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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#8551: Oct 5th 2019 at 3:36:05 PM

Megavolt appears to be a rat, yes.

Was Balloo confirmed? I thought that was supposed to be Kit.

Optimism is a duty.
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#8552: Oct 5th 2019 at 5:05:12 PM

[up][up] You also saw a bit more diversity in crowd scenes, IIRC.

The character designs could get pretty interesting as well.

Edited by megaeliz on Oct 5th 2019 at 8:10:41 AM

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#8553: Oct 5th 2019 at 5:54:04 PM

Talespin had lizard people, though we’re unlikely to see them.

"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
WolfThunder Before the storm closes in, the wolf howls at th Since: Jun, 2013
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#8555: Oct 5th 2019 at 11:30:11 PM

"A grasshopper sounds pretty out there even for this show. I think that would be too far outside the scope of the setting."

The idea of the Not-Kamen Rider being a Grasshopper is mostly for theming's sake, since the outfits of Kamen Riders are meant to invoke insects.

[up][up][up][up] I'm sure that's just grown-up Kit. He does look similar to Baloo.

The storm has now resided, the wolf now rests.
Snicka Since: Jun, 2011
#8556: Oct 6th 2019 at 1:34:59 AM

[up][up]Also, Trader Moe, a fully anthropomorphic alligator. Meanwhile, Darkwing Duck had a semi-intelligent Speech-Impaired Animal alligator...

EDIT: Apparently, there was also a Speech-Impaired Animal alligator in Talespin...

Edited by Snicka on Oct 6th 2019 at 10:38:12 AM

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#8557: Oct 6th 2019 at 4:02:06 AM

Furry Confusion strikes again!

I think it helps that Tale Spin was based on the Jungle Book universe, which promoted a much wider range of animal types to make into characters. The Duck Universe tends to hew to a smaller range of ducks, dogs, and pigs, where other animal species are an exception to the rule.

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amadeussyracuse A Wink's As Good As A Nod To A Blind Bat from Hyrule Since: Feb, 2018 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
A Wink's As Good As A Nod To A Blind Bat
#8558: Oct 6th 2019 at 11:36:01 AM

Goof Troop was my favorite Disney TV series before the Duck Tales reboot.

As you can imagine, I was very pleased to see Goofy in the teaser poster for Season 3.

If I were to write the Duck Tales episode with Goofy, I would have it be a Being There parody where bizarre coincidences and a whole lot of dumb luck leads to Scrooge thinking Goofy is a financial genius.

This dumb luck would result in Goofy accidentally revealing that his "pal" Pete is working for F.O.W.L.

Pete would not be prosecuted for helping F.O.W.L. because after his wife, Peg, finds out he was working for F.O.W.L., what happens after that would be punishment enough.

No, Mr. Bunker, "this here" is justice
BorneAgain Trope on a Rope from Last House on the Right Since: Nov, 2009
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#8560: Oct 6th 2019 at 3:58:14 PM

I don't see Goof Troop's Pete joining FOWL. That would be majorly OOC for him. GT Pete is little more than Goofy's cantankerous neighbour and Sitcom Arch-Nemesis.

I know it is tempting to think of the Pete from Kingdom Hearts, but that is just not going to work for Goof Troop crossovers.

Optimism is a duty.
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#8561: Oct 6th 2019 at 4:08:50 PM

I still think we’re more likely to get Classic Pete than GT Pete (or a composite, at best), but either way I don’t think he’ll end up in FOWL.

Kingdom Hearts aside, Pete isn’t he minion type.

"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
firewriter Since: Dec, 2016
#8562: Oct 6th 2019 at 4:10:32 PM

Fun fact: Next year Pete is turning 95 years old. It will be the year of Pete at Disney. He is practically Disney's longest running villain.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#8563: Oct 6th 2019 at 4:14:36 PM

He’s Disney’s longest running character period.

"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
Demetrios Lord of the Jungle from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
Lord of the Jungle
#8564: Oct 6th 2019 at 4:28:18 PM

Even more than Mickey? surprised

Heaven is a tropical rainforest.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from Second Star to the left (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
Disasturbator
#8565: Oct 6th 2019 at 4:31:56 PM

He was in the Alice comedies,which was way,way before Micky Mouse

I'm talking about the beginning

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#8566: Oct 6th 2019 at 4:32:00 PM

Yeah, Classic Pete is a bad guy, but he isn't FOWL material. Kingdom Hearts made a point of showing how relatively harmless Classic Pete was compared to him going full villain in that game.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#8567: Oct 6th 2019 at 9:30:34 PM

I meant it more that he isn't the type to take other people's orders (agin, Kingdom Hearts aside) rather than him not being competent enough. He tends to be a self-employed criminal mastermind.

"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#8568: Oct 7th 2019 at 2:43:44 AM

I don't mean competent, I just think he isn't evil enough. FOWL are basically a professional terrorist organisation, and I don't see Pete being up for that, even if he IS a massive asshole.

Optimism is a duty.
Snicka Since: Jun, 2011
#8569: Oct 7th 2019 at 3:40:09 AM

How evil Pete is varies from work to work - I'm sure some incarnation of him would be evil enough to work for a terror organization. But being an undercover F.O.W.L. agent would be problematic because, in almost every version, he's too much of an Obviously Evil Jerkass to lay low.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#8570: Oct 7th 2019 at 5:37:59 AM

Yeah, he is not exactly the cloak-and-dagger type FOWL usually favours. He is far too bombastic and unsubtle for that.

Optimism is a duty.
Kayeka from Amsterdam Since: Dec, 2009
#8571: Oct 7th 2019 at 5:57:23 AM

The guy is a used cars salesman. Definitely a shady jerk, but not on the level of an international criminal organisation.

Edited by Kayeka on Oct 7th 2019 at 2:58:45 PM

Snicka Since: Jun, 2011
#8572: Oct 7th 2019 at 6:10:33 AM

[up]If we go by the Goof Troop incarnation, yes. But, for example, in Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers he is a Classic Villain who attempts to take over France and throw Mickey & Co. in the dungeons.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#8573: Oct 7th 2019 at 6:13:10 AM

Yes, and he is a complete Ham and Cheese villain doing it. I got that movie, by the way, it is a great watch.

Optimism is a duty.
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#8574: Oct 7th 2019 at 10:03:06 AM

Yeah, Pete at his worst can be pretty damn evil, it just depends on the story - that's because the primary function of Pete is to be an antagonist in whatever kind of plot the writers want him to. He's extremely adaptable, by design.

If they want a criminal mastermind with a finger in every criminal enterprise possible, stealing anything and everything even after being defeated, he can do that. If they want a ruthless traitor out to take over a country no matter who he has to kill, he can do that. But if they want an Archie Bunker-style bumbling jerk to be a next door neighbor for a sitcom-style series or an easily thwarted evil landlord, he can do that too. He's been everything from an overbearing boss to a drug kingpin.

The Three Musketeers is a great example: he tries to drown Mickey, taunting him over how he's killed his friends (as far as Pete was aware) all the while.

As long as he's up to no good, Pete can be any kind of villain you want. He's just typically a stand alone villain, rather than an agent of someone else.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Oct 7th 2019 at 10:31:39 AM

"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
Snicka Since: Jun, 2011
#8575: Oct 7th 2019 at 12:49:55 PM

I think one of Pete's strangest appearances in in Legend of the Three Caballeros, where he is... the overprotective mother of a bratty kid.


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