Tinker Bell
Tinker Bell is a fictional character from Scottish novelist and playwright 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 British children's novelist Geraldine McCaughrean commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital, as well as the "Peter and the Starcatchers" book series by American author of suspense, thriller and adventure books Ridley Pearson and American author and columnist 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 Walt Disney company's official mascot Mickey Mouse, and the centrepiece of its Disney Fairies media franchise including the direct-to-DVD film series, Tinker Bell, and Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color.