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|fullname=Bogmire, the Cemetery Shadow (GameCube) / The black shadow of the graveyard (3DS)

|room=Graveyard

'''Bogmire''' is a shadowy [[Portrait Ghost]] that is found in ''[[Luigi's Mansion]]'' and [[Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS)|its 3DS remake]]. He appears as a purple ghost with a large mouth, yellow eyes, and thin, constantly outstretched arms. Bogmire lives under a tombstone in the [[Luigi's Mansion (place)|mansion]]'s [[Graveyard]], and acts as the boss of Area Two. According to his [[Game Boy Horror]] entry, Bogmire is the manifestation of the mansion's fear and despair; he does not speak (making him the only area boss without any dialogue), and the Game Boy Horror cannot scan his heart for text. His name is derived from the words "bog" and "quagmire", which refer to different kinds of swampland.

At one point, Bogmire was captured by [[Professor Elvin Gadd]] and turned into a portrait; like the other ghosts in the gallery, he was released when [[King Boo]] broke in. Bogmire's portrait number in Professor E. Gadd's gallery is 19; in the GameCube version, he is the only Portrait Ghost to display another enemy in the portrait, with his gold frame picture depicting a [[Black Bogmire]].

Bogmire can only be fought once Luigi gains access to the Graveyard by vacuuming up [[Spooky (character)|Spooky]]; afterward, a vortex can be accessed via his doghouse, taking [[Luigi]] to the Graveyard. Upon clearing the area of the [[Mr. Bones]] found there, the large headstone begins to glow. When Luigi approaches it, lightning strikes near the tombstone as Bogmire springs out, and Luigi jumps back in horror. He is then transported into a mysterious arena, where a large Black Bogmire comes out and approaches him, while several others also appear in the field.

Bogmire will teleport around the arena, with his presence announced by lightning strikes and the appearance of his shadow; his only means of offense is spawning shadowy translucent dopplegangers called [[Black Bogmire]]s from the ground (and often from his actual shadow). Bogmire vanishes some time after the Black Bogmires spawn, signaled by his shadow vanishing, and he will reappear elsewhere and repeat the pattern. The size of his shadow upon appearing determines the size of the specific Black Bogmire that spawns from it.

 

 

==Gallery==

=== ''Luigi's Mansion'' ===

Bogmire LM art.jpg|Original artwork

LM Bogmire Screenshot.png|Bogmire comes out from his tombstone

Bogmire Arena.png|Luigi fighting Bogmire

LMbogmireunused.png|An earlier, unused model

=== ''Luigi's Mansion'' (Nintendo 3DS) ===

Bogmire LM3DS rises.png|Bogmire rises out from his tombstone.

Bogmire LM3DS shot.png|Luigi encounters Bogmire.

Bogmire LM3DS fight.png|Boss fight against Bogmire.

Bogmire Bronze frame LM3DS.png|Bronze frame

Bogmire Silver frame LM3DS.png|Silver frame

Bogmire Gold frame LM3DS.png|Gold frame

Bogmire Platinum frame LM3DS.png|Platinum frame

|JapM=From the English word "Shadow". "マ (ma)" may come from "魔 (ma)", meaning "evil spirit" or "demon"

|Spa=Ciro, la sombra del cementerio

|SpaM=Ciro, the Graveyard's Shadow

|Fra=M. Marais, L'Ombre du Cimetière

|FraM=Mr. Swamp, the Graveyard's Shadow

|GerM=Mr. Darkling, Cemetery Shadow}}

{{Luigi's Mansion Ghosts}}

[[Category:Portrait Ghosts]]