Editing Trap Ease Artist

{{minigame infobox
|image=[[File:TrapeEadeArtist.png|280px]]<br>''Mario Party 6''<br>[[File:Top100TrapEaseArtist.png|280px]]<br>''Mario Party: The Top 100''<br>[[File:MPS Trap Ease Artist.jpg|280px]]<br>''Mario Party Superstars''
|appears_in=''[[Mario Party 6]]'' <br> ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''<br>''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''
|type=4-Player minigame
|time=10 seconds
|track=Slow and Steady
|sample=''Mario Party 6'':<br>[[File:MP6 Slow and Steady.oga]]<br>''Mario Party: The Top 100'':<br>[[File:MPTT100 Slow and Steady MP6.oga]]<br>''Mario Party Superstars'':<br>[[File:MPS Slow and Steady Mario Party 6.oga]]
}}
'''Trap Ease Artist''' is a 4-Player [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 6]]'', ''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]'', and ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''. Its name is a pun on "trapeze artist." In Party Mode in ''Mario Party 6'', it is one of four minigames exclusive to daytime (being replaced by [[Light Breeze]] in night mode), the others being the [[Donkey Kong]] minigames ([[Banana Shake]], [[Pier Factor]], and [[Tally Me Banana]], all three of which are replaced by the [[Bowser]] minigames [[Pit Boss]], [[Dizzy Rotisserie]], and [[Dark 'n' Crispy]]).

The [[Miracle Book]] page "Golden Goomba" is based on this minigame. [[Wario]] and [[Waluigi]] are shown playing. Activating the page shows that Wario caught the titular Golden Goomba, and Waluigi caught [[Toadette]] instead.

==Introduction==
The introduction shows the first player dropping a red cage in a failed attempt to trap four [[Goomba]]s (one of them a [[Gold Goomba|Golden Goomba]]), thus showing how the minigame works.

==Gameplay==
The objective of the minigame is for each player to trap as many Goombas as they can with their cage. When many Goombas are under the cage's shadow, the player must press {{button|gcn|A}} to drop the cage, trapping the Goombas. The Goombas walk in random directions, and there is no way to determine when they will walk under a cage's shadow or how many will. Regular Goombas are worth one [[point]], and Golden Goombas are worth three points. If the player does not drop the cage before the time limit expires, it will drop automatically. After all of the cages have been dropped, the Goombas are released from them for the point tallying, and the player(s) with the most points win(s). If nobody gets any points, the minigame ends in a tie.<ref>{{cite|author=ZoomZike|date=May 23, 2022|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0ZSCwohL84&t=11444s|title= Identifying Luck: Mario Party 6|timestamp=3:10:54|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=December 7, 2024}}</ref>

In the PAL version of ''Mario Party 6'', Trap Ease Artist does not appear in [[Endurance Alley]].

==Ending==
As soon as all players have dropped the cages, the remaining Goombas run away. The cages then open, and the Goombas inside leave them as the players' tallies increase. Afterwards, winners do winning poses while losers do losing poses. The game can end with more than one winner if there is a tie for first place between multiple players.

==Controls==
===''Mario Party 6''===
*{{button|gcn|A}} &ndash; Drop the cage

===''Mario Party: The Top 100''===
*{{button|3ds|A}} &ndash; Drop cage

===''Mario Party Superstars''===
*{{button|switch|a}} &ndash; Drop cage

==In-game text==
===''Mario Party 6''===
*'''Rules''' &ndash; "''Drop a cage to capture as many Goombas as you can! Whoever earns the most points wins!''"
*'''Advice 1''' &ndash; "''Normal Goombas are worth one point. Golden Goombas are worth three points.''"
*'''Advice 2''' &ndash; "''Don't wait too long for a better chance to drop the cage, or you may miss your best opportunity!''"

===''Mario Party: The Top 100''===
*'''Description''' &ndash; "''Drop your cage at the right moment to capture as many Goombas as you can!''"
*'''On-screen''' &ndash; "''Drop the cage to capture Goombas!''"

===''Mario Party Superstars''===
*"''Drop your cage at the right moment to capture as many <span style="color:orange">Goombas</span> as you can!''"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
GoldenGoomba1.png|''Mario Party 6'' (Miracle Book)
GoldenGoomba2.png|''Mario Party 6'' (Miracle Book)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=クリボーほかくさくせん
|JpnR=Kuribō Hokaku Sakusen
|JpnM=Operations Catching Goombas
|ChiS=捕获栗宝宝大作战
|ChiSR=Bǔhuò lì bǎobǎo dà zuòzhàn
|ChiSM=Battle to capture Goombas
|ChiT=捕獲栗寶寶大作戰
|ChiTR=Bǔhuò lì bǎobǎo dà zuòzhàn
|ChiTM=Battle to capture Goombas
|Dut=Goomba's kooien
|DutM=Caging Goombas
|FreA=Pièges à Goomba
|FreAM=Goomba Traps
|FreE=Piège à Goomba
|FreEM=Goomba Trap
|Ger=Gumba-Gatter
|GerM=Goomba Fence
|Ita=Goomba in Gabbia
|ItaM=Caged Goombas
|Kor=굼바 포획 작전
|KorR=Gumba Pohoek Jakjeon
|KorM=Goomba Capture Operation
|Por=Goombardilha
|PorM=Portmanteau on "Goomba" and ''armadilha'' ("trap")
|Rus=Ловля гумб
|RusR=Lovlya gumb
|RusM=Catching Goombas
|SpaA=Atrapa a los Goombas
|SpaAM=Catch the Goombas
|SpaE=Coto de caza
|SpaEM=Hunting Reserve
}}

==See also==
*[[Git Along, Goomba]]
*[[Blazing Lassos]]
*[[Goomba Wrangler]]

==References==
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{{MP6 minigames}}
{{MPTT100 minigames}}
{{MPS minigames}}
[[Category:4-player minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party 6 minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party Superstars minigames]]
[[Category:Mario Party: The Top 100 minigames]]