Goofy

In the comics and his pre-1992 animated appearances, Goofy was usually single and childless. Unlike Mickey and Donald, he did not have a steady girlfriend. 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. In the Goof Troop series (1992–1993), however, Goofy was portrayed as a single father with a son named Max, and the character of Max made further animated appearances until 2004. This marked a division between animation and comics, as the latter kept showing Goofy as a single childless character, excluding comics taking place in the Goof Troop continuity. After 2004, Max disappeared from animation, thus removing the division between the two media. Goofy's wife was never shown, while George Geef's wife appeared—but always with her face unseen—in 1950s-produced cartoon shorts depicting the character as a "family man". In the comics, Goofy usually appears as Mickey's sidekick, though he also is occasionally shown as a protagonist. Goofy lives in Mouseton in the comics and in Spoonerville in Goof Troop. In comics books and strips, Goofy's closest relatives are his smarter nephew Gilbert. and his grandmother, simply called Grandma Goofy. In Italian comics, he has been given several cousins, including adventurer Arizona Goof (original Italian name: Indiana Pipps), who is a spoof of the fictional archaeologist Indiana Jones. Goofy's catchphrases are "gawrsh!" (which is his usual exclamation of surprise and his way of pronouncing "gosh"), along with "ah-hyuck!" (a distinctive chuckle) that is sometimes followed by a "hoo hoo hoo hoo!", and especially the Goofy holler (YAAAAAAAAH-HOO-HOO-HOO-EEEEE!). In the classic shorts, he would sometimes say "Somethin' wrong here" (first heard in Lonesome Ghosts) whenever he suspected something was not right about the situation he was currently in, or sing a few bars of "The World Owes Me a Livin'" from the Silly Symphonies cartoon The Grasshopper and the Ants (the first instance of Goofy singing this song is On Ice). In The Grasshopper and the Ants, the Grasshopper had an aloof character similar to Goofy and shared the same voice actor (Pinto Colvig) as him. According to biographer Neal Gabler, Walt Disney disliked the Goofy cartoons, thinking they were merely "stupid cartoons with gags tied together" with no larger narrative or emotional engagement and a step backward to the early days of animation. As such, he threatened constantly to terminate the series, but only continued it to provide make-work for his animators. Animation historian Michael Barrier is skeptical of Gabler's claim, saying that his source did not correspond with what was written. ==Film history==

Origin and early years The character of Goofy originated with his voice actor, a former circus and vaudville actor, comedian, clown and chalk talk artist Pinto Colvig, who began working as a story man for the Disney Studio in 1930. According to Colvig, one day in 1931, he was having a conversation with Walt Disney and director Wilfred Jackson, and began to reminisce about "…a grinny, half-baked village nitwit back in my hometown whose mannerisms I had copied and used for one of my former stage characters, The Oregon Appleknocker." Colvig later identified this "village nitwit" as a local flagman that worked at Jacksonville, Oregon's main railroad crossing, who he described as a "...slow-minded guy who is the happiest fellow in the world. Each small town has one, and he always seems to hang around the depot... As a youngster I used to watch every train come in, and I knew all the details and peculiarities of that flagman's life. I impersonated that man for Disney, not in jest, but because I admired him and his simplicity. I always laughed with him rather than at him." Walt Disney was captivated by Colvig's impersonation and, eager to expand his cast of recognizable characters, decided to develop a new character around Colvig's former stage routine for Mickey's ever-growing roster of supporting players. The next day, Colvig went in front of a microphone and camera and started acting out the loose ungainly mannerisms of his Oregon Appleknocker persona, while animator Tom Palmer sketched out a character based on his performance. "Thus ‘Goofy, the Guy with a Silly Laugh’ was hatched", as Colvig would later declare with pride. Ben Sharpsteen directed the majority of the Mickey, Donald and Goofy trio cartoons. Progressively during the series, Mickey's part diminished in favor of Donald, Goofy, and Pluto. The reason for this was simple: between the easily frustrated Donald and Pluto and the always-living-in-a-world-of-his-own Goofy, Mickey—who became progressively gentler and more laid-back—seemed to act as the straight man of the trio. The studio's artists found that it had become easier coming up with new gags for Goofy or Donald than Mickey, to a point that Mickey's role had become unnecessary. Polar Trappers, released on June 17, 1938, was the first film to feature Goofy and Donald as a duo. Mickey would return in The Whalers, released on August 19, 1938, but this and Tugboat Mickey, released on April 26, 1940, would be the last two shorts to feature all three characters as a team. Solo series Goofy next starred at his first solo cartoon Goofy and Wilbur directed by Dick Huemer, first released on March 17, 1939. The short featured Goofy fishing with the help of Wilbur, his pet grasshopper. The How to... series drawing Goofy for a group of girls in Argentina, 1941 Jack Kinney would take over the Goofy cartoons with the second short ''Goofy's Glider'' (1940). How to Ride a Horse, a segment in the 1941 film The Reluctant Dragon, would establish the tone and style of future shorts like The Art of Skiing (1941), How to Fish (1942), How to Swim (1942) and How to Play Golf (1944). Cartoon shorts like How to Play Baseball (1942), How to Play Football (1944) and Hockey Homicide (1945) would feature Goofy not as a single character but multiple characters playing the opposing teams. Animation historian Paul Wells considers Hockey Homicide to be the "peak" of the sports cartoons. Some of the later sports-theme cartoons, like Double Dribble (1946) and ''They're Off'' (1948) would be directed by Jack Hannah. Pinto Colvig had a falling out with Disney in 1937 and left the studio, leaving Goofy without a voice. One notable short made during this era is Motor Mania (1950). Kinney disliked making most of these later shorts, stating "...those pictures were disasters, because I didn't fight it hard enough". and then had a wide release on December 21, 2007, in front of National Treasure: Book of Secrets and has aired on several occasions on the Disney Channel. In 2011, Goofy appeared in a promotional webtoon advertising Disney Cruise Line. He is also a main character on Mickey and the Roadster Racers. He has also appeared in the third season of the 2017 DuckTales TV series; based on his Goof Troop incarnation. 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. 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. In 2021, it was announced that Goofy would star in a new series of "How to..." shorts entitled How to Stay at Home in a reflection of the COVID-19 pandemic. Animator Eric Goldberg (the Genie from Aladdin) served as director of the shorts as well as supervising animator on one of them, while Mark Henn (Belle and Jasmine) and Randy Haycock (Naveen in The Princess and the Frog) served as supervising animators for other shorts. Bill Farmer once again voiced the Goof, with Corey Burton narrating. The shorts "How to Wear a Mask", "Learning to Cook", and "Binge Watching" were released on Disney+ on August 11, 2021. ==Filmography==

Solo short films Theatrical Donald and Goofy cartoons Besides his solo cartoons and supporting roles in Mickey Mouse shorts, Goofy also co-starred with Donald Duck in some theatrical shorts (although these are commonly treated as part of the Donald Duck series): • Polar Trappers (1938) • The Fox Hunt (1938) • Billposters (1940) • No Sail (1945) • ''Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive'' (1946) • Crazy with the Heat (1947) Feature films • A Goofy Movie (1995) • ''Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas'' (1999) • An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000) • Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004) • ''Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas'' (2004) Movie cameos • The Falcon Strikes Back (1943) (as a puppet) • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) • The Little Mermaid (1989) • Aladdin (1992) (as a hat) • Flubber (1997) (archive footage) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • Saving Mr. Banks (2013) (performer in Goofy costume) • ''Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'' (2022) (in a billboard) TV specials • ''Goofy's Success Story'' (1955) • ''Goofy's Cavalcade of Sports'' (1956) • ''Goofy's Sports Story'' (1957) • A Disney Halloween (1983) • Disneyland 30th Anniversary TV Special (1985) • A Very Merry Christmas Parade (1989) • ''Disney's Celebrate The Spirit'' (1992) • The Wonderful World Of Disney: 40 Years Of Magic (1994) • Disneyland 40th Anniversary TV Special (1995) • Disneyland 50th Anniversary TV Special (2005) • Disneyland 60th Anniversary TV Special (2015) • ''Mickey's Tale of Two Witches'' (2021) • Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas (2021) • Mickey Saves Christmas (2022) • Mickey and Friends Trick or Treats (2023) ==Comics==

Goofy first appeared in the Mickey Mouse comic strip drawn by Floyd Gottfredson on the Sunday January 8, 1933 panel as Dippy Dawg. He would make his regular daily strip appearance on October 9, 1933. His name was changed to Goofy by 1936. In the early years, the other members of Mickey Mouse's gang considered him a meddler and a pest but eventually warmed up to him. As Donald Duck's popularity led to Donald Duck gaining his own newspaper strip, Disney decided that he was no longer allowed to appear in Gottfredson's strips. Accordingly, Goofy remained alone as Mickey's sidekick, replacing Horace Horsecollar as Mickey's fellow adventurer and companion. Similarly in comics, the Mickey Mouse world with Goofy as Mickey's sidekick was usually very separate from the Donald Duck world and crossovers were rare. Goofy also has a characteristic habit of holding his hand in front of his mouth, a trademark that was introduced by Paul Murry. A character called "Glory-Bee" was Goofy's girlfriend for some years. In 1990, when Disney was publishing their own comics, Goofy starred in Goofy Adventures, that featured him starring in various parodies. Perhaps because of poor sales, Goofy Adventures was the first of the company's titles to be canceled by the Disney Comics Implosion, ending at its 17th issue. Super Goof Super Goof is Goofy's superhero alter ego who gets his powers by eating super goobers (peanuts). Goofy became the first Disney character to also be a superhero, but several would follow, including Donald Duck as Paperinik. The initial concept was developed by Disney Publications Dept. head George Sherman and Disney United Kingdom merchandising representative Peter Woods. It was passed on to Western Publishing scripter Del Connell who refined it, including the eventual device of peanuts providing superpowers. The initial version of Super Goof appeared in "The Phantom Blot meets Super Goof", in ''Walt Disney's The Phantom Blot'' No. 2 (Feb. 1965) by Connell (story) and Paul Murry (art). There Goofy mistakenly believes he has developed superpowers. A second version appeared as an actual superhero in the four-page story "All's Well That Ends Awful" in Donald Duck No. 102 (July 1965), also by Connell and Murry. The third and definitive version debuted in "The Thief of Zanzipar" in Walt Disney Super Goof No. 1 (Oct. 1965), written by Bob Ogle and drawn by Murry, in which the origin of his powers are special peanuts Goofy finds in his backyard. In this story, Super Goof battles the Super Thief, a scientific genius who shrinks world landmarks, and holds them for ransom. The effect of Super Goof's special peanuts is temporary, so the superpowers wear off after a couple of hours. Many stories use this as a comical effect with the powers wearing off at the most inappropriate time. The peanuts give similar superpowers to whoever eats them, not just Goofy. In some stories, random criminals who have accidentally eaten the peanuts have temporarily become supervillains. In a crossover story, Huey, Dewey and Louie found a super goober plant sprouted by a dropped goober, and "borrowed" Super Goof's powers; after doing a round of super deeds, the ducks' powers faded, and they had to be rescued by the Junior Woodchucks. On occasion, Gilbert uses the super goobers to become a superhero under the name Super Gilbert, beginning with the story "The Twister Resisters" in Walt Disney Super Goof No. 5. Gold Key Comics subsequently published the comic-book series Walt Disney Super Goof for 74 issues from October 1965 to July 1984. A handful of stories were scripted by Mark Evanier. Additional Super Goof stories (both original and reprints) appeared in Walt Disney Comics Digest. The Dynabrite comics imprint issued by Western in the late 1970s and Disney Comic Album No. 8 (1990) from Disney Comics contained reprints. Gemstone reprinted a Disney Studio Program story written by Evanier and drawn by Jack Bradbury as a backup in its 2006 release Return of the Blotman. On Disney's Toontown Online during the Halloween season, Goofy is Super Goof for the occasion. He also appeared in one episode of House of Mouse ("Super Goof") and in two episodes of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse ("Goofy's Super Wish" and "Super Goof's Super Puzzle"). In the television series Mickey Mouse, Goofy dresses as Super Goof for the half-hour Halloween special "The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular!". == In video games ==

'' series. His attire was designed by series creator Tetsuya Nomura. Goofy appears in multiple Disney video games, including in starring roles in Goof Troop (1993), ''Goofy's Hysterical History Tour (1994), Goofy's Fun House (2001) and Disney's Extremely Goofy Skateboarding (2001). His most notable video game appearances are in the Kingdom Hearts'' franchise, where he is depicted as the captain of the royal guard at Disney Castle. He appears in a prominent role throughout the series as an ally of Sora, appearing in nearly every game in the franchise. ==Voice actors==

Pinto Colvig voiced Goofy for most of his classic appearances from 1932 (''Mickey's Revue) to 1938 (The Whalers) when he had a falling out with Disney and left the company to work on other projects. He was later replaced by Jack Bailey in 1939, and George Johnson from 1940 to 1942 (Johnson would also voice Goofy in No Sail in 1945). Many cartoons featured Goofy silent, recycled dialogue from earlier shorts, or had various different-sounding Goofys instead of the original. Colvig also gave Goofy a normal voice for four George Geef shorts. The famous Goofy holler was originally performed by Austrian skier Hannes Schroll for the 1941 animated short The Art of Skiing''. Stuart Buchanan voiced Goofy in The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air. Richard Edwards voiced Goofy in the end of ''Mickey's Trailer and some lines in The Whaler''. Cactus Mack provided Goofy's narration voiceover in ''Californy'er Bust. Bill Lee provided the singing voice for Goofy on the 1964 record, Children's Riddles and Game Songs.'' Peter Hawkins voiced Goofy in the ITV children's series Disney Wonderland from 1966 to 1967. Hal Smith began voicing Goofy in 1967 after Pinto Colvig's death and voiced him until ''Mickey's Christmas Carol in 1983. Walker Edmiston voiced Goofy in the Disneyland record album An Adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol, Performed by The Walt Disney Players in 1974. Tony Pope voiced Goofy in the 1979 Disney album Mickey Mouse Disco for the song, "Watch Out for Goofy". He then voiced him in Sport Goofy in Soccermania in 1987 and Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1988. Jack Wagner voiced Goofy and other Disney characters in the 1980s, primarily for live entertainment offerings in the parks, Disney on Ice shows, and live-action clips for television. Will Ryan did the voice for DTV Valentine in 1986 and Down and Out with Donald Duck in 1987. In the 2021 The Simpsons short Plusaversary'' (made to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of Disney+), Goofy was voiced by Hank Azaria. Aside from those occasions, Bill Farmer has been voicing Goofy since 1987. While Tony Pope was the sole voice credit for Goofy in Roger Rabbit, Farmer provided some of Goofy's lines in the film as well. Farmer closely imitated Colvig for projects like The Prince and the Pauper but began putting his own spin on the character in 1992's Goof Troop. Farmer also inherited Colvig's other characters, like Pluto, Sleepy, and Practical Pig. In 2001, Jason Marsden (voice actor of Goofy's son Max) provided the voice of Goofy in the DVD storybook adaptation of the 1994 children's storybook Me and My Dad, included as a bonus feature on the DVD release of An Extremely Goofy Movie. ==See also==