Goof Troop

Goof Troop was a popular animated series created and produced by Walt Disney Television Animation from 1992 until 1993 on ABC and on The Disney Afternoon. It centers around the families of the classic Disney characters Goofy and Pete. The character voices in the series were provided by Bill Farmer (Goofy), Dana Hill (Max), Rob Paulsen (P.J.), Jim Cummings (Pete), April Winchell (Peg), Nancy Cartwright (Pistol) and Frank Welker (Waffles the Cat & Chainsaw the Dog).

About the series

Premise

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

In the series, Goofy, now a widower, 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 5 year old daughter Pistol. 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's.

Broadcast history and feature films

The series originally aired as part of the Disney Afternoon block of syndicated animated series during the 1992-1993 broadcast season. Following its cancellation, reruns aired on 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. Even though not airing on Toon Disney, the Christmas Special is still aired on Christmas.

Goof Troop was adapted into the feature film A Goofy Movie (1995) and its direct-to-video sequel, An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000), which 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 Max. Sadly, actress Dana Hill, who provided the voice of Max, died on July 15, 1996, after suffering a massive stroke related to her diabetes.

Goof Troop was released on DVD alongside Quack Pack on February 14, 2006. Also, the episode "Calling All Goofs", is included as a bonus feature on the Region 1 DVD release of A Goofy Movie.

Video Game

A video game for the SNES has the same name. It was made in 1993 by Capcom.

Title in other languages

Arabic: شلة بندق (The Goofy Family)
Chinese: 高飛家族(The Goofy Family)
Danish: Max og Mule
Dutch: Goof Troop
Finnish: Hopon Poppoo
French: ''La bande à Dingo (The gang of Goofy)
German: Goofy und Max
Italian: Ecco Pippo
Norwegian: Langbein og sønn
Polish: Goofy i inni
Portuguese: A Pandilha do Pateta (in Portugal) or A Turma do Pateta (in Brazil)
Russian: Гуфи и его друзья (Gufi i ego druzyi)
Spanish: La Tropa Goofy
Swedish: galna gäng

External links

Disney television series | 1990s TV shows in the United States | Disney Channel shows | Animated television series

Langbein og sønn | Goof Troop | Goofy i inni | Långbens galna gäng