Editing Gold Star

{{about|the [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''|the small stars from ''[[Super Mario World]]'' also known as Gold Stars|[[Goal Star]]}}
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|image=[[File:Gold Star PMTTYDNS icon.png|100px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|description="''The object Jolene gave you after defeating Grubba.''"
}}
{{quote|Now, [[Mario]]...the Crystal Star is yours.|Jolene|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
The '''Gold Star''' is the third of the [[Crystal Stars]] [[Mario]] collects in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', obtained after completing Chapter 3: Of Glitz and Glory.

Prior to the events of the game, the referee of the [[Glitz Pit]], [[Grubba]], used the Gold Star to power a [[Power-draining machine|machine]] that lets him suck out the life force of the fighters to power up his own. Upon entering the Glitz Pit, Mario and his [[partner]]s witness a fight between [[The Koopinator]] and [[Rawk Hawk]], which the latter wins and receives a [[Champ's Belt|belt]] with the Gold Star on it. With their objective in sight, Mario and his friends climb up the ranks of the Glitz Pit, only to find that the Gold Star on Rawk Hawk's belt is fake. After claiming the champion title themselves, Mario discovers that Grubba has the Gold Star and confronts him in battle, where he fights in a powered-up form known as [[Macho Grubba]]. After being defeated, Grubba's assistant, [[Jolene]] gives Mario the real Gold Star as thanks. The Gold Star teaches Mario the move [[Power Lift]] to use in battles.

The fake Gold Star appears later in [[Bowser]]'s intermission following Chapter 6, where he discovers Rawk Hawk's secret training facility. Confusing the fake with the real thing, he attempts to steal it, but Rawk Hawk shows up to stop him. As Bowser fights him off, [[Kammy Koopa]] is knocked into the fake Gold Star, which breaks it, and Rawk Hawk tells Bowser who has the real one, calling Mario by his stage name "Gonzales".

During the final battle with the [[Shadow Queen]], when the Crystal Stars spread out to the locations in which they were found, the Gold Star returns to [[Glitzville]], where Jolene and the Glitz Pit fighters, consisting of Rawk Hawk, [[The Iron Adonis Twins]], and [[King K]] (who erroneously uses the sprite of a [[Shady Koopa]] in the GameCube original), cheer on Mario and his team just before they defeat the Shadow Queen.
==Gallery==
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Gold Star TTYD.png|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' sprite
SMK 34 Gold Star Artwork.jpg|''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' artwork
PMTTYD NS Screenshot of Glitzville Shadow Queen Cutscene.png|The Gold Star in the Nintendo Switch remake
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ゴールドスター
|JapR=Gōrudo Sutā
|JapM=Gold Star
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|quote=ゴールドスター<br>
社長の　ガンスを　たおした　おれいに
ひしょの　キノシコワから　もらったモノ
|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo Co.|language=ja}}</ref>
|ChiS=黄金之星
|ChiSR=Huángjīn zhī xīng
|ChiSM=Gold Star
|ChiSC=<ref>{{cite|quote=黄金之星<br>
打倒社长加仕后，
从秘书奇诺席可娃处得到的谢礼。
|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo (Hong Kong)|language=zh-hans}}</ref>
|ChiT=黃金之星
|ChiTR=Huángjīn zhī xīng
|ChiTM=Gold Star
|ChiTC=<ref>{{cite|quote=黃金之星<br>
打倒社長加仕後，
從秘書奇諾席可娃那裡拿到的謝禮。
|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo (Hong Kong)|language=zh-hant}}</ref>
|Dut=Gouden ster
|DutM=Gold Star
|DutC=<ref>{{cite|quote=Gouden ster<br>
De ster die Jolinde je gaf na je
overwinning op Hebbus.
|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=nl}}</ref>
|Fre=Étoile de topaze
|FreM=Topaz Star
|Ger=Goldstern
|GerM=Gold Star
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|quote=Goldstern<br>
Ein Geschenk von Toadskova für
den Sieg über Clubbone.
|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=de}}</ref>
|Ita=Stella Dorata
|ItaN=original
|ItaM=Golden Star
|Ita2=Stella dorata
|Ita2N=remake
|Ita2M=Golden star
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|quote=Stella oro<br>
Ottenuta da von Fungen per aver
sconfitto Ganz.
|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref>
|Kor=골드스타
|KorR=Goldeu Seuta
|KorM=Gold Star
|KorC=<ref>{{cite|quote=골드스타<br>
사장 건스를 쓰러뜨린 답례로
비서 키노시코바에게 받은 것
|title=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=Nintendo of Korea|language=ko}}</ref>
|Spa=Estrella Topacio
|SpaM=Topaz Star
}}

==Trivia==
*The Gold Star is the only Crystal Star not to be named after a jewel. Gold is a mineral or element.
*While Grubba has the Gold Star in his possession, he can use it to power up himself, much like Mario uses Power Lift to boost himself up.
*The Gold Star and the [[Diamond Star]] are the only Crystal Stars that are not from a chapter that involves the [[X-Naut]]s or the [[Three Shadows]] in any way.
*The Gold Star is the only [[Crystal Stars|Crystal Star]] to not have an explanation for how it ended up in its current location. All the others are explained as being near a [[Black chest|Black Chest]] (with the exception of the one [[Grodus]] has, as he states he found that one in [[Rogueport]]) or having been given to someone else to keep safe.

==References==
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