Peter Pan and the Pirates
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| Fox's Peter Pan and the Pirates | |
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| Genre | animated adventure fantasy |
| Starring | See Cast list, below. |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 65 |
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| Running time | 30 min. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Fox Kids |
| Original run | September 8, 1990 – December, 1991 |
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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 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 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
| 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) |
[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.
