After seeing a scary movie, Max and PJ fear they are being followed by a killer, and Pete uses this situation to his advantage.After seeing a scary movie, Max and PJ fear they are being followed by a killer, and Pete uses this situation to his advantage.After seeing a scary movie, Max and PJ fear they are being followed by a killer, and Pete uses this situation to his advantage.
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- Pistol Pete
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- Pete
- (voice)
- Goofy
- (voice)
- P.J. Pete
- (voice)
- Waffles
- (voice)
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- Peg Pete
- (voice)
Storyline
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- TriviaThis is the only episode to be composed by Robert Irving, one of the show's theme song writers. It is also the only episode to feature an original score for the entire episode. Every other episode contained pre-recorded music cues from a large group of uncredited composers that accompanied episode-specific music by Mark Watters.
- Quotes
Pete: [gives P.J. and Max money for the movie] Ha! Knock yourself out.
P.J. Pete: Uh, well, thanks. You know, but we really couldn't. Uh, you kn... His dad'll say no.
Max Goof: Give me a break. No problem.
[later, at Goofy's house]
Goofy: Forget it, Max!
Max Goof: But why?
Goofy: Creepy movies don't agree with you, son.
Max Goof: What are you talking about?
Goofy: Remember that old witch in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"? Ah-hyuck! You were so scared, you had hiccups for a week!
P.J. Pete: Snow White?
Max Goof: No way! I mean, that was pickles.
Goofy: Max, you can't watch Grandma stuff a chicken without getting faint.
Max Goof: The past, Dad. You're talking about the past. I'm 11 1/2. Nothing scares me.
P.J. Pete: Except math tests.
Max Goof: That's different, P.J.
- ConnectionsReferences Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
When Max and PJ see a TV ad for a new Mutilator movie, Max is gung-ho about seeing it, but PJ would rather pass. Chiding his son for not wanting to go, Pete eggs him on, even offering to pay for them to see it. Meanwhile, Max has to convince his dad to let him see it, even though Goofy warns Max that it'll give him nightmares. Though PJ enjoys the movie while Max gets the hiccups, they both become overly jumpy and paranoid when they get home.
Story writing is good and well-paced. Its focus on Max and PJ lets us see their personalities and how they contrast with those of their parents. Max is smart, adventurous, and outgoing, while PJ is much more reserved and introverted. Goofy and Pete's personalities have been established in previous Disney fare, so their behavior isn't too far from what we'd expect based on their previous appearances.
Animation is top-notch. Disney TV's Australia department handles the animation for most of the episodes, including this one, and seems to do the best work with drawing the characters on-model without some of the quirks that other studios do. For example, Kennedy Animation tends to add plenty of bounce and stretch to their characters, and has been notorious for drawing their characters in Popeye-esque fashion, where they're speaking out of the sides of their mouths.
The biggest plus for this episode, however, is the music. Unlike the rest of the episodes in this series, Robert Irving composes the music, which gives the episode a more appropriately ominous feeling from the beginning. Unfortunately this was never carried over to the other episodes, but given the direction the show seemed to take, it may not have worked as well either.
- afwxkat
- May 24, 2020