E. Gadd

Professor Elvin Gadd, commonly referred to as E. Gadd, is a scientist that is the creator of numerous inventions that appear in different Mario series games. He is also interested in the paranormal and collects ghosts, in which he stores in paintings. He is responsible for numerous inventions including the F.L.U.D.D. and Poltergust 3000.

Character description
Professor E. Gadd is a short and genious scientist that is responsible for the creation of numerous inventions. He studies in the field of paranormal and has numerous inventions that deal with finding and capturing ghost. His trademark features include a small strand of white hair at the top of his head and his pair of glasses that contains swirls in them. E. Gadd first appeared in Luigi's Mansion as one of the main non-playable characters that assists Luigi in the game. Luigi stumbles upon the scatterbrained scientist while investigating a haunted mansion he won in an unknown contest. E. Gadd reveals to Luigi that King Boo had kidnapped Mario and released his collection of ghost that he found around the world. E. Gadd entrusts Luigi with his Poltergust 3000, which captures the ghost in a vaccuum and sends them into a special machine that turns them into a Portrait.

Outside of Luigi's Mansion, Professor E. Gadd's inventions have appeared in numerous Mario titles. E. Gadd's inventions are embroidered with a silohuette of his head that act as a logo. One of his most famous inventions was the F.L.U.D.D, a special machine that Mario uses to clean and defeat enemies on Isle Defino in Super Mario Sunshine. In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, E. Gadd owns a coffeeshop where he provides items to Mario and Luigi on their quest. He gets a larger role in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, where he invents a time machine that is capable of sending individuals to the past. However, Peach accidently steps into the time portal, which requires Mario and Luigi to rescue her. E. Gadd provides them with a suitcase that helps them on the travel to the past. In the past, Mario and Luigi stumble upon a young E. Gadd that is interested in the Thwomps habitat at Thwomp Volcano.

E. Gadd's invetions have appeared in numerous Mario spinoff games. He events a kart called the Poltergust 4000, which Luigi drives in the Mario Kart series. He is also responsible for the invention of several items in the Mario Kart series. His inventions also appear as trophies in Super Smash Brothers Melee

Mario Party 4 - Mario Party 6
E. Gadd made his first appearance in the Mario Party series in Mario Party 4. In this game, one his inventions, the Gaddlight, is an item that is used on the board maps. When a player uses the Gaddlight, Boo will not be able to steal coins or stars from them. In addition, the player that summoned Boo would lose the coins they paid for his service. E. Gadd's inventions made an appearance again in Mario Party 5. In this game, he invents a machine that the player can use in Super Duel Mode. The machine is made out of four different parts that the player must purchase. Once all the parts are bought, the player will be able to use his machine.

E. Gadd gets a larger role in Mario Party 6. In this game, E. Gadd owns a board map called E. Gadd's Garage that is based on his labratory in Luigi's Mansion. On this board, the players must travel around it and pay twenty coins to buy a star. The board is full of E. Gadd's different gadgets and machines. Some of them include a machine that turns orbs into either coins or other orbs, and a teleporter that transports players to the other side of the board. In the middle of the board is a giant device that contains two bridges on it. Everytime the time of day changes, the platform will rotate in the opposite direction, causing the players to take a different path everytime.

Mario Party Advance
E. Gadd makes a minor appearance in Mario Party Advance. In this game, he invents a special toy called a Gaddget. The Gaddgets can be obtain by completing certain quests in Shroom' City, winning Bowser mini-games, or by purchasing them with coins. The game had a total of eighty Gaddgets that could be collected.