Goof Troop

Goof Troop
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Created by	Robert Taylor
Starring	Dana Hill Bill Farmer Rob Paulsen Jim Cummings April Winchell Nancy Cartwright Frank Welker Corey Burton Jack Angel
Composer	Mark Watters
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	78 + 1 special (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	22 minutes
Original release
Network	Disney Channel
Release	September 1, 1992 – December 5, 1993

Goof Troop is an animated television series from the The Walt Disney Company featuring Goofy as a father figure and his bonding with his son Max.

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 dad, moves back to his hometown of Spoonerville with his 11-year-old 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, 11 year old son P.J. (Pete Jr.) and 4 year old daughter Pistol with long red hair. Max and P.J. become the best of friends and do practically everything together. A large portion of humor comes from the relatively normal Max's personality sharply contrasting with his father.

Broadcast history and feature films

Like its predecessors, DuckTales, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, and TaleSpin, Goof Troop premiered as an TV movie, which was later broken up into a pilot serial. It was later added as a part of The Disney Afternoon block of syndicated animated series during the 1992-1993 broadcast season. Following its cancellation, reruns aired on ABC Saturday Morning, The Disney Channel and later on sister cable channel Toon Disney. Reruns were shown on Toon Disney until January 2005, when Dave the Barbarian was added to the network. The program made a return from September 2006 until August 2008, and the Christmas Special still aired on Christmas (although is unknown if the special will be ever shown on Toon Disney's replacement Disney XD).

Goof Troop was adapted into the feature film, A Goofy Movie (1995) and its direct-to-video sequel, An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000). Both films 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, after suffering a massive stroke related to her diabetes.

Character and place titles

Pete's wife Peg is a play on "Peg Leg Pete," one of Pete's names in the classic Disney shorts. 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.

Characters

Goofy's Family

Goofy Goof, is the father of Max Goof. He and his son, Max moves next to the Petes from their trailer home in the city. Goofy's biggest weaknesses are that he has trouble paying attention, he has a short attention span, and is scatterbrained. He is also haphazard and clumsy. He often drives his neighbor, Pete, up the wall. Goofy is laid back, and many times turns the other cheek when Pete insults him, though a very few times he does become enraged and gets back at Pete, when the offense goes far enough. Goofy is voiced by Bill Farmer.

Max Goof, is the son and only child of Goofy. He is around 11 years old, and is in the same grade as his buddy, PJ. He loves his dad, but wishes he'd be a little more normal. In this series, Max is voiced by Dana Hill, and voiced by Jason Marsden in the feature film and subsequent sequel (though the fact that A Goofy Movie was launched one year before Hill's death).

Debby Dune, voiced by Kath Soucie, is Max's cousin in the episode "Leader of the Pack". She was Max's babysitter for five years.

Aunt Goofilla, voiced by, Bill Farmer, appeared in "Calling All Goofs". She is Goofy's aunt, and is reknown for her five-alarm chilli which is infamous for being incredibly spicy

Patton Leather Goof, a military relative of Goofy's who apparently is a drill sargeant who takes pride into turning couch potatoes into military men (much to Pete's annoyance). His name comes from General Patton, the famous WWII general

M. Angelo Goof, voiced by Rob Paulsen, is an artistic relative of Goofy's. Appeared in "Calling All Goofs".

Werhner Von Goof, Goofy's cousin and an eccentric inventor by trade. He speaks with a German accent and apparently has created a flying sled

Gooferamus T. Goofy, voiced by Bill Farmer, is an ancestor of Goofy's who appears in the episode "Hallow-weenies".

Waffles, voiced by Frank Welker, is Max's cat. A running gag is Waffles feud with Chainsaw.

Pete's Family

Peter Pete, is a used-car salesman, and has a family who includes his wife, Peg, his son, Pete Junior (PJ for short), his daughter, Pistol, and their dog, Chainsaw. They live next door to Goofy and his son, Max. Pete owns a used-car dealership, and even though he is no longer openly known as being villainous, he is still moderately a slimeball, who is conniving, as well as abrasive, obnoxious, truculent, and even greedy about getting money. He often exploits his good-hearted and somewhat addled friend, Goofy. Often his schemes backfire, or he feels guilty about his oafish behavior and works to set things right. His wife, Peg, often attempts to rid Pete of his uncouth attitude, and his son PJ is a complete opposite of his father in behavior, as he is good friends with Goofy's son, Max, in the series and the feature film A Goofy Movie and it's direct-to-video sequel, An Extremely Goofy Movie. As for how it is in the series, it is revealed somewhere in it that one of the reasons why Pete dislikes Goofy so much and takes pleasure in conning or undermining him is because when Pete was a quarterback in a big High School football game, it was Goofy who accidentally caused Pete to fumble the ball and lose the game because Goofy accidentally kicked him in the face, revealing that Goofy was on the cheerleading squad in high school. However, in the spin-offs, Pete is much less of a bully and more of a genuine friend, especially towards Goofy and his son. With the same typical booming voice as always, Pete is voiced by Jim Cummings.

Peg Pete is Pete's wife and the mother of both PJ and Pistol. In the pilot episode, it is revealed that Peg was a cheerleader at high-school, where she met Goofy and Pete. When Goofy left Spoonerville for a short amount of time, Peg married Pete and settled down. Over the course of the series, she is revealed to be loudly obnoxious sometimes and somewhat overbearing towards Pete, and yet amiable towards their neighbour Goofy, on one occasion going so far as kissing him. The reasons for her loyalty towards being much more on Goofy's side than Pete is unknown. Peg works as an estate-agent in Spoonerville, but little is revealed of her business life in the show. Peg is voiced by April Winchell.

Peter 'PJ' Pete, Jr, is the eldest child of Pete and Peg. He is around 11 to 12 years old, and is in the same grade as his buddy, Max. He is pretty laidback, and kind of acts and talks like he is never enthusiastic about very many things, except for his friend, Max, when they are working together to achieve something. He sometimes questions his dad's intelligence, whenever he gets involved in any of his plans or schemes. PJ, both in the series and in the films, is voiced by Rob Paulsen.

Pistol Pete, is the youngest child of Pete and Peg. She has long red hair in two pigtails. She is somewhere from 4 to 6 years old, and is in kindergarten. Pistol is a very hyperactive and talkative child, where she has a tendency to shoot off her mouth and bounce up and down. She is crazy about wanting to play with everything or always be in her play area, but she can be very frank, and she wants to get her own way in a lot of things that involve her, and she sometimes gets competitive towards her brother, PJ, and his friend, Max. Throughout the whole series, Pistol gets herself into a mess a few times, causing either PJ and Max, or even her father, Pete to have to bail her out. Pistol is voiced by Nancy Cartwright.

Bob Sparrowhawk, voiced by William Windom, is Peg's retired, ex-military uncle.

Chainsaw the pekingese, voiced by Frank Welker, is the Pete family's dog.

Spoonerville Junior High

Mrs. PennyPacker, voiced by Susan Tolsky, is the Principal of Spoonerville Junior High.

Mr. Hammerhead, a teacher at the school.

Douglas Twinkmeyer, the school's corrupt Chief Safety Officer.

Melvin, a member of the school's safety patrol.

Rose Deckenbloom , voiced by Debi Derryberry, is PJ's love interest in the episode 'Puppy Love'.

Wendell Franklin, a student in PJ and Max's class.

Tooth & Nails, bullies and Douglas' henchmen.

Marty, another school bully.

Other Characters

The How-To Narrator, voiced by Corey Burton, is a frequent narrator, who appears as an homage to Goofy's How-To cartoons.

The Chief of Spoonerville Police, voiced by Jack Angel, appears in the episodes, "For Pete's Sake", "In Goof We Trust", "Buddy Building", and "Counterfeit Goof".

Danielle the TV Reporter, voiced by April Winchell, appears in "Goof Fellas", "From Air to Eternity", "All the Goofs That's Fit to Print", "In Goof We Trust", and "The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy".

Biff Fuddled is voiced by Rob Paulsen. He also appears from the 4 episodes in "Wrecks, Lies, and Videotapes", "Mrs. Spoonerville," "Slighty Dinghly" and "Buddy Building".

Gilbet the Clown appeared in "Three Ring Bind", "Hot Air," and "Buddy Building. He worked on a job making balloons for the people and children of Spoonerville. He is in the Spoonerville Carnival, the beach, and the circus.

Dutch Spackle, voiced by Charles Nelson Riley, appeared in the episodes "A Pizza the Action" and "Unreal Estate".

Fester Swollen, voiced by Michael Gough, appears in 5 episodes; "Sherlock Goof", "Gunfight at the Okie- Dokie Corral", "Clan of the Cave Goof," "The Un-Goofables," and "Goofin' Hood and his Mechanoly Men".

Wally and Spud, voiced by Pat Fraley and Jerry Houser, are two crooks. They appear in the episodes, "The Good, The Bad, and the Goofy," "O, R-V, I N-V U", and "Nightmare on Goof Street.

Leech,voiced by Rob Paulsen, is a thief, bully and evil villian from Spoonerville. He appeared in the episodes "Maximum Insecurity" and "Buddy Building".

Duke, voiced by Jerry Houser, is the leader of the Pharoah Gang in "Leader of the Pack".

Myron, voiced by Joe Piscopo, was a wrestler from Spoonerville, but had ambitions to become a chef. He and Goofy were friends.

The Great Garbonzo, voiced by Robert Ridgley, is a stage magician..

The Magician's Hat, voiced by, Charlie Alder. He put on Max's head but it was to stuck in the episode "Talent to the Max".

Jean, voiced by Edie McClurg, appeared in "Meanwhile, Back at the Ramp".

Burglar is in "To Catch a Goof," and voiced by Brad Garrett. He also tried to rob the 2 houses in Spoonerville, but he tries to get in the kitchen to rob some food and there's a mouse trap in a cookie jar and said, "OW!" Peg tries to take pictures of the Burglar over a hundred times and Peg's camera battery is dead and too low. At the end, The burglar is taken away by the two Spoonerville Police officers and led him in jail and he never saw him again.

Episodes

Main article: List of Goof Troop episodes

Comics

In additition to the animated series, Goof Troop was adapted into various comic strips, and were printed in several Disney comic books, like Disney Adventures and Disney's Colossal Comics Collection.

DVD releases

On February 14, 2006, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released Goof Troop: Volume 1 on DVD in Region 1. This 1-disc release features 3 episodes from the series and no bonus material.

DVD Name	Ep #	Release Date
Goof Troop: Volume 1	3	February 14 2006

External links

• Goof Troop at IMDb
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