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A Goofy Movie

A Goofy Movie is a 1995 American animated musical road comedy film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Directed by Kevin Lima, it is based on The Disney Afternoon television series Goof Troop (1992) created by Robert Taylor and Michael Peraza, and serves as a standalone spin-off to the show. Taking place three years after the events of Goof Troop, it follows Goofy and his now teenage son, Max, as they embark on a misguided father-son fishing trip across the United States.

Plot
Max Goof is an average teenager who pines after his classmate Roxanne, idolizes the pop star Powerline, and has a tense relationship with his clumsy, old-fashioned father Goofy, whom he fears he may end up taking after when he grows up, having already inherited his laugh. On the last day of school before summer vacation, Max, with help from his friends P.J. and Bobby, hijacks a school assembly and dances while lip syncing to a Powerline song. The performance succeeds in making Max a school celebrity, and he invites Roxanne with him to a viewing party of a live broadcast of Powerline's upcoming concert in Los Angeles. Goofy, after school principal Mazur warns him about Max's potential juvenile delinquency, immediately plans a fishing trip to Lake Destiny, Idaho, to curb his son's behavior. Max attempts to cancel his date with Roxanne, but panics and tells her that not only are he and Goofy traveling to Los Angeles to attend the concert, but that Powerline has invited them onstage. Goofy and Max hit the road, visiting a run-down possum-themed amusement park where Goofy embarrasses Max. The next day, they run into P.J. and his father, Pete, while camping. Goofy takes his son fishing and shows him the "Perfect Cast" fishing technique, accidentally luring Bigfoot to their camp and forcing Goofy and Max to spend the night in the car with Bigfoot outside. While Goofy sleeps, Max alters the map's route to Los Angeles. The next morning, Goofy makes Max the navigator of the trip, and the two enjoy several stops together. That night, while staying at the same motel, Pete overhears a conversation between Max and P.J. and informs Goofy that Max has tricked him into traveling to Los Angeles. Goofy still believes Max will do the right thing, but the next morning, Max chooses the route to California, and Goofy stops the car at the Grand Canyon and storms off. With the brake loose, the car drives off on its own; Goofy and Max chase after it and end up riding the car down the Colorado River. After a brief argument, Goofy says no matter how old Max gets he will always be his son, and the two finally reconcile. After learning about Max's promise to Roxanne, Goofy decides to take him to the concert. The two nearly plummet down a waterfall, but Max rescues Goofy using the Perfect Cast technique. In Los Angeles, Goofy and Max arrive at the concert, sneak on to the stage, and dance with Powerline, delighting Roxanne. Max and Goofy return home in their barely functioning car and Max tells Roxanne the truth; she admits she always liked him and they make plans to go out. The car explodes, ejecting Goofy into the porch roof of Roxanne's house, and Max proudly introduces his father to his new girlfriend. ==Voice cast==
Voice cast
Bill Farmer as Goofy, a hard-working, clumsy single father who is a photographer at a photo studio in a mall department store. • Jason Marsden as Max Goof, Goofy's troubled 14-year-old son • Jim Cummings as Pete, Goofy's misanthropic neighbor and co-worker whom he and Max later encounter during their road trip • Kellie Martin as Roxanne, Max's kind-hearted high school crush • Rob Paulsen as P.J., Pete's timid son and Max's best friend • Wallace Shawn as Principal Mazur, the strict principal of Max's school Tevin Campbell and Pauly Shore make uncredited performances as the pop star Powerline and Max's friend Bobby Zimuruski respectively. Jenna von Oÿ voices Roxanne's best friend Stacey and Frank Welker provides vocal sound effects for the Bigfoot. The director, Kevin Lima, portrays a walk-around character at Lester's Possum Park and provides the vocal effects for Roxanne's father. Florence Stanley plays a waitress, Jo Anne Worley portrays Principal Mazur's upbeat secretary Miss Maples, and Julie Brown and Joey Lawrence voice the popular students Lisa and Chad. The character actor Pat Buttram appears in his final role as the emcee at Lester's Possum Park, while Wayne Allwine makes a cameo appearance as Mickey Mouse alongside a silent Donald Duck. ==Production==
Production
Development In the early 1990s, former Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg commissioned the project, suggesting the storyline inspired by a planned car trip with his daughter to Goof Troop's story supervisor Jymn Magon. Suggesting to make a movie about "contemporary teenagers" as opposed to "talking animal movies and fairytales", Magon thought it would be an interesting idea for the story of Goofy and Max. Instead of being "one-dimensional", Goofy was given an emotional side to show depth to the "emotional arc of the story", hoping the audience would "see his feelings". While the work was a Disney production, it was considered far less essential than the studio's mainstream works at the time such as The Lion King, and was given a far smaller budget compared to these films. Thus, A Goofy Movie was jointly produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, Walt Disney Television Animation, and Disney MovieToons and with outsourcing to Walt Disney Animation France and Walt Disney Animation Australia, along with additional Disney animation studios in Spain and Canada. and Rob Paulsen as P.J.. Max, whose voice was provided by Dana Hill in Goof Troop, is voiced in the film by Jason Marsden when speaking and Aaron Lohr when singing. Some recording sessions were done with only one actor. Farmer recorded his lines for more than 25 studio sessions. Thinking it was a bad idea, Farmer was asked to voice Goofy using his regular speaking voice as opposed to the character's signature, cartoonish voice. This confused Farmer, who insisted that audiences wanted to hear the Goofy they were all familiar with. Additional clean-up/animation was done by Phoenix Animation Studios in Canada, and digitally inked-and-painted by the Pixibox studio in France. During one of the screenings, a single dead pixel was noticed in the footage from a monitor they were using, forcing them to recapture three-quarters of the film with a non-defective monitor. Music R&B singer Tevin Campbell provided the singing voice of Powerline. While looking for an artist, producers shaped Powerline's image inspired by Prince. Track listing All scores are composed by Carter Burwell and Don Davis. ==Release==
Release
Theatrical Within Disney, prior to A Goofy Movies release, the film was frequently associated with Katzenberg. Due to production setbacks, the release date was moved to April 1995. Not allowed to premiere in California, In the United Kingdom, it was released in theaters on October 18, 1996, which included the Mickey Mouse short Runaway Brain. Home media The film was first released on VHS and LaserDisc by Walt Disney Home Video in the United States on September 6, 1995. It was reissued on June 20, 2000, as part of the Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection series on VHS and for the first time on DVD. The movie was released on Blu-ray as a Disney Movie Club exclusive alongside An Extremely Goofy Movie on April 23, 2019, with several contents edited to make it more fitting for the intended audiences. A Goofy Movie was re-released on Blu-ray on November 14, 2023, as part of the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection, which consists of 100 titles from both Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar as part of the 100th anniversary celebration of the Disney company. ==Reception==
Reception
Box office A Goofy Movie opened in 2,159 theaters at second place on its opening weekend with $6.1 million—held from the number one spot because of the Will Smith blockbuster Bad Boys that opened the same weekend, On Metacritic, the movie has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100 based on 17 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Initial Upon release, the film received polarized responses from critics. Most film critics did not comprehend that Goofy could have an emotional side. In his one-star review from The Austin Chronicle, Louis Black said "The movie appears to have forgotten that [...] it is an adolescent angst drama about his son Max's ambivalent feelings about having Goofy as a dad. This is a story about a boy and a dad [...] it is bland, a barely television-length cartoon stretched out to fill a feature, and not much fun." While the Los Angeles Times questioned the overall tone of the film, Empire's Bob McCabe gave the movie three stars out of five and the following verdict: "Harmless enough day in the sun for Goofy; pity there's an overwhelming feeling throughout that he deserves better." From The New York Times, Stephen Holden called the film's story "too rambling and emotionally diffuse for the title character to come fully alive." Writing for Variety, Todd McCarthy criticized the film's score, and felt that the personality of Goofy's character, while agreeable enough in support, proved a bit over the top for a headliner, and that "by any reasonable reckoning, he's distinctly overbearing and selfish, and responds with a bland dismissal to any opinion offered up by his son". Retrospective Since its release, A Goofy Movie has undergone critical reevaluation and is now appreciated as a "true cult classic". In a 2020 editorial for Rotten Tomatoes, Rafael Matomayor wrote: "Featuring a small-scale story that kids can see themselves in, an excellent portrayal of teenage life and father-son relationships, and, crucially, a soundtrack filled with earworms to rival the work of Rice and Menken, the movie has something for everyone." Nell Minow of Common Sense Media praised the low-key tone and humor of the film. Accolades == Legacy ==
Legacy
Cultural impact A Goofy Movie is one of the most beloved films by Disney fans. The newfound interest led to waves of new merchandise based on the film to be sold at major retailers, including Target and Hot Topic. Since March 19, 2023, Mickey's Toontown section of Disneyland includes a newly orchestrated instrumental version of "I 2 I" and features several references to the film. In 2025, A Goofy Movie was shown with several screenings at Fork 'n Film, serving audiences food from the film. It was released to Disney+ on April 7, 2025, to coincide with the film's 30th anniversary. ==Notes==
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