About Little Pete

Ever since the early 90's Little Pete has become a cult hero, making blowhole a household insult. Pete has a never say die attitude and a fearlessness (recognised in 12 galaxies) that set him apart from Big Pete and the rest of Wellsville's residents. After all, nobody else could take on the ringing phone or the whole of the International Adult Conspiracy like he does. This all round toughness, coupled with his own personal super hero and the abilities Artie passes onto him, has seen off many enemies: starting with Hathead and ending with Pitstain, with battles against Papercut, Endless Mike, Open Face and Schwinger along the way. Everyone knew that Pete wouldn't cave with Papercut and this shows the true strength of his character. Pete has also gone through his fair share of friends too (what ever happened to Mort and Clem?), ending up with Nona, Wayne and Monica (but sadly not with Artie).

Pete is 5 foot 3 by the third series, ambidexrous and born under  the sun of Gemini. If you look really carefully at Pitstain's print out in Dance Fever you can see his listed special abilities are being able to open all garage doors with a single remote and also the fact he has his own private radio station (Wart Radio). The only one of his likes I can make out is Halloween. In series 1 he is 10 making him roughly 14 by the time the show finished. His all time hero is honest Abe Lincoln and his only known fear, after overcoming dancing, is clowns, which he revealed to the late Gary the Lizard. He can produce seven different types of body cheese and for the most part has an inny belly button. Pete is trained in high explosives and is also a super charged trash talking machine. Like most people, he has his own favourite smell, internal organ and even his very own favourite song now (although it took some finding) and a favourite past time - revenge. Previous occupations include a paperboy, a land mine inspector and a crossing guard all of which helped him to save up $499.99 to buy a Retro Riley Rocket pack to help him kick Evil's hairy butt. Instead though, he gets a leaf blower. As well as having a personal super hero in Artie, he also has a personal guardian angel , Inspector 34 ,a lucky, double headed penny to keep him safe from over carbonated drinks and mutants armed with cold war weaponry, and his very own tattoo (complete with license), Petunia.

As far as practical jokes are concerned, Pete is a legend, what with freeze drying Cuba and the Johnny Earwax stunt. He has also made the whole of Texas go bald with one of his science experiments, accidently drained Lake Superior and toppled the Asian Bond Market. But Dad counters these deeds with masterful punishments, like the time he played holiday slides on Pete's shirt after he'd put a high gloss finish on the lawn for Father's Day. Other punishments Pete has had to suffer are being kept in his own burping room, and being grounded for life (after having to repair the lawn by giving it a deep Swedish massage and being turned into a human sprinkler system). All of this might suggest a touch of weirdness about Pete's character but despite being one of the two most likely candidates in Wellsville, it has been scientifically proven that Pete is not an alien.

So from being thrown ten miles to a bowling alley by Hathead, to the final scene walking down the road pushing the bus in Saturday, Little Pete was a star, one of the best character creations in the history of TV and expertly played by Danny Tamberelli: could you imagine the show with anyone else as Little Pete? I doubt it. Him and Mike Maronna were the perfect double act, going a long way to make Pete and Pete the best show ever and it's just a shame it had to be cancelled. However every time I see Pete sliding down the school corridors it's still as funny as ever. The show and the character of Little Pete are both classics and will live on forever.