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O, R-V, I N-V U
Reviewed: 01/10/2017
Translation: Oh, Recreational Vehicle, I Envy You!
So why didn't you just write down the actual sentence, instead of writing in internet speak years before it meant anything?! Seriously, what?! Anyhow; this episode was at the time my favorite episode in the series. It's been a long time since I last saw it and it's time for the critical eye to be shined on it. So here's the plot: Max and Pete enter an RV contest in Las Vegas which causes a rift in Max's friendship with PJ. Oh; and Max's big mouth gets him kidnapped by two jabroni heels. Yeah; that'll draw money. Let's rant on shall we...?!
This episode is written by Laurie Sutton and Jymn Magon who also story edited. Sutton's credits: This show, The Wizard Of Oz, Fwiends.com and Longtime Listener. That's it. The animation was done by Walt Disney Animation Australia PTY, Limited. At least it's only a rookie writer instead of a rookie writer and Kennedy Cartoons.
We begin this one with the stupid internet speak title card and a sky shot of the Goof and Pete residences. We cut to Pete's residence with a shot of the left part of the house containing a stop sign, a shower curtain, various signs and barb wire. Yes; barb wire. We pan over to the garage as Goofy is fixing the garage door with Max checking the toolbox for a 3/8th's whatchamacallit. Max hands Goofy (on stepladder) a wrench and Goofy calls it a three-quarter whositz. He then just asks for a hammer and I ask: Geez; I didn't know Goofy and Charles WildCat are exchanging mechanic tips on their off time. Max gives him a hammer and Goofy hammers causing debris to fall on Max as Goofy is apparently having no success in fixing the garage door opener. Goofy closes up the panel of loose threads as Max has the remote control. Goofy climbs down and wants Max to push the button. Max isn't sure this is going to work and Goofy assures him that it will. Max backs out of the garage into the driveway and pushes the button. Garage door whacks Goofy over and over again. HAHA! Methinks it does work; although that's my BS opinion. BS meaning "bias shitty" by the way. The garage door buries Goofy as Max comes over to see if he's all right. Goofy tells him to click it again and he does as Goofy flies againest the ceiling now with the door. HAHA! I don't know about Goofy; but the garage door is perfectly fine. Goofy pops from the door and lands on the concrete as Max gives him the remote. In comes PJ asking what is happening. You missed a lot of stuff in that last thirty seconds there, Peej. Max grabs PJ and they bail to go skateboard while Goofy clicks on remote control and the garage door squashed him again. So we get more sky shots of Spoonerville's streets as we cut to a sidewalk with Max skateboaring around a trashcan proclaiming that PJ saved him. Max claims that Goofy sucks as mechanics as he clearly doesn't look where he is going and bumps into a bench and goes flying into the air and crashes into a drive-thru menu sign head first. That look liked it sucked and Max is probably hating life now.
PJ claims that at least Goofy lets Max help him as Max cannot pop out of the menu drive thru sign. See; Pete hates help of anykind as Max notices that they are close to Pete's used car lot. Max wants to bum a soda from him like a freeloader and PJ proclaims that this will NEVER work. PJ also notices that Pete is seriously working too hard because he is wearing "sales" glasses on. Now; if they really wanted to make Pete look like a dellusional catnose; they should have the lens rose colored. Green color doesn't work on that level. Pete is letting a dognose Goofy clone with brown hair, yellow shirt, blue pants and pink/white sneakers entera green top car with wooden colored panels on the doors. Pete does the hard sell as the Goofy clone pulls on the visor and it is breaking already. When Pete deals with lemons, he makes lemon cars instead of lemonade. Pete laughs at the mobile jokes; so he hates the future more than console gaming fans. Max waves it off because Pete is a phony-baloney and grabs PJ as they go skating stage left. If you thought Bubsy's catchphrase was annoying; witness phony-baloney's overuse in this episode. Pete brings out a soda as the hard sell continues on as I'm sadden to not give this poor goof the telephone number for the Better Business Bureau. The goof wants to go home and think about it. He is voiced by Pat Fraley and sounds exactly like Krang as Pete continues the hard sell. Max comes in and is shocked because Pete is selling a 1957 Woody and then does a really hard sell of the car that is only slightly better than Pete's because it contains no useful information about the car; but it has history and that's enough for the goof to buy the car. Yeah; Pete showed off the features and he no sold it; but Max basically said "It's shiny!" and the poor guy buys it hook, line and sinker. Talk about not hearing what you want to hear there, Pete.
Goof takes the keys as Pete bails to get the paperwork; remembering to give Max his soda as a bonus. Max is acting like he's sulking there; just to make sure Pete was not onto him screwing with his customer pitch and Pete bought the bum sell; hook, line and sinker. HAHA! I think that's the first great thing Max has done in this series. Pete goes into the office and blows off PJ for not having Max's sleazy car salesman skills as PJ holds his cheeks. Pete then tells Max to come by later today to see the new "Petemobile". Pete closes the door as Max is confused as PJ explains that the "Petemobile" is the new RV he's working on that he hasn't even seen yet. Scene change to AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as we see Pete and Max inside the shower curtain area where the new RV is. It looks like a mach truck version of the Mystery Machine. Pete and Max are in shadow as Pete explains that he's entering the thing in the big RV show in Las Vegas, Nevada. So yes folks; Goof Troop somehow takes place in the anthro version of the real world, which is basically the same thing as the Ducktales world, only Ducktales focuses more on fictional locations than Goof Troop does. He's entering the "Most Luxurious" category and hoping to make a fortune. Max suggests adding a satellite dish as Pete loves that idea. PJ is watching on not very happy to see this. Pete proclaims that he wishes PJ had his pizzaz and PJ looks glum; puts his hand over his eyes and enters the house. Okay; if Max had responded offhand on Pete just to make Pete feel better; I would be pissed off. But PJ is acting like Max hate him; even though it's PETE making these statements about him. PJ goes into the hallway and enters his room slamming the door right in front of Pistol. Pistol opens the door and wants him to hear her spell Mississippi with only one "I". PJ no sells of course on the bed looking cross. Yeah; stop annoying PJ, Pistol; that's Pete's gimmick. Pistol spells it in rapid fire; asks us if we get it and bails as Max enters wearing a brown shirt. Why? I don't know. It makes more sense that Pistol's spelling joke; that much I am certain.
So Max praises the RV and Pete for being a genius. Hey; there is such a thing as a sleazy heel genius in the world of cartooning, so Max isn't lying in the least. PJ accuses Max of changing his mind about Pete being a phony-balony (#2 for the episode) as Max blows that off and throws his shirt into PJ's arms. See; Pete loves his ideas, thus showing that Pete is just a...Oh no; I'm not saying that on this rant. Max has said it enough for me as Max explains to PJ where the RV is going and PJ loves it. Yeah; mere seconds after accusing Max of being a "you know what". Pete comes in and throws his brown shirt into PJ's arms; which I'm sure PJ gets off screen in every episode as Pete suggests a tape deck be added. Max claims that it sounds good; but a whole sound system would be much better. Pete then notices PJ's sound system on the wall and grabs it in spite of PJ's protests. Max then cuts Pete off because he has a brain flash. That's a bad sign of a seizure there, son; need a doctor for that. Max talks about KITT from Knight Rider and states that he was programmed via a computer. And sure enough; there is a computer right on PJ's desk in the background. Pete give Max the sound system and Pete grabs the computer (which both are suddenly unplugged for no good reason) and leaves with it. Pete even calls PJ; Peej on the way out as he closes the door. PJ tries to get a word in, but is left hanging with the brown shirts. PJ sits down in the chair as Pete wants PJ to bring the chair, too. PJ is not happy to hear about that, either. PJ throws the brown shirts down and he wishes he was Baloo in mocking Ace London in Mach One For The Gipper. At least PJ has stop Godwinning the episode for now. Scene change to outside as PJ storms out of the house without the chair, so he's pissed. He grabs onto the white painted skull and crossbones on black construction paper sign to open the curtain; but alarms and sirens blare out. Spotlights are on PJ as Max comes out. PJ demands Max to talk to him right now.
Max decides to come out as PJ accuses him and Pete of stealing everything from his house including Pistol's toys. Max answers that they are tweaking the Petemobile. Ummm; Max's definition of "tweak" is completely different from my definiton of the word. Even different from Mick Foley's definition; let alone PJ's! PJ asks why he isn't helping as Max motions him over and asks him: On a scale of one to ten; how much does Pete usually like me? My answer: Is that positive one or negative one, Max? Either way; it doesn't look good. PJ's answer: Less than zero. Okay; so negative one, then. Max claims that if he can convince Pete to like him; then Pete won't mind PJ and Max being together. As if that STOPS them from meeting together. Yeah; Max is becoming a...you know. PJ loves this as Max simply gives him a list and tells him to get an item from Goofy; thanking him before he walks off. PJ is shocked and wide-eyed. PJ walks...nay...teleports over to Goofy and asks Mr. G who is still fixing the garage door. Goofy comes down the stepladder with a wrench as PJ asks him about loaning an item for his new RV as Goofy asks if he needs a spark plug. PJ insists that he needs....the garage door. Damn; I knew that would get involved in this RV somehow. Goofy slams his back on the pavement because he just fixed that damn garage door too. PJ then reads the paper which is a letter that basically says that if Goofy agrees to give Pete the garage door; he might be able to talk Pete into coming with them to Las Vegas. That's enough for Goofy to sell as he pushes the remote control on the ground and the garage door squashes him flatter than Alexender the Grape. Nyuk! Nyuk! Nyuk! At least he sold the door this time as we scene change to Pete, PJ, Pistol, Peg and Goofy at the shower curtain of fear as he thanks all the family for their contributions as they sell back with mad Gruffi poses. HAHA! I betcha Pete is such an asshole that he'll sell those as compliments. Sadly; he's a coward since he pulls on his collar as he presents the most luxurious RV in the world. Max pulls the curtain and we see the Mystery Machine RV of Doom; only it clearly has six flat tires. Good one, Pete; good one! Pete pushes the remote control as the back changes from a normal wall to a BBQ area with lawn chairs and an umbrella tree table as the crowd is in awe.
Pete opens the passenger side door and lets everyone into the back as it's literally a medium sized living room away from home. Peg does the Gruffi pose and calls it literally their home. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. Pete throws it over to Max who is next to a desk containing PJ's computer who types "ice" on the computer and asks if they want crushed ice. Pistol jumps up and down with glee as Max has the snowcone ready near the fridge. Sadly; Max has to dodge it because it's a flamethrower~! Pete claims that he might have hooked the fuel line by mistake as Peg blows this off and gets off death reference number one of the episode. Peg tries to leave with Pistol; but Pete cuts her off and begs. Oh, lord. Max comes in and claims that it's a crime deterient and was planned that way. Geez; now Max is a sleazy bad movie director and Pete seems to be enabling him as well. Peg ponders this over as PJ goes over to Max saying that Pete is really pleased. Pistol walks up to Pete and asks where Mr. Chuckles is? Pete claims that it's her punching toy and we go to the cockpit of the RV. Pete pushes a button and ice cubes bury Pete in an ice tomb. Max writes on notepad of patches to do as Pete wants to test the buzz; and then Pete gets punched by an inflatable clown whom Pistol calls Mr. Chuckles. HAHA! That was awfully effective. Peg is not amused as Max claims that it's the new airbag. A very phallic symbolic airbag as Pete wrestles with it and puts it into the steering wheel. Pete honks the horn because he wants to go to Las Vegas as everyone cheers anyway; despite the fact that nothing... AND THE ROCKS MEANS NOTHING was fixed yet. Even Peg doesn't argue about it. That is lazy writing by Sutton there. PJ puts dibs on the shotgun position and moral guardians would be pissed to hear that today as PJ sits in the passenger side. However; Pete tells him that Max gets the honor of the shotgun position because he wants to talk to Max about some things. PJ looks like he's about to whimper; or it might be the music doing it for him that gives me that impression. Max jumps into the passenger seat as he and Pete slap skin and it's time to viva Las Vegas as PJ just stands there watching before turning around and walking into the back to end the segment nine and a half minutes in. I like this episode for it's pyschology so far; but the rookie writing is not making it shine like I wanted it to.
After the commercial break; we get a sky shot of the Mystery Machine RV Of Doom as Pete is on the transmitter inside starting the engines and there is violent knocking and sputtering, causing Pete to say that it needs to be fixed. Pete pulls down the truck horn string to honk the horn. Cheering ensues as the RV drives onto the street and then backs up. Peg runs out from the passenger side and runs into the house. She returns with her purse and apologizes. Cut to Pete inside starting to rev up the RV and drive as everyone cheers....and then it backs up and stops at the house again. PJ runs out and heads into the house as Pete is not amused as he twindles his fingers as PJ returns with a load of plates and apologizes. So we drive past Goofy's house as the cheers are becoming even more fake and then the RV backs up and stops again at the garage as the mailbox is destroyed on the rebound. So was it Pete out of frustration; or Goofy backing up the RV? I don't know because Goofy gets out and then returns proclaiming that he left Waffles in the dryer. Yeah; because we went TEN MINUTES without reminding us that Goofy abuses Waffles the cat on a regular basis and he's too stupid to notice. Pete is frustrated as the RV is now turning into an accordin bus and then backs up against Pete's house as the cheers are faker by the second. Now Pistol has gotten out. So PJ, Goofy, Pistol and Peg have gotten out of the RV as she uses the toilet and flushes it before going back out. Pete gets on the transmitter and screams at them that they are not stopping for anyone anymore. The RV takes a bump and one of the tires has burst. Pete groans and moans in frustration...and then we scene change to the open road as the RV is driving smoothly now. We head inside as Max and Pete are in the cockpit talking to each other. No, Sutton didn't just steal the finish to The Bigger They Are, The Louder They Oink, did she? Pete gives Max glasses and it's even worse than Jeremy Cushner's version of it. At least in that one; there was a payoff to Hogzilla. Here; all Pete does is thank Max for getting him out of a jam; but there is no explaination on what Max actually did.
So we cut to the back as Peg is on the sofa watching television as we see PJ at a table reading comic books and sulking. Goofy is wearing a yellow towel, and lime green spotted purple trunks with slippers. I should note that this is the first episode of the newly designed Goofy; where he's mostly white skinned; rather than black skinned. This seems to be done because of concerns over Goofy being a dumb, uncle Tom-ish black person which is racist. I'm not sure if that was the case; but the change was done anyway and it's the only one that makes any snese. Personally; I like this version of Goofy, but still. Goofy wants to try out the hot tub and asks what the matter is to PJ. PJ calls Max a phony-baloney (number three for the episode) and basically Max is ignoring him. Goofy thinks Max is a little mixed up right now. Yeah; I mean, Max is trying to get Pete to let them be friends more often; even though Pete has made no attempt to break up the friendship in the first place and doesn't give a damn about Max being with PJ. Goofy pushes at the door proclaiming that he's mixed up. Goofy: Master of underestimating the power of Captain Obvious! PJ goes over and opens the door for him before Goofy breaks off another handle. Goofy thanks him and suggests talking to Max. Why don't you do that yourself, Goofy? You are his father, for goodness sakes! What a dumb thing to say?! PJ closes the door after Goofy enters the hot tub and PJ finds the out of nowhere intercom and pushes the button. So Max is on the other side calling him dude; sounding more awkward than when Chico Alvarez says it on every new B&V show you ever saw. Surprisely; Max walks in with the sales glasses on instead of talking on the intercom. Wow; Max is way stupider than I thought he was. PJ asks where he got the glasses and Max proclaims that Pete gave them to him, of course. PJ raises the glasses and tells him that Pete is using him and just wants to be friends with him. That came off really wrong there, PJ. Max insists that they are really friends, a gruesome twosome, rude dudes there for them and then pats him on the left shoulder wanting him to check for malfunctions before leaving. HAHA!
Like I said; why are they friends again? PJ repeats the spot to further cement his status as jobber character for life. So we cut to the cockpit with Pete and Max; which no matter how many cool sunglasses you wear, will never be as cool as Kit and Karnage, althought M&P is a lot more believable and doable than K&K in reality. So Pete pushes the button and that causes the back trailer to expand away from the vehicle about 100 feet away. What Max doesn't know (or doesn't care) about is that Goofy is in the black dome with the diving board because that is where the hot tub is. In a way; this is good because both guys get to enjoy themselves without annoying the other. On the other hand; if that rope snaps which it usually does, Goofy is screwed. Goofy is in the hot tub which looks like a normal bubble bath as Pete proclaims that it didn't work. So he pushes another button causing the hottub to rise up just to make Goofy panic and call for help. Geez; Pete, can't you stop being an asshole on Goofy and PJ for longer than ten minutes in any episode? So the RV drives below a train bridge as a train goes back and the pole breaks; breaking the hot tub area and the hot tub lands on a flat board train cart. Goofy relaxes, calling the road rough. Yeah; those low clearance train bridges are murder in Dartmouth. MURDER, I SAY~! Cut back to Pete in the cockpit without the glasses on wanting some music. He pushes a knob and there is squealing everywhere and this causes Peg and Pistol's sofa to bounce out of the room and hang with the RV on the left side of the room. Okay; PJ is right, Max is a phony-baloney in that they put all these features, but has ZERO idea how to hook them up properly so they actually work and not take into consideration the consequences and downsides of having them in the first place. I mean; it's really dangerous to have a bathtub that rises above the height of the RV and has a long rope that is eight car lengths away. That should NEVER be considered in RV design. The changing from BBQ area inside to outside is fine; but you don't need to change the sofa to outside at all.
And the rest are mostly; "Good ideas executed poorly" where it would have been better if Max and Pete had any idea what they were doing. Like the ice shaving machine for instance. Anyhow; we have a mach truck heading straight for Peg and Pistol. I believe that we have done this spot in EVERY episode of this series ranted on so far and it's getting tiresome. I don't see how changing the victims' gender makes the spot less stale; so it's time to retire it now. Oh and unlike most mach truck spots; Peg and Pistol do in fact get nailed semi-off-screen by the truck and get stuck to the grill. Okay; why did I like this episode, again?! So Pete is blowing off the sounds as he twists the knob on the radio. Sadly; it's not his fat knobby head! Cut to Goofy on the train singing a railroad song. That was funny in fact! So the bathtub bounces off the train and bumps off the traintrack and does some grinding action. Okay; that really came of wrong. Goofy is inside as the water splashes; protesting Pete driving on the speed bumps. Somehow; this is true. I'm sure; Pete is driving on every speed bump in the RV right now just to give Max a thrill ride. And I betcha Max doesn't care; but PJ certainly does as he is yelling for Pistol, Peg and Goofy. He opens the back door and teases doing the WANERED spot for about ten seconds before running into the living room again. He yells for Pete and gets on the intercom. Cut to the cockpit as the radio is clearly not working; and neither Pete or Max can understand anything about what PJ is saying, so Pete tells PJ to sod off basically. Pete proclaims that sometimes; you just got to get away from it all as he pushes a button and that causes the cockpit to rise into the air. So yes; Pete is an asshole and a poopyhead all in one go now. Max and Pete relax like complete jerks admiring their hands, talking about winning the big one and mass producing these RV. NO BUYS~!! PJ is screaming at them from below as Pete notices a rest stop close by. So Pete slows down towards the interchange and we see the hot tub bounce from the train tracks right onto the back of the trailer as it nothing had happened. Riiiigggggghhhhhhtttt. That was awfully contrived.
Pete then notices Peg and Pistol on the sidewalk with Gruffi poses and no injuries whatsoever. Why did you bother doing that spot to two females if you're not going to go all the way with it? And if the answer if you couldn't have women injured; then why bother doing the spot on men then?! STUPID! Pete panics, jams the brakes and everything turned into a crumpled heap because this is an accordin RV in the same vein as an accordin mass transit bus. Goofy bumps some more because Goofy of course. Pete in this show reminds me so much of the late Bulldog Bob Brown and I'm shocked Disney didn't hire HIM to be the voice. Listen to how he talks to Peg about hitch-hiking and feel like you want to see Peg kick this asshole's ass. So we see the adults walk to the reststop as everyone yells at Pete; but completely ignores Max who was the one behind the ideas. To be fair; the reason they don't do that is simple: Attacking a child is a sign of weakness because it's often punching down, even if the child is actually responsible for the whole thing. The inability to give consent is one reason for this of course. Max finally gets out of the RV and notices PJ sitting at the picnic table sulking. Max wants PJ to take a picture with him with the RV and PJ tells him to take it himself. Yeah; I don't blame PJ; Max is the Pete Goofy doesn't know nor care. Max asks what's bugging him and PJ accuses Max of bugging him as he invokes the POINTY FINGER OF DEATH on him before storming out and sitting on a log. He crumbles the dirt with his shoes and then takes an out of nowhere tree branch and throws it away as it bonks off Goofy's head which causes Goofy to sell the bump. Goofy comes in fully clothed with a yellow towel. Why would you bother with that if he's fully clothed. PJ apologizes profusely for that gaffe as Goofy forgives him while grabbing a throny chestnut and bops it off PJ's head. This was part of a question PJ asked: Do I look dumb to you? Goofy's crumbles the shell to reveal a shiny nut as his analogy is that it looks ugly at first, but given time, it becomes beautiful. Usually it is; but that's only because of proper guidance, which Max isn't getting right now.
In time; Max will be much uglier than the chestnut if his path of ugliness isn't steered away. Unless he's referring to PJ; which in this case, that is more believable, but he does look dumb right now. Anyhow; after fifteen minutes or setup; we finally cut to a tree as a fat catnose with a brown coat and red hair wearing a hat; and a thin catnose with long brown hair with a purple sweater, brown coat and hat watch on. The fat guy is named Spud and the thin guy's name is Wally (I think; Disney Captions is claiming this though, so take it with a barrel of salt. Spud is voiced by Jerry Houser and Wally is voiced by Pat Fraley) as these are the main two villains in this show. Well; when Pete has to play babyface, then Pete's the number one heel. They are basically Mad Dog and Dumptruck; without the personality, nor leadership of Don Karnage. Which makes them look really generic. Wally teases using a knife on the lock to open it as Spud examines the thing as they want to sell this for easy money. So yes; even crooks love Pete and Max's new designs, which is apporos since Pete is a scumbag anyway. Max comes over and notices them; showing off just how ugly his naiveness is. If you have a bunch of people looking at your RV and oodle over it; run and call the police. They want to steal your RV. Another sign: Spud is not wearing any shoes I should point out. Spud also claims that he wants to add it to the dealership. Max deduces that they are car dealers and wants to talk turkey about bringing this nation wide. Now; if I was going to do this, I would talk to my partner first about it and then come back with the two. Max instead; opens the door and lets the two thugs inside the RV. Max proclaims that Pete is going to be proud of him and then the thugs kidnap him and grabs his neck on the rebound when Max screams for help. PJ is collecting chestnuts on the ground near the tree as he hears Max's screams as the RV drives away to end the segment sixteen minutes in. This was a contrived middle because whomever was writing this had to try to get the humor over instead of the angle over.
After the commercial break; we head to the cockpit of the RV as Max is in between the two thugs tied up wondering what the hell he just did. You drank the toxic Pete Juice, Max! You have zero idea what that does to characters, particually generic, loser heels. See Wally and Spud for further evidence. Cut to PJ bouncing up and down yelling at Pete because they stole the RV. Pete has that look of "Who is he?" as the satellite dish breaks and gets stuck in the tree as Pete whines about losing 250 channels. He should be more concerned about gaining 250 days in the doghouse. Spud revs up and Pete whines about the transmission. If that was manual; then Peg is sure going to automatically park Pete before it's all over. Pete panics and runs over to a tow truck with a woman with a really large ass covered in green overalls, blue dress, red baseball cap and orange curly hair near it. Pete pleads for her to allow him to use the truck; even offering five hundred bucks for it. The woman does absolutely nothing but stand there as Pete throws the money at her while he and PJ get in and then speed off causing flames on the road. I just hate it when ancient cartoons do that modern cartoon crap. Goofy runs after them and flops into the back as PJ yells at Pete to floor it. Wait; you need to floor it past "flaming road" speed, PJ? That's overkill! Ironically; the RV doesn't do the fire tire spot. Very sloppy animation sequence there animators. Cut to inside the RV as Max is now hanging upside down (You wish you were Kit there, Max) as Wally is throwing out dinnerware items from the drawers (NOT THOSE ONES!) near the kitchen. Max pleads to him for reason; but gets his mouth taped shut as Wally tells him to shut up. Cut to Pete driving as PJ appears to tell him that it's a half a mile away. Pete hits a speed bump proclaiming that he's going as fast as PJ bounces into the red car with Goofy as Goofy proclaims that they need to save Max; but PJ points out that they cannot go faster. Goofy thinks otherwise as he's going to drive the red car that was being towed. Somehow; the key is in the ignition during this as Goofy turns it on and starts driving.
So Goofy manages to outspeed and bounce to the front of the tow truck; causing the tow truck to be towed. HAHA! Irony meters overload faster than a Republican voice box. Pistol loves it, Pete cannot believe it, we don't care because it wastes some time without being so tedious. More car chases do make my life easier, even if they don't mean anything in the long run. So after some close call hairpin turns, they make it to the RV as Spud notices the red car tailing them. Spud calls out to Wally as Wally and brings out his black handled switchblade and throws it at the tire and it goes flat. Kind of John Cena's rap, which I don't give a crap. The backgrounds during the twisting sequence are faker than a He's Bonkers episode. Well; for three seconds anyway as PJ climbs onto the hood of the car and looks at the hot tub which has a ladder. PJ manages to jump and grab onto the ladder and scream. I cannot tell if it's out of fear; or he sparkle crotch shot himself; or he twisted his leg into a Sid Vicious cramp (I say that because his right leg looks twiststed as hell.). The tow truck slows down as Wally returns to the cockpit proclaiming that they lost them. Pete is yelling for PJ and wants to save him. Of course you do Pete Pete; I mean, who can you abuse? PJ's the only one the rest of the world will look the other way anyway. Head inside the kitchen as PJ tears the tape from his mouth. What a stupid move by PJ?! Untie him first; THEN tear the tape off. Max screams so loudly; the heels can hear them. Spud order Wally to go to the back and he does welding a twisted metal bear as he notices that Max is gone. So he is stalking the kids (well; in his mind, only one kid) as PJ and Max are hiding behind the yellow chair as Max won't keep the volume low despite trying to act like his volume is lower. It's not working, although Wally is really stupid in storyline, so I'm fine with this. PJ takes out a piece of paper and proclaims that he knows everything that is wrong. So he throws the chestnut onto the computer and Wally stands conveniently in front of the ice machine to get a flamethrower right in the ass. See...stupid.
So Wally grabs the ice maker and throws it out of the RV; causing Pete to whine about it as Peg blows him off because it's hers you see. How did Peg and Pistol get into the tow truck when PJ and Pete drove off as the only two inside? How did Jymn Magon let this go? Peg then points out that the television set is Pete's so he does have a right to whine about that at least. Heh. Pete blames Max for it as Wally wants the big mouth rat to come out; so PJ finds another chestnut and throws it on the keyboard. This turns the air conditioner into a snowstorm; which is a lovely reminder to me during this time. Lots of spitting, snow and wind ensue as when it ends; this leads to two speakers coming down and we get the MUSIC OF TORTURE spot. The one that makes you look like you are concussed while smiling. Yeah; absurd. Wally bounces onto the yellow stretching chair of doom near the goldfish bowl. Why is there is a goldfish bowl in the RV is a mystery to me. Wally goes compacted and bounced off the chair, through the roof and splats like a bug on my windshield right in front of Spud. Sadly; this Spud is too fat nor smart enough to be a Rockstar. Max and PJ go over to the intercom (which has changed shape about five times in one episode; a new record for lack of continuity) and twists a knob to invoke the SQUEELING NOISE OF TORTURE on Spud. Oh why not; it sounds a lot like Spud's career. Which Spud? Does it matter? Ummmmmmmmm...nope. PJ calls Spud a punk. First dibs on Spud M. Punk if Rockstar Spud ever comes to WWE. Spud demands answers to this and PJ calls that he's his worst daydream. Geez; you are not even trying PJ. Spud continues to drive side to side as PJ goes over to the computer as there are now three chestnuts on the desk. I thought only two of them were thrown. PJ types on the keyboard as Max asks about the chestnuts and PJ tells him to ask Goofy about it. Spud looks around and gets ice cubed and then gets a metal telescope shot and gets compacted.
Spud is wearing a heel red sock for some reason as he bops into Mr. Chuckles Airbag and gets squashed as Wally eats washer fluid. OUCH! That's going to leave a mark. On the windshield; knowing Pete's habits. Wally gets whacked with the wipers; so at least one thing works right on this RV. PJ pushes another button and this rises the cockpit up to the sky. The heels scream and then we spin it and grin it some more. This causes the heels to fly out of the RV and they land in a conveniently placed river under a bridge. BS&P RULEZ~! The cockpit comes down as Max and PJ watch on; as PJ proclaims that he just won a merit badge. No, you did not Peej as we get rumbling and everyone falls onto the floor in a disorganized fashion. Kind of like Family Guy actually; which is a R-rated version of Goof Troop. So everything falls out as Pete dodges all while Peg blows him off for being an idiot. Pete claims that he built it for luxury; not durability which shows how bad zero sum thinking can be. Hym hym hym! So the tow truck continues to dodge stuff as Goofy drives in the back. Cut to the RV driving down a hill as Max is now going to drive a complex piece of machinery without crashing it. He knows how to drive; but not how to stop. I think that means you don't know how to drive as the brake and gas pedals break off; which is pointless because Max couldn't reach them anyway. PJ tries the hand brake and it's broken and changes shape in between the break. Wow; the animators are more clueless than Kennedy here in terms of internal logic. More screaming as we head back on the road as everyone dodges everyone else. We see Las Vegas dead ahead and PJ hates the word dead. Sorry PJ; but BS&P doesn't hate those words, otherwise, you would be censored there. Las Vegas looks like the most compact city in history as we drive into town. So the golden statue near The Big Greek gets destroyed, Pete gets splooshed, I feel relieved as they head past the RV Show sign and apparently; some jabroni called Newt Wayneton (a play on Wayne Newton; known as Mr. Las Vegas in the entertainment business) has a concert playing at this event. So the RV drives in with the tow truck as the ushers plea for them not to enter; but scatter as the hot tub breaks from the trailer and destroys the neon sign showing off the event. Destroying people's properties with impunity? In a 1990's show? That's unpossible!
The RV drives around the parking lot for a while and then crashes through the building and crashes into the stage off-screen which somehow causes zero damage to the RV's whatsoever; but damages two walls on each side. How about that for being unbelievable?! As in, not believable. Max and PJ pop out of the carnage as phony-baloney is said again and I was wrong. Bubsy's catchphrase is much worse then this as the kids slap skin for their wanton vandalism. The tow truck enters and stops on a dime as Pistol points at the kids. Pete opens the door and proclaims that he is going to simonize the little runt as he rolls up his sleeves. Why can Pete have black arms; but Goofy can't? Goofy tries to cut him off because it wasn't Max's fault. Ummm; Max is the one who invited Spud and Wally to come into the RV. So it's totally Max's fault for all of this. Granted; Pete's way of punishment is totally wrong headed; but you cannot say Max is blameless in this whole thing. Goofy claims that Pete taught him the big mouth. Ummm; Goofy, Max's big mouth was self taught because Pete never actually taught him anything. Goofy cannot accept the fact that Max is a Pete Pete wannabe with a kid's age that makes him sort of untouchable. Word life! Pete thankfully doesn't care because Max is going to pay for this as PJ and Max are showing off the crumpled up RV to the stiffest looking judges in history. PJ is doing the hard sell on the compact RV as the female judge calls it an elegant approach to negative space. Geez; what woo juice was she drinking? And can I have some? Slow clap as the male judge proclaims that this is the best RV in design as Pete is shocked. Male judge shakes hands with PJ as he wins the trophy. HAHA! And a lot of that MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH. Pete then steals the glasses and puts them on PJ; while sucking up to him. Some things never change with Pete Pete. PJ loves it as Max hugs Goofy and Goofy is happy to see him again. Max asks him about the chestnuts and both PJ and Goofy laugh as we circle fade out on the trophy to end the episode at 21:15. Boy; was this a disappointing episode after watching this with a critical eye?! *** (60%); and that is being generous. I think people who love this, love it because it's a sitcom which is easy to relate. But relating to it doesn't mean it's a great show.
THE REVIEW LINE
Again; Goofy saves the day with bringing on the funny and the storyline was fine; but it felt contrived and it's awfully hypocritical to blast modern cartoons for wanton vandalism and than watch this and defend the same thing. Sure; there is the angle with the heels; but it was Max who invited them. Plus; the continuity was awful and the animation was off in places. Spud and Wally are lame heels at best and they are supposed to be the big heels of this entire show as well. There's nothing creative about them (one of them being barefoot contributes nothing to Spud's character) and there's no heat between them and there's nothing to care about them as heels. They are boring, generic heels who are just there to kidnap Max. Pete is a better heel than any of them; and he didn't really act like one here, outside of the usual "make PJ look weak" stuff. The action scenes were fine; but lifeless and while there were some funny moments; none of them really clicked for me. Goofy getting killed by the garage door was funny; but that is Goofy and he can make almost anything work because he's Goofy. It's like Ric Flair and musical chairs. Seriously; WWE did this angle and Ric Flair made it work! This episode just kept constantly reminding me why I love TaleSpin so much and don't care about Goof Troop: Goofy is the only character that is great and memorable. Pete can be good as a sleazy heel; but he wasn't here. He was just an idiot. Everyone else is basically designed to be relatable to the audience; but that doesn't make good characters that I can care about. Example: Max is relatable to eleven year olds. The problem with that is; who cares? There are millions of eleven year old kids in real life. It's just an excuse to not socialize with them. Then we have Kit Cloudkicker; who is twelve years old and yet his entire backstory in Plunder and Lightning was epic. He's relatable to the kids; but he's a great character because he's awesome regardless of being relatable. I can't relate to Kit in any way; but that doesn't matter because he's proven that he is the best child character in history. That takes a lot of work to pull off and rookie writers cannot pull it off at this point. Overall; this episode was a massive disappointment considering that this episode was once my favorite; but it was merely solid enough. If you want to watch a great story about friendships being tested over trophies; watch A Bad Reflection On You. Yes; it's 44 minutes long, but it's much better for you than this episode. So....
Thumbs in the middle. for this episode and I'll see you all next time.