Neville
| Neville | |
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| Full name | Neville, the Bookish Father |
| Age | 42 |
| Biography | Neville spends his afterlife reading all the books he missed while living. |
| Room | Study |
| HP | 100 |
| Heart quote | Ho ho ho ho... Go ahead, try to find me. I can see you, but you cannot see me, ho ho ho ho... |
Neville, the Bookish Father is the first portrait ghost whom Luigi encounters in Luigi's Mansion and its Nintendo 3DS version. Neville is tall and lean with light blue skin. He has an oval-shaped head, yellow-green eyes, red hair and eyebrows, and a red pointed mustache. He wears a deep blue robe. Neville is the husband of Lydia and father of Chauncey and the twins Henry and Orville. Neville's portrait number in the Gallery is 1.
Neville can be found in the Study during Area 1, doing his usual activity of reading a book while sitting in a rocking chair. The book that Neville reads is titled "Mario Story", the Japanese name of Paper Mario. Neville does not attack, though there is a book in the Study that flies after Luigi. Neville occasionally yawns and stretches, leaving him open to being stunned by the flashlight and being vacuumed into the Poltergust 3000. Upon defeat, a Treasure Chest appears in the Study, containing the key to the Master Bedroom.
Various portraits of what appears to be Neville is in various rooms of the mansion, more specifically the Parlor, Study, and Master Bedroom.
The player can read Neville's Big Baby Care Diary in the bookshelf behind Neville's rocking chair. The diary provides the player with hints on how to win Henry and Orville's game of hide and seek.
Gallery
Luigi's Mansion sprite of a portrait, presumably of Neville
Bronze frame
Silver frame
Gold frame
Bronze frame (Nintendo 3DS version)
Silver frame (Nintendo 3DS version)
Gold frame (Nintendo 3DS version)
Platinum frame (Nintendo 3DS version)
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | パパーラ[?] Papāra |
Derived from "papa" and possibly「パラパラ」(parapara, onomatopoeia for flipping something quickly, such as books) | |
| French | Neville, Le Père Intellectuel[?] | Neville, the intellectual father | |
| German | Ramon, Lesewütiger Vater[?] | Ramon, reading-obsessed father | |
| Italian | Armando Brividi, papà topo di biblioteca[?] | Armand Shivers, bookish father | |
| Spanish | Arturo, el padre intelectual[?] | Arthur, the Intellectual Father |
