KNOWN ALIASES: Tinkerbelle; Tink
KNOWN RELATIVES: King Eidilleg; Doli and the Fair Folk (faeries)
KNOWN PETS: unknown
CITIZENSHIP: Never Land
KNOWN CONFIDANTS: Peter Pan and the Lost Boys (Foxy, Rabbit, Skunk,
Cubby & the Raccoon Twins); the Indian Chief and Tiger Lilly(the Indian Princess)
KNOWN RIVALS: The Terrible Wendy Bird (Wendy Darling); Capt. James Hook;
Mr. Smee and the Pirates (Turk, Black Murphy, Mullins, Starkey, Skylights and Bill Jukes)
PARAPHERNALIA: Pixie-dust and magic wand
1st PRINT APPEARANCE: "Walt Disney's Peter Pan Treasure Chest" (1952 - Dell Giant);
"Four-Color" #896 "The Adventures of Tinker Bell" (Mar. 1958); "Four-Color" #982
"The New Adventures of Tinker Bell" (Apr. 1959); "Walt Disney Showcase: Tinker Bell
& Jiminy Cricket" #37 (Nov. 1976)
1st FILM APPEARANCE: "Peter Pan" (Feb. 5, 1953)VOICE ACTOR: unknown
SIGNATURE: A shimmer: a tiny flash and streak of sparkling
light, and the sound of small tinkling bells; pixie dust
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS: Tinker Bell is the tiny magical
companion of Peter Pan.
Though usually a happy-go-lucky coquette, she can be pouty,
spiteful and jealously protective of "her" Peter, even to the point
of trying harming anyone she perceives as
hindering her relationship with him. Like a firefly (the size of which is comparable),
she glows in the dark. If grabbed and vigorously shaken, her body emits a magical dust
which can cause people and animals to defy gravity. Like other magical beings in the
Disney universe, Tinker Bell may appear in any comic book title (with such characters as
Chip'n' Dale, Mad Madam Mim, Mickey Mouse and Uncle $crooge), and often does.
HISTORICAL FACTS: Like Mickey Mouse, Tinker Bell's role within the Disney Company
transcends as a corporate symbol for 'that little spark of magic' that is in all of Disney's
handiwork.
LITTLE KNOWN SECRETS: Aside from "Peter Pan," Tinker Bell made a cameo in "The Black Cauldron" among her kin, the Fair Folk. She can also be seen regularly
as the feminine little sprite that introduces many of Disney's television programs.
WORKING THEORIES: none