Tinkerbell

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Tinkerbell or Tinker Bell (the author's spelling of the name) is a fictional character in J.M. Barrie's play and subsequent novel Peter Pan. She is a sometimes ill-behaved and vindictive, but loyal fairy who is Peter Pan's companion. In one famous scene, Tinker Bell will not die if enough people believe in fairies. The resultant plea to the children watching the play or movie is an example of "breaking the fourth wall"; in the novel and the 2003 movie, Peter calls out to dreaming children within the storytelling universe to sustain her. In the end of the novelization, when Peter returns to Wendy after a year, it is revealed that Tinker Bell "is no more" since "fairies don't live long, but they are so little that a short time seems a good while to them." Like nearly everything that has happened in the story, Peter has forgotten her—real death and sadness cannot exist in his everlasting childhood.

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In stage presentations, the character is typically represented by a tightly focused spotlight or other lighting effect. On screen, the character has been played by Virginia Browne Faire (Herbert Brenon's 1924 silent movie), Julia Roberts (Steven Spielberg's 1991 film Hook) and Ludivine Sagnier (P. J. Hogan's 2003 film Peter Pan).

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After Disney's 1953 animated film version, their version of the fairy (whom they call a pixie), Tinkerbell, became something of a mascot for The Walt Disney Company, appearing in commercials and program openings to spread fairy dust from her magic wand. She was also among the numerous Disney characters to appear in the television series House of Mouse, and most recently appeared in the Kingdom Hearts video game series as a friend whom Sora can summon in his fights. Despite an urban legend that Disney modeled the animated character after then-budding starlet Marilyn Monroe, actress Margaret Kerry actually served as the animators' reference for the character. Other notable artists Brian Froud and Myrea Pettit have well known illustrations of Tinkerbell.

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