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“My name is Melody. People call me the spectral beauty of the ivory keys!”
— Melody Pianissima talking to Luigi, Luigi's Mansion


Melody Pianissima, the Beautiful Pianist (Japanese: ピアン Pian) is the sixth portrait ghost Luigi meets and the third portrait ghost of Area 2. She is one of the twenty-one portrait ghosts that was freed by King Boo in Luigi's Mansion.

Melody was an expert pianist when she was alive, and was also very vain. She died at the age of 26 and now spends her afterlife endlessly playing her piano in the Conservatory, located on the first floor of the mansion. Melody has a passion for video games.

Information

Physical description

Melody has a heart-shaped head and has long blonde hair with two long bangs down each side. Her hair curves at the bottom of her hairstyle. She has bluish-greenish skin and large completely yellow eyes. She also has a small nose as well as slightly full lips.

Melody wears a long maroon dress with long sleeves. White frilly trim is on her sleeves and the bottom of her dress. She has a dark maroon belt with a white buckle at her waist and a dark maroon bow near her neck.

Powers and abilities

  • Music Sheet Mimicry: Melody has the power to command music sheets to do her bidding, which she uses during her fight with Luigi.
  • Expert Pianist skills: Melody is a virtuoso, a musician who is skilled with playing the piano. However, she somewhat loses these skills temporarily when she gets angry or confused.
  • Poison Mushroom: While being captured, Melody will eventually drop a Poison Mushroom.
  • Invisibility: When not attacking, Melody can become invisible.

Personality and traits

“No, no, NO! That's all wrong!! I put my heart and soul into that piece, only to be insulted? How could you, you awful man! Now leave me, and think about your rude behavior!”
— Melody when Luigi answers one of her questions wrong


Melody has a bad temper, which is set off easily. If Luigi gets her question wrong about a song she played she bangs on the piano and yells at him since she had played a "beautiful piece" and Luigi has "insulted" it.

Shivers is very deeply smitten with her, but she spurns his affections and doesn't give him the time of day, much to his dismay.

History

When Luigi enters the Conservatory in the first floor of the mansion, he must make all the instruments play music by examining them with A or X (former for the GameCube original game and the latter for the 3DS remake); this will lure Melody out. She then will reveal herself and will play a classic song from a Mario game for Luigi, like the underwater theme from Super Mario Bros, and then ask a question about it. If Luigi answers wrong, she will get mad and disappear, and Luigi must try again.

Battle

If he answers right she will attack him by causing music sheets to fly at him. Sucking up the sheets causes Melody to stop playing the piano and clutch her head in frustration, making her vulnerable and showing her heart.

After some medium pulls from Melody, Luigi captures her and gains the key to the Dining Room. With another portrait ghost eliminated, Luigi continued the search for his brother Mario.

Gallery

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“You're all going in a painting! An ensemble portrait is your fate!”

To view the gallery for Melody Pianissima, click here.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ピアン
Pian
From piano (the instrument has the same name in both English and Japanese)
Spanish Sol Bemol Mayor Major G-flat
French Mélodie Pianissimo, La Belle Pianiste Melody Pianissima, The Beauty Pianist
German Melodia Pianissima
Italian Melody Pianissima, la bella pianista Melody Pianissima, the beauty piano player

Trivia

  • Melody's first name is a musical term for the main line of music in a composition.
  • Melody's last name comes from pianissimo, a musical notation meaning to play very softly. The feminine -a ending has replaced the last letter.
  • Her name literally means "very soft melody".
  • The music that Melody plays on the piano is either a level from Super Mario Bros. 3 or the "Underwater Theme" from Super Mario Bros., depending on what question she asks.
  • There's a file in the game's code that has the Totaka Song played on the piano. This was most likely meant to be used as one of the possible songs that the player would have to guess during Melody's boss fight.[1]
  • When the player is outside the conservatory, Melody can be heard playing a remix of the Luigi's Mansion's theme song that is used for outside rooms. Strangely, after Melody is captured, the song can still be heard.
  • Before Melody was the main mini-boss in the Conservatory, there are pictures of ghosts there were originally supposed to be mini-bosses, but they did not made it to the final version of the game.
  • Melody bares a slight resemblance to Rosalina.

References

Luigi's Mansion
Protagonists LuigiMarioProfessor Elvin GaddToad
Objects BananaBillBook of PericlesBook of RiddlesCoinDarkness is Their Cheese!E. Gadd's Guide to GhostsElemental MedalFake DoorGold BarGold DiamondKing Boo's CrownList of Mario's dropped itemsLydia's Child-Care DiaryNeville's Big Baby Care DiaryPearlRed DiamondSilver DiamondStone
Poltergust 3000 FlashlightStrobulb (3DS)
Ghosts Black BogmireBlue BlazeBlue TwirlerBooBowling GhostCeiling SurpriseElemental GhostFlashFlying FishGarbage Can GhostGhost BatGhost MouseGold GhostGold MouseGrabbing GhostMeteor GhostPurple BomberPurple PuncherShy Guy GhostSkeleton GhostSparkSpeedy SpiritTemper TerrorWaiter
Portrait Ghosts Biff AtlasBogmireBoolossusChaunceyClockwork SoldiersHenry and OrvilleJarvisKing BooLydiaMadame ClairvoyaMelody PianissimaMiss PetuniaMr. LuggsNanaNevilleShiversSir WestonSlim BankshotSpookySue PeaThe Floating WhirlindasUncle GrimmlyVincent Van Gore
Rooms Area One AnteroomBalconyFoyerMaster BedroomNurseryParlorStudyWardrobe Room
Area Two BathroomBall RoomStorage RoomWashroomMirror RoomLaundry RoomButler's RoomHidden RoomConservatoryDining RoomKitchenBoneyardGraveyard
Area Three Astral HallBalconyBathroomBilliards RoomBottom of the WellCourtyardFortune-Teller's RoomNana's RoomObservatoryProjection RoomRec RoomSafari RoomTea RoomThe Twins' RoomWashroom
Area Four AltarArmoryArtist's StudioBreaker RoomCellarCeramics StudioClockwork RoomCold StorageGuest RoomPipe RoomRoofSealed RoomSitting RoomTelephone Room
Others BlackoutBoo WoodsGalleryLuigi's Mansion (place)The LabTraining RoomGhost Portrificationizer Room
Beta Elements AllBallBasherElhKitchen Portrait GhostTomato
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