Well, now that you've read the fic – which I hope you enjoyed, it's time to shed some background on the things featured within it. I'm sure many of you have questions and comments about certain things I have written, so I'll fill you in here with a sort of "DVD Commentary" explaining the who's, what's, when's, where's, why's and how's of my story. I'll tell ya, at one point everything was so scattered, and I thought I'd never pull this story together. Happily, everything fit into place and I think I pulled off a good story, don't you?
I'd just like to throw out there, if anyone wants to draw a fanpic(s) of what you think the characters in my fic look like, I'd be very appreciative of that. I'd love to see what you see in your mind to what the characters look like. I have my own images, but can't really draw the way others can so talent-ly draw. So the people who got it – flaunt it! And express your gift!
First off, the fic was divided into three parts, as it would be far too big to post as a one shot, but it's too short to be a chaptered story. It structured on the basis of the animated series For Better Or For Worse – with the "early years", "growing years" and the "later years". The "early years" span from Goofy's birth to marriage before Max, from 1958 to 1981. The "growing years" start from Max's birth and stop when Max hits college – an appropriate time I think most growing has ceased, from 1981 to 1999. The "later years" cover an older Goofy and Max leading up to their marriages, from 1999 to the year this fic was typed, 2005.
Second off, the story is cut down into smaller portions. Each portion represents a small time frame and is divided with this symbol: "o----o" and signifies beginnings and endings in my characters lives. Let me expand…
Goofy's childhood (1958-1972)
Goofy's high school years (1972-1976)
Goofy's & Penny's lives after high school/during college/beginning of marriage (1977-1980)
Goofy's & Penny's lives growing up with Max (1981-1987)
Goofy/Max growing up without Penny/moving on (1988-1990)
Goofy/Max on the road/Goof Troop events (1991-1993)
Goofy/Max in between events from Goof Troop ending to AGM (1993-1995)
Max's freshman year in high school/AGM road trip (1995-1996)
Max and friends high school years/harsh times for Goofy (1996-1999)
Goofy/Max and friends freshmen year in college/AEGM (1999-2000)
Max and friends during/after college years/dual weddings (2000-2003)
Goofy/Max and friend's present day lives (2004-2005)
Third off, I'd like to highlight certain things of the Goofy "world" that are null and void and do not pertain to this fic because they do not fit in it in any way.
-I'd just like to point out that in AEGM when Pete said that after P.J. left for college, he'll be a free man. He has his daughter Pistol left, unless she is cut off from her father totally. Total irregularity on Disney's part.
-The GT episode "Educating Goofy" is about Goofy passing junior high because, evidently, he failed it. Then how the hell did he make it to college in the first place? This is insignificant to my fic, and would make no sense to put in.
-It appears in the 2004 release Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas, Max brings his girlfriend home for the holidays. Max is worried about how…ahem; Mona will perceive his bumbling father. This episode is narrated in song from Max's perspective, and Max begins to realize that having a father like Goofy isn't so bad after all. Before I knew this, I wanted to use this movie, but I have never seen it. It looked good from afar, and shares a trait from AEGM because Goofy's house looks the same in this video. It's yellow and has the same building set up except it looks a tad smaller. It also looks like he's living out in the country from the one wallpaper screenshot I saw.
After I knew what this movie was all about, wow, talk about a totally crap-ass story. The "my dad is so embarrassing" scenario has been done to death, and yet through the reviews I have read on the net about this video, people seem to like the short "Christmas Maximus" the best. All this time I was wondering about the Max development here since seeing him in AEGM/House Of Mouse…only to find Max has another girlfriend? Are you friggin kidding! I find out her name is Mona. Why the heck create a new character totally out of the blue and not evolution-ize Roxanne? Yes, the short would not have worked then – but they shouldn't of even made it at all if was totally gonna cut Roxanne out. Mona, even in looks takes after what Roxy would look like in her 20's. I have seen a photo or two from the video of her; total Roxanne rip-off. So obviously, this movie has no place in my story, because I am a Max/Roxanne supporter all the way!
Okay, now to look at the fic from an in-depth informative point of view…
The Life & Times Of: Before & AfterAh yes, the title. The name "Life & Times Of" popped into my head right away for a good title. But it needed more of a buzz. I tried "The Life & Times of The Goof's" or "…The Goof Family", but it didn't work. Plus I didn't want to highlight one character because the story features many different people. So "The Life & Times Of:" part implies everyone in the fic, using it like "The Life & Times Of: insert name here" sort of deal. The "Before & After" part recognizes all the before and afters that happen in the lives of the characters. EG, Goofy's life before and after Penny, before and after living from place to place, before and after Max moving off to college, before and after Sylvia – it all relates to the numerous events that happen in the fic.
Let's begin at the beginning – May 25th 1958…
This is when Goofy first appeared in a Disney animated short called Mickey's Revue released on May 25, 1932 as an unnamed "goober" muncher. 1958 seemed a good year to place his birth at coinciding with how old Max is in the 90's and Goofy going to college in the late 70's – cause as we all know AEGM is a very disco themed film and disco's popular years were about 1976 to 1980.
…is when George G. Goof was born on a rainy, mild spring day in Spoonerville, Ohio to the parents of Benjamin and Matilda Goof.
-It has been proven time and time again through the years that George G. Goof is Goofy's real name and "Goofy" is just a nickname for obvious reasons. Goofy or Goofey are not real last names, even though on the map in AGM the name is spelt "Goofey" (which really contradicts itself). Maybe it's just a weird plural spelling of it? To expand on this, there are numerous times in both movies and in the TV series that people have called Goofy and Max under the last name of (Mr.) Goof. One example…in AGM Goofy says something like "passed down from Goof to Goof generations" when referring to the fishing pole. Plus in the TV series pilot the narrator says, "Mr. G, G, Goof has successfully completed his advanced, beginners course, and is here by awarded in the degree of W,W,D."
-Spoonerville being in Ohio is sort of proven in AGM. You see two good shots of the map and where the start off point is, and it looks like they are living in Ohio. But Spoonerville isn't in Ohio – truth be told there is a Spoonerville in Vermont and Missouri. But since the movies sort of cut out every original aspect from the TV series (like not being in the same house, etc), its possible one could say that Max and Goofy moved to another town and state. I couldn't have them moving back and forth…and really, wouldn't you want fanfics to take place in Spoonerville, their old hometown? I just like to keep things precise and right. Look at the AGM DVD, where they are at the house leaving and then when Max changes the map – then look at a map of the US – you'll see its there and see its Ohio. So I decided to make up my own placing for the town in Ohio.
-As of April 20, 2005 I saw the episode "Wrecks, Lies & Videotape" and the host on the television says the following address, "World's Most Painful Home Video's, Contusion Tower, Ohio, 432701192." More proof that Spoonerville is indeed in Ohio. BTW, there is no such thing as the Contusion Tower.
-Goofy's parent's names…Benjamin is from AGM and is the second name on the map, so I assumed that was his father while Walter being the first name would be his granddad. Matilda is a female Goofy related character in the Disney comics and whatnot that I used just for the name. In general I have made up most Goofy's background from scratch.
with trailer in toe on their annual trip to Lake Destiny in Idaho.
There is no such place, but there is an Idaho Falls and the city is called "City of Destiny". Remember that Goofy talks about these trips in AGM.
He even went to Yosemite National Park in Northern California with his Granddad Walter on a couple occasions
Goofy mentioned going up there with his granddad in AGM.
by the name of Peter Percival, better known as Pete to you and me
His actual name is really Percy P. Percival, but I decided to stay with Peter/Pete as a first name because it fit well.
The name "Putty Fingers Pete" would haunt him for quite some time, and Pete was furious at Goofy for what he had done.
The events of Goofy causing Pete to fumble the ball are described in the series pilot, "Everything's Coming Up Goofy (Forever Goof Part 1)".
Penelope Maple (Penny for short), the head editor of the school's newspaper.
-It seems many people have dubbed a certain Disney character named Penny who is Goofy's wife. I have never seen her personally but I will let you envision what the Penny in my fic looks like, the way you want. I myself really don't have a clear vision of her, but I'd throw out a guess and make her a cross (in looks) between Roxanne and Ms. Marpole from AEGM…and/or maybe Miss Pennypacker from the episode "Date With Destiny"? I was originally going to use the last name Geef – that was sometimes Goofy's last name in some old Disney shorts. But I like Maple as it somewhat relates to Marpole, plus Maple is the last name of the high school's secretary in AGM.
-Oddly enough, one episode of Goof Troop had Goofy dating Max's school councillor who bore the name Miss Pennypacker in the episode "Date With Destiny". Coincidence? I think not.
and El-Babba Burgers – home of the "double cheesin, people pleasin ton of fun on a bun burger"
If you watched the TV series often, this was mentioned in the series pilot, "Everything's Coming Up Goofy (Forever Goof Part 1)".
After gradating as the class of '76, Goofy and Penny
Where I live, Ontario Canada, my 1985-generation was the first under a new curriculum were we only had four grades, 9 thru 12. Grade 13 or OAC was always an option to the pre-'85 group of kids. So I placed the characters in four years of high school.
Penny and Goofy loved to bust a move, and both were very good at disco dancing, which was in full crazed swing at the time.
My only reason why Goofy is such a good dancer in AEGM.
presented Penny with a mood promise ring
I got this idea from AEGM with Goofy and Sylvia's mood rings.
Love was in the air, and there was magic everywhere – they were young and in love…and getting married!
This is a re-worked line from the 1975 disco hit "When You're Young And In Love" sung by Ralph Carter.
Benjamin gave his son his old small sliver streamline trailer
The only reason I can see that Goofy has a trailer in the pilot of the TV series.
April 1, 1980 – April Fool's Day
I thought the wedding day being on this day added to Goofy's foolish character.
Maximilian George Goof was born on September 7th, 1981 at Spoonerville General Hospital on a chilly but otherwise clear night at 10:06pm
-That is Max's full name based on my assumptions. Maximilian is only spelt with one "l", not two. It is a full name…not Maximum, as others have stated. Max is not a nickname, it's his real name.
-September 7, 1992 was the first time we were introduced to Max and Goofy as a single dad in the premiere of Goof Troop with "Everything's Coming Up Goofy"/Good Neighbor Goofy".
-10:06pm is the time I was born :)
Now – hold on right here. I am about to spin your head of your shoulders as I rant about Max's years of birth in my various fan theories…
But note this: I wrote this before seeing the episode "Take Me Out Of The Ball Game" on April 19, 2005, where Max celebrates a birthday. It's safe and pretty damn accurate to say he has turned 12, as with episodes before this he stated twice he was 11½. So I guess Max's date of birth is actually in 1980. Damn, that sucks from my point of view, as you will hopefully read…
I am about to get VERY technical. First, people say that Max is 19 at the end of AEGM. How do you know that? There is nothing in that film that ever says he turns 19 at the end. I know people usually go into the college school year at 18 in August, and then from January to April – that there is the 19th year.
Second – if Max is indeed 19 in this movie…and this movie is copyrighted 2000 – that would make Max born in 1981. This isn't consistent with AGM. If it was, it would hypothetically be the summer of 1996 where Max is 15, not 1995, finishing up the 95/1996 school year. So, either people in the States don't have an 8th grade in elementary school and consider 8th grade the beginning of high school, (but I don't think that is the case) or something is very wrong here.
For being released in February 2000, and being a direct to video release, AEGM was probably done production by the end of 1999 (where I saw some sites had it copyrighted). Plus, back in 1997 people knew a second movie was in the works…and since production started on AGM in 1993, two years after it was released…I could say AEGM started in 1997 and ended late 1999…and with the way production fell under the months the release date just happened to be in the early months of another year, 2000. And people always copyright years of release, not production. So…if I go by that theory of production year, Max would be 19 in 1999, which is consistent with AGM and places his birth in 1980.
But…Max is 11½ in the TV show, he states that in a 1992 episode where he can't drive cause he's only 11½ in "You Camp Take It With You". So in 1992 is he 11 going 11½? (Which would make DOB '81) or 11½ going 12? (Which would make DOB '80). So then how old would he be in the 1993 season?
BUT…
As stated above, if I use my theory of production vs. release dates, then one could say Max was born even earlier, in '79, cause GT was in production in 1991…but if he's 11½ in '91, depending if he's going 12 in that same year, 1980 seems like a good year to go with…and that REALLY sucks cause I had already written the story on my long-term beliefs he was born in '81, and now if that was wrong I'd have to totally change everything in the fic and set everything a year back which would conflict greatly with my fic's plot and the way its written.
You see, I am building this story off of what I know of the past decades. I was never alive during the 70's and first half of the 80's, plus I was a baby back then so I really only have been aware of my time since the late 90's till now. I never knew what it was like to be alive in those earlier times and have complied from what I know each year to be from various stereotypes and pop-culture – one major influence being music.
Having Max's birth at 1981, for me in some strange reason being so close in years to his birth (1985), I felt I could associate with him on a level of the times I/we grew up in. Technically, Max would be in his last year of high school in 1999 and I would be entering my first. If I were to push back his date of birth to 1980, suddenly with that one year difference it felt that Max was in a total generation away from me. I know that sounds weird, and many of you might not even get/care for what I am saying, but then he would already be 25 now and I work with people who are that age and I feel like I come from a total different time. One year can make all the difference, especially in my fic. 1980 borderlines on 1979, and its that one change of that third number, from an eight to a seven (or vice-versa) that could change a reader's perception on a certain part of the story, especially if they didn't live in that time. EG, if they read 1979 – they may think right away white suits and disco. If you flip it to 1980, you may suddenly think of big hair rock and new wave. Just because a number changed bringing time into another decade, doesn't mean it cuts the previous decade off just like that. EG, disco was still very popular in 1980 with tunes like "Funkytown" from Lipps Inc. which is from 1980. It wasn't until 81/82'ish that disco suffered a backlash and suddenly it was the rock/synth-pop/new wave MTV video generation.
So, to continue, if I placed Max in 1980, I would have to change all the years in my fic a year back, and that would have made the whole story set back another era too far. Get it? Then Goofy would have been in high school from 1971-75, and I really didn't want him that early in high school in 1971, because it was barley out of the 60's and the real "70's" culture was really in the middle to later part of the decade. Then I thought it almost followed a Simpsons-like timeline, with Bart being born in 1980 and Homer and Marge graduating in 1974, and I didn't want certain events of my story all saturated in the 70's.
Then it would move Penny's return to Spoonerville from '78 to '77, and '77 is pushing it too far back with big disco tunes. If you picture Goofy and Penny before marriage dancing at the disco, the big years were really '78-'79. '77 was just the beginning of the explosion with films like Saturday Night Fever. Then Goofy's marriage would be pushed to 1979 rather than 1980. And as stated above that one change of year would push the wedding into a whole other associated decade. I wanted the marriage in 1980 to symbolize a fresh start on life with a new decade. I didn't want Max in 1980, for the reasons stated above that he is too old for me to associate with him, and the fact 1980 borderlines on 1979. I like Max being born in 1981 because it again symbolizes a closing/ending and a beginning. For Goofy and Penny, it really signified the last days of their "late nights at the disco", moreover by 1981 disco was totally out and it would seem to fit perfectly as they give up their boogie shoes for baby booties. Max's 1981 year of birth signifies the start of a new era of the MTV video generation and the infectious types of music that rose from the ashes of disco.
Overall, more things would be pushed back. I didn't want Penny's death in 1986, it was to mid 80's-ish. I didn't want Goofy and Max moving out in 1989, because again it would change the readers perception of the times compared to 1990 – and it sort of marked a new time in their lives moving out during the fresh new decade. Plus, Max would be too old for his "stated" age in Goof Troop, and it would not work even if I went by production years (91/92) or release dates (92/93). Honestly, they just should have made him 12 in this show, because that's how old most kids are a lot of animated cartoons out there.
Now with that said, this conflicts with the first movie, AGM. He is no longer in elementary school and has just finished grade nine and is on summer vacation. (You would not believe how badly the school years messed me up at first) So I am safe to say it's the summer of 1995 and Max is now 15. I don't know about American high schools, but when you start high school you are 14, going 15, yes? Not 13, going 14.
Again, I am faced with the same dilemma. If Max is born in 1981, that would be his 1995/1996 school year and it would be summer of 1996. I really wanted it in 1995, because AGM is so represent-ive of that period of time, and moving it a year forward seems to make it out of place for the pop-culture it inhabits. It's so 1995, not 1996. One year makes all the difference. Him being born in 1980 would chronology make AGM correct, with him in the 1994/1995 school year turning 15. It then again pushes Max into another frame of time that I really can't relate to as well. If born in 1981, it would be 1995/1996 where he is 15. It conflicts with AGM and the time it's encased in and doesn't feel like a 1996 themed movie. But on the other hand I can feel closer to Max's character cause when he graduates in 1999 I started high school myself.
Honestly, it would have been a better film if it were the last year of junior high going into high school. It would put more pressure on Max to get Roxanne to notice him because they would be headed off to high school and by then it may be too late to make an impression since high school would be filled with a lot more competition for Roxanne's affections.
Now, concerning AEGM, its all-personal opinion. You don't have to go to college right after you finish high school, and some people may take a year off first. That aside, Max being born in 1980 or 1981 works on two levels. If indeed Max goes off to college right after high school, it would be the 1998/1999 school year where Max turns 19. This works on one hand because the movie was being produced during this time. But it, AGAIN, pushes it back too far in time. Max is already in college, and I'm still in my last year of elementary school! I didn't want that. 1981 would put him 1999/2000. This works perfectly for the movie being made in 1999 and released in 2000. And for some reason, starting college in the new millennium just sounded a lot better than starting off at the late end of the 90's in 98/99. It just sounded better to me in my mind and it even sounds better on paper. But…then one could think that being released in 2000, Max is going to college in the 2000/2001 one school year. That would put his birth at 1982 and that by far would fuck everything up far too much.
Another theory: In AEGM, the sport announcer claims it's the sixth annual college X games. There is no such thing, and only summer and winter X games. For the timeframe/season AEGM appears to be in, I'd say it's sort of like summer games. ESPN's summer X Games celebrated their sixth year in 2000…and the movie is copyrighted that same year. So…did the producers predict the movie would be out in 2000, and relate the summer X Games to their fictional college X Games for how long they were around for? Is it the 99/2000 school year with the summer of 2000 or the 2000/01 school year with the summer of 2000? Please, somebody help me!
This would correspond with Max being 20 when working at the House Of Mouse, which is copyrighted 2001. BUT, the show started in January 2001, and that's almost 2000, so being 20 in 2000 would again bring that 1980 theory back up…but I don't want 1980 anyway cause it pushes everything back too far. So, lets say Max is 20 in 2001 – I like that better than being 21 and working there. That's just me. I'd go farther with his age relating to the 2004 video Mickey Twice Upon A Christmas, but as you've read you know why that production is null and void pertaining to this fic.
So, in closing to this particular subject…
Yeah, so that's the stinker. Depending which year you choose, '80 or '81…
(1980) Either AGM came out in the right year and AEGM came out two years too late. Plus, Max would be older than 11 in the TV series. So the consistent factor here is the first movie.
(1981) Or AGM came out a year too early and AEGM came out one year to late (depending on what you think). But Max would be at the designated age in the TV series. So the consistent factor here is the TV series.
Well – lets throw another idea, (1982) would make AGM two years to early but make AEGM come out the right year cause Max would be 18 going into college in 2000. (But if you count the 1999 production 1981 would work). Plus, the factor Max maybe took a year off before going back to school, he could be 19 going 20.
Plus, another factor that the actual soundtrack for AEGM is copyrighted 1999 could place his birth right back at 1980 again.
Oh my god, I think I've caused myself a migraine.
Note: If you think I chose the right year, or want to debate if it's wrong – please tell me because after racking my brain out for so long over this subject I'd really like to hear some other people's opinions on the matter.
Back to your regularly scheduled commentary…
Enough money was left for them to buy their first car, a slightly used 1980 black on caramel Chevrolet Chevette
What can I say; I love these cars and wanted to stick one in the fic.
and his father surprisingly gave him that little red Jeep as a present for their new life.
One reason why Goofy has the Jeep in the TV series.
to become co-anchor for the local KBOB Spoonerville Action Flash 6 news team
KBOB Spoonerville is the actual name of the TV station, as seen on various items towards the end of the episode "Slightly Dingy" and throughout the episode "Hot Air".
On a snowy winters night on December 5, 1987 while driving home after a strenuous day at the office, Penny lost control of her car on the I-74 highway
-December 5, 1992 is when the last episode of Goof Troop aired, "Clan Of The Cave Goof" while December 5, 1993 was the date the special "A Goof Troop Christmas" aired.
-It was my own decision that Penny died; the car accident was just a plot to see how she died.
-1987 seems like an accurate time to put her death at. Why? In 1999 the video Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas features Max as a 6-year-old boy and Goofy was already single. One could say this movie could take place in the 80's as Max was a young boy, but I digress. The last episode airing dates (Dec. 5) worked out perfectly with having her die weeks before Christmas and that's why it's just the two of them in the this video.
-The I-74 is an actual highway in Ohio.
successfully completed his advanced beginners course and was awarded in the degree of W,W,D. – Widget Wafler Deluxe
This is the actual degree mentioned in the pilot episode. Please, don't even ask me what the hell it is – I could not get an informative hit when I Googled it.
He was now married to Peg with two kids, 11-year-old P.J. and 5-year-old Pistol.
Pistol's age isn't very consistent throughout the series. In the episode "Hot Air" she's 4½, and then in the episode "Fool's Gold" she's 6. Plus she also celebrates a birthday in the episode "Three Ring Bind". So I have pegged her age at 5.
Pete actually says the house address and name of the street in the episode "Nightmare On Goof Street" in a phone call.
He worked as the town's safety inspector, owned his own pizza shop, worked as a janitor for NASA and was even mayor of Spoonerville for a brief period of time.
These are all real professions Goofy had in the TV series.
While going up to a cottage in Aspen, Colorado for Christmas in '93, Goofy's Jeep – the one that is father gave him over a decade ago, was lost in a bizarre accident involving Goofy's obsession for making the perfect Christmas for Max. Sparks flew from the badly wired lights and oversized decorations Goofy had put up and the car caught fire, burning to nothing in mere seconds.
-They go to Aspen, Colorado in the special "A Goof Troop Christmas" which aired in 1993.
-The car catching fire happened in this special, and poses a good theory about why Goofy has another car in AGM, since this was the last episode of the TV series.
a bright yellow 1977 AMC Pacer.
An actual yellow 1977 AMC Pacer D/L "woody" wagon was used as a live-action reference model for AGM. For more information, paste the followingurlin your address bar (spaced out due to fanfciton dot net and their weird uploading of links)
www. amcpacer. com /stories /dairali-famous. html
1994 Peg and Pete divorced after close to 15 years of marriage.
-I'll tell you, one thing I hate about AGM is that it cuts off almost everything from the TV series except some of the main "starts" per say. The show itself was very consistent with various things throughout its 79 episodes, and it knocks me off guard why the film doesn't explain what happens to Waffles, Chainsaw, Peg or Pistol or why Goofy and Max aren't living in their old place.
-The divorce route seemed to be the way to go as really – who would want to be married to Pete anyway? It's set in 1994 because a year later AGM came out with Pete who seems to be a single father. I assumed Pistol went to live with Peg to reside somewhere else.
It wouldn't be long before money problems would force Goofy to now sell the house he just moved into three years before.
My reason why they are living where they are in AGM.
It's hard to be cool when your father is Goofy
This is the actual tagline for AGM.
Hayes High School was built over a couple years in the late 80's and opened fall 1990
-This is an old widespread fan theory that Hayes is the name of the high school Max and friends attend.
-Why 1990? No real reason, it's when the high school I went to opened :)
They got together and collaborated an idea of a photo business, and eventually both of them maintained a small photo studio in a local department store specializing in baby photography
Why else are they working together at what seems to be a co-owned business? (You know, it really seems that Pete is a lot friendlier towards Goofy in the movies compared to the TV show where he totally wanted to kill him. Also note the way he's drawn, like he was back in the old Mickey Mouse cartoons.)
guy by the name of Robert Zimuruski, better known as Bobby, who had a strange obsession over 'Cheddar Whizzy' aerosol cheese.
-I find that spelling of his last name better than "Zimmeruski" which looks weird when spelt out. I think my spelling has more…background and accurateness too it.
-Cheddar Whizzy is the actual name of the brand Bobby likes – he mentions it in AGM. It's not 'EZ Cheese' as some people have said.
Soon after, the photo shop between Pete and Goofy dissolved and Pete went to fulfill his own endeavours.
Well, why else is Goofy working somewhere else in AEGM?
and the insurance decided to move the two to a beautiful yellow house in another part of the neigborhood
A reason why they are living in another house yet again in AEGM.
that old 1956 Chevrolet Bel-Air that his father had gotten for his 21st birthday
One of many reasons why Goofy has the car in AEGM. And yes, the car in the movie in all shape and form is the exact replica of a '56 Bel-Air convertible.
Ultimately, Goofy found a factory job at Beekins Toy Company as a line production worker assembling toys
As any true fan knows, this is the name of the factory Goofy works at in AEGM.
It was with great angst and sorrow that they had to put their relationship on hold.
Like AGM did with the TV series, AEGM is also not very consistent with the story leaving off in the last movie. It mainly focuses on Max, P.J. and Bobby winning the X Games. Me thinks Kevin Lima should have directed to sequel too – because Douglas McCarthy's adaptation of the story, which is good, TOTALLY cuts out Roxanne and Stacey and the Max/Rox relationship is pretty much the main reason I loved AGM because it reminded us of our own high school experiences with the trials of pre-pubescent awkwardness and teen angst. (Also note Roxanne and Stacey do appear a couple times in AEGM, but don't say a word and are only background characters. It's hard to spot them, as they only appear once in a while, especially Stacey because their looks were changed so much for the video. Note: To see a good shot of Roxanne, pop in your AEGM DVD and go to the spot where Max and friends are practicing for the X Games competition on the skateboard ramp and Goofy comes over to tell Max his big date news. After Goofy is done skateboarding and people are cheering, I do believe its Roxanne that gets up on the ramp looking to talk to Goofy…but nothing happens and it seems very odd why this happened. She is seen with very light blonde short hair and her clothing is color coordinated to what she wore in AGM.) So I was left to create my own reason why they weren't together during the time period in the movie.
Max was looking forward to the college X Games and taking away the title from the five time winning Gammas.
There is no such thing as the college X Games. ESPN only have summer and winter X Games. For the timeframe/season AEGM appears to be in, I'd say it's sort of like summer games.
Many did not know her by name, but for those who knew her well she went by the name of Bridgett
For some reason when I heard the name "beret girl", I thought Bridgett. I think it fits.
The club opened spring 2001 under the name House Of Mouse, and soon became to town's hottest hang out.
This relates to the Disney series House Of Mouse where Goofy has a job as a waiter. Technically, the show debuted in January 2001 but I preferred the club opening in a warmer time.
With the help of Mickey, Goofy did so and Max became the club's parking valet.
A theory of how Max obtained the job at the House Of Mouse.
Max could take advantage of working there as he planned a date out with Roxanne, which was their first in a long time. To reassure Goofy didn't mess anything up, the House Of Mouse staff vowed to keep Goofy pre-occupied as possible.
This was an actual House Of Mouse episode – "Max's Embarrassing Date". Note how Roxanne's looks are exact to AGM in this episode. I personally like her oldschool look compared to how she looks in AEGM. But it would have been nice if they had updated her wardrobe just a bit for this episode to suit her age. You, of course, can picture her anyway you want.
Goofy eventually put the Bel-Air into storage and drives a used but reliable '94 Mazda Protégé.
I myself drive a cool mint condition '94 Mazda Protégé SE, so I put one in the fic.
Most recently, they proudly gave birth to their first child. A beautiful baby girl, born on April 7th, 2005
April 7, 1995 is when A Goofy Movie was released in theatres. I thought it would be a significant date, as it's the 10 year anniversary of us first meeting Roxanne.
