Mitchell Peterson

**Mitchell Peterson** is a recurring anti-hero in the series, *Ready Jet Go!*.

## Personality

Mitchell is an aspiring detective. Most episodes he is in feature him trying to solve some kind of case, with most of them being related to Jet and/or his family and friends. Mitchell even wears his own detective badge, made from tinfoil, at times, and is revealed to idolize Sherlock Holmes in *Jet's First Halloween*, calling him "the greatest detective of all". Mitchell is often seen sitting at his little table in front of his house. He has an assistant in the form of his pet dog, Cody, and Mindy even became his detective partner in *Detective Mindy*.

Mitchell's personality often changes throughout the episodes. In some episodes, he is harsh, cruel, snobbish, and condescending towards others around him, specifically Jet Propulsion and his friends. The most notable example is in *Mindy's Mystery*, where he acts stuck-up towards the other kids as they try to solve their mystery, and he claims that they aren't real detectives and that their mystery is a pretend mystery. Mitchell often spies on Jet and his friends. Mitchell has also tried to expose Jet a few times throughout the series. In *Kid-Kart Derby*, he tells everyone that Jet is using alien technology to power his kid kart, but Jet gets off the hook because Mr. Peterson claims that what he did was recycling. In *Back to Bortron 7*, he notices that the hologram of the Propulsion house is glitching. When it disappears altogether, he gathers the entire population of Boxwood Terrace to prove that the Propulsions are aliens who have a "magical house". However, Jet 2 causes an eclipse which distracts the townspeople from seeing the Propulsion house land back on Earth. Mitchell is also not above cheating to get his way. In *Solar System Bake-Off!*, he spies on Mindy's baking contest entry and tried to take notes about it. In the aforementioned *Kid-Kart Derby*, he installed an ion drive into his kid kart, but it backfired on him since ion drives only work in the vacuum of space.

However, other episodes of the show reveal that Mitchell is actually not that bad of a person. In *Detective Mindy*, he gradually warms up to Mindy and lets her solve his case with him, despite showing animosity towards her in previous episodes. At the end of the episode, he even gets down on one knee and told Mindy that he thinks that this was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Mitchell even shyly told her that he liked her Saturn cake in *Solar System Bake-Off!.* Mitchell even went to Mindy's flugelhorn concert at the end of *Mindy's Mystery*. Mitchell can also at the very least tolerate Jet, Sean, and Sydney at times, specifically in the earlier episodes of the show. Mitchell is also a bit shy and socially awkward, especially in *Solar System Bake-Off!*. Mitchell wants to win the baking contest, so he sneaks into Jet's house and tries to get information about the gang's recipe. When Mitchell enters the house, he acts very socially awkward, speaking almost robot-like. When Sydney asks him what he is writing in his notebook, Mitchell gets nervous and runs away. In *Holidays in Boxwood Terrace*, it is revealed that Mitchell isn't really a mean person, he just acts like it because of how shy he is. However, he eventually gets the courage to join Jet's group at the end. Mitchell gets his heroic moment in *One Small Step*, where he sees the kids in Little Dipper Lake and rescues them with his rowboat. Out of gratitude, they invite him to their sleepover, much to his delight.

Mitchell is quite intelligent. He has keen observation skills, knows a lot of big words, and happens to be a weather expert. Mitchell used to be quite naive, but by season 2 he had become more doubtful that certain things are real. In *That's One Gigantic Pumpkin, Jet Propulsion!*, he constantly rebuffs Mindy and Lillian's claims that Halloween is magical, only to be proven wrong when he sees Jet's enormous pumpkin flying in the air.

Mitchell is often very skeptical and doesn't believe in stuff like witches and ghosts. He also claims to have a terrible imagination. However, he does believe that Jet is an alien, which he is. Although, Mitchell can also be very literal, as he believed that the kitchen counter was an actual black hole in *Detective Mindy.*

## History

According to *Satellite Selfie*, Mitchell has been living in Boxwood Terrace for at least over a year. Mitchell has also won the annual kid-kart derby three years in a row but lost the fourth year thanks to not installing a battery in his kid-kart. *The Grandest Canyon* reveals that he took a vacation in Arizona with his family for a few days.

Sometime before the events of *Space Camp,* he received a cell phone, which he uses to record voice notes and evidence of 'alien technology.' However, in the movie, his accidentally drops his phone into the zero-gravity training tank, and because it's not waterproof, it's presumably broken for good.

## Songs Sung

* General
* Season 1

* Super Saucer (reprise)

- The Scientific Method (in *Detective Mindy*)

- The Spirit of Christmas

## Appearance

Mitchell is a young boy with fair-skin. Mitchell has freckles, but they are often hard to see. He is noticeably shorter than Jet, Sydney, and Sean, but is taller than Mindy and Lillian. He has green eyes, and wears brown square "nerd" glasses. He has a prominent round nose. He always wears a plaid red detective's hat, covering his brunet, slicked-back hair. He has a white shirt under his red jacket, which has yellow cuffs. He has tan khakis and black sneakers.

## International Voices

* Latin America: Abigaly Claro
* Brazil: Dudu Drummond
* South Korea: Jeon Tae-yeol
* France (Space Camp): Nathalie Bienaimé

## Trivia

* 2 April 2018 in a Reddit AMA when asked "do Mindy and Mitchell like each other?" Craig Bartlett replied "I bet Mindy would be friends with Mitchell. Maybe she can draw him out."
* Mitchell's favorite holiday is Halloween, because he can go undercover and solve mysteries in costume.
* He has a rather complicated relationship with his father. He was embarrassed by his father in *The Grandest Canyon*, but his father also spoils him in some episodes: *Mindy's Weather Report*, *Solar System Bake-Off!*, and *Earth Camping*. Mitchell is not above disobeying/rebelling against his father as revealed in *Back to Bortron 7*, where he refuses to go to sleep unless he proves that the Propulsions are aliens.
* Mitchell claims that he has a terrible imagination in *Mindy's Moon Bounce House* and *Back to Bortron 7*. However, in *Moon Face,*when he sees a face on the moon, he remarks that he does have an imagination after all.
* In *Holidays in Boxwood Terrace*, his singing voice was performed by Meg Roe.
* Mitchell removes his glasses in *Jet Shrinks the Kids.*
* "Eye in the Sky" reveals that he is a weather expert, and his grandfather is a farmer. He also visits his grandparents in *Pet Sounds.*
* His last name is often misspelled as **Petersen.**
* Although it is not confirmed, Mitchell shows many early signs of having borderline personality disorder, such as insecurity, mood swings, antisocial behavior, irritability, loneliness, anger, narcissism, and self-destructive behavior (ie, he wants friends, but he keeps pushing others away).
	+ In *Space Camp*, he shows another sign of BPD known as "splitting." Throughout the movie, he alternates between implicitly viewing Stella as a threat (he claims that she and Jet are going to take over Planet Earth), and viewing her as a friend (he keeps encouraging her to be cooperative on the team, and when they win the contest, they hug). In this way, Mitchell places Stella into either the 'bad' category or the 'good' category depending on the situation.
* *Sean's Robotic Arm* reveals that he owns a Sherlock Holmes action figure.
* Mitchell's appearances can be marked by jazz music in the background. It serves as his leitmotif.
* In *Jet's First Halloween*, it is revealed that Mitchell is scared of clowns.
* Until *One Small Step*, he was never seen without his hat on.
	+ If the ending of *One Small Step* is anything to go by, Mitchell should now know that Jet is an alien. However, this is later retconned in *Space Camp,* where Mitchell is still trying to expose Jet.
* Mitchell appears in every single two-part episode except for *Sunday Drive* and *Astronaut Ellen Ochoa!*. According to the credits of the latter episode, he was supposed to appear but was cut for time. He also appears in all three movies.
* Mitchell enjoys classic literature, being a fan of the *Sherlock Holmes* series, and reading *Treasure Island*in *Treasure Map.*Unlike the other kids, he has not displayed an interest in *Commander Cressida.*As far as we know, he is also not a fan of physical activities (aside from kart racing) or video games like the other kids.
* It was never revealed why he wanted to expose Jet's alien identity so badly. A possibility is that Mitchell just wanted an explanation for Jet's peculiar behavior, or he just wanted to be taken seriously as a detective by solving a case.
* In *Magnet, PI*it is shown that he has a lucky magnet hidden inside his jacket.
* Mitchell's name is meaningful in numerous ways:
	+ Mitchell has the word **hell** in it, which is a place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering. While Mitchell is not evil, he is quite snooty, condescending, and a jerk to others.
		- However, the name Mitchell is a boy's name of English origin meaning "who is like God", which demonstrates that underneath the facade he puts on, Mitchell is a truly nice individual who will help others when the time is right.
	+ Peterson has the word "peter" in it, which means "rock". Rock is a symbol of strength and stability. Rock is a solid object that depicts stubbornness and inflexible behavior. This fits Mitchell because he is quite stubborn at times.
* His name in the Norwegian dub is Harald.
* His name in the Finnish dub is Mikko.
* He dresses up as Sherlock Holmes for Halloween.
* Mitchell is ambidextrous.
* Mitchell's phone is green.

## Gallery

Mitchell without his hat or glasses on, in *One Small Step*Mitchell without glasses, as seen in *Jet Shrinks the Kids*Mitchell using his right handMitchell using his left hand

## References

1. ↑ https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/ready-jet-go-space-camp-the-movie/umc.cmc.2ap26ls31f3qhengoawym3hir

 **Earthies:Dr. Rafferty • Dr. Bergs • Amy Skelley • Mr. Peterson • **Mitchell Peterson** • Lillian • Aurora • Houston • Bina Chandra**

**Bortronians**:**Uncle Zucchini** • **Eggplant** • **Zerk** • **Face 9001** • **Moonbeam** • **Stella Singularity** • **Great Galacto**

**Earth Animals & Robots**: Cody • Floyd • Jet 2 (character) • Sydney 2 (character) • Beep • Boop