It's amazing that, for a character that's been utilized as much and even predates Disney's studio, Pete is somehow underrated as far as those characters go. He did get some of the harder to find Goof Troop merchandise, and then absolutely no marketing presence until Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Kingdom Hearts. Even today, most Pete based merch is KH based. He's truly a fascinating character and it's just strange that he's used so much, yet somehow just doesn't seem to carry a presence like the main 5 characters.
Disney has a line of merchandise specifically of villains. Actually, sometimes you can find Pete in there, but usually it's just the big names like Cruella, Maleficent, and Captain Hook. Then again, there are loads of Mickey and CO Disney characters that rarely get featured as merchandise if at all. I'm just happy with the Ducktales reboot, we've seen Scrooge McDuck a lot more recently, even in his older form. Lego Scrooge? You already know that's the first one I bought.
I'd also say that for the longest time until Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, you'd have been hard pressed to find merchandising with Mickey and Co stateside. Much as I'm not a fan of that show or the edutainment model it followed, it did see a massive resurgence of Mickey and Co merch all around, including Pete. But no doubt Japan would have more Pete stuff. They apparently have (or had) pop up boutiques that sell merchandise based on Snoopy's relatives. I barely ever saw any Spike merchandise over here, and they have stuff with Olaf on it. Olaf, Snoopy's brother who barely appeared in anything.
Gotta admit, as twisted as Pete could get in Goof Troop, there was no denial that he had some love for his family. The facial expressions and sobs he gives when he sees what he believes to be a vision of his kids becoming crooks and gunned down by the cops are honestly a little heart wrenching.
Too bad, no one wanted to use that as a headliner for the Disney Company. Although there was that one time in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse where they made an allusion to Pete’s origin as a different species: ua-cam.com/video/_s0O5Qw-6y8/v-deo.html
Pete's portrayal in the 3DS game Disney Magical World really caught me off-guard. I assume they decided to tone him down due to the fact that the game was family friendly and little kids would likely play it as well, but Pete was a straight up friend to Mickey and the protagonist, rather than a villain.
It’s probably the same way he’s portrayed in the “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” edutainment series. Speaking of which, I think this would be considered an in-joke: ua-cam.com/video/_s0O5Qw-6y8/v-deo.html
3:18 The 'moustache-twirling villain' archetype actually goes all the way back to the Melodrama plays of the 19th century, many of the tropes and story beats of which influenced aspects of early silent cinema (the Perils of Pauline would be a famous example).
A lot of people don’t, I only knew from a few years ago around when Mickey turned 90, there was a youtuber who went over the design evolution of all of the Mickey Mouse characters
Fun note: because of his association with Oswald, Pete is technically also a universal character, since he was a part of the Oswald univers, and was used in the new Oswald cartoons
ngl, I like how Pete in the preschool show is more like a fat pet cat that screams "PAY ATTENTION TO ME!" before swatting something off the fireplace mantel instead of malicious for no reason.
The italian comics gave Pete a bunch of relatives aside from Trudy. First came his cousin Plottigat, a mad scientist who often conceived complicated schemes. Then even came two identical nephews, Pierino and Pieretto.
I love Pete and The MAD Doctor! Your channel is truly fantastic! I also love hearing about Disney theme park and movie secrets lore! I’m very glad to join your subscribers!
Well this looks like an interesting video series. You really went through those older Disney villains thoroughly 😁👍. I’m excited to see you tackle the TV Disney villains in this series, since I watched more Disney shows than movies when I was a child. But I guess I should wait for that 😅, since there are a good amount of the big baddies in the movies. Nice educational video still 😁👍.
Cat Nip honestly sounds like the villain persona name taken on by a younger character who's suffered a series of tragic heartbreaking losses and was eventually bullied so much by those around him that he became of a super edgy masquerade mercenary who frequently battles the other iconic Disney characters. But ultimately ended up being pushed to the dark side by the main cast unintentionally or carelessly treating him badly only for him to come back to haunt them as an actual threat working under a main villain. But who eventually sees himself and his own pain within those he's hurt and realizes he's become the very Monsterous person he despised. And then he ends up defying the main villains, teams up with the main cast in defeating them, and then goes on to atoning for his misdeeds by saving people in the most badass and edgy ways possible while occasionally running into the same heros from before and teaming up with them on different adventures. And his real name and reason for being bullied so much is probably something real personally awkward he still doesn't like talking about to anyone else except the main cast. Like Katelyn Izabelle Prescott or something because his parents were expecting a girl or something that deals with his tragic backstory or something. Just an idea.😅
I always thought Pete was a Bulldog. Julius sure does look like Felix. When they had Honey & Bosco guest star on Tiny Toons, they made Bosco look like Oswald instead.
@@christopherwall2121 I hope it’s not gonna get me in trouble, but given the circumstances of redesigning Honey and Bosco, wouldn’t it make more sense if Bosco was seen as a Monkey? They could’ve retconned his design to include a monkey tail.
In the Wonderful World of Mickey, Pete was jealous that Mortimer Rat was bullying Mickey, and Pete says that this is HIS job. And even thinks that Mickey hates Mortimer more then him.
from what im aware, petes costume never actually walked around but was just used in a car in the early parades, because his costume didn't properly represent his size in the cartoons compared to everyone else, and only just now got an official walk around costume.
Wait...Pete had a girlfriend before "Goof Troop"? Well, no wonder why Peg didn't take PJ with her, he was mothered by someone else. On the bright side, at least PJ ended up with that awesome Beret Girl. Come to think of it, we had never seen her interactions with Pete which is a shame. I would've loved to see Beret Girl stand up for PJ whenever Pete's being a jerk to him.
As much as I want to not have Extremely Goofy Movie be canon for reasons on how they botched the Goofy/Max subplot (making it feel like that ending from the first movie never happened), I will admit, PJ’s subplot in the sequel was the only thing I liked… that and Brad Garrett was in it. Edit: I take it back, Turning Red is terrible, and it makes me have a new found appreciation for “Extremely Goofy Movie”, because at least Max didn’t twerk his butt in front of his dad’s face in rebellion! On a different note, I did bring up that PJ (short for Pete Jr, BTW) was around since Bellboy Donald, but he behaved differently back then, being more like his father. Maybe PJ has changed his attitude after getting on Donald’s bad side. The thought of Trudy being PJ’s birth mother doesn’t sound like a bad idea, though.
@@Ender10zCyanOcto95 Maybe Pete and Trudy’s divorce was more understanding than Peg’s who must’ve found out about Pete’s dark past and ran away from him, while taking Pistol with her, and that Pistol would probably be given a different name in the future.
Both the X's and that Professor actually has made a few appearances afterwards. One of them had the X's use pal tones and relaxing gas to make everyone nice, all as part of a sinister plan to take over the world. In the end they got a taste of their own medicine and became nice themselves, revaling how to reverse the effects. In another the trio actually were inacting a take over the world scheme at the same time as the Phantom Blot had a similar plan, which lead to Mickey initally thinking they were working together, and also allowing Mickey to effect the computers of both villains with each other's virus, foiling both of them at the same time.
Did anyone notice how in his first appearance, the Mad Doctor is briefly seen clad in a black cloak that looks near-identical to the Phantom Blot's iconic costume?
happy 100th anniversary disney!!! :3 like how pete's dynamic with mickey mouse is like mario with bowser(funny bowser's a better parent to jr. than pete is to pj/while a blessing to him pete didn't go with him would've been really funny if from goofy's hijink's he somehow got pete to go with him too.). ,prince and the pauper/three musketeers is probably him at his most threatening though loved him in kingdom hearts & would love to see his family appear in it alongside max/roxanne. also loved the mad doctor in epic mickey(compared to the short felt like if "dr. wily/eggman was in a disney game.)/franken ollie should've gotten another appearance though his death was rather grisly(wouldn't be surprised if that alone was enough to get it banned alongside mickey basically turning into a precursor of the werehog for sonic.).
I freaking love Pete so much. For me, Goof Troop is where he really shines. You get to see every side of him, his crookedness, his evilness, his manliness, as well as his stupidity, his loving side, his silliness, and the way he works off of Goofy and Peg is just a blast to watch. Even despite all the awful stuff he does there you can’t help but love him. I really really love Peg too, she’s such a well written character. She is the PERFECT way to give Pete a wife in the way that she’s the only person who’s strong enough to put up with and stand up to him, and the way that she’s the only person who can truly frighten him. Man I wish Disney would use her more… the more Goof Troop I watch the more I’m disappointed she didn’t appear in the movie. (By the way, it was confirmed Peg didn’t divorce him by the creators, she just never showed up) I really love the point you made about him being a perfect rival to Mickey in the way that he’s so flexible and can be put into any situation. I never thought of it like that and it gives me an even bigger appreciation for him.
Bro. These videos are incredible and very interesting but I cannot believe you didn't mention three musketeers for Pete! That was the most defining thing he's been in, least for me as a y2k baby. He even had a badass song!! 🤣 Great video though
I used to think the Goof Troop series was a prequel because I saw the movie first. So I believed Peg and Pistol weren't in the movie because they hadn't been created yet.
Fun fact, the three comic doctors have appeared recently in a IDW Disney Comics and Stories, 3X renamed as Professor Z while X and 2X are now Doctors H and K.
I personally see Pete as a sort of Disney version of Wario. He's big, brutish, antagonistic, versatile, greedy, funny, and all around just plain mean, but he's more of a goofy cartoonish bad guy, as opposed to the serious, murders-your-whole-family type of bad guy. He wears overalls (Most of the time), has a thriving career as a video game villain, played an oft forgotten role in comics, and is the original basis for the goofy antagonist stereotype. They're also both my favorite characters of their respective franchises, but that's just bias.
Wow, I had a few VHS tapes as a kid that had old cartoons on them (never truly realized how old until now) and it had the Mad Doctor short on it amongst a ton of others. Lot of Popeye on there. Edit: Holy crap I always had a memory of Mickey getting his brain put in Pete's body and now I know what the hell that was from!
I also find it a little ironic that in the manga-adpt. of 'Kingdom Hearts', Pete is portrayed as asomewhat sympathetic flunky who clearly has a crush on Maleficent. (Seriously, he almost confesses a few times.) He even rescues her from her castle when it is collapsing, and it's implied that he's reluctant, but going along with the plan out of fear and respect. =)
You mentioned that talk that Peg divorced Pete. Honestly I would love to see a continuation where Pete wants to put his family back together and *attempts* to be a better man.
7:30 - 7:55 I wish that someone could make top 10 saddest characters in Disney. Nuka being one of them. Heck. I wish some video with saddest characters would exist.
Ah yes, Pete was the reason why I used to be scared of the police when I was a kid. Bear with me. It was from the 1936 Mickey Mouse cartoon "Moving Day" where Pete was a sheriff. Pete didn't even have gun holstered in that cartoon and he still came across as intimidating, personifying police brutality in the 1930's. Billy Bletcher's delivery on lines like "Open the door!" and him laughing after having struck a match under Donald Duck's bill drove that home. Thankfully I learned that it was something of a caricature from the 1930's.
7:37 That more serious take idea was going to be emphasized by having Bill Farmer, Goofy's VA, do the lines in his natural voice instead of Goofy's. This was a decision by Katzenberg that the rest of the staff vetoed after recording a few sessions.
The comics in where Trudy appears is often very cute, Pete is still a thief, but he cares alot about Trudy and she for him too, she is also a thief but feom those comics I've read, it is not very often shown, but she always supports Pete.
But they had change Pete to a cat, because it wouldn't make sense for him to chase Mickey Mouse if he was still a bear, because "bears don't chase mice".
Kelsy Grammer also voiced Sideshow Bob from The Simpsons. he was the original sidekick of Krusty the Clown before framing him for robing the Kwiki Mart. it was Bart that got him in jail and now in every appearance, he plans to kill Bart for revenge.
I like your description of Pete when compared to Mickey Mouse; just like how Mickey can be placed in just about any situation, whether it be a normal Everyman or an action adventurer or hero, Pete can also be placed i just about any bad guy role, whether it be a minor thug, a scheming mastermind, or just a regular jerk. They truly are the best foils for each other, so it's only fitting that Pete would be Mickey's arch-enemy over the years.
This is a bit off-topic, but if you're still doing videos on mascots, Ronald McDonald, the California Raisins and Jollibee have some shows and movies you can look into. Especially Ronald who has more than the "Wacky Adventures".
I've had a Ronald/McDonald's episode on the backburner for a while, but it will probably take some time to gather all the clips and put together a proper episode.
@@ColinLooksBack Sweet!! But just so you know, somoe stuff has been found recently like "McDonaldland Loch", "The Adventure Machine", "McDonaldland Family Theatre" and "McKids Adventures".
@@ColinLooksBack 4:34: I remember in a Character Commentary for Mickey’s Three Musketeers, they gave us the reverse explanation. Pete said that during his role as the villain in that story, he required a funnel to make it work, which can hurt at times. Taking the commentary into context, I can’t help but feel he had to go through the process of inserting replacement peglegs whenever one of them gets chopped during filming; and he’d probably say “Oh no, a chopped-off pegleg? I don’t want to go through this again.”
4:42: Although, in a Character Commentary with Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Pete, for their version of the Three Musketeers, Pete claims both his feet are real, and it requires elbow grease and a funnel to fit a peg-leg into one of his legs.
it was rly interesting with the Treasure Island adaptation they did with Mickey in the european comics, because you had Pete as Long John Silver which made his relationship with Mickey(as Jim Hopkins, naturally) a bit more complicated in that comic
Later comics from cold war era Pete claimed that he was only pretending to be nazi and was actually a communist the whole time. Keeping up with times, this kitty-cat...
Very nice video, it is intresting to see the history involving the short films too, a lot of people seems to forget them. Those were cinema too at the time. Funny thing about the gorilla, I saw those cartoons in reverse order, the Gorilla Mystery being dead last when I could find it on youtube. Pete is a intresting character, so many versions and I have never really read any comic, those old ones seems quite intresting. I will enjoy this serie.
Disney Magic Kingdoms Fact: Pete serves as the very first boss we encounter in the game, for Act 1 which is focused on Mickey's Toontown, being California Screamin' the grand central ride of that, and yes, I shall mention his appearance, where he's dressed as he did in A Goofy Movie
Personally, I think Pete has a huge relation with all the Disney characters. With Mickey as an arch nemesis, with Donald in DuckTales, as a guy related to the beagle boys, and with goofy in his own little series being a family man and somewhat opposite rival to goofy and his family. Pete is just famous and every kind of way. And if the beagle boys are in the DuckTales series, does that mean Pete is somewhere in there leading them other than the leader of the beagle boys? Because if the beagle boys are Pete henchman, they gotta have Pete somewhere. Right?
In the 2013 Mickey Mouse series Pete got jealous over Mortimer being Mickey's enemy and it's treat like a break up , like how Gumball git jealous when Rob choice Banana Joe to be his arch enemy
It'll never not be weird to me that Pete is older than both Mickey AND Oswald.
Externally, yes; historically, yes.
It's amazing that, for a character that's been utilized as much and even predates Disney's studio, Pete is somehow underrated as far as those characters go. He did get some of the harder to find Goof Troop merchandise, and then absolutely no marketing presence until Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Kingdom Hearts. Even today, most Pete based merch is KH based. He's truly a fascinating character and it's just strange that he's used so much, yet somehow just doesn't seem to carry a presence like the main 5 characters.
I guess because Mickey is firnedly and Pete is mean.
Disney has a line of merchandise specifically of villains. Actually, sometimes you can find Pete in there, but usually it's just the big names like Cruella, Maleficent, and Captain Hook. Then again, there are loads of Mickey and CO Disney characters that rarely get featured as merchandise if at all. I'm just happy with the Ducktales reboot, we've seen Scrooge McDuck a lot more recently, even in his older form. Lego Scrooge? You already know that's the first one I bought.
Domestically, yes. Outside of the US, more specifically in Japan, Pete's on tons of stuff!
I'd also say that for the longest time until Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, you'd have been hard pressed to find merchandising with Mickey and Co stateside. Much as I'm not a fan of that show or the edutainment model it followed, it did see a massive resurgence of Mickey and Co merch all around, including Pete. But no doubt Japan would have more Pete stuff. They apparently have (or had) pop up boutiques that sell merchandise based on Snoopy's relatives. I barely ever saw any Spike merchandise over here, and they have stuff with Olaf on it. Olaf, Snoopy's brother who barely appeared in anything.
That's probably why he ended up in the Wasteland from Epic Mickey
Gotta admit, as twisted as Pete could get in Goof Troop, there was no denial that he had some love for his family. The facial expressions and sobs he gives when he sees what he believes to be a vision of his kids becoming crooks and gunned down by the cops are honestly a little heart wrenching.
Who thinks that it was more than a pun when Pete's wife was named "Peg"?
And his daughter Pistol after his early cowboy appearances ... the penny just dropped for me too
Wow…I never thought of any of that til now…😮
I thought you were referencing just the leg but soon realized there might be more lol
Coincidence? I think not
Same with the daughter being named Pistol. Clever, really.
With the Disney villains, you could say it all started with a bear that was later turned into a cat.
Too bad, no one wanted to use that as a headliner for the Disney Company. Although there was that one time in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse where they made an allusion to Pete’s origin as a different species: ua-cam.com/video/_s0O5Qw-6y8/v-deo.html
Pete's portrayal in the 3DS game Disney Magical World really caught me off-guard. I assume they decided to tone him down due to the fact that the game was family friendly and little kids would likely play it as well, but Pete was a straight up friend to Mickey and the protagonist, rather than a villain.
It’s probably the same way he’s portrayed in the “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” edutainment series. Speaking of which, I think this would be considered an in-joke: ua-cam.com/video/_s0O5Qw-6y8/v-deo.html
Who else had no idea there was so much to Pete? The fact he predates both Mickey and Oswald is crazy.
3:18 The 'moustache-twirling villain' archetype actually goes all the way back to the Melodrama plays of the 19th century, many of the tropes and story beats of which influenced aspects of early silent cinema (the Perils of Pauline would be a famous example).
Jim Cummings is a voice legend
Jim cummings is Alive
Thank you for starting with the alice comidies!!! they are not talked about enough!!!
They're all over the Walt Disney biography.
They're *old* .
i honestly had no idea pete technically existed before steamboat willie
Yep
Yeah
Your not alone. I thought that cat with the girl was Flixe!
A lot of people don’t, I only knew from a few years ago around when Mickey turned 90, there was a youtuber who went over the design evolution of all of the Mickey Mouse characters
I did
Fun note: because of his association with Oswald, Pete is technically also a universal character, since he was a part of the Oswald univers, and was used in the new Oswald cartoons
ngl, I like how Pete in the preschool show is more like a fat pet cat that screams "PAY ATTENTION TO ME!" before swatting something off the fireplace mantel instead of malicious for no reason.
The italian comics gave Pete a bunch of relatives aside from Trudy.
First came his cousin Plottigat, a mad scientist who often conceived complicated schemes.
Then even came two identical nephews, Pierino and Pieretto.
Those even canon?
@@Ender10zCyanOcto95 Not really... But they make very interesting plot lines with Mickey, Snow White, Donald, etc
Fun fact: In the spanish dub for "Donald and the Gorilla" Ajax was named "Beppito" (Little Beppo).
So, the Spanish Dub renamed Ajax after an earlier character; cute.
@robbiewalker2831 Arguably an earlier version of the same character, or similar enough.
I love Pete and The MAD Doctor! Your channel is truly fantastic! I also love hearing about Disney theme park and movie secrets lore! I’m very glad to join your subscribers!
Thank you for also remembering/knowing about the comics. I never even get my hopes up that they're remembered anymore, so thank you for doing that!
Well this looks like an interesting video series. You really went through those older Disney villains thoroughly 😁👍. I’m excited to see you tackle the TV Disney villains in this series, since I watched more Disney shows than movies when I was a child. But I guess I should wait for that 😅, since there are a good amount of the big baddies in the movies.
Nice educational video still 😁👍.
Cat Nip honestly sounds like the villain persona name taken on by a younger character who's suffered a series of tragic heartbreaking losses and was eventually bullied so much by those around him that he became of a super edgy masquerade mercenary who frequently battles the other iconic Disney characters. But ultimately ended up being pushed to the dark side by the main cast unintentionally or carelessly treating him badly only for him to come back to haunt them as an actual threat working under a main villain. But who eventually sees himself and his own pain within those he's hurt and realizes he's become the very Monsterous person he despised. And then he ends up defying the main villains, teams up with the main cast in defeating them, and then goes on to atoning for his misdeeds by saving people in the most badass and edgy ways possible while occasionally running into the same heros from before and teaming up with them on different adventures. And his real name and reason for being bullied so much is probably something real personally awkward he still doesn't like talking about to anyone else except the main cast. Like Katelyn Izabelle Prescott or something because his parents were expecting a girl or something that deals with his tragic backstory or something.
Just an idea.😅
I'm glad pete is finally coming to the parks
I always thought Pete was a Bulldog.
Julius sure does look like Felix.
When they had Honey & Bosco guest star on Tiny Toons, they made Bosco look like Oswald instead.
Pete is not a bulldog. bulldogs don't chase mice.
it wouldn't make sense if he chased Mickey as a bulldog.
Because Bosko just wouldn't fly these days.
@@christopherwall2121 I hope it’s not gonna get me in trouble, but given the circumstances of redesigning Honey and Bosco, wouldn’t it make more sense if Bosco was seen as a Monkey? They could’ve retconned his design to include a monkey tail.
I always thought he was a bulldog too
@@lisanettles2731 to be fair, there are certain breeds of dogs that can kill rodents. Jack Russells are often used to get rid of rats
In the Wonderful World of Mickey, Pete was jealous that Mortimer Rat was bullying Mickey, and Pete says that this is HIS job. And even thinks that Mickey hates Mortimer more then him.
In the comics, Pete also has a cousin called Portis who is a genius scientist often working with Pete.
I am going to love this series! I love the Disney villains! Thank you!
4:44 I like how very happy Pete looks about his prostetic leg, straight up jolly
Good to see he isn't saddened by his disability, I guess???
That you have music from The Magical Quest in the background brought so much nostalgic joy to my soul. I love that game!
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from what im aware, petes costume never actually walked around but was just used in a car in the early parades, because his costume didn't properly represent his size in the cartoons compared to everyone else, and only just now got an official walk around costume.
"You can't fool me! I was a fool way before you were born!"
Dang they just like me frfr
Wait...Pete had a girlfriend before "Goof Troop"? Well, no wonder why Peg didn't take PJ with her, he was mothered by someone else. On the bright side, at least PJ ended up with that awesome Beret Girl. Come to think of it, we had never seen her interactions with Pete which is a shame. I would've loved to see Beret Girl stand up for PJ whenever Pete's being a jerk to him.
As much as I want to not have Extremely Goofy Movie be canon for reasons on how they botched the Goofy/Max subplot (making it feel like that ending from the first movie never happened), I will admit, PJ’s subplot in the sequel was the only thing I liked… that and Brad Garrett was in it.
Edit: I take it back, Turning Red is terrible, and it makes me have a new found appreciation for “Extremely Goofy Movie”, because at least Max didn’t twerk his butt in front of his dad’s face in rebellion!
On a different note, I did bring up that PJ (short for Pete Jr, BTW) was around since Bellboy Donald, but he behaved differently back then, being more like his father. Maybe PJ has changed his attitude after getting on Donald’s bad side. The thought of Trudy being PJ’s birth mother doesn’t sound like a bad idea, though.
I feel like Pete married Trudy and then had pj aka Pete Jr and they divorced and married peg
@@Ender10zCyanOcto95 Maybe Pete and Trudy’s divorce was more understanding than Peg’s who must’ve found out about Pete’s dark past and ran away from him, while taking Pistol with her, and that Pistol would probably be given a different name in the future.
9:05 "Rowdy Rumble," excellent choice of song, you sly duck.
Poor PJ.
Kid needs therapy, and a hug
Both the X's and that Professor actually has made a few appearances afterwards. One of them had the X's use pal tones and relaxing gas to make everyone nice, all as part of a sinister plan to take over the world. In the end they got a taste of their own medicine and became nice themselves, revaling how to reverse the effects. In another the trio actually were inacting a take over the world scheme at the same time as the Phantom Blot had a similar plan, which lead to Mickey initally thinking they were working together, and also allowing Mickey to effect the computers of both villains with each other's virus, foiling both of them at the same time.
I can't wait to see the next episode! This was great
Did anyone notice how in his first appearance, the Mad Doctor is briefly seen clad in a black cloak that looks near-identical to the Phantom Blot's iconic costume?
Honestly it's crazy that Pete might actually be more well known fot Kindom Hearts than anything else at this point.
Your research skills are astounding!
Mickey Mouse's "Mechanical Man" looked something like the Tin Man in "The Wizard Of Oz."
I always thought that was the tin wood man when I was little.
If he crossbred with the FEROCITY of Little Mac and the Creative Genius of Wile E Coyote
Showing my age here, but the footage of Pete reminds me of the "Nasty Boys" segment of the "Totally Minnie" special
Totally Minnie probably deserves its own episode, LOL, there's a lot to unpack with that special.
Thanks. You just made me feel old as well.
So glad to see Pete finally in the parks
Pete’s Disneyland costume just debuted! But obviously having him looking more “friendly”
Awesome video. Very well researched. Thanks for sharing!
*CLASSIC FANS REJOICE, PETE IS FINALLY HERE AT THE PARKS!*
Great video!
Pete truly is your classic villan!
Even when I watched Good Troop as a kid, I questioned why Peg was still married to Pete! LOL!
happy 100th anniversary disney!!! :3
like how pete's dynamic with mickey mouse is like mario with bowser(funny bowser's a better parent to jr. than pete is to pj/while a blessing to him pete didn't go with him would've been really funny if from goofy's hijink's he somehow got pete to go with him too.).
,prince and the pauper/three musketeers is probably him at his most threatening though loved him in kingdom hearts & would love to see his family appear in it alongside max/roxanne.
also loved the mad doctor in epic mickey(compared to the short felt like if "dr. wily/eggman was in a disney game.)/franken ollie should've gotten another appearance though his death was rather grisly(wouldn't be surprised if that alone was enough to get it banned alongside mickey basically turning into a precursor of the werehog for sonic.).
I freaking love Pete so much. For me, Goof Troop is where he really shines. You get to see every side of him, his crookedness, his evilness, his manliness, as well as his stupidity, his loving side, his silliness, and the way he works off of Goofy and Peg is just a blast to watch. Even despite all the awful stuff he does there you can’t help but love him.
I really really love Peg too, she’s such a well written character. She is the PERFECT way to give Pete a wife in the way that she’s the only person who’s strong enough to put up with and stand up to him, and the way that she’s the only person who can truly frighten him. Man I wish Disney would use her more… the more Goof Troop I watch the more I’m disappointed she didn’t appear in the movie. (By the way, it was confirmed Peg didn’t divorce him by the creators, she just never showed up)
I really love the point you made about him being a perfect rival to Mickey in the way that he’s so flexible and can be put into any situation. I never thought of it like that and it gives me an even bigger appreciation for him.
Donald was definitely a badass back then not afraid to thrash Pete around
Major props for the _DKC3_ music during Beppo's segment 👍
I love how Beppo does an impression of King Kong in that short.
This is a great idea for a retrospective. I cannot wait for you to talk about Jafar, Hook and Maleficent.
I recognized Pete's theme from Magical Tetris Challenge
Good choice of music
Bro. These videos are incredible and very interesting but I cannot believe you didn't mention three musketeers for Pete! That was the most defining thing he's been in, least for me as a y2k baby. He even had a badass song!! 🤣 Great video though
Episode on THE BEAGLE BOYS would be awsome :)
I can not wait for you to cover the king of disney villians : Scar
I used to think the Goof Troop series was a prequel because I saw the movie first. So I believed Peg and Pistol weren't in the movie because they hadn't been created yet.
Fun fact, the three comic doctors have appeared recently in a IDW Disney Comics and Stories, 3X renamed as Professor Z while X and 2X are now Doctors H and K.
I personally see Pete as a sort of Disney version of Wario. He's big, brutish, antagonistic, versatile, greedy, funny, and all around just plain mean, but he's more of a goofy cartoonish bad guy, as opposed to the serious, murders-your-whole-family type of bad guy. He wears overalls (Most of the time), has a thriving career as a video game villain, played an oft forgotten role in comics, and is the original basis for the goofy antagonist stereotype. They're also both my favorite characters of their respective franchises, but that's just bias.
Wow, I had a few VHS tapes as a kid that had old cartoons on them (never truly realized how old until now) and it had the Mad Doctor short on it amongst a ton of others.
Lot of Popeye on there.
Edit: Holy crap I always had a memory of Mickey getting his brain put in Pete's body and now I know what the hell that was from!
1:20 Peg Leg Pete
11:18 Cat Nipp
12:47 Beppo
14:29 The Mad Doctor
16:55 Frankenollie and Julius
I also find it a little ironic that in the manga-adpt. of 'Kingdom Hearts', Pete is portrayed as asomewhat sympathetic flunky who clearly has a crush on Maleficent. (Seriously, he almost confesses a few times.) He even rescues her from her castle when it is collapsing, and it's implied that he's reluctant, but going along with the plan out of fear and respect. =)
After this video, 10 Classic Looney Tunes Evolutions.
Wow. Thank you! This was very cool to watch.
The fact that pete is the first Disney villain and he never dies like other Disney Villains.....(they should take notes)
All these years, and I never knew Pete was supposed to be a cat.
So technically, “it all started with a bear”
that later became a cat
You mentioned that talk that Peg divorced Pete. Honestly I would love to see a continuation where Pete wants to put his family back together and *attempts* to be a better man.
7:30 - 7:55 I wish that someone could make top 10 saddest characters in Disney. Nuka being one of them. Heck. I wish some video with saddest characters would exist.
Now i wondering why there there isn't a Mickey Mouse short, where Pete is stealling a jigsaw puzzle piece. XD
I wish Epic Mickey 3 wasn’t canceled😭
I hope one of your exceptions will be some Disney afternoon villains like Negaduck, Don Karange, and Magica De Spell.
Ah yes, Pete was the reason why I used to be scared of the police when I was a kid. Bear with me. It was from the 1936 Mickey Mouse cartoon "Moving Day" where Pete was a sheriff. Pete didn't even have gun holstered in that cartoon and he still came across as intimidating, personifying police brutality in the 1930's. Billy Bletcher's delivery on lines like "Open the door!" and him laughing after having struck a match under Donald Duck's bill drove that home. Thankfully I learned that it was something of a caricature from the 1930's.
cant believe you just up and admitted you find peg attractive like that
You forgot Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas and House of Villains Pete being the only Mickey Mouse villain who appears in all of these movies
7:37 That more serious take idea was going to be emphasized by having Bill Farmer, Goofy's VA, do the lines in his natural voice instead of Goofy's. This was a decision by Katzenberg that the rest of the staff vetoed after recording a few sessions.
The comics in where Trudy appears is often very cute, Pete is still a thief, but he cares alot about Trudy and she for him too, she is also a thief but feom those comics I've read, it is not very often shown, but she always supports Pete.
Honestly I think he better as bear because it’s go with his personality more.
But they had change Pete to a cat, because it wouldn't make sense for him to chase Mickey Mouse if he was still a bear, because "bears don't chase mice".
but I have to admit, I like him both as a bear and a cat.
Lisa Nettles Doesn’t make logical sense that we have a normal dog and talking dog.
@@ilovecats3795 you mean Pluto and Goofy?
Plus how many evil bears are there ? The only ones that don't act like wild animals Lotso and Vincin
Kelsy Grammer also voiced Sideshow Bob from The Simpsons. he was the original sidekick of Krusty the Clown before framing him for robing the Kwiki Mart. it was Bart that got him in jail and now in every appearance, he plans to kill Bart for revenge.
My guess for Pete not appearing in the parks was because he wasn’t as popular as the others.
I like your description of Pete when compared to Mickey Mouse; just like how Mickey can be placed in just about any situation, whether it be a normal Everyman or an action adventurer or hero, Pete can also be placed i just about any bad guy role, whether it be a minor thug, a scheming mastermind, or just a regular jerk. They truly are the best foils for each other, so it's only fitting that Pete would be Mickey's arch-enemy over the years.
This is a bit off-topic, but if you're still doing videos on mascots, Ronald McDonald, the California Raisins and Jollibee have some shows and movies you can look into. Especially Ronald who has more than the "Wacky Adventures".
I've had a Ronald/McDonald's episode on the backburner for a while, but it will probably take some time to gather all the clips and put together a proper episode.
@@ColinLooksBack Sweet!! But just so you know, somoe stuff has been found recently like "McDonaldland Loch", "The Adventure Machine", "McDonaldland Family Theatre" and "McKids Adventures".
I literally never knew a first thing about Catnip, so why shouldn't he be in Wastelands?
When you get to the other villains soon, would you briefly compare them to what the villains were like in the novels or stories they came from?
That's the plan! :)
@@ColinLooksBack Thank you.
@@ColinLooksBack 4:34: I remember in a Character Commentary for Mickey’s Three Musketeers, they gave us the reverse explanation. Pete said that during his role as the villain in that story, he required a funnel to make it work, which can hurt at times. Taking the commentary into context, I can’t help but feel he had to go through the process of inserting replacement peglegs whenever one of them gets chopped during filming; and he’d probably say “Oh no, a chopped-off pegleg? I don’t want to go through this again.”
I like the idea that Pete is Mickey Mouse bad guy.
4:42: Although, in a Character Commentary with Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Pete, for their version of the Three Musketeers, Pete claims both his feet are real, and it requires elbow grease and a funnel to fit a peg-leg into one of his legs.
it was rly interesting with the Treasure Island adaptation they did with Mickey in the european comics, because you had Pete as Long John Silver which made his relationship with Mickey(as Jim Hopkins, naturally) a bit more complicated in that comic
Man it's surprising to me that I haven't been subscribed to this channel despite watching and rewatching alot of it's content.
I just now find out that Pete was a cat this whole time.
EYYY a fellow DCP alumni
Nazi spy pete has to be my favorite factoid in this video
Later comics from cold war era Pete claimed that he was only pretending to be nazi and was actually a communist the whole time. Keeping up with times, this kitty-cat...
Very nice video, it is intresting to see the history involving the short films too, a lot of people seems to forget them. Those were cinema too at the time. Funny thing about the gorilla, I saw those cartoons in reverse order, the Gorilla Mystery being dead last when I could find it on youtube. Pete is a intresting character, so many versions and I have never really read any comic, those old ones seems quite intresting. I will enjoy this serie.
Disney Magic Kingdoms Fact: Pete serves as the very first boss we encounter in the game, for Act 1 which is focused on Mickey's Toontown, being California Screamin' the grand central ride of that, and yes, I shall mention his appearance, where he's dressed as he did in A Goofy Movie
Personally, I think Pete has a huge relation with all the Disney characters. With Mickey as an arch nemesis, with Donald in DuckTales, as a guy related to the beagle boys, and with goofy in his own little series being a family man and somewhat opposite rival to goofy and his family. Pete is just famous and every kind of way. And if the beagle boys are in the DuckTales series, does that mean Pete is somewhere in there leading them other than the leader of the beagle boys? Because if the beagle boys are Pete henchman, they gotta have Pete somewhere. Right?
11:19 wait a sec, is the music used here “Voldemort” by John Williams from the Harry Potter Children’s Suite?
Pete's can easily play the role of John Wayne Gacy in a cartoon version, they are similar!
Thanks .
12:36 huh i own that one
I just now realized the music was the fight theme from KH2 and BBS
Most entertaining video ever 👌keep up the good work 👍
Csnt wait for the next video.
In the 2013 Mickey Mouse series Pete got jealous over Mortimer being Mickey's enemy and it's treat like a break up , like how Gumball git jealous when Rob choice Banana Joe to be his arch enemy
A PegLeg Pete retrospective