Uncle Grimmly
| Uncle Grimmly | |
|---|---|
| |
| Title | Hermit of the Darkness (GCN) The hermit of the darkness (3DS) |
| Age | 45 |
| Room | Wardrobe Room |
| HP | 100 |
| Gallery number | 20 |
Uncle Grimmly, Hermit of the Darkness, is a forty-five-year-old portrait ghost in Luigi's Mansion and its Nintendo 3DS remake. He has pale blue skin, an oval head, small yellow eyes, and jowls. He has a brown coat with two opal buttons, a dark purple necktie and a boutonniere on the left side. Uncle Grimmly loves mirrors.
Uncle Grimmly appears only during the blackout; he is the only portrait ghost with this distinction, as well as the only one to appear in a previously cleared room. In an optional phone call in the Telephone Room, Luigi can learn from Professor E. Gadd that Uncle Grimmly holds the key to the Breaker Room and that he prefers to reside in rooms with mirrors; this is meant to hint to the Wardrobe Room, where Uncle Grimmly is found hovering in front of a mirror. Upon seeing Luigi, Uncle Grimmly tries to scare Luigi by lifting up his hand and wailing, leaving him vulnerable to Luigi's flashlight. Once Uncle Grimmly is sucked into the Poltergust 3000, Luigi can obtain the key to the Breaker Room, which had presumably been locked by Uncle Grimmly, and enter it.
Uncle Grimmly is thought to speak in a northern English dialect, since he uses the phrase "by gum" in his heart quote.
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.
- Adrift, in the darkness, he tends to keep to himself, which suits the rest of the family just fine.
Heart quote[edit]
Each portrait ghost has a quote displayed when scanned by the Game Boy Horror. Grimmly's quote is the following:
- "Nobody will find me because I'm old, cranky and, by gum, people are afraid of me!"
Gallery[edit]
Luigi's Mansion[edit]
Bronze Frame in Luigi's Mansion
Silver Frame in Luigi's Mansion
Gold Frame in Luigi's Mansion
Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)[edit]
Bronze Frame in Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)
Silver Frame in Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)
Gold Frame in Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)
Platinum Frame in Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヤミノフ Yaminofu | From「闇」(yami, darkness) and the typical Russian name ending "-нов" (-nov), and/or possibly「夫」(fu, the on'yomi reading of "man") | [?] | |
| French | Oncle Grimly, L'Ermite des Ténèbres | Uncle Grimly, Hermit of the Darkness | [?] | |
| German | Onkel Bitterlich, Finsterer Einsiedler | Uncle Bitterly, Sinister hermit | [?] | |
| Italian | Zio Fosco, eremità delle tenebre | Uncle Gloom, hermit of the darkness | [?] | |
| Spanish | Tío Tristán, el ermitaño de la oscuridad | Uncle Tristan, Hermit of the Darkness. The name Tristán was probably chosen as a pun on "triste" (sad) | [?] |
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヤミノフ Yaminofu | From「闇」(yami, darkness) and the typical Russian name ending "-нов" (-nov), and/or possibly「夫」(fu, the on'yomi reading of "man") | [?] | |
| French | Oncle Grimly, L'Ermite des Ténèbres | Uncle Grimly, Hermit of the Darkness | [?] | |
| German | Onkel Bitterlich, Finsterer Einsiedler | Uncle Bitterly, Sinister hermit | [?] | |
| Italian | Zio Fosco, eremità delle tenebre | Uncle Gloom, hermit of the darkness | [?] | |
| Spanish | Tío Tristán, el ermitaño de la oscuridad | Uncle Tristan, Hermit of the Darkness. The name Tristán was probably chosen as a pun on "triste" (sad) | [?] |
