Editing Blackout

[[File:Blackout.PNG|thumb|250px|Luigi on the Balcony during the '''Blackout'''.]]

The '''Blackout''' is an event in ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]''. After [[Luigi]] defeats [[Boolossus]] and opens the door to Area 4, several bolts of lightning strike the mansion. This causes the power to go out, darkening every room, including ones Luigi has already completed, and allowing [[Ghost (Luigi's Mansion)|ghosts]] to wander freely. During the Blackout, set groups of ghosts appear in rooms, even replacing ones Luigi has not caught, including [[Portrait Ghost|Portrait Ghosts]]. This can make the mansion difficult to navigate. [[Speedy Spirit|Speedy Spirits]] and [[Gold Mouse|Gold Mice]] will reappear in the darkened rooms if Luigi had not captured them before, so the Blackout can be used to his advantage. Ghosts in a room respawn if Luigi captures all of them and reenters the room during the blackout. The only rooms without ghosts are the [[Foyer]], the [[Bottom of the Well]] and the [[Breaker Room]], though they still go dark. Also, some previously accessible rooms lock up during the Blackout. They reopen after Luigi turns the lights back on. In order to turn the power back on, Luigi must find and capture [[Uncle Grimmly]] in the [[Wardrobe Room]], causing a [[Chest|chest]] containing the [[Key|key]] to the Breaker Room to appear. He can get a hint about this by talking to [[Professor Elvin Gadd|Professor E. Gadd]] in the [[Telephone Room]]. Luigi can use the key to enter the Breaker Room and pull a switch that restores the mansion. Rooms that Luigi had not previously completed stay dark except the Breaker Room, which lights up.

{{rewrite-expand|Disregards several smaller ghosts, such as [[Blue Mouse|Blue Mice]], as well as the halls, which also are fairly consistently-occupied during the blackout.}}

[[File:Lightning Mansion.PNG|thumb|250px|Lightning striking the mansion.]]

[[File:Telephone Room Blackout.PNG|thumb|250px|Luigi talking to Professor E. Gadd.]]

This list shows the different ghosts that appear during the Blackout and the rooms they are found in.

*[[Parlor]]

**5 [[Gold Ghost|Gold Ghosts]]

**1 [[Purple Puncher]]

*[[Wardrobe Room]]

**[[Uncle Grimmly]]

*[[Balcony (2F)]]

**2 Gold Ghosts

*[[Study]]

**1 [[Grabbing Ghost|Red Grabbing Ghost]]

*[[Master Bedroom]]

*[[Nursery]]

**2 Gold Ghosts

**1 [[Blue Twirler]]

**1 [[Speedy Spirit]]

*[[Bathroom (1F)]]

*[[Ball Room]]

**5 [[Shy Guy (Luigi's Mansion)|Shy Guys]]

*[[Storage Room]]

**2 Purple Punchers

*[[Washroom (1F)]]

*[[Fortune-Teller's Room]]

**2 Purple Punchers

*[[Laundry Room]]

**3 [[Garbage Can Ghost|Garbage Can Ghosts]]

*[[Mirror Room]]

**6 Grabbing Ghosts

*[[Butler's Room]]

**2 [[Flash|Flashes]]

**A few [[Blue Mouse|Blue Mice]]

*[[Hidden Room]]

**1 Grabbing Ghost

**Several [[Bat (ghost)|Gold Bat]]s

*[[Conservatory]]

**3 Gold Ghosts

**1 Purple Puncher

**1 Speedy Spirit

*[[Dining Room]]

**1 Gold Ghost

**2 Garbage Can Ghosts

*[[Kitchen (Luigi's Mansion)|Kitchen]]

**1 Gold Ghost

**2 Purple Punchers

*[[Boneyard]]

**3 Temper Terrors

*[[Courtyard]]

**[[Flying Fish]]

*[[Rec Room]]

**2 Grabbing Ghosts

*[[Nana's Room]]

*[[The Twins' Room]]

**2 Shy Guys

**2 Grabbing Ghosts

*[[Billiards Room]]

**3 Gold Ghosts

**3 Grabbing Ghosts

*[[Projection Room]]

**7 Purple Grabbing Ghosts

*[[Astral Hall]]

*[[Safari Room]]

**2 Gold Ghosts

**2 Grabbing Ghosts

*[[Balcony (3F)]]

**2 Gold Ghosts

*[[Telephone Room]]

**1 Purple Puncher

**1 Blue Twirler