[The school bell rings again and We cut to inside the high school]
I can't believe I did that! She finally says "hi" to me and what do I do? I choke! Uhyuck! Like a big spaz!
Where have you been, buddy?
Hi, Peej. Did you get the camera?
Look, Max, if my Dad catches me with this he'll kill me! Are you sure we gotta do this?
It's my only chance, PJ. To Roxanne I'm just a nobody! But after today...
[Max and PJ are suddenly flooded with light] [squints into it]
Bobby!
[Bobby is drinking at the fountain with a straw. Max and PJ examine the video equipment on a dolly]
Wow! All this is for us?
Oh, this is going to be so great, man!
[wraps around Max]
Dude, need fundage, bro.
[reaches into his backpack, and brings out a bag, handing it to Bobby]
Oh, your fee! Yeah, yeah! Right here.
[reaches into the bag and pull out an aerosol can]
Cheddar! [wolf howl] Cheddar Whizzie! [sprays an enormous amount of the cheese into his mouth, smacks his lips and coughs, spraying Max and PJ with cheese] Mmm. It's pretty scrumptious! Let's do it, ladies!
Stacey [The scene cuts to school auditorium. Entire school body is there, making noise and throwing paper. Stacey is at the podium in the middle of the stage]
As student body president, I just want to say, like, "yea" to all of us for a really neat year.
T Trekkie
Yo, Stacey! Talk to me! Talk to me! Talk to me, baby!
Stacey And also that I hope you can all attend my totally amazing end-of-school party next Saturday to watch the Powerline concert live on Pay-per-view.
Stacey [Students cheer this announcement]
Thank you. Thank you very much. And now, without further ado, Principal Mazur.
[The microphone squeals as Principal Mazur begins to speak]
Thank you, Stacey! And good morning, boys and girls! You know, every year, on the last day of school, I have several youngsters approach me and say, "Principal Mazur, what can we do to not waste our summer vacation? We don't want to waste our free time sleeping or visiting friends..."
C Chad
Say, uh, Roxanne. About Stacey's party...
[The scene cuts to Max, who can see the Boy talking to Roxanne through a part in the curtain] [closes the curtain, and zips up his Powerline costume]
How are you, uh, how are you doing down there, Bobby?
Don't give me that attitude, you guys. I'm doing it all for you.
This is nuts! I don't know why I let you guys talk me into this. If my dad finds out, he's gonna nuke my entire existence! [trips on the wires backstage and partially goes under the curtain]
...how about Science Slumber Parties! [The spotlight goes out] What the... [Max puts on his shades and gives a thumbs up. It is echoed by Bobby and PJ. A button is pressed. Rock music begins. A large screen begins to rise behind Principal Mazur. Max appears on the screen. Bobby pulls a switch] What? [notices the screen rising] Hey! I'm not going to just...
[A trap door opens up under the podium and it and Principal Mazur disappears down it. Bobby laughs] [lip synching]
Some people settle for the typical thing: living all their lives waiting in the wings. It ain't a question of if, just a matter of time, before I move to the front of the line. And once you watching every move that I make, you gotta believe that I got what it takes. To stand out above the crowd even if I gotta shout out loud. 'Til mine is the only face you'll see. Gonna stand out 'til you notice me.
[The students scream their approval. Max is amazed to see the reception his act is getting. He especially notices the rapt gaze of Roxanne in the front row. Bobby laughs and tickles PJ over the success of the plan. Both give Max a thumbs up] [turns on a CO2 fire extinguisher]
A little smokage! Arooo-oo-ooo!
[lip synching]
If I make you stop and take a look at me instead of just walking by, there's nothing that I wouldn't do if it was getting you to notice I'm alive. All I need is half a chance, a second thought, a second glance will prove I got whatever it takes. It's a piece of cake.
[Bobby hands PJ a rope with a hook on it. PJ sneaks under cover of the CO2 fog and hooks Max's belt from behind] [lips synching]
To stand out above the crowd. Even if I gotta shout out loud. [grabs a basketball and slam dunks it. As he swings back, he reaches out for Roxanne's outstretched hand]Til mine is the only face you'll see. Gonna...
[Max's hand almost grabs Roxanne's, but suddenly the music winds down and dies. The cable is pulled back sending Max tumbling, finally ending up by Principal Mazur]
Hey, it's the Goof Boy!
[With a loud boom, the scene cuts to the main office of the high school, where Max and Bobby and sitting, waiting their turn to speak with the Principal. Miss Maples, a secretary, is typing and humming the funeral march] [depressed]
I'm a failure--complete loser! My one chance to impress Roxanne and I blew it.
[reveals something he has been working on for a while]
Uh, huh! Max! Look! It's the leaning tower of cheeza! [stuffs the cheese in his mouth]
[comes out of the Principal’s office with a vacant look on his face]
Oh, man! My dad is gonna smash me like a bug!
Hey, PJ! Detention! [laughs jokingly]
[nervously calls Principal Mazur]
OK, I'm coming! Max, here. [hands Max can of cheese] Guard this with your life, dude. [wheels the dolly of video equipment into Principal Mazur's office and gives Max a double thumbs up] Hey, Principal Mazur! What's up, bro!
Stacey [The door to Principal Mazur's office shuts. Max puts his head in his hands. Roxanne and Stacey come by the office] [fading]
...with all those kids in my house the place will be like a sauna so I'm all freaked out, but then I thought, "Like, use it!" So my theme's gonna be: "Powerline Goes Rain Forest"! Too much? Roxanne, are you listening?
Stacey [Roxanne looks at Max]
Ahhh!
Stacey [whispers]
Talk to him! [Roxanne clears her throat a couple of times] Tap him!
[Roxanne taps Max who immediately sits up, startled. Roxanne's books and papers go flying] [looks at Roxanne and smiles, gets up out of the chair then starts to help Roxanne pick up the papers and books]
Gosh, I'm sorry.
It's OK. Really. [Max and Roxanne reach for the same paper at the same time and Max's hand touches hers. They stay that way for a moment, then Max withdraws his hand, a bit embarrassed] Um, I liked your dance.
Yeah. Yeah? Uh, yeah! It's from Powerline's new video!
I know! He's totally a genius!
Uh, yeah! He, he's doing a concert next week in Los Angeles!
Oh, yeah! Stacey is showing it at her party.
[fidgets and fumbles for a while]
Um, uh, Roxanne, I was, uh, sorta kinda thinking that maybe I'd ask you to go with me that is to the party. Of course if you don't want to I'd completely understand!
Well, I was, sorta kinda thinking that ... I'd love to!
Stacey [grabs Roxanne's arm and beings to drag her away]
Come on, Roxanne. We don't wanna belabor the moment now, do we?
Well, I'd better be going.
OK! Bye! [backs into the door. Giggles nervously, then with a final "Bye." leaves the office]
Stacey See? That wasn't so bad! I told you men are easy to deal with!
Yes! She said yes! Woo hoo hoo hoo! Everybody mambo! [grabs Miss Maples and begins to mambo with her]
M Miss Maples
It's not my break yet!
Yeah! Dance with her! Groove with her!
[enraged]
Miss Maples! Get that boy's father on the phone at once!
M Miss Maples
[sing-songish]
Yes sir! Right away, sir!
[The scene cuts to Goofy answering the phone at the Discount Store]
Hello.
Uh, yes, Mr. Goof. This is Principal Mazur. I'm calling in regard to your son, Maximillian.
Max? Oh my gosh! Is he hurt?
No, Mr. Goof. [enraged] He's in trouble!
Trouble? What kinda trouble?
Dressed like a gang member. Your son caused the entire student body to break into a riotous frenzy!
Gang member? Riot? It couldn't be my...
[ticked off]
If I were you, Mr. Goof, I'd seriously re-evaluate the way you're raising your child, before he ends up IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR! [angrily hangs up the phone]
The electric chair? [lets the phone drop] What am I gonna do? [bathed in a beam of blue light]
P PA
Blue light special on aisle 3. Blue light special on aisle 3.
[bobs the head of one of the figures, which bounces around a while]
Lake Destiny.
[The scene cuts to Pete with the camera, with the little girl's picture taking all set]
OK, kiddo, now smile!
[interrupts Pete's picture taking]
Lake Destiny, Idaho!
You were right, Pete. Nothing like the great outdoors to strengthen the bond between father and son! You said so yourself!
[takes off his hat and dances away, then puts it back on]
I'm going fishing! I'm going fishing with my boy!
Yah! OK, precious, give me a big smi... [sees the little girl's underwear still attached to the sitting stamp; he realizes that the little girl has gotten out of the sitting spot to avoid having her picture taken]
[giggles as she runs after Goofy; the little girl's butt is now nude]
Fishy! Fishy!
[The scene cuts to front of high school. The final bell rings and students come dashing out. Max walks out with a smile on his face and a vacant look]
Cool concert, lad!
Stacey [comes by and pushes the girl away]
Forget it, girl. He's Roxanne's.
Way to go, man! I just heard about you and Roxanne! You stud!
See? See? I told you our plan would work! [chanting] Max! Max!
C Cheerleaders
Max! Max! Max!
[More and more students join in the chant until the entire student body is chanting "Max! Max!" Max is pleasantly shocked. He dances his way home, grabs a skateboard with his arm pads and legs helmet] [lip synching]
All I need is half a chance, a second thought, a second glance will prove I got whatever it takes. It's a piece of cake. To stand out above the crowd. Even if I gotta shout out loud. 'Til mine is the only face you'll see. Gonna stand out. Stand out, hey. Stand out. (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Stand Out. 'Til mine is the only face you'll see. Gonna stand out so you notice me. [kicks the gate of his home open and walks through] Going somewhere, Pop?
Cool. Well, have a good time, Dad. If you're gonna be gone more than a month, drop me a line.
[puts the stuff in his car]
But Max, this isn't just my vacation. It's a vacation with me and my best buddy!
No, silly. With you! [Max gets shocked, drops his skateboard, and faints] Are you OK, Maxie?
Wha..What did you say? [gets up]
I'm going on vacation with you, Maxie. [hugs Max]
[annoyed]
I think I'm gonna be sick.
Hey! Got a present for ya!
[as Goofy puts a life vest on him]
Dad! Stop! I can't do it!
[pulls a cord and the vest inflates]
You look just like I did at your age!
[gets worried]
Please don't say that, Dad.
Wait! I saved the best for last! [laughs] It's been handed down from Goof to Goof to Goof! And now, it's yours, son.
[reveals a fishing pole]
No, silly. A fishing pole!
[shocked and annoyed]
Fishing? We're going fishing?
Yup, just like my dad and me did! Two best buddies fishing on Lake Destiny, away from it all!
[stubbornly tells Goofy off]
I don't wanna be away from it all, Dad! I like it all!
[shows Max a map]
Hey, look, Maxie! We're using the same map me and my dad used. We'll take the same route and make the same stops and see the same sights...
[shocked]
But that trip would take weeks, Dad!
Exactly! Getting there's half the fun!
[angrily pushes the map away]
Put the map away, Dad. It's not gonna happen, I'm telling you, it's not...
[puts the map back on the car]
Careful, son! You'll wrinkle my past and our future! What the map says, Max, we will follow!
That's very mystical and everything, Dad, but, uh... seriously, there's this party I have to go to...
Oh, there'll be plenty of time for parties when you're older, Maxie. Why, when I was your age, I'd never even been invited to a party and look at me now! [holds his hat]
[opens car door]
Hop in, Maxie!
[angrily closes the car door]
No.
[thinks for a second, then starts to feel very sad]
All right, then. Guess I'll just have to go all alone. That's all. Just sit in the boat all alone and talk to myself all alone.
[frustratedly opens the car door]
Aw, come on, hop in!
[angrily shuts it]
No, Dad.
[frustratedly opens it]
Just hop right in there!
[frustrated]
Come on, Maxie! Go for it! [calmly] We're ready for take off! [goes around to his door and gets in] Set for adventure, Maxie?
[frustrated]
Why are you doing this to me, Dad?
'Cause, I don't want ya to end up in the electric chair!
The electric chair? What are you...
I'm not giving up on ya, son. Together, we're gonna work this out.
Work this out? But, Dad...
[holds his hand to stop Max from speaking]
No buts about it, Maxie Boy! Your ol' pop knows best. [starts the car and back out] Goodbye, house. Goodbye, mailbox! [accidentally runs over his fence while turning into the street] Goodbye, pile of broken wood.
Goodbye, hopes. Goodbye, dreams. Goodbye, Roxanne. Roxanne! Dad, I gotta stop somewhere first. I have to talk to someone!
Well... [Max grabs the steering wheel and the car swerves down a side street. After knocking over a few things, the car stops in front of Roxanne's house and gets out of the car] Now make it quick, Maxie boy. We gotta put some road behind us.
[walks up to the front door]
You get to cancel your first date in less than an hour. [rings the doorbell] Must be some kind of lame-o record. [The door opens to reveal a rather mean looking person who growls at Max. It's Roxanne's father] Hi! Is Roxanne home? Uh, my name is Max. Does Roxanne live here? Does she even live on this block?
Wait! It's OK, Daddy. Max is a friend from school. Go on. Go on. Good Daddy. Hey, Max. You wanna have a seat?
[Roxanne's father lovingly pats Roxanne and growls at Max again. Max mumbles something. Roxanne's father peeks through the mail slot]
Daddy! [Roxanne's father eventually goes away and lets Roxanne have her private time with Max] I promise he'll be better behaved when you pick me up for the party.
Yeah, that's, uh, sorta why I came by.
I'm really looking forward to it, Max.
Well, you see my dad’s on this stupid father/son kick, and...
Oh, don't worry about it, Max. It's just a dumb party.
No, it's not! Roxanne, I really wanted to go with you. I...
No, Max, I understand. Really, it's OK, these things happen...
My dad surprised me, I don't even wanna go, but I have no choice.
I'm sure I can find someone else.
I'll just talk to you later.
[thinking quickly]
Um, uh, Roxanne, my dad’s taking me to the Powerline concert in Los Angeles!
Your dad’s taking you clear across the country just to see a concert?
Uh... well - you see, my dad knows Powerline! They used to play together in a band! Yeah!
Come on, son! Let's get this show on the road!
Just a minute, you party animal, you.
[Goofy grins]
You're really serious!
Absolutely. So you aren't still thinking of going with someone else, are you?
Because, I was hoping I could, uh, wave to you on-stage when we join Powerline for the final number.
Well - I wouldn't miss our date for anything that wasn't incredible, Roxanne.
[kisses Max on the cheek]
Have a great time at the concert, Max. I'll see you on TV!
[The map sails toward the camera and showing Los Angeles. The scene cuts to the Powerline concert. Cars are being directed in. A couple of people are tossing instrument cases into a loading dock. A drum case opens and Max gets out] [whispers]
Dad? [he opens a base fiddle base and Goofy falls out.]
We made it! Come on, Max! Let's get you on stage!
Uh, maybe this isn't such a good idea.
[A couple of spandex dressed dancers pass by Max. Max looks at them admiringly]
Uh, then again... [he notices that his dad is nowhere to be seren] Dad? Dad!
P Powerline
[The scene cuts to the stage. Powerline is starting his final number] [singing]
I got myself a notion and one I know that you'll understand. We set the world in motion by reaching out for each other's hand.
[under the stage trying to find Goofy.]
Dad? [looks up and sees Powerline from the back]
P Powerline
[singing]
Maybe we'll discover what we should have known all along.
SG Security Guard
[Max has a flash light shine in his face]
What are you doing here? Hey!
P Powerline
[Max runs from the guard] [singing]
One way or another, together's where we both belong.
[is backstage going through a hall of dressing rooms]
Max? Max?
P Powerline
[Goofy opens one of the rooms and accidentally discovers Wendell's wife, who is trying to get dressed. She screams in alarm. Goofy looks extremely embarrassed. She hits Goofy and sends him tumbling backward into a rather large and imposing piece of equipment with a door in the side. The door closes with Goofy inside and then starts buzzing] [singing]
If we listen to each other's heart, we'll find we're never too far apart and maybe love is the reason why, for the first time ever, we're seeing it I 2 I.
[Through the TV screen, we go to Stacey's party. Everyone is gathered around the TV hoping for a chance to see Max on TV]
That Goof kid ain't there!
Stacey [Roxanne looks worried] [to Roxanne]
Don't worry, he'll be there.
[The scene cuts back to Los Angeles, Max is running from the Security Guard and climbs onto a row of lights which rises. The Guard is right behind him. Goofy is now in a large globe, just like Powerline made his entrance in for the final number which begins to rise through a trap door in the stage]
Excuse me, but uh... [ends up accidentally center stage with Powerline. He squints into the audience] Max?
[Just as with Powerline, Goofy's globe is bathed with electrical charges. Goofy gets the shock of his life and the globe explodes, throwing Goofy at Powerline's feet. Powerline stops and stares at Goofy. Max, from the rafters, sees his dad, is first embarrassed, then gets an idea and shouts down to his dad]
Hey, Dad! Dad! Do the Perfect Cast!
P Powerline
[Goofy does it and it looks like some kind of dance. Powerline gets interested and joins Goofy right at the "I'm a little teapot" part] [singing]
If you're ever lonely, stop. You don't have to be. After all it's only a beat away from you to me.
P Powerline
[The Guard crawls across the scaffolding to Max. Max leaps over him to the other side. The guy-wire breaks and Max grabs it. The guard grabs Max's feet and they both go sailing. The guard ends up smashing into a large TV display, and Max ends up center stage with Powerline. Max gets up and starts doing the Perfect Cast] [singing]
If we listen to each other's heart, we'll find we're never too far apart.
[The scene cuts back to Stacey's party]
Yeah! Max is on the tu-ube! That's Max! I know him!
P Powerline
[Roxanne gets a big grin on her face] [singing]
And maybe love is the reason why for the first time ever, we're seeing it I 2 I.
[The scene cuts to Pete's RV. PJ is scrubbing the floor in front of the TV and sees Max]
He did it!
[Pete comes up behind PJ, sees Max and Goofy and spits the beer he was drinking on the screen. He stares at the TV with his jaw dropped. The scene cuts back to Stacey's party. Stacey and Roxanne are trying to do the Perfect Cast. Bobby comes by and sprays them with cheese. Bobby bumps into someone and drops the can. Bobby and Stacey reach the can at the same time and their hands touch. They look at each other and smile. The concert finishes with a bang]
