FAV Goofy-as-father moment (AGM and beyond)

There are many dumb fathers in animation. Peter Griffin, Son Goku, Homer Simpson. The man-children with children who are not the sharpest minds nor mature in behavior. One can argue that Homer and Peter are funnier, and Son Goku is the most powerful, but Goofy stands above them all as being undoubtedly the most parental of them all. Whereas the other examples could be selfish jerks (and not in the parental way) or neglectful in their duties for some self-interest, with Goofy, it is clear that Max is his No. 1. His boy is the center of his world, and for all his tendency for mishaps, accidents, or goof-ups, Goofy never failed in raising Max.

So, in honor of Father's Day, I ask if you can choose your favorite moment that shows Goofy as a good father to Max. Your choice can come from anything during the Max Era, be it GOOF TROOP, the two movies, the two Christmas specials, and HOUSE OF MOUSE. It would be easy to choose a hug scene (personally, GT "Date With Destiny" and AGM), but let's look for a more subtle example of Goofy being the loving parent.

GOOF TROOP'S "Meanwhile Back at the Ramp" I remember seeing this on the Disney Channel in '92 BEFORE the series premiered on Fox. Either this episode, or "Max-imum Insecurity" was my introduction to Max. Considering M,BatR is about Max's problems about being like his father, it can be said I've been familiar with Max's Goof Issues from the beginning.

Anyhoo, after Max is hurt by Pete's angry tirade of being a carbon copy of his old man, the boy has dinner with his dad. Goofy wonders what's the problem.

Max: “Well, say somebody said you always goof things up, what would you do?”
Goofy: “Well, I usually do goof things up.”
Max: “But say you were related to someone like that?”
Goofy: “It won’t bother me.”
Max: “But if it did bother you?”
Goofy has an inkling that Max wants to say something. Max explodes. “Pete! He says that I’m a Goof and I’m just like you!”

And Goofy reacts with a stunned "Oh..." One would have expected Goofy to react with a "I have no idea what you're talking about" and then make a goof-up. Instead, Goofy quickly comes to the realization that although being a Goof has never been a problem for himself, it can be an awful burden to his son. Goofy's next reaction could have been a heart-broken departure or an angry "I'm insulted!" response. Instead, Goofy enthusiastically declares that he can solve that problem by doing something to make boy proud of him. It is really a beautifully honest moment between father and son. Max isn't afraid to admit his problems to his dad, and Goofy is understanding to his son's problems without coming to the wrong conclusion. It's a sharp contrast to their relationship in AGM, where adolescence makes a teenage child finds admitting his love life to his parents too embarrassing and the parent finds raising a teenager too bewildering (& too scared of the possible consequences) for father and son to perhaps be honest with each other. If the situation in AGM happened much earlier in GT, then Max would have admitted his love life, and Goofy would have admitted his reasons for the road trip from the very start.