Line #6 Franchise/PeterPan


1	The enduringly popular story of ''Peter Pan'' has appeared in various media over the years.
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3	The character was created by J. M. Barrie in the story "Literature/PeterPanInKensingtonGardens", published as part of the book ''The Little White Bird'' in 1902, and featured in the stage play ''Peter Pan'', first produced in 1904. Barrie adapted the play into a novel, known variously as ''Peter and Wendy'' or just ''Literature/PeterPan'' and first published in 1911.
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5	''Peter Pan'' has been adapted as a musical twice.
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7	The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan_(1950_musical) first]] was done in 1950 and is the lesser known of the two, although it was done by Broadway legend Music/LeonardBernstein (of ''Theatre/WestSideStory'' fame).
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9	The version most people think of when they think of ''Peter Pan: The Musical'' is the 1954 version originally staring Mary Martin as Peter (the musical continues the tradition of [[CrosscastRole cross-casting]] women as young boy Peter to this day). Its notability can be attributed to the fact that {{Creator/NBC}} aired live stagings of the play several times between 1955 and 1960, to excellent ratings.
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11	Numerous screen adaptations exist, including the widely-known [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Disney version]], also from the 1950s.
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13	Between licensing by Great Ormond Street Hospital (who still holds certain rights in the UK) and the expiration of copyright in most of the world, there are clashing Sequel and {{Prequel}} books and films. In addition to the 1953 Disney film and a 2002 sequel, there was a 41 episode {{anime}} adaption as part of the Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater series in 1989, the 1990 animated series on the first season of Creator/FoxKids, Steven Spielberg's ''{{Film/Hook}}'' (1991), a sequel that posits what would have happened had Peter eventually decided to grow up, and a 2003 live-action adaptation. See also ''Film/FindingNeverland'' (2004), a VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory drama about Barrie's conception and initial production of the play.
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15	!!''Peter Pan'' and its adaptations include:
16	[[index]]
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18	[[AC:James M. Barrie works]]
19	* ''Literature/PeterPanInKensingtonGardens'' (1902). Peter's first appearance in a stand-alone part of Barrie's novel ''The Little White Bird.'' EarlyInstallmentWeirdness abounds.
20	* '''''Theatre/PeterPan1904'''''. The original stage play.
21	* ''Literature/PeterPan'' (1911). The novelization of the stage play.
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23	[[AC:Non-Barrie literature]]
24	* ''Literature/PeterAndTheStarcatchers'' (2004). A novel series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson that acts as a prequel to the original story.
25	* ''Literature/DisneyVillainsTheTopSecretFiles'' (2005). Disney's interpretation of Captain Hook has his own file.
26	* ''Literature/DisneyFairies'' (2005). Disney spinoff novels based on Neverland's fairies.
27	* ''Literature/PeterPanInScarlet'' (2006). Novel by Geraldine [=McCaughrean=]. The official sequel approved by rights-holder Great Ormond Street Hospital. [=McCaughrean=] was selected during a competition in 2004, and the book was published in 2006. Her Majesty Elizabeth II received a specially printed copy.
28	* ''Literature/TheChildThief'' (2009). Writer/Artist Brom's novel which is a {{Grimmification}} of the source material.
29	* ''[[Literature/ATwistedTale Straight On Till Morning: A Twisted Tale]]'' (2019)
30	* ''Literature/{{Hooked}}'', a dark contemporary romance novel written by Creator/EmilyMcIntire (2021)
31	* ''Wendy, Darling'' (2021). A DarkerAndEdgier novel by A.C. Wise that shows what happened to Wendy after she returned to London and her later return to Neverland to save her daughter.
32	** ''Literature/Hooked2022''. A sequel to ''Wendy, Darling'' that explores what became of Captain James Hook after he escaped from Neverland.
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34	[[AC:Theatre]]
35	* ''Theatre/PeterPan1954''. The second musical (and its various revivals).
36	* ''Theatre/PeterAndTheStarcatcher'' (2009). Stage adaptation of the 2004 novel.
37	* ''Theatre/PeterPanGoesWrong'' (2013). A theatre production by Creator/MischiefTheatre, about an in-universe stage production of ''Peter Pan'' beset with difficulties.
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39	[[AC:Western animation]]
40	* ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' (1953). The film from the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon.
41	** ''WesternAnimation/ReturnToNeverLand'' (2002). The sequel to the above.
42	** ''Franchise/DisneyFairies'' (2005). A spin-off from the Disney films, aimed at girls and featuring Tinker Bell.
43	** ''WesternAnimation/JakeAndTheNeverLandPirates'' (2011). A spin-off from the Disney films, aimed at toddlers.
44	* ''WesternAnimation/PeterPanBurbankFilms'' (1988). Animated adaptation by Creator/BurbankFilmsAustralia.
45	* ''WesternAnimation/PeterPanAndThePirates'' (1990). The Fox animated series.
46	* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfPeterPan'' (2013). The AllCGICartoon by DQ Entertainment.
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48	[[AC:Live-action films]]
49	* ''Film/PeterPan1924''. Silent film [[CrosscastRole starring Betty Bronson as Peter]] and Creator/AnnaMayWong [[RaceLift as Tiger Lily]].
50	* ''[[Film/PeterPan1976 Peter Pan (1976)]]''. TV film starring Creator/MiaFarrow [[CrosscastRole as Peter]] and Creator/DannyKaye as [[invoked]][[ActingForTwo Hook/Mr. Darling]].
51	* ''{{Film/Hook}}'' (1991). A film sequel to the original story in which Peter (Creator/RobinWilliams) has grown up in the normal world and forgotten everything about Neverland.
52	* ''Film/PeterPan'' (2003).
53	* ''[[Film/PeterAndWendy2015 Peter and Wendy]]'' (2015). A TV film reimagining of the story with a FramingDevice focusing on a teenage girl about to undergo open-heart surgery at the Great Ormond Street Hospital.
54	* ''{{Film/Pan}}'' (2015). An origin story for Peter Pan featuring Creator/HughJackman as Blackbeard.
55	* ''Film/ComeAway'' (2020). An origin story/prequel that combines the story with ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''.
56	* ''Film/{{Wendy}}'' (2020). A reimagining of the story with Wendy as the central character.
57	* ''Film/TheLostGirls'' (2022). Like her grandmother and her mother Jane before her, Wendy must escape Pan's hold on her and the promise he wants her to keep.
58	* ''Film/PeterPanAndWendy'' (2023). A live-action remake of the 1953 Disney animated movie.
59	* Franchise/TwistedChildhoodUniverse (2024-): A SlasherMovie horror series helmed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, which follows PublicDomain characters reimagined as horror villains. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No, we are not kidding.]]
60	** ''Film/WinnieThePoohBloodAndHoney2'' (2024): The end credits feature drawings foreshadowing ''Peter Pan'' and its involvement in this series.
61	** ''[[Film/PeterPanNeverlandNightmare Peter Pan: Neverland Nightmare]]'' ([=TBD=]): A horror film featuring Wendy setting off into a nightmarish version of Neverland to rescue her brother Michael from the clutches of Peter Pan.
62	** ''Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble'' (2025)
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64	[[AC:Live-action television]]
65	* ''{{Series/Neverland}}'' (2011). A two part miniseries.
66	* ''Series/OnceUponATime'' (2012). Hook appears as TheDragon to the first BigBad in season 2, but by the end of the season, and throughout the first half of season 3, Peter himself is the BigBad, and Hook is on the side of the heroes.
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68	[[AC:Comic books]]
69	* ''ComicBook/PeterPan'' (1990). A ComicBook published between 1990 and 2004.
70	* ''Comicbook/PaterPanzerfaust'' (2013). A World War 2 re-imagining, where Peter Pan is a French Resistance leader and Hook is an SS officer.
71	* ''ComicBook/NeverNever'' (2020). A ComicBook written by Mark [=McCann=], drawn by Phil Buckenham and another {{Grimmification}} of the material, originally published in Magazine/HeavyMetal.
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73	[[AC:Manga / Anime]]
74	* ''Anime/TheAdventuresOfPeterPan'' (1989). An anime adaptation that greatly expands the story.
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76	[[AC:Tabletop games]]
77	* ''TabletopGame/AdventuresInNeverland'' (2021). A story driven adventure game.
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79	[[AC:Video games]]
80	* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' (2002-). The Creator/{{Disney}} version of Peter Pan appears in many games in the series, beginning with the first.
81	* ''VideoGame/OkashiNaShimaNoPeterPan'' (2011). An [[RomanceGame Otome Game]] re-imagining of ''Peter Pan'', with Wendy Darling as the main protagonist.
82	* ''VideoGame/PeterPanAdventuresInNeverLand'' (2002). A third-person side-scrolling PlatformGame based on the Creator/{{Disney}} film.
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84	[[AC:Web videos]]
85	* ''WebVideo/TheNewAdventuresOfPeterAndWendy'' (2014). A web series and a modern adaptation.
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87	[[/index]]
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89	!!Tropes from all or most adaptations:
90	* AndSomeOtherStuff: The "other stuff" in this case is well-defined, but fictional -- flight is powered by a combination of [[ThinkHappyThoughts happy thoughts]] and pixie dust, the latter added specifically to prevent children from [[DontTryThisAtHome trying this at home]].
91	* BettyAndVeronica: Wendy (Betty) and Tinker Bell (Veronica) for Peter Pan with Tiger Lily as the ThirdOptionLoveInterest. Although in the book, being a child, he displays no romantic interest in anyone and doesn't even comprehend the concept.
92	* BigBad: Captain Hook as he wants revenge for Peter cutting his hand off.
93	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Most versions tell of Wendy, her brothers, and the Lost Boys [[GrowingUpSucks all growing up]], with varying degrees of happiness or regret. Wendy herself in time - although it's hinted she hoped Peter would have come for her - gets married and has a daughter. Peter himself [[WhoWantsToLiveForever stuck forever as a boy]] revisits Wendy every year - mostly - as promised but at some point she becomes too old to play with him. Tinker Bell, being a fairy, had passed years before. However, Wendy's daughter Jane soon becomes Peter's companion playing out the same role as her mother, and it's implied that future generations of girls through Wendy's bloodline will do the same.]]
94	* BlatantLies:
95	-> '''Wendy:''' Boy, why are you crying?
96	-> '''Peter:''' I'm not crying.
97	* BrokenMasquerade: Neverland, pirates, fairies.
98	* CaretakingIsFeminine: 12-year-old Wendy becomes the "mother" to the Lost Boys specifically because she's the only girl.
99	* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: TropeNamer comes from a famous scene. A fairy is mortally wounded any time a child says "I don't believe in fairies;" in the scene in question, Peter uses the effect in reverse to save the fairy Tinker Bell's life by calling on children everywhere to indicate that they do believe in fairies. (In the original stage version - which predates the novel and the various film and television adaptations - this was an audience participation bit...and, in case you're wondering, if the audience is a bunch of heartless bastards who won't clap, the orchestra is instructed to begin the applause.)[[note]]On the night of the first performance, Nina Boucicault as Peter implored the audience "Do ''you'' believe? Clap your hands! Don't let Tink die!" The audience -- mostly adults -- responded so fervently that Boucicault burst into tears.[[/note]]
100	* ClingyJealousGirl: Tinker Bell is very jealous of anyone else getting Peter's attention, even to the point of attempting to have Wendy ''murdered''.
101	* CompressedAdaptation: While the novel has the children staying in Neverland for weeks, if not months - Michael has all but forgotten their London home by the time they actually do get back, though to be fair he's very little - most adaptations cut the duration of their stay in Neverland down to a single night and day.
102	* TheCrocIsTicking: The {{Trope Namer\|s}} is the crocodile who swallowed an alarm clock.
103	* CrosscastRole: In just about any theatrical or film version, Peter is played by a woman. On film, the only exceptions are the [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Disney version]], which has Peter voiced by Creator/BobbyDriscoll; [[Film/PeterPan the 2003 version]] with Jeremy Sumpter; and the 2015 reimagining with Zak Sutcliffe. (When counting other reimaginings of the story, ''Film/{{Hook}}'' with Creator/RobinWilliams as an adult Peter, and the 2020 reimagining ''Wendy'' with Yashua Mack also are exceptions.) Meanwhile, the only male to have played Peter Pan on Broadway is Jack Noseworthy, who was an understudy in ''Jerome Robbins' Broadway'', a musical revue of highlights of choreographer Jerome Robbins' work, which included the Mary Martin Broadway version.
104	* DamselInDistress: Wendy, Tinker Bell, and Tiger Lily are all captured at one point or another.
105	* DawnAttack: In Neverland, all attacks take place at dawn. Captain Hook is considered a vile scoundrel when he has his pirates attack ''before'' dawn, when nobody's ready.
106	* TheEdwardianEra: If only by default as the play and book was written in this era.
107	* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Hook. (And, in the [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Disney movie]], Smee--although in the original, he didn't know what a mother was).
108	* FateWorseThanDeath: The Indians particularly feel this way about death by drowning because of their belief that [[BarredFromTheAfterlife there is no path through water to the Happy Hunting Ground.]]
109	* FriendlyWar:
110	** The Lost Boys and the Indians take turns attacking each other as a game. It turns serious in the Disney version when the Chief accuses the Boys of kidnapping Tiger Lily, who was actually taken by Captain Hook for the purpose of trying to get the location of Peter Pan's hiding place out of her.
111	** In the Disney sequel "Return to Neverland", Hook tells Jane that his relationship with Peter is this. [[ILied He's lying.]]
112	* FrozenInTime: The story was supposed to be present day, but it's since become tied with the 1902-1915 time period. Adaptations are rarely set afterwards.
113	* GrowingUpSucks:
114	** The motivation of The Lost Boys and Peter Pan running away from home.
115	** Deconstructed in the ''Hook'' movie, as [[spoiler:the happy memories that the now adult Peter won as he grew up are what restores his ability to fly]].
116	* HookHand: Guess who? Captain James Hook certainly turned out to have a prophetic name when he got a prosthetic hook to replace his hand.
117	* InconsistentSpelling: Is Disney's version of the fairy companion's name spelled "Tinkerbell," "Tinkerbelle," or "Tinker Bell"? The ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series uses Tinker Bell, and so does the new Disney movie that centers around her. It's likely that Tinker Bell is the official spelling, as it is spelled that way in the original novel.
118	* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Hook is always seen to be decked out in his finest in all the adaptations.
119	* IslandOfMystery: Neverland itself since its full of fairies, mermaids and pirates.
120	* JustDesserts: The fate of Hook in the original play and book, as well as many adaptations.
121	* LiteralDisarming: {{Inverted\|Trope}}. At some point prior to the events of the book, Peter and Captain Hook dueled and Peter cut off Hook's right hand, throwing it to a crocodile. [[MeaningfulName Hook]] made the most of this situation and [[HookHand weaponized his missing member.]]
122	* LivingShadow: Peter's shadow is alive and tries to escape. Wendy sews it back on.
123	* LostInImitation: Tons. In many adaptations and spinoffs, nobody ages while on Neverland. Yet in the novel it's clear that people ''do'' age and grow to some degree - the Lost Boys arrive as infants, after all, and Peter "thins them out" (which knowing Peter, is probably lethal) if they seem to be growing up. ''Peter Pan in Scarlet'' attempts to merge these two extremes by claiming that you ''can'' stop aging in Neverland, but only by utterly refusing to even entertain the idea, like Peter does. The moment one of the Lost Boys begins contemplating what he might be when he grows up, he ''will'' start growing up. For more examples, see the page on Disney's ''Peter Pan''.
124	* MasqueradeEnforcer: There is one in the form of Pilkington, who appears in ''[[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1376/1376-h/1376-h.htm The Little White Bird, Or Adventures In Kensington Gardens]]''. He is a schoolmaster with a cane who makes Children go to school. He is described as a shade with a large cane which is described as a hook. The fear of Pilkington is what forces fairies to hide by day. Many consider Pilkington is a precursor of the more famous Captain Hook.
125	* MeaningfulEcho: When Wendy first meets Peter, he's crying over the fact that he can't get his shadow to stick, causing her to ask, "Boy, why are you crying?" Years later, Peter cries again upon finding out that Wendy had grown up and can't return to Neverland, waking up her daughter, Jane, who then asks Peter the exact same thing.
126	* MinionWithAnFInEvil:
127	** Mr Smee. So. Very. Much. The original book goes into great detail about how pathetic-but-loveable he is.
128	** Though he's still willing to tickle the kids with Johnny Cork-screw if the situation demands it. More than one critic has pointed out that, viewed in a certain light, Smee is deeply frightening in that he's an innocent simpleton who is completely sanguine about murdering children.
129	* MobySchtick: Barrie openly acknowledged that the enmity between Captain Hook and Peter, and the crocodile's relentless pursuit of Hook, were inspired by Ahab. Even more emphasized in adaptations that stress Hook's attempts to kill the latter.
130	* MonsterShapedMountain: Skull Rock in the various versions, where Captain Hook takes the kidnapped Princess Tiger Lily.
131	* {{Neologism}}: The name 'Wendy' was not commonly recognized as a viable name for a girl before this book.
132	* NeverGrewUp: The point of Never Land is that all the children who live there never have to grow up, like Peter himself, making this the TropeNamer.
133	* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: The crocodile swallowed Hook’s hand and a clock. When it’s near, there is a ticking noise.
134	* NominalHero: Pan, who 'thins out' any Lost Boys who appear to be growing up; can subsist perfectly well on pretend food, and beats any boys who demonstrate hunger after they've missed meals and had to just pretend they ate; cuts parts off the boys to make them 'fit' the trees that are the secret entrances to their hideout; and often changes sides in the middle of battles to make the fight more exciting.
135	* NoodleIncident: Hook's origins. Barrie wrote, "To reveal who he ''really'' was would even at this date set the country (England) in a blaze." Future tellings reveal he attended Eton College, although the records were destroyed to prevent further scandal.
136	* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou:
137	** Hook towards Pan. This wasn't as much so in the beginning. Hook saw Pan as another annoying child, but after his hand was fed to the crocodile [[ItsPersonal it became personal]].
138	** Peter, for his part, has made all the Lost Boys promise to leave Hook to him.
139	* PajamaCladHero: The Darling children wear their [=PJs=] throughout their adventures.
140	* {{Pirate}}: Naturally, Captain Hook and the pirates.
141	* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Well, they do quite a few things within the story, but no actual piracy. This may be a JustifiedTrope because there is a reason: Hook has no intention of leaving Neverland and resuming regular piracy until he kills Peter Pan.
142	* PrefersGoingBarefoot: Some adaptations have Peter not wearing any shoes such as the [[Film/PeterPan2003 2003 film.]] Tinker Bell is also barefoot in the [[Film/PeterPanandWendy Disney live action remake]].
143	* PuffOfLogic: This is how fairies are killed.
144	* RaceLift:
145	** In the 2020 theatrical film reimagining ''Wendy'', Antigua native Yashua Mack played Peter. From a Rastafarian camp in Antigua (one of the locations for the island in the film), he was the first Black actor and first person of color to play Peter Pan in a film adaptation of the story.
146	** ''Film/ComeAway'' depicts Peter (Jordan Nash) presumably as biracial with a black father and white mother, and depicts a Black and renamed Captain Hook (David Gyasi).[[note]]Being a combined adaptation of the unrelated ''Peter Pan'' and ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', Alice (who here is depicted as Peter’s sister) and The Mad Hatter also get the same treatment.[[/note]]
147	** ''Film/PeterPanAndWendy'' cast Creator/YaraShahidi (who is of African American, Native Choctaw and Iranian heritage) in the role of Tinker Bell. As with Mack’s casting as Peter in ''Wendy'', Shahidi would be the first actress of color to fill the role.
148	* SparedByTheAdaptation:
149	** Captain Hook doesn't die in the Disney version. Various unofficial sequels such as ''{{Film/Hook}}'' also retcon the original ending to keep him alive.
150	** In the novel, fairies have extremely short lifespans and Tinker Bell died of old age not long after the Darling children's adventures. This is changed in any adaptation that takes place after the Darling children return home.
151	* SuperPersistentPredator: The Crocodile, after eating Hook's hand, liked the taste so much that it has constantly pursued Hook ever since, hoping to eat the rest of him.
152	* TeamMom: Wendy is literally treated as the mother by all the Lost Boys.
153	* VillainExclusivityClause: Captain Hook is the main villain in all adaptations; even the ones that acknowledge him getting eaten by the crocodile find some way to bring him back. [[spoiler:Including the official sequel]].
154	* WalkThePlank: Captain Hook makes Wendy do this in the [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan 1953 Disney animation]], the [[Film/PeterPan2003 2003 film]] and the [[Film/PeterPanandWendy Disney live action remake]]. In all three cases the pirates gets suspicious when they don’t hear a splash because Wendy failed to hit the water.
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