Editing Pete

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  |journalKH2=Steamboat Willie (1928)<br><br>A tough and mean former steamboat captain. Donald and Goofy know Pete real well — he's so bad that King Mickey was forced to banish him to another dimension.<br><br>Maleficent found Pete there and helped him escape from exile. Since then, he's been traveling the worlds, assembling an army of Heartless for Maleficent. It's pretty certain that the two of them are planning to take over and rule all the worlds.<br><br>'''Olympus Coliseum'''<br>Steamboat Willie (1928)<br><br>King Mickey's nemesis. Pete is collecting an army of Heartless and helping Maleficent in her scheme to take over all the worlds. He's also lending Hades a hand with his collection of Heartless.<br><br>'''Pride Lands'''<br>Steamboat Willie (1928)<br><br>Pete's using the Heartless to get control over all the worlds.<br><br>He's helping Scar's phantom, too. Seems like Pete's trying to cover all his bases.<br><br>'''Timeless River'''<br>Steamboat Willie (1928)<br><br>King Mickey's old nemesis. He traveled back in time on Maleficent's orders.<br><br>As part of Maleficent's scheme to take over Disney Castle, Pete plans to destroy the Cornerstone of Light. Without the Cornerstone, Disney Castle will be defenseless.<br><br>'''Port Royal'''<br>Steamboat Willie (1928)<br><br>Pete's been a thorn in King Mickey's side ever since the days the King served on Pete's steamboat.<br><br>Now Pete's teamed up with Captain Barbossa and his men. He's planning something bad - that much is certain.<br><br>'''Captain Pete (First entry)'''<br>Steamboat Willie (1928)<br><br>Captain of a river steamboat; this is a different Pete than the one we know. He doesn't seem to have any connection with the Heartless. Why, he doesn't even recognize Sora, Donald, and Goofy!<br><br>I wonder if he's just trying to trick us.<br><br>'''Captain Pete (Second entry)'''<br>Steamboat Willie (1928)<br><br>Captain of a river steamboat. He's Pete, but from the past. A long time ago, King Mickey started out working for Pete on his boat.<br><br>Somehow, Pete's managed to get his boat stolen by himself — that is, by the Pete from the future!

|journalCOD=A troublemaker who once lived in the same world as King Mickey, Donald, and friends. But after mouthing off and getting temporarily banished, Pete was approached by Maleficent and became her loyal servant.<br><br>The datascape isn't the first place he has meddled with, but now that he's wandered in, he is hoping this will be his ticket to ruling a world or two.

'''Pete''' is a secondary antagonist in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series. Once a steamboat captain at [[Timeless River]] who employed a young [[Mickey Mouse]], he used to live in [[Disney Town]], but was cast into the [[Lanes Between]] by Queen [[Minnie Mouse]] for causing mischief.<ref>Despite this, Goofy claims in ''Kingdom Hearts II'' that Pete was banished by King Mickey.</ref> Maleficent releases Pete from his prison in return for his loyalty, and throughout ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'' and ''Kingdom Hearts II'', he goes on various missions for her to rebuild her power base of allied antagonists and Heartless minions after her disastrous defeat in ''Kingdom Hearts''. However, Pete is a chronic bumbler, and as Sora puts it, "not smart enough to tie his own shoes." He serves as Maleficent's second-in-command and is the only antagonist who still cooperates with her throughout the series.

[[File:A Black and White World 01 KHII.png|thumb|left|Pete as he appears before Disney Castle is built.]]

When [[Sora]] travels back in time to find the reason for the evil surrounding Disney Castle, he is quick to blame Captain Pete, unaware that he is not the Pete they are dealing with. However, when Sora, [[Donald Duck]], and [[Goofy]] point their fingers at Captain Pete, to answer his question of if they saw any bad guys, the shipmaster is visibly offended, but instead of fighting them, he merely goes off to find his stolen steamboat. But Sora, Donald and Goofy still attack him, and it is only when Captain Pete nurses his injuries and does not summon any [[Heartless]] that Sora and company realise that they have made a mistake. Sora promptly apologises to Captain Pete for the misunderstanding and offers to help him recover the steamboat to make amends.

Sometime later after Sora, Donald, and Goofy has left, Captain Pete rides his steamboat up the river as Mickey jumps aboard.{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts II}}

{{Q|Wearin' the mask of peace and hope, comes the fearless defender and hero of this town! It is me—Captain Justice!|Pete, as Captain Justice}}

[[File:The Million Dreams Award 02 KHBBS.png|thumb|right|Queen Minnie banishing Pete from Disney Town for misbehaving for far too long.]]

Pete appears in Disney Town as a resident and plays under the disguise as the "hero" Captain Justice and the racer Captain Dark as a scheme to win the [[Million Dreams Award]] during the Million Dreams Celebration. However, despite insisting that his disguises are separate people, many of the residents do not buy the ploy. After Queen Minnie announces that [[Terra]], [[Aqua]], and [[Ven]] won the award for their good deeds, with only Aqua able to accept the prize for her friends, Pete causes an uproar.

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If Terra or Ventus are the third to complete Disney Town, they accept the prize instead.

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Though [[Queen Minnie]] says that some people do care for him and voted for him, Pete admits he just wants the prize and demands it. This forces Minnie, who lost her tolerance for him, to have Pete taken away by a squad of "security" [[brooms]] and exiled to the Lanes Between. However, Pete hears Maleficent's voice telling him as she offers him freedom in return for his assistance in helping her conquer the worlds. Accepting the offer, Pete escapes through a [[Corridor of Darkness]] Maleficent conjured for him.

In return for his freedom, Pete became a commander in Maleficent's Heartless army, and traveled around many worlds building up more and more legions of Heartless to help her plot of universal domination (considering there is more than one world).

While searching for [[Jafar]]'s Lamp in [[Agrabah]], Pete is followed by [[Axel]] and [[Roxas]] when they come across the villain in the Marketplace as he was looking for a secret entrance out of town to the [[Cave of Wonders]]. Pete eventually escapes [[Organization XIII]]'s sights, not appearing until Roxas finds him during another mission in Agrabah, this time with [[Xion]]. While investigating the Cave of Wonders, Roxas and Xion end up battling him.

[[File:I'm Pete 01 KHII.png|thumb|right|Pete encounters Sora, Donald, and Goofy while trying to turn Yen Sid into a Heartless.]]

Pete first meet Sora while standing outside [[Mysterious Tower|Yen Sid's Tower]], having sent in a squad of Heartless to turn the powerful sorcerer [[Yen Sid]] into a Heartless to act as Pete's bodyguard. Sora, [[Donald Duck|Donald]], and [[Goofy]] informs him of [[Maleficent]]'s demise, and in anger Pete calls an army of Heartless to attack. After Pete tells them who lives in the tower, Sora, Donald, and Goofy run inside in excitement, leaving Pete to lose his temper and leave.

He returns to Hollow Bastion to see if what his foes had told him is actually true, finding Maleficent's fortress devoid of any kind of activity; he also finds the place gloomy. Now thinking that their plan for universal domination is a bust, Pete is shocked to see her pet raven, Diablo, arrive and caw at him. He sees this as a foreshadowing of Maleficent's return. <!--seriously WTF this is terrible-->

Pete then appears in [[Olympus Coliseum]] to help [[Hades]] defeat [[Hercules]], planning to turn the great hero into another one of his Heartless when he falls. As part of Hades' plan to trick Sora into unlocking the [[Underdrome]], Pete kidnaps [[Megara]] and imprisons her inside it. He fight Hercules and Sora long enough for the [[Hydra]] to attack the Coliseum, fleeing the Underworld and returning to Hollow Bastion.

Saddened, Pete begins pining for his early days as a steamboat captain, causing a portal to [[Timeless River]] to open up. Showing [[Maleficent]] the portal, Pete is tasked with going back in time to destroy [[Disney Castle]]'s treasured [[Cornerstone of Light]] to allow them to take over the castle to replace their crumbling fortress. However, Pete is stopped from fulfilling their plan by Sora, along with his [[Captain Pete|past self]]. His portal was sealed behind him by the Keyblade, preventing him from ever going back.

He next appears in [[Port Royal]], where he teams up with [[Captain Barbossa]] to lend a hand in removing the curse of the gold medallions. He also gave them fair warning about the Keyblade's otherworldly<!--it's like babytown frolics in here--> magic being effective on their skeletal forms. Pete also helped double-cross [[Will Turner|Will]] by leaving Heartless and rigged gunpowder barrels on the ''Interceptor'' while taking him hostage. After "the tide has changed" during Barbossa's battle with [[Jack Sparrow]], Pete summons the [[Illuminator]] Heartless to absorb moonlight to assist. However, once it's defeated, Pete flees.

Deciding to resume his quest to find Jafar's lamp and turn him into a Heartless, Pete returned to [[Agrabah]] to search the Cave of Wonders. While searching, he overheard Sora's group mention [[the Peddler]] had Jafar's lamp. Leaving a squad of Heartless to keep them busy, Pete tracked the Peddler down and chased him to the palace gates. However, just when it seemed he succeeded in acquiring the lamp, interference from [[Iago]] and [[Genie]], causing him to lose it. After the [[Blizzard Lord and Volcanic Lord]] that he summons are defeated, he runs off in a fury.

He next appears in the [[Pride Lands]], lending [[Scar]] control of the [[Heartless]] to secure his reign as king. When it looked like Sora, Donald and Goofy would be done in by Scar's hyena minions, Pete took his leave. However, he had a hidden agenda; upon Scar's defeat by [[Simba]], he used the anger and jealousy in Scar's [[Heart|heart]] to turn him into a Heartless to establish his and [[Maleficent]]'s control over the Pride Lands. However, Scar was defeated by Sora and Simba, forcing him to once again flee.

During the invasion of Hollow Bastion, Pete commanded the Heartless alongside Maleficent. However, once seeing that their troops were no match for the Organzation's [[Nobody|Nobodies]], he fled; "I don't know about you, but I'm out of here, sister!"

He and Maleficent turn up one last time in the [[Castle That Never Was]], seeking to take it for their own. When [[Ansem the Wise]]'s [[Kingdom Hearts Encoder]] explodes, it causes the creation of thousands of Heartless. Knowing that the Sora and his friends are the only ones who can stop [[Xemnas]], Maleficent volunteers to hold off the Heartless, on the condition that when they've destroyed them all, the castle would be hers. Pete suggests fleeing, causing Maleficent to dismiss him. However, Pete meets Mickey face to face for the first time in a decade, and a brief conversation encourages Pete to stand and fight. He and Maleficent charge the Heartless army while Sora and company go on to defeat Xemnas. After the castle is destroyed, the two of them are forced to retreat.

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[[File:A Shady Character 01 KHREC.png|thumb|right|Pete appears in a data version of Olympus Coliseum.]]

==Personality==

Pete is very mean, selfish and, shown at various points, cowardly. He tends to get scared in the presence of characters with overwhelming power, or in situations of being outnumbered. He is quite loyal to Maleficent, although his cowardice interferes from time to time. He has the tendency to run at the mouth, bragging and insulting, even with people such as Hades. Whenever he is defeated, he runs off in a huff. Though Pete appears incompetent, his heart has strangely been strong enough to resist the darkness.  

Despite his cowardly appearance, Pete is one of the sneakier antagonists in the game. This is shown first in the Underworld where he tricks Sora into opening the Underdrome by losing a fight to Sora. Next at Agrabah, he uses Sora and his friends to find Jafar's lamp so he can steal it and turn him into a Heartless. Later, during his fight with Sora at Timeless River, he continuously changes the scene to give himself an edge.

When he was a captain, Pete had many of the same personality traits he would later be known for, such as his gruff demeanour and generally rude behaviour. However, Captain Pete is shown to be much more benevolent than Pete, and appears to have no intention whatsoever of harming other people for any reason. It is never explained how Captain Pete evolved into his ruthless and conniving self, but a possible explanation is resentment and jealousy over his cabin boy Mickey's ascension to King of Disney Castle, especially given the fact that Mickey once used to work for him, suggested when Pete refers to Mickey as "the boat-boy King".

==Appearance==

Besides that, he does have some magical talent, as shown when he somehow conjured a portal to the Past while reminiscing, a surprising feat for Pete, and he evidently has a strong Heart as he is likely able to use the Corridors of Darkness to travel the Worlds to gather Heartless without being strained by the Darkness. He also seems to have some power of teleportation as when he appeared alongside Maleficent to stop the Heartless and allow Sora and his friends to continue on to battle Xemnas. He obviously has above-average strength, and unlike Maleficent, was strong enough to resist the darkness. He has also shown some decent swordsmanship as the captain of Queen Minnie's royal guard.

===D-Link===

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In the European, North American and ''Final Mix'' versions of ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'', Pete is a D-Link ally to the player, and the only D-Link that needs to be unlocked. To unlock, play the Command Board (except as an Event in the [[Mirage Arena]]), if you or another player lands on a [[Command Board#Special Panels|Special Panel]], and Pete as either Captain Justice or Captain Dark appears this unlocks Pete as a D-Link at the conclusion of the Command Board session.

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Although Peg Leg Pete's debut dates back to 1925 in ''[[wikipedia:Alice Comedies|Alice Solves the Puzzle]]'' in which he was portrayed as a bear-like creature, it was not until ''[[wikipedia:Steamboat Willie|Steamboat Willie]]'' in 1928 that he made his first full-fledged appearance as Mickey Mouse's feline antagonist. Despite this, he holds the distinction of being the oldest surviving Disney character. Coincidentally, Pete's role in ''Steamboat Willie'' is relatively minor compared to Mickey and Minnie, appearing only at the beginning to throw Mickey back onto the deck to work, and at the very end when he stops Mickey and Minnie from their mischief and punishes Mickey by ordering him to peel potatoes.

While most portrayals of Pete give him an antagonistic role, in some cartoons, he was shown to have a somewhat caring side, including to his children in the show Goof Troop,  his son in the Goofy Movies, and most recently, in the children's show ''{{w|Mickey Mouse Clubhouse}}''. His design in the Country of the Musketeers is based on his look from the film ''Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers'', in which he is the main antagonist.

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