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|image=[[File:Swoopin' Stu SMS red.png|100px]]<br>Artwork of a red Gooble in ''Super Mario Sunshine''

A '''Gooble''',<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/sunshine/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Sunshine'' entry on the official Mario Portal]. ''nintendo.co.jp''. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/M7LQb Archived] August 12, 2022 23:33:20 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> originally known as a '''Swoopin' Stu'''<ref>Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 17.</ref> or '''Name Kuri''',<ref>Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' BradyGames Official Strategy Guide. Page 5.</ref> is a type of transparent creature that appears in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. Goobles can be found wherever there is [[goop]]. They were previously named for the [[Strollin' Stu]], but they do not closely resemble Strollin' Stus, instead appearing as round slug or jellyfish-like creatures. They come in a large variety of colors, as well as some size variation, although they all act exactly the same. For the most part, unless Goobles see [[Mario]], they generally wander in an outward direction without any real, apparent purpose and do not create a larger "goop area" unless they fall off a ledge and pop on impact. [[Petey Piranha]]'s goop is also capable of creating Goobles.

Once a Gooble spots Mario, it turns white for a second before making a "bwooww-wop" noise and performing a kamikaze jump towards his location, leaving goop behind. Goobles appear prominently during battles with [[Proto Piranha]]s, spawned from their base, swooping at Mario whenever they have the chance and disrupting his own attacks on the Proto Piranha.

Goobles can be destroyed with a blast of water from [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]] or by being [[jump]]ed on, though the latter method leaves behind a puddle of goop that can spawn more Goobles. This can be avoided, however, if they are jumped on while they are in the air. [[Stomp]]ing on them also causes them to occasionally drop [[Water Bottle]]s. Eventually, Goobles pop even without provocation but do not leave goop.

Goobles were originally intended to have a more slug-like design in the game, [[List of Super Mario Sunshine pre-release and unused content|but their design was changed in the final version]].

Swoopin' Stu SMS blue.png| Artwork of a blue Gooble

Swoopin' Stu SMS green.png| Artwork of a green Gooble

SMS Prerelease Swoopin Stu Screenshot.png|Screenshot of a Gooble's prerelease design