Gooper Blooper

Gooper Blooper is a massive Blooper who first appears in Super Mario Sunshine.
==Profile==
===Powers and abilities===
Gooper Blooper possesses more powers than a regular Blooper such as being able to spew out ink and using his extensively long tentacles to attack.
== In Super Mario Sunshine ==
Gooper Blooper is a boss whom Mario fights a few times during his journey. Gooper Blooper is first encountered in Ricco Harbor, within the first episode Gooper Blooper Breaks Out, being the second boss overall if the episodes are played through in stage order. In the episode, Gooper Blooper is hiding under a pile of crates, but his location is given away from one of his tentacles sticking out. When Mario pulls the tentacle, a cutscene plays in which Gooper Blooper breaks out of the crates and lands onto the ground, followed by the boss fight.
During the boss fight, Gooper Blooper uses his tentacles to try and defeat Mario. Mario can stomp on Gooper Blooper's tentacles to squish them, but they recover quickly. While not necessarily required, Mario can pull the tentacles so that they snap off, making it easier for him to attack. At first, Gooper Blooper's face is covered in ink, which Mario can have FLUDD spray off so that he can begin pulling back on Gooper Blooper's mouth. Whenever Gooper Blooper's face is sprayed with water, he lifts up all of his large tentacles and slams them onto the ground. When Mario pulls Gooper Blooper's mouth back far enough, Gooper Blooper becomes flattened, seemingly in defeat, only to recover and spit out a ring of ink around himself afterward, as pulling Gooper Blooper's mouth also caused the cork in his mouth to be removed. Mario can defeat Gooper Blooper by pulling back his mouth a second time, causing the Gooper Blooper to go flying off into the air and falling into part of the sea covered in black goop. After this, a Shine Sprite appears for Mario to collect.
In Ricco Harbor, Gooper Blooper is later fought again during the fifth episode Gooper Blooper Returns, being the fourth boss fought in episode order. He is now fought on the helipad, and has regrown all of his large tentacles. The battle is similar as before, but Gooper Blooper has received a new attack in which he spins around, trying to hit Mario with his tentacles. Otherwise, the fight is the same as before, and after being defeated, Gooper Blooper blasts off into the sky and crashes into the sea once more, followed by the Shine Sprite appearing.
Gooper Blooper makes his third and final appearance in Noki Bay, during the second episode The Boss of Tricky Ruins, where he appears at the peak of a mountain. If played in order, the third boss fight against Gooper Blooper counts as the seventh one overall. The battle is similar as before, except Gooper Blooper moves faster, and the mid-boss theme from when fighting a Polluted Piranha Plant plays instead of the regular boss theme. When Gooper Blooper is defeated, he gets flung off into the mountainside
==In the Mario Golf series==
Gooper Blooper does not physically appear in any Mario Golf games, but his name is among several listed on the scoreboard in both Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Golf: Advance Tour.
==In the Mario Tennis series==
===Mario Power Tennis ===
Gooper Blooper is featured as the opponent of the player's character in his own mini-game, Gooper Blooper Volley. His name is also featured in the title for the Gooper Blooper Court, where said minigame takes place. Gooper Blooper Volley starts with Gooper Blooper spitting the tennis ball out of his mouth. During the minigame, Gooper Blooper holds a tennis racket in each of his four tentacles, and the player's character must hit a tennis ball between them while avoiding the marked tiles.
===Mario Tennis Aces===
Gooper Blooper appears as a boss in Savage Sea. He uses his tentacles to try and hit Mario. Mario must hit Gooper Blooper's ink balls back to damage him.
==In Super Princess Peach ==
Gooper Blooper makes an appearance in Super Princess Peach, appearing as the fifth boss, Gooper Blooper attacks by either swiping his tentacles at Peach, grabbing Peach and tossing her into the air, by grabbing Peach and doing constant damage on her, he is vulnerable to being attacked by Perry after hitting all four of his tentacles and hitting his mouth. After losing three health points, he uses Calm vibe to fall asleep to regain health. Peach must wake him up with Rage vibe to remove his remaining two health points. This is also his biggest form in any Mario game he has been in.
==In Mario Hoops 3-on-3==
Gooper Blooper appears in Pirate Ship court, where he tries to attack the characters on the ship, and if a character gets too close to the edge, Gooper Blooper smacks them with his tentacles. Gooper Blooper's role comparable to to the mythical .
==In Mario Super Sluggers==
Gooper Blooper is a hazard in the mini-game Blooper Baserun, where the characters must dodge his tentacles as they collect coins. Gooper Blooper also appears around the Daisy Cruiser stadium at night, where he grabs the ship and tilts it to its side, acting similar to the Kraken like in Mario Hoops 3-on-3.
==In Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)==
Gooper Blooper is the last obstacle encountered in the Dream Rafting competition, set in Cheep Cheep River. During this, a rearrangement of the boss theme from Super Mario Sunshine plays as the background music.
When the characters face Gooper Blooper, he traps their raft in a whirlpool and tries to slam down on them with his tentacles. If a character dodges Gooper Blooper's tentacles, they can jump onto his tentacles while it is lying on the raft. Once all four tentacles are jumped on, Gooper Blooper becomes defeated. When this occurs, Gooper Blooper begins to quiver in pain, and he leaps into the air, landing back down in the water defeated and dazed, somewhat like when he is defeated in Super Mario Sunshine.
==In the Paper Mario series==
=== Paper Mario: Sticker Star ===
Gooper Blooper returns again as a boss in Paper Mario: Sticker Star, where he serves as the main boss of Chapter 3 and is the fifth boss of the game. His appearance is much different from his past designs being much more shiner. He also wears a purple Royal Sticker on his head and comes into the battle with 300 HP. Gooper Blooper is also the main cause for the poisonous pollution of World 3. He also has his Poison Blooper minions try everything to stop Mario from reaching him. Gooper Blooper is seen residing at Whitecap Beach behind an abandoned ship.
====Battle====
Unlike the rest of the bosses in this game, Gooper Blooper actually "claps" to the rhythm of his battle boogie theme. It's also the key to blocking his Rhythm Tentacle Smack attack. He also charges up Poison Goop for one turn then unleashes it on the next turn poisoning Mario and blinding him if he doesn't block it.
====Tips====
Gooper Blooper attacks to the rhythm of his theme. Mario could use this to block his multi-attack to lessen damage. Mario must do this for three more turns until Gooper Blooper charges up for the Poison Goop attack. Mario must then use his Sponge thing sticker to deflect the attack right back at Gooper Blooper and it will poison himself impairing his vision and causing him to take 30 damage for 4 turns, if Mario is poisoned by Gooper Blooper’s poison attack, he can wash off the poison (and return to normal quicker) by using a flood-based thing sticker such as the Faucet (Tap). Mario then must use this opening to launch his strongest Stickers and use the Battle Spinner to take Gooper Blooper down for good.
=== Paper Mario: The Origami King ===
Gooper Blooper reappears in Paper Mario: The Origami King as a large Paper Macho boss. It is the first Paper Macho boss Mario encounters, the first boss of Chapter 3 and is overall the 5th boss of the game.
Gooper Blooper appears on The Princess Peach during the quest to save Olivia after her entrapment under a huge rock in the Yellow Streamer section of the game. Gooper Blooper will mainly attack by slamming its tentacles down on the ground, creating water shock waves. It can also launch out ink from its mouth to hinder Mario. Later on in the battle it gains the ability to launch a barrage of water shock waves. It is fought on the overworld on the bow of the ship and has an attack where it slams its tentacles down creating shockwaves. Once the Player hit the weak spots on all the tentacles, it jumps onto the boat and starts shooting water at Mario. Its last weak spot is its right eye.
In Bobby's memory scene, it is shown that the Gooper Blooper is why Bobby lost his fuse and his memories.
==Timeline==
==Trivia==
*Gooper Blooper, in Paper Mario: Sticker Star, breaks the fourth wall by clapping along with his battle theme.
**The fifth part of his battle theme (after he is attacked by his own Poison Goop) is a remixed version of the main Super Mario Bros. theme.
*In Paper Mario: The Origami King, the battle with the Paper Macho Gooper Blooper is very similar to the fight with Glooper Blooper in Super Mario Sunshine. Both battles involve taking out the Blooper's tentacles and then going after the head.
*In pre-release builds of Super Mario Sunshine, Gooper Blooper was colored teal, had periwinkle spots, and sported yellow eyes. He later has yellow eyes in Paper Mario: Sticker Star.
*In Super Princess Peach, if counting the tentacles as part of his hit-points, then Glooper Blooper has the most health out of any boss in the game, with twenty-five hit points in total.
*Gooper Blooper is briefly seen in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS during the Paper Mario stage. Gooper Blooper can be seen during the S.S. Flavion scene. The Tuna from Paper Mario is also seen.
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