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Good Neighbour Goof
Reviewed: 03/05/2017
Like A Good Neighbour, Goof Troop Is There!
Well; after thirty-one episodes of ranting and with still three episodes on the DVD Volume 2 Disc One set left to do before this; we finally arrive with the first episode of the two part pilot. I don't understand why it's midway through the first disc of the second volume of the DVD set; leading me to conclude that it's order is in animation order instead of airing order; which should have been on Volume One, Disc One. I never understood the purist mentality of having episodes in animated order when the show is episodic to begin with. Anyhow; you would think this was a forty-four minute episode; but it's not true. This episode is 22 minutes long and it was combined with Everything Coming Up Goofy as a double bill and then combined into a 45 minute special. Now; you would also think that this would be an epic story like Darkwing Duck's pilot or even the ultra wacky Wuzzles pilot or even Fluppy Dogs. Well; the plot of this entire pilot is simple: Goofy moves out of previous town with Max and they go to Spoonerville to a new home which happens to be next door to Pete. Pete and Goofy (well mostly Pete) hate each other (really only Pete) and PJ and Max are separated. PJ and Max try to make the neighbours reconcile and all's well. Yeah. Remember two years ago and Plunder and Lightning and how historic that was? Now; we simply move to a new town, hate the neighbour, and then kiss and make up. The days of epic were gone...until Awakening from Gargoyles at least. So how does this episode fare? Let's rant on shall we...?!
This episode is written by Cathryn Perdue, Steve Sustarsic & Jeff Saylor. The story was edited by Carter Crocker. The animation was provided by Walt Disney Animation Australia, PTY Limited.
Interesting Moment #1: This episode now uses the second opening. I wonder why since the episode that it's doubled up with uses the first opening? Worse; all the sound effects from the first opening are still there intact despite the footage clearly not matching up with the audio. Unbelievable.
We begin this one at Goofy's house as the front of the house still has a huge hole in it. Dogs are barking as Goofy arrives dressed in blue overalls, blue shirt and blue cap holding three planks of wood; also humming. Goofy tosses the planks of wood and that somehow causes Max to fly out of his bed and freefall onto the floor. Bugged eye spots ensue and Max is clearly showing his bare ass clear as day. Including the tunnel. Am I watching Kick Buttowski again? Ummm; nope. So we cut back to Goofy hammering wooden planks to the wall and the wood slides down and swings. Yeah; Goofy's carpentry skills are worse than Arn Anderson's. Max is at the window groggly and asking why he's hammering so early in the morning. Goofy claims he's got a lot of work to do and has gone one hour without killing his fingers with the ham...Ooops; spoke too soon. And it's the thumb Goofy that thumping like a heartbeat. Goofy claims he's got seven good ones as Max is not amused since Goofy I believe kills all seven of them. Jump cut to Pete in bed with bloodshot eyes and he cannot take it anymore. Did Pete somehow find a bootlegged episode of Chargeman Ken? Probably not. Pete goes out to his backyard look off and screams at Goofy for quiet as Goofy's house rumbles like crazy. Of course it cracks; but does not break and implode as Goofy no sells it anyway. Goofy flicks the hammer and it nails Pete right in the kisser with no impact stars, nor flashes. Pete flies off the look off and crashes on the ground off-screen as Goofy claims that he loses more hammers that way. Scene change to Pete walking onto Goofy's property looking mad as hell now. Jump cut to inside the living room as Goofy cannot open the dreaded CHEST OF DEMONS for Max. Is Goofy talking about the chest or himself in all this; because I cannot tell the difference. Pete comes in with a hammer and a white box as he calls Goofy an idiot as Goofy finally gets the thing open. Of course; he flies and crashes into Pete off-screen as Goofy lands ass first on Pete's belly. Goofy welcomes him, because he's dumb. Pete gets the CHEAP HEAT OF LAUGHS before smacking Goofy off of him; calling him tapioca brains.
Pete throws Goofy the white box as Goofy is on his ass on the ground as Pete welcomes him to the neighborhood. Goofy cries over a box. Aww! My heart melted! Time to punt, Pete Pete; your greetings sucks! Pete goes over; grabs the box and rips it open to reveal bandages, scissors and bandaids. Geez; I was expecting a video tape on how Pete really felt about Goofy for a second there. Pete claims that it's an earthquake kit because the house is built on a really dangerous fault, you see. Well; even though this episode could be plopped anywhere on the roster without anyone being confused, they still have to pay off the fact that Pete still controls the house as per the pilot episode at this point, so this is second half of the pilot. Goofy is so giddy about this; probably because it's a fault that isn't caused by him. It's truly a special day! HAHA! Scene change to Pete twisting his satellite dish in his backyard as he's going to make Goofy fly off the Richter scale and out of his life. Pete runs in and jumps into his chair; and somehow doesn't squash Chainsaw in the process as he leaps out of the chair yelping. I club BS&P! Pete grabs the remote and pushes the button for a 6.0 earthquake as we see on the television in the basement, Goofy carrying boxes as we get drum music as Goofy deduces that it's indigestion. If only Goofy, if only. Bouncing ensues everywhere as we see that there is an earthquake machine painted purple in the area. Beams falls; Max gets trapped in his chair screaming for help. Goofy helps Max up as the house shakes so much that everything gets bounced perfectly into place and this somehow magically repairs the house and everything. Goofy tells Max he can take that nap after all as Pete comes in wanting to help pack their bags; and then stops as he's screwed. Goofy calls this lucky. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments as Pete sobs like the manchild that he is. Goofy loves earthquake faults, because it's not his fault. Har har! So we scene change back to Pete sitting on his chair in the living room blowing off Goofy. Jump cut to Goofy putting the white band of the earthquake machine around his waist humming.
He pulls on the band to stretch it out and then puts it in the box without cutting the bands first. He walks out towards the front of the house claiming that they are getting rid of the clutter of the previous owner's house so they can put their own clutter in. Sounds like common sense to me as Goofy slips on the conveniently placed oil slick out of nowhere, because Goofy is a stupid idiot for not looking where he was going and the earthquake band attaches itself to Pete's motorboat. Jump cut to Pete pushing the remote control as he revs it up to a 9.6 earthquake. Despite only being attached to the motorboat; this somehow causes the entire property of Pete to shake. Huh?! That makes no sense at all. Rumbling ensues in the house as Pete grabs Chainsaw by the neck; but then gets the LIGHT BULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY and the place rumbles and crumbles. Pete panics and runs around before finding the remote and pushing buttons; which stops the thing before anyone gets hurt. Well; except for Pete's eardrums when Peg finds out. Jump cut to Max about to slingshot PJ's end of the talking can phone setup of doom; which they use in many episodes to come, as a way to show us that this is still part of the pilot episode. PJ is at the window with his catcher's mitt; so yes, they are now acting like friends despite not caring about each other in the previous episode. I didn't know playing with a model tank fresh out of the box would do that to some people. In comes Pete in PJ's room demanding answers to this outrage, because you see; Max is a threat to Pete's authority or something. Pete gets nailed by the tin can phone and tied up in the process. PJ props himself against Pete's ass and calls that a nice catch as Pete gets another good CHEAP HEAT OF LAUGHS to amuse me. Jump cut to Goofy in either the kitchen or the bathroom cleaning out the cupboard below the sink. Okay; it's the bathroom as he's cleaning out the medicine cabinet in the most messiest of ways. Jump cut to the hallway as Goofy calls for Max and asks about dental floss. Goofy goes into Max's room and finds the tin can phone with the string attached to it. Very thick string I might add; almost like rope.
So Goofy deduces that he'll use this instead. Where is Max, anyway? Taking a apple juice break or something? Goofy grabs onto the tin can phone rope of doom and pulls Pete right into the window; which literally cracks the walls near the window right on impact; with a drawer pushed out. Glass window also breaks a bit as Pete pops out from the carnage and plops onto his back. Goofy cleans his two buck teeth with the rope and Pete pulls on the rope and Goofy goes into the window and cracks the walls as well. PJ tries to practice the fine art of not being seen; which Pete is completely immune to because PJ is grabbed by Pete as he demands answers to this outrage. PJ claims that he wants to go next door; sort of. Pete blows him off because the goofs are crazy and he has 150,000 aluminum cans to crush in the backyard; which came completely out of nowhere and no one noticed. Oh; and he's getting two percent of the profits at 1/2 cent a can as PJ is not amused at all about this. Wuzzle clock scene changer of doom (I wondered when we would get one of those...) as we see Pete go to the upper cupboards and open them. He brings out PJ's sneakers strapped down by belt to two bowls worth of dried SEAMEN~T! Pete has a hard time getting them out and then hugs them as the family boots. EWWWW! GET HIM AWAY! GET HIM AWAY! PJ goes into PJ's room and plops them down with a loud crash as the shoes are three hundred pounds. Is that apiece, or a pair? Not that it matters; but I'm curious in a sort of "How sadistic is Pete here?" way. PJ is plopped into the shoes (with PJ still wearing his own) and they fit like a glove, which they shouldn't. Pete also stuffs a banana yellow lampshade on his head as a helmet. Now this is child cruelty; exposing him to Gedo's fashion sense like that. Pete sniffles about daddy's little boy isn't so little anymore. Yeah; he's already four hundred pounds and it's not even the poor kids fault. As if PJ's own body wasn't enough to body shame him for life. Pete's sobbing is downright pathetic to say the least; along with his hugging. PJ is slapped in the back and nearly breaks it in the process. OUCH! Toxic manliness; thy name is Pete! So PJ very slowly strains and struggles to walk out of his room as Pete chuckles that this will keep him away from the Goofs for a very long time. PJ trips and tumbles down the steps taking a lot of nasty bumps along with the way as the door opens and in comes Max as he is not impressed with these family boots of Pete. PJ admits that they are as Max does the Gruffi pose and proclaims that there is an easier way to pull this off. Scene change to the kitchen as Peg is frying bacon on the island stove and slapping Pete's hand away because he was some BEGGIN...ERRR...I mean, bacon. Peg elbows Pete's midsection for good measure as the bacon is for Goofy of course. Pete complains about not eating in hours; as Peg gives him a bowl of low cholesterol mush. Uh-oh! Pete is in the doghouse again!
Speaking of dogs; as Pete moans about it, we cut to Chainsaw eating from her doggie bowl as Pete slams the mush right onto Chainsaw in response and giggles. What an animal cruelty asshole Pete Pete is?! Pete ponders this over and gets inspired as he brings out bottles of hot mustard, hot sauce, chili peppers, a full-on radiation suit and a eyedropper of pure jalapeni consecrate. He pours all these together onto a sandwich (which was originally supposed to be just bacon I might add; in a logic break) as the japapeni consecrate drops; turning into bubbles and doing a mini nuclear explosion with volcano look. Oh yeah; Peg is so not going to notice that, Pete Pete. Pete breaks the fourth wall (by looking directly into the hard camera) giggling as this will incinerate his innard. If you cannot guess who actually is going to eat this sandwhich; you have no business reading this rant. Scene change to Goofy sitting down at the island with the SANDWICH OF DEATH with Pete; wearing a bib and welding a knife and fork on a footstool. (NOT THAT ONE!) Goofy calls this a work of art as Pete insists he dig in. Goofy takes a bite of the SANDWICH OF DEATH and chews on it for a bit. Goofy gulps and claims that it's not bad; and asks for hot sauce. HAHA! Pete's reaction is priceless of course as Pete shoves Goofy aside and devours the SANDWICH OF DEATH as a result. HA! I knew Pete couldn't resist as Pete's cheeks turn into balloons. PETE'S HEAD IS ON FIRE~ as Pete pushes back. I rate that as a nine-alarm fire out of ten complete with delayed flamethrower spot. He runs and holds his throat around the house and does the Krillin running on walls Dragon Ball Z spot and then runs out of the backyard and into the swimming pool to cool his innards out. So much so; that the pool is almost completely empty as Pete is faceplanted in the bottom of the pool. Pete slowly gets up steamed as we scene change to in front of Pete's property with knockoff Pink Panther music. Jump cut to Pete in the garage (I think) throwing stuff out of the CHEST OF DEMONS like a Wuzzle. Somehow; this chest has Eleroo's pouch powers because he brings out a giant chainsaw. There is a conveniently placed bottle of nitro on the shelf in the background, which Pete takes out. I'm guessing it's the same formula from Slighty Dinghy as Pete puts in one measly cyan blue drop of nitro into the fuel tank of the chainsaw as he tells Goofy to count to ten and it's bye bye Goofy. Why yes; Pete is trying to kill Goofy, why do you ask?
Jump cut to Goofy on a wooden step ladder trimming the tree with hedge clippers. In comes Pete out of nowhere with the chainsaw (NOT THAT DOG!) and offers it to Goofy. Goofy takes the chainsaw and thanks Pete for it claiming that this neighbor stuff is fun as Pete is dellusional before he backs away and hides behind Goofy's house. Goofy tries to start up the chainsaw and it hiccups as it's no go. Goofy claims he almost had it that time. Pete is not amused as Goofy tries to start it up; but puts it down and claims that it's a fool-injected model. HAHA! Goofy tries again and pulls up; but Pete walks in and gets elbowed in the jaw like a goddamn stupid idiot. CHEAP HEAT OF LAUGHS ensue as Pete is pulling his hair out like mad. Pete grabs the chainsaw like a stupid idiot and pulls on the string. Uh-oh! Pete goes flying and destroys the mailbox, trees, his motorboat; cutting that last one in half. Well; you have no one but yourself to blame for this one, Pete Pete. Although I'm sure he'll find a way to blame Goofy in all this. Pete flies around the property cutting stuff as Goofy is at the fence informing him that he'll borrow it later when he's done. HA-YUCK! Jump cut to a cliff near a tree as Max and PJ are typing ropes around a cardboard box of pop cans and a giant rock. PJ asks if this will work and Max claims that he stakes PJ's life on it, dood. Why are they friends, again? So Max goes over the plans which is to pully up the giant rock and then release it on the box of cans. That's simple enough to explain without me doing it; but we have to kill time anyway as Max and PJ shimmy up the giant rock into position over the cans. Then PJ completely brainfarts right on cue as he lets go because he wants to do the ultra stupid spit hands spot. Why are they friends, again?! Max panics on cue; but he's screwed as they go up the tree branch as the rock smashes into pebbles and does nothing to the can. That is one weak ass rock there, dood! Max and PJ land right on the box of cans and they are edging on the cliff in terror to end the segment ten and a half minutes in. Well; this was going through the motions; but Goofy is at least funny, so it was more tolerable than it should be thus far. Sadly; for this show, the real plot hasn't started yet.
After the commercial break; we have a long sequence of PJ panicking about Pete kicking his ass/can if he loses the cans as the box finally flies down and bounces off the ground like a superball is up their asses through the forest. PJ starts confessing stuff about lying to parents, tearing off the head of Pistol's doll. Are you sure you are confessing your sins, or Kit's sins in Plunder and Lightning Part Three? They bounce into a tar pool (complete with no swimming sign) for fun and are dipped like crazy as Max asks why he is bothering to do this and PJ claims that if they die he wants to go out with a clear conscience. Geez; I thought it was done for comedy and to kill time until the real plot starts; which hasn't happened yet and we are almost halfway through this episode already. So, yes; a bunch of birds fly in and thus they are tarred and feathered literally. So yes; the grease and spoon them was not in fact a BS&P spot in The Sound And The Furry. Then they stop and get WARNERED allowing them to scream. They bounce off the box, which completely flattens on cue and then land in the lake. PJ and Max help each other out of the lake, with some oil still on them. Max asks if PJ is okay; I would suggest that he is not. At least not yet not okay as PJ just laughs his ass off much to Max's disdain about dying (death reference #1 for the episode) before getting his first pimple. PJ points out that the cans are flat; and now Max is laughing. Yip; they are as dellusional as Pete, which partially explains Max's tendency to have Pete's genes for some reason. This goes on for a while as PJ wants to do it again because it's so cool. Yeah; I'll bet. So we head back into Pete's house as there is mud tracks and muddy hand prints on the wall everywhere. Somehow; Pete has the forensic science powers built in his head to deduce that the prints were done by PJ. Let me guess; if it was Pistol that would be sexist, am I right? Even though Pistol is more likely to enjoy making messes and having fun. Pete heads upstairs as we head to PJ's room as the kids are muddy and the floor is messy. PJ also seems to have the same forsenic science powers of hearing footsteps as Pete. Only PJ's powers are more believable.
So they run and bail; then come back and have a meeting of the minds. And it wasn't at the tar pond. PJ throws Max out the window; only to discover that there is no baloney present; so Max free falls and smacks the ground off-screen. In comes Pete pissed off, which is his default function in life. Pete demands answers to this outrage and PJ stammers like a stupid idiot before asking what the hell was the question again. Pete sniffs the air and it smells like funk. So Pete hates Terry Funk, too? What a jackass?! He smells a paint stealing stench and claims that he smells a Goof. I didn't know Goofs had the same smell as tar. Pete pulls mud from PJ and accuses him of hanging out with Max as Max is now hanging onto the window sill. Oh; so he didn't crash? I thought I heard a crashing sound effect earlier on. Must have been my imagination; or BS&P RULEZ~! PJ looks ashamed as Pete makes bogus claims about Goofs that would make Mike Adams and his ilk hang their heads in shame. Shame that they didn't think of this first. I thought gawrsh was basically gosh slurred. This whole thing reminds me of Toonzone user Carlos Gutierrez when he was complaining about Goofy's drawling speaking. Read the first part of the thread; and he sounds like a nice version of Pete in this episode. PJ is butting; Pete isn't and tells him to stay away from Max forever. It took them almost thirteen minutes to advance the plot, because Goofy is funny you see. And kids just want comedy. To be fair though; Goofy is funny, so him screwing Pete over is a-okay. It just went for way too long. Also; he wants PJ to get out of those goof-infested clothes. Pete sounds like every anti-vaccine parent I ever heard of. Mostly TH1TH2 in fact. So we scene change to the cliff with the tree BEFORE HAPPY HOUR (sunset) as Max is pacing around which PJ is sitting on a log waxing about having fun for twenty four hours. He holds up his good luck can as Max has a Krackpotkin plan to counter this. Max's plan is just a plan. Why are they friends, again? PJ bowls over the log for fun as Max tells him to trust him. Oh yeah; this is so going to be an everlasting friendship.
So we head to Goofy's house AFTER HAPPY HOUR as we head to the back as we are having Hawaiian days in Goofy's backyard. Pete is protesting this outage; but Peg blows him off and yells at him to hurry up. Pete comes in dressed in a brown grass caveman's outfit with white shirt and a crown with a palm tree in the middle as Peg is dressed up with a blue dress with a flower necklace and sandals. The whole background has grass huts, masks and lamp strung around as Goofy is wearing shoes and has black legs now. Make up your minds; do you want Goofy to be black or not?! Pete is groaning and complaining as Peg really blows him off because the kids went through a lot of trouble to make this work; so Pete is forced to enjoy himself. Pete of course continues to act like a grumpy grandfather who cannot enjoy life without controlling someone, most of all, a woman. Goofy bangs on drums for a while and Pete is forced into the Aloha Line Shuffle Of Doom. Pistol and Waffles join in as Chainsaw is tied to a tree and Waffles invokes the LB laugh on her to piss her off. Proof that even the animal world is not safe from the scourage that is sexism. Goofy and Pete dance as Pete kicks Goofy in the ass (as payback for Goofy's kick in the face of Pete in the football game in the first episode, so nice one writers); which slingshots the picnic table. Somehow; only the stuffed carmel pig flies into the air and lands in front of Chainsaw. Waffles rushes in and steals it before Chainsaw can chomp on it. Waffles climbs up a tree with the stuffed pig to enjoy it; because Waffles is mean, in keeping with the stereotype that every cat in DTVA has to be mean spirited. It makes the accusation of dumb dogs in DTVA sound a lot less awful. Chainsaw barks in protest and pulls on the leash; which causes a coconut to bonk off of Chainsaw and knock her out. Well; that was out of nowhere and it went about the same place. Waffles laughs as NOW WE DO THE LIMBO~! Pete even offers Goofy the first try. That is so humble of him. Not. Cut back to Waffles with the out of nowhere salt shaker and salting his food. I guess cats are much healther when they have hypertension; but I'm no expert, so what do I know? Pig goes through the nest (that is some heavy metal-equse salt this Waffles fellow is packing there) and it bonks into Goofy and somehow causes the limbo pole to fly into the air. Huh? Also; the pig made a squeak sound. Oh, noes! Oh my god; the kids killed Chuckles The Silly Piggy~! YOU BASTARDS! PJ and Max: YOU JUST MADE THE LIST~! Pete is amused by Goofy being dizzy; because he's an asshole as PJ and Max approve of this "bonding". So we play toss the coconut for a while as Pistol wants to do some work for a change.
Peg tosses the coconut to Pistol on a flea flicker as Pistol throws the coconut like a football towards Pete. Pete runs towards Goofy. Now; if you recall, Pete lost the big football game in high school because Goofy unintentionally kicked Pete in the face in the first episode of this pilot. So guess what happens here? Goofy is cheerleading and Goofy kicks Pete in the face and Pete slams into the picnic table of food. Like I didn't see that one coming and I know what is going to happen next. Everyone checks on him as Pete is a mess and gets up; blaming Goofy for doing the same thing twenty-five years ago. So Pete is forty-one years old in storyline. I'm guessing Goofy is too. Goofy apologizes like a real human being would because he did kick Pete in the face both times; there's no two ways about it. He didn't mean to; and I'm not sure about that. According to the "kids just want comedy rule" kicking people in the face is funny. Then again; it's Goofy so I still do not know if it was intentional or not. He blows Goofy off for basically ruining his life as Max and PJ (well, mostly PJ) want to defuse the situation by having the main course. Too little, too late PJ; Pete is too much of a scoiopath to listen of course as Pete grabs PJ and then punches down on Max to boot with an insulting comment about his height. This is enough for Goofy to blow him off because you do not punch down on a kid; never ever. Even if you are a kid. Goofy bails to leave; and then realizes that this is his property (because he's an idiot of course) and then orders Pete to leave. Pete is happy to leave as he mocks Goofy's southern accent on the way out with PJ in tow. Does this mean Peg is banned from the property, too?! Cut to Pete's property in the morning as we hear a lot of banging as Pete is hammering a list of rules on a steel door. Basically; he cannot interact with the Goofs or anyone directly related to them. Learn them, live them, love them. Diamonds are forever and so is Kit Cloudkicker, who is a much better friend for Max and PJ then PJ and Max as friends together. Jump cut to Goofy and Max with rules taped on the wall pointing with an umbrella basically stating the same rules; only with the Pete's. Also; PJ and Max are censored of saying Goofy, Max, PJ or Pete in any context. PJ got off easy; as he can still shove peas up his nose. Is that clear, Max. Max and PJ respond with a yes sir as we cut to a shot of both properties to end the segment nearly seventeen minutes in.
After the commercial break; we head to the properties AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as PJ and Max are at the tin can phones talking; thus breaking the rules within three seconds after we last saw them. Why doesn't that surprise me? PJ pleads for Max to bug off because Pete is watching and them blocking the exits. So Max yanks PJ into his room with the tin can phone and PJ smacks into the ground inside Max's room. Max then produces a muffin and orders him to smash it in his face. Wait; what?! Max claims that it's the only way they can become friends. Wait; HOW?! I don't see what this is going to accomplish; other than creating MORE WAR between Pete and Goofy. Max claims that it's their only hope and PJ slams the muffin in Max's face as Max claims that he's getting the hang of it. Scene change to morning as PJ is cleaning the leave with the giant bristled broom as Pete is telling them to be careful; because he might be downwind to Goof germs. How is this any different from cooties, Pete?! Inquiring minds would love to know! Pan over to Goofy yelling at Pete and calling him an eyesore as Max is picking up leaves. PJ is angry now as he grabs a pile of leaves and throws them onto Goofy's property; which Pete is amazed by. I'm sorry kids; but I'm not buying PJ and Max playing heels here because no one cares and there really is no stakes for them other than to have their friendship back; which wasn't much of a friendship to begin with. Max throws the leaves back and blows PJ off as Goofy approves of this comeback. Goofy does insist on saying please; because that's the soft side of Goofy, you see. Of course! PJ proclaims that if he caught Max on his property; you know what I would do as Pete is loving every moment of this as PJ grabs the anchor from Pete's motorboat and hoisted it over his head as he threatens to do something as Pete is begging for mercy now because his heart is in the right place; but that's taking it too far. Yeah; apparently; killing Max with an anchor is considered going way too far. PJ wants to smash the anchor on Max's tinest toe as he breaks it through the motorboat. Uh-oh! I think the psychopathy toxin of man has done too much, Pete. Time to reel PJ in before he does something so stupid that Peg hates you for it. Pete is in tears and sobs like a little baby, which I believe is the sixth time in this pilot alone. I lost count a long time ago. Max is not impressed as he grabs Goofy's hat and stomps on it like mad as Goofy is protesting because that hat saved him once. Sadly; we will never hear the story of this because that would be MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH. Max and PJ destroying their property with impunity to save their friendship: opposite of MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH.
There is a wooden sledgehammer on the scene just to make sure Max hammers the plot and point home of course. Max takes the wooden sledgehammer and pounds Pete's mailbox into the ground because it cannot be higher than Goofy's mailbox. Geez; what heightism displayed by Max?! Looks like a similar hammer in Inspector Goofy. PJ is offended by this as he steals the hammer and murders Goofy's mailbox to the ground. Pete taunts Goofy and claims that PJ is nobody's fool. Who has a father who doesn't know that PJ and Max are doing this on purpose to save their friendship. Why? I don't know. Goofy calls his son twice the fool and then some. Ah Goofy; the pioneer of not knowing the meaning of most words and sentences. At least he doesn't have contempt for them like many modern cartoons in this era. Pete dares Goofy to a challenge to have his PJ top Max before supper, double or nothing. This literally gives away the finish: Peg comes in and stops it. I'm calling it right now. Goofy and Pete shake hands on the deal as we see Max pulling out wooden boards with a crowbar as one goes flying and nails Goofy in the tinest toe. Foot grabbing spot ensues as Pete is amused, PJ not so much. PJ pulls out a board and it whacks Pete in the head with it on the way back. OUCH! That is going to leave a mark. On the board. PJ won this round on the count of PJ using his bare hands instead of a weapon. So in comes Peg out of nowhere with a blueberry pie after about twenty boards are pulled out with no relief in sight. Max grabs the blueberry pie and throws it above PJ's head as PJ does the lamest attempt to duck to make it look like Max was throwing it at him; and Pete takes it right in the kisser. I'm shocked Peg didn't laugh at that moment. We scene change to Goofy hiding behind a board of wood as PJ and Max are having a food fight as even Goofy thinks Max is overdoing it. You don't say?! Goofy claims that PJ has a few redeeming moments in him as Max continues to throw stuff claiming that he is going to hit all them. Which of course, he is lying. Pete takes a tomato in the face on cue as he's pleading for PJ to slow down and accuses PJ of letting this get out of hand. Pete gets bonked in the head with lettuce as he claims that the Goofs aren't that bad. PJ claims that he's right; they are even worse! PJ grabs a watermelon (you racist punk...) and then gets slammed in the face with pink cake. HAHA! Serves him right for bringing out that outdated stereotype. PJ pops up and he's pissed off. Okay; I'm guessing Peg isn't going to factor into the finish now as we throw toilet paper and other food for a while.
After all this vanishes without a trace; we head to AFTER HAPPY HOUR as Max and PJ have shovels. Wait; so who won this fight? Not that it matters to the kids; but the adults still bet money on this fight, so who won? Max and PJ insult each other claiming stuff that is not true at all as they dig up the fence and expose the water pipes. They continue to yell and scream as Goofy and Pete finally decide it's time to reconcile before the kids fight them out of house and home. Good! This is how it should end; not with Peg coming in to stop it. Goofy yells at Max to stop right now because he's getting too grown up to be acting like a child his age. That is mangling the metaphors there, Goofy. Pete claims that they are acting immature for no reason as Goofy has never overthrown a foreign government. Geez; sonfish I am disappointed in you, Goofy Goof! Goofy hugs Pete and talks about giving the shirt off his back as the kids should follow their example. Umm; wasn't the example that you never see each other again at all?! Some example that is. Max and PJ agree to it as Goofy and Pete walk off as Pete claims that to understand a child; you must think like one as Max calls this mission complete and that is that. Scene change to Pete relaxing in a rowboat in fishing gear with his fishing rod out in the hole Max and PJ made; only it's filled with water like a lake. Sadly; we will never see it again after this episode. Goofy is attending the BBQ cooking hamburgers on Pete's property near the swimming pool as Pistol, Peg, Max and PJ are sitting at the table. Goofy is using the paddles and flips them as Max grabs one with the hamburger bun and PJ and Peg do a spot with the bowl and plate to capture PJs. Pete has a plate as he teleported asking about his and he gets one stuffed in his mouth for his troubles. HAHA! Pete sits down on the end of the picnic table as Peg summarizes the whole thing for us as Pete eats the burger and asks for relish. Goofy wants a picture as the babyfaces all look at the camera as this is out of nowhere and is behind the BBQ. So Goofy notices this and kicks the BBQ as it sails onto the wooden porch of the property. Goofy sets the tripod in position and turns the camera on. Goofy then lands in Pete's lap like Scooby onto Shaggy and does the redneck chuckle for fun as he wants everyone to say cheese. PJ says Brie for fun as the wooden porch is on fire as this happen. The camera flashes and half of the kids do the rabbit ears spot on them as we see the picture in the red photo album as it closes up. Circle fade out to end the episode and pilot at 21:20. This was actually more fun than the first episode; but it was mostly Goofy being fun and Max and PJ having a fake fight. This was more of a denounment than an actual pilot story and it was all right. *** 1/4 (65%).
THE REVIEW LINE
Well; the pilot episodes are over and as a pilot, it was fine. The second half of this was more of a denounment than an actual pilot episode as it could have existed as a standalone episode and not do much damage in terms of contunity. The animation was once again great and the logic was sound for the most part. However; the quality of this episode is a disappointment mostly because it felt like an average Goof Troop episode. The first half of the episode was mostly a comedy feast of Goofy screwing Pete over which is always going to be amusing; while the second half was the actual plot and it was okay, but I didn't care about it until Max and PJ did their fake fight which looked very good. In the end; it felt like your average Goof Troop episode instead of being awesome like many DTVA pilots were. The change in direction is a major factor; but a Goofy Movie demonstrated that you can make this sort of thing epic; so I wasn't feeling it storyline wise. At least the finish was good and they didn't bring in Peg for a cheap copout non-finish, so I can certainly live with this. It's not the worst pilot in the world, but it certainly could have been better. Next up is the remaining episodes on Volume two, Disc one and then we move on from there. So...
Thumbs in the middle for this episode and I'll see you all next time.