Editing Goompa

{{quote|Putting on [[badge]]s and taking them off is a vital skill.|Goompa|Paper Mario}}
{{character-infobox
|image=[[File:GoompaSprite.gif]]
|full_name=Goompa
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|origin=[[Goomba Village]]
|species=[[Goomba]]
}}
'''Goompa''' is [[Goombario]] and [[Goombaria]]'s grandfather. He is an elder [[Goomba]] and has extensive knowledge of the world, which comes from his adventures as a youth. In his prime, he used to travel the globe with his friends [[Koopa Koot]] and [[Bootler]] and today suffers from back aches. Goompa has taught his grandson everything he knows.

Goompa lives in [[Goomba Village (place)|Goomba Village]] with the rest of his family. In the beginning of ''[[Paper Mario]]'', Goompa is fixing the veranda of their home with a [[Hammer]]. When [[Mario]] attempts to leave the village, [[Kammy Koopa]] appears and, using her magic, creates a yellow block that prevents Mario from leaving. Mario decides to ask Goompa for his Hammer and walks to the veranda. Unfortunately, the veranda has fallen apart, causing Goompa and Mario to plummet to the ground below. In order to get back to the village, Goompa temporarily joins Mario, and in lieu of fighting, he teaches Mario how to use the game's battle system and gives Mario his Hammer after it is found. Goompa also gives Mario the [[Power Jump]] badge after getting back to his house, and goes on to tell Mario how to equip and use badges.

One of the favors that Koopa Koot asks of Mario is that he retrieve a [[Tape]] that had been lent to Goompa a long time ago. When Mario retrieves the tape, he is curious of its contents, but Goompa refuses to tell him what is on the tape, commenting only that he enjoyed listening to it. At some point in the game, Goompa has written [[List of letters in Paper Mario#Goompa|a letter]] to [[Goombario]], which the player can read at the [[Post Office]] in [[Toad Town]]. There is also a [[letter]] for Goompa. When [[Parakarry]] delivers it to him, he rewards [[Mario]] with a [[Star Piece (Paper Mario)|Star Piece]].

==Gallery==
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Goompa.png|Goompa talking to Mario in the balcony.
Paper Mario Goompa Hammer.png|Mario finding Goompa's hammer.
Paper Mario Goompa Power Jump Badge.png|Goompa giving Mario the [[Power Jump]] Badge.
</gallery>

==Tattle==
*''He's my grandpa, Goompa. He knows oodles of stuff. Ever since I was a kid, he's been telling me fantastic stories of his youth.''

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
|Jap=クリじい<ref>In the Japanese version of ''Paper Mario'', Goompa says the following when Mario first talks to him in the balcony: 「ワシは　クリじいですじゃ　じいさんの　クリボーじゃから　クリじいなんですじゃ」(I'm Kurijii. The grandpa (jiisan) of Goombas (kuribō), therefore Kurijii.)</ref>
|JapR=Kurijii
|JapM=From クリボー ''kuribō'', the Japanese for "Goomba", and じい ''jii'', the Japanese for "grandfather".
|Spa=Goomabuelo
|SpaM=From Goomba and ''abuelo'' (grandfather)
|Fra=Goompa
|FraM=-
}}

==Trivia==
*According to [[Russ T.]] after chapter 7, Goompa used to be a famous fighter and sparred with [[The Master]] when they were young.
*Goompa has a C-Down command like all partners. In the beginning of the game when Goompa acts as Mario's partner, pressing C-Down will make Goompa move behind Mario if he isn't already.
*His name appears in the coding of the game in Mario's list of partners along with Goombaria and Twink, suggesting he was [[List of Paper Mario beta elements|originally going to assist Mario on his quest]]. He, like all of the removed partners, has an identical icon to [[Kooper]]'s.
*In the [[Crystal Palace]], a [[Duplighost]] tries to turn himself into Kooper, but manages to turn himself into Goompa instead.

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