Pirate Goom

Pirate Gooms, also known as Spear Men, are brown Gooms that hold spears in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 and Wario Land II. They pace back and forth in most of the levels. Their spears are pointed forward, so Wario should avoid hitting them from the front.

Pirate Gooms are likely a distant relative of the Goomba. In fact, because of their apparent lack of a body, they highly resemble the Super Mario World Goomba variety.

Pirate Gooms featured a minor change in appearance in Wario Land II. In that game, they started wearing striped bandannas and toting tridents rather than spears. Also, the Giant Spear Man, a big Pirate Goom, is seen fought several times in Wario Land II and serves as the game's "really final" boss. The Giant Spear Man's name implies that Pirate Gooms are alternatively known as Spear Men. However, they have not been specifically referred to as such.

Pirate Goom do not appear in any other Wario Land game, although relatives of Pirate Gooms do; in Wario Land 3, the Spearhead and the Para-Goom. Similar-looking enemies also appear in Wario Land 4. In the game Wario Land: Shake It!, similar looking enemies known as Bandineros appear, but they are led by the Shake King instead of Captain Syrup.