50 Facts About Goofy

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Goofy is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company.

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Goofy is a tall, anthropomorphic dog who typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fedora.

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Goofy is a close friend of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, and is Max Goof's father.

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Goofy is normally characterized as hopelessly clumsy and dim-witted, yet this interpretation is not always definitive; occasionally, Goofy is shown as intuitive and clever, albeit in his own unique, eccentric way.

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Goofy debuted in animated cartoons, starting in 1932 with Mickey's Revue as Dippy Dawg, who is older than Goofy would come to be.

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Two Goofy shorts were nominated for an Oscar: How to Play Football and Aquamania.

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Goofy co-starred in a short series with Donald, including Polar Trappers, where they first appeared without Mickey Mouse.

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Three more Goofy shorts were produced in the 1960s after which Goofy was only seen in television and Disney comics.

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Goofy returned to theatrical animation in 1983 with Mickey's Christmas Carol.

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The exception was the 1950s cartoons, in which Goofy played a character called George Geef who was married and at one point became the father of a kid named George Junior.

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Goofy first appeared in Mickey's Revue, first released on May 27,1932.

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Goofy constantly irritated his fellow spectators by noisily crunching peanuts and laughing loudly, until two of those fellow spectators knocked him out with their mallets.

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Goofy was an old man with a white beard, a puffy tail, and no trousers, shorts, or undergarments.

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Kinney found Goofy to be "a nice long, lean character that you could move; you could get poses out of him, crazy poses".

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Goofy's clothing changed from a casual style to wearing business suits.

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Goofy began to look more human and less dog-like, with his ears hidden in his hat.

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Goofy would be given a formal name in these cartoons, George Geef.

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Goofy cites as an example Aquamania, where everyman Goofy drives to the lake for a boat ride.

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Goofy is portrayed as one of the numerous people who had the same idea about how to spend their day.

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Goofy had an act in the 1969 tour show Disney on Parade with costar Herbie the Love Bug.

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Goofy's profile began to rise again after his appearance in Mickey's Christmas Carol as the ghost of Jacob Marley.

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Goofy later appears at the end of the film with the other characters.

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In one episode of Bonkers, Goofy has an off-screen cameo whose distinctive laugh is "stolen" by a disgruntled toon.

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Goofy returned to his traditional personality in Mickey Mouse Works and appeared as a head waiter in House of Mouse.

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In both Mickey Mouse Works and House of Mouse, Goofy seemed to have a crush on Clarabelle Cow, as he asks her on a date in the House of Mouse episode "Super Goof" and is stalked by the bovine in the Mickey Mouse Works cartoon "How To Be a Spy".

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26.

On Toontown Online, an interactive website for kids, Goofy previously ran his own neighborhood called Goofy Speedway until the close of Toontown.

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Goofy Speedway was a place where players could race cars and enter the Grand Prix.

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Goofy appears in the children's television series, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, with his trademark attire and personality.

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Goofy starred in a new theatrical cartoon short called How to Hook Up Your Home Theater, that premiered at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

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In 2011, Goofy appeared in a promotional webtoon advertising Disney Cruise Line.

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Goofy is a main character on Mickey and the Roadster Racers.

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Goofy has appeared in the third season of the 2017 DuckTales TV series; based on his Goof Troop incarnation.

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Guest starring in the episode, "Quack Pack", Goofy appears as the Duck family's wacky neighbor after Donald accidentally wished them into a '90s sitcom.

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Donald hires him to be the photographer for a family photo, but after the Ducks realize what Donald did, Goofy helps him understand that "normal" does not necessarily mean the same thing between families; using the relationship he has with his son Max as an example.

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Accordingly, Goofy remained alone as Mickey's sidekick, replacing Horace Horsecollar as Mickey's fellow adventurer and companion.

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Goofy has a characteristic habit of holding his hand in front of his mouth, a trademark that was introduced by Paul Murry.

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In 1990, when Disney was publishing their own comics, Goofy starred in Goofy Adventures, that featured him starring in various parodies.

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Super Goof is Goofy's superhero alter ego who gets his powers by eating super goobers.

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Goofy became the first Disney character to be a superhero, but several would follow, including Donald Duck as Paperinik.

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The third and definitive version debuted in "The Thief of Zanzipar" in Walt Disney Super Goof No 1, written by Bob Ogle and drawn by Murry, in which the origin of his powers are special peanuts Goofy finds in his backyard.

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On Disney's Toontown Online during the Halloween season, Goofy is Super Goof for the occasion.

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Goofy appeared in one episode of House of Mouse and in two episodes of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

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Goofy is the captain of the royal guard at Disney Castle in the Kingdom Hearts video game series.

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Goofy's loyalty was tested when Riku wielded the Keyblade thus, following the king's orders, he followed Riku instead.

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When Sora, Donald, and Goofy enter the realm known as Timeless River, Goofy states that the world looks familiar; a reference to his cartoons done in the early to mid-1930s.

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46.

At many times in the Kingdom Hearts series, Goofy is shown to still be his clumsy self in Kingdom Hearts II, he is very keen to details and has very accurate assumptions of certain things.

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Goofy reappears in the prequel, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, in a relatively minor role, having accompanied Mickey to Yen Sid's tower to watch Mickey's Mark of Mastery Exam.

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Goofy was later replaced by Danny Webb from 1939 to 1941.

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Goofy then voiced him in Sport Goofy in Soccermania in 1987 and Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1988.

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The Goofy holler is a stock sound effect that is used frequently in Walt Disney cartoons and films.