Pete Thelman (Goth)

Peter "Pete" Thelman
Character Information
Aliases	Pete
Gender	Male
Race	Caucasian
Hair	Black with Red Highlights
Age	9-10
Occupation	Student
Grade	4th Grade
Religion	Satanism Cult of Cthulhu (Former)
Voiced by	Trey Parker
Appearances
First	"Raisins"

For other uses, see Pete (Disambiguation).

Peter Thelman is a 4th-grader who first appears in the episode Raisins. He is one of the four main members of the Goth Kids along with Henrietta, Michael, and Firkle. He is not to be confused with the background character of the same name.

Background

Pete first appears in Raisins when Stan joins their group after being dumped by Wendy. Up until Season Seventeen's iconic episode, Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers, Pete was referred to only as "Hair Flip".

In Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers, he has a large role with Firkle to save Michael and Henrietta from becoming emos. They recruit the Vamp Kids for help and eventually summon Edgar Allan Poe, though the end of the episode reveals the entire emo plot was that of a reality TV show prank.

Criminal Record

Pete has engaged in numerous criminal offenses, mainly along with the other Goth Kids.

• Arson: In The Ungroundable, he, along with the other Goth Kids, sets fire to the South Park Hot Topic store..
• Attempted Murder/Kidnapping: In The Ungroundable, he, with the other Goth Kids, kidnap Mike Makowski with the intent of murdering him.
• Drug Abuse/Underage Smoking: The Goth Kids are frequently seen smoking cigarettes despite their ages (5 to 10), in addition to abusing cough syrup to hallucinate.
• Grand Theft Auto/Driving Without a License: In The Ungroundable, the Goth Kids steal Henrietta's mother's car without her permission, even though they are too young to have a license. In Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers, Pete drives a car perfectly, it is unknown how he got the car or knew how to drive it.
• Treason/Sedition: In the Superhero Saga, the Goth Kids are shown to be part of the Cthulhu cult and supporting Cthulhu's reign of terror.

Talents

Music

He plays the bass guitar in the Goth Kids' band. Their only known song was "Talent Shows are for ****", played ironically at the elementary school talent show in the episode Erection Day.

Magic

Pete is shown to have some magical abilities, as he talks with the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe through the reflection of his coffee in Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers.

Driving

In Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers, he is shown knowing how to drive a car, despite being 10 years old.

Appearance

He wears an untucked dark-gray dress shirt, black pants, and a silver bolo tie with a red jewel in the center. His shoes appear to be the fictional merge of Creepers and Winklepickers. His hair is dyed black with red roots and is sloppily teased. He also has a long fringe, which he is constantly seen flipping out of the way when it gets on his eyes. Like many instances in the show, Pete appears to have traits that are invisible to the viewer but are visible to other characters (IE Stan mentioned having blue eyes, Kyle mentioned having freckles and a sharp nose), as a boy offhandedly mentions Pete as having "pock marks" on his face.

From a single scene in The Ungroundable, after mentioning that the goth kids wear GAP clothes, he wears a light-blue and dark-blue trimmed shirt with a red sailboat in the center, gray pants, and black shoes.

In South Park: The Stick of Truth, he wears earmuffs with brown fur and a dark-brown fur cape on his outfit.

In South Park: Post Covid he is seen as an adult, visibly aged and wearing a grey shirt with a ribcage design and a black jacket. His hair is also notably disheveled and reddish-brown, implying that this is his natural hair color beneath his usual dye.

Gallery

An official image of Pete and his adult self, along with Henrietta Biggle.

Personality

He seems to be the most sympathetic of the goth kids, though that bar is particularly low. In Mysterion Rises, he is hesitant to kill Mysterion at first, though is easily persuaded by Michael that it's fine to do so as servants of Cthulhu. In Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers, he and Michael are concerned for Henrietta after she is turned emo. In the same episode, he and the other goths are seen at CPS, attempting to report Henrietta's parents for child abuse (referring to her as emo). At the end of the episode, in order to spare Henrietta's feelings of embarrassment about having changed cliques easily and without reason, Pete lies about having burned down the emo conversion camp and setting her free from the emo spore inside of her head.

Prominence

• "Raisins" - First introduced when a depressed Stan starts hanging out with them.
• "You Got F'd in the A" - Seen when Stan tries to recruit a Goth for his dance group.
• "Goobacks" - Seen cleaning up garbage with others at the near end.
• "Quest for Ratings" - Seen chugging cough syrup.
• "Best Friends Forever" - Seen waiting in line for the PSP behind Kenny. Cartman attempts to cut in front of them.
• "Erection Day" - Performs "Talent Shows are for ****".
• "Breast Cancer Show Ever" - Talks to Stan in the hall and watches the fight between Wendy and Cartman.
• "The Ungroundable" - Gets angry when the vampire trend takes over the school and their style is appropriated.
• "Mysterion Rises" - A part of the Cult of Cthulhu and confronted by Mysterion.
• "C*** vs. C*** & Friends" - Helps Mysterion in learning Cthulhu's weakness.
• "Butterballs" - Seen sitting on the stairs during Stan's anti-bullying video.
• "Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers" - Teams up with the South Park Vampire Society to stop the Emos.
• "Black Friday" - Asked to become members of the group that wants to get PS4s on Black Friday.
• "A Song of Ass and Fire" - Seen on Stan's side.
• "Titties and Dragons" - Seen at Red Robin.
• "Fort Collins" - Seen in a photograph on the wall of Heidi's bedroom.
• "Hummels & Heroin" - Rallies with Marcus Preston after witnessing his presentation in the school cafeteria.
• "The Scoots" - Seen trick or treating on an E-Scooter.
• "Bike Parade" - Seen at the bike parade.
• "Basic Cable" - Introduces himself to Sophie Gray and calls Michael a poser after learning he spoke to her as well.
• "South ParQ Vaccination Special" - Seen unpacking COVID-19 vaccinations along with Henrietta, Michael, and Firkle.

Movies

• South Park: Post Covid - Appears in Kenny's memorial service.
• South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid - Seen attending a party at Denny's Applebee's Max.

Video Games

South Park: The Stick of Truth

Pete and the other Goth Kids appears behind South Park Elementary. They are in various quests and parts of the game.

South Park: The Fractured But Whole

Pete and the other Goth Kids can be found in Henrietta's Bedroom. The New Kid is required to complete a ritual in the room before they can take a selfie.

South Park: Phone Destroyer

Appears as a neutral card in the game.

Pete

Trivia

• He, like all the other male students in school, was drawn to Sophie Gray in the episode Basic Cable, offering to show her around the school same as others despite this being out of character.
• In Basic Cable, he is seen wearing a backpack for the first and last time in the series.
• He was the bassist for the goth band for the talent show in the episode Erection Day.
• It is revealed that Pete's natural hair color is a reddish-brown, as seen on his adult self in Post Covid.
• In The Ungroundable, Pete is described as having acne on his face.
• He was known as "Hair Flip" by story boarders up until his official name reveal in Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers.
• In Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers Pete can be seen reading a comic resembling the painting "Drowning Girl". The painting has been described as a "masterpiece of melodrama", and is one of the artist's earliest images depicting women in tragic situations, a theme to which he often returned in the mid-1960s.
• Pete is typically the one who suggests burning things as a solution, and is seen playing with his lighter.

References

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