Glitz Pit Security
A Glitz Pit Security Guard from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
“Sorry, bub, but authorized people only past this point.”
Glitz Pit Security, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

The Glitz Pit Security, or just Security, is a team of guards that appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Their job is to watch over the Glitz Pit and make sure the fighters do not get out of hand. The species of the Security is unknown, but all of them are muscular, blue-skinned, have yellow tufts of hair, wear black shades and suits, and hold their hands behind their backs. They resemble real-world personal bodyguards, who are tasked with protecting moguls and other kinds of important people.

Before the championship fight, one of the security members leads Mario to a deserted locker room and locks him inside, minutes before the fight. This leads to the conclusion that Rawk Hawk cheated and somehow convinced the security to lock Mario in and prevent him from fighting in the championship match.

Tattles

Each individual security guard has a unique Tattle, though they all share an introduction and conclusion.

  • "This guy is Glitz Pit Security. He has to keep watch on this particular area."
    • "You can tell this guy works out all the time."
    • "Look at the huge pipes on this guy! Wowsers."
    • "Muscles here definitely hits the weights."
    • "Boy, this guy must work out all the time, huh?"
    • "This guy must do like, a million sit-ups daily."
    • "This guy has arms as big as your thighs, Mario."
    • "This guy probably works out eight hours a day."
    • "This guy could probably bench our whole party."
    • "This guy must be a former Mr. Mushroom Kingdom."
    • "This guy must eat nothing but protein shakes."
    • "This guy looks like he could turn folks into pretzels."
    • "I sure wouldn't want to get on this guy's bad side."
    • "Ten to one this guy has a professional trainer."
    • "Now THERE is a man who's lifted a few weights."
    • "This guy could probably bench-press a Thwomp."
  • "I bet he's buffer than the fighters."

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ガードマン[?]
Gādoman
Guardman
Italian Stadium guard[?] Guardia dello stadio