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Winter Blunderland
Reviewed: 04/29/2017
More Blunders Than A Normal Pete Scheme!
More Pete scheming and here's the scheme: Pete gets Goofy to play Bigfoot to bring business to his car lot, but it brings along the real Bigfoot instead. This is also the first winter episode of the series as well, outside of the Christmas episode of course. So how does this episode fare? Let's rant on shall we...?!
This episode is written by Carl Swenson, Terry McDonnell and Jim Carlson. The late Jim Carlson (passed away in 2007), according to Wikipedia (DANGER! DANGER!): He had been involved in shows as Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Emergency!, CHiPs and Battlestar Galactica, and an ABC special based on The Mouse and the Motorcycle. In 1988, he co-wrote the script for Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw and X-Men's episode Enter Magneto along with Terrence McDonnell. He began his career on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in. Goof Troop is his only DTVA appearance. Exosquad and My Secret Friend: A Guardian Angel Story in 1994 were his final credits. He has 31 Writing credits and 4 Misc credits (Kidd Video, Jayce & The Wheeled Warriors and Spiral Zone.) to his resume. Terrence McDonnell according to Wikipedia (DANGER! DANGER!): He is an American television screenwriter and producer, best known for his collaboration with Jim Carlson in the first Battlestar Galactica series. The two of them also wrote the 1988 animated feature film Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw. Shows McDonnell has worked on, as a writer, include: The Six Million Dollar Man, Gemini Man, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, CHiPs, The Bionic Woman, Battlestar Galactica, Magnum, P.I., The Rousters, Kidd Video, The Love Boat, Riptide, ABC Weekend Specials, Danger Bay, Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz, Good Morning, Miss Bliss, Let's Make a Deal, The New Adventures of He-Man, Beetlejuice, X-Men, Candid Camera, Exosquad, Quicksilver, You Don't Know Jack, and 1 vs. 100. He began as a researcher in the television series The Joker's Wild in 1972. Goof Troop is his only DTVA appearance. The Chase as a co-executive produer is his most recent credit. He has 32 Writing credits, 16 Producer credits, 7 Misc credits and 1 Self credit to his resume. The story is edited by Dean Stefan. The animation was provided by Walt Disney Animation Japan Inc. with additional services provided by Nakamura Productions, Studio Robin, Studio Cats, Light Foot and Takahasi Productions. Finally; after 49 episodes; the in house Japanese studio takes over. Even if there were four additional sub-contractors in the proverbial pie. Sadly; there are only four more episodes like this; with one of them involving Pete changing into a fly.
We begin this one on the icy sky shot of Spoonerville with ice blue title as we hear a television reporter report that that a huge storm is expected near the ski areas tonight, but Spoonerville is getting most of it right now as we head to Pete's office with an outside shot as Pete clears the window wearing a half green/half blue coat with pea soup green trim and a stocking cap in the matching color scheme. The sign is taking a beating while the reporter is calling this storm a big denter for local business. At least Pete can take solace in the fact that everyone is getting screwed including him this time around. Which says a lot about Pete's personality in fact. The sign breaks and crushes a red car which Pete is whining because it was the Maserini deluxe (according to Disney Captions. I'm guessing this is due to copyright since the real life version is Maserati, which is Italian luxery-car producer) and it was originally repossessed. Wait; so Pete is this world's Repo Man? No wonder he sucked so much. Pete turns off the mini television (I know this because the reporter was on the screen) as we get the always not amusing cartoon line graph as the line redefines gravity and gets through into the trash can which has a mini basketball backboard on it. That is so 1990's it isn't funny. Pete sheds a tear (because his business is falling apart. Here's my question: How can you tell the winter was the cause of it?) and in comes Max and PJ with snow shovels as they proclaim that they cleared off all the snow; including the RV's. They also want to be paid as Pete is tightening the belt and selling the CHEAP HEAT OF LAUGHS like crazy. A green button pops from his snowsuit as Max accuses Pete of stiffing them; which Pete denies as he takes a small box and gives PJ a hand of paperclips. PJ and Max blow him off (and yes, they are wearing winter clothes as Max is wearing a lot of red in this scene) and turn on the television as we see Ronald R. Havacheque interviewing a brown haired dog ear with a green coat, blue pants, brown boots and a Elmer Fudd hunting cap who apparently has seen Bigfoot, who is big and hairy. Are you sure it isn't Pop-A-Bear crank calling you again? POW! OUCH! Ummm...
Oh wait; he has weird ears, sorry about that...Kit. The hunter shows a kindergarden sketch of the monster which has duck feet, a donut shaped body, claws on the hands, icicles on the donut mouth and antlers. He looked like a deranged Bullwinkle now that I think about it. Pete laughs at this and accuses the hunter of claiming that his sister was kidnapped by a UFO, too. If this were written today; that hunter would say exactly that, or barring that, he would claim to be kidnapped by a UFO. Which Pete pronounces as OFO by the way (which Disney Captions completely ignored). Ronald is now JAQ'ing off; so the answer is it doesn't exist. Except in storyline, but thou must! Max sneaks in and does the worst snorting ever. There is no way I would be convinced that Max is Bigfoot. Something about being a quarter of his height sort of kills the gimmick. Max bails; opens the door and snorts out as PJ follows him, accepting the dare as the office gets cold with Pete wearing snow antlers as the hunter on television draws a picture with stars surrounding it while Ronald claims that a legit picture would bring fame and fortune to the person who snaps the pictures. I realize that this was 1992 and doctoring photos was much harder to do then, than it is now; but wouldn't killing the beast and bringing it to Spoonerville provide more forensic evidence than a picture? Pete shakes his head and calls publicity his four favorite words. Apparently; sexual harrassment is his second most four favorite words. POW! OUCH! Ummm... Pete's scheme is to create a fake photograph of Bigfoot so he can sell cars; and the picture of the monster is replaced with Goofy with antlers on. Scene change to in front of Goofy's house as Goofy is towing skis and the CHEST OF DEMONS as Goofy calls Pete generous as all the male babyfaces are packing up Goofy's jeep and going skiing. Pete smacks Goofy on the back claiming that it's only $79.95 plus 15% gratuity. PJ drops the stuff that bigger than his own body weight and accuses Pete of being a hypocrite, again! Pete shuts his mouth about fifteen seconds too late as he grabs PJ, and blows it off as kids saying crap before walking back to their house. Sigh.
Goofy and Max put the chest of demons on top (it looks like a locked treasure chest from Bravely Default) of the roof and we get a fart sound. Seriously; that is what happens. We have a mess on the snow as Goofy assures Pete that he has nothing to worry about as Max picks up the blue skis containing mini purple wind socks on the back and steel clamps. They are called super-waxed GT specials. One of the steel clamps manages to snap onto Goofy's finger and it turns red. Even though he's clearly wearing Mickey Mouse gloves. In other words; that finger is bleeding from the inside. Goofy puts the skis on the roof as Max brings out Pete's luggage which is heavy. Goofy grabs it, loses his balances and falls into the deep snow with no bump with CHEESE AND BACON. Not as impressive when it's in the snow as Goofy pops up and hasn't begun to pack. I betcha Pete wishes he has stopped packing. There is a ski pole and purple underwear with yellow smiley faces on it. Why? Why not?! Goofy jumps up with the ski poles and gets his feet clamped into Pete's skis and does a ski ramp jump off the jeep, bounces off the power wires which don't fry him on cue and then cause Pete (who is outside the house with luggage) to panic as he runs back into the house and still gets clobbered by Goofy on the way down crashing through the roof and putting pink long johns on his head. You got all that? Goofy notices the obvious hole in the ceiling and points it out to Pete as the asshole part of the long johns open and Pete wants to give him a hole, which is awfully creepy of him. So we scene change to Goofy in the garage bringing out the GREEN STRETCHY CORD OF DOOM (which Pete requests in a sarcastic manner) as the jeep is loaded with stretchy cords and cloth. Goofy naturally forgets to unhook the other end of the cord from the steel hook while attaching the front end to the front of the cloth bag above the roof of the Jeep. Geez; the headlights look like closed eyes. Is this jeep going to Brave Little Toaster itself or what?! Goofy loses his balance again; but slides off a blue ski and into the driver's seat.
Goofy starts the engines and tries to go; but the GREEN STRETCHY CORD OF DOOM manages to cause the entire garage of Goofy to break from it's foundation and is being towed from behind while leaving boxes and a red oil barrel. The garage bounces behind the Jeep as we scene change to the jeep going around the bend and stop in front of the generic wooden ski lodge (the cheapest, knowing Pete) as Goofy stops the jeep and wonders about the lack of mileage this trip got in comparsion to others. Geez; towing a garage surely puts a lot of strain on the fuel ecomony there. Now; we never saw the kids in the back of the Jeep during this, and somehow; they come out in awe anyway. Max gets on an icy pond because he's going to check the slide ability of this "snow" and he slips and slides on the icy pond as a result. Sadly; he cannot WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE~! And gets buried in snow of course as two pine cones fall on Max's eyes. PJ is walking on the ice like it was nothing. So like Pete Pete, physics do not apply to him. PJ sarcastically makes fun of Max acting like Max is somewhere else when Max is right in front of him as we jump cut to Pete complaining about Goofy unpacking the jeep, because he wants to hit the ski slopes before the light fades. Goofy unhooks the green stretchy cord and it bounces backwards as we get multiple crashing sounds and bumps in the background. I guess the garage went over the cliff or something; I don't know. Pete wants Goofy to find his camera equipment as Goofy knows it's fragile because he packed it on the bottom of the roof where it would be safe and sound. This causes Pete to stammer and be flustered, because this is Goofy we are talking about here. So Goofy pops the camera bag out and goes flying stage left and crashes into something hard off-screen; I assume he broke the camera equipment on that alone. The cloth bounces all the luggage and buries Pete in a luggage tomb despite Pete's own protests as Goofy shakes the bag and asks Pete about using the wide angle lens this weekend. Pete breaks through the tomb and grabs his luggage; while throwing Goofy away stage right. Yeah; something broke there.
So Goofy gets to carry the skis as the camera is called Mr. Camera now. Goofy has the skis as he sucks his finger and claims to have a uncanny sense of misdirection. I love real comments that aren't supposed to be real comments. Goofy walks left and makes sure to uppercut Pete in his fatty chops with the skis. HAHA! Then a sideswipe to the fatty chops and then a spear to the fatty chops; because Goofy sucks at everything but misdirection. Somehow; this causes Pete to fall backwards onto a conveniently placed sled and Pete sleds down a conveniently placed hill. Geez; that looks extremely awkward and out of place there guys! Pete heads straight for the conveniently placed door for the restuarant as Goofy points out the obvious to all of us. Pete begs for mercy and he'll get none as he flies into the restuarant as all the shadow figures in the building get knocked down like dominoes and bowling pins (without the pin sound by the way) as Goofy thinks Pete got hungry on the drive up. You don't say?! How could you tell when he's NOT hungry? Pete flies out and has some mustard on his face as he is slingshot into the air; but since there is no chair to land anywhere; Pete lands in front of Goofy on his ass with all the mustard off his face. Goofy licks the splattered tomato on top of his head, calling it food to go as Pete looks like he wants to set his phasers to kill on Goofy now. Scene change to the ski lift on the bottom as Pete and Goofy are at the back of the line as Goofy wears a big ass brown fur coat which is literally scaring denizen skiers away stage left. Oh come on, now! At least have Goofy wear antlers on his head; it makes them seem frightened by a pink stocking cap for goodness sakes. Pete doesn't seem to mind Goofy wearing this fur coat; of course it's because Pete gave Goofy the fur coat to wear. Pete has the antler hat in his suit as he'll show that when they get to the bunny slope. Goofy then points out that the ski lift goes straight to the top and the mountain peak is literally hanging on itself as Pete now stammers like a stupid coward now. The ski lift taxis both stupid idiots onto the chair lift as Goofy tells him not to worry because no one falls out of these things. Then off-screen, someone falls out of the ski chair and screams, which Goofy claims that it's almost never. I liked Kit and Molly's version of this spot better by the way. Scene change to a snow plain with Max and PJ riding on giant orange saucers and they do the weakness bonk into each other as PJ shakes a bit. PJ jumps out and does a promo about winning the loogie competition and does the worst double over voice. Max corrects him on the loogie part (it's luge by the way); which is kind of silly considering how many times they have said words wrong and not be corrected in anyway.
Max then notices footprints in the snow and he knows who made them. PJ thinks that it's one of the Harlem Globetrotters. So Max wants to follow the footprints and PJ already knows where this is going before it even happens; since it's big trouble. Yeah; where has this happened before? Oh yeah; You Camp Take It With You and with Humprey the One Joke Bear's baby son. So we head back to the ski lift as Goofy puts his goggles on and Pete is still cowering like a coward as Goofy brings up that Pete is afraid of heights. Then the ski lift stops and we pedulum swing for a while. Pete is in denial mode and then we get an out of focus shot of the ground and he panics like crazy again. Somehow; this causes him to hang on the barrier upside down with his left ski. Pete wants a hand; so Goofy claps. HAHA! So the ski lift continues and Pete gets whacked by the pine trees and covered in snow as Goofy praises it as one wicked ski trick. So we finally make it to the top as we see Goofy standing on a cliff wearing the antler hat on now. Pete has set up the camera on the tripod which is wired. Wait; you couldn't find a cordless camera? So, what power source is Pete using to take the picture? So Pete is basically telling him to get into position, spread the arms wide and give him a good grunt. Because heaven knows, Pete isn't a good one himself. Pete checks his notes as Goofy grunts and asks for approval as Pete checks the sketch notebook (how he got that is a mystery to me) and calls him a professional fool as Pete adjusts the camera. The antler hat falls over Goofy's eyes and calls it mountain time. Har, har! Goofy walks backwards, checking the snow and then skis backwards down the cliff to fetch a pail of Stupido Nuts. So Goofy does the redneck scream as Pete continues to adjust the camera and in walks a brown shaggy dog anthro with antlers and a blue bowtie on the head, just to inform all the twits out there that she's supposed to be a woman Bigfoot. Why would they bother with that is a mystery to me. Who cares what gender Bigfoot is?! Pete looks through the camera and then goes over to Bigfoot and tugs on the antlers because they are crooked. Speak for yourself there, Pete. Pete is basically assaulting Bigfoot; so much for no male on female contact there, Nightflight. Bigfoot has had enough and growls badly; this was enough for Pete to get the LIGHT BULB OF BLOODY CLAIRTY as he fumbles over his words, screams and then faints backwards onto the snow. The female Bigfoot clearly has no brains because she simply grabs Pete; throws him over his shoulder and walks away in the same direction it came, to end the segment ten and a half minutes in.
After the commercial break; we head back to the cliff as Max and PJ arrive noticing the tripod as PJ thinks something is wrong since he never leaves his camera behind. Too bad Pete never left his personality behind, but that's neither here nor there. PJ claims that he even paid cash for it and deduces that Bigfoot got him. It's true; but Occam's Razor would suggest that Goofy bonked Pete in the head with a ski and they somehow went down the slope. Sadly; Occam's Razor is much more trickier to use in a cartoon than in real life. Max hears Goofy's redneck scream as Goofy is in trouble now. Jump cut to Goofy down the slopes and bounces off a rock and does flips and lands in front. Damn; I wish he skiied backwards; that would have been funnier. Goofy does the splits on a groove with the skis as Goofy talks about the stretchy underwear he is wearing and thinks he's safe. I betcha he heads for the tree and does the cartoon "go through the tree and somehow manage to not hit the actual tree" spot. Okay; he doesn't as he merely ramps off a cliff and bounces off the deep snow and somehow is going through the salom event without any trouble. And we see that this was part of an Olympic event (notice the rings are mirrored upside down) with bleachers and a judging booth. I'm 100% sure that the salom is not ski jumping, writers of the world. Oh; and Goofy only got a nine out of thirty on that one. So we head to Big Foot's cave which has a giant boulder for a door and a human feet welcome mat. Why? Why not! Head inside as it looks literally like a man-cave as Pete is sleeping on the blue sofa and talking in his sleep about having cheese wiener doodles with picante sauce. Apparently; he thinks Peg is in his dreams as Pete is up and after some eye focusing, he notices Big Foot with a tomahawk axe appearing ready to murder Pete legit. Pete of course is backpedalling claiming that he's 30% fat and would clog her artieries. Nowadays; it would be 55% sugar and cause her diabetes. Big Foot no sells all as Pete offers pens, keys, and his calender as gifts, no dice as usual.
Bigfoot growls to stop that and rises the axe as Pete is begging for mercy; and Pete has to dodge as Bigfoot cuts a conveniently placed coconut (which we now see) in half as it's filled with coconut milk. And yes; Bigfoot offers half of it to Pete and Pete realizes that she just wants to be friends, but she hates being called a guy, you see. Of course! She growls in Pete's face and balls up her hand as Pete pets her and calls her pretty. Memo to the writers: Most women would punch men in the face for petting them and calling them pretty. I'm just saying. Of course Big Foot gets over it as Pete is already scheming on her as he's got the CHILD CORRUPTING BALLOON OF DOOM showing the same bowler hat denizen seeing Bigfoot in a shark cage while Pete shows her off. And there's a lot of MONEY, MONEY, YEAH, YEAH involved. You know; this would be a lot more convincing to me if Pete in the balloon was cutting the promo instead of the guy who is cutting the promo right in front of Bigfoot. DUMB! The black background does nothing to convince thee. It also ends with Pete pulling Bigfoot's hair from behind and the cage rises up into space. More assault from Pete as Pete is now back to reality (no, not really) and doing his CANNOT FAIL IF HE WERE LIT ON FIRE SWEET TALK ROUTINE OF DOOM. Bigfoot is groaning and looks like she's ready to cry. Pete offers to let Bigfoot come with him to show her a good time with new friends as they make it to the boulder and Bigfoot of course is buying it, hook, line and sinker. So Bigfoot (also known as Figfoot by Pete) grabs the boulder and tosses it aside. Pete and Bigfoot tease walking out; but here comes Goofy on skis doing his redneck scream as he crashes into the two idiots inside the cave off-screen as Goofy's skis are broken and Pete is officially on bottom where he belongs. Pete of course blames Goofy for ruining everything. Feelings mutural there, Pete. Goofy's antler hat is enough to make Bigfoot go bonkers complete with horn sounds. She's engulfed by the POWER OF HEARTY LOVE~! SMACK! Goofy is hugged by Bigfoot. Awww! My heart melted. And he gets kissed too! YEAH!
Pete protests this and puts his hands on her, like the disgusting sack of crap he is. Oh; and the Goof Cooties effect has reared it's ugly head again. Bigfoot growls at him with it's fist clenched and Pete of course backs off like a coward. Pete is grabbed and is booted out of the cave and this all happened on screen no less. Worse; Pete takes a really sick bump off a wooden tree. That had to suck; Pete probably was hating life even more than usual. Pete is buried underneath snow as the giant boulder is closed on the cave complete with defeat trumpet public domain music. As this is going on, Bigfoot puts a censored door sign on the boulder which says "Do not disturb". So a censored Pete was too offensive even for Disney? I club BS&P! Pete pounds the boulder in protest and then suddenly gets inspired because he found the cave; so he'll just bail back to town, make some phone calls and bring everyone there. This is perfect in storyline because Bigfoot is real and thus if he drags everyone into this; then he can prove it without the need of a picture and still take all the credit for it. What a perfectly scummy scheme here by (No) Honest Pete Pete. Pete walks away feeling so proud of himself as we jump cut to a winter path with Max and PJ walking and PJ complaining about losing the trail. Max claims that they have not because there's the cave. Notice the bear tracks and open entrance?! Yeah; Max is full of sh*t here. Oh, and Max and PJ look scared now as they walk and stammer towards the entrance. They are of course trying to deny that they are scared; but their body language and stuttering say otherwise. So we go to pitch darkness with the white eyes spot; as we hear heavy breathing. Max blows off PJ twice for causing his stomach and breathing to bug him. PJ claims that he is not doing this. Then we see a third pair of eyes above the kids and the kids scream and run right out of the cave screaming. Yeah; it's a bear, DUH! PJ and Max somehow find a conveniently placed rubber mat and they slide down the hill as the bear chases him. Oh; and this bear has insomnia, which is nothing a video tape of Dino Bravo matches can't cure. POW! OUCH! Ummmm...SUCKS~!
So we head back to the cave of Bigfoot with Bigfoot and Goofy at the table eating a lot as Goofy is stuffed and there is a boiling kettle on the fireplace. Now; why would there be one? Do I smell Bigfoot turning heel on Goofy and cooking him in the stew? Nah, couldn't be. A woman Bigfoot would never do that. A male one; hmmmmm...POW! OUCH! Ummmm... Bigfoot also likes roses and pictures of hearts I see as we get the second reference to death in this episode (road kill) as I wonder if they are in Tenenesse? NAH! Goofy wipes his mouth and wants to excuse himself to go find Pete. Goofy tries to leave; but Bigfoot cuts him off and plops him on the sofa. You know, considering that Pete hates you, If I were you Goofy, I would take my time with this and get to know Bigfoot more. All right; I do want them to marry. I mean; at least there is some creature on the planet who doesn't think Goofy is a useless bag of bones, outside of his own family of course. Which Max doesn't count by the way. Goofy shows off his watch and decides that he'll stay for a few minutes. Bigfoot loves it and makes love with Goofy with hugs and such stuff. Goofy struggles, Bigfoot lets go, takes a mirror and puts lipstick on her mouth. I see that hairy fur doubles as a storage container. This means kissy-kissy time complete with watery slobber as Goofy is screwing this up so much that I swear Walt Disney Animation Japan doesn't know what they are doing. Bigfoot recoils as Goofy accuses her of having chapped lips; so Bigfoot counters by taking a bottle of perfume and sprays it on herself. Goofy sniffs it and admits that he uses the same perfume on fishing trips. Here's my question: What does he use the perfume for? Oh; he uses it as insect repellent as Bigfoot finds the conveniently placed lamp and switches it in the off position. I just love how they had to censor that; but male on male kissing is perfectly okay as Goofy turns on the lamp. Surprise of surprises, Goofy has no lipstick on his face. BOO! HISS! DO THAT AGAIN~! Eyebrow waggle spot ensues; you wish you were Doctor Wily there, madam. Jump cut to outside with PJ and Max following the footprints.
So yes; The Bigger They Are, The Louder They Oink is not the only one who dangles the "how did they get away from the lion?" spot in front of our faces. The kids found the cave complete with anime background as Max and PJ go over to the boulder as we hear muffled public domain music. So we head back inside as Goofy and Bigfoot DANCE, DANCE, DANCE TO THEIR DOOM, HEEHEEHEEHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! POW! OUCH! Ummm... Goofy is dominated by her as he claims that he can dance a mean Watusi which is a solo dance that enjoyed brief popularity during the early 1960s. It's also a type of firecracker. We get a baseball reference which doesn't catch as Bigfoot continues with the kissy-kissy stuff and somehow Goofy gets underneath Bigfoot and manages to squeeze through the boulder and out of the cave. Explain THAT one, kids! Oh wait; the door is ajar when shown, but who opened the door. Goofy sniffs himself as we see PJ and Max hiding behind a rock noticing Goofy scratching himself. Now, you would think the dogears would have been enough to convince them that this was Goofy; but of course not. They think he's Bigfoot as Goofy wonders where Pete went as he looks the other way because he has to in order to not notice Max and PJ sneaking in with a cloth tarp. Question: Even if he didn't look the other way, would he had noticed them? See; I can JAQ off with the best of them! So Max and PJ put the tarp over themselves and we have the tarp version of the FCC FRIENDLY CLOUDDUST OF DOOM, which isn't as impressive as the real thing; but whatever. There's no dust to use, other than actual snow powder. So they bounce down the hill to fetch a pail of Stupido Idiotist Nuts. POW! OUCH! Ummmmm... Somehow; they didn't turn into a giant snowball; causing Bigfoot to come out and sob. I put that as a 0.3 on the Crying 1950's Daisy Duck scale by the way. Scene change to Pete returning to the cave with Ronald and one of the cameraman from an episode of Goof Troop. I think it was "Hot Air". I don't know, I don't care. Pete tells them to set up while he goes to find Bigfoot.
Oh; and let's not forget Pete has to be cocky about this to tell Ronald about Pete's Used Car Lot. Never mind that this is the same guy who exposed Pete as a fraud in In Goof We Trust, which aired BEFORE this one. Even better; Ronald actually REMEMBERS that episode! AWESOME! By the way; Ed is the name of the camera guy as Pete claims that those charges were dropped. Wait; I don't recall charges even being laid to begin with in that episode. Pete's lying, no surprise; but Ronald doesn't care anyway as he calls Ed to set up the camera. Oh; and Ronald's name is now Matt Tanner! WHAT?! So Ronald was disgraced so much that he changed his name? Geez; Pete poisons every media type he touches. He is the 1992 DTVA version of Donald Trump now. Matt is on the air cutting his promo and then tells the camera that he's so not buying this crap, which makes sense because he doesn't trust Pete in telling the truth on anything. Sadly; Pete is telling the truth here, not that anyone is sympathizing with him or anything. Pete comes back to inform us that Bigfoot is gone and Matt acts in a sarcastic manner. Like I said about Occam's Razor: It works great in real life, but it is hit or miss in a cartoon. Pete of course is panicking and grabbing onto Matt; as I'm begging Matt to have Pete arrested now. Not because he assaulted Matt; but because of general moral principle: He's a scumbag fraud and putting his hands on a reporter is the least of this scumbag's problems. Matt of course is not buying this crap; and why should he? He already has written off Pete after In Goof We Trust; so why would he believe him now. Matt does the cut throat sign on camera and bails calling Pete another rube. I disagree with that sentiment because Pete is a scumbag, douchebag rubeish asshole! Matt and Ed walk off laughing Pete off as Pete protests this outrage and screams that he'll capture Bigfoot and he won't invite them to the press meeting, see. Yip; Pete might as well be the Donald right now as we end the segment almost eighteen minutes in. This is a really fun episode actually.
After the commercial break; we head with a reverse shot of the tarp as it's turning into a snowball now. Dammit! I wanted to see it not turn into a snowball, so I can get a cheap shot in. So they end up slamming against the doors of the main lodge as the kids are on their asses shaking off snow that no longer exists. Goofy is in the tarp of course as he rises up while Max yells that they got Bigfoot and PJ is panicking because Goofy is trying to get out. You don't say? So they grab onto Goofy and Goofy rips the tarp up to reveal his head. The kids finally catch themselves and rip through the tarp as somehow, Goofy lost all but his long johns and shoes as he's shivering big time. Max and PJ help Goofy up as they decide to return to their cabin to warm up. They bail stage right as Goofy wants some strawberry flavored hot chocolate. Bigfoot arrives and notices all of Goofy's clothes are in the tarp. Bigfoot grabs them like a human being and assumes that Goofy was skinned alive by the kids. She cries and mourns the clothes; which is 0.4 on the Crying 1950's Daisy Duck scale. Scene change back to Pete setting a net trap complete with stake and rope as he buries the net underneath the snow. Poorly I might add as he claims to have watched Tarzan movies. Judging by the work; it was the Zan versions of the movies. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Pete hides in the bushes thinking that she is coming; but it's a squirrel on the buried snow noticing the out of nowhere acorn. Oh, come on! Pete is panicky as the squirrel picks up the acorn and jackhammers it with it's two buck teeth, causing Pete to storm in protesting. Pete leaps into the trap, the squirrel bails and Pete lands on the buried snow, springs the trap and is hanging from the tree squealing. In comes Bigfoot with the clothes sniffling as she finds a stick and sticks it in the snow. She puts the antler hat on it and lays the clothes down next to it before walking away. Now; if Pete wasn't a scoiopath, he would have wrongfully deduced that Goofy was dead. Of course; he is a scoiopath and has a wicked Krackpotkin plan due to the blood rushing into his head. Of course; what a shocker?! So the tree branch breaks and Pete crashes into the snow chin first; which is less cringeworthy than doing it on concrete by the way. Scene change to Pete changing into Goofy's outfit and putting his winter clothes in the snow because his Krackpotkin Plan is to basically dress like Goofy. This is not going to work; and Pete is going to taking splinters out of his fat ass!
Pete waltzs in, acts like every husband stereotype you ever saw and Bigfoot gasps in...love? Oh screw you, Bigfoot! Stupid idiot; you wish you were Goofy. Bigfoot grabs him and pushes him against the wall with the POWER OF LOVE~! SMACK! Lots of hugs and kissy-kissy stuff ensues. Bigfoot sets Pete on his feet and Pete is now punch drunk for no reason. Bigfoot sniffs all over Pete and she finally realizes that she has been duped. Geez; it's as if the fat ass wasn't a dead giveaway. Pete is horrified as Bigfoot is growling and in Pete's face as Pete then does the worst attempt to sound like Goofy complete with worst redneck chuckle ever. Please kill this man, Bigfoot. No judge will ever convict you! Oh wait; no one would ever screw with you. Except maybe Goofy, I don't know. POW! OUCH! Ummm... Of course; Bigfoot falls for it, hook, line and sinker as Bigfoot claps and Pete offers a ride in his used car. So Bigfoot is packing her things as Pete leaves and then paces around outside and proclaims that he will capture Bigfoot and saying that he'll call everyone to this...right in front of Bigfoot who has her things walking outside. What a stupid idiot Pete is?! No wonder he's such a bad heel. For goodness sakes; run away from the cave a hundred yards and then state your plan. Don't state it five feet away from Bigfoot who can hear you. Bigfoot drops her stuff and is now officially pissed. Pete calls his plan such a gimmick. Which is fitting because Pete is such a tool right now as he walks in the wrong direction right into the midsection of Bigfoot. Bye bye Pete; I'll miss you. Not. Pete bails and goes up a tree as Bigfoot stomps the ground causing Pete to protest because this will cause an avalanchee. And that is exactly what happens! Yip; this "relationship" is fully buried now. Imagine the hell if it burst into flames; that would be Mystical Ninja-equse of this show. Bigfoot bails stage right as Pete screams for help; but none is forthcoming and we all know why. Pete gets engulfed by snow and gets turned into a giant snowball, bouncing down the hill and slams into the double doors of the lodge in the process. Pete is on his chin again as the Elmer Fudd denizen from earlier sneaks in and pokes on Pete's antlers. Then he yells that this is Bigfoot as he points and proclaims that he saw him as we fade to black. Wait, what?!
So we return to the lodge AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as there is a huge traffic jam leading up to the lodge. There is absolutely no animation whatsoever and the coloring is so bad that if it wasn't for the background, this would look like episode #29 Eliminate The Fashion Model. Dammit! This episode was so good until that moment. Jump cut to the front of the building with Matt Tanner and Ed returning to film this as business has doubled in the area due to the capture of Bigfoot. Pan over to a shark cage with a spotlight as Pete is handcuffed and has tape on his mouth as Matt claims that even skeptics are convincing that this Bigfoot is real. Which one of them is Alex Jones?! Or they deduce that it's because no one is this ugly. Geez; it's clear Matt knows this is not real and just getting revenge for Pete yelling at him and telling him that he's banned from reporting on his escapades ever again. It's obvious, now! Pete protests this outrage and bangs on the cage, no go because his sounds are muffled. Jump cut to a lodge room with PJ and Max looking out and even Max knows it's Pete in the cage. Max wants to tell them that this is a hoax, but PJ yawns and wants to keep this going just a little longer, as a way to pay him back for stiffing them out of pay for shoveling snow. Baloo/Lotta/Louie: "Sounds fair!" Pete: "Dammit!" The kids laugh out loud as PJ asks where Goofy is and Max claims that he's out there somewhere. So the final sequence is in the plain snow as Goofy is still in his long johns being chased by Bigfoot; which makes no sense at all considering that he was with the kids going back to the cabin. There is no indication that Goofy and Bigfoot met after the avalanche. So yes; they tacked this on to pad the running time and create a joke. Don't get me wrong; it's funny, but it would have been funnier if it made more sense than it does. This felt rushed; which I should have known when the animators wouldn't animate the traffic jam at the beginning of this scene. Goofy says "financesee" which is funny in itself as Bigfoot makes kissy-kissy sounds to end the episode at 21:18. Rushed ending aside; this was as hilarious as a Goof Troop episode is going to get with Pete scheming. Really fun and Goofy was game for kissy-kissy stuff; so I call this **** (80%).
THE REVIEW LINE
Well, well, well; this episode was actually really fun and it's certainly better than many Bigfoot episodes in DTVA; so that is a bonus. Bigfoot was funny as usual and Goofy was gain to let it do whatever it wanted. Yes; Pete schemed to the speed of light in this episode; but Pete was screwed at every turn and he got stiffed in the end, so this episode made me a happy ranter. The bad rushjob ending was dumb and there were some stupid moments and logic to the proceedings; but none of them made my head hurt and most of it was funny so there you go. Terry and Jim did a really decent job here and I'm sadden that they didn't get more DTVA episodes after this, because they are decent enough writers to write children's cartoons. So yeah; a good episode and not much to complain about. So...
Thumbs up for this episode and I'll see you all next time.