Portrait ghost

Neville, the bookish father, the first portrait ghost encountered.

A portrait ghost (sometimes capitalized) or gallery ghost is a ghost that was once a portrait in the game Luigi's Mansion.

History

According to Professor E. Gadd, the first twenty one portrait ghosts and Boolossus (No. 22) were released from their paintings by Boos under the command of King Boo. Luigi had to vacuum up all of the portrait ghosts (except for a few "optional ghosts" like Mr. Luggs) using the Poltergust 3000. Captured portrait ghosts would be returned to their paintings via the Ghost Portrificationizer. The frame and the style of the portraits would change depending on how many pearls Luigi acquired during the battle with the ghosts.

Black and white pictures can be found in many rooms of the mansion. These pictures look similar to each ghost that inhabits the room they are in, suggesting these pictures may be depicting these ghosts when they were alive. Pictures resembling Neville, Lydia, Nana, Vincent Van Gore, Spooky, Chauncey, Mr. Whirlinda, Slim Bankshot, Henry and Orville, and Sue Pea can be seen in the Parlor, Study, Nursery, Ball Room, Billiards Room, Twins' Room, and Guest Room.

All of the portraits were given new designs in the Nintendo 3DS remake.

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  The figure resembling Neville

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  The figure resembling Lydia

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  The figure resembling Nana

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  The figure resembling Vincent Van Gore

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  The figure resembling Spooky

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  The figure resembling Chauncey

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  The figure resembling Mr. Whirlinda

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  The figure resembling Slim Bankshot

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  The figure resembling Henry or Orville

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  The figure resembling Sue Pea

List of Portait ghosts

Area One

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  Neville
  The Bookish Father
  (Required)

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  Lydia
  The Mirror-Gazing Mother
  (Required)

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  Chauncey
  The Spoiled Baby
  (Area Boss)

Area Two

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  The Floating Whirlindas
  The Dancing Couple
  (Required)

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  Shivers
  The Wandering Butler
  (Required)

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  Melody Pianissima
  The Beautiful Pianist
  (Required)

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  Mr. Luggs
  The Glutton
  (Optional)

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  Spooky
  The Hungry Guard Dog
  (Required)

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  Bogmire
  The Cemetery Shadow
  (Area Boss)

Note: Although Luigi first meets Madame Clairvoya in Area Two, he captures her after he begins Area Three.

Area Three

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  Biff Atlas
  The Bodybuilder
  (Optional)

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  Miss Petunia
  The Bathing Beauty
  (Required)

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  Nana
  The Scarf Knitting Granny
  (Required)

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  Slim Bankshot
  The Lonely Poolshark
  (Optional)

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  Henry and Orville
  The Twin Brothers
  (Required)

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  Madame Clairvoya
  The Freaky Fortune Teller
  (Required)

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  Boolossus
  The Jumbo Ghost
  (Area Boss)

Area Four

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  Uncle Grimmly
  Hermit of the Darkness
  (Required)

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  Clockwork Soldiers
  The Toy Platoon
  (Required)

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  Sue Pea
  The Dozing Girl
  (Optional)

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  Jarvis
  The Jar Collector
  (Optional)

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  Sir Weston
  The Chilly Climber
  (Required)

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  Vincent Van Gore
  The Starving Artist
  (Required)

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  Bowser and King Boo
  The Dastardly Duo
  (Final Boss)

Profiles

Luigi's Mansion

• Instruction booklet description: "I collected famous ghosts from all over the world and turned them into paintings, but those darn Boos went and turned them all back into ghosts again! You've got to catch those ghosts so I can turn them back into paintings."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
German	Gemäldegeister[?]	Painting ghost
Italian	Fantasma ritratto[?]	Portrait ghost
Spanish (NOA)	Espíritu de lo cuadro[?]	Spirit of the painting
Spanish (NOE)	Espíritu de cuadro[?]	Painting spirit

Trivia

• Some of these portrait ghosts appear in the GCN and DS version of Luigi's Mansion in Mario Kart.