Goofy
Goofy (adj. English for "silly", "stupid") is a comic figure created by Art Babbitt (Arthur Harold Babitsky, 1907–1992) depicting an anthropomorphic dog . Goofy, like Donald Duck , was one of the first Disney characters . He soon became a loyal friend of Mickey Mouse . Originally his name was Dippy Dawg ("twisted dog"), but in 1939 the character was renamed Goofy . As a supergoof , he is the superhero corresponding to the Phantomias of the Duck world. The most striking thing about him is his world-famous laugh ("Ahijak"). Goofy was spoken by Pinto Colvig in all of the old films . Goofy is friendly and loyal, but is more noticeable for his naivety and clumsiness. In addition to the films and comics, several stamp series with Goofy motifs were published in Albania and the Maldives .
Film appearances
Goofy had his first appearance on May 25, 1932 "as an older hillbilly with pince-nez and whiskers" in the cartoon Mickey's Revue , his first solo appearance followed in 1939 in Goofy and Wilbur . In the film Der Strauss Oskar (1936), Goofy wears his characteristic clothes for the first time, a high blue cap and a red sweater with a black vest and the name “Goofy”.
Two full-length cartoons were made with Goofy in the lead role: Goofy - The film (1995), which shows Goofy on an excursion with his son Max, and the only video-only film Goofy Unstoppable (2000), in which Goofy on one Participates in skateboarding tournament.
Before that, Goofy had already had smaller roles in the full-length films The Drache Against Will , Three Caballeros in Samba Fever and Happy, Free, Fun .
Goofy's film career can be divided into the following stages:
In the 1930s, many short films were made in which Goofy appeared as a companion to Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. The first of these films was Die Kindervorstellung and was released in 1934. It is about a theater performance moderated by Micky, in which Donald recites poetry and Goofy appears as a dancer.
The 1940s were marked by many sports parodies, also known as sports goofy . Goofy usually tries unsuccessfully in all kinds of sports such as football, baseball, horse riding, water skiing, skiing, swimming and many others. It is characteristic that he always accepts failures calmly, indifferently and phlegmatically without losing his temper.
In the 1950s, Goofy's role changed to a figure that was representative of the typical American citizen with wife, child and house. In these films, certain everyday situations are parodied, for example the behavior of drivers and housekeepers. The short film Motor Mania (1950), which was made during this period, received an award for road safety. Goofy has two names as a special feature in this film. As a lovable Mr. Walker, he appears as a pedestrian who has great difficulty crossing the busy streets, and as soon as Goofy gets behind the wheel of a car, he becomes the traffic hooligan Mr. Wheeler, who is responsible for Mr. Walker is partly responsible. The film was later followed by two more road safety films : Freewayphobia # 1 and Goofy's Freeway Troubles (both from 1965).
In the 1990s, the television series Goofy and Max appeared with 78 episodes, which describes the typical problems that single parents have with their children. In this series, Goofy is friends with the tomcat Karlo , who also has a son, and experiences a variety of adventures with him. From the series Goofy and Max , the two feature films mentioned above, Goofy - The Film and Goofy Unstoppable, were made .
Goofy was dubbed in the American original by seven different speakers. Since 1986 he has had a fixed voice, Bill Farmer, who has spoken to him in all Disney series and cartoons as well as in the two feature films. In the German versions, Walter Alich has been the voice for Goofy for many years , previously he was dubbed by Gerd Duwner and Dieter Kursawe .
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For the Sunday story Die Viehdiebe ( Mickey Mouse and the Terrible Bandit Wolf Barker , text: Ted Osborne) published from January 29 to June 18, 1933 , his draftsman and “educator” Floyd Gottfredson had the older hillbilly from the 1932 film in a boy Converted clumsy named Dippy Dawg . For the first time in a day trip, "Dippy" appeared in 1933 with Mickey Mouse as a detective . Oskar der Strauss ( Mickey Mouse and the Great Ostrich Race , text: Ted Osborne) was published in 1936. At the end of the 1940s, Goofy was the hero of some Mickey Mouse newspaper strips, and in 1953 he received his own series of comic books. Goofy stories can mainly be found in Mickey Mouse magazine and in the funny paperbacks . In the 1970s and 1980s, around 30 comic albums were published in which Goofy slipped into the role of famous people from history such as Leonardo da Vinci or Louis Pasteur . For several years there was also a separate monthly magazine, the "Goofy-Magazin". It was published from July 1979 to December 1988 and, in addition to Goofy stories, included prints of old Disney classics by Donald Duck and "Ede Wolf" under the name "Nostal-Goof" as well as reports and reports from the world of sports.
Supergoof
Supergoof is an invention of the illustrator Paul Murry and the writer Del Connell . Even before he was endowed with superpowers, Goofy already went on the hunt for Mickey Mouse and Commissioner Hunter in July 1965 in Mickey Mouse No. 30–33 with a black-colored bed sheet as a disguise for the one who had been there since 1939 Black Phantom driving mischief and can bring it down by chance ( The Phantom Blot meets Super Goof - Das Phantom ).
In July 1967 in Mickey Mouse No. 28-29 the story The Thief of Zanzipar (German title: Im Morgenland ) appeared, in which Goofy finds a mysterious peanut bush in his front yard. When he eats a peanut, he suddenly turns into a superhero with red play pants and a blue weathercoat. He can now fly and has superhuman strength. The superhero powers conferred by the peanut are only effective for a relatively short time. After that, Supergoof turns back into Goofy, which repeatedly leads to complications. Goofy therefore usually takes a few peanuts as a reserve in his hat. In the series Disney's Mickey's Clubhouse , however, it is shown that Goofy is so busy eating peanuts that he doesn't even notice that a meteorite is striking the peanuts with magical powers . He eats one and turns into Supergoof.
In the story The Phantom Blot Meets Super Goof ( Das Phantom , 1965) by Paul Murry, Supergoof meets his main opponent Blot for the first time . In Germany, the story appeared for the first time in 1968 in Mickey Mouse books No. 42–45. Blot is again called Das Schwarze Phantom in the German version , but has nothing to do with the one from the 1965 story.
Supergoof stories appeared almost exclusively in comics . In addition, Supergoof once had an appearance in the radio play Supergoof - The Stolen Pyramid (CLP 9900) in 1971 in Mickey Mouse Issue No. 13 and in a House of Mouse episode cartoon.
Supergoof appeared for the first time in the history of Superheroes in a double pack in Book 288 on July 15, 2001 in the Funny Paperback Books .
In the story The Twister Resisters (1966), Goofy's nephew Gilbert (German: Alfons ), who happened to find out about Supergoof's true identity , also develops superpowers by eating super peanuts. It was first called "Super Gilbert" and later renamed "Super Gilly".
Supergoof in other languages
- Danish: Super-Mule
- Finnish: Superhessu
- French: Super Dingo
- Italian: Super Pippo
- Dutch: Supergoof
- Norwegian: super long-legged
- Polish: Super Goofy
- Portuguese: Superpateta
- Russian: Supre Gruffy
- Swedish: Stål-Långben
- Serbo-Croatian: Silja (Schilja)
- Spanish: SuperTribi
James Goof
James Goof is a borrowing of the character James Bond (French: James Ding Triple Zéro ) and was published in Germany in several comics up to the mid-1990s. James Bond behaviors are parodied in the comics. It was designed by the French Philippe Gasc (copywriter) and the Spaniard Miquel Pujol (draftsman). Like Supergoof, James Goof is a secret alter ego belonging to Goofy.
In the stories published in Germany, he mainly fights against the hangover Karlo and Schnauz. An important supporting character is Commissioner Hunter. Mickey Mouse very rarely makes an appearance.
Games
Several video games appeared in which Goofy appeared. One of the first was released for Nintendo. In it Micky, Goofy and Donald had to put out a house fire as firefighters.
Goofy had his first leading role in Goofy's Railroad Express, developed by Westwood Associates in 1990, which appeared on the Commodore 64, the Amiga, the Atari ST and for DOS.
The video game Goof Troop appeared on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in 1993 , in which the player could control Goofy and Max. The aim of the game was to save Pete (German: Kater Karlo) and PJ from the hands of pirates. To achieve this goal, the player had to lead the two characters through several puzzle-based levels. The game was played from a bird's eye view and is vaguely reminiscent of Nintendo's Zelda series.
Probably the best-known video game with Goofy is the fantasy role-playing game Kingdom Hearts , released in 2002 for the Playstation 2 . The player slips into the role of the 14-year-old teenager Sora and can encounter over 100 characters from Disney films and many characters from the Final Fantasy series by Square Soft during the game. Sora's goal in this game is to find the missing King Micky and Sora's friends Riku and Kairi together with Captain Goofy and the magician Donald. They have to defend themselves against frequent attacks by the so-called heartless and nobody. Due to the great success of the game series, many more parts have since appeared, with Goofy only playable in Kingdom Hearts II , Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories , Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days , Kingdom Hearts re: coded and Kingdom Hearts III .
relationship
Goofy has a very large number of relatives who are used in the stories as needed. Many are only mentioned and most are unique and are not recurring characters.
- Max: Max is a new character from the 1990s. It's Goofy's son. He is a student and an avid skateboarder. It has not found a place in either the classic Mickey Mouse or newer comics and is only represented in the TV series Goofy and Max and Micky's Clubhouse in the associated films and cassettes or CDs. However, there is also a character in the classic cartoons of the 1950s that depicts his son. However, neither he nor his wife found their way into the printed comics. As one learns in the film Goofy - The Film , Max's mother has died, which makes Goofy a widower .
- Alfons : Goofy's nephew Alfons is characterized by a very high intelligence quotient and has extensive knowledge. Usually he is shown with a doctoral hat. In recent times he has disappeared in German-speaking countries, but made several appearances in the stories about SV Duckburg.
- Indiana Goof : He is Goofy's cousin and world-famous archaeologist. It is a parody of the film character Indiana Jones .
In addition, Goofy regularly remembers deceased relatives with some very strange habits. In LTB 42, Goofy regularly sniffs alleged tobacco and gets explosive sneezes from it. It quickly turns out that it's not snuff, but gunpowder. Goofy indirectly confirms this by pointing out that he inherited the alleged snuff from his great-uncle Knallgoof.
Dubbing voice
Goofy has been spoken by Walter Alich since 1992 in German-language films ( Goofy - The Film , Micky, Donald, Goofy - The Three Musketeers ) and series ( Goofy & Max, Micky's Clubhouse ) .
The original English voice of Goofy is Bill Farmer.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Ahijak" - Goofy is 75. In: Tagesspiegel Online. Verlag Der Tagesspiegel, May 25, 2007, accessed on January 18, 2009 : "Goofy and his world-famous laugh (" Ahijak ") finally achieved the breakthrough in 1936 [...]"
- ↑ Horst Schröder (1975), p. 9.
- ↑ Horst Schröder (1975), pp. 5, 9, 13-27 and 112 ..
- ↑ Horst Schröder (1975), pp. 95–111 ( Hunt for the "Phantom" ).
- ↑ Video on YouTube
literature
- Walt Disney among others: Goofy - a strange story. Part 1: Galileo Galilei , Aladin , Christopher Columbus , Marco Polo , Leonardo da Vinci . Ehapa comic collection. German by Michael Czernich . Egmont-vgs-Verlags-Gesellschaft, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-7704-3059-X .
- Horst Schröder: Goofy - the secret of an unstoppable ascent. In: Horst Schröder (Ed.): Walt Disney: Ich, Goofy. The stories. Edited, translated and provided with a foreword. Melzer Verlag, 1975.
- Walt Disney et al: Me, Goofy . The great classics. Horizont-Verlag, Filderstadt 1995, ISBN 3-928195-76-X .
- Walt Disney among others: We, Micky and Goofy . The great classics. Horizont-Verlag, Filderstadt 1995, ISBN 3-928195-75-1 .
Web links
- Disney Cartoon Index: Goofy
- Biography to Goofy at Disney (English)
- A strange history (German, English)