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|image=[[File:Gooma PM.png]]
|image=[[File:Gooma PM.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
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'''Gooma''' is [[Goombario]] and [[Goombaria]]'s kind grandmother in the game ''[[Paper Mario]]''. Her name is a portmanteau of "[[Goomba]]" and "grandma", something she actually notes upon first meeting [[Mario]]. Mario only needs to talk to her once throughout his entire adventure. She, along with the rest of the [[Goomba]] family, lives in [[Goomba Village (place)|Goomba Village]]. Whether Gooma is her grandchildren's maternal or paternal grandmother is unknown.
'''Gooma''' is [[Goombario]] and [[Goombaria]]'s kind grandmother in the game ''[[Paper Mario]]''. Her name is a portmanteau of "[[Goomba]]" and "grandma", something she actually notes upon first meeting [[Mario]]. Mario only needs to talk to her once throughout his entire adventure. She, along with the rest of the [[Goomba]] family, lives in [[Goomba Village (location)|Goomba Village]]. Whether Gooma is her grandchildren's maternal or paternal grandmother is unknown.


Gooma writes [[List of letters in Paper Mario#Gooma|a letter]] to [[Goombario]] during the party's adventure, which the player can read at the [[Toad Town Post Office]].  
Gooma writes [[List of letters in Paper Mario#Gooma|a letter]] to [[Goombario]] at one point during the party's adventure, which the player can read at the [[Toad Town Post Office]].  


==Tattle==
==Tattle==
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Fra=Gooma
|Fre=Gooma
|FraM=-
|FreM=-
|Jap=クリばあ<br>''Kuribaa''
|Jap=クリばあ
|JapM=Chestnut Granny
|JapR=Kuribā
|JapM=From「クリボー」(''Kuribō'', [[Goomba]]) and「婆」(''bā'', grandma)
|Spa=Goomabuela
|Spa=Goomabuela
|SpaM=From "Goomba" and "abuela" (Spanish for grandmother)
|SpaM=From "Goomba" and "abuela" (Spanish for grandmother)
|Chi=酷栗奶奶<ref>From [[iQue]]'s localization of ''[[Paper Mario]]'': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj23Urolr1I (11:21)</ref>
|Chi=酷栗奶奶<ref>From [[iQue]]'s localization of ''[[Paper Mario]]'': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj23Urolr1I (11:21)</ref>
|ChiR=Kùlì Nǎinai
|ChiR=Kùlì Nǎinai
|ChiM=From '''酷栗''''''''Kùlì'''bǎo'' (Goomba) + 奶奶 ''nǎinai'' (grandma)
|ChiM=Transliteration of Japanese「'''クリ'''ボー」('''''Kuri''''', Goomba) + 奶奶 (''nǎinai'', paternal grandma)
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Latest revision as of 23:51, January 7, 2024

Gooma
Gooma PM.png
Species Goomba
First appearance Paper Mario (2000)

Gooma is Goombario and Goombaria's kind grandmother in the game Paper Mario. Her name is a portmanteau of "Goomba" and "grandma", something she actually notes upon first meeting Mario. Mario only needs to talk to her once throughout his entire adventure. She, along with the rest of the Goomba family, lives in Goomba Village. Whether Gooma is her grandchildren's maternal or paternal grandmother is unknown.

Gooma writes a letter to Goombario at one point during the party's adventure, which the player can read at the Toad Town Post Office.

Tattle[edit]

  • "She's my grandma, Gooma. I hope she lives forever! She's the greatest! When she starts telling old stories, she always says, "When I was young, I was very popular with the boys.""

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese クリばあ
Kuribā
From「クリボー」(Kuribō, Goomba) and「婆」(, grandma)

Chinese 酷栗奶奶[1]
Kùlì Nǎinai
Transliteration of Japanese「クリボー」(Kuri, Goomba) + 奶奶 (nǎinai, paternal grandma)

French Gooma
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Spanish Goomabuela
From "Goomba" and "abuela" (Spanish for grandmother)

Trivia[edit]

  • It is implied that she taught Tayce T. how to cook.
  • According to Gooma, she looked a lot like Goombaria back when she was a child.

References[edit]