Gustavo Ornitorrinco is a main character in the Prime Video series, Pete the Cat. He is voiced by Felix Avita.
Appearance[]
Gustavo is a short anthropomorphic platypus with saddle brown fur, black eyes, a bronze duck-like bill, bronze webbed hands and feet, a pale brown underbelly, a liver organ beaver-like tail, and a backward razzmatazz brim cap with a white front.
Personality[]
Gustavo is laid-back, friendly, fun-loving, creative, and imaginative. He usually serves as the gang's straight man alongside Pete, but is as outgoing and adventurous as his friends.
At first, Gustavo was a bit shy and nervous when meeting Pete and the others, being new to the neighborhood, but they eventually brought him into their circle of friends and their music band when they found his talent in playing drums.
Like Emma, he has an appreciation for the odd and unusual, often making statements and remarks that leave the rest of the gang confused, and being the only one who genuinely enjoyed Emma's song during the episode "Emma's Weird Song", even explaining to Pete the greatness behind weird things.
Gustavo is a fanboy, seen in his love of Space Cat 3611, both the TV show and the comic book series of the same name created by his favorite comic book author Jerry Hamarka. He often pretends he's a part of Space Cat 3611 and would even orchestrate pretend adventures from it with his friends, all portraying different characters. This is where his imaginative characteristic is most prominetly displayed.
Trivia[]
- In his first appearance, Gustavo explains that he is from Patagonia, was raised in Mexico, and was born in New Jersey. Technically, he would be American-born, but still of Mexican ethnicity and cultural background, hence his name. His native language is also likely Spanish.
- Gustavo plays the drums in he and his friends' band The Resolutions.
- Gustavo is assumedly elementary school-aged, thus he is between 6-10 years old.
- Gustavo has a skill in speaking French as he briefly communicated with Emma in her native language.
- Gustavo's last name "Ornitorrinco" derives from the Latin scientific name for a platypus: Ornithorhynchus anatinus.
- He is sometimes called "Gus" by his friends, pronounced "Goose" by Emma.
- He shares qualities with the character Gus Griswald from the Disney series Recess, due to their similar names and both being new kids (the latter causing problems for both in their respective introduction episodes).