The arena in the remake.

Mario andFlurrie watch the match betweenRawk Hawk andThe Koopinator in the remake.

“Welcome to the Glitz Pit! Here, savage battles go on each and every day!”

—Toad,Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

TheGlitz Pit is an arena located inGlitzville inPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door andits Nintendo Switch remake. It is the main attraction of Glitzville, with fighters competing in the Glitz Pit seeking glory, and wealthy individuals betting on the outcome of matches in the arena. Mario and his partners are introduced to the Glitz Pit as they search for the thirdCrystal Star, theGold Star, within Glitzville. Realizing that it forms part of theChamp's Belt, Mario joins the Glitz Pit as a fighter to win the championship and the belt for himself.

The public-facing areas of the Glitz Pit consist of the main lobby, and the arena itself, which is accessed through either the lower or upper doorways in the center of the lobby. Mario can talk to some of the spectators, but will not be able move through the dense crowd. Random fighters can be seen competing on stage, jumping on or bumping into one another. Occasionally, a huge crowd of red and orange Toads and Lakitu appear in the lobby, but can be cleared away using thehammer.

Backstage, there is a long corridor surrounding the arena, two minor-league and two major-league locker rooms, the champion's room, the promoter's office, and a locked storage room. The locker rooms are divided into red and blue teams, though Mario can typically only access the red locker rooms on the left side of the corridor. The blue locker rooms on the right side are only accessible shortly before Mario's fight withRawk Hawk.

In the GameCube original, the Glitz Pit is considered to be part of Glitzville on theMagical Map. In the remake, both locations are marked separately.

Synopsis[edit]

InChapter 3, Mario and his partners witness a match betweenThe Koopinator and the arena's reigning champion,Rawk Hawk. During the fight, they discover that theGold Star forms part of theChamp's Belt. Knowing that they cannot steal the belt from Rawk Hawk, Mario signs up as a fighter to become the Glitz Pit champion and win the belt through legitimate means. At the insistence of the arena's promoter,Grubba, Mario takes on the mantle of "The Great Gonzales" as he fights his way up the ranks of the Glitz Pit. Grubba's assistantJolene guides Mario through the process of matches in the Glitz Pit, but is otherwise cold towards him and his partners.

During the chapter, Mario faces numerous opponents and learns of several mysteries surrounding the Glitz Pit, including the disappearance of the previous championPrince Mush. After one match, a friendly rival,King K, suggests to Mario that he visits theHot Dog Stand outside. There, he discovers a bouncing egg attempting to escape the vendor's proprietor,Mr. Hoggle, who reluctantly agrees to allow the egg to accompany Mario.King K retires from the Glitz Pit, and Mario's progress to the major league is met with a roadblock when facingThe Iron Adonis Twins. He is forced to forfeit the match due to their seemingly impenetrable durability. Upon returning to the locker room, the egg is revealed to have hatched into aYoshi Kid who joins Mario's party and who easily dispatches The Iron Adonis Twins by swallowing one and spitting it at the other.

Following his victory, Mario is promoted to the major league. He is confronted in the locker room byRawk Hawk, and Mario's partner is able to determine that the Gold Star on his belt is a fake. Mario works to solve the mysteries of the Glitz Pit in between matches with the aid of a mysterious individual known as "X", who contacts Mario exclusively through email. During the course of his investigation, a fighter known asBandy Andy has gone missing, and is believed to have been spirited away by Rawk Hawk. Mario acquires theSuper Hammer and discovers King K and Bandy Andy drained of their vitality, trapped under a large block in the arena's storage room. Bandy Andy advises Mario not to go to the arena when strange lights are showing, before collapsing from exhaustion. As Mario and his partners leave the room, they catch Jolene spying on them and ponder what it happening.

Eventually, Mario reaches the top rank and faces off against the champion, Rawk Hawk, winning the match and theChamp's Belt. While inside the champion's room, Mario and his friends overhear a conversation through an air vent in which Grubba states that he will eliminate Jolene and Mario, as they are getting too close to discovering his plans. Mario confronts Grubba in the arena, discovering that he is using the real Gold Star to charge amachine hidden under the stage in order to drain fighters of their vitality, and use it to keep himself forever young and strong. Grubba uses the power stored within the machine to greatly enhance his abilities, becomingMacho Grubba, the true boss of the chapter. Mario defeats Macho Grubba and claims the Gold Star. Prince Mush reappears, revealing that he was imprisoned by Grubba after learning of his secret. It is revealed that Jolene is Prince Mush's sister, as well as the mysterious "X", who went undercover as Grubba's assistant to solve the mystery of Prince Mush's disappearance.

After the completion of Chapter 3, Jolene takes over from Grubba as the promoter of the Glitz Pit. Mario and his partners can optionally return to the arena and resume fighting from the minor leagues, starting over at Rank 20.

Seven Wonders of the Glitz Pit[edit]

According toBandy Andy, the fighters within the Glitz Pit are said to pass stories of a set of mysteries that surround the arena. Throughout the chapter, all seven wonders are encountered and their true nature is discovered.

• The Sealed Wall — "They say...there's a sealed wall in the minor-league locker room. Some say...the remains of fallen athletes are stored in there..."
  • The wall is actually a largeyellow block breakable with theSuper Hammer. The room it conceals does not contain the remains of fallen fighters, but research about the Crystal Stars in the form ofDubious Documents. The part about fallen athletes appears to have been conflated with the large block in the storage room.
• The Man-Eating Toilet — "They say...in one of the arena's bathrooms, a man-eating toilet lurks. Some say...the anyone who sees this toilet never sees anything again..."
  • The toilet is in fact a toilet that functions asWarp Pipe, connecting both major-league locker rooms. Mario uses the toilet to escape fromRawk Hawk's trap to prevent Mario from turning up to the Championship Match.
• The Stairs of Mystery — "They say...there's a room in the Glitz Pit with a second floor but no stairs... They say...no one has ever gone upstairs... And some say...that groaning voices sometimes come from that second floor..."
  • The stairs are concealed in the Glitz Pit's storage room, activated with a hidden switch. The groaning voices belong to the fighters that Grubba drained and imprisoned under a large block on the upper floor of the room.
• The Haunted Boudoir — "They say...that the champion's room is haunted... Some say...if you keep still in the room, you'll hear voices whispering from nowhere... Some even say...the voices are athletes who lost to the champion..."
  • The voice are actually the sound of voices coming from the promoter's office, with sound travelling through air vents connecting both rooms.
• The Spooky Ring-Lights —"My friend's friend's friend told me this one... He said...he saw a strange light leaking under the ring doors when no one was there. He couldn't see inside since the doors were locked. I plan to investigate this myself..."
  • The strange light is in fact generated from Grubba'spower-draining machine on the arena stage. It is implied that Grubba catches Bandy Andy investigating this secret, and so drains his power and imprisons him alongside the other victims.
• The Missing Ones — "They say...sometimes fighters disappear for no reason, never to return... Some say...that the very first champion, Prince Mush, was spirited away in this way..."
  • The missing fighters disappeared after Grubba drained their power using his machine, and are imprisoned under a large hammer block in the storage room. The known missing fighters arePrince Mush,Bandy Andy, andKing K, and all three recover after Macho Grubba is defeated.
• Grubba and Jolene — "Grubba is a strange one... His body is incredibly toned, even though he's past 60. He must have an exceptional training regimen. Then there's the matter of Ms. Jolene. They say...she suddenly vanishes at times. Some say...a fighter saw her go into a bathroom and waited for her to come out. But she never did. Huh? You think it's stranger that someone staked out her bathroom? Good point."
  • Grubba is revealed to be using hispower-draining machine to drain others of their vitality, and using it to enhance his own. Jolene's unexplained absences are revealed to be her taking on the pseudonym of "X", who contacts Mario via email from theFresh Juice Shop.

Ranked Match[edit]

Mario is required to compete in Ranked Matches throughout the course of Chapter 3. AsThe Great Gonzales, Mario begins in the minor-league at Rank 20. Upon reaching Rank 10, Mario will join the major league, receiving a 30 coin bonus and gaining access to the major-league locker room. Upon defeating Rawk Hawk, Mario will become the champion, receive a 100 coin bonus, and gain access to the champion's room.

All matches can be initiated from a computer terminal in either locker room, or in the champion's room. Mario will face each opponent in a fixed order, based on the opponent's own ranking within the Glitz Pit. Mario will also be imposed acondition that must be fulfilled in order to rank up. If Mario fails to meet the battle condition, he will not rank up and he will continue to face the same opponent in until meeting the condition and winning the match. If Mario loses the match, he will go down a rank in the Nintendo GameCube version of the game, but in the Nintendo Switch version, Mario will remain at his current rank with no change, until he becomes champion, when he will be informed losing a match means ranking down.

Winning a Ranked Match will awardcoins, starting at 5 coins for the first ranked opponent defeated, and increasing by 1 coin for each subsequent opponent defeated. If Mario fails to meet the imposed battle condition, he will be paid a flat fee of 4 coins in the minor league, and 10 coins in the major league. If Mario loses or flees the battle, he will only receive 1 coin.

Ranked Match Fighters
Rank	Picture	Team Name	Fighters	Storyline progression
20		The Merciless Executioner[a] The Great Gonzales	Mario and his partners	First arriving at the Glitz Pit, Mario and his partners observeRawk Hawk showing off hisbelt while battlingThe Koopinator in the arena. The belt has theGold Star on it, and Mario and his partners decide to sign up and fight to the top rank to earn it for themselves
19		The Meteorite Hardheads[b] The Goomba Bros.	5Goombas	A Goomba in the teamstrikes Mario first to initiate the battle. After the battle,King K introduces Mario to the other fighters in the locker room—Master Crash,Bandy Andy, andCleftor. He talks to Mario often after the next few battles.
18		The Shell Machines of Doom The KP Koopas	2KP Koopas & 1KP Paratroopa
17		The Spiked Terror Triplets The Pokey Triplets	3Pokeys[c]	Bandy Andy is caught by Jolene and sent back to the room. After a chat with King K, he sneaks out again.
16		The Bone-Banging Rockers The Dead Bones	3Dull Bones[c]	King K speaks with Mario, after which they hear someone crying out in pain due to a foot injury while being escorted out of the Glitz Pit.
15		The Midnight Spike-Bombers Spike Storm	2Spinies[c] & 1Lakitu	King K mentions a new "menu item" at theHot Dog Stand outside. Mario can go there and check theegg at any time, but theYoshi Kid from that egg is needed in The Iron Adonis Twins battle.
14		The Grim Death Burglars The Hand-It-Overs	2Bandits & 2Big Bandits	King K mentions a "STUNNIN' babe" having a drink at theFresh Juice Shop, who resembles a casually-dressedJolene.
13		The Gray Entanglers The Mind-Bogglers	Pale Piranha,Dark Puff,Pider	King K informs Mario that he is going to retire.
12		The Green Torture Squad The Punk Rocks	3Hyper Bald Clefts	King K is no longer present in the locker room, having evidently retired.
11		The Big Bomb Boomers The Bob-omb Squad	FourBob-ombs	Master Crash andCleftor are talking about King K's leave, and Jolene teaches a new fighter,Sir Swoop, how to use the terminal.
10		The Armored Harriers The Iron Adonis Twins	2Iron Clefts	After losing or forfeiting the match, Mario returns to the locker room to find that theegg has hatched into aYoshi Kid. Using Yoshi Kid'sGulp ability, Mario is able to defeat the twins and move to the major-league. Rawk Hawk confronts Mario and his partners, but they discover that the Crystal Star on hisbelt is fake. Mario then receives anemail from a mysterious sender called "X".
9		The Thorny Demons The Tiny Spinies	2Red Spike Tops
8		The Ultimate Weapons The Poker Faces	2Bristles	Mario is instructed by "X" to go to theFresh Juice Shop outside the Glitz Pit.Podler gives Mario a package containing theSuper Hammer, and Mario istold to smash the blockade in the minor-league locker room. Behind the blockade, he finds theDubious Documents and reads it, but is interrupted by Jolene who confiscates it.
7		The Bottomless Vacuums The Fuzz[d]	Fuzzy,Green Fuzzy[c],Flower Fuzzy	After the Fuzz are defeated,The Iron Adonis Twins challenges Mario's team again. Mario receives athreatening email after the battles.
6		The Turtles of Hurtle The Shellshockers[d]	2Shady Koopas & 1Shady Paratroopa	Jolene leaves acake from a fan to Mario. If Mario chooses not to eat it,Shellshock eats it instead while Mario and his partners go for the next battle.
5		The Underworld Servants The Magikoopa Masters	Red Magikoopa,Green Magikoopa,White Magikoopa	Immediately after Mario and his partners win the battle, they are challenged on stage byBowser.
4		The Dark Gatekeeper Craw-Daddy	Dark Craw	Mario is instructed by "X" to go to a phone booth, where he finds aStorage Key. Proceeding to the storage room near Grubba's office, Mario encountersMs. Mowz and finds a hidden switch activating stairs to the second floor. After crawling through an air vent, he overhears Jolene and Grubba in the office discussing the disappearance of multiple fighters.
3		The Big Bad Brute Bros. Hamma, Bamma, and Flare	Hammer Bro,Fire Bro,Boomerang Bro	Mario receives athreatening email. After Mario reserves the next match, Jolene brings acake that was sent as a gift. If Mario chooses to eat it, Mario's partner will quickly eat it first and become poisoned, making them unavailable for the battle. If Mario chooses not to eat it,Shellshock will eat it during the match and become poisoned instead.
2		The Red Ore Fear Orbs Chomp Country	2Red Chomps
1		The Razor Blade Brigadier The Koopinator	Dark Koopatrol	Mario is instructed by "X" to remove the Gonzales posters in the lobby usingFlurrie, and finds anotherStorage Key which unlocks a door on the upper floor of the storage room. There, he findsBandy Andy andKing K crushed under a largeyellow block. As Mario and his partner leave, they catch Jolene spying on them.
⭐		The Feral Nuclear Reactor (GCN) The Golden Grandstander (Switch) Rawk Hawk	Rawk Hawk	Before the battle, Rawk Hawk tricks asecurity guard into locking Mario in the blue minor league locker room. Mario escapes through a toilet to arrive in time for the match. After Mario defeats Rawk Hawk, he overhears Grubba discussing plans and steals blueprints for a strange machine from his desk. Grubba catches Mario, but flees to the arena stage where Mario confronts him.

Footnotes

AfterKing K's disappearance, The KP Koopas are replaced withWings of Night, consisting of 4Swoopers. After the disappearance ofBandy Andy, the Hand-It-Overs are replaced withThe Destructors, consisting of twoSpinias and twoSpanias. In the Nintendo GameCube version, these teams can only be challenged during Chapter 3 by losing matches and ranking down low enough to be matched with them. In the Nintendo Switch version, they can only be faced in an Exhibition Match, as it is not possible for Mario to lose rank.

As Mario rises through the ranks, the rankings between other contenders may shuffle. The only fighters whose positions stay the same areThe Goomba Bros.,The KP Koopas,The Pokey Triplets,The Dead Bones,The Iron Adonis Twins,The Shellshockers,The Koopinator, andRawk Hawk.

Battle conditions[edit]

To progress in the Glitz Pit, Grubba (or Jolene onceChapter 3 is completed) will impose a special condition onMario during his battles. The condition must be fulfilled for a victory to be counted and to move up the rankings. There are several possible conditions and usually it is randomly chosen, though some battles in Chapter 3 have fixed conditions:

• For Mario's first battle againstThe Goomba Bros., the order will always be toappeal to the crowd at least once.^[1]
• For the match against theIron Clefts, the condition will never disallow FP or partner attacks, asGulp, the only move that can damage them, would violate either condition. In the remake, the condition is further restricted to only ever be "Use a partner skill at least once," which guarantees that the condition is fulfilled when using Gulp.
• For the championship match againstRawk Hawk in the Nintendo GameCube version, Mario will always be instructed to use a special move, though it is not actually required to be performed and only serves to de-rank Mario if it is not and he loses.^[2] In the Nintendo Switch version, Mario will instead be told that there is no condition.

Evidently, other fighters are given conditions that Mario will never be instructed to perform, as at one point Grubba instructsSir Swoop to "do a triple flip and meow."

The condition Mario is given will be displayed briefly at the start of a battle in the Glitz Pit. In theNintendo Switch version, the condition will also be displayed for the full duration of battle in the lower-left corner of the screen. Additionally, it will be highlighted in green and marked with a green checkmark when it is successfully fulfilled, or a red cross if it is failed.

Exhibition Match[edit]

TheNintendo Switch remake introduces Exhibition Matches, which can be partaken at any point after Mario has joined the Glitz Pit. Mario can face previous opponents any time after beating them, while a selection of special opponents can also be challenged once certain prerequisites are met. Exhibition Matches do not have any battle conditions nor have any affect on Mario's rank, but will still award prize money like Ranked Matches do, albeit only half as much.

Exhibition Match Special Opponents
Picture	Team Name	Fighters	Prerequisite
	The Sleepy Stealth Scythe Wings of Night	4Swoops	During Chapter 3 only. Available after Mario reaches Rank 11 and witnesses Sir Swoop's induction to the Glitz Pit.
	The Flying Bullets The Destructors	2Spinias and 2Spanias	During Chapter 3 only. Available after Mario reaches Rank 3 andBandy Andy goes missing.
	The Returning Royal Prince Mush	Prince Mush	Available after Chapter 3. After solvingJolene'strouble "Help wanted!", after sometime, Prince Mush will email Mario inviting him to an Exhibition Match.

Battle quotes[edit]

Partners[edit]

Each of Mario's partners have dialogue that they will say on stage before the battle begins, and after winning the match.

Opponents[edit]

Each opponent has dialogue that they will say on stage before the battle begins, and if Mario loses or forfeits the match.

Enemies[edit]

This section is about a list of enemies in the Glitz Pit. For a detailed listing ofenemy formations in the Glitz Pit, seeList of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy formations § Glitz Pit.

Bolded enemies can only be fought in the Glitz Pit.

• Bandit
• Big Bandit
• Bob-omb
• Boomerang Bro
• Bowser (Boss, fought after defeating the fighters in rank 5)
• Bristle
• Dark Craw
• Dark Puff
• Dark Koopatrol
• Dull Bones
• Fire Bro
• Flower Fuzzy
• Fuzzy
• Goomba
• Green Fuzzy
• Green Magikoopa
• Hammer Bro
• Hyper Bald Cleft
• The Iron Adonis Twins (Mid-Boss)
• KP Koopa
• KP Paratroopa
• Lakitu
• Macho Grubba (Chapter 3 Boss)
• Pale Piranha
• Pider
• Prince Mush (Boss, Nintendo Switch version only)
• Pokey
• Rawk Hawk (Boss, Championship Match)
• Red Chomp
• Red Magikoopa
• Red Spike Top
• Shady Koopa
• Shady Paratroopa
• Spania
• Spinia
• Spiny
• Swooper
• White Magikoopa

Characters[edit]

Promoters[edit]

• Grubba
• Jolene

Notable individual fighters[edit]

• Bandy Andy
• Cleftor
• Craw-Daddy
• Hamma Jamma
• The Iron Adonis Twins
• King K
• The Koopinator
• Master Crash
• Prince Mush
• Rawk Hawk
• Shellshock
• Sir Swoop
• Spiky Joe

Misc.[edit]

• A redToad who works part-time in the lobby
• An orange Toad girl in love with the red Toad worker
• ALakitu cameraman. Goombella's tattle states, "That's a local cameraman. He seems a little flustered. I think he's new at this and makes lots of mistakes. Just a guess, though."
• Areporter who looks like a carrot. Goombella's tattle states, "That's a local reporter. I'm pretty sure he covers the fight scene. He's such a veteran, he even directs the rookie cameraman next to him."
• A Toad father and son who are fans ofPrince Mush
• Toodles
• A Lakitu freelancer who can be found on the second floor in the lobby. Goombella's tattle states, "That's a freelancer. He's always angling for the next big scoop. We'd better make sure this guy doesn't shoot us doing anything... incriminating."
• Glitz Pit Security
• The Great Gonzales Jr.
• Ms. Mowz (during Chapter 3)

Collectibles[edit]

Field/Given/Objects[edit]

Item	Location	Location image
		Original	Remake
Battle Trunks (×20)	All in the storeroom duringJolene's trouble.
Champ's Belt	Won after defeatingRawk Hawk. Given in the major-league locker room/champion's room in the original and the arena in the remake. Required to progress (the first time).
Charge P	In the first-floor storeroom, it can be found among the boxes in the northeast corner withFlurrie's help.
Coins	Given byJolene after each match. Amount depends on an opponent and outcome.
	30 given byGrubba after beatingThe Iron Adonis Twins for the first time.
	30 given by Jolene after completing hertrouble.
Dubious Documents	In the minor league locker room, it can be found on top of the shelf in the room to the left. Required to progress.
Gold Star	Given to Mario after he helpsJolene defeatMacho Grubba at the end of Chapter 3. Required to progress.
HP Plus P	In the second-floor storeroom, it can be found on top of the big box in the left.
Ice Storm	In the major-league room, it can be found in the northwest corner.. In the major-league room, inside one of the western lockers.
Last Stand	In the corridor of the Glitz Pit, it can be found in a blue box near the right entrance.
Storage Key	In the second-floor lobby, it can be found behind the leftmost poster during one ofX's missions. Required to progress.
Wrestling Magazine	In the office, it is held byJolene and given toMario duringToodles's trouble.

Remake only[edit]

Item	Location	Location image
Coins	In the blue minor-league locker room, three coins are inside different lockers. Missable if the player does not collect them before warping back to the other major league locker.
	100 given by Jolene after beatingRawk Hawk for the first time.
Dizzy Dial	In the minor-league locker room, it is in the topmost locker on the left wall. Missable if the player does not get it before ranking up to the major league the second time.
Hot Dog	In the backstage hallway, it is on top of the ladder.
Life Mushroom	In the blue major-league locker room, it is inside the middle locker on the right wall. Missable if the player does not get it before warping back to the other major league locker.
Power Punch	In the major-league locker room, it is inside the bottommost locker on the left wall.
Prince Mush's Belt	Given to the player byPrince Mush in the corridor after winning the Exhibition Match against him at least once.

Shine Sprite[edit]

Location	Location image
	Original	Remake
In the second-floor storeroom, it can be found by the north wall between the boxes.

Star Pieces[edit]

Location	Location image
	Original	Remake
In the lobby, one is under a panel in the wall corner to the northwest of the entrance.
In the office, one is in the drawer near the computer.
In the office, one is behind the plant in the southwest.
In the first-floor storage room, one is under a panel on the floor.
To the right of the second-floor storage room, one is among the rightmost boxes.

Profiles[edit]

• Tattles:
  • "This is the Glitz Pit lobby. It's pretty nice, actually! Sturdily built, nice decor. And what can you say about that luxurious chandelier except... FABULOUS!!!"
  • "This is the Glitz Pit itself! That's the ring in the middle. That's where all the magic happens. And by "magic," I mean brutal beatdowns."
  • "This is a backstage corridor. Compared to the Glitz Pit, this is so... businesslike. There's security all OVER, so you can't just wander around wherever you want."
  • "This is a minor-league locker room. It's kind of, uh... Well, it's pretty disgusting. It's totally different from the first room they showed. The old bait-and-switch... You think they make it totally gross so fighters will try harder to advance?"
  • "This is a major-league locker room. Everybody here dreams of reaching the top... You can almost feel the intensity of their ambition in the air... It's weird... Speaking of weirdness, there's ALWAYS someone in the bathroom. Creepy! Y'know, it's kinda necessary to have access to a bathroom now and then..."
    • "This is a major-league locker room. Everybody here dreams of reaching the top... You can almost feel the intensity of their ambition in the air... It's weird... And so is the bathroom in here! It connects to the locker room on the other side of the building... You're the plumber here... Is that how bathroom pipes are supposed to work?" (Switch version only)
  • "This is a minor-league locker room. It's just as gnarly as the one we were in. If you check the lockers or behind the posters, I bet there are stains and graffiti."
  • "This is another locker room for major-league competitors. It's opposite the other one. Why was there a hidden room behind the lockers, anyway? What would it be used for? Mysteries are totally everywhere in the Glitz Pit!"
  • "This is the champ's room. Yeah... This has to be like, the WORST decorating ever! Like that tiger-print bed... I mean, COME ON! Think Rawk Hawk designed it? Or maybe Grubba? It couldn't be...Jolene?"
  • "This is the Glitz Pit storeroom. They must keep props or something in here. There's a second floor, too. If you see anything odd, don't forget your partners..."
  • "This is the storeroom. There are lots of wooden crates here, that's for sure. But it doesn't seem to be in use now, does it? I mean, it's COVERED in dust!"
  • "This is the promoter's room. It's fitting... It has sort of a relaxed authority, y'know? This is where the pairings for each match get decided. Neat!"
  • "We're in the ventilation duct. It's really cramped in here. And musty. And dank."
  • "I think we're above the ceiling. It's a bit cramped in here...and dark too." (Switch version only)

Gallery[edit]

Nintendo GameCube[edit]

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  Outside of the arena

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  The lobby

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  The ring

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  The hallway

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  Grubba's office

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  The Storage Room

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  The Minor-League locker room

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  Mario meeting the newly hatched Yoshi Kid

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  The Yoshi Kid naming screen

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  Yoshi Kid joining the party

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  Mario and Yoshi Kid

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  The Major-League locker room

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  The Champion's room

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  Mario and Yoshi Kid battling against Bowser

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  Mario and Flurrie uncovering the hidden key.

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  Mario and Yoshi Kid battling against Rawk Hawk

Nintendo Switch[edit]

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  The ring

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  The Champion’s room

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  Grubba and Rawk Hawk

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  Grubba announcing Mario and Koops as the winners of the battle againstSpike Storm

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  Grubba's office

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  Grubba announcing Mario and Goombella as the champions

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  Jolene wishing Mario good luck

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  Jolene announcing one of the matches (after Chapter 3)

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  Mario and Vivian battlingPrince Mush in an Exhibition Match

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  Prince Mush and Jolene

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  Concept art of Glitzville/Glitz Pit characters

Names in other languages[edit]

Notes[edit]

• If the player chooses to return to the Glitz Pit after completing Chapter 3 and makes it to 1st place, during the Championship Match, the crowd chants "GONZALES! GONZALES!". In the GameCube version, one spectator will say "JUMPMAN!!! Wait, who?". This is a reference to Mario's alternate name for the classic arcade gameDonkey Kong. Should the player also win the championship, there will be a crowd that goes after the champion once in the foyer.
• The Mario posters that are seen in the foyer do not reappear should Flurrie blow them out.
• There is aBob-omb and aBulky Bob-omb depicted on a poster in the foyer, even though no Bulky Bob-ombs are fought in the Glitz Pit.
• Glitz Blade, one of theSammer Guys inSuper Paper Mario, references the arena.

References[edit]

• Organizations
• Stadiums
• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door locations

• Articles with unsourced foreign names