Did Max Ruin Goofy's Fame and Fortune? - A Goofy Movie / Goof Troop Theory | The Fangirl

Goofy is The Fab Five's only member with a child, and Max Goof in A Goofy Movie certainly gives us typical teen vibes. But, what did Goofy give up to become the guy in Disney's Goof Troop?

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[cozykami]

God...Now I feel bad for Goofy even more now. I can imagine a scene where he heads home after dealing with all of the legal disputes and Disney's Lawyers, We can see his smile and attitude slowly fade until he enters his room...he starts to tear up. He slowly cries after losing a lot, he then turns around and sees a picture of baby Max on his dresser. He wipes his tears after seeing the photo, smiles a bit and says "I gotta be strong, I gotta be strong for Maxie."

[KickinSapphire]

This theory actually fits with something else that I just remembered. Roxanne easily believes Max basically tells her that Goofy and Powerline are buds. I sometimes wondered why she would believe something so ridiculous, but this theory makes Max's lie sound logical/believable. Also, I almost forgot how many people owned that Mickey phone back in the day 😂😂

[greygremlin]

At least Goofy is good to his son, Pete treats his son like some kid he's watching

[RPGtourguide]

This is an interesting one, as Goofy did have a wife and son in some of the older cartoons. I don’t think we ever got a name for the wife, but the son was called Junior. If we were to put all this into the same universe, Junior could have been a nickname that Max grew out of when he got older. As for what happened to his mom, I do remember a few of the cartoons showing Goofy and the Mrs as having problems. One that stands out was a cartoon where she went out for the day and left Goofy to act as mom for the day, doing housework and taking care of their son. During this, there is a scene where the milkman shows up, delivering the milk and kissing Goofy, thinking it was Mrs. Goofy, hinting at an affair. This could easily be a reason for the two to divorce, leaving Goofy a single parent for the Goof Troop series, with a slightly older Junior/Max.

[CartoonLab]

I think I heard somewhere in the original plot of the Goof Troop series; Peg was going to be Goofy's wife and Max's mom. It kind of made sense since Peg is shown to have a really good relationship with Goofy and Max, and while she does love Pete their relationship did seem kinda iffy for a married couple. Still, I'm not sure if it's true, as it could just be a rumor.

[lavenderflowersfall]

LOL Max always acts like he's the victim

[roderick]

Whoa this makes a lot of sense and I can actually see this happening, if this really happened to Goofy then he's truly a great father to give up his famous and wealthy life to give Max a normal life and also Goofy has amazing patience with Teenage Max when Max was doing all his complaining in a Goofy Movie and not once did Goofy yell something like you ungrateful little boy I gave up my entire life and everything I had to give you a potentially better one and you can't spend one day with me as Father and Son No Goofy is loving and caring throughout the whole thing 🙌❤️

[SilasLovesDonuts]

Reminder For a goofy: he has almost been living in bad conditions, FOR EXAMPLE in the Mickey Mouse show Mickey is famous living in a big house, Donald Duck is friend with him living in a big house also, and goofy lives in a broken wooden house in a swamp and he still hangs out with them
Goofy is just a “goofy” character

[Moonbeam]

The biggest Disney mystery is who Max's mother is.

[ZeklorWGD]

I was not ready to hear this today. It makes too much sense. Goofy truly the best dad ever.

[gabrieljordan]

I just want to know how that little car was still running after crashing on top of several mountain rocks, falling down a waterfall, and also somehow magically floated across the river.

[Galvamel]

Until I'm told otherwise I am going to assume that Max's mother was a Non-Disney character, and that's why she's not in the series and they are not allowed to even mention her. Probably someone from an old Walter Lantz cartoon.

[aepoth]

I swear I saw Max at the table with Goofy at a couple of those Disney Comedy club winter specials (<ickey mouse club? I can't remember the exact titles at the moment), which also include the rest of the five; so that would establish all 5 exist in the same continuity.

The fact Goofy interacts with them in some of them also shows they are mutual friends. That would be the missing link

[Lyoko]

Here’s a question: What was Goofy’s Major in An Extremely Goofy Movie?

[simsgirlgem]

The thing with peg I like to believe she left Pete and got custody of pistol since pistol looks three in the show to me so if max and pj are teens around fourteen or fifteen to explain being in high school and were eleven in the show meaning three or four years have passed by the movie that put pistol at seven or eight meaning she doesn’t get a say in which parent she lives with but pj being a teen would get a say however and unfortunately since he reveres his father he choose Pete to live with and I like to think peg offer pj a place to stay during holidays and the summer for college life since Pete made it clear pj room be turned into a wreck room or something

[poisonivystar]

So, it wasn't Max who ruined Goofy's life so much as it was Disney's lawyers.

[Sugerblast]

I was hoping if you can do a darkwing duck theory

[n.d.engleson]

0:44 Actually DuckTales ended its run in November 1990; the movie came out in theaters in August of that year.

[tomboyangel]

I would imagine Goofy had a rough divorce, and his ex pretty much cleaned him out financially. Eventually they went to court to see who would get full custody of Max, and Goofy won. That's my thinking anyway.

[Kirame]

I think the headline is misleading. Max didn't ruin anything, if your theory holds then it was Goofy's own decision to leave his money and fame behind and concentrate on his son. This is a very surprising angle from a person who has a child. Children do not ruin careers (unless they are knowingly and purposefully sabotaging it by setting your boss on fire), adults are in charge of their own decisions, feelings and actions.