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|image=[[File:Gooma PM.png]]
|image=[[File:Gooma PM.png]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario''
|full_name=Gooma
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|origin=[[Goomba Village]]
|origin=[[Goomba Village]]
|species=[[Goomba]]
|species=[[Goomba]]
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'''Gooma''' is [[Goombario]] and [[Goombaria]]'s kind grandmother in the game ''[[Paper 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]].
'''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.


She has written [[List of letters in Paper Mario#Gooma|a letter]] to [[Goombario]], which the player can read at the [[Post Office]] in [[Toad Town]].  
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==
*''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."''
*"''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==
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
{{foreign names
|Fra=Gooma
|Jap=クリばあ
|FraM=
|JapR=Kuribā
|Jap=クリばあ<br>''Kuribaa''
|JapM=From「クリボー」(''Kuribō'', [[Goomba]]) and「婆」(''bā'', grandma)
|JapM=Chestnut Granny
|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
|ChiM=Transliteration of Japanese「'''クリ'''ボー」('''''Kuri'''bō'', Goomba) + 奶奶 (''nǎinai'', paternal grandma)
|Fre=Gooma
|Spa=Goomabuela
|SpaM=From "Goomba" and ''abuela'' ("grandmother")
|Ger=Guma
|GerM=From ''Gumba'' ("Goomba") and ''oma'' ("grandmother")
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Gooma's name is a portmanteau of "Goomba" and "grandma". She, like [[Goompa]], actually notes this namesake upon meeting Mario.
*It is implied that she taught [[Tayce T.]] how to cook.
*It is implied that she taught [[Tayce T.]] how to cook.
*According to Gooma, she looked like a lot like [[Goombaria]] back when she was a child.
*According to Gooma, she looked a lot like [[Goombaria]] back when she was a child.
*She finds Mario attractive as she says he is quite the looker. 
*As with Goomba stemming from the Italian slang word ''goombah'', Gooma stems from the Italian slang word ''goomah'', which means godmother or mistress.


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Latest revision as of 07:15, July 20, 2024

Gooma
Gooma PM.png
Sprite from Paper Mario
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 Notes
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[?] -
German Guma[?] From Gumba ("Goomba") and oma ("grandmother")
Spanish Goomabuela[?] From "Goomba" and abuela ("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]