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"As you are no doubt aware, someone has been senselessly defacing fair Isle Delfino using some paint-like substance. The accused is charged with polluting our beautiful home and yes, endangering our very way of life. Indeed, how can one not be aware of what is going on? Though it is daytime in Delfino Plaza, our poor residents tremble beneath a veil of darkness. Expert Shine scholars have determined that this darkness has arisen because all of our guardians, the Shine Sprites, have vanished from their gathering spot at the Shine Gate. The reason? It's quite obvious. This horrible graffiti is to blame!"

- Pianta prosecutor

Goop, also known as graffiti (though this more properly refers to a related but different substance), gunk,, or or sludge, , is a hazardous substance that first appears in Super Mario Sunshine. It is a thick, slimy, paint-like residue that can slick Mario's footing and deal damage to him, as well as causing other characters and structures to sink into it. It can be cleaned up and removed using water, most notably sprayed by F.L.U.D.D..

Super Mario Sunshine
Goop is a major hazard in Super Mario Sunshine. It is spread across Isle Delfino by Bowser Jr. in the guise of Shadow Mario using his Magic Paintbrush. It is first encountered in the opening cutscene taking place on the Delfino Airstrip, where a pink, orange, yellow, and white color variant has been painted over the main airstrip, forcing the Toad Express to curve and skid to a halt as it lands. After dismounting the plane, the yellow Toad in Princess Peach's entourage notes that it is moving on its own. Mario subsequently obtains FLUDD on the airstrip and uses it to clean up the goop and defeat a Gatekeeper, a type of large, goop-based Piranha Plant dwelling in the middle of the goop, restoring the airstrip to its normal state. Mario is arrested by the Isle Delfino Police shortly afterward and accused by the Pianta prosecutor of painting the goop all over Isle Delfino. The Pianta judge then sentences him to clean up all of the island's goop and graffiti.

Ordinary goop is a tar-like substance that slickens the ground and causes Mario to lose traction. If Mario stands on goop for too long, he sustains damage every few seconds. It also dirties and sticks to his clothes, which can be cleaned by spin-jumping or swimming in clean water. It is found in several different colors depending on the area in which it is encountered. According to a certain Pianta in Delfino Plaza who is trapped in it during Mario's first visit, it tastes "sweet," and he likens it to "candy".

Except on the Delfino Airstrip, goop regularly spawns Swoopin' Stus, small enemies which seek out and attack Mario when he is nearby, spreading more goop in the process.

Goop appears in three different colors depending on the area and scenario it is encountered in:
 * Pink, yellow, orange, and white goop appears on the Delfino Airstrip as well as in Episode 1 (Uncork the Waterfall) of Noki Bay.
 * Brown and white goop appears in Delfino Plaza's Polluted Piranha Battle and Shadow Mario Chase events, as well as Episodes 1, 2, 3, and 5 of Bianco Hills. Petey Piranha launches this color of goop from his mouth, and ordinary Piranha Plants require it in order to appear and attack Mario, as well as being covered in it. Piranhabons are similarly covered in it, and Coo Coos generate it in Bianco Hills.
 * Black goop appears in Delfino Plaza's Boathouse Blues and Cleaning Lighthouse events, as well as Episodes 1-5 of Ricco Harbor and Episode 2 (The Boss of Tricky Ruins) of Noki Bay. It is spat out by Gooper Blooper and ordinary Bloopers as a projectile, resembling ink in this way. It is also spread over water in Ricco Harbor, transforming it into slimy water.

Generators are undulating, smoking masses of goop that house Gatekeepers, which can be released by repeatedly spraying the Generator with FLUDD's Squirt Nozzle. They appear on the Delfino Airstrip and in Delfino Plaza, Bianco Hills, and Ricco Harbor. Their colors match those of the surrounding goop. As their name suggests, the Generators that appear over Delfino Plaza’s boathouse and lighthouse generate goop that cannot be permanently cleaned until the Generator is destroyed by defeating its Gatekeeper; while it remains, the goop regenerates a moment after being cleaned. The Generators on the Delfino Airstrip, over the Grand Pianta Statue in Delfino Plaza, and in Bianco Hills do not have this property.

During Episode 1 of Noki Bay, a variant of this type of goop appears on the walls of a tall cliff face near the starting point of the level. These goop blotches are shaped like various things relating to the sea, including a squid, a sailboat, a dolphin, a whale, an octopus, and a bird. This goop can be cleaned off by Mario, but it cannot hurt him. As Mario cleans the blotches off, rock formations of varying sizes appear out of the cliff face, and he can then use them to climb upward. Cleaning off all of this goop helps Mario reach the cork plugging the waterfall, where he has to defeat a Monty Mole in order to finish the episode.

There is also black goop on the wall near the crates where Gooper Blooper is fought for the first time in Ricco Harbor. It cannot be washed off, but it does not hurt Mario. The goop leaks out of the crates Gooper Blooper is in and runs down the wall into the water, turning it into slimy water as described above.

Along with electric goop and burning goop, regular goop can trap many friendly characters, including Piantas, Nokis, and Toads (including Toadsworth) if they are standing on it, causing them to sink into it. They are freed after the goop around them is cleaned up and can subsequently be sprayed clean, causing them to celebrate and thank Mario if spoken to. Certain Piantas and Nokis may reward Mario with a coin, Blue Coin, or 1-Up Mushroom when spoken to after being rescued this way. Piantas that are dirty with goop but not trapped in it also appear in Bianco Hills, and they reward Mario similarly if cleaned and spoken to.

Terrain features and structures, including trees; rock formations in Noki Bay; a section of the Delfino Airstrip; Delfino Plaza's Grand Pianta Statue, boathouse, and lighthouse; the hill leading up to the Big Windmill in Bianco Hills; and Sirena Beach's Hotel Delfino, can sink into regular goop and electric goop as well. Noki Bay's rock formations and trees sunk this way can be released by cleaning up the goop around them, and certain trees may be revealed this way by spraying patches of ground in Gelato Beach as well, which does not contain any regular goop or electric goop. Other structures sunk this way can typically be released by defeating a Gatekeeper residing on top of the sunken structure, though in Hotel Delfino's case, the Manta must be defeated instead. In all cases, objects trapped in goop display a faint bubbling animation when released, with an earthquake occurring as they emerge.

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
While regular goop does not appear in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, graffiti and a new variant called splotchy goop do.

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
In Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, Petey Piranha spits up brown and white goop when he gets a double bogey or worse.

Mario Golf: Advance Tour
In Mario Golf: Advance Tour, goop appears on the Mushroom Course along with many Proto Piranhas. Landing the ball in goop counts as out of bounds.

Mario Power Tennis
In Mario Power Tennis, goop appears as an obstacle on the Delfino Plaza Court. It can cause players to slip and slide around. The player must also clear away goop in a tic-tac-toe-like minigame called Tic-Tac-Glow. Additionally, Petey Piranha utilizes brown and white goop in his Power Shots, Sludge Racket and Piranha Swingback.

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
In Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, during the Airplane Guard sequence of the battle with Petey Piranha, he attacks Mario and Luigi by spitting balls of goop as he does in Super Mario Sunshine.

Dr. Mario World
In Dr. Mario World, Dr. Petey Piranha uses goop to destroy viruses during his special skill animation.

Variants
Numerous varieties of goop have appeared, largely in Super Mario Sunshine, consisting of the following:
 * Burning goop, a fiery orange variant of ordinary goop that appears in Pianta Village.
 * Electric goop, an electrically-charged green and yellow variant of ordinary goop that appears in Sirena Beach.
 * Glorpedoes, rolling ball projectiles formed from pink, orange, yellow, and white goop that appear in Noki Bay.
 * Graffiti, a less liquid form of goop used by Bowser Jr. to tag walls in Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury.
 * Hot water, slimy green goop that appears in the final boss battle against Bowser and Bowser Jr. in Corona Mountain.
 * Orange Juice Generators, pulsating masses of orange goop that can only be destroyed by Yoshi's juice-spraying ability.
 * Rainbow Ms, an amorphous, multicolored form of goop that can be painted on walls. Mario and Shadow Mario can use it to travel to other areas of Isle Delfino. Similar goop also appears within the pipes to Sirena Beach and Pianta Village.
 * Slimy water, damaging, goop-polluted water that appears in Bianco Hills, Ricco Harbor, and Noki Bay.
 * Splotchy goop, black goop that corrupts Bowser and pollutes the waters of Lake Lapcat in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury.

In addition to these variants, most enemies in Super Mario Sunshine, as well as the game's Yoshis, appear to be at least partially composed of goop, as they dissolve into goop bubbles when attacked or defeated. This is most noticeable with enemies like Strollin' Stus, which emerge out of a Generator-like mound of goop in Episode 1 (Road to the Big Windmill) of Bianco Hills, but also occurs for enemies such as Cataquacks and King Boo.

Super Mario Sunshine
In Super Mario Sunshine, graffiti is usually painted on walls, though it also appears on other flat surfaces. Mario can clean it off of surfaces by spraying it with FLUDD, and he must do so all at once or the graffiti will regenerate once he stops spraying. It is most commonly seen in the form of M Graffiti, plain red paint in the shape of Shadow Mario's distinctive M signature, which also appears in the game's opening titles and is painted by Shadow Mario using regular goop on the Delfino Airstrip and in Delfino Plaza, as well as with burning goop in Pianta Village. M Graffitis wildly vary in size, with most being roughly the same length as Mario’s height, but sometimes appearing slightly smaller or much larger, with a single M Graffiti covering a large portion of Pianta Village in its third Episode, The Goopy Inferno. Cleaning M Graffiti usually rewards Mario with a Blue Coin, except for the two M Graffitis painted on water tanks on the Delfino Airstrip, which reward Mario with standard coins instead. These M Graffitis are also the only graffitis in the game that reappear if Mario revisits the area.

Along with M Graffiti, graffiti also appears in the form of various paired symbols, known as Paired Graffiti. The symbols that appear are "×" (X Graffiti), "○" (O Graffiti), and "△" (Triangle Graffiti). Like M Graffiti, Paired Graffiti is usually drawn in plain red paint, though Ricco Harbor contains dull green Paired Graffiti as well. Unlike M Graffitis, Paired Graffiti always appears in a consistent size, being roughly the same length as Mario’s height. When Mario cleans an instance of Paired Graffiti, a Blue Coin appears at the location (or former location) of the other symbol of the same design in the area, which Mario has a limited time to collect. If Mario does not collect the Blue Coin in time, it disappears, and the graffiti he cleaned off reappears. He must then backtrack and clean the same graffiti a second time to make the Blue Coin appear once again. Two Blue Coins are obtainable for each pair of Paired Graffiti, one for each individual symbol.

Black graffiti is also used to deface the Shine Gate's Shine Sprite statue as well as the bells inside Delfino Plaza's two bell towers. Mario can earn a Shine Sprite for cleaning the graffiti off the Shine Gate's statue and each of the two bells.

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
Graffiti reappears in the Bowser's Fury campaign of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. In the introductory cutscene of the campaign, Mario comes across a black M Graffiti that transforms into a portal, taking him to Lake Lapcat. Throughout the islands of Lake Lapcat, ?-shaped graffiti appears on various walls and surfaces. When Bowser Jr. joins Mario, he can use his Magic Paintbrush to create other graffiti art in these spots, yielding a reward once complete. While painting, he produces paint colored and textured similarly to electric goop. In single-player mode, the player must either use the touch cursor or press when next to a graffiti spot to send Bowser Jr. to investigate. In multiplayer, only the second player can paint graffiti by approaching a graffiti spot and pressing. Once a graffiti spot has been painted, it shines briefly before the shine fades. The art remains in place of the ? mark permanently, but if the current save file is reloaded, the art appears in black and white. If Bowser Jr. approaches the spot again, he repaints the art in color, producing the same effect.

List of graffiti
The golden pipe in particular can be destroyed by Plessie, and if removed this way, it does not reappear until the current save file is reloaded. If entered, the pipe takes Mario to a bonus room filled with coins that he can use to add power-ups to the item storage. While the Warp Pipe can be reentered, the coins do not respawn until the save file is reloaded.

WarioWare Gold
In WarioWare Gold, F.L.U.D.D. is used to clean graffiti off of a building in the Super Mario Sunshine microgame.