Not to be confused withGoomba orGoompapa.

Goompa
Sprite fromPaper Mario
Species	Goomba
Appears in	Paper Mario (2000)

“If I were just a bit younger, I'd accompanyyou on your trip. I'd have done some damage! The years have started to weigh on me, though. I tell you, this lower back pain...”

—Goompa,Paper Mario

Goompa isGoombario andGoombaria's grandfather inPaper Mario. He is an elderGoomba and has extensive knowledge of the world, which comes from his adventures as a youth. In his prime, he used to travel the globe with his friendsKoopa Koot andBootler. According toRuss T. afterChapter 7, Goompa used to be a famous fighter and sparred withThe Master when they were young. Now an elderly grandfather with back aches, Goompa has taught his grandson everything he knows. According to the iQue release, Goompa is his grandchildren's paternal grandfather.

Goompa lives inGoomba Village with the rest of his family. In the beginning of the story, Goompa is fixing the veranda of their home with hisHammer. WhenMario attempts to leave the village,Kammy Koopa appears and, using her magic, creates a yellow block that prevents Mario from leaving. Mario decides to ask Goompa for his Hammer and walks to the veranda. Unfortunately, the veranda has fallen apart, causing Goompa and Mario to plummet to the ground below. In order to get back to the village, Goompa temporarily joins Mario, and in lieu of fighting, he teaches Mario how to use the game's battle system and gives Mario his Hammer after it is found. Goompa also gives Mario thePower Jump badge after getting back to his house, and goes on to tell Mario how to equip and use badges.

One of the favors that Koopa Koot asks of Mario is that he retrieve aTape that had been lent to Goompa a long time ago. When Mario retrieves the tape, he is curious of its contents, but Goompa refuses to tell him what is on the tape, commenting only that he enjoyed listening to it. During the party's quest to save Peach, Goompa writesa letter toGoombario, which the player can read at theToad Town Post Office. Mario can also find aletter for Goompa by hitting the tree atKolorado's camp inDry Dry Desert after Mario visitsFice T. prior to Chapter 3. ShouldParakarry deliver it to him, he rewards Mario with aStar Piece.

During Chapter 7, aDuplighost attempts to disguise himself as Kooper, but ends up impersonating Goompa instead, down to his mannerisms.

Goompa has a C-Down command like all partners. In the beginning of the game when Goompa acts as Mario's partner, pressing C-Down makes Goompa move behind Mario if he is not already. His name appears in the coding of the game in Mario's list of partners along with Goombaria and Twink. He, like all of the removed partners, has an identical icon toKooper's. Despite this, there is aglitch in the game that lets Mario take Goompa outside of Goomba Village. However, he has no attacks and crashes the game if the partner menu is opened when he is the active partner.^[1]

Gallery[edit]

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  Goompa talking to Mario on the balcony.

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  Mario finding Goompa's hammer.

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  Goompa giving Mario thePower Jump Badge.

Tattle[edit]

• "He's my grandpa, Goompa. He knows oodles of stuff. Ever since I was a kid, he's been telling me fantastic stories of his youth."

Names in other languages[edit]

References[edit]

• Goombas
• Allies
• Parents
• Grandparents
• Married characters
• Mentors
• Paper Mario characters
• Super Mario-kun characters

• Articles with unsourced foreign names