Deputy Squeak (Colonel Bleep and the Interstellar Squadron)

Deputy Squeak is a fictional character and a tritagonist in Colonel Bleep and the Interstellar Squadron. He is based on the original character of the same name.

Appearance
Squeak is depicted as a childlike marionette made of wood. His head is built from a block of delicate white pine, while the rest of his body is made from a board of sturdy oak. The puppet is also built with screws and strong, bendable wires to help him move. For the rest of his body, Squeak is depicted to have red hair, rosy cheeks, black dotted eyes, and a button nose. He lacks a mouth, although Squeak can speak with a voice device attached to his hollow body. While Squeak is chronologically twelve years old, he resembles a four-year-old boy standing at only three feet tall. Squeak is almost always dressed in a western attire: a brown western hat, a red bandanna, a blue button-shirt, a brown vest, a golden pin, a brown belt with a golden buckle and two brown holsters, blue jeans, and brown boots.

Personality
Out of all the members of the Interstellar Squadron, Squeak is practically the most childish of the three. As for most little boys, Squeak is filled with curiosity, overconfidence, mischief, and immaturity. Despite those flaws however, Squeak is quick to learn from his mistakes and is willing to use room to grow up and make up for his actions. He is also shows to have positive traits: clever, optimistic, charming, brave, and unselfish.

Powers and Abilities
As a living puppet, Squeak is given the ability to move and think independently after being affected by radioactive energy. The puppet is primarily armed with two western-futuristic styled weapons: a lasso that can catch the fastest targets and a futomic raygun that can blast out quick bursts of futomic energy. Of course, Squeak must learn how to use these weapons safely and responsibly. Once, Squeak wielded a slingshot and rocks. Though he abandoned them for the raygun and lasso.

Early Years
Not much is known to Squeak's life as an inanimate object, not even Squeak remembers anything before he was brought to life. However, he remembers living in an abandoned toy factory, which power was malfunctioning during the day of the first atomic explosion(July 16, 1945). The power malfunction brought Squeak along with other left out toys to life. During his first four years, Squeak grew curious about the outside world, unlike the rest of the toys, who found his interests to be ridiculous. One stormy day, a fire destroyed the factory. Squeak escaped as soon as possible. All that he had taken from the factory were his books, crayons, drawings, tools, and his small non-living doll that he loved deeply. That was when he discovered real living humans. Then he went far away to Hollywood, Los Angles, California where he got his first job as an actor. There, he was once a star for a television show called the Puppet Players. Though, due to having none to little experience in acting, Squeak was always chosen to play the minor rather than the lead roles. Out of jealousy, Squeak pulled a prank on one of the live performances to hopefully get the desired attention. With the lead filmmakers being very displeased with the Squeak's misbehavior, he was fired out of the show and the studio. Squeak tried to apply to other studios but was rejected repeatedly due to the fact that everyone knew about the living puppet who pulled a humiliating prank on live television. Squeak was heartbroken about the end of his stage career that he decided to never commit to acting again. So he decided to move on to become a full-time adventurer, although he was lacking a shelter for himself. That is, until Squeak finds an abandoned boxcar in the woods during a rainy summer morning. Since then, Squeak spent three years living in the forest and often going to a nearby town to steal or to the junkyard to restore and repair useless items to anew. One day while watching TV, he witnessed the launch of Sputnik 1, which brought Squeak's into his ambition in traveling to space.

Colonel Bleep and the Uncharted Earth
After becoming fascinated about space, Squeak attempted to build a small rocket called the Wondership X-57, to hopefully leave Earth and explore the universe. While tidying up his rocket, he notices a flying saucer and takes a first glance on Colonel Bleep. The puppet attempts to capture this strange visitor thinking he might be a threat to Earth. By the next morning Squeak builds a leg snare as a way to trap Bleep. An hour later, he notices that Bleep has not come around Squeak's site, so Squeak goes out to the woods to find him. He does not spot the colonel, but his prehistoric friend, Scratch, who was hunting for some fish in a brook. Squeak interrupts Scratch's moment and runs away, but gets caught by his own leg snare. Scratch follows the young puppet and rescues him from his trap. The caveman comforts Squeak out of his fear. Seeing that Scratch is a gentle giant, Squeak attempts to get to know Scratch a little more such as sharing his possessions to the caveman. While Squeak finds out that Scratch knows about Colonel Bleep, the puppet attempts to find the futurian once again. He successfully spots Bleep in a junkyard and steals a bag with radioactive jewelry. An angered Bleep chases the mischievous puppet, as Squeak flees to the woods. Bleep successfully gets the bag back, but Squeak nearly falls to his doom from the tall trees to the ground. Luckily, Colonel Bleep rescues the puppet on time. The colonel is concerned about why Squeak is alive, though the former notices that the latter is connected to radiation when Squeak touches one of the radioactive jewelry, which allows him to glow in the dark. Bleep plans to study the puppet more, though he is unaware that Squeak had already met with Scratch.

Season One
Squeak tries his best in working as a space deputy for the IS. Although, he gets overconfident in training sessions, which often lead him into trouble. However, he does learn from his mistakes and becomes a more helpful and humble friend. During his first adventures, Squeak helps Col. Bleep and Scratch track down mysterious incidents on Zero-Zero Island and even track down Col. Bleep's worst enemy, Dr. Destructo, who had escaped prison for the sake of revenge. He then learns about Bleep's past adversary with Dr. Destructo.

Season Two
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Season Three
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Season Four
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Differences with the Original
1. As for most characters, Squeak has a more simple design in the original series due to budget restrictions.

2. His lasso will be seen more often in the remake, whereas in the original series, the lasso is only seen once.

3. Unlike in the remake, Squeak does not wield a ray gun in the original series.

4. While the original Squeak is explained that he is unable to speak, there are a few episodes where Squeak did talk. However it is unknown how it actually happened that way. In the remake, Squeak is able to talk with a voice device attached to his body.

5. Squeak's hair in the remake is thicker with more layers than in the original series.

6. In the original, Squeak's color palette is completely white, with the exception of his eyes and hair.

7. Squeak's voice in the original is depicted as a grown man mimicking a child's voice. In the remake, his voice will sound more like the voice of a natural little boy.

8. As for most characters, Squeak's background and personality will be more fleshed out than it was in the original.

9. As for most characters, Squeak's origins, age, and full name are clearly unknown. There is also no explanation on how he was brought to life.

10. In the original, it was Scratch who was awakened by the first nuclear explosion. In the remake, it was Squeak who was awakened by the first nuclear explosion.

11. Squeak has no powers in the original series, other than his ability to move and think independently. In the remake, Squeak has a strong connection to radiation.

Trivia

 * Squeak indicates the private eyes and the funny bone, considering that he has sneaky skills and a strong sense of comical humor.
 * Physically and chronologically, Squeak is the youngest member of the Interstellar Squadron.
 * His real first name, Pipsqueak, means "an insignificant person", although he prefers to be called Squeak or Little Squeak.
 * His middle name, Pinto, means "paint",
 * His last name, Pine, comes from the type of wood he was made from, specifically his head.
 * Squeak show similar characteristics with Pinocchio
 * Both are wooden puppets who are shown to be curious, adventurous, mischievous, and gradually become more heroic and caring overtime.
 * Both were former actors.
 * Both have a caring father-like figure with Squeak having Col. Bleep and Pinocchio having Geppetto.
 * He also shows similar characteristics with Woody from Toy Story.
 * Both are toy-like cowboys who dress in a western aesthetic.
 * Both have a voice box inside their bodies.
 * Both have a two close friends with Squeak having Col. Bleep and Scratch while Woody has Andy and Buzz Lightyear.
 * Both used to be stars of their own TV shows with Squeak starring in the Puppet Players and Woody starring in Woody's Roundup.
 * Squeak shows some contrasts from the other members of the Interstellar Squadron.
 * He is the only member to have hair.
 * He is the only member to lack a mouth.
 * He is the only member to be the species of an inanimate object, even if he's physically alive.
 * He is the only member with a childlike body, whereas Bleep and Scratch are practically adults.
 * He is the only member to not be physically born from parents.
 * He is the only member to not physically age, although he is not purely immortal.
 * He is the only member to be nicknamed by his first name rather than his last name.
 * The only member to be in the same age position, both physically and chronologically.