History WesternAnimation / Goofy

* AdaptationalBadass: While Goofy's certainly no pushover, the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series makes him TheCaptain [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking of King Mickey's royal guard]]. He's also a recurring ally to [[TheHero Sora]], using his [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe shield]] to become a more-than-effective MightyGlacier.

Goofy first appeared in the 1932 Mickey Mouse short, ''Mickey's Revue''. After a few appearances in Mickey's cartoons and joining up with Mickey and Donald in classics such as ''Mickey's Fire Brigade'', ''Clock Cleaners'', ''Lonesome Ghosts'' and ''Boat Builders'', Goofy eventually began to star in his own series of cartoons, with his voice provided by Pinto Colvig (also known as [[Series/TheBozoShow Bozo the Clown]].)

-->--'''Creator/ArtBabbitt''', from the 1987 documentary, ''Animating Art''.

* "Sport Goofy in Soccermania" (1987) [[note]]TV special, weirdly featuring Scrooge [=McDuck=], Huey Dewey and Louie, and even the Beagle Boys in major roles, not long before ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''[[/note]]

-->-- '''Creator/ArtBabbitt''', from the 1987 documentary, ''Animating Art''.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[VerbalTic "A-hyuck!"]]'']]

->''"It is difficult to classify the characteristics of the Goof into columns of the physical and mental, because they interweave, reflect, and enhance one another. Therefore it will probably be best to mention everything all at once. Think of the Goof as a composite of an everlasting optimist, a gullible Good Samaritan, a half-wit, a shiftless, good-natured coloured boy and a hick.[[note]] He is loose-jointed and gangly, but not rubbery. He can move fast if he has to, but would rather avoid any overexertion, so he takes what seems the easiest way. He is a philosopher of the barber shop variety. No matter what happens, he accepts it finally at being for the best or at least amusing. He is willing to help anyone and offers his assistance even when it is not needed and just creates confusion. He very seldom, if ever, reaches his objective or completes what he has started. His brain being rather vapory, it is difficult for him to concentrate on any one subject. Any little distraction can throw him off his train of thought and it is extremely difficult for the Goof to keep to his purpose. Yet the Goof is not the type of half-wit that is to be pitied. He doesn't dribble, drool or shriek. He is a good-natured dumbbell that thinks he is pretty smart. He laughs at his own jokes because he can't understand any others. If he is a victim of a catastrophe, he makes the best of it immediately and his chagrin or anger melts very quickly into a broad grin. If he does something particularly stupid he is ready to laugh at himself after it all finally dawns on him. He is very courteous and apologetic and his faux pas embarrass him, but he tries to laugh off his errors. He has music in his heart even though it is the same tune forever and I see him humming to himself while working or thinking. He talks to himself because it is easier for him to know what he is thinking if he hears it first. His posture is nil. His back arches the wrong way and his little stomach protrudes. His head, stomach, and knees lead his body. His neck is quite long and scrawny. His knees sag and his feet are large and flat. He walks on his heels and his toes turn up. His shoulders are narrow and slope rapidly, giving the upper part of his body a thinness and making his arms seem long and heavy, though actually not drawn that way. His hands are very sensitive and expressive, and though his gestures are broad, they should reflect the gentleman. His shoes and feet are not the traditional cartoon dough feet. His arches collapsed long ago and his shoes should have a very definite character. Never think of the Goof as a sausage with rubber hose attachments. Though he is very flexible and floppy, his body still has a solidity and weight. The looseness in his arms and legs should be achieved through a succession of breaks in the joints rather than what seems like the waving of so much rope. He is not muscular and yet has the strength and stamina of a very wiry person. His clothes are misfits: his trousers are baggy at the knees and the pants legs strive vainly to touch his shoe tops but never do. His pants droop at the seat and stretch tightly across some distance below the crotch. His sweater fits him snugly except for the neck and his vest is much too small. His hat is of a soft material and animates a little bit. It is true that there is a vague similarity in the construction of the Goofy's head and [[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup Pluto's]]. The use of the eyes, mouth and ears are entirely different. One is dog, the other human. The Goof's head can be thought of in terms of a caricature of a person with a pointed dome - large, dreamy eyes, buck teeth and a weak chin, a large mouth, a thick lower lip, a fat tongue and a bulbous nose that grows larger on its way out and turns up. His eyes should remain partly closed to help give him a stupid, sleepy appearance, as though he were constantly straining to remain awake, but of course, they can open wide for expressions or accents. He blinks quite a bit. His ears for the most party are just trailing appendages and are not used in the same way as Pluto's ears except for rare expressions. His brow is heavy and breaks the circle that outlines his skull. He is very bashful, yet when something very stupid has befallen him, he mugs the camera like an amateur actor with relatives in the audience, trying to cover up his embarrassment by making faces and signaling to them. He is in close contact with sprites, goblins, fairies and other such fantasia. Each object or piece of mechanism which to us is lifeless, has a soul and personality in the mind of the Goof. The improbable becomes real where the Goof is concerned. He has marvelous muscular control of his bottom. He can do numerous little flourishes with it and his bottom should be used whenever there is an opportunity to emphasize a funny position.[[/note]] This little analysis has covered the Goof from top to toes, and having come to his end, I end."''
-->-- [[UsefulNotes/NoteworthyDisneyStaff Art Babbitt's]] uncensored [[http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=2418 Character Analysis of Goofy]], June 1934.

!Tropes associated with Goofy

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[[caption-width-right:350:He'll be falling on his face any time now.]]

* "Fathers Are People" (1951)

* "Get Rich Quick" (1951)

* "WesternAnimation/MotorMania" (1950) Prototype of Goofy in his George Geef persona. Here he's referred to Mr. Walker and Mr. Wheeler.

* AccidentalHero: In "Two-Gun Goofy", Goofy is a cowboy who wanders into a Western town terrorized by outlaw Pete. He accidentally keep besting Pete at every turn, unaware that he's even there for most of the cartoon.

* DomesticApplianceDisaster: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQwopSZiK5E "Father's Day Off"]], [[TheKlutz Goofy]] [[ADayInHerApron replaces his wife for a day]]. A dress got wet and shrinks immediately. Goofy then tries to iron it, but forget the iron on it (granted, he had to answer a phone call). It goes UpToEleven as the iron not only tear a hole in the dress , but also burn the plank, then the floor, [[HilarityEnsues and finally fell on Goofy's head who was in the room downstairs]].

%%* LargeHam: Goofy has his hammy moments.%%ZCE

Goofy first appeared in the 1932 Mickey Mouse short, ''Mickey's Revue''. After a few appearances in Mickey's cartoons and joining up with Mickey and Donald in classics such as ''Mickey's Fire Brigade'', ''Clock Cleaners'', ''Lonesome Ghosts'' and ''Boat Builders'', Goofy eventually began to star in his own series of cartoons, with his voice provided by Pinto Colvig.

* NiceHat: A green hat.

* CheatingWithTheMilkman: "Father's Day Off" highly suggests this of Mrs. Geef. When Goofy answers the door for the milk delivery, the milkman, eyes closed, kisses him warmly on the lips before departing, stunning Goofy. The grocery delivery later repeats the process. By the time the doorbell rings the third time, Goofy is ''happily expecting'' a kiss.

->''"It is difficult to classify the characteristics of the Goof into columns of the physical and mental, because they interweave, reflect, and enhance one another. Therefore it will probably be best to mention everything all at once. Think of the Goof as a composite of an everlasting optimist, a gullible Good Samaritan, a half-wit, a shiftless, good-natured nigger-boy and a hick.[[note]] He is loose-jointed and gangly, but not rubbery. He can move fast if he has to, but would rather avoid any overexertion, so he takes what seems the easiest way. He is a philosopher of the barber shop variety. No matter what happens, he accepts it finally at being for the best or at least amusing. He is willing to help anyone and offers his assistance even when it is not needed and just creates confusion. He very seldom, if ever, reaches his objective or completes what he has started. His brain being rather vapory, it is difficult for him to concentrate on any one subject. Any little distraction can throw him off his train of thought and it is extremely difficult for the Goof to keep to his purpose. Yet the Goof is not the type of half-wit that is to be pitied. He doesn't dribble, drool or shriek. He is a good-natured dumbbell that thinks he is pretty smart. He laughs at his own jokes because he can't understand any others. If he is a victim of a catastrophe, he makes the best of it immediately and his chagrin or anger melts very quickly into a broad grin. If he does something particularly stupid he is ready to laugh at himself after it all finally dawns on him. He is very courteous and apologetic and his faux pas embarrass him, but he tries to laugh off his errors. He has music in his heart even though it is the same tune forever and I see him humming to himself while working or thinking. He talks to himself because it is easier for him to know what he is thinking if he hears it first. His posture is nil. His back arches the wrong way and his little stomach protrudes. His head, stomach, and knees lead his body. His neck is quite long and scrawny. His knees sag and his feet are large and flat. He walks on his heels and his toes turn up. His shoulders are narrow and slope rapidly, giving the upper part of his body a thinness and making his arms seem long and heavy, though actually not drawn that way. His hands are very sensitive and expressive, and though his gestures are broad, they should reflect the gentleman. His shoes and feet are not the traditional cartoon dough feet. His arches collapsed long ago and his shoes should have a very definite character. Never think of the Goof as a sausage with rubber hose attachments. Though he is very flexible and floppy, his body still has a solidity and weight. The looseness in his arms and legs should be achieved through a succession of breaks in the joints rather than what seems like the waving of so much rope. He is not muscular and yet has the strength and stamina of a very wiry person. His clothes are misfits: his trousers are baggy at the knees and the pants legs strive vainly to touch his shoe tops but never do. His pants droop at the seat and stretch tightly across some distance below the crotch. His sweater fits him snugly except for the neck and his vest is much too small. His hat is of a soft material and animates a little bit. It is true that there is a vague similarity in the construction of the Goofy's head and [[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup Pluto's]]. The use of the eyes, mouth and ears are entirely different. One is dog, the other human. The Goof's head can be thought of in terms of a caricature of a person with a pointed dome - large, dreamy eyes, buck teeth and a weak chin, a large mouth, a thick lower lip, a fat tongue and a bulbous nose that grows larger on its way out and turns up. His eyes should remain partly closed to help give him a stupid, sleepy appearance, as though he were constantly straining to remain awake, but of course, they can open wide for expressions or accents. He blinks quite a bit. His ears for the most party are just trailing appendages and are not used in the same way as Pluto's ears except for rare expressions. His brow is heavy and breaks the circle that outlines his skull. He is very bashful, yet when something very stupid has befallen him, he mugs the camera like an amateur actor with relatives in the audience, trying to cover up his embarrassment by making faces and signaling to them. He is in close contact with sprites, goblins, fairies and other such fantasia. Each object or piece of mechanism which to us is lifeless, has a soul and personality in the mind of the Goof. The improbable becomes real where the Goof is concerned. He has marvelous muscular control of his bottom. He can do numerous little flourishes with it and his bottom should be used whenever there is an opportunity to emphasize a funny position.[[/note]] This little analysis has covered the Goof from top to toes, and having come to his end, I end."''

* "African Diary" (1945)

* "Two Gun Goofy" (1952) Goofy is redesigned to have slightly larger eyes and his two buckteeth are moved together to the center of his mouth.

* OfficialCouple: For a while, Goofy's more-or-less official girlfriend was Glory Bee, a young DogFace woman from the comic strips.

* PluckyComicRelief: Usually the dimwitted comic-relief in ''many'' shorts.