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In Goof We Trust
Reviewed: 04/04/2017
Honestly Will Never Be Pete's Best Policy!
Latest Pete scheme du jour: Goofy's the Most Honest Man in Spoonerville, and Pete -- who has been just exposed as a fraud on the local news -- uses Goof's quality to drum up business at his lot. However Pete soon finds out that his attempt to continue his deceptive business practices contrasts with Goofy's honesty. Sometimes, I wonder if this is why everyone who hates Disney was laughing at them for stuff like this. How does this fare? Let's rant on shall we...?!
This episode is written by Jan Strnad. The story was edited by Karl Geurs. The animation was provided by Moving Images International, Inc.
We begin this one with a white soundwaves/blue title and a shot of Pete's backyard as there is a lot of hammering and a dog is barking. We jump cut to Pete finishing chaining up his sattelite dish and throwing the hammer away. Pete claims that he's not missing this show. Pete checks his watch as there is only three minutes to air time. Did he just say...?! Oh, never mind. Pete rushes into the living room as he has chairs and balloons set up because Pete is going to be on television. There are at least a half dozen VCR's on the footstool as Pete clamps the wires; stuffs the remote into Chainsaw's mouth on the chair and stuffs VHS tapes into the VCR's. Apparently; Pete's mother is still alive at this point. I hope she shows up in this show; I really do. Pistol and Peg are forced to sit down in the seats; and Pete gives them popcorn. Geez; even Darkwing Duck was much more subtle in his ego than Pete is in this scene. Pete opens the door and yells at Goofy because it's showtime. Jump cut to the back door (I think) as Goofy is dragged out of the house by Max. You see; Pete is getting a special on television. If you cannot guess what the special is about; you have no business reading this rant. Goofy is giddy as we get the out of nowhere twenty dollar bill on the ground as Goofy picks it up. Max tries to take it for a new skateboard; but Goofy takes it back because he wants to find the rightful owner of it and it might belong to some old lady. Careful Goofy; Peg might hear you! Max is trying hard not to laugh here as Goofy proclaims that honesty is the best policy. Well; 90% of the time anyway. Goofy pets Max on the head and tells him to go inside as Goofy finds who owns the twenty dollar bill. Max claims that Pete isn't going to like this and Goofy claims that he'll understand. Goofy's right Max: Pete will understand and love it because Pete won't get any more "goof diseases" than required. Surprisely; Pete hates this and screams off-screen. So Goofy is outside putting reward posters on a tree and lamp post. Don't ask; I don't know how effective this is.
Pete comes in from behind, and writes his name on the twenty dollar bill and puts it in his pocket. And to think; this might be the least scummy thing he has ever done in this show. Pete thanks Goofy for finding his twenty dollar bill (which makes sense since it was on his property anyway; so Pete might have been honest after all. I feel dirty; I need a drink.) as Goofy asks if he's sure. Pete is sure as the Andrew Jackson goof with hair sure and Goofy accepts it and walks back to the house. PJ has joined us in the living room as everyone in Spoonerville is watching this as Goofy also joins and sits down. Pete is in front of the television showing off the TV 1 News logo in white with green lines moving away from the hard camera. There is just ten seconds left, which means three minutes is 90 seconds in this episode today. Pete calls this a major event in broadcasting; so he's already lying through his teeth and not even trying. Pete sits down and tells everyone to hold the appaluse. Don't worry Pete; they will. Forever and a day. So we see a white haired dog ear in a blue suit and red tie at the desk named Ronald R. Havacheque (or Ronald R. Havacheck; depending on your poison. I'm using Disney Captions version. I'm guessing it's either Jim Cummings or Frank Welker.) presenting a special presention of Channel One Hyper Action News! Ronald calls Pete's profile startling; which is the nicest thing anyone outside of the family and Goofy has ever said about him. Everyone is eating popcorn and it's clear from the start that Pete knows what Ronald is going to say because he's nervous and chattering teeth already. Ronald asks if Pete's Car Lot is a scam or a meance as Pete is shocked and appalled; while PJ does the popcorn spit take. HA! So we get footage of Pete scamming out a farmer as the female on location television reporter is hiding behind a red car. Goofy of course is acting like this is the greatest thing he has ever seen. HAHA! This yellow car bounces worse than any lo rider Eddie Gurrerro ever rode; because it literally separated the money from the poor farmer's pockets. I'm shocked Eddie didn't do that to JBL's car; that would have been money.
Peg is shocked and appalled by Pete's behaviour when Pete is shown checking the drawers (NOT THOSE ONES!) and calling the farmer a sucker. Pete proclaims that we shouldn't be jumping to conclusions. I betcha he'll claim that the footage was doctored in some way. Maybe in 2017; you can get away with that line; but you would need a lot of money and a lot more dishonesty in order to pull it off in 1992. Of course; Pete says "conclusions" wrong because saying the wrong word is funny. At least in the modern cartoons; they make up new words that at least sound like the right word. Pete then incriminates himself right away and tries to pull the wires off of the television set, instead of just grabbing Chainsaw and turning off the remote control. More footage of Pete changing one car into another with the lever (JESUS~!) even after the deal is done. And it's the same grey haired dog guy I see in earlier episodes. Pete is screaming and jumping while holding his hands in his mouth. He wants the remote; so at least Pete is not a critic who cannot change the channel when he sees awful crap shows. The family and Max are mad; but Goofy is loving every minute of this because Pete's a television star. For a guy who claims honesty is the best policy, he sure is dimwitted and naive. Maybe not the best role model for the honesty job, guys. Max thinks Pete is going to get tar and feathered. I doubt that; although with Spoonerville's justice system, who knows. Peg has had enough of this as her Wives of Hopeless Husbands group is going to get an earful this week. If you have a group like that; why not just divorce him? I just love how Disney is okay with already divorced people; but will not allow anyone to actually divorce the other when they are married. That sort of kills your point by BS&P. Might as well have dead moms and dads instead. Pistol and Peg go upstairs as Peg wants PJ to phone the FBI right now. HAHA! Good one, Pistol; good one. Pete is defending himself and covering the television screen as we get words from the Chief Of Police.
Now; I watched "For Pete's Sake" and reviewed that episode first, so I'll mention it again. Guess who is the chief of police? The same guy who was called in by Pete to deal with an investigation that someone was trying to kill Pete! I realize it's police code to serve and protect; but still I betcha the COP (See what I did there?) was cringing when he had to deal with Pete again. Pete jumps and gasps in horror as COP basically says that if Pete continues these shady practices; he'll be Jailbird Pete. Wait; you have full evidence to convict him RIGHT NOW! Just arrest him now! What kind of police force would allow this to continue? Oh wait; Pete's a WASP, I forgot. Pete; surprisely is honest enough to believe that they'll jail him right now as he's begging for Goofy's protection. Then we hear police sirens as Pete is panicking like crazy as the door gets knocked away and in comes television cameras and the Chief Of Police. My first thought was: "They are going to arrest Pete! This makes sense now! That footage was taped much earlier!"; and then as Pete hides underneath the yellow rug shaking like a leaf; the COP goes over and proclaims that he's looking for Mr. Goof. So Goofy's full name is Goofy Goof. I thought it was Goofy Goofy. Ah; who cares? Then we see what appears to be the new mayor of Spoonerville; who makes Donald Trump look presentable as he shakes hands with Goofy with the television cameras rolling. See; his posters for the twenty dollar bill is a shining example for everyone outside of politics. The mayor gives Goofy a golden plaque for being the most honest man in Spoonerville. Cameras flash as Max is loving this. Pete comes up and makes an announcement that Goofy is now his business partner and Custodian of Customer Contentment at Pete's Used Car Lot. You couldn't just say: Quality Control Expert; because that would be too complex even for all denizens of Spoonerville to understand. Pete grabs the camera and smiles into it while doing his hard sell again. I wish someone would punch him in the mouth at this point; it would probably get no time in prison, knowing Spoonerville's justice system. That was scummy. So we head to Pete's Used Car Lot as Pete is wiping the dust off of the COP's vest as the COP is telling him that one more scam and he's off to the hoosegow. Prison, everyone. Why he isn't already there is a mystery to me; considering what happened in the last episode with Slippery Sammy. So Goofy brings in the green shirt denizen from last episode who is exchanging notes with Goofy about buying a car from Pete as Pete is smirking that this is working perfectly. So they look at a car with four flat tires and looks worn down as it cost $5000, which the denizens calls on the steep side. Goofy ponders this over and claims that it's only worth twelve bucks. The man is thrilled and gives Goofy money for it; causing Pete to blow a gasket, which is cut off by COP. Pete recoils and wants to thank Goofy for his very first sale. Considering that it only cost him $1.50 to buy it; he's getting $10 profit from it anyway, so he got something out of it at least.
Pete goes over and hugs Goofy from behind with the hook hug of doom. Pete appears to be trying to put the cobra clutch on Goofy one handed. Goofy thanks Pete anyway. Goofy gives Pete the money and Pete chuckles sarcastically in response. So; an old lady in blue is looking at another broken down car with flat tires; only it's banana yellow. Goofy inspects the car and notices holes in the gas tank and a bent axle as the old woman calls it not much of a car and is in tears during this. Goofy offers to buy the car for two dollars and the old woman is grateful anyway since her husband Herny died (passed on according to her); she cannot make ends meet. This world is so cruel that she was forced to put her goldfish up for adoption as she really looks like she wants to bring out the waterworks. Don't worry lady; Goofy will do that for ye. Yeah; the old lady has no name; but her dead husband does. Goofy sniffles and gives her five hundred dollars for the trade-in. The old lady counts the money and stops selling tears and acts like Pete. HAHA! So the old woman and Goofy walk and talk about senior centres as the old woman is selling the routine again. Goofy sniffles as he admits that everyone needs to have fun once in a while and offers to throw in a test drive of the Fellini DX; which is the most expensive red hot rod car with rhinestone studded steering wheel. The old lady puts on the most whitish shades she could find as the car acts like a horse and she speeds off. Jump cut to the old lady nailing Pete; and Pete somehow doesn't get run over, and his whirlwind spot sucks as only papers fly. Bad form there, animator, bad form. This episode feels stiffer than an Eckhart episode. Pete panics and then marches over towards....I think it's suppose to be Goofy; but I didn't see him. Then we go into THE PATH OF RAGE with red background and Goofy's head repeating promos on Pete as Pete goes from mad to mad. As in angry to crazed. Pete screams and that ends the segment eight and a half minutes in. This was semi-fun; but it's another Pete scheme in order for Pete to save his ass from being in jail; which loses a lot of effectiveness when they already did that episode in "Pete's Day At The Races". I'm just saying.
After the commercial break; it's BEFORE HAPPY HOUR (Sunset) at Pete's Car Lot as we head inside with Pete at his desk sobbing like mad as Goofy has sold 114 cars for only $39.18. Which means; Pete still made about $30 in profit, if we extrapolerate the figures. COP comes out of nowhere to remind Pete that as long as Goofy is on the job; Pete is off the hook as Goofy and the COP leave the office. Pete cries some more claiming that he shouldn't have left the army. I'm certain that is a lie and he never was in the army. You cannot even lie good. Maybe it's time to dump lying and be honest. Oh wait; that would turn you into a monster heel; since you have no sense of empathy anyway. So we head out into the streets of Spoonerville AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as Pete is driving in his black car mocking Goofy's selling car promos. Then Pete stops his car and backs it up to a store which sells a poster containing an evil person with a remote control showing a golden helmet with antennaes panting which looks like Scooby Doo; drawn in Goof Troop style. Despite having nothing written on it; Pete calls it the helmet of blind obedience which makes any dog his slave. This is the stupidest thing I have ever heard! I mean; come on, now! This is like a love potion and love loaf thing. Problem is; Pete doing this actually makes sense since Pete is supposed to be the number one heel of the show. Plus; Pete is also an unpleasant heel and not a cool heel, so his scumbaggery actually makes sense here as well. Pete makes faces and this magically puts Pete as the controller and Goofy as the slave. Is anyone surprised that Pete would stoop to this low? Pete snickers and is loving himself for this since life is so grand as a scummy heel. So it's morning at the car lot as Pete and Goofy are inside the car lot talking to each other. Pete is so happy to see him because he bought a helmet and has it behind his back. Pete proclaims that because he has done so well; that for the next hour, he gets to wear the crown of sales distinction. He then slams the helmet onto Goofy's head. It makes Goofy look like the biggest tool in all of mankind.
So Pete decides to test out this helmet by throwing his wallet into the passenger seat of the car and then points to Goofy that there's a customer's wallet in the passenger seat and whatever should they do. Goofy goes over and grabs the wallet saying that he needs to find the owner since honesty is the best policy....Pete then brings out an out of nowhere microphone and yells "Finders, Keepers!" This is stupid because that is Pete's wallet and if it's "finders, keepers" then Goofy will never give it back to Pete; which is the whole point of this gimmick. Besides; it's Pete's wallet, so the owner is Pete and giving it back doesn't hurt nor help Pete in anyway. So Goofy turns into a zombie of being a finders, keepers. Okay; if you are going to do the zombie gimmick, this is not going to work because he's wearing a stupid hat. No one in Spoonerville could be this stupid in not noticing the tiny flaw in this Krackpotkin Plan. And no; Pete's family and Max do not count. Goofy puts the wallet in his pocket as Pete is in love complete with hearts. Pfft; whatever. Goofy ripoff moment number one: Goofy schemes on the mother of Douglas from Lethal Goofin' as one of the cars is $100,000. Goofy admits that this clunker is worth...but is cut off as a fib is worth one thousand facts. All alternative I bet. Apparently; you have to say it twice for it to sink into Goofy's brain as the car is worth $200,000. Goofy claims that this was what Elvis gave to them when he traded in. A believable fib is more dangerous than one anyone can see a mile away. Douglas' mother love it and buys it. Goofy ripoff moment number two: A male denizen gets into a white limo after giving Goofy money. The limo drives off stage left as Pete speaks into the microphone proclaiming that when their back is turned, anything goes. Why isn't Pete a professional wrestling heel manager? Goofy pulls a hose from the back of the car and the white limo does some incredible bumping while turning into an ordinary white color.
Goofy gives the money to Pete and takes the helmet off. Then three coins drop to the ground; but they act like (a) it's a penny and (b) only one penny dropped. That is a terrible logic break there, guys. Goofy grabs the penny and is about to be honest Goofy; but then the balloon of child corrupting doom shows up as it says "Finders, Keepers!" and Goofy grabs the penny and walks off stage left. Pete laughs like mad. Okay; I understand where this is going now: Goofy is being brainwashed by Pete's commands that Goofy is acting like this on his own without the need of the helmet anymore. Goofy is going to screw Pete out of his scheme now because he's now like Pete to a T now. So we resume the PATH OF RAGE background to further jackhammer the point home as Pete is happy and throwing money out of his pockets as we get into Goofy's brainwashed eyes and that is that. So we head to the car lot again as the car lot is completely empty and it isn't even noon. We head inside with Pete calculating his money with the accounting machine on the desk as Goofy comes in with a box of goodies. Pete wants him to put it on the desk; but Goofy no sells. Uh-oh! Finders, keepers; you heard Pete?! Pete is shocked and appalled as they try to steal the box of contents. I should note that before this happened: Pete was laughing about Goofy ripping off the denizens of Spoonerville. Goofy is doing this for no reason at all as Pete is screaming in his face and gives him two seconds to hand it over. Goofy puts the box on the desk and steals the cash on the desk. Finders, keepers. See; this is karma striking Pete for not realizing that the helmet was designed to change the personalty of someone forever; not make them obey while the helmet is on. So Pete and Goofy are swiping items from each other for a while. I'm surprised Pete didn't say "Oh; you can keep that." when we saw a photo of Peg in a yellow picture frame. That would have been funny. This goes on until Goofy leaves and even remembers to steal Pete's trousers on the way out. HAHA! Pete gives up and then is horrified by the missing pants. I don't blame him; those green spotted white underwear is so 1924ish. Oh; and Goofy steals four tires and Pete's own car. HAHA! And the water cooler! I'm shocked there was no gold medals and Kurt Angle's picture involved in this as Goofy races out of the car lot with Pete chasing him in his underwear. Geez; even Spoonerville won't arrest this guy for indecent exposure. So we scene change to Goofy driving the car as he notices Elvis' car on the side of the road and his brainwashing by Pete has sunk in that Goofy must steal the car. So Goofy stops Pete's car and backs it up towards Elvis' car. Jump cut to inside Douglas' mothers' living room as she is on the phone next to the window with Edna. Yes; the person on the phone has a name; but the person calling her doesn't.
So Goofy chains the Elvis car to Pete's car and drives away while Douglas' mother clearly sees it and she is shocked and appalled. Goofy hums away as we scene change to a sky shot of Pete's garage as a bus arrives and leaves. In between; out comes Pete (sans pants mind you; so the dress code on buses in Spoonerville is much looser than in Halifax) as he goes into the garages and grabs nails, wood, a hammer, glue and a waste paper basket yelling and basically saying gibberish about not living a dishonest life anymore. He also slams Chainsaw into the box; for the pet abuse portion of the program. Suddenly; in comes Peg hugging Pete and proclaims that she takes back most of the horrible things she has ever said about him. I would love to hear the horrible things she still hasn't taken back yet. She's proud of him for Goofy putting the honesty back into Pete's car lot. Peg then notices the lack of pants; which makes Pete cringe as he bicycles back to Pete's car lot with the items; and we notice that all the cars are back on the lot for no reason. Pete is at his office hammering pictures down with board and nails. Pete is gluing his stapler to his desk; which means that he hasn't thought any of this through, like a stupid idiot. Then we hear honking and we see Goofy driving what appears to be a red corvette that he probably stole as he has about a dozen cars piled up in the car lot from the mayor's car to a police car on top. He also stole a bank car as Pete is panicking like mad. Now; if anyone in Spoonerville has any sense whatsoever, Goofy would get arrested for multiple counts of Grand Theft Auto. At worst; Pete would be arrested for accessory, but Goofy would also be arrested; because that makes the most sense. I betcha 2:1 odds that Pete is the only one who gets arrested here. In fact; Pete even ADMITS this right on camera. So Jan Strnad isn't even pretending that Spoonerville is the stupidest town in the world. Pete is panicking as he pushes Goofy to return the stolen cars because they'll blame Pete instead, because no one is going to blame the most honest person in Spoonerville...and then Pete panics again because here comes the COP to end the segment fifteen minutes in. Anyone with an IQ of eight would realize that Goofy did it because Douglas' mother CLEARLY saw Goofy steal her car! So; let's see how Pete gets out of this one, and let's see if Goofy does get arrested here.
After the commercial break; in comes the chief of police as he walks in and ignores Pete acting like a scummy, lying, no good, stupid idiot. Like an oil spill, a plague and Tsetse flies would stop someone like a COP. COP tells him to sod off and shoves him aside as he demands to know how his patrol car got there. Goofy drives the car off the top of the pile as Pete is panicking to explain this clear crime scene of doom. Please arrest Pete; it's not like Pete hasn't already admitted that this town cannot determine logic and reason. Pete claims that it's for an oil change as COP decides to check it out with Goofy. Goofy claims that Pete is not telling the truth and COP thinks he's got his arrest right there. Then Goofy say; that Pete is offering a free oil change, free plugs and a free car wash on top of it. Pete is told to make this snappy as Pete takes the car and brings it into his garage; and then proceeds to destroys it off-camera in a panic to finish it too quickly. Jump cut to COP checking out another car with Goofy and claims that this one is sort of familiar. Since his back's turned, anything goes. Goofy steals the conveniently placed billy club and grabs it. Pete panics; rushes in and steals it back just as COP sees him. Pete polishes the billy club with his tie as COP steals it back and hits Pete in the stomach with it; telling him to finish with his car. I think your car is already finished and you need to arrest Pete now; as the storyline demands. Pete brings out a plunger something to unscrew the oil line and oil spills on his face as he is panicking even more now as he wipes his face and rushes in because Goofy is literally stealing COP's pants. Pete tackles Goofy down and then they get into a tug of war with COP's pants. Pete actually wins the fight and gives the pants back to COP claiming that he was freshening the crease as COP is ticked off and the urge to invoke a police brutality is rising. I know it's wrong; but it still couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Surprisely; COP takes the pant and just orders him to finish the car. He accuses Pete of starting a fashion trend of laundering as we jump cut to Pete washing the police car; which somehow has magically repaired itself.
In comes the mayor demanding answers to this outrage because he wants to know what his car is doing in Pete's car lot. Pete lies a lot; but offers to repair the limo for free as Pete is going bonkers again as he gets into the car and drives it into his garage. Out comes Pete as COP demands to know if his car is ready yet. Goofy comes in and shakes hands with the mayor and make small talk with him while Pete is panicking while washing his car. Goofy starts wearing the mayor's hat and steals his cane. Pete comes in to steal it back and the mayor takes his back. So we get delta stealing mayor stuff for a while and at this point; a sane person would have arrested Goofy and Pete on the spot; but I betcha either Pete gets arrested, or no one does. Jump cut to the police car as the radio is ordering all police cars to be on the lookout for a Spoonerville National Bank armorer bank car. Pete is now sweating like he just became friends with Oscar; as Pete takes the wooden boards and nails them to the armored bank car to try to hide it. This is the most bona fide edition of Stupid Criminals in the history of Jay Leno's headline section. And anyone with an IQ of eight or more can see through this easily. COP comes in and taps his foot. Now; you would think that he figured this out. Nope! He demands to know where his car is. This is the stupidest town in history. Even Saint Freaking Canard is more believable than this; and this makes Double Darkwings officers look compentant! Pete claims that it's ready and now it's on cement blocks and the wheels are missing. So now we are channeling Eddie Gurrerro and John Cena 2003 era out of Goofy now. Pete tackles Goofy down and they tumble like wheels. Pete grabs the tires; but only puts one of them back on as the rest flop like fish. Pete claims that he is rotating the tires. That might be true in fact. Pete gets cut off by the mayor as he shoves his cane right in Pete's candy ass. Mayor demands to know if his car has been repaired as Pete is jacking the car from position to position while putting the tires on. Mayor gets his key and goes to his car and heads inside. He tries to start the car; but it won't start. Pete is chattering and looking angry now.
Pete brings his socket wrench and opens the hood; as the engine was completely taken out of the car. Pete panics on cue as we jump cut to Goofy wheeling out the engine saying "finders, keepers" as Pete runs off; pulls a lever (JESUS~!) and pancakes the limo right into the roof as debris falls down. Yeah; that'll fix that car. Pete tries to leave; but gets cut off by COP because there are still the tires left. In comes Goofy humming losers, weepers (which makes no sense since Pete never said that one in his brainwashing promo) while grabbing wooden planks. Goofy walks off chucking as Pete panics because they came from the armored bank car, of course. Mayor is angry and demands to come down from there right now; so Pete pushes the lever (JESUS~!) and the car crashes onto the ground. Pete rushes Goofy and grabs the boards. Pete hammers the boards back and Goofy steals them literally seconds later. At this point; everyone with a brain would see this and just arrest the two...and in comes COP with his billy club demanding answers to this outrage as Goofy claims he found it. Pete is begging now as...Goofy drops the boards and squashes Pete in the foot in the process. COP teases arresting Goofy and then shakes his hand. Because you see; this town is stupider than any stupid criminal in real life since Goofy could never be responsible for anything other than being honest Goofy. There is a million dollars in that truck and COP gives Goofy another plaque; as Pete is blabbering and pulling his own hair in a combination of panic and disbelief. He sounds like John Enter after a horrible episode is over; only much much more amusing. COP goes over to the armored car and wants to return it to the bank as Goofy is about to say "Finders, Keepers"; but Pete runs in from behind and shuts him up. Pete grabs Goofy and bails into the office as Pete proclaims that knowledge is a dangerous thing in the head of a goof as he puts the helmet on Goofy's head. I'm shocked they didn't do a spot of Goofy stealing the helmet in the middle of the episode. Pete brainwashes him into being honest again and that is that. So in comes all the denizens with protest signs in front of the car lot as COP comes in asking what the hell is going on here. They all yell that their cars are here as Pete comes out and claims that he can explain as COP asks if there are more free car washes in store. Pete whimpers on cue as we head to the car lot with Pete washing cars through the hours until it's AFTER HAPPY HOUR as Pete is now washing Goofy's jeep. HAHA! Pete drops to his knees panting as we see Goofy has somehow teleported to inside the jeep. Ooops! This is not Moving Images International's crowning moment, that is for sure.
Goofy thanks him as Pete groans and moans claiming that he's too tired to kill Goofy right now. He proclaims that he's broke and all he has is a lousy twenty bucks as a black car comes in and two FBI agents come out claiming the reward for the twenty dollar bill. Pete refuses stating that it's all his. Now; he spells mine "MYN"; but this is completely scripted on purpose. When Homer misspelled smart; not only did it sound natural to Homer, the voice corrected himself on a shoot. But it was so much like Homer, that it made television because it was so fitting for him. This doesn't quite work. Anyhow; the agents claim that it's counterfeit and Pete gives the bill to Goofy saying that Goofy found it first. The agents ask as Goofy claims that honesty is the best policy and admits it dead to rights. Pete walks away smirking saying that Goofy is going to prison for twenty years. Okay; I know how this is going to end: The agents take the bill; claim that it was stolen from a federal vault and give a sack of money to Goofy as a reward. Because honesty is the best policy. Furthermore; having a counterfeit bill in your procession is not carte blanche evidence that you counterfeited the bill yourself; and therefore you would not be arrested for it. Anyone with a brain knows that counterfeit bills are not easy to detect even in 1992 unless you have a massive amount of experience in how to detect such things. So Goofy was never going to jail anyway; so EPIC FAIL on Pete's part. That's what makes it so funny. Pete goes nut as the FBI agents put a medal around the neck of Goofy; from President Bill Clinton no less! Well; just the president, but whatever. The FBI agents shake Goofy's hand; go into their car and speed away leaving Pete to stammer like a stupid idiot and then sob away. Goofy gets into his jeep and waves goodbye to him and he'll return to sell more cars in the future as he speeds away out of the car lot as Pete is on his knees going nuts as we pan out to a sky shot of the rotary as Pete screams to end the episode at 21:16. This was pretty fun and it was funny to see Pete get his here; but Pete has been defeated so soundly here, it's time to retire this plot right now. I betcha that they won't and we'll be seeing more of this on the third volume of this set. Animation wasn't all that great either. *** 1/2 (70%).
THE REVIEW LINE
Well; Jan Strnad tried his best to make this work as well as anyone can hope to make it work. Pete getting his comeupperance due to his sociopathic tendences was funny and Goofy acting like Pete in stealing everyone was funny on a number of levels; it was basically just another silly Pete scheme with some logic breaks and this wasn't exactly Moving Images best episode ever. The biggest problem is that this episode requires everyone to look stupider than the stupidest criminals in the world in order for the finish to be booked that both Goofy and Pete get out of jailtime. At least in Double Darkwings (which was worse for more than just a stupid plot); it was only the difference in the Darkwings that was stupid. There is no way anyone comes out of this and not be in prison for life on GTA charges in real life. No freaking way! Of course; there's the problematic thing with the brainwashing helmet; but at least they made it as if Goofy learned this behavior and so he would continue this behavior without it; which means it's a personality transplant helmet. Huh. Still; the whole Goofy stealing stuff was fun and Pete being forced to do hard work is funny to watch, so no complaints otherwise. Jan has written better episodes than this; but at least this can be blamed on the fact that this is a sitcom. Jan is much stronger in shows like TaleSpin and Darkwing Duck; where it's not a sitcom. There's only so much Jan can do with the material he was given. So...
Thumbs in the middle for this episode and I'll see you all next time.