Character from Animaniacs by Steven Spielberg / WB
Three pigeons on the WB lot who operate like Goodfellas characters — Squit narrates, Bobby leads, Pesto explodes, and the Godpigeon watches everything from above.
The Goodfeathers are a sustained Goodfellas parody running through the show — complete with narration by Squit in Henry Hill cadences, Bobby's De Niro-esque calm authority, and Pesto's Joe Pesci-style explosions over perceived slights. The Godpigeon, an ancient bird who speaks in mumbles that only Bobby can understand, watches over all of it from on high. The segments work because the parody is sincere: the Goodfeathers take their pigeon lives with complete seriousness, which is the joke and also why it works. They are loyal to each other, loyal to the Godpigeon, and engaged in ongoing negotiations with Pesto's temper.
A trio of pigeons: Bobby (calm, commanding), Pesto (coiled, irritable, heterochromic eyes), and Squit (cheerful, toothy grin). They roost on statues around the studio lot, conduct their business under the Godpigeon's gaze, and have the general bearing of mob associates who happen to be birds.
Also known as: The Goodfeathers, Goodfeathers