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Where There's A Will, There's A Goof
Reviewed: 04/25/2017
Where There's A Scheme, There's A Pete.
Speaking of schemes; this one is a classic: Pete and Goofy play brothers to get an inheritance. You cannot get anymore schemeier than that folks. So how does this episode fare? Let's rant on shall we...?!
This episode is written by Mirith J.S. Colao, Dean Stefan & the late Bruce Talkington, who also story edited. The animation was provided by Wang Film Productions.
We begin this one with a yellow title card except that the Goof part is in pink. Why? Why not? So we start with a shot of Pete's property with dogs barking and redneck music playing. Jump cut to a shot of an inflatable pool with an inflatable tube rubber duckie in it as we pan over to the bench shelter with Pete in fishing gear sitting on the roof with a fishing rod talking to himself and being cocky about showing off to the Rod & Reel Club hitting the target rubber duckie and reeling it in. Not impressed. Try catching a Wishiwashi from Pokemon Sun and Moon; then I would be impressed. The inner tube comes up and screws Pete; the self-professed word for "perfection" tying him up. This only served for him to crack a joke about being just ducky. Then Waffles jumps on the inner tube chasing a purple stylized frisbee flicked by Goofy, causing Pete to protest as Waffles runs around the inner tube and then gets tied up with Pete before jumping away stage left. Pete is yelling and struggling as Goofy comes in asking. Goofy basically explains that he was teaching Waffles how to catch a frisbee with it's mouth as Pete is dancing around on a dangerous ladder. And that isn't just me saying it, it's Goofy as well. So Goofy grabs the ladder and Pete slams into the roof of his house, which somehow the ladder bounces off the diving board as Pete backs over the roof and the ladder lands on the other side of the house, causing Pete to land on top and restart the dangerous ladder dancing. You got all that? Pete bounces ladder on street while yelling at Goofy to get him down from there. Pete bounces to an intersection as cars are forced to stop and honk horns. Pete heads straight for the middle light as it turns red; and Pete bounces off of that, which makes no sense. Goofy runs to the middle of the intersection as we get another "mach truck heads straight into babyface" spot; and the truck goes right; causing all the wooden ladders to fly out of the truck and onto the pavement. Goofy of course tries to get Pete down; but keeps using too short ladders, because he's a stupid idiot. Goofy crashes into ladders after getting foot stuck in ladder while Pete grumbles and swears. Yeah; this is padding.
In comes the dancing ladder out of nowhere. How? How not?! Pete panics and tries to tip toe on the wires connected to the light and this fails as the wooden ladder grabs him and spirited him away towards... a tree near the sidewalk where Goofy puts another stepladder next to said tree. Goofy climbs the tree and grabs Pete's leg and Pete goes flying and lands on the roof (I think; the prespective doesn't help me in any way) hard. Oh wait; it's the backyard lawn. That had to suck; Pete probably hates life, but cannot hate his wife because we all know who that is. This bump was with a little CHEESE AND BACON as he gets up, claiming to have sprained his back pockets. Goofy points out the obvious as Pete comes over and for a few frames, Goofy literally loses his eyes. Seriously! Pete hugs Goofy; Goofy feels awkward and then Pete grabs him and threatens violence more directly than...Nah; I'm not going there, that would be horrible. In comes Peg in the backyard to break it up as she calls these two beasts causing a racket. She's holding a piece of paper and is with Chainsaw as she's teaching him some new tricks, and Pete is being too much of an asshole to make them sink in. Pete claims that pets are only good for projection and keeping feet warm. Spoken like a true jackass as Peg gleefully answers this one for me. I discover that the piece of paper is a newspaper as it's time for Chainsaw to go fetch as she throws it away. Chainsaw runs off as Pete sarcastically blows off Chainsaw because he thinks Chainsaw poops a lot. In comes Chainsaw with newspapers pieces flying as he gives Peg one page filled with drool. Peg still praises him and pets him as she gives Pete the soggy page causing Pete to mumble as Goofy claims that she saved him a lot of time; which Pete blows off because it's the most boring section of the newspapers. Yeah; because we cannot have Pete fetch his own paper; that would be doing work, which is totally against his heelish nature. Ha-yuck! Pete opens the newspaper and notices something as Goofy thinks it's double coupons; so yes, Goofy is a coupon clipper.
We notices Pete and Goofy in a picture in the paper as there is infomation sought in a giant manhunt. You know; when they say that, it means they are serial killers which despite all the scumbag stuff Pete has pulled off, is not him. Pete still takes it as someone trying to get him and panics as Peg is confused. Pete is also confused because he admits to pulling some massive shady deals in his time. Peg then asks the obvious question: If Pete is a criminal, why would they want Goofy too? Pete grabs Goofy and admits that he's an accessory because he knows me and is too stupid to keep a secret. Sounds about right to me. Wang Films continues the tradition of making characters look off-model; this time when Peg does the Gruffi pose. Goofy is confused, Pete is confused and yelling. Now I'm confused, yelling and wanting this plot to actually start despite being five minutes in already. Goofy and Peg nod their heads on that one as we head back to the backyard of Pete's house AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as Pete closes the drapes inside the bedroom (I think) as eyes are everywhere in the closet, under every bed, on every potato and Goofy. Come on Pete; you know that's your circular logic god. Peg is trying to sleep in the bed as Pete goes to the closet and brings out a giant ass backpack and calls Peg diesel doll before waving goodbye. Pete walks out the front door of his house and then puts on the SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT for good measure. What a stupid idiot, in both looking like one and being one. What is this; a competition?! So Pete and Goofy have a meeting of the minds. And it wasn't at the Douglas Benson Convention. They crumble to the ground and Pete is demanding answers to this outrage. Goofy is also wearing shades as Pete claims that only a goofball would wear them after happy hour. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Projection much there, Pete? Goofy claims that he couldn't sleep knowing that he's a wanted criminal as Pete grabs him and tells him that he's going underground and on the lam, see. Oh; and Goofy is forced to come with him, you see. Goofy grabs the backpack and is all giddy about this real live buddy movie. In 1992! I hate modern critics.
I know that is projection on my part; but seriously, modern cartoon critics suck! Pete claims that he's doing it to make sure Goofy shuts up and Goofy kisses him on the cheek. Does that count as a gay kiss? Goofy staggers backwards and crashes off screen stating that Pete will never regret this, as Pete claims that he already does. So we head in town as a police car with sirens on wails through the street as we jump cut to behind some boxes with Pete and Goofy popping from them. So yeah; Goofy and Pete are on the lam because their picture got in the paper. Pete and Goofy notice a television seller and they head inside as the place is deserted with no one running the place, and the door is completely unlocked. That makes no sense whatsoever. Goofy is distracted by a tripod with a video camera on it and notices his face is on the television screens around the building. Goofy loves this as Pete notices and panics on cue. Pete yells at him for that as Goofy makes funny faces and does stupid idiot poses for a while. Yeah; because getting to the plot of the show is for losers, you see. Pete grabs Goofy and drags him out of the building because stardom's a hard habit to kick. You don't say?! So we head to the Swiss Army Knife store; which Pete calls a surivial store as Pete wants to get supplies and tells Goofy not to extract attention to himself. Goofy salutes him and that extracts my attention to Goofy. So the door is unlocked as Pete and Goofy head inside; but somehow they still tripped an alarm and spotlight causing Pete to panic and hold his head running around in a disorganized fashion. Pete uses Goofy as a shield of course, because he can never take responsibility for anything, criminal nor otherwise. Out comes a brown shirt dogear with a red headband, six pack abs and a whistle (Frank Welker) from the rattlesnake pictured boxes declaring them the one millionth customer BABEE! Pete groans and faints on cue as Fatigues Dogear gives Goofy a year supply of cured rattlesnake meat. I bet it tastes like chicken, too. Goofy is so giddy that he completely fails to look down on the floor while calling for Pete like a stupid idiot. HAHA! Yeah; that was stupid.
So we head back to the properties as it's morning and Goofy's house has been painted white for no good reason. Head to the living room on the sky shot as Goofy sits in a chair next to the boxes of cured rattlesnake meat while Pete paces around a coffee table. Goofy is actually eating the rattlesnake meat and somehow it still has the rattles on the ends which Goofy plucks out. Fatigues Dogear is hardcore! Not. Pete repulses in disgust like a modern cartoon critic repulses at twerking, although Pete is much more subtle. Ponder that one for a moment and despair. The doorbell rings and both Goofy and Pete answer it to reveal two blond dogears with dark skin, shades, and matching grey suits and pants at the door. It's the FBI agents of course as they want Goofy and Pete to come with them. Goofy is confused of course because he's a...you guessed it. Pete panics and begs for mercy because he's never been to Disneyland before. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! There's something about that joke that I cannot put my finger on that made me laugh at that. Pete pushes Goofy out because again, he hates being held accountable. The two FBI agents grab Goofy and proclaim that this is the guy they want; and take Goofy away. Goofy wants to talk about it like civilized men. I'm sure that worked out real well for that guy who sent a GIF that caused a man a seizure...Allegedly. One of the FBI agents informs him that he's getting an inheritance, not the electric chair. Goofy is confused as Pete rubs his hands in glee. Yes folks, it took nearly nine minutes to officially start the actual plot. So we head to the court room (with a golden scales of justice as the sign) and into someone's office with a pink suit, blue bowtie Goofy clone with whisker mustaches and a crew cut haircut sitting at his desk reading something. A knock on the door is heard as the guy is reading the newspaper and looking evil; so I'm guessing that he is scheming on Pete like Pete is scheming on Goofy now. Of course; the door won't open because we have to waste more time doing comedy instead of getting the angle over. Goofy finally opens the door; and waves, causing the picture of the lawyer's degree to smash onto the floor. Goofy apologizes; walks on the carpet to pick it up, loses his balance and we get more stuff crashing off-screen. This somehow causes Goofy to throw vases and the lawyer to duck and cover as they shatter off-screen. If you ever want to see the pitfalls of trying to pad out a 11 minute plot into 22 minutes; this is the episode to look at.
Lawyer takes daisies in the face and I wouldn't blame him for suing everyone, including the writers for this bullcrap. So Goofy lands in front of the desk as the background is destroyed, which actually violate the "destroy people's properties with impunity" rule. Goofy tries to shake the lawyers' hand; but gets his hand caught in the pedulum spheres of doom as the lawyer basically tells him that he would queathed the details (read: reveal them) as long as his senior buddy is present. No shock that Goofy is still confused by this lawyer speak; which is like double speak from 1984, only we have to deal with it. Disney Captions has the lawyer as Executor as he wants Goofy's brother which Goofy laughs off as Pete ponders over wanting to be the dipstick's brother for monetary compensation. You can guess what that answer is before he even asked the damn question. Of course he would! He even bets the earlobes on this one as Pete slams the door open and declares Goofy his baby brother. Because in Pete's mind, he has the maturity of one, which is truth in projection. Pete runs in and hugs Goofy and calls him not heavy as the executor demands proof on Pete being his big brother. Pete simply claims that he wouldn't be Goofy's brother and the two dogear stupid idiots agree with him and we get the property outright. So Pete asks what they are getting; besides knowing that Goofy is getting screwed out of it. So we head to a blue manison; which looks like your average upper class house compared to the mansion in The Balooest of The Bluebloods, complete with cyan blue van with a lobster and octopus on the side. Goofy and Pete are in shock as we end the segment ten and a half minutes in. Yeah; the plot has barely started yet and we are almost halfway through the episode. Compact storytelling is not this show's forte and it shows. It's a fine episode otherwise.
After the commercial break; we head back to the three adults talking some more in front of the mansion as Pete hugs Goofy and appears to be trying to choke him to death in awe. So the executor points out that it's all theirs...the entire Rent-A-Pet service. Pete gets the LIGHT BULB OF BLOODY CLARITY and yells at the executor and the guy responds that the mansion and everything else including pool and stables were not part of the will. The executor is trying so hard not to laugh his ass off at Pete for thinking otherwise, struggling as Goofy checks the van and the executor claims that it's beautiful exotic pets. This guy has a weird definition of exotic pets since lobster and octopus are two of the logos on the van to begin with. Okay; this was funny and all; but this means the episode is effectively over now in any other universe. However; we're not even halfway through the episode yet, so you know what that means: CDSing is in full effect here. Pete blows off the pets; but the executor claims otherwise, because the owner of the mansion says so. In fact, he pays a lot of money to have them around most of the year, you see. So basically; the pet rental service is designed to take care of the pets when the owner of the mansion (the only client I might add) is away on vacation until spring of next year. I should note that the next episode after this and the episode after that takes place in the winter time. Executor gives Pete a steel key and walks off stage right semi-giggling. Goofy waves goodbye as Pete is not thrilled about this at all. Pete is pissed off about this because they are a bunch of freeloading animals. So what is Chainsaw's excuse then? Goofy walks with him and calls him a party pooper. Oh; I assure you that he's a pooper all the time, not just parties. Everyone loves pets. Riiiggggghhhtttt. Are we on Candid camera or something? Because that background sucks as Pete slaps Goofy down hard onto the ground as Pete wants to pawn the animals off for money as Goofy hangs onto the van as Goofy claims that this is not what he had in mind as Goofy is peeled off the van and thrown aside. Pete opens the back door and checks inside to see how fluffy they are.
Pete then gets the door slammed and bounces inside the back of the van, for no reason that I can think of. The door opens and out comes Pete tied up by an octopus. And it looks exactly like the octopus from It Came From Beneath The SeaDuck; only much smaller. The octopus tickles Pete; but not to death sadly as they tumble down onto the ground. Jim Cummings cannot sell this to save his life! This alone makes me cheer when RJ Williams and Janna Michaels oversell the tickling because they actually make it sound like they are being tickled. Pat Fraley does a good job as well as Rob Paulsen. Jim Cummings sounds so bored doing this, especially when he tumbles down and screams when he calls the octopus a refugee from a sushi bar. There is no stress nor tension in his voice. It sounds like he spoke the line and then moved on. People from DAF Radio wonder why I think Jim Cummings is overrated?! Little kids do a much better job at this spot than HE does! And Jim is supposed to be the veteran professional in this outfit! Goofy of course cannot get the animals' name right as the octopus licks Pete in the face and the animators have stop pretending that he's the junior version of the squid from TaleSpin. Pete wants to call Captain Nemo; I want to call Don Torttei as Goofy tells Pete to calm down because the octopus is only trying to be friendly. Goofy checks the van and a lobster pinches his nose and his selling was slightly worse than Pete's! I'm guessing whomever is doing voice directing is having a very bad day. Goofy peels the lobster off his mouth (apparently pinching noses is a no-no now) as he cannot wait to get these guys home. I certainly would; I haven't ate lobster in decades actually. Pete is getting squeezed as he proclaims that no jury in the world would convict him. Don't you mean the octopus? Anyhow; we head back to Pete's house as all the babyfaces and Pete are in the backyard, shocked and appalled. Pistol runs past as we see a giant green seaslug in the background, while the octopus is in the swimming pool, while the lobster is literally eating dog food out of Chainsaw's bowl. Chainsaw bails after the lobster smiles and claws at her. Bigot.
Pistol is hugging the green slug like it's her boyfriend as the slug kicks Pistol in the face as we jump cut to a shot of a oyster yawning with no pearl in it. Peg accuses his father of being a satellite dish! What a jerk Peg is?! Making accusations that the poor oyster used to be a inanimate object. That's an insult to satellite dishes the world over! PJ and Max get their contracted lines in and run in amazed. Peg tells the kids to be careful as Pete agrees because he wants them to be in tip-top shape in order to sell them. Goofy puts out that they are responsible for taking care of them. Yeah; something about a certain owner of a blue mansion returning in the spring to get the pets back. I mean; you cannot sell them or anything, Pete. Pete claims that they are money in the bank as Peg basically repeats the same joke about perfume and smelling through barbed wire fences ala Citizen Khan. Replace brains with compassion and you'll get the picture. It's more accurate in Pete's case anyway. Clock scene changer of doom as we play basketball with the oyster spitting the ball and it goes in. Sadly; we never get to see it except for the ball going in, so I have no clue who did this. I realize it's Cinema 101 and the sound effect was done by the oyster; but this was done not because of Cinema 101; it's because Wang Films is too cheap to animate anything complex like this at this point. The oyster's name is Smiley as Max throws the basketball into Smiley's mouth and Smiley spits a full court shot into the rim complete with the rim around. Stephen Curry's friend for life, man. PJ grabs the ball and in comes Pete demanding answers to this outrage. Max and PJ explain all and talk about pearls and basketball futures as Pete loves the sound of that. Pete then orders them to stop teasing the oyster because he's a poor, dumb animal. Yeah; you told them to stop teasing it and then you teased it. Hypocritical much there, Pete? PJ and Max sulk in defeat and walk off as Pete walks over to the oyster. Pete demands the oyster to open the shell and the oyster does a raspberry that was sold better than Jim Cummings being tickled.
Pete tries to open the shell, and manages to get it open; but the oyster invokes the tongue on Pete's ankle and Pete gets stuffed! HAHA! Pete bounces around in the oyster; and calls it disgusting, which are fighting words to a shellfish, so he gets spat out and gets hung in the basketball rim. Apparently; the backboard is made of glass because I heard glass shattering in the background; but the backboard looks clearly made of wood. Pete is ticked off and the urge to fry some oysters is rising now. Of course; we don't see Pete get out as we scene change back to the driveway with Pete coming to the oyster with the crowbar. Also known as the redneck auto pilot in TaleSpin. Pete calls the oyster a mother of pearl shellfish; which is the most accurate thing Pete has said in this episode. Pete opens the shell; but the oyster tongue steals the crowbar. Geez; if there was anything to make Clamantha from Fish Hook look even more crappy, this would be it. BOINK! OUCH! Ummmm... Oyster eats crowbar and Pete demands it back; which is a stupid idiot move to top all stupid idiot moves. I betcha the oyster spits it out and it bonks Pete in the face. I check the DVD...It was the foot. Ah, close enough! Foot grabbing spot ensues and I'm fine with it. If this were TaleSpin; Baloo takes it in the noggin for sure. Oyster laughs as Pete claims that it's no more Mr. Sweetness & Light. Like Pete knows the meaning and context of those words. Pete bails and returns two seconds later with a XXX cannon barrel of dynamite; and stuffs it in the oyster's mouth. Pornodynamite?! Geez; and you thought prono flour was perverted! You know Pete's a slimebag, douchebag and scumbag all rolled into one when this happens. Pete tip toes and puts his fingers in his ears as the oyster spits the dynamite and it rolls behind Pete's legs. I see oral sex is not the oyster's preferred sexual choice here. Pete is a stupid idiot, pronobomb explodes off-screen and sort of on as the oyster laughs his tongue off, since it has no ass to speak off. Pete proclaims that there is only one thing left to do and that is to be knocked out and faint. Oh wait, no.
Yeah; we head to the front lawn of Pete's property as Pete brings out the open back of the van and puts red arrows, table and flag banner string on top as Pete does the hard sell on exotic animals. Yeah; because marine animals would have PETA all up in arms; although I would pay to see Greenpeace and PETA in a fight to see who is more likely to terrorize the populace and make a run for the Animal Liberation Front spot. Pete is so desperate that if you get one animal, get two for free. Considering that there is only four animals in the entire set; shouldn't it be get three for free. Sure; it violates Anime Dub Conduct Rule #12 (Thou shalt not rhyme); but at least it makes sense and it's not trying to be a joke. In comes the old lady with the umbrella in her hand which serves no purpose other than to probably set up the next spot with Pete getting whacked by her. She wants fifty cents for the cat as we see Waffles pawing at the back of the van. Because you see; sea animals and cats are a terrible stereotypical combination, like cats and dogs not living together, you see. Pete grabs the cat and sells it to her anyway. Goofy runs in and we just have to have a tug of war to abuse a pet in the middle of an episode just to pad the running time out even more than it already is padded. Old lady gives up; releases the cat and Goofy goes flying away stage right. Old lady storms off out of sight as Pete yells at her that he can get two pets for free as Goofy demands answers to this outrage; and of course the animators cannot make Goofy look at least remotely sharp at Pete. The green slug is slobbering all over Pete as Pete has had enough of these pets. Because Pete has no empathy for animals you see. Slug gets whacked in the face on-screen and somehow that was less abusive than Waffles getting tug of warred on earlier in this very scene. Goofy proclaims that he cannot sell them because they are his friends, see. Pete basically puts his foot down and tells Goofy to give them a new home because he isn't footing the bill anymore as he storms off to end the segment seventeen minutes in. You get the feeling that they are just sleepwalking through this now?
After the commercial break; we head to the front lawn with Peg, Pete and Goofy with the marine animals as Pete has had all he can take as he blows the animals off asking why he did this in the first place. Peg/Goofy: "You wanted money!" Turer words never spoken there, folks. Pete claims that he's close to perfect as you can get; which Peg has the Gruffi pose on saying it's as close as left is to right. Goofy chuckles and Pete says that he heard that. Chris Jericho: "You were supposed to! You stupid idiot!" Peg basically orders Pete to take good care or them; or else and Pete backs down like the coward that he is. Goofy then notices the van is driving out of the driveway with the octopus somehow knowing how to drive better than the Wuzzles do! Pete of course says good riddance; right in front of Peg. Ummm; you chickened out when she said or else, Pete. Do you really want to know what "or else" means in "Kill you" lingo? Peg walks off fuming as Pete is reasoning with her because Pete doesn't want to deny his persuit of happiness. Now; at this point, this episode has been just another Pete scheme gone awry and it's basically killing time since the plot was officially over. However; this episode is suddenly going to get really nutty now as a blue car pulls into the driveway and almost runs over Pete in the process. Pete protests this outrage and demands the two to come out. The one on the passenger side comes out along with the driver and it's...wait for it....Pete acting Goofy and Goofy acting like Pete. *Headdesk* WHAT?! It's like A Baloo Switcheroo now; only these two are supposed to be like this in real life. Yes folks; it's time for switcheroo names as this Pete is now Gete and Goofy is Poofy. Peg and Pete are shocked and appalled. Poofy grabs Pete and drops him like a bad habit as he demands their animals and wants them back tonight; and if they were treated badly or not back by tonight, Poofy threatens to sue Pete down to his long johns, see. Peg: "I think I found the perfect 'or else' comeback there, Mr. Weagle. RIGHT?!" Poofy heads into his car as Gete waves goodbye and gets dragged into the car and speeds out of the driveway and out of sight.
I am not going to try to explain that one kids; the writers have flipped now. Pete and Goofy cannot believe this as Pete claims that it's his worst nightmare and the only thing worse than that is three Goofy's. Heh, heh; that can be arranged in "Calling All Goofs". Pete of course decides to grab Goofy and get the car to get the animals back as Peg stares into the hard camera and loves this. As if she had something to do with this arrangement, or something. Sadly; we'll never know as we head to a conveniently placed dock with a motorboat docked there. The jeep stops on the boardwalk as we head to the same town we saw in Waste Makes Haste. The two stupid idiot adults get out as Goofy answers Pete's question of how he knew where to look: The sea is their home, you see. Goofy and Pete run down the boardwalk and stop to point, noticing Smiley and the gang rowing away from the shoreline as Pete gets into the motorboat and starts it up. Pete drives the motorboat, leaving Goofy behind. Goofy of course points out that the boat is untied and unloops the rope; meaning that he'll go flying in tow for some water skiing. Pete catches up to them and acts like a complete douchebag to them as Goofy arrives to bonk into Pete; Pete gets tied with lasso and plops into the ocean water. Wait; so Spoonerville isn't in Ohio? Don't they mean, lake? Don't ask; I'm done trying to figure out logic that hurts my head more than anything else in watching these shows. Pete blows off Goofy as Goofy is trying to get him back in the boat telling Pete that if he wants to get them back to Poofy and Gete; he better learn how to sweet talk better than ever before. That's a fool's errand, since Pete has no empathy towards animals, even Chainsaw. Pete of course no sells that and pulls Goofy back; making sure Goofy uses the ass on the conveniently placed lever (JESUS~!) and the motorboat drives away and now Pete is doing the water skiing; which isn't good for the motorboat, that is for sure. Goofy panics and let's go of the rope as Pete skips on the ocean water and screams for someone to save him.
So the marine animals tease leaving; but then the octopus yells charge in a bubbley voice and they swim towards...Goofy with military music in the background. Goofy is plopped onto the oyster and he thanks them for that. Pete cannot swim and struggles of course; and anyone who has seen two episodes like this knows where this is going now. So the marine animals come in as the lobster clamps onto Pete's shirt and drags him onto the shell. Goofy asks what Pete has to say now and Pete says thanks and that is that. So we head back to Pete's house BEFORE HAPPY HOUR (Sunset) as all the babyfaces and Pete wave goodbye to the pet rental truck as it drives away from the driveway and that is that. Pete jokes about them standing the smell and enjoy them in good health. Pete walks stage left being glad that is over as Goofy laments about missing the poor guys as Goofy has one question to ask Pete. Pete turns around and yells at him to spit it out. The question is: If Goofy is his brother, why wasn't he invited to family reunions? The answer is obvious even if Goofy was legit his brother. Pete stammers as Goofy walks out waving good night to Pete as Pete says, oh brother to end the episode at 21:19. Eh; whatever, it's not like this episode wasn't paid off at the 11 minute mark anyway. Just another tedious episode of Goof Troop with some funny moments in it. ** 1/2 (50%). Probably would have been higher if not for that stupid Goofy/Pete clone spot.
THE REVIEW LINE
This was a classic tedious episode of Goof Troop: It took almost nine minutes for the plot to actually start and they spent seven minutes filled with nonsense and gags, half of them were cute, the rest not so much. The animation was typical Wang stuff and the whole thing went on forever. Then the original plot as stated in the summary ended halfway through the episode, and we spent seven to nine minutes doing stupid pet tricks; mostly with the oyster and the octopus. The lobster barely got any work in, outside of the finish and the slug barely did anything at all. Then we got the proper finish with the Goofy/Pete clones and it was rushed with a bland ending. The episode was fine and it wasn't badly written or anything, it just felt like just another episode of Goof Troop. So I have nothing else to say about it, and let's move on. So...
Thumbs in the middle for this episode and I'll see you all next time.