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{{Infobox character

| name = Tinker Bell

| series = [[Peter Pan]]

| image = Tinkclose-1-.jpg

| image_size = 175px

| caption = ''Tinker Bell'' (2005, bronze) by Diarmuid Byron O'Connor

| first = ''[[Peter Pan (play)|Peter Pan]]'' (1904)

| creator = [[J. M. Barrie]]

| portrayer =

| voice = tinkling bell

| nickname = Tink

| alias =

| species = [[Fairy]]

| gender = Female

| occupation = [[tinker]]

| title = Tinker fairy

| family =

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| nationality =[[Neverland]]

| colour = lightgreen

}}

'''Tinker Bell''' ('''Tink''' for short), is a [[fictional character]] from [[J. M. Barrie]]'s 1904 play ''[[Peter Pan (play)|Peter Pan]]'' and its 1911 novelization ''[[Peter and Wendy]]''. She has appeared in multiple film and television adaptations of the Peter Pan stories, in particular the 1953 animated [[Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney]] picture ''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]''. She also appears in the official sequel ''[[Peter Pan in Scarlet]]'' by Geraldine McCaughrean commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital as well as the "Peter and the Starcatchers" book series by Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry. At first only a supporting character described by her creator as "a common [[fairy]]", her animated incarnation was a hit and has since become a widely recognised unofficial mascot of [[The Walt Disney Company]], and the centrepiece of its ''[[Disney Fairies]]'' [[media franchise]] including the direct-to-DVD film series ''[[Tinker Bell (film series)|Tinker Bell]]'' and Walt Disney's ''Wonderful World of Color''.

==In original play and novel==

Tinker Bell was described by Barrie as a fairy who mended pots and kettles, an actual [[tinsmith|tinker]] of the fairy folk.<ref>''Peter Pan'' (play), Act I/''Peter and Wendy'' (novel), Chapter III</ref> Her speech consists of the sounds of a tinkling bell, which is understandable only to those familiar with the language of the fairies.

Though sometimes ill-tempered, spoiled, jealous,<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/26654/26654-h/26654-h.htm Project Gutenberg text of Charles Scribner's Sons New York edition CHAPTER VI THE LITTLE HOUSE]</ref> and vindictive,<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/26654/26654-h/26654-h.htm Project Gutenberg text Charles Scribner's Sons New York edition CHAPTER V THE ISLAND COME TRUE]</ref> at other times she is inquisitive, helpful and kind to Peter. The extremes in her personality are explained in the story by the fact that a fairy's size prevents her from holding more than one feeling at a time, so when she is angry she has no counterbalancing compassion. Fairies can enable others to fly by sprinkling them with fairy dust (called "pixie dust" in the Disney films, and presented as "starstuff" in [[Dave Barry]] and [[Ridley Pearson]]'s novel series).<ref name="Tinker Bell Character Archive"/> At the end of the novel it is implied that Tinker Bell has died the year after Wendy and her brothers left Neverland, as fairies have very short lives, and Peter has no memory of her at all.

==On stage==

In the original stage productions, Tinker Bell was represented on stage by a darting light "created by a small mirror held in the hand off-stage and reflecting a little circle of light from a powerful lamp"<ref>Roger Lancelyn Green, ''Fifty Years of Peter Pan'', Peter Davies Publishing, 1954</ref> and her voice was "a collar of bells and two special ones that Barrie brought from Switzerland".<ref name="ReferenceA">Roger Lancelyn Green, ''J.M. Barrie'', Bodley Head, 1960</ref> However, a 'Jane (or Jenny) Wren' was listed among the cast on the programmes as playing Tinker Bell; this was a joke which also helped with the mystique of the fairy character, and fooled [[HM Revenue and Customs|H.M. Inspector of Taxes]], who sent Jane Wren a tax demand.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

In the [[Peter Pan (1954 musical)|musical version of the play]], she was also represented by a darting light, accompanied by a [[celesta]]. Her favourite insult (as in Barrie's play) is "You silly ass!", which the audience learns to recognise because it is always represented by the same motif: four notes (presumably one for each syllable of the phrase), followed by a growl on the bassoon.

==In film==

Film adaptations provided the first vocal effects for the character, whether through sound, such as musical expressions or the sound of a tinkling bell, or human speech.

===[[Peter Pan (1924 film)|''Peter Pan'' (1924 film)]]===

Tinker Bell was played by [[Virginia Browne Faire]].

===Disney===

[[File:TinkerbellDisney.jpg|thumb|Tinker Bell as depicted in Disney media has become one of the company's most important icons.]]

In the [[Peter Pan (1953 film)|1953 animated ''Peter Pan'' film]], the character was animated and had no dialogue. Tinker Bell has become one of Disney's most important branding icons for over half a century, and is generally known as ''"a symbol of 'the magic of Disney'."''<ref name="Masters of Animation"/> She has been featured in television commercials and programme opening credits sprinkling pixie dust with a wand in order to shower a magical feeling over various other Disney personalities, though the 1953 animated version of Tinker Bell never actually used a wand. In the picture and the official Disney Character Archives, she is referred to as a [[pixie]].

There is an [[urban legend]] that the original animated version of Tinker Bell was modelled after [[Marilyn Monroe]]. However, Disney animator [[Marc Davis (animator)|Marc Davis]]'s reference was actress [[Margaret Kerry]].<ref name="Tinker Bell Character Archive"/><ref name="realtink"/> He illustrated Tinker Bell as a young, attractive, blonde haired, big blue eyed, white female, with an exaggerated hour-glass figure. She is clad in a short bright green dress with a rigid trim, and green slippers with white puffs. She is trailed by small amounts of pixie dust when she moves, and this dust can help humans fly if they think happy thoughts.

Since 1954, Tinker Bell has featured as a hostess for much of Disney's live-action television programming and in every Disney movie advertisements flying over Disneyland with her magic wand and her fairy dust, beginning with ''Disneyland'' (which first introduced the theme park to the public while it was still under construction), to ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|Walt Disney Presents]],'' ''[[Walt Disney]]'s Wonderful [[World of Color]],'' and ''[[The Wonderful World of Disney]]''. In 1988, she appeared in the final shot of the ending scene of Disney's ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', along with [[Porky Pig]]; sprinkling fairy dust on the screen after Porky's trademark farewell as it goes black prior to the closing credits. She also starred alongside other Disney characters, such as [[Chip 'n Dale]], in many [[Disney comics]], where she was also able to speak. Tinker Bell also appears as a summon in the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series of video games and the card appearance in the video game ''[[Mickey's Memory Challenge]]'' on 1993.

[[File:Disneyland Disney Fairies Tinker Bell.jpg|thumb|left|Tinker Bell poses in Pixie Hollow, at [[Disneyland]].]]

At [[Disneyland]], Tinker Bell is prominently featured in ''[[Peter Pan's Flight]]'', a suspended [[dark ride]] based on the artwork from the animated film. Beginning in 1961, she was also featured as a live performer who flew through the sky suspended from a wire from the top of the Matterhorn Bobsled Ride at the beginning of the nightly fireworks displays. She was originally played by 71-year-old former circus performer [[Tiny Kline]], up until her retirement three years later.<ref name="mouselinks"/>

On the 2008 ''[[Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade]]'' special on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[Disney]] announced that a Tinker Bell float would be added to the classic [[Main Street Electrical Parade|Disney's Electrical Parade]] at [[Disney California Adventure Park]] at the [[Disneyland Resort]], the first new float to be added decades.

====Disney Fairies====

Tinker Bell was originally a part of the ''[[Disney Princess]]'' franchise, from which she was later extracted and converted into the central character of the new ''[[Disney Fairies]]'' franchise in 2005. In addition to an extensive line of merchandise, 2008's ''[[Tinker Bell (film)|Tinker Bell]]'' film is the first of five direct-to-DVD features set in [[Pixie Hollow]].<ref>{{ cite news|last=Orenstein|first=Peggy|title=What’s Wrong With Cinderella?|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/magazine/24princess.t.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0&ei=5088&en=8e5a1ac1332a802c&ex=1324616400&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss |work=The New York Times|publisher=The New York Times Company|accessdate=12 April 2013|date=December 24, 2006}}</ref> Tinker Bell is voiced by [[Mae Whitman]] in these digitally animated DVD features.

At [[Disneyland]], a Pixie Hollow meet-and-greet area opened on October 28, 2008, near the [[Matterhorn Bobsleds|Matterhorn]], where guests are able to interact with Tinker Bell and her companions. A similar area called "Tinker Bell's Magical Nook" is in [[Adventureland (Disney)|Adventureland]] at [[Walt Disney World]]'s [[Magic Kingdom]] in Florida.

In November 2009, Tinker Bell became the smallest waxwork ever to be made at [[Madame Tussauds]], measuring only five and a half inches.

On September 21, 2010, Tinker Bell was presented with the 2,418th star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], becoming the thirteenth fictional character and the sixth [[Disney]] character to receive this honor. Tinker Bell's star celebrated Hollywood Walk of Fame's 50th anniversary.

Since 2012's ''[[Secret of the Wings]]'', Tinker Bell was the first Disney fairy to have a sibling, a twin sister named Periwinkle.

===''[[Hook (film)|Hook]]''===

[[Julia Roberts]] played Tinker Bell who expresses romantic interest in the adult Peter for a time when he returns to Neverland to save his captured children, although she accepts his need to save his children and be there for his family. After he returns to London, Tinker Bell appears to him one last time, telling him that she will always be there to love him in the moments between dreaming and waking.

===[[Peter Pan (2003 film)|''Peter Pan'' (2003 film)]]===

[[P.J. Hogan]] originally planned to use a computer-generated version of the character, but instead used [[Ludivine Sagnier]] in combinations with digital models and effects to take advantage of the actress's expressions.

==Other literary works==

===''Peter Pan in Scarlet''===

Tinker Bell returns in the official sequel ''[[Peter Pan in Scarlet]]''. When Wendy and the rest of the group reach Neverland and ask Peter where she is, he replies that he does not know anyone by the name Tinker Bell, which is explained as him not remembering her after she died. She is mentioned by Wendy and the rest of the Lost Boys to Fireflyer, a silly blue fairy, who when he reaches the top of Neverpeak, makes the wish to meet her. When they open Captain Hook's treasure chest, among other things, Tinker Bell is seen inside it to Fireflyer's joy. Initially, Tinker Bell does not like him, but eventually she comes to see that Fireflyer is not as bad as he seems to be. In the end, they get married and start selling dreams to pirates, while having many adventures.

===''Peter and the Starcatchers''===

In [[Dave Barry]] and [[Ridley Pearson]]'s ''[[Peter and the Starcatchers]]'' book series, Tinker Bell makes her first appearance at the end of the first novel. Originally, she was a green and yellow coloured bird who was put in a bag of starstuff, turning her into a fairy. Molly's father, the famous starcatcher Lord Leonard Aster, made her Peter's guardian and she follows him on all of his adventures. She doesn't like being called a fairy and would much rather be called "birdwoman" because of her origins. She is very protective of Peter, and hates his paying attention to any other female. She can be very impolite to others (only Peter is able to understand her perfectly, and most of the times does not reveal what she says about others, because it is mostly insults). She is also able to emit a very bright light, which she uses as an attack against other creatures, especially Lord Ombra, one of the main villains of the series.

==On television==

Tinker Bell was voiced by:

* [[Debi Derryberry]] in the 1990 Fox animated program ''[[Peter Pan and the Pirates]]''

* [[Sumi Shimamoto]] in the 1987 [[anime]] series ''[[The Adventures of Peter Pan]]''

* [[Keira Knightley]] in the 2011 [[Neverland (miniseries)|Neverland miniseries]].

In ''[[Peter Pan Live!]]'', a made-for-TV production of the ''Peter Pan'' musical broadcast by NBC in 2014, a [[Computer-generated imagery|computer-generated]] version of Tinker Bell was used, controlled live by a technician. The live-rendered Tinker Bell could change sizes and colors to represent different feelings.<ref name=ew-cgitinkerbell>{{cite web|title=Tinkerbell will be computer generated in 'Peter Pan Live!'-see video|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/11/26/tinker-bell-will-be-computer-generated-in-peter-pan-live/|website=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref>

===''Once Upon a Time''===

Actress [[Rose McIver]] portrayed Tinker Bell in season three of ABC's ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon A Time]]'', debuting in the episode "[[Quite a Common Fairy]]". She was trying to help Regina, the [[Queen (Snow White) in derivative works|Evil Queen]] with another man, [[Robin Hood]], but Regina failed her. Plus, due to her trying to help Regina by stealing pixie dust, she is stripped of her powers by [[The Fairy with Turquoise Hair|The Blue Fairy]] and is living on her own in Neverland. Her wings are returned to her by the Blue Fairy/Mother Superior when she once again believes in herself.

===''Peter & Wendy'' (2015 TV film) ===

In the forthcoming ''Peter & Wendy'' [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] film, Tinker Bell will be played by [[Paloma Faith]].<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/14/paloma-faith-stanley-tucci-itv-peter-pan-peter-wendy</ref>

==In art==

In addition to the illustrations in the original editions of Peter Pan, Tinker Bell has also been depicted by fantasy artists such as [[Brian Froud]] and [[Myrea Pettit]]. She also appears in the edition of ''Peter Pan in Scarlet'' illustrated by David Wyatt.

A bronze sculpture of Tinker Bell by London artist [[Diarmuid Byron O'Connor]] was commissioned by [[Great Ormond Street Hospital]], to whom Barrie bequeathed the copyright to the character, to be added to his original four-foot statue of Peter Pan, wresting a thimble from Peter's finger. The figure has a nine-and-a-half-inch wingspan and is seven inches tall, and was unveiled on 29 September 2005 by [[Sophie, Countess of Wessex]].

==Tinker Bell in other languages==

When translated into other languages, Tinker Bell's name is sometimes rendered more or less phonetically, but is often replaced by a name that evokes her character or one that refers to a bell or represents its sound.

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* [[Arabic language|Arabic]]&nbsp;— تنة ورنة ''(Tanna we Ranna)''

* [[Albanian language|Albanian]]&nbsp;-Tringëllima

* [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]&nbsp;— Зън-зън ''(Zŭn-Zŭn)'', or "Камбанка" ''(Kambanka)''

* [[Catalan language|Catalan]]&nbsp;— Campaneta

* [[Chinese language|Chinese]]&nbsp;— 奇妙仙子

* [[Croatian language|Croatian]]&nbsp;— Zvončica

* [[Czech language|Czech]]&nbsp;— Zvonilka or Zvoněnka

* [[Danish language|Danish]]&nbsp;— Klokkeblomst

* [[Dutch language|Dutch]]&nbsp;— Rinkelbel and Tinkerbel (in early translations), Tinkelbel (current)

* [[Finnish language|Finnish]]&nbsp;— Helinä-Keiju

* [[French language|French]]&nbsp;— Tinn Tamm (in early translations), Clochette (current)

* [[German language|German]]&nbsp;— Glöckchen, Glitzerklang, Naseweis, Klingklang

* [[Greek language|Greek]]&nbsp;— Τίνκερ Μπελ (''Tínker Bel'')

* [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]&nbsp;— טינקר בל (Tinker Bell)

* [[Hindi]]&nbsp;— टिंकर बेल

* [[Hong Kong]]&nbsp;— 小叮噹, 奇妙仙子

* [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]&nbsp;— Giling Galang (in early translations), Csingiling (current)

* [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]&nbsp;— Skellibjalla

* [[Italian language|Italian]]&nbsp;— Campanellino (in original works), Trilli (Disney versions)

* [[Japanese language|Japanese]]&nbsp;— ティンカー ベル ''(Tinkā Beru)''

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* [[Korean language|Korean]]&nbsp;— 팅커벨 ''(Tingkeobel)''

* [[Latvian language|Latvian]]&nbsp;— Zvārgulīte ''(Little Sleigh Bell)''

* [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]&nbsp;— Auksarankė ''(Golden Hands)''

* [[Mongolian language|Mongolian]]&nbsp;— Тэнүүлч хонх

* [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]&nbsp;— Tingeling

* [[Polish language|Polish]]&nbsp;— Blaszany Dzwoneczek, usually shortened to Dzwoneczek

* [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]&nbsp;— Tinker Bell, Sininho (current in Brazil)

* [[Russian language|Russian]]&nbsp;— Динь-Динь ''(Din'-Din')''

* [[Romanian language|Romanian]]&nbsp;— Clopoţica

* [[Serbian language|Serbian]]&nbsp;— Звончица/Zvončica

* [[Slovak language|Slovak]]&nbsp;— Cililing

* [[Slovenian language|Slovenian]]&nbsp;— Zvončica

* [[Swedish language|Swedish]]&nbsp;— Tingeling

* [[Spanish language|Spanish]]&nbsp;— Campanilla (Spain), Campanita (Hispanic America), Tinker Bell (current in Latin America)

* [[Standard Chinese|Taiwanese]]&nbsp;— 奇妙仙子-叮叮

* [[Thai language|Thai]]&nbsp;— ทิงเกอร์เบลล์

* [[Turkish language|Turkish]]&nbsp;— Çan Çiçeği

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==References==

<references>

<ref name="realtink">{{cite web| url=http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/Disney/Tinkerbell.html| title=The Real Tinkerbell| accessdate=2007-11-22}}</ref>

<ref name="Tinker Bell Character Archive">{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/characters/tinker/tinker.html|title=Tinker Bell Character Archive|publisher=The Official Disney Character Archives}}</ref>

<ref name="Masters of Animation">{{cite book|title=Masters of Animation |last=Grant |first=John |pages=75 |year=2001 |publisher=Watson-Guptill |isbn=0-8230-3041-5}}</ref>

<ref name="mouselinks">[http://www.disneymouselinks.com/Tinker-Bell.aspx History of Tinker Bell] - DisneyMouseLinks.com</ref>

</references>

==External links==

* [http://disney.go.com/fairies/?int_cmp=fai_fran_tink_charaport_thumb_Intl#/characters/tinker-bell Disney's character profile of Tinker Bell]

* {{IMDb character|0030675}}

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