Goofy is a long-running Disney cartoon character who first appeared in the early 1930s and became known for his clumsy charm and distinctive, braying laugh. Over decades of cartoons, films and television appearances, that laugh became one of his most recognisable traits, easy to spot even without seeing the character on screen. As short-form video and meme editing grew, the laugh was lifted into soundboards and reaction clips, where creators reuse it as shorthand for silliness, embarrassment or a light-hearted fail.