| “ | If you only knew the horrible things I’ve done…the awful, unforgivable things!!! I’m just EVIL through and through. That’s all everybody expects from me. | „ |
| ~ Petey to Li’l Petey. |
| “ | DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT MY SON THAT WAY! | „ |
| ~ Petey standing up to Piggy |
| “ | This world has a lot of problems…But it could never be a horrible place…because you’re in it. | „ |
| ~ Petey learning his lesson to Li’l Petey. |
Petey TheCat is one of the two deuteragonists (alongside his son Li’l Petey) of Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man franchise.
He is an evil anthropomorphic cat with a tragic past and is Dog Man's former arch-nemesis. He is an incredibly intelligent inventor, who creates all sorts of technology to commit crimes. However, thanks to his son Li'l Petey, he had a change of heart and became a helpful ally to the heroes.
He was portrayed by Jamie LeVerdiere in the Dog Man Musical, and will be voiced by Pete Davidson in the upcoming film adaptation, who also voiced Mirage in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.
Personality[]
When Petey was first introduced, he comes off as a one-dimensional villain who loves causing trouble just for his own amusement. He shows no care for others and only treats his clone Lil' Petey as disposable and tried to turn him into the same evil cat as himself. He is extremely intelligent and cunning, being able to build many large and complicated robots such as 80-HD. Petey also gets very easily annoyed when others such as his inmate Big Jim and his clone try to get into a friendly conversation with him.
He is also shown to be nasty and teasing. Often in his debut, Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers, he teased Dr. Dilbert and made fun of his plans (and breath). He then betrayed him because of how badly Dilbert treated him and tried to destroy the world using Dilbert's robot Mecha-Kitty. He also disliked Dog Man, a reference to the cat-dog rivalry. When Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog take him to jail, he's excited at first (due to the cat litter craze), but whenever he's arrested thanks to Dog Man, he almost always ends up saying “Rats! "
However, as Book 5 would reveal, a part of Petey's turn to evil stemmed from the fact that he was betrayed by his friends and fellow Critter Scouts when they were little. After Petey accidentally broke Piggy's glasses and started a fire, the scouts blamed him when the scout teacher caught them. After this, Petey's scout badges and goods deeds were removed and he was kicked out of the scout group. This made Petey believe that doing good was for nothing and nobody would care if he did good.
In the same book, Li'l Petey would reach out to his father and encourage him to do good by helping Dog Man defeat the FLEAS (Petey's former childhood scout friends). From that book onwards, Petey would become a better cat due the living representation of his mother's love (his son) believing, forgiving and never giving up on in Petey. Despite his redemption, he still gets easily annoyed and irritated when his son and Molly the Tadpole disturb him, and is still somewhat nihilistic about the world. But he still believes in good virtues such as love and forgiveness, such as when he forgives his abusive father.
Appearance[]
Petey is an orange cat with horizontal black stripes across his body. In his first appearance, he was significantly short. He also has a flat tail.
Concept[]
Petey's original concept.
As seen here, Petey was originally going to be a scientist named Ralph, and was going to wear glasses. The picture shown is one of the earliest drawings of him, derived from an online version of Petey's debut, Super Diaper Baby 2: Revenge on the Potty Snatchers.
Quotes[]
| “ | You have bad breath. | „ |
| ~ Petey's first ever words in the franchise. |
| “ | Dr. Dinkle: Hey Petey! Grab a bag and start loading up this money, ya dumb head! Petey: Ewww! It's all wet! |
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| ~ Petey and Dr. Dinkle robbing a bank. |
| “ | Petey: Hey, what about me? I still need water! Dr. Dinkle: I don't see you payin' no bills! |
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| ~ Petey and Dr. Dinkle having an argument. |
| “ | Dr. Dinkle: Hey! What the---??? I've been turned into pee!!! [looks at Petey with an angry glare] |
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| ~ Petey to liquefied Dr. Dinkle after drinking and peeing him out, as well as his most famous quote in Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers. |
| “ | Dr. Dinkle: You're in big TROUBLE!!! Petey: Doncha mean "urine" big trouble? |
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| “ | Yo, Rip Van Tinkle! What up, dog? | „ |
| ~ Petey greeting Dr. Dinkle. |
| “ | Rip Van Tinkle: Would you cut that out?!!? It's not very nice to call people names, you know!!! Petey: But I'm one of the bad guys! I'm not supposed to be nice!!! |
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| ~ Petey and Dr. Dinkle on the latter's nickname. |
| “ | Welcome to the grand opening of "Crazy" Petey's Lair of Diapers! | „ |
| ~ Petey selling diapers now that all the toilets in the city are destroyed. |
| “ | Smell ya later! | „ |
| ~ Petey tossing away the giant toilet paper that absorbed Dr. Dinkle. |
| “ | Oh boy! Jail!! | „ |
| ~ Petey's last line in Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers as Billy Hoskins and Diaper Dog send him to jail. [Note: Petey is excited due to being fed with cat nip.] |
| “ | Rats! | „ |
| ~ Petey’s catchphrase every time he would get arrested. |
| “ | ENOUGH ABOUT THIS DOG MAN! IT'S TIME TO STOP THIS SUPA COP! | „ |
| ~ Petey's breakdown in the upcoming film. |
Trivia[]
- Despite only appearing in the Dog Man comics, Petey is considered one of the most popular and recurring antagonists in the Captain Underpants universe.
- Despite being generally considered as the deuteragonist of the Dog Man books, in recent ones he is shown to have more page time and character development than Dog Man.
- It is implied in Dog Man: The Bark Knight Cometh that he was murdered by an evil robot doppelgänger of his, as when Chief sees Petey's robotic doppelgänger, he mistakes it for Petey and exclaims that he believed that Petey died.
External Links[]
- Petey on the Villains Wiki
- Petey on the DreamWorks Wiki
- Petey on the Dog Man Wiki
- Petey on the Captain Underpants Wiki
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