- Peter Pig
DisneyChar
name =Peter Pig
image caption =
first appearance ="The Wise Little Hen " (1934)
created by =
voiced by =Pinto Colvig
aliases =Peter Pig is a fictional
pig in Disney short films and comics of the 1930s. He was introduced in "The Wise Little Hen " (1934), [ [http://www.disneyshorts.org/years/1934/wiselittlehen.html The Wise Little Hen] . " [http://disneyshorts.org/index.html The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts] . Retrieved on March 17, 2008.] . in which he is the lazy and greedy friend of his much more famous fellow first-appearance characterDonald Duck . Peter Pig's second and last Disney film appearance was in "The Band Concert " (1935), [ [http://www.disneyshorts.org/years/1935/bandconcert.html The Band Concert] . " [http://disneyshorts.org/index.html The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts] . Retrieved on March 17, 2008.] in which Peter playstrumpet and a smaller, similar pig calledPaddy Pig plays thetuba .The brief film career would be followed by a just as brief comics career.
Federico Pedrocchi , the Italian who created the first long Donald Duck comics, used Peter Pig as Donald's sidekick until he was replaced by the arrival ofHuey, Dewey and Louie .According to a Disney studio
press release ,the Three Little Pigs are Peter Pig's cousins. [ [http://users.cwnet.com/xephyr/rich/dzone/hoozoo/peter.html Three Little Pigs] . " [http://users.cwnet.com/xephyr/ Disney HooZoo] . Retrieved on March 17, 2008.]In the Garden area of Disney Castle in "
Kingdom Hearts II ", there is atopiary sculpture of Peter Pig. He also has a brief cameo in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit ".References
External links
*Inducks character|Peter+Pig
* [http://users.cwnet.com/xephyr/rich/dzone/hoozoo/peter.html Peter Pig at HooZoo]
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