An Extremely Goofy Movie
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===Continuity notes===
*Chronologically-speaking, the events of this movie would actually be set earlier than its initial release. According to several pieces of officially-licensed merchandise, ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'' is set during the year of its release, [[1995]]. In the TV documentary ''[[The Making of A Goofy Movie]]'', that film's director, [[Kevin Lima]], declared Max to be 14 years old during the events of that movie. Since 14 is the youngest that a person can be upon entering high school in the United States (without skipping any grades), Max's being 14 at the end of a high school year in ''A Goofy Movie'' would mean that he had just finished 9th Grade in that movie. So, if Max finished 9th Grade in 1995, he would logically finish 12th Grade three years later in 1998. Assuming that he started college later than same year (without taking a year off between high school and college), Max's first year of college seen in this movie would be from 1998 to 1999, placing the events of this movie during the 1998–1999 school year.
*Chronologically-speaking, the events of this movie would actually be set earlier than its initial release. According to several pieces of officially-licensed merchandise, ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'' is set during the year of its release, [[1995]]. In the TV documentary ''[[The Making of A Goofy Movie]]'', that film's director, [[Kevin Lima]], declared Max to be 14 years old during the events of that movie. Since 14 is the youngest that a person can be upon entering high school in the United States (without skipping any grades), Max's being 14 at the end of a high school year in ''A Goofy Movie'' would mean that he had just finished 9th Grade in that movie. So, if Max finished 9th Grade in 1995, he would logically finish 12th Grade three years later in 1998. Assuming that he started college later than same year (without taking a year off between high school and college), Max's first year of college seen in this movie would be from 1998 to 1999, placing the events of this movie during the 1998–1999 school year.
−*The TV series ''[[House of Mouse]]'' is said to take place shortly after the events of this movie, as in that show, Max is old enough to be employed as a parking valet, and Goofy now works as the head waiter of the [[House of Mouse (night club)|nightclub]]. However, due to promotional problems with the direct-to-video sequels during that period and limits of only allowing characters from the original source material, most of the events of this movie are forcefully ignored or retconned, most notably the absence of Goofy's love interest Sylvia from this film.
*The TV series ''[[House of Mouse]]'' is said to take place shortly after the events of this movie, as in that show, Max is old enough to be employed as a parking valet, and Goofy now works as the head waiter of the [[House of Mouse (night club)|nightclub]]. However, this continuity is retconned in that show because it is not of Disney Canon according to Yahoo AI, which explains the absence of Goofy’s girlfriend [[Sylvia Marpole]].
*The majority of this movie seems to span only a few weeks, going from the beginning of the school year to the week of the first semester's mid-term exams (said week is book-ended by the two days of the College X Games), spanning just the first half of the Fall semester. Meanwhile, the final scene of the movie, which takes place on the day of Goofy's graduation, is instead set many months later at the end of the school year in Spring. This means that a whole semester-and-a-half (including the Winter Holidays and Spring Break) goes by completely unseen between the movie's last and second-to-last scenes.
*The majority of this movie seems to span only a few weeks, going from the beginning of the school year to the week of the first semester's mid-term exams (said week is book-ended by the two days of the College X Games), spanning just the first half of the Fall semester. Meanwhile, the final scene of the movie, which takes place on the day of Goofy's graduation, is instead set many months later at the end of the school year in Spring. This means that a whole semester-and-a-half (including the Winter Holidays and Spring Break) goes by completely unseen between the movie's last and second-to-last scenes.
*Max's bedroom is both a completely different shape and in a different part of the house than in both the previous film and in ''[[Goof Troop]]''. Likewise, while the interior of Goofy's house doesn't look exactly the same as it did in ''Goof Troop'', both the kitchen and living room are at least located in the same places inside the house, while the wall that the house's staircase runs up is now on the opposite side of the stairs from where it was in ''Goof Troop''. These changes in the house's appearance can largely be chalked up to artistic liberty rather than assuming that Goofy and Max moved into a new house, since the house's exterior also looked even more different from ''Goof Troop'' in ''A Goofy Movie'', while the house's exterior in this movie looks less different from how it looked in ''Goof Troop''.
*Max's bedroom is both a completely different shape and in a different part of the house than in both the previous film and in ''[[Goof Troop]]''. Likewise, while the interior of Goofy's house doesn't look exactly the same as it did in ''Goof Troop'', both the kitchen and living room are at least located in the same places inside the house, while the wall that the house's staircase runs up is now on the opposite side of the stairs from where it was in ''Goof Troop''. These changes in the house's appearance can largely be chalked up to artistic liberty rather than assuming that Goofy and Max moved into a new house, since the house's exterior also looked even more different from ''Goof Troop'' in ''A Goofy Movie'', while the house's exterior in this movie looks less different from how it looked in ''Goof Troop''.
An Extremely Goofy Movie is a 2000 American direct-to-video animated comedy film made by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Douglas McCarthy, it is the sequel to A Goofy Movie, featuring the return of characters from the television series Goof Troop. The story follows Max's freshman year at college, which is once again compounded by his father's presence when Goofy arrives at the same college to get a degree.
The film received mixed reviews, but earned a slightly higher score on Rotten Tomatoes.
A few years after the events of the first film, Max Goof (now a high school graduate) and his best friends P.J. and Bobby prepare to leave for college and to participate in the College X-Games. Goofy and Pete prepare a goodbye barbecue for the boys the day before they leave. Max says to his friends that he is anxious to get away from his father's overprotective attitude, while P.J. gloomily comments that his father plans to turn his room into a bowling alley as soon as he leaves. Goofy reminds Pete of how fast the children have grown up but Pete says that the raising of children is a nuisance. While they are practicing, Goofy reminds them that they go to college to become important people and uses a horseshoe game to make an example to them. That night, while Max is packing his suitcase, Goofy gives him his father's adding machine as a gift for his maturity before tucking him in. He looks at his sleeping son with tears in his eyes.
The next morning, Goofy is preparing a big breakfast for Max, but Max rushes out with a few hasty goodbyes, eager to leave. Bobby arrives in his van with P.J. to pick up Max, who bids farewell to Goofy and begins his trip. Although Max is happy to leave, Goofy doesn't take it so well and starts to develop empty-nest syndrome. He goes in Max's empty bedroom, folds a pair of Max's socks, picks up Max's old teddy bear, holds it close to his heart, and sits on Max's bed, weeping quietly.
During their trip to college, Max, P.J. and Bobby crash through a cornfield, but make it safely. As they enter college, they approach the house of the Gamma Mu Mu fraternity, the one that has won all previous College X-Games editions, and their leader, Bradley Uppercrust III. The boys get off the van and begin skateboarding around the place. Bradley becomes impressed with Max's skills and he and his gang begin to follow him. Max and his friends then enter into the Bean Scene Cafe, a beatnik cafe. Bradley introduces himself and his right hand Tank to Max. Brad offers Max a place in the Gammas fraternity, but only if he leaves behind P.J. and Bobby. Without hesitation, Max refuses, which earns him the ire of Bradley, who sets his gang on them. However their behavior is not welcomed by the regulars, and they are snapped out of the bar; but not before Max and Bradley make a bet with each other, where the loser of the X-Games will be towel boy to the winner.
Meanwhile, Goofy's empty nest syndrome gets the best of him and while daydreaming, he causes a huge explosion at his dead-end toy factory job, resulting in him being fired on the spot by his elderly and furious boss. At an unemployment office, Goofy admits he never completed college (only completing 3 years) back in the 1970s, and the unemployment lady tells him that he must get a degree to get any kind of job. So Goofy goes to the same college Max is attending, much to his son's horror and embarrassment. Max, PJ and Bobby all panic at the idea of Goofy's overprotective and embarrassing nature getting in the way of college life. And these fears are validated when Goofy begins babying Max once again, as well as disturbing their free time and training practice. Desperate, Max foists him off at the library to get a library card, where Goofy meets the beautiful librarian, Sylvia Marpole, who shares in his love for 1970's stuff.
Sylvia and Goofy decide to go on a date Saturday night. Goofy goes to tell his son about the good news in the middle of his skateboard practice, and unintentionally performs some impressive moves. The Gammas see this and Bradley decides to have Goofy to join their fraternity, so Max convinces his father to join so that he can be distracted. At the nightclub, the boys encounter the Beret Girl, whom P.J. strikes up an surprising romance with, while Goofy and Sylvia dance together on the dance floor. After this, romance blossoms between the two. Goofy begins spending most of his time with Sylvia and the Gammas.
Then the day of the X-Games qualifiers arrive and Team 99 (Max, Bobby and P.J.) choose Max as their first competitor and the Gammas choose Goofy. At Bradley's request, Tank puts a small rocket on the back of Goofy's skateboard to assure their winning. This works and Goofy gets a near-perfect score from the judges.
During Max's turn, Bradley makes him trip over several times by reflecting light from his mirror into his eyes, and Team 99 barely makes it to the competition with the scores Max gets from the judges. Upstaged by Goofy, Max gets angry with him and practically cuts him out of his life, selfishly telling him to "leave him alone and get his own life." Goofy becomes depressed and loses focus on everything, which makes him fail on a midterm and even forgets a date with Sylvia. Goofy goes back home for a barbecue with Pete, and when Goofy considers dropping out of college, Pete inadvertently inspires him to regain his focus.
At the Bean Scene, Max considers transferring to another college but is convinced to stay by Beret Girl, P.J., and Bobby. Goofy goes back to college and makes up with Sylvia, remembering that he really came to college to get his degree, and she helps him study for his exams. Goofy gets straight A's and decides to leave the Gammas since they are just another distraction. Instead, the Gammas "leave" him by literally throwing him out of their fraternity house (which really doesn't make much of a difference since Goofy already quit the team). When he goes back into the house to return the Gammas' pledge pin, Goofy overhears them talking about cheating at the X-Games.
On the day of the competition, Goofy tries to warn Max, who selfishly dismisses him as he still wants him out of his life. In the competition, many teams are eliminated due to the Gammas' cheating, and only they and Team 99 make it to the final. Before the final race, Bradley blasts P.J. to the sky with a pair of rockets attached to his roller skates and out of the competition. Max realizes that he made a terrible mistake disowning his father and Goofy really was telling the truth about Brad's cheating, and he is told by the referee that the team will be disqualified if he doesn't get a third member for the team in less than a minute, making the Gammas the winners by default. As P.J is eliminated, Max tells his father via Jumbotron that he's sorry for his horrible behavior towards him and needs him to fill the slot, and Goofy arrives at the start line and prepares to compete, having accepted the invitation. The race beings thereafter.
After a long competition, Slouch (one of the Gammas) has his legs and arms tied together due to Goofy crashing into him, Bobby is taken out of competition due to his bike being sabotaged by the Gammas, and Goofy loses his equipment and crashes into Bradley. Bradley, ignored by Tank, prepares to blast Max on the final straight, but Goofy knocks him out with a horseshoe using a move he learned from Pete. However, Brad accidentally pushes the blast button with his chin when he fell on it. Max crashes into Tank, and the two crash into a gigantic X-Games logo, setting it on fire. While Bradley heads for the finish, uncaring of Tank being in danger, Goofy runs in to save his son. Goofy and Max rescue the trapped Tank, and as Brad is approaching the finish line, Max, Tank, and Goofy emerge from the burning logo, and Max beats Brad with the help of Tank and Goofy boosting his skateboard and is rewarded the X-Games trophy for the victory.
As Bradley coldly but calmly congratulates Max, Max calls off the bet, and he reminds him of Tank, whom he abandoned in the fire. Tank promptly grabs Brad and hurls him into an X-Games blimp in retaliation for his betrayal.
Months later, Goofy gets his degree, and Max gives him the X-Games trophy as an apology gift for being mean to him from before by writing an inscription that says, "I might not be your little boy anymore, but I'll always be your son"; therefore, taking back his disownment of Goofy, with a throwback to the first movie where he reminds Goofy that while he may not be his little boy now, he will always be his son no matter how grownup he is. Sylvia then arrives in her car and leaves with Goofy for a celebratory picnic at the beach while Max continues his college life.
A number of McDonald's Happy Meal toys based on the film were produced.
Other notes
- This movie reduces the use of adult humor and content over A Goofy Movie, which tones down the drama between Goofy and Max, as well as omitting instances of indecent exposure, alcoholism, and other stereotypical mature behavior. In other words, it is more family-friendly and much cleaner in content than the original film.
- Unlike its predecessor, An Extremely Goofy Movie is not a musical film in which any its characters sing any original numbers. Instead, it's a sports-based college comedy film with popular songs comprising its soundtrack.
- In one scene, Bobby breaks the fourth wall when asking why the characters are always wearing gloves.[1]
- This movie was released on Leap Year Day in 2000.
- The named fraternity/sorority houses at the state college are:
- Gamma Mu Mu (ΓΜΜ)
- Tau Phi Sigma (ΤΦΣ)
- Mu Alpha (ΜΑ)
- Pi Nu Kappa Delta (ΠΝΚΔ)
- Nu Kappa (ΝΚ)
- Pi Kappa (ΠΚ)
When the film was shown on the Disney Channel and Toon Disney (now Disney XD) in the United States, the part with Goofy and Max saving Tank from the flaming X symbol was cut due to the September 11 attacks in 2001. Tank, Max, and Goofy are merely shown surviving, with Tank's ire at Bradley having no explanation. Another edit is the removal of the ESPN logo from the film (despite the fact the movie was produced and aired by Disney, who owns it during its broadcasts), although it still appears during the end credits. As of 2011, the ESPN logo has been retained in the movie's broadcasts, but not the flaming X.
- The DVD doesn't contain these aforementioned edits, due to it being released in 2000, a year before the September 11, 2001 attacks themselves occurred. The DVD was never re-called to edit these scenes out during its release.
- The movie is also kept with the entire flaming X scene uncut on television airings outside the United States, as well as on Disney+ streaming service.[2]
An Extremely Goofy Movie won the award for "Best Animated Home Video Production" and was nominated for "Best Voice Acting by a Male Performer" at the 28th Annie Awards in 2000. Rotten Tomatoes currently rates the film at 63%, slightly higher than its predecessor.
