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| image = [[File:Rayman 3 Andre 2.png|320px|André]]

| appears in = ''[[Rayman 3]]'', [[Rayman 3 (Game Boy Advance)|''Rayman 3'' (Game Boy Advance)]] (unconfirmed), ''[[Rayman: Hoodlums' Revenge]]''

| 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]].

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.

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.

André and Black Lums.png|Artwork of André and two [[Black Lum]]s.

 

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. 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]].

A [[Black Lum]] with arms makes an apparition in the [[Rayman 3 (Game Boy Advance, early production)#Rayman 3 - La Ronde|July 19th 2002 prototype]], but it is absent from the final game.

===''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.

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* 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]]'').

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