History WesternAnimation / GoofTroop

* {{Gainaxing}}: Peg's breasts did this on a number of occasions.

* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Happens quite a bit, usually once an episode, done with brief moving background shots.

* DancingTheme: The footage in the opening that ''isn't'' taken from the episodes themselves is of Max and Goofy dancing.

The show was animated by nine different studios: Walt Disney Australia (twenty-four episodes), Creator/SunwooEntertainment, South Korea (seventeen episodes), Creator/KennedyCartoons, Canada (fifteen episodes, plus syndicated intro animation), Creator/WangFilmProductions, Taiwan (nine episodes), Walt Disney Japan (five episodes), Walt Disney France (five episodes), Guimaraes, Brazil (two episodes), [[Creator/FreelanceAnimatorsNewZealand Freelance]], New-Zealand (one episode, under Disney Australia's supervision), and Creator/MovingImagesInternational, Philippines (one episode).

The show was animated by nine different studios: Walt Disney Australia (twenty-four episodes), Creator/SunwooEntertainment, South Korea (seventeen episodes), Creator/KennedyCartoons, Canada (fifteen episodes), Creator/WangFilmProductions, Taiwan (nine episodes), Walt Disney Japan (five episodes), Walt Disney France (five episodes), Guimaraes, Brazil (two episodes), [[Creator/FreelanceAnimatorsNewZealand Freelance]], New-Zealand (one episode, under Disney Australia's supervision), and Creator/MovingImagesInternational, Philippines (one episode).

The show was animated by nine different studios: Walt Disney Australia (twenty-four episodes), Creator/SunwooEntertainment, South Korea (seventeen episodes), Creator/KennedyCartoons, Canada (fifteen episodes), Creator/WangFilmProductions, Taiwan (nine episodes), Walt Disney Japan (five episodes), Walt Disney France (five episodes), Guimaraes, Portugal (two episodes), [[Creator/FreelanceAnimatorsNewZealand Freelance]], New-Zealand (one episode, under Disney Australia's supervision), and Creator/MovingImagesInternational, Philippines (one episode).

* BalefulPolymorph:
** In "Come Fly with Me", Pete turns into a fly by becoming fused with the fly swatting software on his new computer.
** The evil magic hat in "Talent to the Max" transforms audience members into various animals.

* DoTheyKnowItsChristmasTime: "A Goof Troop Christmas" is one of the only times in the entire series any religion is mentioned at all, although there's a line in "Max-Imum Insecurity" and one in "Fool's Gold" that suggest the characters are monotheistic.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: The characters sometimes initially don't believe in an episode's fantastic element, despite finding other fantastic elements in other episodes without commenting on it. The ghosts in "Hallow-Weenies" and the NotSoImaginaryFriend in "Pistolgeist" are examples of the former, while the magic hat in "Talent to the Max" and the horns in "Dr. Horatio's Magic Orchestra" being able to move on their own are examples of the latter. Goofy in a FurryConfusion joke says "I didn't know dogs could talk", but even if we assume that [[FurryDenial the characters are as human as they claim]], the bears in "You Camp Take It with You", the shark in "Cabana Fever", and the ducks in "Goofs of a Feather" ''can'' talk, and no one cares. It doesn't help that in some episodes like "Close Encounters of the Weird Mime" and "Midnight Movie Madness", the characters ''should'' be skeptical but aren't.

* FurryDenial: The characters consistently refer to themselves directly and indirectly as human, most blatantly with Pete mentioning "the human body" in "Bringin' on the Rain," and never, with one half-exception in "Goofin' Up the Social Ladder" (see LampshadeHanging), identify with the species they were designed to be.

The series is noticeable for steering away from Disney Afternoon’s more timeless fantasy, adventure, and crime-fighting shows, instead of doing a SliceOfLife sitcom with subtle TotallyRadical undertones.

* NiceHat: Played with physically, but averted personality wise with Max's evil magic hat in "Talent to the Max."

* AnchoviesAreAbhorrent: "Meanwhile, Back at the Ramp." After failing to get an award, Goofy is bummed. Max tries to make him feel better by offering to get pizza with him. Goofy declines, until Max offers to add "the little fishies" to the pizza.

* AbsenteeActor: "Nightmare on Goof Street" mentions PJ and Pistol frequently and takes place at the Pete house. Both kids are mysteriously absent throughout the whole ordeal. At the very end, they're supposed to be coming home from a weekend trip with Peg, but still don't appear, even as Peg wanders the house.

* NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp: Every character ends up going there at some point, which is sometimes justified by the setting of the episode (especially if it focuses on one family in particular) but usually isn't explained; "Cat's Entertainment" is exceptional for mentioning that PJ is visiting his grandmother at the beginning of the episode. Pistol is the most likely to be sent to the camp, while Goofy and Pete are only absent in two episodes each.

* {{Foil}}s: Most combinations of characters are this to some degree, but the best friend pairs (Goofy and Pete, and Max and PJ) and the father/son pairs (Goofy and Max, and Pete and PJ) are the most obvious.

* OverAndUnderTheTop:
** Goofy and Max are both highly optimistic and somewhat reckless. Goofy never has a bad thought about anyone and is TooDumbToLive. Max, on the other hand, is idealistic but still notices when he and others are mistreated and is a milder FearlessFool.
** Pete and PJ are both {{Butt Monkey}}s. Pete brings almost everything upon himself, suffers broad slapstick and emotional problems that roll off, has hammy reactions, suffers no truly lasting effects, and is written so you will laugh at his misery. PJ, however, tries to avoid the problems but gets sucked in, suffers more relatable slapstick and tough emotional problems, reacts realistically, has lasting effects as a major part of his character, and is written so you will sympathize with him.
** Pete and Max are both self-centered schemers, but Pete is brazen about how selfish he is and comes up with schemes that backfire in his face, while Max is more subconscious about it and usually comes up with plans that work, if are a little more elaborate than necessary, with occasional plans that mess up due to things beyond his control.

* GenreBusting: Wait, is this a DomCom, an OddCouple show, or a {{Slapstick}} FunnyAnimal cartoon? It's ''all'' of those things with a healthy dose of MundaneFantastic on top. And these are just the ''recurring'' elements. See SomethingCompletelyDifferent.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Plots can range from dealing with day-to-day school life, to finding fire breathing dinosaurs, to having real imaginary friends from outer space, to family reunions. There are also times where one episode will have a flimsy plot and be primarily gag-based while the next one is a mainly dramatic character-driven story.

** In "O, R-V, I N-V U", the venue that the RV show is being held also bills "Newt Wayneton" [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed as a clear stand-in]] for renowned Las Vegas singer, Wayne Newton. It's both visible on a sign in the background and literally shouted out by Max.

%%** Goofy accidentally gives Pete cat food instead of chicken soup in "Nightmare on Goof Street", which Pete doesn't learn until after he's eaten several spoonfuls of cat food. %%What was his reaction?

** Goofy accidentally gives Pete cat food instead of chicken soup in "Nightmare on Goof Street", which Pete doesn't learn until after he's eaten several spoonfuls of cat food.

* RealityEnsues: In the episode "Bringin' on the Rain", public officials are not so stupid that they won't be able to tell something fishy is going on when the house supposedly using tons of water during a drought looks like a desert, while the house next door looks like a tropical rainforest.

''Goof Troop'' is a cartoon from the early [[TheNineties Nineties]], inspired by the most well-known series of WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts featuring WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}. It premiered as part of ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon'' syndicated block on September 5, 1992. Seven days later, it began airing as part of Creator/{{ABC}}'s Saturday Morning Cartoon block for thirteen episodes. In this series, Goofy is the father of an 11-year old named Max, and lives in the suburbs. Goofy also lives next door to longtime Disney antagonist WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} (who in this version has been turned into less of a villain and more of a total {{Jerkass}}), his wife Peg, and his two kids, PJ and Pistol. Even so, Goofy is still just as klutzy and, well, goofy as he was in any of the Disney shorts.

Slapstick is the flavor of the day, with all four main characters Goofy, Max, Pete and PJ regularly taking a lot of comedic punishment and shaking it off with ToonPhysics and being MadeOfIron.

The series is noticeable for steering away from Disney Afternoon’s more timeless fantasy, adventure and crime fighting shows, instead doing a SliceOfLife sitcom with subtle TotallyRadical undertones.

The show was animated by 9 different studios: Walt Disney Australia (24 eps), Creator/SunwooEntertainment, South-Korea (17 eps), Creator/KennedyCartoons, Canada (15 eps), Creator/WangFilmProductions, Taiwan (9 eps), Walt Disney Japan (5 eps), Walt Disney France (5 eps), Guimaraes, Portugal (2 eps), [[Creator/FreelanceAnimatorsNewZealand Freelance]], New-Zealand (1 ep, under Disney Australia's supervision), and Creator/MovingImagesInternational, Philippines (1 ep).

* AbusiveParents: Pete insults and belittles PJ, browbeats and threatens him, manipulates him emotionally, recklessly and indirectly injures him, consistently holds him to unrealistic expectations, is excessively domineering in most aspects of PJ's life, and on multiple occasions treats him almost literally like a slave. PJ is consistently played as mistrusting his father even when Pete ''isn't'' abusing him.

** There are also at various points in the series several characters named "Bob." There's Bob Sparrowhawk, Peg's uncle from "Major Goof", Bobby Zimmeruski, Max and PJ's new friend in the movies, and just Bob ([[OnlyOneName no last name given]]), a friend/acquaintance of Max in "Educating Goofy."

Although it was canceled in 1993 on both ''The Disney Afternoon'' and ABC, with the latter channel replacing the show with ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' that fall, this series led to the creation of two movies: ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'' and ''WesternAnimation/AnExtremelyGoofyMovie''. WordOfGod is that yes, they are in the same canon, despite the absence of Peg and Pistol, and the difference between the TV series and the movies like Goofy's and Pete's houses and their location. There was also a [[VideoGame/GoofTroop video game]] for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNES Super Nintendo]]. As with its' fellow ''Disney Afternoon'' shows, it received [[MythologyGag lots of references in]] ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', with one episode featuring Goofy in a guest role using an updated version of his design from this show (Max and Roxanne are confirmed to exist, though they only appear in photographs).