Line #27 Funny/LuigisMansion3


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5	* [[DrivesLikeCrazy The Toad driving the bus.]] He swerves all over the road, hits the hotel front gate and flattens a sign on his way into the courtyard, and tumbles out of the bus after they arrive. You would think that Toads would be too short to drive at all, but as they exit the bus, we can see the pedals are long enough to account for their height (or lack thereof), but the driver's seat is still too low for him to see over the steering wheel.
6	* Also falls under [[Heartwarming/LuigisMansion3 Heartwarming]], but there's nevertheless something amusing about Polterpup [[BehindTheBlack suddenly]] licking Luigi in the bus while the latter is reading the invitation and indulging in a daydream, only to wait in anticipation until the plumber has put the paper away. So what does he do ''immediately'' once he has Luigi all for himself? Cuddle him, of course!
7	* The fact that Peach brings a whole bus full of luggage with her to what's implied to be a relatively short vacation (note that the Mario Bros. only bring one suitcase each, and all Luigi had in his was a flashlight, a book, and a single extra change of clothes), complete with her using the Toads as packmules and her not lifting a single finger to move any of it. Normally this gag would solicit a small eyeroll at best, but this is ''Peach'' we're talking about here. She's only ever been shown to be pure, humble, demure, and to even have some ever-so-slight tomboyish tendencies, so seeing her indulge to this degree is knee-slappingly funny. Even funnier when you remember that she survived a voluntary world tour in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' with only a regular suitcase.
8	* Several funny moments can be seen in the hotel lobby before checking in:
9	** Mario can be found admiring the buffet. Interacting with him has him take a slice of cake and try to eat it, but ''just'' as he's greeting Luigi, the Polterpup snatches the slice and eats it, to Mario's disappointment.
10	** When the Toads are handling Princess Peach's luggage, Red Toad gets distracted talking to Luigi... promptly causing the precarious luggage he was propping up to fall over and knock down the other two Toads. He proceeds to go and help tug Blue Toad free while Yellow Toad attempts to pull up a suitcase by himself.
11	** The {{Paper Thin Disguise}}s of Hellen's staff; while she just has a pair of CoolShades that hide her GlowingEyesOfDoom and a dress that strategically covers her ghost tail, her clerks wear masks with ''googly eyes.'' It is so easy to see the masks and yet everyone still falls for it! It's taken up to eleven with one clerk who floats completely off the ground when you talk to them, revealing their lack of feet, but still no one seems to notice!
12	* Hidden inside the dresser and desk drawer in Luigi's room are a spring-loaded happy face ...and a spring-loaded ''[[MundaneMadeAwesome thumbs-up]]'' (more on what they actually are below).
13	* The way Luigi crawls onto his bed, opens his book, and instantly falls asleep the moment he puts his eyes on the first page.
14	* It seems the hotel staff aren't above pranks, as sometimes, when you open up something like a drawer or dresser, a spring-loaded Bowser hand or scary-face Jack-in-the-Box will pop out. In a few of the bathrooms, the former come out of the toilet! Also of particular note is the dresser in Peach's room, which has about four of the latter stuffed inside. One can only imagine what it would have been like for Peach if she looked inside while the hotel's facade was up.
15	* The vastly exaggerated WTF face Luigi has when he sees the hotel's glamorous illusion dissolve after stepping outside his room.
16	* The laundry chute on 5F is obviously what a Poltergust-lacking Luigi uses to escape King Boo at the very beginning, but if you go over and inspect it before meeting Hellen at the elevator, Luigi opens it up... and almost loses his hat down the thing, scrambling to save it and almost falling down the shaft prematurely.
17	* Despite only being at the hotel for all of one afternoon, Mario's room somehow has ''[[BigEater three pizza boxes]]'' in it.
18	* In most horror games taking place in a haunted building, the method of keeping the hero sealed inside is usually some black magic keeping the door from opening or just having the exit disappear altogether. What's blocking Luigi's escape? [[MundaneSolution Some wooden boards bolted over the hotel entrance by]] [[{{Mooks}} Goobs]].
19	* When Luigi makes his way back to the lobby at the beginning of the game to find the Goobs finishing the above job, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Polterpup is dragging his butt along the floor like a real dog.]]
20	* The slam move. Just the thought of seeing someone as timid as Luigi fighting ghosts so aggressively is sure to give a laugh or two. Special mention goes to the Boos, who can be slammed ''much'' faster and longer than regular ghosts to the point where it becomes both awesome ''and'' hilarious!
21	* E. Gadd is very upset to reveal that the ghosts of the hotel have stolen his entire collection of ghosts, including the ones you collected in the last two games. He's particularly mad to discover they took King Boo because... [[AdmiringTheAbomination King Boo was his favorite.]] Whether that's as a painting or simply enjoying the sight of King Boo in captivity is left unsaid, but the latter seems likely.
22	* When escorting E. Gadd to his car after saving him...
23	** If you flash your flashlight at him, he will do one of three poses, one being a Paralyzed pose like a ghost, but the other two are simply amazing. One being the famous [[MarilynManeuver Marilyn Monroe flying skirt pose]] and the other being a nod to the Coppertone Girl pose.
24	** Even though the basement is perfectly reachable via stairwells from the mezzanine, if you try to actually go that way, E. Gadd refuses, asking why Luigi would even ''consider'' stairs when there's a perfectly good elevator available.
25	** He chuckles at Luigi when the latter gets startled by a picture frame falling off the wall.
26	* How about the fact that the bellhop, Steward, ironically has to use the luggage in the garage as his only weapon by flinging it at Luigi? There's something clearly chuckle-worthy about how he does pretty much everything a bellhop ''isn't'' supposed to do.
27	* What's E. Gadd's Nintendo console device now? Those who've been following the pattern of the last two games (where E. Gadd communicated through a modified Game Boy and DS respectively) will likely be expecting something like a DSI or 3DS, or maybe a jump to consoles with a Wii U gamepad. Nope; it's the "{{Platform/Virtual Bo\|y}}o"! He plans on selling this commercially, predicting that it'll be a huge success. Anyone who knows their Nintendo history will no doubt be in hysterics over [[SelfDeprecation this little nod]] to [[OldShame Nintendo's most infamous failure]].
28	* Through a hole in the wall on 5F, Luigi watches a Goob continuously alternate between using a toothbrush to brush its teeth... and its ''tail''.
29	* Red Toad's hotel room on the fifth floor shows the chaotic aftermath of an attempt at putting practice, with golf balls strewn across the floor and the club somehow having ended up through the back of the armchair. Talk about a swing and a miss!
30	* Chambrea, the boss of the fifth floor, ''eats'' E. Gadd's suitcase to keep it from you. Not only does it make her fat, but it gives her difficulty in phasing through walls -- and later ties into her boss mechanic, because the Poltergust [[LogicalWeakness can grab onto the suitcase with a plunger]].
31	* Gooigi can fire a plunger at Luigi (at least in single-player mode). No matter where you aim on him, it sticks to his head. You can't vacuum it up and it serves no purpose, but even ''Gooigi'' of all people is getting in on making Luigi a ButtMonkey!
32	* The hotel shops on 3F provide quite a bit of humor:
33	** The revolving-door entrance to the shops area take Luigi for a whirl every time he passes through them.
34	** Gooigi being TheComicallySerious, especially so when a Goob tries to JumpScare him... and as shown in the page image, is greatly confused when he doesn't react at all. What could make this more funny is this was probably an adaptation of how Gooigi barely reacts to anything in the remake of [[VideoGame/LuigisMansion the first game]].
35	** The irony of the floor's progression. You are breaking into every shop in the hotel and looting the contents specifically so that you can gain access to... the security guard, who is your actual target rather than the obstacle this scenario would traditionally entail.
36	** Kruller, said security guard and the boss of the floor, is an absolute laugh riot, from getting scared by a mouse to rolling on the floor to dodge your attacks. Sometimes, he ends up using Groucho glasses to replace his CoolShades!
37	** When he first spots Luigi in his office, he acts like he's in a 70's cop movie complete with music as he tries to roll into the lost-and-found for a weapon! Only he's so fat that he stops halfway across and the music [[RecordScratch stops.]] His weapon of choice? A water gun! If he didn't know he was up against Gooigi, he'd look like a pretty dim cop (then again, he looks like a pretty dim cop regardless). When it's all said and done and the cop is retired, Gooigi picks up the elevator button, but it's Luigi who celebrates...and if you're playing in co-op, he immediately feels guilty about it!
38	* Chef Soulfflé is shown grilling some fish on a frying pan when Luigi walks into the kitchen. The chef sees him, and while distracted, the fish slides off his frying pan and falls on the floor. Cue a [[EyeTwitch twitchy eye]] as the chef completely loses it [[LargeHam in the most over-the-top way]].
39	** After he's defeated, a mouse snatches the button and forces Luigi to chase it and another mouse all across the floor to get it back.
40	* On the approach to the auditorium in The Great Stage, a Goob tries to damage Luigi by sending waves through the carpet on the floor. The Goob is an easy catch once you reach him, but if you leave him alone and go on to capture Amadeus Wolfgeist, when you come back out, you'll find the Goob still going at it... and Polterpup on the carpet jumping over the waves.
41	* King [=MacFrights=] duels Luigi in an arena with the ghosts filling the stands... but they're cardboard cutouts of Goobs, Hammers, and Oozers. Despite this, they ''still'' cheer and jeer.
42	* A word about the boss of Paranormal Productions. First off, when Luigi finds and returns Morty's bullhorn, he cuddles it like a teddy bear. Then, when he notices the green-clad plumber, he tosses it over his shoulder and says he has "star potential" and ropes Luigi into completing his magnum opus, which turns out to be... a {{Kaiju}} monster movie, of all things. Cue the glorious image of Luigi acting in a monster movie fighting a Goob in a cheesy monster costume that ''isn't even complete.'' Its tail is clearly showing, and Morty pays ''no'' mind to this at all.
43	* Nikki, Lindsey, and Ginny in the Twisted Suites being general jerks to Luigi. You would think that every ghost would try and kill Luigi, since it's established that the hotel is specifically meant to be a trap, and yet here is a trio of magicians pestering Luigi the same way playground bullies pick on someone (of course, they ''do'' look like grade schoolers)! Particularly when he follows them into the dressing room and the three magicians show off their magic by pulling something out of their hats. The third pulls out Luigi's own cap, and all three react like it's a smelly sock.
44	* One of the magician ghosts flips the room she and Luigi are in upside down just before leaving. Luigi, still upside down on the ceiling, [[BreakingTheFourthWall looks at the camera]] and gives a quiet "[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Uh oh]]" before falling to the ground.
45	* In the Tomb Suites, a small distance from the elevator, there's a tapestry you can suck up. Doing it the first time shows Luigi doing an Egyptian walk, and the second shows him getting scared by two ghosts. A second later, ''two ghosts spawn, scaring Luigi.''
46	* The second time you visit the Boilerworks, you'll pass through the room directly below the bottom of the elevator, which has a bucket on a mop with a woman's face painted on it. Clem was obviously going nuts alone down there...
47	* Have we mentioned yet that the Toads Luigi rescues can also be stunned? How about the fact that you can use the Poltergust to pick them up by their big mushroom heads and launch them at targets?
48	** There's an entire EscortMission dedicated to shooting Red Toad at various objects in the Boilerworks.
49	** When you free the Yellow Toad on The Spectral Catch, you can load him into the ship's cannon and ''launch him across the ocean''. He promptly collides with the fake moon that makes the stage's backdrop and knocks it out of the sky. You even get an achievement for it.
50	* Once you return to the lab with the part needed for Super Suction, E. Gadd disassembles it and pulls out a small hand-sized component before tossing the rest aside. Granted, it makes sense since the full part was almost as big as the Poltergust G-00 itself, but it's still funny to think that this little piece is all that's needed to amplify the Poltergust's power to "strip a whole room down to its joists" levels.
51	* [[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn The Ghost Orchestra]]. Revealed by ripping off the 4F stage wall with Super Suction, they manage to be so oblivious to the overwhelming power emanating from Luigi's Poltergust that it makes him almost seem like a villain sucking up innocent ghosts. It also stands out for being the only time you actually get to use Super Suction to catch ghosts, with the other instances only allowing you to destroy scenery.
52	* After catching Captain Fishook in The Spectral Catch and obtaining his elevator button, if you try to leave the ship without first freeing Yellow Toad, E. Gadd will call in:
53	-->'''Gadd:''' Luigi? Are you leaving your friend behind? Wow. I mean... I didn't expect that from you.
54	:: :[[HypocriticalHumor This from the guy who thinks more of his own inventions' needs than the ethics of leaving or putting Luigi's Toad friends in peril.]]
55	* Sometimes the boss ghosts will go into some pretty funny poses when stunned. Johnny Deepend, for example, points at Luigi like he's posing for a picture.
56	* The fact that [[RightHandCat Polterkitty]] (when she's not fighting, at least) looks ''so damn similar'' to a phantasmal [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Espeon]]. There's also her dainty stroll away from Luigi ''and'' Polterpup the second time you deal with her, refusing to pay them any mind. Polterpup almost looks disappointed that she wouldn't be providing a conventional chase (granted, that ''is'' exactly what he gets near the end of their pursuit); meanwhile, Luigi is just confused, since he's already seen Polterkitty's vicious side several times at this point.
57	* DJ Phantasmagloria's funkadelic Afro is revealed to be... a '''wig''', and her office is chock full of backups. Also, during her fight, as Luigi vacuums up the dancing Goobs trying to get the elevator button, she's playing the vacuum music ''on her turntables.''
58	* In the battle against the dancer Goobs before DJ Phantasmagloria, Luigi apparently can't resist snapping his fingers and shuffling his feet and doing the Running Man to the disco music despite still being visibly terrified at being surrounded by ghosts. While Gooigi doesn't dance about as such, [[NotSoAboveItAll even he'll snap his fingers to the music!]]
59	** When the dancer Goobs are introduced, they ''[[TotallyRadical dab]]''. [[https://tenor.com/view/luigi-mario-rabbids-kingdom-battle-gif-9602088 This isn't the first time Luigi's ever come across dabbing in his life]]. Oh, and since this all takes place in a hotel full of ghosts, and the other dance moves they throw out are old favourites like the Hammer Dance, the developers were probably trying to tell the players that [[StealthInsult dabbing is just as dead]].
60	* Unlike other floors, the top of the elevator shaft on 15F has no walls. It's just scaffolding allowing you to see the exterior of the car itself... which means that you can see it go back down for every time you leave said car. Though the floor counter always goes all the way back down to B2, it's a piece of cake to find an angle good enough for you to see the car ''clearly sitting just below the rooftop, barely its own height down from the doors.''
61	* Just the level of devotion Hellen has for King Boo that quickly turns into obsession once Luigi reaches her penthouse is either this or nightmare fuel. Throughout the hotel, there's pictures of him everywhere, and we mean '''''everywhere.''''' Statues, paintings, a painting of the two of them on a sunset beach; Hellen even has King Boo pillows and slippers in her bedroom (never mind the fact that she doesn't even have feet), and the gems on 15F are shaped to look like King Boo himself! There's actually a statue of King Boo on the outside of the penthouse as well! If Hellen was the one who'd designed this place, then it makes her look like ''[[MonsterFangirl the most obsessive fangirl ever]].'' If King Boo was the one who designed it, he was practically [[ItsAllAboutMe inflating his ego]] to the size of [[VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey New Donk City]].
62	** Moreover, during the credits, one of the images shows King Boo growling inside his glass containment cell while Hellen appears delighted that their prisons are right next to each other.
63	* Just after defeating Hellen, Luigi manages to rescue Mario and he joins in your ascent to the roof of the hotel to rescue Peach and face King Boo:
64	** Luigi's first course of action after finally reuniting with Mario? [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Attempt to leave.]] Mario, naturally, won't have any of it since Peach is still trapped and pushes Luigi in the other direction, urging him to follow.
65	** While Luigi is walking down the dark corridors on the way to the rooftop, Mario occasionally [[CatScare jumps out in front]] to tell him to hurry up. This scares the utter crap out of Luigi so much, he spins in place and falls the second time it happens.
66	** The juxtaposition of his vitality and urgency to Luigi's rattled nerves is also very amusing, constantly nagging Luigi to ''hurry the hell up.'' Luigi's got a heavy vacuum on his back, and he's gone through 17 floors' worth of scares, Mario, ''of '''course''' he's not hurrying.''
67	** True to form, when you hit the exterior, Mario uses all his jumping abilities to ascend the stairwell and side of the building in a way that would make the average {{speedrun}}ner proud. Luigi, though... well, he takes the stairs, and a ladder. To be fair, he ''is'' hauling around a good few extra pounds worth of state-of-the-art ghost-hunting gear... but then again, Mario ''was'' [[VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine similarly weighed down about 17 years ago]], and that didn't slow ''him'' down.
68	* The cutscene just before the final boss:
69	** King Boo mocking E. Gadd's Poltergeist inventions:
70	--->'''King Boo:''' You were all "[[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud SHWEEERRPP-SHLOOOOP-WHOOORPP-SHLEEEOOORG!]]" [[TheComicallySerious Ahem.]]
71	** He then proceeds to re-capture everyone in a large "ensemble painting", intending to capture Luigi as well. The only reason Luigi escapes the attack? Polterpup happened to be nearby, and [[DivingSave inadvertently knocked Luigi out of the way]] to give him some affection. Polterpup literally saved the day by just being a dog!
72	** Following that, it takes King Boo a moment to realize what should be the obvious fact that Luigi is missing from his portrait. He has to count how many victims are in the portrait before he realizes that he's missing one. For a terrifying black magic-wielding king of all ghosts who traps his victims in portraits and tried to destroy the universe before, he sure is bad at remembering faces.
73	** Then after ''that'', he angrily accuses Luigi of being DefiantToTheEnd, initiating the final battle. In reality, Luigi [[DeerInTheHeadlights froze up in fear while King Boo tried to bring the portrait down on them]], who would have won if [[BigDamnHeroes Polterpup]] hadn't pushed Luigi out of the way in a fit of dumb luck.
74	* In an otherwise tense final boss battle, the look on King Boo's face after Luigi [[FeedItABomb launches a bomb into his mouth]] is absolutely priceless.
75	** Also, after he's been stunned by this, if you take a while to get set-up to slam him (but not so long that he recovers), he actually gets an even better OhCrap face as he watches Luigi and Gooigi suction onto his tongue. He ''knows'' what's about to happen.
76	* In the [[VideoGame/LuigisMansion first game]], King Boo's crown was worth exactly [[AllThatGlitters one coin]]. In ''[[VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon Dark Moon]]'', it was worth [[DudeWheresMyReward absolutely nothing]]. In this game, it flat-out ''disappears''.
77	* Polterpup saves Luigi mere feet from hitting the ground after the hotel collapses, before proceeding to unceremoniously drop him flat on his face.
78	* When the protagonists and the ghosts begin preparing to rebuild the hotel and don hard hats, the [[DumbMuscle Hammer]] just eats his when given it. Cue a FacePalm from the nearby Slinker when he sees that.
79	* During the credits, one picture of the gang rebuilding the hotel has a Goob screaming in horror at Gooigi having hammered a nail through the back of his own hand. His amorphous, nerve-free hand. While Gooigi himself just has this look of, "[[TheComicallySerious ...Oh. How did]] ''[[TheComicallySerious that]]'' [[TheComicallySerious happen?]]"
80	* One could get a laugh at just how much is stuffed into the hotel. A shopping center, a gym, a disco, a pirate-themed restaurant on top of a more typical restaurant, a medieval castle, a movie studio, a dinosaur museum, a theater stage, a magician's stage, an overgrown garden, ''and'' an Egyptian pyramid? Sure, why not? All of this is visible from the exterior, but keep this in mind: this was all hidden early on in the game.
81	* Just about every ghost boss getting beaten is hilarious in its own way:
82	** Steward: Just as he's sucked in, his hat falls off... [[IndyHatRoll which he retrieves by briefly forcing his arm out of the nozzle.]]
83	** Chambrea: After spitting out the suitcase, she tries to tickle Luigi with her feather duster, [[{{Irony}} probably making a mess in the process]].
84	** Kruller: Tries to use his fat to clog Gooigi's vacuum, only to fail.
85	** Chef Soulfflé: His bulk means nothing to Luigi's Poltergust, then his hat gets stuck... then fish come flying out before the elevator button follows suit.
86	** Amadeus Wolfgeist: [[FaceDeathWithDignity Takes a final bow.]]
87	** King [=MacFrights=]: Tries to flee, even sticking his sword in the ground... until it backfires, causing him to be sent flying into the vacuum.
88	** Dr. Potter: His beard gets stuck on the vacuum, and [[DefiantToTheEnd he throws the elevator button away just to say "screw you."]]
89	** Morty: Puts his arms out and makes a rectangle with his fingers, as if he's visualizing getting sucked up as a movie moment, right before he gets fully sucked into the Poltergust.
90	** Ug: His big head gets caught in the nozzle. The large bone he tosses up while flailing hits him on the head, pushing him in.
91	** Clem: He must really like rubber ducks; when he's sucked up, the Poltergust spits out ''five'' of them!
92	** Nikki, Lindsey, and Ginny: When the last of the trio goes down, she frantically attempts to crawl away, dropping her wand at one point.
93	** Serpci: [[GracefulLoser Folds her arms like she's going back into her sarcophagus.]]
94	** Captain Fishhook: Attempts to crawl away on his hook before defeat. [[FreezeFrameBonus If you look closely]], you can see Luigi reeling him in like a real fish.
95	** Johnny Deepend: Poses and flexes his pecs before holding his breath and diving into the Poltergust.
96	** DJ Phantasmagloria: Gets in a couple last dance moves before defeat.
97	** When Hellen Gravely herself is defeated, just before she gets sucked up, she goes all, "One moment!" and does her makeup to revert to her beautiful appearance. Just because you're getting imprisoned doesn't mean you don't have to look your best, after all!

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