Jan 10, 2018 - Posts about Pixie Hollow Events written by Marigold Sunjewel, Jessica Rosewalk, and Sarah Diamondswirls. Enter the magical world of the Disney Fairies as you get shrunk down to size and visit them in their home in Neverland, Pixie Hollow. Meet all your favourite Fairy friends from Tinker Bell herself, to the Water Fairy, Silvermist, and the Sparrowman Dust Keeper, Terence. The Fairies love to joke and play, and the also love to pose for pictures and sign their names. Frolic with Tinker Bell and her fairy friends at this secret forest hideaway in Disneyland Park at the Disneyland Resort in Southern California.

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Disney Fairies is a Disney franchise built around the character of Tinker Bell, as Disney portrayed her in their 1953 animated film Peter Pan and subsequently adopted as a mascot for the company. In addition to the fictional fairy character created by J. M. Barrie, the franchise introduces many new characters and their home of Pixie Hollow, and expands substantially upon the limited information the author gave about the fairies in Never Land. The characters are sometimes referred to as 'Never Fairies'. The franchise includes a line of Disney Fairies books, graphic novels, a web site, and a series of Tinker Bell films featuring the famous character and several of the Disney fairies as supporting characters.

Much like the story of Peter Pan (with the play version and the novel version fighting for primary status, and a couple movie versions probably trumping them both), there is something of a conflict between the various media in which the Disney Fairies appear. The books were released first, and give an earthy, organic presentation to the fairies, decorating them in flower petals and other bits of nature. With a few tent-pole books and lots of chapter books, they introduce a host of characters, with Tinker Bell often reduced to a supporting character. The digitally-animated movies came later, and focus on Tink as the box-office star. Rather than developing the same 'best friends of Tink' supporting cast from the books, they raise a handful of fairies who received less attention in the books to 'best friend' status, and the digital animation gives the whole world all brighter, slicker, more sparkly feel. As the updated logo reflects, with more money at stake and more people involved, the franchise has become 'more Disney'.

Tinker Bell had originally been included in the company's 'Disney Pricesses' franchise, which was built around the theme that so many of Disney's female protagnoists were princesses or princess-like. Including Tink only made sense if you weren't familiar with the character; Barrie specifically described her as being 'common', and she never set her sights on a prince. Even Disney's version was less than lady-like. Plus, there was so much opportunity in developing a whole new mythology. One stumbling block has been the additional meaning that fairy picked up in the 20th century; while Disney doesn't hesitate to call their female characters by that name, they invented the term sparrow man which they sometimes use for male fairies, and their long-standing synonym pixie is given to Pixie Hollow, the fairies' home.

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Setting

The Home Tree in Pixie Hollow

In Barrie's 1902 novel The Little White Bird, in which he introduced the mythos of Peter Pan and the fairies, he wrote, 'When the first baby laughed for the first time, his laugh broke into a million pieces, and they all went skipping about. That was the beginning of fairies.' The Disney Fairies are based on a similar idea: every time a newborn baby laughs for the first time, that laugh travels out into the world, and those that make their way to Never Land turn into a fairy.

The fairies generally reside in the Home Tree, a towering tree located in the heart of Pixie Hollow in Never Land. Various groups of fairies work and live nearby as well. Most of the fairy characters are young and female, but older and male characters are also included. The males are sometimes referred to as 'sparrow men', though the term 'fairies' is used to refer to both female and male characters.

Characters

The Disney Fairies books introduced a large cast of fairies, with a variety of personalities, ethnicities, talents, etc, intended for young girls to each relate to a fairy similar to them. Several of them had roles in the two novels, and a series of chapter books were published, each focusing on a different fairy character. Some of these fairies appear only in 'their' book. The Tinker Bell movies have focused on a smaller set of fairies, effectively elevating them to the 'stars' of the line.

In the movies

The fairies featured in the Tinker Bell films

Tinker Bell, also known as 'Tink', is a tinker-talent fairy, the sassy but spunky central character.

Silvermist is a water-talent fairy of East Asian appearance.

Rosetta is a garden-talent fairy, a redhead who speaks in a southern accent.

Fawn is an animal-talent fairy, with a long braid and a tomboy personality.

Iridessa is a light-talent fairy of African appearance.

Fairy Mary is a teacher-talent fairy, a bit plump with chestnut curls.

Bobble is a tinker-talent sparrow man, small with large goggles.

Clank is also a tinker-talent sparrow man, large and not very bright.

Terence is a dust-talent sparrow man, who hands out pixie dust to other fairies each day. He also has a crush on Tink.

Vidia is a fast-flying fairy, with long black hair and violet dress.

Queen Clarion is the Never Fairies’ leader.

Lyria is a story-teller fairy, Pixie Hollow's equivalent of a troubadour.

Fairy Gary is the boss of all dust-talent fairies, who, is although very serious when it comes to fairy dust, loves to joke around. He always reminds everyone that they are allowed exactly one cup of fairy dust per day, no more, and no less. He is sort of husky, and talks that way, too.

In the books

fairies from the Disney Fairies books

Beck is an animal-talent fairy, who cares for Mother Dove.

Bess is an art-talent fairy, responsible for Mother Dove's annual portrait.

Fira is a light-talent fairy, responsible for training all the fireflies that light Pixie Hollow.

Lily is a garden-talent fairy of African appearance, with the most beautiful garden in Pixie Hollow.

Prilla is a clapping-talent fairy, the only one of her kind in Pixie Hollow.

Rani is a water-talent fairy, who gave up her wings to save Mother Dove, becoming the only fairy who can swim.

Viola is a summoning fairy, dispatched to summon another fairy with her kazoo whenever Queen Clarion needs to see them.

Dulcie is a baking-talent fairy; the only thing Dulcie loves more than making delicious treats is watching other fairies eat them.

Iris is a garden-talent fairy.

Tor is a male story-teller fairy.

Pluck is a harvest-talent fairy.

Precious is a mining-talent fairy.

Orren Is a mining-talent fairy.

Luna is a light-talent fairy.

Pell is a harvest-talent fairy.

Twire is a scrap-metal talent fairy.

Cinda, Liesel, Rhia, and Grace are the Queen's helper-talent fairies who make sure everything is in tip-top shape for her.

Ginger is a baking-talent fairy.

Quill is an art-talent fairy who is quiet and shy.

Hem is a dress-making fairy.

Violet is a

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