Goof Troop

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• G. G. "Goofy" Goof (voiced by Bill Farmer) is the single father of Max Goof. In the pilot episode, he and his son move next door to the Petes from their trailer home in another city. Goofy's biggest weaknesses are his short attention span, scatterbrain, and clumsiness. He often drives his neighbor Pete up the wall. Goofy is very calm, lovable, and many times will turn the other cheek when Pete insults him (or just doesn't realize he's been insulted), though occasionally, he does get angry and gets back at him when the offense goes too far. He is very forgiving, and still considers Pete to be a friend no matter how often Pete is mean to him.
• Maximilian "Max" Goof" (voiced by Dana Hill), is the son and only child of Goofy. He is 11½ years old,^[2][3] and is in the same grade as his best friend P.J. at their junior high school.^[4][5] While he is generally active, alert and friendly, he can also be very cunning and/or coercive when pushed or tricked, sometimes even on par with Pete. He loves his dad, and is close to him, but wishes he would be a little more normal, feeling at times embarrassed by his father's clumsy and doting behavior. His interests in the series include skateboarding, video games, rock music, girls, and outwitting bullies.
• Peter "Pete" Pete, Sr. (voiced by Jim Cummings) is a used-car salesman, who lives with his beautiful wife, Peg, and two children, his son P.J. and his daughter Pistol. He is dishonest, abrasive, cunning, and suspicious. He and his family live next door to Goofy and his son, Max. He is very stingy, often exploiting his goodhearted yet addled friend, Goofy. Though, his schemes often backfire, or he feels guilty about his horrible behavior and works to set things right. His wife, Peg, often attempts to rid Pete of his uncouth attitude, and his son P.J. is the complete opposite of his father in behavior. In the series, he is both a co-protagonist and an antihero, viscerally hating Goofy most of time while tolerating and even helping him at other times.
• Peg Pete (voiced by April Winchell) is Pete's wife and the mother of both P.J. and Pistol. Peg works as a real estate agent in Spoonerville. Over the course of the series Peg is shown to be a no-nonsense type of mother who is wise, quick-witted, sarcastic, and at times short-tempered, through often cantankerous in nature and loud at times when crossed. Despite her and Pete often clashing over his many underhanded schemes, she does love her husband dearly–with their quarrels serving as a means to bring Pete around and keep him in check–and has been faithfully married to him for at least twenty years.
• Peter "P.J." Pete, Jr. (voiced by Rob Paulsen) is the eldest child of Pete and Peg, Pistol's older brother, and best friend of Max. He and Max are in the same grade and have a very strong brotherly friendship. He is generally shy and timid, but is also sensitive and kindhearted. He is often encouraged by Max to take more risks and work together to achieve their goals, and usually finds himself on the receiving end of his father's many schemes. He will often play the role of accomplice to those who plot to thwart Pete's schemes (usually Peg or Max), but has occasion proven to have enough wits to see through his father's plans on his own. Like Max, he enjoys skateboarding, bike-riding, video games, and rock music, but also has a unique interest in poetry.
• Pistol Pete (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) is the youngest child of Pete and Peg, and is P.J.'s younger sister. She is 4½–6 years old,^[6][7][8] and is in Kindergarten^[9][10]. Pete absolutely adores Pistol and gives her just about anything and everything she wants with little resistance. Pistol is very cute, talks with a lisp, and is hyperactive like many children. She is both a girly girl who loves tea parties, cute animals, baby dolls, and playing circus, and also has a tomboy streak in her fascination with speed, extreme flying, professional wrestling, and gross-out television. Pistol tends to get herself into mischief, leading to P.J., Max, Pete, and/or Goofy getting into trouble in their attempts to having to bail her out. Pistol is very talkative, asks many questions in rapid succession, and constantly annoys or charms some of her fellow characters.
• Waffles (voiced by Frank Welker) is the Goofs' male pet cat. He is often a victim of the various hi-jinks that go on between his owners and their neighbors, the Petes. At times, Waffles is sneaky, mischievous, and self-serving, often trying to find ways to please himself with either a little extra food or messing with the Petes' cat Chainsaw, with whom Waffles has an antagonizing relationship. Other times, he exhibits a more laid-back attitude, lazily lying about comfortably minding his own business, wanting nothing more than some peace and quiet isolated from all the surrounding craziness of the Goofs' and Petes' lives.
• Chainsaw (voiced by Frank Welker) is the Petes' female pet dog. A vicious and, at times, mean little thing, Chainsaw harbors a strong hatred towards the Goofs' cat, Waffles, whom she often chases and barks at. However, she will at times find herself on the receiving end of some of Waffles' schemes, as when he is not fleeing in terror of her, he may exhibit a streak of cunning cleverness that Chainsaw does not see coming. Other times, Chainsaw can be found minding her own business, burying random objects in the yard or sleeping in places around the living room. On rare occasions, she and Waffles may tolerate each other enough to actually get along for a little bit.

Supporting

• Danielle Wrathmaker (voiced by April Winchell), a TV News Reporter who appears in a few episodes; one is "Goof Fellas".
• Spud and Wally (voiced by Pat Fraley and Jerry Houser) are two criminals and the major antagonists who literally steal Pete's house in "A Nightmare on Goof Street", who makes off with his RV in "O, R-V, I N-V U", and hold him for a ransom in "The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy", in which they are finally incarcerated. Even though they're dimwitted, they are described in the latter of the episodes as "two of the most wanted crooks in the country".
• Brigadier General Robert E. Lee Sparrowhawk, Retired (voiced by William Windom) is a retired Army general who is Peg's "Uncle Bob" and the great-uncle of P.J. and Pistol. He appears only in "Major Goof".
• Biff Fuddled (voiced by Rob Paulsen) is a TV personality for Spoonerville's local TV station KBOB T.V. and the host of such shows as Odd Facts, Strange Stuff, and Things Too Weird to Fake and The World's Most Painful Home Videos. He also reported the news once and hosted the Mrs. Spoonerville Society Semi-Biannual Househelper Contest. He appeared in "Close Encounters of the Weird Mime", "Slightly Dinghy", "Wrecks, Lies, and Videotape", and "Mrs. Spoonerville".
• Earl of Earl's Auto (voiced by Rob Paulsen) is Pete's main rival car dealer of the series. Though he only appeared in person in "Rally Round the Goof", his presence is known throughout the series with Pete referring to him or his dealership, Earl's Auto, in such episodes as "Inspector Goofy" and "Goof Fellas".
  • In the episode "Major Goof", another of Pete's rivals appeared, named Earl Yokel, who may or may not be the same person as Earl of Earl's Auto, as his design was quite different from how Earl of Earl's Auto looked in "Rally Round the Goof".
• Tan Roadster (voiced by Joe Piscopo) is a longtime rival car dealer of Pete's, having known him for years. Athletic and physically fit, he makes wisecracks about Pete's overweight stature and tries to steal Peg away from him, finding himself attracted to her strong will. He and Pete compete for Peg's affections in the Mount Ladle Winter Games. He appears only in "Gymnauseum".
• Harold Hatchback (voiced by Patrick Duffy) is another of Pete's rival car dealers. He and Pete compete to get a celebrity guest to appear in their dealership commercials. He recycles Biff Fuddled's animation model (meaning that he looks exactly like Biff) and appears only "Buddy Building".
  • Coop Hatchback (voiced by Conor Duffy, real-life son of Patrick Duffy) is the muscular son of Pete's rival Harold Hatchback, and friend of Max and P.J. He used to be known as "Coopie Hatchback", but changed his nickname after building his muscles. He saves Max and P.J. from Leech and unknowingly makes Max feel left out when P.J. begins to take more interest in Coop than he does in Max. In the end, the three of them all part on good terms with each other. His name is likely a pun on "hatchback coupe". He appears only in "Buddy Building".
• Leech (voiced by Rob Paulsen) is the bully, criminal, and an antagonist in the episodes, "Buddy Building" and "Max-imum Insecurity".
• The Chief of Police (voiced by Jim Cummings) is the chief of Spoonerville Police that appears in the episodes, "In Goof We Trust", "Buddy Building", "Counterfeit Goof", and "Max-imum Insecurity".
• The Mayor (voiced by Jim Cummings) is the Mayor of Spoonervile. He appears in "Inspector Goofy" and "A Goof of Its People".
• Giblet the Clown (voiced by Frank Welker) is a red-nosed clown with red lips and hair, a party hat and tie, a car horn, and a green suit who actually works with the Ringmaster. He appears in "Hot Air", "Three Ring Bind" and "Buddy Building".
• The Circus Ringmaster (voiced by Corey Burton) is Giblet's boss and Ringmaster of a rundown circus. In "Three Ring Bind", he fills the role of the antagonist as he and Giblet try to sell his circus animals to be made into puppy chow. He and Pistol become bitter enemies after the latter arrives at his circus, plays with his animals, and eventually lets them go home with her.
• Douglas Twinkmeyer is the chief of safety at Spoonerville school but is actually Mr. Big who sent Tooth and Nails to steal money from other children and then give them back in return for their baseball cards.
• Tooth and Nails – Douglas's henchmen who sends them out to take money from other children.
• Dutch Spackle (voiced by Charles Nelson Reilly and Michael Bell) is the repairman of two episodes, "Unreal Estate" and "A Pizza the Action".
• Bubbles (voiced by Jennifer Darling) is a friendly and nice green pigmented, dragon-like dinosaur from the episode, "Great Egg-spectations".

Goof History cast

The "Goof History" episodes saw Goofy relating to Max stories from the Goof family photo album about their various ancestors and family members, which several of the show's main characters and supporting characters cast in the roles of new characters native to each story's time period.

Additional voice cast

• Kath Soucie as Debbie, Max's cousin and Goofy's niece
• Jerry Houser as The Duke, the leader of The Pharaohs, a gang of high school teenagers
• June Foray
• Linda Gary
• Gary Owens as Mr. Hammerhead
• Andrea Martin as Mrs. Willoughby
• Barry Gordon
• Tress MacNeille
• Hal Rayle
• Tino Insana as Colonel Carter
• Miriam Flynn
• Joe Piscopo
• Charlie Adler as Magician's hat, Igor, Street Theatre Teacher
• Nancy Cartwright as Kathy, Millie, Melvin – A member of Spoonerville school's safety club.
• Bill Farmer as Dr. Frankengoof – Goofy's great-uncle from the Old Country and the creator of the Frankengoof Monster.
• Jim Cummings as the Frankengoof Monster.

Character and place titles

Pete's wife Peg is a play on "Peg Leg Pete," one of Pete's names in Disney cartoons. Likewise, his daughter Pistol is a play on another such name, "Pistol Pete."

The town of Spoonerville is named after layout artist J. Michael Spooner, who designed many of the background layouts for the series.

In "Axed by Addition," Max uses the "Doctor Howard, Doctor Fine, Doctor Howard" line to distract the doctors from performing surgery on PJ. This line was from the Three Stooges short, Men in Black.

VHS releases

On May 7, 1993, Disney released three VHS cassettes of the series in the United States, titled "Banding Together",^[14] "Goin' Fishin'",^[15] and "The Race is on!".^[16] They included the episodes "Shake, Rattle & Goof", "Close Encounters of the Weird Mime", "Slightly Dinghy", "Wrecks, Lies & Videotape", "Meanwhile, Back at the Ramp", and "Tub Be or Not Tub Be".^[14][15][16] The videotapes included a Goof Troop music video which played at the end of each tape.

Additionally, on September 28, 1993, the Goof Troop episode "Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas" was released together with the Darkwing Duck episode "It's a Wonderful Leaf" on one VHS cassette as a special release called Happy Holidays with Darkwing Duck and Goofy!^[17][18] On October 5, 1993, the Goof Troop episode "Hallow-Weenies" was released together with the Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "Ghost of a Chance" on one VHS cassette as a special release called Boo-Busters.^[19][20] The episode "FrankenGoof" was released with the DuckTales episode "Ducky Horror Picture Show" on another special VHS release titled Monster Bash.

DVD releases

On February 14, 2006, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released Goof Troop: Volume 1 on DVD in Region 1.^[21] This one-disc release features three episodes, including "Slightly Dinghy", "Wrecks, Lies & Videotape", and "Shake, Rattle & Goof", with no bonus material. Many fans did not buy Goof Troop Volume 1 because it has only three episodes and additional episodes were only available on VHS. At the time, many fans were still waiting for Disney to put out Goof Troop Volume 1 again with more episodes.^[22] The DVD release of A Goofy Movie features one episode titled "Calling All Goofs", but the intro is removed. A Disney Movie Club exclusive DVD titled "Have Yourself A Goofy Little Christmas" contains the holiday special of the same name.

In 2013, Disney Movie Club released two new volumes of Goof Troop on DVD.^[23] Each volume released from the Disney Movie Club includes 27 episodes of the show for a total of 54 episodes released, leaving 25 unreleased episodes to go.^[24]

Goof Troop Volumes 1 and 2, in addition to "Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas", had a wider retail DVD release in January 2015^[25][26] and were Wal-Mart Exclusives in Canada ahead of that wider release date.^[27]

Video on demand

The entire series is currently available for purchase on Amazon Instant Video, with the episodes being split into five volumes/seasons.

Cameos and other appearances

• In addition to the animated series, Goof Troop was adapted into various comic strips,^[28] which were printed in several Disney comic books, such as Disney Adventures and Disney's Colossal Comics Collection.
• PJ, Max, and Pistol makes cameo in the Boom Comic's "Darkwing Duck" on 2010 (only in the unrevised version of the comics).
• DuckTales (2017–present): In the episode "Woo-oo", The city of Spoonerville is mentioned as one of the many other cities where Scrooge McDuck has numerous investments.

Books

• Great Egg-spectations
• Goin' Gold-Fishing