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Goofy is not a dog, confirms Disney voice actor

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Updated 11:08 11 Dec 2022 GMTPublished 11:37 10 Dec 2022 GMT

Goofy is not a dog, confirms Disney voice actor

The voice actor of the iconic Disney cartoon character Goofy has spoken out about whether or not he's a dog

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

The voice actor of iconic Disney cartoon character Goofy has spoken out about whether or not he's a dog.

Those were the good old days, when you'd naturally spring out of bed at 6:00am to toddle downstairs in your pyjamas to watch some Mickey Mouse, hours to spare before you needed to go to school for a stressful day of playing on the slide with your fellow six-year-old friends.

With little else to worry about at the ripe old age of six, as I watched Mickey Mouse and his friends, the one big question which troubled my tiny mind was whether or not Goofy is a dog.

It's a question which has weighed on the minds of many Disney fans for years.

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Thankfully, Bill Farmer - the 'official voice' of Goofy from 1987 - has come to the rescue and addressed what the anthropomorphic character is actually meant to be.

Many Disney fans have been left stumped by whether or not Goofy is a dog.
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While Goofy first started off as a character named 'Dippy Dawg,' when you compare him to Pluto - Mickey's pet - he doesn't really appear to be very dog-like.

Not only does Goofy walk on two legs compared to Pluto who walks on all fours, but his facial features aren't super canine either.

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There's even been speculation online as to whether or not Goofy's another animal entirely because of his romantic interest in a character named Clarabelle Cow, with one Twitter user questioning: "The people have been debating for years & years… Is goofy a dog or a cow?"

Disney fans have taken to Twitter to try and figure out if Goofy is really a dog or not.
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Farmer has since revealed the answer to our burning question, confirming to Yahoo! News, Goofy is actually 'not a dog' at all.

Farmer explained: "Pluto is a dog, but Goofy seems to be in the canine family in the same way that a wolf is not a dog, but they also are in the canine family.

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"I think Canis Goofus is the technical Latin term for what Goofy is. He’s just Goofy."

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Despite auditioning with a 'pretty good' voice for Mickey Mouse - having moved to Los Angeles after being a 'stand-up comic impressionist for about five years' - Farmer was chosen by Disney to voiceover not only Goofy, but Pluto too.

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However, Goofy has always been Farmer's 'favourite Disney character'.

Bill Farmer revealed Goofy isn't a dog.
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Whatever people think Goofy is, Farmer reflected on the recording of two songs in A Goofy Movie (1995) as giving a greater insight into the beloved character.

He said: "I got the sense that this is a little more heart, a little bit more of an intimate portrayal of what Goofy is like inside than we’d ever done before."

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UNILAD has contacted Disney for comment.

Featured Image Credit: AJ Pics / Alamy

Topics: Disney, Animals, Dogs, Film and TV, Celebrity

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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