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Inspector Goofy
Reviewed: 02/07/2017
Can You Spare Fifty Bucks & A Drink?
So; I decided to do a massive detour and leave Leader of the Pack for last on the first volume set because I want to take a break from the jackhammering noise I hear when I put in the DVD set. Once this episode is done; then the remaining episodes on the third disc will be at random as originally planned. So; our next episode up for bids is where Pete is a scumbag who uses Goofy as a car inspector to get rid of the competition. Oh; you know this one is going to backfire in Pete's face. How does this episode fare? Let's rant on shall we...?!
This episode is written by Stephen Sustarsic and the story was edited by Carter Crocker. The animation was provided by Sunwoo Animation.
We begin this one with a sky shot of Pete's used car lot AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) complete with animated ball of hay out of nowhere and the episode title in white letters. A second ball of hay comes in and they do a whirlwind spot again. That looked cool as Pete is groaning because it has been three stinking weeks and he hasn't sold a lemon car yet as we jump cut to Pete at his desk groaning. Wait; isn't that a good thing? Oh wait; it's Pete, never mind. In comes Chainsaw nosing in her doggie bowl as Pete grabs Chainsaw and blows her off for thinking about food at a time like this. Pete brings out a pie chart and it looks like the business is in decline; but even Pete doesn't think it's right as he turns it around and it's so steep of a decline that the red ink is dripping from it to his shoes. Pete blames a certain Earl's Auto which we get a pan shot of the car lot and it looks mightly spiffy. They sell cars at rock bottom prices and they are even honest to their customers, which because Pete is a scum sucking asshole, pisses off Pete to no end. Apparently; being honest is a slimeball tactic; apparently, Pete's projection is really showing here. Chainsaw whimpers as a grey colored dog in a green suit, yellow shirt and orange tie is standing in the car lot trying to get Pete's attention. Pete rushes out to do the hard sell on his lemons...ERRR...I mean, used lemons. POW! OUCH! Ummmm...Used cars. Who in their right mind want to use any air from Florida? That is just daring a "no sale" there, Pete. He taps a brown car and the brown car collapses right on cue. Pete drags the grey furred dog by the arm and we go through the lot as Pete cuts promos on a red corvette which looks ancient and has Argentine polyester seats and gets 32 gallons to the mile, city of course. Pete offers to sign up as the grey dog just wants directions to Earl's Auto. HAHA! Then he turns around and sees it. HAHA! He walks away as Pete grabs onto his ankles and begs for mercy. Grey dog simply unhooks his legs and leaves as Pete is pondering over what to do because he's afraid of getting a regular job. A newspaper smacks into Pete's face and Pete reads it as he is reading the "Employment Opportunities" section and mumbles before noticing that there is an opening for "City Inspector".
Pete ponders it over and then we scene change to Pete pacing in his office. Pete grabs Chainsaw as he is looking for an easy to control sapsucker who can shut down Earl's Used Car Lot for him. People wonder who is the main heel of the show and I know it's Pete, even though he is a jerkish tweener otherwise. Again; it's an asinine sitcom, so every villain is mostly tweenish to begin with. It has to be someone brainless and on the shady side of stupid as Goofy opens the door and lets himself in. See; he doesn't have a nickel for the parking meter. Of course; this show has to remind us that it's in the real world since he mentions Topeka, Kansas in response. Goofy then proclaims that he walked over here and doesn't need it. HA! Pete then starts to kiss his ass, figurally speaking of course. Pete slaps Goofy down into a chair as they exchange notes on Goofy's "abilities". Pete wants to find Goofy a job that suits his "abilities" which Goofy asks "what skills?". HAHA! Sky shot of the streets of Spoonerville as Pete is driving like a maniac, which means he got his driving skills from the Wuzzles School Of Driving. POW! OUCH! Ummm... Goofy is confused in the car about this inspecting thing as Pete explains that he writes tickets and examines things. Goofy thinks this is way too complicated. Goofy is the personification of a dumb redneck guy. Donald Trump and his supporters would be suing Disney for defamation of character, even though there is literally nothing he can do about it. More bad driving from Pete as we get the fake background repeat spot; which is decently done at least. Pete claims that the extra money is good as we park at the state house as we see the church with the steeple cross in the background while Pete lets Goofy out. See; the extra money can be used to put his dumb son in college and make him something better than Goofy can ever be...
Ed Whalen: Hey, that's an insult! That's an insult! Pete
thinks you're nothing, Goofy! That's an insult!
Gregory: Go
away, Ed! Goofy's a fictious character and cannot hear you, anyway!
Pete pushes Goofy towards the state house as Goofy feels all emotional about being a future inspector. So we head inside a room which looks to be a detective agency's office. We head to a table with a grey haired dognose wearing a grey suit with the Gruffi pose on as Pete gives a hard sell on Goofy's "abilities". Wait; isn't this in itself a "conflict of interest" to have the owner of a used car lot be the one to advocate on the behalf of his neighbour? I get Pete doing this because he's supposed to be the heel; but the grey haired coordinator has to buy into it because if he doesn't, the plot doesn't advance. Goofy plays with the ball bouncing device on the table and it bonks him in the nose. Goofy bounces one and the black ball bounces off the Inspector Commander's noggin. Goofy concludes that it's defective as the IC rubs his head not looking amused at all. Pete continues his hard sell as Goofy bonks his nose against two black balls. Goofy is forced on the table as Pete looks at his ears as there is wind blowing inside, a cartoonish response to the fact that Goofy is stupid beyond belief and has no brains. Goofy says it keeps cool in the summer as the IC (voiced by Frank Welker; check the whining voice) as he sounds like Huge and Prince Freddy here. Oh; and IC isn't sure about his qualifications for a government position. Pete gives IC that MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH as his "resume" and of course the bribe works because we have to advance the plot and not have the episode end in five minutes. This was better executed than the Seymore/Inspector Burrough stuff from All's Whale That Ends Whale, so kudos to that. Mostly because this was needed to advance the plot and it made sense, whereas Burrough being bribed made no sense since he acted like an unbiased inspector after the bribe, contributing nothing. IC teases not buying it because he wants to be a senator; even though a politican is supposed to accept bribes in storyline as Pete gives him a wad of cash. IC asks if he can spell his own name. Pete asks multiple choice and the guy hires Goofy as the new inspector of Spoonerville as they shake hands. Like I said many times; the problem is not that modern cartoons do these spots, it's because they are done even more unsutble then this spot for instance. You see them coming a mile away even as a kid and it's like "Why not just give him the job the second he steps into the building? It would be more out of nowhere and be more subtle than this!"
So Goofy and Pete walk out of the government office as Pete explains that a quality of being an inspector is a lack of mercy. You do realize that this is going to bite Pete in the ass in the end? If you cannot book the climax right now, you have no business making cartoons whatsoever. And you know what; that's good because in the end, the heel is supposed to be stupid. The beginning and the middle, he is suppose to outclass the babyfaces. So we head inside a basement storage room with lots of boxes after the most pointless fade to black you ever did see. Goofy is sitting in a chair as Pete shows him a sleazy salesman with a whisker mustache and a brown suit with brown pants, black shoes and a blue shirt. 1:1 odds it's Earl, since Pete HATES him, you see. Pete calls the image a putrid, lowlife, pond-sucking used car salesman. Pete is demonstrating the fine art of psychological projection and no one except critics knows it. I stand corrected because Goofy asks if Pete is a putrid, lowlife, pond-sucking used car salesman. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! And keep in mind; Goofy is the personification of a stupid redneck. Pete throws picture away and calls himself an exception to the rule. Yes, he sure is. Pete is a toxic, lowerlife, scum-sucking used grade piece of car salesmen monkey crap! Pete tells Goofy to not play favorite and show no mercy as Goofy asks what if they are innocent. Yeah; this is a major problem since there is no evidence that Earl has done anything wrong. Pete gets into Goofy's face and claims that used car salesmen are never innocent. Geez; listening to all this and I already feel frightened about Donald Trump's four years in office. And this cannot end well for Pete; because he's a short-sighted, scum-sucking used car salesman monkey crap! Oh; and Pete is always innocent of course, because he's the master of projection! So we go through the quiz of doom as one of the papers has dust that creates a large hole for Goofy's head to go through as Goofy gets the first two "right" (in the sense of what Pete wants) and the third one shows an exhaust pipe as Pete is literally playing bad cop and he's not even a cop, let alone bad. Goofy doesn't know; gets on his knees and confesses that he ate all the strawberries; sobbing loudly. Pete is wondering; "what the hell is this?". Scene change to the office as Pete and Goofy look at each other. Goofy is dressed in a white shirt, blue pants with belt, leather shoes and a blue bowtie. Uh-huh. So Pete does his miltary spiel of doom to Goofy and calls it a war; so yes, the whole concept of "war" as competition is ingrained in used cars, too. No wonder many people hate capitalism. All this talk about competition being a "war". It's a disgrace to real wars, see!
Pete puts a badge on Goofy's shirt and slaps a white hat on as Pete wants Goofy to go out and make this law-abiding citizen proud. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Pete being a law-abiding citizen, that's extremly rich! Goofy and Pete walk out as Pete has apparently bought Goofy a white scooter. I'm guessing that this was the same scooter Kurt Angle gave as a present of good will to the Undertaker; at a time when Undertaker was in a badass biker gimmick and drove a motorcycle to the ring. Ummm; yeah sure. Goofy gets on the scooter and Pete gives him more pink notepaper for extra citations, just in case. Goofy doesn't know how to thank him as Pete coughs up the scooter's smoke because he's dealing with a dumbass, what a surprise? Goofy jumps off and hugs him. Aw! My heart melted. Goofy promises to make him proud as he gets back on the scooter and runs Pete's foot flatter than my sex life. HA! Too bad the brainwashing doesn't eliminate his stupidity. Pete insults him; so Goofy backs up and squashes Pete's foot, again. Goofy calls him the best pal he ever had as Pete is whimpering. Pete is in pain as he has to admit that he is a pal and he drives off his lot. Scene change to Pete and Goofy at the dinner table at Pete's house as Pete is feeding Goofy like a baby making airplane noises. You can tell this is all filler to fill because the Goofy shorts are less than six and a half minutes long, not including the opening and ending, which would make it eight minutes long. So it means we get pointless scene after scene of trying to make the kids laugh, and it has a hit or miss type of hit rate. Somehow; Pistol, Peg, PJ, and Max teleport into their chairs as Peg cannot believe her baby eyes that Pete and Goofy are getting along. Yeah; even I would channel Rebecca and say: "You're up to something, Pete Pete!" and it would not make me a jerk. Pete asks what makes Puppy Toes think there is something up. Ummm; calling her "Puppy Toes" tells me you are up to something. Also; your tone of voice is the same one you use to deflect the question. Pete cleans Goofy's face with the cloth because he had clear gravy on his chin, since we never saw any. So we jump cut to Pistol literally tossing a salad. Listen; it's easy to get mad at this show, but the execs wanted this show to be twenty-two minutes regardless of how stupid that is when your source material barely allows for eleven minutes, so getting mad at the show is pointless at this point. Besides; the filler's not all that bad, it's just filling the running time. Pistol thinks it's aliens from:
Staci: Don't say it!
Bradley: Uranus!
Staci:
Real mature, B-man!
There better be aliens in The Emoji Movie; just to complete that movie's perfection storm of apathy and stupidty. Pete claims that he's only doing this as a celebration for Goofy being an inspector and then blows his cover completely on camera without lowering the tone down. If you are not going to act properly and make sense; cut the line from the script, then. Or rewrite the line with something like: "And make me proud. Hee hee." Here; he basically proclaims that Goofy is inspector to shut down Earl's Auto. Holy crap! Peg actually figured it out that he's up to no good. GREAT! I would have been really pissed off if Peg fell for that one. Goofy then claims that he didn't shut down Earl's Auto as Pete is about to feed him some more and then catches himself. Uh-oh! Pete demands to know how many citations he wrote and Goofy counts to four; and then says he didn't. Pete cannot believe this as Goofy admits that Earl passed with flying colors. Pete then slams a vase on Goofy's head right in front of Peg. Goofy don't care as he eats one of the purple daisies inside said vase. Pete grabs the chair and threatens to throw him out the window; but Peg cuts him off because she is the BS&P police. Oh wait; it's because Pete is a criminal asshole. Pete teases; Peg dares him, Pete tosses him through the hard camera instead, basically attacking the fans. A critic claims that attacking the hard camera is equal to attacking the viewer, and no one questions this critic because he's a truthteller, see. Control Freak is a critic bashing episode of Infantable Teen Titans Go Fish; so it must be true. And to think; I always thought the television set being destroyed did nothing but show how petty their writers were. Scene change to shot of Earl's Auto. Pan over to Pete's car lot which is completely in ruins with cobwebs and an animated sign logo changing expression when the lightning bolt hits as Pete whines and complains about not selling a car in a month. Jump cut to Pete looking out the window wondering if thing couldn't get any worse. In comes Goofy in his scooter as he rams down the door as Pete claims that this is one way. Goofy crashes into Pete's desk as Goofy blows off the brakes for an inspection.
Goofy dust himself off as Pete wonders why he is here and Goofy proclaims that he's here to inspect his business. Uh-oh! He then notices that the door got busted down; which by the way was caused by Goofy driving a freaking scooter through it. Pete goes over and asks if he is going to inspect his very best friend. Yeah; very best friend, the one Pete threw into the hard camera in the last scene. Very friend like. Not. Goofy no sells because he remembers that he doesn't play favorites and doesn't want to let him down by not doing his job. Goofy inspects the place as Pete begs for mercy. Mercy? From Goofy Goof; the one you brainwashed earlier? I have a bad feeling that this is going to turn into Down & Out In Duckberg; only with even less charm. Goofy no sells all; covers his ear and Pete gets the CHEAP HEAT OF LAUGHS as a result. Goofy is called a stupid, lamebrain, moron. Geez; Pete, why don't you tell him how you really feel? Goofy no sells and begins inspecting and giving Pete citation after citation after citation for various faults as we get Pete making dumb excuses after dumb excuse after dumb excuse. Pete drinks a glass of water as Goofy's pencil causes smoke to come out and he hates it when that happens. So Goofy steals the water and pours it on the pink notepad. Yeah; sure, that was so smokin' that it somehow didn't soak the notepad and make it unusable. Scene change to Goofy writing so many citations that he should be arrested for littering. Both ways. Pete shoves the papers around and Pete proclaims that he's not paying for these tickets. Goofy's response; take the broken door and fix it; so he can board up the car lot because Goofy is shutting down the auto lot, BABEE! He puts up a door being censored sign on the door as Pete gasps in horror and that ends the segment 11 minutes in. Yeap; they are going to replay "Down & Out In Duckberg" again, only Peg has a lot less charm than Mrs. Beakly. Ponder that one for a moment.
After the commercial break; we head inside Pete's house as Pete is playing plunger darts (BS&P RULEZ~!) on the front door with Goofy's mug on it as there is pink citations littered in a pile in the living room. Goofy opens the door and comes in with great news. Pete blows him off for having the premeditated gall (gland in this case) stepping foot in his house after what he did. Goofy apologizes for something because he has no idea what he did wrong. HAHA! Good one, Goofy; good one. Pete screams in his face because Goofy shut down his car lot. Wait; so you waited until NOW to yell at him?! Who's the real lamebrain of this outfit? I know it's supposed to be Goofy; but I cannot tell anymore. Goofy thanks Pete for it because he's the employee of the month. HA-YUCK! Complete with trophy with the Eye of Providence on it. Goofy proclaims that in a way, this award is for both of them. Pete boots Goofy out of the house right on cue allowing him to howl his redneck scream just for me. Pete wipes his hands clean; but Peg is right there to make sure he doesn't get away with it. Pete doesn't care about the poster boy of stupidity claims (Goofy, everyone) because he's opening the car lot baby. If you cannot guess what Peg does and says afterward, you guessed it. Peg screams so loud at Pete gets buried in the citations. Message delievered! Basically; she says he's not breaking any laws and not dragging her kids to see Pete in prison, so pay for the citations and then open the car lot. Pete proclaims that he'll just get a job and thinks are there lots of things to do. Scene change to outside on a street corner with mud right on the street in the right spot where Pete is to get mud on him as Pete is selling used parts under a tree. Pete gets splattered with mud as Goofy rides in with a scooter. Pete is growling and pissed as Goofy gets off and he's so naive that he thinks Pete is happier than a pig in a mud hole. Goofy pulls the bowtie as Pete insults him calling him five different ways of calling him a bastard and Goofy has some bad news; because Pete's got three more citation notes and Goofy speeds off with mud on Pete again. Pete claims that his suit's not plaid. Yeah; never mind the "lack of permit" citation.
Scene change to near a sidewalk offering to wash windows on a busy street. Here's the problem with this: Pete has been an asshole throughout this series and yet we are supposed to feel sorry for him for making Goofy an inspector; like a babyface, when Pete's scheme is very heelish. So why should I care about Goofy ruining his life? Goofy is merely doing his job as an inspector; from stuff Pete trained him to do. Sadly; he tries to wash windows with a bucket of water and a washcloth as he does his hard sell and tries to wipe down a limo's window; but speeds off. At this point; giving Pete citations is useless because he's failing to attract business anyway to pay for the citations. If he was making money off of this; then the citations would make sense and not make Goofy look like a busy-body heel. I say this; because you should know that Goofy rides in, writes citations and leaves. Only one of them is a valid citation by the way; the rest are downright draconian. Sadly; I don't expect this angle to be played up in the climax and finish because kids just like comedy, you see. So we head back home as Pete comes in with a handful of citations in his arms as Peg asks how the day went, and Pete says it was the usual. Then we hear a siren and Pete jumps behind the sofa and yells to Peg not to answer the door and that he's in Nowega (In Norway; I do believe) or something. Peg answers the door anyway because Goofy is back as he squashes Pete into the wall with the door. I just love that Goofy has driven him so nuts that he's willing to have kidney stones put in his body. Goofy proclaims that he's the Residential Inspector as well as he's moving up the ladder, BABEE! Pete cries in anguish and drops dead. Goofy brings out his notepad and this wakes up Pete instantly. Pete wants to kill Goofy; but Peg cuts him off because the law is the law, see. And besides; this house should appear to be up to code now, isn't it? Pete decides to play it cool and tells Goofy to inspect Peg's parts of the house, just to throw it back in her face. Personally; at this point, putting Pete in the literal doghouse would not be a bad idea.
Scene change to the inspection as Goofy inspects everything from the house and everything's perfect. Pete is in shock. Scene change to Pistol's room. Goofy claims it's perfect as Pistol jumps on the bed and is pounding a pillow. Jump cut to PJ's room as he's drawing something on the rocket bed and Goofy says it's perfect. Okay; nothing bad here. Then we go to Pete and Peg's room as Goofy sees trouble as Pete looks horrified. Goofy goes to the closet and...At this point; I was hoping that he would just say that everything is perfect, except for Pete's closet; which the stuff on the shelf is like ten pounds over the weight limit and could crash down on people. I mean; at least that would be a legit citation. Nope; the citations are that his suits are not striped enough and Peg jokes about Pete's weight. If you are going to do these absurd citation that no real safety inspector is going to find; it better lead to a finish about either getting these kind of laws off the books; or these citations are invalid because there was no law for them. I doubt that will happen even if it makes the most sense. Again; the holes in the Swiss Cheese thing is bogus. If he said "green mold" that would at least be acceptable. If this is BS&P's doing; they are idiots and if the writers decided on this, then bully on them! Goofy puts the rope sign censor on Pete because he's going to have to move out. Pete is pissed off; but he's going to move out anyway, because Peg dares him to try her. Pete then proclaims that he's moving out of course as we hear a steam whistle as Goofy checks his watch and walks out with Peg because his shift is over and offers pizza. Making Peg look like an ass for it as we get a final shot of outside of Pete stuck with all the stuff that was moved out of the house in front of the sidewalk as Chainsaw snickers at Pete; and that ends the segment nearly sixteen minutes in. Wow; we went from a decent episode to a really awful one in a span of five minutes. All I can say is; the finish better be was I suggested, or this is the worst episode of the series.
After the commercial break; we head to morning as Pete goes to the back to open up the back for breakfast and then the doors slam down in the back and crush Pete's arm. Pistol comes in and offers her breakfast to Pete in a gesture of good will. Pete is salavating; but Peg cuts her off and takes the breakfast away because of some obscure Spoonerville law that prevents feeding of the homeless. UGH! Oh; but, it's apparently okay to give Pete a bucket that she owns to Pete which would also be against the law, too according to her wording. Double UGH! Pete has to wash windows again as Pete rightfully throws all of this down because he quits. Peg asks him how he's going to get the car lot back and PJ comes out and suggests selling Pistol to the circus as Pistol blows him off. Okay; that was funny at least. Pete teases selling Pistol anyway and Peg blows him off. HAHA! Pete stammers for a while and then proclaims that he'll get himself out of this somehow. And then he gets a Krackpotkin Plan: If he can make Goof the Inspector; he can break him. Not the best idea I have heard; but Pete needs to get his heat back, so I suppose it's for the better, I guess. So we head to Goofy's house as we head to Goofy's man cave complete with hanging light bulb fixture. Pete wants to give him some man to man, pal to pal advice. Goofy asks if this includes coast to coast as Pete shines the light bulb to his face as Pete claims that Goofy has been too nice in his job. Pete wants him to get tough and ruthless as Goofy writes this all down. Goofy asks how many "o's" in ruthless. However; the first thing he needs to do is get brutal. Geez; I thought we already had that with the writing of this episode from the eight minute mark onward. Pete proclaims that the best way to gain respect from his bosses is to cite them, as he calls Goofy uppity. Oh lord. So the Inspector Commander is Chief Inspector. Ah, close enough. Goofy asks if he should inspect the Chief Inspector and Pete calls this a terrific idea as he smacks Goofy's back and we get another whirlwind spot. So we head to outside the $ Sign bank of doom at an ATM with the Chief Inspector is pushing buttons on the machine. CI tries to grab the money; but Goofy grabs it and claims that it's serial numbers are out of orders. Yes folks; the writer is simply doing the same basic spots as before with Pete/Goofy; only the CI is the victim. Worse; that first one is not his fault. That's the bank for counterfeit money. Cite THEM!
This is exactly what I mean when I talk about writers who write DTVA episodes outside of TaleSpin. Stephen Sustarsic is a really good writer, I have seen it! But in TaleSpin, despite being a rush job, it was because of that, that the solution was in place to coordinate everything from top to bottom in order to make sure that it was the best production you can have. The "four of everything" tactic. Sure; it was a machine of sorts and writers felt that it reduced creativity, but the machine made things decent in the face of the deadline even at it's worst. Just imagine how even better TaleSpin would have been if they had even a few months of extra time per episode? Here; it feels like a production by committee look and disorganized, which makes good episodes look bad; great episodes look merely good and decent episodes like this could have been. Second one is also not the CI's fault either as the fork is on the wrong side. And Goofy eats his drumstick with his bare hands For goodness sakes Goofy; heal thyself. You eating with dirty Mickey Mouse gloves is more of a violation than that one. Spoonerville is the worst city to live in, after seeing these convoluted laws. Remember one thing about the "rule of law"; laws can be changed you know. Third one is remotely his fault (CI's green car clashes with the lights) and actually sounds the closest to a safety violation, but you really have to stretch the bounds of creditability for that one. The saddest part about this is: I feel bad for Goofy for acting like this; because he's following orders to the letter and trying to be a good law-abiding citizen. Worse part of this; this spot leads to Goofy hopping back to the sidewalk as the lights turn red, so somehow; the car is in the middle of the road despite the car being before the intersection where Goofy stopped in. And to think, Sunwoo was on it's best behavior until this very spot. You can guess what happens next as we get a huge pileup; which they instantly cut away to Goofy and Pete talking. Wait; so all of this was a dream sequence?! UGH! Pete proclaims that the fringe benefits mean that Goofy has complete diplomatic immunity from prosecution. We then get scenes of Goofy running a red light and causing a two car crash in the middle of the street after the fact.
Jump cut to Goofy and Pete tearing the "Do not remove" tags from pillows which involves tearing pillows in half. Goofy also tears Pete's clothes off because partial nudity is funny, you see. Considering how awful this episode has been, this was pretty chuckle inducing at least. Also you can end sentences with propositions. Ummm; I think it means "get out of jail with bribery" in policespeak. Pete proclaims that Goofy is finally getting the hang of this. Pete smacks Goofy's back and turns around with his arm behind his back because the most important thing to do is take a bribe, as Goofy proclaims that he doesn't want to get married. So yes; Goofy merrying Max's teacher is completely out of the running now. Pete blows him off as Pete wants money as Goofy asks if this is almost illegal. Pete responds by saying: Would I do anything illegal? Ummm; yes. You did bribe the CI into Goofy getting the job in the first place; and you have already broke the law on that alone. And another thing; about Peg yelling at Pete for not breaking the law: The citations are there because Pete was breaking the law. So he has already broken the law; he just hasn't paid the consequences yet. Pete and Goofy walk out of the house as Goofy thanks Pete for this advice because he thought he was going to do something real stupid for a moment there. Yeah; I'll bet. Pete says he was glad to help and tells Goofy to show them what they are made of as Goofy leaves. Pete proclaims under his breath that he'll be fired by the end of the day. So we scene change to AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as Pete is in his black car as Peg is outside continuing to semi-taunt Pete at the door. Peg shows off the tub of roasted meat just to continue being a jerkass as Pete is warming up a TV dinner on a hotplate inside the car; which I'm certain is a violation that actually makes sense. A siren wails as Pete gets out and Goofy rides in on his scooter and squashes Pete's foot again. For some reason; this abuse actually amuses me now since everything else about this sucks. Goofy informs Pete that he got a call from the mayor and everything Pete has taught him has paid off. Pete chuckles on cue and is enjoying himself. Since I hate him doing that; Goofy does me proud by backing up and squashing Pete's foot again in response before driving off.
Foot grabbing spot ensues as we head to the government building as the chief inspector and Pete watch on as we get our first appearance of the mayor of Spoonerville, who looks like a prototype of Chairman Profiteur from Bravely Default, only the Chairman was a lot less sleazy. The PRESS OF FRAUD makes the trip as the mayor is at his podium with Goofy standing at attention. I betcha Goofy wins a plaque for this just like in Wade Againest The Machine and wipes the smirks off CI and Pete. I check the DVD...Damn; I'm good. So yeah; now I know where the Kick Buttowski stole that spot from. Pete stammers like an idiot claiming that he broke every law in the book; which the mayor calls it showing initiative and shakes hands with Goofy. Oh; and Goofy is the new Chief Inspector; causing the former CI to protest this outrage. The mayor states that the CI did a lousy job and a police officer drags the former CI away stage right, while protesting that he cannot be fired for doing a lousy job, because he works for the government. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. Yeah; I mean, only the people can fire him, it's an elected position. Okay; I know where this is going now: Mayor praises Goofy and Goofy turns on the mayor, citations for everyone and then the mayor fires him. That's the only way this makes any sense and ends the episode. Please don't be like Marion Wells and have the episode simply stop; that's all I ask. I don't care if the citations get null and voided, 90% of them laws should be off the books anyway. The mayor allows Goofy to take the podium after having to explain a metaphor that has Goofy confused and so Goofy takes the podium and addresses the crowd. Jump cut to Pete crying next to the door and then he starts to notice problems. At least the first problem is termites; so I can understand writing a citation for that. And then Goofy goes berserk with the citations left and right; although not enough towels in the washroom is sort of understandable, but otherwise, the rest are really dumb as Goofy puts a rope sign on the mayor's neck and declares that he's shutting down City Hall. Yip; we are doing the "Fish At Work" finish from Fish Hooks as well. I know exactly how episode went and I'm expecting the same thing here as Goofy sticks out his arm and mayor asks what the hell he wants. Goofy wants his perk money because all government officials get them.
Of course; as anyone knows that most corrupted public officials would never accept sharing money with someone who has turned on them, as the mayor throws down the sign and demands answers to this outrage. Goofy explains that he learned all of it from his pal, Pete. Ooops. Should have walked out when you had the chance there, Pete as the cameras are all on him. The mayor fires Goofy and declares all the citations null and void....except for Pete's of course. Personally; I would just keep the citations for the car lot and invalidate the rest, because most of them are convoluted anyway, but I'm perfectly fine with this finish. So this will not be the worst episode in the series. So we head back to Pete's house as Pete is in the house at the table with his family. Wait, what?! How in the world can he be allowed inside the house?! Did he pay the citations, or something? Was the CI forced to pay Pete back for his bribery?! UGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! No explaination whatsoever as to how Pete is sitting there eating everyone's pasta in a cartoon spot. Still not the worst episode; but pretty damn close to it. Peg of course continues taunting about how Pete was only not eating in almost a day. Would have been funny if Pete couldn't eat outside clear as day. Pistol almost got to whack Peg in the face with her body; but Peg uses some out of nowhere scissors to break it up. Fuddy duddy. We hear a horn honking in the background as Pete opens the front door and sees Goofy wearing green overalls, a yellow shirt and a white hat with an orange scooter as Goofy proclaims that he got a new job as a termite exterminator. Pete screams no as Goofy wants to exterminate pests in his house since they are pals. Goofy brings out the most absurdish looking axe I have ever seen as Pete stammers and blabbers at end the episode at 21:15. I skipped Leader Of The Pack for THIS?! Been a long time since I have said that. First ten minutes were pretty funny; finish was good, the rest was brutally bad. * 3/4 (35%).
THE REVIEW LINE
Wow; the caption for this is how I felt after watching this episode. The first ten minutes were pretty funny and I felt that they booked it right by having Goofy be the honest inspector and screw Pete over. Sunwoo Animation was really good in this one outside of one logic break and the finish for this was the correct one, although it would have been even better if they explained how Pete got back into the house since his citations were still considered valid by the mayor himself. So at least the episode didn't just stop and seeing Goofy as a termite exterminator and Pete's reaction was really funny. Between the ten minute mark and the climax; it was completely brutal and designed to just kill off time. The problem with this is we are supposed to feel sorry for Pete when he was being a lawbreaking scumbag before and during this episode and want to see Goofy fired, and not once did they bring up the fact that Spoonerville's laws were godawful. I have seen counties with terrible laws that should be off the books with better belivability than this. Pete was forced to move out because of nothing he did; but what producers create. I mean; when Goofy was checking the lot, he was within the bounds of creditability. When he was screwing at Pete's job; there was one citation for each that made sense, but the rest were horrible and no one would get cited for that unless you live in a ass backwards backwater village. Which fits Goofy's redneckish personality. The worst part is: I wanted to hate Goofy; but I couldn't because it was all on Pete; but we have to feel sorry for Pete in order for the episode to end. Stephen cared more about comedy than writing a plot that at least made sense and it showed in the final scene where Pete is in the house just like that. No explaination as to how he got back in since getting back in was againest the law and his citations were still valid. Yeah; there were a few funny moment in that brutality; but in the end, I hated this. This episode sucked! So....
Thumbs down for this episode and I'll see you all next time.