Looking for a Gal! is a Trouble Center side quest from Goom Goom that can be accepted after Chapter 5 in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (TTYD). Keep reading for a full walkthrough of the Looking for a Gal! side quest, its location, rewards, how to unlock it, and all of Goom Goom's reactions to each of Mario's partners!

Looking for a Gal! Goom Goom Trouble Quest Location and Details

Looking for a Gal! Goom Goom Trouble Walkthrough

Looking for a Gal! Quest Objectives
1	Talk to Goom Goom in the storeroom of Pirate's Grotto at Keelhaul Key. This is the room at the top of the waterfall with the Grotto Key, Shine Sprite, and Star Piece.
2	Select Goombella as your partner, and talk to Goom Goom.

Introduce Goom Goom to Goombella

To fulfill this quest, talk to Goom Goom with Goombella as your active partner. Goom Goom will take Goombella aside, confess his newfound love for her, and present her with a Couple's Cake.

Wanting to let him down gently, Goombella claims that she's actually dating Mario. Goom Goom will drop his cake and run away, having enough of the solitary island life. Goombella will then pick up the cake and give it to Mario to serve as his trouble quest reward.

All Goom Goom Reactions to Each Partner

Introduce Koops to Goom Goom

Goom Goom's Comment	"Whoa! That is one attractive shell... but that makes you... a Koopa of some kind. I mean, you're a step up from sea turtles, but... no. Remember what I told you? Introduce me to a nice Goomba gal! Now, come on! I'm dying over here!"
Koops's Reaction	"Wow. I am not feeling attractive right now..."

Koops Partner Overview

Introduce Madame Flurrie to Goom Goom

Goom Goom's Comment	"Whoa! Now that is a very glamorous gal, indeed... But you're kind of... floaty... and I'm ground-bound for life. And you're not even a Goomba! This is all wrong! Remember what I told you? Introduce me to a nice Goomba gal! Now, come on! I'm dying over here!"
Flurrie's Reaction	"Oh, haugtiest of all laughs! You had best get your eyes checked, young man. I am a PRIZE!"

Madame Flurrie Partner Overview

Introduce Yoshi to Goom Goom

Goom Goom's Comment	"Whoa! Hey... You're about my size, just like I asked... But you're a Yoshi! This is NOT what I asked for! Remember what I told you? Introduce me to a nice Goomba gal! Now, come on! I'm dying over here!"
Yoshi's Reaction	"Hey, take a long walk off a short pier, you bozo! Who'd date you, anyway?"

Yoshi Partner Overview

Introduce Vivian to Goom Goom

Goom Goom's Comment	"Whoa! You sure seem nice... But, um, that whole goth shadow thing is a bit... Creepy! There, I said it! You're too goth for me! And you're not even a Goomba! Remember what I told you? Introduce me to a nice Goomba gal! Now, come on! I'm dying over here!"
Vivian's Reaction	"You're not really doing much to impress me either, bud!"

Vivian Partner Overview

Introduce Admiral Bobbery to Goom Goom

Goom Goom's Comment	"Whoa! How very, um... What's WRONG with you, huh? This is some crusty old dude! Do I look like I date old Bob-ombs? This is all wrong! Remember what I told you? Introduce me to a nice Goomba gal! Now, come on! I'm dying over here!"
Bobbery's Reaction	"Well, you're hardly my type either, you young scallywag!"

Admiral Bobbery Partner Overview

Introduce Ms. Mowz to Goom Goom

Goom Goom's Comment	"Whoa! Well, well, well... This IS a gal, oh yes... But you're some sort of rat! Close, but no Goomba! Remember what I told you? Introduce me to a nice Goomba gal! Now, come on! I'm dying over here!"
Ms. Mowz's Reaction	"Mmmm... I'd stay out of dark alleys for a little while if I were you..."

How to Get Ms. Mowz as Partner

How to Unlock Looking for a Gal! in Paper Mario TTYD Switch Remake

Complete Chapter 5

Looking for a Gal! from Goom Goom will appear at the Trouble Center once you complete Chapter 5. To activate this request, select it from the bulletin board at the Trouble Center.

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Accept From Trouble Center on the East Side of Rogueport

The quest must first be accepted from the Trouble Center bulletin board before you can do any of the steps to complete it.

To get to the Trouble Center, you must first get through Gus, the guard blocking the east side of Rogueport. You can either pay him coins every time you need to pass or defeat him in combat. Once Koops joins your party, defeating him becomes much easier.

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Looking for a Gal! Goom Goom Trouble Rewards

Couple's Cake

Item	Description
Couple's Cake	Incrementally recovers HP.

Goom Goom will drop a Couple's Cake that he wanted to give to his special gal. Goombella will pick up this cake after rejecting him and give it to Mario upon completing the Looking for a Gal! trouble side quest.

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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Related Guides

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Chapter Walkthroughs

All Chapters
Prologue: A Rogue's Welcome
Chapter 1: Castle and Dragon	Chapter 2: The Great Boggly Tree
Chapter 3: Of Glitz and Glory	Chapter 4: For Pigs the Bell Tolls
Chapter 5: The Key to Pirates	Chapter 6: 3 Days of Excess
Chapter 7: Mario Shoots the Moon	Chapter 8: The Thousand-Year Door

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Peach Intermissions	Bowser Intermissions	Trouble Center

Trouble Center Side Quests

All Troubles
Need a Key!	Safe Delivery...	Competitor Research!	Find This Guy!
Hit Me, Please!	I'm Hungry!	Try to Find Me!	Listen to Me!
Help Me Restock!	Life Mushroom!	Come Over And Play!	Help My Daddy!
Help Wanted!	Heartful Cake Recipe...	The Food I Want	Elusive Badge!
Newsletter...	Seeking Legendary Book!	Tell that Person...	Looking for a Gal!
Important Thing!	Get These Ingredients!	I Need My Magazine.	Security Code...
Delivery, Please!	I Can't Speak!	I Wanna Meet Luigi!	Roust These Cads!
Help Me Make Up	Erase That Graffiti!