Why do People Think Goofy is a Dog?
If you look into the history of Goofy, you will find that Disney originally created Dippy Dawg back in 1932. You can find him in Mickey’s Revue, sitting beside what appears to be an early version of Clarabelle Cow.
Later that same year, Dippy Dawg seems to transform into a younger version renamed Goofy in the cartoon Orphan’s Benefit.
Is Goofy a Dog or a Cow?
Disney is very clear. Mickey is a mouse, Donald is a duck and Pluto most certainly is a dog.
And while Mickey and Donald have human-like qualities, Pluto does not.
Perhaps that is why people think Goofy can’t be a dog and that he must be a cow.
I mean, would Disney create two dogs, giving only one human-like quality?
The second cause for believing Goofy is a cow comes from his love interest.
Throughout Disney movies & cartoons featuring the loveable character, we are shown that Goofy’s love interest is Clarabelle Cow.
This probably leads people to once again believe that Goofy is a cow.
Arguments that Goofy could be a cow
There are some who would have you believe Goofy is a cow.
The chief reasonings being outlined above, namely, he can’t be the same species as Pluto and his love interest is a cow.
The website ReelRundown – in a clearly satirical post – fueled the fire as many people missed the satire. Claiming that not only is Goofy a cow, he’s clearly a certain kind of cow.
Specifically, the site speculates that Goofy is an Aberdeen Angus cow, a breed of Scottish cow that conveniently doesn’t have horns. They also make quite a few arguments about his physical appearance that are mostly specious – the point about Goofy having the flat teeth of a herbivore is solid.
