Some times you actually get to watch it happen. Consider: Barney Rubble and Wilma Slaghoople had mere dots for eyes, but Fred Flintstone and Betty McBricker had fully-formed (for cartoon characters) eyes with whites and everything. All their kids had the latter. Obviously, the series takes place right at a significant turning point in animated cave-person evolution.
If a thing evolves more than once, does that make it a revolution? And if it happens in a forest with no one to hear it, does it make a sound? (There’s an argument for it making a sound of one hand clapping, but it doesn’t have a leg to stand on.)
As humanoids spread the fringes adapted to new conditions. Raiding & trade spread the adaptations back through, increasing adaptability. Humping anything remotely human when there were several vaguely human options helped. I’m a little bit Neanderthal, some inlaws & close relatives are also a little bit Denisovan. Racial purity is an evolutionary dead end.
In the Disney cartoon universe, Goofy is not a dog. He is a person who resembles a dog, just as Mickey Mouse is a person who resembles a mouse and Donald Duck is a person who resembles a duck. Pluto, however, is an actual dog, which is why he can’t talk.
Furthermore, Goofy drives a car and wears a hat, per Chris Chambers (acted by River Chambers) in the movie Stand By Me.https://www.moviequotes.com/s-movie/stand-by-me/
recently saw a nice cartoon on fb of mickey mouse & pooh bear standing out in the snow – pooh is naked & mickey is wearing a long coat. mickey pulls out a pair of shears, cuts off the top of his coat & gives it to pooh – pook now has his iconic shirt & mickey is left in his red shorts – win win!
C’mon, Rat! Those are cartoon characters. You PBS cartoon characters ought to understand that. —Anything is possible as long as Cartoon-Boy can think of it!
Oz: Look. Monkey. And he has a little hat. And little pants.Willow: Yeah. I see.Oz: The monkey is the only cookie animal that gets to wear clothes, you know that… You have the sweetest smile I’ve ever seen… So I’m wondering, do the other cookie animals feel sort of ripped? Like, is the hippo going, “hey man, where are my pants? I have my hippo dignity.” And you know the monkey’s just, [in French accent] “I mock you with my monkey pants,” then there’s a big coup at the zoo…Willow: The monkey’s French?Oz: All monkeys are French. You didn’t know that?
BE THIS GUY about 3 years ago
Give Rat credit for removing doubt from Pig’s mind.
Karl the Frog [Snort] about 3 years ago
Did Rat prove it or did Disney?
Bilan about 3 years ago
Of course. Walt Disney is god.
pearlsbs about 3 years ago
I’ll go with Mr. Peabody even though he doesn’t wear pants.
B UTTONS about 3 years ago
Politics. Proof of de-evolution.
BasilBruce about 3 years ago
“God made man, but he used the monkey to do it;
Apes in the plan, and we’re all here to prove it.
I can walk like an ape, talk like an ape, do what monkeys do,
Well God made man, but a monkey supplied the glue."
—Devo
wiatr about 3 years ago
Ziggy, no pants; The gang in this strip, no pants either. Pants/no Pants seems to lose any significance when it comes to cartoon characters.
sirbadger about 3 years ago
All species evolved in the past. There are no guarantees about the future; especially with extinctions happening. Do zoo animals evolve?
Boots at the Boar Premium Member about 3 years ago
The elusive trick is creating a new species through evolution that can’t interbreed with the original stock.
Johnny Q Premium Member about 3 years ago
Male nipples are proof of evolution!
Caldonia about 3 years ago
“It’s been proven” is a pretty vague thing to say, Goat. Watch out for pedantic jerks.
Cornelius Noodleman about 3 years ago
My brother has yet to evolve.
Bullet Bronson Premium Member about 3 years ago
This strip reminds me of a joke from “Soap”:
Jodie Dallas: Did you know that Plato was gay?
Jessica Tate: He was?
Jodie: Yes, he was.
Jessica: Mickey Mouse’s dog was gay?
AndreasMartin about 3 years ago
Donald: no pants. Howard: pants.…….Shush. I meant the DUCKS, you imbeciles. Tsk.
juicebruce about 3 years ago
Pig next time you ask Goat a question duct tape Rat’s mouth first ;-)
Gent about 3 years ago
Pig and goat has evolved to be tasty and delicious. But not Rat.
Sanspareil about 3 years ago
Evilution is the process whereby republicans showed up!
iggyman about 3 years ago
One of life’s greatest mysteries, Pluto and Goofy!
GVentola Premium Member about 3 years ago
It’s not proven. See creation dot com and look up articles on natural selection.
dadoctah about 3 years ago
Some times you actually get to watch it happen. Consider: Barney Rubble and Wilma Slaghoople had mere dots for eyes, but Fred Flintstone and Betty McBricker had fully-formed (for cartoon characters) eyes with whites and everything. All their kids had the latter. Obviously, the series takes place right at a significant turning point in animated cave-person evolution.
Aladar30 Premium Member about 3 years ago
GOOFY IS MORE EVOLVED THAN DONALD?
Major Matt Mason Premium Member about 3 years ago
We shan’t go into the reason that Mickey divorced Minnie. This is, after all, a family comic. :3
AlanM about 3 years ago
Pluto gets around on four legs, Goofy on two.
Also Goofy has hands.
Troglodyte about 3 years ago
I can’t abide by Rat’s Goofy logic!
asmbeers about 3 years ago
Actually, that link is still missing. Remains a theory.
Lenavid about 3 years ago
There’s some indisputable logic in there somewhere…
zerotvus about 3 years ago
with Bullwinkle being able to talk….we don’t want to go there????
Snolep about 3 years ago
Pantsless Pig, Goat and Rat have not yet evolved.
dragonbite about 3 years ago
But Goofy’s not a dog. He is, actually, a cow (I guess a lame bull then technically).
Ellis97 about 3 years ago
So, how can you guys talk?
kartis about 3 years ago
Wonder Dog… the next evolutionary step.
wongo about 3 years ago
Pig, Rat, & Goat: No pants ! Oh yeah, Zeba, no pants !
old_geek about 3 years ago
Being that there is no actual observable evidence of Evolution, this theory is as valid as any.
Wichita1.0 about 3 years ago
Stop! Stop! All these smatterings of logic are making me Disney!
snowedin, now known as Missy's mom about 3 years ago
I never did figure out why Goofy could talk, but Pluto, not so much.
LaughterIsJoyMuliplied about 3 years ago
There goes Rat, making sense again.
raybarb44 about 3 years ago
Pig, goats and rats talking……
nikodelrey about 3 years ago
I feel more evolved without pants
CaveCat87 about 3 years ago
Just punch out Rat, Goat!
michael3114 about 3 years ago
If Goofy’s proof of evolution, we’re all in trouble.
WCraft Premium Member about 3 years ago
Not a believer in evolution but whatever the opposite is – it’s been happening in our country the past 2 years!
codedaddy about 3 years ago
Pig: A porcine snout. Goat: A porcine snout.
christelisbetty about 3 years ago
Wearing pants only means they ate from the “Tree of Knowledge”, evidently.
Goat from PBS about 3 years ago
Donald Duck doesn’t wear pants, either. Nor any main character in the Looney Tunes universe. Explain that, science!
Bookworm about 3 years ago
If a thing evolves more than once, does that make it a revolution? And if it happens in a forest with no one to hear it, does it make a sound? (There’s an argument for it making a sound of one hand clapping, but it doesn’t have a leg to stand on.)
eolan59 about 3 years ago
I’ll try that with a MAGA sometime
Old Man River about 3 years ago
He went to an exclusive finishing school. Started out as a junior mouseketeer, and became top dog.
kauri44 about 3 years ago
Of course Pluto can’t talk. It’s an (ex-) planet…
KEA about 3 years ago
We haven’t seen Mr. Snuffles in a Loooooong time – I hope he’s okay
ChukLitl Premium Member about 3 years ago
As humanoids spread the fringes adapted to new conditions. Raiding & trade spread the adaptations back through, increasing adaptability. Humping anything remotely human when there were several vaguely human options helped. I’m a little bit Neanderthal, some inlaws & close relatives are also a little bit Denisovan. Racial purity is an evolutionary dead end.
Eric S about 3 years ago
actually that just proves that NOT everything evolves.
omegasupreme about 3 years ago
but then no one wears pants in Pearls well except for Pastis… but then is he evolved? Judgeing by the puns…..
Call me Ishmael about 3 years ago
ALL the ducks wear pants. Porky Pig wears a damn tie, but no pants. It’s chaos, I tell you- chaos !
Spoonbone about 3 years ago
Got it backwards, Pluto does pant, but Goofy doesn’t.
tudza Premium Member about 3 years ago
Pants, talking, “advanced” doesn’t matter. What matters is what traits keep a species alive and reproducing.
clintontimmermans Premium Member about 3 years ago
In the Disney cartoon universe, Goofy is not a dog. He is a person who resembles a dog, just as Mickey Mouse is a person who resembles a mouse and Donald Duck is a person who resembles a duck. Pluto, however, is an actual dog, which is why he can’t talk.
ekke about 3 years ago
Wait a minute, how did Ziggy get in this?
Dis-play name about 3 years ago
Furthermore, Goofy drives a car and wears a hat, per Chris Chambers (acted by River Chambers) in the movie Stand By Me.https://www.moviequotes.com/s-movie/stand-by-me/
bunrabbit99 about 3 years ago
recently saw a nice cartoon on fb of mickey mouse & pooh bear standing out in the snow – pooh is naked & mickey is wearing a long coat. mickey pulls out a pair of shears, cuts off the top of his coat & gives it to pooh – pook now has his iconic shirt & mickey is left in his red shorts – win win!
Otis Rufus Driftwood about 3 years ago
I don’t want to know what kind of science grades Rat got in school.
Darkknight55 about 3 years ago
You know, that actually makes sense.
Sisyphos about 3 years ago
C’mon, Rat! Those are cartoon characters. You PBS cartoon characters ought to understand that. —Anything is possible as long as Cartoon-Boy can think of it!
Asharah about 3 years ago
Jaime Jean M about 3 years ago
There seems to be an ongoing debate about Goofy and Pluto. Check this recent strip. https://www.gocomics.com/strangebrew/2021/08/20