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{{board infobox
|image=[[File:SGPE.png|250px]]<br>Battle Royale & Tag Battle<br>[[File:StarBattleArena ShyGuyPerplexExpress.png|250px]]<br>Duel Battle & Star Battle Arena
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 8]]''
|availability=Default
|description=So close, yet so far! Rush to the front car to get a Star. Simple? Not on this train!
|sample=[[File:MP8 Perplex Express.oga]]
}}
{{quote|Who's at the wheel?! How long is this train?! Are you ahead...or behind?! Welcome aboard the Perplex Express! Where are we going? Insane! And at the speed of crazy! So many cars! So much luxury! But what looks like such a straight run to the front locomotive... is actually a disorienting trip! And if you somehow reach Shy Guy, he'll give you a Star for 20 coins!|[[MC Ballyhoo & Big Top|MC Ballyhoo]]|Mario Party 8}}
'''Shy Guy's Perplex Express''' is a [[board (Mario Party series)|board]] in ''[[Mario Party 8]]''. Shy Guy's Perplex Express is set on a moving passenger train. The board consists of the inside and the top of the train's cars. The steam locomotive is driven by a [[Shy Guy]] conductor, and the train cars themselves are inhabited by [[Goomba]]s, [[Koopa Troopa]]s, and Shy Guys. The board is linear and has no junctions. Green [[Candy (Mario Party 8)|Candy]] cannot be obtained on this board.

In Battle Royale and Tag Battle, the objective is to get to the front of the train, where the Shy Guy conductor gives away a [[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]] for 20 [[coin]]s. Players who land on a [[DK Space]] cause the locomotive to be switched with [[Donkey Kong]]'s Barrel Train. The player who reaches Donkey Kong first gets a free Star. Shy Guy's locomotive comes back after Donkey Kong gives a Star away. Players who land on a [[Bowser Space]] cause the locomotive to be switched with [[Bowser]]'s Bad-Breath Express. If players meet Bowser, he takes a Star away from them. However, when a player comes without a Star, Bowser gives the player 10 coins. The [[Lucky Space]] causes the train to stop and let the player off at Payday Waystation, a pathway that leads to a free Star.

There are some changes to the board in Duel Battle and [[Mario Party 8#Star Battle Arena|Star Battle Arena]]. Like most other boards, the Perplex Express has been shrunk; only three passenger cars appear instead of five. The winning condition is to buy a Star from [[Holly Koopa]] for 50 coins; consequently, the locomotives all have different functions compared to Battle Royale and Tag Battle. The conductor gives players that meet him 10 coins instead of offering a Star for 20. Instead of giving the player a free Star, Donkey Kong doubles the player's coin total, depending on the number of coins the player has by the time they get to him. If the player has zero coins, however, he gives them 10 instead. Bowser steals half of the player's coins, but gives them 10 if they have none.

==Green Spaces==
*If a player lands on the [[Event Space|Green Space]] in front of Holly Koopa, she offers to buy one of their Candies for several coins. The number of coins offered is linked to the Candy's cost when bought at a [[Candy Shop]]. Players in low positions (3rd/4th in Battle Royale) receive higher offers than players in high positions (1st/2nd in Battle Royale).
*The Green Space in front of the Shy Guy chef's heat vent causes the player to be sucked up to the roof of the train and vice versa for the Green Space in front of the vent on the roof. 
*The Green Space on the roof of the green car makes the Shy Guy conductor come and ask for the player's assistance. He informs the player that Holly Koopa's Candy was stolen and says that either [[Bandit]] or [[Little Mouser|Mowz]] did the act. The player must then choose a car where they think the perpetrator is. If they are correct, Shy Guy rewards them with 20 coins (10 only in the Star Battle Arena, due to the winning requirement).
*Green Spaces in the red car, on top of the yellow car (before the vent Green Space) as well as on top of the indigo car will cause [[Kamek|Magikoopa]] to appear and use his magic to move the front car to the back of the train, and move the other cars upward to the front.
*The Green Space on top of the red car will cause the characters on top to be hit back to the start by a bar, causing them to lose 5 coins each.
*The Green Space on top of the light blue train car causes a Shy Guy to throw a [[coin bag]] into the engine's firebox, which then causes coins to erupt from the smoke stack and land on players on the top, with each player receiving between 2 and 10 coins. Players in lower positions will receive a higher number of coins.

==Payday Waystation==
[[File:Payday Waystation.png|left|thumb|[[Yoshi]] advancing across Payday Waystation]]
Payday Waystation is a short station encountered while riding Shy Guy's Perplex Express. It appears as a subsection of the board and can be reached only if the player lands on the board's [[Lucky Space]]. Upon doing so, the train will quickly stop at Payday Waystation, and the lucky player will exit the train.

The station is five [[Blue Space]]s long, and each Blue Space has three [[coin]]s. At the end of the station is a [[Shy Guy]] conductor, who gives the player a free [[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]] for reaching him. Immediately afterward, a handcar operated by a few Shy Guys will arrive at the station. The player will [[jump]] on and be brought back to the train's caboose.
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==Barrel Train==
{{about|section=y|the full-sized engine in Mario Party 8|the kart in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!|[[Barrel Train]]}}
[[File:BarrelTrain_MP8.jpg|thumb]]
The Barrel Train is a locomotive operated by Donkey Kong. It bears resemblance to the [[Barrel Train|kart of the same name]] from ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''.

The Barrel Train appears whenever a player lands on a DK Space, replacing the train's current locomotive, which could be either Shy Guy's standard one or Bowser's Bad-Breath Express. In Battle Royale and Tag Battle, the first player who reaches the Barrel Train is given a free Star from Donkey Kong. In Duel Battle and Star Battle Arena, Donkey Kong doubles the player's coin total, but he gives 10 coins to players who have none.

The Barrel Train leaves either after someone reaches it, after which the normal locomotive replaces it, or if somebody lands on a Bowser Space, in which case the Bad-Breath Express replaces the Barrel Train.

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jpn=DKトレイン
|JpnR=DK Torein
|JpnM=DK Train
}}

==Bad-Breath Express==
[[File:Bad-Breath Express.jpg|thumb]]
{{quote|Welcome to my Bad-Breath Express! Now cough up a {{color link|gold|Star (Mario Party series)|Star!}} Even hobos like you gotta pay up!|Bowser|Mario Party 8}}
The Bad-Breath Express is a locomotive operated by [[Bowser]]. It bears resemblance to the [[Koopa King]] from ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''.

The Bad-Breath Express appears whenever a player lands on a Bowser Space, replacing the train's current locomotive, which could be either Shy Guy's standard one or Donkey Kong's Barrel Train. In Battle Royale and Tag Battle, the first player who reaches Bowser's locomotive is forced to give a Star to him. However, if the player does not have any Stars, Bowser gives them ten coins. In Duel Battle and Star Battle Arena, Bowser steals half of the player's coins. If they have no coins, Bowser gives them ten coins.

The Bad-Breath Express leaves either after someone reaches it, which replaces the Bad-Breath Express with the normal locomotive, or if somebody lands on a DK Space, in which case the Barrel Train replaces the Bad-Breath Express.

==Spaces==
The following tables show how many spaces there are on the board, and how many there are of a certain type.

===Battle Royale / Tag Battle===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Type of Space
!Number of Spaces
|-
![[File:SpaceBlueMP8.png|50px]]<br>[[Blue Space]]s
|23
|-
![[File:SpaceRedMP8.png|50px]]<br>[[Red Space]]s
|8
|-
![[File:SpaceGreen.png|50px]]<br>[[Event Space|Green Space]]s
|9
|-
![[File:SpaceLucky.png|50px]]<br>[[Lucky Space]]s
|1
|-
![[File:SpaceDonkeyMP8.png|50px]][[File:SpaceBowserMP8.png|50px]]<br>[[DK Space|DK]] or [[Bowser Space]]s
|3
|-
!Total of Spaces
|44
|}

===Duel Battle / Star Battle Arena===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Type of Space
!Number of Spaces
|-
![[File:SpaceBlueMP8.png|50px]]<br>[[Blue Space]]s
|7
|-
![[File:SpaceRedMP8.png|50px]]<br>[[Red Space]]s
|3
|-
![[File:SpaceGreen.png|50px]]<br>[[Event Space|Green Space]]s
|6
|-
![[File:SpaceVSMP8.png|50px]]<br>[[Duel Space|Vs. Space]]s
|3
|-
![[File:SpaceChallenge.png|50px]]<br>[[Challenge Space]]s
|2
|-
![[File:SpaceDonkeyMP8.png|50px]][[File:SpaceBowserMP8.png|50px]]<br>[[DK Space|DK]] or [[Bowser Space]]s
|1
|-
!Total of Spaces
|22
|}

==Candies==
<gallery>
File:TwiceCandyMP8.png|[[Twice Candy]]
File:Thrice Candy.png|[[Thrice Candy]]
File:Slowgo Candy.png|[[Slowgo Candy]]
File:Bitsize Candy.png|[[Bitsize Candy]]<ref group=footnotes1 name=questionCandies>These Candies are found only at [[? Candy|? Candies]], not in shops.</ref>
File:Bowlo Candy.png|[[Bowlo Candy]]
File:Weeglee Candy.png|[[Weeglee Candy]]<ref group=footnotes1 name=questionCandies/>
File:Thwomp Candy.png|[[Thwomp Candy]]
File:Duelo Candy.png|[[Duelo Candy]]
</gallery>
{{reflist|group=footnotes1}}

==Controversy==
{{main|List of controversies#Mario Party 8}}
In the United Kingdom, various copies of ''Mario Party 8'' were recalled due to this board featuring a scene where [[Kamek|Magikoopa]] would alter the order of the cars, chanting, "[[Magikoopa]] magic! Turn the train {{wp|spastic|id=word}}! Make this ticket tragic!", with "spastic" being a highly offensive word for someone with cerebral palsy in the United Kingdom or a person who acts clumsily or foolishly. Later copies changed this line by replacing "spastic" with "erratic". Later American copies even had the line changed completely to "Let me use my magic to make this all a little more interesting!"<ref>[https://tcrf.net/Mario_Party_8#Regional_Differences ''Mario Party 8'']. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved July 04, 2024.</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
MP8 Shy Guy's Perplex Express Logo.png|Logo
Shy Guy's Perplex Express Panel.gif|Panel
Shy Guy's Perplex Express Intro MP8.png|Intro
End of the Train MP8.png|End of the train
Passenger cars in SGPE.png|Passenger cars
MP8 Shy Guy's Perplex Express Start.png|The start of the board
East Shy Guy's Perplex Express Chew-Chew Concessions.png|[[Candy Shop]]
West Shy Guy's Perplex Express Chew-Chew Concessions.png|Candy Shop
SGPP coin event.png|A [[Shy Guy]] throwing a [[coin]] bag into the engine
File:Hollykoopa.png|[[Holly Koopa]]
Shy Guy's Perplex Express Last 5 Turns!.png|Last 5 Turns!
File:PayDayWayStationToTrainMP8.jpg|Shy Guys bringing [[Toadette]] to the train from Payday Waystation
BanditCard MP8.png|[[Bandit]] card
Mowz.png|[[Little Mouser]] card
Shy Guy's Perplex Express Pause Menu.png|Pause menu logo
Shy Guy's Perplex Express Results logo.png|Results logo
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ヘイホーのドリームエクスプレス
|JpnR=Heihō no Dorīmu Ekusupuresu
|JpnM=Shy Guy’s Dream Express
|Fre=Le Marrant Express de Maskass
|FreM=Shy Guy's Funny Express
|Ger=Shy Guys Wunderbahn
|GerM=Shy Guy’s Miracle Train
|Ita=Treno senza Freno di Tipo Timido
|ItaM=Shy Guy's Unretained Train
|Kor=헤이호 익스프레스
|KorR=Heiho Ikseupeureseu
|KorM=Shy Guy Express
|Spa=Expreso de Shy Guy
|SpaM=Shy Guy's Express
}}

==References==
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