History Main / GoombaSpringboard

** In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'', this can be exploited with the raccoon suit to gain extra lives. On the second level, infinite Goombas come out of a pipe at regular intervals. If you time it right, you can stomp enemies one after another, jumping up and floating down onto the next one without touching the ground. After you do this enough, you start getting a 1up for each enemy you stomp. If the level wasn't timed, you could do this indefinitely.

-->-- '''Lt. Gaia''', ''MobileSuitGundam''

* A primary puzzle element in ''{{Braid}}'', which clues you in on this trope by the springy sound made when you bounce off the enemies. [[spoiler:(And also, when they bounce off you...)]]

* The DoubleJump method used in {{Klonoa}}. You pick up an enemy, carry him around, and then jump off of him while in midair. Requires less precision, but more planning, and it's typically mandatory from stage 1 onwards.

* Quite common in ''{{Mario}}'' games... but absent in the first ''SuperMarioBros.'', where you gain very little height at all from a stomp.

* Appears in ''SuperSmashBros. Brawl'' as the [[http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/howto/technique/technique03.html Footstool Jump]] technique.

** Sonic Spinball forces you to use this on the second level.

* ''{{Castlevania}}: PortraitOfRuin'' has a variant - defeating the first boss gives you a powerup where you can jump on your partner's head to get more height. The DoubleJump comes not much later, and you can combine them for a triple jump.

* ''IWannaBeTheGuy'' lets you GoombaSpringboard off of some Bullets Bill in one screen. These are the only enemies in the game you can GoombaStomp, and for just this reason.

* ''{{Eversion}}'' allows you to do this with the [[CaptainErsatz pseudo-goombas]], and it's needed to reach all the gems.
* In ''[[VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', Yoshi can do a more powerful version of the Flutter Jump after landing on an enemy.

* The Sega Genesis version of ''Ghostbusters''--a platform game--featured a helpful ghost called Bouncing Buddy, who could get you out of a tight spot by bouncing you back up to where you fell (!).

* In ''{{Purple}}'', there's a lot of goodies on high cliffs that need the player to bounce off a chain of mooks to reach them.

** In ''SuperMarioBros3'', this can be exploited with the raccoon suit to gain extra lives. On the second level, infinite Goombas come out of a pipe at regular intervals. If you time it right, you can stomp enemies one after another, jumping up and floating down onto the next one without touching the ground. After you do this enough, you start getting a 1up for each enemy you stomp. If the level wasn't timed, you could do this indefinitely.

** Actually ''required'' in World 5-2 of ''NewSuperMarioBrosWii'', with giant Wigglers.

** In ''Super Mario Bros 3'', this can be exploited with the raccoon suit to gain extra lives. On the second level, infinite Goombas come out of a pipe at regular intervals. If you time it right, you can stomp enemies one after another, jumping up and floating down onto the next one without touching the ground. After you do this enough, you start getting a 1up for each enemy you stomp. If the level wasn't timed, you could do this indefinitely.

** Especially common in the infinite number of NintendoHard [=ROMhacks=] of ''SuperMarioWorld''.

->"Hey! Did you just step on me?!''"
-->-Lt. Gaia, ''MobileSuitGundam''.

* In ''[[{{ptitlegt572gjxnjtp}} Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', Yoshi can do a more powerful version of the Flutter Jump after landing on an enemy.

* Actually ''required'' in World 5-2 of ''NewSuperMarioBrosWii'', with giant Wigglers.

* ''{{VideoGame/Bug}}!'' has several segments with them. Some of them are optional but lead to nice goodies, while others are ''mandatory''. And over a giant chasm.

* ''{{Bug}}!'' has several segments with them. Some of them are optional but lead to nice goodies, while others are ''mandatory''. And over a giant chasm.

* Castlevania: PortraitOfRuin has a variant - defeating the first boss gives you a powerup where you can jump on your partner's head to get more height. The DoubleJump comes not much later, and you can combine them for a triple jump.

A peculiar property of JumpPhysics and the GoombaStomp, where stomping on an enemy - ''any'' enemy - lets you bounce upwards to greater height than your normal jump permits. Enemies in these games must have rubber bones or something.

Sometimes, performing a second Goomba Stomp from one of these jumps gets you even more height.

If the game designer has a penchant for puzzles, expect there to be more than a few situations where you need to shepherd enemies to a certain unscalable cliff so you can springboard off them to reach the top.

* In ''{{Purple}}'', puts lot of goodies on high cliffs and need the player to bounce off a chain of mooks to reach them.

Compare to CraniumRide where it's about riding on enemies, not jumping from them.

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