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{{short description|Disney cartoon character, antagonist of Mickey Mouse}}
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{{Infobox character
| name = Pete
| franchise = ''[[Alice Comedies]]'' / ''[[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit filmography|Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]]'' / ''[[Mickey Mouse universe|Mickey Mouse & Friends]]''
| image = Pete Duckipedia.png
| caption = 
| first = ''[[Alice Solves the Puzzle]]'' (February 15, 1925)<ref name="dtrivia" /><ref name="Perilous Pete">{{cite web|url= http://www.insidethemagic.net/2017/04/disney-villain-digest-always-perilous-pete/|title= Disney Villain Digest: The always-perilous Pete|access-date=2017-11-12|work= InsideTheMagic.com|first=Michael|last =Gavin|date= 5 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="Comedy for Animators">{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=TMb4CgAAQBAJ&q=Peg+Leg+Pete+Universal&pg=PA76|title= Comedy for Animators|publisher= CRC Press|author= Lyons, Jonathan|year= 2015|pages= 212 (pg. 76)|isbn= 9781317679554}}</ref>
| last = 
| creator = {{ubli|[[Walt Disney]]<ref name="dtrivia" />|[[Ub Iwerks]]<ref name="dtrivia" />}}
| designer = {{ubl|Walt Disney|Ub Iwerks|[[Norm Ferguson (animator)|Norm Ferguson]]<ref name="Perilous Pete" />}}
| voice = {{ubli|[[Billy Bletcher]]<ref name="Perilous Pete" /> (1934{{efn|Bletcher stated in an interview that he was first hired by the Disney studio to voice the Big Bad Wolf for ''The Three Little Pigs'' (1933).<ref>{{cite web|title=Funnyworld Revisited: Billy Bletcher|url=http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Funnyworld/Bletcher/Bletcher.htm|access-date=2019-03-04|publisher=Michael Barrier.com}}</ref> The earliest cartoon where Pete is clearly voiced by Bletcher is ''Shanghaied'' (1934).}}–1960)|[[Will Ryan]] (1983–1992, 2013)|[[Arthur Burghardt]]<ref name="Perilous Pete" /> (''[[The Prince and the Pauper (1990 film)|The Prince and the Pauper]]''; 1990, video games; 2001–2003)|[[Jim Cummings]]<ref name="Perilous Pete" /> (1992–present)}}
| full_name = Peter Pete Sr.<ref name="Perilous Pete" />
| nickname = Bad Pete, Big Pete, Big Bad Pete, Black Pete, Bootleg Pete, Dirty Pete, Mighty Pete, Pee Wee Pete, Peg Leg Pete, Petey, Pistol Pete, Sneaky Pete, Piston Pete
| alias = Captain Blackheart, Louie the Leg, Pierre the Trapper, Peg-Leg Pedro, Percy P. Percival, [[Symphony Hour|Sylvester Macaroni]], Terrible Tom, Tiny Tom, Tom Cat
| species = Anthropomorphic cat<ref name="dtrivia">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nEGaj75GhXcC&q=disney+pegleg+pete+cat&pg=PT74 | title=Disney Trivia from the Vault: Secrets Revealed and Questions Answered: Secrets Revealed and Questions Answered | publisher=Disney Electronic Content | author=Smith, Dave | year=2012 | pages=272 | isbn=9781423178576}}</ref><ref name="Comedy for Animators" /><ref name="danim">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pw3WAAAAMAAJ&q=disney+pegleg+pete+cat | title=Walt Disney, the Art of Animation: The Story of the Disney Studio Contribution to a New Art | publisher=Simon and Schuster | last=Smith |first=Bob | year=1958 | location=the University of Michigan | pages=181 (p47)}}</ref>
| gender = Male
| spouse = [[Goof Troop#Main cast|Peg]] (''[[Goof Troop]]'')
| children = {{ubli|Peter "P.J." Pete Jr. (son, ''[[Bellboy Donald]]'', ''Goof Troop'', ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'' and ''[[An Extremely Goofy Movie]]'')|Pistol Pete (daughter, ''Goof Troop'')}}
| significant_other = {{ubli|[[Mickey Mouse universe#Trudy Van Tubb|Trudy Van Tubb]] (Italian comics)|Chirpy Bird (1980s comics)}}
| relatives = {{ubli|Maw Pete (mother)|Li'l Pete (brother)|Zeke (twin brother)|Petula (sister)|Mabel (aunt)|Portis (cousin)|Zeke (cousin)|Jimbo (nephew)|Pierino and Pieretto (nephews)}}
| noinfo = yes
}}
'''Pete''' (also named '''Peg Leg Pete''',{{efn|Sometimes also spelled as "Peg-Leg Pete" or "Pegleg Pete".}} '''Bad Pete''' and '''Black Pete''',<ref name="PeteD23">{{cite web |url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/pete/ |title=Pete - D23 |website=d23.com |date=September 6, 2015}}</ref> among other names) is a cartoon character created by [[Walt Disney]] and [[Ub Iwerks]] of [[The Walt Disney Company]]. Pete is traditionally depicted as the villainous [[Archenemy|arch-nemesis]] of [[Mickey Mouse]], and was made notorious for his repeated attempts to kidnap [[Minnie Mouse]]. Pete is the oldest continuing Disney character, having debuted in the cartoon ''[[Alice Solves the Puzzle]]'' in [[1925]].<ref name=Gersteinv2 /> He originally bore the appearance of an anthropomorphic [[bear]], but with the advent of Mickey in 1928, he was defined as a [[cat]].<ref name="dtrivia" /><ref name="Comedy for Animators" /><ref name="danim" />

Pete appeared in 67 animated short films between 1925 and 1954, having been featured in the ''[[Alice Comedies]]'' and ''[[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]]'' cartoons, and later in the ''[[Mickey Mouse (film series)|Mickey Mouse]]'', ''[[Donald Duck (film series)|Donald Duck]]'', and ''[[Goofy (film series)|Goofy]]'' cartoons.<ref name="PeteD23"/> During [[World War II]], he played the long-suffering sergeant trying to make a soldier out of Donald Duck in a series of animated shorts.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Chronological Donald Volume 2 DVD Review |url=https://www.dvdizzy.com/donaldvol2.html |website=DVD Dizzy |access-date=February 13, 2021}}</ref>

Pete's final appearance during this era was ''[[The Lone Chipmunks]]'' (1954), which was the final installment of a three-part ''[[Chip 'n' Dale]]'' series. He also appeared in the featurettes ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' (1983) and ''[[The Prince and the Pauper (1990 film)|The Prince and the Pauper]]'' (1990), the feature films ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'' (1995), ''[[An Extremely Goofy Movie]]'' (2000), ''[[Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas]]'' (1999), and ''[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers]]'' (2004), and the short film ''[[Get a Horse!]]'' (2013).

Pete has also made many appearances in [[Disney comics]]. He appeared as [[Sylvester Shyster]]'s dimwitted sidekick in the early [[Mickey Mouse (comic strip)|''Mickey Mouse'' comic strips]] before evolving into the main antagonist. In the [[Disney comics#Italy|Italian comics]] production he has been given a girlfriend, [[Mickey Mouse universe#Trudy Van Tubb|Trudy]], and has come to be the central character in some stories. Pete later made several appearances in television, most extensively in ''[[Goof Troop]]'' (1992–1993) where he was given a different continuity, having a family and a regular job as a used car salesman and being a friend (albeit a poor one) to Goofy. He reprises this incarnation in 1999's ''[[Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas]].'' Pete also appears in ''[[House of Mouse]]'' (2001–2003) as the greedy property owner who is always trying to exploit devious ways and loopholes to get the club shut down.

Although Pete is often typecast as a [[villain]], he has shown great versatility within the role, playing everything from a hardened criminal (''The Dognapper'', ''The Lone Chipmunks'' and most of his depictions in comics) to a legitimate authority figure (''[[Moving Day (1936 film)|Moving Day]]'', ''[[Donald Gets Drafted]]'', ''[[Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip]]''), and from a menacing trouble maker (''[[Building a Building]]'', ''[[Trombone Trouble]]'') to a victim of mischief himself (''[[Timber (1941 film)|Timber]]'', ''[[The Vanishing Private]]''). On some occasions, Pete has even played a sympathetic character, all the while maintaining his underlying menacing nature (''[[Symphony Hour]]'', ''[[How to Be a Detective]]''). In the animated TV series ''[[Mickey Mouse Clubhouse]]'', which is aimed at preschoolers, he is largely a friendly character, although his antics can occasionally prove an annoyance.

==Theatrical cartoons==
===''Alice Comedies''===
[[File:Alice Solves the Puzzle scene.jpg|thumb|left|Pete's first appearance in ''[[Alice Solves the Puzzle]]'']]
Pete first appeared in the [[Walt Disney]]-produced 1920s ''[[Alice Comedies]]'' short subject series.

He first appeared in ''[[Alice Solves the Puzzle]]'' (February 15, 1925) as Bootleg Pete.<ref name=Gersteinv2>{{cite book |last1=Gerstein |first1=David |title=Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse |volume=2: Trapped on Treasure Island |date=2011 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |location=Seattle, Washington |isbn=9781606994955|page=248}}</ref> His nickname was a reference to his career of [[rum-running|bootlegging]] alcoholic beverages during [[Prohibition in the United States]] (1920-1933). In the cartoon, Pete's activities bring him to a beach in time to see Alice working on a [[crossword puzzle]]. Pete happens to be a collector of crossword puzzles, and identifies Alice's puzzle being a rare one missing from his collection. The rest of the short focuses on his antagonizing Alice and her drunk-on-[[moonshine]] cat [[Julius the Cat|Julius]] in order to steal it.

The menacing, peg-legged [[bear]] villain commanded quite a presence on the screen and was destined to return. In various later ''Alice Comedies'', the character again battled and competed with Alice and Julius, often under the aliases Putrid Pete and Pegleg Pete.<ref name=Gersteinv2 />

===Oswald the Lucky Rabbit===
[[File:Peg Leg Pete.png|thumb|Peg Leg Pete in ''[[The Ocean Hop]]'']]
Disney needed a villain to place against his new star [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]], and Pete was introduced to his new adversary in the sixth Oswald short ''[[The Ocean Hop]]'' (September 8, 1927). Apparently inspired by [[Charles Lindbergh]], the two enter an aeroplane race across the Atlantic Ocean.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.disneyshorts.org/shorts.aspx?shortID=73|title=1927: The Ocean Hop|publisher=Disney Shorts|access-date=2012-05-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330020217/http://www.disneyshorts.org/shorts.aspx?shortID=73|archive-date=2012-03-30}}</ref> By the time producer [[Charles Mintz]] moved production of the Oswald series to his own studio, Pete had been established as the most consistently appearing supporting character to Oswald, and the character continued to appear in that role in the Oswald films directed and produced by [[Walter Lantz]] until 1937, making him essentially the only cartoon character at the time to frequently appear in shorts produced by two rival animation studios. His most notable non-Disney appearance was arguably as a captain in ''Permanent Wave'' (September 29, 1929).

===Mickey Mouse and friends===
[[File:Earlypete.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Pete as he appeared in ''Steamboat Willie'']]
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After leaving the Oswald series, Disney and his team created a cat villain for their new protagonist [[Mickey Mouse]]. Originally unnamed in the cartoons and called "Terrible Tom" in a January 1930 comic strip, the villain was called Pegleg Pete by April 1930, formalizing him as a new incarnation of the pre-Mickey bad guy.<ref>{{cite book|author=Bossert, David|year=2017|title=Oswald The Lucky Rabbit: The Search For The Disney Cartoons|publisher=Disney Books|page=62|isbn=978-1-4847-8037-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Gerstein |first1=David |last2=Kaufman |first2=J. B. |year=2018|title=Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History|publisher=Taschen|page=28|isbn=978-3836552844}}</ref> Animator [[Norm Ferguson (animator)|Norm Ferguson]], known for developing [[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]], also developed Pete's character in several shorts and he was made to resemble actor [[Wallace Beery]].<ref name="danim" /><ref>Steve Watts, ''The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life'', University of Missouri Press, pp. 33, 132</ref>

Pete appeared as Mickey's enemy beginning with the 1928 cartoons ''[[The Gallopin' Gaucho]]'' and ''[[Steamboat Willie]]''. While he was seen with two legs in those films, he first appeared with a peg-leg in 1930's ''[[The Cactus Kid (1930 film)|The Cactus Kid]]'' and would speak for the first time. He would first appear in color in ''[[Moving Day (1936 film)|Moving Day]]'' (1936), which would drop the peg-leg.<ref name=movies>{{cite book |last1=Grob |first1=Gijs |title=Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse |date=2018 |publisher=Theme Park Press |pages=40, 148|isbn=978-1683901235}}</ref> In the cartoons of the 1930s, Pete would be Mickey Mouse's nemesis, but would vary in professions, from an all-out outlaw (''Gallopin' Gaucho'', ''The Cactus Kid'', ''Two-Gun Mickey'') to a brutal law-enforcer (''Moving Day'', where Pete is a [[sheriff]] who serves Mickey and Donald Duck with an [[eviction]] notice).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rovin |first1=Jeff |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cartoon Animals |date=1991 |publisher=Prentice Hall Press |isbn=0-13-275561-0 |access-date=8 April 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc00rovi/page/202/mode/2up/ |pages=202–203}}</ref> On the other hand, in the 1942 cartoon ''[[Symphony Hour]]'', Pete is a sympathetic [[impresario]] who sponsors Mickey's orchestra in a concert, which goes terribly wrong but is a great success. As Mickey's popularity declined, Pete would serve as an antagonist for [[Donald Duck]] and to a lesser extent [[Goofy]] and [[Chip 'n' Dale]]. In the 1940s, Pete would play the role of Donald's drill sergeant in several war-themed shorts (eg. ''[[Donald Gets Drafted]]'', ''[[The Old Army Game]]'') 

==Comics==
In [[Disney comics]], Pete is consistently depicted as a hardened criminal, who often teams up with Mickey Mouse enemies [[Sylvester Shyster]], [[Eli Squinch]], or [[the Phantom Blot]].

In a promotional strip for the [[Mickey Mouse (comic strip)|''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip]] in early 1930, he was announced as "Terrible Tom – The Vile Villain", but this name was never used afterwards.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gottfredson |first1=Floyd |title=Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse |volume=1: Race to Death Valley |date=2011 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |location=Seattle, Washington |isbn=9781606994412 |page=20}}</ref> In the April 24, 1930 strip, Mickey refers to him as "Pegleg Pete", and the name sticks.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gottfredson |first1=Floyd |title=Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse |volume=1: Race to Death Valley |date=2011 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |location=Seattle, Washington |isbn=9781606994412 |page=28}}</ref> Pete first appeared in the [[Disney comics#Comic strips|''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip]] on April 21, 1930, in the story "Mickey Mouse in Death Valley".<ref name=DeathValley>{{cite book |last1=Gottfredson |first1=Floyd |title=[[Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse]] |volume=1: Race to Death Valley |date=2011 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |location=Seattle, Washington |isbn=9781606994412|pages=19–70}}</ref> This appearance is the first time since the ''Alice Comedies'' that Pete has a [[pegleg]].<ref name=whole-story>{{cite book |last1=Becattini |first1=Alberto |title=Disney Comics: The Whole Story |date=2016 |publisher=Theme Park Press |isbn=978-1683900177 |page=8}}</ref> [[Floyd Gottfredson]] occasionally committed goofs, with the pegleg switching from Pete's right leg to his left one. In the August 26, 1930 strip, Pete's peg swaps from right to left between one panel to the next. Pete's pegleg also appears on the left in the July 11 strip, and for the week of September 3 to 9.<ref name="DeathValley" /> In Gottfredson's story "The Mystery at Hidden River" (1941–42), the pegleg disappeared, with Pete having two normal legs: when Mickey expressed surprise at this, Pete described one of his legs as a new, "streamlined, modern" artificial leg.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gottfredson |first1=Floyd |title=Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse |volume=6: Lost in Lands of Long Ago |date=2014 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |location=Seattle, Washington |isbn=978-1606997826 |page=185}}</ref>

In 1944, Walt Disney decided to retire the character from the shorts; comics historian Alberto Becattini writes that this was "partly because he was concerned that it seemed to be a case of mocking the afflicted, partly because the animators could never remember which leg was the wooden one."<ref name=whole-story /> Pete also left the comic strip for a few years; his last appearance was in "The World of Tomorrow", which ran from July to September 1944.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gottfredson |first1=Floyd |title=Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse |volume=8: The Tomorrow Wars |date=2015 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |location=Seattle, Washington |isbn=978-1606998687}}</ref>

However, Pete continued to appear in the comic books – in 1945, he was the heavy in the Donald Duck comic "Frozen Gold" (''[[Disney comics#Four Color|Four Color]]'' #62, January 1945)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frozen Gold |url=https://inducks.org/story.php?c=W+OS+++62-02 |website=Inducks |access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref> and in Mickey's "The Riddle of the Red Hat" (''Four Color'' #79, August 1945).<ref>{{cite web |title=The Riddle of the Red Hat |url=https://inducks.org/story.php?c=W+OS+++79-01 |website=Inducks |access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref> He surfaced again in a number of "giveaway" comics in 1946 and 1947 – "Mickey's Christmas Trees" (''Donald and Mickey Merry Christmas'', 1946), "Donald and the Pirates" (Cheerios Premium #W1, 1947), "Mickey Mouse and the Haunted House" (Cheerios Premium #W4, 1947), "Mickey Mouse at the Rodeo" (Cheerios Premium #X4, 1947), "Mickey Mouse's Helicopter" (''Boys and Girls March of Comics Giveaway'' #8, 1947) – and came back to the comic books in "Mickey Mouse and the Submarine Pirates" (''Four Color'' #141, March 1947).

With Pete still appearing in comic books, Gottfredson brought him back to the comic strip in "Pegleg Pete Reforms" (March 1947).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gottfredson |first1=Floyd |title=Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse |volume=9: Rise of the Rhyming Man |date=2016 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |location=Seattle, Washington |isbn=978-1606999318}}</ref> His last appearance in the strip was in "The Isle of Moola-La" (April–October 1952).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gottfredson |first1=Floyd |title=Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse |volume=11: Mickey vs Mickey |date=2017 |publisher=Fantagraphics Books |location=Seattle, Washington |isbn=978-1683960188}}</ref> From then on, he made many more appearances in the comic books.

In ''Mickey Mouse in Death Valley'' and in several subsequent storylines, Pete was portrayed as Sylvester Shyster's henchman. From 1934, he gradually started to work on his own. Sometimes, Pete also teams up with other bad guys in the Disney universe, such as [[Scrooge McDuck]]'s enemies (the [[Beagle Boys]] and [[Magica De Spell]]), [[Mad Madam Mim]], [[Captain Hook (Disney)|Captain Hook]], and the [[Evil Queen (Disney)|Evil Queen]]. In various comics stories, his right-hand man is a skinny, bearded criminal named [[Mickey Mouse universe#Scuttle|Scuttle]]. In Italian comics, his girlfriend [[Mickey Mouse universe#Trudy Van Tubb|Trudy]] (Trudy Van Tubb) is his frequent partner-in-crime. His cousin the "[[mad scientist]]" [[Mickey Mouse universe#Portis|Portis]] is another, less frequent, accomplice.

In the 1943 comic strip story ''Mickey Mouse on a Secret Mission'', he was an agent of [[Nazi Germany]], working as the henchman of [[Gestapo]] spy Von Weasel. In the 1950 comic strip story ''The Moook Treasure'', he is even portrayed as the [[Lavrentiy Beria|Beria]]-like deputy chief of intelligence in a totalitarian state on the other side of the [[Iron Curtain]].

His name in Italy has remained "Pietro Gambadilegno" ("Pegleg Peter"), or simply "Gambadilegno" ("Pegleg") even though it has been a long time since he was actually depicted with a pegleg in either comics or animated cartoons. In an Italian story by [[Romano Scarpa]], "Topolino e la dimensione Delta" ("Mickey Mouse and the Delta Dimension", first published in 1959), Pete briefly removes his artificial leg, revealing his old foot-high pegleg underneath. Usually, Gambadilegno is depicted as the antagonist of [[Mickey Mouse universe#Chief O'Hara|Chief Seamus O'Hara]] ("commissario Adamo Basettoni") and [[Mickey Mouse universe#Detective Casey|Detective Casey]] ("ispettore Manetta") and is either a rival or a partner-in-crime of the [[Phantom Blot]] ("Macchia Nera").

Pete returned in the 2013 short ''[[Get a Horse!]]'', and was animated as having a peg left leg.

==World War II==
[[File:Black Pete USMM WWII mascot.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Black Pete: [[United States Merchant Marine|USMM]] [[World War II]] [[Mascot]].]]
During [[World War II]], Pete was "[[Conscription|drafted]]" by Walt Disney and appeared as the official mascot of the [[United States Merchant Marine]]. He appeared in Donald Duck's series of army films where he plays Donald's [[Drill instructor|Drill Sergeant]] and later [[Sergeant#United States|Sergeant]] and [[Jumpmaster]]. In the ''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip, he was a spy for [[Nazi Germany]] in the episode ''Mickey Mouse on a Secret Mission'' (1943), his motivation being the money.

==Ancestry and family==
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Comic book stories have depicted Pete as being descended from a long line of villains, highwaymen and outlaws. Even historical figures such as [[Attila the Hun]], [[Blackbeard]], [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]], [[Billy The Kid]], and [[Cao Cao]]  have been included among his ancestors. His mother is known only as Maw Pete and was mentioned in the story "[[Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold]]" by [[Carl Barks]] and [[Jack Hannah]] (first published October 1942) as a resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her only appearance was in "The River Pirates" (''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'' #336–338, published September–November 1968) by [[Carl Fallberg]] and [[Paul Murry]]. The same story introduced Li'l Pete, Black Pete's short fraternal [[twin]] [[brother]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The River Pirates |url=https://inducks.org/story.php?c=W+WDC+336-05P |website=Inducks |access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref> In December 1998, the ''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip introduced an older [[Sibling|sister]] of Pete. Petula is the television host of the cooking show ''Petula's Pantry''. She finds time, however, to seek revenge against Mickey for condemning her "baby [[Sibling|brother]]" to life imprisonment. Pete's twin brother, named Zeke appears in "Double Trouble", by [[Carl Fallberg]] and [[Paul Murry]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Double Trouble |url=https://inducks.org/story.php?c=W+MM+++49-03 |website=Inducks |access-date=4 November 2024}}</ref>

Better-known and more enduring as characters are two figures created by [[Romano Scarpa]] for [[Italy|Italian]] [[Disney comics]]. The first, [[Mickey Mouse universe#Trudy Van Tubb|Trudy Van Tubb]], was introduced in {{lang|it|Topolino e la collana Chirikawa}} (published in English as ''The [[Chirikawa]] Necklace'', first published on March 10, 1960). This female partner of Pete was presented as a childhood acquaintance of his: they are even shown as kids kidnapping Mickey when he was a baby.<ref>{{Inducks character|Trudy|Trudy Van Tubb}}</ref> However, Trudy soon became Pete's girlfriend, his partner-in-crime and roommate&mdash;whenever they hold residence out of prison, that is. Their relationship seems to have evolved to a long-standing common-law marriage. This is occasionally used in contrast to Mickey's eternal engagement to Minnie Mouse and Goofy's determination to remain a bachelor. Trudy and Pete also have two hellion nephews named Pierino and Pieretto who often serve as foils for Mickey or Mickey's nephews [[Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse|Morty and Ferdie]].<ref>{{Inducks character|Pierino+and+Pieretto|Pierino & Pieretto}}</ref>

The second character to be created by Scarpa is Pete's cousin, the criminal scientist [[Mickey Mouse universe#Portis|Portis]] (Plottigat in the original Italian version; English name first used in ''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'' 695, 2008). Portis first appeared in {{lang|it|Topolino e il Pippo-lupo}} (published in English as ''The Weregoof's Curse''; January 9, 1977).<ref>{{Inducks character|Plottigat|Portis}}</ref>

Ed Nofziger is responsible for a third recurring character, an alternative girlfriend of Pete named Chirpy Bird. She first appeared in {{lang|it|Topolino e i piccioni "poliziotti"}} (''Mickey Mouse and the Pigeon Police'', first published in December 1981) and starred as Pete's partner-in-crime in eight stories from 1981 to 1984.<ref>{{Inducks character|Chirpy%20Bird|Chirpy Bird}}</ref> In France, she and Trudy are presented as the same character, being both renamed Gertrude, despite Trudy being a cat and Chirpy being a canary.

In ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]'', Pete has another cousin named Zeke. Zeke is a criminal like Pete, but is wary of his cousin's attempts to double-cross him "Just like old Times". Mickey often uses this distrust to turn the two against one-another.

In ''[[Goof Troop]]'', Pete has a wife, Peg, and two children, PJ and Pistol. Alternatively, the [[comic book]] story "Mickey's Strange Mission" from ''Walt Disney's Comics & Stories'' #245 (1961, by Carl Fallberg and Paul Murry) suggests a cultured ancestry for Pete, giving his full name as the genteel '''Percy P. Percival'''.

In ''[[Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures]]'', Pete has a nephew named Jimbo, who is voiced by [[Fred Stoller]].

In the Italian comic story of 1998, {{lang|it|Topolino e il diario di zia Topolinda}} (''Mickey Mouse and Aunt Melinda's diary''), Pete's grandma appears, depicted as the only honest member of his family.

==Television==
===''DuckTales''===
In the first season of the 1987 TV series ''[[DuckTales (1987 TV series)|DuckTales]]'', Pete appeared in a few episodes. However, he was portrayed as a different character in each of his appearances. Because of this, he was not always a true villain, but sometimes just a selfish individual with no evil agenda. In a few episodes, he even makes peace with Scrooge's group in the end. The various Petes appear to be their own characters, as two of them lived in different time periods, and because Scrooge never "recognizes" him, despite any previous encounters he may have had with any of the other Petes. In all of his appearances Pete was voiced by [[Will Ryan]].
{| class="wikitable"
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!Episode
!Character
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|"Duck in the Iron Mask"
|Captain Pietro
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|"Time Teasers"
|Captain Blackheart
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|"Merit-Time Adventure"
|Dogface Pete
|-
|"Pearl of Wisdom"
|Sharkey
|}

===''Goof Troop''===
In the 1992 TV series ''[[Goof Troop]]'', Pete has a family who includes his wife Peg, their two children Pete Junior (or PJ for short) and Pistol, and their dog Chainsaw with Pete taking on a more canine-like appearance. They live next door to Goofy (who went to high school with Pete) and his son [[Max Goof|Max]]. In the series, Pete is often the victim of Goofy's clumsiness and mishaps, usually resulting in the destruction of his property or great personal injury. Pete owns a used-car dealership, and though no longer openly villainous, is still conniving (as well as abrasive, obnoxious, truculent and suspicious) and often exploits his good-hearted and somewhat addled friend Goofy. Often, his schemes backfire, or he feels guilty about his oafish behavior and works to set things right. His wife Peg often attempts to rid Pete of his uncouth attitude, and his son PJ is a complete opposite of his father in behavior, as he is good friends with Goofy's son Max in the series and its spin-off movies ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'' (1995) and ''[[An Extremely Goofy Movie]]'' (2000). [[Jim Cummings]] provided Pete's booming bass voice starting from that series, and to date is still the character's voice in all media. It is eventually revealed in the series' pilot episode "Forever Goof" that one of the reasons why Pete dislikes Goofy so much is that when Pete was a high school quarterback in a big football game, it was Goofy who accidentally caused Pete to fumble the ball and lose the game by hitting him in the face with a [[pom pom]] (Goofy was on the [[cheerleading]] squad).

===''Mickey Mouse Works'' and ''House of Mouse''===
After ''Goof Troop'', Pete reverted to his evil ways on ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]'', where he frequently bullied the other characters and occasionally kidnapped [[Minnie Mouse]]. He would also play an average criminal (i.e. a house [[burglar]]). Then in ''[[House of Mouse]]'', he plays the role of the evil landlord. Several episodes involved his attempts to close the club by sabotaging the show, though there were times when he helped out the crew.

===''Mickey Mouse Clubhouse''===
Pete appears in numerous episodes of ''[[Mickey Mouse Clubhouse]]''. He maintains his protagonist and semi-antagonist role, but is significantly toned down for its preschool audience—he is less malicious and more mischievous. Viewers will find that Mickey and gang are very forgiving of Pete and his escapades. He often appears as a seller of objects the gang needs, and will give them an item in exchange for [[bean]]s. He is much nicer than his previous incarnations—in one episode, he invites the group to a Halloween party; in "Pete's Beach Blanket Luau", he even invites everyone to the titular party.

While ''Clubhouse'' has a great deal of fun at Pete's expense (or "expanse", as he is the biggest and fattest character; they use his overalls for a sail in "Mickey and Minnie's Jungle Safari"), it also depicts him in a sympathetic light; he is openly sentimental in "Clarabelle's Clubhouse Carnival", not wanting to part with his "Petey doll" prizes. He even changes Baby Goofy's diaper (willingly) in "Goofy Baby".

The ''Carnival'' episode also gives us the closest approximation of Pete's weight; he is shown to be the same size and weight as [[Humphrey the Bear]].

In ''Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt'', he is the only character not invited to the Easter Egg Hunt (or so he thinks), so he tries to gatecrash, but messes up the secret word, causing the clubhouse to float away. At the end, he apologizes and is invited to the egg hunt after all. He is also revealed as the owner of [[Butch the Bulldog]], who is friends with Mickey's dog, [[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]].

===''Mickey and the Roadster Racers''===
Pete also appears in ''[[Mickey and the Roadster Racers]]'' as a recurring character, either competing against Mickey and friends in races or as a civilian in various locales. The series also features various alter egos/relatives of Pete:

*Piston Piedro in "Race for the Rigatoni Ribbon"
*El Toro Pete in "Running of the Roadsters?"
*Sir Lord Pete in "Ye Olde Royal Heist"
*Beefeater Pete in "Tea Time Trouble!"
*Captain Peterson in "The Happiest Helpers Cruise!"
*Peteroni Leone in "Lights, Camera, Help!"

===''Mickey Mouse'' & ''The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse''===
Pete appears in the 2013 ''[[Mickey Mouse (2013 TV series)|Mickey Mouse]]'' cartoon series, and its 2020 spin-off ''[[The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse]]''. In both shows, he is designed based on his appearances in the early Mickey Mouse cartoons, complete with a peg-leg. Like ''Mickey Mouse Works'' and ''House of Mouse'', he has reverted to his evil ways, and again his booming bass voice is provided by [[Jim Cummings]].

==Feature films and featurettes==
===''Mickey's Christmas Carol''===
In the 1983 short film ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'', an adaptation of [[Charles Dickens]]' novel ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' featuring Disney characters, Pete was cast as the [[Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come]], who reveals himself by removing his hood and lighting a cigar, which also lights up the engraving on Scrooge's grave, and having only one line ("Why ''yours'', [[Ebenezer Scrooge|Ebenezer]]. The richest man in the cemetery!", in response to Scrooge's question about whose grave it was) and laughing cruelly while Scrooge struggles to escape from his open grave as the gates of Hell are opening.

===''The Prince and the Pauper''===
In this [[The Prince and the Pauper (1990 film)|Disney version]] of [[Mark Twain]]'s ''[[The Prince and the Pauper]]'', Pete once again played as the primary villain, this time as the English king's captain of the guard. When he saw that his ruler's life was slowly diminishing, he and his henchmen, a band of anthropomorphic weasels (from ''[[The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad#The Wind in the Willows|The Wind in the Willows]]'') who now act as the king's guards, seized the opportunity to terrorize England's citizens and rob them of their goods in "favor" of the king. After kicking out a disguised Prince, whom he mistook for the peasant boy [[Mickey Mouse]], out of his kingdom, he later receives word from one of his guards that the Prince was seen a causing a commotion in the village, as the guard claimed that he "acted like a nobleman and he had the royal ring!" Pete suddenly realizes that it was indeed the Prince he "booted out" and seizes another opportunity out of this. That night, after the king passes away, Pete finds the "phony prince" (Mickey), threatening the life of his dog, Pluto, unless Mickey follows his commands. In the village, he soon finds and captures the real Prince and takes him to the castle's dungeon to lock him up. On the day of the Prince's coronation, Pete plots to get Mickey crowned as king, though Mickey is still subservient to Pete's orders. His plan, however, is thwarted when the Prince suddenly appears in the throne room, having busted out of the dungeon and evading the guards with the help of [[Goofy]] (Mickey's peasant friend) and [[Donald Duck]] (the Prince's valet). A sudden battle in the throne room (Mickey and the Prince vs. Pete; Goofy and Donald vs. the Weasel Guards) results in Pete's defeat, as Goofy's bumbling antics cause a chandelier to fall on the weasels, bundle them together, and send them rolling towards Pete. Pete, seeing this, tries to flee but is slowed down by his ripped-down pants (courtesy of the Prince's swashbuckling skills) and tripped by both the Prince and Mickey, causing him to get rolled over and caught on the chandelier, which sends him and his men rolling through a stained glass window and falling out of the castle.

===''A Goofy Movie'' and ''An Extremely Goofy Movie''===
Pete later appeared in ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'' and its [[An Extremely Goofy Movie|sequel]] where he was still snooty and somewhat cankerous at times; despite this, he is shown in a much lighter tone as these movies are based on ''[[Goof Troop]]''. He is Goofy's best friend and always confidant in the films.

===''Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas''===
In the 1999 direct-to-video film ''[[Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas]]'' Pete appears in the story "A Very Goofy Christmas" as Goofy's neighbor, being responsible for making [[Max Goof|Max]] stop believing in Santa Claus by telling him that his existence is impossible. Later he appears in the story "Mickey and Minnie's Gift of the Magi" as Mickey's boss selling Christmas trees.

===''The Three Musketeers''===
In the 2004 made-for-video animated film ''[[Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers|The Three Musketeers]]'' (with Mickey, Donald Duck, and Goofy playing the title roles), Pete again appeared under the name Peg-Leg Pete. He served as the main antagonist of the film. Here, he was the Captain of the Musketeers, aiming to take over France, with the help of his lieutenant, [[Clarabelle Cow]], and the Beagle Boys. To do so, he must get [[Minnie Mouse|Princess Minnie]] out of the way, but it proves to be difficult for him, even when he hires the film's titular trio to be her bodyguards, believing they will not do a good job protecting her. He received his own "bad guy song", using the classic music piece ''[[In the Hall of the Mountain King]]''.

===Other film appearances===
Pete also made a non-speaking cameo appearance as a Toontown police officer in the very final scene of ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''; he is viewed from the back, alongside [[Tom and Jerry]]'s [[Spike and Tyke (characters)|Spike]] and [[Horace Horsecollar]] in security uniforms, just before [[Porky Pig]] and [[Tinker Bell (Disney)|Tinker Bell]] close the movie.

Although Pete does not appear in the 1995 ''Mickey Mouse'' short ''[[Runaway Brain]]'', the short's main antagonist, Julius, heavily bears his likeness. He is also voiced by Jim Cummings and has a peg leg, and when Mickey is trapped in his body he gains Pete's signature buck teeth to boot.

In the 2002 direct-to-video film ''[[Mickey's House of Villains]]'', Pete and other [[Disney villains]]' guest appearances from ''[[House of Mouse]]'' are featured. He takes part in the musical number "It's Our House Now" when villains take over the club.

Pete makes a cameo appearance in the 2022 film ''[[Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (film)|Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers]]'', where he is seen riding the [[List of Aladdin characters#Magic Carpet|Magic Carpet]] and dressed as [[Aladdin (Disney character)|Prince Ali]] from the 1992 version of ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' while filming a bootleg movie of it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/chip-dale-rescue-rangers-movie-cameos/ |title=Every Disney & Cartoon Cameo In Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers |first1=Courtney |last1=Mason |website=[[Screen Rant]] |date=May 24, 2022}}</ref>

==Video game appearances==
* In the early Game Boy game ''[[Mickey's Dangerous Chase]]'', Mickey has a present for Minnie, but Pete steals it. To get it back, Mickey must chase him through several different zones. Pete is the final (and only) [[Boss (video games)|boss]] of the game.
* Pete appears as the captain of a pirate ship in the early NES Capcom game ''[[Mickey Mousecapade]]'' (or simply Mickey Mouse). Unlike most appearances, he is not the final boss in this game. Notably, his role here was exclusive to the game's American release; in the original Japanese version, the level's boss was [[Captain Hook (Disney)|Captain Hook]] from ''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]''.
* In ''[[Adventures in the Magic Kingdom]]'' for the NES, Pete (referred to as "Panhandle Pete") steals one of the keys needed to unlock the castle and challenges your character to a race on the Autopia attraction to get it back. Pete is only depicted in cut scenes, with the "race" itself more of a timed obstacle course featuring other cars with indistinct drivers.
* In ''[[Disney's Magical Quest]]'', a trilogy by [[Capcom]], Pete is the final boss of each game, personating a distinct ruler (Emperor, Baron and King). He serves as an evil ruler who terrorizes the land he reigns and often kidnaps another character. In ''Disney's Magical Quest 1'', he kidnaps Pluto; in ''Disney's Magical Quest 2'', he appears as the tyrant "Baron Pete" who commands the game's enemies; in ''Magical Quest 3'', he kidnaps Donald's nephews. Mickey and, depending on the game, Minnie or Donald, are always set to defeat him. In the end of the first game he simply disappears when he is defeated. In the second game, he is sealed inside his own crystal ball which Mickey throws into the distance. In ''Magical Quest 3'', however, after being defeated by Mickey and Donald, he eventually surrenders and promises to become a good person.
* ''[[Quackshot]]'' follows the adventures of [[Donald Duck]] as he, with the aid of his three nephews [[Huey, Dewey and Louie]], sets out to obtain some treasure from a [[Treasure map|map]] he found. Pete appears as an antagonist near the end of the game, kidnapping Donald's nephews and demanding to be given the map, and must be fought immediately prior to the final stage and boss of the game.
* ''[[Mickey Mania]]'' follows [[Mickey Mouse]], who has been catapulted back in time to his earliest appearance in ''[[Steamboat Willie]]''. Black Pete is Mickey's [[archvillain]] throughout the entire game, all the way from his very first confrontation against Mickey in Steamboat Willie all the way to his role in then-recent 1990's ''[[The Prince and the Pauper (1990 film)|The Prince and the Pauper]]''.
* In the racing game ''[[Mickey's Speedway USA]]'', Pete is a heavyweight racer, but gets replaced when the players selects between [[Ludwig Von Drake]] or [[Huey, Dewey and Louie]].
* Pete appears as the main antagonist in ''[[Magical Tetris Challenge]]''. In the game, his goal is to obtain ultimate power from [[Donald Duck|Donald's]] mysterious purple stone, having a Weasel and the [[Big Bad Wolf]] as his henchmen.
* In ''[[Disney Think Fast]]'', Pete appears as the final secret playable character after the player collects 30,000 points in a simple game.
* Pete is the final boss in ''[[World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck]]'', a character who owns a giant magical box and sets the challenge to any victims who fall into it to traverse surreal terrains and then to defeat him for escape. Some of the minor enemies may look a little bit like Pete as well (such as the spiders). It all seems to be fun and games rather than true imprisonment, as in both [[Mickey Mouse|Mickey's]] and [[Donald Duck|Donald's]] final stage act before the credits, Pete can be seen in the audience enjoying the show with a mischievous grin on his face (Mickey and Donald nearly missed the show by falling into the box).
* In ''[[Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse]]'', Pete is incompetent king of the story, who passes his kingship to the laundry boy, Mickey and eventually fights him as a final boss to regain his throne.
* Pete appears as the main antagonist in ''[[Goofy's Hysterical History Tour]]''. In the game, he is janitor in Ludwig Von Drake's museum and he wants to get his co-worker Goofy fired from job and sabotages the exhibits and scatters pieces throughout various time periods. Pete is the boss of each levels.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-24 |title=Goofy's Hysterical History Tour (Genesis/Mega Drive) |url=https://thegamehoard.com/2021/01/24/goofys-hysterical-history-tour-genesis-mega-drive/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=The Game Hoard}}</ref>
* Pete is featured in the [[Wii]] game, ''[[Epic Mickey]]''. Once again with his titular peg-leg, he first appears in the Gremlin Village as Small Pete (based on [[It's a Small World]] ride at Disneyland), he appears dressed as one of the Dutch girl dolls of the ride. He later appears as his usual self in Mean Street (based on [[Main Street USA]]), where he informs Mickey that there are many other Petes throughout the world, each themed differently depending on the zone in the game, like appearing in a [[Sark (Tron)|Sark]] outfit in Tomorrow City as Petetronic and in Ventureland as Pete Pan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=100611|title=GoNintendo.com|publisher=GoNintendo.com|date=2012-03-27|access-date=2012-05-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721221747/http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=100611|archive-date=2011-07-21}}</ref> Pete himself (referred to as "Big Bad Pete") acts as a self-appointed enforcer of sorts at Mean Street and is often a source of quests for the player. In Tomorrow City, which is inspired by [[Tomorrowland (Disney Parks)|Tomorrowland]], the Sark-esque Petetronic is the boss of the level, attacking with thrown buckets of thinner, shaking the ground, and throwing his ID disk. The only way to attack Petetronic is to deflect his disk back at him which will stun him and expose his back side. Mickey can then squirt him with paint, which turns him blue and friendly, or thinner, which short-circuits him and reduces him to a MCP-like entity. In Ventureland, Pete appears as a jolly, bubbly version of himself known as "Pete Pan", named after [[Peter Pan]], who is trapped on Skull Island until Mickey can manage to save the sprite so Pete Pan can fight off the robot version of [[Captain Hook]] like he used to. The Petes return in the sequel, ''[[Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two]]'', initially appearing as allies to the protagonists (except Pete Pan, who has allied with the Mad Doctor after Hook disappeared), Mickey and Oswald. However, by the end of the game, they leave with Prescott, presumably having plans for him. In the 3DS title ''[[Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion]]'', three types of Pete enemies appear. The first type are Thwomp-like enemies with Pete's face emblazoned on it. Mickey can use this enemy to his advantage by using a sketch of it. The second type resembles his appearance in the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. This time, Pete uses brute strength in order to fight Mickey. The third and final type uses a spiked shell to attack Mickey. Mickey can only defeat him by using a spin attack and then a jump attack.
* Pete is featured (with an appearance like the one in ''[[Mickey Mouse Clubhouse]]'') in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] game ''[[Disney Magical World]]'' as a character in the main city of Castleton. One of the 100 stickers required to complete the game requires the player to fulfill a request made by Pete, which results in an in-game photo of the player alongside Pete.
* Pete is a playable character in the mobile game ''[[Disney Magic Kingdoms]]''. Before being unlocked, he is the first [[Boss (video games)|enemy boss]] in the game's main storyline. In the game he appears with his appearance from the film ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'', also having a costume available to be created with his appearance from the short film ''[[Get a Horse!]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gqis-Ewh_M&ab_channel=DisneyMagicKingdoms |title=Update 24: Mickey's 90th Anniversary – Livestream|publisher=[[YouTube]]|date=November 9, 2018}}</ref>

===''Kingdom Hearts'' series===
[[File:PeteKH.jpg|thumb|right|Pete, as he appears in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series. His outfit is designed by series creator, [[Tetsuya Nomura]].]]
Pete is depicted as a recurring villain within the [[Kingdom Hearts|''Kingdom Hearts'' video game series]]. He was originally a steamboat captain, with Mickey Mouse as his deck hand (as they were seen in ''[[Steamboat Willie]]''), and later the captain of the Royal Musketeers until his plans for a coup were foiled by Mickey (as they were seen in ''The Three Musketeers''). After Disney Castle was built in their world, with Mickey its new king, Pete began causing all sorts of mischief until he was banished to another dimension. He was subsequently freed by [[Maleficent]], to whom he became indebted, and vowed to amass an army of Heartless, creatures born from the darkness of people's hearts, to return the favor.

* Prior to his service under Maleficent, Pete runs rampant through Disney Town during the world's annually held Dream Festival, entering contests while shifting between two different alter egos&mdash;[[superhero]] "Captain Justice" and [[antihero]] "Captain Dark"&mdash;in an attempt to claim the "Million Dreams Award" for himself. He instead loses to one of the game's three protagonists and player characters: [[Characters of Kingdom Hearts#Terra|Terra]], [[Characters of Kingdom Hearts#Aqua|Aqua]], and [[Characters of Kingdom Hearts#Ventus|Ventus]]. Since his lack of consideration for the hearts of others is made apparent through his mischief, Pete is banished to another dimension by Queen Minnie until he can learn to behave. He is released from his imprisonment by Maleficent, however, and helps her conquer the various worlds in the series' universe in return.
* Pete makes several appearances in ''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]'', where he is gathering Heartless to build an army of Heartless for Maleficent. He is first seen exploring [[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Agrabah]] in search of [[Jafar (Aladdin)|Jafar]]'s magic lamp, but is secretly followed by [[Roxas (Kingdom Hearts)|Roxas]] and [[Axel (Kingdom Hearts)|Axel]] of [[Organization XIII]], who are on a mission to collect hearts. Pete eventually uncovers a secret passage leading outside the city, inadvertently leading Roxas to the Cave of Wonders. Roxas later returns with [[Organization XIII#Xion|Xion]] to investigate the cave, but are spotted by Pete, who assumes they had come to take the lamp for themselves and fights them. After Pete is defeated, he makes a getaway. Pete reappears in [[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Never Land]] where he plants several empty treasure chests across the island and sells maps leading to them to [[Captain Hook (Disney)|Captain Hook]], knowing his greed will attract the Heartless for him to collect. However, his plans are once again foiled when Roxas slays the Heartless to collect their hearts. Pete decides to kill two birds with one stone by leading Hook to a final, gold-filled chest, which reacts to the darkness in Hook's heart and becomes a powerful Heartless that Pete hopes will defeat Roxas, though it ends up being defeated instead. Pete disappears again, vowing revenge against Roxas if they ever meet again.
* Pete makes his first appearance in the series in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', where he first encounters the main group of protagonists&mdash;[[Characters of Kingdom Hearts#Sora|Sora]], [[Characters of Kingdom Hearts#Donald Duck and Goofy|Donald]], and [[Characters of Kingdom Hearts#Donald Duck and Goofy|Goofy]]&mdash;in front of [[Yen Sid]]'s tower, and is disappointed to learn that they had previously defeated Maleficent while he was out gathering Heartless (though he does contemplate taking her place in her absence). However, Maleficent is quickly resurrected, and Pete continues his duties after updating her on what occurred in her absence, traveling to other worlds to recruit old or new villains to either join (or rejoin) their cause, or to turn them into powerful Heartless, but is  foiled by Sora and co. each time. Pete is viewed more as a nuisance than a threat by the heroes, Sora remarking that he is "not smart enough to tie his own shoes". He is nonetheless fought as a recurring boss during several portions of the game, though the strategy for beating him is different each time. Pete often incurs Maleficent's relentless annoyance and insults for his comical ineptness, despite his fierce loyalty to her. After one such incident, his yearning for going back in time to experience his wonder years as a steamboat captain again summons a portal to the past, which gives him the opportunity to put himself back in Maleficent's good graces. He goes back in time to steal his younger self's steamboat and alter the past to Maleficent's liking, but is defeated again by Sora and co., who have allied themselves with the younger Pete (who never discovers the older Pete's identity). However, Pete once again proves his worth when he brings Maleficent to the Castle That Never Was, the headquarters of [[Organization XIII]], for them to use as a new base of operations, though he is very much aware that the Heartless will be unruly in this dark realm. In the end, he contemplates running when the castle becomes overrun with Heartless, but decides to stand by Maleficent's side to hold them off and help Sora and his friends defeat Organization XIII, though the castle is destroyed. Before the final boss of the game, Pete can be fought again as a boss within the optional Hades Paradox Cup in Olympus Coliseum.
* Pete returns in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Coded]]'' to spy on Mickey in Disney Castle, and ends up being transported into the Datascape with the King. Helping Maleficent's scheme to take over the virtual world, Pete encounters the Data Sora while helping Data Jafar and later kidnaps Data Riku, turning him into his slave through the bugs. He is later confronted at Hollow Bastion, unintentionally helping Data Sora regain his Keyblade before sicing Data Riku on him. Later, Data Sora attempts to rescue him and Maleficent from digital incarnation of Sora's Heartless before it crushes them. However, Data Riku is able to rescue them through a "rift in the data" and escort the villains back to their world.
* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]'', because of the increasing Darkness through the worlds brought on by the eventual revival of Master Xehanort, Pete manages to bypass the protective magic of the Cornerstone of Light with Maleficent. They take Minnie hostage and send a letter to King Mickey, bringing them to a confrontation in the library of the castle. After Maleficent explains her past meeting with Xehanort, they demand the Data Worlds be handed over to them. However, Pete loses Minnie when Lea arrives and scares him with a chakram. He promptly flees with his boss. Sora and Riku also battle another past incarnation of Pete, this time during his career as the corrupt captain of Princess Minnie's Royal Musketeers. He schemes to overthrow Minnie and become King himself, but his plans are foiled by the three Musketeers, Mickey, Donald and Goofy, with aid from Sora and Riku.
* Pete returns in ''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]'' along with Maleficent, but with a minor role. He is mainly seen aiding Maleficent in seeking out the mysterious black box left behind by the Keyblade Master Luxu, but to little success. In the game's ending, Pete and Maleficent are seen spying on the encounter between Luxu (in his Xigbar form), Ira, Aced, Invi and Gula, where the black box is present.

==International names and voice actors==
{| class="wikitable" 
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!Language
!Name
!Voice actor
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![[English language|English]]
|Pete
|{{ubli|[[Billy Bletcher]] (1934–1944, 1952–1954)|[[Pinto Colvig]] (1937, ''[[Mickey's Amateurs]]'')|John McLeish (1942, ''Bellboy Donald'')|[[Will Ryan]] (1983–1987, 2013)|[[Arthur Burghardt]] (1990, ''[[The Prince and the Pauper (1990 film)|The Prince and the Pauper]]'', video games)|[[Jim Cummings]] (1992–present)}}
|-
![[Arabic language|Arabic]]
|{{lang|ar|دنجل}} ("{{lang|ar-Latn|Dongol}}")
|
|-
![[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]
|{{lang|bg|Черният Пийт}} ("''Black Pete''")
|Georgi Todorov
|-
![[Chinese language|Chinese]]
|{{lang|zh|坏庀特}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Huài pǐ tè}}; "Bad Pete")
|
|-
![[Croatian language|Croatian]]
|{{lang|hr|Daba}}
|[[Siniša Ružić]]
|-
![[Danish language|Danish]]
|{{lang|da|Sorteper}} ("Black-Per")
|[[Lars Thiesgaard]]
|-
![[Dutch language|Dutch]]
|{{lang|nl|Boris Boef}} ("Boris Crook")
|{{ubli|[[Hero Muller]]|[[Jan Anne Drenth]]|[[Pim Koopman]]}}
|-
![[Estonian language|Estonian]]
|{{lang|et|Kõuts Karlo}}
|
|-
![[Finnish language|Finnish]]
|{{lang|fi|Musta Pekka}} ("Black Pekka", often just Pekka)
|{{ubli|Juhani Kumpulainen (1963, ''The Hunting Instinct'')|Markku Riikonen (early 1990s to 2000)|Pertti Koivula (2002, the second dub of ''Mickey's Christmas Carol'')|Tuomo Rysti (2004–2021)|Markus Bäckman (2018 ([[List of Mickey Mouse episodes|"A Pete Scorned"]]), 2022 (''[[Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (film)|Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers]]''))|[[Arttu Wiskari]] (2021–present)}}
|-
![[French language|French]]/[[Quebec French|Québécois]]
|{{lang|fr|Pat Hibulaire}} (a pun: {{lang|fr|patibulaire}} means 'sinister-looking')
|{{ubli|[[Roger Carel]] (first dubbing of first cartoons and ''Mickey's Christmas Carol'')|[[Michel Vocoret]] (second dubbing of first cartoons and ''Mickey's Christmas Carol'', ''The Prince and the Pauper'')|[[Alain Dorval]] (since 1992)}}
|-
![[German language|German]]
|{{lang|de|Kater Karlo}} ({{lang|de|Kater}} signifies a male cat) – full name: {{lang|de|italic=no|Karl Friedhelm Katermann}}<ref>Faraci, Tito; Celoni, Fabio. {{lang|de|italic=no|"Ein Fall für Wachtmeister Karlo"}}. In ''{{lang|de|italic=unset|{{ill|Lustiges Taschenbuch|de}}}} CRIME'' #3, [[Egmont Group|Egmont]] Ehapa Media 2019, p. 237.</ref>
|[[Tilo Schmitz]]
|-
![[Greek language|Greek]]
|{{lang|el|Μάυρος Πήτ}} ("Black Pete")
|[[Kostas Triantafyllopoulos]]
|-
![[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]
|{{lang|he|פיט השחור}} ({{lang|he-Latn|Pete ha-shakhór}}, "''Pete the Black")
|{{ubli|[[Aryeh Moskona]]|[[Shimon Cohen (actor)|Shimon Cohen]] (alternating)|[[Micah Uzyn Salyan]]|[[Danny Litani]]}}
|-
![[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]
|Pete
|Gábor Vass
|-
![[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]
|{{lang|is|Svarti-Pétur}} ("Black-Peter")
|
|-
![[Indonesian language|Indonesian]]
|Boris
|
|-
![[Italian language|Italian]]
|{{lang|it|Pietro Gambadilegno}} ("Pegleg Peter")
|[[Massimo Corvo]] (from 1990s)
|-
![[Japanese language|Japanese]]
|{{nihongo krt||ピート|Pīto}}
|{{ubli|Seiji Endō and [[Minoru Uchida]] (1984–1988; Pony and Bandai-dubbed shorts)|[[Daisuke Gōri]] (1984–1985; [[Nippon TV]]'s ''Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck'')|[[Tōru Ōhira]] (1988–2015)|Katsuhiro Kitagawa (2015–present)}}
|-
![[Korean language|Korean]]
|{{lang|ko|피트}} ({{lang|ko-Latn|Piteu}})
|[[Han Sang Duk]]
|-
![[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]
|{{lang|no|Svarte-Petter|italic=no}} ("Black-Peter")
|[[Nils Ole Oftebro]]
|-
![[Polish language|Polish]]
|{{lang|pl|Czarny Piotruś}} ("Black Peter")
|Włodzimierz Bednarski
|-
![[Brazilian Portuguese|Portuguese (Brazil)]]
|{{lang|pt-BR|João Bafo-de-Onça}} ("John Jaguar-Breath"), earlier name: {{lang|pt-BR|Pete Perna-de-Pau}} ("Pegleg Pete")
|{{ubli|Orlando Drummond (1970s to early 1990s)|Antônio Moreno, Pietro Mário, [[Mauro Ramos]] (late 1990s to 2000s)}}
|-
![[European Portuguese|Portuguese (Portugal)]]
|{{lang|pt-PT|Bafo-de-Onça}} ("Jaguar-Breath"), Pete
|{{ubli|Carlos Freixo|Luís Mascarenhas}}
|-
![[Romanian language|Romanian]]
|{{lang|ro|Pete cel Rău}} ("Pete the Bad")
|
|-
![[Russian language|Russian]]
|{{lang|ru|Пит Деревянная Нога}} ("Peg-Leg Pete")
|{{ubli|[[Andrew Yaroslawthev]] (1994-1997)|[[Vadim Nikitin]]|[[Alexsey Guryev]] (2006-2010)}}
|-
![[Serbian language|Serbian]]
|{{lang|sr|Hromi Daba}} ("Daba the Lame")
|
|-
![[Castilian Spanish|Spanish (Spain)]]
|{{ubli|{{lang|es|Pete Patapalo}} ("Pegleg Pete")|{{lang|es|Pete el Malo}} ("Pete the Bad")}}
|Juan Fernández
|-
![[Spanish language in the Americas|Spanish (Latin America)]]
|{{ubli|{{lang|es|Pedro Pata de Palo}} ("Peg Leg Peter')|{{lang|es|Pedro el Malo}} ("Peter the Bad")|{{lang|es|Pete el Negro}} ("Black Peter", Chile)}}
|[[Francisco Colmenero]]
|-
![[Swedish language|Swedish]]
|{{lang|sv|Svarte Petter}} ("Black Peter")
|{{ubli|Jan Koldenius (first dubbing of first cartoons)|[[Björn Gedda]] (the original dub of ''Mickey's Christmas Carol'')|[[Per Sandborgh]] (''Duck Tales'')|Gunnar Ernblad (''Duck Tales'')|[[Anders Lönnbro]] (second dubbing of first cartoons and ''Goof Troop'')|Stephan Karlsén (since 1995 and ''The Prince and The Pauper'')|Bengt Skogholt (''Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The three musketeers'' and ''Mickey Mouse Clubhouse'')}}
|-
![[Turkish language|Turkish]]
|{{lang|tr|Barut}} ("Gunpowder")
|
|-
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141210014019/http://www.disneyshorts.org/characters/pete.aspx List of Disney shorts in which Pete makes an appearance]
* {{Inducks character|PE|Pete}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170725075823/http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0048116/ Pete] on [[IMDb]]
* [http://www.toonopedia.com/pete.htm Black Pete's entry] in the [[Toonopedia]]
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{{Alice Comedies}}
{{Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons}}
{{Goof Troop}}
{{DuckTales}}
{{House of Mouse}}
{{Epic Mickey series}}

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