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{{portrait-infobox
|image=LM Slim Bankshot Screenshot.png
|image=SlimBankshot13.png
|width=200px
|width=200px
|full_name=Slim Bankshot, the Lonely Poolshark (GameCube) / The lone competitor (3DS)
|fullname=Slim Bankshot, the Lonely Poolshark
|age=29
|age=29
|biography=Slim's a legend in the world of competitive pool. Too bad he's never played a living soul.
|biography=Slim's a legend in the world of competitive pool. Too bad he's never played a living soul.
|room=[[Billiards Room]]
|room=Billiards Room
|hp=100
|hp=100
|quote=You want some of this?
|quote=You want some of this?
}}
}}
'''Slim Bankshot, the Lonely Poolshark''', is a [[portrait ghost]] in ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' and [[Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)|its remake]]. He has teal skin, glowing yellow eyes, and dark violet hair with a cowlick. His head is spherical, and he has a slender build. He wears a grey diamond-patterned vest over a white shirt with both sleeves rolled up. On his right hand, he has a gold ring with a red jewel. According to his biography, he was a legend in the competitive pool circuit, despite the fact that he never played a living soul. His name is based on the billiards term "bankshot" (or "{{wp|Glossary of cue sports terms#B|bank shot}}"), in which the player hits the cue ball against a railing before striking another ball into a pocket. His portrait number in the [[Gallery (Luigi's Mansion)|Gallery]] is 17.
'''Slim Bankshot, the Lonely Poolshark''' (Japanese: ボール・ロング ''Ball Long''), is a portrait ghost that loves to shoot billiards. He was a legend in the competitive pool circuit, despite the fact that he never played a living soul. Slim spends his afterlife practicing alone in the [[Billiards Room]] of [[Luigi's Mansion (place)|Luigi's Mansion]]. Capturing Slim Bankshot is optional.  


Slim Bankshot is found playing 3-Ball in the [[Billiards Room]], shooting billiard balls with his cue stick. Slim hits the balls so hard that they fly off the table and bounce around the room, taking away 5 [[Heart Point|HP]] each time they hit Luigi. Every time they are hit, Slim travels around the pool table once before hitting the balls again. To make Bankshot vulnerable, Luigi has to suck up one of the flying billiard balls with the [[Poltergust 3000]]. The ball will then get stuck at the end of the vacuum, allowing Luigi to shoot the ball like a projectile at Slim Bankshot. As the balls hit Slim, he appears more and more fatigued when attempting to make a shot. After being hit three times, Slim will become limp and vulnerable and Luigi can capture the ghost with the Poltergust. Slim Bankshot has a strong pull. If Bankshot manages to break free from Luigi's hold, he will return to shooting pool and Luigi must repeat the process. Once Slim Bankshot is caught, a [[treasure chest]] appears which contains a [[Blue Diamond]] and two [[Gold Bar]]s, along with other minor treasures. In the Hidden Mansion of the Nintendo 3DS version, capturing Slim Bankshot is required because this spawns a treasure chest with [[Mario's Shoe]].
When Luigi first encounters Slim Bankshot, the portrait ghost is playing 3-Ball, shooting billiard balls with his cue stick. Slim hits the balls so hard that they go flying off the table and bounce around the room, which causes five HP of damage if they hit Luigi. Each time they are hit, he goes around the pool table once before hitting the balls again. To make Bankshot vulnerable, Luigi has to suck up one of the flying billiard balls with the [[Poltergust 3000]]. The ball will then get stuck at the end of the vacuum, allowing Luigi to shoot the ball like a projectile at Slim Bankshot. As the balls hit Slim, he appears more and more fatigued when attempting to make a shot. After being hit three times, Slim will become limp and vulnerable and Luigi can capture the ghost with his Poltergust. If Bankshot manages to break free from Luigi's hold, the spirit will return to shooting pool and Luigi has to repeat the process.


==Gallery==
After capturing the ghost, a treasure chest appears. It contains a [[Silver Diamond]] and two [[Gold Bars]], along with other minor treasures.
 
A black-and-white picture of a person similar in appearance to Slim Bankshot can be found on the north wall of the Billiards Room, possibly depicting him when he was alive.
 
==Frames==
<gallery>
<gallery>
SlimBankshotBronze.png|Bronze frame
Image:SlimBankshotBronze.png|<center>Bronze Frame
SlimBankshotSilver.png|Silver frame
Image:SlimBankshotSilver.png|<center>Silver Frame
SlimBankshotGold.png|Gold frame
Image:SlimBankshotGold.png|<center>Gold Frame
Slim Sucking Pose.png|Slim Bankshot being stunned
Slim Bankshot Bronze frame LM3DS.png|Bronze frame (Nintendo 3DS version)
Slim Bankshot Silver frame LM3DS.png|Silver frame (Nintendo 3DS version)
Slim Bankshot Gold frame LM3DS.png|Gold frame (Nintendo 3DS version)
Slim Bankshot Platinum frame LM3DS.png|Platinum frame (Nintendo 3DS version)
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in Other Languages==
{{foreign names
{{Foreignname
|Fre=Joe l'Arnaque, Le Joueur de Billard
|Fra=Joe l'Arnaque, Le Joueur de Billard
|FreM=Joe the Fraud, The Billiards' player
|FraM=Joe the Fraud, The Billiards' player
|Jap=ポール・ロング
|Jap=ボール・ロング
|JapR=Pōru Rongu
|JapM=Ball Long
|JapM=Pole/Paul Long, possibly derived from "long pole" or actor {{wp|Paul Newman}}, who famously played a pool hustler in the film ''{{wp|The Hustler (film)|The Hustler}}''
|Spa=Muni, El solitario rey del billar
|Spa=Muni, el solitario rey del billar
|SpaM=Muni, The lonely billiards' king
|SpaM=Muni, the Lonely Billiards King
|Ger=Volker Volltreffer
|Ger=Volker Volltreffer, Einsamer Billard-King
|GerM=Volker Bulls eye (''Volltreffer'' is a proverb for bulls eye)
|GerM=Volker Bullseye, Lonely Billiard King
|Ita= Steccasecca, il giocatore solitario
|ItaM=Long-pole/Thin-pole, the lonely player
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[File:SlimPortrait.png|thumb|100px|The portrait]]
*In billiards, a "bankshot" (or "[[wikipedia:Glossary of cue sports terms#Bank shot|bank shot]]") is one where the player hits the cue ball against a railing before striking another ball into a pocket.
*A black-and-white picture of a person similar in appearance to Slim Bankshot can be found on the north wall of the Billiards Room, possibly depicting him when he was alive.  
*Occasionally, a billiard ball that Slim fires will bounce off of a wall and hit Slim while he travels around the table, effectively meaning that he hit himself. It is still advised to actively shoot the balls at him though, as that only happens rarely.
*Occasionally, a billiard ball that Slim fires will bounce off of a wall and hit Slim while he travels around the table, effectively meaning that he hit himself. However, it is still advised to actively shoot the balls at him, as that only happens rarely.
*In the [[Courtyard]], there is a statue of Slim kneeling down in a proposal-like fashion.
*In the [[Courtyard (Luigi's Mansion)|Courtyard]], there is a statue of Slim kneeling down in a splayed-arm fashion.
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