Talk:Goop

Since when is that called Cheese ?

I don't even think it's mentioned in the game, but if so I wasn't called cheese. - Yoshi Master

the tub goop is jelly

Poisonus Water
Is it related to graffiti in ANY way?
 * Water filled with Graffiti. --Reversinator 18:37, 23 June 2011 (EDT)

Goo
With the creation of Goo in Luigi's Mansion 3DS, and it likely having a role in LM 3 (Poltergust G-00), the redirect from Goo to here should be changed soon. Maybe not now, but as soon as there's a decent amount of information on it.

Goop
The title of this article should really be Goop. When I "overhauled" the article, I found that the basic form of the substance is referred to as goop, which is applicable to most forms of it, and graffiti specifically refers to goop in shapes. This is also indicated in the Japanese name for electric goop, which calls it 「ドロドロ」 (dorodoro, goop) in The Manta Storm but 「ラクガキ」 (rakugaki, graffiti) in Scrubbing Sirena Beach, where it is in the shape of a Boo. To sum it up, graffiti is goop, but not all goop is graffiti. LinkTheLefty (talk) 10:05, November 5, 2019 (EST)
 * I don't know. Perhaps split? -- 10:33, November 5, 2019 (EST)
 * I think the article does a decent job of covering multiple types of goop since splitting would cause unnecessary confusion; mainly, the current title is a remnant of the older version of the article where a lot of goop was misnamed graffiti. LinkTheLefty (talk) 11:08, November 5, 2019 (EST)
 * One of the very first lines in the game is "What is this icky paint-like goop?" Looking over the page, I'll agree with the change. 12:20, November 5, 2019 (EST)
 * While I agree, the written dialogue for the first mission alone gives a lot of hilarious generic names, like "ooze" and even "yucky." There really doesn't seem to be a "proper" term, though both the not-so-ace attorney and FLUDD call it "graffiti." Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 13:35, November 5, 2019 (EST)
 * Are every types separate in the Encyclopedia? -- 15:32, November 5, 2019 (EST)
 * @Doc: The translation is a bit inconsistent, but "goop" appears in the script the most out of any term (even much more than graffiti), corresponding most with dorodoro. It also shows up in the manual at one point.
 * @FanOfYoshi: Everything listed here is in the Encyclopedia as cited (goop and graffiti too, and sans Glorpedo). It doesn't have individual names for the graffiti symbols, Rainbow M, or Bowser's water. LinkTheLefty (talk) 22:39, November 6, 2019 (EST)

The multiple types
Should it be split into separate articles, or that'd cause more confusion? -- 09:03, December 14, 2019 (EST)
 * I think Rainbow M can be accompanied by an article about Level Gates in general, but otherwise most of these follow the "hazardous to touch, spray them away" formula and have notable differences covered fairly well. LinkTheLefty (talk) 09:32, December 14, 2019 (EST)

Rainbow M
Shouldn't Rainbow M be split from this page? Unlike other types of goop, it serves as a portal to another area, much like the paintings originating in Super Mario 64. 12:40, May 3, 2020 (EDT)

Give Level Gate its own article
See comment above. Unlike other types of goop, which are usually hazardous to touch, Level Gates (including Rainbow Ms) are portals to other parts of Isle Delfino, much like paintings in Super Mario 64.

Proposer: Deadline: November 8, 2020, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) Per proposal.
 * 2) Per proposal.
 * :D
 * 1) Per all.
 * 2) Per all. If anything, the different types should be split.
 * 3) Per, all. There need to be so many new articles about that.
 * 4) I don't see this as a split as much as there should be an article on this "Level Gate". It's clear that the rainbow M and level gate are not interchangeable entities, as noted in the article: "A Rainbow M is a multicolored M Graffiti used to teleport Mario or Shadow Mario to other parts of Isle Delfino, serving as a subset of Gate (or Level Gate)." What is this "level gate"?
 * 1) I don't see this as a split as much as there should be an article on this "Level Gate". It's clear that the rainbow M and level gate are not interchangeable entities, as noted in the article: "A Rainbow M is a multicolored M Graffiti used to teleport Mario or Shadow Mario to other parts of Isle Delfino, serving as a subset of Gate (or Level Gate)." What is this "level gate"?

Oppose

 * 1) I'm for a new article, but not for a "split" - even Glorpedo has coverage despite having its own article (though perhaps it should be reduced and rewritten considering the main article) - instead, for "Level Gate".

Comments
@LinkTheLefty: Changed accordingly. 21:46, October 25, 2020 (EDT)
 * Would you consider an option for a Level Gate article? It would have broader scope than a Rainbow M article. LinkTheLefty (talk) 22:07, October 25, 2020 (EDT)
 * Unfortunately, I don't think that's feasible at the moment. There's really only two types of "level gates": paintings and Rainbow Ms; plus, paintings are given even bigger roles in Super Mario Odyssey, thus further hindering the grounds for an outright merge. 22:48, October 25, 2020 (EDT)
 * In context, Level Gate is a general term for the level entrances in Super Mario Sunshine, including Rainbow Ms, which is only applicable to the first three level entrances. It has nothing to do with paintings, at least as far as I am aware. LinkTheLefty (talk) 23:09, October 25, 2020 (EDT)
 * Oh, I see... Though is "Level Gate" actually an official name? 23:13, October 25, 2020 (EDT)
 * I've added under the Rainbow M section that both it and Level Gate each come from one of the four (by my count) official English guides. LinkTheLefty (talk) 07:43, October 26, 2020 (EDT)
 * Changed accordingly, yet again. 16:02, October 26, 2020 (EDT)

Honestly, I feel Goop and Graffiti themselves shouldn't really share an article. I'd be fine with a lot of splits here. (Also, pretty sure most of the JP names given for electric and burning goop are just generic descriptors given by NPCs, but that's neither here nor there.) Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 12:31, October 26, 2020 (EDT)
 * Per Doc von Schmeltwick. -- 13:17, October 26, 2020 (EDT)
 * I think that'd have to be rethought as a separate or overhauled proposal, given how easily goop becomes graffiti and their overall overlap, but throwing it out there that something should at least be done about Generator. LinkTheLefty (talk) 14:07, October 26, 2020 (EDT)

Bowser's Fury
Isn't the "Goop" In Bowser's Fury supposed to be Fury? If so i think it should have an article for it's own. Even if there is already a article named "Fury", then make it "Fury (Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury)". -- Bowser64 15:26, April 25, 2021 (EDT)
 * The term "fury" is used to denote objects relating to Fury Bowser, but I am unaware of any official source that calls the black paint substance itself "fury". It already has very similar properties to the goop from Sunshine, and I think that was purposeful given the various other connections like Cat Shines. 0blivion (talk) 15:44, April 25, 2021 (EDT)
 * Well a lot of people say its fury, and not goop. -- Bowser64 (Talk - Sandbox) 13:09, April 30, 2021 (EDT)
 * Can you provide a source? 0blivion (talk) 13:48, April 30, 2021 (EDT)
 * The term that seems to come up in textboxes is "splotchy goop". LinkTheLefty (talk) 00:10, May 9, 2021 (EDT)

Actually, it isn't goop (Sort-of.) on Wikipedia, it says "Mario discovers a mysterious black sludge pool in the Mushroom Kingdom. After being absorbed by the sludge, Mario finds himself in an archipelago of cat-themed islands called Lake Lapcat..." -- Bowser64 (Talk - Sandbox) 21:45, May 14, 2021 (EDT)
 * Wikipedia isn't a valid source. -- 22:12, May 14, 2021 (EDT)

Just chiming in to say there's a lot of files related to "ink" here. If anyone can give me pointers, since I haven't touched Bowser's Fury, it'll help. For instance, there's "LighthouseInk.szs", "ShadowLuigiInkBall.szs",. There's a ton of "inkspike" and "inkpatch" files, which are like these HUGE conical models. "InkBomb" which looks a boulder and I think is "Kick Bomb".... though they don't look like the soccer bombs I expect usually. The file "AllNewEffectData.szs" which I assume are particle effects for the addon Bowser's Fury content, do contain several references to ink including the aforementioned "ink bomb" such as "InkBombExplodeInk". "InkPuddleFire", "InkPuddleStart", and this "ink" coincides with land and water particle effects (PlayerGigaLand, PlayerGigaLandWater, PlayerGigaLandInk) but idk it might be something else entirely. 20:04, April 15, 2022 (EDT)

Enemies?
Shouldn't this article also mention that a good number of enemies in this game, Bosses and Yoshis included, are made of Goop and aren't real? This seems quite important since we are talking about the attributes of this substance in general. --Conradd (talk) 14:51, July 13, 2023 (EDT)
 * It is mentioned in-game that Yoshis were always inhabitants of Isle Delfino so definitely not them. 14:57, July 13, 2023 (EDT)
 * But those in the game dissolve in water. Wasn't there a guide at the time that explained that Bowser Jr. also created them or is that just a fan theory? --Conradd (talk) 15:14, July 13, 2023 (EDT)
 * It was implied in the original game, and while I don't know about if any contemporary guides said so, Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros. said so definitively, even in the original Japanese. (Also, Swallow, it said in-game they were former inhabitants of the island, implying they had been extinct there for a long time.) Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 17:38, July 13, 2023 (EDT)

Split off each subtype of goop into its own article
Each subtype of goop has a unique name and unique properties, some of them quite drastically different from regular goop. While they are all clearly related, they are not really any more so related than something like a Koopa Paratroopa is to a Koopa Troopa, or a Spiky Goomba to a Goomba. The sections on the current article for each of the subtypes could each easily carry their own articles as they are already written, and the current structure of the page feels a bit like a strange disambiguation article.

My preferred option would be to keep the "regular goop" section as the main article, as well as non-Super Mario Sunshine appearances that don't clearly fit into one of the subtypes (few if any of goop's other appearances have involved these subtypes, to my knowledge). I've also included options for keeping regular goop, electric goop, and burning goop (the three most functionally similar varieties) merged, and for splitting every type of goop, including the standard type, keeping the current article only as a disambiguation page.

Proposer: Deadline: July 30, 2023, 23:59 GMT

Split only the subtypes, keeping regular goop in the main article

 * 1) Per proposal.
 * 2) Per proposal.
 * 3) While I initially thought all types would be a bit excessive, the fact that many of them visually look different and act different convinced me. Especially comparing the Orange Juice Generator to just about any other type. So per proposal.
 * Eh, I should probably mark this down as my second option.
 * 1) Per proposal.
 * 2) Makes the most sense to me (also, I take it that the Graffiti from Bowser's Fury will be moved to the eventual Graffiti article, while the splotchy goop from the same game either stays here or gets its own article)

Split all except regular goop, electric goop, and burning goop

 * 1) This proposal completely threw me for a loop because when I came here from the proposal page, I didn't remember how much stuff this article had on it. I'd never call anything in Sunshine "goop" except for the substance covering the ground that you wash off with FLUDD, so I think that's the only stuff that should be in this article. As for why this option: I've never really thought of electric and burning goop as their own thing, considering that there are already three different regular goops. They seem more like special variants than distinct substances.
 * 2) Secondary choice.

Comments
Another thing: the Rainbow M section is appended with an indication that the main article is Level Gate. Perhaps the Rainbow M information should be moved there? The Level Gate article is very short (much shorter than the Rainbow M section on this page, in fact), and having two articles about the same thing is kinda redundant? It'd be similar to how we merged the Shine Monument to the Shine Gate a while ago, except maybe "Level Gate" could be renamed to "Rainbow M" since "Level Gate" is kind of a generic term. 14:18, July 17, 2023 (EDT)