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* Since the movie takes place in the 1910s, the color blue is depicted here as the "feminine" color, while the color pink is the "masculine" color, [[PinkGirlBlueBoy instead of the other way around.]] This may explain the colors of the Darling children's sleepwear. In the sequel, Wendy's daughter Jane wears a light purple nightgown with a dark purple sweater over it, and is more of a tomboy, unlike her mother. And the sequel takes place during World War II, when the colors pink and blue are now being switched into the stereotypical female and male colors, respectively.

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* The ending can reveal some as well:
** As mentioned in ''Literature/PeterAndTheStarcatchers'', the Darlings went on a Neverland adventure when they were children.
** Even if one doesn't accept that? The fact that George Darling sees the cloud shaped like a pirate ship and suddenly does a DoubleTake. Perhaps this may explain something - when ''he'' was a kid? ''He'' went to Neverland as well... and left, while growing up. His resentment of Peter Pan could always come from the fact that he never got to go back - perhaps he resented it.
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* When Disney did some movies about Tinker Bell or saw ''WesternAnimation/PeterPanAndThePirates'', some people thought this made no sense because she's supposed to be mute. Actually, she isn't - in the original text and the play, the ''audience'' can't understand her. The Darling children can understand Tinker Bell just fine because they have been there long enough. In ''Peter Pan and the Pirates'', it's told from the characters' perspective so why ''shouldn't'' they understand Tinker Bell?

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* When Disney did some movies about Tinker Bell or people saw ''WesternAnimation/PeterPanAndThePirates'', some people thought this made no sense because she's supposed to be mute. Actually, she isn't - in the original text and the play, the ''audience'' can't understand her. The Darling children can understand Tinker Bell just fine because they have been there long enough. In ''Peter Pan and the Pirates'', it's told from the characters' perspective so why ''shouldn't'' they understand Tinker Bell?



* Peter Pan already had a "Mother" figure all along... Tinker Bell. This makes her behaviour in the Disney version into perspective.


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* Peter Pan already had a "Mother" figure all along... Tinker Bell. This makes does help put her behaviour in the Disney version into perspective.perspective:
** Peter says "Mother, what's mother?" early on - and has Wendy be the "mother". This helps make Tinker Bell very frustrated - because ''she'' has basically been the "mother" figure, and not only does Peter seemingly replace her, but he takes her for granted.
** Her taking the bomb / drinking the poisoned medicine is also what helps Peter Pan realise what he and Tinker Bell are to each other - a family.


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\n* Peter Pan already had a "Mother" figure all along... Tinker Bell. This makes her behaviour in the Disney version into perspective.

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* The lost Boys would have a harder time wanting to grow up - because they probably don't have a family to go home to.

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* The lost Boys would have a harder time wanting to grow up - because they probably don't have a family to go home to.





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* Wendy, John, and Michael find it easier to go home because they have a family to go home to. The Lost Boys may not be ready to grow up because they don't have a family to go home to.
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* The lost Boys would have a harder time wanting to grow up - because they probably don't have a family to go home to.
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* While Captain Hook's willingness to [[WouldHurtAChild hurt kids]] is meant to be a sign that he's irredeemably evil, consider that his battles all take place on an island where kids never grow up. Peter Pan may ''look'' like a little boy, but he could likely be of adult age, and Hook is willing to treat him and the rest of the Lost Boys as such.



* Think about it: since the Lost Boys don't really age in Neverland, that implies that they're from Earth. This means that the parents of those kids never knew where their kids disappeared. Now consider the fact that this might mean that the Lost Boys may be hundreds of years old, so their families are long dead by then...

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* Think about it: since the Lost Boys don't really age in Neverland, that implies that they're from Earth. This means that the parents of those kids never knew where their kids disappeared. Now consider the fact that this t might mean that the Lost Boys may be hundreds of years old, so their families are long dead by then...
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* The fact that the Darling Children [[PajamaCladHero break out in their nightgowns]] seemed an impediment to their adventures - but ironically, for Wendy it was a blessing: regular female clothing for upperclass girls back then was way too constricting to do anything useful, so for her the nightgown was the only appropriate choice - SS13.

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* The fact that the Darling Children [[PajamaCladHero break out in their nightgowns]] seemed an impediment to their adventures - but ironically, for Wendy it was a blessing: regular female clothing for upperclass girls back then was way too constricting to do anything useful, so for her the nightgown was the only appropriate choice - SS13.choice.
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* Not only can Wendy never go back to Neverland after she grows up, but we can assume that after she dies, Peter will forget she ever existed. Just like he forgets about Tinker Bell, Captain Hook, and everyone else he knows who dies. Their adventures and the bond they shared will be literally nothing to him, because his new adventures "crowd out" all the old ones from his mind.

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* Not only can Wendy never go back to Neverland after she grows up, but we can assume that after she dies, eventually dies as an old woman, Peter will forget she ever existed. Just like he forgets about Tinker Bell, Captain Hook, and everyone else he knows who dies. Their adventures and the bond they shared will be literally nothing to him, because his new adventures "crowd out" all the old ones from his mind.
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* In the book, it's stated that mothers read their childrens` minds every night and "tidy" them up like drawers. "When you wake in the morning, the naughtiness and evil passions with which you went to bed have been folded up small and placed at the bottom of your mind and on the top, beautifully aired, are spread out your prettier thoughts, ready for you to put on." It is supposed to be cute and portray mothers as deeply caring, but for older readers the idea of someone knowing every thought you ever had can seem unsettling.

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* In the book, it's stated that mothers read their childrens` children's` minds every night and "tidy" them up like drawers. "When you wake in the morning, the naughtiness and evil passions with which you went to bed have been folded up small and placed at the bottom of your mind and on the top, beautifully aired, are spread out your prettier thoughts, ready for you to put on." It is supposed to be cute and portray mothers as deeply caring, but for older readers the idea of someone knowing every thought you ever had can seem unsettling.




* Fridge TearJerker: Not only can Wendy never go back to Neverland after she grows up, but we can assume that after she dies, Peter will forget she ever existed. Just like he forgets about Tinker Bell, Captain Hook, and everyone else he knows who dies. Their adventures and the bond they shared will be literally nothing to him, because his new adventures "crowd out" all the old ones from his mind.

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\n* The FoulMedicine that Michael makes a fuss about having to take near the beginning of the story? It just might have been an opium cordial, which small children in Victorian England were often given to calm them at bedtime.

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Not only can Wendy never go back to Neverland after she grows up, but we can assume that after she dies, Peter will forget she ever existed. Just like he forgets about Tinker Bell, Captain Hook, and everyone else he knows who dies. Their adventures and the bond they shared will be literally nothing to him, because his new adventures "crowd out" all the old ones from his mind.

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