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Peter Pan and the Pirates is a cartoon based on J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, and aired on Fox from September 1990 to December 1991. Despite its short run, it became a minor cult classic.

As the title indicates, this TV show focuses as much on the pirates as it does on Peter Pan. Captain Hook and Mr. Smee traditionally are the only pirates who receive any attention in the story. Yet here, the other crewmembers of the Jolly Roger (Mullins, Mason, Starkey, Billy Jukes, and Cookson) are given distinct personalities and character development. But none could ever hope to overshadow their menacing captain. A real force to be reckoned with, Hook is a powerful, temperamental, cultured, intelligent, and charming pirate with an insatiable thirst for vengeance.

The story was far closer to the original book Peter and Wendy than the previous Disney version and was targeted to a much older audience, which meant the occasional dark storyline.

The actual on-screen title is Fox's Peter Pan and the Pirates, so titled to emphasize the fact this was an independent production (produced solely by Fox's animation division), produced without the assistance of Disney or any other production company previously involved with Peter Pan.

Tim Curry won an Emmy for his portrayal of Hook.

Video Game

A video game titled Peter Pan and the Pirates was released for the NES by the THQ third party developer. The game was panned by critics for its poor graphics, and frustrating gameplay.

In the single player side-scrolling game you controlled Peter Pan who could collect bags of fairy dust to fly and had a sword that had a frustratingly short range. The player started out in the forest, and you had to destroy all the pirates in each level to advance to the next, with the final goal of getting to the pirate ship and battling Captain Hook.

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