Phantom (character)



Phantom, referred to by his song's title as Phantom of the Bwahpera, and also known by the anagram Tom Phan, is the end boss of Spooky Trails in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. He is a levitating, heavyset Rabbid ghost with an -style attire and a Boo-like underside that occasionally turns transparent, revealing a inside. His name is also a pun on the. He tends to be quite boastful about what he is, calling himself a "national treasure," as proven by his battle quotes. The Phantom also has a tendency to talk in sing-song, and speaks with a thick French accent.

He is created when Spawny combines a Rabbid, a Boo Balloon, and a phonograph. His voice is provided by Augustin Chemelle. As per his name and theme, he sings a song for Mario and company before engaging in battle. The song is heard as part of the game's second trailer. He is the only Rabbid in game to communicate using normal sentences, instead of various grunts and screams. However, his song starts with several uses of the "Bwaah" sound, but with a deeper voice. He also makes these sounds throughout the battle itself.

Battle
In battle, the Phantom is initially immune to all attacks. To be able to damage him, Mario and co. must destroy the light fixtures beside him, disabling the spotlights focused on him; the Phantom becomes vulnerable once all active light fixtures are smashed. Each phase of the battle has one more light fixture to smash than the last, as well as giving the boss new Rabbid minions at the end of his first turn; Valkyries, Bucklers, and Peek-a-Boos. His main attack is an operatic shriek that acts like a Rocket weapon; it hits everyone within a radius for 40 HP and can inflict the Push effect. He can also activate a ghostly shield around him; the first hero to move within range becomes petrified, unable to take further action for their turn.

Upon his defeat, the Phantom will throw a melodramatic, sobbing tantrum.

Personality
When he is still a regular Rabbid, he is mischievous, curious, and playful like his fellow Rabbids, while always causing trouble without thinking about the consequences. After the Rabbid was fused and became the Phantom, he's extremely vain, arrogant, overconfident, and egotistical. He constantly regards himself as being superior to Mario and his friends and believes that he will destroy them even when he is quite weak and vulnerable. Even during the heat of battle, Phantom still remains concerned about his appearance, often stating "How does my nose look?" During his second ballad, he questions why Mario and his friends aren't kneeling before because he is "the star" and later states that they are not worth his time. He also has a flair for dramatization, and a passion for opera.

For reasons unknown, Phantom was also deeply hateful, loathsome, calculating, and jealous towards Mario and sings about his desire to kill him constantly. Throughout the entirety of both his ballads, The Phantom is very hypocritical as he openly insults and mercilessly harasses Mario out of cold-blood, mocking his "plumb-shaped" weight, mustache, relationship with Princess Peach, and lack of dialogue. In one of his lyrics, he states that Mario has done him "a thousand wrongs ever since Donkey Kong", meaning that his hatred for Mario stems from his very first appearance in video games. When defeated and before being de-fused, the Phantom will let out a sobbing tantrum, with the though of being defeated by the very person he took pleasure in harassing so much

Quotes

 * "Eyyyy, AHHHHHHHHH! [clears throat] Hmm." - First line of dialogue
 * "BWAAAAAAAAAAAH!" - When using his shriek attack
 * "You wretch!" - After phase 1 or 2 spotlights are destroyed
 * "How dare you! My vision will not be compromised!" - After the spotlights are destroyed
 * "My SPOTLIGHT!" - Upon the destruction of the last spotlight
 * "(Sing-song) Only in the spotlight, am I in peeeeeeaaaaace!" - During battle
 * "(Sing-song) My stage technique allows me to keep my composure under the SPOTLIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!" - During battle
 * "(Sing-song) Bwah-Bwah-Bwah-Bwah-Bwah-Bwah! (x2)" - During battle
 * "(Sing-song) How's my nose looooook? I'm not blending into the backdrop am I?" - During battle
 * "(Sing-song) OoooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooom..." - Humming along with his song
 * "Imbecile! I'm a national treasure!" - During battle
 * "(Sing-song) My precious rose... I've grown over-fooooooooooond... of the SPOTLIIIIIIIIGHT!" - After the spotlights are destroyed
 * "(Sing-song) Cut out noooooooooow... to my stage adrenaline!"- During battle
 * "While the spotlight is on, it's just me and the AUDIENCE!" - Before the spotlights are destroyed
 * "I'm a n-national treasure!" - Upon the destruction of the final spotlight
 * "(Sing-song) Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Can't hurt me now!" - If attacked prior to the destruction of the spotlights
 * "Just great!..." - If attacked after the destruction of all the spotlights
 * "Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" - If attacked prior to the destruction of the spotlight a second time (and onward)