When Max makes a preposterous promise to a girl he has a crush on, his chances to fulfilling it seem hopeless when he is dragged onto a cross-country trip with his embarrassing father, Goofy.
It's the last day of school, and Max wants to catch the eye of Roxanne, one of the more attractive girls in school. But how can you be cool when your dad's Goofy? Stage an impromptu concert at the final assembly, that's how. Or at least it sounded good until Principal Mazur found out. Goofy finds out about his son's antics (sort of), and decides a fishing trip, like his dad took him on, is the solution. Of course, he doesn't know that Max finally lands a date with Roxanne for a party thrown by the class valedictorian. Through the movie, Goofy tries to bring Max out of his shell, while Max resents being taken away, and lying to Roxanne about the trip (he tells her he and his dad will be appearing on TV at the PowerLine concert in LA). Will Max sink or swim? Will Goofy goof up his son's first shot at romance? Will Bigfoot step back? And what about those nuns?—Joe Sewell <[email protected]>
Max Goof's embarrassing dad Goofy is taking him to a cross-country road trip for a fishing vacation at Lake Destiny, Idaho. Goofy went to the same place with his father when he was Max's age. This vacation is Max's worst nightmare, and it couldn't have happened at a worse time- his original plan was to escort his dream date Roxanne to her friend Stacey's end-of-year-party to see a Powerline concert in Los Angeles on a big-screen TV. But Goofy refuses to let Max skip out on the vacation, so Max has no choice but to cancel the date with Roxanne.—Anthony Pereyra <[email protected]>
Though Goofy always means well, his amiable cluelessness and klutzy pratfalls regularly embarrass his awkward adolescent son, Max. When Max's lighthearted prank on his high-school principal finally gets his longtime crush, Roxanne, to notice him, he asks her on a date. Max's trouble at school convinces Goofy that he and the boy need to bond over a cross-country fishing trip like the one he took with his dad when he was Max's age, which throws a kink in his son's plans to impress Roxanne.
The title screen appears in the sky and fades, Max is in a cornfield who is running to his crush Roxanne. They fall into a flower bed and Max suddenly changes, his teeth and hands get bigger and he gets taller as he changes to his dad, Goofy, Scared, Roxanne screams. Max wakes up and turns out he was just a bad dream. maxis alarm wakes him up when he gets a phone call from his friend PJ he said to put his clothes on but his dad goofy enters the room dressed in a towel in her hair towel over his head, Goofy's using the vacuum cleaner and accidentally destroys Max's Powerline cardboard cut out. Max walks down the street and his dad goofy, gives him a brown bag and kisses him. Max started singing the song after today we're going to school and various other others join in after this song, Max is showing at the top of a bleachers, and he falls on the bleachers. His crush Roxanne is standing there. He gets embarrassed says "Hyuvk!" and embarrasses himself in front of her. Max runs off to class. Later backstage the auditorium, Max and his best friends P.J. and Robert "Bobby" Zimuruski hijack the auditorium in the middle of Principal Mazur's speech, creating a small concert where Max performs, while dressed as the pop singer Powerline. The performance succeeds in making Max a school celebrity and impressing his love interest, Roxanne, but he, P.J., and Bobby are sent to Principle Mazur's office. While waiting outside of the office, Roxanne speaks with Max and agrees to go with him to a party where Powerline's concert will be viewed live on television. However, Principle Mazur calls Goofy and forewarns him that Max's behavior may result in him facing the electric chair.
Oblivious to Max's plans with Roxanne, Goofy decides to take Max on a fishing trip to Lake Destiny, Idaho, following a cross-country map route he and his father took years ago. Before they leave town, Max manages to stop by Roxanne's house to call off their date, but her father opens the door, Max looks shocked at him but Roxanne tells him that Max is a friend from school. Max tells her how his father is taking him on a road trip and can't go to the party. But when the heartbroken Roxanne mentions going with someone else, Max panics and instead lies to her about his father knowing Powerline, telling her he will be on stage at the concert and how she will see him on TV. She kisses him on the cheek. Max gets back in the car and they drive off.
Goofy tries to use a camcorder on Max and sees Max is bored an he pulls out a list of things he did with his dad. He turns on a cassette but max switches it off and heavy metal. He keep repeating it until the cassette breaks and Max gets annoyed that there is no music. Goofy and Max start singing "On the Open Road" along with other characters. and eventually arrive at Possem Park, they go to see a animatronic possum show and the Possem's start singing to 'Lester's Possem Park'. They go outside and a giant possum tries to hug Max but Max slaps the possum in the face that his head goes backward, a bunch of little kids pounce on him. After, Goofy manages to embarrass Max in front of a crowd of people and gets him a possum hat as well. Max gets annoyed and walks back to the car and it starts raining, They get inside and Goofy gives Max his possum hat but Max gets angry and rolls down the window and throws the possum hat out the window. Saddened by Max's gesture, he drives off.
The next day, Max is looking at the water and sees Roxane in a lake of water but Goofy splashes it and asks him how he is, Max slowly walks away. Suddenly, a giant RV shows up and it is Pete and his son, PJ who just so happen
happen to meet up with them while camping by a lake. While P.J. informs Max of how all their peers back home anticipate seeing him onstage at the Powerline concert, Pete advises Goofy to keep Max under control. Goofy takes his son fishing and shows him the Perfect Cast fishing technique, accidentally luring Bigfoot to their camp. Pete and P.J. flee, leaving Goofy and Max to spend the night with Bigfoot. At night, while Goofy sleeps, Max alters the map's route to Los Angeles, where the concert is taking place.
The next morning, Goofy decides to make Max the navigator of the trip. The two go to different locations that satisfy both of them. Eventually, they stop by a motel where they meet Pete and P.J. again. When Pete overhears a conversation between the boys, he tells Goofy that Max has tricked him into traveling to Los Angeles. The next day, Goofy and Max come to a junction: one leading to Idaho, the other to California. Max chooses the route to California, making Goofy stop the car at the Grand Canyon and storm off in anger. With the brake loose, the car drives off on its own; Goofy and Max chase after it and end up in a river. After a heated argument, Goofy solemnly declares that no matter how old Max gets he will always be his son, and the two finally reconcile with each other as they sing 'Nobody Else But You'. After learning of Max's promise to Roxanne, Goofy decides to take him to the concert in Los Angeles.
Goofy and Max realize that they are headed toward a waterfall and they struggle to stay atop the car, Goofy almost goes over but ax uses the fishing pole to save him using the Perfect Cast technique. Goofy and Max make it to the concert, and while attempting to sneak backstage, they end up onstage and dance with Powerline, watched by Pete, P.J. and Roxanne on separate televisions. Goofy and Max later return to Roxanne's house in their damaged car. Max tells the truth to Roxanne, though she accepts it and admits she always had feelings for him, ever since the first time she ever heard him laugh, "Hyuvk!"; thus, a relationship starts between them. Goofy's car suddenly explodes because of damage it had sustained, ejecting Goofy in the process, who then falls through the porch roof of Roxanne's house, and Max proceeds to introduce him to Roxanne.
