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|Jap=サーペンティス
|Jap=サーペンティス
|JapR=Sāpentisu
|JapR=Sāpentisu
|JapM=Derived from「サーペント」(''sāpento'', serpent) and possibly the name ending "-tis"
|JapM=Derived from「サーペント」(''sāpento'', serpent), name ending "-y", and possibly English title "miss"
|Ita= Ectopatra
|Ita= Ectopatra
|ItaM= Portmanteau of the prefix "ecto-", referencing ghosts, and {{wp|Cleopatra}}
|ItaM= Portmanteau of the prefix "ecto-", referencing ghosts, and {{wp|Cleopatra}}
|Fre= Cléo Patatras
|Fre= Cléo Patatras
|FreM= Pun on Cleopatra and the onomatopoeia "patatras" (kerplunk)
|FreM= Pun on "Cleopatra" and the onomatopoeia "patatras" (kerplunk)
|Dut=Serpentina
|Dut=Serpentina
|DutM= Portmanteau of "serpent" and the feminine suffix "-ina"
|DutM= Portmanteau of "serpent" and the feminine suffix "-ina"
|Ger=Sandra Stürmer
|Ger=Sandra Stürmer
|GerM= Portmanteau of Sandsturm (sandstorm), the name "Sandra" and Stürmer (striker)
|GerM=A pun on "sandsturm" (sandstorm) made up of the name "sandra" and "stürmer" (striker)
|Spa= Serpertiti
|Spa= Serpertiti
|SpaM= Pun on {{wp|Nefertiti}} and "serpent"
|SpaM= Pun on "{{wp|Nefertiti}}" and "serpent"
|Chi=蛇賓緹絲
|Chi=蛇賓緹絲
|ChiR=Shébīntísī
|ChiR=Shébīntísī
|ChiM=Transliterated from the Japanese name. Also "蛇" means "snake"
|ChiM=Transliterated from the Japanese name; also「蛇」means "snake"
|Kor=서펜티스
|Kor=서펜티스
|KorR=Seopentis
|KorR=Seopentiseu
|KorM=Same as Japanese
|KorM=Same as Japanese
}}
}}

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Serpci
Serpci in Luigi's Mansion 3
Floor Tomb Suites
HP 300

Serpci is the eleventh boss encountered in Luigi's Mansion 3. She haunts the Tomb Suites and holds the Twisted Suites' elevator button.

Appearance

Serpci is an orange female ghost styled after ancient Egyptian royalty, particularly a queen or a pharaoh such as Cleopatra.

History

Luigi first finds Serpci sleeping in her sarcophagus in her room. She then awakens and activates a trap that sends Luigi down to the Pit Chamber, forcing him to make his way back up to the top of the pyramid.

Luigi stumbles upon Serpci's room again by accident after mimicking a pose in his likeness engraved on the wall. She then laughs before leaving the room.

After Luigi returns to the Sandy Grand Hall, Serpci pranks him by blowing him a kiss from behind and spraying sand on him, before forming a sand tornado to create a sand mound in the likeness of her face.

Battle

Serpci's sand head in the Tomb Suites
Serpci creates a mound of sand.
Serpci's sand cobras in the Tomb Suites
Serpci using her cobras to attack.

Most of Serpci's attacks rely on the manipulation of the sand mound she uses as a shield. Her main offense involves creating four large cobras out of sand that sprout from the top of the mound, striking Luigi if he is near. On a successful hit, Serpci will briefly emerge and taunt Luigi, but a missed attack will temporarily stun the snakes, granting Luigi a small amount of time to destroy them with a gust from his Poltergust G-00. As Serpci takes damage, the cobras can attack multiple times in succession; when they rear up, their eyes will flash once for each strike they will make before becoming stunned.

Serpci can also attack by burrowing under the ground and leaping out to try and crush Luigi under the sand mound she is in, while also creating dust particles to emerge in another spot, indicating where she is arriving. Later in the battle, she creates giant fists of sand to ram and crush Luigi; however, these can be destroyed in a similar manner to her snake constructs.

To beat Serpci, Luigi needs to vacuum sand from the mound protecting her until it collapses and exposes her. She responds by summoning several small sand cobras around herself, which will fire small projectiles straight ahead of themselves before dissipating. Luigi must blow the projectiles off course with his Poltergust or dodge them, allowing him to stun Serpci with the Strobulb and begin depleting her HP. Upon being defeated, she'll adopt a resting pose, with her lips puckered and arms crossed over her chest as she's being sucked into the Poltergust G-00, also supplying Luigi with the elevator button.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese サーペンティス
Sāpentisu
Derived from「サーペント」(sāpento, serpent), name ending "-y", and possibly English title "miss"

Chinese 蛇賓緹絲
Shébīntísī
Transliterated from the Japanese name; also「蛇」means "snake"

Dutch Serpentina
Portmanteau of "serpent" and the feminine suffix "-ina"
French Cléo Patatras
Pun on "Cleopatra" and the onomatopoeia "patatras" (kerplunk)
German Sandra Stürmer
A pun on "sandsturm" (sandstorm) made up of the name "sandra" and "stürmer" (striker)
Italian Ectopatra
Portmanteau of the prefix "ecto-", referencing ghosts, and Cleopatra
Korean 서펜티스
Seopentiseu
Same as Japanese

Spanish Serpertiti
Pun on "Nefertiti" and "serpent"

Trivia

  • In the Central Chamber, there is a gargantuan statue of Serpci; however, the head of the statue, due to unknown circumstances, is missing. This may foreshadow the fact that Serpci recreates her image in sand in similar proportions, only this time, everything but the head is missing.