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Max Goof
First appearance	"Father's Day Off" (1952); Goof Troop (1992)
Created by	Walt Disney
Voiced by	Dana Hill (Goof Troop) Shaun Fleming (Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas) Jason Marsden (All appearances since A Goofy Movie)
Also known as	Goofy Jr. (original shorts), Maximillian, Maxy (A Goofy Movie), Maximus (Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas)

Maximilian "Max" Goof is a fictional character who is the teenage son of the popular Disney character Goofy. He first appeared in the 1992 television series Goof Troop. Max may be inspired by the red-headed "Junior" or "Buster" ("George Geef, Jr.") from a series of 1950's Disney cartoons, including 1952's "Father's Day Off."

He also stars in Goof Troop's spin-off movie A Goofy Movie (1995) and its direct-to-video sequel An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000); the direct-to-video Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999) and its sequel Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004); and the 2001 TV series House of Mouse (as a parking valet).

Max is one of the few cartoon characters, Disney or otherwise, who has not only aged in later incarnations, but has done so in a close approximation to real time. He was depicted as an 11-year-old in Goof Troop, then a teenager in A Goofy Movie, and most recently, in An Extremely Goofy Movie and House of Mouse, a young adult.

Max, much to his own dismay, takes after his father at times, whether it be mannerisms or occasionally being clumsy. He feels that he is much cooler than Goofy however, and isn't as earnest and humble as his old man, as he can be somewhat of a show-off at times when he excels at anything. While Goofy is still clumsy, he works hard to be a good father towards Max, at one time reprimanding him to take personal responsibility by telling him of one of their ancestors, Eliot Goof, a FBI agent with a never-give-up attitude (a clear pun on Eliot Ness). In the Goof Troop show, there were times he would get suckered in by Pete and his get rich quick schemes, only to come around towards the end. It seemed personality wise that Pete Jr. was more like Goofy at times, while Max seemed more like Pete.

Theme park adaption of Max

In the Goof Troop TV series, Max is voiced by Dana Hill. Jason Marsden voices an older Max in all appearances after and including A Goofy Movie. Shaun Fleming voices young Max in Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas. The "Goof Troop" series shows some of his relatives - a cousin Debbie; in a Halloween special his ancestor was Gooferamus G. Goof; a "Family reunion" his relatives were Werner Von Goof {a scientist}; a Major Goof {retired officer}; an Michangelo Goof {an artist} and an aunt "Goofilla". In the old Country his distant relative was mad scientist "Dr. FrankenGoof".

In the beginning of the theatrical film, A Goofy Movie, he is in his dream where he is called by Roxanne (voiced by Kellie Martin) in the wheat field, but all of a sudden, he changes into his father, Goofy, scaring Roxanne away, until he knows it was a dream. Throughout the film, he goes on a vacation, fishing with his father, Goofy, which is completely against his will, when he promised Roxanne he'd dance on stage with a fictional pop idol.

In the direct-to-video sequel to A Goofy Movie, An Extremely Goofy Movie, Max leaves for college with P.J. and Bobby Zimmeruski. He hopes to start fresh and join the elite X-games champion team, the Gammas. However, Goofy loses his job and must go back to college and get a degree, as it's the only way to get a new job. Namely, the same school as his "Maxie"!

In the House of Mouse series, Max works as the parking valet for the club, and appears to be most level-headed and calm of all the club's employees. However, this may be because his duties aren't nearly as important as some of the others, and his inclusions are just to help out the rest of the cast. However in episodes that revolve around him or Goofy, his embarrassment is much more noticeable and intentional.

The idea of Roxanne being Max's girlfriend after the film does not end either. In the series, one episode that focuses on Max being off work, and on a date with Roxanne at the House of Mouse, and that all the main Disney cast (Mickey, Minnie, etc.) were embarrassing him, until Goofy, who Max thought was originally going to be the most embarrassing to deal with, cuts in between Max's date and the House of Mouse management (again, being Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Daisy) to give Max and Roxanne some privacy for the night.

In the direct-to-video film, the traditional animated Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas, in the episode Have Yourself A Goofy Christmas he goes bicycling into the mall, with his father Goofy. In this film, he is a young boy. Have Yourself a Goofy Christmas chronologically precedes other titles Max appears in. In the end, he is dressed up as Santa Claus.

In the next direct-to-video film, done in computer animation is Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas which is the sequel to Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas.In the episode Christmas Maximus, Max is all grown up, and chronologically occurred after An Extremely Goofy Movie. He and his girlfriend Mona are leaving college, and Goofy picks them up at the train station, and brings them to Goofy's house. Goofy shows Mona Max's baby pictures and embarrasses Max. But in the end Mona finds Goofy cool.