To resolve a debate at work, what kind of animal is the Disney character Goofy meant to be?
“Goofy is an animated cartoon character from the Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse universe. He is an anthropomorphic dog and is one of Mickey Mouse’s best friends. His original concept name was “Dippy Dawg” in cartoon shorts created during the 1930s; then his name was given as “George Geef” or “G.G. Geef” in cartoon shorts during the 1950s (implying that “Goofy” was a nickname). Contemporary sources, including the Goof Troop television show and A Goofy Movie, now give the character’s full name to be Goofy Goof. The Goof Troop pilot also refers to ‘G. G. Goof’ on a diploma, likely a reference to the original name. Along with being not extremely intelligent, Goofy’s main flaw is, predictably, clumsiness. On the map in A Goofy Movie that shows the trip that Goofy senior and his father took, it says that the map belongs to Benjamin Goof, most likely the given name of Goofy’s father.” “Disney has needed to deal with a certain amount of confusion concerning that fact that the anthropomorphic Goofy
