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In The50s, Disney introduced the "Goofy the Everyman" concept, in which Goofy was transformed into a family man going through common everyday trials such as quitting smoking, dieting, raising children, catching a cold and so on. He is never referred to as Goofy in the shorts of this period (though the title cards still said ''Walt Disney Presents Goofy'')--instead, he's usually named George Geef, though some shorts gave him other names. His character design also changed, making his whole body pale instead of just his face, smaller eyes with eyebrows, removing the long dog-like ears, large buck teeth and his white gloves, giving him a more human-like look and also making him more intelligent and giving him a normal-sounding voice. These shorts depicted him with a wife and son. Often, the rest of society looked just like him, something carried over from the earlier ''How to...'' shorts. The humour was also more sedate, mostly poking fun at suburban life in the 1950s. This lasted until ''Aquamania'' in 1961, as Goofy reverted back to his old form and voice by 1965's ''Freewayphobia'' and ''Goofy's Freeway Troubles'' (also known as ''Freewayphobia No. 2''), which were also his last ''How To...'' shorts until [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]], as well as Pinto Colvig's final performances as Goofy's voice before his death in 1967. After this period, Goofy's appearances slowed down.

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In The50s, Disney introduced the "Goofy the Everyman" concept, in which Goofy was transformed into a family man going through common everyday trials such as quitting smoking, dieting, raising children, catching a cold and so on. He is never referred to as Goofy in the shorts of this period (though the title cards still said ''Walt Disney Presents Goofy'')--instead, he's usually named George Geef, though some shorts gave him other names. His character design also changed, making his whole body pale instead of just his face, face[[note]] although he did have pale skin on his hands, legs, and feet in many of his earlier cartoons[[/note]], smaller eyes with eyebrows, removing the long dog-like ears, large buck teeth and his white gloves, giving him a more human-like look and also making him more intelligent and giving him a normal-sounding voice. These shorts depicted him with a wife and son. Often, the rest of society looked just like him, something carried over from the earlier ''How to...'' shorts. The humour was also more sedate, mostly poking fun at suburban life in the 1950s. This Although Goofy reverted to his old voice in ''No Smoking,'' and his buckteeth, ears, and gloves had returned in 1952, the "Everyman" era lasted until ''Aquamania'' in 1961, as Goofy reverted back to his old form and voice personality by 1965's ''Freewayphobia'' and ''Goofy's Freeway Troubles'' (also known as ''Freewayphobia No. 2''), which were also his last ''How To...'' shorts until [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]], as well as Pinto Colvig's final performances as Goofy's voice before his death in 1967. After this period, Goofy's appearances slowed down.
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** In Sweden, he's known as "Långben", which means "Long-Legs".

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** In Sweden, he's known as "Långben", which means "Long-Legs". During his first cartoons, he also got the mundane first name "Jan", or "Janne" as he's called in "A Goofy Movie". But since said movie, he hasn't been called that at any other point.
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**This trait was played for drama in an Italian time travel story from the 1970s, where Mickey and Goofy are randomly traveling to various eras. They get drawn to the locations of various ancestors of Goofy, and most of them are villains. While traveling to Babylon, Crete, Carthage, Rome, Medieval Italy, and 19th-century Mississippi, Goofy gets to meet ancestors who work as brutal officers in various armies, professional executioners, and river pirates. And most of these guys attempt to kill him. By the time the duo manage to return to the present, Goofy is sick and tired of humanity's brutal past and its constant warfare. Then he notices some brutal crimes in his present era, and starts worrying about future wars.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Goofy, unlike Donald, Daisy and, to some extent, Mickey, is much more tolerant and patient than them. However, he hates when people make him seems stupid or insult his intelligence, getting angry if he realizes that he's being insulted. Also, do '''NOT''' harm Wilbur, his pet grasshopper, or he'll chase you and force you to give him back to him if he has to.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Goofy, unlike Donald, Daisy and, to some extent, Mickey, Goofy is much more tolerant and patient than them. Donald, Daisy and, to some extent, Mickey. However, he hates it when people make him seems seem stupid or insult his intelligence, getting intelligence. He gets angry if he realizes that he's being insulted. Also, do '''NOT''' harm Wilbur, his pet grasshopper, or he'll chase you and force you to give him back to him if he has to.


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**This is also used as Goofy's trait in several of Romano Scarpa's comic book stories. He is typically content to play second fiddle to Mickey, and he is less aggressive than him in adventure stories. But when Goofy's loved ones are in danger, Goofy gets far more aggressive, more focused and more competent. Spelling doom for the villains, and forcing Mickey to take the second fiddle role.

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