Peter Warren "Peter" Hatcher is a fictional character

Fictional character

A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

 created by American author Judy Blume

Judy Blume

Judy Blume is an American author. She has written many novels for children and young adults which have exceeded sales of 80 million and been translated into 31 languages...

. The character first appeared in the children's novel Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is a children's novel written by Judy Blume in 1972. It is the first of the "Fudge books". It was followed by Superfudge, Fudge-A-Mania and, most recently, Double Fudge...

and in several subsequent Blume stories, most of which focus on Peter's younger brother Fudge. In the television series Fudge

Fudge (TV series)

Fudge is an American children's television series produced by Amblin Entertainment in association with MTE, based on a series of Judy Blume books about a young boy nicknamed Fudge. The series ran for two seasons , with 24 episodes following a telefilm adaptation of Blume's novel Fudge-A-Mania,...

, Peter is played by Jake Richardson

Jake Richardson (actor)

Jacob Matthew Richardson is an American actor, currently acting mostly in TV series. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the film Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves and the TV series Fudge.-Career:...

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Life

Born in New York City

New York City

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, New York

New York

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, Peter thought everything was fine until Fudge came into the world. In Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is a children's novel written by Judy Blume in 1972. It is the first of the "Fudge books". It was followed by Superfudge, Fudge-A-Mania and, most recently, Double Fudge...

and Superfudge

Superfudge

Superfudge is a children's novel by Judy Blume, published in 1980. It is the sequel to Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.- Plot :The story is about four-year-old Fudge whose family has given him an increased vocabulary. Due to that fact, he knows where babies come from and plans to be a bird when he...

, Peter tries to get his parents to listen to him, with successful results at the end. In Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, he succeeds in convincing his mother to listen to him, and she spanks Fudge for ruining Peter's homework poster. Similarly, in Superfudge, Peter suggests confiscating

Confiscation

Confiscation, from the Latin confiscatio 'joining to the fiscus, i.e. transfer to the treasury' is a legal seizure without compensation by a government or other public authority...

 Fudge and Daniel (Fudge's friend)'s bikes for a month after Fudge and Daniel ran away to Sandy's Bakery.

Peter's best friends are Jimmy Fargo and Alex Santo. His archrival is Sheila Tubman. In Double Fudge

Double Fudge

Double Fudge is a 2002 children's novel by Judy Blume and the fourth in the Fudge series. It deals with Fudge Hatcher liking money, and the Hatcher family goes to Washington, D.C. and they deal with their related family. Fudge also finds out that his cousin is also named Farley Drexel Hatcher.-...

, Peter's favorite author is Dave Barry

Dave Barry

David "Dave" Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author and columnist, who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for The Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comedic novels.-Biography:Barry was born in Armonk, New York,...

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Appearance

In the reprints, Peter's appearance consists of messy brown hair (In his character description on the Double Fudge website, he appears to have blond hair). On the 2003 reprint cover of Superfudge, Peter appears to be wearing red Chuck Taylor-like sneakers.

He describes his little brother as "a pain in the neck", "Little Monster", and "The Biggest Pain ever invented!".