Goof Troop

Goof Troop is an American animated comedy television series from Walt Disney Television Animation focusing on the relationship between single father Goofy and his son Max as well as their neighbors Pete and his family. Created by Mike Peraza, the main series of 65 episodes aired in first-run syndication from 1992 to 1993 on The Disney Afternoon programming block, while an additional thirteen episodes aired on Saturday mornings on ABC. A Christmas special was also produced, which aired in syndication on November 1, 1992. Walt Disney Pictures released two films based on the television series, named A Goofy Movie in 1995 and An Extremely Goofy Movie in 2000. It is the only long-running The Disney Afternoon show to reach the 2000's

Premise
Goof Troop bears similarity to several early-1950s Goofy cartoon shorts which depicted Goofy as a father to a mischievous red-haired son.

Goofy, a single father, moves back to his hometown of Spoonerville with his son, Max. As it happens, Goofy and Max end up moving in next door to Goofy's high school friend: Pete, a used car salesman and owner of Honest Pete's Used Cars; Pete's wife Peg, a real estate agent; and their two children, son P.J. (Pete Jr.) and younger daughter Pistol. Max and P.J. become best friends and do practically everything together. A large portion of humor comes from the relatively normal Max's personality sharply contrasting with his father.

Main

 * 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, and is in the same grade as his best friend P.J. at their junior high school. 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, and is in Kindergarten. 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.

Goof family members

 * Sir Goofy of Knock-Knees A.K.A. Goofin' Hood, an amateur-violinist-turned-outlaw, is Max's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-granddad, and a spoof of Robin Hood. He appears in the episode "Goofin' Hood and his Melancholy Men".
 * Eliot Goof, an iceman-turned-FBI-agent, is Max's great-uncle, and a spoof of Eliot Ness from The Untouchables. He appears in the episode "The Ungoofables".
 * Sherlock Goof, a rat-catcher-turned-detective, is Max's Great-Great-Great Uncle and a spoof of Sherlock Holmes. He appears in the episode "Sherlock Goof".
 * Mopalong Goofy, a near-sighted janitor-turned-sheriff, is Max's great-great-great-grandpa, and a spoof of Hopalong Cassidy. He appears in the episode, "Gunfight at the Okie-Doke Corral".
 * Caveman Goof, an inventor, is Max's and Goofy's ancestor from prehistoric times. He appears in the very last episode of the series, "Clan of the Cave Goof".

Goof History supporting cast

 * Fester (voiced by Michael Gough) is a character exclusive to the Goof History episodes. He is usually, but not always, the sidekick of the episode's Goof family member. In "Goofin' Hood and his Melancholy Men" he was unnamed, in "The Ungoofables" he was "Fester Ness", in "Sherlock Goof" he was "Inspector Lestrade", in "Gunfight at the Okie-Doke Corral" he was "Fester Swollen", and in "Clan of the Cave Goof" he was an unnamed dentist.
 * Sheriff Pete is the role Pete is cast into in "Goofin' Hood and his Melancholy Men", and a parody of the Sheriff of Nottingham.
 * Prince Freddy (voiced by Frank Welker) is a parody of Prince John from "Goofin' Hood and his Melancholy Men.
 * King Richard (voiced by Jim Cummings) is the role the Mayor is cast into in "Goofin' Hood and his Melancholy Men", and a parody of the king of the same name.
 * Princess Pistol is the role Pistol is cast into in "Goofin' Hood and his Melancholy Men", and is the daughter of King Richard. Goofin' Hood helps her to take back her father's kingdom from Prince Freddy and Sheriff Pete.
 * Frank Nutti is the role Pete is cast into in "The Ungoofables", the most notorious crime boss of Chicago in 1929, and a parody of Frank Nitti.
 * Peg Doll is the role Peg is cast into in "The Ungoofables", and Frank Nutti's partner, who is the brains of their criminal operations.
 * Chicago Mayor Baba (voiced by Jim Cummings) is the role the Mayor is cast into in "The Ungoofables"
 * Professor Inferiority is the role Pete is cast into in "Sherlock Goof", and a parody of Professor Moriarty.
 * Sir Reginald (voiced by Jim Cummings) is the role the Mayor is cast into in "Sherlock Goof", and likely a parody of Sir Reginald Bailey from the 1942 film Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon.
 * Dr. Watson (voiced by Frank Welker) is an ally of Sherlock Goof and a parody of John Watson.
 * Isadore Eyesore (voiced by Frank Welker) is an optometrist who helps Mopalong Goofy get new glasses in "Gunfight at the Okie-Doke Corral".
 * Miss Lily is the role Peg is cast into in "Gunfight at the Okie-Doke Corral", and a saloon girl at the Lucky 7 Saloon.
 * Mayor Baba (voiced by Jim Cummings) is the role the Mayor is cast into in "Gunfight at the Okie-Doke Corral", and the Mayor of Dodge Ball City, which itself is a parody of Dodge City, Kansas.
 * Pecos Pete is the role Pete is cast into in "Gunfight at the Okie-Doke Corral", and an 1867 Western outlaw who comes to Dodge Ball City every six months to shoot its sheriff dead. Despite being a villain, his name comes from Pecos Bill.
 * Chief Pete is the role Pete is cast into in "Clan of the Cave Goof", and is chief of the tribe of which Caveman Goof is a member. He gave Caveman Goof his job as an inventor, and has a fear of the dentist.
 * Chief Pete's wife is the role Peg is cast into in "Clan of the Cave Goof", who cooks meals for her husband after Caveman Goof invents fire, and who insists that her husband see the dentist after he eats too many sweets.
 * Additionally, Pistol is cast into a few unnamed roles in "The Ungoofables" (first as an unnamed five-year-old bystander, and then as a papergirl), "Sherlock Goof" (as another papergirl), and "Clan of the Cave Goof" (as the keeper of the Cave of Knowledge).

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
 * Kevin Michael Richardson
 * 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.

Broadcast history
Goof Troop was originally previewed on The Disney Channel from April 20, 1992 to July 12 of that year. Like its predecessors DuckTales, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin and Darkwing Duck and its successor Bonkers, Goof Troop was previewed in syndication (on September 5, 1992) with a pilot TV movie, which later aired as a multi-part serial during the regular run. The series aired on The Disney Afternoon block of syndicated animated series during the 1992/1993 broadcast season; concurrent with the Disney Afternoon shows, another 13 episodes aired on Saturday mornings on ABC in 1992. Reruns of the series later aired on The Disney Channel (starting on September 3, 1996), and later on sister cable channel Toon Disney. Reruns were shown on Toon Disney until January 2005. The program made a return from September 2006 until August 2008, and the Christmas special still aired on Christmas (although it is unknown if the special will ever be shown on Toon Disney's replacement Disney XD) in the United States.

International titles

 * Italian: Ecco Pippo!
 * Russian: Гуфи и его команда
 * Spanish: La tropa Goofy
 * German: Goofy und Max
 * Français: La Bande à Dingo
 * Polish: Goofy i inni
 * Finnish: Hopon poppoon
 * Swedish: Långbens galna gäng (English: Goofy's crazy gang)
 * Română:Trupa Goofy

VHS releases
On May 7, 1993, Disney released three VHS cassettes of the series in the United States, titled "Banding Together", "Goin' Fishin, and "The Race is on!". 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". 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! 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. The episode "FrankenGoof" was released with the DuckTales episode "Ducky Horror Picture Show" on another special VHS release titled Monster Bash.

UK, Australia and New Zealand releases
On November 26, 1993, three VHS cassettes containing 6 episodes of the series were released in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.

DVD releases
On February 14, 2006, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released Goof Troop: Volume 1 on DVD in Region 1. 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. 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. 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.

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

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

Feature films and adaptations
Goof Troop was adapted into the feature film A Goofy Movie, and its direct-to-video sequel, An Extremely Goofy Movie. Both films are spin-offs of the series and take place a few years after the series. The two movies featured Bill Farmer, Rob Paulsen and Jim Cummings reprising their character roles from Goof Troop in these two movies, with Jason Marsden providing the voice of a now-teenager Max. Dana Hill, who provided the voice of Max, died on July 15, 1996 at the age of 32, after suffering a massive stroke related to her diabetes. A Goofy Movie, was released in theaters in Spring 1995, becoming a modest hit but receiving mixed reviews. An Extremely Goofy Movie, was released directly to video in February 2000 and also received mixed reviews.

The Goof Troop premise was also incorporated into 1999's Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas and its 2004 sequel, Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas, the latter continuing Max's age-progression to a young adult that has recently started dating and is reluctantly bringing his girlfriend home to meet his father.

In 2019, Disney Television Animation announced that Goof Troop will get a reboot series with animation production by DHX Media just like DuckTales. Since Dana Hill passed away, Tara Strong will be the voice of Max Goof, Kevin Michael Richardson will replace Rob Paulsen for P.J. and Kate Micucci should replace Nancy Cartwright for Pistol, just like The Powerpuff Girls.

Legacy
Goof Troop had a lasting impact on Goofy's career as many later appearances were built on the show's status quo. These include A Goofy Movie, Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas, An Extremely Goofy Movie, House of Mouse and Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas. Goofy and Pete also appeared on Bonkers and Raw Toonage in their Goof Troop designs.

Cameos and other appearances

 * In addition to the animated series, Goof Troop was adapted into various comic strips, 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).
 * In DuckTales, 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