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'''Goombella''' is a very smart and sassy, but friendly, female [[Goomba]] from ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. A second-year {{wp|mixed-sex education|co-ed}} student studying archaeology at the [[List of implied organizations#University of Goom|University of Goom]]<ref name="manual">"Goombella: A cute University of Goom co-ed in her second year of an archaeology major." ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' instruction manual, page 7.</ref>, she is the first companion to join [[Mario]] on his quest. She provides tattle information to Mario about his location or the character who stands in front of him all throughout the game. She wears a helmet with a light and a matching shirt with a red scarf, and also has a large, blond ponytail. Unlike most Goomba, she is light pink in color. Goombella's name might be a portmanteau between "Goomba" and the female name "Bella", short for "Isabella". It may also be a reference to {{wp|Agaricus bisporus|portabella mushrooms}}. Also, "bella" is an existing adjective in Spanish and Italian, meaning "beautiful" and "good appealing", respectively.

When Mario arrives at [[Rogueport]] at the beginning of the game, he sees a pink Goomba girl being attacked by [[Lord Crump]] and his minions. Mario helps her to defeat Lord Crump. She temporarily teaches Mario about the [[Action Command]]s. After defeating [[Lord Crump]], he brings out his army to punish them, but they make their getaway to the plaza. Goombella, a second-year<ref name="manual"/> student at the University of Goom, thanks Mario, kisses him, learns about the [[Magical Map|map]] he has and that the [[Princess Peach|princess]] had disappeared, and joins his party. She possesses very similar abilities to [[Goombario]] from the original ''[[Paper Mario]],'' as they have almost identical moves in-battle and on the field.

Though she does not appear in the game, Goombella is mentioned in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' when Mario searches the junk yard in [[Shy Guy Jungle]] before clearing it with a vacuum or goat thing. He can find a paper written by her. She has been researching the [[Chomp Ruins]] during the events of the game, but isn't seen in the ruins nor anywhere else in the game, presuming she had finished the research or left the paper behind. The paper says:

 

''"Observations on the Ancient Civilization of the Chomp Ruins"<br />

''University of Goom<br />

''Goombella<br />

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', Goombella appears as a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Sticker]] and [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]].

[[File:Goombella Trophy - Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.png|thumb|Goombella's trophy model]]

Goombella returns as a trophy in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''. Goombella's feet in her trophy have a different appearance than they do in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' and ''Super Paper Mario'', now resembling shoes with yellow soles.

 

==Personality==

Goombella is shown to be loyal to Mario as well as having street smarts regarding Rogueport, as well as peppy. She also at times can be very sarcastic, as when encountering three Goombas in the sewers who gave her unwanted attention, she mentions that it's "so sweet" that they thought of her to the extent of "totally barfing" in an attempt at refusing them. Her dialogue in the English version indicates she is a valley girl.

PMTTYD Paragloomba tattle.png|[[Goombella]] using Tattle on a [[Paragloomba]]

|JapM=Pun of「クリボー」(''Kuribō'', [[Goomba]]) and the feminine name "Christine"

|GerM=Portmanteau of ''Gumba'', the German equivalent of "Goomba", and the female name Sabrina.

|SpaM=Portmanteau of "Goomba" and the female name Marina.

|Ita=Goombella  

|KorM="Goombella". Transliteration of English name.

|RusM="Goombella". Transliteration of English name.