
They are properly introduced later on when Toad's character is arrested and sentenced to become a Goomba for singing Anti-Koopa songs it is also implied that this was the fate of most within Dinohattan who committed crimes. Mario and Luigi with the Goombas in the elevator.Ī Goomba is introduced briefly when Mario and Luigi are running around Koopa Square confused of their whereabouts.

Goombas have an inclination and fondness towards music, a weakness Mario, Luigi and Toad exploit at two different instances in the film. All Goombas present in the film respond to President Koopa's orders, with the exception of Toad. They are depicted as being of lower intelligence, and communicating in mainly grunts, but are capable of utilizing weaponry. They always wear brown trench coats, the tops of which are shaped vaguely like their game counterparts' heads. Depending on a Dinohattanite's ancestry, the Goomba's head type varies, showing either a rounded head, a snake-like head, or a velociraptor-like head. They are the film's equivalent of the Goombas from Super Mario Bros., but taking their own unique design where they are depicted as more lizard-like, with tiny saurian heads on a disproportionately large bodies, much taller than human characters. Goombas are a de-evolved form of Dinohattanites appearing in the 1993 Super Mario Bros. Goombas, ah!” - President Koopa, Super Mario Bros.

De-evolution, of course, works the opposite way.

“You may think of evolution as an upward process.
