Trivia / Goof Troop

• Actor Allusion:
  • The Christmas special has Pistol making two allusions to Bart Simpson. Though the second one — Pistol yelling "Cowabunga!" — is a case of Beam Me Up, Scotty!, since Bart only ever said that once (in the show^note He also said it in some of the video games.).
  • Zelda Rubinstein guest-stars as a fortune teller in "Rally Round the Goof". Her most famous role was a fortune teller in the Poltergeist movies.
• Acting for Two:
  • Rob Paulsen, whenever PJ and Leech interact with each other. Several other cast members, when voicing extras, including Bill Farmer and Jim Cummings.
  • In the Mexican Spanish dub, Goofy and Pete were both voiced by Francisco Colmenero (who had been the long-time official voice of both characters).
• Artifact Title: The title "Goof Troop" came from an earlier idea for the show, but they kept it even when it became mostly irrelevant to the show's premise. See the trope entry "What Could Have Been", below, for more details.
• Colbert Bump: The Goof Troop SNES video game was already a cult classic, but attracted much more attention after it was played through on Game Grumps. In fact, the page for the game was created around the time Game Grumps covered it. Additionally, the show itself has gained a significant following from the Game Grumps videos.
• Creator's Favorite:
  • This show was the favorite of Goofy's Japanese voice actor, the late Yu Shimaka, to the grade he even founded a voice actor academy which he named Goof Troop. Keep in mind in Japan the show used a very different name.^note As Papa wa Goofy (My Daddy is Goofy).
    • Likewise, and judging on her Twitter account, the same goes for Mika Kanai, who voiced Pistol.
• Cross-Dressing Voices:
  • In the original English, Max Goof, voiced by the late Dana Hill.
  • The same goes for the same character in some languages (including Latin Spanish and Japanese). Averted with his teen self, when he is voiced by male actors instead.
  • In the Japanese dub, Urara Takano voiced PJ in both his young and teen versions.
• The Danza: Zelda Rubinstein's character in "Rally Round the Goof" is named Madame Zeldarina.
• Kids' Meal Toy:
  • In 1992, Burger King released a set of four pull-back bowling toys of Goofy, Max, Pete, and PJ.
  • In 1993, Pizza Hut had a collectible cup and accessories such as a baseball cap, shoelaces, an iron-on transfer, and a wristband.
  • In 1997, Long John Silver's released a set of four pencil topper figures based on shows from the Disney Afternoon despite the block having ended that year and its shows having ended their runs several years prior. Goofy got his own figure, as did Scrooge McDuck, Dale, and Baloo.
• The Other Darrin:
  • Jim Cummings replaces Arthur Burghardt and Will Ryan in this series as Pete. He has since become the current voice of Pete for future projects since then.
  • Dana Hill assumes the role of Max Goof (originally Goofy Junior) for this series, replacing Bobby Driscoll (who had long passed away by the time this series began), June Foray, and Kevin Corcoran.
  • Rob Paulsen assumes the role of PJ (also known as Pete Junior) from Glenn Couch (who previously voiced him in "Bellboy Donald").
• Out of Order: Toon Disney and other syndicated channels aired the two-part pilot as episodes 33 and 34—giving the odd effect of having people who have known each other forever meet and learn about each other, and having Pete (briefly) learn about a problem with his habitual behavior in the "first" episode. This syndicated order was carried over to the DVD box set.
• Referenced by...:
  • Animaniacs (1993):
    • One of the gag credits for "The Warners' 65th Anniversary Special" is "Mark Down - Goof Troop tapes at K-Mart".
    • At one point in "The Sound of Warners", Dot dryly suggests that Prunella go bug the kids on Goof Troop.
  • Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022): During the closing credits, Goofy and Max can be seen alongside other Disney Afternoon cartoon characters in a poster for a Fictional Video Game called Disney Afternoon Fight Fest.
  • The Happy Video Game Nerd has reviewed the video game adaptation for the SNES in Part 2 of his review of Disney Capcom games.
  • The Nostalgia Critic has covered the show as part of his review of The Disney Afternoon.
• Star-Making Role: In voice-acting terms, Peg was this for April Winchell, being the first Disney TV lead she played, and played more ever since.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The show went through a long development cycle with various concepts conceived but never used according to these 2 stories here.
    • The show was originally conceived as Goofy with the rank of Head Scoutmaster in charge of a bunch of young scouts going through uproarious adventures as they pitched tents, learned secret oaths, cooked s'mores and tied knots (according◊ to◊ the◊ concept art◊).
  • In their original designs, Max had red hair like Junior from the old Goofy shorts◊, Pete wasn't as overweight, Peg was a short-haired blonde and Pistol had black hair. PJ looked more or less the same as he does in the finished product but with a seemingly different personality◊.
  • The original plan was for Goof Troop and Quack Pack (itself a victim of development issues) to share the same universe, separate from the Carl Barks inspired universe, with the cast interacting with humans. Disney overruled the creators, forcing them to replace the humans with "dog noses", the nickname animators gave for the extras with noses like the Beagle Boys. They were still able to use humans in Quack Pack.
  • Arthur Burghardt had auditioned to reprise his role of Pete from The Prince and the Pauper, but was rejected for sounding too much like Kingfish from Amos 'n' Andy with Jim Cummings cast instead.

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