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OC Puppy Love (OC)

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u/Roskal 1d ago

In the Micky Mouse universe is Goofy a smart dog or is Pluto a dumb dog? or are they different species?

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u/buttgoblincomics Butt Goblin 1d ago

At Disney World I was told by someone running a workshop on how to draw Disney characters that Goofy is “technically a man”. Do with that information as you will.

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u/consequentlydreamy 22h ago

Isn’t he a metaphor for black men? He was literally described by original designer as “shiftless, good-natured colored boy”

Gosh I’m sharing a cracked article in 2026 but it works https://www.cracked.com/pictofacts-1831-is-disneys-goofy-character-racist

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u/Ansoni 21h ago

Oh god, I can totally see the old stereotypical "simple" coloured folk character now that you mention it.

Gross, to say the least.

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u/Dark_Storm_98 21h ago edited 20h ago

Never would have guessed

Edit: I don't think I'll ever look at Goofy the same way. . .

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u/3emad0lol 15h ago

I was confused at your comment for a minute there cuz saying “colored” could mean a lotta things. So i read the article where that sentence was in and it was the hard R, which to be fair that’s more direct and allat. Tho, they said in one of the hardly readable docs that he wasnt a caricature.. so was it a substitute for a different word? Maybe stupid? Weird? I don’t know

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u/TacticalTwinkOnTop 2h ago

I just read the article you linked, he didn’t say “good natured coloured boy” he used the N word in place of coloured

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u/sexual_lemonade 23h ago

Canon Goofy furry lore drop

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u/Wuz314159 18h ago

Republican senators are losing their minds.

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u/Darthscary 18h ago

I thought goofy was a cow

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u/TFFPrisoner 10h ago

No, but Clarabelle is a cow