History VideoGame / LuigisMansion3

* GoldMakesEverythingShiny: In the prologue, the hotel initially appears to be this as befitting its luxury status with gold floors, gold walls, gold bathrooms [[UpToEleven and even gold furniture]] and as such, everything is ludicrously shiny. Naturally, it's all a trick and Luigi sees the illusion fade away as soon as he sets outside his room.

* KnightOfCerebus: Ug. Unlike the other boss ghosts, who have goofy intros, interactions with Luigi and show quirky personalities during their fights, he's played almost completely seriously, with the lead-up to his fight being intense, being ''legitimately scary'' while possessing the ''T-Rex'' skeleton, with his true appearance not being revealed until it's destroyed, and even once it's destroyed and you are fighting him himself, he's still more menacing appearance-wise than most of the other boss ghosts and only shows any goofiness when he's trying to escape the Poltergust's suction.

* GottaKillThemAll: This time, King Boo locks all of Luigi's friends in portraits, including Mario, Peach, three Toads and even E. Gadd. The former three have their mugshots in the lobby crossed off, as if checking off who has fallen into the latest trap.

** Ug's first phase as the T-Rex skeleton. First part is easy; shoot one egg at it, then a second while it's busy chewing on the first. The second part, however, requires you to ''[[ViolationOfCommonSense feed Gooigi to it]]''. Since virtually all players want to ''avoid'' taking damage, just walking up and letting the boss hurt you is ''not'' easy to figure out (though Gooigi doesn't actually get damaged). Plus, the E. Gadd Hotline offers no assistance, and it takes a long time before E. Gadd chimes in with tips, the second of which tells you to use Gooigi.

* StylisticSuck: The ghost girl prop in Paranormal Productions is less scary when you see the sunglasses and rubber duck on her head.

* StealingTheCredit: After beating Kruller (the mall cop ghost boss), which is fought entirely with Gooigi, Luigi exclaims "I did it!" from outside the boss arena. In co-op mode, this is followed by Gooigi parroting him from inside the arena, [[HeelRealization causing Luigi to cringe in realization]]. However, it's complicated by the fact that it's ambiguous whether Gooigi is really autonomous or sentient.[[note]]It's all but stated that when Gooigi is active, Luigi is controlling him (which is why Luigi himself is not able to move during this).[[/note]]

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You can capture [[FriendlyGhost Morty]] in his room, after he willingly gives you the elevator button. He's a completely optional capture, and deciding to go through with it gives you an achievement. What's more is that if you choose to catch him before he finishes editing the movie you helped him make (it gets finished after the first fight with Polterkitty), the movie will never get completed.

* BananaPeel: If Luigi steps on a banana, it will cause him to slip and lose 1 health point (Gooigi also slips on them, but he doesn't take damage). Oozers like to make these a hazard.

* ButWaitTheresMore: A gloriously cheesy (and official) advert invoking the style of the {{Infomercial}}, complete with CannedLaughter, uses this line when explaining the capabilities of the Poltergust G-00. Can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJnnmepJUYA here.]]

* BananaPeel: If Luigi steps on a banana, it will cause him to slip and lose 1 health point. Oozers like to make these a hazard.

* ThemeTuneCameo: The original ''Luigi's Mansion'' theme appears in references and rearrangements in multiple places, the ''Dark Moon'' theme is used for the elevator, and the upright piano in Amadeus Wolfgeist's dressing room plays the "Library Piano" theme from ''Dark Moon'' once you fix it.

** This isn't the first time King Boo is fought and defeated by burning his mouth, although admittedly the first time was a [[VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshite different King Boo]].

* EasterEgg: Activating the radios found around the hotel plays various renditions of the ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' theme, including the Dual Scream version from ''VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon''.

** Two of the movie posters on the same level are depicting ''VideoGame/MarioStrikers''.

** Some of the pipes which Gooigi can travel through are more realistically-depicted versions of the standard green Warp Pipes of regular ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' games. However, these ones can only travel between areas of the same room, and Luigi himself cannot use them at all since they're barred.
** One puzzle in the Dance Hall involves pushing a section of a brick wall out and having Luigi hit it by burst-jumping underneath it for money and a gem, a clear nod to the standby ''Mario'' mechanic of breaking blocks by jumping under them. It even adopts the appearance of a used block when Luigi finishes.
** Captain Fishook wouldn't be [[VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG the first shark pirate captain with a hook for a fin]] in the ''Mario'' franchise.

* RecurringRiff: Unlike the ThemeAndVariationsSoundtrack of the last game, every floor of the Last Resort Hotel has its own ambient theme and often with one or more variations. Naturally, the final floor's is an arrangement of the title theme music.

* RecurringRiff: Unlike the ThemeAndVariationsSoundtrack of the last game, Every floor of the Last Resort Hotel has its own ambient theme and often with one or more variations. Naturally, the final floor's is an arrangement of the title theme music.

** At one point, Luigi gets to a museum themed hotel with [[Film/NightAtTheMuseum a skeleton T-Rex coming to life and attacking the poor plumber.]]

* SortingAlgorithmOfThreateningGeography: Bizarrely played straight then averted at the end. The hotel follows a {{Bizarrchitecture}} where the lower floors are rather mundane, but the higher floors become increasingly more nonsensical as you proceed, featuring castles, a pirate beach and even an ancient pyramid. Then you reach the 13th Floor, which is a rather standard Fitness Center that wouldn't be out-of-place in your average 4-star hotel, followed by a typical nightclub that's not really outside the realm of possibility for fancier buildings. And then there's the penthouse, which, when you ignore the insane security measures and the King Boo themings, is close to what an actual penthouse suite can be like.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You can capture [[FriendlyGhost Morty]] in his room, after he willingly gives you the elevator button. What's more is that if you choose to catch him before he finishes editing the movie you helped him make (it gets finished after the first fight with Polterkitty), the movie will never get completed. You even get an achievement for it!

* OneUp: This game has Gold Bones, carried over from the last game, which you can purchase from E. Gadd's shop for 1000 money each that allow Polterpup to bring you back to life if you have them. Otherwise, you'll just start from [[DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist your last autosave point]].

** In the credits, [[spoiler:everyone helps re-build the hotel cue pictures of Luigi and co. sitting on girders and the like without any kind of safety equipment to stop them from falling off.]]

* HellHotel: The Last Resort qualifies due to it's paranormal nature, and the fact that it was created by King Boo in the first place as a trap for Luigi, Mario, Peach, the Toads and E. Gadd.