* Disney's Pete's Dragon: The greedy " Doc " Terminus, played by Jim Dale, gave a testament to the persuasive power of the snake oil salesman.

* Pete's Dragon: Elliott the Dragon

The studio's post-Walt animation fare consisted of the features The Aristocats, Robin Hood, and The Rescuers, the featurettes Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, It's Tough to Be a Bird, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too !, and The Small One, and the live-action / animation hybrids Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Pete's Dragon.

New faces such as Glen Keane, Ron Clements, John Musker, Andreas Deja, and others came to the studio in the late 1970s and early 1980s, a period that produced such features as The Rescuers, Pete's Dragon ( a live-action / animation hybrid ), and The Fox and the Hound, as well as the featurettes The Small One ( Bluth's final Disney credit ) and Mickey's Christmas Carol ( the first screen appearance of Mickey Mouse since 1953 ).

He also had a triple-role as twin brothers and their father in Disney's Hot Lead and Cold Feet, The Hunchback, as a tap dancing executive in Arthur Miller's 1993 The American Clock and as a comic villain in the 1977 Disney films Pete's Dragon and The Spaceman and King Arthur aka Unidentified Flying Oddball.

His film credits as costume designer include Spartacus, Harold and Maude, Bound for Glory, Pete's Dragon ( uncredited ), Who'll Stop the Rain, Butch and Sundance: The Early Days, The Man with One Red Shoe, and Heart Like a Wheel.

Pete's Dragon is a 1977 live-action / animated musical film from Walt Disney Productions and the first Disney film to be recorded in the Dolby Stereo sound system.

At the core of Pete's Dragon was an unpublished short story by Hollywood Golden Age writer Seton I. Miller and S. S. Field.

The lighthouse for Pete's Dragon was built on a point above Morro Bay, California, substituting for Maine.

The animators of Pete's Dragon opted to make Elliott look more like an oriental, rather than occidental, dragon because oriental dragons are usually associated with good.

The film was successful to some degree ; in 1978, Pete's Dragon was ranked at seventeen on Varietys hit list.

Pete's Dragon currently has a Rotten Tomatoes approval rating of 50 %.

Pete's Dragon was nominated for two Academy Awards:

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominated Pete's Dragon for one Golden Globe Award:

* In 1980, Pete's Dragon was the first Disney feature film to be released on VHS and Betamax with a running time of 121 minutes.

* Pete's Dragon at UltimateDisney. com

* Detailed info on Pete's Dragon including Don Bluth's involvement

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Live-action and animation were later combined to successful effect in features such as The Three Caballeros ( 1944 ), Anchors Aweigh ( 1945 ), Song of the South ( 1946 ), Mary Poppins ( 1964 ), Bedknobs and Broomsticks ( 1971 ), Heavy Traffic ( 1973 ), Coonskin ( 1975 ) Pete's Dragon ( 1977 ), Who Framed Roger Rabbit ( 1988 ), Rock-a-Doodle ( 1992 ), Cool World ( 1992 ), The Pagemaster ( 1994 ) Space Jam ( 1996 ), and Looney Tunes: Back In Action ( 2003 ).

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Walt Disney Productions ' 1977 musical film Pete's Dragon starring Helen Reddy and Mickey Rooney takes place in the fictional town of " Passamaquoddy ".

* Pete's Dragon ( 1977 – 1996, replaced Chinese Dragon )

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The Grout assembly plant in Orange, MA was still standing in 2009 and was also home to Minute Tapioca Company and since 1977, has been the corporate offices of Pete's Tire Barns, Inc.

* Pete's Dragon ( 1977 ) does the opposite of its predecessors: it puts the animated dragon, Elliott, in a live-action setting.

However, Trudy soon became Pete's girlfriend, his partner-in-crime and roommate — whenever they hold residence out of prison, that is.

Pete's wife Peg is a play on " Peg Leg Pete ," one of Pete's names in the classic Disney shorts.

* Peg Pete ( voiced by April Winchell ) is Pete's beautiful and sexy wife and the mother of both PJ and Pistol.

* Waffles and Chainsaw ( Frank Welker ) Waffles is Goofy and Max's pet cat and Chainsaw is Pete's family's pet dog.

* Harold Hatchback ( voiced by Rob Paulsen & Patrick Duffy ) is the public announcing host and Pete's rival, that appeared in " Wrecks, Lies, & Videotapes ", " Buddy Building ", " Mrs. Spoonerville ", and " Slightly Dinghy ".

* Coupe Hatchback ( voiced by Conor Duffy ) is the strongest son of Pete's rival and a public announcing host, Harold Hatchback, and he is also Max and PJ's friend ( met in Buddy Building episode )

He later reappears in Kingdom Hearts 358 / 2 Days, finding a large amount of treasure maps all leading to boxes that are actually set to release Heartless once Hook opens the chest ( unknown to Hook and Smee, however, is that these chests were set up to help build Pete's Heartless army ).

Pete's Place is a friendly place, with a pool table, good conversation, and affable company, though bathroom facilities are somewhat primitive, but that's part of its rustic charm.

Pete's knee is badly injured while Henry only suffers minor injuries.

In Magical Tetris Challenge, Zeke is one of Pete's henchmen, along with Weasel and is the boss you fight before Pete, the final boss.

They are far more results-oriented than the Knights, enforcing demerit policies when Weird Pete is behind the GM screen ( often worked off by unpaid labor behind Weird Pete's counter ), and holding extensive post-mortems on their game sessions, to see where things could have been done better ( usually by the members of the group not slaughtering one another's characters for minor infractions of local " rules ", to vent a real-life grudge, or to gain experience points needed to advance their own character a level ( or two )).

* Cactus Pete's, owned by Ameristar Casinos, is the largest hotel in Jackpot with 300 guest rooms

Thomas J. Harris, in Children ’ s Live-Action Musical Films: A Critical Survey and Filmography, heavily criticizes the story as well as the compositing of the animated Elliott ; he also found the " Mary Poppinsish ending " to be " thoroughly unmotivated ", because Pete's life before meeting Elliott is never fleshed out.

It is frequently made to " dance " and gets its own credit in the show's opening sequence ; the origins of that tattoo, and one of a sailing ship on Little Pete's back, are unclear.

; Ellen Josephine Hickle ( Alison Fanelli ): Ellen is Big Pete's best friend ; though romance develops between the two on rare occasions, Pete generally sees Ellen as " a girl and a friend, but not a girlfriend ".

; Artie, the Strongest Man in the World ( Toby Huss ): Little Pete's personal superhero, who is very eccentric but quite powerful — for example, he can skip stones on Neptune, move an entire house by an inch, and hit a golf ball 300, 003 yards.

; Theodore " Teddy " L. Forzman ( Dave Martel ): Teddy is one of Big Pete's three friends ( the others being Ellen and Bill ).

; Bill Korn ( Rick Barbarette ): Bill is Big Pete's friend, who has a knack for practical jokes and sarcasm.

; Monica Perling ( Maris Hudson ): One of Little Pete's friends, Monica is the resident Kreb Scout ( Girl Scout in season 2 ) who is ready for anything.