This page is on the object. For the Final Smash, see here. The Poltergust 5000 is an vacuum invented by Professor E. Gadd and is used by Luigi in the game Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. It is the direct successor of the Poltergust 3000 and a more upgraded version of the Poltergust 4000. It is found in the Garage of the first mansion: Gloomy Manor.
Description
The Poltergust 5000 looks similar to the Poltergust 3000 though it looks a little bigger in size, and it cannot use elements.
Features
- Suction: The main method of capturing ghosts. This can also be used to suck up objects like spider web balls and blow them back out. To activate this feature, the player must press and hold
.
- Power Surge: After a short period of sucking up the ghost while pushing the
the opposite way of the ghost, the player can press 
to make a blue surge, it will take out 10 health of the ghost, and it will add green surge and red surge to the power bar to do even more damage on the ghosts, 20 and 50 respectively.
- Power Surge: After a short period of sucking up the ghost while pushing the
- Blow: This feature is used mainly to blow out objects that are sucked onto the Poltergust 5000. To activate this feature, the player must press and hold L.
- Strobulb Light Flash: Luigi can use this feature once he acquires the Strobulb. This feature is extremely important as this is the new way to stun ghosts. This feature can be activated by pressing and holding
. If the player taps the button, then it will only emit a small flash but it's still strong enough to defeat spiders and stun weaker ghosts like Greenies. Longer makes the Strobe Light Flash stronger which is acquired against stronger ghosts like Slammers. - Dark-Light Flash: Luigi can use this feature to make invisible items visible. Luigi can use this feature once he gets the Dark-Light Device. This is mainly caused by Spirit Balls lurking in the area. Sometimes, Boos even come out and cause trouble. Boos can only be captured using the Dark Light Flash first. The player can hold to use this feature but must be careful not to overuse it or it will burn out leaving Luigi open to attacks.
Upgrades
One of the newest features of the Poltergust 5000 is that now it can be upgraded so that vacuuming power is increased. Luigi must find many gold in the different mansions to have a chance to upgrade his vacuum. This feature is very helpful in fighting the Possessor bosses and, of course, King Boo. It will upgrade at:
- 2,000 G: The Green Surge is unlocked, allowing Luigi to do more damage and receive more gold.
- 4,000 G: The Dark-Light Level 2 is unlocked, increasing the length of the Dark-Light Device's meter.
- 7,000 G: The Red Surge is unlocked, allowing even more damage with Power Surges.
- 10,000 G: The Dark-Light Level 3 is unlocked, maxing out the Dark-Light meter.
- 20,000 G: The Super Poltergust can be unlocked, which fills the power bar and drains the ghost's HP faster.
Other appearances
Super Smash Bros. 3DS/Wii U
The Poltergust 5000 appears in Super Smash Bros. 3DS/Wii U as Luigi's Final Smash and also a trophy.
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| Major characters | Major characters | Luigi • Mario • Professor E. Gadd • Toad • Polterpup • King Boo |
| Ghosts | Regular | Ancient Poltergeist • Boo • Creeper • Gobber • Greenie • Gold Greenie • Hider • Poltergeist • Polterpup • Slammer • Sneaker • Strong Gobber • Strong Greenie • Strong Hider • Strong Slammer • Strong Sneaker • The Three Sisters |
| Bosses | Story mode: Ancient Poltergeist • Big Boo • King Boo • Three Poltergeists • Possessors (Grouchy · Harsh · Overset · Shrewd · Tough) • A Strong Gobber, a Strong Greenie, and a Strong Slammer • Strong Poltergeist • The Three Sisters ScareScraper: Beetle Whisperer • Bomb Brother • The Brain • Creeper Launcher • Primordial Goo • Terrible Teleporter | |
| Other species and enemies | Bat • Beetle • Crow • False door • Flytrap • Frog • Fuzzball • Gold Robomb • Mouse • Orange flower • Robomb • Spider | |
| Locations | Gloomy Manor | Balcony • Bedroom • Cellar • Coatroom • Common Hall • Dining Room • Entrance • Foyer • Front Yard • Garage • Guard Hall • Kitchen • Lab • Library • Lobby • Master Hall • Mudroom • Mudroom Exterior • Parlor • Patio • Rafters • Secret Pocket • Studio • Study • Under the Stairs |
| Haunted Towers | Botany Lab • Conservatory • Courtyard • Crow's Nest • Crypt • East Hall • Eerie Staircase • Family Room • Garden • Gardener's Dwelling • Gardener's Lab • Greenhouse • Haunted Towers Entrance • Hollow Tree • Hydro Generator • Laboratories • Lounge • Old Graveyard • Plant Nursery • Rooftop Pool • Rumpus Room • Seedling Laboratory • Sewer • Skybridge • Solarium • Tool Shed • Toolshed Stairs • Tower Lobby • Tree House • Tree Root • Water Supply • West Bathroom • West Bedroom • West Garden • West Hall | |
| Old Clockworks | Antechamber • Belfry • Belfry Clock • Canyon Hall • Canyon Narrows • Canyon Stairs • Cargo Room • Clock Tower Gate • Clockmaker's Chambers • Clockworks Court • Container Yard • Crank Room • Drafting Office • Finishing Room • Gear Chamber • Kiln Room • Maintenance Hub • Movements • Pit Slide • Quarry • Roundhouse • Roundhouse Pit • Service Elevator • Storage Room • Storm Cellar • Synchro Gantry • Synchronization Room • Tomb • Transportation Hall • Warehouse • Workshop | |
| Secret Mine | Airway • Basin • Chalet • Chalet Approach • Cinder Mine • Coward's Chasm • Crossroads • Crystal Quarry • Deep Hall • Drift Hall • Frozen Pit • Fishing Hut • Gondola • High Wires • Ice Lake • Maintenance Room • Pit Mine • Prospector's Crossing • Shaft • Skip Slope • Smokehouse • Smuggler's Hideout • Terminal • Under the Ice • Workshop • Workshop Landing | |
| Treacherous Mansion | Ancient Exhibit • Archives • Aviation Exhibit • Bottom of Well • Ceremonial Chamber • Cliffside • Dark Age Exhibit • Dungeon Cells • East Balcony • East Corridor • East Gallery • Front Entrance • Gargoyle Roof • Grand East • Grand West • Guard Tunnel • Haunted Catacombs • Ice Age Exhibit • Inner Courtyard • Jungle Exhibit • Kitchen • Nautical Exhibit • Restrooms • Space Exhibit • Study • Terrace • Train Exhibit • Underground Lab • Veranda • West Balcony • West Corridor • West Gallery | |
| Other | Bunker • E. Gadd's Vault • King Boo's Illusion • Mario's Painting • ScareScraper • Toad's Painting | |
| Items | Items | Amethyst • Bill • Coin • Diamond • Emerald • Gem • Gold Bar • Gold Bone • Key • Poltergust 5000 • Red Coin • Ruby • Sapphire • Strobulb |
| Objects | Objects | Bulb (gold) • E-Gate • Paranormal portal • Paranormal shield • Sled-mounted shooter |
| Equipment | Dark-Light Device • Dual Scream • Pixelator • Poltergust 5000 • Strobulb | |
| Missions | Gloomy Manor | Poltergust 5000 • Gear Up • Quiet Please! • Visual Tricks • Sticky Situation • Confront the Source • Gradual Infiltration |
| Haunted Towers | A Job for a Plumber • The Pinwheel Gate • Graveyard Shift • Pool Party • Doggone Key • Tree Topping • Hostile Intrusion | |
| Old Clockworks | A Timely Entrance • Underground Expedition • Roundhouse Brawl • Play Catch • Piece at Last • Showtime • Outlandish Interruption | |
| Secret Mine | Cold Case • Hit Rock Bottom • Across the Chasm • Chilly Ride • Severe Infestation | |
| Treacherous Mansion | Front-Door Key • Double Trouble • A Train to Catch • Ambush Maneuver • Paranormal Chaos • Stop the Knightmare • Terrifying Invasion | |
| King Boo's Illusion | A Nightmare to Remember | |
| Further info | Further info | Gallery |