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Am I the only one who absolutely hated P T Flea


I probably am...But IMO he is probably the worst character in any Pixar film.

The fact that he blows everyone's cover...and then later destroys their fake bird to me made him an absolute piece of S h i t. He seems to serve little purpose other than to F^^k everything up. Yet at the end, no one seems to give it a second thought.

Frankly I found Spaceys character less dislikeable. Flea was the one who should have been fed to the birds. But I guessin a Pixar film...nobody ever notices that stuff.

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He isn't not really created to be likeable, and granted, he is basically a stock comic character in this film to drive the plot forward.


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I think you're meant to hate him. I don't think anyone would have laughed as hard at the "Burning Death" scene if he'd been a likeable character, but because he was obviously skeezy and gross seeing him burn was funny. :)

Off Topic, but does anyone else yell "BURNING DEATH!!" when Denethor takes a header whilst on fire in Return of the King?

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I think he was more clueless than anything. If they met up with him beforehand and explained the plan he could have been in on it.

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I agree with the fact that he was a selfish, money-hungry jerk, but then again, how would *you* react if a monstrous "bird" was flying around "killing" other people around you. While that scene ticked me off as well, it was clear he really didn't know any better. I mean the grasshoppers fell for it too, right?

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The fact that he blows everyone's cover


He didn't know.

and then later destroys their fake bird to me made him an absolute piece of S h i t.


Um, he thought it was a real bird attacking and killing everyone.

ut I guessin a Pixar film...nobody ever notices that stuff.


Because you misunderstood what was happening.

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No, you`re not the only one. I disliked him too. He was very annoying.

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