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3->''"I do believe in fairies! I do! I do!"''
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5The 2003 film adaptation of ''Literature/PeterPan'' based on [[Theatre/PeterPan1904 the original play]]. As far as film adaptations of Peter Pan go, it is perhaps the one that [[TruerToTheText stays closest]] to the play and [[Literature/PeterPan the novel]] despite its own share of differences.
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7It's a familiar story: Peter Pan (portrayed, [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent with an American accent]], by Creator/JeremySumpter) takes the Darling children back to Neverland to join the Lost Boys and to make Wendy their mother. The idea of Peter Pan's immortality and unending youth are explored, along with much [[DarkerAndEdgier darker and heavier]] themes than [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan the animated Disney version]] you remember from when you were a kid, with more violence, death and heavy themes including Pan's eternal immaturity, Wendy's emerging sexuality, and the implications of childlike innocence and moral ambiguity with a sword.
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9Has a character sheet [[Characters/PeterPan2003 here]].
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11!!''Peter Pan'' provides examples of:
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13* ActionGirl: Wendy wielding a sword against pirates, though it turns out she's more of a CurbStompCushion. In her stories, she also has Cinderella swash-buckling pirates who try to steal her glass slippers.
14* AdaptationalBadass:
15** Tiger Lily in canon is shown as TheStoic who merely glares at the pirates after they ambush her. Here, they catch her while she's trying to protect John and Michael; she delivers a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in Iroquois while spitting at Hook's feet as she's interrogated. Later, she holds her own weight when helping fend off the pirates.
16** Wendy was meant to be a mother-figure to the boys, with no fighting skills whatsoever and accepting that Peter didn't return her feelings. Here she has some sword practice and tries her best to hold her own.
17* AdaptationExpansion: Puts far more emphasis on Wendy's crush on Peter than most other versions. Other versions see it as one-sided, suggesting Peter sees her as a mother figure. This one however turns it into a mutual romance.
18* AdaptationalNationality: Smee was Irish in the book, and becomes English here.
19* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Peter here warns Wendy that the mermaids aren't nice when they go to them for help and protects her when they try to drag her under the water. In the Disney animated film, he was ''laughing'' when they tried to drown her for the crime of appearing with Peter.
20* AgeLift: The other way around. Tiger Lily is implied to be a teen or adult in the book, since all the men of her tribe are said to want to marry her, but here she's aged down to a child, as she was in [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan the Disney version]] too.
21* AlasPoorVillain: Hook.
22-->'''Hook:''' Old, alone.....done for.
23* AmbiguouslyRelated: Is Aunt Millicent the aunt of George and Mary or George or Mary’s sister? You decide.
24* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Wendy to Peter, after he tries to convince her (and himself) that whatever relationship is developing between them is only make-believe.
25-->'''Wendy:''' Peter, what are your real... feelings?\
26'''Peter:''' Feelings?\
27[...]\
28'''Wendy:''' [What do you feel?] Love?\
29'''Peter:''' Love?\
30'''Wendy:''' Love.\
31'''Peter:''' I have never heard of it.\
32'''Wendy:''' I think you have, Peter. I daresay you've felt it yourself, for something... or someone.
33* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: As Hook's waning flight brings him down to the hungry crocodile, he pulls one last ditch effort to stay afloat by listing out his personal happy thoughts. He manages to delve into this trope twice.
34-->'''Hook:''' Ripping! Killing! Killing! Lawyers! Dentists!
35-->''(later)''
36-->'''Hook:''' Pus! Children's blood, puppies' blood! Disease! Scabs! Kittens dashed on spikes! White death, black death, any death! ''A nice cup of tea!''
37* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Aunt Millicent gains a son in Slightly -- though he's at least eight years old.]] The original ending would have also shown grown-up Wendy with her daughter Jane.
38* BattleChant: In the scene where Pan finds Tinkerbell lying dead. The Darling children and the Lost Boys had been captured by Captain Hook. Hook had told them that Pan is dead, and they had no choice but to join Hook's crew, or walk the plank. With the heroic morale at its nadir, Pan's "I do believe in fairies" then belies Hook's claim, and puts fresh heart into the children to resist Hook. With the repetition of the mantra "I do believe in fairies! I do, I do!", Pan's passion and conviction became so strong that the Lost Boys took up the chant, then the Darling children joined them, then other children in London joined as well, eventually spreading to Hook's own pirate crew. This results in Tinkerbell coming back to life.
39* BerserkButton: Don't remind Hook of what Pan did to his hand if you want to keep your face intact (not cutting it off, which Hook is actually grateful for, but feeding it to the crocodile.)
40* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Though Captain Hook and his pirates have been defeated and Neverland restored to a time of peace, Peter and Wendy must come to terms with the fact that she wants to grow up and he does not, resulting in them parting ways.]] The alternate ending cut out from the movie serves as a [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding]] as well, as [[spoiler: Wendy grows up and can never fly to Neverland again, but her daughter can]].
41* BlindfoldedTrip: In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, the boys blindfold Wendy before taking her to their hideout. She is also blindfolded when she walks the plank.
42* BodyHorror:
43** Alf Mason, one of the pirates, has a face completely covered in boils.
44** Hook's stub of a hand is shown in gory detail before he even puts on his signature prosthetic. When he does, the archaic means of fastening it to him and keeping it and his wound disinfected look absolutely miserable.
45* BreakingTheFourthWall: Smee does this all the time.
46* BreakThemByTalking: Hook tries doing this to Peter to fill him with unhappy thoughts of Wendy's departure and cause him to be unable to fly.
47* BrickJoke: The kiss/thimble confusion.
48* BrokenAce: Peter is TheAce to everyone in Neverland, but it's soon shown that he is a deeply lonely and pitiable boy who can never be truly happy.
49* CanonForeigner:
50** Aunt Millicent, an apparent cinematic replacement for Liza the maid.
51** Hook's henchmen Albino, Quang Lee and Bollard were not in the original novel.
52* CharacterDevelopment: Wendy's story is essentially her fleeing from her life because she's terrified of growing up - but ultimately realising she simply wasn't ready for it at the time. But is now.
53* TheCharmer: Peter, so very much. As Wendy says, "It is perfectly delightful the way you talk about girls!" And that little grin and mock-modest shrug he gives toward the end of the movie--oh, the cleverness of him!
54* ChildrenAreInnocent: And occasionally unthinkingly violent because of it. The double-edged nature of childhood innocence, that KidsAreCruel ''because'' ChildrenAreInnocent and lack a mature understanding of right and wrong, was one of Barrie's main messages in the book, and it's retained here.
55* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Well without the clapping. When Tinker Bell drinks the poison, Peter's saying "I do believe in fairies" prompts Wendy and the rest of the Lost Boys to chant the same thing. This has the effect of making the children of London, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Darling and Aunt Millicent, do so too.
56* ClingyJealousGirl: Tinker Bell, although the narration clarifies that fairies are too small to have room for more than one emotion at a time. So she's just jealous around the time the story starts.
57* CombatPragmatist: Hook is this when fighting Peter. He tosses him in the line of fire where a cannon launches a weighted net, and waits for the boy to drown.
58* CrosscastRole: A notable aversion. Jeremy Sumpter is the first boy to play Peter in a live-action film, probably the first in a mainstream live-acting production counting the plays and musicals.
59* CulturallySensitiveAdaptation: Downplayed, as this is the first modern adaptation of the story to actually include the Indians (who were pointedly absent from ''{{Film/Hook}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ReturnToNeverland''). Carsen Grey is likewise the first Native American actress to actually portray Tiger Lily; the character speaks Iroquois rather than broken English, and she's portrayed as the OnlySaneMan when the children are captured (contrasting John and Michael's InelegantBlubbering).
60* DarkerAndEdgier:
61** Than the widely-known Disney version. This film cleaves more closely to the book, shocking some viewers not expecting this kind of (PG) violence.
62** Hook himself. The original play and novel's version was darker than Disney's, yes, but the movie's version goes even farther than that, making him a very effective psychological manipulator and adding sexual predator vibes in his relationship with Wendy.
63* DeathByAdaptation: Starkey; in the novel, he was one of the few pirates to survive the final battle, here he's killed by Hook at the Black Castle.
64* DecoyProtagonist: Despite the 'Peter Pan' title, this adaptation (much like the original book) emphasises that this is really Wendy's story.
65* DefiantToTheEnd: Unlike Michael and John, who beg for their lives, Tiger Lily curses out the pirates and spits on them when they catch her.
66* DisneyVillainDeath:
67** Hook falls from the air into the open mouth of the crocodile.
68** Cookson, Alf Mason and many other pirates also meet their ends by falling overboard during the final battle.
69* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Wendy kisses Peter and the guy BURSTS INTO FLIGHT WITH A HUGE SMILE ON HIS FACE.
70* TheDreaded: The Crocodile in this depiction is an ''enormous'' monster of a beast. When it shows up at the Black Castle, Hook orders his men to shoot it, instead they abandon their equipment and flee and hide in terror. Given that real-life crocodiles are notoriously hard to kill even with guns and machetes (like the infamous man-eater giant Gustave), we can't blame them for their cowardly actions.
71* EmpathicEnvironment: Neverland reacts to Peter's feelings as well as his presence; when he's upset it storms, and when he's gone it freezes into winter.
72* FirstKiss: [[spoiler: Wendy gives Peter an actual kiss before the climax, declaring it belongs to him "and always will". It's made clear it's both their firsts.]]
73* FisherKing: Peter is this to Neverland. The entire island effectively shuts down when Peter is away, and wakes up again when he returns.
74* GondorCallsForAid: When [[spoiler:Tink is dying, Peter cries for a few minutes and collapses in despair. Then he starts chanting to the sky, "I do believe in fairies, I do, I do!", calling on multiple worlds' belief to save Tinkerbell. Everyone inside and outside Neverland can hear him, and they start chanting in response. Even Mr. and Mrs. Darling do! The end result is Tink is revived, to Peter's joy, and Hook knows that Peter Pan is alive]].
75* GorgeousPeriodDress:
76** Hook's outfits certainly apply, even if they tend to come from several different periods.
77** TheEdwardianEra real world setting provides the film with gorgeous evening wear. Especially Mrs Darling’s pink evening dress.
78* GrowingUpSucks: Wendy certainly thinks so, which is why she's willing to run away to Neverland. She changes her mind when she realizes she was only afraid of it because she wasn't ready for it. She realizes that there are benefits and good things about growing up.
79* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler: All the Lost Boys at the end get adopted by the Darlings, and Slightly is adopted by Aunt Millicent]].
80* HatesBaths: Nana the dog has to hoist Michael onto her back and throw him into the bath tub every day. Even as one of his happy thoughts one of the things he says is "...never to take a bath again...!"
81* HookHand: What do you expect from a pirate called Captain Hook? This is also one of the few, if not only, times where we see Hook's stump for an arm and the complex contraptions to attach the claw-like hook in place.
82* HuddleShot: Happens when Peter and Lost Boys decide to build a house around her after the Lost Boys shot her down. Done to empathise their strong bond with each other.
83* IcyBlueEyes: Hook's eyes are cold and evil, something that's {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d several times.
84* InnocentBlueEyes: Wendy, many of the Lost Boys all have the innocent variety.
85* InnocentInnuendo: After Peter loses his shadow in the room Wendy sketches a picture of him hovering over her bed. Her teacher, of course, knows nothing about Peter so she assumes it means something else...
86* IronicEcho: After Wendy sews his shadow back on Peter says "oh, the cleverness of me" (ignoring that Wendy did the work). At the end [[spoiler: after he has beaten the pirates]] Wendy says "oh, the cleverness of you".
87* LeanAndMean: Cookson (the pirate played by Creator/BruceSpence) is skinnier than most of the other members of the crew and is one of the meanest.
88* LetsGetDangerous: Michael is about as much help at first in escaping from the pirates as you expect a toddler to be. Then the pirates accidentally slash his bear "Taddy," and Michael becomes TheBerserker.
89* LikeASurgeon: After a battle, a medicine man from Tiger Lily's tribe is shown chanting while sewing up an injured victim, which is soon revealed to be Michael's teddy bear, who got slashed in the pirate confrontation. Michael sincerely thanks the doctor in question.
90* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: Wendy and the boys spend the film in their bare feet after having been taken to Neverland while in their sleep wear. Peter, on the other hand, is barefoot by default.
91* LostInImitation: Though the film is a more faithful adaptation of the book, the story's structure borrows more from [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Disney's animated version]]. The pirates are in their ship waiting to ambush Peter with their cannons rather than hunting the Lost Boys on foot, the capture of Tiger Lily happens immediately after Peter and the Darling children arrive rather than being the second-to-last adventure, Peter and Hook's first battle happens in a spooky place rather than the Mermaid Lagoon, and Hook gets the upper hand on Peter in their climatic fight before Peter gets a HeroicSecondWind.
92* LuminescentBlush:
93** John when he gets a thank you kiss off Tiger Lily.
94** Then turned up to eleven with the [[spoiler: kiss between Peter and Wendy]]. "Pan, you're PINK"
95* MagicalNativeAmerican: The woman who "heals" Michael's decapitated bear, even though it’s not a living creature and it was fixed by just sewing the head back on.
96* MrFanservice:
97** Creator/JasonIsaacs as Captain Hook is almost as hot as (if not even hotter than) pirate captain [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]] himself. [[http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/still/peter_pan_10.jpg Take a look!]] He may be the only live-action Hook to go shirtless in a scene. Not that anyone's complaining.
98** Creator/JeremySumpter as Peter Pan, as he's quite the PrettyBoy. He's aged up to a teenager, rather than the cute little boy he is in the original stories.
99* MoodLighting: The film uses this ''a lot'' in the Neverland sequences, and even quite a bit in London.
100* MotivationalKiss:
101** Peter is nearly defeated by Hook until he gets one from Wendy.
102** Tiger Lily also gives one to John.
103* MythologyGag:
104** To the Disney movie: the Indians capturing and binding Michael's bear as if it's a human being, Peter rescuing Wendy from the plank and the superstitious pirates going crazy because they don't hear a splash.
105** When cornered by the crocodile at Black Castle, Hook screams "''SMEEEEEE!''", which is a direct take from the Disney movie rather than the original play and book.
106** Possibly one to the anime series (the John/Tiger Lily ShipTease).
107** Wendy deciding on "Red-Handed Jill" as her pirate name; in the original novel and play, John was offered a position with the crew and wanted to be called Red-Handed Jack.
108** Aunt Millicent adopting Slightly was taken from the play, where the housekeeper Liza adopts him when he arrives late.
109* NarratorAllAlong: The original ending would have done this, revealing that the narrator was Wendy all grown up. The final ending only implies it.
110* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: The crocodile which ate Hook's hand pays a surprise visit when he tries to set a trap for Peter.
111* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Hook has shades of this at times with both [[http://i55.tinypic.com/20s93qe.png Peter]] and [[http://i56.tinypic.com/2zowthy.png Wendy]], to the point where some critics were creeped out. Creator/JasonIsaacs has mentioned in interviews how incredibly uncomfortable some of that was to portray.
112* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: While his allies and enemies are all British, Creator/JeremySumpter, who plays Peter Pan himself, keeps his natural American dialect, but has a little bit of British twang in some scenes ''that you might even mistake him for a Brit trying his best to hide the accent!''
113* ObliviousToLove: Played slightly differently than in the novel; Peter ''can'' feel love; he's just too immature to allow himself to or admit it if/when he does.
114* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Nana is normally well-behaved and accepts George's arbitrary rules without a fuss. When she shows up at the party after being tied up in the yard, barking frantically at her owners, George immediately realizes that something is wrong at home. Sure enough, it's revealed that the children all vanish.
115* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Very much so from the Disney movie. They try to drown people in both films, but in Disney's they're beautiful sassy teenagers whose drowning attempts are "just for fun". They look downright creepy in this one, speak with these strange clicking sounds, and their attempt to drown someone is ''not'' played for laughs. This makes them much more like the mermaids in the book and especially in the version of the musical containing the Marooner's Rock scene.
116* PajamaCladHero: Heroes--the Darling children all go to Neverland in their PJ's, and remain in them throughout the whole adventure.
117* PetTheDog:
118** Hook sees Wendy and Peter dancing in the air, oblivious to his and Tinkerbell's presence. Instead of attacking, he actually sits and watches it while commiserating with Tink that Pan is ignoring them. It takes him a few minutes to conspire with Tink to hatch a plan so as to separate Wendy and Peter.
119** Hook allows Wendy to say goodbye and give a "thimble" to Peter before he kills him. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain This end up being his downfall.]]
120* PirateGirl: Wendy considers an offer to be a pirate on Hook's ship, though she eventually turns it down after Hook catches her and the boys.
121* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything:
122** That we see, at least. Hook seems single-mindedly obsessed with killing Peter, but beyond that don't seem to do much. In the book it's implied they make raids on the Indians at times, but there's really not a lot in Neverland for them ''to'' do.
123** It's hinted by Hook's declaration that they "sail off at dawn" upon believing that Peter is dead, that they don't do anything because they are so single-mindedly obsessed with killing Peter.
124* PromotedToLoveInterest: Tiger Lily shares a kiss with John in this version, while in the original it was hinted she had an unrequited crush on Peter.
125* ThePowerOfLove: Wendy's kiss gives Peter a HeroicSecondWind in the climactic battle with Hook.
126* PuppyLove: Peter and Wendy. An in-universe example as it is played up way more in this movie than most adaptations.
127* RedEyesTakeWarning: Hook's eyes turn red just before he kills someone, and can cry tears of poison. He tries to kill Peter with that poison, but Tinker Bell drinks it first.
128* RedFilterOfDoom: Reflecting the EmpathicEnvironment aspect, the Neverland sunset that provides lighting during the final battle and duel between Peter and Hook is dipped into a fiery red filter which slowly shifts into blue when Hook successfully weakens Peter's spirits with his taunting.
129* RunningGag: Hook shooting a member of his crew after he [[DisproportionateRetribution makes a remark that bothers him]].
130* ScaryBlackMan: Hook has one serving as one of his main henchmen.
131* SceneryPorn: There's hardly a single environment that isn't visually lavish or stunningly colorful in this movie, even before we get to Neverland. Opting to make the visual effects more stylized, many resembling old school matte paintings, has also helped most effects hold up well over 20 years later on top of giving this adaptation a very distinct visual style.
132* SilentSnarker: Tiger Lily only speaks once in the film, but spends the rest of her screen time rolling her eyes and expressing snark silently.
133* SmellyFeetGag: A variation plays when Peter tells John to grab his ankle while lively thrusting his bare foot on John's face, who becomes visibly disgusted before complying. Given that Peter is always barefoot, it's likely his feet are too aired out to smell, but they are still clearly dirty.
134* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: HeelFaceRevolvingDoor is not in place here and neither is ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules. When Hook "invites" Wendy to dinner and offers to make her a pirate, she does actually consider it after Peter spurned her; her only request is that she doesn't want to murder anyone or steal. She taunts Peter that she's Redhanded Jill and playfully fences with him; the end result is they hurt each other's feelings while the Lost Boys whisper that "Mother and Father" are fighting.
135* SympathyForTheHero:
136** Hook spirits Wendy off to his ship...and has a civil dinner with her. They talk about how her relationship with Peter is going, and if she enjoys being a "mother" to the boys. Hook seems sympathetic about how Wendy doesn't want to grow up and how Peter doesn't want to return her feelings, offering that she could be a pirate on his ship. Wendy actually considers it and tries being a storyteller. While Hook later ruins this by following Wendy to the Lost Boys' hideout after letting her go, he keeps the offer standing as she's tied to the mast and genuinely felt bad for her.
137** Hook seems to genuinely relate to Peter for a moment during his "BreakThemByTalking" lecture when he predicts that Pan will die alone and unloved... just like Hook.
138* SpaceIsAnOcean: Peter briefly dips his hand in it, making splashes, as they arrive in Neverland. Or so it appears; it's actually just a fun sight gag created by the stars reflecting on the ocean surrounding Neverland
139* StarCrossedLovers: Peter and Wendy become so in this adaptation. Wendy is growing up, already beginning puberty, and realises that her attraction to Peter is romantic in nature. Peter is implied to feel the same way, but either can't process it or won't. He'll never grow up, while Wendy will, and thus they can't be together.
140* TeamMom: Wendy, obviously, is brought the Neverland to act as the mother of the Lost Boys. She is the one who realises that they're starting to forget their parents back home.
141* [[TeenageWasteland Kid Wasteland]]: The Lost Boys. Even when someone is brought in to take care of them, it's another (somewhat older) kid.
142* TalkingInYourSleep:
143** In the "I do believe in fairies" scene, several children are heard whispering the eponymous phrase in their sleep.
144** Earlier, Peter himself repeatedly mutters about not wanting to take medicine while sleeping.
145* TimeShiftedActor: In the original ending we would have Rachel Hurd Wood turn into Creator/SaffronBurrows playing older Wendy.
146* TranslationYes:
147** When Smee is helping Captain Hook "interview" Tiger Lily, her (untitled) invective goes on forever. Smee's translation, much less. "...she says sorry, but no."
148** Also counts as TactfulTranslation, since it's obvious that Tiger Lily is not being nearly as polite as Smee's translation. Her actress gives a more accurate translation in one of the DVD extras: she says "You are the life-stealer. You are evil. You smell bad. You smell of bear-poop. You are many moons old and ugly" in Iroquois.
149* VillainousBreakdown: Hook suffers one big time once Peter gains the upperhand during their final duel. It gets even worse when the crocodile shows up to devour him, pushing the panicked Hook to desperately spout his "happy thoughts" in an effort to maintain his flight. When he finally loses hope, he accepts his imminent demise and defeatedly drops into the croc's mouth.
150* WakingNonSequitur:
151** John, early in the film: "I didn't do it!"
152** Later, Peter: "[[BlatantLies I was NOT asleep!]]"
153* WeCanRuleTogether: Hook offers Wendy a job on his ship as a storyteller, making her the pirate "Redhanded Jill". Wendy actually considers it after Peter spurned her and tells a story to the pirates, much to their delight. Of course, Hook's conversation with her makes her realize that she and her brothers left their parents, and they need to go back. When Hook captures her and the Lost Boys and tells her the offer is open, Wendy spitefully says she's rather die since he tried to kill Peter.
154* {{Xenafication}}:
155** In-universe example. Wendy's version of ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' swashbuckles with pirates who steal her glass slippers and threatens to cut down anyone who calls her "girly". Also, when Hook mocks stories like ''Cinderella'', ''Snow White'' and ''Sleeping Beauty'' as "love stories", Wendy insists they are "adventures".
156** Wendy herself qualifies, actually becoming skilled at sword fighting in this version, even clashing with Peter himself on one occasion. Downplayed in that Peter disarms her fairly easily, she's a CurbStompCushion against a pirate while rescuing her brothers, and she has no formal training.
157* {{Yandere}}: Tinkerbell obviously. But the narrator stresses that "fairies are so small they only have room for one feeling at a time". So Tinkerbell hovers between this and a {{Tsundere}}.

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