Editing Poltergust 3000

{{articleabout|the main item in Luigi's Mansion|other uses of "Poltergust"|[[Poltergust|here]]}}

 

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|image=[[File:Professor Elvin Gadd.JPG|200px]]<br>Professor E. Gadd with the original design for the '''Poltergust 3000'''.

|first_appearance=''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2001|2001]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Sports Mix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])

{{Quote|That’s the vacuum cleaner I engineered to catch ghosts.... It’s the only way to foil ’em!  This is the only thing they fear!|Professor Elvin Gadd|Luigi's Mansion}}

 

The '''Poltergust 3000''' is a vacuum invented by [[Professor Elvin Gadd]] to catch ghosts. It first debuted in ''[[Luigi's Mansion]],'' where [[Luigi]] used it as his main weapon. It is the first model in the Poltergust line of devices.

==Features==

[[File:S2 3.jpg|thumb|left|The Poltergust 3000 in action.]]

The Poltergust 3000 is a vacuum used by [[Luigi]] to hunt down ghosts in ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''. To suck up ghosts, Luigi first has to find their weakness (which usually involves his [[flashlight]] in some way) and exploit it. Once the ghost is open, Luigi needs to bring it health down to 0 before it can be sucked into the Poltergust and defeated. By sucking up [[Elemental Ghost|certain ghosts]] (which can be found after collecting specific [[Elemental Medal]]s), the Poltergust gains the ability to harness the elements of fire, ice, and water to fight certain ghosts and solve puzzles.

By linking up with E. Gadd's [[Ghost Portrificationizer]], it can upload captured ghosts and turn them into portraits. This is demonstrated by the various [[Portrait Ghost|Portrait Ghosts]] found throughout [[Luigi's Mansion (place)|the mansion]].

In the PAL version of ''Luigi's Mansion'', the Poltergust 3000 has wheels, which allow the user to ride it. Luigi can perform this technique in the [[Boolossus]] battle, but it is not used elsewhere in the game.

===''Mario Power Tennis''===

[[File:Luigi return.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The Poltergust Return in action.]]

The Poltergust appears in ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' and ''[[Mario Tennis: Power Tour]]'' as a Defensive Power Shot known as the [[Poltergust Return]]. Like other Defensive Power Shots, its purpose is to hit the ball when it is out if range. Its offensive counterpart is the [[Squeaky Mallet]].

===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''===

In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', a newer model known as the [[Super Poltergust 3001]] appears. Luigi is shown to still own the original Poltergust, which he used in various cutscenes in [[Starbeans Cafe]].

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===

Occasionally, the Poltergust 3000 appears in the [[Audience]] on Luigi in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. It serves no purpose outside of a cameo.

The Poltergust 3000 appears in Luigi's Special Attacks in ''[[Mario Sports Mix]]''. As there are four different sports in said game, its use varies slightly between each sport. However, each sport has him doing the same thing: Luigi sucks in the ball or puck, then he expels air from the Poltergust at his opponents to cause them to trip. After that, he either shoots the ball toward the goal (in basketball and hockey), toward the open ground (in volleyball), or at the opponents (in dodgeball).

 

The Poltergust 3000 makes a cameo in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' on the Vacuum [[Luigi]] trophy's back, and it has a trophy of its own in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. It does not reappear at all in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]'' in favor of its newer model, the [[Poltergust 5000]] (which appears as Luigi's new [[Final Smash]], replacing the Negative Zone from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===

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| ''In a strange twist of fate, Luigi wins a huge mansion in a contest he didn't even enter, and the place turns out to be haunted! After meeting a weird professor named Elvin Gadd, Luigi enters the place armed with a flashlight and a ghost-sucking vacuum cleaner. Mario's trapped somewhere in there! Can Luigi save him?''

===''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''===

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| ''A vacuum cleaner developed by Professor Elvin Gadd of the E. Gadd Science Corporation. He gives it to Luigi, who uses it to trap ghosts in a haunted mansion after stunning them with his flashlight. It also absorbs elements like water, ice, or fire that it can then shoot out. An optional accessory to this fine product is a machine that converts the trapped ghosts into portraits.''

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==Future Models==

Throughout the [[Mario (series)|''Mario'' series]], various upgrades to the Poltergust 3000 have appeared. These include:

[[File:Poltergust 3001.PNG|thumb|right|]]

*[[Super Poltergust 3001]]- appearing in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', where it seems to be a more advanced model of the Poltergust 3000. It features a set of wheels similar to the Poltergust 3000 from the PAL version of ''Luigi's Mansion''. However, it is much more optimized for travel and features a rocket booster in the rear.

*[[Porta-Gust]]- a [[Gaddget]], another of Gadd's inventions, from ''[[Mario Party Advance]]'' appears to be a portable version of the Poltergust 3000 with [[Game Boy Advance]]-style controls.

*[[Poltergust 4000]]- one of Luigi's special karts in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''. Like the Super Poltergust 3001, it is meant to be ridden on. It was originally designed for [[Professor Elvin Gadd]] but he was [[List of Mario Kart DS pre-release and unused content|later removed from the game]] for unknown reasons.

*[[Poltergust 5000]]- a vastly upgraded version of the Poltergust 3000 appearing in ''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]'', the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] successor to ''Luigi's Mansion''. It now includes a [[Strobe Light]], which replaces the flashlight from ''Luigi's Mansion''. It can also make hidden objects appear with its [[Dark-Light Device]]. Unlike the original Poltergust, this one cannot use the elements or wheels.

*Super Poltergust 5000- a stronger version of the Poltergust 5000 which appears as the final upgrade in ''Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon''.

 

In volume 26 of ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]'', Luigi uses the Poltergust 3000 when facing against [[Huff N. Puff]] in a ''Paper Mario'' arc and King Boo in a ''Luigi's Mansion'' arc.

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File:S1 1.jpg|''Luigi's Mansion''

File:S3 2.jpg|''Luigi's Mansion''

File:LM Luigi Flee.png|''Luigi's Mansion''

File:Poultergust 3000 MLSS.png|''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''

File:PoltergustWeegeePMTTYD.png|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''

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{{Foreignname

|Jap=オバキューム

|JapR=Obakyūmu

|JapM=Portmanteau on ''vacuum'', and ''obake'' (ghost).

|SpaM=Pun of ''succionar'' (vacuum) and ''ente'' (ghost or spirit)

|FraM=Pun on ''ectoplasme'' (ectoplasm)

|DutM=Pun of ''spook'' (ghost) and ''stofzuiger'' (vacuum)

|GerM=From ''Schreck'' (fright) and ''weg'' (gone), as well as ''08/16''. In german ''08/15'' is a figure of speech used to describe something ordinary. So the ''08/'''16''''' means, that the ''Schreckweg'' is specifically not ordinary.

|ItaM=-

|Por=Sugospectro 3000

|PorM=Pun of the Portuguese words ''sugar'' (suck) and ''espectro'' (ghost)

==Trivia==

*In the North American version of ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U|Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'', there is a [[trophy]] called "Luigi (with Poltergust 3000)", however Luigi is actually carrying the [[Poltergust 5000]] in said trophy. This error was corrected in the European and Australian versions of the game as "Luigi (with Poltergust 5000)".

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