS)
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==Names in other languages== | | ==Names in Other Languages== |
| {{foreign names | | {{Foreignname |
| |Jap=ジャンボテレサ | | |Jap=ジャンボテレサ |
| |JapR=Janbo Teresa | | |JapR=junbo teresa |
| |JapM=Jumbo Boo | | |JapM=Jumbo Boo |
| |Fre=Boolossus
| | |Ger=Buulussus |
| |Spa=Hércbooles, el grandioso Boo
| | |GerM=Translated from the english name}} |
| |SpaM=Hercbooles, the Magnificent Boo; portmanteau of ''Hércules'' ("Hercules") and "Boo"
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| |Ger=Buulussus, Riesengeist | |
| |GerM=Boolossus, Giant Ghost; transliteration from English | |
| |Ita=Boolosso, fantasma gigante
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| |ItaM=Boolossus, giant ghost; portmanteau of "Boo" and ''colosso'' ("colossus")
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| |Kor=그랜드부끄
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| |KorR=Geuraendeu Bukkeu
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| |KorM=Grand Boo
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| |ChiS=庞大害羞幽灵
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| |ChiSR=Pángdà pàxiū yōulíng
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| |ChiSM=Enormous Boo
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| |ChiT=龐大害羞幽靈
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| |ChiTR=Pángdà pàxiū yōulíng
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| |ChiTM=Enormous Boo
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| [[File:NU_Wild_Draw.png|thumb|100px|Boolossus on the [[Nintendo UNO]] Draw 4 card.]] | | *Boolossus makes an appearance in the [[Luigi's Mansion (place)#Mario Kart: Double Dash!!|Luigi's Mansion]] battle course of ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' and in the race course [[Luigi's Mansion (place)#Mario Kart DS|Luigi's Mansion]] in [[Mario Kart DS]] as a painting on the wall. |
| *Boolossus appears in the [[Nintendo UNO]] cards on the "Draw 4" card. | | *Boolossus appears in the Mario UNO cards on the "Draw 4" card. |
| *In the European version's Hidden Mansion, Luigi rides the Poltergust 3000 much like a bumper car during the Boolossus battle. This provides faster transportation, but also less traction.<ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=47gjWbipvXg&t=83s|title=me playing the luigi's mansion boolosus battle.(on the Pal Hidden Mansion Mode)|publisher=YouTube|timestamp=01:23|date=March 10, 2011|accessdate=May 31, 2024|language=en}}</ref> | | *The name "Boolossus" is the pun on the words "Boo" and "colossus" and literally translates to "Giant Boo". |
| *Boolossus is the only portrait ghost to not have HP. | | *In the PAL Hidden Mansion, Luigi rides the Poltergust like a car during the Boolossus battle. This provides faster transportation, but also less traction. |
| *Boolossus and King Boo are the only portrait ghosts that don't have hearts. | | *Boolossus is the only Portrait Ghost to not have HP. |
| | | *Along with [[King Boo]], Boolossus is one of the two only [[Boo]]s that are Portrait Ghosts. |
| ==References== | | *Oddly, Boolossus is Ghost #22 in the gallery even though he is the 16th ghost caught. |
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