André (Rayman)

‘’’André the Dark Lum Lord’’’ is ostensibly the main antagonist of ‘’Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc’’, being a Red Lum that was filled with negative emotion after being scared by Rayman’s hands, and then proceeded to begin “infecting” other lums with his corruption, creating the Hoodlums, physical forms that the Dark Lums could turn into after accumulating enough energy. André has a distinctively very rude personality, and is very loud and talkative.

André attempted to break into the Heart of the World and destroy it, like Admiral Razorbeard did in ‘’Rayman 2’’. However, his Hoodlum form was easily destroyed by Rayman, and shortly after that André himself is accidentally swallowed by Globox. The Teensies believe André is dead and begin celebrating, but then realize that he is still alive inside Globox, and Rayman must find a doctor who can remove him.

André spends most of the game inside Globox, where he can be heard talking and sometimes can carry his body around. He also would sometimes force him to drink plum juice, which André loves but Globox is allergic to. He often makes rude remarks to Rayman, calling him names such as “Lame-Man”. Eventually, André was removed from Globox with the combined help of 3 different doctors, but escaped again and continued attracting more Black Lums, and recruited Reflux, who Rayman had recently defeated and who also wanted revenge.

André convinced Reflux to take and use the magical Scepter of the Leptys for him, which transformed Reflux into a powerful monster that becomes the final boss of the game. After Reflux is destroyed, Rayman then uses his power to turn André back into a non-sentient Red Lum. However, in the final cutscene Rayman’s hands start moving around again in the night and resurrect André.