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Goombas (クリボー, Kuriboh) are one of the most common and recurring enemies in the Mario franchise. They first appeared in Super Mario Bros..

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Physical description[]

Goomba model LA Switch

Goomba model in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening for the Nintendo Switch

Goombas are depicted as brown mushroom-like creatures with two dark brown feet and no visible arms or legs. Goombas have bushy, black eyebrows and a pair of fangs sprouting from their lower jaw, although are never shown to use them. Goombas take inspiration from the real-world shiitake, a type of mushroom.

In The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Goombas are unusually depicted with a smiling face. In pre-release versions of the Nintendo Switch remake, first shown in the February 2019 Nintendo Direct trailer, Goombas are instead shown with their usual Mario design, which was eventually changed to give them a design more closely resembling their sprites from the original The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, including smoother eyebrows.

Behavior[]

In the Super Mario series, Goombas simply bump into their target to damage them. Goombas are one of the weakest enemies, as Mario or another character can effortlessly defeat a Goomba using any attack. The most common way of defeating a Goomba is by stomping it, causing the Goomba to be flattened, although throwing a fireball at a Goomba or touching one while invincible is another way to defeat one.

Alignment[]

The Goombas once lived in peace in the Mushroom Kingdom, but they later betrayed them and joined the Koopa Troop. The Goombas are also the most common enemies in the entire Mario franchise, followed by Koopa Troopas. In many games, Goombas are the first enemy encountered. Since Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, however, not all Goombas are allied with Bowser or the Koopa Troop. Some Goombas, such as the inhabitants of Goomba Village, live peacefully inside the borders of the Mushroom Kingdom, while others simply hold no allegiance and operate independently in distant locales such as Monstro Town and Rogueport.

Variants[]

Many variants of the Goomba have appeared throughout the years including Paragoombas and Microgoombas. Paragoombas are distinguished by their winged appearance, thus making them more versatile and mobile than typical Goombas. Microgoombas are miniature, parasitic Goombas which latch themselves onto Mario, reducing his jumping ability. Many other types of Goombas have appeared throughout the Mario series, Including short Goombas that appear in Super Mario Galaxy 2, although these largely vary from game to game. Both Goomba and Paragoomba are playable in Mario Superstar Baseball.

Friends[]

Some Goombas act as friendly characters in the Paper Mario series, two (Goombario and Goombella) even joining Mario on his journey. In the Mario Kart series sometimes Goombas carry mushrooms, in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! when a Goomba is "flattened," they drop a Super Mushroom.

Royalty[]

In the video game, Paper Mario, there is a king of the Goombas called the Goomba King who is the first boss of the game. He has two direct underlings named Blue Goomba and Red Goomba and these two are bros. sometimes called the Goomba Bros. After they are defeated they are rocketed hundreds of miles and don't reappear until the ending credits in which the king is stuck in a tree, the Goomba Bros. are running around the tree, hoping he'll fall. The King falls and walks away, angered.

In the 1989 television cartoon The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Goombas are loyal soldiers in King Koopa's army. They often appear in costumes related to the episode's theme such as zombies or pirates. They were featured in the subsequent spin-offs The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World.

They also appear in the Super Mario Bros. live-action film, where they were originally inhabitants of Dinohattan who opposed King Koopa's rule, and were de-evolved into large, reptilian monsters as punishment for their disloyalty. Despite having the same name, Goombas in the movie look nothing like the ones in the games. They were portrayed as nine foot tall humanoid dinosaurs with red trench coats and spikes on their shoulders. Although dangerous, they were simple minded and could easily be fooled.

Statistics[]

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Goomba
SMRPG Goomba idle
HP 16 FP 100 Attack 3 Defense 3 Magic attack 1
Magic defense 1 Speed 13 Evade 0% Magic evade 0% Morph rate 100%
EXP 1 Coins 0 Dropped item None Bonus Flower HP Max! (30%) Yoshi Cookie Mushroom
Weaknesses Fire Strong None
Spells None Special attacks Thorn Shot
Location(s) Mushroom Way, Bandit's Way, Pipe Vault Psychopath message "Goomba gumba...phew!"
Paper Mario series
Paper Mario
Goomba
PM Goomba LVL 24 HP 2 ATK 1 DEF 0
Sleep? 100%, 0 Dizzy? 100%, 0 Shock? 100%, 0 Shrink? 100%, 0
Stop? 100%, 0 Fright? 100% Air Lift? 100% Hurricane? 90%
Coins 1 Strong None Weak None Type Ground
Moves Item drop Run Location(s)
Headbonk (1) Mushroom 6 Goomba Village, Goomba Road, Pleasant Path, Shy Guy's Toy Box
Tattle
"This is a Goomba. Goombas are what you'd call "small fries." Actually, they're pretty much the smallest fries. ...Hey, wait! I'm one of 'em!

Max HP: 2, Attack Power: 1 Defense Power: 0
You can jump on them or whack 'em with the Hammer.
These guys are old school. They've been around since you were in Super Mario Bros.!"

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Goomba
Goomba TTYD sprite
Level 7 Max HP 2 Attack 1 Defense 0 Exp. points 0 Coins 0 - 1
Sleep? 100% Stop? 110% Dizzy? 100% Confuse? 100% Burn? 100% Freeze? 100%
Tiny? 100% Soft? 100% Fright? 110% Gale Force? 100% KO? 150% Bestiary no. 1
Locations Items Moves
Rogueport Sewers, Petal Meadows, Glitz Pit, Riverside Station Dried Shroom, Fire Flower, Fright Mask,* POW Block,* Sleepy Sheep, Tasty Tonic,* Close Call Headbonk (1)
Log
The underling of underlings. No other distinguishing characteristics.
Tattle
"That's a Goomba. Umm… Yeah, I'm one of those, in case you hadn't noticed. Ahem... It says here: "Goombas are underlings of underlings." …That is totally rude! Their maximum HP is 2. They have an Attack power of 1 and a Defense of 0."
Super Paper Mario
Stats
Goomba
Goomba SPM sprite
Max HP Attack Defense Score
1 1 0 100
Locations Items
Lineland Road (1-1)
Yold Desert (1-3)
Gloam Valley (2-1)
The Bitlands (3-1)
Castle Bleck Entry (8-1)
Castle Bleck Foyer (8-2)
Castle Bleck Inner Sanctum (8-4)
Flipside Pit of 100 Trials (Rooms 2, 5, 12, 14 (flipping) and 46 (flipping))
Cake Mix, Shroom Shake, Honey Jar, Big Egg, Dried Shroom
Tattle
"It's a Goomba, one of Bowser's minions... Max HP is 1 and Attack is 1. It really puts the "under" back in "underlings"... It has no remarkable traits... They are pretty much the lowest of the low... But I hear Goombas do have their fans, so what can you do..."
Tattle (Flipped)
"It's a Goomba, one of Bowser's minions...Max HP 1, Attack 1. It really puts the "under" back in "underlings"... It has no remarkable traits... Well, except this one has the ability to flip between dimensions... But I hear Goombas do have their fans, so what can you do..."
Catch Card
Catch Card
Catch Card 1 - Goomba
Name Goomba
Number 001
Rarity 1
Sell Price 1
Acquisition Card Shop; Catch Card/SP; Chapter 1-1: Found in 3D behind a tall pipe in the second area.
Description
Max HP: 1, Attack: 1. This lowly goon is always getting stepped on. It isn't easy being a soft, mushroomy minion.
Mario & Luigi series
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Goomba
GoombaMLSS LVL 99 HP 4 POW 1 DEF 19 SPEED 4
EXP 2 COINS 0 Fire Normal Thunder Normal Jump Normal
Hammer? Normal Hand? Normal Stun? 0% Burn? 0% Stat Down? 0%
Item drop Location(s)
•None – 0%
•None – 0%
Koopa Cruiser
Notes
  • Parentheses indicates statistics in Japanese version.
  • Numbers and words in gray indicate coding unavailable in normal gameplay.
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Goomba (1)
Goomba PIT Level 3 HP 14 (13) POW 25 (22) Defense 20 (18)
Speed 10 (12) Battled by Anyone Experience 3 Coins 3
Item drop Location(s)
Mushroom – 12%
Super Mushroom – 10%
Bowser's Castle
Notes
  • Parentheses indicates statistics in the Japanese and European versions, if they differ from the American version.
Goomba (2)
Goomba PIT Level 14 HP 22 POW 55 Defense 55
Speed 28 Battled by Anyone Experience 1 Coins 1
Item drop Location(s)
Mushroom – 0.99%
Super Mushroom – 0.01%
Peach's Castle Dungeon
Notes
  • Parentheses indicates statistics in the Japanese and European versions, if they differ from the American version.

Timeline[]


Game Role Year Console Notes
Super Mario Bros. Enemy 1985 Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels Enemy 1986 Family Computer Disk System
Super Mario Bros. 3 Enemy 1988 Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario World Enemy 1990 SNES
Yoshi Game piece 1991 Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up Non-playable character 1992 MS-DOS

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Behind the scenes[]

Etymology[]

Goomba's name in Japanese is Kuribo, which translates to "chestnut people," even though Goombas were not inspired from chestnuts.

Trivia[]

  • The word "Goomba" comes from "gomba," the Hungarian word for "mushroom."
  • Goombas were once mistaken for chestnuts or potatoes.
  • Goomba is also known as the enemy version of Toad.

Gallery[]

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