Probably one of the most mature scenes in an E-rated game

Goofy dies.

Or so we think.

This scene is one of those scenes in the entire Kingdom Hearts series that actually moved me to tears. Not only because it was an all-emotional moment, but... Goofy is my Limit Command partner !!

Well, I tell you, I was relieved to find out that Goofy was only knocked unconscious.

Here's a thought though : Goofy and Sora are of the same height. Mickey might have been knocked by that rock. But it hit Goofy on the head, not in the chest : if Goofy hadn't been there, Mickey could've evaded it by say, a few centimetres ? After all, Mickey is the most agile of the four (by four, I mean Sora, Donald, Goofy and Mickey), and he is a Keyblade master himself, with more experience than Sora, I'd say.

Maybe Square Enix and Disney wanted to emphasise the fact that Goofy gets hit on the head practically all the time. I daresay that "killing" Goofy off for those few instants was a bit too dramatic. Unnecessarily dramatic. I mean, it did shock us for a moment there, but the drama should've been saved for the part where Ansem the Wise died after his own machine blew up on him.

Meanwhile, I'm trying to search for this clip in French, and I wonder if I'll ever find it. I think I might.