List of Fictional Child Prodigies - in Comics - Gilbert

Gilbert

Gilbert is part of Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse universe. He is the nephew of Mickey's friend Goofy. In contrast to his dumb and clumsy uncle, Gilbert is a brilliant scientist and scholar and wears a mortar board to donate the fact that, although still a little boy, he is of high university-level education.

He first appeared in the comics in 1954. When he discovered that Uncle Goofy was also the super-hero Super-Goof Gilbert on occasion became Super-Gilly, using the same super-goobers (peanuts) that gave his uncle his powers.

As well as the American comics, Gilbert featured heavily in the European version of the Walt Disney universe. He is often shown as staying at a highly-advanced college (where he wins all the top prizes) or with Goofy, with whom he is often involved in loving conflict given their high disparity in education and plain common sense: Goofy very often dismissing Gilbert's scholarly observations as fantasy (though in reality they are based on scientific fact); or trying to encourage his nephew in being interested in things common with boys of his own age, such as playing with toys or going to the circus—whereas Gilbert would prefer to make experiments with advanced chemicals or visit the museum.