History Main / TheGoomba

* Rattata and Pidgey from the [[{{ptitleevcce3c2}} first-gen (Kanto region)]] ''[[{{Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]]'' games and their GameBoyAdvance [[VideoGameRemake remakes]].
** Sentret and Hoothoot (Pidgey and Rattata also appear; Hoothoot is basically the nighttime counterpart to the diurnal Pidgey) from the [[{{ptitleh2xwpnnp}} second-gen (Johto)]] and their NintendoDS [[VideoGameRemake remakes]].
** Poochyena and Zigzagoon from the [[{{Ptitlem5qiqwn8}} third-gen (Hoenn)]].
** Starly and Bidoof (Hoothoot also appears, still nocturnal, though with a smaller range than Starly) from [[{{Ptitle6ta6tjtj}} fourth-gen (Sinnoh)]].
*** Subverted as Starly eventually evolve into one of the stronger mons of the 4th generation unlike most mons you can get at the start of the Pokémon games.

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Often serves as practice fodder leading up to the WarmupBoss. If they become numerous enough, they can also become {{Mascot Mook}}s. Compare ComMons, {{Mooks}}.

**** The [[{{ptitleua124i3d}} Unversed]] version of this is [[strike: as of yet unnamed]] called a Flood. It feeds off irritation.

** Don't forget the first monsters in ''WarioLand'', the gooms, which are completely unable to even hurt you.

*** The third game, ''[[{{Ptitlepf9wvkpu}} Bowser's Inside Story]]'', is a FantasticVoyage through Bowser's body. The weakest enemies inside Bowser are single-celled Goombas called Goombules. The Weakest enemies outside Bowser are Chuboombas, chubby Goombas who love candy. Actual Goombas also appear as SummonMagic.

*** Subverted as Starly eventually evolve into one of the stronger mons of the 4th generation unlike most mons you can get at the start of the Pokemon games

** Most of these also qualify as GoddamnedBats. Oh yeah... Zubat.

Is usually victim to becoming an UndergroundMonkey. Oftentimes their lowly cannon-fodder status is subverted by making UndergroundMonkey versions be the rarest (and sometimes toughest) enemies in the game - see MetalSlime. Sometimes they are dangerous because of the sheer number of them. If being attacked by one takes one hitpoint, [[DeathOfAThousandCuts then being met by 100 poses a problem]]. If [[MonsterAllies any monsters are recruitable]], expect this to be the JokeCharacter, maybe the LethalJokeCharacter.

* Gnawties, Neeks and Sneeks in the ''DonkeyKongCountry'' games. The Kritters/Klomps/Kobbles aren't much stronger; they're the Koopa Troopas of the series.

* The enemies in ''{{Eversion}}'' resemble Goombas at first; the file that contains their graphics is even called 'goomba'. In later stages the resemblance diminishes as they move faster and [[spoiler: in X-8 after the 1.7.3 update, they regenerate after a short time]].

* When you first enter the Guidance Gate in ''{{La-Mulana}}'', the skeleton is the first type of enemy that you encounter. Skeletons, like [[GoddamnedBats bats]], occur throughout the ruins; they do become tougher in later levels.

* Fobbies in ''{{Earthbound}}'', despite them not appearing until past halfway into the game.

* Of course, the Goombas of ''SuperMarioBros''.
** It was [[http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/nsmb/vol2_page5.jsp recently revealed]] that they were actually created at the end of [[Game/SuperMarioBros the first game]]'s development, because the other main recurring enemy, the Koopa Troopas, required a two-step process to defeat, and the developers wanted to give players something simpler to defeat. (Ironically, in some of the [[SuperMario64 newer]] [[SuperMarioGalaxy games]], [[HelpfulMook Koopa Troopas]] [[BadassDecay are even weaker then Goombas!]]) Even SatoruIwata, the current Nintendo president, was shocked at the fact that one of the most iconic Mario enemies was created last.
** Shy Guys in ''{{Super Mario Bros 2}}'' and ''[[{{ptitlegt572gjxnjtp}} Yoshi's Island]]'' (the actual Goombas show up later in ''Yoshi's Island'', but are a bit tougher than normal).
** In ''SuperMarioWorld'', Rex took the Goomba spot (though each Rex took ''two'' hits to defeat), sharing it with unshelled Koopa Troopas. Goombas underwent a sort of CharacterDerailment: they did not show up early in the game, and when they did, they looked completely different and didn't go down with one GoombaStomp. The Japanese version of ''World'' gave these Goombas a slightly different name (Kuribon) than the standard ones (Kuribo), so perhaps those Goombas are a different species of Goombas. Some fans [[FanNickname call them]] "Round Goombas".
** Don't forget the first monsters in ''WarioLand'', the gooms, which are completely unable to even hurt you.
** Shellcreepers from ''MarioBros'' were The Goombas before there were Goombas.
** Each of the games in the ''MarioAndLuigi'' series puts its own unique spin on the Goomba.
*** The first game, ''[[MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Superstar Saga]]'', takes place in the Mushroom Kingdom's neighboring country, the Beanbean Kingdom, [[PlanetOfHats where everything is bean-themed]] instead of mushroom-themed. Their Goomba equivalent is the Beanie, a creature who looks like a bean with a face and two feet. Actual Goombas also appear in the game as [[TrainingBoss training bosses]]. It should be noted that the actual weakest enemies in the game are Fighter Flies, who live on the border between the two kingdoms.
*** The second game, ''[[MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime Partners in Time]]'', takes place during an AlienInvasion. The weakest enemies in the game are alien Goombas called called Shrooblets. Actual Goombas also appear later on, once again being tougher than normal.
*** The third game, ''[[{{Ptitlepf9wvkpu}} Bowser's Inside Story]]'', is a FantasticVoyage through Bowser's body. The weakest enemies inside Bowser are single-celled Goombas called Goombules. The Weakest enemies outside Bowser are Chuboombas, chubby Goombas who love candy. Actual Goombas also appear as SummonMagic.
* Waddle Dees from ''{{Kirby}}''. Broom Hatters, too.
** The Bronto Burts as well. In ''[[{{Ptitleiihlp09n}} Kirby 64]],'' the Waddle Dees were missing, as one of them was now [[HeelFaceTurn your friend]]--they were [[JonasQuinn replaced]] by N-Z, small, blackish enemies that somehow managed to be even ''weaker.''
* Whirlms from ''[[{{ptitle7bf7mq4a}} Viva Piñata]]'' are not enemies, but stupidly easy to tame.
* Metools from ''Game/MegaMan'' ''and'' its sequel series/BN universe spinoffs. Unique in that it's almost an InvincibleMinorMinion. Sniper Joes from the classic games only may also count.
** The small, green Reaverbots in ''MegaManLegends''.
** Sniper Joes are pretty hard to beat, really, what with their shields that block Mega Buster shots and reasonably powerful attacks. They're more like GoddamnedBats.
*** Metools actually qualify as GoddamnedBats too.
*** [[NintendoHard The fact that both "Goomba" creatures are also]] GoddamnedBats [[NintendoHard tells you everything you need to know about the classic series.]]

* Old-school {{RPG}}s will usually have a Slime or [[BlobMonster Slime-like]] monster as their first enemy. ''DragonQuest'', of course, started the tradition.
** God help you if you ran into a Babble before level 5, though.
* Rattata and Pidgey from the [[{{ptitleevcce3c2}} first-gen (Kanto region)]] ''[[{{Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]]'' games and their GameBoyAdvance [[VideoGameRemake remakes]].
** Sentret and Hoothoot (Pidgey and Rattata also appear; Hoothoot is basically the nighttime counterpart to the diurnal Pidgey) from the [[{{ptitleh2xwpnnp}} second-gen (Johto)]] and their NintendoDS [[VideoGameRemake remakes]].
** Poochyena and Zigzagoon from the [[{{Ptitlem5qiqwn8}} third-gen (Hoenn)]].
** Starly and Bidoof (Hoothoot also appears, still nocturnal, though with a smaller range than Starly) from [[{{Ptitle6ta6tjtj}} fourth-gen (Sinnoh)]].
*** subverted as Starly eventually evolve into one of the stronger mons of the 4th generation unlike most mons you can get at the start of the pokemon games
** See also ComMons. And MagikarpPower for that matter.
** Most of these also qualify as GoddamnedBats. Oh yeah... Zubat.

* The imp/goblin (depending on the translation you're using) is usually one of the first enemies you meet in a ''FinalFantasy'' game.
* Zombies and/or skeletons in ''{{Castlevania}}''.
** Zombies are solidly this, and so are skeletons for most of the series, but in [[Game/{{Castlevania}} the very first game]] skeletons are more of a medium-threat enemy, first showing up in the third stage and requiring significantly more skill to kill or get around than most of what you've faced so far. They're common enough to be Goombas in the fifth stage, though.

** WorldOfWarcraft doesn't have rats as enemies, although kobolds are somewhat rat-like... but they only serve as TheGoomba in the human starting zone, where they share the dubious honor with wolves and bandits. Some other starting zone enemies are a subversion as the essentially same type can be encountered again much later, such as the forest trolls in the blood elf zones that also inhabit the Zul'Aman raid instance.
* Fobbies in ''{{Earthbound}}'', despite them not appearing until past halfway into the game.
* Shadows are the weakest Heartless in ''KingdomHearts''.
** Their powered up counterparts are the Neo-shadows, which are bigger and tougher.
*** The Nobody equivalent in ''KingdomHearts2'' is the Dusk.
**** The [[{{ptitleua124i3d}} Unversed]] version of this is [[strike: as of yet unnamed]] called a Flood. It feeds off irritation.

* Gnawties, Neeks and Sneeks in the ''DonkeyKongCountry'' games. The Kritters/Klomps/Kobbles aren't much stronger; they're the Koopa Troopas of the series.
* The Class 1 Drone robot in ''{{Descent}}''.
* Many ''DungeonsAndDragons'' [=DMs=] use goblins or kobolds as the [=PCs=]' very first enemies. That said, if the DM uses their abilities--sneaking and trapmaking, respectively--to their fullest (which few do), they can be very challenging indeed.
** On the topic of kobolds, [[http://crossfire.real-time.com/ Crossfire]] has the 'unusual kobold' filling the role of the "superpowered MetalSlime UndergroundMonkey" subversion, with some ''ten thousand'' hit points and ''complete immunity to physical damage''. They don't actually show up anywhere in the default mapset, however.
** Thus answering Lil Wayne's question, [[IncrediblyLamePun "What's a Goomba to a Goblin?"]]
* The basic Primids from the Subspace Emissary in ''SuperSmashBros Brawl''.
** And the original Goombas themselves!
* Octoroks fulfill this function in many ''LegendOfZelda'' games. Chu Chus seem to have joined them, as of late.
** For the GameCube additions: Octoroks were rare in ''The Wind Waker'', and absent (for the first time ever in ''TheLegendOfZelda'' history!) in ''Twilight Princess'', replaced with strange creatures resembling dog-sized tadpoles. I'd say that as of late, the Bokoblins are the new [[TheGoomba Goombas]], wouldn't you?
* Rabites in the ''WorldOfMana'' series.
* Yorps in ''CommanderKeen'' Episode 1, which can't damage you themselves. The only way they can kill you is to push you into something dangerous. A similarly harmless enemy in Episode 2, the Scrubs, can actually be helpful as they can be ridden upon to access areas you otherwise couldn't. (they can climb up walls)
* The Goombas of ''Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant'' consist mainly of slimes, birds, bugs, and plant-like creatures called phoots. Somewhat subverted in that later variants of these enemies range from annoying (spectral ravens) to incredibly dangerous even to advanced parties (shadow crusts, fire crows, bear weevils, mantraphoots).

* Both ''IcewindDale'' games tend to pit you against goblins as the first enemies that you ''have'' to fight. Of course, if your party is only level one at that moment, they are actually a fair match.
** ''[[BaldursGate Baldur's Gate]]'' on the other hand, faced you off against diseased gibberlings (easy) and Wolves (much tougher).
* [[Game/SonicTheHedgehog Motora/]][[SonicTheHedgehog4 Motobug]] from the ''SonicTheHedgehog'' series. The jump to 3-D also gave us [[SonicAndTheSecretRings Blue Ma Djinns]], [[SonicHeroes Eg]][[ShadowTheHedgehog g ]][[SonicRush Pa]][[MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames wn]][[SonicColors s,]] [[ShadowTheHedgehog Black Arms Soldiers]], [[SonicTheHedgehog2006 Egg Gunners]], [[SonicUnleashed Egg Fighters and Nightmares]] among others.
* ''KidRadd'''s eponymous [[ShowWithinAShow video game in the webcomic]] features a plant-like minor enemy that [[RedHerringShirt becomes Kid Radd's best friend when they escape from the game]]. That particular enemy's name is Bogey, and he retains his [[EverythingTryingToKillYou ability to hurt Radd on contact]].
* Critters in ''CaveStory''. They do get the UndergroundMonkey treatment and become progressively more dangerous the farther you get in the game.
* The enemies in ''{{Eversion}}'' resemble Goombas at first; the file that contains their graphics is even called 'goomba'. In later stages the resemblance diminishes as they move faster and [[spoiler: in X-8 after the 1.7.3 update, they regenerate after a short time]].
* Mudcrabs in TheElderScrolls games.
** Also (giant) rats, especially in Oblivion, where you can easily go the entire game and never actually encounter a mudcrab (due to the level scaling system phasing them out quite quickly once you've got some experience).
*** Really? I'm level 37 and I still run into them now and then, always around beaches.
* Snakeys from the ''AdventuresOfLolo'' trilogy are the only completely harmless foes that Lolo will face. They don't move, they don't shoot anything, and you won't die if you touch them.
* Very Very Empties are the weakest enemies in ''EternalSonata''... as long as they don't duck into any shadows. As such, your encounters with them en route to Tenuto are in combat fields without shadows. Indeed, the first encounter is a very basic combat tutorial.
* Beheaded rocketeers and Gnaars in ''SeriousSam I''.
* Both ''{{Fable}}'' and ''Fable II'' use beetles. Both times they are also used in the "tutorial" (Guild Woods and the warehouse/Tomb)
* Zoomers and Geemers in most ''{{Metroid}}'' games.
* Radroaches in ''{{Fallout}} 3''.
** Radroaches and molerats in FallOut 1&2.

* CircleMUD had the 'beastly fido', which almost all of it's inheritors kept.

* The Maya type enemies in [[{{Persona3}} Persona 3]]. Most have several elemental weaknesses, low hit points and stats, useless skills and generally die in one or two hits.

* Regular Moos in the {{Klonoa}} series.

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* Metools from ''[[Game/MegaMan Mega Man]]'' ''and'' its sequel series/BN universe spinoffs. Unique in that it's almost an InvincibleMinorMinion. Sniper Joes from the classic games only may also count.

*** [[NintendoHard The fact that both "Goomba" creatures are also]] GoddamnedBats [[NintendoHard tells you everything you need to know about the classic]] MegaMan [[NintendoHard series]].

* [[Game/SonicTheHedgehog Motora/]][[SonicTheHedgehog4 Motobug]] from the ''SonicTheHedgehog'' series. The jump to 3-D also gave us [[SonicAndTheSecretRings Blue Ma Djinns]], [[SonicHeroes Eg]][[ShadowTheHedgehog g P]][[SonicRush aw]][[MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames ns]], [[ShadowTheHedgehog Black Arms Soldiers]], [[SonicTheHedgehog2006 Egg Gunners]], [[SonicUnleashed Egg Fighters and Nightmares]] among others.

** On the topic of kobolds, [[http://crossfire.real-time.com/ Crossfire]] has the 'unusual kobold' filling the role of the "superpowered MetalSlime UndergroundMonkey" subversion, with some ''ten thousand'' hit points and ''complete immunity to physical damage''. As far as ThisTroper knows, they don't actually show up anywhere in the default mapset, however.

** ''[[BaldursGate Baldur's Gate]]'' on the other hand, faced you off against diseased gibberlings (easy) and Wolves (much tougher). ThisTroper has died MANY times to that wolf in the zone outside Candlekeep!

* Waddle Dees from ''{{Kirby}}''. There are even easier enemies though which often appear in the first level, too.

* Waddle Dees from ''{{Kirby}}''.

** It was [[http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/nsmb/vol2_page5.jsp recently revealed]] that they were actually created at the end of [[Game/SuperMarioBros the first game]]'s development, because the other main recurring enemy, the Koopa Troopas, required a two-step process to defeat, and the developers wanted to give players something simpler to defeat. (Ironically, in some of the [[SuperMario64 newer]] [[SuperMarioGalaxy games]], [[HelpfulMook Koopa Troopas]] [[BadassDecay are even weaker then Goombas!]] Even SatoruIwata, the current Nintendo president, was shocked at the fact that one of the most iconic Mario enemies was created last.

->-- '''[[TokenMinority Goombella]]''', ''PaperMario: The Thousand-Year Door''

Note: the term "goomba" is still a live piece of offensive slang in the Northeast of the U.S.; use with caution around Italians stronger or meaner than you are (unless they are gamers, but especially if they're plumbers), or if you just plain don't want to be a jerk.

** ''FinalFantasyXI'' has a few different mobs you first encounter, all dependent on your starting nation; these would include [[http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Huge_Hornet bees]], [[http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_Worm worms]], [[http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Wild_Rabbit bunnies]]... and [[http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Mandragora walking onions]]. SoYeah.

** Fighter Flies from ''MarioBros'' were The Goombas before there were Goombas.