Neville

Neville is the first Portrait Ghost the player encounters, and is found in the left hallway of the 2nd floor, in the Study. He has a rather large orange mustache, hair of the same color, and wears a purple robe. He will sit in a rocking chair, and read his book, all while lazily floating books through the air. If one of these said books is to hit the player, be sucked up by the Poltergust, or hit a wall, Neville will yawn and reveal his heart. Like all portrait ghosts, Neville has 100 HP (150 in the Hidden Mansion), and will drop a Purple Mushroom at 50 HP (100/50 in the Hidden Mansion), and large pearl when he reaches 15 HP. After the defeat of Neville, the player obtains the key to the Master Bedroom.

Lore
Neville is the husband of Lydia, and the father of not only Chauncey, but also the twins; Orville and Henry. He is 42 years of age, and his biography reads “Neville spends his afterlife reading all the books he missed while living.”, and his subname is “The Bookish Father”.

Trivia

 * Neville’s portraits differ only slightly between the GC and 3DS versions of the game; the copper being the same, yet without color, the silver having the same angle, but with Nevilles hand against his hips, and with a more oily color, and the gold with the background of the Study.
 * Neville is more transparent in the 3DS version of the game, but has much more glow in the GameCube.
 * Neville is the only portrait ghost to be a ginger.
 * Neville reads a book called “Mario Story”, which happens to be the name of Paper Mario in Japan.
 * Neville could possibly be named after the novel The Neville Reader.
 * Neville’s study is the first room where an encounter with a gold mouse can be made.