Tinker Bell

This article is about the fairy character. For the Disney character, see Tinker Bell (Disney character). For other uses, see Tinker Bell (disambiguation).
"Pixie dust" redirects here. For its use in reference to superhero comics, see Pixie (X-Men).
Tinker Bell
Peter Pan character
Tinker Bell (2005, bronze) by Diarmuid Byron O'Connor
First appearancePeter Pan (1904)
Created byJ. M. Barrie
In-universe information
SpeciesFairy
GenderFemale

Tinker Bell is a fictional character from J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan and its 1911 novelisation Peter and Wendy. She has appeared in a variety of film and television adaptations of the Peter Pan stories, in particular the 1953 animated Walt Disney picture Peter Pan. She also appears in the official 2006 sequel Peter Pan in Scarlet by Geraldine McCaughrean commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital as well as the "Peter and the Starcatchers" book series by Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry.

At first only a supporting character described by her creator as "a common fairy", her animated incarnation was a hit and has since become a widely recognized unofficial mascot of The Walt Disney Company, next to the official mascot of Mickey Mouse.