Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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Chapter 2: What are the main themes surrounding Hatching Pete?
Now, here's a loaded question because we obviously knew about Hatching Pete for this rewatch. But did you know about it before we first paired up and asked to try this little podcast we now call Magical Rewind? No. No, of course not. I don't think the people in the movie knew Hatching Pete. No. No. This was an obscure one.
No, but I remember when we interviewed Brian, he was like a fan of when he did this movie. Oh, I'm sure they had fun shooting the movie.
Yes.
They look like they were having a blast. It's a great cast that's having a great time doing super weird in a chicken suit. Yeah, so we'll get into that. But now let's steal a sheriff's car and run into the woods to get off scot-free. It's time for the synopsis.
A shy high schooler agrees to wear a mascot chicken costume only for the secret identity to spiral out of control and become wildly popular. Now he must decide whether to keep hiding or finally stand up for himself and take credit for who he really is. Sabrina, what did you think of Hatch and Pete the second time you watched it?
Now I feel like it's like an unfair thing. I feel like it might as well have been one of our movies.
I've got such a soft place in my heart for this movie.
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Chapter 3: What are the main character dynamics introduced?
I do. The things that were like kind of weird the first time were weirder. Super weird.
I agree.
They were like, yeah, like I couldn't get over the, the she shack that's at, that's connected to the house. That's also connected to the car repair shop, but that's actually their house that I don't think we ever go into their actual house. No, we go into the bakery, but that's it. Oh no, we do. We do. We go in the kitchen.
Because when he first, no, I think it's, we go into the kitchen with Mitchell Musso, but we go into the regular kitchen when they're going to the game at the very beginning. Okay. Yes.
Yeah.
I mean, that is the one shot in the very beginning of the game. Like I couldn't get over how weird that was. And also like, was that a set or was that someone's literal house that they use? They had to, they had to have put built it as a set. Although the fact that she's a baker in Utah, those houses never comes up.
wild but they never they never bring it up that she's a baker she doesn't do anything i noticed that too i didn't notice that the first time i didn't know i mean they're like it's like a full bakery like yeah and a full garage well we'll get in all them but yes so the things like that were just so much more weird and then i remember there was one scene and it's towards the
middle and we're getting closer to the end where, you know, he's now run off and he's stolen the car and all that. And then they're on this random side of the road. Yeah, that scene. I remember we talked about it. But that scene was so strange. I kept rewinding, going, I think I missed something. Nope, you didn't. There's something that I missed that made it make sense.
Well, the whole film missed a rewrite. That's my early thoughts right there. Oh, my gosh, yes. And I felt bad watching and getting, like, more annoyed. Not annoyed, but just, like, weirded out. No, because you're watching it differently now that we've seen so many of these decoms. Yes, but now we've seen so freaking many. I can't get over the weirdness. I know, I know. Yes.
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Chapter 4: How does the mascot situation unfold in the story?
They're great. Even even some of the kids on the basketball team that have two or three lines are great.
They are.
They're the thing that's odd. And we will get into this as we go on is almost every single actor in this movie is in a different movie. They're all playing it like they're in a different. Brian Stepanek is in a different movie than Sir Jason Dali, who's in a different movie than Mitchell Musso, who's in a different movie than the teachers, who's in a different movie than the principal.
Who's in a different movie than the love interest.
Who's in a different movie than the sister.
She's in her own movie.
Everybody is shooting their own films. Yes, I'm telling you. Her boyfriend cheated on her. Something bad happened to that poor girl. Every single actor is in a different movie. So Hatching Pete was directed by Stuart Gillard, an Emmy nominee for the Sonny and Cher show. Gillard is a favorite here on Magical Rewind.
He first worked with Disney on 1987's Magical World entry, The Return of the Shaggy Dog, which makes me wonder, was there just Shaggy Dog? Must have been. But his lineup of DCOMs include The Scream Team, Full Court Miracles, Twitches, Twitches 2, Girl vs. Monster, and the possible all-time best Going to the Mat.
He also directed the 1993 live-action threequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3, which if you're a fan, you're wondering which one that is. That is the one without Vanilla Ice. Long, impressive resume on Stuart Gillard, even if it includes... The movie stars, again, an undeniable DCOM legend.
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Chapter 5: What is Pete's reaction to becoming the full-time mascot?
Pete isn't as thrilled, though. He's not getting any credit, and there's been no progress with Cletus' sister, so Cletus has a plan. Pete will become the mascot full-time, which honestly is not a good plan. It's just taking advantage of your friend even more. No, weird. It's awful, and it just keeps getting worse.
And Pete just says okay.
Chapter 6: How does Cletus manipulate Pete regarding the chicken costume?
Yes!
Stand up, dude. Cletus admits the allergy-free chicken head was also a lie, so he also just lies to his friend all the time, and he... Is the problem. He is the problem in this movie. Is that he's fun. Mitchell is funny and delivering the lines, but the character is awful.
The character is just like probably the worst friend character, even after all of these other movies we've seen since this first one. Yes. Still remains the worst friend. Yep. Ever. Ever. He's awful. All of the characters, all of the awful characters we've met. He's the worst. He's the worst. One hundred percent. I couldn't agree with you more. But Mitchell does it brilliantly. He's great.
Chapter 7: What leads to the climax of the basketball game?
Yes. Oh, God. He's the actor is playing it wonderfully. Take it over. It's like even as much as him. It's like you're just going. Mitchell's just like killing. He's hysterical. He's absolutely hysterical. Pete isn't sold, though. If people find out he's the chicken, they'll be disappointed that he's such a boring person in real life. But Cletus calls it a win-win.
His family tradition lives on and he gets to scam with Jamie. While Pete gets to have fun as the chicken. And even though this is wildly uneven and nowhere near a win-win, Pete, of course, goes with it. And back at school, Coach McKay is again begging the principal to ban the chicken. But since the Roosters have been outscored this season by 600 points, he has no leg to stand on.
And it's time for now another committee meeting. But now they're actually building the float. Pete and Angela work together and she announces her boyfriend made captain of the debate team, admitting he likes to argue. Fake boyfriend. Fake boyfriend. She's actually just using Sabrina's ex. And she quickly changes. It's true. She's like, oh, my God, who did Sabrina date?
And she quickly changes the subject to Cletus. She wants to know more about him, calling him interesting and complex. He's ordinary by day and bold, daring and funny as the chicken. But she knows he's dating someone and she has her boyfriend. So she ignores her feelings. So she's attracted to him because he's the chicken. He's apparently complex because he's quiet during the day, which he isn't.
And he's bold and daring as the chicken. Okay, I get the chicken part. So she's just another hopping on the bandwagon of now this is the most popular chicken in school. I guess.
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Chapter 8: How does the movie resolve Pete's identity as the chicken?
Yeah, everyone's just like completely intrigued by this chicken. Now on the team bus for an away game, Pete takes a seat in full chicken gear, or we think it's Pete, and it drives away. Maybe two dozen students run after it screaming chicken. Totally normal. Now in the back of the bus seated next to Jamie, he avoids talking to her because it would expose his voice.
And when she becomes upset, Dill shockingly has a theory. Cletus isn't in the costume. Wow. He knows something. Dill. See, he got that from his pickle side, not the German side. Jamie laughs it off, but the star player has a point. He says, Cletus has never been funny. How did he just get funny overnight? And that's one thing Cletus is, is funny.
So to make sure he rips off the chicken head and lo and behold, it's Cletus. How lucky. Did you remember this part? Did you think it was going to be Pete? I did. I totally did. I went, oh God, I didn't remember that. And then it's Pete. I'm like, all right, then it's Cletus. I was like, oh my gosh. I forgot it too. Me too. Yep.
Now on their way to the visitor's gym, the chicken excuses himself and then right in front of a janitor mopping up while wearing headphones and singing R&B, Cletus is pulled into a supply closet. And so now, disguised Cletus is in the stands and the chicken returns just as the game starts. The stands are jam-packed, thanks solely to the fury around the mascot, apparently.
Everyone's there for the mascot, even at away games. But maybe this chicken fever is exactly what the team needs, because right off the jump ball, the Roosters, led by Dill, have been able to score. Hey!
Sure, the other team is literally dunking every drive down the court, and they're down by 50, but the chicken is transcendent, and the Roosters have scored 20 total, more than they've had all last season. Okay, great. 20 points. And at the end, I know. And at the end of the game, one of the visiting players has a breakaway.
And as he gets ready to dunk, Pete sees through the chicken eyes that Angela Morrissey is right in the line of fire. He jumps in front of her like a Secret Service chicken, protecting the president. And instead of hitting Angela, the player spears cheerleader Jamie. She was the blonde, leaving her with a bloody nose and a bad attitude. Cletus knows he's going to pay for this later.
The two boys switch clothes again in the closet, and Cletus thinks he should have saved Jamie, not Angela, but Pete admits to his best friend he likes Angela and reveals she seems to like the chicken. Cletus is immediately nervous he's going to spill the beans to his crush, so he continues to manipulate and guilt trip his best friend.
And when Cletus eventually leaves the closet, now without a disguise, he's met by a horned-up Angela. Yes, the girl who his best friend just said I like. They have an awkward conversation and she thanks him for saving her from the stampede. She continues to flirt with him, but all Cletus cares about is Pete keeping the secret. How this guy is anybody's friend, I don't understand.
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