Pete (2012 TV series)

Pete
Biographical information
Nicknames	Pigeon Pete
Abilities	Flight
Physical description
Species	Mutant pigeon
Gender	Male
Eye color	Red with yellow iris
Out of universe information
First appearance	The Gauntlet
Voiced by	A.J. Buckley
Teachers and Students
Teacher(s)	Kirby O'Neil

Pete, also known as Pigeon Pete, is a character in the 2012 TV series. He is a friendly mutant pigeon who first appears in The Gauntlet, and is an ally of April O'Neil and the Turtles. He is voiced by A.J. Buckley.

History

The Gauntlet: Pete was an ordinary pigeon that was mutated by The Kraang into a humanoid form. During his captivity, he came in contact with Kirby O'Neil, April's father and also a prisoner of the Kraang. Kirby O'Neil taught Pete how to speak and had him deliver a message to his daughter April O'Neil in which he wanted to warn her of impending danger. Under unexplained circumstances, Pete was either released by the Kraang after the experiment or escaped his captivity. Pete stalked April O' Neil for a few days and frightened her with his alleged attack before the turtles ambushed him and tackled him to the ground. After Pete had been captured, he was able to tell them his true intentions, he informs April and the Turtles that the Kraang intend to detonate a mutagen bomb into the city. He then revealed the location of the Kraang base in exchange for a loaf of sourdough bread. He then led the Turtles to the hideout of the Kraang where O'Neil was being held.

Metalhead Rewired: Pete is seen in this episode as one of the many mutant captives of the Kraang. After all of the mutants are realeased, he is seen flying out of captivity and into the portal back to the city. 

Bio

Pete was once one of the millions of pigeons living in New York. Used in one of the Kraang's mutagen experiments, he was covered in Ooze and mutated into his current form. He possesses a human torso with a giant pigeon head and legs. He seems to have several strange mutagenic blue growths all over his body. His arms have large wing feathers that somehow grant him flight. Though he has large sharp talons, he does not seem to be a very good fighter. Starting life as a pigeon, he retains his birdlike shortcomings such as slamming into plate-glass windows. He is also obsessed with bread and seems willing to do anything to get it.

Trivia

• Pete is named after Michelangelo's pigeon friend from the episode "What's Michelangelo Good For?" of the 1987 cartoon.
• Michelangelo insisted to bribe Pete for the information he had with breadcrumbs. As Pete was not human when he mutated, Pete himself stated it would have worked. 
• Pete loves bread, esp. sourdough.
• He is one of a few mutants that was not human when mutated.
• Pete is also the name of a meteorite hunter from the Turtle Soup (vol. 2) 2, comic "Mid-afternoon of the Living Dead".