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Rawk Hawk first appeared in
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year
Door and has not made another
appearance since then. He's the
reigning champion at the
Glitzville fighters tournament
and a media darling.
After Mario got the second
Crystal Star, his magical map
led him to Glitzville, the city
floating in the sky. Glitzville
is the home to a fighters
tournament, where the toughest
fighters in the world come to
lace up their gloves. They're
all after the belt which Rawk
Hawk holds, which has the orange
Crystal Star embedded in the
middle.
When Mario reached Glitzville,
the influence of Rawk Hawk
became instantly apparent.
Posters and flyers of him were
everywhere. All of Glitzville's
residents mentioned him. When
Mario entered the tournament as
the Great Gonzalez, Rawk Hawk
was the first to tell him to
watch out.
During the tournament, Rawk Hawk
was constantly on the alert of
the Great Gonzalez and would
often threaten/warn him not to
make it to the finals. The
tournament scene also gartered a
lot of attention towards Rawk
Hawk, as he was Glitzville's
biggest stars. Mass media
frenzies became constant.
As the Great Gonzalez continued
through the tournament, more and
more people shifted towards his
side and left the Rawk Hawk band
wagon. To counter this, Rawk
Hawk would send presents to
Mario, such as a poisoned piece
of cake. Jealousy got the best
of Rawk Hawk, and he had to
revert back to using cheap
tactics to try and knock the
Great Gonzales out before he
went too far in the tournament.
The title bout to determine the
champion would be
between the two. A fearsome
fight progressed with both
competitors fighting hard. The Great
Gonzalez was just too much for Rawk Hawk
and he was defeated. In the end, he had to
surrender his belt, much to his
disbelief. With that, Mario and
Rawk Hawk both found out that
the Crystal Star on the belt was
a fake.
The real Crystal Star was with
Macho Grubba, the
owner/commissioner of the
Glitzville tournament. Using
Rawk Hawk was a perfect
distraction for him to carry out
his evil plot, which Mario
stopped immediately after the
tournament. Grubba was defeated
and the Crystal Star came into
the possession of the good guys.
After the tournament, and after
everything was settled, Rawk
Hawk ended up accepting the
Great Gonzalez as a friend. He
showed some bitterness towards
him, but it was his fighting
spirit. Rematches were constant
with the Great Gonzalez being
the current champion, and Rawk
Hawk never faded from the media
spotlight. |
