Vincent Van Gore
Vincent Van Gore | |
Vincent Van Gore Gold.png | |
Age | 59 |
Biography | Despite failing to sell a single painting in 30 years, this stubborn man refuses to let his art die. |
Room | The Artist's Studio |
Health points | 100 |
“Eet eez you, no?”
—Vincent Van Gore, Luigi's Mansion
Vincent Van Gore, the Starving Artist (Japanese: セニョールプジイ Señor Pujī) is a painter who has the ability to bring his paintings to life first appear in Luigi's Mansion.
History[edit | edit source]
Vincent Van Gore is responsible for creating the minor ghosts that flooded the rooms and halls of Luigi's Mansion. After being released by King Boo, Vincent Van Gore locked himself in The Artist's Studio, giving the key to his room to Sir Weston in the Cold Storage, and bringing his ghastly works of art to life. These ghosts filled the mansion, providing the backbone of King Boo's forces. As such, Van Gore was a fundamental player in King Boo's quest to capture both Mario and Luigi. Without the constant supply of ghosts, Luigi would have had a much easier time defeating King Boo and the portrait ghosts.
Story[edit | edit source]
After battling past almost all of the mansion's ghosts, Luigi ultimately discovered Vincent Van Gore, the source of the troublesome ghouls, in The Artist's Studio on the third floor of the mansion. However, instead of fighting Luigi directly, Van Gore brought his latest works of art to life to attack the green-clad plumber. As such, Luigi had to exterminate seven sets of minor ghosts (with three ghosts per set) before he could face off against the artist himself.
After Luigi eliminated all twenty-one ghost creations, Vincent Van Gore became deeply saddened by the loss of his artwork. In this state of depression, Van Gore's heart was exposed and Luigi easily sucked up the spirit with his Poltergust 3000. The ghost artist barely put up a fight, weakly pulling as he was being sucked in. After Van Gore was defeated, Luigi acquired the Secret Altar key needed to open the door to the Secret Altar.
Van Gore's ghosts[edit | edit source]
In battle, Van Gore used sets of ghosts to attack Luigi; each group consisted of three of the same kind of species (five in the PAL Hidden Mansion). In order, the seven following types of ghosts were:
- Gold Ghost
- Purple Puncher
- Blue Twirler
- Red Grabbing Ghost
- Red Shy Guy Ghost
- Garbage Can Ghost
- Purple Bomber
Frames[edit | edit source]
- Vincent Van Gore Bronze.png
Bronze frame - Vincent Van Gore Silver.png
Sliver frame - Vincent Van Gore Gold.png
Gold frame
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Vincent Van Gore is the only ghost that isn't an area boss to house a "special key".
- A normal key makes a triumphant sound when picked up and is a gold-bronze, while special keys each have a card suit on them and make a deep, organ-played musical fanfare of the games main theme (in a major key) when received
- Vincent Van Gore's name is a pun on Vincent Van Gogh, who was an artist.
- Vincent Van Gore's accent suggests that he might be French, although Vincent Van Gogh was Dutch.
- His age is 59 years old, despite the fact that Vincent Van Gogh committed suicide at age 37.
- He is the only Portrait Ghost known to be in his 50s.
- His biography reveals that he has been an artist for at least 30 years, but has not managed to sell a single painting during that time.
- The word "gore" means something that is in mature content.
Characters in Luigi's Mansion
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Protagonists | Luigi · Professor Elvin Gadd · Mario · Toad |
Ghosts | Bat · Black Bogmire · Blue Blaze · Blue Twirler · Boo · Bowling Ghost · Ceiling Surprise · Elemental Ghosts · Flash · Flying Fish · Garbage Can Ghost · Grabbing Ghost · Gold Ghost · Gold Mouse · Meteor Ghost · Mouse · Purple Bomber · Purple Puncher · Shy Guy Ghost · Skeleton Ghost · Spark · Speedy Spirit · Temper Terror · Waiter |
Portrait Ghosts | Biff Atlas · Clockwork Soldiers · Henry and Orville · Jarvis · Lydia · Madame Clairvoya · Melody Pianissima · Miss Petunia · Mr. Luggs · Nana · Neville · Shivers · Sir Weston · Slim Bankshot · Spooky · Sue Pea · The Floating Whirlindas · Uncle Grimmly · Vincent Van Gore |
Bosses | Chauncey · Bogmire · Boolossus · King Boo |
Beta | Basher · Elh · Kitchen Ghost · Safari Room Boss |