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The Adventures of Pete & Pete

  • TV-Y
  • 1993–1996
  • 3 seasons
  • Drama, Comedy
  • 7.7

Two brothers, same name.

Pete and Pete are two redheaded brothers living in the somewhat surreal town of Wellsville. Pete, the older of the two, narrates the stories about their adventures in everyday life.

Episodes

32 episodes · 24 still to air
  1. 1Valentine's Day Massacre

    24 minFeb 9, 1991

    Big Pete accidentally kills the school mascot, the Squid, and only the Petes and Ellen know. But when a hooligan named Open Face wants dirt on Big Pete, he gets cozy with Ellen hoping to extract the vital info.

  2. 2What We Did On Our Summer Vacation

    24 minSep 8, 1991

    After the Petes and Ellen scare away Mr. Tastee, the ice cream man, they go on a search to bring him back to Wellsville.

  3. 3Space, Geeks, and Johnny Unitas

    24 minJun 20, 1992

    Ellen and Big Pete are stuck doing reports on different topics for their end of the year projects in science class. When Ellen has trouble finding an alien for her project, the school geek might be able to provide the answers to her questions.

  4. 4Apocalypse Pete

    24 minOct 4, 1992

    There's a neighborhood war between Mr. Wrigley and Ellen's dad, Mr. Hickle. They both try to get the best of each other by numerous pranks during their 'Great Prank War.' The war later ensues to a race between the Wrigley's station and a little Mr. Hickle doll driving a remote controlled car.

  5. 5New Year's Pete

    24 minJan 2, 1993

    Little Pete doesn't understand the thrill of celebrating New Year's Eve. He becomes a crossing guard, but he loses all of the regular crossing guards trust when he charges people to cross the street. After he sees how lonely the crossing guard is, never being able to celebrate New Year's Eve, he decides to make a celebration for the two of them.

  6. 6Revenge of the Petes

    Date to be announced

    Artie must save the Petes from the evil bully Hat Head.

  7. 7Pete-Less

    Date to be announced

    While painting parts of the human body for a model, Ellen gets her feelings hurt after giving Pete a valentine. He says that the heart-shaped valentine is about the average size of an older, male baboon's heart. This causes her to go to Little Pete for advice.

  8. 8Crack the Whip

    Date to be announced

    The Petes make the mistake of allowing Hathead to play Crack the Whip with them.

  9. 9Flossing

    Date to be announced

    The first of several shorts in which the Petes use their new video camera, this time to catch Dad flossing.

  10. 10Licking

    Date to be announced

    The Petes use their video camera to spy on Mom and Dad discussing Little Pete's habit of licking his desk at school.

  11. 11Dr. Pratt

    Date to be announced

    The Petes set up their video camera to catch their neighbor, Dr. Pratt, spitting on their lawn.

  12. 12Artie

    Date to be announced

    The Petes use their video camera to keep Artie under surveillance so as to discover his secrets.

  13. 13Car Ride

    Date to be announced

    The Petes convince Dad to drive them to Czechoslovakia so they can use their video camera to spy on on the Soviets.

  14. 14Mom's Plate

    Date to be announced

    This short featured the metal plate located inside of Mom's head and the many uses for it.

  15. 15The Burping Room

    Date to be announced

    When Dad gets sick of Little Pete's constant burping, he builds Pete a special room in which to burp. He learns his lesson, but Big Pete still sees him collecting burps in a bag in the backyard.

  16. 16Route 34

    Date to be announced

    Instead of getting a fun summer job, Big Pete ends up mowing the long stretch of grass that runs down Route 34.

  17. 17Halloween

    Date to be announced

    The evil Hat Head is smashing all of the local pumpkins. Artie, the Strongest Man...In the World must put a stop to this!

  18. 18The Dot

    Date to be announced

    Ellen prepares to be a dot for an upcoming band performance.

  19. 19The Big Race

    Date to be announced

    Mr. Wrigley and Mr. Hickle get into an argument, causing them to duke it out in a race.

  20. 20The Punishment

    Date to be announced

    Pete crosses the line with Dad after he decides to wax the lawn as a Father's Day gift.

  21. 21The Launch

    Date to be announced

    Big Pete, Little Pete, and Ellen launch a rocket.

  22. 22Pete's Theory

    Date to be announced

    Little Pete believes that the first man to swin the English Channel was Santa Claus. In an attempt to humor him, Mr. Wrigley dresses up like Santa Claus and plans to swim himself.

  23. 23Artie, the Strongest Man... in the World!

    Date to be announced

    A short all about Artie, the Strongest Man...in the World and his poly-cotton blend outfit.

  24. 24X-Ray Man

    Date to be announced

    After Little Pete stares at a lunar eclipse, Big Pete realizes that his brother has X-Ray vision. This becomes especially apparent when he catches Little Pete watching television outside of the house.

  25. 25The Artie Workout

    Date to be announced

    Artie demonstrates the best way to get a good workout.

  26. 26StareMaster

    Date to be announced

    Little Pete shows off all of his tricks for a staring contest. Afterwards, you get to go head to head with Little Pete.

  27. 27Hathead

    Date to be announced

    The introduction of Hathead and how he got his nickname.

  28. 28Freeze Tag

    Date to be announced

    Little Pete stays frozen after a night game of stocking freeze tag.

  29. 32Nona All This Month

    Date to be announced

    A promo featuring Michelle Trachtenberg.

  30. 33What Would You Do For a Dollar?

    Feb 9, 1991

    Little Pete, Big Pete, Ellen, and another boy all play the game What Would You Do For a Dollar?. They also discuss about all of the things that Little Pete has done in the past for a buck.

  31. 34Christmas

    Sep 8, 1991

    The Petes and Ellen go caroling, with Little Pete using a bullhorn.

  32. 35X-Mas Eve

    1 minJan 1, 1992

    It's Christmas time, and Little Pete gets the same gift that he got last year- a fish wrapped up in paper. Little Pete and Big Pete spy on dad on Christmas Eve. He opens his gift, a glow-in-the-dark discus, in secret and plays with it for hours.

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Series cast

Michael C. MaronnaBig Pete Wrigley39 episodes
Danny TamberelliLittle Pete Wrigley39 episodes
Alison FanelliEllen Hickle39 episodes
Judy GrafeJoyce Wrigley39 episodes
Hardy RawlsDon Wrigley39 episodes
Toby HussArtie26 episodes
Michelle TrachtenbergNona Mecklenberg14 episodes
Rick GomezEndless Mike Hellstrom6 episodes
David MartelTeddy Forzman5 episodes
Rick BarbaretteBill Korn4 episodes
Iggy PopJames Mecklenberg3 episodes
Damian YoungBus Driver Stu Benedict3 episodes
Liza WeilMargie Corsell2 episodes
James RebhornMr. McFlemp2 episodes
Aaron SchwartzClem Lanell2 episodes
Theresa Flannagan2 episodes
Carlton BeenerMort Mortenson2 episodes
Adam WestPrincipal Ken Schwinger2 episodes

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