Vincent Van Gore

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Vincent Van Gore
Vincent Van Gore
Title The Starving Artist
Age 59
Room The Artist's Studio
HP 100
Gallery number 21
“Eet eez you, no? You interfere with my afterlife's work?”
—Vincent Van Gore, Luigi's Mansion

Vincent Van Gore, is a portrait ghost who appears in the game Luigi's Mansion and its remake. He has teal skin, white hair, a white mustache and pointed beard, and glowing green eyes. He wears a red beret, a deep green overcoat over a red and yellow striped shirt, and often carries his palette and paintbrush. Vincent Van Gore can bring his paintings to life[1] and is responsible for creating most of the regular ghosts fought within the game. He speaks with a stereotypical French accent.

Vincent Van Gore resides in The Artist's Studio, on the third floor of the mansion. When Luigi enters the room, the ghost expresses his anger at seeing his creations being vacuumed. In battle, Van Gore uses sets of seven ghosts to attack Luigi; each group consists of three (five in the PAL Hidden Mansion and remake) ghosts. In order, the seven following types of ghosts are Gold Ghosts, Purple Punchers, Blue Twirlers, Red Grabbing Ghosts, Red Ghost Guys, Garbage Can Ghosts, and Purple Bombers. After all of the ghosts are vacuumed, Vincent Van Gore becomes very angry by the loss of his artwork. In this state, his heart is exposed and Luigi can easily suck up the spirit with his Poltergust 3000. He is eventually sucked inside the Poltergust and drops the Secret Altar Key.

A painting of a man resembling Van Gore can be found at the far end of the Parlor, near the candles Luigi must extinguish.

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.

  • Despite failing to sell a single painting in 30 years, this stubborn man refuses to let his art die.

Heart quote[edit]

Each portrait ghost has a quote displayed when scanned by the Game Boy Horror. Neville's quote is the following:

  • "Now does he grasp zee power of my creations?"

Gallery[edit]

Luigi's Mansion[edit]

Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)[edit]

Naming[edit]

"Vincent Van Gore" is a reference to the famous painter Vincent van Gogh.

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseセニョール・プジイ
Senyōru Pujī
Spanish word señor ("mister") + possibly from「プー」(pū, an onomatopoeic word for "poof") and「爺」(jī, "old man")[?]
FrenchVincent Van Gore-[?]
GermanVincent Van GeightPun on "Vincent van Gogh" and Geist ("ghost")[?]
ItalianVincent Van GongPun on "Vincent van Gogh" and gong[?]
Spanish (Latin America)Leonardo DaEntePlay on "Leonardo da Vinci" and ente ("entity")[?]
Spanish (Europe)Pablo PsicassoPlay on "Pablo Picasso" and the prefix psico- (as in psychotic)[?]
The Starving Artist
LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
FrenchL'Artiste AffaméThe Starving Artist[?]
GermanUnersättlicher KünstlerInsatiable Artist[?]
ItalianArtista stravaganteThe wacky artist[?]
Spanish (Europe)El artista muerto de hambreThe starving artist[?]

Notes[edit]

  • There is a glitch where if Luigi leaves the room without collecting the key and goes out to the Balcony, the key vanishes. If he heads back into the hallway, the key respawns, with the sound of it dropping being audible. However, if Luigi goes back outside to the Balcony once more before returning to The Artist's Studio, the key is duplicated.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "I know that artists strive to give life to their canvasses, but this guy brought ghosts to life every time he picked up a brush!" – Professor E. Gadd (2001). Luigi's Mansion. Nintendo (English).
  2. ^ GlitchDoctor (October 29, 2021). Luigi's Mansion Glitches and Exploits. YouTube. Retrieved October 19, 2024.