Editing Max Goof (section)

===''A Goofy Movie''===
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''[[A Goofy Movie]]'' in 1995 features Max as a 14-year-old high school student, finishing the school year before going on summer vacation. Max has grown to find his father's goofy antics embarrassing, and is likewise viewed by his peers as a geek and a goof himself; a view he seeks to change at the school assembly when he dresses up like the musician rock star Powerline and interrupts the principal's speech to dance and perform to Powerline's hit song "Stand Out" before the entire student body.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McBride |first=Clare |date=February 18, 2019 |title=Chosen One of the Day: Max Goof, Disney's Everyteen |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/chosen-one-of-the-day-max-goof-disneys-everyteen |access-date=April 11, 2025 |website=[[Syfy]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Weekes |first=Princess |date=April 7, 2020 |title=''Goofy Movie'' Still Perfect Father/Son Film on 25th Anniversary |url=https://www.themarysue.com/goofy-movie-25th-anniversary/ |access-date=April 11, 2025 |website=The Mary Sue |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Spiegel |first=Josh |date=April 9, 2020 |title=Revisiting ''A Goofy Movie'', Disney's Unlikely Cult Classic That Upends The Company's Usual Formula |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/573786/a-goofy-movie-revisited/ |access-date=April 11, 2025 |website=[[SlashFilm]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Additionally, Max seeks to gain the attention of his crush, a girl named Roxanne, whom Max is convinced only ever looks right through him and believes the laugh he inherited from his father ("a-hyuck") is to her disliking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Snetiker |first=Marc |date=April 7, 2015 |title=Revisiting the songs of ''A Goofy Movie'' |url=https://ew.com/movies/2015/04/07/goofy-movie-anniversary-songs/ |access-date=April 11, 2025 |website=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref> Though Max ends up in detention for hijacking the assembly, he succeeds in not only impressing the other students but also winning the affections of Roxanne, who shyly yet delightedly agrees to go with him to a party that is to be held the next Saturday.

However, the principal informs Max's father, Goofy, about Max's bad behavior. Fearful that his son is becoming a delinquent, Goofy decides to take Max on a cross-country fishing trip for some 'father-son bonding', much to Max's chagrin. Before Goofy and Max hit the road, Max pays a quick visit to Roxanne's house to explain to her why he can no longer go with her to the party but ends up lying to her that it is because he is instead going to see Powerline live in concert in Los Angeles and that he and his father will join Powerline on stage for the last song since, as Max claims, Goofy and Powerline are an old acquaintance. The guilt from this lie eats at Max throughout the film, while Goofy tries to bond with his son in ways that end up pushing Max away even further. When Goofy appoints Max the official navigator of their road trip, things go much more smoothly for the two as Max gets to pick all the stops along the way.

But, unbeknownst to Goofy, Max had secretly changed the driving route on the map to lead them to Los Angeles, and when Goofy finds out, he and Max come to a head as the two finally let out all their held-back emotions at each other before they finally reach an understanding in which Max confesses to his dad how he has felt about Roxanne and the lie he told her before while Goofy explains that he just wants to be a part of Max's life and that even though he's all grown up, he is still Goofy's son. By this point, Max and Goofy admit that they are stuck together and would not want to be with anyone else in this situation. The two actually make it to the Powerline concert, even appearing (accidentally) onstage. By the end of the film, when the two arrive back home, Max reveals to Roxanne that he lied, admitting that he just wanted her to like him. Roxanne in turn confesses that she already did like Max, revealing that the goofy laugh Max had been so embarrassed by was the very thing that led to her liking him. After Goofy's car suddenly explodes due to the damage after it had fallen down the waterfall, he is sent crashing through the roof of Roxanne's porch, at which point Max introduces Roxanne to his dad.