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{{character infobox
|image=[[File:TTYD Goomba NPC.png]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|species=[[Goomba]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
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{{quote|Yeah, I spoke to [[Jolene]]. Now who was it that she wanted "taken care of"?|Goomfrey|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
{{quote|Yeah, I spoke to [[Jolene]]. Now who was it that she wanted "taken care of"?|Goomfrey|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
[[File:McGoomba.PNG|right|thumb|'''Goomfrey'''.]]
'''Goomfrey''' is a 30-year-old [[Goomba]] who lives in [[Rogueport]]. He resides near [[Professor Frankly]]'s house in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. Goomfrey is a pretty shady character who makes a living by "eliminating problems". In fact, he helps [[Mario]] by disposing of a bunch of old, stinky boxer shorts that the plumber picked up in the [[Glitz Pit]]. An issue of the RDM later states that he attacked the Pianta Exchanger at the [[Pianta Parlor]] in anger, causing the parlor to temporarily shut down. Goomfrey also wears a hat similar to [[Link]] from ''The Legend of Zelda'' games.


==Tattle==
'''Goomfrey''' is a 30-year-old<ref>[[Mailbox SP#RDM Premiere Issue]]</ref> [[Goomba]] who lives in [[Rogueport]]. His name is a portmanteau of "Goomba" and the male name "Geoffrey". He resides near [[Professor Frankly]]'s house in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. Goomfrey is a pretty shady character who makes a living by "eliminating problems," and talks in a manner similar to a hitman. However, he ends up helping [[Mario]] by disposing of a bunch of [[Battle Trunks]] that Mario picked up in the [[Glitz Pit]] as part of the [[Help Wanted!]] [[Trouble Center|trouble]]. An issue of the RDM states that he attacked the Pianta Exchanger at the [[Pianta Parlor]] in anger, causing the parlor to temporarily shut down.
*''That's Goomfrey the Goomba. He looks kind of shady, I guess, but he's cool. People call him a "fixer." Y'know, a guy that can make any problem...just go away.''
 
==Profiles==
*'''[[Tattle]]:''' "''That's Goomfrey the Goomba. He looks kind of shady, I guess, but he's cool. People call him a "fixer." Y'know, a guy that can make any problem...just go away.''"


==Names in Other Languages==
==Names in other languages==
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{{foreign names
|Fra=Goomléon
|Jap=クリード
|FraM=Cross between "Goomba" and "Léon" (a French name)
|JapR=Kurīdo
|JapM=Pun on「クリボー」(''Kuribō'', "[[Goomba]]") and possibly the English male given name "Creed"
|Fre=Goomléon
|FreM=From "Goomba" and the male given name "Léon"
|Ger=Gumbaniel
|GerM=From ''Gumba'' ("Goomba") and the male name "Daniel"
|Ita=Goombocchio
|ItaM=From "Goomba" and ''occhio'' ("eye")
|Spa=Goombasilio
|Spa=Goombasilio
|SpaM=Cross between "Goomba" and ''Basilio'' (a masculine Spanish name)
|SpaM=From "Goomba" and the male given name "Basilio"
|Ger=Gumbaniel
|GerM=''Gumba'' (the German spelling of "Goomba") + "Daniel," a male name
|Ita=Goombolone
|ItaM=From "Goomba" and "tontolone" or "credulone" (both meaning ''gullible'')
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==References==
*His name is a portmanteau of "Goomba" and the male names "Godfrey," "Jeffrey" and "Geoffrey."
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Latest revision as of 20:10, May 24, 2024

Goomfrey
TTYD Goomba NPC.png
Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Species Goomba
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
“Yeah, I spoke to Jolene. Now who was it that she wanted "taken care of"?”
Goomfrey, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Goomfrey is a 30-year-old[1] Goomba who lives in Rogueport. His name is a portmanteau of "Goomba" and the male name "Geoffrey". He resides near Professor Frankly's house in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Goomfrey is a pretty shady character who makes a living by "eliminating problems," and talks in a manner similar to a hitman. However, he ends up helping Mario by disposing of a bunch of Battle Trunks that Mario picked up in the Glitz Pit as part of the Help Wanted! trouble. An issue of the RDM states that he attacked the Pianta Exchanger at the Pianta Parlor in anger, causing the parlor to temporarily shut down.

Profiles[edit]

  • Tattle: "That's Goomfrey the Goomba. He looks kind of shady, I guess, but he's cool. People call him a "fixer." Y'know, a guy that can make any problem...just go away."

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese クリード
Kurīdo
Pun on「クリボー」(Kuribō, "Goomba") and possibly the English male given name "Creed"

French Goomléon
From "Goomba" and the male given name "Léon"
German Gumbaniel
From Gumba ("Goomba") and the male name "Daniel"
Italian Goombocchio
From "Goomba" and occhio ("eye")
Spanish Goombasilio
From "Goomba" and the male given name "Basilio"

References[edit]