| Gearmo | |
|---|---|
 Screenshot from Super Mario Galaxy 2 | |
| Species | Gearmo |
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2025) |
- “Ooooh! Look at this adorable little guy... So cute and ferocious! Thanks!”
- —Gearmo, Super Mario Galaxy 2
The gold Gearmo is a minor character in Super Mario Galaxy 2 who sends a letter to Mario asking for help in the Boulder Bowl Galaxy. This letter opens the mission "C'mere, Goomba." The gold Gearmo appears on the Boulder Planet, and Mario has to go talk to it. When Mario speaks with it, it tells him that it loves Goombas and requests that he search for one. It then makes four pillars appear, and Mario has to get the Goomba to come in between them. They can also be broken open for Star Bits.
Once Mario finds and lures a Goomba into the square, the gold Gearmo becomes very happy, exclaims its delight for the captured Goomba, and thanks the player with a Power Star. After the mission, the gold Gearmo can be found on Starship Mario, where, when spoken to, it shares a 1-Up Mushroom with Mario as thanks for helping it. If the player speaks with the Gearmo after Mario collects the 1-Up Mushroom, the Gearmo will respond by saying, "I kinda dig those Goomba guys." For the rest of the game, it can be found having tea with the similar silver Gearmo, who collects Topmen.
GalleryEdit
Artwork with the silver Gearmo
Screenshot of the Gearmo with its new Goomba
Screenshot of the Gearmo on Starship Mario
NamingEdit
EtymologyEdit
- See also: Gearmo § Naming
The character is simply referred to as「パマタリアン」(Pamatarian, "Gearmo") by Lubba in the original Super Mario Galaxy 2. The respective names for "Gearmo" are employed across localizations of the game. However, paratext for the game refers to the character by a unique name:「パマコ」(Pamako).
Names in other languagesEdit
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media with which they are associated in the "notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due to concerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | パマコ[1] Pamako |
From「パマタリアン」(Pamatarian, "Gearmo") and feminine nominal suffix「 |
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| French (NOE) | Robby dorée[2] | Golden Gearmo | |
| German | Goldener Hausmeister[3] | Golden Gearmo | |
| Italian | Tuttofare Collezionista (Goomba)[4]:158 | Collector Gearmo (Goomba) | |
| Tuttofare Collezionista di Goomba[4]:163 | Goomba Collector Gearmo | ||
| Spanish (NOE) | Mecachacha dorado[5] | Gold Gearmo | |
| Mecachacha Coleccionista (Goomba)[6] | Collector Gearmo (Goomba) | Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario Galaxy 2" in『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 158.
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "Super Mario Galaxy 2" in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 158.
- ^ Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy 2" in Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 158.
- ^ a b Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario Galaxy 2" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X.
- ^ Guías Nintendo (2010). Astronave Mario. Guía Super Mario Galaxy 2 (European Spanish). (Archived May 24, 2025, 02:10:38 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario Galaxy 2" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 158.