Changes: Goose McKenzie

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Bradley Samuel McKenzie, more commonly known as Goose, is a character in the movie Grease 2. He's a member of the 1961 era T-Birds, and his girlfriend is Rhonda Ritter.

He's the T-Bird's second-in-command. A couple inches taller than Johnny Nogerelli, fairly well built, lanky, and a totally mischievous wise-ass. However, he had a habit of parroting Johnny's every word or command, so he was a follower, but a pretty cool one. He wore more conventional `cool' clothes; Blue jeans, a gray shirt, and a black cloth and leather jacket with gray lining, with the T-Birds logo stitched on the back.

He and Johnny were generally less receptive of Michael Carrington, a `nerd' in comparison to the cool crowd. In the Bowl-A-Rama, after Stephanie Zinone's unexpected lip-slam (kiss) on Michael, when Michael politely asked if it was too late to join the game, Goose snapped "You want somethin'?!" in a less-than-friendly tone.

However, after Steph reamed Michael (Cool Rider (Song)), Louis DiMucci enlisted Michael's help with his homework, paying him, setting him on the course to becoming who would later be known as Lone Rider. Goose soon enlisted Michael's help with his classwork, meeting with Michael under the south end of the west bleachers. He paid Michael off for one essay, then asked Michael if he could handle a couple history assignments as well, including his William The Conqueror essay.

As for the T-Birds' participation of the June Moon Talent Show, Goose's reasons for performing were simple: he wanted the 10 Roy Orbison albums offered in the 100 LP record grand prize.

After the T-Birds won the Boy's division of the talent show, he was disappointed to know that the half of the 100 LPs they received were the classical artists (like Ti-ckok-ski and Choppin' and the Greatest Hits of Bee-Thoven).

Although Johnny's loyal follower, after Lone Rider wiped out the Cycle Lords and revealed himself as Michael, first Davey Jaworski then Louis came to Michael's defense, and Goose stepped up, "You know, Lou's got a point about Davey's point, Johnny...", accepting that Michael was T-Bird material.

He is portrayed by Christopher MacDonald.

Notes

The William Rotsler Grease 2 novelization has Goose portrayed as - in the film - parroting his superior, but Rotsler makes Goose come off as macabre and nasty at the climax of the Dead Man's Curve - joking about going down the trench to view the (Lone Rider)'s remains.

Disney Connection

In the Disney movie Lemonade Mouth, Christopher MacDonald played Mr. Brenigan, the principal of the main cast's high school. At the end of the film, he realized the kids were good musicians and backed off of his dislike of their music. He confessed that he was once a rebellious teen. A Grease 2 reference.

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-|alias= Goose, Mr. Goose
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-|race= Human
+|affiliation=Student at Rydell High
-|gender= male
+|occupation=Member of ''The T-Birds''
-|age= 17/18
+}}
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-|occupation= Student at Rydell High
-|status= Active
-|relatives= Girlfriend: [[Rhonda Ritter]]}}
-'''Bradley Samuel "Goose" McKenzie''' is a character in the movie ''Grease 2''. He's a member of the 1961 era T-Birds, and his girlfriend is [[Rhonda Ritter]].
+'''Bradley Samuel McKenzie''', more commonly known as '''Goose''', is a character in the movie ''Grease 2''. He's a member of the 1961 era T-Birds, and his girlfriend is [[Rhonda Ritter]].
-He's the T-Bird's second-in-command. A couple inches taller than [[Johnny Nogerelli]], fairly well built, lanky, and a totally mischievous wise-ass. However, he had a habit of parroting Johnny's every word or command, so he was a follower, but a pretty cool one. He wore more conventional `cool' clothes; Blue jeans, a gray shirt, and instead of leather, a black cloth jacket with gray lining, with the [[T-Birds]] emblem / logo stitched on the back. And he has lived up to his nickname - In [[Ms.Yvette Mason]]'s class, he `Goosed' the tush of [[Olivia Jones]].
+He's the T-Bird's second-in-command. A couple inches taller than [[Johnny Nogerelli]], fairly well built, lanky, and a totally mischievous wise-ass. However, he had a habit of parroting Johnny's every word or command, so he was a follower, but a pretty cool one. He wore more conventional `cool' clothes; Blue jeans, a gray shirt, and a black cloth and leather jacket with gray lining, with the [[T-Birds]] logo stitched on the back.
-He and Johnny were generally less receptive of [[Michael Carrington]], a `nerd' in comparison to the cool crowd. In the [[Bowl-A-Rama]], after [[Stephanie Zinone]]'s unexpected lip-slam (kiss) on Michael, when Michael politely asked of it was too late to joint the game, Goose snapped ''"You want somethin'?!"'' in a less-than-friendly tone.
+He and Johnny were generally less receptive of [[Michael Carrington]], a `nerd' in comparison to the cool crowd. In the [[Bowl-A-Rama]], after [[Stephanie Zinone]]'s unexpected lip-slam (kiss) on Michael, when Michael politely asked if it was too late to join the game, Goose snapped "You want somethin'?!" in a less-than-friendly tone.
-However - after Steph reamed Michael ([[Cool Rider (Song)]]) - [[Louis DiMucci]] enlisted Michael's help with his homework, paying him, setting him on the course to becoming who would later be known as [[Lone Rider]]. Goose soon enlisted Michael's help with his classwork, including his "William The Conqueror" essay.
+However, after Steph reamed Michael ([[Cool Rider (Song)]]), [[Louis DiMucci]] enlisted Michael's help with his homework, paying him, setting him on the course to becoming who would later be known as [[Lone Rider]]. Goose soon enlisted Michael's help with his classwork, meeting with Michael under the south end of the west bleachers. He paid Michael off for one essay, then asked Michael if he could handle a couple history assignments as well, including his William The Conqueror essay.
-As for the T-Birds' participation of the [[June Moon Talent Show]], Goose's reasons for performing were simple - he wanted the 10 [[Roy Orbison]] albums offered in the 100 LP record grand prize.
+As for the T-Birds' participation of the [[June Moon Talent Show]], Goose's reasons for performing were simple: he wanted the 10 [[Roy Orbison]] albums offered in the 100 LP record grand prize.
+After the T-Birds won the Boy's division of the talent show, he was disappointed to know that the half of the 100 LPs they received were the ''classical'' artists (like Ti-ckok-ski and Choppin' and the Greatest Hits of Bee-Thoven).
-Later, when Lone Rider was twice seen with Steph, Goose was as ornery as Johnny.
+Although Johnny's loyal follower, after [[Lone Rider]] wiped out the [[Cycle Lords]] and revealed himself as Michael, first [[Davey Jaworski]] then Louis came to Michael's defense, and Goose stepped up, "You know, Lou's got a point about Davey's point, Johnny...", accepting that Michael was T-Bird material.
-Davey: That's the dude who popped Balmudo!!
-Goose: Look who he's ''`Poppin''' now!
-The night of the [[Talent Show|June Moon Talent Show]], they saw Lone Rider with Steph again, and Goose exclaimed angrilly, "'''JOHNNY?!''' ''IT'S THAT GUY!!"''
-After the T-Birds won the Boy's division of the talent show, he was disappointed to know that the half of the 100 LPs they received were the ''classical'' artists (like Ti-ckok-ski and Choppin' and the Greatest Hits of Bee-Thoven).
-Although Johnny's loyal follower, after [[Lone Rider]] wiped out the [[Cycle Lords]] - again - and revealed himself as Michael, first [[Davey Jaworski]] then Louis came to Michael's defense, and Goose stepped up, "You know, Lou's got a point about Davey's point, Johnny...", accepting that Michael was T-Bird material.
 He is portrayed by Christopher MacDonald.
+==Notes==
-Note: The William Rotsler Grease 2 novelization has Goose portrayed as - in the film - parroting his superior, but Rotsler makes Goose come off as macabre and ''nasty'' at the climax of the Dead Man's Curve - joking about going down the trench to view the ([[Lone Rider]])'s remains.
+* The William Rotsler Grease 2 novelization has Goose portrayed as - in the film - parroting his superior, but Rotsler makes Goose come off as macabre and ''nasty'' at the climax of the Dead Man's Curve - joking about going down the trench to view the ([[Lone Rider]])'s remains.
-       Of possible futures (apocryphal information - made up):
-Goose couldn't successfully strike up a deal with Rhonda to part with her Roy Orbisons (she owed him for the "You ''beak'' will still be turnin' ''down''" remark on the first day of their senior year). So Goose took to listening to the classical records - ''really'' listening.
-The music opened up parts of his mind that he never had before.
+==Disney Connection==
-With his newfound intelligence and wisdom, he breezed through college - he still had a sense of humor, though, you can't erase that. Years down the line, his and Rhonda's sons and daughters were raised under their tutelage, as well as coolness pointers from Johnny and Paulette, and Michael, and his wife Steph, and their kids. They later attended Rydell, then select colleges.
+In the Disney movie ''Lemonade Mouth'', Christopher MacDonald played Mr. Brenigan, the principal of the main cast's high school. At the end of the film, he realized the kids were good musicians and backed off of his dislike of their music. He confessed that he was once a rebellious teen. A Grease 2 reference.
+[[File:Lemonade Mouth Brenigan, Grease 2 `Goose'|thumb|right|335 px|Christopher MacDonald in Lemonade Mouth, Grease 2 reference]]
-The McKenzie-Ritter line continued well into the 24th century, when Goose's great-great-great-great-grandson Max McKenzie fathered Steph McKenzie, who married into the Castillo family, and had a son, Richard Castillo, who was a spitting image of Grease 2's Bradley Samuel "Goose" McKenzie. Richard Castillo served on the ill-fated USS Enterprise NCC-1701-C, when it was lost at Narendra III, defending a Klingon outpost from the Romulans.
 [[Category:Characters]]
 [[Category:T-Birds]]
 [[Category:Students]]
+[[Category:Male characters]]