History Trivia / DisneyFairies

* CelebrityVoiceActor: Creator/LucyLiu is Silvermist, Creator/MichaelSheen is Dr. Griffiths, Creator/RosarioDawson is Nyx, Creator/ChloeBennet and Creator/DanaiGurira are Scout Fairies, Creator/AmericaFerrera is Fawn's second voice, Creator/GinniferGoodwin is Fawn's third voice, Creator/{{Zendaya}} is Fern, Creator/BrendaSong is Chloe, Jason Dolley (''Series/GoodLuckCharlie'') is Rumble, Tiffany Thorton (''Series/SonnyWithAChance'') is Glimmer, Creator/DebbyRyan is Spike, Creator/PamelaAdlon is Vidia, Creator/ChristinaHendricks is Zarina, Creator/LucyHale is Periwinkle, Creator/TimothyDalton is Lord Milori, Creator/RavenSymone is Iridessa, Music/JesseMcCartney is Terence, Creator/ThomAdcox is a Dust-Talent Fairy, and Creator/TomHiddleston is James.

** The Japanese version of The Pirate Fairy has Hook be voiced by Creator/NaoyaUchida who's been doing the role ever since ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' with the exceptions of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts1'' and ''Kingdom Hearts: ReChain of Memories'' where Creator/ChikaoOtsuka came back.

* QuietlyCancelled: The franchise was quietly discontinued after the sixth movie, Legend of the Neverbeast, due to the the toy line not meeting the companies expectations. Not helped that the studio that did them, Disneytoon Studios, went under not long after.

** According to [[http://thedrawingboardblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/tink-continuing-saga.html Denise Shimabukuro]], Vidia was originally named Invidia. [[https://gailcarsonlevine.com/blog/2012/02/29/disney-fairies-of-course/ Gail Carson Levine changed it because she didn't like the "in".]]

** The first film went through numerous script revisions, and was initially dubbed "virtually unwatchable" by John Lasseter. The TroubledProduction was partially the reason that Disney banned direct-to-video sequels for its animated films. The original plot of the film took place in a London where Never Land had disappeared and children had lost their imagination.

** Disney campaigned for ''The Great Fairy Rescue'' to get a Best Animated Film nomination at the Oscars - hence the cinema release.

** If you watch teasers of the films, some contain scenes that are either altered or deleted. Namely:

*** An early teaser for ''Secret of the Wings'' had Tinker Bell confront a shy Periwinkle who is hiding from her in Dewey's library, saying that she knows her somehow.
*** The beginning of ''Secret of the Wings'' would've had the rest of the girls with Tinker Bell and Fawn when former sees the Winter Woods for the first time.
** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/daddit/comments/gnk8a/beware_the_tinkerbell_movies/c1pe5n2/ According]] to a [=DisneyToon=] Studios crew member, early drafts of ''The Great Fairy Rescue'' contained flashbacks regarding an event in Lizzy's father's childhood that involved fairies and why he was so hard on Lizzy believing in them.
** An early synopsis for ''The Pirate Fairy'' (then, ''Quest for the Queen'') was that Tinker Bell and co. were, as stated in the title, sent on a quest by Queen Clarion. It would seem that the talent-swap was [[https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ja-_HjmTh/ originally]] for that plot. [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BpqwlAmlQX1/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=2ludofun6ifn According to John Pomeroy]], the story had drastically changed from the original pitch to what would become ''The Pirate Fairy''.
*** [[https://www.instagram.com/p/Btp0J1Llv69/ Zarina]] was originally much more villainous and less of an ActionGirl and more of a standard Disney villainess.

*** [[https://artofdisneyfairies.tumblr.com/post/155179748781/quest-for-the-queen Some plot details]].
** There were plans for a seventh film, ''Tinker Academy'', that sadly got cancelled because of [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-tinker-bell-became-disneys-692559 story problems]] and unfortunately, thanks to Disney quietly shuttering the franchise in 2015 and the closure of Creator/DisneyToonStudios in 2018, it is unlikely that it'll be revived.
*** [[https://marigoldsunjewel.wordpress.com/2017/02/16/tinker-academy/ Concept art]] for ''Tinker Academy'' surfaced in 2017.

** The Japanese version of The Pirate Fairy has Hook be voiced by Nayoa Uchida who's been doing the role ever since ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' with the exceptions of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts1'' and ''Kingdom Hearts: ReChain of Memories'' where Chiako Otsuka came back.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://disneyfairies.wikia.com/wiki/Disney_Fairies_Wiki The Disney Fairies Wiki]].

* RoleReprise: The stinger of The Pirate Fairy has Creator/JeffBennett reprise the role of [[spoiler: Mr. Smee]], who he's been voicing since 2002.

** There were plans for a seventh film, ''Tinker Academy'', that sadly got cancelled because of [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-tinker-bell-became-disneys-692559 story problems]] and unfortunately, thanks to Disney killing off the franchise in 2015 and the closure of Creator/DisneyToonStudios in 2018, it is unlikely that it'll be revived.

** Creator/RicharPortnow voiced Autumn in 2008, but was replaced by Creator/JohnDiMaggio starting in 2009.

** Richard Portnow voiced Autumn in 2008, but was replaced by Creator/JohnDiMaggio starting in 2009.

* ScrewedByTheMerchandise: The books and films were selling well, however due to poor toy sales, the series was put on hiatus. ''Legend of the [=NeverBeast=]'' is the last ''Disney Fairies'' movie we'll have... for now. Though the ''Never Girls'' primary readers book series continues as of this writing, so presumably ''Never Girls'' is popular enough.

** There were plans for a seventh film, ''Tinker Academy'', that sadly got cancelled because of [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-tinker-bell-became-disneys-692559 story problems]]. Additionally, an eighth and ninth film were also planned, but thanks to the closure of Creator/DisneyToonStudios in 2018, the franchise's fate is up in the air.

* FanNickname:
** For those familiar with ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', guess who's called the [[Music/JesseMcCartney "Roxas]] Fairy"?
** Who doesn't want to call young James as Pirate [[Creator/TomHiddleston Loki]]?

* ExecutiveMeddling: A particularly cruel example of MerchandiseDriven. The movies were doing fairly well with the target demographic, and even outside of it... but the toy-line was doing terribly. Guess which one got cancelled?

** America Ferrera voiced Fawn in the first film, but was replaced by Angela Bartys for the other films, and finally by Ginnifer Goodwin (Snow White from ''Series/OnceUponATime'') in ''Legend of the [=NeverBeast=]''.

* ActorAllusion: In ''The Pirate Fairy'' [[spoiler:when Zarina uses her alchemy to switch the main fairies' talents, Tinker Bell becomes a [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender water fairy]]]].

* AllStarCast: All The films utilize a mix of celebrities like Christina Hendricks and Kristin Chenoweth with professional voice actors like Mae Whitman and Rob Paulsen.
* CastingGag: Lucy Hale plays Periwinkle in ''The Secret of the Wings''. She had replaced Mae Whitman in the pilot for ''Bionic Woman''.

*** [[https://marigoldsunjewel.wordpress.com/2017/02/16/tinker-academy/ Concept art]] for ''Tinker Academy'' surfaced in 2017.