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Real Name |
Pete |
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First Appearance |
Alice Solves the Puzzle (1925) |
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Created by |
Walt Disney |
Origin[]
Pete (also known as Peg-Leg Pete or Bootleg Pete) is a cartoon villain created in 1925 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. He is the nemesis of Mickey Mouse, Oswald The Lucky Rabbit and Julius the Cat.
He is often depicted as the cartoon protagonist's abusive, cigar-smoking boss (though in the case of Steamboat Willie, he could be considered a reasonable force), or a rival for the affection of Minnie Mouse or Sadie, being successful on rare occasion.
In some Alice Comedies cartoons, he can be seen commanding a group of mouse henchmen.
Public Domain Appearances[]
Public Domain Cartoons[]
- Alice Solves the Puzzle (1925)
- Alice Wins the Derby (1925)
- Alice Gets Stage Struck (1925)
- Alice Picks the Champ (1925)
- Alice's Tin Pony (1925)
- Alice on the Farm (1926)
- Alice's Balloon Race (1926)
- Alice's Mysterious Mystery (1926)
- Alice's Spanish Guitar (1926)
- Alice's Brown Derby (1926)
- Alice the Lumberjack (1926)
- Alice the Golf Bug (1927)
- Alice Foils the Pirates (1927)
- Alice at the Rodeo (1927)
- Alice in the Alps (1927)
- Alice's Auto Race (1927)
- Alice's Knaughty Knight (1927)
- Alice's Channel Swim (1927)
- Alice in the Klondike (1927)
- The Ocean Hop (1927)
- The Banker's Daughter (1927)
- Rickety Gin (1927)
- Harem Scarem (1928)
- Rival Romeos (1928)
- Sagebrush Sadie (1928)
- Ozzie of the Mounted (1928)
- Oh, What a Knight (1928)
- Hungry Hobos (1928)
- High Up (1928)
- The Sky Scrapper (1928)
- The Gallopin' Gaucho (mute version only until 2025) (1928)
- Steamboat Willie (1928)
- Donald Gets Drafted (1942)
Pete also appears on the title card of each of Walt Disney's Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons.
Notes[]
Pete as a bear in an Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon
- Pete was originally a bear in the Alice Comedies and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons, and was first depicted as a cat in Steamboat Willie - both depictions are public domain.
- Pete's peg-leg debuted in the Alice Comedies, but was not given to his cat self until 1930's The Cactus Kid, leaving the prosthetic's status for use on cat Pete ambigious until The Cactus Kid's release to the public domain in 2026.
- His later iterations - such as the friendlier Petes from Goof Troop and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and the more overtly villainous Petes from Mickey's Christmas Carol and The Three Muskateers - remain copyrighted for the foreseeable future.