Overview of 'Peter Pan & the Pirates' Season 1

Episode 1 - Coldest Cut of All

Release Date: 1990-09-10

Peter borrows a crystal from the Ice Caves while exploring with the Lost Boys. His actions accidentally summon Kyros the Ice King, who is not pleased by this theft. The angry monarch retaliates by creating a huge blizzard in Neverland that freezes everyone solid. Peter has no choice but to appease the Ice King by returning the crystal - but first he has to thaw all his friends out so that they can help him.

Episode 2 - The Ruby

Release Date: 1990-09-17

Hard-to-Hit sets off to find a lost Indian City, Sintata.

Episode 3 - Tootles and the Dragon

Release Date: 1990-09-24

Tootles accidentally releases an ancient dragon.

Episode 4 - The Rake

Release Date: 1990-10-01

While exploring a cave, Peter, Slightly, and John open a treasure chest that contains the ghost of Captain Patch (a.k.a. Jaspar Hook). Patch's ghost has grown powerful enough to summon his old ship The Rake from beyond to help him exact revenge on his younger brother James for murdering him years ago. The evil ghost won't stop at destroying Hook and the Jolly Roger â€“ all of Neverland is at risk. To survive this threat, Peter Pan and Captain Hook must combine forces and banish Patch forever.

Episode 5 - The Dream

Release Date: 1990-09-08

Michael has a recurring nightmare, which seems to be coming true.

Episode 6 - Eternal Youth

Release Date: 1990-10-15

Hook makes it abundantly clear that he has no wish to celebrate his birthday because it serves only as a reminder that he's growing older. Later, Peter fools Smee into taking a bottle of spring water that supposedly will give eternal youth to whoever drinks or bathes in it. The ruse is made convincing when Hook tests it on Short Tom and Peter switches the parrot for an egg while the Captain sleeps. Soon Hook is off chasing the source of the water, but what will happen when he learns it was all just a cruel prank?

Episode 7 - Now Day Party

Release Date: 1990-10-15

Peter asks the Girl Who Lives in the Moon not to push the moon to morning, so they don't have a birthday party.

Episode 8 - Hook's Christmas

Release Date: 1990-10-22

Hook believes that Christmas is a ridiculous waste of time. He trashes the pirates' celebration and shuts himself in his cabin for the remainder of the evening. That night, he is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, each resembling someone he knows. The ghosts offer Hook a chilling look at his past life and what lays in store for him if he does not embrace the spirit of the season.

Episode 9 - The Phantom Shaman

Release Date: 1990-11-05

Cookson poses as a shaman.

Episode 10 - Slightly Duped

Release Date: 1990-11-12

Slightly visits the "oracle" of Neverland wishing to be Peter's second in command, which he is eventually appointed to. After being much too naive and getting tricked first by his friends, as a joke, and later by the pirates, more seriously, he causes a lot of trouble for everybody and finally realizes he's not qualified for the position.

Episode 11 - Treasure Hunt

Release Date: 1990-11-19

Hook draws up a phony treasure map in order to lure Peter and the Lost Boys into a trap.

Episode 12 - The Girl Who Lives In the Moon

Release Date: 1990-11-26

Robert Mullins's quest to cure his land sickness with a magical spell causes the moon to plummet from the sky. Hook saves the Girl Who Lives in the Moon and becomes completely captivated by her beauty and charm. In an attempt to prove to Peter that not all children hate him, Hook tries to win the Girl's affections by convincing her he wants to help put the moon back in the sky. Somehow, Peter must get the Girl away from the pirate and return her home to its proper place.

Episode 13 - Slightly in Stone

Release Date: 1990-12-03

One of Tinker Bell's spells goes awry and accidentally changes Slightly into a statue. The spell will be permanent unless Slightly is completely covered with a special potion before sunset. Unfortunately, some of the necessary ingredients are located in the more treacherous regions of Neverland. It's a race against time as Peter and the others brave the dangers to save their friend.

Episode 14 - The Great Race

Release Date: 1990-12-10

The Twins, sick of being so closely associated with one another, begin fighting incessantly. Their riff coincides with the preparations for a race around the island that everyone - including the pirates - wants to win. The Twins try to beat each other in building the fastest racing machine but wind up creating the same design. The Great Race finally arrives but is nearly ruined by the fierce competition between Peter, the Lost Boys, and the cheating pirates. In the end, the Twins resolve their differences and work together to save their friends, while Michael wins the race riding only a tricycle.

Episode 15 - Living Pictures

Release Date: 1990-12-17

Responding to Peter's complaints that Wendy's stories aren't exciting enough, Tinker Bell enchants the pages of Wendy's book so that the story comes alive as it's told. Anyone who's in the story must enact the action and obey all the narration; this applies to Peter since he's the hero of the story. It's not long before word of this soon reaches the Jolly Roger and Hook devises a plan to steal its pages. Once he succeeds, he begins rewriting the story so that Peter cannot fly or fight and the Darlings and Lost Boys are helpless captives. Things take a turn for the better when Wendy is able to reach the stolen pages and write the Crocodile into the story.

Episode 16 - Hook's Mother's Picture

Release Date: 1990-12-24

Peter steals Hook's picture of his mother.

Episode 17 - Peter in Wonderland

Release Date: 1990-12-31

Wendy has written down the story of Alice in Wonderland for the Lost Boys, adding Peter's name to the title after he insists that he won't hear a story that he's not in. But once again, Tinker Bell's magic has enchanted the book, and when Wendy opens the volume both she and Peter are transported into the story. It seems that when John drew the book's illustrations, he used the likenesses of Wendy, Captain Hook, Michael, and all the other inhabitants of Neverland as inspirations for Alice, the Queen of Hearts, the pig child, and the rest of Wonderland's characters. Unfortunately, Peter's name was only written into the title and not the story itself, so it is up to Wendy as the book's heroine to get them through the adventure.

Episode 18 - Vanity, Thy Name is Mermaid

Release Date: 1991-01-07

While playing with two mermaids at the lagoon, Peter innocently proclaims Wendy to be the most beautiful being in Neverland. The vain mermaids are so jealous that they kidnap Wendy and transform her into a mermaid. Unfortunately, they do not give her the ability to breathe underwater. Can Peter save Wendy before her air bubble runs out?

Episode 19 - Pirate Shadows

Release Date: 1991-01-14

Peter steals the pirates shadows, but they are more dangerous than he realizes.

Episode 20 - Billy Jukes, Lost Boy

Release Date: 1991-01-21

When Robert Mullins gets deadly Neverfever and wanders into the woods during a fierce lightning storm, Billy Jukes is the only pirate who goes after him. Slightly manages to capture Billy and attempts to capture Mullins in order to prove that he should be second-in-command of the Lost Boys. Things change once Slightly learns that Mullins is dying â€“ he knows the antidote to Neverfever and offers to help Billy get it. While doing so, the two bond as Slightly describes his family and Billy explains his history as a pirate on the Jolly Roger. They save Mullins and return to their respective groups but don't forget the friendship this adventure created between them.

Episode 21 - Curly's Laugh

Release Date: 1991-01-28

Curly wants nothing more than to make his friends laugh. When Tink grants his wish to be the funniest boy in all Neverland, every word that comes out of the boy's mouth is cause for hilarity. In the meantime, Hook has written a comedy and is desperately seeking an actor who possesses comedic talent. When the pirates fail to meet this requirement, Hook decides to talent scout the Lost Boys - with or without their leave. Can Curly warn his friends in time, and will they take him seriously?

Episode 22 - Nibs and the Mermaids

Release Date: 1991-02-04

Nibs decides to journey to the bottom of the lagoon to see the Mermaids' Grotto.

Episode 23 - A Day at the Fair

Release Date: 1991-02-11

Tinkerbell takes Michael to a fair on Small Monday Island, but the pirates have also decided to go.

Episode 24 - Hook the Faithful Son

Release Date: 1991-02-18

Peter tricks Hook into thinking his mother wanted him to be a pilot, instead of a pirate.

Episode 25 - The Croc and the Clock

Release Date: 1991-02-25

Time goes berserk in Neverland, and Tinkerbell has to journey inside the Croc to get the Never Clock.

Episode 26 - Jules Verne Night

Release Date: 1991-03-04

The Lost Boys build a sub to explore the sea while Hook tries to fly to the moon.

Episode 27 - The Hook and the Hat

Release Date: 1991-03-11

Peter takes the hat from Hook and suddenly thinks to be the Captain himself. Disappointed of the big defeat Hooks leaves the Jolly Roger and now the Pirates have to look after themselves. Mullins decides to become the new Captain and tries to take back the pirate's hat from Peter, but because of his landsickness he is too weak to fight outside the ship, so Peter beats him and soon has the control of the pirate crew and the Jolly Roger, where he moves with the Boys. Wendy knows this won't end good so she decides to find Hook, who she wants to return and bring everything back to normal.

Episode 28 - The Play's the Thing

Release Date: 1991-03-18

While searching for Peter Pan's hideout, the pirates spy the Lost Boys rehearsing a Shakespeare play in the woods. Hook is so appalled by their incorrect recitations that he steps out of hiding and wows everyone with a flawless rendition of a soliloquy from Julius Caesar. Everyone then agrees on a temporary truce so that Hook can direct a production of Romeo and Juliet starring Wendy as Juliet. It's a tense truce that threatens to turn deadly when Hook decides to use the play's sleeping potion as a way to poison Wendy.

Episode 29 - Count De Chauvin

Release Date: 1991-03-25

A mysterious swordsman appears and challenges Peter to a duel...and wins!

Episode 30 - Friday the Thirteenth

Release Date: 1991-04-01

Peter and Curly play tricks on the pirates, making them believe they have bad luck.

Episode 31 - The Letter

Release Date: 1991-04-08

After writing a letter to his mom claiming he's the captain, Starkey's mom comes to visit.

Episode 32 - Mardi Gras

Release Date: 1991-04-15

The pirates sign a truce agreement and celebrate it at Mardi Gras. But things don't stay peaceful for long.

Episode 33 - River of Night

Release Date: 1991-04-22

Peter joins Hard-to-Hit and Tiger Lily in a journey down the Mysterious River to seek out an ancient golden arrow. Hook and the Pirates pursue them through a series of perils along the way.

Episode 34 - When Games Become Deadly

Release Date: 1991-04-29

Peter and Hook play chess.

Episode 35 - A Wee Problem

Release Date: 1991-05-06

Everyone is awestruck at the appearance of three moons above Neverland. Tinker Bell is especially thrilled, for this gives her the ability to shrink Peter down to fairy size and take him to visit the Fairy King. But she's not too happy when Peter insists that the Darlings and the Lost Boys come along. Tink messes with the others' ability to fly, which leads to such disaster that King Oberon kicks Wendy and the boys out. With the children unable to revert to their former size, they become easy prey for the pirates and the Crocodile, especially since Tink is keeping Peter distracted.

Episode 36 - Professor Smee

Release Date: 1991-05-13

Smee suddenly becomes smart.

Episode 37 - Three Wishes

Release Date: 1991-05-20

Peter eagerly awaits the passing of a shooting star so that he can be granted three wishes. But Hook hears about the star's magic and recites the rhyme to call its power at the same time as Peter. The two enemies decide to split their wishes, each getting one and a half, but the half wishes are granted first and don't turn out quite right. When the adventure takes a fatal turn for Hook, Peter uses his full wish to make sure the whole thing never happened.

Episode 38 - All Hallows Eve

Release Date: 1991-05-27

Itâ€™s All Hallows Eve, so Peter and the Lost Boys are playing tons of pranks on the pirates. One of those pranks was stealing the piratesâ€™ lantern. This revives the Jack O Lantern ghost, who gets Smee to steal the lantern back from Peter. The ghost then summons ghosts, witches, and goblins from the volcano to wreck havoc all over the island. At first Hook and the crew think Smee is a deserter and hunt him down, but when they learn about the ghost they realize their mistake. The pirates and the Lost Boys must team up if theyâ€™re to reclaim the lantern before Neverland is completely overrun by the undead!

Episode 39 - Wendy and the Croc

Release Date: 1991-06-03

After thinking being a fairy is better, Tinkerbell changes Wendy into a fairy but before its complete, Wendy gets swallowed by the Croc.

Episode 40 - After the Laughter

Release Date: 1991-06-10

The Mermaids steal Wendy's laugh.

Episode 41 - Stupid Smee

Release Date: 1991-06-17

Smee is left to fend for himself. Wendy tries to befriend him.

Episode 42 - The Plucking of Short Tom

Release Date: 1991-06-24

Short Tom leaves the Jolly Roger.

Episode 43 - Peter on Trial

Release Date: 1991-07-01

Peter and Tink sneak on board the Jolly Roger in order to play with Hook's harpsichord. Hook catches them in the act and captures Peter, destroying his beloved instrument in the process. All looks grim for Peter until Wendy flies over and convinces Hook to give Peter a trial. But is a fair trial and a just outcome even possible when the entire court is comprised of pirates?

Episode 44 - Foot Race

Release Date: 1991-07-08

Peter and Wendy are playing hide and seek with Tiger Lily and Hard-to-Hit. A No Flying rule is in place to give the Indians a fair chance, but Peter breaks the rule in order to win the game. Hard-to-Hit gets really angry about this and claims that Peter could never win anything without his flying power. This brings about a contest in which an earth-bound Peter and Wendy race Hard-to-Hit and Tiger Lily in retrieving various artifacts around Neverland. Unfortunately, the competetive boys make each round more dangerous since there is never a clear winner to the race.

Episode 45 - Dr. Livingstone and Captain Hook

Release Date: 1991-07-15

After taking a hit in the head, Captain Hook believes he is Dr Livingstone.

Episode 46 - The Neverscroll

Release Date: 1991-07-22

Captain Hook steals the Neverscroll and starts erasing Neverland.

Episode 47 - Pirate Boys, Lost Men

Release Date: 1991-07-29

The Lost Boys and the Pirates switch bodies after interrupting a powerful shaman ritual in which Hard-to-Hit was to live inside the body of a bear to learn respect for the hunted.

Episode 48 - A Hole in the Wall

Release Date: 1991-08-05

Peter and the Lost Boys find a parallel universe in Neverland with an Egyptian theme. Will they escape or be enslaved like their Egyptian counterparts?

Episode 49 - The Demise of Hook

Release Date: 1991-08-12

Peter and the Lost Boys cause a commotion among the pirates when they steal the Jolly Roger's flag. In trying to retaliate, Hook puts too much gunpowder into Long Tom and gets blown to smithereens. The rest of the pirates decide to leave Neverland since their captain's vendetta with Peter was the only thing that kept them there. Peter is devastated that Hook is dead and the pirates are gone. But he may just get one last showdown with his archenemy when the Lost Boys tell him that Hook's ghost now haunts a cave.

Episode 50 - Tootles the Bold

Release Date: 1991-08-18

Tootles protects a baby whale that Hook wants to harpoon.

Episode 51 - Play Ball

Release Date: 1991-08-25

Captain Hook comes across Peter and the Lost Boys playing baseball and overhears them talking about stealing 'bases'. Believing they are talking about 'bases' in alchemy, he demands to play against them. The game begins once Great Big Little Panther, the only person that both sides consider fair and trustworthy, agrees to serve as the umpire. The pirates perform their usual acts of trickery and cheating in order to wint he game. In the end, Hook succeeds in stealing all the bases but is highly disappointed when he tears them apart and learns they are worthless.

Episode 52 - Immortal Pan

Release Date: 1991-09-01

A few of the pirates and lost boys conspire to make Captain Hook believe that Pan is immortal. The pirates are desperate to sail away from Neverland and resume life on the Spanish Main.

Episode 53 - Knights of Neverland

Release Date: 1991-09-08

Under Wendy's direction, Peter and the Lost Boys are pretending to be King Arthur and the Knights of Camelot. Wendy (as Guinevere) gives Peter her handkerchief to wear and informs him that it is his duty to defend her honor. Peter becomes so wrapped up in the game that he refuses to step out of character when the pirates get involved. That means that he refuses to take off his heavy armor or fly away from danger even when he needs to most...

Episode 54 - The Pirate Who Came to Dinner

Release Date: 1991-09-15

Hook injures himself while trying to capture Peter Pan and Wendy insists they take care of him until he's well again.

Episode 55 - Elementary, My Dear Pan

Release Date: 1991-09-22

Peter and John pretend they are the greatest detective partners of all time: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The mystery they are trying to solve concerns the disappearance of Peter's pipes. The two boys follow odd clues and twisted lines of deduction all over Neverland in search of the missing instrument. They are captured by the pirates during the adventure and sentenced to drown in the rising tides, but Peter signals the mermaids to come to their rescue just in time. The duo solve the mystery when Peter's complicated line of reasoning leads him to remember that he let Hard-to-Hit borrow his pipes a few days earlier.

Episode 56 - Seven League Boots

Release Date: 1991-09-29

The pirates steal a pair of magical boots that will grant the wearer's wish.

Episode 57 - Evicted!

Release Date: 1991-10-06

A little stone gnome in a closet of the Underground House suddenly comes to life and orders the lost boys to leave.

Episode 58 - The Wind and the Panther

Release Date: 1991-10-13

Hook tampers with Great Big Little Panther's magic, sending the weather of Neverland into a frenzy. Peter must retrieve the magic sand before the storms Hook created kill anyone.

Episode 59 - Invisible Tootles

Release Date: 1991-10-20

Tootles is tired of going unnoticed so he wishes he were invisible.

Episode 60 - First Encounter

Release Date: 1991-10-27

John is in an inquisitive mood today and wants to know how certain events in Neverland came to pass. Peter begins answering John's questions by explaining why he made the Croc swallow the clock. He then describes how the Jolly Roger was brought to Neverland by a strange hurricane and how the Lost Boys and the pirates first met. During the course of the story, Peter reveals that he cut off Hook's hand when he thought that the pirate had killed Nibs and Tootles in their first battle. The flashbacks show that Hook's scream of pain could be heard all over the island as a signal that life in Neverland would never be the same.

Episode 61 - The Never Ark

Release Date: 1991-11-03

When Smoky Top begins to rumble menacingly, Peter and the Lost Boys go to see Great Big Little Panther for help. However, the shaman has gone on a retreat, so Hard-to-Hit attempts shaman magic to call forth a vision of what is to come from the sacred flames. He deciphers that Neverland is about to be destroyed. Peter sets about warning everyone in Neverland while the lost boys evacuate the Underground House. Wendy brings up the fact that not all the animals can fly away, so Peter decides that Hook's ship will have to suffice as an Ark to carry the animals to safety.

Episode 62 - Frau Brumhandel

Release Date: 1991-11-10

Michael awakenes a Viking opera singer who has the ability to enslave others with her music. Frau Brumhandel joins the pirates and falls in love with Captain Hook.

Episode 63 - The Lost Memories of Pirate Pan

Release Date: 1991-11-17

Peter and Tinker Bell travel for two days and seven nights in search of a new Lost Boy to bring to Neverland. However, they bring home a little girl named Jane who seems to know an awful lot about Neverland already. It turns out that Jane is Wendy's daughter from the future - the Darling children see their adult selves in a vision conjured by Tink and realize that they must one day leave Neverland. Unfortunately, the accidental trip to the future has wiped out Peter's memories. Jane holds the key to saving Peter when Hook makes the boy a member of his crew.

Episode 64 - The Ages of Pan (1)

Release Date: 1991-11-24

A clever trap set by the Lost Boys looks like it will spell the end of Captain James Hook. But Hook manages to save his life by making Peter's look incomplete and meaningless by comparison. A stunned Peter fantasizes about growing up and experiencing a full life like Hook's. His fantasy soon becomes a reality as he begins rapidly aging; as he does, all of Neverland begins fading away...

Episode 65 - The Ages of Pan (2)

Release Date: 1991-12-01

The pirates capture Wendy and most of the Lost Boys while investigating the change in the island. When Hook learns that Peter Pan is growing up, he realizes that Peter no longer has a unique edge and can be beaten. Meanwhile, the Twins fly to Monday Island so learn how to restore their leader and their home. They find out that the fate of Neverland and all its inhabitants now hinges on Peter's bond with the ailing Tinker Bell.