Ashcan: This is all your fault!
Pete: This is all your fault?
Ashcan: Ah, shut up.Ashcan and Pete when they get defeated by Chance.
Ashcan and Pete are the secondary antagonists of Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco.
Ashcan was voiced by the late Jon Polito (who also portrays Chuck Greenwald in "The Freshman" and Captain Sludge in Super Capers) and Pete was voiced by Adam Goldberg.
History
They are stray dogs who hang around a junkyard. They are also common enemies of Riley's Gang. Ashcan is a Boxer and Pete is a Bullmastiff. Ashcan is the more intelligent, conniving one, while Pete is the dim-witted, idiotic sidekick. Apparently, Ashcan once killed a dog just for stepping on his tail. Also, going by Ashcan's comment upon meeting Sassy, as well as her sarcastic question on whether the pair hailed from "Planet Stupid", they eat cats. Ashcan was apparently extremely filthy, as Chance mentioned this after accidentally (and literally) bumping into him, saying that the latter needed a bath while shaking from the apparent stench.
They are first encountered in the film when Shadow, Chance and Sassy stumble onto their territory. Although Shadow tells them that they mean no harm, Ashcan fights with Shadow, while Pete tries to eat Sassy (who heads for high ground and drops a flowerpot onto Pete's head). Riley and his gang show up, however, and drive them away. Chance fled upon noticing Riley's Gang, due to mistaking them for reinforcements.
Later, Ashcan and Pete are lazing off at the junkyard, and Ashcan mentions to Pete that he thinks he hears something (although it is implied that he was trying to trick Pete in order to keep him away from his chew toy). However, Pete, thinking that Ashcan really did hear something, informs him that he was right and says he sees Shadow and Sassy passing the junkyard. Ashcan prepares to ambush them but fails due to Pete misunderstanding Ashcan's usage of the word "you", in terms of who was going to ambush them.
They reappear later in the film and confront Shadow and Sassy again at a construction site. Shadow and Ashcan fight, while Pete corners Sassy (although she does, nonetheless, manage to land a scratch from her paw at Pete just prior to the fight), but she and Shadow are saved by Chance's entrance whom had followed the two since they left Riley's place. Ashcan and Pete start chasing him after he insulted them. Chance leads Ashcan and Pete on an "obstacle course" and into a section of pipe, then pushes it down a slope with them still inside (with Chance also proceeding to ask a riddle at their expense about "What has eight legs, no brains, spins around, and screams like a baby?" referring to their current situation). In the aftermath, Ashcan and Pete blame each other for who got them trapped in the pipe before Ashcan tells Pete to "shut up". Ashcan and Pete presumably give up after this, as they are not seen again.
Trivia
- Even though Ashcan is depicted as a boxer, it should be noted that in reality, boxers are not a vicious or aggressive breed by nature.
- Due to the fact that Ashcan's ears and tail appear to be cropped and docked, he might have been a pet at some point in his life.
- Apparently, Pete was once a pet as evidenced by his collar. He was either abandoned by his owners or just left them at one point.
- They have the same personalities as The Wet/Sticky Bandits from Home Alone and its Lost in New York sequel, with Ashcan as Harry and Pete as Marv.
