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Goofy Explained: What Kind of Animal is This Disney Icon?

Goofy is a ... cow? Goofy is a ... dog?!? We appear to finally have an answer to a question that has plagued generations.

Farmer made his debut as the voice of Goofy in the cartoon Disney’s Doggone Valentine, a special that aired during the holiday in February 1987. Farmer, meanwhile, currently portrays Goofy in the ongoing Disney series Mickey Mouse Funhouse and is set to reprise the role in a reboot of similar show, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, which is scheduled to premiere 2025. “I’ve done probably close to 3,000 or 4,000 different projects for Disney over the last 33 years as Goofy and Pluto,” the actor said in a video shared on the YouTube in 2020.

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