Talk:Gooble

I've searched Google for both "Name Kuri" and "Name Quri" and I've found nothing. Can anyone confirm the name of these enemies? --Son of Suns 03:25, 6 July 2006 (EDT)

Again, I would like to ask where this name originated, even if it's just a conjectural name. -- Son of Suns

I have both the NP and the Prima guides for SMS, but only Prima gives a name: Swoopin' Stu. Monty Mole (Talk·Contribs) 11:13, 29 October 2006 (EST)

I thought Swoopin' Stus were the flying form of Strollin' Stus. That would make sense, right? -- Son of Suns

But why name it "Name Kuri"? That name seems highly obscure and doesnt make sense. – Spike

The "Name" is "Kurintly" unknown! Ha ha ha ha hooookay that wasn't funny. I agree with Spike, where'd that name come from? Para Yoshi ^Wahoo! 20:31, 29 October 2006 (EST)

Son of Suns, that's a Swipin' Stu. Because they swipe Mario's Hat. Monty Mole (Talk·Contribs) 15:48, 30 October 2006 (EST)

They're just like a Goomba, but they leap on Mario to attack. 3dejong

Name Kuri appeared in a startegy guide as well. Superchao 20:24, 30 October 2006 (EST)

What about the flying "Strollin' Stus" that fly back and forth but don't attempt to steal Mario's hat? Are those "Swoopin' Stus"? -- Son of Suns

Yup! I'm currently working on articles for all the "Stu"s. 3dejong

Still, this doesn't explain where the name came from! And Name Kuri just sound tooo weirdKnife (talk)

The flying Stus that don't steel your hat are called Flying Strollin' Stus. User:Bob Greenlake

I'm tired of asking. WHERE DID THE NAME COME FROM?Knife (talk)

Superchao, the name comes from a strategy guide? Which strategy guide and could you post a copy? -- Ghost Jam 01:45, 7 December 2006 (EST)

The Primagames guide. TheGreatBlockyBoo 18:35, 19 December 2006 (EST)

Spawn

What the? What's the source for this name? Wa _T^C_@^Y 17:18, 19 December 2006 (EST)

The Stus

I have the Prima guide, so here are all the Stus.

Basic Stu = Strollin' Stu

Flying Stu = Flying Strollin' Stu

"Spawn" = Swoopin' Stu

Stus that steal your hat = Swipin' Stu

Those flippin' huge Stus that have the Strollin' Stus on their heads = Stackin' Stus (I think I made that one up, I'm not actually looking at the guide, I'm just remembered)

Mariofan132 at 5:49 PM

I made up the name "Stackin' Stu". And what about the flaming Stus? 3D, {{{1}}}

Okay, I didn't know these articles needed so much help.

• Strollin' Stu = Strollin' Stu
• Winged Strollin' Stu = Soarin' Stu
• Flamin' Stu = Smolderin' Stu
• Spawn = Swoopin' Stu
• Stealin' Hat Stu = Swipin' St
• Stackin' Stu = Stackin' Stu (correct ^_^)

That's offical. Para Yoshi ^Wahoo! 19:07, 19 December 2006 (EST)

WAHOO! Dunt dunt dunt! I GOT IT RIGHT! WOOT! :) :) :) :)! Lucky me! Confetti! Streamers! Cake! Uhh... OK. Sorry. Anyway, so we need to change titles to be canonical, correcto? 3D, {{{1}}}

This probably means they are related to Stus.Knife (talk)

WHERE did this 'official' information come from? That's what I'd like to know. A Prima (or any non-nintendo source) guide could hardly be called official. -- Ghost Jam 01:54, 21 December 2006 (EST)

A Nintendo Power miniguide is where I got it. However, I am not sure that Swipin' Stu is correct beacause I found that out at Lemmy's Land. Para Yoshi ^Wahoo! 10:43, 21 December 2006 (EST)

To be completely honest, these creatures don't look anything like Stus. And I guess we can settle there is no official name, if nobody can name an official source. Cobold 10:16, 13 February 2007 (EST)

I don't know about the official english names, but the Japanese names for both the "stu" enemies and the "goop" enemy consist of the word "kuri" as well as another word which I would assume is an adjective. I think that at least points towards the two groups being related. My source is here: http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rlid=143014 (the author of the walkthrough cites his source as a Bradygames Strategy Guide)

Has anyone created an article for the flying stu's (not the swipin' stu). Someone mentioned the name "soarin' stu", yet I can't find an article under that name or any other for the flying stu's. Is there simply no article for them yet?
The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tykyle (talk).

Check out Soarin' Stu for the one in the secret stage and Droppin' Stu for the ones on Pinna Beach Ep. 3. --Soodo Dynomite

You Sure?

These goop monsters are called Swoopin' STUS? they are definitely NOT stus. I always thought they were called Goopies. Should I move to Goopy? --THEY'RE NOT STUS!!

What I said before, they're definitely not Stus, but we don't know what they are instead. - Cobold (talk · contribs) 14:33, 6 March 2008 (EST)

I think tey are called Bwow-Wop becaues they keep making that sound. User:Mecha-Boss Unit

Maybe goopies would work....

TheWho Loves Dots...

I agree! :) Theze creaturez are NOTHING like boygeyz. (I find "boygey" moar respectful than "stu".) MAny reazons why:

• Boygey eyes are black & slanted. Theze things have white round eyes.
• Boygeys seem to be born moar naturally.
• Boygeys wear pink polkadotted pants & blue shoes. Swoopin-stus wear nothing; they don't even have feet!
• Swoopin-Stus DON'T have a nose at all.
• Boygeys aren't transparent.
• Boygeys are moar friendly than swoopin-stus. (I always see boygeys as kindhearted & misunderstood.)
• Swoopin-stus seem to lack intelligence & only live for a few seconds.
• Swoopin-Stus are as fragile as a bubble.
• As stated above, Swoopin-Stus are unable to squeak. They instead go "Bwowwop".

& there you have it. Also because of this, I refer to theze things as Goopers. BoygeyPumpkineer

Toadstool Tour

It says the name "Gooble" came from a scorecard in Toadstool Tour. Is there any indication it was referring to these, and not, say, Glorpedo or Goop Generator? There were some pretty baffling things to make the scorecard, (which seemed to be primarily characters and bosses, not generic enemies) so I wouldn't throw all possibility aside. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 20:31, 5 October 2017 (EDT)

Well, "Glorpedo" already appears on the scorecard (according to the page's trivia), and it seems unlikely that there would be two separate names for the same subject. It's technically possible that "Glorpedo" actually refers to what we're currently calling Gooble and vice-versa, but I'd associate "Glorpedo" with the objects being launched as projectiles (like a torpedo). Hello, I'm Time Turner. 20:40, 5 October 2017 (EDT)

"Glorpedo" is a goo ball/bubble though, while "Gooble" shoots itself at Mario at an intense speed. "Glorpedo" in effect acts more like a bouncy ball. Granted, "Gooble" also looks somewhat bubblish, I suppose. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 20:44, 5 October 2017 (EDT)

Bumping this. Given it was a name on a scorecard with nothing attached to it, saying this is definitively Gooble is speculative, at best. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 17:33, 21 June 2018 (EDT)

I was wondering the same. Should we rename it to Swoopin' Stu again, even though they don't even look like a Strollin' Stu? (Super Mario Encyclopedia's english version is only for redirect references though. -- FanOfYoshi 12:17, 7 January 2019 (EST)

Is there a name in the Nintendo Power guide that we can use instead? ^(T|C) 12:24, 7 January 2019 (EST)

The information in Super Mario Encyclopedia saying that these are called Goobles came from us. (no i don't own Super Mario Encyclopedia, but i found some scans on Google Books). We can't cite it, and the Nintendo Power Guide is actually a great idea. I found a video, but i'll have to look carefully. The quality isn't that good, but i hope i can find their name. -- FanOfYoshi 12:44, 7 January 2019 (EST)

It was too small, so i can't tell, sorry. -- FanOfYoshi 13:04, 7 January 2019 (EST)

Saw the above discussion, only Prima gives it a name, Swoopin' Stu. IMO, even though it doesn't look like a Strollin' Stu at all, the only actual name we have is Swoopin' Stu. -- FanOfYoshi 11:12, 14 January 2019 (EST)

The way to verify one way or the other would be to check the Japanese version of the scorecard and find which name was used there. LinkTheLefty (talk) 09:40, 25 January 2019 (EST)

Checked on model resource and the name of the objects are "namekuri", and some others are different but end up with "kuri". According to TCRF, Strollin' Stus and its variants have "Kuri" in their name, we're possibly intended to be named "Kuri" in the developpement, but ended up being "Kurin". Further more, a large Chestnut-like enemy which the object itself is called HinoKuri can drop Strollin' Stus. I think it ended up being unused. Since it also drops Swoopin' Stus, this might be another indication that Swoopin' Stu we're POSSIBLY intended to be Strollin' Stu relatives before it was changed. (Name Kuri was thought to be made up but comes from the Swoopin' Stu model). Is Tramplin Stu an official name, or is it also a fan-made name? -- FanOfYoshi 12:14, 25 January 2019 (EST)

Definitely fan-made. It also looks nothing like a Stu, beyond the optional chestnut-shaped helmet (which itself looks nothing like a Stu). Anyways, your development theory is additionally impossible due to pre-release screenshots and the Japanese name. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 12:41, 25 January 2019 (EST)

I actually think it's certainly plausible, given that the English Super Mario Sunshine guides had access to development materials (most notably Wire Trap, but it's more obvious in the BradyGames and Versus guides, which reportedly had an almost entirely different set of enemy names that match internal ones). I wouldn't have thought of that, so well done there. LinkTheLefty (talk) 15:13, 25 January 2019 (EST)

However, we have development photos showing Strollin' Stus looking as they do in the final and Swoopidoos here as being even more amorphous than in the final. And let's not forget "Kug." Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 15:49, 25 January 2019 (EST)

Additionally, there is an unused Swoopin' Stu launcher. -- FanOfYoshi 03:21, 26 January 2019 (EST)

Hmm, "Namekuri"...? Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 06:34, 26 January 2019 (EST)

Yup! It doesn't sound too english, and rather sound non-sensical, just like Hatopop. -- FanOfYoshi 13:14, 27 January 2019 (EST)

You're missing the point. It contains Kuri, much like Kuribou, Kuribon, Kurikuri, and Kurin. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:40, 27 January 2019 (EST)

The internal filename "Namekuri" might come from the word "Namekuji", which means "Slug", implying that they we're based off of a slug. -- FanOfYoshi 01:48, 13 February 2019 (EST)

Yes. Basically, "slugoom," to Woolseyize a bit. It does kinda look like a slug, but does moreso in those early pre-release screenshots (when it would have been given said preliminary name). Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 02:41, 13 February 2019 (EST)

Hold on, another overlooked detail. I'll need to be brief, but anyways, in the very early trailer, around Hinokuri, smaller Hinokuri-like creatures that seem to waver around in a sluglike manner can be seen, and seem to spawn from right underneath it. Given how Hinokuri spawns these Swoopy things and Strollin' Stus in the final's test area, it would surprise me if this wasn't an early rendition of one of these. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 15:51, 13 February 2019 (EST)

Stu?

Why are these considered a variant of Strollin' Stus, besides the English name? I mean, they don't really look like each other, and their Japanese names are completely different. 85.243.109.179 08:29, April 6, 2021 (EDT)

Because that was a recent revision I had not caught. It's fixed now. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 14:14, April 6, 2021 (EDT)

I think they are suppose to be a variety of Stu. The internal file name for the enemy is "Namekuri". The suffix "-kuri" likely is related to "Hamukuri", the internal file name for Strollin' Stu, which suggests an intentional relationship at least during the development stage. You're right, the enemies do not initially seem like they should be related, but it is partially for that reason alone I would think they have some officially recognized relationship. If Prima Games (e.g. not the localizers at Nintendo Treehouse, who have direct regular communications with the Japanese developers) came up with the English name for this enemy, I would have suspected that they would have localized it under a different name (e.g. "Goopy Slug" or something like that).

I think it's worth noting that, according to the Japanese release of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia, the enemies in Super Mario Sunshine are not naturally occurring beings: they were created by Bowser Jr. and are made out of goop. This may have been a retroactive attribution made to give some context to the game in paratext, but there are environmental and behavioral details within the game that suggests this was a legitimate detail they had in mind when making Super Mario Sunshine, one of which being that Swoopin' Stus spawn from goop. My assumption is that Swoopin' Stu is a primordial Stu, which is why it looks gelatinous and without clear form. I think it is noteworthy that the giant Piranha Plants in the goop have most recently been localized as "Proto Piranha Plants". "Proto" suggests they also are a primordial form of the regular Piranha Plant enemies in the game, so it not something that seems like a stretch to apply to Swoopin' Stus, or at least it does not seem like one to me. - Nintendo101 (talk) 14:20, April 6, 2021 (EDT)

While they may have both been based off Goomba in development, I think it needs noting that the Strollin' Stus in the initial trailer (featuring the infamous Hinokuri) look a lot more like normal Goombas than in the final, while Swoopin' Stu's final JP name is more similar to Mildes' than Goombas'. I think there was enough divergence in development that they're certainly no more similar than, say, Electrokoopa and Snooza Koopa, which are both still Troopas in the final version (but one is not a subtype of the other). As for "proto," I take that to be short for "protoplasm," ie living slime. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 16:56, April 6, 2021 (EDT)

Still, with the HinoKuri connection being several degrees away, maybe "relative" is better? Though in that case, I'd say something like Lakitu and Spiny (Egg) are more closely related, and Lakitus don't even always throw them. LinkTheLefty (talk) 09:55, April 21, 2021 (EDT)

Lakitu and Spinies are both koopas. Wouldn't that make them inherently at least a little related in a species sense? - Nintendo101 (talk) 15:36, April 21, 2021 (EDT)

Gooble it?

After some thought about it, should we consider the "-in' Stu" name to be an error and use "Gooble" for Super Mario Sunshine material now that Mario Portal confirmed the name? LinkTheLefty (talk) 18:18, August 14, 2022 (EDT)

Well, considering that the Mario Portal constantly calls Banzai Bills "Boomer Bills" even in early translations and calls Antottos "ants", I don't think so. Plus, it's important to remember that Prima most likely didn't know the "true name" of these guys, see "Plungelo" which are never called that in strategy guides because the name comes from one generic, random NPC. Plus, this really should have required a proposal. PrincessPeachFan (talk) 12:58, August 15, 2022 (EDT)

Not really. The page was moved from Gooble to Swoopin' Stu in the first place because it wasn't verified at the time that Gooble from Toadstool Tour referred to Swoopin' Stu. Now that we know it does for sure, it can go back per policy. LinkTheLefty (talk) 02:26, August 17, 2022 (EDT)

Eeeh, I'm not sure, because as the page says, puchipuchi just means bubbles being popped. Besides, I'm more than a little doubtful of these "official" English names because aside from calling Banzai Bills "Bomber Bills" and Bulls-Eye Banzai "Bull's Eye Bomber Bills", there's the Mario Portal calling Antottos "ants" which were a generic name from Nintendo Power and Ice Piranha Plants "Frost Piranhas" from Paper Mario despite the completely different look and powers. I mean, if you want to say that these guys are "Goobles" and not "Swoopin' Stus", then go ahead, but I'm very doubtful of the Mario Portal's "new names". PrincessPeachFan (talk) 18:57, August 17, 2022 (EDT)

Bomber Bill isn't that far off from Boomer Bill, and Parabomb I can imagine being renamed because the wings and parachute in the Super Mario Maker 2 make the "para-" less obvious. And aside from the Super Mario Land games mostly keeping the romanizations and a handful of Encyclopedia carryovers, there really isn't much wrong with Mario Portal. In fact, I sincerely think the Super Mario Land 2 generic names were researched since it spotted the name for Tōsanbōru before us. They do approach legacy names differently than we at the wiki, but that's also to its benefit since it also makes it clearer what's what in some ways. LinkTheLefty (talk) 22:24, August 17, 2022 (EDT)

I agree that Gooble should be the name used for Super Mario Sunshine material going forward. While there are a couple of odd choices, Mario Portal is maintained by Nintendo themselves, unlike the English localization for the Super Mario Encyclopedia. (There are even examples of some of these English names being used recently for North American merchandise before Mario Portal even offered English names, such as with the Lego sets, so I am personally inclined to think that most if not all of these names have official, internal utilization as well.) If Mario Portal cannot be trusted as a reliable source for the names of the series' enemies, than what can be? - Nintendo101 (talk) 22:43, August 17, 2022 (EDT)

Thought I'd give my two cents and agree that Gooble should be the main name used from now on. I think it's significant that an official Nintendo source used the name so recently, and that it lines up with the name's appearance in Toadstool Tour as has been mentioned already. The fact that Gooble has been used twice in official sources directly from Nintendo gives it more credence than the Prima name, at least in my opinion. - SocialFrog (talk) 22:18, August 18, 2022 (EDT)

The only problem is at the time, we didn't think that "Gooble" meant these guys, as for Proto Piranhas, everyone ignored the new name because it only showed up on a scorecard in Toadstool Tour that no one looks at for more than a few seconds until Ultimate loudly and explicitly stated what the new name was. PrincessPeachFan (talk) 07:59, August 20, 2022 (EDT)

I always thought the Gooble name made far more sense for them than "Swoopin' Stu": they look like goo and they emerge from puddles... okay maybe this is a stretch, but makes more sense than the later name when they don't ressemble any of the other Stus at all and don't do any swooping. --Glowsquid (talk) 09:11, August 20, 2022 (EDT)

I always thought the "Swoopin' Stus" were referring to Winged Strollin' Stus. I feel like the Prima guide made a huge error in naming the thing. It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 22:26, August 25, 2022 (EDT)

Arend (talk) brought up a similar idea on the Winged Strollin' Stu talk page. @PrincessPeachFan: Before then, hardly anyone compared Toadstool Tour score names with the Japanese version (because it's kind of a hassle without a text dump). For instance, we had no clue what "Purp" referred to until Mario Portal too. LinkTheLefty (talk) 07:51, August 27, 2022 (EDT)

are Goobles Goombas?

the internal name for the Gooble is namekuri2 kuri referring to kuribo(goomba) and the original name was Swoopin Stu but the most common name now is Gooble which does not refer to goombas so again are they goombas?
The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tea-drinkin stu (talk).

I like to see more evidence. It's me, Mario! (Talk / Stalk) 21:06, October 26, 2023 (EDT)