Goofy

**Goofy** is a major cartoon Disney character. He first appeared in the 1932 animated-short *Mickey's Revue*.

## History

### Disney Parks

Goofy is an anthropomorphic cartoon dog who has been active since the 1930s. Goofy has worked a variety of jobs such as inventing, aviating, train conducting in Yen Sid Valley, and running a gas station in Toontown, California.

## Appearances and allusions

### The Barnstormer

This attraction is themed to Goofy being a daredevil for the Storybook Circus known as, "**The Great Goofini**" who does stunts in the nearby Wiseacre Farm.

### Disney Explorers Lodge

Goofy has a luggage case of exploring and aviating equipment in this resort.

### Goofy's Candy Co.

Goofy's Candy Company is a candy-franchise sold in the Disney Parks which a location in the marketplace of Disney Springs. The backstory behind this brand and location is that Mickey Mouse encouraged Goofy to open up his own candy-shop in the sleepy town of Disney Springs, Florida. It also reveals Goofy himself is a, "Master of Candy Science" as deemed by the University of Candy Science and Walt Disney.

### Goofy's Sky School

This attraction has Goofy using his planes and aviation, "Skills" to teach guests how to fly planes in a farm which he bought and uses to deliver cargo.

### Jungle Cruise

The figureheads of the three Pygmy war-canoes outside *Boats & Baits and Bites* in in the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise are made to resemble the heads of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy.

#### Jungle Cruise Adventure Game

On the fishing card, there are fishing-baits with colours and patterns made to resemble Mickey Mouse, Pluto, Goofy, and Donald Duck.

### Main Street, U.S.A.

On Main Street in Walt Disney World is a statue of Goofy sitting on a park-bench nearby Tony's Town Square Restaurant and will sometimes speak to guests if sat beside.

### Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway

In this attraction, Goofy is a train-conductor conducting train-tours through the Yensid Valley. When his train becomes disconnected from the sections for guests, Mickey and Minnie chase after them to reunite the trains.

### Mickey Mouse Revue

Goofy appeared in this attraction playing a bass viola.

### Mickey's Toon Town

In Toontown, Goofy is the owner of the, "Goofy's Playhouse" also known as, "Goofy's Bounce House" which is themed to being his house in Toon Town

### Star Tours: The Adventures Continue

A tourist hat resembling Goofy appears in luggage of Spaceport THX1138 where baggage check droid G2-9T assumes it depicts Jar-Jar Binks from the film *Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace*. This is a reference to how in real-life, Jar-Jar was inspired by Goofy and the two greatly resemble one another.

### Test Track

In the original version of Test Track which replaced World of Motion in EPCOT, one of the attraction's main mascots were the, "Crash Test Goofy" crash-test dummies. These Goofy representations functioned as parallels to the (presumably robotic) crash-test dummies in the attraction which were employed as test-drivers before going on strike for poor working conditions while also appearing as meet 'n' greet characters.

## Connections

### Country Bear Jamboree

Goofy has a letter from the country bear Big Al in the queue for Goofy's Sky School. The letter shows that Goofy uses moonshine as plane-fuel and that he buys from Big Al at the "Bear Brothers Backwoods Brewery".

### Indiana Jones

Goofy's Candy Company is located in the fictional town of Disney Springs, Florida. Disney Springs is also he home of aviator Jock Lindsey, a member of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers who was often employed by Indiana Jones.

### Tower of Terror

Goofy starred in a film called the Bride of Frankenollie shown in the dressing room of Minnie Mouse at the Magic of Disney Animation. The film was written by one Harrison Hightower IV, an implied relative of Pillagers Brigade and SEA member Harrison Hightower III, owner of the Hotel Hightower.

## Trivia

* In the Explorers Lodge, Mickey and Minnie's birth-years are the years of their first appearance. If this applies to Goofy as-well it would mean he was born in 1932.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2009/07/19/goofys-candy-company/
2. ↑ https://www.disneydining.com/8-facts-secrets-jungle-cruise-magic-kingdom/
3. ↑ https://www.themeparktourist.com/features/20140304/16548/25-intriguing-hidden-secrets-disneys-magic-kingdom?page=3
4. ↑ https://www.parkeology.com/2012/12/you-can-learn-a-lot-from-a-dummy.html
5. ↑ http://jimhillmedia.com/columnists1/b/shelly\_valladolid/archive/2011/06/26/disney-in-jokes-make-goofy-s-sky-school-fun-for-animation-history-buffs.aspx