How did Pete manage to find Goofy and Max at the Neptune Inn? He wasn't following them; he left the campground before they did, and a long time and much activity had passed between the two events.
That's simple. They just ran into each other again. Pete's route could easily have been time-consuming enough that Goofy and Max could catch up, distance-wise. Pete did find what room they were in, but that's about it.
Changing the destination
The location Max changed the map to was not mentioned at all during his conversation with PJ that Pete overheard, so how did Pete know that Max changed the map to LA specifically?
That's easy. While we can debate over who's the better father between Pete and Goofy it's obvious that Pete is more involved in the lives of his children than Goofy is. PJ only needed to mention the Powerline concert and then Pete could piece it together easily enough from there and he probably already knows all about Powerline because he cares what his kids are into if only to keep them from being involved with things he considers a "Bad Influence." I'd be willing to bet that PJ sneaks over to Max's house to play Grand Theft Auto.
PJ didn't mention the Powerline concert either, and there's no indication he talked to his father about it beforehand, and unless he mentioned Max going there to him, which he probably didn't or Pete would have told Goofy about it sooner, the fact that such a concert was going on still wouldn't tell Pete that's where Max changed the map to.
The scene cuts while Pete is still listening to Max and PJ talking. We don't see him hear Max mentioning LA later on in the conversation.
Cups of sugar to the moon
How many cups of sugar does it take to get to the moon?
Three and a half.
Roxanne's address
How did Max know where Roxanne lived?
He may have passed by her house before.
They seem to live close together, maybe they're on the same bus route.
Separate continuities?
In the Goof Troop universe the characters are basically Funny Animals or humans that look like animals and they all wear clothes. During "On the Open Road" why do they show Donald Duck as a Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal with no pants or shoes? Mickey Mouse usually wears just pants and shoes, but he's fully clothed here. Why didn't they do the same for Donald?
Almost all ducks in Disney universe wear no pants nor shoes, I guess it's because artists don't want to hide their duck physical attributes.
Fur Is Clothing, prolly? I mean, if you think about it, Daisy tends to be shown without bottoms but her feathers have a skirt-like formation, so, maybe in Donald's case it's more like shorts or pants.
I know this isn't a Goof Troop page but this movie does exist in the same universe. I've always wanted to know if Peg was a dog or cat?
Hamster.
Pete's always been an anthropomorphic cat; it's just a little less obvious when he doesn't have a tail.
I think she's supposed to be a cat. With the art style and the way they animate, y'all would prolly have hard time telling.
So what exactly did happen to Peg and Pistol in both films? Neither of them were even mentioned in either film, let alone appear at all. Did Peg and Pete divorce some time prior to the first film?
In the first, they may not have appeared simply because most of Pete's and PJ's appearances were on what was a father/son bonding trip.
Plus, it's somewhat hard to imagine Peg and Pistol hanging out in the same kinds of places college students do; so they don't really have much room to appear in the sequel, either. It was probably just a case of streamlining that caused it, not some in-universe reason.
Kevin Lima did say that that Peg and Pistol were in the earlier drafts of A Goofy Movie but they couldn't a place in the story for them to fit in because of the focus on father-son bonding and how the dynamics betwixt Pete and PJ and Goofy and Max are, so that could imply that the movies are in the same continuity. Lima was asked if they split up but kinda shrugged on it and said their absences/explanations thereof are up to the imagination. So, either the show and the movies are separate continuities or Peg got tired of Pete's crap———Whichever. On that subject of divorce, Pete's line about babysitting and being a "free man" could be taken that they got a divorce.
No Zombie Freakouts?
Why is no one in the scene of on the open road not freaking out at the dancing corpse? That's how you get a zombie apocalypse man.
Maybe they were caught up in the moment of the song? I mean when you're caught up in moments like that you tend not to notice most things.
Maybe he was alive the whole time (mistaken for dead?), and his green skin comes from a skin condition?
Maybe it's just a joke about how zany crap happens during musical numbers, especially Disney musical numbers.
Opposum
Who's your favorite possum?
Don't touch me!
How'd they get the car back?
How the heck did they retrieve the car from the river?
Cartoon Physics Towing Limited, of course! The best tow company this side of ACME!
Max's party
Max was planning on attending the end-of-school party with Roxanne, but was forced to cancel it because his dad took him on vacation. Pete and PJ were on vacation at the same time. Was PJ not planning on attending the party as well? He didn't seem upset about missing it, unlike Max. Granted, he didn't make any plans with anybody else as far as we know. Did Pete just do the same thing Goofy did and tell PJ they were going on vacation and PJ just went with it, or were they already planning on going on vacation at that time?
PJ is more introverted so he may have had no interest in attending an open-invite party, especially one where he was banking on his best friend's attention being otherwise occupied, regardless of Pete's approval or lack thereof. Also, Pete mentions already having set plans before the phone call so presumably PJ already knew before school.
Making an escape
Why didn’t Max just jump off the car as it was heading for the waterfall?
People don't think very clearly whenever they are under too much distress. Besides, that current looked way too strong, even if Max jumped into the water, he couldn't have been able to swim fast enough and would've ended up dragged by the river and falling down the waterfall anyway.
Impromptu Vacay
I find it interesting that Goofy was able to plan a vacation right on the spot. Vacations don't normally work that way in real life, especially when others are meant to be involved. Most vacations I'm aware of were planned in advance; usually weeks before they actually took place. Yet, apparently Goofy had no plans to go on vacation with Max before his principal called him. Even aside from the inconvenience of getting Max involved, it's amazing that Goofy could do that, especially considering that he himself has a job.
Because that's part of the conflict, dragging Max into it without his cooperation. As for his job he could have easily taken time off or had leave. Either that or it was a very casual job and he only had to work say once a month or so
A. As what we saw in the movie , Goofy works at a small photo booth/studio inside a mall/store , with only two workers (Pete and him). So it's possible they co-op this small photo business. and can just take a two weeks off from opening the shop. B. the whole "vacation plan" is meant be following the same ol' route that "Goof" family had been doing for generations , so there is no need for a "planing for the trip" , just follow the map. C. The whole point and motive for Goofy to go on this trip is exactly "Dig Max into the trip out of blue , and force though some father/son bending , so Max can step on the right path instead of end up on a electric chair"
Getting to the diner
How did Goofy and Max manage to get out of the woods to get to the diner?
They probably left the next morning. Bigfoot wouldn't have stayed there forever and he probably left looking for food. Goofy and Max simply packed up and left.
Changing the destination again?
It was rather dumb of Max to change the map to go to L.A. How did he think he could get away with it? At that point, Goofy had been the one looking at the map and hadn't yet made Max the navigator, so for all Max could have known, it wouldn't be very long before Goofy would discover that the map was altered. Max was lucky his father never looked at the map again before he made him the navigator. When Goofy makes Max the navigator, he even begins the conversation by sounding like he is already aware of what Max did. But then after that, given that they were driving all throughout the country, and Goofy gave Max permission to pick all the rest of the stops until Lake Destiny, it probably would have been better for Max to make the Powerline concert one of the stops rather than making it the final destination on the map. Sure they'd apparently have to take a different route, but Goofy wouldn't have felt betrayed. And I don't recall any indication that they had to be at Lake Destiny before the time the concert was to take place.
There's a guess that Goofy actually knew but was either in denial or he didn't say anything until Max said something. Either way, Goofy isn't the most attentive.
PJ does say it was a "really stupid" idea and doesn't believe Goofy would have fallen for it, and Max admits he acted out of panic.
Impromptu Vacay 2
Why didn't Goofy take Max on the trip AFTER the party? It would've given Goofy more time to plan things out anyway.
He likely would have, if he had just been planning the vacation for fun. But unfortunately, at this point, Goofy had heard from two different people that Max was in danger of being a gang member, and causing riots, with one of them saying he might be stealing and the other outright saying he might be executed someday. He was motivated to go on the trip to prevent that. Being patient for Max's solo plans likely seemed too big of a risk at that point from his misinformed point of view.
If the Goof family has been going to Lake Destiny for fishing trips using the same route for generations…why would Goofy need to look at a map? Wouldn’t he know the route quite well after all those trips with his dad and/or grandfather? It’s not like Lake Destiny would be somewhere else! Maybe he hadn’t been there in a long time and needed a reminder.
I was recently thinking that if for some reason I wanted to go to the church I attended weekly as a teenager, I no longer recall how to get there. And I'm pretty good at finding my way.
Towel Turban
Why is Goofy wearing a towel turban on his head at the beginning of the movie (when he bursts into Max’s room)? He doesn’t have any hair on his head (or at least not long enough hair to need to wrap it in a towel turban). Is it just meant to emphasize how much he embarrasses Max? Also, males (even cartoon males) don’t usually (that I know of) wrap their hair in towel turbans to dry it, even if it’s quite long. That’s more a female stereotype (an often true one).
He does have floppy pinnae.
Walt Disney
Why does Walt Disney exist in this universe? Wouldn't he basically be God?
I assumed yes. Some sort of Jesus like God on earth at least. But I also once dreamed all 2D Disney movies were being destroyed, and those surviving toons went to "the studio", a place all toons came from that exists out of time. Second gen toon, Max nearly had a breakdown with Goofy trying to explain, well they were literally created by someone, they still had free will to do things like the acting Goofy did before Max was born.
Or it's just that universe's version of them. (TLDR : Who says our universe is the only one to have a Animator called Walt Disney, who happen to be the founder of the Disney Animation Studio.)
Did Max not hear the Principal on the phone?
Did Max not know Principal Mazur was talking to his father on the telephone? He had to have some idea about it because Mazur ordered his secretary to put him on while Max was dancing with her. Also, while he was talking to Goofy on the phone, he was just one room away from Max and he was shouting loudly. Max should have heard that. Not to mention he was especially loud when he shouted "BEFORE HE ENDS UP IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR", and later when Max got home and asked Goofy why he was forcing him to go on vacation, Goofy replied because he didn't want Max to end up "in the electric chair". Even if Max didn't realize Mazur was referring to him ending up in the electric chair when he was on the phone, he should have put two and two together when his father said that same thing, unless he somehow didn't hear his principal yelling.
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