Editing Goombario

{{Distinguish|Goomba Mario}}

|image=[[File:Goombario.jpg|150px]]<br>Artwork from ''Paper Mario''

|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) (photograph cameo) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])

'''Goombario''' is a [[Goomba]] who lives in [[Goomba Village (location)|Goomba Village]] and greatly admires [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]. As such, his name is a portmanteau of "Goomba" and "Mario". Goombario is the first [[party member]] in ''[[Paper Mario]]'', and his specialty is providing Mario with information about the various locations and enemies in the game. Thus, he is the only Party Member with two attacks which do not require [[Flower Point|FP]]. In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', this task is carried on by [[Goombella]] (in the French version of ''Paper Mario'', he even talks in a similar fashion to her), in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' by [[Tippi]] and [[Tiptron]], in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' by [[Kersti]], in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' by [[Huey]], and in ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'' by [[Olivia]]. Goombario's appearance is somewhat atypical compared to a standard Goomba in that he has two flat teeth instead of the standard fangs; the only other Goombas to have this trait are Goombario's family and [[Professor Frankly]]. He also wears a blue cap and has blushed pink cheeks to distinguish himself from other Goombas. In certain area tattles, Goombario states that he hates eating fish and is afraid of heights.

When Mario falls into Goomba Village at the start of ''Paper Mario'', Goombario's sister, [[Goombaria]], finds him and then lets him rest in the village's [[Toad House]]. Later, when Mario falls off the balcony in [[Goompa]]'s house, Goompa and Mario find the former's [[Hammer]] and smash through a [[Yellow Block]] to get back to Goomba Village. When they return, Goompa suggests that Goombario join Mario on his adventure, and he accepts. In the field, Goombario can use his tattle to find out where Mario is and tell him about the people that they meet. According to Goompapa, he is named after Mario.

[[Duplighost]]s and [[Lee]] can transform into Goombario along with Mario's other partners, in which case his name appears as "Goombario???"

Goombario and various other party members from ''[[Paper Mario]]'' were set to make an appearance in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', but were [[List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door pre-release and unused content|removed from the final product]]. Despite this, all partners from ''Paper Mario'', including Goombario, reappear in the [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|remake]] in a photograph.

==Profiles and statistics==

===''Paper Mario''===

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*'''Player's Guide:''' A young member of the Goomba family in Goomba Village, Goombario has always been a big fan of Mario. Like most Goombas, he has a hard head and a fighting spirit. He knows a great deal about the Mushroom Kingdom and will clue you in on most anything you'd like to know.<ref>{{cite|author=Averill, Alan, et al.|title=''Paper Mario'' Official Nintendo Player's Guide|page=12|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|isbn=1-930206-07-0}}</ref>

*'''[[Nintendo Power]]:''' ''The young Goomba has knowledge beyond his years. He can give you information about every location and enemy. He can also fight with a collection of hard-headed attacks.''<ref>{{cite|language=en|date=February 2001|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Nintendo Power'' Issue #141|page=23}}</ref>

 

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|[[Headbonk]]

|None

|Headbutts a single enemy, similarly to Mario's [[Jump]].

|Press {{button|n64|A}} right before hitting the enemy.

|Base Rank: 2 hits of 1<br>Super Rank: 2 hits of 2<br>Ultra Rank: 2 hits of 3

|Base Rank

|[[Tattle]]

|None

|Gives information on the enemy and uncovers the enemy's HP bar for all subsequent encounters.

|No Action Command

|N/A

|Base Rank

|[[Charge (move)|Charge]]

|1

|Boosts next attack by 2. This move can be used in succession to stack its effect.  

|No Action Command

|N/A

|Super Rank

|[[Multibonk]]

|3

|Headbutts a single enemy multiple times until the action command is failed, or a cap is reached.

|Press {{button|n64|A}} right before hitting the enemy.

|Ultra Rank: 3 base attack, decreasing by 1 per hit down to 1 damage

|Ultra Rank

===''Super Paper Mario''===

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PM Goomba Tattle.png|Goombario tattling a [[Goomba]] from ''Paper Mario''

GoombarioHeadbonkPM.png|Goombario headbonking a [[Goomba]] from ''Paper Mario''

PM Buzzar Tattle.png|Goombario tattling [[Buzzar]] in battle from ''Paper Mario''

Goombario charge.png|Goombario charging in ''Paper Mario''

|Jpn=クリオ

|JpnR=Kurio

|JpnM=Pun on「クリボー」(''Kuribō'', "[[Goomba]]") and possibly "[[Mario]]"

|ChiM=Transliteration of Japanese name, also includes a portmanteau of「栗」(''lì'', "chestnuts") and「马'''力欧'''」(''Mǎ'''lì'ōu''''', "Mario")

|Spa=Goombario