Extremely Pippo, the 2000 animated film

April 20 2022

Extremely Goofy (An Extremely Goofy Movie) is a comedy animated film aimed at home video distribution in 2000, made by Walt Disney Television Animation and directed by Douglas McCarthy. It is a standalone sequel to the 1995 film Traveling with Pippo (A Goofy Movie) and the ending of the television series Here is Pippo! (Goof Troop), where Max goes to college. He believes he won't have to deal with his father, Pippo, until he loses his job. He signs up for the collage to get the degree he never got years ago, to get another one. Meanwhile, Max and his friends compete at the X Games, unaware of why the school's top fraternity has a competing dynasty.

The film was released on Blu-ray as a Disney Movie Club exclusive along with A Traveling with Pippo (A Goofy Movie) on April 23, 2019 and was one of the films to be included in the Disney + streaming service at its launch.

History

**Extremely Goofy** (*An Extremely Goofy Movie*)

After Max goes to college with his friends PJ and Bobby Zimuruski, his father, Goofy, begins to falter disastrously during his job at the local toy factory, resulting in his dismissal following an accident he caused. At the employment office, Pippo is told that he needs a college degree to get another job, since he dropped out after his first year in the 70s. Meanwhile, Max and his friends meet Bradley Uppercrust III, the leader of the Gamma Mu Mu fraternity and a veteran skateboarder. Bradley is impressed with Max's talent in skateboarding and invites him to join Gamma and take part in the college X Games. Max refuses the offer due to the condition that he cannot take his friends with him. Following a skirmish, the two sides place a bet in which the loser becomes the towel of the other group. To Max's horror, Goofy begins attending the same college and breaks the group's downtime with housework. Max decides to distract his father by introducing him to the college librarian, Sylvia Marpole, with whom he has a lot in common. Goofy accidentally impresses Bradley with his clumsy skateboarding attempt and is invited to join Gamma, which he accepts at Max's encouragement.

During the first qualifiers for the X Games, Bradley discreetly blinds Max with a pocket mirror during his performance and installs a rocket on Goofy's skateboard. Pippo beats Max and his team barely reaches the semifinals. Eventually, Max lashes out at Goofy, telling him to stay out of his life and leaves in anger. A depressed Goofy fails his first interim exam and misses an appointment with Sylvia. Back home, Pippo is inadvertently inspired by his neighbor, Pietro Gambadilegno, to regain his concentration. Goofy returns to college and reconciles with Sylvia, who helps him pass the rest of his exams. When Pippo decides to leave the Gammas, he hears the group plotting to cheat for the semifinals, but Max, still mad at his father for beating him in qualifiers, refuses to listen.

In the semifinal all the teams are eliminated except that of Max and that of Gamma. Shortly before the final triathlon, Bradley kicks PJ out of the games, leaving Max's team short of a player and prompting Max to recruit and apologize to Goofy for avoiding him via the jumbotron. Throughout the race, Bradley and his team attempt to thwart Max's team, but fail. Although Goofy manages to temporarily knock Bradley out of action with a horseshoe in the final section of the race, his final trick causes his second-in-command, Tank, and Max to get trapped under the rubble of a logo. As Bradley overtakes them, Max and Goofy save Tank, who helps Max win the race. Later, Bradley admits to his defeat as Max cancels the bet, allowing a vengeful Tank to advance on Bradley for betraying him and throw him into the X Games airship above. On graduation day, Max gives Goofy his first prize trophy engraved with an affirmation of their bond as a gift of apology for his outburst towards him just before Goofy leaves with Sylvia, restoring their relation.

Characters

Max. Now 18 and college-bound, his attempts to distance himself from Goofy end up making things worse for him. By finally accepting Pippo as an important part of his life, he was able to find the independence he had long sought. Bob Baxter and Steven Trenbirth served as supervising animators for Max.

Goofy. Pippo disturbs the lives of those around him by accident, but he always has his best intentions at heart. He spends most of the film dealing with being no longer needed as a tutor for Max. Andrew Collins was Goofy's animation supervisor.

Bradley Upper Crust III, the leader of the Gamma Mu Mu fraternity and the main antagonist of the film. He is extremely arrogant and proud of his position as head of the fraternity and will do everything possible to keep it that way. Kevin Peaty was Bradley's animation supervisor.

Beret Girl, a charismatic and suave theatrical performer in the college bar called "Bean Scene". She becomes PJ's love interest when he displays an innate talent in poetry and supports Max's group in general as they take on Gamma. Kevin Peaty was Beret Girl's animation supervisor.

Sylvia Marpole, the college librarian who instantly becomes Goofy's love interest when she is shown to share Goofy's love for 70s American culture. Andrew Collins served as Sylvia's animation supervisor.

PJ . Unlike Max, PJ is a little saddened that he never earned his father's genuine respect, but finds confidence after meeting Beret Girl. Bob Baxter and Steven Trenbirth served as supervising animators for PJ

Robert "Bobby" Zimuruski. Max's other best friend. Bob Baxter and Steven Trenbirth served as supervising animators for Bobby. Unlike the first film, Shore receives credit for his work.

tank, the second-in-command (later current leader) of the Gamma. Tank is large in stature, towers over the other characters and serves as a typical muscular man for the Gamma.

Production

The film was released on February 29, 2000 with positive reviews from critics, who called it "pleasant", "funny", "ambitious and surprisingly good", and the character of Goofy in the film "agile and funny as always". Rotten Tomatoes rates the film at 63% based on eight reviews, making it one of the few Disney sequels to be rated higher than its predecessor. Bruce Westbrook of the Houston Chronicle praised his “smooth” animation, “well detailed” backgrounds and “mesmerizing” sequences with the Beret Girl. Randy Myers of the Contra Costa Times complimented his positive take on the trope of the father and son relationship calling it "refreshing" compared to other films that portray him negatively. Many touches were positively noticed, such as elements of 70s culture, soundtrack (especially 70s songs and newly recorded covers), movie parodies (such as The Gooffather, Also The Goofinator and Pup Fiction), and a joke that makes fun of characters who "always wear gloves" in the Disney universe. Subplots such as the skateboard competition and the “sweet” relationship between Pippo and Sylvia were also highlighted.

The less favorable reviews of Extremely Goofy (An Extremely Goofy Movie) classified the film as a weaker version of Rodney Dangerfield's Back to School. and Susan King of the Los Angeles Times who wrote that despite "some funny lines and scenes", she was too emotionally unemotional due to a lack of character development for Goofy. Common Sense Media's Michael Scheinfeld praised the film's moral of "the importance of education, not cheating and staying focused on your goals," but disliked its attempts to be trendy and "character traits far from it." che specimens ”which paint an imprecise image of university students. Barbara Bova of the Naples Daily News also dismissed the film for the immature behavior of the college students, as well as for the dysfunctional relationship between Max and Pippo and a humorless "depressing" storyline in which "adults are no smarter than children" and "Pippo is the essential innocent who is stupid with a capital S". and a school dance that Pippo turns into a disco hell. "

Petrana Radulovic of Polygon, in 2019, ranked Extremely Goofy (An Extremely Goofy Movie) the sixth best Disney sequel, labeling it "all deliciously crazy" and claiming that its best aspects are the Beret Girl and Bobby's shot at Disney characters wearing gloves; however, he also criticized some of its contents as "stuck in a gnarled vortex of the late 90s".

Extremely Goofy (An Extremely Goofy Movie) won the award for "Best Animated Animated Video Production" and Bill Farmer was nominated for "Best Dubbing of a Male Performer" at the 28th Annie Awards in 2000.

Technical data

Original title An Extremely Goofy Movie
Original language English
Country United States, Singapore, Australia
Author Robert Taylor (Here is Pippo!), Michael Peraza (Here is Pippo!)
Regia Douglas McCarthy
Producer Lynne Southernland
Film script Hillary Carlip, Scott Gorden
Music Steve Bartek, Graeme Revell
Studio DisneyToon Studios, Disney Television Animation, Disney Animation Japan
Date 1st edition 29 February 2000
Relationship 1,66:1
Duration 76 min
Italian publisher Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Date 1st Italian edition May 2001
Italian dialogues Manuela Marianetti
Italian dubbing studio Royfilm
Italian dubbing direction Leslie The Pen
Gender comedy
Preceded by Traveling with Pippo

Italian dubbing

Goofy Robert Pedicini
Max Simone Crisari
PJ Stefano De Filippis
Robert Zimuruski Nanni Baldini
Bradley Upper Crust III Christian Iansante
Engaged Christine Grado
Chuck Raffaele Uzzi
Peter Gambadilegno Maximum Crow
tank Blacks Marcorè
Beret Girl Laura Lenghi
Sylvia Marpole Paula Giannetti

English dubbing

Goofy Bill Farmer
Max Jason marsden
PJ Rob Paulsen
Robert Zimuruski Pauly shore
Bradley Upper Crust III Jeff Bennett
Peter Gambadilegno Jim Cummings
tank Brad garrett
Beret Girl Vicky Lewis
Sylvia Marpole Baby Neuwirth