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, which prevents Squeak from speaking until Colonel Bleep created 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. Although he does not have any natural superpowers. However he is 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 and left his old home in search of adventure. 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. The show lasted from 1949 to 1957 and was cancelled due to its waning popularity and how the entertainment industry were shooting to create more sci-fi shows during the Space Age. Squeak was heartbroken about the end of his fame and stage career that he felt like moving back to his old home in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Right when he returned to his birthplace, he realized that the toy factory was destroyed, making Squeak completely homeless. That is, until he noticed Colonel Bleep's arrival on Earth.

Colonel Bleep's Arrival on Earth
After returning home, Squeak stayed in the woods for several days until he discovered Col. Bleep's saucer and laboratory called the Soundac. Squeak entered the Soundac as a stowaway and has been silently watched Bleep and Scratch doing research related to the nuclear bombs. However, he gets caught by Bleep, who found Squeak hiding under his bed. Despite being a stowaway, Col. Bleep allowed Squeak to stay with him, knowing that he has no other caretakers. Squeak then grows a close bond to Scratch, thinking of him like an older brother. He also warns Bleep about how scientists had already discovered Bleep through space observations and warns him that they need to protect each other from being threatened by those who fear extraterrestrials. Later on Squeak and Scratch become assistant deputies in the Interstellar Squadron.

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. 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.

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

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

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

Trivia

 * Squeak indicates the private eyes and the funny bone, considering that he has sneaky skills and a strong sense of comical humor.
 * 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.