Gearmo

“If ya got time to talk, ya got time to keep the Chomps rolling!”

—Gearmo, Super Mario Galaxy 2

Gearmos are robots that appear in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. They are usually seen in industrialized galaxies, and are pictured as maintenance robots that often advise Mario. Their name is derived from the Spanish name Guillermo (pronounced Gee-AIR-mo)

History

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A blue Gearmo and a yellow one in the distance, in the Toy Time Galaxy.

Super Mario Galaxy

Galaxies where Gearmos appear in Super Mario Galaxy:

• Battlerock Galaxy (Battlerock's Garbage Dump
• Buoy Base Galaxy (The Floating Fortress;The Secret of Buoy Base)
• Toy Time Galaxy (Heavy-Metal Mecha Bowser)
• Dreadnought Galaxy (Dreadnought's Garbage Dump)
• Grand Finale Galaxy (via The Star Festival)
  • A green Gearmo also appears in the Engine Room.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

Galaxies that Gearmos appear in Super Mario Galaxy 2:

• Rightside Down Galaxy (The Great Crate Incinerator)
• Boulder Bowl Galaxy (Rock and Rollodillo;C'mere, Goomba)
• Tall Trunk Galaxy (Tall Trunk's Purple Coins)
• Chompworks Galaxy (Where the Chomps are Made of Gold;Sprining into the Chompworks)
• Space Storm Galaxy (Follow Me, Bob-omb;C'mere, Topman
• Upside Dizzy Galaxy (A Walk on the Weird Side;Burning Upside Dizzy)
• Starship Mario

Characteristics and traits

Some Gearmos can be perceived as irritable, as well as obsessed with tidiness. For instance, the Bob-omb Blasting Gearmos become furious if Mario or Luigi does not complete the minigame. Another one gets angry at him for destroying a giant weight holding down a tower, and another warns Mario to not to let him catch him littering.

Gearmos have a large gear inside the back of their heads. If Mario jumps on the gear, it pops out and falls back into place. Gearmos are capable of moving without the gear, suggesting that the gear has no real purpose. If the player gets zero purple coins in the Battlerock Galaxy, the Gearmo at the end will refer to itself as "this old iron lady", indicating Gearmos have separate genders, despite being robots. Some Gearmos are also shown to possess great strength, such as the ability to destroy Chomps with their bare hands.

Manner of speaking

• In the Japanese version, Gearmos speak in Kansai-ben, a non-standard dialect commonly used in Japanese media to indicate that a speaker is humorous or witty.
• In the Korean version, they talk in a Southeastern dialect.
• In the French version, they speak with a stereotypical Quebecois accent.