Sweetpea is a green and yellow parakeet that appears as one of the main characters in The Secret Life of Pets and a supporting character in The Secret Life of Pets 2. Sweetpea is voiced by Tara Strong.
Appearance[]
Sweetpea's head is yellow and his other body parts are green. He has a bit of blue on his tail feathers, a small orange beak and orange feet, and green eyes. Based on the blue color of his cere (the colored part above his beak), Sweetpea is a male parakeet.
Personality[]
He likes hanging around the other pets, even with Chloe, who tried to eat him once.
Plot[]
The Secret Life of Pets[]
Sweetpea is one of the neighbours of Max. After his owner leaves, he opens his cage, activates a fan and television, and flies with jet planes in a console game. Later, he appears in Max's Apartment and fools Chloe by a laser projector on a cabinet.
After Max and Duke are gone, Gidget gathers her neighbours, including Sweetpea, to discuss what they can do. Tiberius' sudden appearance horrifies all of the pets except Gidget, and Sweetpea hides behind a bottle of air freshener and then Chloe's bowl after Mel hits the table in fear. At last, Sweetpea agrees to join his neighbours to find Max.
Pops brings the pets to a cherry picker outside a building; Chloe is too clumsy to jump down, so Sweetpea pecks her hanging feet. On the way to the sewer, Tiberius catches one of the pigeons who carries the pets to another apartment; Sweetpea chirps at Tiberius, so he lets the pigeon go. Later, Gidget encourages her neighbours after they are almost caught by the Flushed Pets, claiming that they are "dogs". Chloe says "cat", Tiberius says "hawk" and Sweetpea chirps, so Gidget says they are all dogs for the day.
He is seen flying with Tiberius on the Brooklyn Bridge and sitting with Gidget, and watches Snowball jump in the ocean to save Max and Duke. At the end of the movie, he finally goes back to his apartment to greet his owner who, despite his hardcore appearance, cares very much about Sweetpea and birds.
The Secret Life of Pets 2[]
At some Point Gidget Tried ate Sweetpea because Chloe Told Gidget That Cats eat Birds.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Sweetpea's voice actress, Tara Strong, also voices Timmy Turner in the Nickelodeon show The Fairly OddParents, Dil Pickles in the Nickelodeon show Rugrats, Bubbles in the Cartoon Network show The Powerpuff Girls, Raven in Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go!, and Twilight Sparkle in My Little Pony Friendship is Magic.
- Originally Sweetpea was going to speak, and the crew imagined he had the voice of American actor Ving Rhames.
- Sweetpea is more intended to represent a parrot. Unlike real-world parakeets, his feet are anisodactyl (three in front, one in back), rather than zygodactyl (two in front, two in back).
- According to Chloe, she once wanted to eat Sweetpea but was stopped by Max.
- Sweetpea was the first pet to notice Tiberius' appearance in Gidget's Apartment, before Mel shouts in horror.
The recolored Sweetpea model at the left corner.
- At Pops' Apartment during a party, there is a bird that uses the same model as Sweetpea, but is recolored in blue.