Editing Goofy (section)

====The ''Everyman'' years====
[[File:Geefgoof.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Goofy in his "George Geef" persona in {{nowrap|''Cold War''}} (1951)]]
Disney had started casting Goofy as a suburban [[everyman]] in the late 1940s. And with this role came changes in depiction. Goofy's facial stubble and his protruding teeth were removed to give him a more refined look. His clothing changed from a [[casual attire|casual style]] to wearing [[business suits]]. He began to look more human and less dog-like, with his ears hidden in his hat. By 1951, Goofy was portrayed as being married and having a son of his own. Neither the wife nor the son was portrayed as dog-like. The wife's face was never seen, but her form was human. The son lacked Goofy's dog-like ears.<ref name="Lehman">{{cite book | last1=Lehman | first1= Christopher P. | title=''American Animated Cartoons of the Vietnam Era: A Study of Social Commentary in Films and Television Programs, 1961–1973'' | chapter= The Cartoons of 1961–1962| year=2007 | publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|pages=27–28|isbn= 978-0-7864-5142-5| chapter-url =https://books.google.com/books?id=WlEjmDkdc08C&q=Goofy+suburban&pg=PA28}}</ref> One notable short made during this era is ''[[Motor Mania]]'' (1950). Kinney disliked making most of these later shorts, stating "...those pictures were disasters, because I didn't fight it hard enough".<ref name=Barrier/> Goofy would also be given a formal name in these cartoons, George Geef.

Christopher P. Lehman connects this depiction of the character to Disney's use of humor and animal characters to reinforce social [[conformity]]. He cites as an example ''[[Aquamania]]'' (1961), where everyman Goofy drives to the lake for a boat ride. During a scene depicting a [[Multiple-vehicle collision|pile-up accident]], every car involved has a boat hitched to its rear bumper. Goofy is portrayed as one of the numerous people who had the same idea about how to spend their day. Every contestant in the boat race also looks like Goofy. Lehman does not think that Disney used these aspects of the film to poke fun at conformity. Instead, the studio apparently accepted conformity as a fundamental aspect of the [[society of the United States]]. ''Aquamania'' was released in the 1960s, but largely maintained and prolonged the status quo of the 1950s. The decade had changed, but the Disney studio followed the same story formulas for theatrical animated shorts it had followed in the previous decade. And Lehman points that Disney received [[Normative social influence|social approval]] for it. ''Aquamania'' itself received a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]].<ref name="Lehman"/>