Madame Leota

Madame Leota is a ghostly character from the Haunted Mansion franchise.

Personality
Madame Leota is generally surrounded by mystery. Her motives tend to be vague, though a lot of interpretations tend to lean towards her being good or at least a neutral force. She generally favors speaking in rhyme as her incantations seem to be based around it.

The Haunted Mansion (attraction)
Originally described by the Ghost Host as having "a remarkable head for materializing the disembodied" (the lines have been cut and added back in numerous times over the decades - they were most recently deleted in 2007 and never used in the Walt Disney World version), Madame Leota's seance room marks the point in the attraction where ghosts start to fully physically materialize rather than show themselves through actions while remaining invisible or only partially visible. Using a spellbook and the following incantation, guests finally see many ghosts when they arrive in the Ballroom.

"Serpents and spiders, tail of a rat; call in the spirits, wherever they're at. Rap on a table; it's time to respond. Send us a message from somewhere beyond. Goblins and ghoulies from last Halloween: awaken the spirits with your tambourine. Creepies and crawlies, toads in a pond; let there be music, from regions beyond! Wizards and witches, wherever you dwell, give us a hint, by ringing a bell!"

- Madame Leota's incantation

Phantom Manor
Madame Leota's part in the attraction is similar to her role in the classic show, but her incantation is more focused on inviting the spirits to the Ravenswood wedding party.

Haunted Mansion Holiday
Madame Leota recites her own take on a Christmas classic with her "Thirteen Days of Christmas" incantations. Her seance room is filled with tarot cards featuring numerous characters from The Nightmare Before Christmas and in recent years, her crystal ball takes on the appearance of a floating ornament.

The Haunted Mansion (2003 film)
Madame Leota appears saying her famous text while making Jim Evers (played by Eddie Murphy) fly in a chair. She helps the family giving various tips, and later goes with them to the lake.

Epic Mickey
Under the name Madame Leona, the character appears in Lonesome Manor's Library. She is upset at one of The Lonesome Ghosts for not returning a book of hers. Mickey can assist the ghost when visiting Bog Easy by getting the book for him before heading off to the Manor.

Kinect Disneyland Adventures
Leota appears in the Haunted Mansion mini-game, taking on a more sinister-looking appearance and playing a more antagonistic role.

The Haunted Mansion (video game)
Madame Leota helps the main character, Zeke Halloway, on his mission to save the mansion from the darkness that has fallen over it. She is one of the few ghosts who rebeled against the antagonist, Atticus Thorn, and in turn he imprisioned her in her crystal ball. In the opening sequence of the game she gives Zeke the Beacon of Souls, his only weapon against evil spirits. She then travels with him through the mansion while giving him (and the player) advice and helpful hints. At the end of the game she stays behind in the mansion with the other friendly ghosts and guides Zeke in pursuing his dream of being a writer.

The Haunted Mansion (comic book)
In the Haunted Mansion comic book, Madame Leota is unaware that she has died. She first came to the house as a mortal, that fell in love with William Gracey, who had hired her for assistance with the ghosts that haunted his new home. Her advances shot down as Gracey was in love with another, Leota set a plan in motion to call more spirits in to spite Gracey, including the captain that Gracey murdered when starting his pirate career. Furthermore, a curse was placed onto the house that a terrible thing would happen when the Mansion was occupied by a thousand ghosts. In the middle of her incantations to bring more spirits in, Gracey killed her by snapping her neck, having already discovered her hand in the death of his bride. Leota's spirit would inhabit her crystal ball, unaware of what had happened. Gracey then proceeded to hang himself in the stretching room. With Leota continuing her seance as a ghost, it amplified the effect, calling spirits from around the globe

Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
Madame Leota makes a cameo in Star Tours: The Adventures Continue. She appears on G2-9T's luggage scanner in the queue, alongside several other Disney and Star Wars characters, apparently being smuggled onto a flight by a Star Tours passenger.