Have Yourself A Goofy Little Christmas

Goof Troop was by far the worst Disney Afternoon show. But Darkwing Duck was kind of shitty too and their Christmas Special was above average. And TaleSpin's was amazing. Is it possible Goof Troop would up its game for the holiday?

The animation is above average (because the studio Walt Disney Animation France is above average) but there are several things in it that look cruddy anyways.

The script? Terrible as usual. It's been a long time since I've seen this show, but has any critic ever pointed out that Goofy is exactly as damaging and annoying as Pete says he is, and we're supposed to think Pete is a total asshole for the sin of being completely right? I had a similar revelation about Rabbit and Tigger recently watching some Winnie The Pooh stuff, but despite being fussy and put-upon, I don't think the Winnie the Pooh producers wanted us to loathe Rabbit. They partly wanted us to sympathize with him (which I did 100% because Tigger is a total jag and a menace).

Pete? I'm supposed to be mad at him for being pissed off Goofy destroyed everybody's Christmas. I mean when the tree goes up in flames the show sucks for Peg blaming Pete for pushing the button as if Goofy wasn't the one who irresponsibly set up the lights wrong. I'm supposed to think Goofy a saint for fucking things up and Pete a sinner for being righteously pissed off. Nope.

I hated the last time I watch A Goofy Movie. But one of the interesting notes I had is that as mean as Pete was, he was absolutely 100% right that Max was playing Goofy for a sap the entire movie. He was right about his shitty kid then, and he's right about the shitty father now. Usually when they do The Complainer Is Always Wrong, the complainer is supposed to be fucking wrong! You can't tell me Pete is supposedly as insufferable as Brainy Smurf when he's right about what a fuck-up Goofy is.

Any other things to note? I feel like Pistol saying the lines "Don't have a cow," and "Cowabunga!" were designed to be an in-joke since Nancy Cartwright voices her. But the joke isn't remotely funny, so I'm just gonna declare that bit a total comedy whiff. "A reference is not a joke." -- Lois Griffin.

Max and P.J.'s daggy 90's shit is still annoying. More-so outside of the 90's.

Terrible, which is par for the course for the franchise. 1/2 star.

Disney Trailer:

Back in the 90's and aughts, Disney REALLY laid it on thick with their "magic" bullshit. How did Jeff Smith put it? They'd shove that crap down your throat while screaming "You will believe this is magic!!" Yeah, no. Tim Allen's The Shaggy Dog is not magic. The Walt Disney Company is a stupid piece of shit if it expects me to believe differently. 0.

DVD Menu

Music but a still screen. No special features either. 1 1/2 stars.