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Mario and Goombella watch the match between Rawk Hawk and The Koopinator.
An angle view of the arena.
Mario and Goombella watch the match between Rawk Hawk and The Koopinator.
Mario and Goombella watch the match between Rawk Hawk and The Koopinator.

Located in Glitzville, the Glitz Pit is an arena in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Mario takes on the fighter name "The Great Gonzales" and must fight his way through in Chapter 3. There are many fighters here, including Rawk Hawk, KP Pete, Bandy Andy, the Armored Harriers, The Koopinator, Hamma, Bamma, & Flare, and even Bowser at one point, who barges into the ring and fights Mario and his teammates after they defeated the Magikoopa Masters. Grubba, the promoter, used the Gold Star to power his machine that's hidden under the arena. Ever since Jolene's brother, Prince Mush found out about his machine, Prince Mush mysteriously disappeared, so Jolene went undercover and enlisted Mario and his friends' help to defeat Grubba.

The Glitz Pit can be accessed by either the first doorway in the main hall, or the second story door, up a flight of stairs. Mario can talk to spectators but can't get through the dense crowd. The fighters change whenever Mario enters the arena. While watching them, all they do is bump into each other.

Oddly enough, on a poster in the foyer, there is a Bob-omb and a Bulky Bob-omb although no Bulky Bob-ombs are fought in the Glitz Pit. Macho Grubba is the true final boss of Glitz Pit.

Seven Wonders of the Glitz Pit

According to Bandy Andy, the fighters within the Glitz Pit are said to pass stories of a set of mysteries that surround the arena, at least prior to Mario's interference. Bandy Andy himself sets out to study these mysteries, but is forcibly silenced by Grubba when he learns too much. Throughout the subplot, all seven wonders are encountered, and most of them are explained.

  • 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 rather Grubba's plans, referred to as a Dubious Paper that Jolene will confiscate moments after you find it.
  • 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 stadium.

The rankings

Glitz Pit Fighters
Rank Picture Name Secondary Name Members
Champ File:RawkHawkPMTTYD.png Rawk Hawk The Feral Nuclear Reactor Rawk Hawk
1 File:Koopinator.PNG The Koopinator The Razor Blade Brigadier Dark Koopatrol
2 File:Chompcountry.png Chomp Country The Red Ore Fear Orbs 2 Red Chomps
3 File:Dark craw.PNG Craw-Daddy The Dark Gatekeeper Dark Craw
4   Hamma, Bamma, & Flare The Big Bad Brute Bros. Hammer Bro, Fire Bro, Boomerang Bro
5 File:PM2 MagikoopaMasters.png The Magikoopa Masters The Underworld Servants Red Magikoopa, Green Magikoopa, White Magikoopa
6   The Fuzz The Bottomless Vacuums Fuzzy, Green Fuzzy*, Flower Fuzzy
7 File:PM2 Shellshockers.png The Shellshockers The Turtles of Hurtle 2 Shady Koopas & 1 Shady Paratroopa
8 File:Poker faces.PNG The Poker Faces The Ultimate Weapons 2 Bristles
9 File:Tiny Spinies.PNG The Tiny Spinies The Thorny Demons 2 Red Spike Tops
10 File:Iron clefts.PNG The Armored Harriers The Iron Adonis Twins 2 Iron Clefts
11 File:PM2 Bob-ombSquad.png The Bob-omb Squad The Big Bomb Boomers 4 Bob-ombs
12 File:Punk Rocks.PNG The Punk Rocks The Green Torture Squad 3 Hyper Bald Clefts
13 File:PM2 Mind-Bogglers.jpg The Mind-Bogglers The Gray Entanglers Pale Piranha, Dark Puff, Pider
14 File:HanditoversTTYDscreenshot.PNG The Hand-It-Overs The Grim Death Burglars 2 Bandits & 2 Big Bandits
15   Spike Storm The Midnight Spike-Bombers 2* Spinies & 1 Lakitu
16 File:The Dead bones.png The Dead Bones The Bone-Rattling Rockers 3* Dull Bones
17   The Pokey Triplets The Spiked Terror Triplets 3* Pokeys
18   The KP Koopas The Shell Machines of Doom 2 KP Koopas & 1 KP Paratroopa
19   The Goomba Bros. The Meteorite Hardheads; however, they are called the Hoppin' Hardheads the first time the player faces them 5 Goombas
20 File:1000yeardoor.jpg The Great Gonzales The Merciless Executioner; known as the Superstar Sequel if Mario enters the Glitz Pit again after Chapter 3 Mario & Co.

In addition, during Chapter 3 the Hand-It-Overs and the KP Koopas are temporarily removed from the roster and replaced with two new teams:

* = Enemies that can duplicate themselves.

Enemies

Formations

For a detailed listing of enemy formations in the Glitz Pit, see here.

Items

Item Icon Found In
Battle Trunks File:Battle trunks.PNG In the first-floor storeroom, it's on the floor during Jolene's trouble.
In the first-floor storeroom, it's on the floor during Jolene's trouble.
In the first-floor storeroom, it's on the floor during Jolene's trouble.
In the first-floor storeroom, it's on the floor during Jolene's trouble.
In the first-floor storeroom, it's on the floor during Jolene's trouble.
In the first-floor storeroom, it's on the floor during Jolene's trouble.
In the first-floor storeroom, it's on the floor during Jolene's trouble.
In the first-floor storeroom, it's on the floor during Jolene's trouble.
In the first-floor storeroom, it's on the floor during Jolene's trouble.
In the first-floor storeroom, it's on the floor during Jolene's trouble.
In the first-floor storeroom, it's on the floor during Jolene's trouble.
In the first-floor storeroom, it's on the stairs to the second floor during Jolene's trouble.
In the first-floor storeroom, it's on the stairs to the second floor during Jolene's trouble.
In the second-floor storeroom, it's on the floor during Jolene's trouble.
In the second-floor storeroom, it's on the floor during Jolene's trouble.
In the second-floor storeroom, it's on the floor during Jolene's trouble.
In the second-floor storeroom, it's on the floor during Jolene's trouble.
In the second-floor storeroom, it's on the middle boxes during Jolene's trouble.
In the second-floor storeroom, it's on the right boxes during Jolene's trouble.
In the second-floor storeroom, it's on the left boxes during Jolene's trouble.
Champ's Belt File:Belt.PNG Won after defeating Rawk Hawk.
Charge P File:Chargep.gif In the first-floor storeroom, it's among the boxes in the northeast corner. Have Flurrie blow them up first.
Dubious Paper File:Dubious papers.png In the minor league locker room, it's on top of the shelf to the left.
HP Plus P File:Hpplusp.gif In the second-floor storeroom, it's on top of the big box in the left.
Ice Storm File:IceStorm.PNG In the major-league room, it's in the northwest corner.
Last Stand File:Laststand.gif In the corridor of Glitz Pit, it's in a blue box.
Shine Sprite File:PMTTYDShinespritesprite.png In the second-floor storeroom, it's by the north wall between the boxes.
Star Piece File:Star Piece.GIF In the lobby, it's under a panel in the wall corner to the northwest of the entrance.
In the office, it's in the drawer near the computer.
In the office, it's behind the plant in the southwest.
In the first-floor storage room, it's under a panel on the floor.
To the right of the second-floor storage room, it's among the rightmost boxes.
Storage Key File:PM2 StorageKey.gif In the second-floor lobby, it's behind the leftmost poster during one of X's missions.
Wrestling Mag File:Wrestlingmag.gif In the office, it's held by Jolene and given to Mario during Toodles's trouble.

Area 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 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.

Gallery

  • Outside of the arena.

  • The lobby.

  • The ring.

  • The Hallway.

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    Storage room.

  • The Minor-League Locker room.

  • The Major-League Locker room.

  • The Champion's room.

Names in other languages

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Trivia

  • If the player were to choose to return to the Glitz Pit and got back up to 1st place, during the Championship Match, the crowd will chant "GONZALES! GONZALES!". However, there is one who will say "JUMPMAN!!! Wait, who?". This is oddly enough, a reference to Mario's original name in the classic arcade game Donkey Kong, as in the game, he was called Jumpman rather than Mario.
  • Bowser appears to fight Mario in the Glitz Pit during Chapter 3, despite the fact that, according to the story line, he is still in Boggly Woods, searching for the second Crystal Star.

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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo GameCube) / Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Main characters Bobbery • Flurrie • Goombella • Koops • Mario • Ms. Mowz • Princess Peach • Vivian • Yoshi Kid
Species Bub-ulb • Craw • Crow • Doogan • Duplighost • Glitz Pit Security • Jabbi • Little Mouser • Luff • Nibbles • Para-bomb • Penguin • Pianta • Pig • Puni • Ratooey • Smorg • Toad • Twilighter • Yoshi
Chapters Prologue • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8
Crystal Stars Diamond Star • Emerald Star • Gold Star • Ruby Star • Sapphire Star • Garnet Star • Crystal Star
Bosses Beldam • Blooper • Bowser • Doopliss • Gloomtail • Gold Fuzzy • Grodus • Kammy Koopa • Lord Crump • Marilyn • Rawk Hawk • The Iron Adonis Twins • Three Shadows • Vivian
Chapter bosses Cortez • Doopliss • Hooktail • Macho Grubba • Magnus von Grapple • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Shadow Queen • Smorg
Optional bosses Atomic Boo • Bonetail • Gus • Prince Musha • Whackaa
Minor characters Arfur • Audience • Bandy Andy • Battle Mastera • Blooey • The Bob-omb Squad • Bomberto • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chestnut King • Chet Rippo • Chomp Country • Cleftor • Craw-Daddy • Creepy Steeple Boo • Darkly • Dazzle • The Dead Bones • The Destructors • Doe T. • Don Pianta • Doopliss's parrot • Dupree • Eddy the Mask • Eve • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Fahr Outpost mayor • Flavio • Flo • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • The Fuzz • Garf • General White • Ghost T. • Glitzville reporter • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goom Goom • The Goomba Bros. • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goomther • Goose • Grifty • Grubba • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare • Hamma Jamma • The Hand-It-Overs • Hayzee • Heff T. • Herb T. • Ian Foomusa • Ishnail • Jabble • Jerry • Johnson • Jolene • King K • Kolorado's father • Koopie Koo • The Koopinator • Koopley • Koopook • The KP Koopas • Kroop • Lady Bow • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi • Lumpy • The Magikoopa Masters • Master Crash • Mayor Dour • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Maude • The Mind-Bogglers • Mousimilian • Mover • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Peeka • Pennington • Petuni • Pianta syndicate • Pierre • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Plenn T. • Podler • Podley • The Poker Faces • The Pokey Triplets • Porter • Prince Mush • Professor Frankly • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni elder • The Punk Rocks • Rob • Robbo Thieves • Rocko • Scarlette • Screamy • Shellshock • The Shellshockers • Sir Swoop • Spike Storm • Spiky Joe • Stewart • Swindell • Swob • Sylvia • TEC • Thriff T. • The Tiny Spinies • Toad sailor • Toad sailor's brother • Toad salesmana • Toadette • Toadia • Toadsworth • Toce T. • Tony • Toodles • Torque • Traveling Sisters Three • Twilight Shop manager • Twilight Shop manager's wife • Vinny • Whacka • Wings of Night • Wonky • Zess T. • Zip Toad
Enemies Bandit (Badge · Big) • Bill Blaster (Bombshell) • Blooper • Bob-omb (Bob-ulk · Bulky) • Boo (Atomic · Dark) • Bristle (Dark) • Bullet Bill (Bombshell) • Buzzy Beetle (Parabuzzy (Spiky) · Spike Top (Red)) • Chain-Chomp (Red) • Cleft (Bald (Hyper) · Hyper · Iron · Moon) • Crazee Dayzee (Amazy) • Dark Craw • Dry Bones (Dark · Dull · Red) • Ember (Lava Bubble · Phantom) • Fire Bar • Fuzzy (Green · Flower · Horde) • Goomba (Gloomba (Para · Spiky) · Hyper (Para · Spiky) · Para · Spiky) • Goomboarda • Hammer Bro (Boomerang · Fire) • Koopa Troopa (Dark (Para) · Koopatrol (Dark) · KP (Para) · Para · Shady (Para)) • Lakitu (Dark) • Magikoopa (Green · Red · White) • Pale Piranha (Frost · Piranha Plant · Putrid) • Pider (Arantula) • Pokey (Poison) • Ruff Puff (Dark · Ice · Poison) • Spinia (Spania · Spunia) • Spiny (Sky-Blue) • Swooper (Swampire · Swoopula) • Wizzerd (Dark · Elite) • X-Fist (Punch) • X-Naut (Elite · PhD · Platoon) • Yux (Grodus X · Mini · X-Yux (Mini) · Z-Yux (Mini))
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Moves Action Command • Appeal • Art Attack • Boat Mode • Bob-ombast • Body Slam • Bomb • Bomb Squad • Charge • Clock Out • Dodgy Fog • Earth Tremor • Fiery Jinx • First Strike • Flee • Gale Force • Ground Pound • Guard • Gulp • Headbonk • Hold Fast • Infatuate • Jump • Kiss Thief • Lip Lock • Love Slap • Mini-Egg • Multibonk • Paper Mode • Plane Mode • Power Lift • Power Shell • Rally Wink • Shade Fist • Shell Shield • Shell Slam • Shell Toss • Showstopper • Smooch • Spring Jump • Stampede • Stylish move • Super Hammer • Superguard • Supernova • Sweet Feast • Sweet Treat • Tattle • Tease • Tube Mode • Ultra Hammer • Veil
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Stats / statuses Allergic • Badge Point • Burn • Charged • Confused • Danger • Defense • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Dodgy • Electrified • Fast • Flower Point • Frozen • Heart Point • Huge • Immobilized • Invisible • Payback • Peril • Poison • Power • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Regeneration • Sleep • Slow • Soft • Star Point • Star Power • Tiny
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