It is true that there is a vague similarity in the construction of the Goofy's head and Pluto's. His hat is of a soft material and animates a little bit. His sweater fits him snugly except for the neck and his vest is much too small. His pants droop at the seat and stretch tightly across some distance below the crotch. His clothes are misfits: his trousers are baggy at the knees and the pants legs strive vainly to touch his shoe tops but never do.
He is not muscular and yet has the strength and stamina of a very wiry person. The looseness in his arms and legs should be achieved through a succession of breaks in the joints rather than what seems like the waving of so much rope. Though he is very flexible and floppy, his body still has a solidity and weight. Never think of the Goof as a sausage with rubber hose attachments. His arches collapsed long ago and his shoes should have a very definite character. His shoes and feet are not the traditional cartoon dough feet. His hands are very sensitive and expressive, and though his gestures are broad, they should reflect the gentleman. His shoulders are narrow and slope rapidly, giving the upper part of his body a thinness and making his arms seem long and heavy, though actually not drawn that way. He walks on his heels and his toes turn up. His knees sag and his feet are large and flat. His head, stomach, and knees lead his body. His back arches the wrong way and his little stomach protrudes. He talks to himself because it is easier for him to know what he is thinking if he hears it first. He has music in his heart even though it is the same tune forever and I see him humming to himself while working or thinking. He is very courteous and apologetic and his faux pas embarrass him, but he tries to laugh off his errors. If he does something particularly stupid he is ready to laugh at himself after it all finally dawns on him. If he is a victim of a catastrophe, he makes the best of it immediately and his chagrin or anger melts very quickly into a broad grin. He laughs at his own jokes because he can't understand any others. He is a good-natured dumbbell that thinks he is pretty smart. Yet the Goof is not the type of half-wit that is to be pitied. Any little distraction can throw him off his train of thought and it is extremely difficult for the Goof to keep to his purpose. His brain being rather vapory, it is difficult for him to concentrate on any one subject. He very seldom, if ever, reaches his objective or completes what he has started. He is willing to help anyone and offers his assistance even when it is not needed and just creates confusion. No matter what happens, he accepts it finally at being for the best or at least amusing. He is a philosopher of the barber shop variety. He can move fast if he has to, but would rather avoid any overexertion, so he takes what seems the easiest way.
note He is loose-jointed and gangly, but not rubbery. Think of the Goof as a composite of an everlasting optimist, a gullible Good Samaritan, a half-wit, a shiftless, good-natured coloured boy and a hick. Therefore it will probably be best to mention everything all at once. "It is difficult to classify the characteristics of the Goof into columns of the physical and mental, because they interweave, reflect, and enhance one another.
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