Goat

Goats are farm animals that occasionally appear in the Mario franchise.

Two goats act as a hazard in the course Daisy Hills from Mario Kart 7. They appear near the third turn and walk slowly around the track. A racer who collides with the goats will spin out. They can be heard bleating when racers near them.

Goats also appear in the stage Windmill Hills from Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. These goats are a decorative background element, and have no bearing on gameplay.

A statue of a goat appears in Paper Mario: Sticker Star as a large Thing Sticker. It is given to Mario by Birdo in the stage Snow Rise. The goat can later be used to solve a puzzle in the stage Shy Guy Jungle. Like all Thing Stickers, it can also be used to attack in battle. Its attack consists of eating Mario's enemies. Additional goat stickers can be purchased for 160 coins apiece.

Goats have appeared in the WarioWare series. In the WarioWare: Touched! microgame On the Fly, the player must guide a paper plane into a moving goat head when playing at the third difficulty level. In the WarioWare: Smooth Moves microgame Slice of Life, a goat will eat the paper the player shreds when playing at the first difficulty level.