Editing Goombario

{{quote|Hey [[Mario]]! I'm Goombario. I'm your biggest fan!|Goombario|Paper Mario}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Goombario.jpg|150px]]<br>Artwork from ''Paper Mario''
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|species=[[Goomba]]
|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. He hates eating fish and is afraid of heights. 

==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
[[File:PM Goombario joins party.png|thumb|left|Goombario joins Mario's party]]
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 they meet. According to Goompapa, he is named after Mario.

If Mario holds [[Goombaria]]'s [[Dolly]] when returning to [[Goomba Village (location)|Goomba Village]], Goombario will suggest that Mario return it to [[Goombaria]]; and if Mario says no, he would suggest that Mario return it when he is "done with it" (while Goombaria would call Mario a "meanie" if refused). At the end of the game, he is invited to the party by [[Princess Peach]].

Goombario receives [[List of letters in Paper Mario#Goombario|three letters]] at the [[Toad Town Post Office]]: one from the [[Red & Blue Goomba Bros.]] and two from his grandparents.

Goombario is very analytic and playful, as he hints at desires to play with young [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s, young [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s, and [[Merlow]]. He will occasionally break the fourth wall and his tattles seem to indicate a friendly rivalry with [[Kooper]]. He also stated he does not like eating fish, would like an [[Albino Dino]] as a pet, and that he is afraid of heights. He is also infatuated with various female characters in the game (namely [[Misstar]], [[Vanna T.]], [[Merlee]], [[Merluvlee]], and [[Pop Diva]]).

[[Duplighost]]s and [[Lee]] can transform into Goombario along with Mario's other partners, in which case his name appears as "Goombario???"
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====''Super Paper Mario''====
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Goombario is in some photos along with the other party members in the previous ''Paper Mario'' games at [[Mario]]'s House. He also appears as a [[Catch Card]] found on the twentieth floor of the [[Flopside Pit of 100 Trials]]. Goombario has [[List of Super Paper Mario pre-release and unused content|unused sprite data]] that existed in the E3 2006 [[Nintendo GameCube|GCN]] version of ''Super Paper Mario''.

===''Super Mario-kun''===
Goombario appears in the ''Paper Mario'' arc of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' as Mario's partner. In volume 28 of ''Super Wario-kun'', he and [[Kooper]] are seen with Mario before Wario pushes the trio away.

===''Mario Golf'' series===
Goombario's name appears on the ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'' and ''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]'' scorecharts.

===Unused appearances===
====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
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]].

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Paper Mario''===
*'''In-game bio:''' ''Goombario is a clever young adventurer who admires Mario. Press {{button|n64|Cdown}} to have him tell you about everything nearby. His specialty is headbonking.''
*'''Instruction Booklet description:''' ''He's very knowledgeable and will tell Mario all sorts of interesting things.''<ref>{{cite|language=en-gb|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|url=m1.nintendo.net/docvc/NUS/USA/NMQE/NMQE_E.pdf|title=''Paper Mario'' Instruction Booklet|author=Nintendo|date=2001|page=15}}</ref>
*'''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, Jason Leung, and Jennifer Villarreal|title=''Paper Mario'' Official Nintendo Player's Guide|page=12|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|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-us|date=February 2001|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Nintendo Power'' Issue #141|page=23}}</ref>

The following is Goombario's attacks and stats:
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;width:100%"
!width="10%"|Attack
!width="10%"|Flower Points Needed
!width="10%"|Effect
!width="10%"|Action Command
!width="10%"|Attack Power
!width="10%"|Move Ranks
|-
|[[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''===
{|class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!colspan=2|[[Catch Card]]
|-
|[[File:SPM Goombario Catch Card.png|center|70px]]
|
*'''Card Type:''' Rare
*'''Card Description:''' ''Mario and Goombario go all the way back to Paper Mario. Enemies suffer when he uses his head.''
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
GoombarioPortraitPM.png|A portrait of Goombario and Mario from ''Paper Mario''
Goombario Sprite.png|Sprite from ''Paper Mario''
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''
Goombario TTYD unused.png|Unused sprite of Goombario in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
Goombario-SPM.png|Goombario as he would have appeared in ''Super Paper Mario''
NSO Goombario.png|Nintendo Switch Online artwork
64PartnersHD.png|Goombario's portrait from the [[Nintendo Switch]] version of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=クリオ
|JapR=Kurio
|JapM=Pun on「クリボー」(''Kuribō'', "[[Goomba]]") and possibly "[[Mario]]"
|Chi=酷栗欧
|ChiR=Kùlì'ōu
|ChiM=Transliteration of Japanese name, also includes a portmanteau of「栗」(''lì'', "chestnuts") and「马'''力欧'''」(''Mǎ'''lì'ōu''''', "Mario")
|Fre=Goombario
|Ger=Gumbario
|GerM=Portmanteau of ''Gumba'' ("Goomba") and "Mario"
|Ita=Goombario
|Kor=굼바리오
|KorR=Gumbario
|KorM=From the English name
|Spa=Goombario
}}

==References==
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