Disney Characters?????

Question

Pluto and goofy are both dogs, but why is it pluto walks on all 4's and doesnt talk, but goofy walks on 2 legs and does talk????

Answer 1

Is Goofy a dog?
originally published 3/2/01

t seems that whenever there is a major crisis in the world, I get this impulsive urge to debate the less meaningful issues of the day with my family and friends. Call it withdrawal or an unexplainable irrational distraction if you will, but it seems to work wonders for my temperament.

And so it was during the recent election recount here in Florida. I grew so tired of hearing the jokes about how dumb Florida voters were. I became weary of stories of how they could watch twenty Bingo cards at one time, but not understand the meaning of a circle with an arrow pointing at it.

And so I searched for a distraction. And before long, one came to me. I began a look for the answer to a question that had been burning inside me since I was just a kid. I deliberated the weightiest of disturbing suspicions: Is my favorite cartoon character, Goofy, really a dog?

Engaging anyone who'd give me a moment on the subject, I found several friends and family who would humor me while I pondered how Walt Disney - the person, not the company - must have stayed up those many late nights of his early years as an illustrator, coming up with the Goofy character for his cartoons. Inserting this controversial curmudgeon into his storytelling was a stroke of genius.

Goofy's controversy centers around the fact that Disney already had a dog, Pluto, in his comic strip. So what on earth did he need with another dog? It became a month long odyssey for me, and it was all consuming - just what I needed to take me away from this post-election crisis.

Now, after a great deal of investigation of what might seem to some like a total waste of time, I have uncovered a very interesting revelation: Disney never created Goofy as a dog.

Mickey is a mouse, yes - so is Minnie. Donald is a duck and so are the nephews. Pluto is a dog, but Goofy is - well, humor me for just a moment and let me expand upon my findings.

Just what is Goofy? My search uncovered ample evidence that Goofy is not a dog. Consider these bits of evidence and then you decide:

If Goofy were a dog, don't you think Disney would have had him bark once in awhile? Pluto barks all the time. Why doesn't Goofy?
Goofy talks. He has conversations with Mickey and Minnie. They talk about just about everything that you and I would talk about.
Goofy shops. I remember one time when the famous Mouse asked him to go to the drug store to get some strong cough syrup when Mickey was down with the flu. Now, a St. Bernard might be able to fetch a newspaper. And a beagle might retrieve a duck for a hunter. But, a dog goes to a pharmacy, gets medicine off the shelf and then pays for it? Not a chance.
Goofy stands upright and walks around on two feet. If he were a dog, don't you think he'd be down on all fours, prancing around like Pluto. Why doesn't Goofy do that?
And what about the hat? Goofy wears a hat. Dogs don't do that.
And Goofy not only wears a hat - he wears clothes. Pants, shirts and shoes - he has an entire wardrobe! Why, he's a living advertisement for the Walmart Menswear Department.
Well then, it turns out that Goofy isn't so goofy after all, is he? In fact, the contrast between Pluto and Goofy is so startling that the very existence of Pluto proves the point. Can you see them standing next to each other. If you saw them out in your driveway right now, wouldn't you be able to tell which of them wasn't the dog? Can't you see that it would have to be Goofy bent over and petting Pluto, and not the other way around? Now, what dog would do that to another dog?
And Goofy has had a lot of jobs. One time he was a bus driver. Another time he was a cab driver. He drives, for Pete's sake. Pluto doesn't do that. He chases buses and cabs. He doesn't drive them.
And what about the fingers? Goofy has fingers! Like all the Disney characters except Pluto, he has three on each hand. Please notice, I said, "hand." Dogs don't have fingers and they don't have hands! Take a look at Pluto. He's got paws. How much easier can this get?
And when he eats - Goofy sits at the table like most normal folks and uses a knife and a fork - and napkins. Pluto has a dish on the kitchen floor and Mickey puts Dog Chow in it. Pluto hasn't the faintest idea how to use a fork or a knife. He gobbles his food like any dog would.
But the crowning item of proof, the piece de resistance that I discovered just the other day in my long and tedious search for a resolution to this smoldering inquiry, came in the mail. In a letter addressed to me from the U.S. Census Bureau Branch Office in Tallahassee, written in response to my request for information on Goofy, I was informed that "he presently lives in a house in Palm Beach and may have actually voted in the presidential election last year." In fact it says his entire family lives there in a little beach house with an ocean view - they all may have voted.

You know, I'll just bet they know how to watch twenty bingo cards, too.

So what is Goofy? Well, I know one thing for certain. Dogs don't vote, and so Goofy is not a dog. If it's good enough for the U.S. Census Bureau, it's good enough for me.

Answer 2

Character: Male: Aladdin Femal: Cinderella Animal:Winnie the Pooh Villain: Lucifer (Cinderella) Movie: I love them all equally! Snow White Pinocchio Dumbo Bambi Fantasia Fun & Fancy Free Cinderella Alice in Wonderland Peter Pan Lady & The Tramp The Jungle Book 101 Dalmatians The Rescuers Sword & The Stone Fox & the Hound Oliver & Company The Little Mermaid Beauty and the Beast Aladdin Nightmare Before Christmas The Lion King Pocahontas Hunchback of Notre Dame Hercules Tarzan Lilo & Sitch Treasure Planet & Pixar :)

Answer 3

Well - that's probably how goofy got is name! And Pluto - well he's out there....

Answer 4

cuz pluto is normaland goofy got mutated like the same stuff the the nija turtles got mutated with

Answer 5

for the same reason Goofy wears gloves and has a child but no wife--
its just one of those wacky Disney things

Answer 6

Looks like a question ONLY A DOG could ask......hold on, let me ask my dog, SNOOPY what he thinks........Well, I got a lick and a paw........I guess that means.........PLUTO forgot to eat his breakfast and GOOFY took some kind of mushroom at a GRATEFUL DEAD CONCERT back in the 70's and he started walking upright..........oH no, I better go,.....my dog is looking at me and it looks like he needs to poop........BYE

Answer 7

because pluto is a pet of mickey while goofy... well....
maybe because that's how they're meant to be, we cannot argue about that...

Answer 8

Same reason Donald Duck wears a shirt, but no pants ..... but in scenes where his shirt is off, he covers his bottom half, not his chest.

All in the joy of animation.

Answer 9

They r just cartoon characters and that is how Walt Disney wanted it

Answer 10

Woah, so goofy is a dog... cool