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77-399: The Alice Comedies are a series of live-action animated shorts created by Walt Disney in the 1920s, in which a live action little girl named Alice (originally played by Virginia Davis ) and an animated cat named Julius have adventures in an animated landscape. The shorts were the first work by what ultimately became The Walt Disney Company . Disney, Ub Iwerks , and their staff made

154-624: A pegleg . 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. 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

231-480: 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 , 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 , The Vanishing Private ). On some occasions, Pete has even played

308-406: A brutal law-enforcer ( Moving Day , where Pete is a sheriff who serves Mickey and Donald Duck with an eviction notice). 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

385-471: 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. Animator Norm Ferguson , known for developing Pluto , also developed Pete's character in several shorts and he was made to resemble actor Wallace Beery . Pete appeared as Mickey's enemy beginning with

462-464: 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

539-455: 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. 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

616-734: A kiss. In Song of the South (1946) Uncle Remus sings "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" in an animated field, and tells the stories of Brer Rabbit through animated sequences. So Dear to My Heart (1949) improved upon this. The 1964 film Mary Poppins gained significant notoriety for its blend of live action and animation, with an extensive sequence located "inside" a street painting , including Dick Van Dyke dancing with penguin waiters. In 1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks transported Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson to an underwater nightclub for dancing, followed by Tomlinson competing with anthropomorphic animals in an aggressive soccer match. Inspired by

693-463: 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 ) 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

770-545: 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 Chief Seamus O'Hara ("commissario Adamo Basettoni") and Detective Casey ("ispettore Manetta") and

847-429: 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 . The second character to be created by Scarpa is Pete's cousin, the criminal scientist Portis (Plottigat in

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924-498: A nephew named Jimbo, who is voiced by Fred Stoller . In the Italian comic story of 1998, 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. In the first season of the 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

1001-410: A new, "streamlined, modern" artificial leg. 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." Pete also left the comic strip for a few years; his last appearance

1078-438: 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 Horace Horsecollar in security uniforms, just before Porky Pig and 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

1155-535: A series of animated shorts. 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), 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

1232-563: 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. Pete first appeared in the Walt Disney -produced 1920s Alice Comedies short subject series. He first appeared in Alice Solves

1309-495: Is a cartoon character created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks of The Walt Disney Company . Pete is traditionally depicted as the villainous 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 . He originally bore the appearance of an anthropomorphic bear , but with

1386-412: 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

1463-417: 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

1540-408: 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 . 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

1617-647: 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. During World War II , Pete was " 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 Sergeant and later Sergeant and Jumpmaster . In

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1694-593: Is impossible. Later he appears in the story "Mickey and Minnie's Gift of the Magi" as Mickey's boss selling Christmas trees. In the 2004 made-for-video animated film 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

1771-466: 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 . In December 1998,

1848-399: 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 beans . 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

1925-516: 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

2002-665: The Mickey Mouse comic strip in early 1930, he was announced as "Terrible Tom – The Vile Villain", but this name was never used afterwards. In the April 24, 1930 strip, Mickey refers to him as "Pegleg Pete", and the name sticks. Pete first appeared in the Mickey Mouse comic strip on April 21, 1930, in the story "Mickey Mouse in Death Valley". This appearance is the first time since the Alice Comedies that Pete has

2079-724: The Star Wars prequels , The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Avatar franchise . These films are generally not considered animated due to the realism of the animation and the use of motion-capture performances , which are extensively based on live-action performances by implementing actors' movements and facial expressions into their characters. Roger Ebert said that "in my mind, it isn't animation, unless it looks like animation." Pete (Disney) Pete (also named Peg Leg Pete , Bad Pete and Black Pete , among other names)

2156-511: The Alice series, in hopes of obtaining a distribution agreement. A deal was finally arranged through Winkler Pictures, run by Margaret Winkler and her fiancé, Charles Mintz . Because of a recent falling out with Pat Sullivan , the studio needed a quick replacement for their centerpiece Felix the Cat animated series. Disney convinced Davis's family to bring her from Missouri to Los Angeles to star in

2233-626: The Film Booking Offices of America . The full short can be watched here Last appearance of Pete in the Alice Comedies . Live-action animated film The origins of live-action animation date back to the early 20th century, with pioneers such as the Frenchman Georges Méliès . Méliès is often credited with creating the first examples of this genre through his innovative use of special effects, animation, and live-action footage. His 1902 film, " A Trip to

2310-524: 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 . 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. In this Disney version of Mark Twain 's The Prince and

2387-560: The Mickey Mouse comic strip introduced an older 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 brother " to life imprisonment. Pete's twin brother, named Zeke appears in "Double Trouble", by Carl Fallberg and Paul Murry . Better-known and more enduring as characters are two figures created by Romano Scarpa for Italian Disney comics . The first, Trudy Van Tubb ,

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2464-493: 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. 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

2541-783: The public domain in the United States . In 2000, Inkwell Images released Alice in Cartoonland – The Original Alice Comedies by Walt Disney in VHS, and in 2007 in DVD as part of the Golden Classics series with ten of the films as well as a documentary, poster gallery, and DVD ROM. In 2007, Kit Parker Films released another DVD called Alice in Cartoonland: The 35mm Collector's Set . In 2005 and again in 2007, ten shorts in

2618-548: The silent film era in the 1920s and 1930s, the popular animated cartoons of Max Fleischer included a series in which his cartoon character, Koko the Clown , interacted with the live world; for example, having a boxing match with a live kitten. In a variation from this and inspired by Fleischer, Walt Disney 's first directorial efforts, years before Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was born in 1927 and Mickey Mouse in 1928, were

2695-541: 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 and would speak for the first time. He would first appear in color in Moving Day (1936), which would drop the peg-leg. 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

2772-633: 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 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

2849-597: The 1945 film Anchors Aweigh , in which Gene Kelly dances with an animated Jerry Mouse , is one of the most famous scenes in film history. Throughout the decades, Disney experimented with mixed segments of live-action and animation in several notable films, which are primarily considered live-action. In the Latin American film pair Saludos Amigos (1943) and The Three Caballeros (1945), Donald Duck cavorts with several Latin-American dancers, plus Aurora Miranda (sister of Carmen Miranda ), who gives him

2926-600: The 2022 film Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers , where he is seen riding the Magic Carpet and dressed as Prince Ali from the 1992 version of Aladdin while filming a bootleg movie of it. Pete is depicted as a recurring villain within the 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

3003-646: The Disney universe, such as Scrooge McDuck 's enemies (the Beagle Boys and Magica De Spell ), Mad Madam Mim , Captain Hook , and the Evil Queen . In various comics stories, his right-hand man is a skinny, bearded criminal named Scuttle . In Italian comics, his girlfriend Trudy (Trudy Van Tubb) is his frequent partner-in-crime. His cousin the " mad scientist " Portis is another, less frequent, accomplice. In

3080-540: 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. 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

3157-514: The Moon ", although not a live-action animated film by the modern definition, laid the groundwork for the integration of imaginative elements into live-action films. The genre really began to develop with the advent of techniques such as Rotoscoping , developed by Max Fleischer in the 1910s. Rotoscoping allowed animators to trace moving images, frame by frame, to generate realistic animations which could be integrated with real action scenes. During

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3234-531: 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 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

3311-607: The Pigeon Police , first published in December 1981) and starred as Pete's partner-in-crime in eight stories from 1981 to 1984. 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

3388-674: 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

3465-435: The Puzzle (February 15, 1925) as Bootleg Pete. His nickname was a reference to his career of 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

3542-569: The Swedish film Dunderklumpen! (1974), Walt Disney produced Pete's Dragon in 1977 to experiment with similar techniques, placing the animated dragon, Elliot, in a live-action setting. The genre broke new ground again with Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1988, with Disney and Amblin Entertainment producing advanced special effects and photo-realistic interactions among animated characters and live actors. Memorable moments include

3619-461: The advent of Mickey in 1928, he was defined as a cat . 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 , Donald Duck , and Goofy cartoons. During World War II , he played the long-suffering sergeant trying to make a soldier out of Donald Duck in

3696-558: 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

3773-418: The cartoon world, welcomed by all of the characters. Alice plays with them until a group of lions break free from a cage and chase her. Though never released, this short helped set the stage for what was to come in the later Alice Comedies , as it established the world as a playful dream and also introduced the elements which would soon define the series. The idea of setting a real-world girl in an animated world

3850-485: 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). After leaving the Oswald series, Disney and his team created

3927-528: 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

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4004-436: The comic strip in "Pegleg Pete Reforms" (March 1947). His last appearance in the strip was in "The Isle of Moola-La" (April–October 1952). 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

4081-463: 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

4158-472: The entrance of Jessica Rabbit in the Ink & Paint Club and Bob Hoskins handcuffed to the animated title character . With live-action and traditional animated films, two negatives were double-printed onto the same release print pre-digitally. Since then, more complex techniques have used optical printers or aerial image animation cameras , which enabled more accurate positioning, and more realism for

4235-489: The first Alice Comedy , a one- reel (ten-minute) 1923 short subject titled Alice's Wonderland , while still heading the failing Laugh-O-Gram Studio in Kansas City, Missouri . Alice's Wonderland begins with Alice entering a cartoon studio to witness cartoons being created. Alice is amazed by what she sees: the cartoon characters come to life and play around. After heading to bed that night, she dreams of being in

4312-575: The help of his lieutenant, Clarabelle Cow , and the Beagle Boys. To do so, he must get 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 . Pete also made

4389-433: The interaction of actors and fictional animated characters. Often, every frame of the live-action film was traced by rotoscoping , so that the animator could add his drawing in the exact position. With the rise of computer animation , combining live action and animation became common. Since the late 1990s, some films have included large amounts of photorealistic computer animation alongside live-action filmmaking, such as

4466-403: 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,

4543-529: The live-action animated Alice Comedies cartoons, in which a young live-action girl named Alice interacted with animated cartoon characters. Many previous films have combined live-action with stop-motion animation using back projection , such as Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen films in the United States, and Aleksandr Ptushko , Karel Zeman and, more recently, Jan Švankmajer in Eastern Europe . The first feature film combining these forms

4620-475: The original Italian version; English name first used in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 695, 2008). Portis first appeared in Topolino e il Pippo-lupo (published in English as The Weregoof's Curse ; January 9, 1977). Ed Nofziger is responsible for a third recurring character, an alternative girlfriend of Pete named Chirpy Bird. She first appeared in Topolino e i piccioni "poliziotti" ( Mickey Mouse and

4697-625: The owner of Butch the Bulldog , who is friends with Mickey's dog, Pluto . 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: Pete appears in the 2013 Mickey Mouse cartoon series, and its 2020 spin-off The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse . In both shows, he

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4774-496: 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). 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.

4851-959: The series were released as part of the Walt Disney Treasures series. Seven were part of the Disney Rarities that was released in 2005, while three more were released as part of The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit , released in 2007. In 2016, Alice shorts held by the EYE Film Institute in Amsterdam were restored for global re-release. A total of 16 Alice Comedies shorts are thought to be lost, and 1 Alice Comedies short ( Alice's Auto Race ) has been partially found. The full short can be watched Here The first appearance of what would become Pete . Technicolor Dreams - And Black & White Nightmares First Alice Comedies short to be distributed by

4928-479: The series. Walt Disney both directed and produced all 57 films in this series. Animation was done by Walt Disney, sometimes assisted by Rollin "Ham" Hamilton. Over the course of the series, four actresses played Alice: Virginia Davis (15), Margie Gay (31), Dawn O'Day (1) and Lois Hardwick (10). The film Alice in the Jungle contains only archival footage of Virginia Davis. The shorts in this series are now all in

5005-642: 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 strips before evolving into the main antagonist. In the Italian comics production he has been given a girlfriend, 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

5082-435: The short focuses on his antagonizing Alice and her drunk-on- moonshine 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. Disney needed a villain to place against his new star Oswald

5159-474: 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

5236-404: 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

5313-466: 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. Pete later appeared in A Goofy Movie and its sequel where he

5390-580: Was The Lost World (1925). In the Soviet film The New Gulliver (1935), the only character who was not animated was Gulliver himself. Warner Bros. ' cartoon You Ought to Be in Pictures , directed by Friz Freleng , featured animated Warner Bros. characters interacting with live-action people, and the genre broke new ground for the first time and paved the way for future films that also used this technique. In another cartoon, The animated sequence in

5467-442: Was at this point in film history still unique. The design and voice of the later series were all set by this original film. After completing the film, the studio went bankrupt and was forced to shut down. After raising money by working as a freelance photographer, Disney bought a one-way train ticket to Los Angeles, California to live with his uncle Robert and his brother Roy . In California, Disney continued to send out proposals for

5544-418: 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

5621-569: Was in "The World of Tomorrow", which ran from July to September 1944. However, Pete continued to appear in the comic books – in 1945, he was the heavy in the Donald Duck comic "Frozen Gold" ( Four Color #62, January 1945) and in Mickey's "The Riddle of the Red Hat" ( Four Color #79, August 1945). 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

5698-471: Was introduced in 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. However, Trudy soon became Pete's girlfriend, his partner-in-crime and roommate—whenever they hold residence out of prison, that is. Their relationship seems to have evolved to

5775-416: 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

5852-505: 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. 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 stop believing in Santa Claus by telling him that his existence

5929-426: Was voiced by Will Ryan . 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 . In the series, Pete is often the victim of Goofy's clumsiness and mishaps, usually resulting in

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