Goodfeathers is a segment on the original Animaniacs that focuses around Squit, Pesto and Bobby, a trio of pigeons trying to get through life.
Description
This segment features the eponymous Goodfeathers, an Italian-American trio of pigeons, Squit, Pesto, and Bobby, trying to get through life as pigeons. They are sometimes visited by their boss, The Godpigeon. The titular characters are based off of real-life actors Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, and Joe Pesci, who all starred in the 1990s film Goodfellas.
The main stars lived atop a park statue of Martin Scorsese in New York City, and spoke with distinct 'New Yawk' accents. Their rival gang is made up of sparrows. They moved to Burbank, California in the Season 4 segment "Boids on the Hood".
The Goodfeathers often parodied other famous movies, such as West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Raging Bull, and Rocky. A Dean Martin sound-alike sings their theme song to the tune of "That's Amore".
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Trivia
- The Goodfeathers primarily parodied iconic gangster movies like Goodfellas and The Godfather.
- A toy of the Goodfeathers on a rollerskate was given out in a promotion for Animaniacs in McDonald's Happy Meals in late 1994.
- The Goodfeathers made cameo appearances in the Pinky and the Brain episodes "Of Mouse and Man" and "Star Warners."
- While there are no Goodfeathers segments in the 2020 Animaniacs reboot, the Goodfeathers themselves made silent appearances in "Good Warner Hunting", "WARnerGAMES" and "MasterClass 103".
- All 3 of them got sprayed by Pepé Le Pew in the episode "We're No Pigeons".