I had watched “A Goofy Movie” on Disney+ over the weekend and decided to do some studies based on the opening sequence. Max’s dream-turned-nightmare at the beginning of “A Goofy Movie” is an homage to transformation scenes in werewolf movies. The scene starts off with Max finding his crush, Roxanne, sitting on a tall column amongst fields of wheat wearing a flowing, white dress. She leaps from the column into Max’s arms. As Roxanne is leaning towards Max to kiss him, she backs away in shock at the sight his huge teeth. The atmosphere changes from peaceful skies and wheat fields to forests of thorns and ominous overcast skies. She starts to back away in fear as Max continues transforming into his father, Goofy. Roxanne screams in terror as Max, unable to speak, lets out a Goofy laugh like his father’s in which a flash of lightning and a thunder clap adds to the intensity of the nightmare. Then, Max wakes up in a cold sweat from his nightmare.