# Gooigi Gooigi is a slime doppelgänger of Luigi from Nintendo's Luigi's Mansion series who debuted on the 3DS in October 2018 and went viral at E3 2019. His name inspired a wave of Twitter innuendo jokes after the Luigi's Mansion 3 reveal. ## Overview Gooigi is a slime-based doppelgänger of Luigi from Nintendo's ghost-hunting Luigi's Mansion series. The gooey clone controls almost identically to Luigi but can squeeze through metal grates, walk across spike traps, and reach objects tucked behind hazards the regular plumber can't cross[1]. His one glaring weakness is water, which dissolves him instantly and shapes most of the puzzles designed around him[2]. The character first appeared as a co-op mechanic in the Nintendo 3DS remake of the original Luigi's Mansion, quietly launching in October 2018[8]. Wider awareness arrived nine months later when Nintendo showed off Luigi's Mansion 3 at E3 2019 and confirmed Gooigi was crossing over to the Switch sequel[3]. Within hours, social media zeroed in on the name and turned Gooigi into a fresh batch of Nintendo innuendo jokes. ## How It Spread The meme side of Gooigi kicked in during Nintendo's E3 press showcase on June 11, 2019, when a Luigi's Mansion 3 trailer put the character in front of a much larger audience[3]. Within hours, Twitter users started riffing on the name. User @broderick tied Gooigi to the long-running "Luigi's penis size" joke, framing Nintendo as obliviously walking straight into innuendo territory[4]. User @Tonytula went for pure wordplay, tweeting that Gooigi's existence implied a "Wagooigi," which pulled in over 500 retweets and 2,100 likes[5]. The name kept generating sex jokes for days. User @leyawn tweeted "i'm going to suck off some ghosts with my wet friend gooigi," which cleared 200 likes[6]. The official Brazzers Twitter account weighed in with "Gooigi is Luigi's pornstar name," topping 260 likes and giving the bit a mainstream porn co-sign[7]. Games press covered both the character and the jokes, with Engadget publishing a hands-on preview from the show floor and Polygon writing about him as a low-key horror creation the internet had already claimed[2][1]. Alongside the shock jokes, players fixated on the darker read of the mechanic itself. Polygon noted that summoning Gooigi in single-player makes Luigi visibly slump with a vacant stare, as though donating his life force to the goo double[1]. Engadget's preview leaned into the puzzle side instead, describing sequences where Luigi rides an elevator while Gooigi stays behind to push a windmill-style pulley, plus new moves like a Burst attack that fires air in every direction[2]. ## How to Use The Gooigi meme typically works two ways. The first is name-based innuendo, riffing on "goo" plus "Luigi" to generate porn-adjacent gags or Wario-style copycats like the "Wagooigi" callout[5]. The second is body horror, joking about Gooigi being trapped inside Luigi, wondering whether he has his own goo brother "Gooario," or picturing what happens when he's not being used[1]. Most posts skip screenshots entirely and just play the name for laughs, since the character's visual is basically green Luigi. When images do appear, they tend to be direct captures from the E3 trailer, with captions written in the same shock-tweet tone that carried the character through his first viral week[7]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Gooigi? Gooigi is a slime-based doppelgänger of Luigi that can slip through grates and walk over spikes, but dissolves in water[1]. ### Where did Gooigi come from? He debuted in the Nintendo 3DS port of Luigi's Mansion on October 12, 2018, then went viral after being featured in Luigi's Mansion 3 at E3 2019[8][3]. ### What does Gooigi mean? The name is a portmanteau of "goo" and "Luigi," which is why Twitter users immediately turned it into innuendo jokes after the reveal[4]. ### How do you use Gooigi in the game? In single-player you swap to him with the right analog stick to reach spike-guarded items, and in co-op a second player controls him directly[2]. ### Is the Gooigi meme still popular? The viral spike was tied to E3 2019, but Gooigi is still a recognized character in the Luigi's Mansion series and gets referenced whenever the games come up[1]. ### Who created Gooigi? Developer Next Level Games designed the character while prototyping Luigi's Mansion 3, per director Yoshihito Ikebata[1]. ### What is Wagooigi? Wagooigi is a fan-invented Wario-style variant tweeted by @Tonytula after the E3 reveal, which pulled in over 500 retweets and 2,100 likes[5]. ### Why can't Gooigi touch water? He's made of a jelly-like slime, so any contact with water instantly dissolves him, and the game's puzzles are built around that limitation[2]. ### Did mainstream press cover the Gooigi jokes? Yes, outlets like Engadget and Polygon wrote about him during E3 2019, mixing gameplay coverage with the fan reactions[2][1]. ### What game did Gooigi first appear in? The Nintendo 3DS remake of the original Luigi's Mansion, released in North America on October 12, 2018[8]. ## References 1. [https://www.polygon.com/e3/2019/6/11/18660652/gooigi-luigis-mansion-3-nintendo-switch-e3-2019]() 2. [https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/11/luigis-mansion-3-gooigi-hands-on/]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gooigi]() 4. [https://twitter.com/broderick]() 5. [https://twitter.com/Tonytula]() 6. [https://twitter.com/leyawn]() 7. [https://twitter.com/Brazzers]() 8. 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