Slim Bankshot
| Slim Bankshot | |
|---|---|
| |
| Title | The Lonely Poolshark (GCN) The lone competitor (3DS) |
| Age | 29 |
| Room | Billiards Room |
| HP | 100 |
| Gallery number | 17 |
Slim Bankshot is a portrait ghost in Luigi's Mansion and its remake. He has teal skin and a round head with purple hair and glowing yellow eyes. Slim wears a gray diamond-patterned vest over a white shirt with both sleeves rolled up and has a gold ring with a red jewel on his right hand. Slim was apparently a legend in competitive pool, according to his Game Boy Horror bio.
Slim Bankshot is encountered in the Billiards Room, playing three-ball. Prior to this, a statue of him can be found in the Courtyard. Slim hits the balls with enough force that they fly off of the table and start bouncing around the room, taking away 5 HP each time they hit Luigi. After hitting the balls, Slim travels around the pool table once before hitting the balls again. A billiard ball may sometimes hit Slim, but this is typically accomplished by Luigi using the Poltergust 3000 to launch the ball at Slim himself. After three hits, Slim becomes vulnerable to being vacuumed into the Poltergust 3000. If Bankshot breaks free from the vacuum, he returns to playing pool. After Slim is caught, a green treasure chest appears, although in the remake's Hidden Mansion, a chest with Mario's Shoe appears instead, making Slim no longer an optional portrait ghost.
A monochromatic photo of Slim from presumably when he was alive is on the north wall of the Billiards Room.
Profiles[edit]
Description[edit]
His description can be accessed from the Game Boy Horror in both versions, and also from the Gallery in the Nintendo 3DS version.
- Slim's a legend in the world of competitive pool. Too bad he's never played a living soul.
Heart quote[edit]
Each portrait ghost has a quote displayed when scanned by the Game Boy Horror. Slim's quote is the following:
- "You want some of this?"
Gallery[edit]
Luigi's Mansion[edit]
Bronze frame
Silver frame
Gold frame
Sprite of the portrait resembling Slim
Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)[edit]
Slim Bankshot being stunned
Bronze frame (Nintendo 3DS version)
Silver frame (Nintendo 3DS version)
Gold frame (Nintendo 3DS version)
Platinum frame (Nintendo 3DS version)
Naming[edit]
"Bankshot" is based on the billiards term "bank shot", which involves hitting the cue ball against a railing before striking another ball into a pocket.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ポール・ロング Pōru Rongu | Pole Long; possibly derived from "long pole" or actor Paul Newman, who famously played a pool hustler in the film The Hustler | [?] | |
| French | Joe l'Arnaque | Joe the Fraud | [?] | |
| German | Volker Volltreffer | Volker Bullseye | [?] | |
| Italian | Steccasecca | Long-pole | [?] | |
| Spanish | Muni | - | [?] |
- The Lonely Poolshark
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| French | Le Joueur de Billard | The Billiards Player | [?] | |
| German | Einsamer Billard-King | Lonely Billiard King | [?] | |
| Italian | Il giocatore solitario | The lonely player | [?] | |
| Spanish | El solitario rey del billar | The lonely billiards king | [?] |
