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Peter Pan and the Pirates

Peter Pan and the Pirates is an animated television series based on J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan that aired on Fox from September 1990 to December 1991. Since its original run, it has become a minor cult classic.

As the title indicates, this TV show focuses as much on the pirates as it does on Peter Pan. Captain Hook and Mr. Smee traditionally are the only pirates who receive any attention in the story. Yet here, the other crew members of the Jolly Roger (Robert Mullins, Alf Mason, Gentleman Jim Starkey, Billy Jukes, and Cookson) are given distinct personalities and character development. It is also said in one episode that Billy Jukes is a former lost boy, which would explain why he looks so young. But none could ever hope to overshadow his menacing captain. A real force to be reckoned with, Hook is a powerful, temperamental, cultured, intelligent, and charming pirate with an insatiable thirst for vengeance.

The story more closely followed that of the original novel Peter and Wendy than the previous Disney version and was targeted to an older audience, which meant the occasional dark storyline.

The actual on-screen title is Fox's Peter Pan and the Pirates, so named to emphasize the fact this was an independent production by Fox's animation division, unrelated to the Disney feature or other previous media incarnations of the Peter Pan property.

Tim Curry won an Emmy for his portrayal of Hook.

Episodes

Coldest Cut of All
The Ruby
Tootles and the Dragon
The Rake
The Dream
Eternal Youth
Now Day Party
Hook's Christmas
The Phantom Shaman
Slightly Duped
Treasure Hunt
The Girl Who Lives In the Moon
Slightly in Stone
The Great Race
Living In Pictures
Hook's Mother's Picture
Peter in Wonderland
Vanity, Thy Name is Mermaid
Pirate Shadows
Billy Jukes, Lost Boy
Curly's Laugh
Nibs and the Mermaids
A Day at the Fair
Hook the Faithful Son
The Croc and the Clock
Jules Verne Night
The Hook and the Hat
The Play's the Thing
Count De Chauvin
Friday the Thirteenth
The Letter
Mardi Gras
River of Night
When Games Become Deadly
A Wee Problem
Professor Smee
Three Wishes
All Hallows Eve
Wendy and the Croc
After the Laughter
Stupid Smee
The Plucking of Short Tom
Peter on Trial
Foot Race
Dr. Livingstone and Captain Hook
The Neverscroll
Pirate Boys, Lost Men
A Hole in the Wall
The Demise of Hook
Tootles the Bold
Play Ball
Immortal Pan
Knights of Neverland
The Pirate Who Came to Dinner
Elementary, My Dear Pan
Seven League Boots
Evicted
The Wind and the Panther
Invisible Tootles
First Encounter
The Never Ark
Frau Brumhandel
The Lost Memories of Pirate Pan
The Ages of Pan (Part 1 & Part 2) * It was aired as "Hook's Deadly Game"

Cast

A c t o r	R o l e
Chris M. Allport	Tootles (voice)
Jack Angel	Robert Mullins & Cookson (voice)
Michael Bacall	smaller Twin (voice)
Adam Carl	Nibs (voice)
Tim Curry	Captain James Hook (voice)
Debi Derryberry	Tinker Bell (voice)
Ed Gilbert	Smee (voice)
Whitby Hertford	Michael Darling (voice)
Tony Jay	Alf Mason (voice)
Josh Keaton	Curly (voice)
Christina Lange	Wendy Darling (voice)
Aaron Lohr	Hard-to-hit & tall Twin (voice)
Jack Lynch	John Darling (voice)
Jason Marsden	Peter Pan (voice)
Scott Menville	Slightly (voice)
David Shaughnessy	Ignatious Starkey (voice)
Cree Summer	Tiger Lily (voice)
Eugene Williams	Billy Jukes (voice)
Michael Wise	Great Big Little Panther (voice)

Writers

Release

Several DVD sets are available for pre-order and are scheduled to be released in the UK on January 1st, 2020 (approximately twelve years from now).

Video game

A video game titled Peter Pan and the Pirates was released for the NES by third party publisher THQ. The game was generally received poorly by critics.

In this single player side-scrolling action game, the player controlled Peter Pan, who could collect bags of fairy dust to fly and had a sword that boasted a short range (though to be fair, Peter in the TV show also used a short bladed sword as his main weapon). The player started out in the forest and was required to destroy all the pirates in each level to advance to the next, with the final goal of getting to the pirate ship and battling Captain Hook.