Obviously Pete would be an unknowing front man for Spoonerville's F.O.W.L. agent. His many flaws would make him unsuitable as an agent, but handy as a means to acquire cash and/or distract attention.
The Spoonerville F.O.W.L. agent of course is Peg. Who'd expect a real-estate saleswoman to be engaged in world larceny?
Edited by Maljen on Oct 7th 2019 at 3:54:31 AM
Unless the Spoonerville F.O.W.L. agent is Max Goof... a.k.a. the Funzo mascot, a.k.a. The Phantom Blot. ;)
Redmess
I didn't know Peg was a real estate agent. Guess it didn't really come up much.
Most of Disney's big hit characters are very versatile. Treating some characters, like Mickey, Goofy, Donald, and Pete, like actors rather than strictly established characters was a brilliant move.
Optimism is a duty.
Universal-Adaptor Cast definitely applies to Mickey and company.
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Didn't Peg's profession come up in the pilot, where she was the one selling Goofy his new house? I can't remember exactly.
Peg's job was key in the episode where Pete uses Goofy as his personal handyman since the two were working on a house Peg wished to sell. So it was key at least once.
In the first episodes Peg was trying to sell the house next door to her and Pete's house, and Pete kept scaring away buyers by doing things like making the house shake. He did this because if the house was seen as "unsellable" then he could knock it down and build like, a pool or something? Or a bigger shed for his boat? He wanted to use the lot for something anyway. Then Goofy came along, none of Pete's typical scare tactics worked and Goofy bought the house.
Edited by WillKeaton on Oct 11th 2019 at 8:07:37 AM
With Daisy showing up in season 3, what if April, May and June were to come along like Legend of the Three Caballeros?
As long as it's not an excuse for the writers to smack Donald around even more...
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Except when you write him as a sympathetic, layered and developed hero.
The Three Musketeers movie treated him better than this show ever did.
Also, there is a reason why people started hating SpongeBob SquarePants when Squidward was written sympathetically and yet was still abused by the other characters.
Edited by BrightLight on Oct 12th 2019 at 4:20:52 AM
Dagded Dujardin
Uh, sure, but Donald's misfortune comes more from natural things happening to him, rather than other characters being mean-spirited jerkasses to him, your example is not a good comparison.
Donald not being the butt monkey goes against the natural order. His purpose is to have life crap on him but keep going because he's too stubborn to give up
Snow Ghost
Squidward gets pooped on because he's pretentious and everyone dislikes him.
Donald gets pooped on because he's just an unlucky angry duck-person.
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You guys just ignored the part where I said the times when Squidward gets crapped on despite being written sympathetically those times.
So, Donald's entire misadventure to the Moon not even being given a proper payoff by the story is good and appropriate for the natural order? I beg to differ.
Three good critiques from the Reddit thread for the Season 2 finale
(warning for spoilers):
Let's just hope that Donald truly has a role to play in season three. He was a non-factor for most of season one and MIA for most of season two. They need to actually let him be a real character now.
- — Benevolay
- — Jake_The_Silent
- — FossorialFlyover
Edited by BrightLight on Oct 13th 2019 at 8:01:23 AM
Snow Ghost
He's barely ever written sympathetically and the Butt-Monkey in the same episode.
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Redmess
You guys are ignoring the comics again. Donald is not nearly the chew toy in the comics as he is in the cartoons.
Optimism is a duty.
Are the comics relevant in this case, other than for comparison?
Redmess
Well, I just tend to think of Comics Donald first, but I suppose that's different for Americans.
Optimism is a duty.
The Ducktales comics are more popular internationally than they are in America, hence why when people in America think of Scrooge, Donald, and so forth, it's almost always the cartoons. It doesn't help that there are more comics involving the classic characters produced for international audiences instead of American audiences despite the characters originating here. As proof of this, Gladstone's first appearance in this series apparently takes inspiration from the Italian comics , which any regular fan would not know of. Donald's slightly nicer personality is also from the comics.
As for the whole "Donald is too much of a butt monkey who's not used in the story enough", it could be that they're saving this up for season 3. Given that he goes to a therapist, he could let out more about how he feels in season 3, whether to him or not.
To combine my first 2 points, the only show that gives Donald a definitively happy ending is the one where he's the main character, Legend of the Three Caballeros , which is made more for international audiences, and has been out for over 1 year before coming to America.
Edited by jessicadicicco610 on Oct 12th 2019 at 6:07:01 AM
Plus Della's return and assumption of parental duties for the boys might give Donald an opportunity to do things for himself that he probably hasn't had a chance for in ages.
For example, get a girlfriend.
Edited by sgamer82 on Oct 12th 2019 at 7:08:27 AM
Disasturbator
Snow Ghost
A girlfriend that he doesn't keep in touch with?
Like Daisy Duck?
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Redmess
I suspect Disney has a moratorium on Donald getting another girlfriend. Why else is Daisy the go-to girlfriend all the time?
Optimism is a duty.
Say what you will about Pete he's a versatile actor capable of taking on any real you give him
New theme music also a box