014 Petey

Petey is the TDD demon/devil.

He is only one of three characters to have multiple sculpts in the G1 run.

The first sculpt came out in Crew 1.  Instead of being a devil-dude, he looks more like a dude wearing a devil costume (complete with horns and tail).  One version even looks like a dude wearing a red devil costume wearing a yellow raincoat.  Strange.

The second sculpt came out in Crew 11. He was redesigned to look like a devil-dude (with horns and tail) wearing sneakers, one of those single-strap backpacks, and a sun visor (worn backwards).

What's even stranger than having two sculpts in G1, is having both of those sculpts re-issued in G2.  This means they are the same basic G1 scultps, now with static arms. The second sculpt also has a detachable pitchfork accessory.

With the G3 revamp, Petey was made to look like a Hellboy parody. This was in 2004, and it coincided with the release of the first Hellboy movie staring Ron Perlman.  Hellboy is a comic book demon "good guy" who helps track down paranormal villains and rogue dark forces.  He was created by Mike Mignola in 1993.

This version of Petey has horns, facial hair, and cloven feet.  He is holding a candy bar in his left hand.  This relates to a scene in the movie where Hellboy is first summoned to Earth (as a baby demon) by Nazi occultists.  He is discovered by Professor Bruttenholm and is given a Baby Ruth candy bar to calm him.  The Professor takes him in and raises him, and we pretty much see Hellboy as an adult demon after this scene.  But, of course, there is another scene where grown-up Hellboy is eating a Baby Ruth.  Yay, product placement.

This figure was available in yellow, red, purple, and green versions.  Although you'd surely consider the red version the "regular" version (because of Hellboy), it is the yellow figure that is the most common version of Petey.

The yellow version also came with the zood.  His name is Ravage.  He is a little purplish-red creature that somewhat resembles the legendary Cthulhu.

A second version of the red Petey was issued in a G4 comic book themed release by Spin Master.  The G3 version has a tan overcoat, while the G4 version has a lavender overcoat.  Although the paint applications are a bit different, the G4 version is most easily distinguished by his lack of magnets.