Peter Pan and the Pirates
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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. Despite its short run, it became 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. But none could ever hope to overshadow their 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 was far closer to the original book Peter and Wendy than the previous Disney version and was targeted to a much 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.
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[edit] Cast & Crew
[edit] Actors
Jason Marsden Role: Voice of Peter Pan
Scott Menville Role: Voice of Slightly
Debi Derryberry Role: Voice of Tinker Bell
Josh Keaton Role: Voice of Curly
Ed Gilbert Role: Voice of Smee
Tim Curry Role: Voice of Captain James Hook
Cree Summer Role: Voice of Tiger Lily
Chris M. Allport Role: Voice of Tootles
Jack Angel Role: Voices of Robert Mullins & Cookson
David Shaughnessy Role: Voice of Ignatious Starkey
Michael Wise Role: Voice of Great Big Little Panther
Jack Lynch Role: Voice of John Darling
Aaron Lohr Role: Voices of the taller Twin & Hard-to-Hit
Adam Carl Role: Voice of Nibs
Eugene Williams Role: Voice of Billy Jukes
Tony Jay Role: Voice of Alf Mason
Whitby Hertford Role: Voice of Michael Darling
Michael Bacall Role: Voice of the smaller Twin
Christina Lange Role: Voice of Wendy Darling
[edit] Writers
Michael Reaves, Larry Carroll, Larry DiTillio, Brynne Chandler Reaves, Karen Willson, Chris Weber, Sean Roche, Chris Hubbell, Matthew Malach, David Carren, Charles Kaufman, Peter Lawrence, Doug Booth, Sam Graham, Bennett McClellan, Chris Trengrove, William Overgard, Larry Parr
[edit] Video Game
A video game titled Peter Pan and the Pirates was released for the NES by third party developer THQ. The game was panned by critics for its poor graphics and frustrating gameplay.
In the single player side-scrolling game, you controlled Peter Pan, who could collect bags of fairy dust to fly and had a sword that boasted a frustratingly short range. 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.
