This fun fact may make you go, “ Gawrsh !” Disney 's beloved character Goofy is not, as many fans believe, a dog like his trusty pal Pluto, Mickey Mouse's loyal pet hound. Nor is Goofy a cow, like his girlfriend Clarabelle. "He's not a dog," Bill Farmer , who has since provided the voice of Goofy since 1987, said on the Aug.
4 episode of Australian hosts Leigh Livingstone and Tim Iffland 's Popcorn Podcast With Leigh and Tim . "But he's a canine. So it's kind of like a wolf is not a dog but it's a canine.
Same thing. 'Goofus Canis,' that's what he is." The 71-year-old continued jokingly, "Or he's a 'mog.
' Barker has made similar comments in past years. In 2021, in response to a fan debate on the matter, he tweeted , "Goofy is certainly not a cow! Neither is he a dog!" The actor also said in 2020 that Goofy was not a dog. "Goofy seems to be in the canine family in the same way that maybe a wolf is not a dog, but they also are in the canine family," he told Yahoo! Entertainment at the time, later adding, "He's just Goofy.
" He was later redrawn to look younger and according to the Disney Parks' official blog , he later appeared in newspaper comic strips as Dippy Dawg (which rhymes with that animal he definitely isn't). His name officially became "Goofy" in 1939 with the release of the film Goofy & Wilbur , the blog noted. He was later redrawn to look younger and according to the Disney Parks' official blog , he later appeared in newspaper comic strips as Dippy Dawg (which rh.