Pauvre Pierrot (aka
Poor Pete) is an 1892 French
short animated film directed by
Charles-Émile Reynaud. It consists of 500 individually painted images and lasts about 15 minutes. It is one of the first animated films ever made, and alongside
Le Clown et ses chiens and
Un bon bock was exhibited in October 1892 when Charles-Émile Reynaud opened his
Théâtre Optique at the
Musée Grévin. It was the first film to demonstrate the Theatre Optique system developed by Reynaud in 1888. Pauvre Pierrot is also believed to be the first known usage of
film perforations. The combined performance of all three films was known as Pantomimes Lumineuses.