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Welcome to "Nefarious", fanlisting for Goombas from the Super Mario Brothers series!

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Last Updated: September 17th, 2008
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A B O U T

The Little Goomba (more commonly known now simply as "Goomba") is an enemy character from Nintendo's series of Mario video games. Goombas are the first enemy character to appear in the original Super Mario Bros. for the NES. Alongside Koopa Troopas, Piranha Plants, and Lakitus, they are the most common enemies in the Mario series.

After Mario was given an Italian name, a number of other Mario characters were named following an Italian theme. Thus, the name "goomba" is believed to have come from the slang word "goombah" used by Italian-Americans; over time, it has gained a slightly derogatory connotation. The Italian-American slang term originates from the Italian word compare (akin to Spanish compadre), which was already (and still is) used in south Italy abbreviated in "compa'" and literally means "friend" and it is used colloquially mainly to address people living in the same town. Coincidentally, the Hungarian word gomba means "mushroom."

Goombas are depicted as brown mushroom-like creatures with feet, with a bushy brow, and a pair of fangs sprouting from their lower jaw. They generally tackle, headbonk, or bite an enemy. The Goombas once lived in peace in the Mushroom Kingdom, but they betrayed their homeland to side with Bowser. Some Goombas act as friendly characters in the Paper Mario series, two even joining Mario on his journey. It is said in Super Paper Mario that Goombas have a long-standing fear of Koopa Troopas. Many variants of the Goomba have appeared throughout the years including Paragoombas Gloombas and Microgoombas. Paragoombas are distinguished by their winged appearance, thus making them more versatile and mobile than typical Goombas. Gloombas are blue variants of the Goomba which live underground in recent Paper Mario games.Microgoombas are miniature, parasitic Goombas which latch themselves onto Mario, reducing his jumping ability. In the games Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Princess Peach, Microgoombas were dropped by Paragoombas to attack Peach. Many other types of Goombas have appeared throughout the Mario series, although these largely vary from game to game

Although the backstory of this character being a mushroom-based citizen of the Mushroom Kingdom is backed up in numerous international materials, the Goomba is actually based more on a chestnut than a mushroom. (Interestingly, the Hungarian for "mushroom" is gomba.) This is evident in their design as well as their Japanese name, Kuribo (roughly meaning chestnut-"guy"). The story of a defective race of mushrooms in Peach's kingdom does not exist in the original Japanese literature. Additionally, in Super Mario World, Kuribo were depicted as more chestnut-like in their inability to be squashed.-wikipedia.com

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