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The '''Glitz Pit''' is an arena located in [[Glitzville]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. It is where Mario takes on the fighter name the "Great Gonzales" and fights his way through along with his partners in [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Chapter 3: Of Glitz and Glory|Chapter 3]].

 

There are many fighters encountered here, including [[Rawk Hawk]], [[KP Pete]], [[Bandy Andy]], the [[Armored Harriers]], [[The Koopinator]], [[Hamma, Bamma, and Flare]], and even [[Bowser]] at one point, who barges into the ring and fights Mario and his teammates after they reach Rank 5. At first, Mario and his partners fight for the [[Champ's Belt]] which has the [[Gold Star]] on it, which later turns out to be fake. In the meanwhile, they gain a [[Mini-Yoshi|Yoshi partner]] and the [[Super Hammer]], and begin to learn learn about the mysterious events happening around the arena.

== Seven Wonders of the Glitz Pit ==

 

* The Sealed Wall - The remains of fallen athletes are rumored to be stored behind a sealed wall in a minor-league locker room. The wall is actually a large [[yellow block]] breakable with Mario's new [[Super Hammer]]. The room behind it does not contain the remains of fallen fighters, but research about the Crystal Stars in the form of a [[Dubious Paper]].

* The Man-Eating Toilet - A toilet in a major-league locker room is said to devour anyone that attempts to use it. Mario encounters this toilet while escaping from [[Rawk Hawk]]'s trap, using the "man-eating" toilet to travel to the toilet in the other major-league locker room for the Championship Match.

* The Stairs of Mystery - An unknown room in the Glitz Pit has a second floor but no stairs, and groaning voices can be heard coming from above. This room is the Glitz Pit's storage room, which has a hidden switch to reveal the stairs. The groaning voices belong to the fighters that Grubba drained.

* The Haunted Boudoir - The champion's room is rumored to be haunted. People within the room claim that they hear voices whispering from nowhere, supposedly the voices of athletes who lost to the champion. The voices are actually voices from Grubba's office, which is connected to the Champion's room by an air vent.

* The Spooky Ring-Lights - Strange lights supposedly leak from under the ring doors when nobody is inside. This light is the light of Grubba's [[power-draining machine]] and/or the [[Gold Star]]. It is implied that Bandy Andy was caught investigating this secret.

* The Missing Ones - Sometimes fighters disappear for no reason and never return, including the first champion, Prince Mush. These athletes disappeared as the result of their power being drained by Grubba's machine, and the three known vanished fighters return after Macho Grubba is defeated.

* Grubba and Jolene - The first part of this wonder is that Grubba is muscular despite being past sixty-years old. This is explained mostly by his use of the [[power-draining machine]]. Secondly, Jolene has been known to suddenly vanish. This is explained by Jolene taking up an alternate identity (e-mailing Mario under the pseudonym of "X"), who can frequently be seen in the juice bar outside the arena.

|width="30%"|'''<span class=explain title="Unless otherwise noted, the events described below is what happens after Mario reaches the rank. They happen in reverse order listed here. Note that other fighters' rank sometimes shuffle.">Storyline</span>'''

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|After the Shellshockers are defeated, the [[Armored Harriers]] challenges Mario's team again. Mario receives a [[List of e-mails in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Anonymous: No title 4|threatening email]] after the battles.

|Two [[Red Spike Top]]s

|[[Pale Piranha]], [[Dark Puff]], [[Pider]]

==Fighting orders==

Below is a list of the various orders Grubba (Jolene if the Glitz Pit is replayed) gives [[Mario]] during his time at the Glitz Pit. Most of the time the order will be chosen at random (and is prone to save & load manipulation). For Mario's first battle, however, the order will always be to appeal to the crowd at least once.<ref>Malleoz et al (March 2, 2014). [http://tasvideos.org/4148S.html Submission #4148: Malleoz, CoolKirby & Masterjun's GC Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door in 4:52:30.72]. ''TASVideos''. Retrieved on August 9, 2016.</ref> At one point Grubba also instructs [[Sir Swoop]] to "do a triple flip and meow." And for Mario's final battle (with [[Rawk Hawk]]), the order is to use a special move, but it is unnecessary.<ref>Mark Wong (February 18, 2009). [http://speeddemosarchive.com/PaperMarioTTYD.html Speed Demos Archive - Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]. ''Speed Demos Archive''. Retrieved August 12, 2016.</ref>

*Use a [[List of special moves|special move]] at least once.

*Don't use any special moves.

*Don't [[jump]].

*Don't use the [[hammer]].

*Don't use [[List of items|items]].

*[[Appeal]] to the [[Audience|crowd]] at least once.

*Appeal to the crowd at least three times.

*Only Mario can attack.

*Only Mario's partner(s) can attack.

*Take damage at least three times.

*Take damage at least five times.

*Wait three turns before attacking.

*Don't swap partners.

*Defeat your foe in 5 turns or less.

*Win before taking 20 [[Heart Point|HP]] of damage.

*Don't use [[Flower Point|FP]].

Mario's partner says something before Grubba (Jolene after Chapter 3) announces Mario's opponent(s) that the player is about to fight. If the player beats their opponent, they say something after Grubba (Jolene after Chapter 3) announces that Mario won.

 

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''For a detailed listing of [[List of enemy formations in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|enemy formations]] in the Glitz Pit, see [[List of enemy formations in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Glitzville|here]].''

*[[Armored Harriers]] (Mid-Boss)

*[[Big Bandit]]

*[[Boomerang Bro]]

*[[Bowser]] (Boss, fought after defeating rank five fighter(s))

*[[Fire Bro]]

*[[Hyper Bald Cleft]]

*[[Iron Cleft]]

*[[KP Koopa]]

*[[Macho Grubba]] (Chapter 3 Boss)

*[[Pale Piranha]]

*[[Rawk Hawk]] (Boss, Championship Match)

*[[Red Spike Top]] (R.S. Buzzy)

* [[Grubba]]

* [[Jolene]]

*[[KP Pete|King K]]

*A red [[Toad (species)|Toad]] who works part-time in the lobby.

*An orange Toad girl in love with the red Toad worker.

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|rowspan=5|[[Star Piece (Paper Mario)|Star Piece]]

|Fra=Arènes de Yunnanville

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*If the player chooses to return to the Glitz Pit and makes it to 1st place, during the Championship Match, the crowd chants "GONZALES! GONZALES!". One spectator will say "JUMPMAN!!! Wait, who?". This is a reference to Mario's alternate name for the classic arcade game ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]''.

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