Telephone Room

The Telephone Room (Japanese: 電話の部屋 Telephone Room) can first be accessed in Area Four of Luigi's Mansion in the game of the same name.

As Luigi approaches the West Hallway on the Balcony, the door is unsealed. However, a bolt of lightning strikes the house, causing a blackout. Luigi uses his Key to open the door, then proceeds through the West Hallway. At the end, he comes across two choices; east and west. The plumber chooses the east door because the other is locked, and winds up in the Telephone Room. Luigi receives a phone call from one of the Toads in the Mansion, informing him that the Toads have fled because of the blackout. The Toad also mentions a breaker in the Basement that can be used to turn the power back on. However, the previously accessible Breaker Room is now mysteriously locked. Luigi receives another phone call, this time from Professor E. Gadd, who tells Luigi of a Portrait Ghost named Uncle Grimmly who is now on the loose. Luigi sets off in search of Uncle Grimmly so that he can turn the power back on.

After successfully capturing Uncle Grimmly, Luigi returns to the Telephone Room, only to find that it is still dark. Opening some of the chests in the room, Luigi awakens two Skeleton Ghosts and promptly captures them, finally lighting the room.

The Telephone Room is huge, quite possibly the largest room in the Mansion along with the Balcony and the Courtyard. As such, it is filled with quite a variety of objects. On the west wall there is a large cabinet in front of which is a small table and curiously, a small sofa. The middle of the room is empty except for a large chest on the north wall. Along the south wall there are three small rotary telephones, side-by-side. Finally, on the east wall, there is a cabinet, identical to the first, and two additional large chests.

Trivia

 * When Luigi answers the phone when Toad calls, Toad will ask who is calling. The player then has the option to choose either Luigi or Bowser. If he chooses Luigi, the conversation goes on as normal. However, if he chooses Bowser, Toad will hang up and call one of the other three phones. Then, the same conversation will commence, this time without the option to state the player's identity.
 * As shown in the picture above, when Luigi is talking to Toad or Professer E. Gadd, when lightning strikes, Luigi's shadow appears suspended in air, as if being hung by a noose. Whether it is a mistake by Nintendo or the Boo's message of Luigi's fate is unknown.
 * One does not need to actually enter the Telephone Room after the blackout happens. It is entirely possible to merely walk to the Wardrobe Room, capture Uncle Grimmly, and turn on the lights, thus saving time and unwanted tangles with ghosts.
 * This is the only indoor room with Skeleton Ghosts.