“Sweet Pete, the villainous grown-up Peter Pan from Disney’s 2022 film Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, has sparked interest online. Discover the story behind Sweet Pete and the real-life parallels to actor Bobby Driscoll.”
Disney has a character that is of sudden interest to the internet, and his name is “Sweet Pete”.
Quick FAQs About Sweet Pete:
Q: What movie is Sweet Pete in?
A: Sweet Pete is the villain in Disney’s 2022 film Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, available on Disney+.
Q: Is Sweet Pete based on Bobby Driscoll?
A: Fans speculate Sweet Pete’s character references Bobby Driscoll, who portrayed the original Peter Pan animation model and experienced a tragic life.
Q: Who voices Sweet Pete?
A: Actor Will Arnett provides the voice for Sweet Pete.
Who is Sweet Pete from Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers?
“Pete” is short for Peter Pan because the character was supposed to have played Pan in the 1953 movie, but grew up to become a crime boss in the 2022 “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” film on Disney+.
Sweet Pete, voiced by actor Will Arnett, is Peter Pan grown up. In the 2022 film Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Sweet Pete becomes a villain after Hollywood rejects him due to aging. He kidnaps popular characters and creates counterfeit versions of famous movies.”
Why Did Peter Pan Become the Villain, Sweet Pete?
The lore states that Pete was fired after he grew older, and he is angry at the United States media companies. He wants payback by knocking off their films for overseas markets, so he starts “Faux Studios” and makes bootleg films, including making a bootleg “Peter Pan” film called “Flying Bedroom Boy”.
Throughout the film, he would cause famous characters to go into debt and then kidnap them when they couldn’t repay debt. Then, using a machine to change their appearances enough to evade copyright laws, he would force them work on bootleg films inside his warehouse, where he also creates port-a-potties.
Chip and Dale get involved after he kidnapped their friend Monterey ‘Monty’ Jack.
The film is still available on Disney+.
Sweet Pete’s Connection to Real-Life Actor Bobby Driscoll
Some believe that Sweet Pete is a reference to Bobby Driscoll, who served as the animation model for Disney’s Peter Pan.
Driscoll appeared in Disney live-action films including “Song of the South” (1946), “So Dear to My Heart” (1949), and “Treasure Island” (1950).
Later in the 1950s, his acting jobs declined as he aged. Later, he became addicted to drugs and was sentenced to prison.
He died in 1968, when his body was found in an abandoned building in New York City.
The parallels make it very likely that Sweet Pete is based on Bobby Driscoll.
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