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|image=[[File:Goldbob.png]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|image=[[Image:Goldbob.PNG{{!}}200px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[2004]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|species= [[Bob-omb]]
|species=[[Bob-omb]]
|affiliation=[[Sylvia]], [[Bub]], [[Goldbobbington's]], [[Poshley Heights]]
|latest_appearance=
}}
}}
{{quote|Good day to you, [[Mario|Gonzales]]. What can I do for you today? What's that you say? You must use the cannon in Fahr Outpost to save the world? Hmmm... Well, that IS rather a pickle, isn't it?|Goldbob|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}


'''Goldbob''' is a [[Bob-omb]] who appears in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''; his name refers to his gold coloring, apparently a rare coloration for Bob-ombs. He is the president of [[Goldbobbington's]], husband of [[Sylvia (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Sylvia]], and father of [[Bub]].
{{quote|Good day to you, Gonzales.  What can I do for you today?  What's that you say?  You must use the cannon in Fahr Outpost to save the world?  Hmmm... Well, that IS rather a pickle, isn't it?|Goldbob|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}


==History==
'''Goldbob''' is a [[Bob-omb]] who appears in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''; his name refers to his gold coloring. He first appears in [[Glitzville]], outside of the [[Glitz Pit]], along with his wife, [[Sylvia]], and his son, [[Bub]]. Goldbob soon becomes a fan of "The Great Gonzales" ([[Mario|Mario's]] adopted fighting name) after his position in the ranks of the Glitz Pit moves up. Goldbob continues to call Mario "Gonzales" until the end of the game, even after Mario "retires" from fighting. He also may have had some involvement in the creation of Fahr Outpost's [[Giant Cannon]], due to the fact that one of the requirements to use the cannon was to both gain Goldbob's permission to use the cannon and his guide on how to use it.
===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
[[Mario]] and his [[Party member|party]] first meet Goldbob in [[Glitzville]] outside the [[Glitz Pit]] while he and his family are vacationing there. Goldbob and Bub soon becomes a fan of "The Great Gonzales" ([[Mario|Mario's]] adopted fighting name) after his position in the ranks of the Glitz Pit moves up. Goldbob continues to call Mario "Gonzales" until the end of the game, even after Mario "retires" from fighting.


Goldbob and his family appear again aboard the [[Excess Express]] on their ride home to [[Poshley Heights]]. He and Sylvia argue over what to get Bub for his birthday, with Goldbob wanting a house or a car to flaunt the family's wealth and Sylvia wanting to get him study materials to prepare him for the future. Their arguing seems of little concern to Bub, who actually just wants an autograph of the [[Excess Express engineer]]. The argument is so loud that the [[Excess Express conductor]] can hear them from outside their room. The following day, Goldbob apologizes to Mario for seeing him and his wife when they "weren't at their best". Upon learning about Bub's fascination with trains, Goldbob asks Mario if he knows where he can purchase a train, staying true to his desire to find a gift that will flaunt wealth but also incorporating Bub's own desires. Goldbob and Bub admire the Express outside as it is stopped at [[Riverside Station]]. Sylvia apparently convinces Goldbob to tone down the gift as later that night Bub is excited that his parents are getting him a train set rather than an actual train, though Goldbob is adamant that the train set must be solid gold.
Goldbob appears again aboard the [[Excess Express]] on his way to [[Poshley Heights]]. After the trip he and his family remain in Poshley Heights.


At the start of the third day, Goldbob, along with his family and the other passengers and staff, goes missing, being absorbed into a hoard of [[Smorg]]s that attacks the train. Mario eventually defeats the Smorgs, causing them to blow away in the wind. After the incident, Goldbob and his family safely arrive in Poshley Heights.  
Later Mario and his team must return to Goldbob to get [[Goldbob's Guide|his permission]] to use the cannon in [[Fahr Outpost]].


During Chapter 7, Mario must visit Goldbob in Poshley Heights to gain [[Goldbob's Pass|his permission]] to use [[Fahr Outpost]]'s cannon, [[Big Bob]]. Goldbob was the one who started business with the cannon but stopped because his wife did not like the noise. Mario must give up all his coins to Goldbob in exchange for Goldbob's written permission, though Goldbob returns him the coins soon thereafter.
In the game, he appears on the [[Trouble Center]], asking Mario to send a package to [[General White]]. If Mario completes this quest, he will give the player 64 [[coin]]s (a reference to the [[Nintendo 64]]).


When [[Bowser]] and [[Kammy Koopa]] arrive in Poshley Heights, Bowser can optionally talk to Goldbob and Sylvia, who are only interested in discussing the fountain outside of [[Poshley Sanctum]]. Bewildered by their interest in the fountain, Bowser says they scare him and moves on.
==Tattle Information==
 
Later, Goldbob posts a [[Delivery, please!|trouble]] in [[Rogueport]]'s [[Trouble Center]] in which he asks for a [[Package (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|package]] to be sent to [[General White]]. After Mario delivers the package to General White, Goldbob rewards him with 64 [[coin]]s, a reference to the [[Nintendo 64]].
 
[[File:PMTTYD NS Screenshot of Poshley Heights Shadow Queen Cutscene.png|thumb|Goldbob joins others in Poshley Heights to lend support to Mario in the remake]]
During Mario's battle against the [[Shadow Queen]], Goldbob, his family, residents of Poshley Heights, and, in the remake, staff from the Excess Express gather outside of [[Poshley Sanctum]] to shout support into the [[Garnet Star]] to empower Mario and his partners.
 
In the original game's end credits [[parade]], Goldbob's silhouette can be seen with the Poshley Heights characters. In the remake, Bub runs across the stage gleefully holding the autograph while Goldbob and Sylvia walk behind him, followed by the Bob-ombs from Fahr Outpost.
 
===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:Excess Express Passengers SuperMarioKun.png|thumb|Goldbob in ''Super Mario-kun'']]
Goldbob appears in volume 34 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' during the ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' arc. Goldbob rides the Excess Express with Bub (although Sylvia is not seen) and he is one of the passengers to get trapped by Smorg.
 
==Tattle==
*"''That's Goldbob the Bob-omb. He's head of a wealthy business, [[Goldbobbington's]]. He's got buckets of ducats, they say. I guess some folks are just good with money!''"
*"''That's Goldbob the Bob-omb. He's head of a wealthy business, [[Goldbobbington's]]. He's got buckets of ducats, they say. I guess some folks are just good with money!''"


==Gallery==
==Names in Other Languages==
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PMTTYDNS concept art characters 9.png|Concept art of the [[Excess Express]] passengers and staff, including Goldbob and his family
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ゴールドマン
|Jap=ゴールドマン
|JapR=Gōrudoman
|JapR=Gōrudoman
|JapM=Goldman
|JapM=Goldman
|Chi=金色曼
|Fra=Orboom
|ChiR=Jīnsè Màn
|FraM=Goldboom
|ChiM=Golden Man
|Dut=Goudriaan
|DutM=From "goud" (gold) and the Dutch name Adriaan
|Fre=Orboom
|FreM=Goldboom
|Ger=Goldfried
|Ger=Goldfried
|GerM="Gold" + "-fried", a common suffix for male German names
|GerM="-fried" is a common suffix for male German names.
|Ita=Bomb-oro
|Ita=Bomb-Oro
|ItaM=From "Bob-omb" and ''oro'' ("gold")
|ItaM=From "Bob-omb" and "oro" (gold)}}
|Kor=골드맨
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|KorR=Goldeumaen
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|KorM=Goldman
{{Bob-omb}}
|Spa=Bombotín
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|SpaM=Pun on ''bomba'' ("bomb") and ''botín'' ("booty" or "loot"). Alternatively, his name might come from {{wp|Emilio Botín}}, a Spanish millionaire banker, as his wife is also named after two Spanish millionaire sisters.
}}
 
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