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Reporter

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This article is about the character from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. For the character from the Rhythm Heaven series that has also appeared in the WarioWare series, see Reporter & Wrestler.

The title of this article is from an official source, but is based on development data such as an internal filename.
If an acceptable public name is found, then the article should be moved to the new title.

Reporter
The Reporter from the Glitz Pit
Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
“Yo! Outta the way, pal! I don't do stories on nobodies, sorry! Move it or lose it!”
—Reporter, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

The reporter[1] is a seasoned reporter who covers fights in Glitzville's Glitz Pit in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He is normally seen in the Glitz Pit's lobby alongside a Lakitu cameraman, who Goombella says he helps direct. With a microphone in hand, he is always interested in getting the latest scoop on Glitz Pit fighters, though he only devotes real attention to champions such as Rawk Hawk as well as fighters in the Major League. His race is never stated, though he shares some similarities with the Glitz Pit Security. He also somewhat resembles a pineapple, with an orange body and a spiky green tuft of hair that looks like pineapple leaves. Most of the questions he asks his interviewees consist of unusual metaphors.

History

“Yo! Yo! Great Gonzales! I hear you've thrown your hat back into the fighting ring!”
—Reporter, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Glitzville Residents
The reporter joins others in Glitzville to lend support to Mario in the remake.

After King K encourages Mario to go visit the nearby Hot Dog Stand, Mario tries to exit the Glitz Pit only to find himself surrounded by adoring Toad and Lakitu fans of Rawk Hawk. The reporter and his cameraman are on the scene, eager to report on a celebrity of Rawk Hawk's caliber. The reporter and the cameraman remain uninterested in Mario until he advances in rank substantially.

After Mario defeats Rawk Hawk and becomes the champion, the reporter is vastly more interested in hearing from Mario and his party members. He asks Mario are variety of questions, ranging from what kind of soda pop he would be, what noise he would make if he was a jungle animal, what kind of tasty chip he is, whether he is an android or a cyborg, what kind of soup ingredient he is, what kind of swim trunks he wears, and who he would be if he was a video-game hero. His interest is heightened even more when, with guidance from the mysterious X, Mario uncovers the truth behind Prince Mush's disappearance and exposes Grubba's corruption. If Mario chooses to return to the Glitz Pit after this, the reporter will express great enthusiasm to see him again.

During Mario's battle against the Shadow Queen, the cameraman gather with others in Glitzville to shout support into the Gold Star to empower Mario in the fight. In the remake on the Nintendo Switch, the cameraman and even more from Glitzville join the reporter to also give their support.

In the game's parade, the reporter's silhouette can be seen with the Glitzville characters in the original game; in the remake, he walks on stage with the Lakitu cameraman as they attempted to interview Grubba. After Grubba transforms into Macho Grubba, the reporter hurriedly runs after him to get a comment, frantically waving his microphone.

Tattle

  • "That's a local reporter. I'm pretty sure he covers the fight scene. He's such a veteran, he even directs the rookie cameraman next to him."

Gallery

  • The reporter in the Glitz Pit's lobby
    The reporter in the Glitz Pit's lobby
  • Concept art of the reporter
    Concept art of the reporter

Name in other languages

LanguageNameMeaningNote(s)Ref.
Japaneseレポーター
Repōtā
Reporter[2]
Chinese (Simplified)播报员
Bōbàoyuán (Mandarin)
Broadcaster[3]
Chinese (Traditional)播報員
Bōbàoyuán (Mandarin)
[4]
DutchPlaatselijke journalistLocal journalist[5]
French (Canada)Journaliste sportifSports journalist[6]
GermanSportreporterSports reporter[7]
ItalianReporter dello stadioStadium's reporter[8]
Korean리포터
Lipoteo
Reporter[9]
Spanish (Latin America)Periodista localLocal journalist[10]

References

  1. ^ Character's ID found in data_character_npc.elf.zst and data_model_npc.elf.zst is "リポーター", a loanword for "reporter"
  2. ^ 「とうぎ場じょうの レポーターよ つまり 選手せんしゅを レポートする人ひとね」– Goombella (May 23, 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  3. ^ "这是斗技场的播报员哦。也就是负责播报比赛的人。" – Goombella (May 23, 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Simplified Chinese. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  4. ^ 「他是鬥技場的播報員喔。也就是報導選手消息的人。」– Goombella (May 23, 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Traditional Chinese. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  5. ^ "Dit is de plaatselijke journalist. Het ziet ernaar uit dat hij verslag uitbrengt over de vechtjassen." – Goombella (May 23, 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (Dutch). Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  6. ^ « C'est un journaliste sportif. Je crois qu'il couvre les combats » – Goombella (May 23, 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of America (Canadian French). Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  7. ^ „Ein Sportreporter. Also jemand, der über die Champions berichtet.“ – Goombella (May 23, 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (German). Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  8. ^ «Lui è il reporter dello stadio. Sa tutto sui lottatori.» – Goombella (May 23, 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  9. ^ "투기장 리포터야 즉 선수를 취재하는 사랑이지" – Goombella (May 23, 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Korean. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  10. ^ "Es un periodista local. Cubre las noticias relacionadas con el mundo de la lucha." – Goombella (May 23, 2024). Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch). Nintendo of America (Latin American Spanish). Retrieved September 9, 2026.
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo GameCube / Nintendo Switch)
Main characters Bobbery • Flurrie • Goombella • Koops • Mario • Ms. Mowz • Princess Peach • Vivian • X-Nauts • Yoshi Kid
Species Bub-ulb • Craw • Crow • Doogan • Duplighost • Glitz Pit Security • Jabbi • Little Mouser • 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 Regular Lord Crump • Blooper (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door boss) • Gold Fuzzy • Three Shadows (Beldam • Marilyn • Vivian/Doopliss) • The Iron Adonis Twins • Rawk Hawk • Gloomtail • Grodus • Bowser • Kammy Koopa
Chapter Hooktail • Magnus von Grapple • Macho Grubba • Doopliss • Cortez • Smorg • Magnus von Grapple 2.0 • Shadow Queen
Optional Gus • Atomic Boo • Bonetail • Prince Musha • Whackaa
Non-playable characters Rogueport Arfur • Badge clerk • Bomberto • Chet Rippo • Darkly • Dazzle • Eddy the Mask • Goomez • Goomfrey • Goomther • Grifty • Herb T. • Ian Foomusa • Lahla • Laki • Larson • Lucky • Luigi and his party (Blooey · Hayzee · Jerry · Screamy · Torque) • Lumpy • McGoomba • Merlee • Merlon • Merluvlee • Mousimilian • Peeka • Pianta syndicate (Don Pianta · Francesca · Frankie · Rocko · Tony · Vinny) • Plenn T. • Podley • Professor Frankly • Robbo Thieves (Garf · Goose · Gus · Ishnail · Pierre) • Swindell • Toadsworth • Wonky • Zess T.
Glitz Pit teams The Bob-omb Squad (Master Crash) • Chomp Country • Craw-Daddy • The Dead Bones • The Destructors • The Fuzz • The Goomba Bros. • Hamma, Bamma, and Flare (Hamma Jamma) • The Hand-It-Overs (Bandy Andy) • The Iron Adonis Twins • The Koopinator • The KP Koopas (King K) • The Magikoopa Masters • The Mind-Bogglers • The Poker Faces • The Pokey Triplets • The Punk Rocks (Cleftor) • Rawk Hawk • The Shellshockers (Shellshock) • Spike Storm • The Tiny Spinies (Spiky Joe) • Wings of Night (Sir Swoop)
Other / wandering Battle Mastera • Bootler • Bub • Bub-ulber • Businessman • Charlieton • Chef Shimi • Chestnut King • Creepy Steeple Boo • Doe T. • Doopliss's parrot • Dupree • Eve • Excess Express conductor • Excess Express engineer • Excess Express waitress • Fahr Outpost mayor • Flavio • Flo • Francesca • Frankie • Fred • General White • Ghost T. • Gloomer • Gob • Goldbob • Goom Goom • Grubba • Heff T. • Jabble • Johnson • Jolene • Koopie Koo • Koopley • Koopook • Korvallis • Kroop • Lady Bow • Mayor Dour • Maude • Mover • Mr. Hoggle • Niff T. • Nob • Pa-Patch • Parakarry • Pennington • Petuni • Pine T. Jr. • Pine T. Sr. • Podler • Porter • Prince Mush • Pungent • Pungry • Punio • Puniper • Puni elder • Reporter • Rob • Scarlette • Stewart • Swob • Sylvia • TEC • Thriff T. • Toad sailor • Toad sailor's brother • Toad salesmana • Toadette • Toadia • Toce T. • Toodles • Traveling Sisters Three • Twilight Shop manager • Twilight Shop manager's wife • Whacka • 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-Naut (Elite · PhD · platoon) • Yux (Grodus X · Mini · X-Yux (Mini) · Z-Yux (Mini))

Locations Rogueport Lovely Howz of Badges • Pianta Parlor • Podley's Place • Rogueport Underground (Deepdown Depot · Herb T.'s place · Pit of 100 Trials) • Trouble Center • Toad Bros. Bazaar • Westside Goods
Chapter 1 Petal Meadows • Petalburg (Niff T.'s shop) • (Path to) Shhwonk Fortress • Hooktail Castle
Chapter 2 Boggly Woods (Flurrie's House) • Great Tree (Pungent's Great Tree Shop)
Chapter 3 Glitzville (Fresh Juice Shop · Hot Dog Stand · Souvenir shop) • Glitz Pit
Chapter 4 Twilight Town (Twilight Shop) • Twilight Trail • Creepy Steeple
Chapter 5 Keelhaul Key (Keelhaul Galleria) • Pirate's Grotto
Chapter 6 Excess Express (Sales Stall) • Riverside Station • Poshley Heights (Poshley Sanctum)
Chapter 7 (Path to) Fahr Outpost (Northwinds Mart) • Moon (X-Naut Fortress)
Chapter 8 Palace of Shadow (Tower)
Bowser World 1 • World 2 • World 3
Miscellaneous Bowser's Castle • Inn • Item Shop • Mario Bros.' House
Items and objects Items Badge • Coin • Flower • Heart • Meat • Pianta token • Shine Sprite • Star Piece • Stone keys
Objects Big Bob • Black chest • Black Skull • Boat panel • Brick block • Candy Pop • Cheep Blimp • Chomp Rock • Cog • Coin block • Coral • Crystal Ball • Elevator • Flagpole • Hidden block • Koopa Clown Car • Metal Block • Plane panel • Power-draining machine • Recovery block • S.S. Flavion • Save Block • Shine Block • Stone Block • Switch • Teleporter • The Thousand-Year Door • Treasure chest • Warp Pipe • Waterfall • X-Naut ship • Yellow Block
Moves General Action Command • Appeal • Charge • First Strike • Flee • Guard • Stylish move • Superguard
Mario Jump (Spin · Spring) • Hammer (Super · Ultra) • Plane Mode • Paper Mode • Tube Mode • Boat Mode
Special Sweet Treat • Earth Tremor • Clock Out • Power Lift • Art Attack • Sweet Feast • Showstopper • Supernova
Goombella Headbonk • Tattle • Multibonk • Rally Wink
Koops Shell Toss • Power Shell • Shell Shield • Shell Slam
Flurrie Body Slam • Gale Force • Lip Lock • Dodgy Fog
Yoshi Kid Ground Pound • Gulp • Mini-Egg • Stampede
Vivian Shade Fist • Veil • Fiery Jinx • Infatuate
Bobbery Bomb • Bomb Squad • Hold Fast • Bob-ombast
Ms. Mowz Love Slap • Kiss Thief • Tease • Smooch
Game mechanics Stats Badge Point • Defense • Flower Point • Heart Point • Power • Star Point • Star Power
Status effects Allergic • Burn • Charged • Confused • Danger • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Dodgy • Electrified • Fast • Frozen • Huge • Immobilized • Invisible • Payback • Peril • Poison • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • Regeneration • Sleep • Slow • Soft • Tiny
Battle Audience • Bingo! • Level up • Stage
Minigames 65th Trivia Quiz-Off • 66th Trivia Quiz-Off • Happy Lucky Lottery • Pianta Parlor games • Stump Petuni
Miscellaneous Loading zone
Music "Rogueport" • "Master of Action Commands"a • "Battle - Chapter 1" • "Battle - Hooktail" • "Battle - Magnus von Grapple" • "Catch That Egg!" • "Event Battle - The Champ" • "Battle - Prince Mush"a • "Riverside Station Platform" • "Riverside Station Premises"a • "Poshley Heights" • "Final Battle - Shadow Queen" • "Mario's House" • "Ms. Mowz" • "Super Luigi" • "Meanwhile, Princess Peach..." • "Attack-a of the Whacka!"a
Lists and sub-articles

Art Gallerya • Badges • Battle tipsa • Bestiary (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Block locations (Hidden) • Enemy formations • Enemy item drop tables • Gallery (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Glitches (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Music names in other languages • Names for Grifty's tales in other languages • Nintendo Music (soundtrack (GameCube · Nintendo Switch)) • Partner Hintsa • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes (By character: A–F · G–K · L–R · S–Z) • Recipes • Selling prices • Shine Sprites • Shops • Sound Gallerya • Staff (Nintendo GameCube · Nintendo Switch) • Star Pieces • Star Point amounts • Story predictions • Tattles (Nintendo Switch) • Text changesa • Treasure chest locations • Unnamed NPCs

Miscellaneous Nintendo Characters: Paper Mario RPG • Flash game • Paper Mario RPG Special Comic • Parade • Rogueport Direct Mail Service • What's new? Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
a Exclusive to the Nintendo Switch remake
Related Play Nintendo activities
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