An Extremely Goofy Movie

An Extremely Goofy Movie is a 2000 American direct-to-video animated coming-of-age comedy film made by Walt Disney Pictures, produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, and directed by Douglas McCarthy. It is the sequel to the 1995 film A Goofy Movie, which was based on the animated 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 because of his failure to complete college. This film also serves as the television series finale of Goof Troop.

Plot

Max Goof, now nearly 19 years old, departs for college with his best friends P.J. Pete and Bobby Zimmeruski. He strives to work together with his friends to become the top team at the college X Games, excited to finally be free of his overbearing and embarrassing father. Upon arriving, Max is met by the rude and pompous "Gamma Mu Mu" fraternity, who are the reigning X-Games champions, including their leader, Bradley Uppercrust III (who he runs into after spilling coffee on his sweater). Bradley invites only Max to join his fraternity, but Max refuses to leave his friends behind. A rivalry starts between Max's team and Bradley's Gammas. Max and Bradley, as de facto leaders of their groups, arrange a bet that whoever loses in the finals will be towel-boy to the other.

Meanwhile, Goofy doesn't take Max's leaving very well and suffers from empty nest syndrome. His depression causes him to become careless at his toy assembly line job, and eventually cause a massive explosion inside the factory. Out of a job, Goofy is forced to finish his 4th and last year of college to obtain a college degree before he is able to find new employment. Much to Max's horror, Goofy joins the same college as Max to complete his degree, all the while sporting clothing and behaviors from the 70s, when Goofy last attended college. Goofy frequently bothers the boys at the dorms, waking them up unnecessarily early, embarrassing them in public, and interrupting their down time with chores. In order to give him and his team some breathing room, Max talks his father into joining the Gammas, whom Goofy had accidentally impressed by interrupting Max's practice. Additionally, at Max's urging to get a library card, Goofy meets and befriends the college librarian, Sylvia Marpole, who shares his nostalgic love for the 70's. Romance soon blossoms between Goofy and Sylvia, and they decide to go for a date that coming Saturday, which becomes a spectacular success with them creating a throwback theme at the club and dominating the dance floor.

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 qualifiers, effectively stealing Max's fanbase and limelight, though his success is due to cheating by Bradley, who placed a rocket booster on Goofy's skateboard. Bradley also distracts Max as he skates by blinding him with a mirror. Max's team barely makes it into the semi-finals. After the qualifiers, Max, frustrated at being unable to distance himself from Goofy, rudely and selfishly disowns Goofy as his father and telling him to "leave [him] alone and get [his] own life!" A depressed Goofy loses his focus, forgets his big date with Sylvia, and fails his first round of midterm exams.

Goofy returns home and begins to consider dropping out, but after inadvertently getting some advice from Peter Pete, he regains his focus and returns to college. Meanwhile, Max, upset that people now only recognize him through his dad, considers transferring, thinking he had let his teammates down, but after some encouragement from PJ and Bobby, he regains his determination. Goofy returns to campus and reconciles with Sylvia, who then helps him study for his next wave of exams, and aces all of them. Additionally, Goofy quits the Gammas, not wanting to continue competing against Max. The Gammas take this as an insult and literally throw him out. When Goofy re-enters the Gamma house, unknowning by the gang, to return his pledge pin, he overhears the group plotting to cheat in the final X-Games events, like they always have. Later, Goofy tries to warn Max along with Bobby and PJ about the Gammas' intentions, but Max, still holding a selfish grudge against him, refuses to believe him.

At the X-Games semi-finals, Bradley and the Gammas repeatedly cheat in various ways unnoticed, eliminating all the teams while trying to eliminate Max's, albeit unsuccessfully. Just before the final race is about to begin, Bradley activates a rocket mechanism in P.J.'s skates that blasts him away, leaving Max's team with only two players. Without enough teammates, Max and Bobby will face disqualification unless they can find a replacement player. Realizing that Goofy was right about the Gammas' cheating, and that Bradley had tricked Max into disowning Goofy, Max calls for Goofy on the Jumbotron and asks him to join his team; Goofy crashes in in the nick of time.

In the final race, Slouch, one of the Gammas, is removed from the race when Goofy crashes into him, and Bobby is removed when one of the Gammas loosens the screw on the front wheel of his bike. Goofy is then removed when he accidentally crashes into Bradley. Bradley is angered when Tank, his right-hand man, ignores his orders to take out Max and instead tries to win the race in Bradley's place, and activates a rocket booster placed onto Max's skateboard. Goofy's attempt to stop Bradley fails, and Max, along with Tank, crashes into the inflatable X-games logo. It falls on them and goes ablaze. Ignoring the accident, Bradley skates forward to finish the race, but Max and Goofy help Tank escape the wreckage. Despite the setback, Max manages to catch up to Bradley and wins the race by a nose and receives the grand-prize trophy. Conceding defeat, Bradley shakes hands with Max showing good sportsmanship and will become his towel-boy as agreed, but Max calls off the bet because Bradley has to deal with Tank. Tank then turns on Bradley for betraying him and slingshots Bradley into the X-Games blimp flying overhead, effectively taking over the fraternity.

Once the term is over, Goofy graduates and Max gives the trophy to him as an apology gift for his disownment from before, assuring the former that he will always be his son. Goofy forgives Max, bids farewell to the group, and drives away with Sylvia into the sunset for their next date.

Cast

• Jason Marsden as Max, the college-age main protagonist. His attempts to distance himself from Goofy and winds up making things worse for him. By finally accepting Goofy as a major part of his life, he was able to find the independence he long sought. Bob Baxter and Steven Trenbirth served as the supervising animators for Max.
• Bill Farmer as Goofy Goof. Goofy inconveniences the lives of those around him by comical accident, but always has the best intentions at heart. He spends most of the movie coming to terms with not being needed as a guardian for Max anymore. Andrew Collins served as the supervising animator for Goofy.
• Jeff Bennett as Bradley Uppercrust III, the head of the Gamma gang. He is extremely arrogant and proud of his position as head of the Gamma Mu Mu fraternity and will do everything he can to keep it that way. Kevin Peaty served as the supervising animator for Bradley.
  • Bennett also voices the Unemployment Lady, Chuck the Sportscaster, the Referee and one of the Gammas (but was never credited for the latter role).
• Jim Cummings as Pete, P.J.'s father. Unlike Goofy, Pete is looking forward to rid himself of P.J. According to P.J., Pete intends to turn the latter's room into a bowling alley once he leaves for college.
  • Cummings also voices the Toy Factory Boss, the College Professor, a Professor touring the college, and one of the Gammas (but was never credited for that role).
• Vicki Lewis as the Beret Girl, a charismatic and suave stage performer in the college café called the "Bean Scene". She becomes P.J.'s love interest when the latter shows innate talent in poetry, and supports Max's group in general as they take on the Gammas. Kevin Peaty served as the supervising animator for the Beret Girl.
• Bebe Neuwirth as Sylvia Marpole, the college librarian who immediately becomes Goofy's love interest. She seems very young but shows an intense passion for the American 70s culture. Andrew Collins served as the supervising animator for Sylvia.
• Rob Paulsen as P.J. Pete. Unlike Max, P.J. is somewhat woeful about how he never earned his dad's genuine respect, but finds confidence after meeting with Beret Girl. Bob Baxter and Steven Trenbirth served as the supervising animators for P.J..
• Pauly Shore as Robert "Bobby" Zimmeruski. Bobby mostly serves as comedic relief in this movie. Bob Baxter and Steven Trenbirth served as the supervising animators for Bobby.
• Brad Garrett as Tank, one of Bradley Uppercrust's Gamma frat members and his right-hand man. Tank is big in stature, towering over the other characters, and acts as a typical muscle man for the Gammas.
• Additional voices include Paddi Edwards as a receptionist and Kath Soucie, Jenna Von Oy and Cree Summer as college students.

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. "Don't Give Up" – John Avila, Terrence A. Carson, Carmen Carter and Carl Graves
3. "Nowhere to Run" – John Avila
4. "Pressure Drop" – The Specials
5. "Shake Your Groove Thing" – Peaches & Herb
6. "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" – Carmen Carter and Donnie McClurkin
7. ESPN X Games Theme 1 and Theme 2
8. "C'mon Get Happy!" – The Partridge Family
9. "Knock on Wood" – Carmen Carter
10. ESPN X Games Theme 3
11. "Right Back Where We Started From" – Cleopatra

Promotion

A number of McDonald's Happy Meal toys based on the film were produced.

Reception

An Extremely Goofy Movie won the award for "Best Animated Home Video Production" and Bill Farmer was nominated for "Best Voice Acting by a Male Performer" at the 28th Annie Awards in 2000.^[1] Rotten Tomatoes currently rates the film at 58%, slightly higher than its predecessor.^[2] The movie was released on Leap Year Day 2000.

Censorship

A scene in the film's climax was heavily edited after 9/11. In the scene, Goofy, Max, and antagonist Tank are trapped inside a massive paper-mache X-Games logo. As they make their escape, an image is shown of parallel towers of the model burning. Even though the film came out well over a year before 9/11, the scene was considered inappropriate in retrospect. All subsequent home video releases and television broadcasts edit out all scenes inside the logo, though it's left untouched on Netflix streaming.

References

External links

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