Talk:Pete/@comment-24434350-20140119042837/@comment-1419596-20140123205545

He has been acknowledged to be a cat. For example, according to TVTropes.org, "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" shows indications of this in one episode, where Pete is a criminal called Pete the Cat. At one point, he chases after Daisy and Minnie, but they slow him down by tossing a ball of yarn Pete's way and he plays around with it.

And then there is this little piece of artwork from the 1950s, which shows off a very stylized version of Pete. Here it clearly says, "Peg-leg-less Pete Cat":