Though presenting himself as a helpful handyman, he often rambles, dodges questions, and gives bad advice which usually leads to misunderstandings resulting in others becoming annoyed and refusing his service or vice versa.

Though short-tempered, he is shown to be a very skilled, hard worker, especially in his mine shafts (tunnels) and spends most of his time tediously working on them.

Despite his low social life, when Gopher does make an appearance he is constantly running at the mouth; with his trademark speech impediment of whistling out his sibilant consonants.

Gopher's voice was originally done by Howard Morris, who later departed from the role and was replaced by Michael Gough for all subsequent productions.

He also made minor appearances in the television series House of Mouse, the video game Kingdom Hearts II, and Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (in archive footage from Boo to You Too!

This was Gopher's last appearance in any form of media until the release of Kingdom Hearts III in January 2019, after nearly thirteen years of absence.