Goom Goom

Not to be confused with Boom Boom.

Goom Goom
Species	Goomba
First appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)

“I came out here to enjoy island life, but now that I'm here, I just feel lonely... There is no one to date. I mean, NO ONE. I'm chatting up sea turtles, here.”

—Goom Goom, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Goom Goom is a Goomba found in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. After taking on his trouble, Mario discovers Goom Goom in the Pirate's Grotto's storeroom on Keelhaul Key. Goom Goom is looking for a female Goomba companion, one that is "petite, younger than [him], and pretty, not drop-dead hot." To help him, Mario introduces his party member Goombella; however, Goombella rejects Goom Goom's interest, saying that she's already "dating" Mario in hopes of dissuading his interest, though this is simply a way to get out of any commitment to Goom Goom. In the original game, Goombella is a slightly sympathetic, calling him "very cute" and expressing remorse for hurting his feelings, though in the remake she's far more direct and simply tells him that he's out of luck. Goom Goom will only like Goombella; if Mario shows him a different party member, even if the party member is female, he will not like them and turn each one of them down. After Goombella's rejection, Goom Goom angrily storms off, leaving behind a Couple's Cake.

Comments on Mario's partners

Goom Goom showing his love to Goombella

If Mario shows him a partner other than Goombella, Goom Goom will make a complaint depending on the partner.

• On Koops:

  GameCube version: "Whoa! That is one attractive shell...but that makes you...a Koopa of some kind. Not only that, but you're a dude. This is all wrong!"

  Switch version: "Whoa! That is one attractive shell...but that makes you...a Koopa of some kind. I mean, you're a step up from sea turtles but...no. Remember what I told you?"

  Response: "Wow. I am not feeling attractive right now..."

• On Flurrie:

  GameCube version: "Whoa! Now that is a very glamorous woman, indeed... But you're kind of...old... And you're not even a Goomba! This is all wrong!"

  Switch version: "Whoa! Now that is a very glamorous woman, indeed... But you're kind of...floaty... and I'm ground-bound for life. And you're not even a Goomba! This is all wrong!"

  Response:

  GameCube version: "Well, I never! How rude! Go get your eyes checked, young man! I am a PRIZE!"

  Switch version: "Oh, haughtiest of all laughs! You had best get your eyes checked, young man. I am a PRIZE!"

• On Yoshi Kid:

  GameCube version: "Whoa! Hey... You're petite, just like I asked... But you're a Yoshi! This is all totally wrong!"

  Switch version: "Whoa! Hey... You're about my size, just like I asked... But you're a Yoshi! This is all totally wrong!"

  Response:

  GameCube version: "Hey, take a long walk off a short pier, you dork! Who'd date you, anyway?"

  Switch version: "Hey, take a long walk off a short pier, you bozo! Who'd date you, anyway?"

• On Vivian:

  GameCube version: "Whoa! You sure are cute... But, um... That whole goth shadow thing is a bit... Creepy! There, I said it! This is all so very wrong!"

  Switch version: "Whoa! You sure seem nice... But, um... That whole goth shadow thing is a bit... Creepy! There, I said it! You're too goth for me! And you're not even a Goomba! Remember what I told you?"

  In the Japanese version of the original game, Goom Goom rejects Vivian by calling her a boy: 「おお！　これは　かわいい…　ってキミ…　どうちなの？…　オトコ…　だよね…　ようするに　オスじゃん！」 ("Ooh! You're cute... but what's... up with you? You're a boy... aren't you...? In other words, you're male!") In the remake, this is changed, and he rejects her because she is not a Goomba: 「おお！　これは　かわいい…　ってキミ…　クリボーじゃないし！」("Ooh! You're cute... but you're... not a Goomba!")

  Response: "You're not really doing much to impress me either, bud!"

• On Admiral Bobbery:

  "Whoa! How very, um... What's WRONG with you, huh? This is some crusty old dude! Do I look like I date old Bob-ombs? This is all wrong!"

  Response: "Well, you're hardly my type, either, you young scallywag!"

• On Ms. Mowz:

  GameCube version: "Whoa! Well, well, well... This IS a cutie, oh yes... But you're some sort of rat! Close, but no Goomba! This is all so very wrong!"

  Switch version: "Whoa! Well, well, well... This IS a gal, oh yes... But you're some sort of rat! Close, but no Goomba! Remember what I told you?"

  Response: "Mmmm... I'd stay out of dark alleys for a little while if I were you..."

The following is Goom Goom's response to Goombella before he begins to woo her:

• GameCube version: "Whoa! Yeah! Wow! Yow! She's cute! REALLY cute! And that ponytail! Man! Perfect! Slam dunk, man! Yes! Suh-lam duh-unk! This may be a bit soon... But I have to confess my love to this girl!"
• Switch version: "Whoa! Yeah! Wow! Yow! She's cute! REALLY cute! And that ponytail! Man! Perfect! Slam dunk, man! Yes! Suh-lam duh-unk! Now, watch an artist work. I've got a foolproof opening line where I just confess my love right away."

Tattle

Goombella can use Tattle on Goom Goom only when Mario finds him in the storeroom of Pirate's Grotto while taking on his trouble but before Mario talks to Goom Goom with Goombella as his active partner.

• "That's Goom Goom, who asked us for help, remember? Looks like he's enjoying life here on Keelhaul Key, but he's a bit lonely. By the way, you don't suppose I'd qualify as a cute Goomba gal, do you?"

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	クリチェロ Kurichero	From「クリボー」(Kuribō, "Goomba") and common Italian masculine name "Marcello"
French	Goombanova	Cross between "Goomba" and "casanova"
German	Gumberto	Cross between Gumba ("Goomba") and "Umberto" (Italian given name)
Italian	GoombAAA	Cross between "Goomba" and "AAA", commonly used in want ads to make a name appear higher on the list (as they are often listed in alphabetical order)
Spanish	Goombinson	Cross between "Goomba" and "Robinson", possibly alluding to "Robinson Crusoe".