Evolution of PETE, Disney's Oldest Character - 94 Years Explained | CARTOON EVOLUTION

[@pebey]

Pete was my grandfather. He used to tell stories about his Hollywood days. He was really a gentle soul, didn't care for his onscreen image, which caused little children to run away when they encountered him on the street. A master of dialects, and a talented physical comic, who did his own stunts which unfortunately led to major jount pains in his later years. I still have one of his prosthetic legs.

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Love to hear personal stories about the great old movie stars. Pete sounds like a true legend 🥲

[@nitrostormskystriker478]

Are you a dog, a cat or a bear?

[@Thecuberminecraftarchitect]

he could even be a rabbit@@nitrostormskystriker478

[@eeveeofalltrades4780]

​@@nitrostormskystriker478depends, which one is Pete?

[@nitrostormskystriker478]

@@eeveeofalltrades4780 all of them

[@paulfritz3552]

I love how despite all the changes he's gone through, you can always tell it's Pete.

[@sussymcsusserson8058]

Because of his personality

[@koraandkayla795]

Yay

[@Radien]

He carries himself a certain way. Hunched over, fists balled, slowly stomping around, pumping his fists as talks, and spitting when he talks. That's pretty consistent in all of these, if I recall (except maybe the spitting).

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

@@Radien And in _Goof Troop_ (and some later series thereafter), often hyperventilating (due to high stress levels) when things go wrong for him (usually due to Goofy's bumbling).

[@nahuelgioia4177]

This reminds me of when I was little and asked my mom why Pete sometimes had both legs and sometimes he didn't. Instead of telling me "It's just a cartoon, don't think about it", she told me “Maybe he uses a prosthetic leg but he keeps breaking it because he's clumsy"

[@Chloethepikachu100]

This is now my headcanon! :)

[@Punaparta]

Fun fact: In the Mickey Mouse comics by Floyd Gottfredson, when Pete's model shifted from Pegleg to Big Bad, the first story with the new design had him mention that he had gotten a new prosthetic.

[@austinj.jenkins2547]

Considering the fact that in both early mickey and oswald shorts, he would keep getting stuck on holes with it, that makes sence Although it dosent help oswald actually RIPED it off and socked pete with it in a few lantz shorts, that could also be the reason why. It's too loose now

[@VicEntity]

Maybe there are two Petes! One is less villanous and with 2 legs and one trully evil with just a leg.

[@austinj.jenkins2547]

@@VicEntity considering how epic mickey shown that there more than just one pete, that also makes sence

[@joekurr6030]

Me: So is Pete a cat, a dog, or a bear? Disney : yes

[@hydraboy07]

Universal pipes in: "And a rabbit...."

[@cloveraev]

@@anyf26 How?

[@arielthelivingcartoonhart9902]

I thought he was a wolf

[@tinawebb696]

He's all tree

[@Catz780]

Cat dog

[@wubbers662]

Mickey: talking about the history of Disney Pete: Do not cite to me magic witch. For I was there when it was written

[@Egwise3463]

I can't help but read it In Jim cummings' voice. lol

[@st1922]

My favorite Pete iteration is probably his house of mouse iteration. I think that really sparked the modern Pete we all see today. Of course, Jim Cummings provides such an iconic voice for this character among many others.

[@leahhadley6779]

Had no idea Pete ever had a peg leg. As a fairly new amputee myself, this makes him a lot more appealing to me!

[@bellsy4622]

If its not too private, what did you lose? Was it a leg, too?

[@superdemonboy]

❤

[@antoniopisani489]

His surname in Italy can be translated literally to "woodenleg"

[@luca-uk9bt]

@@antoniopisani489 exactly! everyone calls him "pietro gambadilegno" which means "pete woodenleg"

[@michelelaraia7358]

Gambadilegno,in italian Wood(en)leg.

[@guillermogazanol8972]

Pete is the Bowser of the Mickey mouse series

[@Novusod]

Or more like Bowser is the Pegleg Pete of Mario.

Of the Disney series

[@FaMouS_STaMiS]

I was just thinking that

[@SFBGamesTube]

Maybe more like the bluto

[@luciferangelica]

or does he remind anyone of bluto from popeye?

[@colonelkernel4808]

I had no idea Pete was Disney's oldest character

[@SteffenLiebschner]

I did know this before, but in the moment I recognized it, it was a kind of mindblowing.

[@randomboi.-.]

Julius the cat is the oldest but pete is still here so, he's the oldest

[@linkisoptrmm]

Oswald

[@mamutepeq]

I had no idea Pete was a cat

[@Maxisamo1]

@@mamutepeq He was a bear first, but then became a cat once Mickey was introduced

[@featherspy]

As a parent subjected to many hours of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, I love Pete and Jim Cummings is a national treasure

[@rockhistoria2537]

Fact, Jim Cummings is a bless

[@pistincup352]

1:05 I like the quote that Mickey said to Pete in this short, and that quote is “I disliked you the moment I laid eyes on you” with Pete replying with “Aww” Which tells the viewers that Mickey hates Pete for some reason and Pete is very much OK with that. Perfect between 2 men

[@boscojokey3829]

Pete is having a bigger identity crisis than King K Rool

[@maxwellrochette9646]

Yet Pete is more of an inspiration for another Nintendo character, Bowser.

[@boscojokey3829]

@@maxwellrochette9646 Bowser also changed his identity a lot in the old Mario cartoon from the 80's.

[@anthonyharley50]

Pete for smash ultimate dlc confirmed

[@LinnyUwU]

and both are fat animals

[@sandwich8240]

I dont think any of us are gonna be comfortable seeing pete with the blunderbuss or a pirate hat

[@jrrollins84]

So, in about 6 years, Pete will be 100 years old. Disney need to do something special for him in 2025.

[@EVAUnit4A]

Well, considering the direction SJWs and modern feminists are taking in order to absolutely _destroy_ the world, Pete will become _yet another_ bumbling idiot who can't string a coherent sentence together, have any usable skill set whatsoever, and just generally be beaten up for no good reason whatsoever by all the _females_ around him just because his genitals are on the outside. Just ask Rey, -Captain Marvel- and 2D-animated Leia if you don't believe me.

[@BlueJack222]

Year of Pete

[@EVAUnit4A]

@@BlueJack222 I was born in the Year of the Dog, so I support this.

[@lourenzod622]

@@EVAUnit4A Did you need to go on this rant here?

[@EVAUnit4A]

@@lourenzod622 Hey! Disney's been doing it for almost five years now, so why can't I indulge in it as well, considering I've been a customer of them for, lemme think here, _decades?_

[@zebnemma]

Pete is the weirdest character. He always pops up as the bad guy or as a bad neighbor in goofy or mickey mouse films/series. But besides him being bad we never actually know anything about him, he has a son in some instalments, that's it(as far as I remember). In the goofy movie I recal him being friend with goofy but he's still shady and uses goofies kindness in that movie sometimes(?).

[@NeoSlith]

Think of it like Ned Flanders and Homer, except Homer is Pete. Goofy is just living life doing what he knows and Pete's there to crush him because he's too happy. Pete Junior (PJ) and Max are best friends, so Pete and Goofy end up spending a lot of time together, against Pete's wishes.

[@themenacingsloth]

Yeah in Goof Troop he had PJ, his wife Peg & daughter Pistol, although for some awkward reason the last 2 don't appear in A Goofy Movie or its sequel. Hell even PJ doesn't appear or is even referenced in House Of Mouse....which is odd considering it takes place sometime after An Extremely Goofy Movie :/

[@luciferangelica]

there was a half hour, afternoon cartoon of that too

[@JakeLovesSteak]

@@luciferangelica Yeah, Goof Troop.

[@luciferangelica]

yeah, sorry. i posted that before they got to the part of the vid in which they mentioned that

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

11:14 It took me years to figure out what this cartoon was. I remember watching it in elementary school. I knew I wasn't imagining this!

[@El_Omar2203]

There's no better feeling than finally knowing the name of a vague childhood cartoon that you faintly remember.

[@smoogieboogie1694]

I had no idea Pete had that much history. Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Pluto, Minnie, and Daisy are always talked about together so I assumed they’d be the oldest characters. Now I really want to see these videos done for characters like Clarabelle and Horace because I’ll definitely find out some things I didn’t know before.

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Coming soon!

[@birdboy5381]

Definitely Clarabelle! She's one of my favourites!

[@skysmindgarden]

I love Horace! He's the funniest horse out there and I love that he's a really untalented detective. (Lol, that sounds mean)

[@Adi-zx8ce]

Don’t forget Oswald

[@queencashmure4671]

Hey going to make sonic the hedgehog

[@FoxofMaysville]

It just now hit me how much Pete and Wreck Ralph look alike in their overall pants.

[@TheKyrix82]

Ralph is probably "Pete gone good" if you think about it.

[@skysmindgarden]

@@TheKyrix82 great point

[@LowellLucasJr.]

"Here's the legend of Peg Leg Pete, who was quite the villain and quite the cheat. Would never win and suffered defeat, yet, had a family who found him quite sweet."

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Ok, sometimes Pete's sweet...but his wife Peg makes sure he's kept in line.

[@ZipplyZane]

Ffffff. And I just put 2 and 2 together and figured out why his wife in Goof Troop was named Peg. Heck, even she disappeared in the movies, like his peg leg.

[@skysmindgarden]

Maybe Peg was a carpenter and built Pete's peg leg. That's why is his "Peg" leg.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

@@skysmindgarden gotta love the woman who makes u a spare leg!

[@ryanm.8720]

@@LowellLucasJr. Even the most ruthless of all criminals fear Peg.

[@mittens4859]

The goof troop version of Pete would be my favorite as I grew up watching and loving that show and that was my first introduction to him. Of course I have a soft spot for the big guy in Kingdom hearts as well. I actually never knew he was supposed to be a cat in the modern cartoons, thanks to goof troop I always thought he was another dog.

[@AlfredoPuente8]

The original cat Bowser.

[@FreeSpiritPaulette]

@cammer ammer ha

[@Zero-qg9ew]

Hes a bear

[@Davethe3rd]

You joke, but Mickey Mouse and Mario are very similar: A short, plucky, yet earnest hero who wears red and has a high squeaky voice.

[@sonicsucks20]

Bowser is dead and peach kill him.

[@thelittlemanfromthedraftbo6805]

@@sonicsucks20 what do you mean?

[@LowellLucasJr.]

If I had to make a fan theory about Pete's species evolution, I'd say Pete is a rare catbear. His father was a bear and mother a cat ( check out her prison photo from Mickeys 3 musketeers) and has a lot of her traits. As he grew, his bear like features changed into catlike, so his mothers genes took over as he got older.

[@group555_]

And let's say that his family is also part of a kind of werebunny spieces.

[@anthonyrangel7239]

That or he got cosmetic surgery to hide from the cops

[@tauruslhadzyan5901]

actually there is a true "catbear" species, very little known, the nocturnal binturong from Southeastern Asia tropical jungles. It's a type of primitive carnivores, more cat-like ancestors, very little known, the Viverridae family or civet & gennet family (formerly it included also the meerkats and moogoses, and even the Madagascar fossas, but later it was settled they belonged to other different, but closely-related carnivore families, Herpestidae mainly).The catbear/binturong is very little known but he is the largest member of this type of cat-like primitive carnivore ancestors. Pete could fit so well with it, if only the binturong were actually a more known species, and there couldn't be known for Disney that it ever could exist for real!!

[@russellharrell2747]

Pete is like Goofy, a ‘whatsit’ cartoon person with costume ears and tail to make him more cat, bear or dog like as the role calls for. But he’s really a cat.

[@123Yellowberry123]

@@anthonyrangel7239 That cracked me up. xD

[@skylon01]

You know, looking at Pete with a Peg leg next to Pete with a normal leg feels weird...

[@killerfoxraspberryplays8903]

skylon bellows I wonder if that’s why his wife is named peg

[@AnkfordPlays]

Favorite role has to be "Mr. Mouse takes a trip", I will never forget the line "You know I used to have a little kitty cat, and when it was hungry it would say MIAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" or of course "Here you are" "here I am" "All alone" "hahah..yes" "all alone without your dog" "y-yes that's me.. all alone haha"

[@AtlasBlizzard]

Pete is my favorite Disney character. He is full of such spark and charm, stealing the show whenever he appears.

[@DrewFC]

Pete is definitely one of my favorite “villains” Disney has ever made.

[@faidou9954]

Kinda ironic that Pete, the primary antagonist in the Micky Mouse Cartoons, is actually the oldest character.

[@skorzamusic4790]

Well hes thicc and big so what?

[@georgeshelton6281]

The Disney character Pete/peg leg Pete, is 4 years older than Popeye. Since he first appeared in, the black and white Disney cartoon episodes 1925.

[@waynemarvin5661]

Why is that ironic?

[@roxtechs]

Pete: You took everything from me! Mickey: I don’t even know who you are.

[@LITTLE1994]

​@@waynemarvin5661Because usually the hero is made first, not the villain.

[@poog5293]

Also at 10:49 Pete's nose changes colors and then goes back..

[@BrenTenkage]

Favorite depiction is in Goof Troop, I'm with the Nostaglia Critic, he should have gotten his own spin off, his family antics were that entertaining

[@YujiUedaFan]

But then his wife divorced him and his daughter vanished.

[@normagalvez9426]

CharI'm popoy

[@lProN00bl]

@@YujiUedaFan Is it actually canon that she divorced him?

[@YujiUedaFan]

@@lProN00bl They're not in either Goofy Movie.

[@lProN00bl]

@@YujiUedaFanThat does not mean she divorced him.

[@natwalsh2710]

Pete’s one of my favorite Disney villains.

[@hactonlucasberlon2281]

I’m imagining a movie about Disney universe and Pete would be the leader of Disney Villains

[@gonkdroid8279]

I never realized Pete was an Oswald antagonist! That's so cool!

[@multistuff9831]

I like the old Pete because he is actually a kind of bad guy, unlike the recent Pete who is more good than bad.

[@Yumichan-mn5yk]

Pete became a good guy in Mickey Clubhouse

[@natwalsh2710]

Yumi chan Mickey Mouse Clubhouse ruined his character. -_- I too like Pete better when he’s a villain. In the cartoons, like the House of Mouse, the Three Musketeers, and in games like Kingdom Hearts series.

[@brilianairlangga1408]

@@natwalsh2710 Clubhouse ruined everyone

[@AidanR2008]

69th like ;)

[@gracekim1998]

@@brilianairlangga1408 then IGNORE it's exisistence

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*Top 10 Underrated Anime Villains*_

[@cheesyquokka]

if you want I to look like ' *_Top 20 Underrated Anime Villains_* ' you have to add the other _ at the beginning of the sentence.

[@frostycane5134]

Friendship well I mean he’s a villain in kingdom hearts and it’s kinda an anime

[@dakotaharnish5515]

Why are you everywhere

[@dakotaharnish5515]

@@rhymelime9545 i see

[@cuterblueloveuwulilathepig3556]

Yeah, he is still my favorite vilain ☺️

[@BloodRavyne]

So Pete was a bear, then a cat, then a dog, and back to cat?

[@ps2abbachio137]

Pete was supposed to represent a cat

[@blankblankness2971]

He was a bear then a cat then a dog then a cat again. Also, if the Pete from Oswald is included, then it would probably be from bear to mile to cat to dog to cat. (I always thought the Pete in Oswald cartoons looked like a mole.) Also, Universal’s version of Pete even transitioned him into a rabbit one time.

[@youngfox2186]

From 1928 onwards, he has been consistently a cat

[@bandicootcollector]

He looks cooler with a peg leg, just adds something.

[@armyshope]

I think the same

[@lukez9721]

Pete is the most interesting character out there today. I wish they’d use him more often

[@Whocares158]

Agreed. Wish they did.

[@albireo2990]

Possibly a solo cartoon?

[@nvdawahyaify]

In one episode of goof troop, Pete's wife calls him a Tasmanian devil.

[@Macrocosm_Of_Dorian]

Probably a note towards the V.A.

[@rockhistoria2537]

Oof

[@lazlow8788]

I liked him in Goof Troop and the Goofy movies.

[@samrobacker346]

Fun fact: the hotel-hotub scene from the goofy movie inspired some scenes in gravity falls. I forget where, they mention it on DVD commentary I think during the Mermando episode.

[@OldworkbyEmmaCRB]

I liked him in Goof Troop aswell, and The Prince & the Pauper

[@samrobacker346]

@@OldworkbyEmmaCRB goofy in the 90s early 2000s. I loved his serious backstory off setting his goofiness. You can peice together from the different shows and movies that Goofy dropped out of college for his family and struggled for years to raise his son with ups and downs. The pilot to good troop showed them living in a trailer, while they had a home in once upon a Christmas.

[@user-wq6bf4sv2t]

I liked pj better tho

[@samrobacker346]

@@user-wq6bf4sv2t oh he gets interesting development in the xgames movie

[@crowmaster9652]

Goofy movie Pete was best version of pete

[@Mr.Tw1sty]

Yes

[@natwalsh2710]

In your opinion. In mine, one of the few best versions. Other best versions are the House of Mouse Pete and the Three Musketeers Pete. All voiced by Jim Cummings. ^.^

[@ricardocantoral7672]

The Prince and The Pauper Pete was a vicious SOB.

[@ThePaganSun]

I loved Pete in the Donald Duck cartoons. He has the perfect combination of competent and menacing but not completely evil. He plays more of an authority figure to Donald and they have such a great dynamic.

[@katiesherman6517]

I love that this character has lived on for so long! It's sad that some amazing front runner characters have had so much happen to them that left them hidden for so long, such as Oswald, Horace, Clarabelle and so on. And it is great that they have been coming back, slowly but surely. Then you have Pete, the single oldest Disney character ever, who just barely survived the whole Universal-Walt Disney fight in the 20's and has remained a prominent character through a whole 100 years! Congratulations Pete! We love our constantly changing yet ever mischievous "bear-cat-dog" guy!

[@jerrybiv1441]

I had never really been a fan of Pete but when I saw him as a villain in Kingdom Hearts I was surprisingly able to enjoy him as a character

[@marshallnisbet1214]

This was fantastic, thank you so much for making this video. Pete is my favorite Disney character and he doesn't get enough love or merchandise. I think my favorite appearance is from the Three Musketeers.

[@noyousitdown]

"kingdom HEARTS games " you gave in didn't you

[@mazenayman7512]

We all did

[@user-roninwolf1981]

I would argue that Pete's first 3D rendering would have been in Kingdom Hearts II, which was either 1 or 2 years before Mickey Mouse Club House...although his first 3D rendering is actually his in-game model.

[@Huckleberry87]

Janae Fuller That’s what I was going to say ;).

[@timothysmith8341]

You can hear his anger in finally having to give in when he says "kingdom hearts" lmao

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

* shakes fist *

[@powerpup97]

Did you know that Pete has a sister named Penelope? She was made exclusively for a Disney chess board.

[@blankblankness2971]

And did you know Pete also has a dog named Butch? Not much is really known about Butch as he is an obscure character. I think that “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” featured the most Butch appearances.

[@powerpup97]

Blank Blankness Butch is Pete’s dog??? I knew he was Pluto’s arch nemesis, but I didn’t know Pete was his owner!!!

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

@@powerpup97 He & Peg (and children PJ & Pistol) also had a pet dog (another Goofy & Pluto situation) named Chainsaw in _Goof Troop_ (meant to be opposite Goofy & Max's pet cat Waffles).

[@LongshotRecordsTV]

Part Bear, Part Cat, Part Dog... Pete is a honey badger! LOL

[@brandonrepo4]

Goof troop and the Goofy movie were my favorite ones as a child.

[@TheFronherr]

In Germany Pete is called ,,Kater Karlo'' (Karlo Cat) And I also didn't know that he is Disneys oldest Character

[@hibiskustea6530]

in My opinion he doesn't look like a cat

[@jurgen_haan]

In Dutch it's "Boris Boef".

[@TheFronherr]

@@jurgen_haan That's an even funnier Name :D

[@lucasrenato3531]

In Brazil he's called "Bafo de Onça" (Jaguar breath). But in A Goofie Movie people call him "João" (equivalent to "John" in english)

[@bellamylawx9479]

In latin america he is called called 'Pedro'.

[@Nasir3623]

Fun fact: pre-Mickey Pete was reincarnated as a Crooked lawyer named Sylvester shyster in the early 1930s Mickey comic strips by Floyd gottfreson

[@gracekim1998]

what? they're not the same character

[@Hunni_Gummi]

Pete is the bowser of Disney no matter what they will find a way to add him in it...then again he more like bluno from popeye

[@rickydiscord7671]

they should be buddies. XD

[@vincentfichtler7758]

Besides Bowser, Dr Eggman, Yosemite Sam, Bluto and Buzz Buzzard are inspired of him just like they get inspired of themselves and Pete get a bit of each one.

[@ps2abbachio137]

*bluto

[@pegarian3056]

U wrote bluto wrong

[@sonicsucks20]

Bowser is dead and Peach killed him

[@leftinthedust3900]

Pete secretly has always had the peg leg he just puts it in a boot occasionally

[@MegaGamerman16]

If Jim Cummings's voice is coming out of Pete's vocal chords, then that's my Pete. So basically, Goof Troop/House of Mouse/Kingdom Hearts

[@AntiFaGoat]

So glad you made this. Pete has a pretty fascinating history, especially since - as you said - he was also in Oswald cartoons after Walt left. What's really interesting to me is that sometimes in those later cartoons Oswald and Pete would work together rather than be rivals - even being western outlaws together in one short. I did not know there was a cartoon where he appeared as a rabbit, too. 17:15 though... he's not exactly the main antagonist of either of those game series. It would be pretty funny if Xenahort was taken out by Pete though.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

I'd kind of like that. Like if Megatron took control of Unicron.

[@gracekim1998]

thank you for correcting this guy. It weirded me out when he claimed PETE was the 'main antagonist' of Kingdom hearts and epic mickey😅

[@eeveeofalltrades4780]

He ain't gonna let some bald old man defeat the mouse for him.

[@neutroniumranger9036]

Pete has always been one of my favorite Disney characters I did like him in kingdom hearts since he was an antagonist but there were parts where the villains wanted to do something horrible and you could see that he was bad but not evil.

[@m.mproductions2461]

Pete Parker in Protagonist-man: Into the Mickeyverse.

[@charleslee8313]

(in gruff voice) Okay... let's do this one more time.

[@fredarok579]

A bear bitten by a radioactive cat.

[@fredarok579]

He was never a bunny.

[@fredarok579]

King Dedede Oh, well I guess that would be one of the alternate universe Petes.

[@fredarok579]

King Dedede I know, right? It’s gonna be epic. Remember Disney Infinity War? “Mr. Duck...I don’t feel so good...” Quality cinema right there.

[@Ntreik96]

In 1932 we finally got Pete's first words: 8:12 Rughrughrurugetbiitch!

[@supervector4757]

He said, "Wanna get bit?"

[@TraleeandChristywifi]

I thought his first words were Gimme That Puzzle!

[@Fafushnick]

I love cartoons. Seeing these old animations reminds me why. You can do a lot of things with your life, but to animate and/or voice a character, that lives on forever. #inspiration

[@Riverbui]

It's really disappointing that the Kingdom Hearts games really fail to utilize the Disney characters very well. Donald and Goofy get good use, sure, but most of the other characters like Pete end up being shafted before anything interesting can happen with them. I think KH2 did a good job with introducing Pete, and he had interesting confrontations at Yen Sid's tower, The Underworld, and most importantly Timeless River. But then after that, it just seems like they didn't have anything interesting for him to do, which carries over to KH3 as well. He's printed as an important villain in these games, but really all he has is a tiny bit of screen time. The only other memorable thing he did in these games is try to get an award by lazily helping townsfolk in a selfish way, which ended up resulting him being thrown in a secluded void to reflect on his actions. After that, he's just there, not even offering a whole ton for his appearances. It's not so surprising that KH wasn't included in these videos to begin with, with the way they tend to be treated as characters if they're not Goofy or Donald.

[@governor_explosion]

Definitely check out the manga. It fleshes out a lot of characters who sort of got shafted by the game itself, like Pete and Kairi.

[@TheStarryNightRhone]

This was very entertaining and informative, and extremely well done :) Pete is one of my favorite Disney characters, and I am excited to see what they do with the character from here on out. I love how he is such a diverse and flexible "villain", able to fill the role of different personas while still being convincing and lovable. He truly is one of a kind :) Thank you for the awesome video!

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thank *you* ! 😊

[@DJPJ.]

In Norway his name is "Svarte Petter" which mins "Black Peter/Black Pete"

[@stebaer]

Yes Pete without a doubt is the most recognised Disney Villian Character.

[@filipapinto99]

Pete is such an interesting character in the comics, particularly in the Italian stories! He was developed as an antagonist to Mickey, in a similar fashion to the cartoons, but he usually contends for the position of main antagonist with Phantom Blot. Personally, I think their collaborations often tend to be brilliant

[@jozepi3768]

Oh wow!!! Thank you so much!! I've been waiting for Pete's video and you definitely did not disappoint. This video was interesting, entertaining, and amazing just as all your other ones are. Thanks again Dave Lee for your hard work and awesome content. You have made me into quite the fan of yours.

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

Thanks so much, I appreciate that!

[@megware217]

YESSS Pete in the goofy movie is the best and thank you for choosing that iconically-lit pool scene. Mh. Beautiful.

[@CHA0SBLEEDS]

I'm actually surprised you added kingdom hearts or other video games, as you didn't before in previous ones.

[@CrystalArtest]

CHA0SBLEEDS it seems like people kept bugging him about it.

[@weirdproq]

The Oswald incarnation of Pete almost kinda looks a little like Mortimer Mouse to me. Loved the video. It was interesting finding out that Pete first had a role as a neighbor about 40 years before Goof Troop. BTW, would you do an evolution of Mortimer Mouse sometime? I'd be really interested in the history of that character.

[@GodlyNib]

It feels so strange that Pete wasn't used as often as I thought he was. Being a mid 90s baby, I saw him more often than not in most Disney shows/movies and just assumed he was the Bowser to Mickey's Mario. Also never noticed just how often his legs underwent multiple removal and reattachment surgeries. Probably because I only saw his peg leg in the Musketeer movie and thought that was just one of the few villain aesthetics he wore specifically for that role.

[@mrpay4444AYypIgEDLbwfZm4kjaQk]

11:12 *That's enough disney for today...*

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

😂😂

[@adiabd1]

Can't unsee it

[@catpetsocool8111]

Donald stop! You're uh hurting him.

[@DWithDiagonalStroke]

Da nife is bigg

[@joeleyden8463]

Donaldo is never afraid

[@Scarabola]

Jim Cummings is the best Pete.

[@TheKyrix82]

Generally, Jim Cummings is the best everything. Especially Darth Vader.

[@SuperBowserFan2005]

DBulldog Agreed.

[@brotatochip3238]

C U M M I N G S

[@Timerpoint]

Even thou his dog like apperance in Goof troop, his german name has never changed. Kater (german word for an male cat) Karlo

[@lhb21]

So glad to see Epic Mickey and Oswald!

[@Karanthaneos]

Pete has also appeared in Mickey's Mania for the Sega Genesis, usually in different incarnations and various levels of villany, from the Steamboat Willie as a minor obstacle to being the actual final boss reprising his role in the prince and the pauper level.

[@niktrek]

My favorite will always be Mickey's Christmas Carol. Ghost of Christmas to come/ future. "Why yours Ebeneezer, the richest man in the cemetery!"

[@DanBrown0531]

I was looking forward to this video. It's hard to believe that there's a Disney character older than Mickey. Great work!

[@GardevoirBoy]

Pete is definitely the black sheep of Disney characters for sure. I'm surprised that he is the oldest cartoon character in existence. I love how Pete is a friendly archenemy seeing him become the bane to Mickey's existence.

[@Blue-qk3mg]

Definitely three musketeers Pete. That was the best movie

[@samalves1394]

2:56Evidence that older=scarier

[@michaelmaguire8132]

How does this not get more views?

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Personally when watching Goof Troop...I watched it for Pete and his family. He made me laugh wayyy too hard! " Ya miserable little Goof!" Jim Cummings deserves a metal!

[@ErikDaVinci]

Black Pete, or Svarte Petter as he is called in Swedish. Indeed the black sheep of Disney characters. Even though the facts he is a cat. :-3 Interesting that he is so much older than both Mickey and Oswald. And... used to be a bear! Look more like a seal sometimes though in those Alice shorts. :-P

[@jhiningdrawer7344]

Gysan i heard swedish

[@ErikDaVinci]

@@jhiningdrawer7344, Mhmm, I'm Swedish. :)

[@jhiningdrawer7344]

Gysan so am i

[@ErikDaVinci]

@@jhiningdrawer7344, en svensk fundering i så fall! :D Har Svarte Petter haft något annat svenskt namn tidigare, apropå hur många Engelska namn han har haft innan. :o Träbente petter? xD

[@ChrisGradyAMVs]

Gysan Jag har inget på Svarte Petter men jag har sätt en gammal tidning där Musse Pig hette Micke Mus.

[@LydiaSalem]

Pete was always my favorite disney character, next to goofy. I think Pete's best appearance was in a Goofy movie :) this was a great video of him, ty so much!

[@carminecdinoproductions]

Please do an updated version of this video to celebrate his 100th anniversary!

[@InuSebas]

In Latin America Pete is known as Pedro 😂😂

[@Mino9V6]

What do you think peter is in spanish

[@youresohot1392]

Do you guys call Mickey 'Miguel Mouse' as well?

[@OM19_MO79]

At one point in ancient history, he was called Ratón Miguelito, Minnie was Mimí, Donald was Pato Pascual and Goofy was Tribilín. These names were dropped in the 80s in favor of the original ones and by now are mostly forgotten. If you think those are wierd, you should hear the Looney Tunes ones, most are still used officially today.

[@minervasucicorbegoso2097]

In Latin America pete is a blowjob.

[@OM19_MO79]

Care to elaborate? In which country people call a blowjob a Pete or a Pedro? No one does it in Mexico, but in America a peter is also a d*ck.

[@Artzei]

In here Finland, we have always known Pete as Black Pete (translated as Musta Pekka).

[@miss-astronomikal-mcmxcvii]

So, it did not start with a mouse, IT STARTED WITH A BIG CAT AND A LITTLE GIRL! I have known this for a loooooong time. Don't let Disney's slogan "It all started with a mouse" fool you anymore in the age where we have so much information at our fingertips almost literally. Trust me, I used to be a Mickey Mouse fan, and still like him a bit, but the sad truth is that he is not the first character.

[@DaveLeeDownUnder]

I think all Walt meant by that is that the cornerstone of the success of the Disney studio rests on the shoulders of Mickey Mouse. The Oswalds and the Alices were never popular cartoons, they were disposable shorts shown at the beginning of b-movies, and forgotten. If it weren't for Mickey Mouse - whose cartoons were a cultural phenomenon, Disney wouldn't be what they are today. In fact, if not for Mickey, it's pretty likely all the early Alices and Oswalds wouldn't exist any more.

[@wesleyprout5019]

Das a bear.

[@miss-astronomikal-mcmxcvii]

@@DaveLeeDownUnder I can see the logic there, so thank you for your insight. I have seen a 1923 Alice short (yes, from before Pete's first appearance), and this was branded as a "Laugh-O-Gram." I have also watched a 1922 pre-Alice, pre-Disney Company, "Laugh-O-Gram" of Cinderella. These were just some extra features from the Alice in Wonderland DVD and the Cinderella DVD, respectively. I guess some people at the company had to digitally restore the original films before they were disposed, but it is quite interesting to see how Disney's animation evolved from the "Laugh-O-Grams," to Alice comedies from when the Disney Company was founded, to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and finally to Steamboat Willie and Mickey Mouse.

[@blankblankness2971]

Yeah. For a long time I used to think that Mickey Mouse was Disney’s oldest character and that he was around since 1921 before I saw his evolution video and this one. This made me learn Pete is the oldest character and Mickey was around since 1928.

[@leon-ik1hc]

My favorite Pete appearance was on the three musketeers since I grew up watching that

[@SegaMario]

He's gonna be 100 next year...I'll be impressed if Disney celebrates his Anniversary.

[@Scarabola]

The gods have answered our prayers.

[@crazycharmanderfan]

One thing that kinda bothered me is how you didn’t mention his face color. I’ve noticed Duck Tales, Epic Mickey, Get a Horse, and Current cartoon design have his white face while everything else have his tan face. Other than that it’s a great video!

[@ZipplyZane]

He's covered that so many times in all the other videos, I didn't even notice.

[@YujiUedaFan]

Plus sometimes Pete has brown fur and in KH3, Pete has curved ears that look more Jackal-like.

[@thisismysea]

Why do Disney animals have hairless faces anyway? The only real animal I can think of that looks like that are hedgehogs.

[@crazycharmanderfan]

thisismysea it is a style choice tho. It helps for their face to stand out so we can read their facial expression.

[@weirdunknownperson2916]

Make pete a meme

[@mafeuk]

Search BOOM DA BOOM from House of mouse.

[@thehackingburger3002]

@@mafeuk I remember that! I used to laugh and laugh when Mickey's response was, "Gram Gram used to sing THAT?" XD

[@beebuzz7467]

he's Disney's Moto Moto

[@daudenfield2905]

I remember watching very old Disney cartoons on a VHS tape as a kid , I believe it was Mickey's Crazy Careers and has Pete as the " villian" in several of them and he was always kind of portrayed as a bully type sheriff or construction foreman chomping on his cigar and throwing his weight around. He was hilarious, he was also based on a stereotype of a type of person that most certainly does exist. I have worked for years in Forestry and Construction industries and have met many tough guy,cigar chomping sorts and always start giving them the nickname "Pete" and it always sticks. Anyways....a great a.memorable character. This was an awsome video.

[@thisismysea]

Ohhhh, so Pete's family's names in Goof Troop were references to his old character designs? Peg for his peg leg and Pistol for Pistol Pete. That's really cool! And I always thought Pistol was an amazing name.

[@Scarletraven87]

It's my favourite character. A stereotipical brute with lousy laugh but yet not a complete idiot.

[@angelpichu1]

Oh my god. Pete's actually a cat?! I always assumed he was a wolf.

[@troykv96]

I think Pete's design was intentionally designed to be misleading; but it definitely has cat features, despite this he still conserve some of his original canine/boar-like aspects.

[@maymay5600]

i thought he was a fucking dog!

[@thisismysea]

He doesn't look like any real animal, honestly.

[@blankblankness2971]

In the Oswald cartoons, I thought he was a mole. Also, his exact species there is not specified in the documentary, so I guess we will never know for sure.

[@DWithDiagonalStroke]

@@maymay5600 no swears allowed!

[@drawwing]

I know the Pete in Runaway Brain is not really Pete, but the design change on Pete in that short is very important and influenced the Mickey Mouse works and other appearances.

[@jiminnorthdallas1227]

The ultimate toon character ‘actor’, Pete can play any role needed!

[@VoiceActorBobbyG]

Great video! You went down the whole history of Disney's first antagonist and it helped me learn so much! :3 My favorite Pete role would be The Three Musketeers! He's so much more fun as a villain! Plus, Jim Cummings voiced him so menacingly in that role and it's great! :D

[@ArendAlphaEagle]

Huh, with that tall hat, floppy ears and long snout, 1930s Oswald Pete looks a lot like Sylvester Shyster, another villain to Mickey.

[@biryanifan]

The Oswald version of Pete was effectively the common ancestor of both later Pete AND Sylvester, his pal and sometimes boss. Don't think about it too long, your head might hurt! (-:

[@sealionstudios8597]

Definitely second best of the classic Disney characters after Goofy.

[@ThePaganSun]

After DONALD...

[@danielsauers7783]

My Favorite Pete's Appearance was in Goof Troop, A Goofy Movie, and An Extremely Goofy Movie

[@EdwardClayMeow]

Going up on the Disney Afternoon cartoons I have a great fondness for his depiction in Goof Troop. I also love him starring alongside Chip n' Dale. In my opinion, I think Pete is at his best as an antagonist than a straight up villain.

[@nickcanning2782]

Thank you Dave Lee Down Under, Very cool!!!