An Extremely Goofy Movie

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An Extremely Goofy Movie

Promotional poster.
Directed by Ian Harrowell
Douglas McCarthy
Produced by Lynne Southerland
Written by Hillary Carlip
Scott Gorden
Starring Bill Farmer
Jason Marsden
Jeff Bennett
Jim Cummings
Rob Paulsen
Pauly Shore
Brad Garret
Music by Steve Bartek
Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures
Release date(s) February 29, 2000 (USA)
Running time 76 minutes
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Preceded by A Goofy Movie
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An Extremely Goofy Movie is a 2000 direct-to-video animated film made by The Walt Disney Company. Directed by Steve Bartek, it is the sequel to A Goofy Movie, featuring the return of characters from the television series Goof Troop. The story follows Max's freshman year at college, which is compounded by his father's presence when Goofy arrives at the same college to get a degree.

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[edit] Plot

It is an important time in Max's life, for he is college-bound with his friends P.J. and Bobby. Believing himself to be free of his father, he strives to work together with his friends to become the top team at the college X-Games. Upon arriving, Max quickly gets himself noticed by "Gamma Mu Mu" fraternity sports team who are the reigning X-Games champions, in particular their leader, Bradley Uppercrust III. Bradley invites Max to join his fraternity, but Max refuses if he cannot bring his friends along with them. A rivalry starts between Max's team and Bradley's team, and they bet whoever loses in the finals will be towel-boy to the other.

Complications arise when Goofy is fired from his job due to an accident he caused. To make things worse, as Goofy only spent 3 years in college during the 1970s, he can't get another well-paying job unless he spends one more year to obtain a college degree. To his son's mortification, Goofy joins him at the campus to achieve the degree. Desperate to distract his father, Max talks him into joining the competing "Gamma Mu Mu" fraternity team, which works. Additionally, Goofy meets and befriends the college librarian, Sylvia Marpole, who shares his nostalgic love for the 1970s. Romance soon blossoms between Goofy and Sylvia, and they decided to go for a date that coming Saturday, which becomes a spectacular success with them dominating the dance floor with classic disco.

Although Max is initially supportive of Goofy's "distractions", tensions start to rise between them when Goofy beats Max in the first round during the X-Games semi-final, though his success is due to luck and one of Bradley's machinations implemented on Goofy's skateboard. After the semi-final, Max angrily snaps out and yells at Goofy to stay away from him and get his own life. Max's rejection causes Goofy to lose his focus, forgetting his date with Sylvia and failing his first middle-term exam. He eventually regains his focus and makes up with Sylvia, who then helps him study up for his makeup exam. Additionally, Goofy decides to quit the Gammas, not wanting to compete with Max at all, but once he leaves, he decides he should return his pledge pin, then he overhears that they are planning to cheat in the final X-Games events. Goofy tries to warn Max about this, but Max refuses to believe him.

At the X-Games final, Bradley and the Gammas repeatedly cheat in various obvious ways, but are not caught. Just before the final race, when the cheating Gammas get P.J. out of the way, Max apologizes to Goofy and asks him to join his team in order to avoid being disqualified for being one player short and Goofy gladly accepts. In the final race, one of Bradley's cheating maneuvers backfires when a giant X of an X-Games logo falls on Tank, one of Bradley's minions. Bradley flees for safety, but Max and Goofy decide to help Tank escape. Tank then turns on Bradley, while Max wins the X-Games final, achieving a grand-prize trophy.

Once the term is over, Goofy receives his college degree and leaves Max to his own devices at college. Goofy and Sylvia drive off at a beach, implying that their future will be together.

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[edit] Soundtrack

Unlike its predecessor, this film is a "straight" picture with no musical sequences where the characters sing on-screen. However, a number of songs are used in the soundtrack and have been included in the official album release which is titled Disney's An Extremely Goofy Movie Dance Party!, released in February 2000 alongside the film itself.

  1. Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades - Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo
  2. Right Back Where We Started From - Cleopatra (originally by Maxine Nightingale)
  3. Shake Your Groove Thing - Peaches & Herb
  4. ESPN X Games Theme 1 And Theme 2
  5. Knock on Wood - Carmen Carter
  6. Don't Give Up - John Avila, Terrence A. Carson, Carmen Carter and Carl Graves
  7. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Carmen Carter and Donnie McClurkin
  8. Nowhere to Run - John Avila
  9. Pressure Drop - The Specials
  10. ESPN X Games Theme 3
  11. Come on Get Happy - The Partridge Family

[edit] Censorship

When this film aired on the North American Disney Channel and its counterpart channel Toon Disney, the scene where Max and Goofy are saving Tank from the burning "X" logo that fell has been cut out; Tank, Max, and Goofy are merely shown surviving with no explanation (though the events of September 11, 2001 may be the reason for this edit). Another edit is the removal of the ESPN logo from the film (despite the fact the movie was produced and aired by Disney, who owns it), although it still appears during the end credits.

[edit] Reception

An Extremely Goofy Movie won the award for "Best Animated Home Video Production" and was nominated for "Best Voice Acting by a Male Performer" at the 28th Annie Awards in 2000.[1] Rotten Tomatoes rated the film as 40% Rotten.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Legacy: 28th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2000). Annie Awards. Retrieved on 2007-09-09.
  2. ^ An Extremely Goofy Movie (2005). Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2007-09-09.

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