Pete

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Pete is a diminutive form of the given name Peter.

Pete may also refer to:

Athletics

• The Pete, Petersen Events Center, athletics complex and basketball arena on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh
• Pete the Penguin, one of the two mascots of Youngstown State University
• Purdue Pete, bookstore logo turned unofficial mascot of Purdue University

Fictional characters

• Pete (Disney), an anthropomorphic cartoon character in Disney media
• Pete the Cat, a fictional cat from the "Pete the Cat" series of books
• Pete the Pup, from the Our Gang series of comedies
• Pete, in the movie Shaun of the Dead
• the title characters of The Adventures of Pete & Pete, an American children's television series
• Old Puffer Pete, in the TV series Chuggington
• Pete Malloy, one of the two main characters in the TV series Adam-12
• the title character of Pete the Tramp, an American comic strip published from 1932 to 1963
• Pete Wisdom, from Marvel Comics
• Cordwood Pete, younger brother of American folk legend Paul Bunyan
• Pete, from the short story "Don't Look At It! Don't Touch It!"
• Pete, a character in the Animal Crossing video game series
• the title character of Power Pete, a video game

In the military

• Pete, Allied reporting name for the Japanese World War II Mitsubishi F1M seaplane
• USS Pete (SP-596), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918

Places

• Pete, Zanzibar, a village in Tanzania
• Pete, the Hungarian name for Petea village, Dorolț Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania

People

For people named Peter who are better known as Pete, see List of people named Peter.

• Pete (nickname)
• Pete Fountain, American clarinet player born Pierre Dewey LaFontaine, Jr. (1930–2016)

Other uses

• "Pete" (Red Dwarf), a two-part episode of the television series Red Dwarf
• Pete, nickname for Peterbilt trucks in the trucking industry
• Pete, a common name in Indonesia for Parkia speciosa, the stink bean
• PETE, an abbreviation of polyethylene terephthalate, a polymer

See also

• All pages beginning with "Pete", including many people with the forename Pete
• All pages with a title containing Pete
• Peat, an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter
• Peet (disambiguation)
• Peter (disambiguation)
• Pit (disambiguation)