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'''Glitzville''' is a city that floats high up in the sky. It is found in the game ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. The city has a [[Hot Dog]] stand and [[Souvenir Shop]] on its left and a juice bar on the right, but the main attraction is the [[Glitz Pit]] in the middle. Glitzville is popular and gets visitors from all around the [[Mushroom World|world]], according to [[Goombella]]'s [[Tattle]] ability. There is also a pay phone in the left of the foreground.
{{quote|Today's weather in Glitzville is sunny with a chance of more sun. It's above the clouds, stupid.|Telephone Booth|[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]}}
'''Glitzville''' is a Chinese-style city built on an artificial floating island. It is the setting of [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Chapter 3: Of Glitz and Glory|Chapter 3]] in the game ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and its [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]]. The city has a [[Hot Dog Stand]] and [[souvenir shop (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|souvenir shop]] on its left and a [[Fresh Juice Shop|juice bar]] on the right, but the main attraction is the [[Glitz Pit]] in the middle. Glitzville is popular and gets visitors from all around the world, according to [[Goombella]]'s [[Tattle]]. There is also a pay phone in the left of the foreground. It also has a [[Hot Dog (item)|Hot Dog]] cut-out next to the Hot Dog Stand.


To reach Glitzville, Mario must take [[Cheep-Cheep Blimp|a blimp]] shaped like an enormous [[Cheep-Cheep]]. He gets a [[Blimp Ticket]] from [[Don Pianta]] for finding his daughter, [[Francesca Pianta]].
To reach Glitzville, Mario must take a [[blimp]] shaped like an enormous [[Cheep Cheep]]. However, Mario needs a ticket to access the blimp, which can be received from [[Don Pianta]] for finding his daughter, [[Francesca]].
==Inhabitants==
Glitzville attracts a number of different visitors, including many [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s, [[Lakitu]]s, [[Doogan]]s, and [[Bob-omb]]s.
===Main story===
*[[Jolene]]
*[[Mr. Hoggle]]
*[[Podler]]
*[[Glitz Pit Security]]
*The [[Ratooey]] [[businessman]] (after Chapter 6)
*[[Stewart]]
*A reporter of an unknown species, potentially the same species as Glitz Pit Security
*A [[Lakitu]] cameraman
*An orange female [[Toad (species)|Toad]] who loves traveling
*A green Toad who runs the [[souvenir shop (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|souvenir shop]]
*[[Battle Master]] ([[Nintendo Switch]] [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|remake]] only)
===Glitz Pit fighters===
These are the fighters that appear in the [[Glitz Pit]].
*[[Rawk Hawk]]
*[[Prince Mush]]
*[[Goomba Bros.|The Goomba Bros.]]
*[[KP Koopas|The KP Koopas]], including [[King K]]
*[[Pokey Triplets|The Koopa Triplets]]
*[[Spike Storm]]
*[[Hand-It-Overs|The Hand-It-Overs]], including [[Bandy Andy]]
*[[Mind-Bogglers|The Mind-Bogglers]]
*[[Punk Rocks|The Punk Rocks]]
*[[Bob-omb Squad (group)|The Bob-omb Squad]]
*[[Iron Adonis Twins|The Iron Adonis Twins]]
*[[Tiny Spinies|The Tiny Spinies]]
*[[Poker Faces|The Poker Faces]]
*[[Fuzz (group)|The Fuzz]]
*[[Shellshockers|The Shellshockers]]
*[[Magikoopa Masters|The Magikoopa Masters]]
*[[Craw-Daddy]]
*[[Hamma, Bamma, and Flare]]
*[[Chomp Country]]
*[[Koopinator|The Koopinator]]
*[[Wings of Night|The Wings of Night]], including [[Sir Swoop]]
*[[Destructors|The Destructors]]
===During Chapter 3===
*[[Grubba]]
*[[Yoshi Kid|The Great Gonzales Jr.]]
*[[Bub]]
*[[Goldbob]]
*[[Sylvia (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Sylvia]]
*[[Toodles]]
*[[Dupree]]
*[[Traveling Sisters Three]]


==Area Tattles==
==Items==
*Yup, this is Glitzville. It's so exotic; it feels like we're in another country! This is like an entertainment hub that attracts visitors from all over the world. The Glitz Pit is, obviously, the main attraction. That's where fighters duke it out. To the right: the Fresh Juice Shop. The Hot Dog Stand is to the left. Where to first?''
Additional items are on sale at the [[souvenir shop (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|souvenir shop]], which is located in the western part of Glitzville.
{|class="wikitable"
!Item
!Location
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|link=Hot Dog (item)|Hot Dog|game=NS}}
|Purchasable from the [[Hot Dog Stand]] from [[Mr. Hoggle]] for 10 [[coin]]s each.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Hot Sauce|game=NS}}
|Given and purchasable from the [[businessman]] after finishing [[Security code...|his trouble]].
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Inn Coupon|game=NS}}
|Behind the red poster to the front of the juice bar.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Power Plus P|game=NS}}
|In the chest box on the roof of the juice bar.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Shine Sprite|game=NS}}
|In the right of the area near the Glitz Pit. There is a hidden block below to reach it, or it can be reached later with a Spring Jump.
|-
|rowspan=5|{{PMTTYD item|link=Star Piece (Paper Mario series)|Star Piece|game=NS}} (×5)
|Behind the telephone booth in the southwest.
|-
|In the far-left corner inside the juicy shop.
|-
|Behind the east plants in front of the entrance to Glitz Pit.
|-
|Under a panel in the middle-south.
|-
|Under the Rawk Hawk poster on top of the juice shop. Requires Tube Mario or Koops.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|link=Storage Key|Storage Key yellow|text=Storage Key|game=NS}}
|Behind the telephone booth during one of [[Jolene|X]]'s missions.
|-
|{{PMTTYD item|Super Hammer|game=NS}}
|Given by [[Podler]] in the juice shop during Chapter 3.
|}


==Trivia==
===Hidden ? Block===
*In Japan, Glitzville is known as '''Ūron Machi''', which translates to '''Oolong Town''' (Oolong is a variety of Chinese tea). Perhaps oddly, the "Oolong Town" moniker actually survived on the Glitz Pit building's label on the official ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' website, although it was correctly referred to as "Glitzville" everywhere else.
{{main|List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
*If [[Goombella]] tattles on [[Stewart]] that is in Glitzville, she will break through the [[fourth wall]], even saying, "Oh, gosh. I just broke through the fourth wall there, didn't I? Sorry. Just forget it."
{|class="wikitable"
*When the camera pans across Glitzville at the start of Chapter Three, a poster of a Cleft can be seen behind the Hot Dog Stand, while no normal Clefts appear anywhere in Glitzville.
!Item
*When [[Jolene|"X"]] tells Mario to go to the watering hole X means the juice bar.
!Description
!Image
!Image (block revealed)
|-
|1 {{PMTTYD item|Coin|game=NS}}
|Outside, near the front-right pillar of the [[Glitz Pit]]'s entrance is a Shine Sprite. There's a hidden ? Block underneath it that Mario can reveal by hitting it with his Hammer.
|[[File:PMTTYDHiddenBlocks4.png|250px]]
|[[File:PMTTYDHiddenBlocks4R.png|250px]]
|}
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==Area Tattle==
*GameCube version: "''Yup, this is Glitzville. It's so exotic; it feels like we're in another country! This is like an entertainment hub that attracts visitors from all over the world. The Glitz Pit is, obviously, the main attraction. That's where fighters duke it out. To the right: the Fresh Juice Shop. The Hot Dog Stand is to the left. Where to first?''"
*Switch version: "''Yup, this is Glitzville. It's so exotic; it feels like we're in another country! This is like an entertainment hub that attracts visitors from all over the world. The Glitz Pit is, obviously, the main attraction. That's where fighters duke it out. There's also the fresh-juice shop. And the souvenir shop. And the hot-dog stand too! Let's visit 'em all!''"
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Glitzpitoutside.png|The outside of the [[Glitz Pit]]
Glitz Pit.png|The Glitz Pit
Souvenirshop.png|The souvenir shop
Hotdogstand.png|[[Mr. Hoggle]]'s [[Hot Dog Stand]] with [[Yoshi Kid]]'s [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]] on its awning
Freshjuicebar.png|The inside of the [[Fresh Juice Shop]]
PMTTYDNS Glitzville Photo Op 1.jpg|Mario and Goombella posing at the Hot Dog cut-out
PMTTYDNS Glitzville Photo Op 2.jpg|Mario and Yoshi Kid posing at the Hot Dog cut-out
PMTTYDNS concept art characters 6.png|Concept art of Glitzville/Glitz Pit characters
</gallery>
{{PMTTYD map}}
 
==In-game map description==
*''A floating city in the sky known for its exotic atmosphere. Warriors fight daily here in thrilling bouts that take place in the city's arena. It's rumored that the rich and famous bet on the fights here.''


==Names in other Languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreignname
{{foreign names
|Jap=ウーロン街<br>''Ūron Machi''
|Jap=ウーロン街
|JapM=Oolong Town
|JapR=Ūron-gai
|Fra=Yunnanville
|JapM={{wp|Oolong}} Town
|FraM=-
|ChiS=乌龙街
|ChiSR=Wūlóng Jiē
|ChiSM=Oolong Street
|ChiT=烏龍街
|ChiTR=Wūlóng Jiē
|ChiTM=Oolong Street
|Dut=Knokwijck
|DutM=Brawlwich; ''-wijk'' ("district") is often used as a suffix for Dutch toponyms, equivalent to the Engish [[wiktionary:-wich|-wich]]; ''{{wp|Wijck}}'' is a Dutch surname derived from ''wijk'' and resembles Old Dutch spelling, possibly to evoke the Oriental style of Glitzville)
|Fre=Yunnanville
|FreM=From "{{wp|Yunnan}}" and ''ville'' ("city")
|Ger=Falkenheim
|GerM=Hawk's Home
|Ita=Oolong
|Kor=우롱 거리
|KorR=Urong Geori
|KorM=Oolong Street
|Spa=Ciudad Dojo
|Spa=Ciudad Dojo
|SpaM=Dojo City
|SpaM=Dojo City
|Ger=Falkenheim
}}
|GerM="Falke" is german and means Hawk."Heim" means home.
 
|Ita=Oolong
==Trivia==
|ItaM=Just as the Japanese name}}
*The Japanese "Oolongtown" moniker appeared on the Glitz Pit building's label on the official ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' website,{{ref needed}} although it was referred to as "Glitzville" everywhere else.
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*When the camera pans across Glitzville at the start of Chapter 3, a poster of a [[Moon Cleft]] can be seen behind the [[Hot Dog Stand]], while no normal Clefts appear anywhere in Glitzville.
{{PM2}}
*In the model of Glitzville that appears when Mario is being lowered into city, the sign that reads "Glitzville" instead reads "Urontown", a partial romanization of its Japanese name.<ref>
[[Category:Places]]
BeardBear (September 22, 2023). [https://youtu.be/ZbcTaNBM7Ao?t=18918 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door HD - Full Game 100% Walkthrough]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved May 12, 2024.</ref><ref>boroboro (August 19, 2021). [https://youtu.be/xnplf2aoA_o?t=758 ペーパーマリオRPG 飛行船のチケット]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved February 4, 2024.</ref>
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Locations]]
 
[[Category:Cities and Towns]]
==References==
[[Category:Sky Locations]]
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[[Category:Sky areas]]
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Latest revision as of 15:26, June 13, 2024

Glitzville
Mario and Goombella arriving in Glitzville for the first time.
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Greater location Rogueport's surrounding areas
Inhabitants Lakitus, Bob-ombs, Toads, etc.
“Today's weather in Glitzville is sunny with a chance of more sun. It's above the clouds, stupid.”
Telephone Booth, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Glitzville is a Chinese-style city built on an artificial floating island. It is the setting of Chapter 3 in the game Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its Nintendo Switch remake. The city has a Hot Dog Stand and souvenir shop on its left and a juice bar on the right, but the main attraction is the Glitz Pit in the middle. Glitzville is popular and gets visitors from all around the world, according to Goombella's Tattle. There is also a pay phone in the left of the foreground. It also has a Hot Dog cut-out next to the Hot Dog Stand.

To reach Glitzville, Mario must take a blimp shaped like an enormous Cheep Cheep. However, Mario needs a ticket to access the blimp, which can be received from Don Pianta for finding his daughter, Francesca.

Inhabitants[edit]

Glitzville attracts a number of different visitors, including many Toads, Lakitus, Doogans, and Bob-ombs.

Main story[edit]

Glitz Pit fighters[edit]

These are the fighters that appear in the Glitz Pit.

During Chapter 3[edit]

Items[edit]

Additional items are on sale at the souvenir shop, which is located in the western part of Glitzville.

Item Location
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Hot Dog Purchasable from the Hot Dog Stand from Mr. Hoggle for 10 coins each.
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Hot Sauce Given and purchasable from the businessman after finishing his trouble.
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Inn Coupon Behind the red poster to the front of the juice bar.
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Power Plus P In the chest box on the roof of the juice bar.
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Shine Sprite In the right of the area near the Glitz Pit. There is a hidden block below to reach it, or it can be reached later with a Spring Jump.
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Star Piece (×5) Behind the telephone booth in the southwest.
In the far-left corner inside the juicy shop.
Behind the east plants in front of the entrance to Glitz Pit.
Under a panel in the middle-south.
Under the Rawk Hawk poster on top of the juice shop. Requires Tube Mario or Koops.
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Storage Key Behind the telephone booth during one of X's missions.
Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Super Hammer Given by Podler in the juice shop during Chapter 3.

Hidden ? Block[edit]

Main article: List of hidden blocks in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Item Description Image Image (block revealed)
1 Icon of an item from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Coin Outside, near the front-right pillar of the Glitz Pit's entrance is a Shine Sprite. There's a hidden ? Block underneath it that Mario can reveal by hitting it with his Hammer. Screenshot of Mario at a hidden ? Block location in Glitzville, in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Screenshot of Mario using his Hammer to reveal a hidden "stepping stone" ? Block in Glitzville, in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.

Area Tattle[edit]

  • GameCube version: "Yup, this is Glitzville. It's so exotic; it feels like we're in another country! This is like an entertainment hub that attracts visitors from all over the world. The Glitz Pit is, obviously, the main attraction. That's where fighters duke it out. To the right: the Fresh Juice Shop. The Hot Dog Stand is to the left. Where to first?"
  • Switch version: "Yup, this is Glitzville. It's so exotic; it feels like we're in another country! This is like an entertainment hub that attracts visitors from all over the world. The Glitz Pit is, obviously, the main attraction. That's where fighters duke it out. There's also the fresh-juice shop. And the souvenir shop. And the hot-dog stand too! Let's visit 'em all!"

Gallery[edit]

RogueportPetalburgPetal MeadowsHooktail CastleThe Great TreeBoggly WoodsPirate's GrottoKeelhaul KeyTwilight TownTwilight TrailFahr OutpostCreepy SteepleMoonX-Naut FortressGlitzvillePoshley SanctumRiverside StationPoshley HeightsA map of Rogueport and the surrounding areas visited during Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Click an area to open the relevant article.

In-game map description[edit]

  • A floating city in the sky known for its exotic atmosphere. Warriors fight daily here in thrilling bouts that take place in the city's arena. It's rumored that the rich and famous bet on the fights here.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ウーロン街
Ūron-gai
Oolong Town

Chinese (simplified) 乌龙街
Wūlóng Jiē
Oolong Street

Chinese (traditional) 烏龍街
Wūlóng Jiē
Oolong Street

Dutch Knokwijck
Brawlwich; -wijk ("district") is often used as a suffix for Dutch toponyms, equivalent to the Engish -wich; Wijck is a Dutch surname derived from wijk and resembles Old Dutch spelling, possibly to evoke the Oriental style of Glitzville)
French Yunnanville
From "Yunnan" and ville ("city")
German Falkenheim
Hawk's Home
Italian Oolong
-
Korean 우롱 거리
Urong Geori
Oolong Street

Spanish Ciudad Dojo
Dojo City

Trivia[edit]

  • The Japanese "Oolongtown" moniker appeared on the Glitz Pit building's label on the official Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door website,[citation needed] although it was referred to as "Glitzville" everywhere else.
  • When the camera pans across Glitzville at the start of Chapter 3, a poster of a Moon Cleft can be seen behind the Hot Dog Stand, while no normal Clefts appear anywhere in Glitzville.
  • In the model of Glitzville that appears when Mario is being lowered into city, the sign that reads "Glitzville" instead reads "Urontown", a partial romanization of its Japanese name.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ BeardBear (September 22, 2023). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door HD - Full Game 100% Walkthrough. YouTube. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  2. ^ boroboro (August 19, 2021). ペーパーマリオRPG 飛行船のチケット. YouTube. Retrieved February 4, 2024.