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Rats!

–Petey, every time he gets arrested

HAW HAW HAW!

–Petey's supervillain laugh.

Petey is the main antagonist turned tritagonist of the Dog Man series. His first appearance was seen in Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers which was declared canon in Dog Man: Mothering Heights. Petey's original status as the main antagonist of the series was changed after his series of heroic acts in Dog Man: Lord of the FLEAS.

Official Description

Mothering Heights:

Once known as the World's Most Evilest Cat, Petey is now working on becoming a better version of himself.

  • Strength: Intelligence
  • Weakness: Easily Annoyed

Twenty Thousand Fleas Under The Sea:

He used to be an irritable, impatient bad guy. But when his son arrived, Petey became determined to change his ways. Now he's an irritable, impatient good guy.

Appearance

Petey is an anthropomorphic ginger cat with black stripes from his shoulders to his tail. As of Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties, his right cheek only has two whiskers compared to the three whiskers on his left. Like most other characters in Dog Man, Petey's eyes are drawn as vertical black lines with no irises. The tip of his tail is flat unlike the rest of his known family for an unknown reason, though Grampa may have something to do with it.

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Personality

Petey is known for being characterized by his smart wits and his hot-headed temper. He has a way with words in the sense of getting what he wants, which was very commonly used as a manipulative tactic to invoke his evil plans in earlier books as a villain. One of his main weaknesses, however, is getting very irritated over seemingly small inconveniences and immature or ditsy behavior from others. His anger issues have visibly shown to cause him moderate amounts of stress. Despite his impatient mindset, he has occasionally shown empathy towards others even in early books.

When Petey unexpectedly became the father of his good-hearted son Lil' Petey, his behavior subtly started to shift. He became more thoughtful and hesitant about continuing his evil schemes and began to care very dearly for Lil' Petey despite the fact that he always tried to morph him into a villainous sidekick before Lord of the Fleas. Lil' Petey had inspired Petey to decide to finally become a good guy and has been since Brawl of the Wild.

In the latest books of Dog Man, Petey does take some concern in Petey's friends and agrees to help save them when they are in trouble, although it's unknown wether he genuinely likes them or only has care for Li'l Petey's sake.

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History

Petey Teenager

Almost all of Petey's known history has been revealed in the second half of the Dog Man series, first being mentioned in a flashback from Dog Man: Lord of the FLEAS. Petey had been banned from the Critter Scouts after he had been framed for starting chaos while a staff member was absent. He later got his revenge by making a few phone calls to the Animal Rights Union, resulting the Critter Scouts getting shut down within a week. This took place before his father left, as shown by his tail tip still being round within the flashback.

Petey was still a young kitten when his father left him and his mother. With hardly anything left, the made their way to the Happy Home Shelter, where Petey spent the rest of his childhood. Petey often had outbursts of anger and wasn't always able to handle the fact that he and his mother could not afford much. But his mother always forgave him.

As Petey entered adolescence, his mother tragically passed away of an illness, leaving him orphaned for the rest of his childhood.

At some point he was acquired by Dr. Dilbert Dinkle, a criminal who appeared in Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers. Dr. Dinkle and Petey the Cat snuck into Jim's Bank, taking a machine that transforms things into water. But then, Petey unintentionally transformed Dr. Dinkle into water, and accidentally destroyed the machine, leaving Dr. Dinkle unable to revert to a human. But, now being made of water, Dr. Dinkle was able to sneak into the vault and steal the money he wanted. Then, Dr. Dinkle returned home and went off to rob more banks, of course not paying the water bill since he was made of water, leaving Petey thirsty. Dr. Dinkle refused to pay the water bill when Petey told him he needed water, so Petey drank him. Then Dr. Dinkle woke up in Petey's litter box, having been turned into pee. Petey began calling Dr. Dinkle "Rip Van Tinkle", much to Dinkle's dismay.

Dr. Dinkle couldn't enjoy his money since everyone kicked him out of their stores for his smell, so in revenge, he made a plan to steal everyone's toilets. So the following night, Rip Van Tinkle put Petey in the Robo Kitty 3000, before he evaporated into a cloud and rained pee. Then the pee drops broke into people's houses to steal toilets for the Petey to destroy with the Robo-Kitty 3000. All toilets were destroyed, including Super Diaper Baby's.

Then the drops meshed together to reunite Rip Van Tinkle's body, while Petey stole diapers to sell to the people who got their toilets stolen. Then, when Rip Van Tinkle tried to take Petey's money, Petey soaked him up with toilet paper. Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog attempted to end the chaos, only for Petey to evolve the Robo Kitty 300 into the Supa-Mecha Kitty 3000. Super Diaper Baby flew away to buy catnip and pour it inside the robot's control seat. Then Petey goes crazy after a slight sniff of the catnip, detaching the Supa - Mecha Kitty 3000's head. Shortly after his plan was foiled, Petey was sentenced to jail.

Petey decided to serve his time in jail and worked to better himself by reading behavior management books. However, when Petey was finally released, he was surprised to find that despite his efforts, he was refused every job he applied for and nobody gave him a chance. In Dog Man: Mothering Heights, Petey explained to Sarah Hatoff in an interview that this is why he returned to villainy. This eventually led to Petey's first appearance in Dog Man and his title as the World's Most Evilest Cat.

Location

Petey resides mostly in his lab (formerly called Petey's Secret Lab, which is now called Petey & Son in Fetch 22). The building contains his secret library, a bathroom, and, of course, his very huge lab, where he makes new inventions every day. He has many secret rooms in his lab, which he mentioned in Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls. In Mothering Heights, it is destroyed by the Sippy Cups, and he now temporarily resides with Dog Man.

Relationships

  • Dog Man: They were enemies, but are later friends after the events of Lord of the FLEAS. He later gave Dog Man some advice how to be a cat in Grime and Punishment.
  • Li'l Petey: Since he is now a father, he is protective of him and doesn't want him around danger. He will do anything to keep him safe, and loves him more than anything.
  • 80-HD: In A Tale of Two Kitties, he used 80-HD to retrieve Li'l Petey. In Grime and Punishment, 80-HD breaks three walls and the door of Petey and Son, prompting Petey to make him fix it in the next book.
  • Chief: Chief always thought Petey had a hidden good side somewhere, and he was proven right in Lord of the FLEAS.
  • Sarah: When he was still evil, he got past Sarah with his old lady disguise in Dog Man and Cat Kid. Post-reformation, they are now good friends, and she later interviewed him in Mothering Heights.
  • Zuzu: They are somewhat friends, but sometimes they don't understand each other.
  • Flippy: Ever since the events of A Tale of Two Kitties, Petey wasn't very fond of Flippy, calling him a 'crazy fish'. He has grown to accept the latter since the end of Fetch-22.
  • Molly: Petey is constantly annoyed by her antics, especially her giving him the nickname of 'Wally'.
  • Piggy, Crunky, and Bub: Before Petey closed down the Critter Scouts, they seemed to be good friends. However, after the events of Lord of the FLEAS, they are now mutual enemies. Due to them stitching on Petey and getting him kicked out.
  • Dr. Dilbert Dinkle: Petey was never friends with him anyway. When he turned into water, Petey drank him which later turned him into pee. Petey later soaked him up in a giant toilet paper roll.
  • Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog: He never liked them. They were the ones that took him to Jail 4 Cats.

Appearances

Quotes

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Trivia

  • Petey is based on Dav Pilkey, the author and illustrator of Dog Man. He had reading and behavioral problems in his childhood, and his mom, Barbara (which loosely inspired Li'l Petey) helped him, like going to the library to let him choose whatever books he was interested in, and letting him focus on his good behavior.
  • According to Dav Pilkey, he takes the role of Sydney Carton, a character in A Tale of Two Cities, the book in which A Tale of Two Kitties is based upon. Therefore, he says quotes that Sydney Carton says in said novel.
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    Petey as a child in Critter Scouts

    • Mrs. Suspicionflame is a spoof on Mrs. Doubtfire and Mary Poppins.
    • Petey was first featured in Super Diaper Baby 2, which was released before Dog Man. While the real Petey appears as one of the villains, he doesn't play a huge role in the entire story.
    • In A Tale of Two Kitties, Petey cloned himself. As a result, he got a clone named Lil' Petey.
      • Petey's top left whisker hasn't regrown since.
      • Grampa also had to take off one of his whiskers when he copied Petey's appearance in Fetch-22.
    • At first, Petey hated being called "Papa" by Li'l Petey, but has grown to accept, and then love it, since Lord of the Fleas.
    • Petey is the only character to be introduced prior to the release of the Dog Man revamp series.
    • In Dog Man: The Musical, he is played by Jamie LaVerdiere (Original), Keith Allen, and Nick Zale (North American Tour)
    • Grampa almost revealed what happened to his tail when he was younger in For Whom the Ball Rolls.
    • Petey's first appearance was not in Dog Man, but in the Super Diaper Baby Series.
    • "Petey the Cat's" pun is P.T. Duckhat shown in Captain Underpants and the Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000.
    • He has been light orange ever since Dog Man and Cat Kid.
    • He does not like hot dogs, as revealed in Dog Man chapter 4.
    • Petey's redemption could be based off Krupp's redemption in the Captain Underpants Movie. Where Dav Pilkey himself said that he wished to make Krupp's personality as same as the books when he was still writing then.
    • Young Petey looks very similar to Lil Petey.
    • Ever since Fetch-22, the Dog Man series has been focused on Petey and his past.
    • Li'l Petey's jokes are karma of Petey's jokes in Super Diaper Baby 2, Cause he would always tell annoying jokes to Dilbert. Now, Li'l Petey annoys Petey just as much.
    • His former quote is: "That's a YP, Not an MP!"
    • In The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers, Petey was semi-anthropomorphic, but since the Dog Man books came out, he is fully anthropomorphic.
    • He was originally going to be called Ralph.

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