MC Ballyhoo and Big Top

"Sorry, Wizard. My robot friends."

-MC Ballyhoo, (Malk Comic Clip) MC Ballyhoo is a major character from Mario Party 8, in which he hosts the various game modes as the self-proclaimed, "master of catastrophes". He and his hat, Big Top, are the driving force behind the annual Star Carnival, hosting all of the attractions. While MC Ballyhoo is very extravagant and energetic in both speech and manner, Big Top is much calmer. Although the two rarely separate, they are separate entities capable of independent thought and action. His savage personality and extreme ammount of energy makes him an adorable character. Komodo calls him "Mr. Ballyhoo".

Big Top is MC Ballyhoo's top hat, and serves as his co-host in the timeless classic, Mario Party 8. He also holds all of the coins for Chump Charity, stating that he was glad to get the load off of his head. (WTH?) Big Top not only has the ability of speech, but is also his own separate entity. The "Top" part of his name is also a reference to the fact that he's a magical living top hat.

Physical Appearance
MC Ballyhoo is an unknown species, which looks to be a green gremlin sort of thing. He has thick orange lips, small yellow eyes, and a black mask-like marking on his face. He wears a fancy purple tuxedo (with added tails on BrainSpyro's art style), pink (formerly red) cufflinks with gold colored trim and buttons, and also wears a comically large red bow tie. Ballyhoo wears white gloves on his five-fingered hands, which are the same material as his bow tie.

Big Top is a dark blue top hat with a strip of light blue close to the rim. He has a small mouth, and two differently colored eyes; right is green, left is pink. His eyes have rather big, frilly eyelashes.

Personality and Speech
MC Ballyhoo is highly energetic, often flailing around with excitement. He even goes so far as to characterize his excitement for the Star Carnival's events as absolute madness.

He speaks with satirical, ringmaster phrasing while introducing the various events at his carnival. His ringmaster speech is combined with a deep, buttery-smooth voice with a heavy New York accent. He is voiced by Stephan Weyte is his home game, and by Ryan Reynolds in the Zecode Entertainment library of headcannon voice actors.

Big Top is WAY more relaxed and laid back than Ballyhoo. He does not really freak out as much, except when he's panicking or crying.

Big Top speaks in a robotic, nasily voice. His speech is not really strong and energetic, just like his laid-back personality. (Uh oh. Did I just roast a top hat?) He is voiced by Charles Martinet is his home game, and by Tom Kenny in the Zecode Entertainment library of headcannon voice actors.

Trivia
MC Ballyhoo is never seen without his microphone or Big Top in his home game. Ballyhoo's scalp was revealed in BrainSpyro's twice showing