Aquamania is an American animated Goofy cartoon produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution on December 20, 1961.^[1]

This cartoon was the last from Disney's "Golden Era" which featured Goofy as a solo star, and the first time the xerography animation-technique was used in a Goofy cartoon. Aquamania combined Goofy's three familiar areas in his career: sports, fatherhood, and documentary-subject.

Plot

The story begins with a narrator explaining a case study of "aquamania" (obsession with boats and boating), with Goofy (called "Mr. X" in this short) as the subject. Then the story switches to Goofy and his son on a boating trip, inadvertently entering a water skiing race. In the process, Goofy meets up with an unfortunate octopus that joins him in the race, and they accidentally take an unwanted spin on a roller coaster at a waterside amusement park. Goofy eventually ends up winning the race.

Voice cast

• Pinto Colvig as Goofy (Mr. X)
• Kevin Corcoran as Goofy Jr.
• John Dehner as Narrator/Race announcer

Accolades

The short was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1962.^[2][3]

Home media

The short was released on December 2, 2002, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy.^[4] It was released to Disney+ on July 7, 2023.^[5]