History WesternAnimation / PeterPanAndThePirates

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* OffModel: Due to being animated by several animation studios [[note]]The aforementioned TMS, Creator/WangFilmProductions, Creator/{{AKOM}}, Creator/DaiWon, Creator/PacificRimAnimation, Pion Animation, Take One Productions, Studio Signal, Tae Sung & Island Animation in Asia, Hinton Animation; better known for ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTeddyRuxpin'' in Canada and a studio in Ukraine.[[/note]], the show has this:
** At one point in one episode, Tall Twin is identical to Short Twin, having light skin and red hair instead of his usual black hair and darker complexion.
** In "River of Night", when Tiger Lily and Hard-To-Hit are in the canoe looking for Peter after he goes missing and Tiger Lily points out Peter's cape lain in the water to Hard-To-Hit, she isn't wearing pants.
** The two episodes animated by Red Apple Group, "The Plucking Of Short Tom" and "Evicted", have the most off model moments including bulging eyeballs, FishEyes, stretchy and rubbery limbs and necks, and generally looking very primitive compared to the other studios.

Not to be confused with the anime ''Anime/TheAdventuresOfPeterPan''.

* TheTeam: The Lost Boys all have their roles and Peter rarely adventured with them all at once [[RealLifeWritesThePlot (most likely to save on animation costs due to how expensive TMS is)]]. Usually he hangs out with a few at a time. Still, each Lost Boy had a role to play:
** TheLeader -- Peter Pan
** TheLancer -- Slightly
** TheBigGuy -- Nibs
** TheSmartGuy -- John, the Twins, or Curly. They each had their own brand of "smart":
*** John is TheProfessor
*** The Twins are the [[GadgeteerGenius Gadgeteer Geniuses]]
*** Curly's the [[TheSmartGuy Smartass Guy]]
** TheHeart -- Tootles
** TagalongKid -- Michael
** TheChick -- Tinker Bell, Wendy
*** Tinker Bell is a FairyCompanion
*** Wendy is a TeamMom. "Mother" is her official role after all.

* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Typical Americanization abounds, with accents and terminology that J.M. Barrie probably didn't have in mind for the world as he scribed it. Memorably in the episode, "Ages of Pan", a fairy says that she should ''sue'' the twins for causing her distress!

* FaerieLand: Whilst Neverland as a whole could count as this, the true example is Small Monday Island, a neighboring island which is where Neverland's faeries and related magical folk come together to trade goods. It's the closest thing to adult civilization in Neverland, and the pirates occasionally visit it as a result - often causing trouble by trying to steal things.

* WorldHealingWave: After Peter Pan finally gives the crystal back to the icy EvilClone created by King Kyros, it transforms into a glowing fireball and streaks across Neverland, undoing the freezing as easily as it created it.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Hook keeps a portrait of his mother in his cabin, and in "Hook the Faithful Son," is tricked into believing his mother wished for him to be a pilot, not a pirate.

* NeverLearnedToRead: It's mentioned a few times that Peter is illiterate. It ends up causing him some trouble in one episode when he isn't able to read a warning on a treasure map.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Billy Jukes.

* OffModel: Due to being animated by several animation studios [[note]]The aforementioned TMS, Creator/WangFilmProductions, Creator/{{AKOM}}, Creator/DaiWon, Creator/PacificRimAnimation, Pion Animation, Take One Productions, Studio Signal, Tae Sung & Island Animation in Asia, Hinton Animation; better known for ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTeddyRuxpin'' in Canada and a studio in Ukrane.[[/note]], the show has this:

** Peter Pan himself also received this treatment, going from a tyrannical dictator who abuses his friends, as he is in the novel, to a perfectly nice kid who, although arrogant and a bit of a sore loser, still acres about a lot of people and will help his friends when need be.

* AgeLift: Bill Jukes in the novel was a lot older with a lot of tatoos. However Billy in the show is much younger without any tattoos. Hook is also implied to be older too since he has white hair.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Many characters get one. One such example is "A Day At The Fair"; where it stars Michael and Tinkerbell and absolutely no other heroes as they visit a fair, and outsmart the pirates in the process.

* BeautyIsBad: The mermaids, except Crooked Tail qualify for this.

* ClingyJealousGirl: The mermaids and Tinker Bell both get very jealous when Peter spends time with any other female, sometimes to the point where they act very nasty.
* CosmicKeystone: Tinkerbell says Peter Pan created Neverland out of his imagination making him this, but places would vanish or shift about as Peter forgot about them. To give Neverland a sense of order, a map was created of Neverland that can only be changed during the presence of a particular comet.

* FisherKingdom: From ''The Neverscroll'': "Peter Pan ''is'' Neverland, and Neverland is Peter Pan."

* GirlsWithMoustaches: Upon first meeting Crooked Tail, Peter notes that he had never seen a mermaid with a moustache before. Crooked Tail replies with [[DeadpanSnarker "You should have seen me before I shaved the beard off."]]

* GreenEyedMonster : The Mermaids are ''collectively'' this. They show their most vicious streak when after Peter calls Wendy more beautiful than they are,they decide to kidnap her and make her a mermaid... without the ability to breath underwater, basically wanting to see her slowly suffocate as the air bubble she has runs out of oxygen. Even Crooked Tail, the nicest one, got in her current ugly state out of jealousy.

* AnIcePerson: The Ice King, from the first episode. Peter steals his crystals to offer to Wendy and Tinkerbell, which triggers his wrath, turning Peter and the gang into ice statues. Tinkerbell manages to thaw herself and Peter, then Peter thaws everyone, but Peter, being his proud self, still feels like provoking the Ice King. The latter ends up creating an EvilDoppelganger of Peter who's made of ice and freezes the entirety of Neverland (pirates included). It all stops and comes back to normal when Peter eventually accedes to give the last crystal back.

-->'''Peter''': "You are the cruelest, most heartless, irredeemably villainous pirate who ever walked a deck and truly the most evil man to set foot in Neverland!"
-->'''Hook''': "Why, you flatter me, boy!"

* MagicFeather: An ordinary compact mirror is declared that whoever looks into it, is the most beautiful in Neverland. Eventually it falls into the hands of ugly Crooked Tail, who Peter proudly proclaims to now be the most beautiful mermaid in Neverland.

* NeverLearnedToRead: It was mentioned a few times that Peter was illiterate. It ended up causing him some trouble in one episode when he wasn't able to read a warning on a treasure map.

** "The Coldest Cut of All" is pretty much built on showing how much of a self-centered JerkAss that Peter Pan can be. While showing off a gemstone that he openly boasts about ''stealing'' after breaking into the Ice Caves, home of the winter spirit King Kyros, Peter unwittingly [[SpeakOfTheDevil summons Kyros by speaking his name]]. Kyros promptly takes back his property and orders Peter not to go messing around in Kyros' house or stealing his stuff again. Peter responds to this by leading the Lost Boys to go and do just that, hoping to impress Wendy with an even bigger crystal. Of course, Kyros suspected Peter would do just that, so he enchanted the gem, and it [[HarmlessFreezing encases the entire underground lair and all the Lost Boys in ice]]. Luckily, Tinkerbell thaws herself out and then revives Pan, who does the same to the rest of the kids... and then [[WhatTheHellHero leads them to try and melt down Kyros' home]]. Outraged, Kyros creates an icy doppleganger of Peter Pan to duel the King of the Lost Boys, which overpowers Peter and forces the children to run. Ice Pan then freezes over the entire island, demanding Peter return the stolen crystal.

** When Wendy suggests a birthday party for one of her brothers, Peter bitterly says that date never comes in Neverland. When Wendy decides to celebrate it the next day, Peter and Tinkerbell both conspire to keep dawn from coming: since birthdays mean growing up.
** In "Eternal Youth", Hook is tricked into thinking he's found the fountain of youth, and gets into his long underwear. Peter remarks of Hook being in his birthday suit, then reminds Hook that "birthdays are not allowed in Neverland."

** Robert Mullins was second only to Hook in terms of viciousness, but he had a soft spot for Billy Jukes and was the only pirate to not bully him when he was brought on board the Jolly Roger.

* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Typical Americanization abounds, with accents and termanology that J.M. Barrie probably didn't have in mind for the world as he scribed it. Memorably in the episode, "Ages of Pan", a fairy says that she should ''sue'' the twins for causing her distress!

''Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates'' is a cartoon that ran for two seasons (1990-1991). It is a heavily expanded take on the classic story of Franchise/PeterPan. With high characterization and storytelling for its time, this cartoon was TruerToTheText than many other adaptations, and its original elements remain true to the spirit of the original story. It was the very first show to air on the "[[Creator/FoxKids Fox Kids Network]]".[[note]]While promos started using the "Fox Kids" name as early as 1993, it wouldn't be until after the merger with Creator/SabanEntertainment that the block would officially be known as "Fox Kids".[[/note]]

* {{Mondegreen}}: In-universe; Slightly and Peter trick Hook into thinking his mother wanted him to be a ''pilot'', not a pirate.

** One episode has Hook believing he was meant to become [[{{Mondegreen}} a pilot, not a pirate]]. This was a plot point in ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance''.

*** Curly's the [[SmartGuy Smartass Guy]]

* LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:Inverted with the hero Peter, who is this considering that if anything happens to him, all of Neverland will cease to exist.]]

* BreakThemByTalking: "The Ages of Pan" features Hook delivering one when Peter considers killing him for good.
-->'''Hook:''' If I must die, I will encounter darkness as a bride and hug it in my arms. For I, at least, have lived a full life, Peter Pan! I have been a child, I have been a youth, I have been a man, a scholar and a gentleman! I have sailed the world in the finest navy ever to set sun, sky or moon sail. Actually, I have lived a full life. Whereas you are a pathetic creature, forever locked in the self-serving egocentricities of childhood. You will never be a youth, and you will never be a man! So, finish me now and be done with it!

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Only Creator/TimCurry can say "Damnation" on children's television. And due to Hook's habit of speaking in [[AntiquatedLinguistics Archaic Language]], he gets plenty of other things past the radar. Such as his line about "''molesting'' clouds". However, "molesting" isn't necessarily always in the sense of what one may be thinking, but rather molesting as in bothering or pestering.
** Tinker Bell's teasing of Peter, per the book, was kept in.