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Space Mama

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{{Enemy
| name = Space Mama
| image = [[File:PirateSpaceMamaArtwork.png|class=sprite|Space Mama]] [[File:SpaceMamaArtwork.png|class=sprite|Space Mama]]
| alignment = Bad
| appears in = ''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]''
| location = [[Picture City]]
| portrayed by = Emmanuelle Cosso
| resistance = [[File:Lifebar6.png|6 HP]] ([[Eraser Plains]]) [[File:Lifebar12.png|12 HP]] ([[Space Mama's Crater]])
| attacks = Flying knives, washing machine, energy projectiles, pressure cookers
}}

{{Quote|text=This is [[Picture City|the world of images]], and also the world of mirages: passing across the stage of a small theatre, [[Rayman]] can find on his path beings straight from a pirate or a science fiction film. In particular, he meets Mama, an impressive shrew armed with a bizarre rolling pin...|sign=Manual|source=''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]''}}

'''Space Mama''', also known as '''Pirate Mama'''<ref>Video Games Densetsu, ''rayman-ps1-saturn-jaguar-pc-ubisoft-1995'', http://videogamesdensetsu.tumblr.com/post/167597245900/rayman-ps1-saturn-jaguar-pc-ubisoft-1995</ref> or simply '''Mama''', is the large, blonde-haired woman who serves as the fourth boss in [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'' game]]. She is the boss of [[Picture City]] the fourth of the game's six worlds, and she is fought in the levels [[Eraser Plains]] and [[Space Mama's Crater]]. She was at one point in her life captured by an ancestor of [[Razoff|Count Razoff]] (most likely his father Zaroff), in order to perpetuate [[Shoedsackovskaïa family|his family]]'s great hunting tradition.

Space Mama forms part of the second (her first form's head and rolling pin) and the final (her second form's torso) transformations of [[Mr Dark]] fought at the end of [[Mr Dark's Dare]] in [[Rayman 1|the original game]].

==In ''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]''==
===[[Eraser Plains]]===
She is first encountered at the end of [[Eraser Plains]], on a theatre scene with a seaside décor, where she fights [[Rayman]] in a stereotypical Viking getup, wearing a historically inaccurate horned helmet. She arrives from the cannon of the fake drakkar, after he has defeated her two [[Pirate (Picture City)|cabin boys]].

Her main attack consists of throwing knives at [[Rayman]] from her rolling pin. Those knives either stick into the floor, and can be used to bounce on them and [[Telescopic fist|punch]] Space Mama in the face, before they start moving again and leave the scene, or keep spinning in the air, and fall in [[Rayman]]'s direction, one after the other.

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SpaceMamaPirate.png|Space Mama's first appearance.
SpaceMamaCouteaux.png|Space Mama's flying knives.
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===[[Space Mama's Crater]]===
The second and final encounter with Space Mama also takes place on a stage, but with a space background to reflect the space thematic Space Mama is employing. She will enter the stage via a flying washing machine, which can deal damage to [[Rayman]] should he come into contact with it while it is in flight.

Space Mama's first attack consists of shooting [[laser]]s from her rolling pin, [[Rayman]] will need to [[Telescopic fist|punch]] her in the face until she flies away. She will then try to land on him, which would cause damage, before continuing to shoot more [[laser]]s.

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SpaceMamaLaser.png|Space Mama shooting a [[laser]] from her rolling pin.
SpaceMamaCocottes.png|Space Mama dropping pressure cookers all around the area.
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When sufficiently damaged, Space Mama will start whirling across the stage and drop pressure cookers behind her. These cookers will explode in two parts, the lid, and the pot, these parts will then be launched in opposing directions, and can damage [[Rayman]] if he comes into contact with them. Thus, [[Rayman]] must find an open spot that will prevent him from making contact.

After this, she tries to land on [[Rayman]] once more, and then hides behind her washing machine and fires [[laser]]s at him. [[Rayman]] has to [[Telescopic fist|punch]] the machine until all the lights on the dial have turned on, and then the machine will start bouncing towards him and leave the area.

During the final part of the battle, she will alternate between dropping pressure cookers and shooting [[laser]]s at [[Rayman]] until he defeats her. In the PC version of the game, she begins to dance after her defeat; [[Mr Sax]], [[Mr Stone]] and [[Mr Skops]] do this when they are defeated, in all versions of the game.

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SpaceMamaLaserMachine.png|Space Mama firing [[laser]]s from behind her washing machine.
SpaceMamaDanse.png|Space Mama dancing after being defeated.
</gallery>

===Ending===
[[File:VAC-2.png|thumb|316px|class=sprite|Space Mama on holiday after the events of [[Rayman 1|the game]].]]

After [[Mr Dark]]'s hybrids, or transformations of himself, have all been defeated, [[Rayman]] rescues [[Betilla]] the Fairy, recovers the [[Great Protoon]] and restores peace to [[the valley]]. Most of the creatures and characters under [[Mr Dark]]'s dominion repent; many of them then go on holiday to celebrate, including Space Mama. During the end credits, several photographs of characters on holiday are shown. Amongst them is a picture of Space Mama on a beach, clutching a towel to herself and looking shocked; apparently [[the Photographer]] had tried to take a picture of her while she was sunbathing. This picture was removed from some releases of the game, perhaps because it was deemed inappropriate for a children's game.

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==In ''[[Rayman 3]]''==
No reference to Space Mama is made in the game itself, however, official material states that she was once captured by one of [[Razoff|Count Razoff]]'s ancestors.

==In ''[[Rayman in the Phantom Show]]''==
While Space Mama herself does not appear at all in ''[[Rayman in the Phantom Show]]'', the third DLC of ''[[Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope]]'', the curtains from her battles appear in a concept art for the game's backstage props. It is unknown if these made it to the final game.

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Giacomo Boni Concept Art Backstage Props 4.jpg|Concept art of the backstage props, featuring Space Mama's curtains and an [[exit sign]]
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== Trivia ==
*In the game files she is referred to as "meredenis". This is likely a reference to [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A8re_Denis Mère Denis], a French woman who would appear in commercials for washing machines. Similarly a minigame in ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids 2]]'' where the player washes clothes has the same name in the files.
*Space Mama's feets doesn't have a hitbox, meaning it is possible to escape and dodge her attacks by crawling under her

==Names in other languages==
{{Names
|en=Space Mama
|en_2=Mama
|en_2_S=Jaguar manual only
|zh_hans=太空妈妈
|zh_hant=太空媽媽
|nl=Space Mama
|fr=Space Mama
|de=Space Mama
|he=גברת החלל
|he_T=Gveret Hahalal
|it=Mamma Spaziale
|it_S=in-game
|it_2=Space Mama
|it_2_S=[[List of achievements in Rayman Classic|mobile achievements]], Saturn manual
|ja=スペースママ
|ja_S=PC, [[Rayman Classic|mobile]], [[List of achievements in Rayman Classic|mobile achievements]]
|ja_2=ステージ・ママ
|ja_2_S=PlayStation and Saturn manuals
|ko=스페이스 마마
|ko_S=PC manual
|ko_2=우주 아줌마
|ko_2_S=[[Rayman Classic|mobile]], [[List of achievements in Rayman Classic|mobile achievements]]
|ru=Космо-Мама
|es=Space Mama
|es_2=Mamá Espacial
|es_2_S=[[Rayman Classic|mobile]] only
}}

==References==
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André

2026-01-07T17:12:12Z

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{{Enemy
| Name = André
| image = [[File:Rayman 3 Andre 2.png|320px|André]]
| alignment = Bad
| species = [[Black Lum]]
| appears in = ''[[Rayman 3]]'', [[Rayman 3 (Game Boy Advance)|''Rayman 3'' (Game Boy Advance)]] (unconfirmed), ''[[Rayman: Hoodlums' Revenge]]''
| portrayed by = Ken Starcevic
| location = [[The Fairy Council]], [[Globox]]'s stomach, [[Globox]]'s brain, the [[Leptys]]
}}

{{Quote|text=A depraved and hysterical baddie, André spends most of [[Rayman 3|the game]] enclosed in [[Globox]]’s belly because the latter swallowed him. André has such a horribly warped mind that he obliges [[Globox]] to drink [[plum juice]], making our poor friend lose all semblance of self-control …|sign=Manual|source=''[[Rayman 3]]''}}

'''André''', also known as '''the Dark Lum Lord''', is the main antagonist of ''[[Rayman 3]]''. He is the original [[Black Lum]], the result of a [[Red Lum]] being frightened. He has the ability to corrupt other [[Red Lum]]s into [[Black Lum]]s by touching them and intended to do the same to the [[Yellow Lum]]s of the [[Heart of the World]]; this is how he raised an army of [[Black Lum]]s, which then became the game's titular [[Hoodlum]]s. He spends the first half of the game inside [[Globox]]'s stomach after the latter accidentally swallowed him in [[the Fairy Council]]. Later, he joins forces with [[Reflux]], fallen champion of the [[Knaaren]], and together they gain the power of the [[Leptys]] in the hopes of destroying [[Rayman]] and wreaking havoc throughout the [[Glade of Dreams]].

==Appearance==
As a [[Black Lum]], André is essentially a small ball of black fluff. He has large, bulging, bloodshot eyes and a long tongue that tends to stick out at times. From his head protrude small, triangular ears that stick upwards slightly, and fly-like wings. Unlike other [[Black Lum]]s, he has arms, and the palms of his hands are hairless.

==Personality==
André is rude and mean, often making cruel remarks about [[Rayman]] and [[Globox]] throughout the games. He enjoys causing chaos and destruction and dreams of taking over the [[Glade of Dreams]]. He is insane and manic, and is revealed as a coward at the end of ''[[Rayman 3]]'', when [[Rayman]] is about to convert him back into a [[Red Lum]].

==Appearances==
===''Rayman 3''===
[[File:Mains Baladeuses 2.jpg|thumb|320px|After being frightened by the shadow of the hands of [[Rayman]], this [[Red Lum]] becomes André the [[Black Lum]].]]
[[File:Andre in game appearance R3.JPG|thumb|320px|André at the end of the game.]]

{{Quote|text=In the beginning, there was one. No creature knows the true origin of the [[Black Lum|Dark Lum]] Lord, who began the reign of havoc on [[Glade of Dreams|Rayman's world]]. It has been whispered that one day, a single [[red lum]] beheld something so terrible it grew black with fear and evil. This transformed Dark Lum spread the evil to other red lums, eventually forming an army of cloaked soldiers called [[Hoodlum]]s. Soon [[Rayman]] and [[Globox]] discovered the [[Hoodlum]]s' plan: to taint the [[Heart of the World]].|sign=Official description|source=''[[Rayman 3]]''}}

In ''[[Rayman 3]]'', André was originally just a normal [[Red Lum]] living in [[the Fairy Council]]. However, one peaceful night, when [[Rayman]] and [[Globox]] were sleeping, the dreaming [[Rayman]]'s hands detached themselves from [[Rayman]] and wandered off, performing various shadow puppets to a [[Red Lum]], growing from simple, relaxing ones to evil, scary ones. The [[Red Lum]] was frightened so much that it transformed into André, a [[Black Lum]] that desired world domination.

André started by transforming most of the [[Red Lum]]s into [[Black Lum]]s like himself. However, the [[Black Lum]]s he created were not as powerful as him; they could not talk, were less intelligent, could not corrupt other [[Red Lum]]s and did not have arms. The [[Black Lum]]s began stealing fur from animals like [[Bonton]]s and used it to weave potato-sack costumes for themselves, becoming the [[Hoodlum]] army. André became the first [[Hoodlum]], a [[Hoodmonger]].

After becoming a [[Hoodlum]], André pursued a frightened [[Murfy]] throughout [[The Fairy Council|the Council]]. [[Murfy]] found [[Rayman]] and [[Globox]] sleeping at a tree, and tried to wake them up as André came closer and closer. [[Globox]]'s attempts to snatch up the sleeping [[Rayman]] and bring him to safety resulted in him running away in fear with [[Rayman]]'s hands. [[Murfy]] grabbed [[Rayman]] by the hair and flew away with him.

While travelling through [[the Fairy Council]], [[Rayman]] and [[Murfy]] soon found André again, and [[Murfy]] distracted him while [[Rayman]] beat him up. With his [[Hoodmonger]] costume destroyed, André reverted to being a [[Black Lum]], and revealed his plans to corrupt the [[Heart of the World]] itself, converting its energy into an army of [[Hoodlum]]s. He then flew off in the direction of the [[Heart of the World|Heart]]'s chamber. [[Rayman]] and [[Murfy]] pursued him so that they might prevent this calamity from occurring. Once André was in sight of the door leading to the [[Heart of the World]], he rushed for it, and accidentally flew straight into [[Globox]]'s mouth and was swallowed.

At the [[Heart of the World]], the [[Grand Minimus]], King of the [[Teensie]]s, told [[Rayman]] to take [[Globox]] to [[Clearleaf Forest]], where they would find the [[Teensie doctor]] [[Otto Psi]]. [[Otto Psi|Otto]] was an old friend of the [[Grand Minimus]], and hopefully he would be able to remove the swallowed André from [[Globox]]'s stomach. As they travelled there, André become addicted to [[plum juice]], forcing [[Globox]] (who was allergic to it) to get drunk on it. Eventually they arrived at the doctor's office. Despite [[Otto Psi|Otto]]'s bizarre musical attempt to remove the [[Black Lum]], André simply moved to [[Globox]]'s lungs. [[Otto Psi|Otto]] then sent them to Doctor [[Roméo Patti]], whose office was in [[The Land of the Livid Dead (Rayman 3)|the Land of the Livid Dead]].

[[Roméo Patti|Roméo]] also tried a musical method, but André only moved to [[Globox]]'s (particularly small) brain. [[Roméo Patti|Roméo]] then sent [[Rayman]], [[Globox]] and André to the office of the third and final doctor, [[Art Rytus]], where the three [[Teensie doctor]]s combined forces and successfully removed André from [[Globox]]'s stomach (it is revealed in ''[[Rayman: Hoodlums' Revenge]]'' that some of André's spirit still remained within [[Globox]]). However, André flew away and gathered up a small army of [[Black Lum]]s. He then made an allegiance with the former [[Knaaren]] champion [[Reflux]], who [[Rayman]] had defeated and humiliated on the way to [[Art Rytus]]' office. [[Reflux]] wanted revenge on [[Rayman]], and André was able to persuade him to steal the [[Sceptre of the Leptys]] from the [[Knaaren]] king, [[Gumsi]]. Once they had invoked the power of the [[Leptys]] (the [[Knaaren]] god), [[Reflux]] would be able to kill [[Rayman]], and André would be able to spawn a greater army of [[Hoodlum]]s (as he had attempted to do with the [[Heart of the World]]).

Later on, André and [[Reflux]] make their way to the top of [[the Tower of the Leptys]]. Once there, [[Reflux]] uses the [[Sceptre of the Leptys|Sceptre]] to summon the power of the [[Leptys]], which transforms him into a more powerful monster than he already was. As [[Rayman]] and [[Globox]] climb [[The Tower of the Leptys|the Tower]] to confront the villains, [[Globox]] reveals that he has grown fond of André and wants to be reunited with him. At the top, [[Reflux]] fights [[Rayman]]. As the battle goes on, [[Reflux]] embeds the [[Sceptre of the Leptys|Sceptre]] in his back so that he can utilise its power more fully. He grows massive and sprouts wings. André, who is now inside [[Reflux]]'s back, uses the [[Sceptre of the Leptys]] to reproduce and create more [[Black Lum]]s; these [[Black Lum]]s shoot from the flesh of [[Reflux]]'s back, transform instantly into [[Hoodmonger]]s and then walk back into [[Reflux]], who reabsorbs them. [[Rayman]], with the added help of [[Globox]] and his [[Armaguiddon]] machine, defeat the monstrous [[Reflux]] by shooting at him and killing his [[Hoodmonger]]s. [[Reflux]] turns to ice, shatters and vanishes, though it is unclear if he is dead.

With the [[grimace]] ability he was given by [[Gumsi]] as a reward for defeating [[Reflux]] earlier, [[Rayman]] transforms André back into a [[Red Lum]]. All [[Black Lum]]s subservient to André also revert to their original forms, thereby ending the [[Hoodlum]]s' havoc. The apparent explosion of the [[Leptys]] sends [[Rayman]] and [[Globox]] flying through the air, and they land in the very spot where they had been sleeping at the beginning of the game (it seems that the events of the entire game took place over the course of a single day). [[Globox]] says that he misses André and asks [[Rayman]] to scare a [[Red Lum]], thus bringing André back. [[Rayman]] declines, wondering aloud what could possibly frighten a [[Lum]] as he falls asleep. A flashback then reveals to the player that it was [[Rayman]]'s mischievous, wayward hands that had frightened a [[Red Lum]] into André the previous night.

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André.jpg|Artwork of André.
André2.png|Artwork of André.
André and Black Lums.png|Artwork of André and two [[Black Lum]]s.
</gallery>

===The Game Boy Advance version of ''Rayman 3''===
An unidentified [[Black Lum]] who could be André makes a small appearance in [[Rayman 3 (Game Boy Advance)|the Game Boy Advance version of ''Rayman 3'']]; however, his identity is not confirmed, although a Black Lum with arms makes an apparition in the June 19th 2002 prototype but it is absent from the final game. At the beginning of the game, [[Rayman]] is berating [[Globox]] for accidentally swallowing a [[Black Lum|Dark Lum]] while attempting to save the [[Teensie]]s. [[Globox]] suddenly flees. When [[Razorbeard|Admiral Razorbeard]] hears that [[Globox]] has swallowed a [[Black Lum|Dark Lum]], he decides he wants to capture [[Globox]] so that he can take advantage of its power, and use it to conquer the [[Glade of Dreams]] and get revenge on [[Rayman]]. It is unclear how exactly [[Razorbeard]] plans to use the [[Black Lum]], but it is most likely that he plans to devour him: [[Robo-Pirate]]s are known to gain energy by eating [[Red Lum]]s, and [[Razorbeard]] is shown eating a [[Yellow Lum]] at one point in ''[[Rayman 2]]''. At the end of the game, once [[Rayman]] defeats [[Razorbeard]] and his [[Grolgoth]] in the [[Heart of the Ancients]], [[Rayman]] manages to track down [[Globox]], who eventually spits out the [[Black Lum|Dark Lum]] and returns to [[Baby Globox|his children]].

===''Rayman: Hoodlums' Revenge''===
Even though André has been extracted from [[Globox]]'s stomach, some of his evil spirit still remains. In ''[[Rayman: Hoodlums' Revenge]]'', the fragment of his spirit reawakens and musters the [[Hoodlum]] army once more, in another attempt to conquer the [[Glade of Dreams]]. The piece of André's spirit slowly takes possession of [[Globox]]'s body as [[Rayman]] and [[Globox]] fight back against the [[Hoodlum]] army. When [[Rayman]] defeats the [[Firemonster]], André takes full control over [[Globox]] and announces to his return to [[Rayman]]. André then transforms [[Globox]] into a clone of [[Reflux]]. When [[Rayman]] defeats the clone, [[Globox]] reverts to his normal self and André's spirit fled.

<gallery widths="240px" heights="160px" class="sprite">
André in Globox memory RHR.PNG|André begins to take control of [[Globox]].
Andre spirit expelled.PNG|André's spirit leaves [[Globox]]'s body.
</gallery>

==Trivia==
* With the intention of finding a weird name for the character, the scenarist David Neiss gave him his final name a year before the official release of ''[[Rayman 3]]''.<ref>''[[L'Histoire de Rayman]]'', Chapter 4 - Rayman 3 : Hoodlum Havoc, Rayman without Michel Ancel</ref>
*The book ''[[L'Histoire de Rayman]]'' claims that André's ultimate goal was to cover the [[Glade of Dreams]] with fields of [[plum]]s, due to his love of [[plum juice]].<ref>''[[L'Histoire de Rayman]]'', Chapter 10 - Rayman's World</ref>
* When ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids]]'' was intended to be the fourth installment in [[Rayman (series)|the series]], [[Michel Ancel]] confirmed during an interview that "[[Rayman]] will have to save the world, [[Simohne|his girlfriend]] and [[Monik|the girlfriend of his old enemy]] and his old enemy too!" It was confirmed that the 'old enemy' with whom [[Rayman]] would have to join forces was André, presumably meaning that [[Rayman]] must also rescue [[Monik|André's girlfriend]].
** Had the game not been cancelled, André would have been the second villain in [[Rayman (series)|the series]] to have joined forces with [[Rayman]], the first being [[Bzzit]] from [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'' game]].
* During a cutscene in ''[[Rayman 3]]'', André makes a reference to ''the Legend Of Zelda'' in which he says to a [[fairy]] "Buzz off, fairy, Zelda needs you!"
* André is the first villain in the main series who has been a main antagonist in more than one game (''[[Rayman 3]]'' and ''[[Rayman: Hoodlums' Revenge]]'').
** [[The Magician (Rayman Origins)|The Magician]] would go on to be the second, appearing as the main antagonist of ''[[Rayman Origins]]'' and (in the form of the [[Dark Teensy|Dark Teensies]]) ''[[Rayman Legends]]''.

==References==
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