Purple Puncher

Purple Punchers are an enemy in Luigi's Mansion and its Nintendo 3DS version.
==Profile==
===Physical description===
Purple Punchers are pink ghosts with yellow eyes and a small mouth. Despite their name, Purple Punchers have no purple attributes, similarly to how Gold Ghosts are orange instead of golden. Purple Punchers are sometimes depicted a different color, such as in Mario Hoops 3-on-3, in which they are light green.
===Behavior===
A Purple tries to attack Luigi by diving forward and charging a punch into him. If successful, Luigi loses ten HP, and the Purple Puncher laughs before vanishing and slowly reappearing afterward.
==In Luigi's Mansion==
Purple Punchers are first encountered in the Anteroom. They have 20 HP, and like most other regular ghosts, a Purple Puncher can be stunned by the flashlight and then gradually vacuumed into the Poltergust 3000. A Purple Puncher can also be damaged by any of the three elements.
==In Mario Power Tennis==
Purple Punchers, along with several other ghosts, appear in the Luigi's Mansion Court. They also appear in Terror Tennis, in which Purple Punchers are among the ghosts that the player's character has to keep contained in the portraits.
==In Mario Hoops 3-on-3==
Light-green Purple Punchers are among the ghosts that appear in Luigi's Mansion, where they sometimes catch the ball, in which case the characters have to try and retrieve it.
==In Mario Kart Arcade GP 2==
An a blue and purple-colored Purple Puncher makes a cameo as one of the ghost artworks featured in the Horror House section of Yoshi Park 2.
==In Mario Sports Mix==
Purple Punchers are among the spectators to the many sporting events. They are also among the ghosts to appear in the Luigi's Mansion stadium during a game of Basketball.
==Crossover appearances==
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There are two separate trophies in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U of the Luigi's Mansion ghosts, in which a Purple Puncher, along with a Gold Ghost and a Blue Twirler can be seen.
==Flavor text==
*In-game description (Nintendo 3DS version): A swift pink ghost who uses uppercuts to hurt foes.
==Trivia==
*In the Luigi's Mansion instruction booklet, one page 19, there is a screenshot from an earlier build of a Purple Puncher with 29 HP as Luigi is vacuuming it and a Gold Ghost, meaning Purple Punchers were planned to have more HP at one point.
==Gallery==
Purple Puncher LM pause menu.png|Luigi's Mansion sprite (pause menu)
Purple Puncher art blue MKAGP2.png|Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 sprite of a blue Purple Puncher art from Yoshi Park 2
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Category:Ghosts
Category:Undead
Category:Enemies in Luigi's Mansion