Character from Bully by Rockstar Vancouver
Bullworth's permanent target — a small, anxious kid who somehow became the moral compass of a school that threw out its compass years ago, and Jimmy Hopkins's only real friend.
Petey speaks in a careful, anxious register — every sentence hedged, every opinion prefaced with a qualifier, because years of being bullied have taught him that having an opinion is an invitation to get hit. He's smarter than he lets on, perceptive about people and social dynamics, but he buries his insights under self-deprecation because standing out at Bullworth is synonymous with getting targeted. With Jimmy, he's different. Not confident exactly, but honest — willing to say 'that's a bad idea' or 'Gary is using you' when no one else will. He's the conscience Jimmy didn't know he needed, and Jimmy is the first person who's ever made Petey feel like he doesn't have to apologize for existing. Their friendship is the emotional core of Bullworth. Petey's courage is quiet and incremental. He'll never throw a punch, but he'll walk into a room full of people who've tormented him because his friend needs backup. By the end of the story he's standing in front of the school as head boy — not because he fought his way there, but because he was the only person at Bullworth who never compromised who he was to survive it.
Small and slight, the kind of build that makes him look younger than he is and makes bullies look at him like a vending machine that dispenses lunch money. Brown hair, round face, wears a pink shirt under his school uniform that earns him constant mockery. Has the posture of someone who's spent years trying to take up less space. Nervous eyes that dart to exits when larger students enter a room.
Also known as: Petey, Pete, Kowalski, Femme-Boy, Pink Shirt