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Midnight Movie Madness
Reviewed: 01/07/2017
Featuring Goofy As The Freaking Mutilator~! BUYS~!
Well; we continue on the tedious road of the Goof Troop as Max and PJ decide to see a movie (which Pete approves and Goofy approves reluncently) featuring a knockoff of Jason Voorhees; only for Pete to decide to play mind games on them; causing the cocky kids to cower in fear. Meanwhile; Goofy cannot even enjoy a sandwich because the kids are afraid of fictional characters and the somewhat debuting Waffles The Cat likes screwing with Goofy's nighttime snacks. Thrilling, isn't it?! Let's rant on shall we...?!
This episode is written and story edited by Rich Fogel and Mark Seidenberg. The animation was done by Walt Disney Animation Australia PTY, Limited with additional services done by Pacific Rim Productions Inc.
We begin this one with a gong sound and the title card is orange; which looks BS&P because crimson red is blood you see. Anyhow; the biggest note of this episode is that the entire episode uses original background music done by the one who wrote the Goof Troop theme; Robert Irving who started production on The Zoo Gang in 1985 and had worked on Muppet Babies in 1990 along with Fievel's American Tails during the same year Goof Troop was aired. It's the only episode scored by Robert as the background music is usually scored by Mark Watters. It sounds similar to the Botchmania music used in the shoot editions of that Youtube series of the same name. This is kind of unusual because usually when new music is required, you go to the composer who composes the background music. In A Jolly Molly Christmas and For Whom The Bell Klangs; you hear new music, but it's all done by Christopher L. Stone. You never see Michael Silversher score the entire episode's background music; only when a song is required to be sung. Anyhow; we zoom in towards Pete's house (I think because when we head inside; we see Pete on the couch eating popcorn) as a male voice tells us that on Main Street, never leave your window open; which is sound advice during winter storms, let me tell ya. We see Max and PJ lying on the floor in front of the television as Pete is pigging out on the chair with popcorn. The television screen shows us a green curtain with a green background as the male voice tells us to never leave the lights on; nor order pizza as a woman voice screams in the background. The chainsaw cuts through the curtain and it's a dark skinned guy in a goofy hockey mask wearing a black shirt. Imagine Jason if he was Goofy Goof welding a chainsaw and not playing a prank due to a dare by Pete. It's called the Mutilator On Main, Part Seven, which is now playing at a theater near you. So this episode occured long before Axed By Addition? Max calls this radical; because it's the 1990's and every kid says this. Except for Kit Cloudkicker oddly enough; probably because he's from the 1930's.
PJ calls this sick and doesn't look amused as Pete calls this classy and burps. Projection: Thy name is Pete and soon to be in the doghouse again. Max calls this a four star, top ten must see movie. No; I assure you that it's a top five hundred, two and a half star, wait until it's released on DVD see movie. PJ is not liking this. Max backs up PJ with chainsaw sounds and cosplay as PJ unintentionally gets the boot from Pete. Pete puts a hand on PJ's shoulder and tells him that this kind of stuff makes a man outta him. No, it does not. Inflicting pyschological trauma on a child before he's ready to take it; is at least child cruelty, if not outright child abuse. Peg comes in and takes PJ's hand wondering why anyone would want to watch a Mutilator movie. That's a good question, Peg. At least watching Broken Matt Hardy is entertaining and funny. Speaking of broken, a number of vases shatter off-screen as Peg is screaming at Pistol to stop running in the clothes hamper. And we accuse Rebecca of this jackassery attitude?! Peg calls the movies a worthless waste of time. I was hoping she would say "like my husband"; just so we can slow clap for her getting in a well justified cheap shot in. Peg calls the movie a child dementer. Geez Peg; that's no way to talk to your daughter...Oh wait; you meant the movie. Don't you mean; "child corruptor"? Or was BS&P afraid that this would just justify the moral guardians position on violence in movies. Even though Peg is clearly playing that role here; and even though moral guardians will say anything and cherry pick like crazy in order to justify a position like that. Pistol found a teddy bear as there is a white bra in the clothes hamper. Pete is drinking orange soda here; assuring Peg that there's nothing wrong with a good scare now and again. Yeah; I'm more concerned about Pete's evil schemes than PJ watching a stupid movie that he doesn't like. Pistol doesn't care either way as Pete claims that it grants iron nerves and bladder control. I'm pretty sure there is no scientific evidence of that happening, Pete Pete. I'm with Peg on this (outside of the child dementer thing) because PJ clearly doesn't want to see this movie, so why should Max force him to watch it with him?
Why are they friends, again? No; Max, you don't need Pete burping in your face. I assure you of that. PJ is trying to weasel his way out of this; claiming that he has a model to work on which causes Pete to get in his face, taunting him for being scared. Pete Pete; the bastion of toxic masculinity manages to talk PJ down and PJ stammers like an idiot. Max slaps his back proclaiming that guts is his middle name. I'm certain that it is not. It's literally his stomach inside, though. PJ calls it jelly guts as Pete gives them that MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH and tells them to knock themselves out. This is one time where I think PJ would want to do that, and not be ironic. PJ continues to weasel his way out of this because Goofy Goof will say no and Max says that Goofy will say yes, no problem. Jump cut to Max in shock because Goofy did in fact say no. HAHA! Who says Goofy has no sense of common? Although him fixing a VHS tape from the VCR still tells us that he's a fool. Max asks why and Goofy claims that creepy movies don't agree with him. Max has no idea what he's talking about as Goofy references Snow White claiming that the witch scared Max. You know; if you are going to use real life examples, don't use your own films; it only encourages moral guardians to catch you in a "gotacha". Apparently; Max was so scared that he had the hiccups for a week. Oh please; I betcha Kit is so scared of being tickled that he turns polar white when someone mocks him for that weaksauce weakness. Max claims that it was pickles that caused the hiccups. Yeah; I mean, if it was hiccups; wouldn't being scared actually stop them? I'm just applying Occam Razor here, guys. Goofy claims that Max cannot watch grandma stuff a chicken without fainting. Yeah; we're talking about a guy who skateboards on ramps and rode down a shopping cart down a hill without fear. Bea's mother from Fish Hook has more panche in being an overbearing, concerned parent than you, Goofy Goof. Goofy is pulling on a VCR and the wires bring the television set into Goofy as Max informs him that this was all in the past.
Then we get a really dumb continuity error as Max claims that he's eleven and a half years old and nothing scares him. That's a lie and a half. More importantly; if Max is eleven and a half years old, then that means that they made five extra Mutilator movies at the same time Axed By Addition came out. No movie producer can make five sequels of the same movie brand in a year; less alone within weeks! Not possible, even within a cartoon storyline. You couldn't just change it to Mutilator on Main Street 13?! Which by the way would have been a lot more fitting than Mutilator On Main Street 7. STUPID! PJ of course proves that Max is just a better version of Ken Izumi by saying that Max is scared of math tests. Oh; and projection much there, PJ? Although PJ's fear was being grounded for life more than the test itself; but still. Max calls this different as Goofy is looking around for something as Max claims that Pete is claiming that it's a part of manhood. I'm a hundred percent certain that it is not as PJ is still working on boyhood. I'm still working on childhood; but that's only because I'm a critic and it's my job to analayze these things. I believe this is Waffles' first appearance in the series, minus the pilot as Max claims that he's old enough to do this. Max is old enough to handle this; but can he handle it? Probably not. PJ stammers like an idiot after an elbow to the ribs. Goofy bangs on television and claims that it'll give him hiccups. I'm now certain that "hiccups" is BS&P speak for vomitting. Max claims that he can handle it. Goofy asks if he's sure and Max proclaims he can "Posilutely" do it. Damn; this 1990's kidspeak really does suck, blow, bite, swallow and slurp all at the same time. And to think; millions of these kids exist on the internet talking turkey about modern shows doing stupid crap. At least 90% of the memes in the modern era don't require making up new words to annoy the hell out of us. Goofy pets his head and let's Max go see the violent, scary movie; yee-haw! PJ naturally is not liking this because he's a scaredy-cat. And considering that he's a catnose in storyline, that makes sense.
Goofy tells them to return before supper as PJ wants to help with supper; but Max grabs PJ and races out of the house. Goofy calls them kids and plugs a jack into the VCR as the television warbles and then explodes into Goofy's face. Goofy does his redneck laugh and then we head into the kitchen with Waffles on the floor looking at Goofy at the pantry looking for a sandwich. He brings out various items that would normally spoil in that area as Waffles meows at Goofy. Goofy puts the content on the counter next to the fridge and then opens the door to the fridge as there is nothing left but a slice of pizza and something else. Goofy somehow accuses MAX of all this despite there being no evidence of him doing this. Hey; why not check a certain catnose with a big belly who is your next door neighbour, Goofy?! So Goofy goes to another door which is a closet containing a blue coat and hat on a coat rack as Goofy reveals that he needs Swiss cheese, pig knuckles (!!!) and tomatoes. Wait; am I watching a Coleman Francis film here? Goofy wears the coat and the rack that comes with it; because he's an idiot, you see. Waffles doesn't know what to do as Goofy needs bread and pickled onions as well; as we have a thrilling scene of Goofy being unable to get in his car because the coat rack keeps screwing him. Because he's....you guessed it. Goofy forgot something and puts the hat on. Insanity, apathy and total stupidity; Goofy is a total Chargeman Ken. Except he's well made and his unheroic stuff mostly involves just doing stupid things rather than outright evil stuff like Ken Izzy does. Goofy finally gets in the car and destroys the roof with the coat rack, of course. I should point out that his car has an eight ball on top of his radio antenna and picnic basket trim on the back left of his red jeep while backing out of the garage. We then see Pete with Mickey Mouse gloves, white tank top and beige pants taking out the trash with Chainsaw and Goofy knocks the trashcans over. Pete mocks him for not hitting him; so he takes a sick bump with his face into the tree branch. A good reason why you should never say that he missed me and has to kiss you now.
Goofy has stopped the car as Pete blows him off for not cutting a tree branch that drooping onto his property and cutting his airspace. Well; Pete has a point there; jackass attitude aside. Goofy agrees to it; but later since he needs to go to the all-night market before it closes. Why would you go to an "All-Night" market in the daytime? Wouldn't it be closed in the daytime? I assume Goofy's an idiot because Pete has the Gruffi pose on full blast. So we head to Alex's cinema at HAPPY HOUR (dusk) as the theater is filled up as Max pushes PJ into the movie theater while PJ is protesting this outrage. Scene change to the All-Night market as Goofy is buying food as we get a background theme that sounds like a knockoff of The Simpsons opening theme. I was half expecting Pistol to come out of nowhere and get ringed in by the cashier and put in a paper bag like Maggie Simpson was. But we got Goofy instead; so it isn't a total knockoff; it's just a funny version of it. Geez; food was a lot more expensive in Spoonerville than I though it would be. The cashier gets one line; Goofy gives her money, scene change to PJ eating popcorn and watching the stupid, pointless, wasteful movie. Kind of like the Emoji movie actually; only the Emoji movie is supposed to be suitable for children. PJ is loving this movie and proclaims that it's not scary at all. He calls for Max and notices Max on the floor with a bucket on his head hiccuping. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Kit Cloudkicker has to be laughing at this. Yeah; Max, so not scared of anything. Even Baloo wasn't this big of a baby; although Max is eleven and a half years old and thus has a better excuse than Baloo does. More hiccuping and bouncing ensues from Max. Cut to outside's Alex's Theater as PJ comes out with the chainsaw noises as Max comes out asking if it's over. HAHA! Yeap; Max, it's over. The movie and your creditability as an alpha male. Max takes off the popcorn bucket and claims that he wanted to get the last kernal... of his pride that he lost after seeing that movie. Sure you do, Max. PJ scoffs at him as Max stuffs the bucket on his head and accuses him of being scared. Riiigggghhhttt Max.
You know; as I said about that reviewer who praised Johnny Test because he's can relate to him because he's eleven years old: There are hundreds of characters in television who are the same age as Johnny. Heck; Max is also eleven years ago (six months in, but still), and Max is still a million times more likable and relatable than Johnny would ever be. So; I win the argument and what a pointless claim it was, too. Max and PJ blow each other off; with PJ being in reality while Max is totally a fantasy dude. They walk down the sidewalk in the streets of Spoonerville; as the Irving background music is so obvious in this scene that you swear you are watching a horror movie done in the 1990's. They talk about the movie and then jump up into the air; calling the movie "killer". It sure was; it killed any sense of decency in films. We hear loud crashing and they look around as PJ proclaims that it was probably nothing of note. Lots of mature lighting ensues, just to piss off Mr. Hardcore again. Max is still lying about being scared as we get cats meowing and more loud noises. We hear thunder as the two are trying to get home faster as they are both scared now. They race each other and we get the maze sky shot of the suburban part of Spoonerville as Max and PJ look like two scared little dots. We cut to Goofy's house and thunder and lightning rumble in the background as we head inside Goofy's kitchen. Goofy hear the boys scream as Goofy is tossing pepperoni from the fridge to the counter as Max and PJ enter the house and barricade themselves inside. Goofy then asks how the movie was and Max proceeds to act like he was a fearless, brave warrior going into battle. Max goes into the kitchen and then we see Goofy sharping a knife with a rasp and Max instantly screams. HAHA! He hiccups and gasps as Goofy asks if that was a hiccup. Ummm; yes, Goofy. Max asks PJ if he wants to sleep over and PJ runs to the phone to ask his parents if it's okay. Somehow; this is a good idea because Max sure hell needs someone to get over his fear of...well...bad Z-grade movies. Goofy cuts pepperoni and Max gasps and bails to help PJ dial the number.
Cut jump to Pete's phone ringing as Peg is trying to get a giant tea kettle off Pistol's head while she tells her not to put mustard into Chainsaw's ears. Wait; how can lovable Chainsaw put a kettle on Pistol's head? Was this spot intended for the prototype version of Chainsaw and they forgot to cut it out for some reason. Because this makes no sense otherwise. I mean; if you changed Chainsaw because you thought the dog was too scary, and yet; you did an entire angle involving scary movies? DUMB! Peg giggles and then yells at Pete to get the phone as Pete is sitting at his chair reading the newspaper. Pete grabs the phone and talks to PJ as he allows him to stay over for as long as he wants. Pete asks PJ about the movie and PJ claims that it was great as Max sits on the sofa looking ashamed. Yeah; that alone proves that Max has to admit that he cannot lie about his "fearless" attitude anymore. PJ calls this just another flick and Pete responds that the movie was based on a true story. PJ instantly starts to wimper as Pete claims it happens Amarilla which is a real city in Texas and actually is where The Funks lived in professional wrestling and he saw it on the news. See; he came in through the bedroom window. PJ is scared as Pete tells him to sleep tight and cackles as he hangs up the phone. Peg is still try to pop the kettle from Pistol's head and asks why is Pete laughing. Because Pete, Pistol. You of all people should know that. Pete claims that it's nothing as he reads the newspaper with an evil look on his face. Something tells me he's lying about this; because Pete already lied about grounding PJ for life if he flunked a math test. So we head back to Goofy's house and inside Max's bedroom which has double bunk beds. Geez; Goofy was sure on the ball when this happened, wasn't he? PJ and Max are arguing about Pete's claim that the Mutilator being based on a true story; with Max saying that Pete's lying. PJ accuses Max of calling Pete a liar and Max proclaims that DA RULES (FAIRY GODPARENTS!) state that there is only one way to settle this. It's with a pillow fight. Of course!
They bash each other with pillows as we cut to outside to Pete climbing up a ladder towards a window leading to Max's bathroom. What a peeping tom Pete Pete is?! Pete watches them bashing each other with pillows as the feathers fly. Pete chuckles and proclaims that they won't sleep much tonight. Pete puts on a steel grill which looks like a umpire's mask and uses a hand rake to scratch the window as Max and PJ drop down to the bottom bunk bed and then stop. Max drops the pillow and PJ nails him in the head for that, like a heel. Like father, like son, eh? PJ tells Max to quit fooling around; but Max insists that he hear noises. Max and PJ grab onto the lime covers as we see and hear more scratching from Pete as the window slams down and the two goofs with attitude bonk heads on the bottom of the bunk bed. OUCH! They scream and hide underneath the cover with teeth chattering sound effects. Pete laughs as he loves kids, only he loves kids because he's a scoiopath who takes advantage of them and punches down on them. Jump cut to Goofy going upstairs with the sandwich with Waffles following him. Goofy walks into his room and slams the door in Waffles' face. Then he opens the door and tells the cat to be careful before slamming the door again. Greedy jerk. Waffles sulks off and then enters the room as the two babies are under the covers...Oh wait; I mean, Max and PJ. Max and PJ push and shove as they blow each other off for telling the other to get out and look around. Max kicks the alarm clock on the drawers (NOT THOSE ONES!) and it nails the cat in the tail (which misses the tail by the way) and the cat screams like hell. Waffles jumps onto the babyfaces' heads and claws their heads good. Somehow; this makes a chainsaw sound effect which is completely impossible to do the way the cat was clawing; but that is enough for Max and PJ to scream and bail out of the bunk bed towards the window. Alarm clock sounds ensue as Pete appears with the baseball mask doing the Wooly Whatsit slobber noise of death. Oh; that wasn't very nice, Pete! That's gimmick infringement! The kids scream, and bail out of the bedroom as Pete laughs while thunder and lightning sounds ensue, in Mickey's Christmas Carol fashion, only a lot less scary to end the segment ten minutes in. This has been good so far...
After the commercial break; we head back to Goofy's room as Goofy is in bed with the sandwich. I didn't know the writers found the so-called epilogue of Chargeman Ken and adapted it to American television! He remembers to rub his ass into the pillow; just to remind how stupid modern cartoon critics are. When Goofy does some twerking; it is memorable at least. We hear the kids scream in the background as the door flings open and Max and PJ run in whining about some jambroni named the Mutilator; which sounds like a wrestling name for a goofy gimmick on USWA Wrestling. The sandwich goes flying as Max and PJ hide in the covers while Goofy runs like a roadrunner grabbing the sandwich on the rebound. Goofy trips and falls on his face as the sandwich plops on his head. At least this was animated a lot better than Burl Ruxpin's version. PJ and Max stammer like scaredy cats as we discover that the Mutilator went through a camper window because they mention that the Mutilator got all the campers. You can tell BS&P was not letting them throw around the words "kill" or "die" nearly as much anymore. Certainly not on the level of Bearly Alive or even War of The Weirds. Goofy blows Max off as the sandwich is destroyed as Max claims that the Mutilator is real. No; he is not. Well; not any more real than every character in this show. Max also claims that he ate Waffles; and Goofy just shrugs on that one. Goofy steps on a hot dog and french bread as slippers as he has black feet. He slips on them and sails out of the bedroom and crashes off-screen. In a major shock; the cat scream sound effect isn't used. Don't these ancient cartoons realize that cat screaming sounds are funny and if you don't have them, kids will change the channel. It's exec science, so it must be true. PJ tells Mr. G to watch his back. Geez; PJ, are you planning a heel turn on Max or something? Cut to Pete outside on the ladder wheezing and laughing because he has no sense of shame. He cuts a promo and tries to climb down; but breaks a ladder rung and he's stuck up there. I love karma sometimes.
So he breaks more rungs and sways around as he flies off the ladder and somehow lands in the tree away from the property. His stomach gets upset and he teases vomiting and then proceeds to spin and land on his chin on the ground; a common Disney motif with Disney male adults (except in the comics where Kit was thrown on his chin in "Silence, You Cheater!"). He yells Goofy as we jump cut to the stairs as Waffles is sleeping on the step. Geez; I wonder what the next spot is going to be?! Goofy goes down the stairs with a flashlight which is screwing around with him. He also remembered to find his slippers. Goofy gets blinded and steps on Waffles on the head causing them all to roll down the steps in a crumbled heap. Max and PJ watch on and asks if he's okay. Goofy no sells claiming that he found kitty. And when I mean no sold; I'm saying it as a legit wrestling term. He was not in pain or even suffering. So Goofy gets up and looks around blowing off Max's wimpy attitude and then opens the front door and goes outside. Raindrop falls on Goofy's head. Lots of thunder and lighting sounds ensue as the clouds show the moon as Goofy closes the door. We hear banging and humming from Goofy. We see a tree rubbing against a window as Goofy laughs it off. Goofy goes to the door and turns the knob; but smacks him face into said door. Yip; the door is locked you see. So Goofy fights the door and the door keeps winning. HA! Cut to Max and Goof at the steps deducing that Goofy is the Mutilator. Max and PJ bail into a room and lock the door as Goofy bangs on door demanding to be let in. Goofy pulls on knob and it breaks, sending Goofy flying backwards as we cut to Max and PJ in the bedroom. PJ cannot hear him anymore and deduces he's gone. Max claims that he wishes as we cut to a sky shot of the front property with Goofy looking around in the rain with a flashlight. He climbs up a tree with the flashlight in his mouth. He drops the flashlight and it lands on a branch. Branch snaps and Goofy hangs upside down. Goofy makes kissing sound and hand motions which are created in shadow right at the bedroom window where Max and PJ are. Of course!
The kids are scared as we jump cut to Waffles meowing on a coffee tree looking out the window. Waffles snickers as Goofy regains control of the flashlight in his mouth. Okay; that was awkward. Jump cut back to PJ and Max looking out the window as somehow; Goofy has gained leaves and branches in shadow the last time we saw it. Unless it's Pete in another stupid disguise. Lightning ensues as the kids scream and bail out of the bedroom and down the stairs towards the door; which is animated literally in cell shaded CGI because the house looks incredibly fake. Normally; this would be cheap; but it works in this case because the whole episode is supposed to be like a B-movie. Max is screaming for someone to call the police. Bad idea, Max. There's only one police force in cartoons: The Bad Episode Police~! And so far; this episode doesn't suck. Jump cut to Goofy swings from the tree to a trussel and it breaks free. Gee; if two kids a hundred pounds soaking wet can snap a lead pipe in half; then what chance does Goofy have? Oh; and he dropped the flashlight. Goofy grabs onto the power cable wire and it snaps causing Goofy to fry complete with Wii X-Ray Dalek Beams of Doom. Jump cut to Max and PJ answering the phone as it's smoking. Geez; even the phones have been turned into a public service announcement for safe sex. Death reference #2 ensues. You can call an international object dead; but you can say the Mutilator killed somebody. TaleSpin really was such a rebellous series. PJ thinks that they are dead as Max is yelling for Goofy. Just go outside, Max...Oh wait...Max and PJ tease going to the door; but then run upstairs after some blue lights ensue. Jump cut to outside with Goofy bumping like a madman as he walks towards the house covered in soot and looking like he's spasming with every step. HAHA! It's funny because he is more concerned with ruining his pjs than the fact that he was almost electrocuded to death. Goofy steps in mud puddle and slips and falls in the mud. Jump cut to Max and PJ running towards the kitchen door. Goofy approaches the door in shadow outside covered in mud and debris.
Max and PJ panic as Goofy is calling for Max and PJ; as the kids panic, and point at each other. The Mutilator knows their names; you see. Which Occam's Razor would suggest that it's Goofy; but Max and PJ think Occam is just a jambroni with a razor named after him and bails upstairs. Goofy shrugs and says that he'll meet him upstair as we scene change to Goofy near a lead pipe leading up. Goofy climbs pipe up to the roof and climbs up to the top of the chimney leading to Goofy doing the splits in between the chimney and the window area of Max's bedroom. Still not as painful as Baloo's splits in Mommy For A Day. Goofy backflips onto the roof near the window as we jump cut to Max in the bedroom with PJ yelling that the Mutilator is on the roof. So they bail out the room and run downstairs. Goofy grabs onto the roof and looks in the window to see Waffles eating his sandwich which contains a full raw trout. Geez; Goofy and Charles WildCat must share recipes on their off days in the magical world of Disney. Goofy blows off the cat while swearing in DUBBED ANIME STYLE and knocks on the window; which is a dumb move because that causes him to bounce down off the roof as we head inside Pete's bedroom as Peg is clearly asleep at the bed while Pete comes in with the baseball mask and in his pjs laughing it up on the kids he punched down on just to get his jollies. Jump cut to Goofy hanging onto the lead pipe as it snaps into pieces and Goofy tumbles down towards the edge of the roof as we jump cut to pieces of pipe falling off the roof; just so we could cover up the fact that Goofy was falling; but they still showed him falling into the mud. Cut to Pete as a piece of pipe bonks him on the head and this wakes Peg up as she demands to know where he's been. He's not wearing slipper now as he grabs the mask and puts it behind his back, claiming that he wasn't scaring the kids. Peg of course doesn't buy it and demands Pete march over there and apologize for being a mean, nasty, flithy animal in punching down on little kids. Peg does show some mercy by giving him some slippers and she also blows off his excuses of course.
Strangely; when Pete's barefoot; his feet are like a cat's; but PJ's feet are more human. Don't know about Peg because she was wearing slippers the whole time. Pete bails downstairs calling the kids little weasels. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. He throws the baseball mask away and it shatters while Pete mutters. Jump cut to outside with Goofy in the mud again. Pete comes out of the house wearing a hoodie as Goofy walks away from the mud wanting to make a new sandwich. Pete blows off Peg because a good shock to the system's good for you every now and then. Wow; that is actually a naunced opinion from Pete of all people. Pete is about to climb over; but here comes Shadow Goofy in mud and leaves. Pete panics and bonks his face into the tree branch again. He is punch drunk and falls face first into the mud knocked out. If only we wished he was dead. Goofy walks towards the driveway as we pan over to the eastern side of the house as PJ and Max have somehow mustered enough courage to get out of the house through the window. Max wants to go to PJ's house as this is their only hope. PJ stammers as Max wants to make a run for it on the count of three. They start like the track team and say three; running forward. They make it to the brick wall separating the two properties and then scream as they see Pete appearing to be dead. Geez; if only that were true. Death references number three and four ensue. That's the spirit, guys! Max and PJ bail into the house through the open window and that was that. Max slams the window shut and then the kids barricade the door with various international objects. Jump cut to Goofy at the basement window and opens it. He laments about getting himself another key as he squeezes through the window and finally gets inside the basement. At least he didn't land on his head this time.
It's dark in there; which would have been more convincing if the cartoon lighting wasn't used here. Goofy bonks into various international objects in the darkness; which is my most fearful thing in the entire world. I am a Z-grade male after all. Jump cut to Max and PJ as apparently; the door they barricade was the front door as Max yells that they need to get into the attic. PJ cannot take anymore of this bullcrap and I'm getting tired of it, too. They are trying to stretch a great 11 eleven minutes plotline into a 22 minute episode and it's getting really tiring right now. Max pulls down the wooden stairs and goes up into the attic as PJ is left to the wolves. PJ pleads for Max to let him in as Max is asking who it is. Jump cut to Goofy striking a match (Toon Disney alert!) and proclaims that this is much better. Goofy climbs up the steps and tries to open the door; but the knob comes off. Okay; this house is NOT UP TO CODE! Goofy is confused and then notices the conveniently placed chainsaw propped againest the wall. Oh goody! Goofy with a chainsaw has to be much more dangerous than "The Mutilator" using a chainsaw. Max finally opens the wooden staircase as Goofy saws through the door and a wooden red table. Why the table was there is a mystery to me as Max panics on cue and pulls PJ into the attic and slams the steps shut. PJ asks Max what they are going to do and Max starts to hiccup as PJ says no kidding and hiccups with him as we zoom out to end the segment nearly eighteen minutes in. Boy; this went on forever and it was good on it's own; but the tedious nature of sitcoms is just ruining the effect. At least BS&P is easing up a bit on the death references; so I'm fine with that.
After the commercial break; we get chainsaw revving and hiccuping by the kids inside the attic. Goofy gets into the kitchen making a model of himself in the door. Why? He did it to be Goofy. The model falls down the steps as Goofy puts the chainsaw down on the counter. More mature lighting as Goofy opens the door to the fridge and does a food check on it. Waffles comes up from behind and licks it's chops. Goofy closes the fridge door after taking out a bunch of food including celery. So he plops the food down on the counter and cuts the pepperoni and does the cartoonish making of a sandwich. No doubt from WildCat's secret fish sandwich recipe. He makes a real mess; which is sort of understandable because there are no lights on. Wait; if the power is out, shouldn't the fridge be dark as well? Waffles is giddy and climbs onto the counter. He then jumps onto Goofy's new sandwich. You know what; I have no sympathy for Waffles now after the "cat gut/cat hair" incident. Hopefully; I find the episode with that one in the DVD set, but while animal cruelty is bad, Waffles needs to stop being so greedy. Waffles is heavy; so Goofy sways like the wind in the kitchen. He slips on the mess on the floor and screams as he flies into the basement; crashing off screen like a goofball. Oh, the irony! Cut to Max and PJ standing up and hiccuping; claiming that the Mutilator has gotten Goofy now. PJ wants to hide because they are next, you see. No; Goldberg is not interested in kicking your ass Peej. Max says no several times as he's through with running and it's time to save his dad. Max pulls down the wooden stair and takes out a tennis racket and comes down. PJ stops him as they look at each other and both notice that they lost their hiccups. Of course! Up comes Goofy from the stairs and by some miracle, his Shaggy Rogers-equse sandwich is still perfectly intact. I cannot suspend my disbelief for that; but that just makes it so much funnier. So Goofy enters the living room as we see Max and PJ on the steps with an orange fly swatter, tennis racket and a green sack.
Goofy is in shadow; so the shadow makes him look a lot bigger as Max asks if PJ is ready and PJ says no, but wants to do it anyway. He also asks if the sleepover is over; which is hilarious because it never even got started actually. Max throws a green carpet on Goofy's head and they jump on Goofy's back. Max and PJ beatdown Goofy and considering the black coloring; that looked super creepy in hindsight. Yes; Max is beating up his dad with a tennis racket. Except Max thinks it's the Mutilator. It's not like Sam beating up Freddie, so it's not hypocrisy to point out that this is not torture porn since Max isn't torturing Goofy. This goes on for a long time as Goofy walks into the basement steps and trips onto Waffles again as everyone tumbles down the steps like a bunch of kids. Two literal and one man version of it. They fall onto the basement floor as Max no sells the whole thing. Like father, like son; eh? Max then clobbers Goofy with the tennis racket on-screen (Sam had to do it off-screen on Freddie; because Freddie is a teenager and it was a live-action show. We've seen enough wrestling to know how easy things like this can go wrong. Honkey Tonk Man's guitar shot on Jake Roberts. Santino's guitar shot on Hacksaw Jim Duggan. And many, many more...) as PJ finds the reset switch on the power bar and turns it on. Wait; if Goofy short circuited the power wires then the switch shouldn't have worked. Stupid logic break; although it's probably on purpose considering what this episode was shooting for. The lights are up as the green curtain gets taken off and PJ is shocked and appalled because it really is Goofy. Max teases hitting him again (for his dad no less; which is funny now...) and then recoils as he realizes, he just assaulted his own father. Be thankful that is not Pete Pete; because someone would be going missing. PJ thinks Goofy is the Mutilator and calls this cool. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! PJ asks if he's dead and Goofy is clearly not. Max stammers as he apologizes thinking he was the Mutilator as Goofy proclaims that there is no such thing. Max claims that he knew that; like the lying little prick that he is.
PJ thankfully calls him out on that one and Max is forced to admit that he didn't know as PJ calls about a dozen different ways to call themselves cowards. Geez; even I got it the first time as Max tells him to lay off already. Goofy then claims that they were brave because they saved him from the Mutilator. I know this is Goofy we are talking about; but WHAT?! Max and PJ slap skin and proclaim themselves brave. Oh for "Pete Pete"'s sake; stop being in denial writers. You had a great episode marred by tedious pacing and now you ruin it with that asinine finish?! Then the babyfaces all recoil in disgust because they forgot about the body under the tree branch as we head outside to see Peg bandaging Pete while he is sitting up; speaking to him about having coffee or aspirin. Trust me; he'll need the aspirin after this episode is over as Pete clearly has a concussion because he wants a waffle iron for Christmas and is calling for his momma. Out comes Pistol wanting answers to Pete's hypocrisy of playing in the mud as she climbs the tree as Max and PJ run in noticing that it's Pete who was the body. Pete has the Gruffi pose as Peg tells the kids that Pete was scaring them all night, like a stalking pervert. Pete claims that there's nothing wrong with a good scare. Ummm; there is something wrong with that when you trepass on Goofy's property and act like a peeping tom in the process. That's usually grounds for arrest and being labeled a sex offender. Pete cuts a promo about this as the kids have their hands behind their back; and in comes Goofy with his iron mask and chainsaw; which is enough for Toxic Masculinity Pete Pete to run like a scalded catnose. Well; he would if he didn't bang into the tree branch of concussions and knock himself out again. Goofy cuts the tree branch and walks away proclaiming that the tree branch won't harm anyone anymore. I feel complete sadness and empathy for that tree branch; being tortured by Pete Pete throughout this episode. Max sighs and offers PJ to come to a puppet show next week or lawn bowling as PJ calls this gnarly. Pistol walks on the top of the brick wall cutting a hyper promo because she's not allowed to say gnarly despite saying it at least a half dozen times in this promo. This is the prototype of Rock's "Llama penis" joke on The New Day in WWE. Ponder that one for a moment. Circle fade out to end the episode at 21:11. Ultra asinine finish aside; this was a good episode that went on for way too long. This is the general problem with sitcom style cartoons: It's all talking and little action and when you have a plotline that can only go eleven minutes and then you double it, it becomes so tedious that the good stuff isn't all that good. *** 1/4 (65%).
THE REVIEW LINE
Well; what more can I say?! This was another tedious episode with a fun plotline that would have worked better if it wasn't twenty two minutes long. Sure; Goofy's praise of Max after taking a beatdown was pretty shameful on the writers' part; but most of this episode was poorly paced. It took forever to get to the end; although in a way I suppose it was effective for what the episode was shooting for, but it didn't do me any favors. Pete was as heelish as you can be; to the point of being a stalker and Goofy was Goofy. They have got to quicken the pace of this series; or the overwriting is going to be exposed big time. And once again; only Goofy is the real standout in this show. Max and PJ are just there as kids and there's nothing really interesting about them that I don't see in real life. Pistol's hyperness is more interesting, but it's more annoying. Pete is the only other one who is interesting; but that's due to his heelish nature and being the foil for Goofy. Peg is just there now and has no real characterization other than strong willed mother who yells at Pete. Sure; he deserves to be called out, but that does nothing for her as a character and makes her a plot device. This is why Goof Troop is tedious; it has only one or two good to great characters and everyone else is just doing the motions. In the 1980's this would be a blessing. In the 1990's it's a curse now considering this show was coming off Darkwing Duck, TaleSpin and Ducktales; who had great outstanding babyfaces, tweeners and heels. Say what you want about Darkwing Duck's routine getting stale and the show being an utter mess continuity wise; but at least he had great characters to back him up. Baloo was verygood on his own; but the other characters just ran rings around him in terms of quality. Same thing with Ducktales to a lesser extent. Here; I'm just waiting for the new characters to break out and it's simply not happening. The good news is; the episodes aren't bad enough to be a thumbs down. The bad news is; unless they get some outstanding performances soon, then the episodes are just going to be dull and boring, which is the worst thing that can happen to a cartoon. Next up is Counterfeit Goof; which features more handyman Goofy. Yeah. So....
Thumbs in the middle for this episode and I'll see you all next time.