Editing Big Top

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:MP8 MCBallyhoo and Big Top Artwork.png|215px]]<br>Big Top, in his usual place on [[MC Ballyhoo]]'s head
|species=Living hat
|first_appearance=''[[Mario Party 8]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|latest_portrayal=[[Charles Martinet]] (2007)
}}
{{quote|My ears! Hurty-hurt! Too much talk! Not enough results!|Big Top|Mario Party 8}}

'''Big Top''' is [[MC Ballyhoo]]'s hat and serves as his cohost in ''[[Mario Party 8]]''. He also holds all of the [[coin]]s for [[Last Five Turns Event|Chump Charity]], stating that he was glad to get the load off his head. Big Top not only has the ability of speech but is also his own separate entity. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', he shares a [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]] with Ballyhoo. Big Top's name comes from a phrase referring to large circus tents. The "Top" part of his name is also a reference to the fact that he is a top hat.

Big Top is a dark-blue top hat with a strip of light blue close to the rim. He has a small mouth and two differently colored eyes: one teal, one pink. His eyes have rather big eyelashes. 

Big Top and MC Ballyhoo appear as a Novice class [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
msatomdesu MC Ballyhoo Top Hat.png|Artwork by [[Masanori Sato]]
Big Top Talking.png
</gallery>

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====
{{SSBB trophy
|name=Ballyhoo & Big Top
|image=[[File:BrawlTrophy184.png|100px]]
|appears_in='''Wii''' ''[[Mario Party 8]]''
|unlock=Collect 55 songs
|desc=The two emcees of the Star Carnival, an event held once a year to determine the biggest superstar. Big Top (on top) and Ballyhoo (on bottom) provide all Star Carnival commentary, and while Ballyhoo is energetic and over the top, Big Top provides a reserved counterpoint to his partner's antics. Despite their conflicting personalities, they're inseparable. 
}}
{{SSBB sticker
|name=Ballyhoo & Big Top
|image=[[File:Ballyhoo Sticker.png]]
|game=''Mario Party 8''
|effect=[Head] - Attack +10
}}

====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' spirit====
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!rowspan=2 width=8% style="text-align:center;"|Series / game
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!align=center|MC Ballyhoo & Big Top
|align=center|[[File:SSBU MC Ballyhoo & Big Top Spirit.png|x100px]]
|''Mario Party'' Series
|Support (1)
|Novice
|[[Star Rod (Kirby)|Star Rod]] Equipped
|Spirit Board
|[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Yoshi]], [[Princess Peach|Peach]]
|'''Rule:''' Item Tidal Wave
*Certain items will appear in large numbers after a little while
|[[Mario Circuit (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)|Mario Circuit]]
|Pandemonium
|}

===''Mario Party: The Top 100''===
*'''MC Ballyhoo and Big Top:''' "''[[MC Ballyhoo]] is on the mic, while Big Top is on his head. Together, they act as guides at the Star Carnival.''"

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=トーレ
|JapR=Tōre
|JapM=Both this and [[MC Ballyhoo]]'s Japanese name「コンドゥ」(''Kondu'') are from "conduttore" (Italian word for "host")
|Fre=Gai Lurin
|FreM=Pun on "galurin" (hat) and "gai" (happy)
|Ger=Kopftopf
|GerM=Play on "Kochtopf" (cooking pot) and "Kopf" (head)
|Ita=Joe Cilindro
|ItaM=Joe Top Hat
|Kor=지기
|KorR=Jigi
|KorM=-
|Rus=Шляпище
|RusR=Shlyapische
|RusM=From "шляпа" (''shlyapa'', brimmed hat) and Russian augmentative "-ище" (''-ische'')
|Spa=Capirón
|SpaM=From "capirote" (hood) with augmentative suffix "-ón"
}}

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