Goofy Through the Years

The evolution of Goofy's design.
Image	As seen in/Year 	Notes
 	Mickey's Revue (1932) 	In Goofy's debut cartoon, he has an elderly appearance, with a grizzled white beard, and he wore glasses and a vest, but no pants. He had a small tail on his backside. This was his main attire for his early days when he was known as Dippy Dawg.
 	The Whoopee Party (1932) 	In Goofy's second appearance, he has changed relatively little from his first, except he looks much younger, without the beard or glasses. This was his main appearance for much of his early Dippy Dawg era.
 	On Ice (1935) 	Goofy (though technically referred to at this point as "The Goof") now starts to look more like the character we know today, with sleepy, droop-lidded eyes and no tail. He's also fully clothed from head to toe, wearing blue pants and big flat shoes. Oddly, his Dippy Dawg look would be used one more time in Mickey's Polo Team.
 	Moving Day (1936) 	This cartoon shows the more solid look of Goofy, although he was still yet unofficially referred to as Goofy. His trademark clothing of a sweater, too-small vest, baggy pants and flat shoes (both originating in On Ice) complete the look here to go with his iconic hat. This choice of attire would go through various color combinations over the years, but it was his trademark design.
 	Lonesome Ghosts (1937) 	Goofy's lower face has a more flesh-tone hue to it.
 	Goofy's Glider (1940) 	Goofy has five fingers on his gloves, albeit inconsistently. He also has them in follow-up shorts Baggage Buster and The Art of Self Defense (but not in The Art of Skiing, which reverts back to the regular four fingers).
 	Tiger Trouble (1945) 	Goofy's ears are absent, and remain so off and on throughout the run of his shorts, until at least late 1951.
 	Tennis Racquet (1949) 	On the verge of a great transformation, Goofy's eyes are made mostly smaller, with eyebrows above and for this one cartoon, his skin is a more brownish tint.
 	Goofy Gymnastics (1949) 	Goofy's skin is tinted black again.
 	Motor Mania (1950) 	As part of Goofy's transformation into a 1950s everyman known as George Geef (or Mr. Walker/Mr. Wheeler in the case of Motor Mania). His ears and buck teeth are absent, and his gloves are also missing, revealing hands that are flesh-colored instead of black. This would be his overall design up until No Smoking, when his ears and gloves are restored. In The Goofy Success Story, the absence of his ears is explained by showing that they're tied above his head and hidden under his hat.
 	How to Dance (1953) 	Goofy is transformed even further in 1952, as his eyes are made extremely bigger than before and much rounder (but nowhere near like what it was in the 1930s and the 1940s) and his buck teeth are restored, but now are much closer together than before. This design is prominent even in cartoons where he isn't playing George Geef (such as Two Gun Goofy, How to Be a Detective and For Whom the Bulls Toil).
 	The Goofy Success Story (1955) 	Goofy reverts to his classic design of his big eyes with pupils close together and smaller buck teeth separated. His appearance for the next several years would alternate between various styles, both on TV and in the theatrical shorts, sometimes in the classic 1930s/'40s style (The Mickey Mouse Club opening, The Goofy Sports Story, Four Tales on a Mouse, among others) and other times in the more "modern" 1950s style (The Adventure Story, How to Relax, Aquamania, Freewayphobia, among others).
 	Sport Goofy in Soccermania (1987) 	Goofy reverts to his classic design of his big eyes with pupils close together and smaller buck teeth separated.
 	Goof Troop (1992) 	Goofy's eyes are made somewhat smaller, as in his 1950s appearance. His main attire consists of an orange sweater, blue or brown pants, and a polka-dot bow tie.
 	A Goofy Movie (1995) 	Goofy's appearance reverts to the 1940s style, and his main attire consists of a green shirt, brown vest and turquoise shorts.
 	Mickey Mouse Works (1999-2000) 	Goofy's traditional wardrobe of a green hat, orange sweater, brown vest, blue pants and flat brown shoes is reused again.
 	Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (2006-2016) 	Goofy's traditional wardrobe of a green hat, orange sweater, brown vest, blue pants and flat brown shoes is reused once again in 3D.
 	Mickey Mouse (2013-2019) 	Paul Rudish's design for Goofy has him resemble his early Dippy Dawg appearance, but more unkempt and with a larger gut. His large eyes are also yellow and his tail is back.
200px	Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures (2017-2021)	Goofy reverts to his Mickey Mouse Clubhouse design but with a couple of different outfits.
 	DuckTales (2020) 	Goofy reverts back to his Goof Troop design, with an orange sweater, brown pants and a polka-dot bow tie.
 	How to Stay at Home (2021) 	Goofy regains his classic look from the 1940s cartoons (as with most of his other well-known appearances), as opposed to his early-1930s Dippy Dawg-inspired look as seen in Paul Rudish's Mickey Mouse cartoons or even his early-1950s "Everyman" era-inspired look as seen in Goof Troop and the DuckTales reboot.
 	Mickey Mouse Funhouse (2021-present) 	Goofy once again reverts to his Mickey Mouse Clubhouse design, again with different outfits.
 	Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life (2021-present) 	Goofy appears in a modern and more simpler design, and resembles his modern design.
 	Mickey Saves Christmas (2022) 	Goofy appears in stop-motion for the first time, in a design that resembles his CGI and modern design. This design was also used in Mickey and Friends: Trick or Treats (2023).
 	Once Upon a Studio (2023) 	Goofy appears in his 1940s design, with a green sweater, orange vest and a blue hat.
==See also==
*Goofy Costumes Through the Years
Category:Character evolutions
Category:Goofy