50 Fun Facts About A Goofy Movie

In which year was A Goofy Movie released in cinemas?

It opened on 7 April 1995 in second place behind Bad Boys, having been delayed from a November 1994 date.

A Goofy Movie was the directorial debut of which filmmaker?

Lima went on to co-direct Tarzan and to direct 102 Dalmatians and Enchanted; he is married to Brave director Brenda Chapman.

A Goofy Movie is based on which Disney Afternoon television series?

The film picks up three years after the show, with Max now a teenager.

Where does Goofy plan to take Max on their fishing trip?

Max secretly wants to be in Los Angeles for a Powerline concert instead.

Max tells his crush a lie about attending which pop star's concert in Los Angeles?

The character was inspired by Prince, and singer Tevin Campbell was cast partly because he had worked with Prince.

Who has voiced Goofy since 1987, including in A Goofy Movie?

Farmer, who also voices Pluto, was named a Disney Legend in 2009.

Which actor voices Max Goof in A Goofy Movie and has kept the role ever since?

Dana Hill had voiced the younger Max in Goof Troop; Marsden also voiced Kovu in The Lion King II.

How old is Max in A Goofy Movie?

Max is one of the few Disney characters who has actually aged across appearances, going to college in the sequel.

Which comedian gave an uncredited performance as Max's friend Bobby Zimuruski?

Bobby returns in An Extremely Goofy Movie alongside P.J.

Who provided the singing voice of the film's fictional pop star?

Campbell sang 'Stand Out' and 'I 2 I'; his own hit 'Can We Talk' had reached number nine on the Hot 100 in 1993.

Who provided Max's singing voice in the film?

Marsden spoke the lines while Lohr sang numbers such as 'After Today'.

Which actor voices Max's high-school crush?

Roxanne does not appear in the sequel at all.

Which actor, famous as Vizzini in The Princess Bride, voices strict Principal Mazur?

Mazur's phone call convinces Goofy that Max is heading for the electric chair.

Which voice actor plays Pete, Goofy's neighbour, in A Goofy Movie?

Cummings has voiced Pete since 1992; the character is Disney's oldest continuing character, debuting in 1925 as a bear.

Rob Paulsen voices which character, Pete's timid son and Max's best friend?

Paulsen had voiced him in Goof Troop too, and is also the voice of Pinky and Yakko Warner.

Roughly how much did A Goofy Movie gross worldwide?

That was against an $18 million budget; critics gave it a 64% Rotten Tomatoes rating and it later became a cult classic.

Which film beat A Goofy Movie to the top of the box office on its opening weekend?

The Goofs took $6.1 million from 2,159 theatres.

Most of A Goofy Movie's animation was done at Disney's studio in which city?

Extra scenes were animated in Sydney and clean-up was done in Burbank.

Which composer, best known for Coen brothers films, wrote the score for A Goofy Movie?

The songs came from other writers: Tom Snow and Jack Feldman, and Patrick DeRemer and Roy Freeland.

Which songwriting duo wrote 'After Today', 'On the Open Road' and 'Nobody Else But You'?

DeRemer and Freeland wrote Powerline's 'Stand Out' and 'I 2 I'.

Which former Disney chairman is credited with suggesting the film's storyline?

Katzenberg left Disney in 1994, before the film's release, to co-found DreamWorks.

Which creature crashes Goofy and Max's campsite in the film?

The pair end up trapped in the car overnight, which is where Goofy shares his 'Hi Dad soup'.

Down which river does the Goofs' car float before the waterfall climax?

The car ends up in the Grand Canyon before father and son finally make it to Los Angeles.

How did Disney mark A Goofy Movie's 30th anniversary in 2025?

The screenings paired the film with themed food, and every event reportedly sold out.

An Extremely Goofy Movie was released in which year?

It went straight to video on 29 February 2000, a leap day, and won the Annie for Best Animated Home Video Production.

Why does Goofy end up enrolling at Max's college in An Extremely Goofy Movie?

He needs a degree to get his job back, and falls for librarian Sylvia Marpole along the way.

Who is the leader of the Gamma Mu Mu fraternity and villain of An Extremely Goofy Movie?

Jeff Bennett voices him; Brad Garrett voices his hulking sidekick Tank.

Which competition is at the centre of An Extremely Goofy Movie's plot?

Max and his friends face the Gammas in skateboarding events while Goofy rediscovers his 1970s disco moves.

Which Cheers and Frasier actress voices the librarian Sylvia Marpole in the sequel?

Sylvia becomes Goofy's love interest; Vicki Lewis voices the beatnik Beret Girl.

Which character from the first film is notably absent from the sequel?

Max's love interest is simply never mentioned in the sequel.

Under what name did Goofy debut in the 1932 short Mickey's Revue?

Original voice Pinto Colvig based the laugh on a 'half-baked village nitwit' from his home town.

In his 1950s suburban-everyman cartoons, Goofy was often known by which name?

Two Goofy shorts, How to Play Football (1944) and Aquamania (1961), were nominated for Oscars.

Which two words are Goofy's best-known catchphrases?

His other trademark is the 'Goofy holler' heard whenever he falls off something.

The 1992 series that introduced Max is set in which fictional town?

The show ran 78 episodes in 1992-93 plus a Christmas special, Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas.

In the 1992 series, what are the names of Pete's two children?

Peg is Pete's wife, voiced by April Winchell; Pete runs a used-car lot in the series.

Which actress voiced the younger Max in the 1992 series before the film recast the role?

The character had a precursor, 'Goofy Junior', in the 1951 short Fathers Are People.

Pete, Goofy's neighbour, holds what distinction among Mickey's cartoon contemporaries?

He debuted in 1925's Alice Solves the Puzzle as a bear, three years before Mickey, and became a cat with Steamboat Willie.

Which honour did the long-time voice of Goofy receive in 2009?

Farmer also voices Pluto and Horace Horsecollar and hosted the Disney+ series It's a Dog's Life.

Besides Max, which Lion King II character is the voice of grown-up Max known for playing?

Marsden also voiced the cat Thackery Binx in Hocus Pocus and played Rich on Step by Step.

Which producer discovered the singer who voiced the film's pop star and put him on Back on the Block?

Campbell has earned five Grammy nominations of his own.

Producers modelled the image of the film's fictional pop star on which real musician?

The singer chosen for the role was known at the time as the musician's protege, and his tracks were cut at Paisley Park.

Barred from premiering in California, the film debuted on April 5 at which resort?

The screening at AMC Pleasure Island in Lake Buena Vista came two days before the nationwide release.

What is the title of the 2024 documentary about the making of A Goofy Movie?

It premiered at the DocLands Film Festival and reached Disney+ on the film's 30th anniversary in 2025.

Late in recording, a Disney boss wanted Goofy recast with which comedian's normal voice?

Goofy's regular voice actor insisted audiences wanted the familiar Goofy, and after weeks of trying re-recorded it his usual way.

What was A Goofy Movie's production cost?

It was given a far smaller budget than Disney's mainstream features of the time, such as The Lion King.

Lester's, the run-down amusement park the Goofs visit, is themed on which animal?

Pat Buttram voiced the park's master of ceremonies in his final role, and the film is dedicated to him.

Which TV series aired a 2022 mockumentary episode about the making of A Goofy Movie?

The episode, 'The Goof Who Sat By the Door', nods to how many Black viewers embraced the film as a cultural cornerstone.

What flaw forced the crew to recapture three-quarters of the film, delaying it past 1994?

The delay pushed the release to April, and the director said the extra time let them polish the picture.

Which Disney icon makes a cameo, voiced by Wayne Allwine, alongside a silent Donald Duck?

Allwine voiced the character from 1977 until his death in 2009.

Max hijacks an assembly with a lip-synced dance on what day?

The stunt makes him popular overnight and wins him a date, setting up the lie that drives the whole road trip.