Vincent Van Gore

Vincent Van Gore
Full Name	Vincent Van Gore, the Starving Artist
Age	59
Biography	Despite failing to sell a single painting in 30 years, this stubborn man refuses to let his art die.
Room	The Artist's Studio
Life	100
Heart Quote	Now does he grasp zee power of my creations?

“Eet eez you, no?”

—Vincent Van Gore, Luigi's Mansion

Vincent Van Gore, the Starving Artist, is a Portrait Ghost and one of the main antagonists in the game Luigi's Mansion. He has the ability to bring his paintings to life, and is responsible for creating the minor ghosts present inside the mansion. His portrait number in Professor E. Gadd's gallery is 21.

Luigi's Mansion

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. However, instead of fighting Luigi directly, Van Gore brings his latest works of art to life to attack him. As such, Luigi has to vacuum seven sets of minor ghosts (with three ghosts per set) before he can capture Vincent Van Gore himself.

After Luigi eliminates all of his ghost creations, 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. The struggling Van Gore is eventually sucked inside the Poltergust and drops the Secret Altar Key.

Van Gore's ghosts

In battle, Van Gore used sets of ghosts to attack Luigi; each group consisted of three (five in the PAL Hidden Mansion) 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
• Purple Bombers

Physical appearance

Vincent Van Gore 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.

Gallery

Luigi's Mansion

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  Gold frame

Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)

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  Platinum frame

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	セニョール・プジイ Senyōru Pujī	Señor ("Mister" in Spanish) Poogie
Spanish	Pablo Psicasso	From the painter Pablo Picasso and "Psíquico", meaning "psychic"
French	Vincent Van Gore
German	Vincent Van Geight, Unersättlicher Künstler	Vincent Van Ghoght (Geight comes from Geist ghost and Gogh), Insatiable artists
Italian	Vincent van Gong

Trivia

The image. Note the different hairstyle.

• Vincent Van Gore is a parody of the artist Vincent van Gogh. However, Van Gore speaks with a stereotypical French accent, even though the actual Van Gogh was Dutch.
• A painting of a man resembling Van Gore can be found at the far end of the Parlor, near the candles Luigi must extinguish. This image may depict Van Gore's appearance when he was alive.
• Vincent Van Gore is the only non-Boss ghost to give away a "special key".
• There is a glitch where if Luigi leaves the room before he gets the key, it vanishes. The only way to fix this is by going out to the Balcony and back into the room, or by resetting the console.

[Edit] Luigi's Mansion / Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)
Protagonists		Luigi • Gooigi† • Mario • Professor Elvin Gadd • Toad
Tools/Equipment		Boo Radar • Flashlight • Game Boy Horror • Poltergust 3000 • Strobulb†
Items and objects		Bill • Blue Stone • Bomb • Boo Ball • Cheese • Coin • Gold Bar • Gold Bone† • Gold Diamond • Green Stone • King Boo's Crown • Mario's Glove • Mario's Hat • Mario's Letter • Mario's Shoe • Mario's Star • Pearl • Red Diamond • Red Stone • Silver Diamond
Ghosts	Normal Ghosts	35 Boos • Bat • Black Bogmire • Blue Blaze • Blue Mouse • Blue Twirler • Bowling Ghost • Ceiling Surprise • Elemental Ghosts • Flash • Flying Fish • Garbage Can Ghost • Ghost Guy • Gold Ghost • Gold Mouse • Grabbing Ghost • Mr. Bones • Polterpup† • Purple Bomber • Purple Mouse • Purple Puncher • Shining Ghost • Spark • Speedy Spirit • Temper Terror • Waiter
	Portrait Ghosts	Biff Atlas • Bogmire • Boolossus • Chauncey • Clockwork Soldiers • Floating Whirlindas • Henry and Orville • Jarvis • King Boo • Lydia • Madame Clairvoya • Melody Pianissima • Miss Petunia • Mr. Luggs • Nana • Neville • Shivers • Sir Weston • Slim Bankshot • Spooky • Sue Pea • Uncle Grimmly • Vincent Van Gore
Rooms	Professor Elvin Gadd's Lab	Gallery • Portrificationizer Chamber • The Lab • Training Room
	Area One	Anteroom • Balcony • Foyer • Master Bedroom • Nursery • Parlor • Study • Wardrobe Room
	Area Two	Ball Room • Bathroom • Boneyard • Butler's Room • Conservatory • Dining Room • Graveyard • Hidden Room • Kitchen • Laundry Room • Mirror Room • Storage Room • Washroom
	Area Three	Astral Hall • Balcony • Bathroom • Billiards Room • Bottom of the Well • Courtyard • Fortune-Teller's Room • Nana's Room • Observatory • Projection Room • Rec Room • Safari Room • Tea Room • The Twins' Room • Washroom
	Area Four	Armory • Artist's Studio • Breaker Room • Cellar • Ceramics Studio • Clockwork Room • Cold Storage • Guest Room • Pipe Room • Roof • Sealed Room • Secret Altar • Sitting Room • Telephone Room
Miscellaneous		Gallery • Ghost Portrificationizer • Luigi's Mansion • Luigi's NEW Mansion • Mario's Painting • Pre-release and unused content • Professor E. Gadd's Research Journal • PolterCue • Quotes • Staff (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo 3DS)
†Exclusive to Nintendo 3DS version