Editing Audience

[[File:PMTTYD NS Audience Artwork 3.png|thumb|250px|Artwork of the audience from the [[Nintendo Switch]] version of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'']]
{{quote|If you can get the audience excited, you'll build up more [[Star Power]].|Professor Frankly|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
The '''audience''' (or '''crowd''') is a group of minor characters that appear in the background of several games, primarily spinoffs. Audiences appear in a variety of sports games in stadiums or sidelines, but most of the time have no effect on gameplay beyond occasional crowd noises in certain games. Furthermore, some installments of the ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series starting with ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' have an unseen audience that claps and cheers after certain goals are met. Audiences have their most important role in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', where they assist in a majority of the battles.

Early on, audiences were portrayed simply as flashing blobs of color, though as game technology improved, they became more often animated textures featuring recognizable ''Super Mario'' characters or even simple models for closer members. Some common audience members are [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s, [[Koopa Troopa]]s, [[Shy Guy]]s, [[Goomba]]s, [[Pianta]]s, and [[Boo]]s.

==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
[[File:PMTTYD2.png|thumb|500px|All possible audience members in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'']]
{{main|Stage (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)}}
In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|its remake]], every battle is performed on a stage in front of the audience. They can either be allies or enemies during the battles. The audience appears in the bottom of the screen, giving Mario [[Star Power|SP]] when he attacks enemies, except when they are made up of [[Dull Bones]]. SP is used to refill Mario's Star Power which he needs to use [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]] moves.

However, audience members are not only useful for restoring Star Power. Some interact with the combatants or other members. Additionally, the bosses [[Hooktail]], [[Cortez]], and the [[Shadow Queen]] can use the members as a power source, restoring [[Heart Point|HP]] upon eating or absorbing the members. [[Magnus von Grapple 2.0]] uses audience members offensively, sucking up and launching them at Mario and his partners.

The audience may also throw objects at Mario, which can be helpful or harmful. The items that aid Mario can range from one [[coin]] to items such as the [[Boo's Sheet]]. Even powerful items such as [[Jammin' Jelly|Jammin' Jellies]] can be received, albeit rarely. In any case, if an item is thrown onstage and his inventory is full, the item simply falls on the stage and disappear. The items that hurt him range from rocks to crushed soda cans, never doing more than a few points of damage. In either case, a warning flashes before an audience member is about to throw something at Mario. The player has a few seconds to press {{button|gcn|X}} to attack the offending member and have them temporarily flee the theater. Alternatively, the player can choose to do nothing to receive the item. The warning does not differentiate between good and bad items, so it is possible to attack an audience member offering a helpful item. When this happens, not only does this member flee, but several others do as well, but it is temporary. The player can also attack the audience member while the object has already been thrown. If the item is harmful, Mario can also switch places with his partner just before the item hits him, successfully dodging the item.

Getting a [[Shine Sprite]] "[[Bingo!]]" causes every seat in the audience to fill. Any other "Bingo!," with the exception of the [[Poison Mushroom]], fills half the capacity of the crowd. If three Poison Mushrooms are matched, however, every audience member runs away and Mario and his current partners' HP, [[Flower Point|FP]], and SP are cut in half (by a third in the remake). Players can always attract audience members again by doing well in the battle, and the next battle always has a new crowd with other characters and usually the same species of characters. Leveling up also fills every seat, except if the player levels up after defeating Hooktail, in which the audience remains completely empty.

The maximum capacity of the audience depends on Mario's level. The bigger the crowd, the more Star Power he and his party can restore each turn. Mario rises one rank every ten levels, beginning the game with the Rising Star level.
*Rising Star: 50
*B-List Star: 100
*A-List Star: 150
*Superstar: 200

During certain boss fights, the audience will have the same members every time.
*[[Red Bones]]: All Dull Bones.
*[[Hooktail]]: Eight Toads on the right side.
*[[Magnus von Grapple]]: Half Punies (left side) and half X-Nauts (right side).
*[[Big Boo|Atomic Boo]]: All Boos.
*[[Grodus]]: All X-Nauts.
*[[Prince Mush]] (remake only): All Toads.

Outside of battle, audiences only appear in the [[Glitz Pit]], usually watching the battles. During two portions of Chapter 3, they swarm the lobby (for [[Rawk Hawk]] and Mario, respectively), which slows down Mario's ability to walk through it similar to the [[Dull Bones]] in [[Hooktail Castle]]. The battle audience is also shown in the ending as the audience of [[Flurrie]]'s new play.

====''Super Paper Mario''====
[[File:SPM Blobule Stylish.png|thumb|250px|''Super Paper Mario''{{'}}s audience]]
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', an audience of sorts appears whenever Mario or another playable character attacks an enemy and does a stylish move, which is done by shaking the [[Wii#Wii Remote|Wii Remote]] when [[stomp]]ing on an enemy. They appear along the edges of the screen as paper cutouts. This approval of the audience gives the player a higher [[Point|score]] than if they have just jumped on an enemy. The crowd in this game only has a handful of species from the previous game, taking out most of the species.

====''Paper Mario: The Origami King''====
In ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', the audience plays a more active role. As Mario rescues Toads folded up throughout the world, more of them fill the stands in each battle. Mario can pay the audience up to 999 coins a turn for assistance. In regular battles, they can automatically solve puzzles, damage enemies, and provide items and healing. For boss battles, they can scatter items across the ring grid, show the path that Mario takes in the ring's current configuration, and provide items and healing. The more audience members that Mario has recruited and the more he pays them, the greater these effects are. The Toads also make comments on the enemies Mario is currently facing or on the attack Mario is currently using.

===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
====''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''====
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', an audience of [[Shroob]]s appears during the battle against [[Shrooboid Brat]] in the [[Koopaseum]]. They direct the Shrooboid's attacks by holding up colored signs with an "M" or an "L" symbol on them, though sometimes the colors are reversed to trick the player. They are used to direct where it will shoot [[fireball]]s from [[Fire Flower]]s as well [[Mushroom]]s, and [[Poison Mushroom]]s that are passed across the crowd, as well as determine where it will throw its lollipop depending on which sign is held up more times in the audience.

====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''====
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', an audience appears during the fight against [[Midbus]] in [[Fawful Theater]]. They throw [[coin]]s at a contender that pulls off a successful attack. They also sometimes throw food on the stage, which can be eaten by either party to restore [[Heart Point|HP]].

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Run''====
{{main|Toad (species)}}
In the Toad Rally mode of ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', players compete against the "ghost data" of other players. One of the objectives of the mode is to impress Toads by performing stylish moves. This causes the Toad to cheer for the player. The Toads are displayed at the bottom of the screen, in the foreground. At the end of a run, the Toads cheering for each player multiply the number of coins they collected. These coin totals are the final score. The Toads are described as a "crowd" in the screen before a run showing which color Toads can appear during that run.

====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
In ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', an audience resembling the one from ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' (but silhouetted) appears as one of the animations that can be placed with the [[Soundfrog]]. It is made up of Mario, Luigi, Toads, Yoshi and Princess Peach.

==Characters in the audience==
===''Donkey Kong 64''===
*[[Kritter]]s

===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
In this game, an audience only makes a small appearance in [[Chuck Quizmo]]'s stage.
*[[Baby Yoshi]]
*[[Goompapa]]
*[[Jr. Troopa]]
*[[Lakitu]]
*[[Luigi]]
*[[Koopa Bros.|Ninjakoopa]]
*[[Bumpty|Penguin]]
*[[Shy Guy]]
*[[Toad (species)|Toad]]
*[[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]

====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
In this game, characters do not appear in the audience until the Chapter they are introduced in. For example, Punies do not appear until [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Chapter 2: The Great Boggly Tree|Chapter 2]], Bulky Bob-ombs do not appear until [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door#Chapter 5: The Key to Pirates|Chapter 5]] (with the exception of the [[Macho Grubba]] and second [[Doopliss]] fight in the GameCube version), and so on. The only exception is inside the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]], where all possible types of members can appear in the lower floors. Upon returning to previous areas, the battles there can still only have the types of audience members they originally had - for example, the lone [[Spiked Goomba|Spiky Goomba]] in [[Rogueport Underground]] can only ever have Toads, Goombas, Shy Guys, and/or Luigi in its battles' audiences.

In the Switch remake, to compensate for the drastic weakening of Star Power multipliers elsewhere, all audience members have a higher base value for provided Star Power.<ref>https://supermariofiles.wordpress.com/2024/07/12/ttyd-battle-bits-026-star-power-level/</ref>
<gallery>
PMTTYD Macho Grubba Audience Power-Up.png|[[Macho Grubba]] getting invisibility
PMTTYD Shy Guy Audience.png|A Shy Guy affecting the stage
PMTTYDNS Shy Guy.jpg|A Shy Guy affecting the stage in the remake
</gallery>
{|class="wikitable"
!Character!!Base SP (GCN)!!Base SP (Switch)!!Description!!Possible thrown objects
|-
|align=center|[[File:PMTTYD Boo Audience Sprite.png]]<br>[[Boo]]s
|1||5
|Randomly turns a character in the battle [[Invisible]] for 1 turn.
|align=center|[[Repel Cape]]<br>[[Boo's Sheet]]<br>[[Spite Pouch]]<br>Rocks<br>Cans
|-
|align=center|[[File:PMTTYD Bulky Bob-Omb Audience Sprite.png]]<br>[[Bulky Bob-omb]]s
|1||2
|Takes up two seats, reducing total audience capacity.<br>Randomly ignites their fuse, exploding 5 turns later, causing audience members caught in the blast to be launched out of the audience, and causing any Bulky Bob-ombs caught in the blast to also explode.
|align=center|-
|-
|align=center|[[File:PMTTYD Crazee Dayzee Audience Sprite.png]]<br>[[Crazee Dayzee]]s
|1||4
|Randomly sings, causing most of the audience to fall asleep for 3 turns, preventing them from providing Star Power and participating in the [[Clock Out]] move.
|align=center|-
|-
|align=center|[[File:PMTTYD Dull Bones Audience Sprite.png]]<br>[[Dull Bones]]
|0||2
|Only provides Star Power after using [[Appeal]]. (GCN version only)<br>No unique behavior. (Switch version only)
|align=center|Bones<br>Rocks<br>Cans
|-
|align=center|[[File:PMTTYD Goomba Audience Sprite.png]]<br>[[Goomba]]s
|1||2
|No unique behavior.
|align=center|Rocks<br>Cans
|-
|align=center|[[File:PMTTYD Hammer Bro Audience Sprite.png]]<br>[[Hammer Bro]]s.
|1||4
|Throws a hammer at [[Mario]] if he fails a hammer attack.
|align=center|Hammers<br>
|-
|align=center|[[File:PMTTYD Green Koopa Troopa Audience Sprite.png]]<br>[[Koopa Troopa]]s
|1||5
|Randomly hides in their shell for 5 turns. During this time, it won't provide Star Power until it comes back out.
|align=center|[[Coin]]s<br>[[Heart (item)|Hearts]]<br>[[Flower (Paper Mario series)|Flowers]]<br>[[Courage Shell]]<br>[[POW Block]]<br>Rocks<br>Cans
|-
|align=center|[[File:PMTTYD Luigi Audience Sprite.png]]<br>[[Luigi]]
|1||4
|There can only be one Luigi.<br>Will not be ejected from the audience if he is attacked by mistake. (GCN version only)
|align=center|[[Coin]]s<br>[[Heart (item)|Hearts]]<br>[[Flower (Paper Mario series)|Flowers]]<br>[[Mushroom]]s<br>[[Super Mushroom]]s<br>[[Ultra Mushroom]]s<br>[[Honey Syrup]]<br>[[Maple Syrup]]<br>[[Jammin' Jelly]]<br>[[Shooting Star (item)|Shooting Star]]<br>Rocks
|-
|align=center|[[File:PMTTYD Piranha Plant Audience Sprite.png]]<br>[[Piranha Plant]]s
|1||2
|Randomly eats an adjacent audience member after the enemy turn.
|align=center|-
|-
|align=center|[[File:PMTTYD Puni Audience Sprite.png]]<br>[[Puni]]es
|1||5
|May swarm the audience if Mario uses a [[Stylish move]]. Flees upon hearing certain loud noises.
|align=center|[[Coin]]s<br>[[Heart (item)|Hearts]]<br>[[Flower (Paper Mario series)|Flower]]s<br>[[Dried Mushroom]]s<br>[[Honey Syrup]]<br>[[Maple Syrup]]<br>[[Jammin' Jelly]]<br>[[Tasty Tonic]]<br>[[Slow Mushroom]]s<br>[[Gradual Syrup]]
|-
|align=center|[[File:PMTTYD Shy Guy Audience Sprite.png]]<br>[[Shy Guy]]s
|1||4
|Randomly jumps on the stage, triggering a [[Stage (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)#Stage hazards|stage hazard]].
|align=center|[[Ice Storm]]<br>[[Earth Quake]]<br>[[Volt Mushroom]]<br>[[Sleepy Sheep]]<br>[[Dizzy Dial]]<br>[[Ruin Powder]]<br>[[Power Punch]]<br>[[Stop Watch|Stopwatch]]<br>[[Mini Mr. Mini]]<br>[[Mr. Softener]]<br>[[Point Swap]]<br>[[Fright Mask]]<br>[[Mystery]]<br>[[HP Drain (item)|HP Drain]]<br>Rocks<br>Cans
|-
|align=center|[[File:PMTTYD Toad Audience Sprite.png]]<br>[[Toad (species)|Toad]]s
|3||7
|No unique behavior.<br>Provides more Star Power than any other character of the audience.
|align=center|[[Coin]]s<br>[[Heart (item)|Heart]]s<br>[[Flower (Paper Mario series)|Flowers]]<br>[[Mushroom]]s<br>[[Super Mushroom]]s<br>[[Ultra Mushroom]]s<br>[[Life Mushroom (Paper Mario series)|Life Mushroom]]s<br>[[Honey Syrup]]<br>[[Fire Flower]]s<br>[[Thunder Rage]]<br>[[Shooting Star (item)|Shooting Star]]
|-
|align=center|[[File:PMTTYD X-Naut Audience Sprite.png]]<br>[[X-Naut]]s
|1||2
|May throw a rock at Mario if the battle drags on for too long.<br>May throw a rock if Mario lands an attack that does nothing or receives contact damage. All other X-Nauts in the crowd will feign also throwing a rock.
|align=center|Rocks<br>Cans
|}

====''Super Paper Mario''====
*[[Goomba]]s
*[[Koopa Troopa]]s
*[[Shy Guy]]s
*[[Toad (species)|Toad]]s

====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'' / ''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
In these games, an audience only appears during [[Snifit or Whiffit]].
*[[Snifit]]s

====''Paper Mario: The Origami King''====
*[[Toad (species)|Toad]]s
*[[Shy Guy]]s (during ''[[Shy Guys Finish Last]]'')

===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''====
In ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'', the audience only appears during the award ceremony.
*[[Bob-omb]]s
*[[Goomba]]s
*[[Hammer Bro]]
*[[Koopa Paratroopa]]
*[[Koopa Troopa]]s
*[[Shy Guy]]
*[[Toad (species)|Toad]]s

====''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''====
*[[Boo]]s
*[[Donkey Kong Jr.|Donkey Kong Jr]]s.
*[[Goomba]]s
*[[Hammer Bro]]s.
*[[Noki]]s
**[[Buckies]]
*[[Pianta]]s
**[[Doot-Doot Sisters]]
**Ukelele Pianta
*[[Shy Guy]]s
*[[Snifit]]s
*[[Toad (species)|Toad]]s
*[[Toadsworth]]s

====''Mario Kart Arcade GP'' / ''Mario Kart Arcade GP 2''====
*[[Baby Luigi]]
*[[Baby Mario]]
*[[Birdo]]
*[[Bowser Jr.]]
*[[Princess Daisy|Daisy]]
*[[Kong]]s
**[[Diddy Kong]]
*[[Koopa Paratroopa]]s
*[[Koopa Troopa]]s
*[[Noki]]s
*Pac-People
**Jr. Pac-Man
**Professor Pac-Man
*[[Pianta]]s
*[[Rambi]]s
*[[Toad (species)|Toad]]s
**[[Toadette]]
*[[Waluigi]]

====''Mario Kart DS''====
*[[Pianta]]s

====''Mario Kart Wii''====
*[[Birdo]]s
*[[Boo]]s
*[[Goomba]]s
*[[Hammer Bro]]s.
*[[Mii]]s
*[[Monty Mole]]s
*[[Noki]]s
*[[Pianta]]s
*[[Shy Guy]]s
*[[Sledge Bro]]s.
*[[Toad (species)|Toad]]s

====''Mario Kart 7''====
*[[Birdo]]s
*[[Boo]]s
*[[Goomba]]s
*[[Hammer Bro]]s.
*[[Monty Mole]]s
*[[Shy Guy]]s
*[[Toad (species)|Toad]]s

====''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart Tour''====
*[[Koopa Troopa]]s
*[[Shy Guy]]s
*[[Toad (species)|Toad]]s
*[[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s

===''Mario Tennis'' series===
====''Mario Tennis'' (Nintendo 64)====
*[[Bob-omb]]s
*[[Bob-omb Buddy|Bob-omb Buddie]]s

====''Mario Power Tennis''====
*[[Ghost (Luigi's Mansion series)|Ghost]]s
*[[Kritter]]s
*[[Noki]]s
*[[Pianta]]s
*[[Toad (species)|Toad]]s

===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
====''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''====
*[[Shroob]]s

====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''====
*[[Boo]]s
*[[Dry Bones]] (out of battle)
*[[Goomba]]s
*[[Koopa Troopa]]s
*[[Shroob]] (out of battle)
*[[Shy Guy]]s

===''Mario Baseball'' series===
*[[Birdo]]s (cutscene only)
*[[Boo]]s
*[[Goomba]]s
*[[Koopa Paratroopa]]s
*[[Koopa Troopa]]s
*[[Monty Mole]]s (cutscene only)
*[[Noki]]s
*[[Paragoomba]]s (cutscene only)
*[[Penguin]]s (cutscene only)
*[[Pianta]]s
*[[Shy Guy]]s
*[[Toad (species)|Toad]]s
*[[Toadette]]
*[[Ukiki]]s (cutscene only)

===''Mario Strikers'' series===
*[[Birdo]]s
*[[Koopa Troopa]]s
*[[Monty Mole]]s
*[[Noki]]s
*[[Paragoomba]]s
*[[Penguin]]s
*[[Pianta]]s
*[[Shy Guy]]s
*[[Toad (species)|Toad]]s
*[[Ukiki]]s
*[[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s

===''Mario & Sonic'' series===
*[[Animals]]
*[[Chao]]
*[[sonicretro:Dark Chao|Dark Chao]]
*[[Dry Bones]]
*[[Goomba]]s
*[[Koopa Troopa]]s
*[[Omochao]]
*[[Pianta]]s
*[[Shy Guy]]s
*[[Toad (species)|Toad]]s

===''Mario Sports Mix''===
*[[Birdo]]s
*[[Boo]]s
*[[Koopa Troopa]]s
*[[Mii]]s
*[[Monty Mole]]s
*[[Penguin]]s
*[[Pianta]]s
*[[Toad (species)|Toad]]s

==Gallery==
{{main-gallery}}
<gallery>
Golf JC Audience.gif|''[[Golf: Japan Course]]''
Waluigi Stadium Crowd.gif|''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
MSB audience front.gif|''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''
Opening (crowd shot) - Mario Strikers Charged.png|''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''
MKW spectator pack 6.png|''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''
PMTTYDNS Audience Artwork 1.png|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]])
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn={{ruby|観客|かんきゃく}}
|JpnR=Kankyaku
|JpnM=Audience
|ChiS=观众
|ChiSR=Guānzhòng
|ChiSM=Audience
|ChiT=觀眾
|ChiTR=Guānzhòng
|ChiTM=Audience
|Dut=Publiek
|DutM=Audience
|Fre=Public
|FreM=Audience
|Ger=Publikum
|GerM=Audience
|Ita=Pubblico
|ItaM=Audience
|Kor=관객
|KorR=Gwan'gaek
|KorM=Audience
|Spa=Público
|SpaM=Audience
}}

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