History WesternAnimation / Pete

** That being said, one costume that tends to be associated with him is him wearing blue overalls, which is the looks he's been depicted with in media like various comics, animated shows like ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' and videogames like ''VideoGame/EpicMickey''. In fact, his primary outfit in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series is basically a Tetsuya Nomura-esque redesigned version of said blue overalls... [[{{zipper|iffic}} with a big zipper in the middle for good measure.]]

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Pete has the notoriety of being Disney's earliest iconic character because he was always used as antagonist to whomever Walt Disney had for the protagonist. First, he was a bear antagonist towards Alice in the ''WesternAnimation/AliceComedies''. Then he was transplanted into the ''WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit'' cartoons as Oswald's personal adversary until Walt lost the rights to Oswald. And then he was transplanted into ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' cartoons, revisioned as a cat, where he would menace the mouse and many of his friends such Donald Duck and Goofy. It's apparently a happy accident, as the cat adversary was supposed to be an {{Expy}} of Pete named "Terrible Tom" until a Mickey Mouse comic strip reused the name "Pegleg Pete" and it has stuck every since.

%%* HonestJohnsDealership: In ''Goof Troop''.

Not to be confused with the storybook series WesternAnimation/PeteTheCat.

* ArchEnemy: To WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse, WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and/or WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}, depending on the cartoon. The last one, however rarely ever suspects that they're enemies.

* BadassBaritone: He was voiced by Billy Bletcher in the '30s, '40s and '50s. Before that, Bletcher voiced TheBigBadWolf in 1933's WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittlePigs.

Not to be confused with [[WesternAnimation/PeteTheCat Pete the Cat, either in animated or picture book form]].

* DependingOnTheWriter: Pete's brand of villainy tends to vary widely depending on the work in question -- he's been seen as a calculating and scheming villain, a simple criminal thug, a relatively mundane {{Jerkass}}, a simple annoying foil, a CrankyNeighbor, or whichever other antagonistic role is needed, although he rarely tends to be the top villain when other bad guys are present.

** He sometimes teams up with his nemesis MickeyMouse to deal with an even bigger enemy.

* EvilSoundsDeep: Especially the Creator/JimCummings version. His original actor, Billy Bletcher, was famed for such roles. Wiki/TheOtherWiki once said it was done to [[{{Foil}} contrast]] Mickey's light falsetto voice.

* CrankyNeighbor: Toward Donald in "The New Neighbor", which takes this trope UpToEleven as they engage in all-out war with each other. He also takes this role toward Goofy in ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop''.

Throughout his career, Pete has been voiced by Creator/BillyBletcher, Creator/JohnMcLeish, Creator/PintoColvig, Creator/WillRyan, and Creator/ArthurBurghardt. His current official voice actor is Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}} (the one who also voices Franchise/{{Winnie the Pooh}}, Tigger and WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck).

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Pete was this to Minnie Mouse in the early cartoons.

His current official voice actor is Creator/{{Jim Cummings|1952}} (the one who also voices Franchise/{{Winnie the Pooh}}, Tigger and WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck).

* DubNameChange / PunnyName: In France, Pete is named "Pat Hibulaire", a pun on the French word "patibulaire", which means "sinister".

* PunnyName: In France, Pete is named "Pat Hibulaire", a pun on the French word "patibulaire", which means "sinister".