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* FemaleFelineMaleMutt: Equalized with Callie (female cat), but played reversed with Emma (female dog) and Pete (male cat).
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Not to be confused with [[WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} that animated cat named Pete]].
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* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Averted with Grumpy. While his pessimism is PlayedForLaughs, he's never treated badly for it and it's implied to [[NotSoStoic be a front]]. This becomes the moral in "Three Bite Rule" where, even after finally giving bananas a try, he still doesn't like them, but is thrilled to have tried them.

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* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Averted with Grumpy. While his pessimism is PlayedForLaughs, he's never treated badly for it and it's implied to [[NotSoStoic be a front]]. This becomes the moral in [[Recap/PeteTheCatS1E2 "Three Bite Rule" Rule"]] where, even after finally giving bananas a try, he still doesn't like them, but is thrilled to have tried them.



* HowIWroteThisArticleArticle: In "Begin to Begin," Pete is supposed to be writing a new song for his band, but has writer's block and keeps procrastinating. He eventually ends up writing a song about how he should ''not'' procrastinate and just start writing.

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* HowIWroteThisArticleArticle: In [[Recap/PeteTheCatS1E2 "Begin to Begin," Begin"]], Pete is supposed to be writing a new song for his band, but has writer's block and keeps procrastinating. He eventually ends up writing a song about how he should ''not'' procrastinate and just start writing.



* RidiculousProcrastinator: Overlaps with WritersBlock in "Begin To Begin." Pete has to write a new song for his band, but spends the whole day cleaning his room instead. In the end, he writes a song ''about'' how he shouldn't procrastinate and just start writing.

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* RidiculousProcrastinator: Overlaps with WritersBlock in [[Recap/PeteTheCatS1E2 "Begin To Begin." Begin"]]. Pete has to write a new song for his band, but spends the whole day cleaning his room instead. In the end, he writes a song ''about'' how he shouldn't procrastinate and just start writing.



* RuleOfThree: Invoked in "Three Bite Rule." The Cat family has a house rule that you're not allowed to say you completely like or dislike something unless you've taken at least three bites of it.

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* RuleOfThree: Invoked {{Invoked}} in [[Recap/PeteTheCatS1E2 "Three Bite Rule." Rule"]]. The Cat family has a house rule that you're not allowed to say you completely like or dislike something unless you've taken at least three bites of it.
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* HasTwoMommies: Sally Squirrel's two fathers.

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The series premiered in 2017 with ''Pete The Cat: A Very Groovy New Year,'' followed by a full series and ChristmasSpecial ''Pete The Cat: A Very Groovy Christmas,'' a year later. A Valentine's Day special, ''A Very Groovy Valentine's Day'', premiered on February 7, 2020. Another special, ''School Starts Tomorrow (Operetta)'', was released on August 27, 2021. The most recent batch of episodes was released on March 11, 2022.

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The series premiered in 2017 with ''Pete The Cat: A Very Groovy New Year,'' followed by a full series and ChristmasSpecial ''Pete The Cat: A Very Groovy Christmas,'' a year later. A Valentine's Day special, ''A Very Groovy Valentine's Day'', premiered on February 7, 2020. Another special, ''School Starts Tomorrow (Operetta)'', was released on August 27, 2021. The most recent final batch of episodes was released on March 11, 2022.


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* SpotlightStealingSquad: Over time, Grumpy Toad went on to become one of the most prominent characters in the show, having many episodes devoted to him and almost having more main appearances than Pete himself.
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* BlindnessInMedia: One episode features a blind character helping Sally win a sand-sculpting contest by teaching her to use her other senses.


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* InfantSiblingJealousy: Grumpy Toad was jealous of his baby brother when he was first born since he took away all of the parents' attention. However, he slowly grew to love him.


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* NewBabyEpisode: Grumpy Toad finds out that his parents are having another baby in "Big Brother Lessons". The baby is born approximately a few weeks before the events of "The Home Front".
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The series premiered in 2017 with ''Pete The Cat: A Very Groovy New Year,'' followed by a full series and ChristmasSpecial ''Pete The Cat: A Very Groovy Christmas,'' a year later. A Valentine's Day special, ''A Very Groovy Valentine's Day'', premiered on February 7, 2020. Another special, ''School Starts Tomorrow (Operetta)'', was released on August 27, 2021. The most recent batch of episodes was released on November 4, 2021.

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The series premiered in 2017 with ''Pete The Cat: A Very Groovy New Year,'' followed by a full series and ChristmasSpecial ''Pete The Cat: A Very Groovy Christmas,'' a year later. A Valentine's Day special, ''A Very Groovy Valentine's Day'', premiered on February 7, 2020. Another special, ''School Starts Tomorrow (Operetta)'', was released on August 27, 2021. The most recent batch of episodes was released on November 4, 2021.
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* CoolBigBro: Pete's brother Bob.

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* CoolBigBro: Pete's brother Bob. He is super affectionate with Pete and is always ready to help him, without ever teasing him.



* FurryReminder: In "Pumpkin Pageant," Pete affectionately rubs up against his pumpkin while purring.

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* FurryReminder: FurryReminder:
** Pete licks the milk from the glass instead of sipping it.
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In "Pumpkin Pageant," Pete affectionately rubs up against his pumpkin while purring.
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* HowIWroteThisArticleArticle: In "Begin to Begin," Pete is supposed to be writing a new song for his band, but has writer's block and keeps procrastinating. He eventually ends up writing a song about how he should ''not'' procrastinate and just start writing.
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* InTheStyleOf: [=CatGo=]'s "weird" song is a stylistic parody of Music/{{Beck}}.

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* InTheStyleOf: [=CatGo=]'s "weird" "[[WordSaladLyrics weird]]" song is a stylistic parody of Music/{{Beck}}.



* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: InUniverse, Emma's "weird" song.

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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: InUniverse, Emma's "weird" "[[WordSaladLyrics weird]]" song.
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Hey there, cats n' kittens. It's me, Neville, and today I'm gonna [[DescribeTopicHere give you a groovy description of]] ''[[DescribeTopicHere Pete The Cat]].''

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Hey there, cats n' kittens. It's me, Neville, and today I'm gonna [[DescribeTopicHere [[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere give you a groovy description of]] ''[[DescribeTopicHere ''[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Pete The Cat]].''
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* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The series has a wide range of anthropomorphic animal characters, but there are no humans to be seen. The main characters are two cats, a dog, a squirrel, a toad and a platypus.
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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: In "Take Your Cat to Work Day," reporter Bonnie B. tells Pete and the gang that ''they'' have to do the news because she and the other reporters are locked in another room. There's a gasp from Emma and Sally, a gasp from Bonnie's niece Bonnie Boo and Gustavo, and a hilarious sustained girly scream from Grumpy Toad.
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* IWasJustJoking: In "Pete Over-Extended," Pete wants to attend both a [=CatGo=] and the 9 Lives concert with Callie and a Spacecat convention with Gustavo. He explains his dilemma to Bob, wanting advice, but Bob doesn't really have any good advice and quips that Pete could [[TwoTimerDate ride back and forth]] between them on his skateboard. While he's only joking, Pete thinks it's a great idea and rushes off, leaving Bob to lament that he really didn't mean it.


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* TwoTimerDate: In "Pete Over-Extended," Pete tries this at the [[IWasJustJoking joking advice]] of his brother Bob when he wants to attend both a [=CatGo=] concert with Callie and a Spacecat convention with Gustav. He doesn't really get to enjoy either until Bob finally intercepts him and gets him to make a choice.

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The series premiered in 2017 with ''Pete The Cat: A Very Groovy New Year,'' followed by a full series and ChristmasSpecial ''Pete The Cat: A Very Groovy Christmas,'' a year later. A Valentine's Day special, ''A Very Groovy Valentine's Day'', premiered on February 7, 2020. Another special, ''School Starts Tomorrow (Operetta)'', was released on August 27, 2021.

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The series premiered in 2017 with ''Pete The Cat: A Very Groovy New Year,'' followed by a full series and ChristmasSpecial ''Pete The Cat: A Very Groovy Christmas,'' a year later. A Valentine's Day special, ''A Very Groovy Valentine's Day'', premiered on February 7, 2020. Another special, ''School Starts Tomorrow (Operetta)'', was released on August 27, 2021. The most recent batch of episodes was released on November 4, 2021.



* SleepMask: Pete's father wears one at night when sleeping.

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Pete's father wears one at night when sleeping.sleeping.
** Mrs. Burrow, the kids' former teacher, is depicted in Grumpy's fantasy wearing one when going to bed at school (see TeachersOutOfSchool.)
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* TeachersOutOfSchool: In "School Starts Tomorrow (Operetta)," Grumpy believes his eyes are playing tricks on him when the kids all go to the Mega Mart to shop for back to school and he spots a teacher out shopping.

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* TeachersOutOfSchool: In "School Starts Tomorrow (Operetta)," Grumpy believes his eyes are playing tricks on him when the kids all go to the Mega Mart to shop for back to school and he spots a teacher their old teacher, Ms. Burrow, out shopping.



-->'''Teacher''': Yep, it's me! Out in the world! ''Cause I shop like you / Get my hair cut too / I'm buying food 'cause I eat just like you / I'm just a teacher out of school!''

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-->'''Teacher''': -->'''Ms. Burrow''': Yep, it's me! Out in the world! ''Cause I shop like you / Get my hair cut too / I'm buying food 'cause I eat just like you / I'm just a teacher out of school!''
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* TeachersOutOfSchool: In "School Starts Tomorrow (Operetta)," Grumpy believes his eyes are playing tricks on him when the kids all go to the Mega Mart to shop for back to school and he spots a teacher out shopping.
-->'''Grumpy''': ''My eyes must be playing tricks on me, or that's a teacher out of school!''
-->'''Teacher''': Yep, it's me! Out in the world! ''Cause I shop like you / Get my hair cut too / I'm buying food 'cause I eat just like you / I'm just a teacher out of school!''
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[[caption-width-right:350:Pictured:[[{{CoolCat}} Pete the Cat]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Pictured:[[{{CoolCat}} [[caption-width-right:350:Pictured: [[{{CoolCat}} Pete the Cat]].]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:He's one CoolCat.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:He's one CoolCat.[[caption-width-right:350:Pictured:[[{{CoolCat}} Pete the Cat]].]]
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The series premiered in 2017 with ''Pete The Cat: A Very Groovy New Year,'' followed by a full series and ChristmasSpecial ''Pete The Cat: A Very Groovy Christmas,'' a year later. A Valentine's Day special, ''A Very Groovy Valentine's Day'', premiered on February 7, 2020.

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The series premiered in 2017 with ''Pete The Cat: A Very Groovy New Year,'' followed by a full series and ChristmasSpecial ''Pete The Cat: A Very Groovy Christmas,'' a year later. A Valentine's Day special, ''A Very Groovy Valentine's Day'', premiered on February 7, 2020.
2020. Another special, ''School Starts Tomorrow (Operetta)'', was released on August 27, 2021.
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* ActorAllusion: In one episode, Grumpy gives Pete a pair of Magic Sunglasses. Every time Grumpy mentions them, he whispers "Magic Sunglasses!", much like how his voice actor, Atticus Shaffer, does in ''Series/TheMiddle''.

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* ActorAllusion: In one episode, Grumpy gives Pete a pair of Magic Sunglasses. Every time Grumpy mentions them, he whispers "Magic Sunglasses!", much like how his voice actor, Atticus Shaffer, does as his character Brick in ''Series/TheMiddle''.''Series/TheMiddle'' [[note]]The Middle...[[/note]].
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* ActorAllusion: In one episode, Grumpy gives Pete a pair of Magic Sunglasses. Every time Grumpy mentions them, he whispers "Magic Sunglasses!", much like how his voice actor, Atticus Shaffer, does in ''Series/TheMiddle''.
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A Creator/PrimeVideo preschool cartoon adapted by Jeff "Swampy" Marsh (''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'') from the picture book series by Kimberly and James Dean. ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' creator Van Partible serves as one of the series' directors.

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A Creator/PrimeVideo preschool cartoon adapted by Jeff "Swampy" Marsh (''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'') from the picture book series by Kimberly and James Dean. ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' creator Van Partible serves as one of the series' directors.
directors. Creator/JacobTremblay voices the titular character.
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* SafetyWorst: In "Cat City Safety Patrol," Dennis becomes this after a fall on a sidewalk pothole. He's fine because of his turtle shell, but starts to worry that others could get hurt because they don't have shells. The others help him to see that his fears are really more due to what happen to him and that sometimes you just have to be brave.
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* CampGay: Downplayed with Sally's fathers. They banter in wiry voices and share a love for kitsch, but it's never implied that they're like this specifically because they're gay.

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* CampGay: Downplayed with Sally's fathers. They banter in wiry voices and share a love for kitsch, but it's never implied that they're like this specifically because they're gay.depicted as normal traits rather than stereotypes.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Emma is often heard exclaiming "Zut alors!" which literally translates to "[[PrecisionFStrike Damn]], then!"

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* RousingLullaby: ''This Is Not a Lullaby'' starts out mellow and soothing, switching to rock 'n roll midway through.
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* ShowWithinAShow: Two. One is ''Space Cat 9,'' a sci-fi series which Gustavo and Grumpy bond over, and a ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo''-esque series staring Callie's favorite band, [=CatGo=] and The Nine Lives.

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* ShowWithinAShow: Two. One is ''Space Cat 9,'' 3611,'' a sci-fi series which Gustavo and Grumpy bond over, and a ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo''-esque series staring Callie's favorite band, [=CatGo=] and The Nine Lives.
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* SlowNo: Gustavo gives one in "Callie vs. the Volcano" when Callie puts the mix for the lava into the volcano before they were ready for the volcano to go off.

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